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F.O.G.H.A.T. 2010: Observing a Moment of “Slowride”

Packet #3

Written by Jeremy White

Toss-ups

1. This film’s two opening scenes show a man being tossed off a train and Jean-Louis, Sylvie’s stamp-collecting son, shooting a water gun at patrons of a Swiss ski lodge. During a funeral scene, a character played by George Kennedy uses a pin and a character played by James Coburn uses a mirror to see if Reggie Lampert’s husband is really dead. This film inspired a 2002 Jonathan Demme-directed re-make, The Truth About Charlie. For ten points, the fate of 250,000 dollars in gold is the subject of a mystery in what 1963 romantic thriller starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.

Answer: Charade

2. Opened in 1989 and built on the former site of The Castaways, this building was where competitors on the fifteenth season of The Amazing Race went to bungee for bouquets. This building was the site of Evander Holyfield’s defeat of Buster Douglas for the heavyweight championship and its distinctive window color comes from gold dust tinting. This hotel boasts attractions like a 20,000-gallon saltwater aquarium behind the front desk, performances by ventriloquist Terry Fator, the Cirque de Soleil show The Beatles’ Love and a fake volcano. For ten points, name this Steve Wynn-built hotel and casino on the Las Vegas strip with a “Secret Garden” named for its longtime attraction, Siegfried and Roy.

Answer: The Mirage

3. Steve Phillips, a former Mets GM and ESPN analyst, claims to have done this seven times in one season as a minor leaguer. The 1908 Spalding Baseball Guide indicates third baseman Bill Coughlin completed one in Game 2 of the 1907 World Series. Mike Lowell completed this rare feat in both the 2004 and 2005 seasons. On September 19, 1997, Matt Williams completed one after asking Royals’ rookie Jed Hansen to step off third base so it could be cleaned. For ten points, name this baseball deception technique designed to fool the base runner into believing the pitcher has a key piece of equipment.

Answer: Hidden Ball Trick

4. Expressing regret for not being able to guest star in this series was the subject of a September 30, 2010 letter sent by Indra Nooyi. The letter was prompted by Nooyi’s former employee Mike White being announced as this series’ guest star for an October episode. In 2010, episodes took place at Wrigley Field, Daytona International Speedway and a Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, Ohio. For ten points, Super Bowl 44 was immediately followed by the debut of what reality series that premiered with an episode in which Larry O’Donnell, the CEO of Waste Management, attempted various entry level jobs?

Answer: Undercover Boss

5. A cover of this song ends Jamie Cullum’s album Twentysomething. One vocalist on its original recording cites looking all nonchalant in front of an audience as an example of the title activity and later claims to be too old for the title activity when “feeling Denzel.” “Don’t wanna sound full of myself or rude, but you’re not lookin’ at other dudes” is the opening couplet of this track from the album The Neptunes Present…Clones. For ten points, name this Jay-Z-featuring 2002 hit for Pharell.

Answer: “Frontin’”

6. A shamrock disguising a recording device and a bus full of Japanese tourists holding tubes figure into this film’s final sequence. Magician Ricky Jay and Ben Gazzarra play the ill-fated partner and boss of Joe Ross, the engineer who is this film’s main character. Ross has developed an unspecified process that leads to contact with characters like FBI Agent McCune and Jimmy Dell who are played by Felicity Huffman and Steve Martin. For ten points, Campbell Scott plays the lead in what film written and directed by David Mamet and named for an old confidence trick.

Answer: The Spanish Prisoner

7. This artist’s second single featured the lines “she want go play with me heart, bye bye bye, find another lover, me say find another one.” Besides “Girl, I’ve Been Hurt”, this artist had only one other charting single in the US, which prompted David Spade to say that in four months this artist would be working at Jiffy Lube with Vanilla Ice. Winner of the 1994 Best Reggae Recording Juno Award, this artist’s magnum opus prominently featured the line “a licky boom boom down.” For ten points, a debut album promised “12 Inches of” what Canadian musician who hit number one with “Informer.”

Answer: Snow or Darrin O’Brien

8. In this series’ first season, Woody Harrelson played a contest winner and George Wendt played real estate tycoon Dan Donaldson in back-to-back episodes. Christopher Lloyd guest starred on it as a character with a Messiah complex who resurrected Rags, the suicidal Brussels Griffon owned by Carter Heywood. The original lead character was once thought to be dating Heidi Klum due to a photo and broke up with initial love interest Ashley when Carla Gugino left the cast. The last two seasons focused heavily on the relationship of Caitlin and Charlie, played by Heather Locklear and Charlie Sheen. For ten points, name this series that opened with Michael J. Fox playing the deputy mayor of New York.

