2003 TRASHionals



2003 TRASHionals

Round 03: Like "Santa Claus Versus The Martians," with less Pia Zadora

Tossups

1. (AUDIO) Given a clip of a theme song, identify the 1980s TV show, for ten points. (Track 6)

ANSWER: Night Court

2. The custom of underage patrons' hands being marked before entering a club began at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club after it booked this band without knowing they were teenagers. Breaking up in 1983, this band once stayed with Jello Biafra, who assembled entire rooms of bongs, syringes, and people smoking marijuana to mock frontman Ian MacKaye's "straight edge" creed. With albums like Out of Step, this is, for ten points, what early '80s hardcore band who formed the roots of Fugazi?

ANSWER: Minor Threat

3. In the mid-1950s, an alien named Red Falcon crash-landed on a small South American island. Thirty years ago, that alien was ready to unleash his plot to take over the world. To stop Red Falcon, the government sent special agents Mad Dog and Scorpion to infiltrate the alien's lair. Clearly the right men for the job, the two never got tired, could jump like nobody's business and had weapons that fired in eight directions. This describes, for ten points, what 80's arcade classic from Konami, whose recent sequels are subtitled "Legacy of War," "the Hard Corps" and "Alien War?"

ANSWER: Contra

4. First and last name is the same. One was a cop played by Michael Warren who was paired with Andy Renko on Hill Street Blues. Another is a former University of Miami star who is one of the jewels of the Chicago Cubs system. Yet another is a student at Tom Landry Middle School whose father thinks he isn't right. For ten points, give this shared name now most associated with Hank's son on King of the Hill.

ANSWER: Bobby Hill

5. In 2002, the Rockies beat the White Sox 18 to 10 before a sell-out crowd of almost 9,800, while in football, Fawcett Stadium saw the Giants win 34-17 in the first game in Houston Texans history. In 2003, the Packers will play the Chiefs on August 4, while the Devil Rays and Phillies will hook up at Doubleday Field, although on a different weekend from the induction ceremony. For ten points, give the common name of games played in Canton, Ohio and Cooperstown, New York.

ANSWER: Hall of Fame Game

6. In a small town in Georgia, three friends bury a box, making a pact to open it at midnight of their high school graduation. Following graduation, the three - Lucy, Kit and Mimi - decide to travel to Los Angeles so Lucy can go to a record contract audition. Joining them on the road is a man named Ben - who may or may not be a homicidal maniac. But Lucy falls in love with Ben - whether her dad likes it or not. For ten points, this describes what 2002 film - best known as the feature debut of Britney Spears?

ANSWER: Crossroads

7. 48.3 percent of Americans prefer them to be six inches long, while only four percent like them as long as twelve. 1,996 feet is the length of the longest ever made, in honor of the Atlanta Olympics. While the industry claims the origin of their name is from a cartoon drawn by Tad Dorgan to advertise concessionaire Harry Stevens's sausages in 1906, the term actually arose in the 1890s, as people began to wonder what they were actually made of. For ten points, name these me at snacks associated with Coney Island.

ANSWER: hot dog (prompt on "wiener" and other synonyms.)

8. Its namesake, an Evanston, Illinois, watchmaker, intended it mainly for home leisure, but it won wide acceptance among jazzmen of the '50s and '60s, who usually paired it with guitar and drums. The most commonly-used model among pop musicians was the B3, which included two registers and 32 pedals. For ten points, name this keyboard instrument famously used for the melody line at the beginning of Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale."

ANSWER: Hammond Organ (prompt on partial answer, "electric organ" or equivalents)

9. Warning: two answers required. They first joined forces in 1975, working the Renaissance fair circuit. The winners of the 2001 Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award, they "got killed" in a 1988 movie. The authors of such books as How To Play in Traffic and How To Play With Your Food, their small-screen work include FX's Sin City Spectacular, ABC's Home Invasion and their current Showtime effort Bullshit. For ten points, name these bad boys of magic.

ANSWER: Penn Jillette and Raymond Teller

10. The dwarf Bijaz is one of the tools employed in this novel by a conspiracy whose members include Edric, Scytale, and Gaius Helen Mohiam. Other parts of the conspiracy include the use of an illegal weapon known as a stone burner and the introduction of Hayt, a ghola replica of the swordmaster Duncan Idaho. A blind Paul Atreides chooses to go into the desert alone at the end of, for ten points, what sequel by Frank Herbert?

