DOKTRINE 2010



DOKTRINE 2010

Packet by Rebecca Maxwell and Jeff Amoros

Tossups

1. An early appearance of this character was at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, on the French-language program despite a lack of French dialogue. In one episode, he is mistaken for Prince Charles after being mistaken for a hairdresser, and tries to enter his teddy bear in a dog show. He is usually introduced by a chorus singing(*) "Ecce homo qui est faba." He has a recurring feud with the driver of a Reliant Regal; he himself drives a Mini. In the first episode of the show in which he appears, he tries to change into his swim trunks. For 10 points, name this eccentric character, the protagonist of an eponymous television program, played by Rowan Atkinson.

ANSWER: Mr. Bean

2. She played a naive high schooler named Noel opposite Paul Schneider in All the Real Girls, this actress's first lead role. In one of her first on-screen appearances, her character leaves home after fighting with her mother, leaving her younger brother her record collection, which influenced his decision to write about the band Stillwater. In addition to her role as Anita in Almost Famous, this actress has appeared as Nora, the guitar player in Suburban Funk in(*) The New Guy, and sang a duet of "Baby It's Cold Outside" with Buddy in a department store bathroom in Elf. Also known as one half of the band She and Him, for ten points, name this actress who starred opposite Jim Carrey in Yes Man and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 500 Days of Summer.

ANSWER: Zooey Deschanel

3. This school's track and field team competes at Mike Long track, and its alumni include the 2008 Olympic runner-up in the 100-meter dash, Walter Dix. It's baseball team, which plays at Dick Howser Stadium, won the ACC's Atlantic Division in 2007 and 2008 behind the play of catcher Buster Posey, currently on the San Francisco Giants. In 2008, this school's football team suspended players after a brawl with the(*) Phi Beta Sigma at the student union, after suspending more than 20 players for the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl the prior year after a cheating scandal surfaced. The subject of NCAA sanctions that wiped several wins off of coach Bobby Bowden's resume, for ten points, name this ACC school that's home to the Seminoles.

ANSWER: Florida State University or FSU (Accept "Seminoles" before it's mentioned in the question)

4. In the first story in which this character appears, he fights a bear empty-handed. His final appearance is in an unfinished work. Most of his adventures begin when he is sent to do some investigative reporting for his newspaper and gets drawn into international intrigue. His archenemy Rastapopoulos first features in(*) The Cigars of the Pharaoh. One friend of this character is Chang Chong-chen, whom he first meets in The Blue Lotus. Besides China and Tibet, he has also traveled to the Soviet Union, to the moon, and to the Congo with his dog Snowy. For 10 points, name this friend of Captain Haddock, the hero of a series of comics by Hergé.

ANSWER: Tintin

5. It begins with a character in prison, bringing his cellmates into a play as the price for being allowed to keep his possessions. One prisoner, called the "Duke," plays the hero's ultimate antagonist who shows him what he really is; another plays the love interest, a serving girl and(*) prostitute who is raped by her customers. The rape, preceded by a reprise of "Little Bird," occurs some time after she has introduced herself with the song "It's All the Same," and the hero has mistaken her, Aldonza, for his lady, "Dulcinea." For 10 points, name this musical featuring "The Impossible Dream," an adaptation of Don Quixote.

ANSWER: Man of La Mancha (do not accept Don Quixote at any point)

6. Before beginning the work for which he is better known, this man was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Pop Will Eat Itself. His contributions to TV include music for CSI:NY and HBO's Voyeur. His first film score was Pi, the beginning of a collaboration with director Darren Aronofsky that would include The Wrestler and other films. More recently, he composed the score for the 2009 science fiction film(*) Moon. Extracts from his soundtracks are occasionally used in film trailers; "Death is the Road to Awe" appears in the trailers for I Am Legend and Frost/Nixon and comes from the score of The Fountain, and the trailer for The Two Towers uses an arrangement of "Lux Æterna." For 10 points, name this composer of the score to Requiem for a Dream.

