2003 Viva TRASH Vegas



2003 Viva TRASH Vegas

Round 02: Packet by The Italian Gerbil

Tossups

1. Two oddly uncharacteristic choices were Michael Jackson’s "Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough" and Rod Stewart’s "Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?" – included because they got airplay in the clubs at the time. Earth, Wind and Fire’s "Boogie Wonderland" and Donna Summer’s "Bad Girls" were other losers in 1979 as the first and only nominees in, for ten points, what Grammy category, won by Gloria Gaynor’s "I Will Survive"?

ANSWER: Best Disco Recording (or "Best Disco Song", but NOT "Best Disco Album")

2. A helicopter, cloud, and the sun kill all the birds in issues of this cartoon. In the first, 75 percent of the main characters die by robot laser attack. T-Rex punting, and arrowing, while the second features an alien bat attack, a swooping vulture, a grasping bat, and a runaway van full of children. The third and longest sees The Ugly One MSG'ed by spring rolls and What's Her Face mauled by 'possoms. For ten points, name this Homestar-Runner-dot-com series featuring a squad of teen girls.

ANSWER: Teen Girl Squad

3. Jim Gray has since admitted to leaving this game early. Mickey Hatcher, who’d hit one regular season home run, gave the home team an early 2-0 lead, but was quickly trumped by a Jose Canseco grand slam. A sixth-inning run made it 4-3, but that was all the scoring until the ninth, when pinch hitter Mike Davis’ drew a walk off Dennis Eckersley, setting the stage for a moment in L.A. sports history that Jack Buck couldn't believe he saw. For ten points, what post-season game ended with a Kirk Gibson home run?

ANSWER: Game One of the 1988 World Series (accept equivalents)

4. The network said more than 10,000 people solved the puzzle in the first 24 hours, but only Mark Nakamoto of West New York, N.J., claimed the $1,045,000 prize. An IRS investigative agent in Carson City who gets a fax about a "sizable accounting error" at the Versailles Casino. Jim Prufrock then stumbles through murder, sexual tension and mystery – all hallmarks of a show that had 12 million viewers for its Sept. 2002 debut, yet aired just seven times. For ten points, name this ABC show, built around the small town where the casino was located.

ANSWER: Push, Nevada

5. Cec Linder was the second, followed by Rik Van Nutter, Norman Burton, Bernie Casey and John Terry. David Hedison is the only man to play the role twice, and will presumably be the last since, in his second appearance; a shark ate him. For ten points, name this CIA agent and James Bond character, first played by and best remembered as Jack Lord in Dr. No.

ANSWER: Felix Leiter (accept either name)

6. It's a love song written from the point of view of an electrical device to the owner it worships. The object describes its view, which is of a picture of a lighthouse, a primitive ancestor of the object. Drawing on Greek myth and light classical music, this plea from a night light to its sleeping charge asks him "Not to put too fine a point on it" and to "Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet." For ten points, name this They Might be Giants hit about a friendly bluebird-shaped nitelight, found on the album Flood.

ANSWER: Birdhouse in your Soul

7. The latest at press time was a large, Mylar heart found on May 11. Others in 2003 have included a large collection of gnomes placed in the student center and a Valentine’s Day "Fling Service," but pale in comparison to some from the past, which include placing a fake cop car on top of the Great Dome, a Web message saying the institute had been bought by Disney and would now work only in Imagineering, and raising a black weather balloon at the 1982 Harvard-Yale game. For ten points, name these pranks, chronicled in the IHTFP Gallery and in the book Nightwork.

ANSWER: Hacks or Hacking (prompt on "MIT pranks" or similar)

8. Though we never see this character’s face, we learn much of his legend. His poop is used as currency in Argentina despite the fact that he once date-raped David Bowie. He is a Good Samaritan however, as he’s breastfed both flamingos and John Madden back to health, and allowed his foreskin to be used as a tarp at Yankee Stadium. For ten points, name this 1996-97 Saturday Night Live creation of Will Ferrell, a ten-ton monster of a man who has slept with all our wives and punched us all in the face, according to a bunch of drunks shouting his praise.

