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TOSSUPS – team name here (Pseudo-Vandy) MUCK MASTERS 2004 – UT-CHATTANOOGA

Questions by Michael Kearney & Megan Clancy

1. A band by this name formed in 1969, recorded one album intended as a satire, Jukin’, and then broke up. Three years later one survivor, Tim Hauser, assembled a more serious group with the same name. In 1975 they released a self-titled album, and met with European success with covers of old standbys like “Java Jive” and “Tuzedo Junction.” Taking their name from a book by John Dos Passos, they were the first group to win both pop and jazz Grammies in the same year in 1981 with the song “Boy from New York City.” FTP name this vocal group who scored huge hits with “Birdland” and their rendition of “Route 66.”

Answer: The Manhattan Transfer

2. Born in Chicago, this actor started his career when he was still in elementary school, joining the Piven Theatre Workshop with his brother and sisters. He made his film debut at 17 in the Andrew McCarthy-Rob Lowe comedy Class. He founded a Chicago-based theatre group called the New Criminals in 1988, and a film company called “New Crime Productions” in ’92. He’s appeared with Jeremy Piven in 10 movies, and his sister in 8 movies. FTP, name this star of The Grifters and Say Anything.

Answer: John Cusack

3. This 27 year old hasn’t played football in about 10 years, and in April he sustained a pulled groin, bruised pelvis, broken jaw and broken left hand in a motorcycle accident. However, signing him is definitely NOT a publicity stunt, despite the fact that he comes along with a legion of fans and his own catch phrases. FTP, name this “Next Big Thing” for the Vikings, and former WWE wrestler

Answer: Brock Lesnar

4. A frying pan, a swimming pool, a football practice, and a bathtub that a cat knocked a curling iron int. Dough mixers, TV dinners, flying golf balls, a cherry picker…. All these have led people to show up at the home of the Fishers, in the opening of, FTP, this HBO series whose stars include Frances Conroy and Peter Krause.

Answer: Six Feet Under

5. Dozens of students who took over buildings at Peru's National Engineering University on July 20th. Ellen DeGeneres at the MTV movie awards. French Climber Alain Robert while climbing a 32 story skyscraper in Paris. Actor Nicholas Hammond in the 1970’s. FTP, all of these people have at one time shared this distinction with Tobey Maguire.

Answer: They’ve all worn Spider-Man costumes (accept equivalents; prompt on Spider-Man)

6. During his teens, he performed breakdancing in an instructional video on the subject. He’s been playing Dungeons and Dragons for the past 24 years, occasionally using a character named “Melkor”. He made his first splash on the screen with his own independently produced short film, “Multi-Facial”. He recently started a video game company called Tigon Studios in 2002, and was the voice of the Iron Giant. FTP name this star of The Fast and the Furious and Pitch Black.

Answer: Vin Diesel (also accept Mark Vincent)

7. In the post-Civil War era, this city became known as a center of undergraduate education for freed slaves. You probably know it as one of the hottest music scenes in the nation, with influential clubs like the 40-watt, and some of the most innovative alternative bands such as Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, and Widespread Panic. FTP, name this city which arguably created alternative music by giving birth to R.E.M.

Answer: Athens, Ga

8. He begins the story as a shaggy-haired recluse who has retired from writing. He’s brought back from his exile by a contract requiring him to write two more books. He gets hired by his old partner, Mitchell Royce as a columnist for the City’s largest newspaper, The Word. His column, “I Hate it Here”, has profiled Air Jesus shoes, nanite-based people called “foglets”, and an ongoing presidential contest between candidates known as the Smiler and the Beast. FTP, name this bald and tattooed hero of the people chronicled in the Vertigo title, Transmetropolitan.

Answer: Spider Jeruselam

9. This record label began as a fanzine started by Bruce Pavitt in 1980, and became an actual label in 1986 with artists like Soundgarden, Nirvana and Mudhoney, and some of their eclectic slate of artists include David Cross, the Postal Service, the Shins, and Saint Etienne. FTP, named this Seattle-based record label.

