Time to Take out the Trash



Time to Take out the Trash

(post-QuESADILLA trash tournament)

Baby Doc College of Physicians Varsity Quizbowl Squad

Jeremy Horwitz, Matthew Kaufman, Richard Mason, and David Taylor

Tossups:

(General – RM)

1. Tossup: His gesture and slogan, “He just don't care,” close to and in larger type than a health warning, were found by the New York State Liquor Authority to foster defiance, encourage combative behavior, entice underage drinkers, and invite the public not to heed conventional wisdom. Nevertheless, on First Amendment grounds, the Court of Appeals has allowed the appearance of, FTP, what amphibian who extends his middle finger on beer labels?

Answer: Bad Frog (accept “Bad Frog Beer,” “Bad Frog Brewery,” etc.)

(TV – MK)

2. Tossup: Warning: don't say too much. This 1990 NBC sitcom only lasted thirteen weeks before being canned. Starring Charlie Schlatter of 18 Again fame, it followed the life of a popular high school slacker who always seemed to enjoy life, have fun, and constantly evade punishment by the hands of his principal. FTP, name this show, filmed at my high school, and based on a 1986 movie not of the same name which starred Jennifer Gray and Matthew Broderick.

Answer: Ferris Bueller (do NOT accept “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”)

(Sports – MK)

3. Tossup: This man's sports career started as a reporter – he reportedly could hammer out a complete game story in eight minutes, giving him plenty of time to serve as a ghostwriter for Babe Ruth. Later, he provided the crucial support to establish the Baseball Hall of Fame while serving as National League President. However, today he is best remembered as being associated with a punctuation mark. FTP, name this man, 3rd commissioner of Major League Baseball and creator of the hated record-book asterisk.

Answer: Ford C. Frick

(General – JH)

4. Tossup: Warning: fourteen answers required! Born in 1950 to Rita and Randall Millhone, Kinsey Millhone lost both her parents at age 5. Kinsey then moved in with her Aunt Gin and grew up a rebellious troublemaker. Eventually, she settled down and became a private investigator, now working freelance and sharing office space with California Fidelity Insurance. This schlock comes from, FTP, what first fourteen of a planned twenty-six-volume series of books by Sue Grafton?

Answer: A Is for Alibi, B Is for Burglar, C Is for Corpse, D Is for Deadbeat, E Is for Evidence, F Is for Fugitive, G Is for Gumshoe, H Is for Homicide, I Is for Innocent, J Is for Judgement, K Is for Killer, L Is for Lawless, M Is for Malice, N Is for Noose (prompt on “A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N”)

(Movies – JH)

5. Tossup: This actor appeared in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Twilight Zone: The Movie, She’s Having a Baby, and Canadian Bacon. He even sang in USA for Africa’s We Are the World. But you probably know him better from his four-year stint on Saturday Night Live or even from the short lived Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal TV series. FTP, name this actor who is currently trying to put together Ghostbusters III now that Blues Brothers 2000 has flopped.

Answer: Dan Aykroyd

(Music – JH)

6. Tossup: Track 5 features a nod to The Pretenders’s Talk of the Town. Track 2’s chorus features music and lyrics nearly identical to the chorus of Bend Me, Shape Me by The American Breed. Track 7, the album’s leadoff single, features a few notes and words from The Beach Boys’s Don’t Worry Baby. The album’s drummer has produced albums for Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins, while the band’s lead vocalist is a woman whom the band discovered while watching MTV. FTP, what is this album, the sophomore effort of Garbage?

Answer: Version 2.0

(Sports – DT)

7. Tossup: Bill May of Syracuse, NY is the first man to make his country's national team in this sport and the first male gold medalist in a major international meet, the 1997 Swiss Open. Even though males are banned from Olympic participation in the sport, there are others who have competed, such as Stephane Miermont for France in the 1980s. None, with two possible exceptions, have enjoyed as much success. FTP, name this sport, lampooned by Martin Short in an ‘80s sketch on Saturday Night Live.