ANSWER: Dune Messiah

11. After leaving her homeland, she did stints in Paris, Italy, and South Africa before moving to the States. Her first U.S. role was as Satan's daughter in The Devil's Advocate, and she was well-received in last year's One Hour Photo, but her biggest role to date was as Lucilla in Gladiator, for which she won a U.K. Empire Award. For ten points, name this Danish actress, seen most recently in The Hunted and Basic.

ANSWER: Connie Nielsen

12. At Don Lugo High School, she won the 2000 Cheryl Miller Award, presented by the L.A. Times to the Southern California girls' basketball player of the year, as well as the Naismith award for national player of the year. In 2001, she became the first freshman to win Most Outstanding Player of the Big East Tournament. And in 2003, she won another Naismith, this time on the college level. For ten points, name this latest star of the U-Conn Huskies.

ANSWER: Diana Taurasi

13. This group came back in 1989 with Alex Ligertwood on vocals for the album Aftershock. They first broke up in 1982, with drummer Steve Ferrone, who had replaced the late Robbie McIntosh, going on to Duran Duran. They collaborated with Ben E. King on the album Benny and Us, while their hits include the Top Ten song "Cut the Cake" and the Number One instrumental "Pick Up the Pieces." For ten points, name this ironically named Scottish R&B group, for whom Ferrone was the only black member.

ANSWER: Average White Band

14. Number 8 on Bud Greenspan's list of all-time Winter Olympians, he now runs a hockey academy in Chicago. Montreal took him with the 138th pick in the 1983 draft, partly because they remembered his 35-save effort against them on New Year's Eve in 1975. During his career he won 13 league titles, 10 world titles and three Olympic titles although many still wonder why he was pulled during the Miracle on Ice game. For ten points, name this legendary Soviet goalie, the first non-NHL player in the Hall of Fame.

ANSWER: Vladislav Tretiak

15. Published by Out of the Box, this game has four expansions for its core game, as well as editions for ages 7 and up and 9 and up. The Judge flips over a green adjective card. Other players play red noun cards face down, based on what they think is best described by the green card. The Judge determines the best match, the person playing that card wins the round, and the Judge position then rotates. For ten points, name this award-winning party game, named for a fruit.

ANSWER: Apples to Apples

16. In the mid-1990s, this creative writing professor wrote in one sitting the first chapter of what would become her most famous work, but put it aside to start work on a memoir, Lucky, about her rape while in college. Her first published novel told the story of a fourteen-year-old named Susie who, after being raped and murdered, watches her family and friends from heaven. For ten points, name this "overnight" success who penned 2002's best-selling novel, The Lovely Bones.

ANSWER: Alice Sebold

17. Founded in 1984, they were originally known as the FINDIE Awards, and winners received a Plexiglas pyramid with shoestrings embedded in it. They took their current name in 1986. They are given out at a ceremony in Santa Monica, California, in a tent on the beach. John Waters served as master of ceremonies for the third year in a row this year, in a ceremony that included the presentation of the Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve Someone to Watch Award and the Motorola Producers Award. Name, for ten points, this awards program that honors the best in non-studio films.

ANSWER: Independent Spirit Awards

18. He once shot 34 on his hometown golf course, including 5 holes in one. Known for making odd, self-deprecating remarks, he once asked a visiting diplomat "What do you think of my physique? Small as a midget's dropping, am I not?" For ten points, name this wacky dude, a 5-foot-3, bouffant-sporting, platform shoe-wearing bundle of fun and a "dear leader" to millions of North Koreans.

ANSWER: Kim Jong Il (prompt on "Kim")

19. Her early TV career included appearances as a contestant on The Price Is Right, Match Game and Press Your Luck. She toured with both Wayne Newton and Englebert Humperdinck, working for the latter as a comic after winning the grand prize on Star Search in 1986. She launched a successful Girls Night Out comedy show in the late 1980s. That led to her current job, which will come to an end this spring. For ten points, name this daytime talk show host who had to deal with a guest killing another guest.

ANSWER: Jenny Jones

20. He is played by Lester Speight, a former USFL player who once wrestled as Rasta the Voodoo Man on the Northeast independent circuit. Introduced in a digital short at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, his victims include a guy who spent an extra 15 minutes on break, another who made a long distance call on the company phone, and another who forgot the cover sheet to his T-P-S report. For ten points, name this "office linebacker" for Felcher and Sons, the star of a 2003 Reebok commercial.

