Tossups 1 - Trash



TOSSUPS – (DAWSON ET AL) ACF DETOX 2004 – UTC

Questions by Mark Dawson, Chris Hendry, and Dren Rollins with extra boni by Matt Bruce

1. Established in London in 1905 and gaining its present name in 1908, this company features lines such as the Cellini collection, with styles that pay homage to renaissance sculptor and goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini. Another, the Submariner, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2003 as one of the first watches targeted to the new sport of scuba diving. FTP name this company, whose crown logo adorns its most popular line of chronometers, the Oyster.

Answer: Rolex 

 

2. "We play hour by hour, hour by hour" is the refrain from the song of this name on the 1990 album "Pod" by the Breeders. In 1994, the lyrics "...the armies I have created will always hate it, will always bait you on," from a song bearing the same title appeared on Live's album "Throwing Copper." And in 1998 "Dizzy Up the Girl" by The Goo Goo Dolls featured "And I'd give up forever to touch you" as the opening line to yet another song with a name befitting a goddess. FTP give the common name.

Answer: Iris 

 

3. "At least the cockroach enjoyed my salad," "the quiche of death," and "abandon taste buds all ye who enter here," are among the opinions submitted by the well over 100,000 participants and contributors to this system of "organized word of mouth," developed as a hobby by a team of high-powered corporate lawyers, who were also husband and wife. First released in 1979, the burgundy-bound New York City restaurant guide has since been joined by movie, golf, theater and other guides serving more than 45 metropolitan markets. FTP name this eponymous survey-style family of guides.

Answer: Zagat Survey 

 

4. Broken once in 9th grade and again in a University of Texas intramural football game, it has become a trademark in imperfection for its owner, much as Jack Elam's dead eye or Humphrey Bogart's partially paralyzed lip. FTP identify this distinctive feature, which has given a writer, actor and director his characteristic profile, first seen on the big screen in the movie Bottle Rocket and more recently in the adaptation of Elmore Leonard's The Big Bounce.

Answer: Owen Wilson's nose [prompt on partial answers. Yes, must distinguish from Luke Wilson’s nose.]

 

5. He tried out for several major league teams last Spring in Arizona, but coming off of an elbow injury, he generated little interest. However, one team invited him to their training facility in Winter Haven, Florida, eventually signing the player, who pitched at all three levels in the Minor Leagues last season, going 6 and 2 with a 1.55 ERA and 3 saves. While with Akron, he didn’t allow a run in his first 28 innings and struck out 78 batters in 72 2/3 innings. If he continues his good work this year, he could win a spot in Cleveland’s bullpen, where he’s sure to be subjected to unprecedented fan abuse in unfriendly ballparks, primarily because of his short-lived acting career. He claims to be ready for the insults, since he doesn’t speak much English. FTP name this once top college prospect in Japan, blackballed by the Japanese League, because of his role in “Complete File #9 Kazu” a gay porn movie.

Answer: Kazuhito Tadano (accept either, prompt on “Kazu”)

 6. Rodolfo Guzman Huerta entered the world of professional wrestling as a 16 year-old in 1934, competing under his own name, then variously as Rudy Guzman, the Bat #2, the Black Demon and in other guises. But it was with the donning of his trademark silver mask that he became a fixture of 1940's Mexico. His fame rose to near legendary status when publisher Jose Cruz began featuring his character as a superhero in a series of comic books, beginning in 1952 and continuing for some 35 years. In 1958 he moved from print to film with the Cerebro del Mal (Brain of Evil) the first of 50 films featuring his exploits against various monsters and evil-doers. FTP give the moniker of this most famous performer of "Lucha Libre."

Answer: El Santo

7. In the failed series pilot, entitled "Head of the Family," Barbara Britton plays Laura, while Sylvia Miles has the part of Sally Rogers. In that episode, based on his experiences writing for Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, Carl Reiner had the starring role as Rob Petrie. Success came with the recasting of Rose Marie as Sally, Mary Tyler Moore as Laura and an actor with enough clout to have the show named for him, in the role of Rob. FTP name this comedy classic.