Answer: Synchronized swimming

(General – RM)

8. Tossup: Most people who take the anti-depressant drug Clomipramine, with the brand name Anafranil, find that it inhibits the ability to reach orgasm. For five percent of both male and female users, however, it has the side effect of causing spontaneous orgasm whenever they perform, FTP, what act not normally associated with excitement?

Answer: yawning (prompt on early interrupt of “orgasm”)

(General – JH)

9. Tossup: This author’s penis is three inches long and five inches wide, or so he claims in the epilogue to his tale featuring Dwayne Hoover. The author’s size is one of the many mentioned in Breakfast of Champions – one of the author’s best-known works. FTP, name this author of such science fiction works as Slapstick, Cat’s Cradle, and Slaughterhouse-Five.

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

(“Geek” – JH)

10. Tossup: I can’t tell you where the diamond is – you have to make it. You have to kill the thief to get the silver chalice. The twentieth treasure – a map – doesn’t appear until you’ve placed the first nineteen in the trophy case. Only one of the twenty treasures in this game actually appears in the White House. This quest of treasure recovery is the simple plot of, FTP, what early Infocom text adventure?

Answer: Zork I: The Great Underground Empire

(TV – MK)

11. Tossup: This semi-talented actor got his showbiz start in the 1983 TV series Loving, and has since appeared in nearly a dozen movies. He's been seen recently in guest spots on Spin City and in the movie The Fifth Element and even voiced Krusty’s half-brother on The Simpsons. FTP, name this man, semi-famous for portraying the character Pike in the movie Buffy The Vampire Slayer, who is currently preparing to reprise his role as Mr. McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210.

Answer: (Coy Luther) “Luke” Perry III

(Music – JH)

12. Tossup: Missing Persons does it in L.A. The Bangles do it down your street. Marc Cohn does it in Memphis, while Patsy Cline preferred doing it after midnight. FAQTP, what do The Police do on the moon that Smash Mouth likes to do on the sun?

Answer: walking (accept other forms of the verb)

(TV – MK)

13. Tossup: His family is rarely seen, although his father is the coach of the school soccer team, and his grandfather is a judge who pretty much specializes in sending people to their deaths. He's known to kiss people to “shut them up,” and in the future he will have a son who looks and sounds just like him. He hangs out frequently with Jones, Dolph, and Kearney, although my theory is that he really has a crush on Jimbo. FTP, name this cartoon character who is most famous as the bane of Martin's life, and as Bart's sometime enemy, with the distinctive laugh on The Simpsons.

Answer: Nelson Muntz

(Movies – JH)

14. Tossup: He’s been in Fargo, The Hudsucker Proxy, Escape from L.A., and starred in the 1997 Disney TV movie The Love Bug. Fans know that he is sometimes credited as Roc Sandstorm. Big fans have even seen multiple episodes of The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. FTP, name this actor who had a recurring character on Hercules, who is best known for starring as Ash in all three parts of the Evil Dead trilogy.

Answer: Bruce Campbell

(Music – JH)

15. Tossup: Queensrÿche keeps its fourth from the end. Mötley Cruë enjoys not one, but two – a true musical rarity. Blue Öyster cult features one on a capital, while Billy and the Boingers had one when they were known as Deathtöngue. Probably the best-known (and funniest) example of, FTP, what phenomenon is enjoyed by Spinal Tap, over the “n” in its name?

Answer: umlaut (accept “dieresis”; prompt on “accent”)

(Sports – DT)

16. Tossup: She uses Callaway clubs, an Odyssey putter, and plays the Maxfli

Revolution ball. She carries the logo of two companies – Samsung on her bag and Astra on her clothing. It isn't surprising that companies would be lining up to endorse her. Her season highlights have included setting an LPGA scoring record with 61 in the Jamie Farr Kroger classic. FTP, name this South Korean woman golfer, the first woman to win two major championships before the age of twenty-one.

