2003 Viva TRASH Vegas



2003 Viva TRASH Vegas

Round 13: Back-Up Round

Tossups

1. He's sung with The Chieftains, Monica, Diamond Dallas Page, and Freddie Prinze Jr.; the last occurring on the song "Highway 40". He tends to sing about what he enjoys, such as hubcaps, Charles Nelson Reilly, and all manner of foodstuffs, including potatoes, cucumbers, and beans. Not bad for a guy who hangs out with a giant mantis. For ten points, name this alter ego of Voldemar H. Guerta, voiced by Andy Merrill on Space Ghost Coast to Coast, who has also had his own show on the Cartoon Network.

ANSWER: Brak

2. Though not Crazy Horse, they spent 1993 on tour as Neil Young's backup bang. Members of this band include Al Jackson Jr., who was shot by a burglar in 1975. The Blues Brother Band later included two of its members, two former members of the Mar-Keys, bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn and Steve Cropper. The house band at Stax records, this is, for ten points, what instrumental group that produced "Hang 'Em High," "Time Is Tight," and "Green Onions?"

ANSWER: Booker T and the MGs

3. This school has two bowl appearances to its credit, the first being a 20-14 loss to Tulane, when "Pop" Warner took an undefeated team to the first ever Sugar Bowl. Although recent years have not been kind to this school, they can point to alums such as 1986 Heisman candidate Paul Palmer, quarterback Henry Burris, 2002 All-American Dan Klecko, and a 1998 upset of nationally-ranked Virginia Tech. For ten points, name this Bobby Wallace-coached school that will be replaced by Connecticut in Big East football, nicknamed the Owls.

ANSWER: Temple University

4. The "World Championships" for this sport are currently held in Mishawaka, Indiana. "World Championship" rules include the 15-run mercy rule, force outs at first base by throwing the ball to the pitcher, legalized balks, no walks, home run fences from 85 to 100 feet, the requirement of slow-pitch arc deliveries from the pitcher, and the use of brand-name sponsored equipment. All this for a game using, for ten points, what 1953 creation of Dave Mullaney used to simulate curveballs for his son?

ANSWER: Whiffleball

5. His journey started in a 1982 release when he was one of 5 friends visiting a cabin. Perhaps he should have learned from his first bad experience with cabins, as a later visit with main squeeze Linda led to her demise and the possession of one of his hands by evil spirits, forcing him to cut it off with a chainsaw. Fortunately, when he is transported into medieval times, he is able to keep his chainsaw, which proves very useful when teamed with his chemistry textbook and his "boomstick", available for purchase at your local S-Mart. For ten points, name this hero of the Evil Dead series played by Bruce Campbell.

ANSWER: Ash ley

6. He was followed in his most famous activity by his brother, who used the name Theodore Hardeen. Appearing in films such as The Grim Game and The Man From Beyond, he ran away from home at the age of twelve. Entering vaudeville, then going to Europe, he made use of Charles Guiteau’s jail cell, Jenny the elephant, and the Upside-Down Water Torture Cell. For ten points, name this escape artist born Ehrich Weiss.

ANSWER: Harry Houdini (accept Ehrich Weiss before it is mentioned)

7. Her dancing can be seen in nine Elvis movies, but her first speaking movie role was in the 1968 Monkees movie, Head. A semi-regular on The Sonny and Cher Show a Cher's friend Olivia, she played, Roberta Lincoln, secretary of Gary Seven in the Star Trek episode "Assignment: Earth." Major film roles include Caroline Butler in Mr. Mom and Ronnie Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. For ten points, what actress was nominated for an Oscar as Sandy in Tootsie and played Inga in Young Frankenstein?

ANSWER: Teri Garr

8. This consumer product touts as a unique feature its touch-sensitive scroll wheel, which dynamically adjusts the scrolling speed with respect to the list length. Capable of doubling as a FireWire drive, it is fully integrated with MUSICMATCH's Jukebox Plus, making it compatible with Windows users. It comes with a sticker that says, "Don't steal music" which will probably be ignored by most users. For ten points, name this MP3 player produced by Apple Computers.

ANSWER: iPod

9. This actress is an owner of Filth Mart, an upscale Lower East Side boutique that specializes in rock band t-shirts and other unique items. Movie credits include The M Word, a drunken ex-wife in Swordfish, and a woman caught up among boyfriends and gangs in Deuces Wild. Recently, this actress has played the role of Adriana La Cerva on The Sopranos. For ten points, name this rising star who also hosted VH-1's Top 100 Songs of the Past 25 Years.

