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TRASH Junior Bird 2002
Round 3 Tossups
1. Albums released during their down and strung out period include 1977’s Draw the Line, 1979’s In the Ruts and 1982’s Rock in a Hard Place. These paled in comparison to such acclaimed works as Get Your Wings and Toys in the Attic. It would take Run-DMC plus some rehab to get them back in the spotlight as they hit it big with albums like Get a Grip, Just Push Play and Pump. FTP, name this group led by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry with hit songs like “Sweet Emotion,” “Janie’s Got a Gun” and “Walk This Way.”
ANS: Aerosmith
2. He roomed with Burt Reynolds at Florida State, and he’s a director of business development for Dixon Ticonderoga, a Florida-based writing utensil producer. However, his primary employer has been the world of football, as he was a head coach at Louisville from 1969 to 1972 before moving on to Indiana in 1973 and Northern Illinois in 1984. After coaching the USFL’s Orlando Renegades, he joined ESPN in 1987 and joined the Game Day team two years later. FTP, name this partner of Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit (HERB-street), known for the catchphrase “Not so fast, my friend.”
A: Lee Corso
3. With his Wichita Falls, Texas, neighbor Gary Dobbs, he began Courtroom Sciences Inc., a trial-preparation consulting firm. His clients have included Exxon in the trial for the Exxon-Valdez oil spill and Oprah Winfrey in the "veggie-libel" case involving the Texas beef industry. For 10 points, name this psychologist who now has his own TV show as a virtual spin-off of Oprah Winfrey.
ANSWER: Dr. Phil or Phillip C. McGraw
4. Designed by Herb Schnaper in 1948 using whittled wood pieces, this game involves up to four players. The winner successfully accumulates 58 dots, though you have to roll for the one and two dots consecutively in order to get the appropriate body parts to continue the game. Every time you are successful with your roll, you get to roll again until you are thwarted from picking up eyes, limbs, and the tongue. For ten points, name this Hasbro/Milton Bradley game in which players build their own cute bugs.
Answer: Cootie
5. The movie focuses on four characters -- Eden, Lena, Penny and Anne Marie -- who work as hotel maids in a remote resort in Maui. For Anne Marie, she is up every morning before dawn to practice for the upcoming Rip Masters competition. But then she falls for pro football quarterback Matt Tollman. Will it be the love of men or the love of the surf for Anne Marie, in, FTP, what 2002 movie starring Michelle Rodriguez and Kate Bosworth?
ANS: Blue Crush
6. Ford sponsored this year’s World Championships, held in Bismark, North Dakota, while Winnepeg is slated to host in 2003 and Switzerland in 2004. However, most people in the U.S. followed the exploits of the teams led by Kari Erickson and Tim Somerville in Salt Lake City, although the Canadian men took gold there as well, with Britain scoring the women’s gold. FTP, name this sport that involves phrases such as hoglines, skips, and the use of brooms to propel a 42-pound stone across a sheet of ice.
A: Curling
7. Popularized in 1959 by the film Black Orpheus, it was adopted by West Coast jazz musicians such as Chet Baker. Associated with the middle and upper classes, it became the standard for the clubs of Copacabana. Strongly associated with Antonio Carlos Jobim, its arose from a new way to play the samba. For 10 points, name this Brazilian style exemplified by João and Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz performing "Girl from Ipanema."
ANS: bossa nova
8. His newspaper career started at the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette at the age of 15 when he worked as a sportswriter. He joined his current employer in 1966 after graduating from the University of Illinois where he currently runs an overlooked film festival. He wrote the story for 1970s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, although screenwriting isn’t his forte. FTP, name this only person to win a Pulitzer for film criticism, a writer for the Chicago Sun-Times now teamed with Richard Roeper and former TV partner of Gene Siskel.
ANS: Roger Ebert
9. Bobby Strong – assistant to Penelope Pennywise – gets fed up and leads a rebellion over the monopoly run by Mr. Caldwell B. Cladwell, played by twice-Tony-winning actor John Cullum. Of course, Hope Cladwell falls in love with Bobby. For 10 points, name this musical that won three Tony awards in 2002 that takes place in a large town beset by a 20-year-drought in which “It is a privilege to pee.”