ANSWER: Clint Mansell

7. In an episode of Friends, Ross tried to impress then-girlfriend Emily by playing a game of this sport, while a game between teachers and students is shown in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life that segues into a battlefield scene, and this is the sport of a Uruguayan team that suffers a plane crash and cannibalism in the Andes in the film Alive. Matt Damon was first filmed playing this sport in(*) The Departed, where he played flanker in a game between cops and firefighters, and he later took the same position on the pitch as François Pienaar in as the captain of the Springboks. Most prominently featured in a movie that starred Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, for ten points, name this sport played in Invictus that sees players dive into a scrum and attempt to score tries.

ANSWER: Rugby

8. The key action in this film surrounds the issuance of Wing Attack Plan R, which gives field commanders autonomy in calling for retaliatory strikes. The original ending involving a pie fight was cut in part due to the utterance of the line, "Our gallant young president has been struck down in his prime," which was deemed inappropriate due to Kennedy's assassination. That line was spoken by General(*) Buck Turgidson in response to President Merkin Muffley receiving a pie to the face. Muffley had earlier unsuccessfully tried to get an obstinate Sterling Hayden to call off the attack, but despite the assistance of Lionel Mandrake, Muffley is unsuccessful. Based on the novel Red Alert and featuring Peter Sellers as Muffley and Mandrake as well as in the title role, for ten points, name this Kubrick satire of the Cold War era.

ANSWER: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

9. This band's frontman previously fronted Tarkio. In 2008, they released a series of EP singles collectively entitled Always the Bridesmaid. Other releases include an adaptation of an Irish epic, The Tain; "Billy Liar," a single from their album Her Majesty; and their debut album, Castaways and Cutouts. They played at the largest rally during Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. While promoting their first album on a major record label(*), Capitol Records, they had a mock feud with Stephen Colbert. One of their music videos, from the album Picaresque, is "Sixteen Military Wives." Their most recent release is the rock opera The Hazards of Love. For 10 points, name this indie folk rock band fronted by Colin Meloy, the creators of The Crane Wife.

ANSWER: The Decemberists

10. Brief cameo appearances in these commercials include director James Cameron, Optimus Prime, and Stephen Hawking. Other people in them appear with animals or in extreme locations, such as with a tarantula or near a volcano; some people in them include Les Stroud, Jamie Hyneman, and Adam Savage, the stars of TV shows Survivorman and Mythbusters. Parodied by(*) xkcd, both commercials in the series begin with two astronauts on a spacewalk, who decide that the sight of Earth makes them want to burst into song. For 10 points, name this advertising campaign for the Discovery Channel, based on a campfire song.

ANSWER: I Love the World or The World is Just Awesome (accept I Love the Whole World or Boom-Dee-Ah-Dah)

11. One game featuring this character brings the player to ancient Rome, where they must talk to Julius Caesar and arrange pipes with the help of Ivan Idea. One show featuring this character starred Lynne Thigpen as the Chief, who gave instructions to members of(*) the ACME detective agency. That show had its theme music performed by Rockapella. Aided by members of V.I.L.E. such as Baron Wasteland and Jane Reaction, this character travels around the world and through time to steal landmarks and historical artifacts. For 10 points, name this red-suited villain of a series of computer games and TV shows.

ANSWER: Carmen Sandiego

12. Rapper The D.O.C. guests on one track on this album, "Parental Discretion Iz Advised." Singles from the album include one talking about the lifestyle that gave the music's subgenre its name, "Gangsta Gangsta," and one about radio censorship and conformity(*), "Express Yourself." One well-known song from this album is a mock trial where the title entity is prosecuted in front of Judge Dre. The lead single, which shares its title with the album, has MC Ren rapping the second verse, while Eazy-E takes the third and Ice Cube the first. For 10 points, name this N.W.A. album containing the song "Fuck tha Police."

ANSWER: Straight Outta Compton

13. In one episode, this character is laid off from his job, causing him to prefer a new career fishing for crabs, living in a tent by the river and using hand-fashioned crab traps. This character occasionally describes himself as a "man of the law," despite his readily apparent illiteracy. He has a routine for getting to sleep in his apartment involving huffing glue and shotgunning a beer, necessary due to his apartment's location next to an alley filled with(*) stray cats. In the first season in which he appears, the McPoyle brothers blackmail him into claiming that his grade school P.E. teacher molested him. In love with a woman known only as "the waitress," for ten points, name this character in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the illegitimate son of Frank Reynolds.