Answer: Sub Pop Records

10. In this book, our young hero finds himself lost at sea and almost certainly doomed. Is he alone? Well, sort of. This smash hit novel involves a young boy adrift in a life boat with only a ferocious Bengal tiger to keep him company—or maybe eat him. FTP name this novel, written by Yann Martel.

Answer: Life of Pi

11. This actor and brother of Albert Brooks started his career as a magician and comedy writer, and later won an Emmy for his work as a writer on Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. He’s had 22 guest appearances on Johnny Carson’s Tonight show, 80 more with David Letterman and Jay Leno, and got his own series in 1986. He even had his own Saturday morning cartoon on Fox, and a national ad campaign for Nike. Pretty good for a guy who never actually succeeded in any of his myriad stunt attempts. FTP, name the greatest daredevil superstar entertainer in the world today.

Answer: Super Dave and/or Osborne (Also accept Bob Einstein)

12. She began diving at the age of 4 in her family’s pool. Since that inauspicious beginning, she's won 10 U.S. National Diving Championships, and she became a two-time NCAA champion for the University of Texas. In 1998 she became the first American woman to win a diving gold in the Goodwill Games. FTP, name this woman best remembered for her come from nowhere victory to win Gold in platform diving at the 2000 Olympics.

Answer: Laura Wilkinson

13. He designs everything from clocks to blenders, and once designed MTV’s “Choose or Lose” bus. He also created a version of Barbie, and he’s designed a hotel in Miami South Beach. FTP name this designer, who’s probably better known for the lamps and towels that are in Target stores across the nation.

Answer: Todd Oldham

14. This 30 year old was the Raptors 1st round draft pick in 1995, and now is ranked 12th for assists per game, 10th in free throw percentage, and had 13 points per game last season. FTP, name this player who’s now embroiled in a marijuana possession trial which might affect his current position as a Trail Blazers Point Guard.

Answer: Damon Stoudamire

15. Another recent British import is this man, whose show is more variety show than talk show. He has his guests judge impromptu swimsuit competitions (with audience members as the contestants), and keeps a computer next to his chair onstage so that he can show his audience interesting websites. Recently he planted a video camera and cell phone in a men’s room in New York, and called the phone when a man went in to use the restroom. FTP name this host, whose onscreen antics on Comedy Central and the BBC show him to be one of the talk show world’s hottest stars.

Answer: Graham Norton

16. Their world is inhabited by 77 million users. The creators of the site are Adam Powell and Donna Williams, who created the site for bored college students but quickly grew into a children's site, and is currently one of the most popular mainstream sites ever. There are 48 different species currently available, like the Nimmo, Blumaroo, Chia, Lupe and Gelert. FTP, name this cutesy online virtual pet simulation game.

Answer: Neopets

17. He’s hinted that he’s worked as a bounty hunter and CIA operative. He is adept in aikido, kendo, judo, and karate. His bio says that he was a fight coordinator for Toshiro Mifune and Sean Connery, and a bodyguard. He was the first American to open a martial arts school in Japan, he’s got a blues CD that on the top of the charts in France, and he may or may not be a reincarnated monk from the 17th century. FTP, name this greatest of all Buddhist action stars, star of Under Siege and Above the Law.

Answer: Steven Seagal

18. His tribute to sports obsession, Fever Pitch, was wildly successful in his native England but not as accessible to stateside audiences. He raised questions about how a modern person can live morally in the aptly-titled novel How To Be Good. He’s obsessed with music, which can be seen in his most recent work, Songbook, a collection of essays on pop music. FTP, name this novelist, whose obsession with pop music also helped him while writing the novel High Fidelity?

Answer: Nick Hornby

19. This year, Warren Ellis and David Carradine will be there.. Past attendees have included Anne McCaffrey, Piers Anthony, and Linda Blair. Hopefully, this year will have the same mix of has-been actors and weird costumes. FTP, name the largest sci-fi and fantasy convention in the world, held every Labor Day Weekend in Atlanta’s Hyatt Regency Hotel.

