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TOSSUPS – GHETTO WARZ RC COLA CLASSIC 2007 – UT-CHATTANOOGA

Questions by various contributors to USC’s Ghetto Warz, with spares by David Seal, Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, Mike Bentley, Rob Poirier, and your genial quizmaster

1. (UCLA) Though a CBI moderator claimed they look like Saskatchewans, their home is not Canada, but the planet Kashyyk, a forest world where these humanoids use Wroshyr trees to construct their homes. According to Gerald Broflovski, Johnnie Cochran used a “defense” named after the most famous member of this species while representing Alanis Morissette’s record company, after the release of the hit, “Stinky Britches” on an episode of South Park. FTP, identify this race of creatures that actually do resemble Sasquatches, the most famous of whom is Chewbacca.

Answer: Wookiees

2. (UCLA) A reality television show starring one of this group’s members is set in Saddle River, New Jersey. They performed the Wrestlemania Rap at Wrestlemania V and their “The Kings” is the theme for WWF wrestler D-Generation X (or so Wikipedia tells me). This group started on Profile Records as a duo, releasing “Sucker MC’s” on the back side of “It’s Like That”. An ex-basketball teammate of one of the members joined as Jazzy Jase, and the trio recorded such albums as King of Rock and the triple-platinum Raising Hell. Best known for their cover of Aerosmith’s “Walk this Way”, FTP, identify this group largely credited with bringing hip-hop into the mainstream.

Answer: Run-DMC

3. (UCLA) If this were ACF we’d start with a clue about how he had an impressive stolen base success rate of 14% in 1958 after being traded by Cincinnati, or how his misplay of Jim Northrup’s fly ball more or less lost his team the 1968 World Series. But, we’re instead going to focus on the 1969 trade that sent this seven-time Gold Glove winner and Tim McCarver, among others, to “the nation’s northernmost southern city”, the racist hotbed of Philadelphia, where he refused to report, suing Major League Baseball instead. FTP, identify this Cardinals center fielder who challenged baseball’s reserve clause and famously lost, the symbolic father of free agency.

Answer: Curt(is) Charles Flood

4. (UCI) He's been a truck driver, transporting various necessities like Edgar Allen Poe’s birthplace and sugar. He has also been seen driving a Ford Gremlin and Ford Contour, which is bizarre as his drivers license is often being voided. He is 31 years old, and kissing him is reportedly similar to kissing a peanut. His film “Man Getting Hit By Football” nearly received one vote at the Springfield Film Festival. For ten points who is this cane-wielding character with large glasses and a German first name, who has survived many brushes with death in The Simpsons?

Answer: Hans Moleman (accept either)

5. (MB) Mainstays of this series include a built-in racing game where mistakes cause smears like dead bugs and mud to appears on the windshield. Its namesake mascot gives lessons in a classroom where that mascot begins by diagnosing the skill level of the user. Published by Broderbund, it is now up to Version 17 and it supports simplified Dvorak layouts. A certificate is printed out at the completion of the program, and during normal play a pair of shadow hands underneath text passages mimic the user on the bottom of the screen. FTP, identify this long running tool that teaches typing.

Answer: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

6. (USC) Graduating from Princeton in 1988, he worked there as an assistant to Pete Carril and Bill Carmody before succeeding Carmody in 2000. In 2004 he moved to his current position, succeeding Craig Esherick, who had succeeded this man’s father in 1999. FTP, name this son of a coaching legend whose implementation of Carril’s trademark “Princeton offense” helped him lead Georgetown to the NCAA Final Four in men’s basketball in 2007.

Answer: John Thompson III (prompt on partial answer)

7. (USC) Before becoming famous, they served as the house band for This American Life. In January 2007, they played the Montecito casino on the NBC show Las Vegas. Their second album, Oh No, was released in 2005 and gained popularity for the single “A Million Ways.” The success of that song inspired their most famous work, choreographed by lead singer Damien Kulash’s sister: a Grammy-winning video that has been downloaded over 13 million times from YouTube. FTP, name this rock group known for its geeky outfits and the elaborately choreographed video for “Here It Goes Again,” featuring the band members dancing on treadmills.