Answer: Se Ri Pak

(Music – DT)

17. Tossup: Their maternal grandfather won a Heisman trophy. Their uncle was People’s Sexiest Man Alive. Their aunt was straight-woman to an alien. Their paternal grandparents were international celebrities whom the Soviet government considered the epitome of the American nuclear family. Their father died in a plane crash that allegedly started when he was free-basing. FTP, give this duo’s last name and you’ve named their band, which made their family the first to have three consecutive generations top the Billboard singles charts, with the hit Love and Affection.

Answer: Matthew and Gunnar Nelson

(“Geek” – RM)

18. Tossup: In an episode aired on 22 March 1985, Elizabeth boarded the Leader's shuttle to be taken back to Sirius as his bride, Kyle stowed away, and Diana planted a bomb on the shuttle planning to kill the Leader and blame the Resistance. Then the series ended and the plot was never resolved. FTP, what show which had begun as a pair of mini-series about treacherous aliens shares its name with a novel by Thomas Pynchon?

Answer: V (pronounced VEE, not FIVE)

(TV – MK)

19. Tossup: Secrets of the Universe, Town Talk, Stanley Spadowski's Playhouse, Gandhi II, and Wheel of Fish is just a small sample of the programming their local TV station to rocket all the way to #1 in the ratings. Of course, that TV station, Channel 62, is fictional. FTP, name the movie from which that station comes, which also happens to star Victoria Jackson, Fran Drescher, Michael Richards, and “Weird Al” Yankovic.

Answer: UHF (prompt on “Channel 62” before it is mentioned in the question)

(Sports – DT)

20. Tossup: Over a seven-year stretch from 1972 to 1979, he scored at least 18.5 points per game each season and made five trips to the NBA All-Star Game. He competed in the playoffs five times, scored more than 13,000 points, and had a .501 career shooting percentage. His most memorable moment on the court, however, was receiving a punch from Kermit Washington that shattered his face. FTP, name this man, who has found success as an NBA coach, leading the Houston Rockets to consecutive NBA championships in the 1990s.

Answer: Rudy Tomjanovich

(Movies – JH)

21. Tossup: He played Garry Buckman in the TV series Parenthood, but this wasn’t his first TV rôle. He was in the movies The Basketball Diaries and Total Eclipse. He’s better remembered as Luke Brower on the last two seasons of Growing Pains. FTP, name this young movie star who has, more recently, appeared in Marvin’s Room, Romeo + Juliet, and Titanic.

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

(Movies – JH)

22. Tossup: It seems like he’s been in a lot of movies – certainly more than just four. Well, he was in the 1986 bomb The Perils of P. K., he was tortured by Torquemada in History of the World: Part I, and he even had a short lived TV series called Chicken Soup, in which he played a character not unlike himself. He even did the voice of Rabbi Krustofsky, Krusty the Clown’s father, in The Simpsons. FTP, name this stand-up comedian whose most memorable movie appearances were as Jack Hartounian in Caddyshack II and as gas station owner Harry Hartounian in The Jerk.

Answer: Jackie Mason (prompt on “Jacob Masier” or “Yokoff Moshe Maza”)

Bonuses:

(TV – MK)

1. Bonus: You remember that classic Simpsons episode where Mr. Burns hires a team of major leaguers to be ringers on the company softball team, right? Unfortunately, eight of the nine players were incapacitated by game time. Let's see how well you can identify them.

A) (5) Who was the only ringer to actually play in the game? Hint: snort.

Answer: Daryl Strawberry

B) (5) Which player was kicked off the team for failing to shave off his non-existent sideburns, but still thought that Mr. Burns was “better than Steinbrenner?”

Answer: Don Mattingly

C) (10) Which player was knocked unconscious after getting into an argument with Barney over who was the best 19th century British Prime Minister?

Answer: Wade Boggs

D) (10) Finally, for a well earned ten points, which catcher was contaminated by radioactive debris at the nuclear power plant? Not-so-helpful hint: he holds the major league record for most games in a career played under one, and only one, manager.

Answer: Mike Scoscia

(Music – DT)

2. Bonus: Name the musician from clues 30-20-10.

A) (30) Originally intent on becoming a novelist, he earned a Rhodes scholarship after attending Pomona college.

