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Penn Bowl Trash III

Round 8

Packet By: Ben Frank, Joe Nguyen, Eric Mukherjee et. Al

Edited By: Ben Frank

1. While filming a movie in which she would play prostitute Joyce Lakeland, this actress controversially pasted posters of sharks all around Oklahoma City. She played Liz Anne Blazer in a 2007 David Wain comedy inspired by the Ten Commandments, and an early starring role for her was as Young Eve in 1995’s Venus Rising. In 2007, alongside Terrence Howard and Hayden Christensen, she played Sam Lockwood in the thriller Awake, and a 2003 film saw this actress play the titular aspiring dancer alongside Mekhi Phifer and Missy Elliott. In addition to that movie Honey, she has also starred as Jane Bullard in The Love Guru in addition to playing Susan Storm and her alter ego in two superhero movies. FTP, name this sexy actress that played Invisible Woman in Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.  

ANSWER: Jessica Marie Alba

2. He was a part of Henry Louis Gates' “Faces of America” series in 2010, as it was discovered that he was a descendant of an Irishman and his Igbo concubine named Hannah Burton, and that he is a distant cousin of Colin Powell.  He started writing for the New Yorker in 1996 after nearly a decade of working for the Washington Post, and his most recent book “What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures” is a compilation of his published articles.  He won a National Magazine Award for his profile of inventor and informercial celebrity Ron Popeil, while his selection as one of Time's most influential people in 2005 was a result of his 2005 book about the ability to gauge what is important from a very narrow period of experience.  Describing “the power of thinking without thinking”, FTP, name this author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point”.

ANSWER: Malcolm Gladwell

3. One recent movie centering on this activity features Eric Christian Olsen and Nick D'Agosto as characters trying to gain the affection of Carly and Diora.  Another film centering on this sport details a group of friends that plan a bank robbery to support a pregnant Diane Weston. A 1988 slasher film sees many teenagers attend a camp focused on this sport and stars Betsy Russell and Leif Garrett. The most famous movie franchise about this sport includes a 2009 film subtitled “Fight to the Finish”, and that franchise’s original film centers on a rivalry in this sport between the Toros and the East Compton Clovers, whose captains are played by Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union respectively. FTP, name this sport that is the subject of the movies in the Bring It On series.    

ANSWER: cheerleading (accept any form of the word)

4. William Shatner's 2010 appearance on Lopez Tonight included his version of this song, and the artist's guest appearance on “The Colbert Report” featured Colbert asking the artist to change the theme of the song to being about Fox News.  Its music video starts with the singer as a young child being accompanied by three backup singers in green dresses, and he is eventually shown as a high school student working at a diner and slipping on french fries. The singer notes that he is an Atari compared to another person being a Xbox, and he sobbingly asks the subject why she wants to hurt him so bad.  Gwenyth Paltrow notably performed it on an episode of “Glee”, and this song off the album “The Lady Killer” was Grammy-nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, a problem considering that the title contains a profane word.  “I see you drivin' 'round town with the girl I love” is featured in, FTP, this 2010 song by Cee-Lo Green.

ANSWER: “Fuck You!” (accept “Forget You” or “'F' You”)

5. The summer before he entered the NFL Draft, this man worked to build solar latrines in order to improve sanitation in Bolivia. He finished off his junior season and college career by scoring two touchdowns in a losing effort to West Virginia in the Toyota Gator Bowl. During the 2008 season, he tallied 154 receiving yards in week 7 despite only catching two passes, and this man was drafted one spot ahead of tackle Joe Thomas and just behind JaMarcus Russell. His team lost in week 1 of the 2010 season after his apparent game-winning touchdown catch was nullified against division rival Chicago, and former teammate Roy Williams gave this player a nickname inspired by the movie Transformers. A 2006 Biletnikoff Award winner at Georgia Tech, FTP, name this wide receiver for the Detroit Lions known as “Megatron”.

ANSWER: Calvin Johnson, Jr. (Prompt on “Johnson”)

6. She was part of an all-girl R&B group called Choice and recorded the song “Key to My Heart” for the “Kazaam” soundtrack.  Her stage name is derived from a character in the movie “Reservoir Dogs” and released her first album “Can't Take Me Home” in 2000.  She won her only solo Grammy for her song “Trouble” off of her 2003 album “Try This”.  Her most recent album is entitled “Greatest Hits... So Far!!!”, which features two original tracks released in 2010.  In addition to “Fuckin' Perfect” and “Raise Your Glass”, she has had success with the hits “Sober”, “Please Don't Leave” and “So What” from the album “Funhouse”, while she broke into the mainstream with the 2001 album “Missundaztood”.  FTP, name this singer of “Get This Party Started”, “Who Knew” and “U + Ur Hand”.