ANSWER: Terry Tate

21. The name's the same. Released in 1984, it featured such songs as "I Will Dare" and "Androgynous" and was the Replacements' breakthrough album. A similar-titled album from 1970, produced by Phil Spector and originally titled "Get Back," included "Across the Universe" and "The Long and Winding Road." For ten points, name the Beatles' album, whose title track talks about "Mother Mary speaking words of wisdom."

ANSWER: Let It Be

2003 TRASHionals

Round 03: Like "Santa Claus Versus The Martians," with less Pia Zadora

Bonuses

1. Maxis has had huge hits with Sim City and The Sims. But not all the "Sim" games have been quite as successful. For ten points each, given a description, name the game.

1. This 1991 release allowed the player to manage and grow a colony of insects.

ANSWER: SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Simulator

2. A changing weather system and realistic seasons impact this simulator, in which you deal in crops and livestock.

ANSWER: Sim Farm

3. If you thought The Sims was micromanagement, you obviously never played this 1994 game, in which you build a single structure.

ANSWER: Sim Tower: The Vertical Empire

2. Movies with malls in them, which you may have seen at a mall. Oooh, meta. Ten points each.

1. In this, one of the first films shot at the Mall of America, Howard Langston attempts to buy his kid's affection by getting him a TurboMan action figure for Christmas.

ANSWER: Jingle All the Way

2. Four people have a swell time living in an abandoned mall. That is, until a biker gang breaks in, letting in a bunch of zombies in the process.

ANSWER: Dawn of the Dead

3. In a climactic scene at the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, California, the titular heroine and Max Cherry attempt to double-cross Ordell Robie under the nose of DEA agent Ray Nicolet.

ANSWER: Jackie Brown

3. If you love one-hit wonder bonuses, then screw you. For ten points each, name these one-slam wonders of the tennis world.

1. The term "clay court specialist" was epitomized by this Austrian who rode his affinity for the dirt all the way to a number one ranking and the French Open title in 1995.

ANSWER: Thomas Muster (MOOSE-ter, but accept MUST-er)

2. She spent much of the early '90s as the third-best player in the world, behind Steffi Graf and Monica Seles, but did win the 1990 U.S. Open.

ANSWER: Gabriela Sabatini

3. This Australian didn't win the Australian, but did win Wimbledon in 1987.

ANSWER: Pat Cash

4. Answer these questions about Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchors, for ten points each.

1. The longest running anchorman to date, this man served behind the desk from 1985-1991.

ANSWER: Dennis Miller

2. People try to forget that this man served as Weekend Update anchor between the Norm McDonald and Jimmy Fallon/Tina Fey eras.

ANSWER: Colin Quinn

3. Deemed the next Chevy Chase, this man anchored W-U during the infamous 1980-81 season, and was fired for saying the f-word on-air.

ANSWER: Charles Rocket

5. Identify the garments named in the titles of these oldies songs, for ten points each.

1. Carl Perkins could take any insult or physical threat, except for the trampling of these objects.

ANSWER: Blue Suede Shoes

2. Dodie Stevens sang of her boyfriend's unusual ensemble, featuring a polka-dot vest, a Panama hat with a purple band, and this particularly odd footwear.

ANSWER: tan shoes with Pink Shoe Laces

3. Brian Hyland sang this tale of a shy girl repeatedly hiding in different places at the beach to avoid showing off her, ahem, titular garment.

ANSWER: Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini

6. Let's see how well you can keep up with the Joneses! For ten points each, identify these people surnamed Jones. First names are, of course, required.

1. He won the NL MVP award in 1999 for his play at third base and shortstop.

ANSWER: Chipper (or Larry) Jones

2. This Warner Bros. animation director created the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, and Pepe le Pew. He passed away in February 2002.

ANSWER: Chuck Jones

3. This slam poet's song "Your Revolution," set to music by DJ Vadim, was deemed indecent by the FCC, who fined two Oregon radio stations for playing it despite the fact that it includes no profanity. She's currently appealing the decision.

ANSWER: Sarah Jones

7. For ten points each, name these reality shows that center around relationships:

1. This FOX crap-fest ended when Prince Guillermo Marconi Giovanelli of Rome picked Tavania Gulla from among 30 women.

ANSWER: Who Wants to Be a Princess?

