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1. Delays in the development of the first game in this series led to its nickname, “Trip’s Folly”. The second version of this game depicted an ambulance that had to be removed in later editions. This series’ first game to not feature its namesake on the cover was released in 2000 and depicted Eddie George instead. Later games in this series introduced features like Smart Route and the Hit Stick. A supposed curse affects players featured on the cover of, for 10 points, what video game series named for a hall-of-fame football coach?Answer: Madden NFL (accept John Madden Football)2. In one appearance, this character is berated for sitting in a bird bath because he does not have wings, after which he attempts to flap his ears. This character was formerly owned by Lila and has seven siblings, including ones named Marbles and Spike. This character is frequently depicted as a World War I Flying Ace, which he pretends to pilot atop his house. The corporate mascot of MetLife insurance is, for 10 points, what dog created by Charles Schultz and owned by Charlie Brown?Answer: Snoopy3. The official remix of this song adds a verse that notes “VIP gettin’ served like tennis balls”, which is spoken by Juicy J. The creator of this song was born William Grigahcine (GREE-gah-seen) and followed up this song with the Dillon Francis collaboration “Get Low”. This song’s music video depicts a man yelling into a phone, causing the man on the other end’s face to melt off. This song’s only lyrics are “fire up that loud, another round of shots”, as well as the title phrase. For 10 points, name this party song by DJ Snake featuring Lil Jon.Answer: “Turn Down For What”4. One minor character on this show, Anne Sullivan, serves as a therapist for both this show’s antagonist and its main cast. A spinoff of this series, which is based on a series of novels by Sara Shepard, was titled Ravenswood and was cancelled after 10 episodes in 2014. One character on that show, Tyler Blackburn, dated this show’s Hanna Marin, played by Ashley Benson. For 10 points, name this series about the four title girls who are stalked by “A”, which also stars Troian Bellisario, Shay Mitchell and Lucy Hale.Answer: Pretty Little Liars5. A song by Muse that insists “come on and spread some urgency” discusses this event, which names, and is depicted in, the first Doctor Who episode to feature The Face of Boe. A 2012 film starring Keira Knightley and Steve Carell is titled ‘Seeking a Friend’ for this event. A leaked video depicting a band performing “Nearer My God To Thee” will allegedly be used by CNN during this event, which notably did not occur on December 21, 2012. For 10 points, name this event that, by definition, would not be followed by anything else.Answer: the end of the world (accept the apocalypse, doomsday, and other solid equivalents)6. This man and his wife co-wrote a book called Arise about his humanitarian work. This sixth overall pick in the 2006 MLB draft won the Warren Spahn (‘spawn’) award in 2011 and finished behind R.A. Dickey in the voting for another award a year later. This man recorded 15 strikeouts and no walks en route to a no-hitter against the Rockies in 2014, a year that saw this player become the first since Bob Gibson to win the NL MVP and Cy Young award in the same season. For 10 points, name this starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.Answer: Clayton Kershaw7. This character notes that “you don’t want to mess with voodoo” while discussing the validity of psychics and once landed a role in a commercial for hemorrhoid cream. This character was briefly married to Zack, who feared that this character’s friends would blow up the moon. In a 2015 episode, this former Cheesecake Factory waitress became engaged to physicist Leonard Hofstadter. For 10 points, name this single-named character played by Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting on The Big Bang Theory.Answer: Penny8. A government organization known as Project Monarch appears in this film, which is the first major release directed by Gareth Edwards. A nest built by this film’s antagonists is destroyed by Ford Brody, a naval officer played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson. One of those creatures, who are known as MUTOs, is seen in Hawaii, where it first encounters this film’s title character. That character defeats the MUTO’s with the help of his atomic breath and massive tail. For 10 points, name this 2014 film about a reptile known as the “King of the Monsters”.Answer: Godzilla9. In a speech, this person’s spouse referred to their coming together as “alchemy”. This woman declined to drink a shot of tequila with Giuliana Rancic on the 2015 Golden Globes red carpet. This former employee of Sullivan & Cromwell bought a home on an island in the Thames with her husband and she defended WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in an extradition trial. This woman became married in Venice in 2014 to a man who appears in the 2015 film Tomorrowland. For 10 points, name this Lebanese-british wife of George Clooney.Answer: Amal Alamuddin (accept Amal Clooney but prompt on just ‘Clooney’)10. The first venue with this name saw the debut of P.T. Barnum’s elephant Jumbo in 1882. Led Zeppelin’s live album The Song Remains The Same was recorded at this venue, which also hosts the annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. College basketball’s NIT tournaments are held here, while professional athletes who play in this venue include Ryan McDonagh, Raymond Felton and Carmelo Anthony. For 10 points, name