ANS: Urinetown: the Musical
10. Rule 10: The audience's sympathy must remain with the protagonist. Rule 3: The protagonist could stop anytime -- IF he was not a fanatic. Rule 8: Whenever possible, make gravity the protagonist's greatest enemy. Rule 7: All tools, weapons, or mechanical conveniences must be obtained from the Acme Corporation. For 10 points, these are the rules of what Chuck Jones cartoon series, which also includes Rule 4: No dialogue ever, except "Beep! Beep!"
ANS: Wile E. Coyote or Road Runner
11. Eric Stoltz was originally cast as the title character in this 1985 film, but was fired because he did not act like a teenager. A refrigerator was first considered as the device the character would use for the adventures, but was scrapped for fear children would get trapped in them. Instead, a DeLorean luxury car was used to send Marty McFly to 1955 in, for 10 points, what Robert Zemeckis film, which starred Michael J. Fox as Marty?
ANS: Back to the Future
12. She moved out last year. I wonder who she is, what she does, and where she lives. Is she a pothead with too many zits? A movie star with inflatable tits? Does she take the train, or drive in a car? Work at the office, or down at the bar? How the hell should I know, she could be albino for all I care? For ten points, name this Little T and One Track Mike song about the title character who still gets phone calls at T’s new apartment, even though she don’t live here no more.
ANS: Shaniqua
13. The title character is Daphne Monet, who leaves Lake Charles, Louisiana, the memory of an incestuous relationship with her father, and her identity as Ruby Hanks, assuming different personalities and passing for white. She is sought by Dewitt Albright, who hires a detective named Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins to find her. For ten points, name this 1990 novel by Walter Mosley, the basis for a 1995 movie starring Denzel Washington.
ANS: Devil in a Blue Dress
14. Working his way through school, he started a chain letter that paid for an entire semester of college. He founded MicroSolutions, Inc. in 1983, and later sold it to CompuServe in 1990. Wanting to come up with a way to hear Indiana basketball games while living in Dallas, he and a college friend came up with the idea that would personally net him $2 billion when Yahoo! bought out . For 10 points, name this man, the oft-fined owner of the Dallas Mavericks.
ANS: Mark Cuban
15. Co-workers for the advertising firm of Livingston, Gentry, and Mishkin, roommates Henry Desmond and Kip Wilson are in a bind when their apartment building is torn down. Amy, the office receptionist with a crush on Henry, suggests they stay at the Susan B. Anthony hotel, where Kip falls for Amy’s roommate Sonny. For ten points, name this sitcom starring Peter Scolari and Tom Hanks who to stay in the hotel must dress in drag.
ANS: Bosom Buddies
16. It is sought after by the evil businessman Alonzo Hawk in a movie based upon a story by Samuel Taylor. Among its wonderful effects, it can make a car fly when it is put into the fuel tank. It can also help a high school team win an important basketball game. For ten points, name this substance invented by Ned Brainard, who was played by Fred MacMurray in The Absent Minded Professor and by Robin Williams in a 2000 remake.
ANS: Flubber
17. On April 17, 1964, Willie Stargell got the first hit here, the first of his 12 career home runs at this ballpark. In 1975, it became the first stadium to host home games for two different Major League Baseball and two different NFL teams in the same season. Among the stranger events at this park include a black cat running in front of the visiting Cubs dugout in 1969, and a ground ball that trickled through the legs of Bill Buckner in 1986. For 10 points, name this home stadium for the New York Mets.
ANS: Shea Stadium
18. “My friend the Communist/holds meeting in his RV/I can’t afford his gas/So I’m here watching TV./I don’t have digital/I don’t have diddly squat/It’s not having what you want/It’s wanting what you’ve got.” For 10 points, these are the opening lines to what 2002 Sheryl Crow song in which she wants to tell people to lighten up.
ANS: Soak Up the Sun
19. The Ivorydale plant where this is manufactured is being sold to Twin Rivers Technology of Quincy, Massachusetts. Twin Rivers will use the plant to make this fatty acids and to fulfill contracts for this product, which is still used in the WOW brand of Frito-Lay and snack foods by its developer, Proctor & Gamble. For ten points, name this product which, because of the possibility of "abdominal cramping and loose stools," never caught on as a fat substitute.
ANS: Olean or olestra
20. Those fans who couldn't wait until the September 29, 2002 season premiere of this series probably spent their summer trying to figure out a puzzle involving letters highlighted in the names of cities. Series creator J.J. Abrams confirmed that there is something to the puzzle, while other news includes David Anders joining the regular cast as Mr. Sark and Lena Olin being cast as Sydney's mother. For 10 points, name this ABC spy series starring Jennifer Garner.
