Trash Quizbowl Packet Archive



Round 5

1. In an unaired episode of this man’s first series, Bingo the clown’s cancellation means this man must perform as “Mr. Pizza Box Man.” In the pilot for this man’s current TV series, the creator of Black People Love Us escapes a terrible date by jumping into a helicopter while this man moves black kids nearer the windows of a school bus abandoned in Harlem. Chelsea Peretti has a recurring role in that second series, while in the first, Pamela Adlon plays this man’s wife. The earlier series was cancelled after one season on HBO, while the current series airs after Rescue Me. Described as a “red-headed, nobody piece of shit” in that namesake FX show, this man also released a stand-up special, “Shameless.” Star of two namesake shows, one where he’s alliteratively described as “Lucky,” FTP, identify this comedian with a Polish last name usually rendered phonetically by two consonants.

ANSWER: Louis C.K. (or Louis Szekely; prompt on Louie or Louis)

2. One novel with this figure in the title sees purse-snatching hoodlums Andreas and Zipp connected with a missing person case of Inspector Sejer. A narrative non-fiction book also titled after one of these figures follows assistant DA Thomas Barlow, inventor George Ferris, architect Daniel Burnham and the murderer H.H. Holmes during the Chicago World’s Fair. Those are Karin Fossum’s novel about “When” this figure “Holds the Candle” and Erik Larson’s book about this “In the White City.” Another novel with this figure in the title sees a Brown graduate hired at the Elias-Clark Group who dates Alex Fineman but has to take a Roadster to a shop and care for Caroline and Cassidy while working for Miranda Priestly. That novel centers on Andrea Sachs, later played by Anne Hathaway. FTP, identify this figure who, in a Lauren Weisberger novel, “Wears Prada.”

ANSWER: The Devil (I guess prompt on “The Candle” until “assistant DA”)

3. The first track on this man’s debut album features music by Don Ralke and an invocation to “imitate the action of the tiger” and “set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,” while the Frank Devenport-penned title track concerns “touching the face of God.” On this man’s second album, Adrian Belew accompanies Henry Rollins and this man bemoaning student drivers, the use of “like,” and dying polar bears. Other tracks on that album include one about a deadbeat dad by Nick Hornby and a cover of Pulp. “I Can’t Get Behind That,” “That’s Me Trying” and “Common People” all appear on this man’s album Has Been, written in collaboration with Ben Folds. This man appears on Folds’s “In Love” but is best known for his halting cover of “Rocketman.” FTP, name this artist behind The Transformed Man better known for playing Captain Kirk.

ANSWER: William Shatner

4. A court proceeding about fraudulent tickets meant 34 fans from Mexico used government cars to reach this event. The key figure in this event appeared shortly after it opposite Diana Dors on the Bob Hope show and barely survived a car crash likely caused by his own drunk driving. That man, who would be traded 4 years later, had gone 3-21 two years earlier with Baltimore. The losing pitcher in this event was nicknamed “The Barber” while some of the players involved include Sandy Amoros and Jim Gilliam. With the loss going to Sal Maglie, the only player to work a three-ball count was Pee Wee Reese, while close calls in this game include a Duke Snider fly called foul by Ed Runge and a Gil Hodges fly-ball that prompted a diving catch from Mickey Mantle. FTP, identify this only time that 27 batters were retired without reaching base during a World Series Game.

ANSWER: Don Larsen’s Perfect Game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series (accept either underlined phrase or their equivalents)

5. Men who "start with Byron and Shelley and jump on your belly" are decried in a musical number in this film, while another such number is choreographed by Buddy Bizarre. One dining establishment in this film, an ice cream shop that serves only one flavor, is owned by Howard Johnson, who shares his surname with most of the people in town. One of the antagonists in this film, Taggart, suggests slaughtering every town resident's first-born child, a plan the State Procurer deems "too Jewish". The romance of a red rose is commented upon by Hedley Lamarr's paramour, the "Teutonic Titwillow" Lilly von Shtupp, upon meeting the protagonist, who later learns about the plan to buy up the town's land to profit from the railroad in a conversation with Mongo. Gig Young and Richard Pryor were originally supposed to play the roles of the Waco Kid and Bart in this film. FTP, name this Mel Brooks movie whose protagonist, played by Cleavon Little "wears a shining star" as the sheriff of Rock Ridge.