ANSWER: Andrea Donna "Drea" (DRAY) De Matteo

10. Capitol Records nixed their first attempt at a major label record, but the rough mixes have been compiled into a bootleg colloquially known as "The Black Album." Their most recent album is Welcome to the Monkey House, the follow-up to Thirteen Tales of Bohemia. Blatantly influenced by the Velvet Underground, they had some success with the single "Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth." for ten points, what band is named after the artist who produced the first Velvet Underground album?

ANSWER: Dandy Warhols

11. The Cardava is plump and triangular, the Ladyfinger is also known as the Mysore and is smaller than other varieties, and the Manzano is also known as the Apple or Finger variety, but the Cavendish is the type most commonly seen in supermarkets. For ten points, name this yellow-skinned, crescent-shaped fruit.

ANSWER: banana

12. On the TV show Do Unto Others he played an angel named Guppy Sherman. He's apparently not cool enough to serve on the House Ways and Means Committee, but can get a seat if he backs a pay raise. In his office he has to deal with chief of staff Sarah Dolecek (played by Laurie Metcalf) as well as his neighbor and political opponent Graydon Cord, played by Ted McGinley. Name this US Representative from New Mexico and you'll name, for ten points, what sitcom starring Nathan Lane that CBS is burning off this summer?

ANSWER: Charlie Lawrence

13. Men’s champions in this event since 1968 include Yanis Lusis, Klaus Wolfermann, Miklos Nemeth, Dainis Kula, Arto Harkonen, and Tapio Korjus. Jan Zelezny took the Olympic gold in the 1992 Games for Czechoslovakia and at the 1996 and 2000 games for the Czech Republic. For ten points, name this track and field event that shares its name with a muscle car introduced by AMC in 1968.

ANSWER: javelin

14. Amy Morton plays the main character's mother and John Candy has an uncredited role as an announcer. It is the only movie ever directed by Daniel Stern, and Pedro Guerrero, Bobby Bonilla, and Barry Bonds appear in the movie. The main characters nemesis is Heddo of the New York Mets and Gary Busey plays a washed-up pitcher named Chet Steadman for ten points, name this movie, starring Thomas Ian Nichols, in which a 10 year old leads the Cubs to the World Series.

ANSWER: Rookie of the Year

15. Trick Pony recently covered it for a tribute album and it won the 1985 CMA award for Video of the Year. The singer laments spilling ketchup on his blue jeans, and states that he just burned his hand, but it is ok because he has girls that can cook and girls that can clean. For ten points, name this song by Hank Williams Jr., which has been the basis for the theme song for Monday Night Football since 1990.

ANSWER: All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight

16. Some of his novels, such as The Ruby in the Smoke, are based on plays he wrote for the children he taught. This author wrote the first children's book to win the Whitbread Book of the Year prize. He won for the last book in a series concerning the niece of Lord Asriel, an eleven-year-old orphan named Lyra. For ten points, name this author whose His Dark Materials trilogy includes The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass.

ANSWER: Philip Pullman

17. As a coach of the Peterborough Petes, he once replaced the goalie with a defenseman on a penalty shot and had pulled goalies leave their sticks on the ice, bringing about changes in the rulebook. He started the "rally towel" tradition, and was nicknamed "Captain Video" for his pioneering study of game film. In 2002, he served for 2 games as the head coach of the Ottawa Senators, marking his 8th NHL head coaching job and his 1000th game as a head coach. For ten points, name this Hockey Hall of Famer, who passed away on June 21, 2003.

ANSWER: Roger Neilson

18. The fifth track of a 2002 release, it includes the lines: " Come out of things unsaid. Shoot an apple off my head. And a trouble that can't be named. A tigers waitin' to be tamed, singing: You are. You are." Beginning with the words "Lights go out and I can't be saved. Tides that I tried to swim against. " Lead singer, Chris Martin asks "Am I a part of the cure, or am I part of the disease?" A single off of A Rush of Blood to the Head, for ten points, name this Coldplay song that mentions the titular timepieces only once.