ANS: Alias
TRASH Junior Bird 2002
Round 3 Bonuses
1. Identify these celebrities with magazines named after them for the stated number of points
a. (5) Her growing media empire which includes a talk show and used to include a book club also boasts the magazine called O.
ANS: Oprah Winfrey
b. (10) The longtime women’s magazine McCall’s was renamed for this talk show host who then shut down the new publication last month.
ANS: Rosie O’Donnell
c. (15) On the other end of the spectrum, this member of KISS started up his own version of Maxim earlier this year called Tongue.
ANS: Gene Simmons
2. For ten points each, answer these questions about Tommy Pickles’ co-stars on Rugrats.
a. This is Tommy’s older three-year-old cousin, a bossy blonde who gets really upset whenever she loses her doll Cynthia.
Answer: Angelica Pickles
b. Tommy’s two-year-old best friend, this spectacled red-head is potty-trained and can handle getting shots, but he’s really careful around clowns.
Answer: Chuckie Finster
c. The “bestest” dog in the whole world, he lets Tommy ride him, crawl over him, and sample his food.
Answer: Spike
3. Given a national college basketball power, name its current coach for five points each.
a. Utah
ANS: Rick Majerus
b. Michigan State
ANS: Tom Izzo
c. Louisville
ANS: Rick Pitino
d. Texas Tech
ANS: Bob Knight
e. Florida
ANS: Billy Donovan
f. Syracuse
ANS: Jim Boeheim (bay-hime)
4. Many rappers have branched out into other realms. Given a description of a non-musical side project, name the artist, for 10 points each.
a. This No Limit impresario's flirtations with the sporting world include trying out for the Toronto Raptors
and negotiating Ricky Williams' first contract with the New Orleans Saints.
ANS: Master P or Percy Miller
b. This West Coast gangsta earned critical kudos for playing a murdered 1970s superfly community pillar
turned-ghostly avenger in 2001's Bones.
ANS: Snoop Dogg or Calvin Broadus
c. In 1998, this Public Enemy front man turned literary by penning Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality, a well-received non-fiction examination of American social issues.
ANS: Chuck D
5. Identify the movie that features members of boy bands for 10 points each.
a. Joey Fatone makes an appearance as Cousin Angelo in this surprise 2002 hit starring Nia Vardalos.
ANS: My Big Fat Greek Wedding
b. Fatone and fellow N’Sync bandmate Lance Bass starred in this 2001 film about meeting a dream girl on Chicago’s El train.
ANS: On the Line
c. While brother Mark has become a more well-known star, former New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg made his feature film debut playing Cubby Barnes in this Mel Gibson kidnapping thriller.
ANS: Ransom
6. Name these shows that can’t be found on TV, but only on HBO, from clues for 10 points each.
a. This show set at an L.A. funeral home led the way with 23 Emmy nominations this year.
ANS: Six Feet Under
b. Somewhat overshadowed by Six Feet Under, The Sopranos and Sex and the City is this comedy following the strange everyday life of Seinfeld co-creator Larry David.
ANS: Curb Your Enthusiasm
c. Legend has it that a limo driver’s pleadings helped keep this long-running but lackluster Robert Wuhl sports comedy on the air.
ANS: Arli$$ (pronounced Arliss)
7. Name these candy bars made by Hershey for 10 points each.
a. Created by namesake brothers in 1928, this English toffee bar was bought by Hershey in 1996.
ANS: Heath
b. Originated by cough-drop maven William Luden in 1936, this bar is made from layers of peanut butter crunch coated in milk chocolate.
ANS: 5th Avenue
c. These bite-size candies were introduced by Hershey in 1978. Four years later, they were made popular by the movie E.T.
ANS: Reese’s Pieces
8. Identify these baseball superstars who used to be members of the Montreal Expos for ten points each.
a. This lanky lefty spent the first year and a half of his career in Montreal before being dealt to Seattle for Mark Langston. He now blows away hitters for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
ANS: Randy Johnson
b. He won 55 games in four seasons with the Expos and won a Cy Young Award in his final year with Montreal in 1997 before moving on to the Red Sox.
ANS: Pedro Martinez
c. This native of British Columbia was with the Expos from 1989-1994 before putting up gaudy offensive stats for the Colorado Rockies.