ANSWER: Bill Brasky

9. Running a search for this word on nets the John C. Wright work subtitled "Dispossessed in Utopia" and Kyle Mills’s 1998 work about a shadowy right-wing group that starts flooding America's emergency rooms with dead and dying. Though the Richard Herman work listed features a plausible subplot of military assaults in the Middle East, none of the books I’ve named were at all affected by the death of actor Richard Harris, a.k.a. Professor Dumbledore. For ten points, name the title order in the latest Harry Potter book, Amazon’s current bestseller.

ANSWER: Phoenix

10. Released by SBK Records, four of the 15 tracks on this album somehow allude to the artist’s name. The reggae style on "Rosta Man" "is hitting real hard like Mike Tyson’s fist," which is nice because on "Play That Funky Music," we learn the rapper can "can dance better than any Kid ‘N Play." Course you’d never hear either of these songs if you didn’t get past the popular first track, which to this day is confused with Queen’s "Under Pressure." for ten points, name the best selling hip-hop album ever made, a 1990 release by Vanilla Ice.

ANSWER: To The Extreme

11. In 2002, this man was named to the board of trustees at Boston University, where his son and daughter are sophomores. His first major success came at Paramount, as he shepherded Star Trek: The Motion Picture to theaters, earning the title President of Production. He followed Michael Eisner to Disney in 1984, then earned the presidency there and spearheaded the company’s animation resurrection through The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. Retiring in 1994, this is, for ten points, what "K" in DreamWorks SKG?

ANSWER: Jeffrey Katzenberg

12. He’s listed as an "NBA star" in the 1991 film Heaven Is A Playground, but given he retired from the Knicks in 1993 with a career average of 5.5 points per game, odds are the movie was milking his college fame. Drafted with the 8th overall pick in 1990 by the Los Angeles Clippers, this player cleared 40 points in two of his seven NCAA tournament appearances, both coming as his Lions made a run to the Elite Eight. For ten points, name this player who shot left-handed free throws as a tribute to his fallen friend and Loyola Marymount teammate, Hank Gathers.

ANSWER: Bo Kimble

13. Introduced during a 1938 radio ad, she made her print debut in 1939 and was first viewed in corporeal form at that year’s New York World’s Fair. She appeared in the film Little Men in 1940, the same year she married Elmer, and had a child, Beulah. She never neglected her education, earning such honorary degrees as doctorate of ecownomics and doctorate of bovinity. For ten points, name this Borden milk spokes-beast.

ANSWER: Elsie

14. Their friends include Dorothy, a big green dinosaur with yellow spots who eats roses and hosts dance parties, Captain Feathersword, a pirate who likes to tickle, and Henry, the purple octopus who wears tartan and has shoes on each arm. The group consists of Greg Page in yellow, Murray Cook in red, Jeff Fatt in purple, and Anthony Field. Together they celebrated their 11th anniversary on Australian TV this year as, for ten points, what musical quartet aimed at children?

ANSWER: The Wiggles

15. In the distant past, he was imprisoned in the earth by the emperor with the help of an enchanted sword. He would eventually escape, destroy the towns of Archers and Spear-Throwers, and enslave the emperor and the country. He would lose control of the country to the emperor’s now-grown son, and in the ensuing confrontation, he sent the samurai into the distant future. He then sends robot insects to destroy the samurai, but they fail, and he repeatedly attempts to finish the job himself. For ten points, name this wizard, arch-nemesis of Samurai Jack

ANSWER: Aku

16. He faced off against Marla Marshall on October 16, 1977, with Alice’s Polly Holiday and Dick Martin among the stars present. He didn’t fare very well, as his answers of "nursing," "arms," and "tongue" failed to net a single match, leading a sarcastic Richard Dawson to remark that he was now a failure both at pro football and at game shows. For ten points, name this former Match Game PM contestant, then a coach of the University of the Redlands, now the head coach of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.