ANSWER: Blazing Saddles

6. One line from the song of this name is “Motel, money, murder, madness” which provides a chapter heading for the biography Wild Child. One song on the album of this name has the singer ask what he's doing in the titular structure and wonders “why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?” Another song on this album describes “a killer on the road / his brain is squirmin’ like a toad.” Those songs are “Hyacinth House” and “Riders on the Storm.” This album contained “Love Her Madly,” which charted higher than any song on Morrison Hotel or Strange Days. The song of this name repeats the anagram “Mr. Mojo Risin” and describes “little girls in their Hollywood bungalows.” The titular person is “so alone” and is a “a lucky little lady in the City of Light.” FTP, give this name for both a song and album by the Doors about a resident of a California city.

ANSWER: LA Woman

7. NOTE: Prudish players may give euphemistic answers. On a TV show, the production of “Hey Evelyn” is stopped after the use of this word during a poker game. In another episode, the main character is blamed by a Paul Dooley-played father-in-law for this word appearing in an obituary. Besides being the focus of multiple Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes, this is Ben Kingsley’s opening line in Sexy Beast. Seth Putnam is the driving force of a group named in part for this word. Elizabeth Hoffman referred to her past as a Chaucer scholar in her widely mocked claim that this word was a term of endearment, while another high profile use came after a former POW was told he was “getting a bit thin up there.” Those incidents were when this word was applied to CU football player Katie Hnida and to potential first lady Cindy by her husband John McCain. Following “Anal” in the name of a metal band, FTP, identify this 4-letter word that’s a derogatory term for women.

ANSWER: cunt or the c-word (accept clear knowledge, but on any ambiguous euphemism, prompt by asking the player “What letter does the word start with?”)

8. In the “Quizbowlers as NBA Players” thread, Brendan Byrne compared Chris Ray to the current color commentator for this team, as they have both “won championships on multiple levels.” Joining Chris Denari and Stacy Paetz in calling their games, that commentator played his final season with this team, alongside Steve Stinpanovich, Vern Fleming and Clark Kellogg, his occasional substitute as color commentator. Quinn Buckner started calling games in 1998. That was Jalen Rose’s second year with this team, the year this team lost to the 8-seeded Knicks in the Eastern finals, and the team’s final year at Market Square Arena before moving to the Conseco Fieldhouse. In 2010, Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy, and Tyler Hansbrough are just some of the many white Americans playing for this team coached by Jim O’Brien. FTP, identify this team most associated with Reggie Miller and racecars.

ANSWER: Indiana Pacers (accept either part)

9. “Mediocre-looking girls who put” this actress” as their “doppelganger on Facebook” is the flavorwire stereotype of Cat Power fans. In one film, this actress goes after Matt Arnold while her mother, played by Rene Russo, romances Tim Allen’s Eliot Arnold in the midst of a crisis about a suitcase. In another film appearance, this woman braves a menacing windstorm to walk to her husband, played by Mark Wahlberg; earlier, she had astutely observed that a certain toxin “makes you kill yourself.” In a starring role, this woman tries to ruin the cereal shop owned by her boyfriend. Besides those roles in Big Trouble, The Happening, and Flakes,, this woman plays also a titular secretary wooed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt during the title season. FTP, identify this recent star of 500 Days of Summer.

ANSWER: Zooey Deschanel

10. This man’s IMDB includes credits as a writer for a special called “Quest for Tires” and appearances as a magician on the Ed Sullivan Show. A collection of this man’s most controversial work is I Did it His Way. One creation by this man has animal characters like one who only says “Gronk” and Queen Ida the ant. Like Peanuts, incompetent baseball teams appear in one of his strips, with a one-legged poet managing a team that includes Clumsy. His two best-known strips are now created by his grandsons Mick and Mason Mastroianni, who on one strip work with the son of his grandfather’s original collaborator Brant Parker. One of his strips features the imprisoned Spook and the cowardly Sir Rodney and a title character working for a very short king, while in his best-known strip characters ride on wheels and prematurely celebrate Christian holidays. FTP, identify this dead cartoonist of Wizard of Id and B.C.