Answer: OK Go

8. (USC) Recently, he had a prosthetic hand affixed after having his real one bitten off by piranhas, and once has fought Nazi U-Boat commanders and other Axis villains. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, he is the secret identity of Arthur Curry, the son of a lighthouse keeper. FTP, name this Justice Leaguer who can summon sea creatures with his telepathic ability, or something, and who is named after water.

Answer: Aquaman

9. (USC) “Should I call the cops? Lemme call the cops!” was his only line in The Graduate. More recently, he has co-written an alternative-history novel with Harry Turtledove, done voice-overs for Honda commercials, and appeared on Broadway in a revival of Sly Fox. His first starring role came in the 1974 Canadian film The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, and he became the youngest-ever winner of the Best Actor Oscar for 1977’s The Goodbye Girl. FTP, name this star of Mr. Holland’s Opus, Jaws, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Answer: Richard Dreyfuss

10. (USC) Recurring villains on this show include Lewis Avery Filer, Big Chicken, the Vashon family, and rogue Chinese secret agent Wo Fat. “Hookman,” an episode about a sniper with no hands, won an Emmy for composer Morton Stevens. Stevens also wrote the immortal theme song, which was a #4 hit for the Ventures in 1969. The first original cast member to depart was Kono in 1972, followed by Kam Fong in 1978 and James MacArthur, who played “Danno,” a year later; thus, the final season is sometimes syndicated under the title “McGarrett.” FTP, name this detective show starring Jack Lord and set in an island paradise.

Answer: Hawaii Five-O

11. (USC) By her final appearance, she has appeared in three forms: a huge godlike octopus, a beautiful dusky woman, and a completely annoying imp. She spends most of her time on top of, underneath, or somewhere near the main character, whether in wolf form or not, and occasionally lets out a moan or some spoiler-type hints. Talk to me!, FTP, and give her name; she’s arguably one of the title characters of Nintendo’s “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.”

Answer: Midna

12. (DS) This school has reached one Final Four, in 1941, and has two pre-NCAA tournament national championships. It has won a share of nine football national championships, the last coming in 1981-1982 after defeating Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. The basketball team has made six straight NCAA tournaments, losing in 2006 to Bradley in the second round and in 2007 to UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen. For ten points name this Big East school that is the alma mater of Dan Marino and Larry Fitzgerald.

Answer: University of Pittsburgh Panthers

13. (USC) Before making his directorial debut with 1987’s Red Sorghum, he worked on Yellow Earth and The Big Parade with fellow Fifth Generation director Chen Kaige. In 1999’s The Road Home, he gave Ziyi Zhang her first starring role, and they worked together two more times, but he is better known for his relationship with Gong Li, who starred in 8 of his films, including 2006’s Curse of the Golden Flower. FTP, name this Chinese director who progressed from serious art films like Raise the Red Lantern and To Live to flashy popular melodramas like House of Flying Daggers and Hero.

Answer: Zhang Yimou (prompt on “Yimou”)

14. (UCI/CS) The only remaining original members are the bluegrass style lead guitarist Johhny Hickman and the lead singer with a degree in mathematics, former Camper van Beethoven front man Dave Lowery. Their notable songs contain references to Frank Sinatra, the Ayatollah and junky cosmonauts. Their 2006 “Best of” compilation was titled after their modest hit “Get On With It.” FTP what is this mid-90s rock band whose album Kerosene Hat included their biggest hit, “Low”?

Answer: Cracker

15. (USC) The family on this television series has been called the Wilkersons, based on a name tag glimpsed in the pilot, but their last name has otherwise never been revealed. Supporting characters include chubby supermarket manager Craig, German dude-ranch owner Otto, and asthmatic wheelchair-bound prodigy Stevie – who, like the title character, is a member of the “Krelboyne” class. Francis, Reese, and Dewey are the brothers of the protagonist played by Frankie Muniz on, FTP, what popular FOX sitcom?

