Trash Quizbowl Packet Archive

 Guerrilla Trash 2018 – Trained in Gorilla WarfarePacket by Kenji Shimizu1. This songwriter created, but did not perform, a song in which the FBI “dancing with the junkies” and “the greatest of the sadists and the masochists too” attend a “Freakers’ Ball.” Waylon Jennings performed several songs written by this man for the soundtrack of the movie Ned Kelly, which starred Mick Jagger. Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show performed several songs by this writer, including “The Cover of the Rolling Stone.” A character created by this songwriter fights a man in Gatlinburg who (*) “kicked like a mule” and “bit like a crocodile,” who turns out to be his father. That character of this writer vows to name his son “Bill or George” because of the torment he received for his feminine name. For 10 points, name this writer of Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue,” who also released an audio recording of his poetry collection Where the Sidewalk Ends.ANSWER: Shel Silverstein [or Sheldon Allan Silverstein]<Popular Music>2. The May 2003 issue of Vogue featured Kate Moss in outfits popularized by this man, including ones shown in Brian Duffy’s photographs. Kansai Yamamoto created several outfits for this man, including a black-and-white striped bodysuit. The handwritten caption “Wild Boys” tops a photograph of this man’s meeting with William S. Burroughs. Steve Strange and other members of the burgeoning New Romantic movement appear in a video by this performer in which he wears a light blue Pierrot costume. This performer wears a Union Jack-patterned coat designed by Alexander McQueen on the cover of his album (*) Earthling, and commanded “Turn to the left” and “Turn to the right” in a song titled “Fashion.” This performer wears face paint in the shape of a lightning bolt on the cover of his album Aladdin Sane. For 10 points, name this performer who influenced fashion through his androgynous Ziggy Stardust persona.ANSWER: David Bowie [or David Robert Jones]<Fashion>3. Description acceptable. These objects are juxtaposed with the Wienermobile and made to look like a Hadouken from Street Fighter in a 365-day series of photos taken by the husband-wife team Cullen and Katie. A New Jersey mother named Venus Costello sued these objects’ originators when her son sustained a serious arm injury after falling from one. As part of a “Make Summer Funner” campaign in 2007, these objects were covered in multicolored fabric that was removed after two weeks due to concerns over the possibility of children kicking them. In another New Jersey incident involving these objects, one of them weighing two tons came loose and rolled through a nearby (*) parking lot. According to the company that originated them, these objects are designed to prevent motorists from crashing into storefronts. For 10 points, name these red spherical concrete structures found outside branches of a major department store.ANSWER: the balls in front of Target stores [or bollards] <Miscellaneous/Other>4. This man claimed that taking selfies was the “eleventh amendment of the Bill of Rights” and claimed that diagonal selfies were cooler than selfies taken straight up. In a Vine, this man puts on a hoodie and says “Eat your heart out, Zuckerberg.” This man pats the head of a taxidermied moose, calling it a “good little moose,” and appears to punch a girl repeatedly shouting his name in other viral videos compiled by Vic Berger IV. An opponent claimed that this man promised to “take his pants off and moon everybody.” In a Super Deluxe video, that opponent of this man repeatedly calls him a (*) “mess,” a “waste,” and a “big fat mistake.” This man once tweeted a picture of a gun inscribed with his name, accompanied by the single-word caption “America.” For 10 points, name this candidate who once told an unimpressed New Hampshire audience to “please clap.”ANSWER: Jeb Bush [or Jeb!] <Personalities>5. One of this country’s most well-known players was the subject of an arrest warrant for supposedly injuring an opponent’s fan with a broken bottle during a 1990 qualifying match that this country lost. This country set a regional first by scoring four goals against South Korea in the group stage of the 2014 World Cup. In their 1986 World Cup appearance, this country’s only goal occurred during a draw against Northern Ireland and was made by Djamel Zidane. During a 1982 game later called the “Disgrace of Gijón,” fans of this country waved banknotes at the (*) West German and Austrian teams, whose lackadaisical performance allowed both teams to advance while shutting out this