Answer: Spin City

9. In their inaugural season, this franchise went 15-13 and lost to Houston in the playoffs. Tracy Reid won Rookie of the Year playing for them in their second season. This team’s best year was 2001, when they went 18-14 in the regular season and lost in the finals to Los Angeles. Monique Currie, Tangela Smith and Janel McCarville were the first three players taken in their dispersal draft after the failure of an attempt to move them to Kansas City. For ten points, Muggsy Bogues was the final coach of what original WNBA franchise that disbanded in 2007, five years after not following their “brother” NBA franchise to New Orleans.

Answer: Charlotte and/or Sting

10. This product, in a “Deal or Dud” segment, was tested by Philadelphia’s Fox affiliate at businesses like Chez Bow Wow, Carlos Carpets and Spring Gardens Wash and Lube. SNL’s “Weekend Update“ suggested these items were Plan B in fixing the BP oil rig leak. In the final episode of the first season of Pitchmen, Billy Mays suggested Popular Mechanics had not used Zorbeez correctly while testing against this product. Being made by Germans, working wet or dry and holding 12 times its weight in water were claims in the infomercial that introduced this product. For ten points, Underground Comedy Movie and Slap Chop promoter Vince Offer also pitches what towel product.

Answer: ShamWow

11. The BBC’s Fraser McAlpine claims a vocal sound ten seconds into this song was taken from Boney M’s 1977 song “Ma Baker.” Alex Borstein, while impersonating Marlee Matlin, sang this song during Seth and Alex’s Almost Live Review and this song’s video was the first of three to feature Rumpus, a Harlequin Great Dane who passed away in 2009. The Rock Band store offers Eric Cartman’s version of this song. Its co-writer dedicated it to her “rock and roll boyfriends” and said an earlier song, “Blueberry Kisses” inspired its line mentioning a muffin. The singer describes “love glue gunnin’”, claims Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun and is “just like a chick in a casino.” For ten points, you can’t read the titular entity of what 2008 number one hit by Lady Gaga.

Answer: “Poker Face”

12. In 2010, the kicker for this university’s football team, David Teggart, was arrested after fighting with one of their linebackers in a parking lot and the previous year, cornerback Jasper Howard was stabbed to death outside its student union. Larry Taylor returned a punt for a touchdown and Dan Orlovsky threw for 239 yards when they defeated Toledo 39 to 10 in their first ever bowl appearance. In 2009, Dahna Deleston’s pick-6 sealed victory over Buffalo in the International Bowl and Donald Brown became this school’s first-ever NFL first-round draft pick. In 2011, Paul Pasqualoni became this school’s head coach when Randy Edsall left them for Maryland. For ten points, name this 2010 Big East football champion that plays home football games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.

Answer: University of Connecticut or U Conn

13. Characters in this game include The Four Giants representing the Woodfall, Snowhead, Great Bay and Ikana regions who are outwitted when the titular object of this game moves from Clock Town to the moon. Early in this game, the main character is befriended by a fairy named Tatl and is transformed into a Deku Scrub by The Skull Kid, an effect reversed only after playing the Song of Healing on the ocarina of time. For ten points, name this sequel to the game, The Occarina of Time, a 2000-released entry into the Legend of Zelda series.

Answer: Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask

14. In one scene in this film, a character named Gene Mauch gives a pep talk to employees of a Bed, Bath and Beyond. It is not The Hangover, but features a Rob Riggle-portrayed character demonstrating Taser operation. One of the lead characters has a full CD changer of Little River Band, is disciplined for a “desk pop” and alienates wife Sheila by addressing her as his former alter ego, Gator. The other lead finds fulfillment working traffic and is trying to live down shooting Derek Jeter. For ten points, name this 2010 film in which a plot to steal from a retirement fund is foiled by a forensic accountant and a hot-headed detective played by Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg.

Answer: The Other Guys

15. Created in 1957 by James McLamore, both 1,024 and 221,184 have been claimed as the number of available varieties of this item. Indy and Angry versions of this item were available in 2008 and a Whiplash version was available in 2010, all part of movie promotional tie-ins. A 1998 USA Today ad promoted a left-handed version of it and a 50th anniversary commercial campaign depicted customer “freak-outs” in response to fake news of its discontinuance. For ten points, name this customizable signature burger of Burger King.