ANSWER: Charlie Kelly

14. This director frequently places the phrase "See you next Wednesday" in his films, a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey. This man was charged in the deaths of Myca Dinh Le, Renee Shin-Yi Chen and actor Vic Morrow after special effects charges detonated on the set of his segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie caused a helicopter to spin out of control. He had earlier found success with(*) Kentucky Fried Movie and Trading Places, which marked his second collaboration with the actor who played Elwood in this man's The Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd. The director of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, for ten points, name this man perhaps most famous for directing Animal House.

ANSWER: John Landis

15. Initially drafted by the Hawks before being traded for Shareef Abdur-Rahim, he led his first team to three playoff appearances, but his teams were swept in all three, by the Spurs, Suns and Mavericks. Prior to the 2008 Olympics, he was involved in a controversy when his national team posed for a photo using their fingers to slant their eyes in reference to the host country(*), China. Starring on that team alongside Jose Calderon, this man had been traded to his current NBA the prior season for Javarris Crittendon, Kwame Brown and his brother, who also played for the Spanish team in 2008. Formerly the franchise star of the Memphis Grizzlies, for ten points, name this forward-center who teamed with Lamar Odom and Kobe Bryant to win a title with the Lakers in 2008.

ANSWER: Pau Gasol

16. In transition from its former home city, this team spent a season playing at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. They made the playoffs four out of five seasons from 1999-2003, capping the run with a loss in the AFC title game in 2003 to the Raiders. They missed the playoffs for three straight years after that loss, getting rid of Kevin Carter and(*) Derrick Mason, among others, before making it back to the postseason in the 2006-07 season, when they lost in the wild card round to the Chargers, getting only 6 points on two Rob Bironas field goals. Known for a playoff run that included Frank Wychek's Music City Miracle pass to Kevin Dyson, for ten points, name this team formerly known as the Oilers, the former team of Steve McNair and current franchise of Chris Johnson.

ANSWER: Tennessee Titans

17. Near the end of this series, characters attend the thousandth birthday party of Mac McCullum. Among these characters is one now known as Cameron, instead of by his nickname; another is a former flight attendant, Hattie Durham. One plot development is a main character, formerly of(*) Pan-Con Airlines, becoming the pilot of the private jet of the former president of Romania, Nicolae Carpathia. The overarching conflict is that of the Tribulation Force, headed by Rayford Steele and Buck Williams, against the Antichrist. For 10 points, name this fantasy book series by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye.

ANSWER: Left Behind

18. In one episode of this TV show, "Fireflies," an eight-year-old girl missing and presumed dead is found alive after an abduction in a racially tense neighborhood. Several other episodes feature serial killer George Marks, a filing clerk in the Philadelphia police department. Supporting characters include Scotty Valens and Nick Vera, while the main character, played by(*) Kathryn Morris, is a detective with emotional problems and a troubled childhood, Lilly Rush. Episodes usually feature interviews rather than forensic science, end with an evidence box being put on a shelf, and begin with a flashback to the year when the crime took place. For 10 points, name this TV series about a police division that investigates unsolved murders.

ANSWER: Cold Case (do not accept Cold Case Files)

19. In one scene in this film, the protagonist poses as a janitor at Cook County Hospital and saves the life of a young boy. He had gone to the hospital in order to search its records on patients with prosthetic arms after escaping from a police search by jumping off of a dam into a river. The man whom the protagonist is searching for turns out to be an agent for the drug company(*) Provasic. Meanwhile, a team that includes agents played by L. Scott Caldwell and Joe Pantoliano searches for that protagonist, under the watch of Tommy Lee Jones. Following Dr. Richard Kimble's struggle to clear his name in his wife's murder, name this 1993 film that starred Harrison Ford.

ANSWER: The Fugitive

20. His muse was described by the New York Times as "not fettered by such inhibiting factors as taste" in a review of a concert several months before the release of his second album, More of this artist. His first album contains a mock fight song for his alma mater, "Fight Fiercely, Harvard," while a later album contains political satire songs he wrote for the TV program(*) That Was the Week That Was, including "National Brotherhood Week" and "The Vatican Rag." An Evening Wasted With this artist contains songs such as "Oedipus Rex" and "We Will All Go Together When We Go." For 10 points, name this mathematics and poli-sci professor and satirical singer-songwriter of "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" and "The Elements."