Answer: The Dick Van Dyke Show  

 

8. For this group of siblings, the youngest was partly inspired by the author's friendship with Tori Amos. Formerly known as Delight, Delirium is said to "smell of sweat and sour wine." Her brethren include: Destiny, the eldest, who leaves no footprints and casts no shadows; the twins Desire & Despair, and Dream, also known as Morpheus or The Sandman. FTP identify these aspects of existence, a feature of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series.

Answer: The Endless 

 

9. In May of 2003, an album-length collection of 10 different versions of the song "Walking on Thin Ice" pushed Missy Elliot out of the top spot of Billboard's club play chart, thus giving a septuagenarian her first #1 record. Her song, first released in 1981, went nowhere until re-mixed into a dance club hit by Paradise Garage DJ Larry Levan. Over the ensuing years, Levan disciples and other DJ's tried their hand at the interpreting the song. These interpretations have made the much-maligned composer of "Walking on Thin Ice" an artist in her own right, separate from the work of her husband, who had been gunned down after completing the original mix of the song on December 8, 1980. FTP name this performer whose screechy vocals can be heard on the song "Bungalow Bill," from the Beatle’s White Album.

Answer: Yoko Ono (accept either)

10. This actress, whose career in some 30 movies to date began with a bit part in 1984's The Flamingo Kid, scored a comeback performance of sorts in 2001, after languishing in critically well-received roles in failed movies such as "Welcome to Sarajevo" and "The Slums of Beverly Hills." In that year, her portrayal of Natalie Strout in the film "In the Bedroom" earned her a second Oscar nomination. Her previous nomination, in 1993, garnered a statuette for her performance as Mona Lisa Vito, girlfriend of Vincent LaGuardia Gambino. FTP name her.

Answer: Marisa Tomei 

 

11.The first video game to be banned in New Zealand, for it,  there is no easy setting; it's either Fetish or Hardcore. A demented movie director has deposited you in a slum, empty except for a gang of thugs who are hunting you. The twist? You are actually hunting them, killing them individually and quite personally, with everything from broken glass, to a garrote wire, to a plastic bag, while the sadistic director captures the cinema verite (veh-ree-TAY) on film. This PlayStation2, game developed by Rockstar North, shares its name with a 2001 reality show that asked contestants to survive 6 days in a tropical jungle, while avoiding a group of pursuers armed with paint ball guns. For ten points, name it. 

Answer: Manhunt 

 

12. This Los Angeles native was one of 40 student/owners of "Food from the Hood," the nation's first student run natural foods company. An undrafted free agent out of San Diego State, he entered the ranks of the NFL in 2000. The following year he scored 13.5 sacks and racked up double-digits in the category each of the next two years, becoming the first player on his NFC team to accomplish the threepeat. A last minute addition to the 2004 Pro-Bowl, FTP identify this player known to all Cheese Heads as "KGB."

Answer: Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (kah-BEER BAH-jah BEE-ah-MEE-la) 

13. "...and the Sky-High Apple," "...and the Old Wagon," "...and the Little Big Snack," "...and the Spaghetti Competition." All of these partial titles begin with the name of a friend of Ravi, Reba, Luna and Darnell, whose stories are featured on the cartoon about the largest denizen of Birdwell Island. FTP identify this spotted hound, about whom Emily Elizabeth reads stories to her big red dog, Clifford.

Answer: Speckle 

14. Born Richard Russ, the last of 9 children of a bankrupt English physician, as a young man, he abandoned a wife, son & dying infant daughter to pursue the life of a writer. Despite his claims, he was never an RAF pilot nor was he a student at Oxford. Heck, he's not even Irish. FTP identify this writer, whose 20 volumes about the adventures of Stephen Maturin and Jack Aubrey began in 1970, with Master and Commander.