Answer: Malcolm in the Middle

16. (USC) Its theme song, composed by Burt Bacharach, was recently used in a SNL skit in which Will Forte and Peyton Manning danced badly to it. The soundtrack also featured the hit “The Look of Love” by Dusty Springfield. T production was overseen by 5 directors, including John Huston, and although only 3 screenwriters are credited there were in fact many more, including Joseph Heller. Another problem was thatPeter Sellers walked off in the middle of production. Just as in the far more serious novel on which it was based, Sellers’ character, Evelyn Trimble, has to defeat Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat in, FTP, what 1967 spy spoof inspired by Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel?

Answer: Casino Royale

17. (UCI) This rapper is a registered pit-bull breeder, and his aliases include “Daddy Fat Sacks,” “Sir Lucious L. LeftFoot,” and “Francis the Savannah Chitlin' Pimp.” With his wife Sherlita he has a daughter Jordan, and two sons Bamboo and Cross. His younger brother James raps under the name “Lil Brotha” and is part of the rap group Konkrete. Although more famous for his group work, he released the double album SpeakerBoxx/The Love Below with a fellow member of his group in 2003, which included the hit “The Way You Move.” For 10 points, name this rapper who starred in the movie Idlewild with his fellow member of Outkast, Andre 3000.

Answer: Big Boi (accept: Antwan Andre Patton)

18. (USC) Traded for former MVP Orlando Cepeda in 1969, he was the 1971 NL MVP , when he led that league in batting average and RBIs. Traded to the Mets in 1974, he spent the last eighteen days of his playing career as a player-manager. After moving to Atlanta and then St. Louis, what manager, FTP, posted his first playoff run with an AL Wild Card berth in 1995, the first in a dynastic line of performances for his current team, the New York Yankees?

Answer: Joseph Paul Torre

19. (USC) Before 24, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Penny Johnson were both regular cast members on this show, as were Jeremy Piven as head writer Jerry and Janeane Garofalo as booker Paula. A running gag involved sexual tension between the star and David Duchovny, who parodied the Basic Instinct leg-crossing scene in the final episode. A combined 10 Emmy nominations went to supporting players Rip Torn, as producer Artie, and Jeffrey Tambor, as sidekick Hank Kingsley. FTP, name this sitcom which aired from 1992 to 1998 on HBO and starred Garry Shandling as a neurotic talk-show host.

Answer: The Larry Sanders Show

20. (USC) One of the authors was the stadium official who announced that Roger Bannister had run the world’s first four-minute mile. The other was a right-wing political activist assassinated by the IRA in 1975. Chris Chataway, one of the runners who helped pace Bannister in said race, recommended them to his boss, Sir Hugh Beaver, who had gotten into an argument about whether the golden plover was faster than the grouse. Reasoning that similar arguments must be taking place in pubs across the country, Beaver thus commissioned Norris and Ross McWhirter to compile, FTP, what best-selling reference work named for the brewery that Beaver managed?

Answer: The Guinness Book of World Records or Guinness Book of Records or Guinness World Records

21. (USC) A Creed song from the album My Own Prison.  A 1960 film during which Audrey Hepburn suffered the accident that caused her miscarriage.  A yearly pay-per-view event held by World Wrestling Entertainment since 1998.  Two songs, one on their self-titled album and one on ReLoad, by Metallica.  All of these share, FTP, what title with a 1992 film about aged gunslinger William Munny which won Oscars for Best Picture and director Clint Eastwood?

Answer: (The) Unforgiven

22. (USC) Its name comes from the silver coin mint which was established there in 1612, during the Edo period. Devastated by an 1872 fire and the Great Kant? earthquake of 1923, it was rebuilt and now includes the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan and the Kabuki-za kabuki theater. It exploded in popularity after Chuo Dori, the main north-south avenue, was closed on weekend afternoons. Mitsukoshi, Mitsuya, Printemps, and Wako are among the many department stores located in, FTP, what famous shopping district located in the heart of Tokyo?

Answer: Ginza

BONI – GHETTO WARZ RC COLA CLASSIC 2007 – UT-CHATTANOOGA

Questions by various contributors to USC’s Ghetto Warz, with spares by David Seal, Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, Mike Bentley, Rob Poirier, and your genial quizmaster

1. (USC) FTPE, answer these questions about a ubiquitous song.