ANSWER: Johnny Hart

11. Some talented players in this country’s domestic league include Sandro Colabro of VVV and Moroccan Mounir El Hamdauoi of AZ. Ismail Aissati and Marko Pantelic play in this country’s league for a team with the unofficial nickname of “The Jews,” after their supporters embraced insinuations of their Jewish connections. That team is also has Uruguayan Luis Suarez and is credited with pioneering “Total Football” with their coach Rinus Michels, who also managed this country’s national team. Twente’s 2010 Eredivisie championship was the first not coming from the “Big Three” that include Feyernoord and the Jewish-loving Ajax. With historical national team stars like Dennis Bergkamp and Johan Cruyff , FTP, identify this country with a national team known as the Orange that lost the World Cup final to Spain.

ANSWER: The Netherlands or Holland

12. Items in this game include a meditation rod that can only be used three times, as well as three-, five-, and seven- point Circles of Power. Enemies in this game stay down on the ground for 15 to 30 seconds before being transported away, giving you a short window of time to perform a finisher. This game allows you to target body parts of enemies and features a rock-paper-scissors like alignment system between Xel'lotath, Chattur’gha, and Ulyaoth, as well as the Corpse God Mantorok. The fat Franciscan Paul Luther and the Cambodian slave girl Ellia are two playable characters of this game, which spans two (*) millennia and is centered on Alexandra Roivas, who learns about the plot to stop Liche, formerly the centurion Pious. The signature feature of this game involves fake errors on the GameCube, talking portraits, and bleeding walls. For 10 points, identify this horror game made by Silicon Knights that features “Sanity Effects.”

ANSWER: Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem

13. One album by this man features interludes called “Sexlude,” “Searcylude” and “Chynalude” as well as the possibly Milton Friedman-inspired “Nothins Free.” One song claims this man “always tells the truth” after asking “why would you lie at all?” while a rival claims he will “wait ‘til [this man] come on and let off a shot.” Those references appeared in Vampire Weekend’s “Oxford Comma” and The Game’s “One Blood,” and this man’s last name Smith is revealed in embarrassingly nerdy yearbook photos. He appears with Ludacris and Too $hort on “Bia Bia”; with Trick Daddy and Twista on “Let’s Go”; and with fellow Atlanta-residents the Ying Yang Twins on “Salt Shaker.” Frequently appearing with the Eastside Boyz, this pioneer of “crunk” has his most famous exclamations featured in Usher’s “Yeah.” FTP, identify this rapper, best-known for his oft-imitated cries of “WHAT!?”, “YEAH!” and “OKAY!”

ANSWER: Lil Jon

14. In his review of Avatar, this man imagined a sequel where Sully longs for the corrupted human world and compares the Navi to India’s Maoist rebels. In another review this man claims to be thankful he was able to watch The Matrix in a theatre full of idiots. In one of his own films, he compares the seductive power of the human voice in The Exorcist and The Great Dictator; claims the three floors of the Bates house in Psycho represent the Ego, Superego and Id; and claims that Nature in The Birds represents a maternal response to Oedipal tension. Besides that movie, The Pervert’s Guide to the Cinema, this man has also analyzed David Lynch in The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime and Alfred Hitchcock films in Everything you Always Wanted to Know About Lacan. FTP, identify this film-lover and author of books like The Parallax View and Welcome to the Desert of the Real, a Slovenian philosopher.

ANSWER: Slavoj Zizek

15. In Ishmael Reed’s Reckless Eyeballing, Ian Ball is often paired with this product, while 40s ads used the phrase “Served… ANYWHERE!” One of these is “on the way” in Zac Brown Band’s biggest hit “Toes,” while a 1968 Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller movie centers on the torpedoing of a shipment of this product. That film is The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell. Rob Walker argues that this product represents a failure for Kalle Lasn’s Adbusters. His book Buying In denies the supposed “hijacking” of this brand, a movement that might have started when Jeffrey’s choice of Heineken is rejected with a hearty “fuck that shit!” in favor of this. This beer's status as the choice beer of Frank in Blue Velvet joins “irony” and “cheapness” as hypotheses for this Milwaukee-brewed product’s cult status among hipsters. FTP, identify this beer that was originally sold with its namesake colorful fabric.