ANSWER: Pink or P!nk (real name: Alecia Beth Moore)

7. The protagonist of this film develops an immediate attraction to Susan Paine, the daughter of his late father’s best friend, and in this film, “Happy” Hopper flips a coin in order to make a decision of who should replace Sam Foley, but the coin lands on its edge next to a newspaper. The central figure is the head of the Boy Rangers and gets much help along the way from Clarissa Saunders. The title character discovers that the proposed site for a national boys’ camp is already part of a dam-building scheme included in a bill by boss Jim Taylor, and the main figure is soon betrayed by a senator portrayed by Claude Rains. However, that senator eventually confesses to the scheme after the title character’s exhausting filibuster. Also starring Jean Arthur as the main figure’s chief of staff, FTP, name this 1939 Frank Capra film about a naive U.S. Senator, starring Jimmy Stewart.

ANSWER: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

8. In a series of cartoon shorts, Daffy Duck has played a space cowboy called Duck Dodgers whose shoes would frequently break, causing him to blame his cheap, counterfeit brand of these shoes.  Its half-Czech, half-Spanish designer moved from Spain and worked at a fashion boutique in London before eventually buying that store in 1972.  Mira Sorvino wears them in the 2009 miniseries “The Last Templar”, as Scott asks how much they cost while one character responds, “If you have to ask, you can't afford them.”   They are most famously worn by one character who in one episode gets mugged and has her pink suede type of these stolen and yells that she got them half price at a sample sale.  Noted for its stiletto heel, FTP, name this high-end shoe brand favored by Carrie Bradshaw on “Sex and the City”.

ANSWER: Manolo Blahnik (accept Blahniks)

9. He appears as Dennis Wallace in the 2001 romantic teen comedy Get Over It, and he competed on the first season of the CMT singing show “Gone Country” along with Dee Snider, Bobby Brown and Julio Iglesias, Jr.  He released only two solo albums, the second of which included singles like “Dance for Me” and “Can I Live”.  However, he fronted an R&B group who had hits like “Never Make a Promise” and “In My Bed”. This lead singer of Dru Hill had a #1 hit on his 1999 debut solo album with the song “Incomplete”, but a more popular song on his album Unleash the Dragon talks about a girl who has “dumps like truck” and “thighs like what” while wearing the titular piece of clothing.  FTP, name this platinum haired singer of “Thong Song”.

ANSWER: Sisqo (prompt on The Dragon, accept Mark Alvathean Andrews)

10. He would meet his future wife on a blind date set up by mutual friend Marion Strong, and in one episode, his son’s birthday party falls on the same day for which Caroline Appleby scheduled her son’s party. At one point, he ends up in court after exploding the picture tube on the TV he and his wife bought for their neighbor’s anniversary. This character accidentally cooks four pounds of rice instead of four servings while his wife works at a chocolate factory in the episode “Job Switching”. When singing at the Tropicana nightclub, this man’s trademark song is “Babalu”, and in one episode, his wife is hired to act in a TV commericial as the “Vitameatavegamin Girl”.   Living upstairs from Fred and Ethel Mertz along with his wife, FTP, name this husband of the title character on I Love Lucy.

ANSWER: Ricky Ricardo (accept either, full name Enrique Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha III)

11. Sally Kirkland has a small role as a hooker/stripper named Crystal in this movie, and Robert Opel infamously streaked across the stage just before this film was awarded an Oscar. Early in the film, one of the main figures achieves success with the help of Joe Erie and Luther Coleman. Kid Twist later poses as the manager of a Western Union, and the film’s central figure is constantly avoiding the corrupt Lieutenant William Snyder. In order to get revenge against Doyle Lonnegan, Johnny Hooker enlists the help of former great con-man Henry Gondorff. That revenge is realized after Hooker and Gondorff appear to be shot, but reveal that the entire gunfight was a hoax. FTP, name this 1973 film that stars Robert Redford and Paul Newman as grifters who take down a mob boss in the titular set-up.     

ANSWER: The Sting

12. During his teen years, he was forced to undergo electroshock therapy at Creedmore State Psychiatric Hospital in order to cure his supposed “homosexual behavior”. His most recent album was a 2008 release together with Ulrich Krieger and Sarth Calhoun entitled The Creation of the Universe, and some of his first solo albums were Rock 'n' Roll Animal  and Sally Can’t Dance.  In 1975, he released a double album of electronically generated audio feedback called Metal Machine Music, which frustrated critics who urged him to return to his original band that released albums like Loaded and White Light/White Heat. That band was managed by Andy Warhol and featured vocalist John Cale alongside this guitarist. FTP, name this former member of the Velvet Underground whose most famous solo hit was “Walk on the Wild Side”.

ANSWER: Lewis Allen “Lou” Reed

13. At one point, this series included cast members like Scott Craig, Todd Turquand, and Curtis Wong. This show celebrated its 200th episode with a show about racial unity featuring Rev. Jesse Jackson and Tracie Spenser. A version of this show contained daily themes such as “Guest Star” and “Anything Can Happen”, and the host of the first version of this series was Jimmie Dodd. One of the most popular figures on this program was the so-called Red Team’s Annette Funicello. Five members of the cast of this show’s 90s version formed the pop band The Party. JC Chasez joined the cast of this show in 1991 and would be joined by a future groupmate and successful solo artist two years later. Featuring Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears, FTP, name this children's variety show named after Disney's most famous cartoon character.

