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Round 11 - ACF

Packet by Mike Bentley et al.

Theme: All of the answers in this packet will relate somehow to something you’d find in a typical ACF packet. For example, a tossup on “Kevin Smith” would fit the theme because he shares a last name with Wealth of Nations author “Adam Smith”.

TOSSUPS

1) Their most recent release, recorded at Wembley Stadium, contained "City of Delusion", which was only available when the album was preordered through iTunes, while "Unintended" was available on all copies of that CD/DVD combo, H.A.A.R.P.  Their platinum debut album spawned tracks like "Sunburn" and "Uno", an album titled Showbiz.  Their ACF inspired songs include a song with a video shot with a thermal camera, "Stockholm Syndrome", and one that states "you set my soul alight" and also talks about "glaciers melting in the dead of night".  Vocalist Matthew Bellamy sings that "the ship is taking me far away" in this band's most successful US single from their album, Black Holes & Revelations.  FTP, identify this  British band who have produced "Supermassive Blackhole" and "Starlight", who share their name with the classification of the mythological Urania and Thalia.

ANSWER: Muse

2) The Wishbone episode based on this story sees Joe taking over as coach of Emily's tee-ball team.  Barbie has starred in a CG version of this story, wherein Erika slaves to dressmaker Madam Carp.  An updated adaptation of this film released last year stars Dylan Sprouse as "a normal school kid" and Kay Panabaker as Elizabeth.  Trouble arises in the 1937 film adaptation of this movie when the Captain of the Guard fails to distinguish between Billy or Bobby Mauch's characters, a movie that also stars Errol Flynn as Miles Hendon.  The European title of the most recent Garfield movie indicates the film's reliance on adapting this story, with Garfield taking the role of Tom Canty.  FTP, name this Mark Twain story about the switching of roles of a beggar and Edward Tudor.

ANSWER: The Prince and the Pauper (do not accept A Tale of Two Cities, that's not what is being referenced in the Garfield clue)

3) Big name bands to release versions of this song include Iron Maiden, who did so as a B-Side for "From Here To Eternity".  At one point in this song, a woman's wiggling is compared to a glow worm and her dancing to a spinning top.  George Harrison sang vocals on a Beatles cover of this song which appeared on With the Beatles and was a live staple at their shows.  When this song was played on WNCN in the middle of Mozart's "Requiem", listeners were driven to petition the FCC to prevent that station's switch to a rock format.  ELO's cover of this song was a Top 10 hit which expanded it to eight minutes by adding sections from one of the the title figure's compositions.  The singer commands the title figure to "tell Tchaikovsky the news" and that he also has the rocking pneumonia.  FTP, identify this song by Chuck Berry that instructs the titular composer to make way for the new sound of R&B and Rock and Roll.

ANSWER: Roll Over Beethoven

4) A town with this name is home to the American Association baseball team the Saltdogs while a Pennsylvania university with this name is home to the Lions.  One of the roles played by Brendan Fraser in Bedazzled was a man with this surname, and Brain attempts to take over the world by pretending he is the reincarnation of a man with this surname before he's foiled by a man who has heard that figure's real Tony-Danza like voice.  A man with this surname is actually Benedict Arnold in disguise in some New Adventures by Scott McCloud and on an episode of South Park a statue of him is reincarnated and must be killed by another reincarnated statue.  On the Sufjan Stevens track "Decatur", that same man is contrasted with the Great Debater.  FTP, name this president who shares his surname with the maker of Towncars.

ANSWER: Abraham Lincoln

5) This man, who has a "Spiritual Game Plan" on his website, posited that the Bible's "perfection" proves the existence of God because it was written by so many different authors.  He described his most important job while at San Diego State as being to retrieve burgers and tacos from Jack in the Box for John Madden.  After spending 1978 as an offensive coordinator for the Bucs, he'd move on to serve as offensive coordinator under Don Coryell for the Chargers.  His team was blanked 17-0 in an NFC Championship game after pulling a 27-13 victory over the Bears on the road in the 1987 season.  In his most recent coaching stint, he added Jerry Gray as a Secondary Coach and Al Saunders as Offensive Coordinator in 2006.  He was succeeded in his most recent position by Jim Zorn, a few months after he led his team through the loss of Sean Taylor.  FTP, identify this owner of a namesake racing team, and a celebrated Super Bowl winning coach of the Washington Redskins.