B) (20) After his Rhodes, he was an Army Ranger, janitor, and helicopter pilot, until his song Me and Bobby McGee, recorded by Roger Miller, became a country hit in 1968.

C) (10) He also had a career in film, most notably co-starring with Barbra Streisand in A Star Is Born.

Answer: Kris Kristofferson

(Sports – DT)

3. Bonus: The WNBA has been the beneficiary of a merciless publicity effort by the NBA. How well has the word gotten out? FTPE, given the city, name the team.

A) (10) Charlotte

Answer: Sting

B) (10) Washington

Answer: Mystics

C) (10) New York

Answer: Liberty

(Movies – JH)

4. Bonus: What would trash be without a John Hughes question? We can do even better, though – John Hughes and John Cusack! FFPE, tell us whether the following six movies: feature John Cusack; were written or directed by John Hughes; both; or neither?

A) (5) St. Elmo’s Fire

Answer: neither

B) (5) One Crazy Summer

Answer: Cusack only (D/W: “Savage” Steve Holland)

C) (5) Sixteen Candles

Answer: both

D) (5) Say Anything

Answer: Cusack only (D/W: Cameron Crowe)

E) (5) Some Kind of Wonderful

Answer: Hughes only

F) (5) Better off Dead…

Answer: Cusack only (D/W: “Savage” Steve Holland)

(“Geek” – JH)

5. Bonus: Name the author from clues 30-20-10.

A) (30) He’s the only black, homosexual, male, dyslexic winner of the Nebula award.

B) (20) Author of The Einstein Intersection and Babel-17

C) (10) Author of Dhalgren and Stars in My Pocket like Grains of Sand

Answer: Samuel R(ay) “Chip” Delany, Jr.

(General – MK)

6. Bonus: OK, conjunction time. You know how it works, combine two otherwise unrelated things through common words or syllables. So, for example, if I said “A former U.N. Secretary General and a World War I battle,” you would say “Boutros-Boutros Gallipoli.”

A) (10) A good movie starring Robin Williams, and a really bad one starring John Goodman.

Answer: The Fisher King Ralph

B) (10) A Mafia clan, and a medieval prophet who really didn't know what he was talking about, despite his enduring legacy.

Answer: La Cosa Nostradamus

C) (10) The female star of The Abyss, and Tom Hanks's love interest in Philadelphia.

Answer: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Banderas (prompt on “Mastrantonio Banderas”)

(Sports – DT)

7. Bonus: The last write-in Major League Baseball All-Star to be voted as a starter was Steve Garvey. FTPE, given the league and the position, name this year's starter.

A) (10) NL, second base

Answer; Craig Biggio

B) (10) NL, shortstop

Answer: Walt Weiss

C) (10) NL, third base

Answer: Chipper Jones

(Movies – JH)

8. Bonus: Time for a 5-10-15 bonus on recycling. Kevin Smith’s recycling of actors in Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy, that is. Identify the following actors from descriptions of their rôles in the aforementioned movies.

A) (5) He plays Holden McNeil in Chasing Amy and Shannon Hamilton, Upscale Male employee, in Mallrats.

Answer: Ben Affleck

B) (10) He plays Rene’s true love Brodie in Mallrats and inker-not-just-a-tracer Banky in Chasing Amy.

Answer: Jason Lee

C) (15) He plays Jay – Silent Bob’s not-so-silent partner – in all three movies.

Answer: Jason Mewes

(Sports/TV/Movies/Music – JH)

9. Bonus: 11. Name the one-and-one-half-hit wonders from their lesser-known top-40 hit for 10 points, or their only other top-40 for 5 points.

A) (10) Sweat (A La La La La Long)

(5) Bad Boys (theme from Cops)

Answer: Inner Circle

B) (10) Pop Goes the World

(5) The Safety Dance

Answer: Men without Hats

C) (10) Vienna Calling

(5) Rock Me Amadeus

Answer: Falco [prompt on an obnoxious: “Johann Hölz(e)l”]

(TV – MK)

10. Bonus: Remember that wacky, zany law firm that was the subject of L.A. Law? Didn't think so. So…

A) (15) Give the name of the law firm, five points for the abbreviated two-partner name, or fifteen points for the full five-partner name as it was known during the show's first five years.