ANSWER: Brian Billick

17. Starting in New York City’s Battery Park, it crossed the East River via the George Washington Bridge, then made its way through Philadelphia on the way to the White House, where Ronald Reagan took part. Moving west through Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and Dallas, it weaved through Albuquerque and Phoenix before ending on a Long Beach, California pier. With gaps filled via miles of ribbon, lined-up catamarans or even trained seals and whales, this was, for ten points, what May 25, 1986 event that sought to connects both coasts by palm?

ANSWER: Hands Across America

18. Ronna tries to broker a drug deal, but she’s hit by a speeding Miata outside a rave. She was making the deal in lieu of fellow supermarket clerk Simon, who goes to Vegas, and ends up involved in a hotel fire and attempted murder. Ronna tried to sell the drugs to two washed-up soap actors being blackmailed by a sleazy cop. Sound confusing? It ought to, given the film was the same story told from three different perspectives. For ten points, name this 1999 movie starring Jay Mohr, Desmond Askew, Sarah Polley and Katie Holmes.

ANSWER: Go

19. In this sport once banned by the English Crown, sides of fifteen take the field and the ball, or sliothar, is moved up or down the field by either a stick called a cammen or by hand. Goals are scored by sending the ball over a rugby-like crossbar for one point or under it for three, with the reward, according to a recent commercial, being copious pints of Guinness. For ten points, name this hybrid sport, billed as Europe’s oldest field game, played primarily in Northern Ireland.

ANSWER: Hurling

20. In the early 1990s, production for this company expanded from China to Indonesia and a U.S.-based operation in Clinton, Missouri. Making its debut in 1952, this company has been an innovator, with such creations as Mammoth Fountain, Cat Copter, Lightning Storm, Sky Party and See You Later Alligator. Recently announcing a donation of fireworks to troops in Afghanistan for July 4th, for ten points, name this company, the best selling fireworks company in the United States, whose name you should never let cross your path.

ANSWER: Black Cat Fireworks

21. The concept originated in England, and was first put to use on July 8, 1937, by Mrs. John Stanley Beard, resulting in the arrest of Thomas Duffys, a burglar, outside her home. While some claim it made its U.S. debut in Lincoln, Nebraska, it’s actually Hayleyville, Alabama, who received the first call in February 1968. Apparently selected by AT&T as an easily recognizable code combining the British emergency code with AT&T’s code for information, for ten points, name this number now widely used in the U.S. in case of an emergency.

ANSWER: 911

2003 Viva TRASH Vegas

Round 02: Packet by The Italian Gerbil

Bonuses

1. We’re not sure what Aaron Sorkin is trying to tell us, but it seems he can’t go through a season of The West Wing without including a violent death. Answer the questions about the capital corpses, for the stated number of points.

1. [5] The show’s best known mortal coil shake-off came at the end of the second season, when this character, President Bartlett's curmudgeonly secretary from his days as a senator and governor, was killed after being struck by a drunk driver.

ANSWER: Dolores Landingham (accept either name)

2. [10] CJ's flirtations with her Secret Service agent -- and the show’s third season -- ended abruptly after he stumbled into a hold-up at a convenience store and was gunned down. Name this character, played by Mark Harmon.

ANSWER: Simon or Donovan (accept either name)

3. [15] Even the bit players can't be spared a tragic fate. For fifteen points, name either the Navy captain and Presidential doctor who died when his military airplane was shot down in the show’s second episode, or the Secret Service agent who got whacked in the penultimate episode of Season Four.

ANSWER: Captain Morris Tolliver (accept either name), Secret Service Agent Molly O'Connor (accept either name)

2. Football stat-heads, rejoice. Given statistical categories and clues from the 2002 NFL preseason, name the players in question, for the stated number of points.

1. [5, 5] For five points each, leading the preseason in passing -- with 579 and 526 yards, respectively -- were these young quarterbacks, who starred for the Detroit Lions and the St. Louis Rams respectively in the regular season.

