TERP (Trash Everyone Really Prefers) 2010



TERP (Trash Everyone Really Prefers) 2010

Round 10: Brought to You by the Number Six Semper Tyrannis

Edited by Logan Anbinder, Paul Marchsteiner, Chris Ray, and Jeff Amoros with assistance from Jeremy Eaton, Margo Kirzner, Jack Kennedy, Monica Remmers, Isaac Hirsch, Gary Weiser, Ozzie Fallick, SteveJon Guth and Shantanu Jha

Tossups

1. A parody of this song by its original artist was delivered to a man named Neville in a recent Mastercard commercial, and a “literal” version of this song’s music video begins, “Pan the room,” and asks “can you see me through this fan?” That video shows a group of men alternately clapping and taking one step up a flight of stairs, and ends with the singer addressing a man with glowing eyes at what appears to be a graduation ceremony. This song declares, (*) “Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time” and “we’re living in a powder keg and giving off sparks,” as well as “forever’s gonna start tonight.” Asserting “once upon a time I was falling in love, but now I’m only falling apart,” and beginning with repeated commands to “turn around,” FTP name this song by Bonnie Tyler about a titular cardio-astronomical phenomenon.

ANSWER: “Total Eclipse of the Heart”

2 Early in this film, two characters argue about the legitimacy of “limo” as a scrabble word, while a character in this film suffers a seizure while watching The Jerk shortly after he is caught mocking Jason Isaacs’ character, who constantly employs football metaphors. The word “Irene” triggers the central action of this film, which largely takes place on Hawlwadig Road in the Bakaara Market. Chalk 4 becomes separated after an accidental fall by Todd Blackburn, played by (*) Orlando Bloom, and this film concludes with Mike Durant still missing. The title of this adaptation of a Mark Bowden book refers to Super Six-Four and Super Six-Two, which become exposed while trying to protect a convoy led by Tom Sizemore after a raid against the senior cabinet of Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Starring Eric Bana as Delta Sergeant Hoot and Ewan McGregor and Josh Hartnett as members of Task Force Ranger, FTP, identify this Ridley Scott Film depicting the Battle of Mogadishu, which saw the titular army helicopters shot down by Somali militia.

ANSWER: Black Hawk Down

3. Kevin Greene recorded nearly 50 sacks in three years for the LA Rams in a defense that essentially substituted him for this specific position. A physically Packer who played this position became the namesake of a Double Whopper with extra everything (and extra extra cheese) at Burger King. The most successful player at this position played for an absurd 16 seasons, making 3 pro bowls with the Bills lining up next to Bruce Smith. Players drafted to play this position of Gilbert Brown and Ted Washington typically line up in a “Zero” technique, and include (*) B.J. Raji and Terrence Cody. Top players at this position cover both 'A' gaps and include Jay Ratliff, Casey Hampton, and Vince Wilfork, who anchor the defenses of the Cowboys, Steelers, and Patriots. Often tasked with taking up space and occupying multiple blockers, FTP, identify this position much abhorred by Albert Haynesworth, the central lineman in a 3-4 defense who lines up across from the center.

ANSWER: Nose Tackle (prompt on “Defensive Tackle” or “Defensive Lineman”)

4. Robert Englund portrayed a member of this race named Willie in a medium that revealed their vulnerability to clouds of red dust developed as the result of the birth of Elizabeth. That appearance demonstrated their use of a technology called “Conversion,” which Mike Donovan is able to resist. This race possesses a spontaneous combustion suicide pill and technology based on “blue energy,” while one of them named Joshua was brought back to life by Marcus after pledging his loyalty to Lisa, who fails an (*) emotion test due to her relationship with Tyler Evans. They operate the Peace Ambassadors and Live Aboard programs, and are opposed by the Fifth Column and the slogan “John May Lives.” This race turned Earth's skies red at the end of Season 1, which also saw Erica destroy the hatchlings of their leader Anna, portrayed by Morena Baccarin. FTP, name this reptilian race whose efforts to convert humanity into manwiches are depicted in a 1980s miniseries and 2009 ABC re-imagining, in which they are known by the single, titular letter.