Answer: Patrick O'Brian 

 

15. Along with the citrus and the peach, one of the three blessed fruits of Buddhism, some say that it was eating this, and not the apple that lead to Adam and Eve's expulsion. The original flavoring agent for grenadine syrup, according to Greek myth the consumption of few seeds was enough to result in an eternity of winters in Hades for the daughter of Demeter. FTP name this fruit, whose resurgent popularity is partly a result of its high content of antioxidant flavonoids.

Answer: Pomegranate   

16. "There's nothing worse than being the thing that uncool people buy because it makes them feel cool" is a typical quote from this musician, who got his start in a high school punk band, The Patty Duke Syndrome, before exploring country and folk as an outlet for emotional expression. "Faithless Street" and "Strangers Almanac" were the only two releases for his next group, Whiskeytown, before it suffered a drug, alcohol and artistic meltdown. A huge fan of Gram Parsons, he teamed up with Emmylou Harris to create a tribute album; his first solo project was 2000's  "Heartbreaker." FTP name this anti-commercial, commercial performer, whose "suicide music" EP "Love is Hell" was released simultaneously with the catchy CD "Rock N Roll" in 2003. 

Answer: Ryan Adams

17. Much of the town where this was partly filmed, including children and grandparents, turned out to view the filming of the climactic scene of this movie, unprepared for what they were about to see. Once the shoot was over, the repulsed town of Wilmington, North Carolina, would issue no more permits filming in their city's streets. Photographer Nick Ut's 1972 photograph of a Napalmed young girl running naked in abject terror, served as a point of inspiration for Isabella Rossellini's portrayal of Dorothy Vallens, as devoid of sexuality, much like a side of beef hanging in a butcher shop. FTP identify this 1986 film of nudity, sadomasochism, drug abuse, kidnapping, violence and other perversions, in which Jeffrey Beaumont's discovery of a severed ear is key.

Answer: Blue Velvet

 

18. Wholesale, you can by a gross of the standard neon colored ones for about 4 bucks, and it's not much more for the beaded or daisy-patterned versions. That makes for a pretty cheap fashion statement for teens trying to emulate Avril and Madonna. Lately, their popularity has soared as they have become associated with "Snap," a risque game of sexual favors, where breaking a red one can mean a lap dance or getting a blue one could earn you a blow job. FTP identify these controversial bangles.  

Answer: jelly bracelets (also accept shag bracelets)

19.  At the tender age of twelve, she had set a world record in the 880 yard freestyle swim, and 5 years later at the 8th Olympiad, held in Paris, she won a gold and a bronze medal, swimming short distance races. The following year, she turned pro as a long distance swimmer, a decision that would ultimately cost her hearing, due to damage sustained during her greatest feat, which began on the morning of August 6, 1926, just after 7a.m., at Cape Gris Nez (GREE NAY), France and ended near Dover, England, some 14½ hours later. FTP identify this sixth person and first woman to swim the English Channel.

Answer: Gertrude Ederle 

20. More of a cross-over than a spinoff, this show had strong ties to Happy Days, as the title character was Howard Cunningham's cousin, who had introduced him to Marion. Pat Morita plays a restaurant owner named Arnold and Scott Baio appears, not as Chaci, but as the girl-crazy Anthony DeLuca. Starring Nancy Walker as the den mother to a group of Las Vegas Showgirls, FTP name this short-lived sitcom. 

Answer: Blansky's Beauties

 

21. It might be a beautiful woman, a good cup of coffee, or simply to keep your eye on the ball. Perhaps it's found on Monday Night Football, in Rolling Stones records or Mom's Apple Pie. You can look in Sam's martinis or Marilyn's eyes, but what ever you do, don't hurry and don't wait. For ten points, what is this subject of discussion at the Starlight Bar and title of a 1998 Faith Hill hit?

