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Burns Tournament 2004 – Muck Masters Remix

Packet by Stan Jastrzebski (not so much edited as rearranged by Charlie Steinhice)

Tossups

1. The name was first coined in a 1958 Sports Illustrated article by Herbert Warren Wind, who took it from the title of an old jazz song by Milton Mezzrow, a Chicago clarinetist. The creek that runs through the area was named after John Rae, whose house was a stronghold against Indian attacks in the late 18th Century. FTP, what collective name is given to holes 11, 12 and 13 of Augusta National Golf Club, perhaps named because of the often unanswered prayers of the players there?

  Answer: Amen Corner

2. The album opens with “Gone Hollywood”, a song about a band relocating to Los Angeles and concludes with “Child of Vision”, which some say symbolizes how the band’s songwriting team of Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson was breaking apart. “Just Another Nervous Wreck” highlights the cynical side of the album, but songs like “Goodbye Stranger” and “Take the Long Way Home” are lighter in tone. FTP, what is this album featuring a yellow-clad waitress hovering over New York harbor by Supertramp?

  Answer: Breakfast in America

3. Located in the Hormozgan province of Iran and having control of the northern side of the Strait of Hormuz, its women were first mentioned in season three of the show in which it appears. This nation gained a greater piece of the plot when the Bartlett administration chose to bomb suspected terrorist training camps there and assassinate its leader at the beginning of season four. This is, FTP, what insidious country from The West Wing?

Answer: Kumar

4. Ray Milland played bullheaded father Oliver Barrett III in this film, who threatens to disinherit his Harvard law student son. Barrett’s son marries music student Jennifer Cavelleri, whose father Phil tries to help Oliver and his son see eye to eye. However, despite the affection between Jennifer and Oliver IV, she has trouble conceiving a child. FTP, what is this 1970 movie starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali McGraw that features the line “Love means never having to say you’re sorry?”

Answer: Love Story

5. The game is officially regulated by the ATSF and can be played in a few different ways. Bad Boys doubles means the offensive and defensive players switch if and only if they score. You can also play cut-throats, a two-one-on game with the doubles team always serving or goalie’s delight, where when the defense gives up a goal, they get the ball in their defensive end instead there being a face-off at the center of the table. FTP, what is this game played in pubs using players attached to metal bars that spin around?

Answer: Foosball (accept Table Soccer)

6. When he goes to the movies, he’s worried about having to sit next to “some Sasquatch” who will take up the entire armrest. On a hot day, he claims there’s nothing better than the product he hawks until two attractive women walk by. When he visits Lebron James at his home, he gets teary-eyed at the dispenser in Lebron’s kitchen. FTP, who is this pint-sized Sprite spokesman?

Answer: Thirst

7. Chapter four of this book goes to great lengths to describe how Billy Joel can be successful without ever being cool. Subsequent chapters follow the Guns N’ Roses tribute band Paradise City and explain why Marilyn Monroe was a true sex symbol and Pam Anderson will never be. One of the more amusing interludes between chapters equates bands with television shows and espouses that whereas Jimi Hendrix is the Twilight Zone, likewise Eurythmics is Mork and Mindy. FTP, what is this latest book from Chuck Klosterman?

Answer: Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs

8. General Wheeler in “The Last Castle”, Arthur Rose in “The Cider House Rules”, Colonel Max Wilkins in “Broken Arrow”, Dr. Ed Brazzleton in “The Core”, Issak O’Day in “Romeo Must Die”, Agent Lonnie Hawkins in “Ransom”. FTP, who is this imposing actor who also starred alongside Nicolas Cage in “Gone in 60 Seconds”?

Answer: Delroy Lindo

9. The Orioles are the only major league team to retire this number, whereas two NFL teams no longer allow players to wear it -- including the Colts, for whom Buddy Young wore it. Ed Macauley is the Boston Celtic for whom it hangs in the rafters, and Rolando Blackman and Larry Nance also wore it. FTP, what number is currently worn by players like Mark Prior and Roger Clemens?

Answer: 22

10. The two men who talk during the middle of the song are named Zeke and Antelope Joe. The song itself wonders if there’s a plainer state than Nebraska and notes that among the reasons to enjoy the titular place are the horses and the rocks and the sheep and the bison and the banjos and the wily raccoons. FTP, what is this song that can’t wait to say good-bye-oh to the Buckeye state, as featured in the web ads for American Express with Jerry Seinfeld and Superman?