ANSWER: The Vs [or the Visitors, or “the aliens from V]

5. On Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Double-D refuses to remove his hat because of an incident involving this activity, and Fish Out of Water excels in this activity when the protagonists participate in Chicken Little. The Israeli game, gaga, is a form of this activity, and a Game Boy Advance game that depicts this activity allows formations such as basic, retreat, and (*) cannon. The advent of homecoming in Freaks and Geeks sees this game played during a “day off,” to the chagrin of the protagonists, while the most famous movie to feature this game sees the Purple Cobras face off against the Average Joes and includes a mnemonic whose components include dip, dive, and duck, as well as this sport’s titular verb. FTP, name this activity frequently played in gym classes, a movie about which is subtitled A True Underdog Story.

ANSWER: dodgeball

6. In one of this movie’s early scenes, a protagonist gives his son what he calls “the last champagne in the city”, and in another early scene a character’s wedding ring slips off and disappears down the drain as she showers. . Her husband’s work crew had recently been exposed to the measles, requiring one member to be excluded from work.  Later, that husband must struggle to (*) survive as he faces problems like freezing temperatures and building carbon dioxide levels. During a routine procedure, a liquid oxygen tank explodes aboard the titular ship, prompting Jim Lovell, portrayed by Tom Hanks, to utter the iconic line, “Houston, we have a problem.” FTP, name this movie adapted from a real-life incident in 1970 when astronauts nearly lost their lives aboard the titular inauspiciously-numbered space shuttle.

ANSWER: Apollo 13

7. In order to make Chris White smile, the first piano interlude in this song begins with low, staccato, alternating octave G sixteenth notes before transitioning into four descending sixteenth scale patterns with the right hand. The singer of this song recalls wearing “engineer boots” and “tight blue jeans” at one point in this song and earlier claims that he has “a good job” and “good office.” A pair of characters mentioned in this song are said to own a place with deep pile carpets and to have bought a couple of paintings from Sears and those characters later divorce by the summer of ’75. In addition to the upbeat (*) “Ballad of Brenda and Eddie,” this song opens and closes with a slower section in which the singer debates on sharing a “bottle of red” or “a bottle of white” as he sits “at a table near the street.” Featured on the album, The Stranger, FTP, identify this ballad by Billy Joel in which the singer reminisces about old times in the titular eatery.

ANSWER: “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”

8. The first of these people known to the public was featured on the cover of the New York Post in the aftermath of 9/11, holding the picture of fiancee James O’Grady, who was killed in the attack on the World Trade Center. Another person categorized as one of these used money resulting from this position to pay for liposuction surgery. Two of these worked as waitresses at the time that they gained this title, while another gained this title after attending a party with one of her friends, where the person who invited her to the party gave that woman a (*) Corona mixed with rum before they engaged in romantic activities near the crib used by this man’s children at his Orlando home. The second of these to become public had previously appeared on the VH1 show Tool Academy, and after her relationship with a certain athlete became public, she provided voice mail recordings as proof. Including, among others, Jamie Jungers, Mindy Lawton, Raychel Coudriet and Jamie Grubbs, for ten points, identify this group that also includes porn stars Holly Sampson and Josyln James and club promoter Rachel Uchitel.

ANSWER: mistresses of Tiger Woods [accept clear knowledge equivalents that demonstrate the Tiger Woods was having intercourse with these people]

9. Audio of this man is heavily used in The Evolution Control Committee’s song “Rocked By Rape,” and this man was the victim of a mugging whose perpetrators continually demanded to know, “Kenneth, what is the frequency?” That event is referenced during this man’s presence in the graphic novel Shooting War, in which he is depicted as one of the last Americans of his profession in Iraq. This man began his most notable tenure in March of 1981, and was shortly thereafter ridiculed for his use of the word (*) “courage” in imitation of a man whose catchphrase was “That’s the way it is.” He later ended his show with the phrase “That’s part of our world tonight,” before resigning following concerns about the authenticity of documents used in a 60 Minutes story about President Bush’s National Guard service record. Appearing along with Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw on their respective broadcasts, FTP name this man who for over 20 years was the anchor of the CBS Evening News.