country, who earlier upset West Germany 2-1. In 2010, this country was sent home after a Landon Donovan goal during stoppage time broke a 0-0 tie. For 10 points, name this home country of Lakhdar Belloumi, who played for clubs such as GC Mascara, MC Oran, and MC Alger.ANSWER: Algeria <Sports>6. This place titles the opening track of a 2014 album on which country singer Jessy Lynn Martens provides most of the vocals. This place is mentioned right after two characters remark that absinthe makes their boss “incredibly mean” “and ugly, biatch.” After a character screams out the name of this place, another character disapprovingly states “And those were his last words, right before he bled to death on the rug.” During a firefight against Skorpio’s goons, one character asks of another, “How’d you get (*) life insurance?” “Don’t they know you’re in [this place]?” The singer who originated this place’s name made a cameo appearance to duet with Cherlene in the episode “Baby Shower.” A character aboard the Excelsior screams “Lana!” four times and immediately follows up by mentioning this place. Sterling Archer frequently references, for 10 points, what title location of a Kenny Loggins song from Top Gun?ANSWER: the Danger Zone <Television>7. This company hired a fan named Jordan Scott to develop a game based on one of its properties, which introduces the maniacal Dr. Merlot and the song “Lusus Naturae.” In August 2018, the theme to a series created by this company became free downloadable content for Rock Band Rivals owners. This company runs a channel on which their members play various low-quality “Demo Disks.” Characters created by this company appeared alongside characters from Japanese game franchises in (*) BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. This company’s game subtitled Grimm Eclipse also features those aforementioned characters, including the rapier user Weiss Schnee. The outlandish character Caboose appears in a series created by this company that was included on special “Legendary Editions” of Halo 3. For 10 points, name this company that produced the YouTube gaming channels Funhaus [“funhouse”] and Achievement Hunter and the shows RWBY [“ruby”] and Red vs. Blue.ANSWER: Rooster Teeth [or RT]<Video Games>8. In 2003, a war memorial in ?taples was vandalized with a message incorporating the name of this food and the statement “Saddam will spill your blood.” This dish is paired with “shred pie” in a stanza describing the metaphorical death of Christmas after Naseby in “The World Turned Upside Down.” A group of poor men observe soldiers transporting this food in front of a gate in a painting by William Hogarth, whose alternate title comes from a song from Henry Fielding’s The Grub-Street Opera that contrasts this food with the ragouts [“ragooz”] of a nearby rival. This food is the filling of a sandwich made with a (*) kimmelweck roll popular in upstate New York. Yorkshire pudding is often served alongside this protein in a traditional Sunday meal. The name of this food became a counterpart to the insult “frog,” when used by French people towards the English. For 10 points, name this dish, which the third pig in “This Little Piggy” indulges in.ANSWER: roast beef [accept rosbif; prompt on beef]<Food and Drink>9. ANSWER: <Games>10. A Moldovan teenage soccer star with this distinction planned on moving to Arsenal in 2009 and may have been named after the Irish title of the novel My Little Black Donkey. A large Yugoslavian player with this distinction was recruited by Bobby Knight for the 1992-93 college season. A hockey player with this distinction played for the Tokyo Katanas before becoming the first Japanese player in the NHL after being drafted by the Buffalo Sabres, whose fans still honor him by chanting “We want Taro!” The story of a pitcher with this distinction, who threw a record-breaking fastball after learning (*) yoga in Tibet, was chronicled in George Plimpton’s article “The Curious Case of Sidd Finch.” A Stanford University student named Lennay Kekua was revealed to have this distinction after her death in a car crash in 2012. For 10 points, identify this distinction shared by Masal Bugduv, Ivan Renko, Taro Tsujimoto, and Manti Te’o’s girlfriend, none of whom actually existed.ANSWER: they were hoaxes [or fictional and other equivalents] <Sports>11. ANSWER: Luxo Jr. [accept the Pixar lamp]<Film>12. Immediately after a short-lasting use of this effect, a booming voice warns the audience to “Behold your fate” and declares “Not even the medjai can save you now.” This effect is set in motion by a group of trolls who cast a spell and yell “Disappear! Disappear!” in