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F.O.G.H.A.T. 2006: Rock and/or Roll

Packet #1

▪ Based on a theme by Jeremy White

▪ Toss-ups by Jeremy White and Alexis Mansfield (#18)

▪ Bonus by Jeremy White

Toss-ups

1. In their last home game before moving to Emirates Stadium, a squirrel ran onto the Highbury pitch interrupting their 2006 UEFA Champions League semi-final against Villarreal. Although they lost the Champions league final to Barcelona, they did manage to re-sign their all-time leading scorer, Thierry Henry. For ten points, only Man U has won more FA Cups than what north London soccer club sometimes called “The Gunners?”

Answer: Arsenal F.C.

2. In a PSP commercial, two squirrels speculate this character might have a sister and chant “I’d hit that.” He does have a girlfriend named Tess and he became an exterminator during the two years his best friend spent in a Haven City prison. He transformed into his current orange furry form after falling into a pit of Dark Eco in The Precursor Legacy. For ten points, name this “ottsel” whose eponymous game recounts his rescue of Jak.

Answer: Daxter

3. This 2005 documentary film features interviews revealing the titular subject had a childhood pet squirrel named Willie and finished second to Woody Harrelson in auditions for Cheers. It is mostly composed of the titular subject’s Alaskan video footage, but does not play the audio recording of the incident that killed Amie Huegenard and the titular subject. For ten points, name this Werner Herzog film about the life and death of bear enthusiast Tim Treadwell.

Answer: Grizzly Man

4. Florin, aka Player 4, was eliminated in its fifth episode, but had memorized “Four out of five dentists recommend brushing with squirrels,” “2 plus 2 equals 5” and eighteen other incorrect facts in the fourth episode to win its brainwashing immunity challenge. The challenges were administered to the contestants in their octagonal pods by the computerized voice of Val. For ten points, name this Fox Reality Channel series in which contestants are confined alone.

Answer: Solitary

5. In this musical’s song “Snuff The Girl,” a group of rebels say Hope Cladwell is a nut and they are the squirrel. Officer Lockstock narrates it, often explaining its action to an urchin named Little Sally. The main conflict ignites when Bobby Strong’s father is taken away to the titular location for doing his business outside of Public Amenity Number 9. For ten points, name this musical in which a water shortage has forced a city to adopt a series of mandatory pay toilets.

Answer: Urinetown

6. The similar sound of the Japanese word for this and the Japanese words for “chestnut and squirrel” were once used as a pun in the anime Oruchuban Ebichu. The size of Joanie Laurer’s frightened viewers of One Night in Chyna. Its unusual location on Linda led to the titular technique of Deep Throat. For ten points, Herman Mankiewicz is said to have named film’s most famous sled after William Randolph Hearst’s nickname for what female erectile organ?

Answer: Clitoris

7. She proclaimed that she looked like a lesbian squirrel during a Late Night with Conan O’Brien appearance in the summer of 2006. Her early film roles were in art house fare like Flora in Cold Comfort Farm and Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, but she met her current husband, director Len Wiseman, while filming the decidedly non-art-house Underworld. For ten points, name this British actress seen in Van Helsing, Pearl Harbor and Click.

Answer: Kate Beckinsale

8. WARNING: Two answers required. The younger one, called “Shrub” by competitors, received a ticket near Richmond in April for “chirping” tires six months after the older one was ticketed near Phoenix for reckless driving. In March, one finished 3rd in a car featuring the prehistoric squirrel Scrat while the other finished 16th in his Penske #2 on their hometown track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway. For ten points, name this brother pair, one of whom was the 2004 Nextel Cup Champion and the other was the 2005 Nextel Cup Rookie of the Year.

Answer: Kurt and Kyle Busch

9. He is the alter ego of Mark Jonathan Davis, whose early music career included creating “Squirrels” and “Star Wars Cantina”, songs that were heavily requested on the Dr. Demento Show. On albums like I’d Live a Virgin and Tuxicity, he and his band, featuring members like Gordon Brie, cover “Rape Me” and “Down with the Sickness” in a style more associated with Las Vegas clubs. For ten points, name this singer and leader of Lounge Against the Machine.

Answer: Richard Cheese

10. He has been the CEO of and wrote Space: The Next Business Frontier. On the Colbert Report, he sent a dead squirrel to Stephen’s namesake baby eagle. His statement that he resents St. Patrick’s Day and his program’s Exporting America and Broken Borders segments have prompted critics to call him xenophobic. For ten points, name this news anchor, who opposes outsourcing and guest worker programs on his eponymous CNN show.

