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2010 TRASHionals

Round 07

Bonuses

1. This bonus will help you get an above-average score on the Sporcle quiz about the last decade's 100 worst films, as ranked by Rotten Tomatoes. For ten points each:

1. You can earn four quick points by naming the films of this German director and onetime boxer who specializes in awful video game adaptations -- though his next project, oddly, is about genocide in Darfur.

Answer: Uwe Boll

2. Three more points can be gained from the oeuvre of this comedian, star of Delta Farce and Witless Protection.

Answer: Larry the Cable Guy

3. This man voiced The Cat in the English-language version of Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio, which is one of six films on the list in which he appeared. He also played Pope Sweet Jesus in Norbit and T. J. Hicks in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, neither of which, believe it or not, is on the list.

Answer: Eddie Griffin

2. Recent work by Sports Night alumni, for ten points each.

1. Peter Krause returned to network TV by playing Adam Braverman in this NBC series based on a 20 year old Ron Howard movie.

Answer: Parenthood

2. Josh Charles plays Will Gardner on this CBS drama, where his character is the boss - and potential lover - of defense attorney Alicia Florrick, played by Juliana Marguiles.

Answer: The Good Wife

3. Clark Gregg, who appeared at the end of the series as the owner of Quo Vadimus, the company that would buy Continental Cable, plays Richard Campbell, the ex-husband of this CBS sitcom's title character.

Answer: The New Adventures of Old Christine

3. Answer the following about artists who conducted part of their recording careers with that little British label that could, Stiff Records, for ten points each.

1. The most famous artist to emerge from the Stiff stable was this musical Renaissance Man, who has scored hits from "Radio Radio" to "Everyday I Write The Book" to "Veronica."

Answer: Elvis Costello

2. These ska revivalists had numerous hits, like "Baggy Trousers" and "It Must Be Love" in the UK, but are something of a one-hit wonder in the US, scoring a smash with "Our House."

Answer: Madness

3. This artist and his backing band the Blockheads introduced the phrase "Sex & Drugs & Rock n' Roll" to the music lexicon, and scored another hit with "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick."

Answer: Ian Dury

4. Impostors, for ten points each.

1. One of the leading impersonators of this political celebrity is Patsy Gilbert of Florida, who besides looking and acting like the Alaskan also has a child with Down's Syndrome.

Answer: Sarah Palin

2. This SNL character's mimicry skills were spot-on enough to "confuse" Alec Baldwin in an opening skit for the show, though Mark Wahlberg didn't seem phased.

Answer: Tina Fey

3. In adult entertainment, Larry Flynt had this actress spoof Palin in his Who's Nailn' Paylin? She also played the role in Eminem's video for "We Made You."

Answer: Lisa Ann

5. Answer the following about a line of toys.

1. Created by Takara Tomy, Japanese-only versions include the disturbingly erotic Kiss Players, which are powered by human kisses, as well as a Disney version featuring a fusion of Donald Duck and Herbie the Love Bug.

Answer: Transformers

2. After Beastwars, 2001 saw the release of this Transformers line of Autobots vs Predacons featuring Optimus Prime as a fire truck. The 3-word name of the toy line came from the theme song of the animated show.

Answer: Robots in Disguise

3. In 2003 came this line, featuring Omnicons and Terrorcons, given a 1-word name describing their power source, originally conceived of as cubes, here in the form of chips.

Answer: Energon

6. For ten points each, name these athletes with something in common:

1. This former defensive lineman for the University of North Carolina and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers turned to mixed-martial arts and joined the cast of The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.

Answer: Marcus Jones

2. After the Lions traded this nose tackle to the Cleveland Browns in 2008, he made the Pro Bowl, but broke his leg during the 2009 season.

Answer: Shaun Rogers

3. This 2006 SEC Player of the Year for LSU was drafted by the SuperSonics, who promptly traded him with Ray Allen to the Boston Celtics.

Answer: Glen Davis [They are all nicknamed "Big Baby".]

7. Name these galaxy-spanning organizations for ten points each.

1. This group battles crime throughout the universe with power rings given by the Guardians of Oa that rely on willpower.

Answer: Green Lantern corps

2. This group foments terror throughout the universe with power rings built by the weaponers of Qward that rely on fear.

Answer: Sinestro corps (prompt on Yellow Lanterns)

3. In a current storyline, dead heroes from the DC Universe are being brought back and turned into these with the help of this new kind of power ring.