Answer: McKenzie, Brackman, Cheney, Kusak, Becker (5 points for “McKenzie Brackman”)

B) (10) What actor and, uh, star of the three Major League films portrayed Arnold Becker?

Answer: Corbin Bernsen

C) (5) Finally, which of the five never appeared on the show, as the first episode opened with the reading of his will?

Answer: Cheney

(Music – JH)

11. Bonus: Hide the kids – it’s time for dirty lyrics. Well, only one four letter word here, and nothing else that couldn’t make it onto 90’s daytime television. FTPE, given a line from a song as it was originally written, change it to the most common version heard on the radio.

A) (10) The Steve Miller Band’s Jet Airliner contains the lyric “…that I don’t want to get caught up in any of that / funky shit goin’ down in the city.” With what word was “shit” replaced for the radio version?

Answer: kicks

B) (10) Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl had this lyric in the album release: “…makin’ love in the green grass / behind the stadium with you.” Well that’s certainly too risqué for 1967. What was substituted in so DJs could play the song?

Answer: “…laughin’ and a runnin’ / behind the stadium with you.”

C) (10) The Kinks Lola angered Coke with the following line: “…where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca-Cola.” To what did they change it in later releases, thus pacifying Coke?

Answer: “… where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola.”

(General – JH)

12. Bonus: Name the mixed drink from ingredients 5-10-15.

A) (5) 1 ½ oz. peach schnapps and orange juice to taste.

Answer: Fuzzy navel

B) (10) 2 oz. gin and ½ oz. Rose’s Lime Juice – a favorite of Philip Marlowe.

Answer: Gimlet

C) (15) ½ oz. white Crème de cacao, ½ oz. Amaretto, 1 oz. light cream, ½ oz. Triple Sec, and ½ oz. vodka

Answer: Orgasm

(Movies – JH)

13. Bonus: Name the actor from rôles 30-20-10.

A) (30) Benjamin Braddock’s father in The Graduate

B) (20) Principal George Feeny on Boy Meets World

C) (10) Dr. Mark Craig on St. Elsewhere and the voice of K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider

Answer: William Daniels

(Sports – DT)

14. Bonus: Ohio State's football program has won 6 Heisman trophies by 5 different players. Given the year and the position, name the player.

A) (5) 1995, running back

Answer: Eddie George

B) (10) 1974 and 1975, halfback

Answer: Archie Griffin

C) (15) 1944, halfback

Answer: Les Horvath

(TV – MK)

15. Bonus: Remember the classic Cheers episode where Cliff appeared on Jeopardy! and introduced “pulling a Clavin” into semi-common vernacular? Well, FFPE, name each of the six categories that Cliff faced in the regular Jeopardy! round. Warning: answers must be worded exactly correct to receive credit.

Answer: Civil Servants, Stamps from Around the World, Mothers and Sons, Beer, Bar Trivia, Celibacy

(General – MK)

16. Bonus: Professional athletes frequently make cameo appearances in TV shows or movies. Name these athletes from clues.

A) (5) This quarterback played himself as the former love interest of Cameron Diaz in There's Something About Mary.

Answer: Brett Favre (pronounced: FARV)

B) (10) This former basketball player appeared in the first episode of the TV miniseries The Stand, ringing a cowbell and yelling "Bring out the dead!"

Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (accept “(Ferdinand Lewis) “Lew” Alcindor, Jr.;” do NOT accept “Abdul” or “Jabbar” individually)

C) (15) This former football star and actor with a perverted name played the captain of a prison football team in Necessary Roughness.

Answer: Dick Butkus

(Music – JH)

17. Bonus: Sick of all those “Name the Swedish rock group, FTPE” questions? No need to remember ABBA, Ace of Base, or Roxette for this question. Instead, name the Welsh pop artist, FTPE.