Answer: Lou Dobbs

11. One of this company’s recent commercials features a man claiming to have been jumped by a gang of squirrels. In 2006, its parent company, First Data, announced plans to spin it off and in January they stopped offering their original service. The latter event inspired many headlines with the word “stop” in all capital letters. For ten points, name this company now emphasizing financial services after its early glory days as the largest telegram provider.

Answer: Western Union

12. Crum Petree the maniacal mailman, the “lamb fry” contest at Ivy’s and a sheriff without a driver’s license are among the oddities in Red Bud, the setting for this final film directed by George Roy Hill. Such distractions and wife Elizabeth’s success with a children’s book about Andy the Squirrel make it difficult for Andy Farmer to complete a novel. For ten points, name this film starring Chevy Chase as part of a city family that moves to an eccentric small town.

Answer: Funny Farm

13. Her song “South Dakota” contains the enigmatic lyric “Masons and lumberchucks says God as my squirrel” and appears on her Juvenilia EP, which contains her single “Jealousy” and six tracks from her Girlysound demo tapes. Somebody’s Miracle and her eponymous album have a pop sound that alienated her early fans. For ten points, name this singer who was briefly a critical darling for the album Exile on Guyville and who hit the pop charts with “Why Can’t I?”

Answer: Liz Phair

14. This character's sixth sense is knowing when squirrels are scared, which is useful since he is an avid squirrel hunter who assembled a squirrel army through taxidermy.  He invented "jiggly ball", pretended to be his own twin brother, enjoys lying and is rumored to have appeared in the film, The Fugitive. Mainly, he spends days at Sacred Heart looking for new ways to torture J.D. For ten points, identify this nameless Scrubs character portrayed by Neill Flynn.

Answer: The Janitor (also accept yan-ee-tore)

15. In both of its first two editions, Stephon Marbury finished last among four competitors. In the 2005 one, the first sponsored by Playstation, Steve Nash beat Earl “the Squirrel” Boykins in the finals. Dwyane Wade won in 2006 with a flawless finals run that defeated LeBron James, who needed four attempts to complete the chest pass station. For ten points, name this NBA All-Star Weekend event in which players dribble, pass and shoot through an 11-station course.

Answer: Skills Challenge

16. Richlands High School’s football team retired the number 82 in honor of this alum who stayed in-state for college where he broke Tyler Lawrence's school sack record. John McCargo and Manny Lawson, who once expressed willingness to kill squirrels on the ACC website, were his fellow defensive linemen and joined him as first round picks. For ten points, name this former NC State defensive end who the Houston Texans made the #1 pick in the 2006 NFL Draft.

Answer: Mario Williams

17. Squirrel guns are used to give this song’s antagonists hell and an alligator is reported to have been driven insane after being used to replace a piece of artillery. The narrator is so impressed with the military commander at the title event, he will not rest till Old Hickory is the people’s president. For ten points, the British ran down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico in what Johnny Horton country hit set in the War of 1812?

Answer: The Battle of New Orleans

18. His poor table waiting once caused “Fat Blue” to leave Charlie’s Restaurant and attend a concert by Squirrel Nut Zippers. He is the title character of the DVD A Celebration of Me and the unwitting title character of The Monster at the End of This Book. He is an occasional doorknob salesman for Acme and often transforms into his “Super” alter ego to help children solve a problem. For ten points, name “your old pal”, a blue monster on Sesame Street.

Answer: Grover

19. Each part of this book begins with a Lycanthropic Transformation Timetable and some pages include “Were You Aware of It” factoids. Its jacket claims the titular entities include Matters Literary, Utopia, Squirrels & Lobsters & Eels, Hobo Matters and Most Other Subjects. For ten points, name this parody of olden almanacs written by humorist John Hodgman.

Answer: The Areas of My Expertise

20. In this film, Howie conquers fear of the sun just long enough to join the titular group. Clark, one of the three original members, starts using tape after killing three squirrels. Richie plays to impress the salad bar girl at Pizza Hut. Gus is the star, but fears that others will learn that he once tormented a small boy. For ten points, name this alleged comedy in which Jon Heder, David Spade and Rob Schneider avenge nerds by beating Little Leaguers at baseball.

Answer: Benchwarmers

21. She played the mother of a Miss Squirrel Hill beauty pageant contestant in the ABC Family movie Beautiful Girl. She had a recurring role as a tough agent on Good Morning Miami. In a new 2005 sitcom, she plays the mother of a med school dropout played by Ben Feldman and the girlfriend of a younger man played by Ryan McPartlin. For ten points, name this actress who has played a character sharing her own first name on The Nanny and Living with Fran.