ANSWER: Pabst Blue Ribbon (prompt on Pabst)

16. On her most recent album, this singer wonders “why did I kiss him so hard late last Friday night?” on “Tymps (the Sick in the Head Song).” At the VH1 Fashion Awards, this singer screamed “GO WITH YOURSELF!,” echoing an earlier speech where she ridiculed the music business with “this world is bullshit.” That came after winning an MTV Award for a song where she sang “you say love is a hell you can’t bear… gimme mine back, then go there.” A better-known song has this singer “want to suffer for my sins” since “it’s a sad, sad world where a girl will break a boy just because she can. That song’s infamous music video had this singer stripping and playing with a man’s feet in the bathtub while singing she “needs a good defense” because she’s the title sort of person. FTP, identify this artist who released “Sleep to Dream” and “Criminal” on her album Tidal.

ANSWER: Fiona Apple

17. A fan-fic about this man hypothesizes that aliens killed his mysterious wife, who this man canonically met in the Mindo Nambillo rainforest. The backstory of the deceased Catherine, dead 15 years, is given in “My Dinner with” this character, a Thanksgiving episode. In Season 5, this character directs a school play, while earlier he was set up with a Psychology professor played by Beth Dixon, a former teacher of Jill’s. During the final episode curtain call, this man is seen wearing a wizard robe and he comes out and appropriately taps his cheeks. Living next door to a family including Brad, Mark and Randy Taylor, the last played by Jonathan Taylor Thomas, the gimmick surrounding this character was furthered with paper mache and Halloween masks. Played by Earl Hindman, FTP, identify this character who never shows his face on Home Improvement.

ANSWER: Wilson Wilson Jr.,

18. In the third season of the Amazing Race, contestants had to search for a rose named for this figure while in Singapore. A poem by Adrian Mole asks if this figure's tears are "molten steel," while Jack Donaghy claims that this person, like Don Geiss, signaled oncoming retirement by discussing sex in a sailing magazine. Darnell Turner conducted an intimate relationship with this figure while working as an assassin. A song about this historical figure which mentions the kind people's "wonderful dream" and envisions her "on the guillotine" was written by Morrissey, and this woman was a coveted party guest in Alan Hollinghurts's The Line of Beauty. Along with baseball and cold showers, the thought of this figure nude on a cold day was used by Austin Powers to break the fembot's hold over him. This woman has been portrayed on film by Andrea Riseborough in The Long Walk to Finchley and by Patricia Hodge in The Falklands Play. FTP, name this "milk snatcher" and "Iron Lady," Great Britain's first female prime minister.

ANSWER: Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher

19. NOTE: Position and team required. Jeff Pearlman alleges that the vague instruction to photograph the player of this position led to the wrong man being picked for 1998’s People Sexiest Athlete of the Year. The real choice was the man in the backup role at this position, Rich Gannon, though the profile ran of a man who later finished his career in Baltimore. The most decorated person to hold this position played it after being traded alongside David Whitmore; in this position, that man guided the team to the AFC Championship Game in 1993. Mike Livingstone played it for most of the 70s and Bill Kenney for most the 80s, while the previously described not-so-sexy athlete is Elvis Grbac. Todd Haley brought in a former Patriots backup to play this position last year. FTP, identify this position occupied at the end of his career by Joe Montana, in a Super Bowl by Len Dawson, and next year by Matt Cassel.

ANSWER: Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback (they may say Kansas City or Chiefs, but must say Quarterback; prompt on partial answers)

20. One character on this show confuses Phil Collins with Karen Carpenter in a minisode about the making of the music video for "Fallacies," a song by "alt-emo-thrash-metal" band Twaüghthammër. Like C.G.B. Spender, one character on this show, Emilio, favors Morley cigarettes. A squeegee is used by one character on this show to blow up a BMW with the license plate "KEN WINS," while another criminal act on this show is committed by Marie, who shoplifts a tiara as a present for her sister's baby shower. An eyeball and a pink teddy bear are found floating in the protagonist's pool after a plane crash caused by air traffic controller Donald Margolis; earlier, the main character of this show had let Donald's daughter Jane, a heroin addict, asphyxiate on her own vomit. This show's main character coins his own nickname, Heisenberg, while seeking a distributor for the product he makes with his former student Jesse Pinkman. FTP, name this Vince Gilligan-created show on AMC in which high school chemistry teacher Walter White starts cooking meth after being diagnosed with cancer.

ANSWER: Breaking Bad

Bonuses:

1. Written about the girlfriend of Nick Hexum, this song claims “you oughta know what brings me here.” FTPE:

[10] Name this song titled for “the color of your energy.”

