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 LoCO 2018Packet written by Forge MastersEdited by Bob De Caux and Theo Howe1. This actress delivered the lines “Help! I’m trapped in a small private elevator” in Lady in a Cage and “a swarm of killer bees is coming this way” in The Swarm. Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and Dodge City were among the seven films she made with Michael Curtiz and Errol Flynn. She played a rich woman who ultimately rejects a man who deceived her in The Heiress, and received her first Oscar nomination for playing Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind. In 2017 she was made a dame shortly before her 101st birthday, and in 1942 she was beaten to the Best Actress Oscar by her sister, Joan Fontaine. For 10 points, name this double Oscar-winning actress who shares her name with an aircraft company.ANSWER: Olivia de Havilland2. As a student, this man was in a punk band called Sex Hitler and The Hormones. While working as a courier, this man delivered a package and struck up a friendship with Leo Sayer, who had pictures of this man’s father on his wall. This man’s mother was so concerned by his fondness for racing motorcycles, she asked the owner of the Brands Hatch circuit to, “Put him in a car”. In 1991 this man raced for Jordan in Formula 3000, finishing 7th in that year’s championship. Driving a Brabham in 1992, this man qualified for the Hungarian Grand Prix, a race that would give him his debut F1 win the following year, driving a Williams. For ten points, name this man, the Formula One World Champion in 1996.ANSWER: Damon Hill3. In 2014, these people released a single with Tinchy Stryder with a title derived from a phrase used in their act. This act originally performed as a foursome with the Patton Brothers. One member of this act was photoshopped over Andre Ward so that he appeared to be sitting next to Jay-Z at a boxing match in a widely shared social media post. In 2007, the name of this act was applied to Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley. This act make frequent use of the phrases “It isn’t. It is” and “Oh dear, oh dear”. For 10 points, Paul and Barry Elliott comprise which children’s entertainment act, best known for the catchphrase “to me, to you”?ANSWER: The Chuckle Brothers4. It is believed that Norm Macdonald was fired as anchor of Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live for making fun of this person, who was friends with NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer. Norman Mailer wrote the teleplay of the miniseries American Tragedy, in which Raymond Forchion played this person. Domino’s Pizza posted record sales during event featuring this person, which interrupted coverage of the NBA finals. This person complained that the actor who played him in a 2016 miniseries had a small head, and last month he denied being Khloe Kardashian’s father. In 2016 he was the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary and miniseries starring Cuba Gooding Jr. For 10 points, name this former NFL running back who was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman.ANSWER: Orenthal James Simpson 5. This programme’s theme song is “Guys Wanna Be Her” by Canadian artist Peaches. This programme’s producers hired their writers through a blind application process, leading to 50% female and 30% non-white staff. This programme has run the segments “No Country For Pregnant Women”, “The Great Feminists in Feminism Herstory Hall of Lady Fame”, and an investigation about Donald Trump titled “Is This Racist Racist?”. This programme is hosted and executive produced by a former reporter for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, who sent the other three female late night hosts matching bomber jackets with the word “NASTY” embroidered on the chest. For ten points, name this topical comedy programme broadcast on TBS, hosted by Samantha Bee.ANSWER: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee6. In The Simpsons, Jasper Beardly repeatedly makes the same joke during a game of bingo by shouting out a catchphrase associated with this game. In Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, the titular characters play this game with Death, who also utters its associated catchphrase. An early version of this game called Salvo was a hit in the summer of 1931, with “Got me in the cruiser” an early version of its associated catchphrase. In 1967, Milton Bradley created the boardgame version of this game, with electronic versions following in the 1970’s and 1980’s. A 2012 film starring Liam Neeson and Rihanna was also inspired by this game. For ten points, name this game of grid-based naval strategy where players try to sink each other’s fleet. ANSWER: Battleship7. Boyz II Men whooped jubilantly after every correct answer while playing this quiz, and claimed to have gone to high school with all the people mentioned in those answers. This quiz returned to its current method of contestant selection in January 2008, and this quiz currently consists of 21 questions in total, with the inclusion of six questions on specific themes added in 2002. The comedian Jon Holmes inverted the premise of this quiz by asking musicians questions about the life of this quiz’s presenter, while Rob Brydon uses the name of this quiz to calibrate his impression of this quiz’s presenter. For (three in) ten points, name this music quiz, broadcast from around 10.30am every week day, and a staple of Ken Bruce’s show on BBC Radio 2.ANSWER: Popmaster8. A Billy Connolly stand-up routine features a joke where a boy called Nigel Jr asks his father if Jesus played for this football club. A former chairman of this football club claimed his time there was “a waste of his life”, and referred to overseas players as “Carlos Kickaball”. This football club were the first British team to win two major European trophies, the 1963 Cup Winners Cup and the 1972 UEFA Cup, but according to a song that charted at Number 44, it’s especially lucky for this football club “When The Year Ends In