this Manhattan venue home to the NHL’s Rangers and NBA’s Knicks.Answer: Madison Square Garden11. A YouTube cover of Mike Posner’s “Please Don’t Go” was the first performance released by this group. In one song, this band’s singer notes that he’s “been over this a thousand times”, but concedes that a girl is the title phrase, “Out of My Limit”. In its biggest hit, this band notes that “I know now, that I’m down” and mentions a “mixtape straight out of 94”. Luke Hemmings is the frontman of, for 10 points, what Australian pop-punk band best known for the singles “Amnesia” and “She Looks So Perfect”?Answer: 5 Seconds of Summer12. A 2010 film titled for one of these places starred Adrien Brody as a drug dealer. Punk band The Ramones recorded a song and appeared in a movie named for a “rock & roll” version of one of these places. Another one of these places is the setting for the romantic comedy 10 Things I Hate About You. A musical set in one of these places features the songs “Bop to the Top” and “Breaking Free”, and starred Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron. For 10 points, name these educational institutions, one of which you may be in right now.Answer: high school (prompt on ‘school’)13. Early roles for this actress included Cali Ford in A Place Called Home and the young Caitlin Cooper on the first season of The O.C. This actress’s breakout role was as the daughter of Matt King, played by George Clooney, in “The Descendants”. On TV, this actress played a french horn player who became pregnant after a one-night stand at band camp. Amy Juergens in The Secret Life of the American Teenager was played by, for 10 points, what actress who also played Tris in Divergent and Hazel Lancaster in The Fault in Our Stars?Answer: Shailene Woodley14. This team was on the losing end of the Tennessee Titans’ “Music City Miracle” play. The all-time career leader in sacks, Bruce Smith, spent 14 seasons with this team, and O.J. Simpson won an MVP award with them. With quarterback Jim Kelly, this team became the only one in history to lose four straight Super Bowls. This team plays its home games in a stadium named for its owner who died in 2014, Ralph Wilson. E.J. Manuel quarterbacks, for 10 points, what NFL team based in western New York?Answer: Buffalo Bills (accept either)15. This man received his first SAG Award nomination for playing Finbar McBride in The Station Agent. In another role, this actor rejects the idea of a tomato being the subject of a children’s book before being asked if Santa knows that he left the workshop. In addition to Miles Finch in Elf, on a TV series this man plays a character who is accused of murdering Joffrey Baratheon (Buh-RATH-ee-on) and is sometimes known as “the imp”. 10 points, name this diminutive portrayer of Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones.Answer: Peter Dinklage16. Early in this novel, the main character’s brother Werner dies on their way to Molching. After arriving at Himmel Street, she meets her new parents Rosa and Hans Hubermann who teach her to read from The Gravedigger's Handbook. In this novel, Max has been given a second-hand copy of Mein Kampf with a key hidden inside of it. This novel is narrated by Death and ends with him saying he is haunted by humans. For 10 points, name this novel by Markus Zusak about Liesel Meminger growing up in Nazi Germany.Answer: The Book Thief17. This 2014 game was directed by former Armored Core director Hidetaka Miyazaki. In this game, players encounter enemies like fume knights and Mytha, The Baleful Queen, and can use Bonfire Ascetics to make this game’s enemies stronger. Set in Drangleic (DRAN-glay-ick), this game’s protagonist is known only as ‘the bearer of the curse’ and must seek out four ancient beings before doing battle with Queen Nashandra. For 10 points, name this 2014 action RPG by From Software, the second in a series known for its extreme difficulty.Answer: Dark Souls II18. Singer M.I.A. dissed this website during a takeover of its own Twitter account. The Airborne Toxic Event wrote an open letter to this website after they were criticized on this site by Ian Cohen. This owner of film review site The Dissolve named Run The Jewels’ second self-titled album its best album of 2014, and gave D’Angelo’s Black Messiah its ‘Best New Music’ distinction. For 10 points, identify this website dedicated to alternative music, whose logo contains three arrows in a shape that eludes to its name.Answer: Pitchfork Media19. This product was developed by a group of students at the University of Waterloo in 2009. The makers of this product acquired the GIF messenger app ‘Relay’ as part of a fundraising campaign in 2014. This app is modeled after a similar service by BlackBerry, which led to a copyright infringement suit from that company. Built-in games in this app include Stickerfy and Costume Party, and the logo for this app depicts its name in green text to the left of a blue dot. For 10 points, name this mobile instant messaging service.Answer: Kik messenger20. Supporting characters in this film are Annie, whose parents give the main character a shotgun, and Bill who forces that character to do lots of household chores and cut his hair. That protagonist attends a Houston Astros game and discusses Star Wars with his father, and is played by Ellar Coltrane. Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke star as the divorced parents of Mason Evans Jr. in, for 10 points, what 2014 Richard Linklater film that follows his life over the course of 12 years?Answer: Boyhood ................
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