ANSWER: Joe Jackson Gibbs

6) His official profile reveals that he is not very fond of the nickname "Ginsu Master" but is a big fan of Sun Tzu's "On the Art of War".  Like his teacher, he receives training from the chocolate loving Ancient One after injuring that teacher in a sparring match due to his pent up anger.  In a climatic battle, he is stabbed by his assumed ally Karai, while in a recent film, he goes to Central America to reflect and is almost killed by the Nightwatcher.  He temporarily leaves the rest of his group in "Take Me To Your Leader", an episode where Krang and his companion attempt to harness the sun's power from the top of Mile High Tower.  He is the canonical killer of a character who lived in the Technodrome in an animated series.  Using two ninjaken to do battle and wearing a blue bandanna, FTP, identify this "fearless leader" of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

ANSWER: Leonardo

7) Late in his career, he served as a backup on the Royals to Dean Palmer, while his relationship with Nationals president Stan Kasten made him an early prospect to replace Frank Robinson as that team's coach.  In 1996, he was traded by the Marlins back to his former team in a deal for Roosevelt Brown, although by the 1997 season he was playing for the Reds.  He would have hit a go ahead run in Game 7 of a World Series game if his "dome hex" hadn't led to Lonnie Smith losing the ball in the lights and not easily advancing home.  Although his team lost that World Series to the Twins, his 11 for 30 stats in that series helped cement his place as 1991's Comeback Player of the Year.  FTP, identify this 1991 NL MVP winner for the Atlanta Braves, a third baseman who shares his surname with McClellan's vice presidential candidate, an Ohio Senator known for his Civil Service Reform bill.

ANSWER: Terry Lee Pendleton

8) Paul Allen's ridiculously large yacht is named for one of these creatures, and it also names the most recent album from British indie band, The Bees.  A female villain named for this creature attempted to resurrect her male counterpart with the help of The Hand, once worked for Master Programmer and was originally named Carolyn Trainer.  Samuel L. Jackson is playing this character, the enemy of Denny Colt in an upcoming Frank Miller film based on a Will Eisner created comic, The Spirit.  Another villain named for this creature killed George Stacy and organized the Sinister Six, and was played by Alfred Molina in the second Spiderman film.  FTP, identify this creature that also names the first book in the Epic of Wheat trilogy that describes the railroad monopoly in California, a work by Frank Norris.

ANSWER: Octopus

9) The sale of a stolen artifact to Lucien Boussard provides a valuable tip in apprehending men like Gus Waldron in this novel.  Its author followed up on this work with The Sanctuary, and one locale visited in this novel is Fonsalis.  In an early scene in this book, a Met opening of a Treasures of the Vatican exhibit is crashed by four men on horses firing Uzis into the crowd with one of those horsemen uttering the phrase, "Veritas vos liberabit".  The chief antagonist in this novel strives to expose the falsehoods of Christianity because a priest told his wife not have an abortion, a character named William Vance who must deal with FBI agent Sean Reilly and archaeologist Tess Chaykin.  FTP, identify this Da Vinci Code ripoff by Raymond Khoury whose title refers to the final member of an order whose Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, was burned at the stake on orders of King Phillip the Fair.

ANSWER: The Last Templar

10) It titles a very short lived ABC drama of the late '90s about six friends, among them Marisa Coughlan, attempting to stay together after college.  A Poison song with this names appears on Hollyweird and mentions how "I will ride through the night / from this hell I will survive".  On Charmed, the demonic one of these is where demons go when they die to form in orbs eaten by a snake monster.  When pluralized, it identifies a book where Oy and Jake Chambers are introduced and a riddle contest occurs between Blaine the Mono and Roland, the third book in the Dark Tower series.  A famous speech by FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow, officially known as "Television and the Public Interest", is more commonly known as this speech.  FTP, identify this term which also names a five part poem including "The Fire Sermon", "A Game of Chess" and "The Burial" of the Dead by T. S. Eliot.

