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F.O.G.H.A.T. 2002: Less Chat, More Hat

Missouri-Rolla, October 20, 2002

Packet #3

Questions by Jeremy White and Ben Lea (TU 5, 12-13; B 4-5, 10, 12, 17)

Toss-ups

1. The Blowhard attacked his birthday party but quick work by Spider Man saved him and his guests like Jennifer of the Jungle and Easy Reader. The attack was motivated because he identified the Blowhard as the man who blew over Trenton, New Jersey, a discovery he no doubt made after placing the missing letters in a note. For ten points, name this trench coat wearing cryptology specialist played by Skip Hinnant on The Electric Company.

_Fargo North, Decoder_

2. She appeared at the first stop of the Library of Congress-American Movie Classics Film Preservation Tour in Fargo, North Dakota and told the press her interest in film preservation began when she saw the deterioration of her debut film The Romance of Rosy Ridge. She appeared on screen with her second husband in Houdini and with her second daughter in The Fog. Her classic screen roles include Rosie in The Manchurian Candidate and Susan Vargas in Touch of Evil. For ten points, name this actress who played thieving office worker Marion Crane who takes an ill-fated shower in Psycho.

Janet _Leigh_

3. They started their first headlining tour on July 18, 2000 with a show in Fargo, North Dakota, the same city where just four months earlier drummer David Silveria had injured his wrist. The other members’ 2001 side projects included Rock ‘N’ Roll Gangster, bassist Fieldy’s solo album and Jonathan Davis co-writing the score for the film Queen of the Damned. For ten points, name this band currently touring behind their album Untouchables, the follow-up to their multi-platinum disc Issues.

_Korn_

4. This company’s founder, Brian Fargo, stepped down as CEO in January of 2002, four years after it went public. Founded in 1983, its first high-profile development was the role-playing game series The Bard’s Tale. It also owns the rights to develop games with the Caesar’s Palace name. For ten points, name this company that publishes the Redneck Rampage and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy game series.

_Interplay_

5. Events surrounding it include the Helen of Troy Charm Camp for two hundred eighth-through tenth-grade girls, the NFL Gatorade Punt, Pass, & Kick sectionals, the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic, the Leo Cancellare Memorial Swim Meet, and the Las Palmas Del Sol Parade.  This year will be the 69th annual, pitting the 5th team from the Big 10 versus the 3rd in the Pac-10.  For ten points, name this bowl game, sponsored by Wells Fargo, played in El Paso, Texas.

_Sun Bowl_ (accept Wells-Fargo Sun Bowl, if they say it before you do)

6. After meeting this Fargo, North Dakota native, the Bad Medicine Blues Band changed their name to The Big Bang and backed him on his 1995 independent disc Smokin’. A&M won the subsequent bidding war and has released his two solo albums. He had a cameo in Blues Brothers 2000 playing “634-5789” with Wilson Pickett. For ten points, name this 21-year old blues guitarist who wowed critics at the age of 15 with the deceptively mature sounding vocals on his solo debut CD Lie to Me.

Johnny _Lang_

7. In an April 16, 1997 column, Minnesota Daily staffer Chris Druckenmiller referred to flooding in Fargo, North Dakota as resembling the effects of Hamner-Brown, referencing this novel that tracks the actions of characters such as filmmaker Harvey Randall, astronaut Rick Delanty and millionaire Tim Hamer, co-namesake of the comet that heads towards and impacts the earth. For ten points, name this trendsetting sci-fi novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

_Lucifer's Hammer_

8. Elmer Kenton’s Rusty Shannon and Louis L’amour’s Con Fargo are literary examples. Jimmy Trivette, C. D. Parker and Cordell Walker are television examples. Chad Everett, Ivan Rodriguez and Alex Rodriguez are sports examples. For ten points, name this exclusive group of lawmakers or a baseball team once owned by the President.