Answer: The Secret of Life 

 

22 ."Better a Song" is a collection of love ballads released in October of 2003, featuring tunes co-written by Rino Giglio, Mariano Apicella and this man, a former cruise ship singer, whose later career has spanned real estate, the media, professional sports and politics. The album of traditional Neapolitan songs is a labor of love for, FTP what richest man in Italy, owner of A.C. Milan and the nation’s current Prime Minister?

Answer: Silvio Berlusconi

23. His first role on the big screen was as Sean Penn's murder victim in Dead Man Walking. Since then, he's done turns in Boys Don't Cry and K-19: The Widowmaker, but some are picking his part in the Hayden Christensen vehicle Shattered Glass as a breakout performance. FTP identify this longtime boyfriend of Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Answer: Peter Sarsgaard

24. A former Marine Corps drill instructor, he applied this experience to a new career as a football coach, beginning in 1962 at Parsons College, Iowa, and four years later moving on to Lea College in Minnesota. Fame was found at a third school, where, in 25 years, his teams appeared in 7 NAIA Division II title games, bringing home the champions trophy three times. Two years after his school made a 1997 jump to the NCAA Division III, it won yet another championship. All of this was part of the amazing 82.5% winning percentage, FTP compiled by what recently retired head coach at Pacific Lutheran University.

Answer: Frosty Westering

25. The Pirhana III and the LAV III were precursors to this brainchild of retired General Eric Shinseki, the army's first new combat vehicle since the 1980's. Named in honor of two Medal of Honor recipients, one who served in World War II and another who served in Vietnam, it is an eight-wheeled battle wagon that has a price tag of about 2 million dollars. FTP identify this armored car, that might make you think of a Burt Reynolds character by the name of Buddy Lee.

  Answer: stryker (reader's note B.L. Stryker was an ABC show of 1989-1990) 

BONI – (DAWSON ET AL) ACF DETOX 2004 – UTC

Questions by Mark Dawson, Chris Hendry, and Dren Rollins with extra boni by Matt Bruce

1. As of February 12, 2004, the Internet Movie Database lists 2 Godfather and 3 Lord of the Rings movies among the top 6 movies of all time, as voted by users of the site. For the stated number of points, answer the following about the other 5 movies to make the IMDB top ten.

A. For 5 points, the original “Godfather” tops the list, but what 1994 movie, taken from a short story adapted by Frank Darabont, is considered by IMDB users to be the second greatest movie of all time?

Answer: The Shawshank Redemption

B. For 5 points, what 1942 Best Picture winner is the seventh biggest vote-getter?

Answer: Casablanca

C. Rounding out the top 10 are three movies whose titles each begin with the letter “S.” For five points each and a bonus of 5 for all correct, identify these movies from 1954, 1977 and 1993.

Answer: Seven Samurai (a.k.a. Shichinin No Samurai), Star Wars and Schindler’s List

2. VISUAL BONUS [Reader: distribute visual aid]

Team, take a moment to view this depiction of a Homestar Runner Halloween get together. Note the characters labeled “a”, “b” and “c. “ For each, you’ll earn 5 points for naming the Homestar Runner character and another 5 points for naming the whom they are portraying in costume. We’ll give you 20 seconds to allow extra time for the distraction of all those other characters.

Answers: A. (a) Strong Bad as Carmen Sandiego

B. (b) Homestar Runner as The Greatest American Hero

C. (c) Coach Z as Humpty Hump

3. Since its inception, Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year Award” has most often been bestowed upon just that, a man of the year. FTSNOP, identify these exceptions.

A. For 5 points, in 2003, Marquette Whiteside, Billie Grimes and Ronald Buxton were featured on Time’s cover, when “Person of the Year” was awarded to what people?

Answer: The American Soldier[s]

B. The previous year, three women, employees of WorldCom, Enron and the FBI were honored as “The Whistleblowers.” For 5 points each, name them.