ANSWER: The Wasteland

11) When she wasn't playing the Wicked Witch of the West, Margaret Hamilton starred in commercials in the 1970s for this product, saying that "it's been around as long as I have".  It's not Bush's Baked Beans, but Hal and his dog Duke advertised it in the '80s, while in the '90s it was for "full of beans people".  An 1892 blend was introduced in 1992 to celebrate this Joel Cheek created beverage's 100th anniversary, while its parent company, General Foods, introduced a decaffeinated counterpart to it called Sanka in 1947.  Its name derives from a hotel that housed many presidents in Nashville, Tennessee, and an alleged Teddy Roosevelt comment about that hotel's coffee gives this coffee brand its slogan.  Known for being "Good to the Last Drop", FTP, identify this brand of coffee that shares part of its name with a guy who added the displacement current to correct Ampere's law, one of his four equations.

ANSWER: Maxwell House

12) On “Family Ties,” Alex trains Mallory for this activity, but then gets stage fright and performs poorly.  On “Step by Step,” Cody and Dana’s history class successfully engages in this activity, which the cast of “Head of the Class” went to Russia to do.  A David Nichols novel about this activity was made into a film starring James McAvoy and features Bamber Gascoigne in his real-life role. On “Saved By the Bell,” Screech’s sickness causes Zach to replace him in this activity, where he succeeds by using the “MVEMJSNUP” mnemonic.  In the real world, a show involving this activity was hosted by Robert Earle in the 1960s, sponsored by General Electric.  FTP, name this activity notably engaged in by the members of ACF, and you right now.

ANSWER: playing quizbowl (accept equivalents and variants)

 

13) A guest at a dinner party held by Cheryl David on Curb Your Enthusiasm comments to Larry that he likes the art after looking at this painting hanging in Larry's living room.  All you Suddenly Susan fans probably remember Susan dressing up as the central figure in this painting for a Halloween party but having no one recognize her costume.  The central figure's face can be seen on the reverse of Italy's 10 cent Euro coin, and that face is also the logo of Adobe's Illustrator software.  A novel that shares its name with this painting concerns Alessandra Cecchi and was written by Sarah Dunant, while Mindy is depicted as the title figure in this work by Homer's imagination in "The Last Temptation of Homer".  Thomas Pynchon wrote about a plot to steal this painting from the Uffizi Gallery in his novel, V.  FTP, identify this painting by Botticelli which sees the creation of a goddess of love.

ANSWER: The Birth of Venus

14) One play of this name resulted in Keith Lincoln getting his ribs broke by Mike Stratton during the 1964 AFL championship game.  In American soccer, it is typically attached to a play by Paul Caligiuri which clinched the United States' appearance in the 1990 World Cup against Trinidad and Tobago.  Another play with this name identifies a double eagle hit by Gene Sarzen to secure a playoff at the 1935 masters, while Sports Illustrated identifies a play by this name that immediately followed a 75 foot pass by Grant Hill to put Duke past Kentucky in the 1992 East regional championship game.  The most famous play of this name is generally included within the Miracle of Coogan's Bluff and saw Ralph Branca get homered on by Bobby Thomson to secure the pennant for the 1951 Dodgers.  FTP, identify this name for a play that shares its name with the opening salvo in the Revolutionary War.

ANSWER: Shot Heard 'round the World

15) One of this man's collections shares its name with an excellent album by Adequate Seven containing tracks like "The Shape of Funk to Come" and "Gotta Stay Focused".  Ulver's 1998 album shares its name with another of his collections, and one of his poems was parodied in Bad Religion's "God Song", which contains lyrics wondering if a certain someone "trod America's pastures of green".  Bob Dylan collaborated with Allen Ginsberg to create "A Dream" and "Nurse's Song" based on this man's poetry, and the English cricket team's anthem comes from the hymn "Jerusalem" which is based on his "And did those feet in ancient times".  FTP, identify this British poet, author of "Songs of Innocence and Experience".

ANSWER: William Blake

16) TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED.  The first identifies the surname of Darren, a Manchester United player and vice-captain of Scotland's national team, while the second term names Josh, an actor who played Wayne in Snow Day and Ronnie in Drillbit Taylor.  The second also identifies an imperial measurement that constitutes 8 quarts and a quarter of a bushel, while the first gives the surname of a Harry Potter character who performs a cauldron trade while part of the Order of the Phoenix, a character commonly known as "Dung".  The first term also identifies the last name of Jessica, the main character of Murder She Wrote, while the second is the surname of an actor who co-starred with Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday and who won an Oscar for playing Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.  FTP, identify these two names, parties involved in an 1810 Supreme Court decision about land grants to the Yazoo River country.