_Texas Ranger_s

9. Terry Ingstad spent college nights working at Fargo, North Dakota’s KQWB and later became the number one DJ in Boston. At KRLA in Los Angeles, he created what is hailed as the first successful AOR format. He eventually moved into television and was convincing as shallow self-centered newspaper editor Ken Becket on the sitcom Dave’s World. For ten points, name this former host of American Top 40 who in the late 80s served as announcer of The New Hollywood Squares.

Shadoe _Stevens_

10. Name’s the same. One is the 1944 “Good Neighbor” musical that starred Fargo-raised Virginia Bruce and used an Ary Barroso composition as its title song. The other uses the same Barroso song as its closing title theme, as a recurring score motif and as a tune hummed or sang by characters Harry Tuttle and Sam Lowry. For ten points, name this common title of a 40s musical or the warped cinematic classic directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert DeNiro and Michael Palin.

_Brazil_

11. Norma Egstrom acquired her more famous stage name from a suggestion by Ken Kennedy, the program director of Fargo, North Dakota’s WDAY where she had her second paying singing job. In 1941, she joined Benny Goodman’s band and had her first hit with “Why Don’t You Do Right?” She won her first Grammy in 1969 for “Is That All There Is.” For ten points, name this late jazz singer best known for her sultry rendition of “Fever” and for vocal work in the Disney film The Lady and the Tramp.

Peggy _Lee_

12. Dory Funk, Jr., Harley Race, Ricky Steamboat, and Jackie Fargo are among the legends of wrestling who worked for this Nashville-based promotion that started in the summer of 2002.  With no television contract, only a weekly pay-per-view deal, they have to rely on star power, and they're banking on cast-offs like Scott Hall, Brian Lawler, Ken Shamrock, Rick Steiner, and "Screamin'" Norman Smiley.  For 10 points, name this Jerry & Jeff Jarrett promotion, with only tenuous links to the similarly-named Jim Crockett promotion that became WCW.

Answer:  _NWA TNA_ (accept "National Wrestling Alliance, Total Nonstop Action", but prompt on "NWA" and "National Wresting Alliance")

13. Set in 1969, the earth is struck by a powerful yet mostly undetectable force.  Those who are physically struck by the force -- including Winch Fargo, Juan Thrombone, a coyote, and some trees -- become otherworldly and superhuman; those who only see it -- including Gerin Reed and Chance, the narrator -- get a bit dissociated from reality, as well.  Claudia (Zimmerman) Heart becomes the embodiment of love, and Orde a prophet in, for ten points, what 1998 foray into science fiction by Walter Mosley?

_Blue Light_

14. James Fargo’s feature directorial debut is this film in which the San Francisco mayor, played by John Crawford, is being held by hippie terrorists at Alcatraz. It is up to the hero and new partner Kate, played by Tyne Daly, to save the day. For ten points, name this 1976 film that was the third installment in the Dirty Harry series.

The _Enforcer_

15. She appeared in her husband Billy Morissette’s directorial debut, Scotland, PA, an reworking of Macbeth she describes as “the bard for the Fargo crowd.” Her other recent film work includes a nice supporting role as overworked hotel clerk Rachel in Christopher Nolan’s remake of Insomnia. Her movie roles became meatier following her success as ambitious producer Lisa Miller in NewsRadio. For ten points, name this actress who plays OB-GYN nurse Abby on E.R.

Maura _Tierney_

16. It is the weapon of choice for the small demon in the video game Cel Damage. It precedes “Murder” in the title of an Arthur Herzog true crime novel. In the first episode of the third season of Jackass, Ryan Dunn got pelted with food shot from one. In Monster’s, Inc., Randall Boggs, voiced by Steve Buscemi, threatens to shove a co-worker into one. For ten points, name this type of machine that was used to dispose of Steve Buscemi’s character in the film Fargo.

_Woodchipper_

17. The exterior shots of the central business on this series were actually of the former Wells Fargo building on Flower Street in Los Angeles and a Jaguar XJ6 was the car that bore the title on a license plate in the opening credits. For ten points, name this former NBC series about life at McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak with a cast that included Corbin Bersen, Jimmy Smits and Susan Dey.