ANSWER: Clocks

19. He only earned a high school equivalency diploma from Brooklyn Technical High, but he worked for the New York City transit police before Bill Bratton hired him upon Bratton's promotion to Police Commissioner. While working for Bratton, he helped develop CompStat, which assisted New York City in tracking crime patterns, before taking his strategies to other cities and becoming known for his bow ties, sunglasses, and his 5'8, 220-pound frame. For ten points, name this man, who wrote The Crime Fighter: Putting the Bad Guy Out of Business , a co-writer and co-creator of CBS's The District, who died in 2001.

ANSWER: Jack Maple

20. “Eyes melt skin explodes everybody dead. It's so immoral working on the thing it can drive you mad. That's what happened to this friend of mine. So he had a lobotomy. These lines, spoken in this film by Fox Harris, who plays Parnell, a lunatic government scientist driving a 1964 Chevy Malibu with a bounty on it due to the top secret cargo in its trunk. Featuring the Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation, this is, for ten points, what 1984 film in which the titular occupation is filled by Otto Maddox, played by Emilio Estevez?

ANSWER: Repo Man

21. Based in Maclean, Virginia, this company owns 22 local TV stations, which it considering using in a project called America Today. It would take local news broadcasts and combine them to form a 24-hour news channel, replacing local advertising. This is not the company's first foray into national news. For ten points, what company publishes 94 newspapers, including USA Today?

ANSWER: Gannett Co.

2003 Viva TRASH Vegas

Round 13: Back-Up Round

Bonuses

1. Name these Playboy Playmates from TV credits, for ten points each.

1. This wife of David Boreanaz, this 45th Anniversary Playmate played "Blonde in Drag Race" in Gone in 60 Seconds and B.J. Cummings on Son of a Beach.

ANSWER: Jaime (or Jamie) Bergman

2. This Miss October 1993 co-hosted MTV's Singled Out.

ANSWER: Jenny McCarthy

3. Miss April 1997, this brunette now plays Olivia 'Livvie' Locke Morley Kovich on Port Charles.

ANSWER: Kelly Monaco

2. This is a bonus about Richard Pryor. For ten points each:

1. Richard Pryor played a blind Wally Karue, while Gene Wilder was a deaf Dave Lyons in this bomb.

ANSWER: See No Evil, Hear No Evil

2. Pryor played computer programmer, Gus Gorman, in this 1983 sequel.

ANSWER: Superman III

3. The last film Pryor appeared in was this 1997 David Lynch film.

ANSWER: Lost Highway

3. Career home run totals are some of the most legendary numbers in sports. Given the amount, you name the players tied there, for five points each.

1. 475

ANSWER: Willie Stargell, Stan Musial

2. 512

ANSWER: Eddie Mathews, Ernie Banks

3. 521

ANSWER: Ted Williams, Willie McCovey

4. What better amusement on a road trip than a chance to see more cars? Answer these questions about car museums and perhaps even car mausoleums, for ten points each.

1. Bowling Green, Kentucky is the home of the National Museum for this car, perhaps due to the presence of a manufacturing plant for said vehicle.

ANSWER: Corvette

2. Alliance, Nebraska can lay claim to being the hometown of this attraction, where old cars are turned into pieces of art. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

ANSWER: Carhenge

3. Like drag racing? Then why not visit this museum, named for drag racing's "Big Daddy", and featuring classic dragsters and vehicles raced by "Big Daddy".

ANSWER: The Don Garlits Museum

5. Name these Pink Floyd albums, for ten points each.

1. This 1973 work, featuring such tracks as "Money and Time," spent 741 weeks on Billboards Top 200 album chart.

ANSWER: Dark Side of the Moon

2. The first post-Roger Waters album for Pink Floyd, this 1987 album features such tracks as "Learning to Fly" and "On the Turning Away."

ANSWER: A Momentary Lapse of Reason

3. Pink Floyd's last studio album, this 1994 effort featured such tracks as "A Great Day for Freedom," "High Hopes," "Take It Back," and "Keep Talking."

ANSWER: The Division Bell

6. Answer these questions about books on the Amazon 100, for ten points each.

1. In Elaine Pagels' Beyond Belief, we are introduced to the "secret Gospel" of this apostle, whose message of personal spirituality and questioning of Jesus as the truth was apparently rejected in favor of John's Gospel for the New Testament.