Answer: The Whopper

16. In the final season of this television series, Andre Micheaux is revealed to be a major character’s real name by a microchip found during an autopsy of Renee Rienne, who had turned down an invitation to join APO before being killed by Anna Espinosa. Earlier seasons of this series featured Bradley Cooper playing Will, a reporter investigating the death of Danny Hecht, the main character’s late fiancé, which was ordered by SD6. For ten points, name this early 2000s ABC series that featured an estranged father and daughter working for the CIA who were played by Victor Garber and Jennifer Garner.

Answer: Alias

17. The artist behind this song failed to repeat its success with follow-ups like “That’s the Joint” and “Change with the Times.” In “Mr. Jaws”, a sample of it follows Dickie Goodman asking what action one should take if attacked by a shark. Philip Bodner played the piccolo part that makes up its lead melody and it was inspired when Charles Kipps observed a line dance at the club Adam’s Apple. In 1976, it won the Best Instrumental Pop Recording Grammy roughly half a year after topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart. For ten points, name this disco hit by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony.

Answer: “The Hustle”

18. This character, along with cousin Etienne, escaped from Pig after being captured by Candra. This character was briefly married to Belladonna Boudreaux, the granddaughter of the head of the Assassin’s Guild. In Curse of the Mutants, this character and Storm collaborated in retrieving the headless body of Dracula. Sebastian Shaw once tried to frame this character for the murder of an Australian named Viceroy. As played by Taylor Kitsch in a 2009 film, this character leads Wolverine to Stryker’s lab on Three Mile Island after a fight in New Orleans. From ten points, card throwing is among the skills of what love interest of Rogue who is a Cajun master thief and member of the X-Men?

Answer: Gambit or Remy and/or LeBeau

19. This person beat Stanford’s Tara Kirk by nine hundredths of a second in 2001 to win an individual NCAA championship for Arizona in the same event in which this person finished second to Rebecca Soni at the 2010 Conoco Phillips National Championships. This person filed reports for The Best Damned Sports Show Period on her preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, an event for which she would not ultimately qualify. This person was edged out by Peneolpe Heyns while winning one of two silver medals at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and memorably brought a teddy bear with her to the medal stand, an image far removed from her 2007 appearance in Playboy. For ten points, name this swimmer who won gold in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2004 Olympics.

Answer: Amanda Ray Beard

20. One attempt at this activity required traveling to Mombassa to hire two participants and targeted Robert Fischer, Jr. While Yusuf and other participants in that attempt at this activity assume they are the first to do it, this had been completed once before by stealing a top. The latter attempt appears to have achieved success with the removal of a paper pinwheel from a safe and required the assistance of an architecture student named Ariadne, played by Ellen Page. For ten points, name this titular activity of a 2010 Christopher Nolan-directed heist film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Answer: Inception

21. Upon winning this award in 2010, Sandy Powell was criticized by some commentators for apparent smugness after saying, “Well, I’ve already got two of these” to open her acceptance speech. This award was twice consolidated from separate color and black-and-white awards and Irene Sharaff won in each year immediately preceding a consolidation. In 2011, I Am Love and The Tempest received their only Oscar nominations in this category and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert won its only Oscar in this category. For ten points, name this Academy Award often won by period films like The Young Victoria and The Duchess and that produced 35 nominations and 8 wins for Edith Head.

Answer: Costume Design Academy Award or Oscar

22. Suspicion is caused in this song by “those words whispered, baby, just as you turn away” and “something tucked in shame underneath your pillow.” The video for this song was directed by Meier Avis and is composed of a single shot of the singer sitting on a chair and singing directly into the camera. The singer of this song is just a lonely pilgrim, plays the faithful man and wonders if the gypsy lied. For ten points, name this lead single from Bruce Springsteen’s album Tunnel of Love, in which The Boss asks, “is that you baby, or just” what type of effective deception?

Answer: “Brilliant Disguise”

Bonus

1. Answer questions about trophies won during annual college football rivalry games for ten points each.

(10) A “Perfect Day” for this team is winning on the same day that Notre Dame and UCLA both lose, a scenario more likely on days they compete for the Jeweled Shillelagh and the Victory Bell.

Answer: University of Southern California or U.S.C. Trojans

(10) Since 2007, the winner of the annual “Border Showdown” between Kansas and Missouri is awarded this trophy, which shares a name with the trophy given to the winner of the AFC.

Answer: Lamar Hunt Trophy

(10) West Virginia and Syracuse compete for a trophy named for this man who played center for WVU before coaching Jim Brown during a 25-year tenure with the Orangemen.