2. Oxygen has this set of half-hour specials associated with a website specializing in wedding info. The show will follow couples in the three weeks before their weddings.

ANSWER: Real Weddings from the Knot

3. It's the MTV dating show that doesn't necessarily get women to act as skanky as they do on Dismissed. Friends and family give commentary while two people go on a blind date.

ANSWER: Taildaters

8. For ten points each, name these naked chicks in professional wrestling.

1. Significant other Billy Kidman may not be so happy that this WWE diva is in the most recent issue of Playboy.

ANSWER: Torrie Wilson

2. is a porn site featuring wrestling babes, primarily Missy Hyatt and this girlfriend of Chris Candido.

ANSWER: Sunny or Tammy Sytch (also accept Tammy Fytch and Tamara Murphy)

3. In mid-March, this NWA:TNA Girl had her shirt ripped off by Holly Wood in a catfight.

ANSWER: Miss Lollipop

9. You know you watch it at least three times each year during its marathon airing, so, A Christmas Story, ten points each.

1. What's Ralphie's grade on his Christmas theme?

ANSWER: C-plus

2. The school bully is Scut Farkas. Who is his pint-sized toady?

ANSWER: Grover Dill (accept either name)

3. At what department store do Ralph and Randy have a traumatic visit with Santa?

ANSWER: Higbees

10. VISUAL BONUS. For five points each, and a bonus for all five correct, given some hideous logos of the past or present, name the baseball team.

1. (1)

ANSWER: Boston Red Sox

2. (2)

ANSWER: Seattle Mariners

3. (3)

ANSWER: Cincinnati Reds

4. (4)

ANSWER: St. Louis Browns

5. (5)

ANSWER: Chunichi Dragons

11. Mixed drinks with naughty names are the height of class and the best way to impress women you meet in bars. Ok, so maybe not, but they make excellent bonus fodder. For ten points each, given recipes, name the dirty drinks.

1. One-third ounce B&B, one-third ounce Grand Marnier, one-third ounce Courvoisier, and one Cherry. Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

ANSWER: French Tickler

2. Probably not named for Allyson Hannigan, this drink requires one-half ounce Jagermeister, one-half ounce Peach Schnapps, and Cranberry juice to fill. Mix in shot glass and shoot.

ANSWER: Red Headed Slut

3. One-third ounce Absolut Vodka, one-third ounce Spearmint Schnapps, and one-third ounce Sambuca. Combine all ingredients in shot glass.

ANSWER: A.S.S.

12. For ten points each, name these musical acts with non-performing or rarely-performing members.

1. Professor Griff yelled political slogans as this rap group's Minister of Information. Chuck D fired him in 1989 after he made anti-Semitic comments in an interview with the Washington Times.

ANSWER: Public Enemy

2. Bez was a full-time dancer and occasional maracas player for this hip hop-influenced dance outfit led by Shaun Ryder, which produced the albums Bummed, Pills 'n; Thrills & Bellyaches, and Squirrell and G Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile.

ANSWER: Happy Mondays

3. Tour manager Ben Carr also dances on-stage during sets and despite not playing instruments is considered a full member of this band. At live shows, he may be more popular than Dicky Barrett, the lead singer on songs such as "The Impression That I Get."

ANSWER: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

13. It may be somewhat uncommon, but there are a number of shows that have switched networks during their prime-time runs. Identify some of them from clues, for ten points each.

1. This classic early '80s sitcom starring Gary Coleman aired on NBC from 1978-1985 before switching to ABC for its final season in 1985-86.

ANSWER: Diff'rent Strokes

2. The most recent sitcom to switch networks is this show starring Donal Logue that moved from Fox to the WB in the middle of the 2002-03 season.

ANSWER: Grounded for Life

3. Sitcoms aren't the only shows to switch networks in the middle of their runs. This military drama aired for one season on NBC in 1995-96 before being revived in 1997 by CBS, where it continues to run today.

ANSWER: JAG

14. April 2003 is the kick-off of the new Tsunami line of Marvel Comics. For five points each, name the six titles that comprise the so-called "First Wave" of the new line.

ANSWER: Mystique, Sentinel, Human Torch, Runaways, Venom, Namor

15. Name these football players who have college football awards named for them, for the stated number of points.

1. (5) College football's outstanding linebacker receives an award named for this fearsome Hall of Fame linebacker who anchored the Monsters of the Midway defense from 1956 to 1973.