A) (10) Born in Cardiff, Wales in 1937, she’s the only artist to have done more than one James Bond theme; she performed Goldfinger and Moonraker.

Answer: Shirley Bassey

B) (10) Born in 1940 in Pontypridd, South Wales, he performed the theme to Thunderball, but is probably best known for his hits It’s Not Unusual and What’s New Pussycat? More recent fans know him from an appearance in the movie Mars Attacks! and from the song Kiss, performed with The Art of Noise.

Answer: Tom Jones (accept “Thomas Jones Woodward”)

C) (10) Born Gloria Hopkins in 1952 in Swansea, Wales, she’s best known for the hits It’s a Heartache and Total Eclipse of the Heart. Footloose fans remember her song Holding out for a Hero from the soundtrack.

Answer: Bonnie Tyler

(General – DT)

18. Bonus: Warren Beatty, Mick Jagger, both or neither. Given a woman, FFPE, name her status with the two most celebrated playboys of the ‘70s. For instance, if I said “Rue McLanahan,” you would say “oh dear lord, neither.” Five point bonus for all correct.

A) (5) Carly Simon

Answer: both

B) (5) Diane Keaton

Answer: Warren Beatty

C) (5) Linda Rondstadt

Answer: Mick Jagger

D) (5) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Answer: Warren Beatty

E) (5) Clara Peller

Answer: neither

(Sports – DT)

19. Bonus: Name the professional sport from a list of athletes 30-20-10.

A) (30) Gary Dickinson, Don Helling

B) (20) Mike Durbin, Gene Stus

C) (10) Dick Weber, Pete Weber

Answer: bowling

(TV – MK)

20. Bonus: Did you ever pay attention during Comedy Central's commercial promos for The Daily Show? We hope so, because if you didn’t, you're in trouble. So, FFPE and a bonus five for all correct, give the words or phrases that make up the acronym C.R.A.I.G.

Answer: Courage, Respect, Not at All Arrogant (prompt on “Arrogant”), Inquisitive, Groovy

(Movies – JH)

21. Bonus: It’s a fertile time for television on the big screen, but even 1998 can’t compare to 1994’s slew of TV shows gone big screen. FTPE, name the TV show turned into a 1994 movie from clues.

A) (10) This bomb featured David Johansen and John C. McGinley reprising Joe E. Ross’s and Fred Gwynne’s rôles in this remake of a ‘60s cop show.

Answer: Car 54, Where Are You?

B) (10) This Richard Donner comedy had James Garner taking on a prominent supporting rôle – an interesting casting choice since Garner starred in the series in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s.

Answer: Maverick

C) (10) This cartoon turned live-action comedy featured Elizabeth Perkins as the former Ms. Wilma Slaghoople and Rosie O’Donnell as the former Ms. Norma Jean McBricker. Music was provided by the BC-52’s.

Answer: The Flintstones

(Music – DT)

22. Bonus: Cool It Now. Mr. Telephone Man. If It Isn't Love. For five points per member, given the description, name the member or members of New Edition.

A) (5) The original lead singer of the group, he went on to record My Prerogative and urinate in the back of a police cruiser. You might also know of him as Whitney Houston's “I swear I'm not a lesbian” husband of convenience.

Answer: Bobby Brown

B) (5) Bobby's replacement at lead, his post-New Edition career included recording Rub You the Right Way and membership in the group LSG.

Answer: Johnny Gill

C) (5) The member with the high-pitched voice, he went on to record Sensitivity and Stone Cold Gentleman.

Answer: Ralph Tresvant

D) (15) These three remaining members found unlikely success by forming a group that performed such classics as Poison and Do Me.

Answer: Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe (prompt on “Bell Biv DeVoe”)

(“Geek” – DT)

23. Bonus: In 1966, in Fantastic Four #48, the Silver Surfer was created.

A) (20) FTPE, name his creators.

Answer: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

B) (10) The Silver Surfer came to planet Earth to summon his master, the devourer of worlds, so that he might devour our world. He betrayed him, but was forced to stay on Earth by the master. FTP, name this devourer of worlds.

Answer: Galactus

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