ANSWER: Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr. (accept Dan Rather)

10. It was originally published by MicroProse, which was involved in a lawsuit over this series' name with Activision and Avalon Hill, and it is now published by 2K Games. Quotes recorded by Leonard Nimoy are played upon discovering new technologies in one of these games, and in 2008, the first iteration of this series that was designed for consoles was released. That game was subtitled (*) Revolution, and the most recent iteration of this series introduced city-states and added voice clips for leaders in their national language, as well as ranged attacks and a hexagonal grid in which only one military unit and one non-military unit can occupy a tile at a time. A common means of victory in this series is the colonization of Alpha Centauri, and the fourth game in this series had extensive support for customization and added religion, great people, and promotions for military units. FTP, what is this series of turn-based strategy games created by Sid Meier, in which the player controls one of the titular entities?

ANSWER: Civilization

11. One parody of this film sees a lady dressed in a petticoat bleeding, saying that she is “no longer good society.” That video, Jane Austen’s version of this movie, ends with a character saying that being clever is working out splendidly for her. One character in this movie takes too much Xanax and is ignored by the protagonist, who was initially upset by her appearance at certain meetings. (*) Marla eventually begins a relationship with another character who inserts pornographic images into children’s movies and makes soap for a living. That character also pours acid onto the protagonist’s hand, which that character then adopts as a ritual to enter Project Mayhem. The titular group was established after one character says “hit me as hard as you can.” FTP, name this movie where the narrator is actually Tyler Durden, who creates an organization whose first and second rules are that you cannot talk about it.

ANSWER: Fight Club

12. At the beginning of this TV episode, the protagonist expresses a fondness for cloudgazing, reminiscing that “if you stare at them long enough they become things,” and reruns of this episode appeared under the name “The Private World of Darkness,” a phrase mentioned in the beginning of this episode. The protagonist ultimately meets Walter Smith and has been in the care of Dr. Bernardi, and is dubbed patient 307, though her real name is (*) Janet Tyler. She attempts a certain medical procedure for the 11th and final time, and subsequently remains covered in bandages for most of this episode. Those bandages are removed on the night of the leader’s speech about conformity to find that there has been no change Janet’s appearance at all, and she seems normal to the viewer, though horrendously ugly to the race of pig-people who run society. The titular proverb is mentioned before Rod Serling’s closing monologue in, FTP, what Twilight Zone episode named after the location in which beauty is said to reside?

ANSWER: The Eye of the Beholder (accept The Private World of Darkness before mentioned)

13. Two basketball coaches from this conference,Terry Dunn and Glen Miller, were fired during the opening months of the 2009-2010 season. Prior to bailing on this league to coach at Boston College, the most recent winner of the Clair Bee award, 2009 Coach of the Year Steve Donahue, captured its title with a squad led by Ryan Whitman and 7-footer Jeff Foote. A rookie from this conference signed with Golden State after he turned heads in pre-season play by shutting down John Wall. After departing this conference for Georgetown, John (*) Thompson employed a system developed by Pete Carril that spreads all five players out beyond the three-point arc and is named for the alma mater of Bill Bradley. Jeremy Lin, a point guard from this conference, became the first Chinese-American in the NBA in 2010, while its most recent champion upset Temple and Wisconsin before falling to Kentucky in the Sweet 16. FTP, name this conference in which the Big Red have overcome historical dominance by UPenn and Princeton.

ANSWER: The Ivy League

14. One appearance of these beings sees a group of them yelling “Yak yak yak,” while another sees one standing at a Lost and Found booth. Several are seen calling another wearing a toque “Sick, sick, sick” in one appearance, and another sees a certain kind of “professional” using a (*) phone based on one of these beings. One instance of these beings caused an uproar in which thousands of readers wrote in demanding an explanation for a panel depicting their “tools.” More famously, a strip featuring them sees one yell, “Car!” before they return to standing upright. Another sees a group of them dividing up parts of a farmer on paper. For ten points, name these creatures that frequently appear in Gary Larson’s The Far Side, a notable kind of bovine.