Answer: Oh Yes, Wyoming

11. The group began as a bar band calling itself “Scratches” near their home in Surrey, England. Their first album, “New Clear Days” was popular near home, but almost nowhere else. When their first and only hit reached American audiences, people assumed the title referred to faces made while having sex. FTPE, what is this band whose album Magnets also included the minor hit “Jimmie Jones”, but who will forever be better known for “Turning Japanese”?

Answer: The Vapors

12. Among the standout players on this team’s 2003-2004 roster was catcher Kurt Suzuki, who won the Johnny Bench award. The team went 19-and-2 in the Big West Conference, and finished the year with a 47-and-22 record overall. In the postseason, the team rode the arm of pitcher Jason Windsor, who went 5-and-0 with a 0.67 ERA. FTP, what school is this which defeated heavily favored Texas to win the 2004 College World Series?

Answer: Cal State Fullerton

13. He began playing piano at age five and studied at the Royal College of Music in London before he moved to the US. He earned his Ph.D. in music composition and theory from UCLA and began scoring student films. He wrote a concert piece called “Spectral Shimmers”, but it wasn’t until his score for Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan that he gained notice. FTP, who is this man whose only Oscar win is for his score to Titanic?

Answer: James Horner

14. The name’s the same. One was in six bands, including one called “Earth Incorporated” before he joined his current band. The other played Jamey Collins in “Philadelphia”. The first plays guitar alongside Tom Hamilton and Joe Perry. The second played Eric Gordon in “Billy Madison”. FTP, what name is shared by a guitarist from Aerosmith and the man who plays Josh Lyman on The West Wing?

Answer: Brad(ley) Whitford

15. It's not in the way that you hold me / It's not in the way you say you care / It's not in the way you've been treating my friends / It's not in the way that you'll stay till the end / It's not in the way you look or the things that you say that you do. It's not in the words that you told me and it's not in the way you say you're mine, so, FTPE, what do the members of Toto advise that you do?

Answer: Hold the Line

16. The first film the company worked on that was not a project of its founder was 1982’s Poltergeist. The company pioneered the use of the OpenEXR video format, and welcomed new CEO Mark Miller in September of last year. In 1985, they created the “Stained Glass Man’, the first computer-generated character. FTP, what is this company devoted to the improvement and creation of movie special effects, begun by George Lucas?

Answer: Industrial Light and Magic (accept ILM)

17. Chris Remsen moved from Illinois to open up an extreme sports expedition company. When Nicole Booth is hired, it’s clear she already knows Jason Matthews. However, it also becomes clear that Jason’s old flame is now engaged to Morgan, a hotshot from New York. Nessa is hired by Vincent, the owner of the hotel, and immediately becomes Nicole’s rival. FTP, all this has occurred in the first few episodes of what new Fox show that centers on the Grand Waimea hotel in Hawaii?

Answer: North Shore

18. Rod Argent was the noted one on the Zombies “Time of the Season”. Ray Manzarek was one for the Doors and it’s what Booker T. of Booker T. and the MG’s did. Benmont Tench filled this position for years behind Tom Petty and it’s what Brian Eno did when not composing the tunes for Roxy Music. FTP, what category of instrument do all of these men share along with greats like John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin and Greg Allman of the Allman Brothers Band?

Answer: Keyboard players [accept organ but not piano]

19. His best game last season came on November 23 at San Diego, when he caught 10 balls for 107 yards and three touchdowns. His 90 catches last season placed him eighth in the league, but his 1355 yards were fourth best. Drafted out of Oregon State with the 36th pick of the 2001 draft, he became the sixth ever wideout from his team to make the Pro Bowl last year, joining others like Carl Pickens and Cris Collinsworth. FTP, who is this Cincinnati Bengal who shares a last name with his cousin and fellow receiver Keyshawn?

Answer: Chad Johnson

20. He helped pioneer interactive television by reveling Velcro pictures along with kids as the host of Winky Dink and You. After that, he hosted two panel shows – “Juvenile Jury” and “Life Begins at 80” – before moving to the be the host of “The $100,000 Big Surprise”. When he was fired from that, his partner Dan Enright made him the host of the show for which he is most famous. FTP, who is this man who hosted the disgraced “Twenty-One”?