Answer: Black lanterns

8. She played troubled teenager Annie in Adrian Lyne's debut feature, Foxes. For ten points each:

1. Name this actress and singer portrayed by Dakota Fanning in 2010's The Runaways.

Answer: Cherie Currie

2. Currie's bandmate Joan Jett is played in The Runaways by this actress, who had previously appeared with Fanning in New Moon.

Answer: Kristen Stewart

3. The Runaways' shadowy manager Kim Fowley was played by this charismatic actor, also seen as Peter Evans in Bug, the sinister Dex in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, and mental patient John Givings in Revolutionary Road.

Answer: Michael Shannon

9. For ten points each, name these actors who played professors at Harvard Law School.

1. The imperious Professor Kingsfield, who gives Hart a dime and suggests that he call his mother and tell her that he will never become a lawyer, was played by this Romanian-born actor who produced many of Orson Welles' early theatrical projects.

Answer: John Houseman

2. This deep-voiced African American actor played Professor Banks in the infamous 1986 "comedy" Soul Man, about a White student who pretends to be Black. You may also know him as Mufasa or for "This is CNN."

Answer: James Earl Jones

3. This Canadian stage star made his film debut as Jesus in Godspell and later became famous as Alias' spy-daddy, Jack Bristow. He also played Elle Woods' mentor, Professor Callahan, in Legally Blonde.

Answer: Victor Garber

10. Earlier we talked about Abe Pollin changing the name of the Washington basketball team from the Bullets to the Wizards. Answer questions about folks who didn't get the memo for ten points each

1. Agent Zero may refer to the number of games this Washington guard has played since his January 6th suspension for bringing firearms into an NBA locker room

Answer: Gilbert Arenas

2. Arenas was joined on the suspension list by this third-year back-up guard from Georgia Tech

Answer: Javaris Crittenton

3. If the firearms weren't bad enough Arenas stated that the contention that led to bringing guns into the workplace stemmed from this other frowned-upon activity

Answer: Gambling

11. Identify the following related to great pumpkins, for ten points each.

1. Normally dressed in a black pinstripe suit, this protagonist of The Nightmare Before Christmas has a ghost dog named zero and works to thwart Boogie Oogie.

Answer: Jack Skellington

2. The Grand Pumpkin is brought to life in "Treehouse of Horror XIX" by this gullible friend of Bart Simpson.

Answer: Milhouse van Houten

3. First appearing in The Marvelous Land of Oz, he was made by Tip to scare his guardian Mombi, who brought him into being with her Powder of Life.

Answer: Jack Pumpkinhead

12. If the movies are any guide, it's far too easy to get caught up in the nightmare that is New York City. For ten points each:

1. In this 2010 comedy, the Fosters take a dinner reservation meant for the Tripplehorns, leading them to be pursued by two corrupt cops who think they have a flash drive stolen from a mob boss.

Answer: Date Night

2. Another married couple, the Kellermans from Ohio, undergo a Big Apple nightmare in this 1970 Neil Simon-scripted comedy that starred Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis.

Answer: The Out-of-Towners

3. Griffin Dunne stars as a man who goes to SoHo to meet a girl and ends up pursued by a vicious mob before being turned into a plaster statue and rescued by Cheech and Chong in this 1985 Martin Scorsese film.

Answer: After Hours

13. They've just announced they're about to reunite after a 12-year hiatus, so in tribute, answer these questions about Soundgarden for ten points each.

1. Owner of a four-octave voice, this man was singer and rhythm guitarist for Soundgarden; he more recently fronted Audioslave.

Answer: Chris Cornell (or Christopher Boyle)

2. Soundgarden was among the first bands to record for this legendary Seattle-based independent label, that later released albums by Nirvana and Mudhoney.

Answer: Sub Pop

3. Soundgarden's biggest selling album was this 1994 release that included "My Wave," "Fell On Black Days," and their biggest hit, "Black Hole Sun."

Answer: Superunknown

14. Other quarterbacks besides Brett Favre have drunk from the Minneapolis fountain of youth. For ten points each name them from clues

1. Although only 32 at the time, this beleaguered Illinois alum led the Vikings into the 1999 NFC Championship game. His 4 TD's in that game were not enough to top the Rams 47 points. He would only last 8 more games in the NFL; but, he maintains he could help a team today

Answer: Jeff George

2. George replaced this 36 year old QB who led the Vikings to the NFC Championship game the year before against the Falcons. He was limited to 6 games in 1999 and only 12 more in his career

Answer: Randall Cunningham

3. As a 37 year old, this Washington alum led the Vikings to the 1994 playoffs in a ProBowl campaign that saw him throw more than 600 times. He topped 600 throws in 1995 but only had an 8-8 record

Answer: Warren Moon

15. Usually, after the end of the world, theres isn t much more to say, but name these post-apocalyptic science fiction novels with sequels for ten points each.