ANSWER: Fletcher and Peck

17) Flora Robson played this character in the 1940 film The Sea Hawk, appearing with characters like Lord Wolfingham and Captain Geoffrey Thorpe.  Her early life was chronicled in a film starring Jean Simmons called Young Means, and Bette Davis played this character in a film about her private life where this character is forced to condemn Errol Flynn's character to death.  More recently, she was played by Catherine Lacey in The Fighting Prince of Donegal, and in one film she proclaims that Viola de Lesseps is not a man, a film that also stars Joseph Fiennes whose house is cursed by a Puritan on the street.  Cate Blanchett gave an Oscar nominated performance playing her in a film subtitled her Golden Age.  FTP, identify this historical figure played in a brief but Academy Award winning role by Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love.

ANSWER: Queen Elizabeth I

18) Collecting 88 pearls in this game unlocks a Marble Mini-Game, while one of the boss fights pits you against a worm-like creature outside of the lighthouse.  In a trailer for a recently announced sequel, a magazine advertising "The Ultimate Screwdriver" rests on a pig's head while the protagonist sits under an orange parasol on the back of a car.  One of the enemy forces is commanded by the High Priest, while General Keck leads the Alpha Sections faction in this game.  Players can register at the Darkroom to post their scores online, and its ending sees the protagonist's companion, Pey'j, marked with a DomZ spore.  Developed by Rayman creator Michel Ancel and starring a reporter named Jade, FTP, identify this Ubisoft cult classic which shares its name with the successor to Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

ANSWER: Beyond Good and Evil

19) According to an interview with the World Cafe, the most recent Weakerthans album, Reunion Tour, was originally going to be based on the works of this artist.  Tom Waits released a 1975 album with tracks like "Eggs and Sausage" that explicitly referenced this man's most famous painting.  That same painting by this artist titled a 1981 Sylvester Stallone movie where he was a New York City detective costarring with Billy Dee Williams.  A popular parody poster of one of his works is titled Boulevard of Broken Dreams and depicts Elvis, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe, while in another parody of his most famous work Rex Banner takes the role of one of the men in it on an episode of The Simpsons.  The Weakerthans songs "Sun in an Empty Room" and "Night Windows" are based on, FTP, the paintings of what American artist of Nighthawks.

ANSWER: Edward Hopper

20) Comic relief in this film is provided by frequent repeating of the phrase "it do", as well as by Hank Worden's character, the Parson, who essentially reprises his role from The Searchers.  The "village" created for this film near Brackettville was subsequently used as a setting for hundreds of other Westerns, such as 2000's Jericho.  One character in this film gives a famous speech about liking the sound of the word "republic", and co-stars in this film include Frankie Avalon as Smitty.  Chill Wills placed an ad in Variety lobbying for an Academy Award which may have resulted in backlash against this film at the 1961 Oscars.  John Ford notoriously was sent to shoot unused second unit footage for this film after he showed up on the set and attempted to take over from its director, whose only other film was 1968's The Green Berets.  Also starring Laurence Harvey as William Travis, FTP, remember this film directed by and starring John Wayne as Davy Crockett.

ANSWER: The Alamo

21) B-Sides to this album include Yo La Tengo's "You Can Have It All" and Astrud Gilberto's "Once I Loved".  That B-Side album was released exclusively in digital form, while Hole's "Doll Parts" strangely appeared on neither album.  The original album contained songs that mentioned "if home is where the heart is / then we're the smartest kids I know" and another that begins "Well Billy rapped all night about his suicide", Mott the Hoople's "All The Young Dudes".  It reached a distinction last held by an album containing "Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch" and "My Heart Will Go On".  It also includes a the original Moldy Peaches version and a cover of "Anyone Else but You" performed by Michael Cera and his co-star.  FTP, identify this soundtrack to a movie starring Ellen Page.