ANSWER: “Amber”

[10] “Amber,” “Love Song” and “Down” are the best-known songs from this reggae-influenced, numerically named band from Omaha.

ANSWER: 311

[10] “Amber” was supposedly written about Nicole Scherzinger, who came to fame with this group formed by the show Popstars.

ANSWER: Eden’s Crush

2. Identify the following golfers FTPE.

[10] This golfer is the youngest ever inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame. 2 of this golfer’s 5 total majors came in 1998, one at DuPont in Delaware and the other at Blackwolf Run in Wisconsin.

ANSWER: Se Ri Pak

[10] This golfer is the only man to overtake Tiger Woods on Sunday to win a major, doing so at the PGA Championship at Hazeltine.

ANSWER: Y.E. Yang or Yang Yong-eun

[10] Se Ri Pak and Y.E. Yang are golfers from country.

ANSWER: Republic of South Korea

3. Gloria and Jay clashed over Jay's dog butler statue on this show, on which Rico Rodriguez II plays Manny Delgado. FTPE:

[10] Name this ABC show, a mockumentary about a group of relations including recent adoptive parents Mitchell Pritchett and Cameron Tucker.

ANSWER: Modern Family

[10] This actress plays Claire on Modern Family. She's also appeared as Jack's ex-wife Sarah on Lost, and this Neutrogena spokesmodel also played Denise Bauer on Boston Legal.

ANSWER: Julie Bowen

[10] Bowen also played Carol Vessey, a resident of this town. Tom Cavanagh's character returned to this Ohio location, his hometown, from New York in the series Ed.

ANSWER: Stuckeyville

4.

This man makes a cameo in Funny People as part of a show where the company he’s associated with pays $300,000 for a comedy routine. FTPE:

[10] Identify this internet dude who appears to be popular.

ANSWER: Tom Anderson (accept first or last name)

[10] A comedian in Funny People wonders whether Tom would win in a fight with this man, who, unlike Mark Zuckerberg, is a vocal advocate for privacy. The conclusion is he would beat Tom because he has “weirder” friends.

ANSWER: Craig Newmark (prompt on just Craig)

[10] The first-ever YouTube video was this man standing in front of some elephants. He founded the company with Chad Hurley and Stephen Chen.

ANSWER: Jawed Karim

5. This song depicts an idealized childhood in lyrics like, "steady as a preacher, free as a weed." For 10 points:

[10] Name this recent country crossover hit whose singer says of her younger self, "I gotta get back to her somehow."

ANSWER: "American Honey"

[10] "American Honey" was recorded by this country trio and appeared on their album Need You Now, whose title track was also a crossover success.

ANSWER: Lady Antebellum (apparently Lady A is acceptable)

[10] Hillary Scott, one of the lead singers of Lady Antebellum, provided guest vocals on this singer's single "Do I," which was co-written by Scott's bandmates. "Do I" appears on Doing My Thing, the followup to this singer's debut album I'll Stay Me.

ANSWER: Luke Bryan

6.

Some connoisseurs of this show claim the best episode is “Doberman’s Sister,” where a supposedly attractive date for Fort Baxter Day turns out to be hideously ugly. FTPE:

[10] Name this show officially named for its star, but sometimes titled for the role he played, Sergeant Bilko.

ANSWER: The Phil Silvers Show

[10] Allan Melvin played Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show, but might be better known as Sam the Butcher, the boyfriend of this woman. Played by Ann B. Davis, she’s the housekeeper on The Brady Bunch.

ANSWER: Alice Nelson

[10] This man appeared as the previously described Doberman, the generic bumbling fatso character. He also voiced the bumbling fatso Benny on the Bilko-rip-off cartoon Top Cat.

ANSWER: Maurice Gosfield

7. This man infamously had “Wild Willie” castrated on a practice field before his team’s 1992 opening game against Texas. FTPE:

[10] Name this man that was at the time coaching Mississippi State.

ANSWER: Jackie Sherrill

[10] Sherrill’s antipathy to Longhorns probably stemmed from his tenure coaching for this school found in College Station.

ANSWER: Texas A&M

[10] Wikipedia claims that during Jackie Sherrill’s tenure at Pittsburgh, a rivalry for local recruits developed after Sherrill called this active coach’s house after midnight and insulted his wife Sue.