ANSWER: Cows

15. The title song from the musical “Glory Days” mentions this man last in a list of characters the protagonists miss from their childhood, and a panned NES game starring this man was subtitled “The Mysteries of Time.” A recent depiction of this man’s adventures titled after this man’s “favorite joke” sees him laugh uproariously after his foe slips and impales himself on his spear, and that adventure is part of a new comic series about this man published by Dark Horse. An upcoming film featuring this character will star (*) Jason Momoa, though a more famous film featuring him sees him pitted against James Earl Jones’s Thulsa Doom, who attacks the fictional land of Cimmeria during the Hyborian Age. Created in 1932 by Robert Howard and first appearing in “The Phoenix on the Sword,” FTP name this fantasy hero, a well-known barbarian.

ANSWER: Conan the Barbarian

16. In 2007, news outlets reported that this artist had attended a history class at UCLA undercover, after completing a tour promoting an album whose cover depicts her as a partially-clothed Eve about to bite an apple. In addition to that album which contains the tracks “Animal City” and “Dreams for Plans,” and is titled Oral Fixation Vol. 2, another album by this woman includes “Mon Amour” and a track that opens with her playing a harmonica and alleges, “crayons and dolls pass you by, walking gets too boring when you learn how to fly.” That track, (*) “Gypsy,” appears on an album whose titular song’s video pays tribute to Michael Jackson’s anti-gravity lean in “Smooth Criminal, as this woman performs a similar move. That song accuses “Darling it is no joke, this is lycanthropy,” while one of this woman’s most famous songs features Wyclef Jean and sees the singer encourage “be wise and keep on reading the signs of my body” before declaring “asi es perfecto.” FTP, name this singer of “She-Wolf” and “Hips Don’t Lie.”

ANSWER: Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (accept either underlined part)

17. The baseball team for this TV show’s locale is the Grebes, and they have a fierce rivalry with the Crown City Kings. One episode featured a show-within-a-show that referenced another series on this show’s network, The Magic Toolbox, and this show’s theme song was recorded by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. The protagonist’s grandfather lives on a farm, which he claims has been in the family for more than 150 years, and his grandmother is a world-class marbles player. The protagonist’s father is a caterer and his mother is an accountant, and he regularly watches the superhero Bionic (*) Bunny on TV. Opening with the reggae-styled “Believe in Yourself,” this show is set in Elwood City, and it includes a live-action segment entitled And Now a Word from Us Kids. The protagonist is Pal’s owner, Buster Baxter’s best friend, and Mr. Ratburn’s student. He has a sister named Dora Winifred, but she is better known as D.W. FTP, identify this PBS show about an eponymous anthropomorphic aardvark.

ANSWER: Arthur

18. This movie sees a good deal of its action in the house of parliament of a destitute country whose sole source of income is the wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. Teasdale is the love interest of Trentino, who appoints a new leader of their country at her behest, though Trentino hires the spies (*) Chicolini and Pinky to spy on the new leader, who appoints Chicolini as his Secretary of War. Famous scenes in this movie include Chicolini and Pinky antagonizing a peanut vendor and Pinky impersonating the mirror image of the main character, whose antagonizing of Trentino leads to war between Sylvania and the country that that man leads, Sylvania. That war is primarily fought by Chicolini and Pinky against the entire Sylvanian military in, FTP, this 1933 film that features Rufus T. Firefly as the appointed leader of Freedonia and that starred the Marx Brothers.

ANSWER: Duck Soup

19. Roy Hofheinz, who used this to help bring an MLB team to the city where it was built, supposedly originated the idea for it after taking a trip to Rome and seeing the Colosseum. This stadium’s primary summer occupant took a long road trip in 1992, when it played host to the Republican National Convention. This stadium’s football occupant as well as its city’s Livestock and Rodeo Show forced the removal of its four-story scoreboard in 1988, while its proximity to (*) Reliant Stadium and Minute Maid Park have derailed efforts to demolish this structure. Selena held her final concert in this stadium before being killed, and it played host to the 1986 NL West Division champs, a team that included Glenn Davis and Mike Scott. Initially featuring Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass when it opened, its playing surface was eventually changed to an eponymous type of artificial grass. Witnessing the careers of such stars as Craig Biggio and Nolan Ryan, for ten points, name this Houston stadium, the world’s first domed stadium.