ANSWER: Joey Harrington, Marc Bulger

2. [10] The leading scorer in the preseason was this kicker, whose 34 points led his Super Bowl champion team to a 3-1 record.

ANSWER: Adam Vinatieri

3. [10] Name either the pre-season’s leading rusher, a second-year Bengal back out of Auburn who gained just 67 yards in 2002, or its leading receiver, the Redskins’ second-leading pass catcher in the regular season.

ANSWER: Rudi Johnson, Derrius Thompson

3. As we’re in the presence of original Starcade host Mark Richards, it seems only fitting we ask a question about the show. Given a video game featured on the ‘80s game show, name it for the stated number of points.

1. [5] You are Chef Peter Pepper, snagging patties, lettuce, cheese and buns while evading a hot dog, egg and pickle.

ANSWER: Burger Time

2. [10] Billed as "the ultimate driving game," which it was for 1982, players drove a Formula 1 racing machine, earning points for reaching top speed and passing other cars on Fuji Speedway.

ANSWER: Pole Position

3. [15] You are the titular character, locked in a battle with the warrior Sark, protector of the Master Control Program. Electrifying light circles guided by energy spots are your only hope of beating your opponent … the only way to win this 1983 3-D game sequel spun-off of a "classic" movie.

ANSWER: Discs of Tron (do NOT accept or prompt on "Tron")

4. When people think classical music, they think old. Silly people, classical can be new, too! Name these more current classical acts, for ten points each.

1. Hailed as the Spice Girls of classical music, the quartet of Eos, Gay-Yee Westerhoff, Haylie Ecker and Tania Davis have released two albums, Born and Shine, neither of which have anything to do with Sean Connery.

ANSWER: Bond

2. This Welsh-born soprano became an international hit in 1998 when, at age 12, she released Voice Of An Angel, a blend of classical and opera. Despite that disc and a 1999 self-titled album going platinum in the U.S., your question writer still gets her confused with Michelle Branch.

ANSWER: Charlotte Church

3. John McDermott, Ronan Tynan and Anthony Kearns make up this trio of successful soloists who came together for a televised concert at the Royal Dublin Society.

ANSWER: The Irish Tenors

5. Earlier this summer, the Eddie Murphy movie Daddy Day Care kept billing itself as a winner of the Film Advisory Board’s Award Of Excellence. Just what other recent movies have shared this honor? For the stated number of points:

1. [5] The board seeks out films that promote family oriented children’s entertainment, that stimulate imagination and encourage positiveness and ambition. Apparently all traits are present in this 2003 winner, featuring a marsupial who runs off across the Outback with a coat containing $50,000.

ANSWER: Kangaroo Jack

2. [10] Amanda Bynes has been on quite the FAB roll, earning awards for both 2003’s What A Girl Wants and this 2002 film, where she co-starred with Frankie Muniz as a pair who take down a thieving Hollywood producer.

ANSWER: Big Fat Liar

3. [15] Perhaps the oddest Award of Excellence presentation is to The Magic Box, an IMAX 3-D film chronicling the difficult adolescence of this duo.

ANSWER: Siegfried and Roy

6. In addition to being one of the world’s top-selling lines of underwear, Joe Boxer has made some impressive friends along the way. Name them from descriptions for ten points each.

1. In 1994, Joe Boxer got a big boost in visibility when this director appeared in his Oscar-nominated Pulp Fiction wearing Joe Boxer pajamas and no one thought he looked like a dork.

ANSWER: Quentin Tarantino

2. In 1996, Joe Boxer sponsored the World’s Largest E-mail, which allowed Robert Norris to propose to Catherine Smylie. This man, in a scene that did not make the cut in a 2003 TV movie about him starring James Woods, wed the pair in the World’s First Digital Wedding.

ANSWER: Rudolph "Rudy" Giuliani

3. In 1997, Joe Boxer Activewear was launched with this 82-year-old fitness buff serving as spokesman. No word on whether wearing them also helps you live longer.