_L.A. Law_

18. The first opened July 18, 1984 in a former root beer stand in Sauk City, Wisconsin and in the following eighteen years this chain has expanded across the Midwest with 120 franchise locations stretching from Fargo, North Dakota to Austin, Texas.  It emphasizes made-to-order preparation with the tagline, "America's Favorites Made Fresh."  For ten points, name this chain that emphasizes Frozen Custard and its signature Butter Burger.

_Culver's_

19. He has only finished outside the top ten in four of the 2002 season’s forty-four events, namely Duel in the Dakotas at West Fargo, Spring Nationals at Devil’s Bowl, the Eldora Clash and the feature at Sharon Speedway. He put an exclamation point on his return to dominance in August with his 12th feature win at the Knoville Nationals. For ten points, name this current Pennzoil World of Outlaws point standings leader who was voted best driver of all time by the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.

Steve _Kinser_

20. On June 21st, 2002 at the Red River Valley Fair in West Fargo, North Dakota, this band began a new tour, their first since they toured to support their last studio album, 1993’s Desire Walks On. This band hit its commercial peak in 1985 with a shift in sound captured on their self-titled album that included smash hits "Never," “These Dreams” and "What About Love." For ten points, name this twenty-nine year old band led by Ann and Nancy Wilson.

_Heart_

21. Seamus Fargo in True Confessions. Harry Greener in The Day of the Locust. Mr. Hennessy in Foul Play. Ammon in The Clash of the Titans. Grandpa Gustaffson in Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men. For ten points, the aforementioned roles were all played by what actor whose best known role on the big screen was as gruff trainer Mickey Goldmill in Rocky.

Burgess _Meredith_

FOGHAT 2002: Packet 3

Bonus

1. For ten points, name these films based on a description of the role played by former child star and Fargo, North Dakota native Charlie Korsmo.

a. Korsmo’s debut was in this 1989 family drama starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Joan Cusack.

_Men Don’t Leave_

b. In this film, Korsmo played his last child role before taking several years off to complete his schooling. He played Siggy Marvin, a death-obsessed youngster who learns how to dive and fake Tourette’s syndrome from one of his father’s patients.

_What About Bob?_

c. Charlie returned to the big screen in this 1998 teen comedy as sci-fi geek William who is just one of the many characters at the Huntington Hills High graduation party.

_Can’t Hardly Wait_

2. Answer these questions about songs featured on The Simpsons that were composed in part by Alf Clausen, a graduate of Fargo, North Dakota’s North Dakota State University.

a. This Clausen and Greg Daniels composition was given a rousing performance by Apu, but when Homer later hears Apu cry and answer the title phrase with “I do,” Homer realizes that Apu has lied to the family through song.

_Who Needs the Kwik-E Mart?_

b. Clausen and Steve Tompkins wrote this love ballad that was performed by Kirk Van Houten at Marge and Homer’s remarriage reception.

_Can I Borrow a Feeling?_

c. Clausen along with Al Jean and Mike Reiss composed “Cut Every Corner” and “A Boozehound Named Barney,” two ditties sung by what magical nanny hired to help lower Marge’s stress level.

_Sharry Bobbins_

3. Answer these questions about the aftermath of the 1959 airplane crash that became known as the Day the Music Died for ten points each.

a. The three singers killed in the accident were Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and what “Chantilly Lace” singer?

_Big Bopper_ or Jiles P. _Richardson_

b. Promoters forged ahead with the Fargo-Moorehead area stop on the Winter Dance Party concert tour despite the tragedy. Since local talent was needed to fill the bill, this Fargo native got a big break and launched a career that would go on to include hits like “Rubber Ball.”

Bobby _Vee_

c. This bassist for Buddy Holly’s touring band gave up his seat on the plane to the Big Bopper and thus survived to become a star in his own right and to make the definitive country music recording of the 20th Century, the theme song for The Dukes of Hazard.