ANSWER: Juno Soundtrack (or Music from the Motion Picture Juno)

22) Ray Evans and Jay Livingston originally wrote it for the movie Captain Carey. Carl Mann, Conway Twitty and Me First are among the acts who have recorded this song. It has since appeared on the soundtrack of Rear Window and in a motion picture where a gangster regularly chauffeurs a prostitute for the purpose of finding about one of her clients for his boss. Seal covered it in a film, loosely based on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, that starred Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, and Julia Roberts. FTP, name this #1 song for Nat King Cole in 1950 that compared a woman to the most famous painting by Leonard Da Vinci.

ANSWER: Mona Lisa

BONUSES

1) It's time for a token bonus on some legitimately worthwhile non-fiction books, FTPE.

[10] In this book, Jeffrey Toobin put forth the argument that The Supreme Court was dominated by the will of Sandra Day O'Connor.  It shares its name with a canceled ABC drama about survivors of a bank robbery starring Kim Raver and Chi McBride.

ANSWER: The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

[10] This book by Michael Pollan explores the background and implications of four different types of meals.  Its title refers to the problems facing the typical human habit of eating both plants and animals.

ANSWER: The Omnivore's Dilemma

[10] Jonathan Harr's 2005 book, The Lost Painting, dealt with finding out what happened to this artist's missing Taking of the Christ.  He also painted The Cardsharps and The Calling of St. Matthew.

ANSWER: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

2) Let's throw a bone to NAQT in this ACF packet by answer some questions about cereals that have a noted BEEEEEEEEs ingredient in them, FTPE.

[10] You probably keep hearing that this Post cereal is "trying to feed America".  Snobs can buy varieties containing "Vanilla Clusters" and "Real Bananas".

ANSWER: Honey Bunches of Oats

[10] This TV character's namesake cereal was subtitled "A Taste of Honey".  Besides the title character, Callisto and Gabrielle also appeared on boxes for the cereal.

ANSWER: Xena: A Taste of Honey

[10] Taking over the reins from characters like Cliffy the Clown and the Smackin' Brothers, this frog with a blue baseball cap is the mascot for Honey Smacks.

ANSWER: Dig 'em Frog

3) Let's play a little ACF double game from the world of 19th century United States politics, FTPE.

[10] The first is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member who is sometimes known as the "Lion of Blues" and released albums like Two Steps from the Blues.  The second was a NASCAR driver who fatally crashed his helicopter at Talladega after winning the Daytona 500 in 1992.

ANSWER: Bobby "Blue" Bland (or Robert Calvin Bland) and David Carl "Davey" Allison

[10] The first is a 2006 NBA Finals MVP who teamed up with Shaq to win that series for the Heat.  The second is the name of a cup competed for by international tennis teams, the analog of the women's Fed Cup.

ANSWER: Dwyane ["Dwayne"] Tyrone Wade, Jr. and Davis Cup

[10] The first was a television character played by Earl Hindman who typically gave out advice to his neighbor with something blocking his face.  The second was the General Manager of the Red Sox from 1984 to 1993 who was responsible for bringing Dave Hendersson to the 1986 World Series losing team.

ANSWER: Wilson and James G. "Lou" Gorman

4) Name some of these films containing depictions of Napoleon, FTPE.

[10] Terry Camilleri played Napoleon in this film, who is brought to the future by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves to do stuff like eat ice cream and go bowling.

ANSWER: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

[10] The title figures in this 1981 Terry Gilliam movie meet a very height-conscious Napoleon played by Ian Holm.  It also features Agamemnon and Robin Hood.

ANSWER: Time Bandits

[10] This actor starred as Napoleon in 1970's Waterloo.  This Oscar winner also twice played Benito Mussolini, in The Last Four Days and Lion in the Desert.

ANSWER: Rob Steiger (or Rodney Stephen Steiger)

 

5) It features a best of three final and powerhouses like Rider and Brown.  FTPE:

[10] Name this newly created post-season college basketball tournament for teams not good enough to make it to the NIT.

ANSWER: CBI (or College Basketball Invitational)

[10] The inaugural CBI was won by this school, who are celebrating awfully hard in a photo on the CBI website for being a third tier champion.  Ben Uzoh's 17 points were instrumental in the team's win over Butler.