ANSWER: Tom Lehrer

Tiebreakers

TB1. The mayor of the town featured in this film is abducted and taken to a shack, where he is threatened with

castration if he doesn't reveal information about the case at the center of this film. The mayor's information is later used by FBI agents to arrest local janitor Lester Cowans, whom they later deceive into believing his life is in danger from members of the KKK. Early in the film, Deputy Sheriff Clinton Pell's wife reveals to the agents the location of(*) three bodies, causing Pell to beat her. Agent Rupert Anderson replaces the local barber to give Pell a straight razor shave, then beats him while Anderson's partner, Alan Ward, waits outside. Ending with the conviction of several Klansmen in the murder of three civil rights workers, for ten points, name this film that starred Willem Dafoe and Gene Hackman as the FBI investigators.

ANSWER: Mississippi Burning

TB2. He broke his team's rookie home run record in 2006, as his 28 home runs topped the previous record of 18, held by Greg Vaughn, and he set the team record the following year, breaking a mark held by Gorman Thomas and Richie Sexson while becoming the youngest player to hit 50 home runs. Last season, after being plunked in the leg by Dodgers pitcher(*) Guillermo Mota, he went to the Dodgers clubhouse after the game to confront him, and he had previously been involved in a dugout altercation with teammate Manny Parra. Also the son of a former major league slugger who played with the Tigers and Yankees, for ten points, name this hefty first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers.

ANSWER: Prince Fielder

TB3. This show featured a recurring sketch in which one actress plays Marion, a resident of Canoga Falls, and spoofed common soap opera plotlines. That sketch, "As the Stomach Turns," saw one actor use a Swedish accent he also employed while playing Mr. Tudball. In addition to Mr. Tudball, that actor famously played a dentist who accidentally injected himself with novacaine. Early in this show's run(*), Lyle Waggoner played opposite the show's lead in a skit in which he complemented that actress's dress, actually just a set of curtains, to which she replied, "I saw it in the window and just had to have it." Famous for characters such as Mrs. Wiggins and Mama, name this 1970s variety show that featured Harvey Korman, Tim Conway and the titular actress, who signaled her mother by rubbing her ear at the end of each show.

ANSWER: The Carol Burnett Show

DOKTRINE 2010

Packet by Rebecca Maxwell and Jeff Amoros

Bonuses

1. For 10 points each, name these enemies of Mario.

[10] These carnivores have made cameo appearances in the Legend of Zelda series and are most often found sticking out of pipes. Ones that spit fire are called Venus Flytraps.

ANSWER: Piranha Plant

[10] Also known as King Koopa, this large main antagonist usually tries to kidnap Princess Peach and often appears as the final boss.

ANSWER: Bowser

[10] These masked creatures with propellers atop their heads first appeared in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, handle duel mini-games in the Mario Party series, and are a subspecies of a similarly-named enemy.

ANSWER: Fly Guy (do not accept Shy Guy or Flying Shy Guy)

2. One of their novelty flavors is Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this Vermont-based ice cream company with a nationwide free cone day.

ANSWER: Ben & Jerry's

[10] In 2009, Ben & Jerry's temporarily renamed this flavor to celebrate Vermont's legalizing marriage for same-sex couples.

ANSWER: Chubby Hubby (or Hubby Hubby)

[10] A flavor of vanilla ice cream with fruit and chocolate chips mixed in is named for this Grateful Dead guitarist.

ANSWER: Jerry Garcia

3. This film is known for the line "It's good to be the king," among others. For ten points each:

[10] Name this Mel Brooks film that shows, among other stories, the Last Supper, the delivery of the Ten Commandments, the French Revolution, and, of course, the Inquisition.

ANSWER: History of the World Part I

[10] History of the World Part I saw this frequent Brooks collaborator play Empress Nympho. She was also the fiancee of Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein and played Lili Von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles.

ANSWER: Madeleine Kahn

[10] Kahn also appeared in this Mel Brooks send up of Hitchcock films. It starred Brooks as Dr. Richard Thorndyke, the new overseer of an insane asylum whose staff includes Cloris Leachman as Nurse Diesel.