Waylon _Jennings_

4. Inside Newman Outdoor Stadium, home of the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, you can find the Maury Wills Museum.  No, we don't know why, and no, we didn't visit it, but it's there.  For ten points each, answer these questions about stuff that could be there.

a.  You might find the last base that he stole in 1962, setting a (modern) record for stolen bases in a season.  How many was that?

_104_

b.  You could see the uniform he wore managing in 1980 & 81, for what team?

_Seattle_ and/or _Mariners_

c.  We didn't see either of his gold gloves, but maybe they weren't on display on the website's pictures.  Name either year he won the gold glove.

_1961_ or _1962_

5. For 10 points each, name these games from their reviews by GameSpy's Dave "Fargo" Kosak.

a.  "Mario 64 was groundbreaking.  A genuine 3D world that you could explore.  When you went to a new area you had the freedom to roam and experiment and try to get all kinds of stars.  But in , every area is broken into episodes, and you pretty much have to play through them linearly.  It's almost a step backwards."

_Mario Sunshine_

b. It's "the new bestiality game for the GameCube. In it, you play a big- headed human living in a town full of big-headed animals, sorta like living in the Furby aisle of a toy store."

_Animal Crossing_

c. "When I read GameSpy's preview of the upcoming James Bond game: , I gotta admit I was stoked. Aside from being developed by Gearbox -- who always put together solid shooters -- the game is going to have its own unique storyline."

NightFire

6. Name the actress on a 30-20-10-1 basis.

30. She ran an IBM check-sorting machine on the night shift for the Wells Fargo bank in Los Angeles while establishing her acting career, a process that culminated in her landing the leading lady role in the television comedy How to Marry a Millionaire.

20. She played sassy widowed single mom Stella Johnson in both the TV movie and series Harper Valley PTA.

10. Her most famous role is that of the 2,000 year old being who became devoted to astronaut Tony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie.

1. She authored an autobiography entitled Barbara Eden: My Story.

Barbara _Eden_

7. For ten points, answer these questions about the career of visual effects wizard and Fargo native Richard Edlund.

a. Edlund won three Oscars for this film, one Special Achievement Oscar in March, 1981 with the ILM visual effects team and the next year he won two science and engineering plaques for his inventions of the composite optical printing and stop motion photography needed to animate taun tauns.

Star Wars Episode V: The _Empire Strikes Back_

b. In 1983, Edlund formed what effects house that closed its doors in 1997 after having done the visual effects for films like Die Hard and Ghostbusters.

_Boss_ Films Studios

c. Edlund did not win any Oscars or even a Razzie for his special effects work in this 1987 Razzie Worst Picture winner about an ex-CIA agent trying to foil an evil plot to train small animals as assassins.

_Leonard Part 6_

8. For ten points each, from a description, name these movie related Bob Dylan compositions that Bob Dylan did not play in concert when Jeremy saw him in Fargo, North Dakota on August 23, 2002.

a. Jeremy was surprised that Bob did not play this song from the film Wonder Boys for which he won a Best Song Oscar.

_Things Have Changed_

b. Jeremy was somewhat disappointed Bob did not lay down this epic based-on-a-true story song from his 1975 album Desire that more than two decades later became the theme song for a biopic starring Denzel Washington.

_Hurricane_

c. Jeremy was most disappointed that Bob did not sing…er, perform…this track from Highway 61 Revisited that is most associated with the proto-music video from D.A. Pennebaker’s documentary Don’t Look Back during which Bob flips through cue cards with approximations of the song’s lyrics.

_Subterranean Homesick Blues_

9. Given a description of a commercial for a car model that involves an office mix-up, name the car maker for five points (Ford, Chevy, etc) and model for ten points.

a. An office worker hears Sean Mercer has a fast car and asks to borrow it, but when he gets to the parking lot he cannot find the car because he is unaware of the Turbo S package.