One”. This football club last won a major trophy in 2008, and finished runners-up to Chelsea in the 2016/17 Premier League. Formerly owned by Alan Sugar, for ten points, name this Premier League football club based in North London.ANSWER: Tottenham Hotspur [accept Spurs]9. One character in this show bets another that he can climb the walls of a disco with his lips, and two other characters in this show become famous showmen by drinking a glass of water. One character in this show cuts a section out of his companion’s camphor wood trunk to make it appear as if he has burned his guitar, and that same character trains for the chef’s exam simply to outrank his sole companion, the hologram of a spaceship maintenance worker. In the first episode of this show, a central character is told that ‘everybody’s dead Dave’ by the computer HOLLY after he emerges from stasis. For 10 points, name this comedy series about how Arnold Rimmer and David Lister are alone in space.ANSWER: Red Dwarf10. In 1967, Evel Knievel achieved mainstream fame after breaking his pelvis in his longest ever jump attempt in front of one of these institutions. Another of these institutions hosted the third fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán. Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson are billionaires associated with these institutions, one of which is named after a town on the shores of Lake Como. One of these institutions has hosted the World Series of Poker since 2006 and another gave its name to a Formula One Grand Prix held in 1981 and 1982. These institutions were the settings for The Hangover and Ocean’s 11. For 10 points, name these institutions that include the MGM Grand, the Bellagio, and Caesars Palace.ANSWER: Las Vegas casino hotels [accept either casinos or hotels as long as Las Vegas is mentioned; prompt on casinos or hotels with ‘where?’]11. A K-Pop group named for one of these things were forced to change the ab-flashing point dance for their song ‘A’ and a rock band named for these things sang ‘I’m giving up the role of pretender’ in the chorus to one song. That same band named after these things sing ‘Your poison letter, your telegram, just goes to show you don’t give a damn’ on a song whose chorus features the lyrics ‘I’m out of my head I can’t take it’. As well as a Ritchie Blackmore-fronted band known for I Surrender and Since You’ve Been Gone, a place ‘over’ one of these things is said to be ‘way up high’ in a song from The Wizard of Oz. For 10 points, name these colourful natural phenomena.ANSWER: rainbows12. This location is visited in the game Street Fighter 2 as the homeland of a character who got his special powers after being exposed to electric eels following a plane crash. Alaska Thunderfuck released a song telling people to ‘Come to [this country]’, in reference to an internet meme. The singers Taio Cruz and Seal both have a parent from this country and popular musicians from this country include Jorge Ben and Gilberto Gil. At the 2016 Olympics, this country won its first golds in three events – boxing, pole vault and football, the last of which should come as no surprise. For ten points name this country, the birthplace of Carmen Miranda and Pele.ANSWER: Brazil13. In one song, this man states he says he has a tailor called Simon. In another of this man’s songs, he states he could be a ticket man at Fulham Broadway station. In another of this man’s songs he clarifies that Vincent Van Gogh didn’t paint the Mona Lisa, stating “That was an Italian geeza”. This man once replied “Just a couple of buses” when asked if he’d missed anything in life having contracted polio as a child. This man has a memorial bench at poet’s corner in Richmond Park, emblazoned with the carving “Reasons To Be Cheerful”. For ten points, which of you clever bastards can give me the name of the singer of Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and What A Waste, the lead man of The Blockheads. ANSWER: Ian Dury14. The emulator record for an any-percent glitchless speedrun of this game is a time of just under 1 hour 49 minutes by Exarion. That run of this game makes extensive use of the 'red bar' technique, where an audible low-health warning prevents certain sound effects from playing. In this game, players can make dialogue text appear instantly by failing to collect a voucher from the Fan Club before visiting the Bicycle Shop. Players can duplicate the sixth item in their bag in this game by talking to an old man in Viridian City then surfing along the Cinnabar Island coast to find Missingno. For 10 points, in which game do players try to defeat the Elite Four using characters like Nidoking, Blastoise and Pikachu?ANSWER: Pokémon Red/Blue15. In one song by this band, they sing that they are ‘ripped across the ditch, and settled in the dirt’, and later in that song, this band sing: ‘I am a world before I am a man/I was a creature before I could stand’. The lead singer of this band achieved a life goal of appearing on QI in 2016. This band recorded a metal cover of ‘The Day We Went to Bangor’ and in the music video for their best known song, Corey Taylor sings ‘no one else can see/the preservation of the martyr in me’ whilst purgatory masks originally donned by the band are burned. For 10 points, name this metal band known for the songs Before I Forget and Psychosocial, and for wearing elaborate masks onstage.ANSWER: Slipknot16. The title protagonist of this film says “Who gives a turkey?” to his friend’s assertion that what they’re about to do is illegal. One of the men who commissioned the illegal task in this film, Little Enos, neighs like a horse when the title protagonist demands more money. The title protagonist of this film evades the attention of a Sheriff by paying for his Diablo Sandwich and running away when he goes to the bathroom. The title protagonist in this film gives a lift to a professional dancer being pursued by “a wedding posse”. According to the theme song to this film, “The boys are thirsty in Atlanta, and there’s beer in Texarkana”. For ten