ANSWER: Dick Butkus

2. (10) The outstanding defensive back receives an award named for this Native American who starred at the Carlisle Indian School in a variety of sports.

ANSWER: Jim Thorpe

3. (15) The outstanding center receives an award named for this only two-time Outland Trophy winner, who won the award for Nebraska in 1981 and 1982.

ANSWER: Dave Rimington

16. Director John Landis has a reputation of casting his fellow directors in his films. Name these filmmakers who made cameos in Landis's Spies Like Us, for ten points each.

1. This director of 2002's Spider-Man appeared as a security guard at the drive-in.

ANSWER: Sam Raimi

2. This director of 12 Monkeys, The Fisher King and Brazil played Dr. Imhaus in Spies Like Us.

ANSWER: Terry Gilliam

3. This director of Beverly Hills Cop, Scent of a Woman and 1998's Meet Joe Black joined Raimi as a drive-in security guard.

ANSWER: Martin Brest

17. Given the titles, name the book's celebrity chef for ten points each.

1. How to Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food and Forever Summer.

ANSWER: Nigella Lawson

2. Adventures in the Kitchen and The [BLANK] Cookbook: Recipes from Spago, Chinoise, and Points East and West.

ANSWER: Wolfgang Puck

3. Comfort Foods and 30 Minute Meals.

ANSWER: Rachael Ray

18. Here's a redundant bonus lead-in. Name these nu metal bands that suck, for ten points each.

1. Their most recent album, Lovehatetragedy includes the songs "Time and Time Again," which was used in a Pepsi Blue commercial, and "She Loves Me Not."

ANSWER: Papa Roach

2. This Iowa-based band's eponymous debut album includes the songs "Spit It Out" and "Wait and Bleed."

ANSWER: Slipknot

3. The survivors of this band seem intent on finding a new lead singer and keeping on sucking in honor of the memory of Dave Williams, who died in 2002 due to "massive alcohol consumption."

ANSWER: Drowning Pool

19. In 2003, Lake Superior State University issued its annual list of words and phrases that should be banned from the vernacular. Name these words or terms on this year's list, for ten points each.

1. Tom Ridge will not like the fact that this two-word term is on this list, since he's in charge of it in the Bush administration.

ANSWER: Homeland Security

2. This three-word term, popularized by N-B-C to describe its Thursday night schedule, was criticized for assuming herd mentality over program taste.

ANSWER: Must-See T-V

3. Lake Superior State urged that this two-word phrase, used to describe Lambeau Field, should be eliminated.

ANSWER: Frozen Tundra

20. Step up to the plate, pilgrim, and name these John Wayne movies, for ten points each.

1. Wayne won a Best Actor Oscar for playing one-eyed, broken-down Marshal Rooster Cogburn in this 1969 western.

ANSWER: True Grit

2. Wayne's most embarrassing role came in 1956, when he played, of all people, Genghis Khan in this historical epic.

ANSWER: The Conqueror

3. Wayne's big break came in 1930, when John Ford recommended him to Raoul Walsh for this film. Not a huge success, he went back to Poverty Row pictures until Ford cast him in Stagecoach in 1939.

ANSWER: The Big Trail

21. Name these athletes with illnesses and disorders, for ten points each.

1. This pro golfer suffers from Klippel-Trenaunay-Webber Syndrome, a circulatory disorder that makes his right leg extremely weak and forces him to use a golf cart on the course.

ANSWER: Casey Martin

2. This Canadian-born center for the Philadelphia 76-ers suffers from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder, a weakening of the hands and feet that affects equilibrium.

ANSWER: Todd MacCulloch

3. This nine-time All-Star third baseman for the Chicago Cubs has lost both his legs to diabetes over the last two years.

ANSWER: Ron Santo

22. For ten points each, identify these celebrities who are considering entering politics.

1. This Austrian-born actor hoped to run against Gray Davis in 2002 for the governorship of California, but a movie filming conflicted. He plans to run in the near future, however.

ANSWER: Arnold Schwarzenegger

2. This devout Mormon, who ended his baseball career with 398 home runs, is planning to run for governor of Utah in 2004.

ANSWER: Dale Murphy

3. This rocker, whose most recent album is Craveman, is seriously considering running for governor of Michigan as either a Republican or an Independent in 2006.

ANSWER: Ted Nugent

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