Answer: Fran Drescher

22. On PBS’ series Nature, the episode “Animals Behaving Worse” featured video of a squirrel stealing these from trees. One is mentioned in the title of the second film in John Wayne’s cavalry trilogy. Its most common symbolism originated among Puritans, but its modern use was re-popularized by a 1973 #1 hit song. For ten points, name this symbol of waiting loved ones that Tony Orlando and Dawn asked someone to tie around the old oak tree.

Answer: Yellow Ribbon

F.O.G.H.A.T. 2006: Packet #1

Bonus

1. The on-line music magazine Stylus once presented a list of the “Top Ten Filler Tracks” of all time. The Beatles’ White Album track “Wild Honey Pie” topped the list. For ten points each, identify these other albums that feature one of the top ten.

(10) Number ten on the list is “You Fucking Die…I Said”, a recording of Frank Black studio chatter on this album that was the Pixies’ debut full-length.

Answer: Surfer Rosa

(10) At number two is “I Think I Smell a Rat” and “Aluminum,” back-to-back tracks on what album that contains The White Stripes’ breakout hit, “Fell in Love with a Girl”?

Answer: White Blood Cells

(10) Stylus claims Stephen Malkmus’ vocals were recorded with the speed set to “squirrel” on the number three filler track, “Brinx Job” from what third Pavement album?

Answer: Wowee Zowee

2. Name these thespians who guest starred on My Name is Earl from a description of their guest spot for fifteen points each or from a regular role on a former series for ten points each.

(15 pts) Earl had to atone for siphoning gas from this actor’s depressive character Philo, who was described as “ready to kill himself if a squirrel looked at him funny.”

(10 pts) Russell Shultz, one of the two leads on the legal comedy Head Cases

Answer: Adam Goldberg

(15 pts) This actress played Earl’s ex-girlfriend who was now a bounty hunter obsessed with capturing Earl’s ex-wife Joy.

(10 pts) Kate Farrell, the teenage stepdaughter of the title character on I Married Dora.

Answer: Juliette Lewis

3. The moderator will hand you three pictures of 1980s baseball cards found on a website called Joe Sports Fan’s Worthless Card Collection. Given the picture and the site’s comment about the player’s appearance, name the player for ten points each.

(10) The site claims this player’s glasses once rendered a batboy legally blind.

Answer: Andre Thornton

(10) This current manager of a Major League franchise is said to have affectionately referred to his mustache as his "squirrel's tail."

Answer: Phil Garner

(10) The site claims this 1982 Cy Young winner once ate a baseball like an apple to intimidate the opposing batter.

Answer: Pete Vukovich

4. Name these film characters who happen to be newspaper editors for ten points each.

(10) Jason Robards played this Washington Post editor in All the President’s Men.

Answer: Ben Bradlee

(10) “Where were you? Photographing squirrels?” is the line this Daily Bugle editor-in-chief uses to fire Peter Parker in Spider Man 2, seconds before re-hiring him to photograph his astronaut son’s engagement party.

Answer: J. Jonah and/or Jameson

(10) In His Girl Friday, Cary Grant plays this fast-talking Chicago editor who schemes to win back both the love and reporting services of Hildy Johnson

Answer: Walter and/or Burns

5. Answer these questions about women who parked themselves in tress in June to protest the closing of a 14-acre urban farm in Los Angeles.

(10)      This 65-year-old folksinger was hoisted into a tree by a sling even though an LA Times columnist noted that during her Woodstock heyday that she “scampered up a tree faster than a squirrel in heat.”

Answer:  Joan Baez

(10) Jon Stewart said warning of a coming attack by giant mutant squirrels was the real purpose of the presence of this Roxanne star whose forced removal from a tree was the protest’s most publicized moment.

Answer:  Daryl Hannah

(10) Laura Dern showed up at the protest with her husband. Dern’s husband is what singer responsible for songs like “Suzie Blue” and “Steal My Kisses”?

Answer:  Ben Harper

6. On a New York Rangers fansite, a daily rant is posted by Hockey Rodent, a columnist pictured as an albino squirrel. Answer these questions about the rants for ten points each.

(10) Hockey Rodent showed Jaromir Jagr scored 21% of the Rangers’ goals in the 2005-2006 season, making them the team third most reliant on a single player. What team was the most reliant on one player with 21.7% of goals scored by Alexander Ovechkin?