ANSWER: Jack LaLanne

7. Because your question writer had to cover the latest season of CBS’s Survivor for his newspaper, odds were pretty good this bonus was going to happen. Answer these questions about the reality’s show’s sixth season, for the stated number of points.

1. [5, 5] for 5 points each, name the two finalists, one a 21-year-old swimsuit model, the other a restaurant designer and former member of People Magazine’s 50 Most Eligible Bachelors.

ANSWER: Jenna Morasca (accept either), Matthew Von Ertfelda (accept either)

2. [10] The sixth season was filmed in the Amazon rainforest, which influenced the names used for the show’s tribes. For ten points, name any of the three tribal names used on the show.

ANSWER: Tambaqui, Jaburu, Jacare

3. [10] And just to answer your cries of "no one watches this crap," within two million, how many million people watched the Amazon series finale?

ANSWER: 22 million (Accept 20-24 million … for comparison, 51 million watched the first finale)

8. Lots of Las Vegas sports teams have absolutely nothing to do with Jerry Tarkanian and the dead guy who (allegedly) enjoyed the comforts of his car trunk. Identify a few of these teams from clues on a 10-5 basis.

1. [10] Vegas’s entry in the Canadian Football League.

[5] P. Diddy has one, as do some insane clowns from Michigan. But Sin City’s only kicked it in 1994.

ANSWER: Las Vegas Posse

2. [10] This is Sin City’s current minor league baseball team.

[5] The AAA affiliate of the Dodgers, this team is named after everyone’s favorite secret government complex near Rachel, Nevada.

ANSWER: Las Vegas 51s

3. [10] We’ve done past and present. This will be the city’s West Coast Hockey League team starting this upcoming season.

[5] An independent team playing at Orleans Arena, no word on how long before the team hooks up with the company that makes "Real. Comfortable. Jeans."

ANSWER: Las Vegas Wranglers

9. For ten points each, name these people associated with the song "Layla."

1. The love song was written to Patti Boyd, who was then the wife of this man, Eric Clapton's best friend at the time.

ANSWER: George Harrison

2. The original version borrows a riff from this man considered the first electric guitarist to play the blues. His classic songs include "Stormy Monday," "Mean Old World," and "T-Bone Blues."

ANSWER: Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker

3. His playing of the slide guitar on the coda of "Layla" made his reputation. He died in a 1971 motorcycle accident and was paid tribute in Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird."

ANSWER: Duane Allman

10. The Game Show Network's Cram recently featured a game asking contestants to identify the film from quotes pulled out of a negative Roger Ebert review. Blatantly ripping the idea off, identify the following films from Ebert clues, for the stated number of points.

1. [5] "You know that a lot of critics praised Steve Martin in The Jerk, but you liked him better after he started acting more normal," Ebert said. "You are not a promising candidate to see" this 1994 Jim Carrey film.

ANSWER: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

2. [10] Roger was informed that 5,000 cockroaches were used in the filming of this 1996 Jerry O'Connell film. "That depresses me," Ebert said, "but not as much as the news that none of them were harmed during the production."

ANSWER: Joe’s Apartment

3. [5] Perhaps his best known spiteful quote, as he titled a book with it, Ebert said of this 1994 Rob Reiner film starring Elijah Wood as a 10-year-old who divorces his parents, "I hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated, hated, hated this movie."

ANSWER: North

4. [10] Ebert said going to see this 1998 Matthew Broderick film, which included a "Mayor Ebert" character with an advisor named "Gene," was like attending a satanic ritual in St. Peter's Basilica.

ANSWER: Godzilla

11. Identify the foodstuff given an old advertising jingle used to sell it, for the stated number of points.

1. [5] People were encouraged to drink this, "just for the taste of it."

ANSWER: Diet Coke (do not accept "Coke")

2. [10] After years of marketing this cereal to kids, it became the "taste adults have grown to love."