ANSWER: Astrodome

20. The deluxe version of this band’s most recent album includes the bonus track “All My Friends are Insects” and a cover of Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida.” That album also contains a song called “Where’s My Sex?” which is actually about socks, and another which claims to be nostalgic for the band’s early days “pissing in plastic cups before [they] went on stage.”  In the music video for its song “Keep Fishin’” this band performs on the Muppet Show, and it reenacts many popular (*) YouTube videos in the video for “Pork and Beans.”  Recent songs from this band include “The Girl Got Hot” and “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To,” while some older hits are “Undone- The Sweater Song” and “Say It Ain’t So.” FTP, name this band led by Rivers Cuomo which is best known for songs like “Buddy Holly,” and “Beverley Hills.”

ANSWER: Weezer

21. In one level of this game, the protagonist discovers that some girl scouts led by their Den Mother are behind the Milkman conspiracy in a non-euclidian neighborhood. Another level in this game the protagonist enters into Fred mind in order to defeat him at the game board like Battle ofWaterloo. One character in this game believes that brains are a bad tooth and that character is (*) Dr. Loboto. That character removes the brains of Dugen and Lili who befriend the protagonist after he runs away from the circus. The protagonist undergoes training with Sasha and Coach Oleander at Whispering Rock camp which helps him battle against psychic death tanks later in the game. FTP, name this Tim Schafer game which features Raz as a young boy who wants to become one of the titular psychic agents.

ANSWER: Psychonauts

Bonuses

1. This man's distinctions include being one of only four coaches to earn a 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament with multiple programs, and being the only coach to have his Final Four wins vacated at more than one school. FTPE:

[10] Identify this massive slimeball who bribed the shit out of Marcus Camby at UMass and had somebody take the SAT for Derrick Rose while at Memphis.

ANSWER: John “The Vacater” Calipari

[10] Even critics of Calipari admitted they were impressed with his efforts while at Memphis to foster an NCAA presence in this country, at least until it came out that his extended trip here would coincide with NCAA hearings on the Derrick Rose scandal. NBA players born in this country include Yi Jianlan and Yao Ming.

ANSWER: People's Republic of China

[10] Calipari's attempts to win a title with Kentucky's all-“one and done” team were derailed when this West Virginia forward scored 18 in an upset of the Wildcats in the 2010 tournament. This player blew out his knee against Duke in the Final Four, likely the reason he was unable to catch on with the Heat this summer.

ANSWER: Da'Sean Butler

2. Name some music stuff related to the webcomic Achewood, FTPE:

[10]This nerdcore rapper wrote Achewood’s theme song, Livin at the Corner of Dude and Catastrophe. He also wrote Final Boss and Hassle: the Dorkening.

ANSWER: MC Frontalot [accept Damian Hess]

[10]This American synth band wrote a song about Phillipe, “Here Comes a Special Boy.” They are more famous for appearing on a bunch of Harmonix games with tracks like “Less Talk, More Rokk.”

ANSWER: Freezepop

[10]In one story arc, Lyle and Nice Pete start a band loosely inspired by this Fantasy Power Metal band. They are probably best known for “Through the Fire and the Flames” which was the super-difficult bonus song in Guitar Hero III.

ANSWER: DragonForce

3. In one episode of this show, the titular star brings his son Corde to the set of the video for “Sexual Eruption” in order to teach him about relationships. FTPE:

[10] Identify this show whose first season culminated with a moving renewal of vows between that central character and his wife Shante, and also featured an introspective trip to the Long Beach neighborhood of the title figure's youth.

ANSWER: Snoop Dogg's Father Hood

[10] Snoop Dogg's Father Hood aired on this channel, where it was its best reality program to date by a wide, wide, wide margin. Less artistically fulfilling programs of this network include The Girls Next Door and The Soup.

ANSWER: E! or Entertainment Television

[10] In the greatest episode of reality TV ever, Snoop attempts to share his love of soccer with his children by arranging for a private workout with this legendary British midfielder shortly after his acquisition by the LA Galaxy. Snoop then took this  husband of Posh Spice out for a celebratory breakfast, where he convinced him to order the deluxe chicken n' waffles.