ANSWER: Thomas

2. The new fifth offering has no doubt helped the sales of this, the second book in the Harry Potter series.

ANSWER: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

3. Laura Hillenbrand wrote this book about a horse.

ANSWER: Seabiscuit: An American Legend

7. For ten points each, name these movies starring Peter Sellers.

1. You see Sellers wondering around naked in a nudist colony, wearing a guitar, spying on Elke Sommer in this film.

ANSWER: A Shot in the Dark

2. Sellars convinces Keynan Wynn to shoot at a pop machine to get the change out of it to be used to make a very important telephone call.

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

3. Sellers plays a Chinese detective who exclaims, "Room full of empty people!", in this comedy almost single handedly ruined by the acting of Truman Capote.

ANSWER: Neil Simon's Murder By Death

8. Answer these musically related questions, for ten points each.

1. Natalie Cole hit the Billboard Top 10 in 1988 with her version of this Bruce Springsteen B-side to the single "Dancing in the Dark".

ANSWER: Pink Cadillac

2. This artist's 1985 hit "Freeway of Love" mentioned traveling the title road "in a pink Cadillac".

ANSWER: Aretha Franklin

3. This 1984 song used the classic line "I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac".

ANSWER: Boys of Summer by Don Henley

9. Answer these questions about the comics featured by House of Fun, for the stated number of points.

1. House of Fun's website features projects and information from these comic creators. Name them for five points each.

ANSWER: Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer

2. Among Evan Dorkin's creations is this duo of household foodstuffs gone bad. Name the duo for 10 pts.

ANSWER: Milk and Cheese

3. Dyer is the creator of this "Superheroine of the Next Millennium".

ANSWER: Action Girl

10. Ben Affleck, more than just Matt Damon's pal and J-Lo's boyfriend. Not exactly sure how much more, but answer these questions about his work as an executive producer, for ten points each.

1. Affleck is an executive producer on this HBO series that welds together star names and up and coming film writers and directors. The result: an actual movie!

ANSWER: Project Greenlight

2. For ten points each, name the two Project Greenlight films, one about a Catholic boy befriending a rabbi and the other about a young Civil War re-enactor.

ANSWER: Stolen Summer and The Battle of Shaker Heights

11. The most famous quarterback to come from the Arena Football League is Curt Warner Identify these other quarterbacks from Arena Football, for ten points each:

1. This first round flop became an insurance salesman before resurrecting his career in Arena Football with the New Jersey Red Dogs. He played for Pittsburgh in 2003 and was named “NFL Comeback Player of the Year.”

ANSWER: Tommy Maddox

2. This quarterback led the Los Angeles Avengers to their first regular season win. He left USC early and was released by the Raiders due to drug use.

ANSWER: Todd Marinovich

3. He played in the Canadian Football league in 1982-1984, in the USFL in 1985, and in 1987 he led the Denver Dynamite to the first championship in Arena football history, He later started for the New Orleans Saints between 1987-1990.

ANSWER: John Fourcade

12. For the stated number of points, given a coffee shop, name the TV show.

1. (5) Café Nervosa

ANSWER: Frasier

2. (10) A Dean and Eluca coffee shop run by Javier.

ANSWER: Felicity

3. (5) Central Perk

ANSWER: Friends

4. (10) The Dump or The Landfill

ANSWER: Roc (accept Roc Live)

13. Name these Outkast songs from lyrics, for ten points each.

1. "Now throw your hands in the air, / And wave 'em like you just don't care, / And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit, / Everybody let me hear you say O-Yeah-er."

ANSWER: ATLiens

2. "Hope that we feel this, feel this way forever. / You could plan a pretty picnic, but you can't predict the weather."

ANSWER: Ms. Jackson

3. "Ah ha, hush that fuss, everybody move to the back of the bus."

ANSWER: Rosa Parks

14. Name the LPGA golfers who were the first to reach these career money-winning plateaus, for ten points each.

1. $1 Million in a career on July 26, 1981

ANSWER: Kathy Whitworth

2. $4 Million in a career on Sept 22, 1991

ANSWER: Pat Bradley

3. $9 Million in a career on May 19, 2002

ANSWER: Anika Sorenstam

15. Answer these questions about recurring bits on Mad TV, for ten points each.

1. Surprisingly, quizbowlers have not been portrayed on this dating service for total losers.

ANSWER: Lowered Expectations

2. Alex Borstein plays this Oriental woman with a limited vocabulary.

ANSWER: Miss Swan

3. Pat Kilbane plays this coffee addict.

ANSWER: Stan McNeer

16. Answer these circus-related questions, for ten points each.

1. According to tradition, this item is used to register a clown's makeup pattern.

ANSWER: An egg

2. A free ticket into the show may be named after this Wild West luminary and inspiration for a musical.

ANSWER: Annie Oakley

3. This term is often used for the acrobat at the bottom center of a human pyramid, who helps carry the balanced weight of the group.