Answer: Cythinia Cooper, Sherron Watkins and Colleen Rowley (no order necessary)

C. On the first occasion in which Time selected more that one person as an honoree, an Asian Generalissimo and his US-educated spouse were selected as “Man and Wife of the Year” in 1937. For 10 points, name them.

Answer: Madame & General Chiang Kai-Shek (Mme. Chiang was born Soong Mei-Ling)

4. FTSNOP, stuff about Bud Light’s “Real American Heroes” and/or “Real Men of Genius:”

(10) The 1980's-style background vocals for the spots were done by David Bickler, former lead singer for this group, whose sole number one hit was “The Eye of the Tiger.”

Answer: Survivor

For 5 points each, identify the Hero or Man of Genius for the description given.

A. (5) “you bravely throw yourself directly in the path of adversity, and you do it on a tractor. “ ”In this world of namby-pambies, you’re the one with all of the balls.”

Answer: Mr. Driving Range Ball Picker-upper

B. (5) Described as “the wooly mammoth in the rubber band,” and “like ground meat stuffed into a sausage skin,” for this Real Man of Genius, they say “if you weren’t wearing that suit, we’d ask you to bend over and take a bow.”

Answer: Mr. Tiny Thong Bikini Wearer

C. (5) “Through the miracle of hypo-allergenic adhesives, you transform us from mild-mannered accountant into roadhouse biker hooligan.”

Answer: Mr. Fake Tattoo Inventor Guy

Now for a final 5 points, show just how much of a TV commercial junkie you are by identifying the manly-man voice of hundreds of advertisements who narrates the Bud Light spots.

Answer: Pete Stacker

5. FTPE name the band being described from Blender Magazine’s list of the 50 Worst Bands of All Time.

A. “It’s doubtful there’s a more irritating sight in videodom than [this band’s lead singer] pulling one of his crucifixion poses while a wind machine blows his hair in the appropriate direction. But the Florida group’s real crime is its music, an overblown distillation of grunge’s most obviously commercial elements every inch as vapid as the music Nirvana and company were rebelling against.”

Answer: Creed

B. “Seemingly convinced that he had something very important to tell the world, but unclear exactly what it was, he was accompanied on stage by ‘improvisational dance’ expert Jed Holle, who, in keeping with the lyrics to ‘New Song,’ mimed throwing off his ‘mental chains’.”

Answer: Howard Jones

C. “‘Boasting’ former members of King Crimson, Nice and Atomic Rooster, this less-than-super 70's super-group shunned blues-based rock in favor of bombastically reinterpreted classical works. Their live shows were peppered by interminable solo spots, including a 20-minute drum workout that ended with [drummer Carl] ringing a cowbell between his teeth.”

Answer: Emerson, Lake and Palmer (a.k.a. E.L.P.)

6. FTPE, stuff about the history of professional golfers of the fairer sex, none of whom are Vijay Singh.

A. When Annika Sorenstam teed off against the men in 2003's Colonial Invitational, she became the first woman to play in a PGA event since 1945, when this Texan took a crack at the men’s game.

Answer: Babe Didrikson Zaharias (accept either) B. In 2002, when Sorenstam won 13 LPGA events, she tied a mark set in 1963 by this woman, of whom both Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson said possessed the best swing in golf.

Answer: Mary Kathryn “Mickey” Wright

C. The LPGA Hall of Fame contains only one honorary member, this singer, actress and talk show host who was an ardent supporter of the LPGA.

Answer: Dinah Shore

7. For 10 points each, answer the following concerning master thespian, Keanu Reaves.

A. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Reeves was living in Toronto, when his twin interests of drama and hockey helped him win a supporting role in this 1986 Rob Lowe film centered around the sport.

Answer: Youngblood

B. The "research" that Reeves and River Phoenix may or may not have performed in preparing for their roles in this film is widely believed to have been the starting point of the drug abuse which ultimately led to the latter's death. Name this film in which Reeves played a bisexual hustler.