ANSWER: David Beckham or any of those things people call him

4. In its first appearance, it plays as the camera pans to reveal the Earth, moon, and Sun in syzygy. FTPE:

[10] Name this Richard Strauss piece that prominently plays at the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

ANSWER: “Also sprach Zarathustra” or “Thus Spake Zarathustra”

[10] The mysterious black monolith that appears at the beginning and end of the film is also investigated by Dr. Floyd, who visits the obelisk on a trip from this U.S. moon base.

ANSWER: Clavius Base

[10] As Dave disconnects HAL in the film, the computer eventually regresses to the point where he begins singing a song with this type of flower in the title. The inclusion of this song was inspired by a computer-synthesized arrangement that Arthur C. Clarke heard at Bell Labs.

ANSWER: daisy (accept “Daisy Bell”)

5. Name some games of which thinks very highly, FTPE:

[10] The highest-ranked game is this German-style one, in which players act as colonial governors and choose roles such as captain, mayor, and builder.

ANSWER: Puerto Rico

[10] 17th ranked on the boardgamegeek’s list is a game based on this sci-fi franchise that costarred Katee Sackhoff as Starbuck and spun-off a prequel named Caprica.

ANSWER: Battlestar Galactica

[10] Another highly-ranked deckbuilding game is this one in which players win based on victory points provided by estates, duchies, and provinces.  One expansion, Seaside, lets you steal other players’ gold with a pirate ship.

ANSWER: Dominion

6. Answer the following about some songs that tell you what you can take, FTPE:

[10] This song by the one-hit wonder group A-Ha urges you to take the titular action because “I’ll be gone in a day or two.”

ANSWER: “Take On Me”

[10] This Eddie Money song makes it even more obvious it’s from the 1980s, including a sax solo. Its chorus, sung by Ronnie Spector, is taken from an old Ronettes’ song, “Be My Baby.”

ANSWER: “Take Me Home Tonight”

[10] One song called “Take Me Away” is by this band, who have also released “Whatever It Takes” and “Hanging By A Moment.”

ANSWER: Lifehouse

7. Name the following iPhone app games, FTPE:

[10] An iPhone iteration of a Sega franchise named for this animal was released in 2008. In that game named for this creature, the player controls characters such as AiAi or Baby and tilts the iPhone to roll the chosen character toward a goal.

ANSWER: Monkey

[10] This DDR-esque rhythm game sees the player press colored globes on the iPhone screen in time to music. In addition to the original and its sequels, iterations of this franchise have been devoted entirely to songs by artists such as Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, and Kings of Leon.

ANSWER: Tap Tap Revenge

[10] In this Crush the Castle-esque game, the player controls a line of the titular irate animals, who are launched via a slingshot to destroy the dwellings of the evil green pigs.

ANSWER: Angry Birds

8. Here is a movie bonus with a common theme. FTPE:

[10]Name this film that sees the murder of the husband of Lady Sarah Ashley. Drover’s experience with a group which Dullah belongs to help the Lady sell Faraway Downs during World War II.

ANSWER: Australia

[10]This film sees a man taken from the Outback go to New York City. He shares his nickname with a large reptile often found in Australia.

ANSWER: Crocodile Dundee

[10]This filmmaker of the Mad Max series also wrote for the Babe movies and created the Oscar Award Winning movie, Happy Feet.

ANSWER: George Miller

9. One member of the titular organization on this show, Ziva David, is a former Israeli Mossad agent. FTPE:

[10] Name this spin-off of JAG whose other characters include Michael Weatherly as Tony DiNozzo and Pauley Perette as Abby Sciuto.

ANSWER: NCIS

[10] NCIS’s Special Agent in Charge, Leroy Gibbs, is portrayed by this actor, who also played Ryan in Freaky Friday.

ANSWER: Thomas Mark Harmon

[10] This Scottish medical examiner at NCIS uses his knowledge of psychology to assist the team in cases where there are no bodies to investigate.

ANSWER: Donald “Ducky” Mallard

10. “I was a teenage” [blank]. Name some words that go in that blank, FTPE:

[10] “I Was a Teenage [this]” is the title of a 2002 made for TV film starring Josh Zuckerman as Brendan Willy. As he sells his soul to the devil to become popular, the main plot point is the same as a similarly-named work by Goethe.