Answer: Floyd B. “Ben” Schwartzwalder

2. Answer these questions about the albums of a certain band for ten points each.

(10) What band’s best-selling album, Aja [pron. Asia] featured hits like “Deacon Blues” and “Peg.”?

Answer: Steely Dan

(10) Featuring the single “Cousin Dupree”, describing a man’s desire for a cousin, this 2000 album was the Dan’s first since Gaucho and won a Grammy for Album of the Year.

Answer: Two Against Nature

(10) A Larry Vox painting of a bum on a park bench surrounded by living gargoyle-headed buildings served as the cover for this album featuring “Haitian Divorce” and “Kid Charlemagne.”

Answer: The Royal Scam

3. For ten points each, name these films from a description of a scene.

(10) This film features an opening sequence with Nordberg in a gunfight at a train station in which a baby carriage rolls down stairs and ends with a sequence involving “Weird Al” Yankovic, Vanna White and the Oscars.

Answer: Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

(10) The Naked Gun 33 1/3 stairs scene is a parody of the sequence in what Brian DePalma film in which a gunfight at Chicago’s Union Station results in the capture of Walter Payne.

Answer: The Untouchables

(10) The scene in The Untouchables is itself an homage to the “Odessa Steps” sequence of what 1925 Sergei Eisenstein film about a mutiny?

Answer: The Battleship Potemkin

4. Visual Bonus. The moderator will give you a handout showing Drew Carey and a contestant engaged in three different Price is Right pricing games, each labeled with a letter. For ten points each, name the pricing game depicted in each photo when prompted by the picture letter.

(10) Picture A

Answer: Shell Game

(10) Picture B

Answer: Line Em Up

(10) Picture C

Answer: Cliff Hangers

5. Answer these questions about books written by current members of the US Congress for ten points each.

(10) This Al Franken book was primarily focused on criticisms of Bill O’Reilly, Anne Coulter and other right wing commentators and prompted an unsuccessful lawsuit from Fox over the use of “Fair and Balanced” in its subtitle.

Answer: Lies, and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the RIght

(10) A Congressman prevents an al Qaeda dirty bomb attack in Vale of Tears, the book written by this IRA supporter who held controversial hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims.

Answer: Peter T. King

(10) This senator released a 2011 memoir entitled Against All Odds: My Life of Hardship, Fast Breaks, and Second Chances. A 1982 literary appearance by this Senator involved not writing, but modeling for a Cosmopolitan centerfold.

Answer: Scott Phillip Brown

6. Name these unrelated musical acts for ten points each.

(10) This R&B trio appeared in Blacula and had a number one single with “Rock the Boat.”

Answer: Hues Corporation

(10) This Minneapolis-based group hit number one asking listeners to take them to “Funkytown.”

Answer: Lipps Inc.

(10) This name is shared by a rock supergroup including Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers, a rap supergroup including Foxy Brown and Nas and the novelty band behind “Star Trekkin.”

Answer: The Firm

7. For ten points each, name these films in which blackface figures prominently.

(10) What movie featuring Al Jolson wearing blackface while crooning “My Mammy” and “Blue Skies” was the first feature-length film with synchronized dialogue sequences?

Answer: The Jazz Singer

(10) Savion Glover and Tommy Davidson play homeless African American men who wear blackface after becoming the stars of The New Millenium Minstrel Show in this film.

Answer: Bamboozled

(10) In this film, a criminal played by Michael Palin dons blackface and a Rastafarian disguise and accidentally kills three Yorkies while trying to kill a witness to a crime.

Answer: A Fish Called Wanda

8. For ten points each, answer these questions about television series that try to debunk myths and urban legends and have stars that do not talk.

(10) Introduced to test exploding pants, this is the name of the crash test dummy who helps Adam, Jamie, Kari, Grant and Tory test urban legends on the Discovery series Mythbusters.

Answer: Buster

(10) This series tried to debunk complex topics like modern views of stress and self-esteem. It ran eight seasons on Showtime and is hosted by two magicians, one of whom does not talk.

Answer: Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

(10) Jeremy Wade hosts this Animal Planet series that debunks myths about freshwater animals. The real stars of the show are the specimens of these animals Wade reels in on fishing trips.

Answer: River Monsters

9. For ten points each, answer these questions about plays cited in The Week’s video gallery of the six most shameless dives intended to draw fouls in the 2010 World Cup.