ANSWER: High Anxiety

4. In honor of the team's fourth title, answer some questions about Duke's first NCAA Tourney title for ten points each:

[10] Duke's first title team in 1990-91 featured this forward as the team's top player. Famous for his shot against Kentucky the next season, he was the only collegiate player on the original Dream Team.

ANSWER: Christian Laettner

[10] This much-reviled coach has been at the helm for all four of Duke's titles. He also served as the head coach of the Redeem Team at the 2008 Olympics.

ANSWER: Mike Krzyzewski (pronounced "Sha-SHEV-ski")

[10] The 1990-91 team knocked off this rival in the Final Four, after losing to them the previous year in the title game. The team featured stars Larry Johnson and Stacey Augmon playing for coach Jerry Tarkanian.

ANSWER: UNLV Runnin' Rebels

5. Everybody loves a good kid's sports movie. For ten points each:

[10] This Rick Moranis film saw him coach the titular team against his brother's powerhouse peewee team. The film sees Moranis defeat his brother, played by Ed O'Neill, using "The Annexation of Puerto Rico" play.

ANSWER: Little Giants

[10] Featuring two actors, Mike Vitar and Brandon Adams, who also appeared in the Mighty Ducks trilogy, this film follows Scotty Smalls in his quest to make friends and rescue a baseball from the Beast.

ANSWER: The Sandlot

[10] Starring Li'l Bow Wow and Jonathan Lipnicki, this film sees orphan Calvin Cambridge make the NBA after donning a special pair of sneakers.

ANSWER: Like Mike

6. For 10 points each, answer these questions about songs with something in common.

[10] This song, the last one on the Beatles' Abbey Road and the last recorded by the whole band, contains the line "The love you take is equal to the love you make."

ANSWER: "The End"

[10] A song of the same title, by the Doors, was used in the opening and closing sequences of this 1979 film.

ANSWER: Apocalypse Now

[10] This R.E.M. song, a single from the album Document, has fast-paced lyrics and mentions a number of people with initials L.B.

ANSWER: "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

7. For 10 points each, answer these questions about songs with something in common.

[10] This song, the last one on the Beatles' Abbey Road and the last recorded by the whole band, contains the line "The love you take is equal to the love you make."

ANSWER: "The End"

[10] A song of the same title, by the Doors, was used in the opening and closing sequences of this 1979 film.

ANSWER: Apocalypse Now

[10] This R.E.M. song, a single from the album Document, has fast-paced lyrics and mentions a number of people with initials L.B.

ANSWER: "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

8. For 10 points each, answer these questions about music in the Harry Potter books.

[10] This band, popular among young people in the wizarding world, plays at the Yule Ball in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

ANSWER: The Weird Sisters

[10] This artist, known as the "Singing Sorceress," is often played on the Wizarding Wireless Network on the show Witching Hour, and is Molly Weasley's favorite singer.

ANSWER: Celestina Warbeck

[10] Slytherin students use this song to make fun of Ron's poor skills at Quidditch, though it is reworked by Gryffindors when their team wins the Cup.

ANSWER: "Weasley Is Our King"

9. It features Steve Buscemi as a "kinda funny looking" guy. For ten points each:

[10] Name this Coen brothers film that sees Buscemi get sent through a woodchipper just as Frances McDormand, playing detective Marge Gunderson, arrives on the scene to arrest Peter Stormare's character.

ANSWER: Fargo

[10] In this most recent Coen brothers film, Michael Stuhlbarg plays Larry Gopnik, a physics professor whose life slowly deteriorates over the course of the movie.

ANSWER: A Serious Man

[10] Written in the middle of filming Miller's Crossing, this film stars John Turturro as an aspiring screenwriter who lives next door to insurance salesman and serial killer John Goodman at the Hotel Erle.

ANSWER: Barton Fink

10. He won his first Super Bowl ring with the Giants after breaking his fibula. For ten points each:

[10] Name this loud-mouthed tight end whom the Giants later shipped to the Saints, who proceeded to catch a touchdown in the Super Bowl vs. the Colts in January.