Answer: Dragon*Con

20. Admittedly, the BBC has produced some fabulous tv programs. One of this writer’s favorites involves an age-old theme: a man and his dog. No, it’s not Lassie, although in this show the dog is smarter than its owner, too. In one adventure, they voyage to the moon in search of the man’s favorite food, cheese (In this case, Wensleydale cheese). They’ve built all sorts of wacky machines, including a sheep-washing machine, a rocket ship, and a pair of mechanical pants. FTP, name this duo, who outwit Feathers McGraw in the classic claymation adventure, The Wrong Trousers.

Answer: Wallace and Gromit

21. This was rumored to be true about Mozart, Napoleon, Darwin, Poe, and Tolstoy. It is confirmed for Scott Joplin, Franz Schubert, Vincent Van Gogh, Toulouse Lautrec, Mary Todd Lincoln, Vladimir Lenin, Al Capone, King Henry VIII, and Howard Hughes. FTP, what disease did all these famous people share?

Answer: Syphilis [prompt on VD, venereal disease, or the clap; do not accept gonorrhea]

22. He went on the lam one afternoon by scaling a 12-foot fence, and eluded police for a full 24 hours in a thick brush of palmettos. The man who brought him down was a 24-year old officer who fired 5 shots at him. Two of them hit him in the right cheek, after he reportedly leapt at the officer. FTP, name this tiger who escaped from the home of Steve Sipek, an actor who played Tarzan.

Answer: Bobo

23. He’s been part of one of the most influential post-punk era bands ever, while held in high regard in the gay community, as well alternately being hated and loved by both the Irish and the English. We’re not talking about Robert Smith, but that other mopey lead singer who brought us albums such as Strangeways and Meat is Murder. FTP, name this one-named lead singer of the Smiths.

Answer: Morrissey

BONI – team name here (Pseudo-Vandy) MUCK MASTERS 2004 – UT-CHATTANOOGA

Questions by Michael Kearney & Megan Clancy with one or two from Brian Hight

1. Beer Good. Me Like Beer. Me will buy beer that have best slogan. Me tell you slogan, you tell me beer FTPE.

The Champagne of Bottled Beers

Answer: Miller High Life

The one beer to have when you're having more than one

Answer: Schaeffer

The beer that made Milwaukee famous

Answer: Schlitz

2. Name the movie from quotes, 30-20-10-5-1

30- “‘When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.’ The benefits of a classical education.”

20- You want to know the secret to surviving air travel? After you get where you're going, take off your shoes and your socks then walk around on the rug bare foot and make fists with your toes.

10 - Alas, your Mr. Takagi did not see it that way, so he won't be joining us for the rest of his life.

5 - Or should I call you Mr. McClane? Mr. Officer John McClane of the New York Police Department?

1 – Seen onscreen during the opening titles: “Die Hard.”

Answer: Die Hard

3. We’ll give you a music question that’s easy to answer. We’ll give you two songs, AND the name of the artist. The answer is Ben. In fact, all three answers are Ben. FTP, give me the last name of these three Bens.

On My Way, How it Should Be(Sha Sha)

Answer: Ben Kweller

With My Own Two Hands, Diamonds on the Inside

Answer: Ben Harper

Zak and Sara, Cigarette

Answer: Ben Folds

4. Nintendo worked its way into gaming history with great peripherals like the Zapper and the Power Pad. However, all their ideas couldn’t be gems. Name these not-so-useful members of the Nintendo family FTPE.

He was an “interactive game peripheral” that has the amazing ability to pick up blocks and stack them. Woo.

Answer: R.O.B the Robot

You probably saw it in the movie “The Wizard” and immediately wanted one. It’s best known for its ability to create severe wrist cramping.

Answer: Power Glove

This device looked like an Apple Powerbook, and allowed for “hands-free” gaming… by waving your hands around like an idiot.