(10) The flop cited sixth most egregious was executed in a game against Chile by Fernando Torres who played for what nation that won the 2010 Cup?

Answer: Spain

(10) The dive named third most shameless was by what Portuguese star of Real Madrid who was named 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year but was described by Slate as a Jenga tower?

Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo

(10) Abdul Kater Keita of Ivory Coast was cited for making the most shameless dive during a game against Brazil. Keita’s flop caused what midfielder to get a second yellow card?

Answer: Kaka or Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite

10. For ten points each, answer these questions about commercials for a wireless service provider.

(10) Spots for what service provider have featured hip hop posers traveling in a spoiler adorned Toyota Corolla and had Catherine Zeta Jones making house calls to discuss wireless options.

Answer: T-Mobile

(10) Phil Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg and Jessie James appeared in commercials announcing the launch of the 3G version of what T-Mobile marketed Android smart phone made by HTC.

Answer: myTouch 3G or The HTC Magic

(10) Recent T Mobile ads feature what former Daily Show correspondent as a human representation of the iPhone.

Answer: Dan Bakkedahl

11. Name these television series that were set in fictional towns in Kansas for ten points each.

(10) Characters added late in this series’ run included Davis Bloome, a paramedic in the process of becoming Doomsday, Luthor Corp CEO Tess Mercer and Oliver Queen.

Answer: Smallville

(10) The Phil Silvers Show focused on what Silver-portrayed main character who attempted numerous scams while running the motor pool at a fictional military base named Fort Baxter.

Answer: Sergeant Bilko

(10) In the second season of this series, residents of the titular town turn a nuclear bomb over to the Republic of Texas after having fallen under control of the Allied States of America.

Answer: Jericho

12. For ten points each, name these films focusing on a character who engages in a specific field of work.

(10) In this Roman Polanski film, Ewan McGregor plays the unnamed title character who is employed to finish a project for former Prime Minster Adam Lang, played by Pierce Brosnan.

Answer: The Ghost Writer

(10) In this film, Richard Gere plays Clifford Irving, who scams 500,000 dollars from McGraw Hill after claiming to have been hired to ghost write an autobiography for Howard Hughes.

Answer: The Hoax

(10) This 2009 Bobcat Goldthwait film stars Robin Williams as a high school English teacher and frustrated novelist who ghost writes a fake suicide note and diary that he attributes to a recently deceased son.

Answer: World’s Greatest Dad

13. For ten points each, answer these questions about bands that mentioned a music critic by name in one of their songs.

(10) Bob Guccione, Jr. of Spin Magazine attempted to answer Axl Rose’s challenge to a boxing match in “Get in the Ring”, a track from the second part of what Guns n Roses album?

Answer: Use Your Illusion Part II

(10) James Murphy asserted that Village Voice critic Michael Musto was no Bruce Villanch on “Pow Wow”, a track from this dance group’s purported final album, which also included “Drunk Girls” and “I Can Change.”

Answer: LCD Soundsystem

(10) Thurston Moore sang “I don’t understand why you want to impress Christagu” on “Kill Yr Idols”, a song by this band that later sang about a “Teenage Riot” and a “Kool Thing.”

Answer: Sonic Youth

14. For ten points each, answer these questions about Victoria’s Secret models who have tried acting.

(10) This Victoria’s Secret Angel played an editorial assistant in The Devil Wears Prada but in recent years has been more in the news as Mrs. Tom Brady.

Answer: Giselle Bundchen

(10) What 2011 Adam Sandler comedy pretty much based its whole ad campaign on a shot of former Victoria’s Secret model and former SI Swimsuit Issue cover model Brooklyn Decker walking in a bikini?

Answer: Just Go With It

(10) This Victoria’s Secret Angel has replaced Megan Fox as the female lead who will help Shia LaBoeuf battle Decepticons in the next Transformers installment, “Dark of the Moon.”

Answer: Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley

15. Name these boxers who have had a dramatic falling out with a trainer for ten points each.

(10) Oscar De La Hoya earned a record 58 million dollar purse for a 2007 fight despite losing to this undefeated boxer whose former trainer, more specifically his own father, offered to train De La Hoya for two million dollars.

Answer: Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr.

(10) This British boxer has spent time in rehab and settled a lost earnings lawsuit from trainer Billy Graham since losing the light welterweight title to Manny Pacquiao in 2009.

Answer: Richard John “Ricky” Hatton

(10) This women’s boxing legend made the cover of SI for fighting on the undercard of the Tyson- Bruno bout. She was shot and stabbed by her estranged husband and trainer in 2010.