ANS: Larry Walker
9. For 10 points each, in which action film did Mel Gibson play:
a. William Wallace
ANS: Braveheart
b. Col. Benjamin "The Ghost" Martin
ANS: The Patriot
c. Jerry Fletcher
ANS: Conspiracy Theory
10. Name the Billy Joel song given lyrics for 10 points each.
a. Brenda and Eddie were the popular steadies
ANS: Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
b. Well our fathers fought the Second World War
ANS: Allentown
c. She's put her trust in you
ANS: Tell Her About It
11. The National Football League changed its division structure for the 2002 season. Given a new division, name any three teams in that division for 10 points each. Note: you must at least three teams correct to get the points, and either city or nickname is acceptable.
a. AFC South
ANS: Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans
b. NFC South
ANS: New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
c. NFC North
ANS: Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings
12. 30-20-10, identify the actor from TV roles.
(30) Reverend Matthew Fordwick on “The Waltons,” John Hartman on “Harts Afire”
(20) Andrew Covington on “Felicity,” Detective Harry Hooperman on “Hooperman”
(10) Jack Tripper on “Three’s Company,” Paul Hennessy on "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter"
ANS: John Ritter
13. Video games now come rated. For five points each, which rating is denoted by the letters:
a. E
ANS: Everyone
b. T
ANS: Teen
c. M
ANS: Mature
d. Now, for 15 points, these video game ratings are created by what body?
ANS: ESRB or Entertainment Software Rating Board
14. For ten points each, name these bands which were active in the 1970s Hollywood club scene.
a. This band’s demo tape was finance by Gene Simmons, who saw them at the Starwood Club in L.A. Their eponymous 1978 debut album included their first single, a cover of the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me.”
ANS: Van Halen
b. This band originally broke up after losing guitarist Randy Rhoads, who went on to join Ozzy Osbourne. Rhoads died a week before this group reformed to record the album Metal Health.
ANS: Quiet Riot
c. This band’s debut album, recorded for $18,000 over 11 days, went platinum in just seven weeks on the strength of the single “My Sharona.”
ANS: The Knack
15. Given the names of characters from a Disney movie, identify the movie, for 10 points each.
a. Nani Pelekai, David Kawena, Dr. Jumba Jookiba, and Mr. Cobra Bubbles.
ANS: Lilo and Stitch
b. Sebastian, Scuttle, and Ursula
ANS: The Little Mermaid
c. Judge Claude Frollo, Captain Phoebus, Clopin, Hugo, and Victor.
ANS: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
16. Name the NHL award based on who can win the award on a 5-10-20-30 basis.
a. The league’s most gentlemanly player.
ANS: Lady Byng Trophy
b. The league’s best goaltender.
ANS: Vezina Trophy
c. The league’s most valuable player.
ANS: Hart Trophy
d. The league’s top coach.
ANS: Adams Award
17. Given the name of a fictional detective, identify the television program for 10 points each.
a. Detective Bobby Simone
ANS: NYPD Blue
b. Detective Steve McGarrett
ANS: Hawaii Five-O
c. Detective Ricardo Tubbs
ANS: Miami Vice
18. Name the car brand, given a description of its insignia, 10 each.
a. A ram's head
ANS: Dodge
b. A stylized rocket in an oval
ANS: Oldsmobile
c. A ship in full sail
ANS: Plymouth
19. For ten points each, answer the following about a music pioneer.
a. Name the 1986 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a non-performer whose first major achievement was recording the works of B. B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Parker and other bluesmen, after forming a recording service while a disc jockey at WRAC.
ANS: Sam Phillips
b. Sam Phillips is best known as the man who signed Elvis Presley to a contract , as well as the founder of this record label.
ANS: Sun Records
c. Phillips founded Sun Records in this city.
ANS: Memphis, Tennessee
20. Name these movies whose titles involved weird spellings or other typographical hijinks, for 10 points each.
a. Kevin Spacey played the serial killer John Doe in this movie starring Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt.
ANS: Se7en
b. This David Cronenberg movies involving virtual reality starred Jennifer Jason Leigh.
ANS: eXistenZ
c. David Duchovny and Michelle Forbes go cross-country touring the sites of serial killings. Unfortunately, they decide to ride with Early Grayce and his girlfriend, Adele, played by Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis.
ANS: Kalifornia
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