Answer: Washington and/or Capitals

(10) In January, Hockey Rodent was concerned the Rangers were not sufficiently protecting this Czech rookie who tallied 30 goals and 47 points in the 2005-2006 regular season.

Answer: Petr Prucha

(10) Hockey Rodent believes the Rangers’ goaltending caused this 2003 Hart Trophy winner to spurn a Rangers contract and go to Philadelphia instead.

Answer: Peter Forsberg

7. For ten points each, name the cartoon character given a crime for which they were tried on Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law.

(10) Flashing others by opening up his trench coat

Answer: Secret Squirrel

(10) Fishing in protected waters using a shotgun while drunk

Answer: Wally Gator

(10) Murdering Blue Falcon’s sidekick Dynomutt.

Answer: Harvey and/or Birdman

8. For ten points each, name these actresses who have encountered Frankie and Johnny on film.

(10) What actress played Frankie opposite Al Pacino’s Johnny in Garry Marshall’s film Frankie and Johnny?

Answer: Michelle Pfeiffer

(10) In the 1966 Elvis flick, Frankie and Johnny, what actress, better known as Elly May Clampett, played Frankie opposite The King?

Answer: Donna Douglas

10) In A Prairie Home Companion, what actress plays Lola Johnson, a teen who ad libs a line about a squirrel into “Frankie and Johnny” while making her radio singing debut?

Answer: Lindsay Lohan

9. Visual Bonus. Name the comic strip given a picture of one of that strip’s daily installments that deals with warrant-less surveillance.

(10) Answer: Rhymes with Orange

(10) Answer: Get Your War On

(10) Answer: Boondocks

10. The work of rock concert poster artist Jay Ryan is collected in a book entitled 100 Posters, 134 Squirrels. Name these bands whose posters can be found in the book for ten points each.

(10) Ryan created a poster used for 2005 shows in England by this band that featured live performances of their 80s hits “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” and “Don’t You Want Me.”

Answer: Human League

(10) Ryan created a poster for a tour promoting the CD Our Endless Numbered Days by this artist, which is not really a group name but the stage name of songwriter Sam Beam.

Answer: Iron & Wine

(10) Ryan created the poster for the final concert by this Robert Pollard led indie band whose albums include Mag Earwig and Under the Bushes, Under the Stars.

Answer: Guided By Voices

11. For ten points each, name these players who took issue with a Terrell Owens TD celebration.

(10) In a 2004 game against Baltimore, Owens irritated this MVP of Super Bowl XXXV by imitating the “Squirrel Dance” he performs when the Ravens’ defense is introduced.

Answer: Ray Lewis

(10) After Owens’ celebrated his 100th touchdown in 2005 by pulling out a towel and presenting the ball to the other team as if he were a waiter, this San Diego Chargers receiver and UNLV alum mocked the ritual following his own TD.

Answer: Keenan McCardell

(10) This safety had fifteen minutes of fame in 2000 after tackling Owens as he attempted a second post-TD run to the star in the center of the Texas Stadium field.

Answer: George Teague

12. For ten points each, answer these questions about television show promos that were pulled due to controversy.

(10) Fox pulled a promo for this office sitcom after a Downs Syndrome advocacy group protested Phillip Baker Hall saying the main character had a “retarded squirrel” look.

Answer: The Loop

(10) ABC pulled early promos for this sci-fi series because shots of a Florida park ranger inspecting hurricane damage were considered too sensitive in the wake of Katrina.

Answer: Invasion

(10) In 2002, CNN bowed to criticism and pulled a promo calling this anchor “a little sexy.”

Answer: Paula Zahn

13. Name these items on the Taco Bell Big Bell Value Meal from a description for ten points each.

(10) This half-pound item is named for its three main ingredients. One commercial for it showed parallels between the eating habits of squirrels and a group of young men.

Answer: Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito

(10) This item has a flour tortilla cemented to a hard taco shell with refried beans.

Answer: Double Decker Taco

(10) This Border analog of the McDonald’s apple pie is the only dessert on the Value Meal.

Answer: Caramel Apple Empanada (prompt on Empanada)

14. Answer these questions relating to a singer’s holiday appearances for ten points each.

(10) What signer annually appears on the The Late Show with David Letterman to sing her 60s hit, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”?

Answer: Darlene Love

(10) Love recorded “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” for the 1963 holiday album called A Christmas Gift for You From… what Wall of Sound producer?