5 pts for _Volkswagen_ plus 10 pts for _Beetle_

b. An office worker misreads an interoffice and heads to Fargo then Las Vegas.

5 pts for _Ford_ plus 10 pts for _Focus_

10. The St. Louis Rams selected Lamar Gordon out of Fargo's North Dakota State University in last year's draft.  For ten points each, name these other North Central Conference players in the NFL.

a. Undrafted out of the University of South Dakota, he's currently starting at running back (and thereby keeping 1st round pick William Green on the bench) for the Cleveland Browns.

Jamel _White_

b. Out of U. North Dakota, he's in the lineup a lot for the Vikings this year, whether at tight end, fullback, or H-back.

Jim _Kleinsasser_

c.  And, when Daunte Culpepper's hurt, this St. Cloud State graduate steps in as his back-up, throwing passes to Jim Kleinsasser.

Todd _Bouman_

11. Identify these brand names of bread from a description for ten points each.

a. A Fargo, North Dakota milling company and a Tacoma, Washington food marketing company both sell grain products with this two-word name derived from a product created by Dr. Robert Jackson in order to emulate the supposedly more healthful diet of antiquity.

_Roman Meal_

b. The various product information on this brand’s website is organized under titles like “Leaning Tower”, “Taj Mahal” and “Stonehenge.”

_Wonder_

c. Sara Lee completed an acquisition of this #2 US fresh bread company in August of 2001.

_Earth Grains_

12. "To celebrate, I put on a video cassette of the Super Bowl game of 1995 and spent half the night watching the Chattanooga Data trounce the Fargo Inputs by a score of 35 to 3."   - Russell Baker, Marriage a la Mode, NY Times, Jan 14, 1981.  Based on that all-too-ridiculous scenario, for the stated number of points, answer these questions about sports gambling...

a. For 10 points, all or nothing, what two bets could you have placed on the final score that would have resulted in a push?

_Fargo plus 32_ and _Chattanooga minus 32_ or _Chattanooga laying 32_

b. For 5 points, what over/under would you have had to bet for a push?

_38_ points

c. Of course, even if you had gotten a push, you still would have lost money, since the house keeps a percentage of the bet just for assuming the risk of taking the bet in the first place.  For 15 points, what 8-letter word (or 3-letter shortening of it) is given to this house percentage, usually 11 to make 10?

_vigorish_ or _vig_

13. Name these Def Lepard albums from a description for ten points each.

a. Def Lepard’s breakthrough video on MTV was for “Bringing on the Heartache,” a cut from what album, their second overall and first with longtime producer Jeff “Mutt” Lange at the controls?

_High ‘n’ Dry_

b. In his book Fargo Rock City, music critic Chuck Klosterman describes this mega-smash that included “Foolin’” and “Photograph” as the album for which “Mutt” Lange “…earned the right to fuck Shania Twain.”

_Pyromania_

c. Since Lange was too busy producing and/or fucking Shania Twain in 1996, Def Lepard self-produced this album which marked Rick Allen’s return to playing a fully acoustic drum kit. Tracks include “Truth” and “All I Want is Everything.”

_Slang_

14. Name these otherwise well-meaning people who had a hand in the Osmond family’s evil grip on television in the late 1970s.

a. These two Saturday morning legends were the initial producers of the prime-time variety show, Donny and Marie.

_Sid and Marty Krofft_ or equivalent rearrangements of these names, prompt on Krofft

b. In 1978 and 79, the Osmond family produced a syndicated variety show hosted and named for what country singer who had a crossover pop hit with “The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.”

Donna _Fargo_

c. Donny and Marie was created at the idea of what ABC executive called “the man with the golden gut” by Time Magazine who was widely credited for shepherding the golden age of the miniseries and for inventing “jiggle TV.”