ANSWER: I Was a Teenage Faust

[10] A 1957 horror film that was titled “I Was a Teenage [this]” starred Michael Landon, while on 30 Rock Tracy Jordan sang a song about the “bar-mitzvah” of one of these.

ANSWER: I Was a Teenage Werewolf

[10] The punk rock band Against Me! recently released a single titled “I Was a Teenage” one of these people. A play by a certain Nobel laureate is titled after the “Accidental Death of” one of these people.

ANSWER: “I Was a Teenage Anarchist”

11. Name some rappers with something in common, FTPE:

[10] His most recent album was titled I Am No Limit, but back in 2002 he released the album Game Time, which included the tracks “Play Like Us” and “True Love,” the latter of which featured Beyonce’s younger sister Solange.

ANSWER: Lil Romeo or Percy Romeo Miller

[10] The probably most famous rapper to have “Lil” in his name is this Louisiana-born rapper who included songs like “A Milli” and “Lollipop” on his album Tha Carter III.

ANSWER: Lil Wayne or Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.

[10] This younger rapper whose moniker was bestowed by Snoop Dogg dropped the “Lil” from his name in 2003. He starred in the film Like Mike and is set to release the album Who Is Shad Moss? later this year, which will join the ranks of albums such as Unleashed and Wanted.

ANSWER: Lil Bow Wow (prompt on Shad Gregory Moss)

12. Name a few enemies of Spider-Man, FTPE:

[10]After being hired by J. Jonah Jameson to find out how Peter Parker took pictures of Spider-Man, this villain whose alias is Mac Gargan was experimented on and was driven insane.  This super villian has a 7 foot long, cybernetically controlled, mechanical tail which he uses in combat.

ANSWER: The Scorpion

[10]This bad fellow has a bag of tricks, some pumpkin bombs, and a glider to follow his costume’s Halloween motif. Lots of people take up this mantle, but most famously Norman Osborn and his son Harry do bad things like kill Gwen Stacy in it.

ANSWER: Green Goblin

[10]This Maggia family mob boss dresses and acts like he is from the 1920s. The top of his head is flattened and is reinforced with an adamantium plate.

ANSWER: Hammerhead

13. In honor of The Greatest Owner in the History of Sports, George Steinbrenner, name these less-successful owners, for ten points each:

[10] Will Leitch dedicated a chapter in God Save the Fan to ripping this owner, who destroyed the goodwill built during the Ripken years by consistently putting a shoddy product on the field at Camden Yards in order to emphasize the bottom line.

ANSWER: Peter Angelos

[10] This woman owned the Reds during the 1990s, and, among other controversial items, referring to men wearing earrings as “fruity,” tried to continue the 1996 Opening Day game despite the on-field death of the home plate umpire, and saying of Adolf Hitler as, “good in the beginning, but went too far.”

ANSWER: Marge Schott

[10] This man bought the Red Sox in 1916 and won a World Series as an owner in 1918, but then began selling off players, most notably sending Babe Ruth to the Yankees to finance No, No, Nanette.

ANSWER: Harry Frazee

14. Answer the following about some guys named Darryl FTPE:

[10] The character Larry has two brothers each named Darryl in this sitcom that ran for much of the ‘80s. Named after the comedian who starred as Dick Loudon on the show, this series’ famous finale implies that the entirety of the series was a dream in the mind of a character played by the star on another show, Robert Hartley.

ANSWER: Newheart

[10] Another Darryl is the warehouse foreman at the Scranton branch of Dunder-Mifflin, now Sabre, in The Office. At one point, he dated this Indian customer service rep, who more frequently is romantically linked to Ryan.

ANSWER: Kelly Kapoor

[10] Though it’s pronounced “Dar-ELL,” a character whose name is spelled “Darryl” features prominently in a skit on this sketch comedy show that shares a name with a certain humor magazine. The skit sees that character accost a girl in a movie theater and proclaim, “The back of your head is ridiculous!” before asking for her number.

ANSWER: MAD TV

15. After John Mason challenges his masculinity, this character reveals that he married his school’s prom queen. FTPE:

[10]Name this chemical weapons expert who infiltrates Alcatraz Island in The Rock.