the no-longer-operational attraction Maelstrom. This effect is used right after the scarabs first appear in Revenge of the Mummy, and after first encountering the aftermath of the Yeti’s rampage in (*) Expedition Everest. In 2012, two rides themed around Mr. Freeze were modified to utilize this effect, which provides the rides’ new name. Those rides were part of a trend of Six Flags locations briefly changing existing roller coasters, such as Viper, American Eagle, and Batman: The Ride, to utilize this effect. For 10 points, identify this type of motion which, if unintentional, may be called “rollback.”ANSWER: backward motion [accept equivalents] <Miscellaneous/Other>13. An article published by a non-security organization called the NSA describes how Dusty Baker told his players to “go where [these objects] go” during their first game at a new venue. A Mental Floss article describes how in 1980 Claude Osteen claimed his sport was amidst “the era of [these objects].” A 1995 article from an athletic trainers’ society describes how a Phillies pitcher sustained a hand injury from repeatedly stretching a pinky finger to make grabbing these objects easier. In 2017, Freddie Freeman was filmed pouring out an entire bag of these objects before taking the field. Widely sponsored brands of these objects include (*) Giant and David. Idling players often flick these objects. Reggie Jackson is widely credited with popularizing these objects, whose use increased after a 2011 decision discouraging players from chewing tobacco. For 10 points, name these shelled food items often consumed by baseball players.ANSWER: sunflower seeds<Sports>14. ANSWER: Pokémon<Comics>15. A parody of this song features Sharkeisha describes “doing more black heads than a Proactiv commercial,” and a different parody is sang from the perspective of various Disney villains; both of those parodies of this song were created by Todrick Hall. A vocalist on this song describes blacking out after witnessing an act nicknamed “Number Seventeen.” This song begins with a beat formed by a dripping faucet, footsteps, and the tapping of nails, before the first vocals are punctuated by the lighting of a match. The claim that “I don’t know why Uncle Sam says I did it” is made by a (*) Hungarian speaker in this song who uses a white scarf instead of a red one in her routine. The performers of this song claim “If you’d have seen it, I betcha you would have done the same” while dancing behind bars. For 10 points, name this number in which “the six merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail” describe how their partners “had it coming,” from the musical Chicago.ANSWER: “Cell Block Tango” (Those parodies are “Cell Black Django” and “Spell Block Tango.”)<Musicals>16. This man remarked “That’s right, by God! The Miami boy!” in a conversation about a play involving Oakland Raiders receiver Bill Miller during Super Bowl II in a section of a book partially titled “Will Dope Doom the Cowboys?” This man gave the eulogy at the funeral of legendary Ohio State coach Woody Hayes. A book by Terry Frei titled Horns, Hogs, and [this person] Coming chronicles a championship game at which he vowed to give a plaque designating either Texas or Arkansas as the season’s #1 team, leading Joe Paterno to criticize him years later. This man supposedly suggested to “hit Paul Warfield on that down-and-in pattern” in a phone call to (*) Don Shula the night before Shula’s Dolphins failed to score a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl VI. During his time in Washington, this man gave favors to Redskins coach George Allen, who previously coached at this man’s alma mater, Whittier College in California. For 10 points, name this man whose cabinet included former University of Michigan player Gerald Ford.ANSWER: Richard Nixon<Sports>17. The West Wing episode “The Warfare of Genghis Khan” includes a story about how a performer featured on this collection “died penniless of pneumonia” in the ruins of his burned house. A New Yorker article by Timothy Ferris, one of this collection’s creators, shot down a rumor that its creators asked for the rights to include “Here Comes the Sun” in it. David Pescovitz and Tim Daly raised $1.3 million through a Kickstarter campaign to re-release this collection in 2017. Blind Willie Johnson’s (*) “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” is one of the most recent selections in this collection, which opens with a recording of the second Brandenburg Concerto. This collection, which incorporates a recording of Ann Druyan’s brain waves, opens with a statement made by Kurt Waldheim, followed