Answer: U-Force

5. The Daily Show has metamorphosed from a satirical news show to a satirical news show where people actually get their news. Weep for this generation. We’ll give you a list of other work that the Daily Show’s correspondents have done, you name them, FTP each.

He furthers his deadpan image with appearances in commercials for Mr. Goodwrench, and had a recurring role on Strangers with Candy.

Answer: Stephen Colbert [pronounced coal-BEAR but accept phonetic equivalents]

He appears opposite Will Ferrell in the 2004 movie Anchorman and opposite Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty, along with voicing one half of “The Ambiguously Gay Duo” with Stephen Colbert.

Answer: Steve Carell

On the Daily Show, she parodied Barbara Walters’ style of weepy celebrity interviews. After she left the show, you might have caught her on Fox’s new comedy Method and Red, or in her run on ABC’s Spin City.

Answer: Beth Littleford

6. We’re all used to athletes sounding stupid in interviews, but sometimes they step over the line. WAY over the line. We’ll give you a ignorant racist remark. For 5, name the speaker, for another 5, name the person they were talking about.

“Look at that little monkey go” were some of the last words this correspondent would speak on Monday Night Football. Saving grace: years of support for civil rights groups, plus the fact that he was known to call his grandkids little monkeys.

Answer: Howard Cosell, Alvin Garrett

This Miami linebacker said that the only way to stop a certain Chargers’ running back would be “to load him up with fried chicken and watermelon.” Saving grace: the latter had actually served the former just that menu at his home once.

Answer: Junior Seau, LaDanian Tomlinson

46th on the all-time earnings list for golfers, his 1979 Masters win was overshadowed by memorable remarks years later regarding watermelon and collard greens. Saving grace: none whatsoever.

Answer: Forrest “Fuzzy” Zoeller, Eldrick “Tiger” Woods

7. The Sunday comics suck. Between strips that used to be funny 48 years ago like Beetle Bailey, and ones that never were (We’re looking right at you, Ziggy.), there are a few bright spots that stick out. We’ll name two compilation books, you give us the strip F5PE or 30 for all 5:

Return of the Lone Iguana, Bury Me at Fun-Fun Mountain

Answer: Foxtrot

Blueprint for Disaster, Bucky Katt’s Big Book of Fun

Answer: Get Fuzzy

The Chickens are Restless, Wiener Dog Art

Answer: The Far Side

Casual Day Has Gone Too Far, Shave the Whales

Answer: Dilbert

Tales Too Ticklish to Tell, Billy and the Boingers Bootleg

Answer: Bloom County

8. Robots are awesome. Ask anybody. No, seriously. Ask anybody, and if they say no, punch them in the mouth. We’ll give you the stars of a robot movie, you give us the movie for 5, and the robot for an additional 5.

Steve Guttenberg, Ally Sheedy

Answers: Short Circuit, Johnny 5

Sam Neill, Robin Williams

Answers: Bicentennial Man, Andrew

Alan Thicke, Jay Underwood

Answers: Not Quite Human, Chip

9. Swing seems to be out again, but there was that period back in the late ‘90s. Answer these questions about the “swing revival” FTPE.

Answer: Throw back a bottle of beer, but being quizbowlers, consider the sociological ramifications of the title incident mentioned in this 1998 hit.

Answer: Zoot Suit Riot

B: This band trotted out their self-titled debut album in 1998 to along with the swing craze and perhaps to capitalize on their notoriety from the film Swingers.

Answer: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

C: This former Stray Cats member developed his own orchestra while re-making classics such as Louis Prima’s “Jump, Jive, and Wail” on 1998’s The Dirty Boogie

Answer: Brian Setzer

10. Hitting for the cycle is not as cool as breaking a home run record, but it’s still a short list to be on. We’ll give you the year and the team, FTPE you give us the first baseman who rocked the single, double, triple, & homer all in one game.