Answer: My Own Private Idaho

C. Before his journey of transformation from Neo to "the One," Reeves character in The Matrix was this everyman computer programmer. Name him.

Answer: Thomas Anderson (accept either)

8. Given a brief description, name the classic arcade video game being described. 10 points each. A. Released by Sega in 1983, there were no kidnapped girlfriends to be rescued here. This was a game of revenge, pure and simple. The title character was a torch-bearing gorilla that snuck up to the sleeping Hunter at the game's opening and gave the poor pith-helmeted sap a burned rump. In retaliation, the Hunter chased him through four treacherous levels, risking life and limb for a little prankster payback.

Answer: Congo Bongo

B. Clearly inspired by “Star Wars,” this 1979 Exidy release recreated the outer space dogfighting of the 1977 blockbuster, putting your craft in battle against a force that looked suspiciously like Imperial TIE fighters. Seen from a first-person view, you lined-up enemy ships in the cross-hairs and fired when the computer locked on to the target.

Answer: StarFire C. In the years before the X-games Atari offered this 1988 release as a prequel to extreme sports. You rode as series of waterways, bouyed only by your floatation device, over white water and other obstacles along rivers that were anything but lazy.

Answer: Toobin’

9. In its 2003 advertising campaign, Dr Pepper paid tribute to artists whom it considers “true originals” in various genres of music. For 10 points each, identify these performers featured in those ads.

A. One, set in a bowling alley, features this pop artist praising the originality of Cyndi Lauper, whose 1983 debut “She’s So Unusual” scored 4 “Top 5" singles. For 10 points identify this “Freak of Nature,” whose “Boom” was the official theme song of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Answer: Anastacia Newkirk (accept either)

B. Another of the Dr Pepper ads has LL Cool J extolling the contributions of this group and paying homage to Jason Mizell. For 10 points name the group.

Answer: Run/DMC,

C. A third ad praises the Afro-Cuban influences of Celia Cruz, featuring her in a duet with the Latina golden-girl who crossed over to the English-Language market with her 2002 CD “Border Girl.” For 10 points, name her.

Answer: Paulina Rubio

10.FTSNOP, identify these losing Super Bowl quarterbacks.

A. In the inaugural contest, Bart Starr won the MVP trophy, while this quarterback became the first to lead the losing side. Not to worry, his team beat the Vikings in Super Bowl IV and he was named MVP in his own right.

Answer: Len Dawson

B. He was the losing quarterback in Super Bowl 25, but would have won if Scott Norwood’s last second field goal attempt not sailed wide of the mark. Oh yeah, he also started for the losing squad in the contest’s next three games.

Answer: Jim Kelly

C. Now, for five points each, identify the two Cincinnati Bengal quarterbacks who lost to the Joe Montana-helmed 49ers in Super Bowls 16 and 23.

Answer: Kenny Anderson and Norman “Boomer” Esiason

11. 30-20-10-5-1 Name the performer from clues

(30 pts.) A New Yorker born in 1927, after a brief stint in the Marine Reserves, he got his first job in the entertainment industry, as an NBC page. Later, he hosted and performed on the local “Time for Fun” and “The Johnny Jellybean Show.”

(20 pts.) Somewhat successful as the star and producer of "Tinker's Workshop," his only foray into the world of Saturday morning TV, a show called "Mister Mayor," failed after one season.

(10 pts.) He originated the role of Clarabell the Clown for the Howdy Doody show and played the part from 1947-52. (5 pts.) In 1955 he began a 30 year run on CBS as the Executive Producer and star of Captain Kangaroo, running for an additional eight years on PBS until 1993. He passed away on January 23, 2004.

(1 pt.) In 1996, he published Good Morning Captain: 50 Wonderful Years with Bob Keeshan, TV's Captain Kangaroo. Answer: Bob Keeshan [prompt on Captain Kangaroo]

12. For ten points each, answer the following quasi-related questions. A. In Willy Wonka fashion, four Golden Tickets good for a diamond pendant worth $12,500 were inserted into random pressings of Beg For Mercy, the debut album of this group featuring Tony Yayo, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and 50 Cent.