Answer: Christy Renea Martin

16. Name these video games in which characters or units can use cloaking devices for ten points each.

(10) A cloaking device in this first-person-shooter sequel replaced “Active Camouflage” from earlier installments. This game’s plot begins with Master Chief crash landing in Africa.

Answer: Halo 3

(10) In this 1998 real-time strategy game and its various sequels, the Terrans have covert “Ghost” units who use personal cloaking devices and Wraith units with stealth technology.

Answer: StarCraft

(10) Since a Romulan was the main villain of the 2009 J.J. Abrams Star Trek film, cloaking devices unsurprisingly factor into this X Box and PS3 game released to tie-in with the movie. The initials in its title refer to the three available modes of play.

Answer: Star Trek DAC

17. Answer these questions about the soundtrack to Desperately Seeking Susan for ten points each.

(10) The film featured this song by the film’s co-star, Madonna, who sings in it that “music can be such a revelation” and “tonight, I wanna dance with someone else.”

Answer: “Into the Groove”

(10) The soundtrack also featured this Betty Everett top ten hit, which was later covered by Cher for the soundtrack to the film, Mermaids.

Answer: “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)”

(10) The soundtrack featured “One Thing Leads to Another”, the biggest hit for what English rock band whose other hits include “Saved By Zero.”?

Answer: The Fixx

18. For ten points each, name these films for which Irvin Kershner was a director, none of which are named The Empire Strikes Back.

(10) Kershner directed this non-Broccoli-sanctioned re-make of Thunderball in which Sean Connery played the role of James Bond for the first time since Diamonds Are Forever.

Answer: Never Say Never Again

(10) One of Kershner’s pre-Empire works was this film based on a Guy Owen novel in which George C. Scott plays a con man scamming his way through Kentucky.

Answer: The Flim Flam Man

(10) Kershner did not direct, but played a director in this film in which Stephen Seagal stars as a oil fire specialist who ends up in a conflict with an oil company CEO played by Michael Caine.

Answer: On Deadly Ground

19. Name these televisions series featuring acting by Jason Wiles for ten points each.

(10) Wiles played an NYPD officer nicknamed Bosco on all six seasons of this series, which also initially starred Bobby Cannavale as a paramedic and Eddie Cibrian as a firefighter.

Answer: Third Watch

(10) Wiles played a Deputy Press Secretary for the administration of President “Mac” Allen on what ABC drama starring Geena Davis?

Answer: Commander in Chief

(10) Wiles played Joe, a member of The Program and one of the seven strangers who woke up stranded in a deserted town on what 13-episode summer series aired on NBC in 2010?

Answer: Persons Unknown

20. Answer these questions about football players of Nigerian descent.

(10) Nicknamed the Nigerian Nightmare, this 260-pound power running back led the NFL in rushing in 1989 with 1,480 yards while playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Answer: Christian Okoye

(10) Opposing quarterbacks only threw against this shutdown cornerback of Nigerian descent 27 times each of the last two seasons, but the Oakland Raiders let him depart via free agency.

Answer: Nnamdi Asomugha

(10) A possible future rival to Asomugha as best cornerback of Nigerian descent is this player who won Big 12 defensive player of the year playing for Nebraska during the 2010 season.

Answer: Prince Amukamara

21. For ten points each, answer these questions about Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Leon Russell.

(10) Russell recently collaborated on an album called The Union with this singer who cites Russell as a major influence on his early albums like Honky Chateau and Madman Across the Water.

Answer: Sir Elton John or Reginald Dwight

(10) Russell was the musical director for this singer’s Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour and the subsequent live album, which featured his cover of “Feelin’ Alright”, but not his cover of “With a Little Help from My Friends.”

Answer: John Robert “Joe” Cocker

(10) Russell’s compositions that have become rock standards include what song for which George Benson won the Grammy for Record of the Year?

Answer: “This Masquerade”

22. According to their depth charts on as of March, 2011, name the NFL team from the names of their five listed starters on the offensive line.

(10) David Stewart, Jake Scott, Fernando Velasco, Leroy Harris and Michael Roos

Answer: Tennessee and/or Titans

(10) Jonathan Stinchcomb, Jahri Evans, Jonathan Goodwin, Carl Nicks and Jermon Bushrod

Answer: New Orleans and/or Saints

(10) Ryan Harris, Chris Kuper, J. D. Walton, Zane Beadles, Ryan Clady

Answer: Denver and/or Broncos

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