ANSWER: Tulsa

[10] The Gazelle Group, which runs the CBI, also runs this more legitimate early season tournament, currently sponsored by a videogame company.  Chris Douglas-Roberts led Memphis to a win over UConn at last year's outing.

ANSWER: 2K Sports College Hoops Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer (accept either underlined answer)

6) Identify the following relating to some songs with literary references, FTPE.

[10] This Rush song talks about today's version of this classic character from American literature, who is "a modern day warrior" and who "gets high on you". 

ANSWER: Tom Sawyer

[10] This metal band featuring Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris recorded a 14 minute long version of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for their 1984 album, Powerslave.

ANSWER: Iron Maiden

[10] In this final song from Highway 61 Revisited, Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot are fighting in the captain's tower while calypso singers laugh at them and fishermen hold flowers.

ANSWER: Desolation Row

7) It concludes with a seemingly dead Bugs asking "What did you expect?  A happy ending?", while earlier it parodied various Wagner works like The Ring of Nibelung and The Flying Dutchman.  FTPE:

[10] Name this seminal Looney Tunes film, considered one of the best cartoons of all time.

ANSWER: What's Opera, Doc? (prompt on "Kill the Wabbit")

[10] Earlier, Bugs and Elmer Fudd starred in a performance of this Rossini opera, where Bugs shaves Elmer, tosses a salad in his head and cuts off his trousers with his scissors.  The episode's title derives from the opera's title.

ANSWER: Barber of Seville (or The Useless Precaution or Il barbiere di Siviglia or L'inutile precauzione)

[10] The Rabbit of Seville ends with Elmer being dropped onto a wedding cake with this appropriately titled opera printed on it.

ANSWER: The Marriage of Figaro

8) Stephen Colbert honored the time period preceding this holiday by having people call 1-888-OOPS-JEW in order to repent for all of the wrongs they did to him during the year.  FTPE:

[10] Identify this Jewish holiday of atonement.

ANSWER: Yom Kippur

[10] Sandy Koufax notably did not pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur, paving the way for this Dodgers pitcher to lose the game to Mudcat Grant.

ANSWER: Donald Scott "Don" Drysdale

[10] On Season 5 of the Apprentice, Lee ducked out of the competition to attend Yom Kippur services so he ended up missing a challenge to create a jingle to promote chicken sandwiches at this fast food joint.  Their current advertising campaign features a "rescue brigade" who save people from ordinary fast food.

ANSWER: Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc.

 

9) She blinded me with SCIENCE songs.  Answer some questions about songs involving science, FTPE.

[10] This two disc anthology album by the Beastie Boys takes its name from a song on Paul's Boutique that samples Beatles songs like "When I'm Sixty Four" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

ANSWER: The Sounds of Science

[10] Disappointingly, this band has recorded no slash songs pairing Diels and Alder or Fischer and his projector, but they have released albums like I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love and The Black Parade.

ANSWER: My Chemical Romance (prompt on "MCR" and "My Chem")

[10] This cover song by They Might Be Giants talks about an entity that is a "gigantic nuclear furnace where hydrogen is built into helium".

ANSWER: Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) (accept either underlined answer)

 

10) Name some of these historical real time strategy games based on some of their historically accurate components, FTPE.

[10] Mike learned all about Richard the Lionheart's crusade against Saladin in the first sequel in this Ensemble Studios game, plus all about that battle the Koreans fought for Texas in a Conquerors expansion.  The first game saw a Rise of Rome expansion.

ANSWER: Age of Empires

[10] One of the main features of this GSC Game World game, subtitled European Wars, was the gigantic armies that approached the number of units in a real battle.  Mighty Denmark was added in its Art of War expansion.

ANSWER: Cossacks: European Wars

[10] Following the Shogun and Medieval games, this RTS by Creative Assembly contains factions such as the Rebels, the Seleucids and the Parthians.

ANSWER: Rome: Total War (prompt on partial answer)

 

11) Apparently Art Garfunkel has read pretty much the summation of the 3rd parts of literature bonuses at every ACF Nationals ever.  So, honor his knowledge of Charles Major's When Knighthood Was in Flower by showing your knowledge of his work, FTPE.