Fred _Silverman_

15. Answer these questions about celebrities buying insurance policies for their body parts for ten points each.

a. As a publicity stunt, during the filming of Rio Bravo Warner Brothers insured the lovely legs of this native of Kulm, North Dakota (just 150 miles from Fargo in case you were wondering) with Lloyds of London for one million dollars.

Angie _Dickinson_

b. This 40-year-old Michigan State educated red-haired porn star whose given name was Lauren Pokorny has insured her legs for one million dollars.

Porsche _Lynn_

c. Experts on such things trace back the tradition of celebrities insuring body parts to silent film star Ben Turpin who took out a 20 thousand dollar policy against what trademark physical abnormality being corrected?

_crossed eyes_ or equivelents

16. For ten points each, answer these questions about folks known for making wacky classical music.

a. Although any form of music could find itself in his sights, this man along with his band the City Slickers were famed for bizarre deconstructions of classical music like re-imagining “Dance of the Hours” as the soundtrack for Doodles Weaver calling the Indianapolis 500 as won by a horse.

Spike _Jones_

b. He began his career as the only professional bassoonist in Fargo, North Dakota and is now best known for composing the “newly discovered” lost works of fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach.

Peter _Schikele_

c. This intentionally awful symphony orchestra formed in the 70s and achieved critical acclaim for their butchering of classical selections on their 1974 album “Plays the Popular Classics.”

_Portsmouth Sinfonia_

17. Answer these questions relating to the Bill Murray – Jann Wenner feud.

a. Wenner is the editor and publisher of what magazine?

_Rolling Stone_

b. In "Slouching Towards Fargo", Neal Karlen tells us that part of the onset of the Bill Murray-Jann Wenner feud stems from Murray's role in creating what Hunter S. Thompson biopic that Wenner thought featured Bruno Kirby giving an unsympathetic portrayal of himself.?

_Where the Buffalo Roam_

c. Karlen, a former Rolling Stone contributing editor, became a pawn in the Murray – Wenner feud when he proposed to write about what Northern League baseball team co-owned by Murray?

_St. Paul_ and/or _Saints

18. When they play, the Fargo-Moorhead Beez compete against 7 other teams in the Continental Basketball Association.  You'll earn 10 points each for any three other CBA teams you can name, but you must name the location & the mascot for credit. 

_Dakota Wizards_, _Flint Fuze_, _Gary Steelheads_, _Grand Rapids Hoops_, _Rockford Lightning_, _Saskatchewan Hawks_, _Sioux Falls Sky Force_

19. Name the celebrity given a description of their performance on the Five Questions on the Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn.

a. This all-time 5 Questions champ from Kilborn’s days on The Daily Show went five for five on Cregger’s second episode of the Late Late Show. On the way to his perfect score, he correctly answered a question about Mount Rushmore and successfully made a Rob Roy at the Late Late Show bar.

Bill _Murray_

b. This actor went 2 for 5 on February 21, 2001. He started strong by successfully stating Fargo was not a state capital, but collapsed after Craig “proved he was a woman” because he could not name two current L.A. Lakers.

Andy _Dick_

c. On July 26th, 2002, she went 2 for 5. Highlights included her correct answer that she was not mad that Craig had mentioned “Howard the Duck” and her inability to name the number of times Lifetime shows Golden Girls per day…specifically six.

Lea _Thompson_

20. For five points each and five bonus for all correct, given a season and the initial Monday night prime time lineup for that season, name the network that featured that lineup.

a. 1957-58, Restless Gun, Tales of Wells Fargo, Twenty-One, Turn of Fate, Suspicion

_NBC_

b. 1967-68, Gunsmoke, Lucy Show, Andy Griffith Show, Family Affair, Carol Burnett Show

_CBS_

c. 1977-78, San Pedro Beach Bums, Monday Night Football

_ABC_

d. 1987-88, Frank’s Place, Kate and Allie, Newhart, Designing Women, Cagney and Lacey

_CBS_

e. 1997-98, In the House, Malcolm and Eddie, Good News, Sparks

_UPN_

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