Though it is now associated with children’s entertainment, this incredibly catchy song originally accompanied a sauna scene in the Italian erotic film Sweden, Heaven and Hell.

Answer: “Mah Nà Mah Nà”

Incredibly, two completely unrelated companies are currently using “Mah Nà Mah Nà” in their ads. One is this Columbus, OH-based department store, which substitutes “You never know” for the chorus in their ads.

Answer: Big Lots

The other company using the song in their ads is this car maker, a Tennessee-based subsidiary of General Motors.

Answer: Saturn

2. (USC) Answer these questions about two unconventionally attractive brunette actresses with some things in common FTSNOP.

(5) She progressed from a supporting role in Donnie Darko, which starred her brother, to more notable roles as a masochistic secretary in Secretary and an ex-con in Sherrybaby.

Answer: Maggie Gyllenhaal (prompt on “Gyllenhaal”)

(10) This actress, the daughter of a famous cinematographer, had minor roles in Cold Mountain and Spiderman 2 before being cast in the FOX series Bones.

Answer: Emily Deschanel (prompt on “Deschanel”)

(5) Jake Gyllenhaal’s production company, Nine Stories, and Emily Deschanel’s actress sister, Zooey, both have names deriving from the work of this American author.

Answer: J.D. Salinger

(10) In addition to having acting siblings with Salinger connections, Gyllenhaal and Deschanel have something else in common: both of their fathers directed episodes of this groundbreaking 1990-91 ABC drama series.

Answer: Twin Peaks

3. (DS) It’s crucial for a NFL team to be able to find diamonds in the rough in the draft on days like today. For ten points each name these successful day 2 draft picks from 2000.

(10) This quarterback, the 199th pick, has won 3 super bowls.

Answer: Tom Brady

(10) This linebacker, who was drafted by the Ravens, recently signed a lucrative contract with Patriots.

Answer: Adalius Thomas

(10) This kicker set a NFL record for field goals in a season with 40 in the 2005-2006 season as a Cardinal.

Answer: Neil Rackers

4. (CS) Name the artist from their most recent album FTPE, or from the one Charlie actually owns for 5:

A. (10) Good Morning Revival

(5) The Young and the Hopeless

Answer: Good Charlotte

B. (10) The Open Door

(5) Fallen

Answer: Evanescence

C. (10) It Won’t Be Soon Before Long, scheduled for release next month

(5) Songs About Jane

Answer: Maroon 5

5. (UCI) Identify these celebrities associated with George Costanza for the stated number of points.

(10) For ten points, George bought a used 1989 LeBaron that he thought was owned by this actor; it turned out to have been owned by a periodontist of the same name.

Answer: Jon Voight

(10) This actress with an Oscar for My Cousin Vinny had a thing for short, quirky bald men; too bad George was engaged.

Answer: Marissa Tomei

(5/5) When George gave up sex and became intelligent, he gave hitting lessons to these two Yankees.

Answers: Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter

6. (HMudd) Name these video games from haiku descriptions FTPE.

A. Yuna has magic pants / Rikku is stupid but hot / Thank god for sequels

Answer: Final Fantasy X-2 (Do not accept ecks-2 or 11)

B. You fight like a cow! / Orson Scott Card at his worst / Dumb fencing minigame

Answer: Secret of Monkey Island

C. Black helicopters / Exploding evil Men In Black / Cool nanotech, though.

Answer: Deus Ex

7. (USC) Answer these questions about a famous film critic FTPE.

In his review of Gremlins 2: The New Batch, this USC instructor and television personality says that it has “gratuitous cameo appearances”; he fails to mention that one of those cameos is by himself.

Answer: Leonard Maltin

Maltin says that this 1973 British horror film starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie is “Highlighted by memorably steamy love scene and violent climax.” He does not say if those occur in the same scene.

Answer: Don’t Look Now

Maltin got into the Guinness Book of World Records for “world’s shortest movie review” with his review of the 1948 musical Isn’t It Romantic? FTP, quote that review in its entirety.