Answer: Jack Barry

21. Over the years, this show has featured Authors, Moving People, Hats, Let’s Make a Date, Foreign Film Dub, Two Line Vocabulary, Infomercial, Superheroes, Questions Only and Greatest Hits. Characters who have made guest appearances have included Charles Esten, John Sessions and Tony Slattery. FTP, what is this show whose only prize used to be reading the credits in the style of choice of the moderator?

Answer: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

22. Kevin Garnett dominated this statistic last season, with a total of just over 33, despite playing in all 82 games. The formula dictates that first a player’s points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks are added together. Then, the number of missed shots is subtracted. Add to that the number of missed free throws and turnovers and then divide by the number of games played. FTP, what NBA-created stat is this that attempts to determine who, statistically, is the most effective player in the NBA?

Answer: Player Efficiency

23. At first he claims he’s nothing more than a lost circus performer, but one of his companions objects to killing their female prisoner. He refers to Plato, Socrates and Aristotle as morons when describing his own intelligence. When trying to win a bet, he switches goblets and claims the only bigger mistake Westley could have made would be starting a land war in Asia. FTP, who is this Sicilian bad guy in the Princess Bride, played by Wallace Shawn?

Answer: Vizzini

24. Among the activities of this group in July was staging a “Make-Out Live Tour” event in Boise, Idaho, where two scantily clad people smooched in the middle of a city block. In Washington, two former Playboy playmates appeared in lettuce bikinis to help the group protest National Hot Dog Day. The group also said KFC chickens were being mistreated…despite the fact they were scheduled to be made into food anyway. FTP, what is this group of vegetarians who think we should stop hurting animals?

Answer: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

25. Born in Zanzibar on September 5, 1946, this man moved with his family to India a year later. He graduated from Earling College of Art and Design with a degree in Graphic Illustration in 1969. He formed the band for which he is most famous with Brian May and Roger Taylor in 1970 and this man’s singing on 1974’s Shear Heart Attack gained his group some notice. Announcing he had AIDS on November 23, 1991, he died just 24 hours later. FTP, who is this former Queen front man?

Answer: Freddie Mercury

Burns Tournament 2004 – Muck Masters Remix

Packet by Stan Jastrzebski (not so much edited as rearranged by Charlie Steinhice)

Boni

1. Given a song from the AFI’s “100 Years, 100 Songs” list, name the film for which it was honored, FTPE. Hint: Only one was actually written originally for the film.

A. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

B. Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend

Answer: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

C. It Had to Be You

Answer: When Harry Met Sally

2. The Mike Burger Memorial Bonus – Name these Dave Matthews doppelgangers from albums, FTPE.

A. Inside Wants Out

Answer: John Mayer

B. Brushfire Fairytales

Answer: Jack Johnson

C. Waiting For My Rocket to Come

Answer: Jason Mraz

3. Name these titles developed by Rockstar Games FTPE.

A. Scheduled to be released in October 2004, this is the next installment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise.

Answer: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

B. In this game, you’re an escaped criminal named Cash who must brutally kill street thugs as per the orders of a maniacal director who watches your every move.

Answer: Manhunt

C. In this game, the second in a series with a graphic novel feel, the protagonist finally gets the girl, Mona Sax, with everything leading up knocking the final boss off a chandelier.

Answer: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

4. The Greg Sorenson Memorial Bonus – Give these terms from curling, 5-10-15.

A. The four colored rings at each end of the sheet.

Answer: House

B. The small circle in the center of the house

Answer: Button

C. A stone that just touches the edge of a ring

Answer: Biter

5. Identify pieces of information from the ill-fated ideas of Pinky and the Brain FTPE.

A. In “When Mice Ruled the Earth”, the two mice try to go back in time and make mice the dominant species on Earth by stealing what man’s time machine?

Answer: H.G. Wells

B. In “Bubba Bo Bob Brain”, Brain chooses this occupation to try to lull people into following him as their leader.

Answer: Country singer or artist (accept equivalents)

C. In “The Pink Candidate”, Brains pens a letter complaining this comic strip is no longer funny. The letter is misinterpreted as a political statement and Pinky ends up President of the U.S.