ANSWER: Stanley Goodspeed

[10]Stanley Goodspeed was played by this actor who also starred in Ghost Rider, National Treasure, and Leaving Las Vegas.

ANSWER: Nicholas Cage

[10]This director of The Rock who is known for his love of explosions also directed Bad Boys, Pearl Harbor, and the Transformer movies.

ANSWER: Michael Bay

16. Answer the following about NFL penalties with atypical consequences or requirements, FTPE:

[10] An illegal forward pass and intentional grounding are the only two penalties that explicitly carry this consequence, intended to prevent either action from being preferable to other results of a play.

ANSWER: Loss of Down [accept all equivalents ie “you can't replay the down,” etc.]

[10] Additionally, intentional grounding and penalties like holding, when occurring in the offense's own endzone, automatically have this result, which in turn requires a free kick or punt from the 20-yard line. Lions QB Dan Orlovsky notably incurred an unforced one of these after forgetting he was in shotgun and stepping out of the field of play.

ANSWER: Safety Touch

[10] Not to be confused with an illegal crackback block, a chop block in which an offensive player blocks a defender below the waist will result in a penalty only if the defender in question meets this condition.

ANSWER: already being blocked [accept any reasonable equivalents like “engaged with a blocker,” “already occupied,” etc. Be lenient and prompt on things like “at the line of scrimmage”]

17. Answer some questions about the recent career of a well-respected actor, FTPE:

[10] This man recently starred in Last Chance, Harvey, but is probably more famous for starring in Tootsie and The Graduate.

ANSWER: Dustin Hoffman

[10] Hoffman played an “existential detective” in this awful, awful movie starring Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, and a mostly wasted ensemble cast, the only bright spot being Mark Wahlberg as a firefighter with anger-management issues.

ANSWER: I Heart Huckabees

[10] Hoffman voiced Shifu in this 2008 animated film, starring Jack Black as the title fighting animal.

ANSWER: Kung Fu Panda

18. It was played at funeral memorial for late Senator Robert Byrd this past July, FTPE.

[10] First, name this song which features imagery of “the misty taste of moonshine” and “teardrops in my eye” and has the singer beckon the titular entities to lead him to “the place where I belong, West Virginia”.

ANSWER: “Take Me Home, Country Roads”

[10] “Take Me Home, Country Roads” was a 1971 single by this American folk singer of “Annie’s Song” and “Rocky Mountain High” who died when the jet plane he was leavin’ on crashed into the Pacific in 1997.

ANSWER: John Denver

[10] This Denver song tells the story of a young dying mother and claims that the titular entity when “in my eyes, can make me cry” and “almost always, makes me high”.

ANSWER: “Sunshine on my Shoulders”

19. Name some old Hanna-Barbera superpowered characters FTPE:

[10]This character has an eagle sidekick known as Avenger and his powers require exposure to the sun. This winged hero later appeared on an Adult Swim show, as the titular Attorney at Law.

ANSWER: Harvey Birdman

[10]This dog’s alter ego is Penry, the police station janitor. This “number one super guy” uses martial arts out of his handbook to try and defeat villians, but usually has to be saved by his cat sidekick, Spot.

ANSWER: Hong Kong Phooey

[10]Another dog superhero is this bumbling, robotic one who is paired with the Batman-esque hero, the Blue Falcon. This dog wonder can produce lots of devices from his body, which usually end up worsening a situation.

ANSWER: Dynomutt

20. The 2004 NHL season never occured due to labor strikes among players and owners. Answer these questions FTPE on the resultant rules changes implemented during the returning 2005 Hockey season:

[10]This competition between a single player and the goalie of the opposing team

was introduced to end ties after overtime.

ANSWER:  Shootout

[10]The prevalence of this infraction in which the puck is shot across two lines was combatted by allowing the penalty to be “waved-off” if the puck is touched by the goalie or is a pass to another player on the same team.

ANSWER:  Icing

[10]This area of the rink was decreased by 4 feet in order to benefit teams on a power play and thereby increase the number of scores occurring during the game.

ANSWER: The Neutral Zone

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