ANSWER: Joe Paterno

8. In addition to learning how to skin an eel that you've nailed to a table, you can pick up a lot of other culinary know-how on Top Chef. FTPE:

[10] On the first episode of Top Chef Masters, Tim Love produced a version of pozole lacking this essential pozole ingredient, which is also found in menudo. It is produced by alkali treatment of maize kernels, and it can be ground to produce masa or a type of grits, and in some regions it is also called mote (MOE-tay).

ANSWER: hominy

[10] For the sugar-free dessert Quickfire in Season 5, Eugene used bananas to make a sweet version of this Filipino egg roll.

ANSWER: lumpia

[10] In Season 6, Eli and Laurine were criticized for a bitter preparation of this sauce, which Escoffier defines as a reduction of a white wine-, brandy-, tomato-, and fumet (fyoo-MAY)-based lobster stock blended with butter and the intestines and coral of the lobster. This sauce notably lacks cream or eggs.

ANSWER: sauce Américaine (Newburg and Thermidor are not acceptable)

9. Answer the following about movies with something in common, FTPE.

[10] Michael Caine returns to Newcastle seeking information about the death of his brother Frank in this acclaimed 1971 Mike Hodges film.

ANSWER: Get Carter

[10] Chili Palmer, a loan shark and hustler at the center of Get Shorty, is played by this mega-star of Grease, Pulp Fiction, and – of course – Look Who’s Talking.

ANSWER: John Travolta

[10] The Disney Channel Original Movie Get a Clue starred this actress, whose other made-for-TV credits include Labor Pains and Life-Size.

ANSWER: Lindsay Lohan

10. Identify the following real people mentioned in Elton John songs. FTPE:

[10] This man is described as “low as a paid assassin” and “cold as a hired sword” in the song “I Feel Like A Bullet.” He killed Jesse James.

ANSWER: Robert Ford

[10] Elton John’s 1982 song “Empty Garden” is a tribute to this murder victim. His murder is described as occurring “as a New York sunset disappeared” and the titular “empty garden” is of the Madison Square variety.

ANSWER: John Lennon

[10] This hemophiliac and AIDS patient is described in “The Last Song” as “light as straw and brittle as a bird.” This teen’s banishment from his Indiana middle school in 1985 sparked national outcry.

ANSWER: Ryan White

11. LeBron won the 2004 Rookie of the Year award, but 5 other people also received votes. Name some FTPE.

[10] This Nugget finished second in the voting.

ANSWER: Carmelo Anthony (accept either)

[10] This guard got 4 points in the voting after the Bulls drafted him out of Kansas.

ANSWER: Kirk Hinrich

[10] This man received one point, though even more embarrassingly he has tattoos of Chinese characters that say “healthy woman roof.” He played precisely 4 minutes in the recent NBA Finals.

ANSWER: Marquis Daniels

12. The main character of this film was released from a mental institution where he was kept after killing his mother with the title implement. FTPE:

[10] Name this film titled after something "some people call a kaiser."

ANSWER: Sling Blade

[10] Sling Blade stars this man who also wrote and directed. He starred in Bad Santa and had a long relationship with Angelina Jolie.

ANSWER: Billy Bob Thorton

[10] Billy Bob also directed this 2000 adaptation of a Cormac McCarthy novel about some cowboys riding around.

ANSWER: All the Pretty Horses

13. Identify the following fast-casual restaurant chains that started in Colorado. FTPE:

[10] This uber-popular Mexican chain was founded by Steve Elis in Denver. McDonald's formerly owned part of this chain.

ANSWER: Chipotle Mexican Grill

[10] This Broomfield-based chain offers Wisconsin Mac and Cheese and sells Rice Krispies at the counter.

ANSWER: Noodles and Company (prompt on Noodles)

[10] This chain is "every city's favorite burger place." It has expanded by 70 stores in the last year, moving into nearly 20 states.

ANSWER: Smashburger

14. Answer the following about some tenuously related musical things, FTPE.

[10] The title condition is filled in “with taking a limousine” and “buying a monkey” in this Barenaked Ladies song.

ANSWER: “If I Had a Million Dollars”

[10] Showing the ravages of inflation, a current thematically similar song is “Billionaire” from Travie McCoy featuring this man. He’s a member of the Smeezingtons and also sang the hook on “Nothin’ On You” from B.o.B.