Answer: Family Circus

6. The Mitchell Szczpanczyk Memorial Bonus – Spell the last names of these athletes, FTPE.

A. Former NHL goalie John Vanbiesbrouck (VAN-BEES-BROOK)

Answer: V-A-N-B-I-E-S-B-R-O-U-C-K

B. Chicago White Sox reliever Scott Schoeneweis (SHOW-EN-WEISS)

Answer: S-C-H-O-E-N-E-W-E-I-S

C. Cleveland Cavaliers reserve Ruben Boumtje Boumtje (BOOM-SHAY BOOM-SHAY)

Answer: B-O-U-M-T-J-E (space) B-O-U-M-T-J-E

7. Identify the celebrities who voice television commercials for these companies and products FTPE.

A. Lowe’s home improvement stores

Answer: Gene Hackman

B. Honda automobiles

Answer: Richard Dreyfuss

C. The rhyming ads for Vioxx allergy medicine

Answer: Patrick Stewart

8. The Amanda Hartman Memorial Bonus – Name these Billy Joel songs from lyrics, 5-10-15.

5 – Momma Leoni left a note on the door – she said sonny move out to the country. But workin’ too hard can give you a heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack…

Answer: Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)

10 -- We met as soul mates / On Parris Island / We left as inmates / From an asylum

Answer: Goodnight Saigon

15 -- A buck three eighty / Won't buy you much lately on the street these days / And when you can get gas / You know you can't drive fast anymore on the parkways

Answer: Close to the Borderline

9. Given three actors, name the only film in which they all appeared FTPE.

A. Jack Nicholson, John Cusack, William Hurt

Answer: Broadcast News

B. John Lithgow, Robin Williams, Jessica Tandy

Answer: The World According to Garp

C. Robert Duvall, Kim Basinger, Barbara Hershey

Answer: The Natural

10. The Mark Coen Memorial Bonus – Name these people who have, at one time or another, been employed by schools on TV FTPE.

A. When Keri Russell went to NYU as Felicity, this man was there to play her RA Noel, who she of course fell for.

Answer: Scott Foley

B. Apart from his most famous role as an educator, this man also appeared on the small screen in such projects as “The Hoboken Chicken Emergency” and “Lewis and Clark”.

Answer: Gabe Kaplan

C. This man played the venerable Mr. Feeney on “Boy Meets World”

Answer: William Daniels

11. Identify these musical people and things that have something in common, FTPE.

A. This Peter Gabriel song insists “You could have a steam train if you just lay down the track…”

Answer: Sledgehammer

B. This group provided the anthem that the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates used as their theme.

Answer: Sister Sledge

C. Inexplicably, Michael Bolton did not thank this man, the song’s originator, when he won a Grammy for “When a Man Loves a Woman”.

Answer: Percy Sledge

12. The Craig Barker Memorial Bonus – Name these hockey lines 5-10-15.

5 – Sid Abel, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay of the Red Wings

Answer: Production Line

10 – 2003 Vancouver line featuring Jason King and Daniel and Henrik Sedin

Answer: Mattress Line (Get it? A king and two twins…)

15 – Whalers line of Ron Francis, Sylvain Turgeon and Kevin Dineen, so named because they always delivered

Answer: FTD Line

13. Name the rip-off of Dr. Pepper given clues FTPE.

A. Safeway’s generic version

Answer: Dr. Skipper

B. The version Coca-Cola markets

Answer: Mr. Pibb

C. Either of the two names Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart have sold

Answer: Dr. Thunder or Southern Lightning

14. The Charlie Steinhice Memorial Bonus – Name these national landmarks, all of which Stan correctly guessed Charlie has traveled to, from their film appearances, FTPE.

A. At the end of “A View to a Kill”, Max Zorin meets his end at the hands of James Bond here.

Answer: Golden Gate Bridge

B. In North By Northwest, Cary Grant saves Eva Marie Saint as she dangles perilously off of one of the features of this place.

Answer: Mount Rushmore

C. In “The Untouchables”, Kevin Costner and Andy Garcia manage to capture Al Capone’s bookkeeper after a gun battle on the steps of this landmark.

Answer: Union Station

15. Name these works by Steve Martin from short descriptions FTPE.

A. Daniel is reluctant to go outside his apartment until he meets Clarissa and Teddy, who give him the courage to go find himself.