Houston Astros, 2001

Answer: Jeff Bagwell

Colorado Rockies, 1999

Answer: Todd Helton

N.Y. Mets, 1985

Answer: Keith Hernandez

11. It’s gotta suck to be “That guy” in a popular band. You’re not Justin Timberlake, or even J.C. Chasez, you’re just one step away from being a backup dancer with poor choice in facial hair. Name the band from two of the lesser-known members for 10, and for 5 if you need a “Stah”!

10 - Adrian Young, Tony Kanal

5 - Gwen Stefani

Answer: No Doubt

10 - John Frusciante, Chad Smith.

5 - Anthony Kiedis

Answer: Red Hot Chili Peppers

10 - Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen

5 - The Edge

Answer: U2

12. For every Superman and Captain America, there are tons of completely ridiculous characters like Bloodwynd, or the Elongated Man. We’ll scrape the bottom of the barrel, you name the character FTPE

Back in the 80’s, Marvel created cute animal versions of most of their characters, all starting from this pun-filled loser who isn’t even kosher.

Answer: Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham [accept either of the phrases in bold]

He’s an Extra-dimensional elf-thing with teleportation powers whose sole reason for being was to tag along with Batman and piss him off. Euuhhhh.

Answer: Bat-Mite

Upon first reading this bonus, your genial quizmaster literally flinched at the mention of this title, DC’s attempt to disprove the existence of any sort of higher power by creating a team made up of Alleycat-Abra, Fastback, Pig Iron, Rubber Duck, Yankee Poodle and the titular character.

Answer: Captain Carrot and the Amazing Zoo Crew

13. Reality shows create a lot of flash in the pan stars, none of whom are ever the hosts themselves. So, to test this, we’ll give you the host, you give us the show FFPE with 5 for all five.

Julie Chen

Answer: Big Brother

Jay Mohr (More)

Answer: Last Comic Standing

Joe Rogan

Answer: Fear Factor

Anderson Cooper

Answer: The Mole

Phil Keoghan

Answer: The Amazing Race

14. It’s an unspoken rule that every time a dorky character heads up a teen movie, he or she has to be “defrumped” before they can become popular, win the girl (or guy), and find fulfillment. How lame. No doubt you’ve noticed this, and so you can tell us the movie based on what the character gives up in order to become cool (FTPE).

Laney Boggs sheds her paint-smeared smock and glasses for a strappy little red dress in what movie?

Answer: She’s All That

Paul Tannek ditches his big plaid hat (with earflaps!) and bad haircut and hits it off with Dora Diamond in what teen comedy?

Answer: Loser

Tai gives up her Kool-Aid stained red hair and grungey clothes to fit into the Beverly Hills teen scene in what mid-nineties flick?

Answer: Clueless

15. Doesn’t it suck when you lose the one crucial part of your favorite board game, and there’s no way to replace it without buying a new game? We’ll give you a particularly odd bit of equipment from a popular board game, you give us the game FTSNOP:

(10) A 26-sided die

Answer: Scattergories

(10) A container of purple clay

Answer: Cranium

(10) The Pop-O-Matic Bubble; there are two possible answers.

Answer: Trouble or Sorry!

16. Weeee! Before and after, or name game, or conjoined bonus by any name these questions are fun, so why not a triple before and after FTPE? For instance, if I said “Jim Carrey fights his alternate personality that takes the form of an 80’s songstress who has cuddly marketable bears living inside her,“ the answer would be “Me, Myself & Irene Cara Lot.”

This women’s fashion magnet wrote a book about an orphaned lioness named Elsa who gets into a racing car wreck, and is then ripped into the future by Mick Jagger to be a host body for an old rich man.

Answer: Liz ClaiborneFreejack (Liz Claiborne, Born Free, Freejack)

Roy Batty from Blade Runner becomes the Master of Quack-Fu and gets named president of Freedonia

Answer: Rutger Hauerd the Duck Soup (Rutger Hauer, Howard the Duck, Duck Soup)

The host of Comedy Central’s Insomniac puts on red horns and a tail and takes on Rasputin and the Nazis while singing “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?”