ANSWER: Jeremy Shockey

[10] Shockey caught that pass from this Saints quarterback and Super Bowl MVP, who set a Super Bowl record with 32 completions.

ANSWER: Drew Brees

[10] Brees was drafted by the Chargers, who let him go in free agency after this current starter from N.C. State developed into a star. The No. 4 pick in the 2004 draft, he was traded by the Giants to the Chargers for Eli Manning.

ANSWER: Philip Rivers

11. It has been covered by Marilyn Manson for the Not Another Teen Movie soundtrack. For 10 points:

[10] Name this song, most famously recorded by Soft Cell in a synthpop version as a single from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.

ANSWER: "Tainted Love"

[10] This Rihanna song, the lead single of the album A Girl Like Me, samples the bass line and other elements of Soft Cell's version of "Tainted Love."

ANSWER: "S.O.S."

[10] "Tainted Love" was originally recorded by this northern soul singer in 1964. She also wrote and co-wrote songs, including "If I Were Your Woman."

ANSWER: Gloria Jones

12. It contains a mock sequel to Fanny Hill and a Jeeves and Wooster pastiche of the Cthulhu Mythos. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this graphic novel, which sees Allan Quatermain and Mina Murray recover a file of documents on their organization, while being pursued by James Bond and Emma Peel after the fall of Ingsoc.

ANSWER: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier (prompt on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)

[10] Black Dossier was written by this author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta.

ANSWER: Alan Moore

[10] Moore also collaborated with Melinda Gebbie on this work of pornography, in which grown-up versions of Alice of Wonderland, Wendy Darling, and Dorothy Gale meet in an Austrian hotel and discuss and share sexual escapades.

ANSWER: Lost Girls

13. It helped launch the careers of Judd Apatow and Jeremy Piven, among others. For ten points each, answer some questions about The Larry Sanders Show.

[10] Sanders, a late night host, was portrayed by this comedian, who was approached by NBC about taking over the Late Show in 1993. He also starred in What Planet are you From?

ANSWER: Garry Shandling

[10] In one episode of the show, this actress is revealed to have had a lesbian relationship in college with Brett Butler. She later went on to star in Mystery Men and Wet Hot American Summer.

ANSWER: Janeane Garofalo

[10] This actor portrayed Artie, the show's producer and resident conflict mediator. He later played Agent Zed in Men in Black, and, more recently, Don Geiss on 30 Rock.

ANSWER: Rip Torn

14. One of this man's rotation mates, Mike Cuellar, recently died of stomach cancer. For ten points each:

[10] Name this pitcher, the ace of the last staff to feature four 20-game winners, a three-time Cy Young winner who won World Series titles alongside Boog Powell and Cal Ripken Jr. in his 19-year career.

ANSWER: Jim Palmer

[10] Palmer played for this team, which currently features the talents, such as they are, of Adam Jones, Nick Markakis and Brian Roberts.

ANSWER: Baltimore Orioles

[10] Palmer won his second ring in 1970 due in part to the stellar defensive play of this third baseman, who holds the record at that position with 16 career Gold Gloves.

ANSWER: Brooks Robinson

15. He first came to prominence as Dr. Wayne Fiscus on St. Elsewhere. For ten points each:

[10] Name this OCD TV game show host, perhaps most well known for consulting with a nefarious banker regarding the possible monetary values of suitcases possessed by women in bikinis.

ANSWER: Howie Mandel

[10] This former Double Dare host told Oprah that he is also afflicted by OCD, making the constant slimings on that show a challenge. He's now the host of Unwrapped on the Food Network.

ANSWER: Mark Summers

[10] Mandel had previously created this animated series that followed the childhood of the son of Martha and Howard Generic.

ANSWER: Bobby's World

16. For ten points each, answer some questions about one of the great Oscar thieves of all time, Forrest Gump.

[10] In addition to Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption, Gump knocked off this Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell romantic comedy that sees the two fall in love after running into each other at events.

ANSWER: Four Weddings and a Funeral

[10] This director of Forrest Gump took home Oscar gold, denying Woody Allen and Robert Redford statues. He had earlier made the Back to the Future trilogy, as well as Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

ANSWER: Robert Zemeckis

[10] Gump also knocked off Quiz Show, which starred this actor as golden boy Charles Van Doren. He starred opposite Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener, and played a mercenary in The Hurt Locker.