ANSWER: Bruno Mars or Patrick Hernandez

[10] “Inflationary Language” is a signature bit for this Danish musical comedian where words like “wonderful” becomes “two-derful” and “tenderly” becomes “eleven-derly.” The execution actually salvages the idea.

ANSWER: Victor Borge

15. In this film, the main character's beautiful wife Ananga tells him that she is pregnant after they fail to save Moti, a dying Untouchable girl. FTPE.

[10] Name this film about the Bengal Famine of 1943-1944, which starred Soumitra Chatterji as the schoolmaster Gangacharan.

ANSWER: Distant Thunder (Ashani Sanket)

[10] Pauline Kael described Soumitra Chatterjee as the "one-man stock company" of this director, who cast Chatterjee as the lead in Apur Sansa, the final film in his Apu trilogy.

ANSWER: Satyajit Ray

[10] Ray's interest in filmmaking was sparked by a trip to London in which he immersed himself in film, including the work of this filmmaker, who directed Shoeshine and Umberto D.

ANSWER: Vittorio de Sica

16. This man's face while pitching has been compared to whistling or preparing to blow a smoke ring. FTPE:

[10] Name this current Red Sox closer.

ANSWER: Jonathan Papelbon

[10] This other AL East player who smiles a lot during at-bats was traded to the White Sox for 4 minor leaugers in 2008 and for Wilson Betemit in 2009.

ANSWER: Nick Swisher

[10] This 90s journeyman player had several nervous tics because of his Tourette's Syndrome.

ANSWER: Jim Eisenreich

17. Name the following celebrities who were drunk during interviews. FTPE:

[10] This man was himself "strugg-a-ling" during an interview with Suzy Kolber on Monday Night Football. He quarterbacked the Jets to an implausible Super Bowl III win.

ANSWER: Joe Namath

[10] This man described sex in the Lincoln Bedroom while hammered during a 2006 appearance on The View after drinking with his bff George Clooney.

ANSWER: Danny DeVito

[10] This man, with last name Glover, was blasted on an appearance with Adam Carolla. He appeared on Jackass and Wildboyz.

ANSWER: Steve-O Glover

18. This woman had a notable and implausible Twitter conversation with John McCain about the candidate’s paleness and its relation to Obama’s tax and spend policies. FTPE:

[10] Identify this very short woman who, in her iconic show’s title sequence, declares, “I’m going to the fucking Jersey Shore, BITCH!”

ANSWER: Snooki (or Nicole Polizzi)

[10] This other Jersey Shore vet declares that she’s “the sweetest bitch you know.” She had a relationship with juicehead lunatic Ronnie during most of the show.

ANSWER: Sammi Giancola

[10] Snooki’s nickname comes from a character in this 2001 film about an attempt to get into Julliard. Vince Green plays that character while Sean Patrick Thomas plays Derek.

ANSWER: Save the Last Dance

19. One of Teo Macero’s many masterpieces as a producer, some of the lesser-known tracks on this album include “Strange Meadow Lark” and “Pick Up Sticks.” FTPE:

[10] Name this 1959 album from the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

ANSWER: Time Out

[10] Along with “Blue Rondo a la Turk,” this is the best-known song from Time Out. It’s named for its unusual time signature.

ANSWER: “Take Five”

[10] Generally credited with the group’s fascination with odd time signatures, this man was the drummer for the entire run of the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

ANSWER: Joe Morello

20. Answer the following about games associated with the exciting genre of dating simulations, for 10 points each:

[10] Save the Homeland and Innocent Life are the only two games in this long-running series of farm games to not feature marriage, which involves diverting time away from raising crops to complete “heart events” for your soulmate. Should you fail to do so, a rival character will marry your love interest.

ANSWER: Harvest Moon

[10] Specific conversational choices affect Ein’s status with the five female characters in his party in this game, the first entry in Sting’s Dept. Heaven series originally for the WonderSwan Color. This game is pretty easy if you train your skills in each new weapon that you come across before fighting major battles.

ANSWER: Riviera: The Promised Land

[10] An unreleased software would have allowed this character to schedule your life and helped you to plan actual dates. This mid-40s loser stars in a series of Sierra games, such as Box Office Bust, Love for Sail!, and one which has him guiding a sperm through several “hot spots” a quest to seduce women.

ANSWER: Leisure Suit Larry [prompt on partial answer]

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