1. This 1959 Walter M Miller book about post-nuclear religion was followed by a posthumous sequel involving the title character and the Wild Horse Woman.

Answer: A Canticle For Leibowitz

2. This 2003 Margaret Atwood work about snarky bioterrorists was followed up with 2009 s The Year of the Flood.

Answer: Oryx and Crake

3. This 1983 Steven Boyett novel about a hang-gliding kid with a blowgun and his beloved unicorn was followed by 2009 s Elegy Beach.

Answer: Ariel: The Book of the Change

16. Number, if any, required. For ten points each, name the video games with these expansion packs:

1. The WarChiefs and The Asian Dynasties

Answer: Age of Empires III

2. The Road to Rome and Secret Weapons of WWII

Answer: Battlefield 1942

3. Island Thunder and Desert Siege

Answer: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

17. You may not know the musicals, but odds are you recognize a song or two from them. For ten points each:

1. Odds are you haven't seen a recent production of this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in which Linda Low sings "I Enjoy Being a Girl" on account of how it portrays Chinese people in America.

Answer: Flower Drum Song

2. Originally titled Let's Go Steady, in it Albert Peterson advices teenage fans of teenage heartthrob Conrad to "Put on a Happy Face" despite his leaving for the Army.

Answer: Bye Bye Birdie

3. Both "Embraceable You" and "I Got Rhythm" are from this Gershwin musical that saw the Broadway debut of Ethel Merman who starred alongside Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns.

Answer: Girl Crazy

18. For ten points each, name these heads of law enforcement units:

1. Mark Harmon plays this Special Agent in Charge on NCIS.

Answer: Leroy Jethro Gibbs

2. Gary Sinise plays this head investigator of the team on CSI: New York.

Answer: Mac Taylor

3. Thomas Gibson plays this head of a FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit on Criminal Minds.

Answer: Hotch or Aaron Hotchner

19. For ten points each, answer these questions about songs on the Billboard Hip-Hop and R&B singles chart for this week.

1. Topping the chart is "Everything to Me" off of Still Standing, her first album since 2006's The Making of Me.

Answer: Monica Arnold (accept first or last name)

2. Two songs - "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" and "Lil Freak" are both from this, the latest album by Usher.

Answer: Raymond v. Raymond

3. This Canadian rapper who may be best known for playing Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation, is also double dipping, as Timbaland's "Say Something" features him, and his own song, "Over," is one spot below Timbaland.

Answer: Drake or Aubrey Graham

20. For ten points each, name these short-lived Monday Night Football personnel:

1. He did play-by-play only for Monday Night Football's first season.

Answer: Keith Jackson

2. In 1974, this former defensive back was replaced by Alex Karras as color commentator after his performance was found wanting during pre-season games, so the highlight of his post-NFL career may be the film Black Caesar.

Answer: Fred "The Hammer" Williamson

3. Now working for CBS Sports, she served as a substitute sideline reporter in 2005 during Michelle Tafoya's maternity leave.

Answer: Sam(antha) Ryan

21. In 2007, a southeastern fast food chain focusing on real chicken started a celebrity-heavy advertising campaign. For ten points each:

1. Name the Georgia-based company that's "indescribably good" and sells "Zalads" instead of salads and focuses on chicken wings and chicken fingers with crinkle fries.

Answer: Zaxby's

2. One spot featured these two actresses better known for portraying two roommates who worked at a Milwaukee brewery in a spin-off of Happy Days.

Answer: Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams

3. Sticking a little closer to the South than the Midwest, this actor who portrayed Bo Duke on The Dukes of Hazard and Jonathan Kent on Smallville also appeared in spots.

Answer: John Schneider

22. Pitching coaches are men of accomplishment, and funny names. Answer questions about some of the funnier names for ten points each

1. This Phillies pitching coach has a World Series ring and a name that implies an expensive joint

Answer: Rich Dubee

2. This pitching coach has worked for Dusty Baker in San Francisco, Chicago and Cincinnati, where he was relieved of his duties in October 2009, no matter the size of his junk

Answer: Dick Pole

3. This former Twins pitching coach for their 1987 and 1991 World Series wins has since caught on with the Red Sox AA affiliate in Salem, Virginia for the 2009 and 2010 seasons

Answer: Dick Such

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