Answer: G Unit

B. In homage to the working title of the Beatles’ movie “Help!,” the final collaboration between Nina Gordon and Louise Post was this band’s 1997 release “Eight Arms to Hold You.”

Answer: Veruca Salt

C. In the 2003 Dwayne Johnson action film “The Rundown,” Christopher Walken plays the globalist Hatcher, who has enslaved local rainforest dwellers. Hatcher refers to his minions by what Wonka-esque name?

Answer: Oompa-Loompas

13. 5-10-20-30, name the movie from info on the characters that got Ed Harris his 4 Oscar nominations.

A. Mission Control leader Gene Kranz

Answer: Apollo 13

B. Cristof, the mastermind of a reality series in the extreme

Answer: The Truman Show

C. A troubled artist whose career is buoyed by his relationship with Lee Krasner, played by Marcia Gay Harden

Answer: Pollock

D. AIDS-stricken poet Richard Brown.

Answer: The Hours

14 Since Dren is getting married this coming Labor Day weekend, he has been reading up on exactly what he obligated to pay for. (Note from Dren: This is especially important since I’m a major cheapskate.) Using The Everything Wedding Organizer, by Laura Morin, as his source book, for 5 points for each clue, tell if is the obligation of Dren and his family to pay for it, if it’s his fiancee Shannon and her family’s responsibility, or if neither has to foot the bill.

A: Photography Answer: fiancee/bride (Shannon) & family

B: Groom’s Ring Answer: fiancee/bride (Shannon) & family

C: Rehearsal Dinner Answer: groom (Dren) & family

D. Bachelor Party Answer: neither

E. Bride’s Bouquet Answer: groom (Dren) & family

F. Clothing Rental Answer: neither

15. Given a tidbit of information about the side job of a 70's music icon, name him/her for 10 pts. You’ll get 5 pts. for answering after a list of songs.

A: 10 pts.) She became a household name to kids everywhere after playing Leather Tuscadero, the tough-talking, leather-wearing musician that won Fonzie’s heart on Happy Days

5 pts.) Her songs include: “Devil Gate Drive” and “Stumblin’ In” (w/Chris Norman)

Answer: Suzi Quatro

B: 10 pts.) He won critical acclaim for his performance as Bob Sheldon, a jaded rich kid, in 1983’s The Outsiders and had been previously been seen in Walking Tall

5 pts.) Songs include: “I Was Made For Dancin’” and a cover of “Surfin’ USA”

Answer: Leif Garrett

C: 10 pts.) After a featured role on the Variety show Shindig and guest roles on shows like The Monkees, he landed his first big break the TV show Here Come the Brides.

5 pts.) Songs include: “Easy Come, Easy Go” and “Julie, Do You Love Me?”

Answer: Bobby Sherman

16. For 10 points each, identify the following concerning movies in which someone plays God.

A. In a film in which Chris Rock’s character Rufus claims to be the 13th apostle and that Jesus owes him 12 bucks, this singer has no speaking lines in her portrayal of God.

Answer: Alanis Morrisette

B. “I’m the Supreme Being; I’m not entirely dim.” is a quote from Sir Ralph Richardson’s portrayal of God in this film featuring Kenny Baker as Fidget and Sean Connery as Agammenon.

Answer: Time Bandits

C. Though he doesn’t actually play God, Greg Kinnear plays a parolee working for the Postal Service in a dead letter office this 1996 movie. When he and his coworkers begin answering letters addressed to God, they get more than they bargained for. For 10 points, name the film.

Answer: Dear God

17. Given a plot synopsis, identify the novel written by Dan Brown FTPE.

A. (10) When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious cipher it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant and beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power.