ANSWER: Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes

3. [5] It was billed as "thirst aid, for that deep down body thirst."

ANSWER: Gatorade

4. [10] An ‘80s singer proudly exclaimed, "I can’t get over" this drink, saying it was a "whole new scene."

ANSWER: Ovaltine

12. Friends is the best television show ever. Answer the following questions taken directly from a trivia game played by Rachel, Monica, Chandler and Joey to determine who got the cool apartment, for ten points each.

1. A TV Guide comes to the guys' apartment every week. To whom is it addressed?

ANSWER: Miss Chanandaler Bong

2. What was Monica's nickname when she played goalie on the high school field hockey team?

ANSWER: Big Fat Goalie

3. What is the name of Chandler's father's all-male Las Vegas revue?

ANSWER: Viva Las Gay-gas

13. Back in the halcyon days of 2002, the main selling point of Sprint PCS phones was not the ability to e-mail crappy pictures to your friends, but to gain access to Sprint’s all-digital PCS network. Given what phrase would have been heard on a crystal-clear Sprint PCS phone, you tell me what the static caused the receiver to hear in advertisements, for ten points each.

1. [10] An order for 200 oxen.

ANSWER: An order for 200 dachshunds

2. [10] A wife’s request to "Get a movie, something old."

ANSWER: Husband hears "Get a monkey with a cold."

3. [10] A coach wants "A backup for O’Neill."

ANSWER: Assistant hears "Get the Captain and Tennille."

14. Just like the bowl games of today, many television shows used to be sponsored by corporations. Answer these questions about said phenomenon for ten points each.

1. From 1948 to 1953, NBC’s The Milton Berle Show was called The BLANK Star Theater, named for this gasoline company.

ANSWER: Texaco

2. From 1956 to 1963, NBC’s variety show starring Dinah Shore was called the Dinah Shore BLANK Show, named for this auto manufacturer.

ANSWER: Chevy (accept "Chevrolet")

3. This company was the title sponsor of College Bowl when it aired on CBS and NBC from 1959 to 1970.

ANSWER: General Electric or G-E

15. 40-30-20-10-1, name the artist from songs and albums.

1. [40] They sang "Happy Birthday" at one of the lead singer's birthday parties.

2. [30] "Only of You," "I Want To Be Alone," and "I Was There" off 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour.

3. [20] "Welcome To Paradise", first released on Kerplunk, and the title track off of 2000’s Warning.

4. [10] "Longview" and "Basket Case" off Dookie, "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)" off Nimrod.

5. [1] You’ve never heard of Dookie by Green Day? Did you spend the 90s in a cave?

ANSWER: Green Day

16. There’s little doubt a large percentage of the competitors here this weekend have seen Revenge Of The Nerds, given … well, you get the idea. Given a quote from this screen classic, identify the actor speaking, for ten points each, or for five if you need the character name.

1. [10] "I thought I was looking at my mother's old douche-bag, but that's in Ohio."

[5] Booger

ANSWER: Curtis Armstrong

2. [10] "Jocks only think about sports, nerds only think about sex."

[5] Louis Skolnick

ANSWER: Robert Carradine

3. [10] Times are changing, Betty. Those nerds are a threat to our way of life.

[5] Stan Gable

ANSWER: "Terminal" Ted McGinley

17. Since 1962, the Berenstain Bears have been featured in heartwarming tales of tree living and various other morality plays. For ten points each, given a list of book titles, you name the one that’s made up and not actually a book in the extensive Berenstain Bears series.

1. The Berenstain Bears’ Thanksgiving, The Berenstain Bears’ Christmas Tree, The Berenstain Bears’ Halloween, The Berenstain Bears’ Easter Surprise

ANSWER: Halloween

2. The Bernstain Bears Get The Don’t Wannas, The Berenstain Bears Get The Don’t Haftas, The Berenstain Bears Get The Gimmies, The Berenstain Bears Get The Screamies

ANSWER: Get The Don’t Wannas

3. The Berenstain Bears Too Much Pressure, The Berenstain Bears Too Much TV, The Berenstain Bears Too Much Vacation, The Berenstain Bears Too Much Candy

ANSWER: Too Much Candy

18. With Bill James taking on an advisory role with the Boston Red Sox, your Northeast-based question writer has had to become quite comfortable with a whole new family of baseball stats. Given how to calculate a James-ian stat, you name it, for ten points each.