[10] Just like how Mike Sorice was furious that Bob Kilner beat him on an Avery Enterprises buzz when Sorice totally spent hours studying that company's website, Paul Simon was pissed off that he let Art Garfunkel sing this huge hit, the title track of the duo's first collaborative album which mentions that "I will lay me down".

ANSWER: Bridge Over Troubled Water

[10] In his solo career, Garfunkel found success with this song that appeared on the Watership Down soundtrack.  It shares its name with a band who first gained attention with their Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground album.

ANSWER: Bright Eyes

[10] Garfunkel recorded a cover of this song for the As Good As It Gets Soundtrack.  It mentions how "when you're chewing on life's gristle / don't grumble, give a whistle" and to do the title action.

ANSWER: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

12) This highly regarded Nickelodeon show contains characters like Sokka and Katara who, along with the main character, attempt to resist the Fire Nation.  FTPE:

[10] Identify this anime-inspired show whose title draws from Hindu mythology.

ANSWER: Avatar: The Last Airbender (or Avatar: The Legend of Aang)

[10] This is the main character of Avatar, the titular Last Airbender.  He has a blue arrow pointing down on his forehead and, because of spending a century in suspended animation, is 112 years old.

ANSWER: Aang

[10] This current Fire Master was ordered to kill his son Zuko for trying to usurp power from his older brother Iroh, but the child was spared and he eventually came to power after the death of his father, Azulon.

ANSWER: Fire Lord Ozai

13) Identify some of these Disney characters and films that draw inspiration from academic sources, FTPE.

[10] I hear this trident-holding father of Ariel in the Little Mermaid shares his name with someone in Greek myth.

ANSWER: Triton

[10] This character, one of Disney's spookiest monsters, appears in the "Night on Bald Mountain" section of Fantasia and doesn't like church bells too much.

ANSWER: Chernabog

[10] The title of this 1949 Disney film comes from the characters in its two literary adaptations, The Wind in the Willows and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

ANSWER: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

14) Don Rawitsch created this game while at Carleton College in 1971, and Bill Bigelow criticized it for emphasizing only male roles.  FTPE:

[10] Identify this game where players can choose to be a carpenter from Ohio to journey on the titular path.

ANSWER: The Oregon Trail

[10] The creators of The Oregon Trail also produced this game, whose plot involved your character having a dream that the Inca were suffering from malaria.  Naturally, you travel along the titular path to save them.

ANSWER: The Amazon Trail

[10] The Learning Company, who now own the rights to The Oregon Trail and the Amazon Trail, also produced this more modern take on traveling across the United States.  The best strategy was to not let your truck driver sleep or eat in order to save money on extra expenses.

ANSWER: Road Adventure USA

15) Answer some questions about these films involving conspiracy theories, FTPE.

[10] This Oliver Stone film was largely based on the books Crossfire and On the Trail of the Assassins, and stars Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison, a New Orleans detective who meets with people like Willie O’Keefe and X.

ANSWER: JFK

[10] The original version of this 2005 documentary by Dylan Avery asserted that United 93 was shot down and that it was a missile that struck the Pentagon.

ANSWER: Loose Change 2nd Edition Recut

[10] This 1978 Peter Hyams film starred O.J. Simpson as one of the three astronauts on the namesake mission.  It tried to show how easy it would be to fake a landing on Mars, just like how easy it was for NASA to fake the moon landing.

ANSWER: Capricorn One

 

16) Monty Python has at least heard of the names of several things firmly within the ACF canon.  For 10 points each:

[10] Harry Baggart, who enjoys strangling animals and masturbation, is one of the finalists in the All-England Competition to summarize this seven-volume work, though he only gets as far as page one of Swann’s Way.

ANSWER: A la recherche du temps perdu (accept Remembrance of Things Past or In Search of Lost Time)

[10] Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion seek out this author to discover whether his Roads to Freedom is an allegory of man’s search for commitment or an indictment of his need to avoid action.

ANSWER: Jean-Paul Sartre

[10] Harry Houdini must escape being chained up in a sack while playing the solo part of this work, composed for Nikolai Rubinstein.

ANSWER: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

17) I hear the Celtics maybe take their name from ACF style material.  So, let's answer some questions about them, FTPE.