Answer: Dave Attell-Boy George (Dave Attell, Hellboy, Boy George)

17. We’ll give you a Weird Al song, FTPE give us the original song that was parodied

Taco Grande

Answer: Rico Suave

Ode to a Superhero

Answer: Piano Man

This Song’s just six words long

Answer: (Got my mind) set on you

18. Computer games give rise to sequels, and since the designers have wasted all their creativity on yet another sure-fire moneymaker, they just whack a number on the end of the original title, and throw in a nonsensical subtitle. We’ll give you the subtitles, you give us the series FFPE, with a bonus 5 for all.

Heart of the Tiger, The Price of Freedom

Answer: Wing Commander

Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places, Shape up or Slip Out

Answer: Leisure Suit Larry

The Pirates of Pestulon, Vohaul’s Revenge

Answer: Space Quest

The Black Gate, Quest of the Avatar

Answer: Ultima

The Metal Age, Deadly Shadows

Answer: Thief

19. Some of the best children’s TV programs came on in the mid-80’s. See if you can recognize the show based on a line from its theme song, FTPE.

Take a look, it’s in a book

Answer: Reading Rainbow

In every wish and dream and happy home, you will find the kingdom of the gnomes

Answer: David the Gnome

Skinnamarinka-dinky-dink, Skinnamarinky-doo

Answer: Sharon, Lois, and Bram’s Elephant Show

20. Sure, you could get a question about Freddy Adu, but what about the other MLS standouts who were on the roster for last week’s All-Star game. Identify some of these individuals FTPE.

Answer: This Dallas Burn regular was a Commissioner’s Pick for the Western Conference, perhaps due in part to breaking the MLS record for career goals scored on June 26, 2004.

Answer: Jason Kreis

B: This defender made his 8th All-Star team and is now in his second year as captain of the Metrostars after starting his MLS career with D.C. United.

Answer: Eddie Pope

C: This former Polish star and current DC United coach had a dual role, playing on an international team that played veterans of team USA’s 1994 World Cup squad, and coaching the Eastern all-stars.

Answer: Peter Nowak

21. Things work differently on the Web than they do in real life. Certain people become extremely popular without actually having any talent, a single stupid image can take on a life of its own as it is repetitively thrown at you, and… there’s really no difference, is there? Then you should have no trouble identifying these “Internet Phenoms” FTP each.

It’s one of the most widely known Internet Shock Sites, and you’ve probably been sent to it unintentionally, by clicking on something unrelated. It’s a picture of a guy manually stretching his rectum to a ridiculous size.

Answer: Goatse.cx (Goat-Sex)

The 'investors' are contacted, typically with an offer from a rich person who urgently needs your account to discreetly move money abroad.

Answer: The Nigerian Scam(also accept 419 scam)

A Canadian Teenager named Ghyslain Raza swings a golf ball retriever around in circles in this video that’s been edited numerous times by people all over the web.

Answer: Star Wars Kid

22. Hollywood Breakups are so sad….oh, who are we kidding? Hot ladies are again single! We’ll give you the heartbroken guy, you give us the newly single lady FTPE

Jake Gyllenhaal

Answer: Kirsten Dunst

Nick Carter

Answer: Paris Hilton

John Stamos

Answer: Rebecca Romijn

23. Everyone loves Adult Swim, right? Name these shows that debuted on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, FTPE.

John Kricfalusi, creator of Ren and Stimpy, also worked on this animated series. The show focused on four overmuscled brothers, Crag, Rip, Chunk, Slag who fought evil in their town.

Answer: The Ripping Friends

To the great dismay of its fans, only one episode of this show made it to air. The episode focused on a group of D&D players who make a trip to the local comic book store and then try to purchase a Boba Fett action figure. FTP name this show, in which Bill Dickey goes up against another shopper in the great Trivia-Off.

Answer: Eltingville Club

A brilliant doctor, a horny engineer, an insane captain, and a boy who speaks like a dolphin can all be found on this show. FTP, name the series, which focuses on the misadventures of a research submarine’s crew.

Answer: Sealab 2021

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