1. A team’s runs scored, multiplied by 1.83, divided by the sum of their runs scored and runs allowed, both multiplied by 1.83. It’s essentially an attempt to scientifically calculate how lucky a team was over the course of a season.

ANSWER: Pythagorean winning percentage

2. A single-game stat for pitchers, 50 plus three times the innings pitched, minus two times the sum of the hits, runs and errors, minus the number of walks, plus the number of strikeouts, plus 2, divided each full inning completed beyond the fourth. It calculates a pitcher’s dominance.

ANSWER: Game Score

3. Again for pitchers, the sum of walks and hits allowed divided by the innings pitched. This stat may not actually be a James creation, but it’s getting bunched in. Sue me.

ANSWER: WHIP

19. 40-30-20-10-1. Name the thing from clues.

1. [40] It is, in fact, bigger than a breadbox.

2. [30] Though it was originally built in 1831, its cornerstone was laid September 23, 1968, with a formal dedication ceremonies taking place October 10, 1971.

3. [20] Robert McCullouch was the second owner of it, having submitted a winning bid of $2,460,000.

4. [10] Contrary to the 1985 David Hasselhoff movie Bridge Across Time, the ghost of Jack The Ripper did not accompany this landmark from London to its current home in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

5. [1] Singing "London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down," would be a good idea.

ANSWER: London Bridge

20. In VH1’s continuing effort to also never air music videos, they’ve created "The 100 Greatest Shocking Moments in Rock and Roll." Topping the list with four appearances each were John Lennon and Michael Jackson. Given descriptions of the shocking event in Lennon's life, identify the year in which it occurred for ten points, or take five if you're within one year either way.

1. Lennon posed nude for Annie Lebowitz this year, only days before being murdered by Mark David Chapman.

ANSWER: 1980 (1979-1981)

2. This year marked the release of Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Two Virgins album, featuring nude photos of the happy couple.

ANSWER: 1968 (1967-1969)

3. Number 10 on the list was Lennon’s off-the-cuff remark in this year that the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus," a quip that led to album burning.

ANSWER: 1966 (1965-1967)

21. Most fads by definition don’t stick around very long. But some stick in our collective memory craws for years and years. Answer these grab-bag questions for ten points each.

1. Billy Mitchell did it on July 3, 1999, at the Funspot Family Fun Center in Weirs Beach, N.H., becoming the first to earn a perfect Pac-Man score. Within 500-thousand points, how many points is that?

ANSWER: 3,333,360 points (2,833,360-3,833,360)

2. Harold von Braunhut introduced the fad in 1960 in packages labeled "Instant Life" sold for 49 cents. Distributed by Honey Toy Industries and billed as the perfect pet for youngsters, what were they?

ANSWER: Sea Monkeys

3. On an official Tamagotchi, or "Virtual Pet," how many buttons are there?

ANSWER: Three

22. Golf has experienced a boom in purses over the last few decades. With the money lists in mind, answer these questions, for the stated number of points.

1. [5, 5] For five points, what American golfer was the first to win one million dollars for a career, and for five more, identify the year he accomplished the feat, within five.

ANSWER: Arnold Palmer, 1968 (1963 to 1973 acceptable)

2. [10] In 1988, this player became the first to win one million dollars in a single season, doing so in the year he won his first of consecutive U.S. Opens.

ANSWER: Curtis Strange

3. [10] In 2002, Tiger Woods dominated the PGA Tour money list, winning $6.9 million. Within five, how many players cleared the million dollar mark in 2002?

ANSWER: 61 (56 to 66 acceptable)

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