Answer: Phil Spector

(10) Love helped create a new holiday classic on SNL in 2005 when she sang about circumcising squirrels during the title event of what TV Funhouse cartoon?

Answer: Christmastime for the Jews

15. For ten points each, name the 2006 film given three lines of dialogue in one of its trailers.

(10) “Is that a squirrel?” “Something’s wrong with your mom.” “I am a professional motivator.”

Answer: Failure to Launch

(10) “Right now, I wanna see what happens with the duck.” “That’s okay, I’ve taken balls to the face before.” “Oh my god, wrong foot.”

Answer: Scary Movie 4

(10) “Who’s Goodkat?” “Right across the street lives this other crime boss they call The Rabbi.” “I’m a world class assassin; I’m gonna kill somebody.”

Answer: Lucky Number Slevin

16. After Mark Cuban live blogged during Game 1 of the NBA finals, Page 2’s DJ Gallo wrote a fictional live blog for one of the competitors in the last round of golf’s US Open.

(10) Dreaming of swimming naked in chocolate and blaming a bad shot on a squirrel were among the thoughts in the fake blog Page 2 attributed to what 2006 Masters winner?

Answer: Phil Mickelson

(10) Page 2’s fake Mickelson blog states that this eventual winner of the 2006 US Open is probably a choker like his countryman Greg Norman.

Answer: Geoff Oglivy

(10) The fake Mickelson blog mocks Oglivy and Colin Montgomerie, but never mentions this 2003 US Open winner who ended up tied for second with Montgomerie and Mickelson.

Answer: Jim Furyk

17. For ten points each, given a quote, identify in which of the following works you would find it: The Joy of Cooking, The Joy of Sex, The Joy of Yiddish, the Scott Adams book The Joy of Work or an episode of PBS’ The Joy of Painting. [Moderator: Do not read answers until the end of the question.]

(10) “You might have to experiment to find the sounds that are most annoying to your neighbor. It’s worth the effort.”

Answer: The Joy of Work

(10) “We don’t make mistakes; we have happy accidents.”

Answer: The Joy of Painting

(10) “Don gloves to avoid possible tularemia infection.”

Answer: The Joy of Cooking

[Author’s note: The tularemia quote is from the Joy of Cooking page on skinning a squirrel.”]

18. For ten points, name these objects that sent the titular moose and squirrel on quests during episodes of the Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.

(10) An early 36-segment run kicked off when Bullwinkle inherited the world’s largest mine for what anit-gravity metal?

Answer: Upsydaisyum

(10) A six-segment run involved finding Omar Khayyam, the Indian dictator who owned what jewel-encrusted boat?

Answer: The Ruby Yacht

(10) Allen Funt’s early 60s Candid Camera co-host briefly threatened to sue when a series of segments featured this hat that makes its wearer the smartest person in the world?

Answer: Kerward Derby or Kurwood Derby

19. Name these comedy artists who performed bits about nude beaches for ten points each.

(10) This comedian’s latest CD, You Can’t Fix Stupid, features a bit about encountering the so-called “Squirrel Man” on a nude beach.

Answer: Ron White

(10) “I went to a nude beach and they told me it wasn’t polite to point” was a frequently used one-liner by what respect-seeking comedian?

Answer: Rodney Dangerfield

(10) This group’s Ultimate Collection CD features bits like “Sol’s Nude Beach”, “Sol’s Civil War Memorabilia”, “Sol’s Warts” and “Sol’s Phobia.”

Answer: The Jerky Boys

20. Name the film from quotes from its main character on a 30-20-10-5-1 basis.

(30) I don't think anything bad ought to happen to children. I think the bad stuff should be saved up for the people who’s grown up.

(20) It was a lil' ol' baby not no bigger than a squirrel.

(10) I've killed Doyle Hargraves with a lawnmower blade.

(5) I like them French fried potaters.

(1) Some folks call it a sling blade

Answer: Sling Blade

21. Give the name that works as either a first or last name from clues on a 30-20-10-5-1 basis.

(30) In The Onion, this was the name of the seeing-eye dog who acquired a seeing-eye squirrel and it is the last name of a long active group of Irish folk-singing brothers

(20) This is the surname of Jim who spent 1977 through 1988 as a starter for the Toronto Blue Jays and the first name of the Mr. Brown who played Kurgan in Highlander

(10) On The Simpsons, this is the first name of Springfield’s Chief Wiggum.

(5) This is the last name of the author of Red Rabbit and Red Storm Rising.

(1) The aforementioned author licenses his name to series like Tom Clancy’s Op Center.

Answer: Clancy

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