[10] This current Celtics captain, sometimes known as The Truth, was fined for allegedly making a gang sign to Danny Ainge in a first round playoff game.  He was unanimously named MVP of this year's Finals.

ANSWER: Paul Anthony Pierce

[10] In the 1995 season, the Celtics made the playoffs in part thanks to this Croat power forward who had earlier led Jugoplastika to two European Cup championships.

ANSWER: Dino Rada (or Dino Radja)

[10] The Celtics were guided by this coach to league championships in 1984 and 1986.  Earlier, this San Francisco alum was part of the Celtics teams that won eight titles from 1959 to 1966.

ANSWER: K. C. Jones

 

18) Its episodes include "Join or Die" and "Don't Tread on Me", and Laura Linney stars as the title figure's wife.  FTPE:

[10] Name this historical HBO series starring Paul Giamatti.

ANSWER: John Adams

[10] David Morse plays this historical figure in the mini-series.  Ian Patrick Williams also played him on the "That's Fucking Historical" episode of Mind of Mencia while Terry Layman played him in The Patriot.

ANSWER: George Washington

[10] Danny Huston, who plays Samuel Adams in the mini-series, also played this actor in 2006's Fade to Black.  That film chronicled the making of this actor's 1949 film, Black Magic, and other roles include him unsuccessfully advertising frozen peas.

ANSWER: George Orson Welles

19) Answer some questions about the Broadway musical, Les Miserables, FTPE.

[10] Played by Judy Kuhn during the first Broadway production, this character was working for the Thenardiers until Jean Valjean paid off her debts and took her away to a convent in Paris.

ANSWER: Cosette (or Euphrasie)

[10] This song from Act I about the way the Thenardiers run their inn proclaims that the rest of the innkeepers in town are crooks.  The title figure is "ready with a handshake and an open palm".

ANSWER: Master of the House

[10] Marius sings this song from Act III that proclaims "there's a grief that can't be spoken" and that "now my friends are dead and gone."

ANSWER: Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

20) Identify the US state where these golf tournaments take place in the 2008 season, FTPE.  If you need a geography clue about that state, you'll receive just five points.

[10] The Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and the Buick Invitational, as well as this year's U.S. Open.

[5] The Hetch Hetchy Valley in this state was flooded by the O’Shaughnessy Dam in order to provide water for a city home to the Castro District.

ANSWER: California

[10] The FBR Open and the Open, the latter of which will be held at the Grayhawk Golf Club's Raptor Course.

[5] The Mogollon Rim cuts across this state, passing by cities like Show Low.  It extends from Yavapai County to this state’s eastern neighbor.

ANSWER: Arizona

[10] The Buick Open (which is not the invitational mentioned earlier), as well as this year's PGA Championship to be held at the Oakland Hills Country Club.

[5] The Tahquamenon Falls are a place to visit in the Upper Peninsula of this state.

ANSWER: Michigan

21) Identify the following about higher education in punk rock, for 10 points each.

[10] This group's frontman, Dexter Holland, almost got a PhD in Molecular Biology before deciding to focus on making songs like "Come Out and Play", "Hit That" and "Pretty Fly for a White Guy".

ANSWER: The Offspring

[10] A famous 1982 Descendents album featured this person, the first name of their lead singer, "going to college".

ANSWER: Milo

[10] The namesake of this one man band now teaches chemistry in a high school in Philadelphia.  With his guitar and synthesizer, he produced songs like "What We Do on Christmas" and "Punk Rock Academy".

ANSWER: Atom and His Package

22) FTPE, identify these record labels.

[10] It is the oldest surviving record label name, beginning in 1888 and taking its name from the jurisdiction of its headquarters.  Born in the U.S.A. was released by this label and it is now owned by Sony BMG.

ANSWER: Columbia

[10] It was founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertugün and Herb Abramson, specializing in its early years in R&B and jazz. Currently part of the Warner Music Group, artists in their stable or subsidiary labels include James Blunt, Death Cab for Cutie and Nate Dogg.

ANSWER: Atlantic

[10] Its name was originally supposed to be the name for Captain Beefheart. The imprint continued to be used even after its purchase by ABC, especially for Pointer Sisters records. It was discontinued in 2005 and the back catalog is now released under Verve Forecast.

ANSWER: Blue Thumb

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