Answer: The Pleasure of My Company

B. Mirabelle becomes disillusioned with Ray Porter and all his money and realizes she and her young art career are worthy of notice without Porter’s detached affections.

Answer: Shopgirl

C. In this play, the title artist and title physicist meet at the titular Paris café and have a discussion about life, money, women and art.

Answer: Picasso at the Lapin Agile

16. The Jason Keller Memorial Bonus – Given a WNBA player drafted in 2004, tell where they played college hoops FTPE.

A. Iciss Tillis

Answer: Duke

B. Nicole Ohlde

Answer: Kansas State

C. Shameka Christon

Answer: Arkansas

17. Name the Marvel character from their alter ego FTPE.

A. Robert Drake

Answer: Iceman

B. Benjamin Jacob Grimm

Answer: Thing

C. Raven Darkholme

Answer: Mystique

18. The Julie Stahlhut Memorial Bonus – name the artists that have something in common from songs 5-5-10-10.

5 – The backup band on songs like “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue”

Answer: The Crickets

5 –1995’s “Free as a Bird”

Answer: The Beatles

10 – The 1980’s one-hit wonder that also recorded “Apollo 9” and “Vive Le Rock”

Answer: Adam Ant

10 – Songs like “Possession” and “Soul Experience” off of 1968’s “Light and Heavy”

Answer: Iron Butterfly

19. Given a film in theatres during the summer of 2004, name its director FTPE

A. Spiderman 2

Answer: Sam Raimi

B. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Answer: Alfonso Cuaron (kwar-OWN)

C. The Stepford Wives

Answer: Frank Oz

20. The Michael Philpy Memorial Bonus – Name the trashy Hoosier (Writer’s note: is there any other kind?),

40-30-20-10-1.

40 – This person has appeared on TV at least once

30 – Graduated from Indiana with a political science degree in 1969 and took a job at WISH-TV (pron. “Wish Tee Vee”) after a short time in state politics.

20 – Moved to WMAQ in Chicago where she was the first woman ever to co-anchor a nightly newscast.

10 – Married to Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau, she anchored the Today show with Bryant Gumbel for 13 years

1 – She has also hosted “Real Life with Jane Pauley” and “Changes: Conversations with Jane Pauley”

Answer: Jane Pauley

21. Name these people who have kicked the bucket in 2004, FTPE.

A. Stan shed a tear when this former television cook, with whom he shared a birthdate, shuffled off his mortal coil in July.

Answer: Jeff Smith

B. This comedian and head of the Friar’s Club bit the big one in May.

Answer: Alan King

C. This author of “Swimming to Cambodia” was finally designated as officially no longer among the living in January. Boy, THAT was a load off everyone’s mind!

Answer: Spaulding Grey

22. The Dwight Kidder Memorial Bonus – name these teenagers who made an impact at a young age before going on to the Olympics FTPE.

A. This Maryland 19 year-old elected to compete in 6 of the 7 individual events he hoped to medal in at the Athens games, dropping out of the 200 backstroke.

Answer: Michael Phelps

B. This young man broke Jim Ryun’s high school time in the mile and recently qualified for the 1500 meters in Athens by a wide margin.

Answer: Alan Webb

C. Either of the two women competing for the US in gymnastics in Athens who share a common first name.

Answer: Courtney Kupets or Courtney McCool

23. Given a description of a scene from Shrek 2, name the movie it references or parodies, FTPE.

A. The opening credits see Shrek and Fiona on a beach re-creating a famous scene from this movie…before Shrek finds a mermaid in his arms.

Answer: From Here to Eternity

B. When Pinocchio enters the cavern where Shrek and Donkey are trapped, he uses a method seen in this 1996 movie.

Answer: Mission: Impossible

C. When the large Gingerbread Man aids the assault on the castle, it’s reminiscent of an attack in this flick.

Answer: Ghostbusters

24. Answer these questions about HBO’s series “The Entourage”, FTPE.

A. This actor serves as the show’s executive producer.

Answer: Mark Wahlberg

B. This actor, who also appeared in “Grosse Point Blank” and “Kiss the Girls” plays agent Ari – not coincidentally the same first name as Wahlberg’s fired former agent.

Answer: Jeremy Piven

C. One of the show’s writers is this man who teamed with Larry David on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Seinfeld”.

Answer: Larry Charles

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