by greetings in 55 different languages. For 10 points, identify this collection of photographs and world music placed aboard a vehicle that left the Solar System in 2012.ANSWER: the Voyager Golden Record<Popular Music>18. ANSWER: numbers stations<Radio>19. A group that advocates this goal first came into prominence after the revelation of Project SCUM, which targeted marginalized groups in San Francisco. An advertisement promoting this goal prompted a lawsuit over the use of a phone conversation where a caller offered to sell the Lorillard company dog urine. Promoted videos on Twitter that advance this goal include one that lists several kinds of “great butts” and another that begins (*) “Twinkle Twinkle Little Dick.” A campaign promoting this goal teamed up with BuzzFeed, among others, to start a hashtag that bemoaned the possibility of a world without cat videos. An ad campaign for this goal encourages teenagers to be the generation to “Finish It,” citing that the rate of a certain activity among high schoolers has dropped to 6% in 2016. For 10 points, identify this type of campaign promoted by the Truth Initiative, which some countries seek to achieve by placing graphic images of cancerous lungs on packages of cigarettes.ANSWER: anti-tobacco campaigns [or anti-smoking campaigns; accept equivalents that mention ending smoking; prompt on anti-drug campaigns]<Advertising>20. This is the first word in the name of a horse that beat out Kaige Fighter in its inaugural race at Oklahoma City’s Remington Park in June 2018. In an article for , Harry Shukman recounted how he impersonated Hope Hicks to ask Donald Trump Jr. about a report described by a variant of this word, which led to his interrogation by Secret Service agents. The narrator of a 1974 children’s book says “Well, I wish he wasn’t there” about a yellow creature with this name who is shown reading a book on a couch. A purported “ER doc based in Kentucky” claimed that an unchecked eye injury could lead to a (*) condition described by this word, which allowed him to call Jonathan Chait a “moist boi.” According to a relatively recent Urban Dictionary entry, this word is described as a disease that is “not deadly until you get Ligma.” For 10 points, name this four-letter word that often precedes “deez nuts” in a common bait-and-switch joke setup, which is not to be confused with an acronym for a major American bank.ANSWER: bofa [accept Bofa Deez Nutz; accept BoPher, the variant described by the second sentence] <Internet Life>21. A fan of this team was flown to Phoenix by Charles Barkley as part of an effort to distract the Chicago Bulls during the 1993 NBA Finals. That fan, an attorney named Robin Ficker, frequently heckled teams visiting this one throughout the 1990s. The phrase “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings” was once misattributed to a sportswriter describing this team, who went from finishing 44-38 to winning a title in 1978. The first female president of an NBA team, (*) Susan O’Malley, owned this team. Some theories point to the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin as to why this team, under the longtime ownership of Abe Pollin, changed its nickname in 1995. This team made several NBA Finals appearances in the 1970s during the careers of Elvin Hayes and Wes Unseld. For 10 points, name this team whose modern incarnation is led by John Wall from the nation’s capital.ANSWER: Washington Bullets [accept Washington Wizards; accept Baltimore Bullets from old people]<Sports>22. A branch of BuzzFeed dedicated January 29, 2016 to publishing articles promoting the use of this word, and made a Twitter bot that reminded people to use it. The lower right of the cover of Janis Joplin’s Cheap Thrills includes a Hells Angels patch that uses this word. Supposedly, the self-proclaimed “Emperor of the United States” Joshua Norton issued a $25 fine to anyone who used this term. According to a book about this term by longtime columnist Herb Caen, this term brings reminders of the “early, brawling, boisterous days of the (*) Barbary Coast.” Due to its location along a railway named for St. Louis and another city, a city in the Dallas metro area named itself after this term. This name graces a “melt” made with sourdough bread served by Steak ‘n Shake. After singing “I left my home in Georgia,” Otis Redding mentions this name in “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay.” For 10 points, give this six-letter city nickname that’s slightly more preferred than “San Fran.”ANSWER: Frisco<Miscellaneous/Other> ................
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