points, name this film from 1977 starring a bootlegging Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and a very fast Pontiac TransAm. ANSWER: Smokey And The Bandit17. The first literary reference to this sport being played was 1272 BC, though its rules were formally codified in 1884. Kenneth Wolstenholme commentated on this sport’s 1959 Championship final for the BBC, saying “I have yet to see a game which keeps excitement at such a constant fever pitch” as this sport. In the 2011 film Blitz, this sport is described by Jason Statham as “a cross between hockey and murder”. A commentator once stated that one of this sport’s star players had parents from places that were not noted strongholds of this sport, namely Fiji and Fermanagh. For ten points, name this Irish sport played with an ash stick called a caman and a ball called a sliotar [SHLITTER], where county teams play for the Liam MacCarthy Cup.ANSWER: Hurling (accept iománaíocht)18. In 1987, this city saw Sa?d Aouita become the first man to run 5000 metres in under 13 minutes, and, later that year, Edwin Moses defended his world title here. In 2006 this city’s Masters Series final saw Nadal beat Federer in their only five hour match. Forty-three world records were broken as a result of polyurethane swimsuits at a World Aquatics Championships in this city, at which Tom Daley won the 10 metre platform dive. This city hosted the Olympics that saw a polio victim won three gold medals and the first African champion in the marathon. For 10 points, name this city that saw Wilma Rudolph, Abebe Bikila and Cassius Clay win Olympic gold medals in 1960.ANSWER: Rome (accept Roma)19. It’s not The Chase but viewers were introduced to Jenny Ryan in the second season of this TV show. Other recurring characters included Dr Sidney Perlmutter, Captain Roy Montgomery and Jenny’s husband, NYPD Homicide Detective Kevin Ryan. An ongoing story arc across this show’s eight seasons was the investigation into the murder of Johanna Beckett. The series featured cameos from James Patterson, Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly as poker buddies of the title character. Co-starring Stana Katic as Detective Kate Beckett, For ten points, name this ABC crime drama, featuring Nathan Fillion as Rick, the mystery writer whose surname gives the show its title.ANSWER: Castle20. Chuck Cooper became the first black player drafted in the NBA when he was chosen for this team in 1950. The 1993 off-season saw this team’s captain Reggie Lewis die from a heart attack. In 2010, Ray Allen scored an NBA finals record of eight three-pointers for this team in a match against the Lakers. This team currently sits second in the Eastern Conference and features Al Horford and Kyrie [KY-ree] Irving. In the 1980s this team won three championships with teams featuring Robert Parish and Kevin McHale, and MVPs who’ve played for this team include Bob Cousy, Bill Russell and Larry Bird. For 10 points, name this most successful team in the history of the NBA, whose mascot is a leprechaun.ANSWER: Boston Celtics21. In one song, this artist sings the lines ‘two pairs of pants and a mohair vest/I’m full of bourbon, I can’t stand up’. That song by this artist opens with the line ‘Edna Milton in a drop dead suit’. It’s not Rod Stewart, but this artist asked ‘Will I see you tonight on a downtown train?’ on one song. Guitarist Mark Ribot helped pioneer this artist’s trademark sound, which began to manifest between the albums Heartattack and Vine and Swordfishtrombones. This artist is also known for writing a song which opens with ‘When you walk through the garden, you gotta watch your back’ which appeared on Frank’s Wild Years. For 10 points, name this gravelly voiced singer/songwriter, known for his album Rain Dogs.ANSWER: Tom Waits22. This man sang backing vocals for REM during a concert rehearsal in 1995 as song they were singing was inspired by an incident where this man was repeatedly punched while being asked “Kenneth, what is the frequency?”. This man was known as one of the “Big Three” of his profession, along with Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw. This man is known for his eponymous “-isms”, such as claiming Bill Clinton was rolling to victory “Like a big wheel in a Georgia cotton field” during the 1992 Presidential election. This man often leads interviews with the question “Who are you?”, and is the founder of News & Guts Media. For ten points, name the legendary anchor of CBS Evening News from 1981 to 2005.ANSWER: Dan Rather23. Kanye West contributed the poem 'McDonald's Man' for a magazine produced by this man, while Wolfgang Tillmans contributed the song “Device Control” for a video work by this artist. This musician sampled a PlayStation startup on the first track of his debut studio album. A December 2017 Grand Theft Auto update includes a radio station hosted by this man. The lyrics “My guy pretty like a girl” open one of this man's songs on that radio station; that track, 'Chanel', refers to this musician's bisexuality, as do earlier songs including 'Bad Religion' and 'Thinkin Bout You'. For 10 points, identify this Odd Future member whose albums include Channel Orange and Blonde.ANSWER: Frank Ocean24. In The Princess Bride, Carol Kane’s character Valerie reminds Miracle Max that she is not one of these.However, in Game of Thrones, Mirri Maz Dur is one. Characters who can be described as this type of practitioner include Bayonetta, Agnes Nutter and Dolores Umbridge. In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one of these was imprisoned by her family for being one, whilst another spends four seasons in a cage after a mis-timed invocation to Hecate leaves her stuck in the form of a rat. The children’s character Mildred Hubble strives not to be the Worst one of these at her school, whilst Melissa Joan Hart notably played a Teenage one. For ten points what is this class of magical practitioner, two of whom Dorothy murders on her visit to Oz?ANSWER: Witch ................
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