ANSWER: understander

17. Name these musical quintets, for ten points each.

1. Their song "Glad All Over" knocked The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the British charts in 1964.

ANSWER: The Dave Clark Five

2. Their 1988 album included such songs as "Express Yourself", "8 Ball," "Parental Discretion Iz Advised" and the title track in which one of the members swears to tell the truth so help his black ass.

ANSWER: N.W.A. or Niggaz With Attitude

3. Originally from Lincoln Park, Michigan, some of their songs are "Teenage Lust" and "Kick Out the Jams."

ANSWER: MC5 or Motor City 5

18. Consider the franchise location changes in the NBA since 1970. For ten points each:

1. What is the only city to lose two teams in that time period?

ANSWER: San Diego (the Rockets in 1971 and the Clippers in 1985)

2. The San Diego Clippers were themselves a transplant of this team in 1978.

ANSWER: Buffalo Braves (prompt on partial answer)

3. Give the original city and nickname of the last team to move before the Vancouver Grizzlies moved to Memphis in 2001.

ANSWER: Kansas City Kings (who became the Sacramento Kings)

19. Answer the following about David Lynch's Blue Velvet, for ten points each.

1. Dennis Hopper got the 36th spot in the AFI's list of villains by playing this psycho.

ANSWER: Frank Booth (accept either)

2. Early in the film, Jeffrey Beaumont discovers this body part lying on the ground.

ANSWER: ear

3. This is the imported beer that Jeffrey tells Frank he likes to drink. Frank replies, "Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!"

ANSWER: Heineken

20. For ten points each, identify the following things which may or may not be related.

1. In a 1995 sequel, this villain's real name was Edward Nygma.

ANSWER: The Riddler

2. He graduated from Indiana University in 1974 with a degree in enigmatology. He is currently the crossword puzzle editor for the New York Times.

ANSWER: Will Shortz

3. The biggest hit for the group Enigma was this song, which reached #4 in 1994.

ANSWER: Return to Innocence

21. For ten points each, name these words that appeared on the Lycos 50 most searched words for the week ending June 7, 2003.

1. At 17, is this kids card game, originated in Japan from comics and animation.

ANSWER: Yu-Gi-Oh!

2. This deceased rapper, who released Me Against the World, comes in near the end of the list.

ANSWER: Tupac Shakur

3. Ranked 11th, this former host of Wild On, now hosts Rank on E!.

ANSWER: Brook Burke

22. Monty Python sketches are now legendary. For ten points each:

1. In the dead parrot sketch, John Cleese returns a bird that pet shop owner Michael Palin insists it is only resting. What specific variety of parrot does he the bird is?

ANSWER: Norwegian Blue (pining for the fjords)

2. Eric Idle invented a great barroom character who loves to discuss ribaldry with strange men. He always asked about the man's wife and whether she "goes". What phrase is he known for finishing sentences with?

ANSWER: ....wink wink, nudge, nudge..... or ....say no more, say no more.... or ....know what I mean, know what I mean....

3. When they couldn't think of any sort of smooth transition to the next sketch in the Flying Circus, which was the case most of the time, John Cleese was seen sitting at a desk with a microphone and would speak what words?

ANSWER: And now for something completely different

23. Can you get there from here? Given a pair of cities, identify the Interstate highway connecting the towns for five points each, with a bonus five for all correct. (Note: You'll only need to give the number of the road)

1. Lubbock, Texas to Amarillo, TX

ANSWER: I- 27

2. Springfield, Missouri to Tulsa, Oklahoma

ANSWER: I - 44

3. Indianapolis, Indiana to Peoria, Illinois

ANSWER: I - 74

4. Charleston, West Virginia to Charlotte, North Carolina

ANSWER: I - 77

5. Hartford, Connecticut to Springfield, Massachusetts

ANSWER: I - 91

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