ANSWER: Ralph Fiennes

17. It was adapted from the Vikas Swarup novel Q&A. For ten points each:

[10] Name this Best Picture winner that follows Jamal Malik's quest to find childhood love Latika, told in vignettes relating to answers he gives as part of a trivia show filmed in India.

ANSWER: Slumdog Millionaire

[10] Slumdog Millionaire was the creation of this director, who previously filmed Ewan McGregor as a drug addict in Trainspotting.

ANSWER: Danny Boyle

[10] Notable for its special effects, this Boyle film starred Cillian Murphy and Chris Evans as part of a crew of astronauts sent on a spaceship to reignite the sun, which is slowly dying.

ANSWER: Sunshine

18. The honorary captain of the U.S. team in this sport was 49ers tight end Vernon Davis. For ten points each:

[10] Name this Winter Olympics sport that saw the U.S. men's team lose its first four games, with captain John Shuster getting benched for failing to convert three straight final stone scoring chances.

ANSWER: Curling

[10] This U.S. skier made the cover of S.I. prior to the competition as a possible breakout star. However, a bruised shin and her own spotty performance resulted in her gaining just one gold and one bronze medal in five events.

ANSWER: Lindsey Vonn

[10] This Canadian hockey star had a little more success in Vancouver, where he scored the game-winning overtime goal against the U.S. in the final, just seven months after winning his first Stanley Cup.

ANSWER: Sidney Crosby

19. It spawned the spinoffs Rhoda and Phyllis. For ten points each:

[10] First, name this show that starred the titular performer as a news producer at a Minneapolis TV station. The show is famous for its opening, which sees that character notably toss her hat into the air on a street corner.

ANSWER: The Mary Tyler Moore Show

[10] Among the spinoffs was this drama starring Ed Asner in the title role, Mary Richard's boss on the MTM Show. It moved Asner's role from broadcast to print journalism, and won 13 Emmys during its run.

ANSWER: Lou Grant

[10] Moore began her new show hot off her success as Laura Petrie on a 1960s show starring the this actor, known for roles as a chimney sweep in Mary Poppins and as a security guard in Night at the Museum.

ANSWER: Dick Van Dyke

20. Singles from her first album include "LoveGame" and "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)." For 10 points:

[10] Name this artist, whose stage name was inspired by a Queen song.

ANSWER: Lady Gaga

[10] Gaga originally wrote this song for Britney Spears, but ended up recording it herself with Beyoncé.

ANSWER: "Telephone"

[10] The music video for "Telephone" includes a section called "Let's Make a Sandwich," in which Gaga does just that with two brand-name products. Name either.

ANSWER: Wonder Bread and Miracle Whip

21. For 10 points each, answer these questions about actors from the ABC dramedy Boston Legal.

[10] The unethical Alan Shore was played by this actor, currently in the Broadway production of Mamet's Race and formerly in the films Secretary and Sex, Lies and Videotape. He has won multiple Emmys for the role.

ANSWER: James Spader

[10] Catherine Piper, Alan's sometime secretary and client for murder and armed robbery, was played by this actress, who was also Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls and Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

ANSWER: Betty White

[10] Lorraine Weller, an associate later revealed to be an English madam, was played by this actress who currently plays Detective Serena Stevens on Law and Order: Criminal Intent.

ANSWER: Saffron Burrows

22. The past two years have witnessed an explosion of athletes disseminating photos of certain body parts. For ten points each:

[10] This Redskins tight end, appropriately nicknamed Captain Chaos, may have started the trend when a photo he snapped of his playbook inadvertently included part of his nether regions.

ANSWER: Chris Cooley

[10] George Hill, a backup guard for this NBA team, made headlines with his own private photo shoot. Hill moved into the starting lineup this season after injuries to Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker.

ANSWER: San Antonio Spurs

[10] This recently acquired Jet also saw naked cell phone photos leak to the press. He made a spectacular tiptoe catch in the end zone in the 2008 Super Bowl to help his old team, the Steelers, defeat the Cardinals.

ANSWER: Santonio Holmes

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