Answer: “No.” (exact answer only)

8. (LK) Sometimes a pint of ice cream can be a girl’s best friend. FTPE, name the unique Ben & Jerry’s flavors from descriptions.

Irish cream liqueur ice cream with chocolate chocolate chip cookies and a coffee fudge swirl

Answer: Dublin Mudslide

Banana ice cream with chunks of chocolate and walnuts

Answer: Chunky Monkey

Vanilla ice cream with fudge covered waffle cone pieces and a caramel swirl

Answer: Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream

9. (DS) For ten points each name these winners of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award.

(10) This Bull has won the award four times, including in 2005 and 2006.

Answer: Ben Wallace

(10) This finger-wagging center has also won the award four times, most recently in 2002 with the 76ers.

Answer: Dikembe Mutumbo

(10) The first player to win the award was this Milwaukee Bucks guard, who won it in 1983 and 1984.

Answer: Sidney Moncrief

10. (CS) It’s been 5 ½ years since the release of the first Kidz Bop album, so those anonymous singers have all hit puberty by now. Given a song sanitized for your protection on that album, name the original artist, 5-10-20-30:

(5) “Bailamos”

Answer: Enrique Iglesias

(5) “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”

Answer: Eiffel 65

(X) “Steal My Sunshine”

Answer: Len

(X) “Fly”

Answer: Sugar Ray

11. (UCLA) That damned Meryl Streep is everywhere, particularly playing women unlucky in love. Given a description of her role and the star-crossed romance, name the film, FTPE.

(10) Karen von Blixen-Finecke (FIN-i-keh) “tends the coffee plantation” with all-around adventurer Denys before he dies in a plane crash, leaving her forlorn (Streep was nominated for an Oscar).

Answer: Out of Africa

(10) Italian war-bride Francesca Johnson “tours the countryside” with National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid before they part ways and she returns to her depressing domestic existence (Streep was nominated for an Oscar).

Answer: The Bridges of Madison County

(10) Aunt Josephine is beguiled by the charms of Captain Julio Sham, who kidnaps her and feeds her to the lachrymose leeches, but first using her as bait to trap the Baudelaire children (Streep was inexcusably snubbed by the Academy).

Answer: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

12. (USC) FTPE, name these members of the Wu-Tang Clan.

Along with his cousins RZA and GZA, he was one of the three original members of the Clan. The only one who is no longer living, he died in 2004 at the same age and in the same week as historian Iris Chang.

Answer: Ol’ Dirty Bastard or ODB (born Russell Jones)

On a 2006 episode of 30 Rock, he attempted to find a rhyme for “”. Both the title of his biggest-selling album and his alias “Tony Stark” derive from the comic Iron Man.

Answer: Ghostface Killah (born Denis Coles)

Born Corey Woods, this rapper released the enormous influential album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… in 1995.

Answer: Raekwon

13. (USC) Answer these questions about television detective spoofs FTPE.

On this NBC comedy series, Andy Richter stars as a mild-manner accountant who winds up becoming a private eye.

Answer: Andy Barker, P.I. (prompt on “Andy Barker”)

In this legendary 1991 pilot co-written by Robert Smigel, Adam West stars as a washed-up TV star who erroneously believes that he is a brilliant detective.

Answer: Lookwell

Both Andy Barker, P.I. and Lookwell were co-created by this man, who served as Andy Richter’s boss for seven years.

Answer: Conan O’Brien

14. (HMudd) Name the novel from its first line FTPE or from the author for 5. If it helps, they’re all bad science fiction.

A. 10: “I’ve watched through his eyes, I’ve listened through his ears, and I tell you he’s the one. Or at least as close as we’re going to get.”

5: Orson Scott Card

Answer: Ender’s Game

B. “I always get the shakes before a drop.”

5: Robert Heinlein

Answer: Starship Troopers

C. “A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.”

5: Frank Herbert

Answer: Dune

15. (UCLA) Answer the following about aberrant AL MVP voting FTPE:

(10) In 1982 Reggie Jackson prevented this man from sweeping every first-place AL MVP vote; in 1989 he edged out Ruben Sierra for a second award despite the only first-place MVP vote ever cast for Carney Lansford.