Answer: Digital Fortress

B. (10) World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious marking seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the resurgence secret brotherhood of the Illuminati. His fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces he has hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City.

Answer: Angels and Demons

C. (10), Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is again called to action as the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Langdon works with French Cryptologist Sophie Neveu to thwart the plans of the sect Opus Dei to gain an ancient secret.

Answer: The da Vinci Code

18. Oh, those wacky politicians. Answer the following about recent off-kilter political news for ten points each.

10. A website opened up a national search for a wife for this presidential candidate after a November 5 forum in New Hampshire in which the twice-divorced candidate described his ideal First Lady.

Answer: Dennis Kucinich

10. This former South Dakota governor turned U.S. congressman’s shoddy driving record was a joke around the state until an August crash killed a motorcyclist. He resigned on Jan. 24, 2004.

Answer: Bill Janklow

10. The prime minister of this country, Kjell [SHELL] Magne Bondevik, had a bomb-proof BMW designed in the wake of terrorist threats, but he has been unable to use it because at four tons it does not meet standards to be driven on the nation’s roads.

Answer: Norway

19. For 10 points each, answer these questions about embattled magazine founder and editor David Mays.

A. Begun on a photocopier while a student at Harvard, Mays made this magazine rap music’s leading periodical.

Answer: The Source

B. The Source thought it had scored a journalistic coup in January of 2004, by releasing copies of a CD in which this rapper says, “Black girls are dumb, and white girls are good chicks.”

Answer: Eminem (or Marshal “Slim Shady” Mathers)

C. The plan backfired, in part because The Source has been less than unbiased, previously featuring a pullout of a rival rapper holding up Eminem’s head. That same rapper, on his album “Redemption,” had threatened to kill Mathers’ daughter. For 10 points, name the rapper, leader of the Almighty RSO and Made Men.

Answer: Benzino (Ray Scott)

20. The 2003 college football season saw its share of riders on the “coaching carousel.” For five points each, given an NCAA Division I-A school, name the new coach for the 2004 season and for an additional five points, name the man who vacated the post after 2003.

A. U.S. Military Academy, the Army Black Knights.

Answer: New Coach = Bobby Ross; Former Coach = Todd Berry

B. Central Florida Knights

Answer: New Coach = George O’Leary; Former Coach = Mike Kruczek

C. Duke Blue Devils

Answer: New Coach = Ted Roof; Former Coach = Carl Franks

21. For 10 points each, identify the following concerning Sofia Coppola.

A. Sofia only acted in this one film, directed by her father, as a last-minute replacement for Winona Ryder.

Answer: The Godfather, part 3

B. Her directorial debut was this 1999 take on Jeffrey Eugenides' novel about a family of doomed suburban sisters.

Answer: The Virgin Suicides

C. In Coppola's film “Lost in Translation,” she works through some of her own marital experiences with her husband, this director of Adaptation, through the relationship of the couple played by Scarlett Johansson and Giovanni Ribisi. Answer: Spike Jonze

22. Answer the following about supporting characters from the world of Tintin comic books, FTSNOP:

5. First turning up in The Crab with the Golden Claws as a drunk who nearly gets Tintin killed on multiple occasions, he nonetheless becomes the reporter’s best pal throughout the remainder of the series. He got his name when Hergé’s [air-zhayz] wife mentioned it as a “sad English fish.”

Answer: Captain Archibald Haddock

10. Though he is intelligent enough to lead a moon landing and create a device that could destroy cities, this dotty professor’s hearing problem more often frustrates Tintin and friends. His original French name was Tryphon Tournesol, the last name meaning “sunflower.”

Answer: Professor Cuthbert Calculus

15. Tintin meets him in The Blue Lotus, and he serves as Hergé’s mouthpiece for decrying European prejudices about the Chinese. His second appearance, in Tintin in Tibet, echoed Hergé’s lack of correspondence with the real person on whom he was based, whose last name was Chon-Ren.

Answer: Chang Chong-Chen

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