Answer: Robin Yount

(10) In 1980 the forgettable Rick Cerone earned a first-place AL MVP vote, as did Willie Wilson, who that year set the major league record for at-bats, but enough writers had enough common sense that the award went to this Royal who flirted with .400 for most of the season.

Answer: George (Howard) Brett

(10) In 1973, Reggie Jackson swept all 24 first-place votes for AL MVP, but this record-setting man finished in 17th place, one point behind teammate Frank Robinson, who hit an unspectacular .266. He also finished second in Cy Young voting, the highest he would ever finish.

Answer: (Lynn) Nolan Ryan Jr.

16. (USC) 1939 is considered to be Hollywood’s greatest year. FTPE, name the film released in that year given the literal translation of its Chinese title. (You get 5 if you need the name of a star.)

“Beauty in a world of turmoil”

5: Vivien Leigh

Answer: Gone With the Wind

“Fairies chase through green fields”

5: Judy Garland

Answer: The Wizard of Oz

“Viva democracy!”

5: James Stewart

Answer: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

17. (USC) FTPE, answer these questions about the career of the late John Fiedler, known for his distinctive high-pitched voice.

Fiedler provided the voice for this Winnie-the-Pooh supporting character; ironically, he died just one day after Paul Winchell, who voiced Tigger.

Answer: Piglet

Fiedler played “Juror No. 2” in this 1957 courtroom drama film, adapted from a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose.

Answer: 12 Angry Men

Fiedler played the neurotic patient Mr. Peterson on this ‘70s sitcom about a Chicago psychologist.

Answer: The Bob Newhart Show

18. (LK) Identify the college basketball conference from member schools during the 2006-2007 season.

St. Louis, Rhode Island, Xavier

Answer: Atlantic-10

Baylor, Iowa State, Missouri

Answer: Big XII

Brigham Young, UNLV, Air Force Academy

Answer: Mountain West or MWC

19. (RP) Dungeons and Dragons is not the only pencil and paper RPG out there. FTPE name these D&D alternatives.

1. This RPG, launched in 2002 follows the same d20 system as D&D but in a more recent setting. This game uses sourcebooks such as Apocalypse, Menace Manual, and an entire Future subdivision.

Answer: d20 Modern

2. This series, first released in 2000 and revised in 2002, is based on a very popular Space-Opera franchise.

Answer: Star Wars Roleplaying Game

3. In this humorous RPG, first created in 1984, the player takes the role of a trouble-shooter in the Alpha Complex. This RPG is infamous for killing the players more than any other, but that’s not a problem due to “six-packs” of clones.

Answer: Paranoia

20. (UCI) For ten points each, answer these questions about the TV network for ghetto culture, BET:

a. The most popular show on BET, this is a daily countdown of the top ten music videos. It also features both the “New Joint” and “Old School Joint” of the day.

Answer: 106 And Park

b. Sheryl Underwood currently hosts this stand up comedy show.

Answer: ComicView

c. This documentary series deals with conflicts in the hip-hop world and “beyond”.

Answer: Beef

21. (USC) Name these prominent robots from the television series Futurama, FTPE:

1. This criminally insane rust-colored robot declares "I'm not crazy, I'm just not user-friendly!", and has a penchant for stabbing, which caused trouble for Fry when they were in the same room at the asylum.

Answer: Roberto

2. This gold-colored bot is built into his lounging chair, typically performing gluttonous acts like being coated with frosting. He was delayed after the intermission to Fry's opera because he wasn't done vomiting.

Answer: Hedonism-Bot

3. This grey industrial bot is Fry's deceitful criminal best friend.

Answer: Bender Bending Rodriguez

22. (UCI) Identify these ballplayers who were good at what they did for an extended period of time FTPE:.

a. He led the American League in number of times reaching base every season from 1983 to 1990.

Answer: Wade Boggs

b. He led the National League in stolen bases each season from 1985 to 1990, and is the only player to steal more than 100 bases in three straight seasons.

Answer: Vince Coleman

c. He led the National League in adjusted on-base plus slugging (OPS) from 1919 to 1925.

Answer: Rogers Hornsby

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