ANSWER: The Mickey Mouse Club

14. Year and event required.  competitive swimming saw its first incorporation of the diving blocks as opposed to starting from the pool walls, and basketball saw its debut as an Olympic sport.  Barcelona lost the bid to host this event, causing Spain to boycott it and attempt to organize its own parallel event at the same time.  Americans Sam Stoller and Marty Glickman were pulled out of one of the team's track events because of their religion, as it was believed that the U.S. Olympic committee did not want to offend the host nation's leader.  However, the defeat of Luz Long at the long jump and the dominance of one American athlete in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4 x 100-meter relay was one of the iconic memories of the event.  Held with Adolf Hitler in attendance, FTP, name this event where Jesse Owens earned four gold medals in Berlin.

ANSWER: 1936 Summer Olympics or 1936 Summer Games or Games of the XI Olympiad

15. This character reveals that he is both afraid of getting hit in the head by an apple and slipping on a banana peel in one episode during his debut season. He has a little sister named Alice who distinctly wears a blue polka-dot bow and a uncle named Abe who wears large glasses, a tie and a green top hat. In 1992, an episode seeing this character's parents go through a divorce was scrapped and never shown on air, as it tested badly with child viewers. He becomes insecure about his large size after watching Karina the Ballerina and Zoe doing ballet and is sometimes seen donning his 65 triple G-size roller skates. He is one of the few Muppets who require two people to operate, and he lives with his family inside of a cave close to the show’s titular thoroughfare. FTP, name this fuzzy mammoth-like creature and best friend of Big Bird on Sesame Street.

ANSWER: Aloysius Snuffleupagus (accept Aloysius before mentioned)

16. A recent storyline revealed that an organization with this name was founded in ancient Egypt by Imohtep and the first Moon Knight, and among its members were Galileo Galilei and Zheng Hang; that storyline also revealed that its high council is located underneath Rome. This organization developed Life Model Decoy technology, which its often used by its leader. Maria Hill once lead this organization while its leader was in hiding, and during the Dark Reign storyline, a certain villian gained control of this organization and renamed it HAMMER.  Its headquarters is located on a large Helicarrier, and its lead by a figure who formerly lead Dum-Dum Dugan and the Howling Commandos. For 10 points, name this organization lead by Nick Fury, whose name stands for Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage and Logistics Directorate.

ANSWER: S.H.I.E.L.D.

17. In one episode, this character fights over the bill while at dinner with his wife Nicole and the show’s protagonist, and in one appearance, a conversation between two construction workers about a son's entrance into the DeVry Institute directly precedes the entrance of this character. Another incident shows how lucky the show’s main figure felt when this character hit him in the head with an odd number of objects.  His real name is Ernie, and it is suggested that he was the creation of Dr. Hartman when his cloning experiment went wrong. One character humorously recognizes that this figure is playing the character of Boba Fett in Something, Something, Something, Dark Side, and the feud involving this character was started when he gave out an expired coupon. Remaining alive even after many violent fights, FTP, name this large avian creature, a recurring character who fights Peter Griffin on episodes of Family Guy.

ANSWER: Ernie the Giant Chicken (accept Ernie before mentioned)

18. Jay Leno appears on an episode of this show waiting at a VD clinic with one of the main characters. Raymond Allen played a drunkard named Ned the Wino on this show, which also included Carl Dixon, an atheist shop owner who marries the widowed main character after season 4. Later seasons feature building superintendent Nathan Bookman, and this program’s Millicent “Penny” Woods was one of the first roles for Janet Jackson. The show’s main character was at one point the housekeeper for Maude Findlay and was played by Esther Rolle. Florida Evans is the mother of Thelma and Michael in addition to J.J., who often exclaims “Dy-no-mite!”. A spin-off of Maude, FTP, name this 1970s Norman Lear sitcom about a Black family living in a Chicago housing project.

ANSWER: Good Times

19. In 1999, this school’s football team won its first conference championship since the coaching days of Abe Martin, and Dutch Meyer served as the head coach of the basketball, baseball, and football teams at this university. From 2005-2008, this school went four straight seasons with a Bowl game victory, including Poinsettia Bowl victories over Northern Illinois and Boise State. Heisman Trophy finalists from this school include Jim Swink as well as Sammy Baugh. This team has achieved great success since 2000 under head coach Gary Patterson, but lost the 2010 Fiesta Bowl to fellow non-automatic qualifier Boise State. One of this university’s most famous football players went on to win the 2006 NFL MVP Award while with the Chargers and currently plays for the Jets. FTP, name this alma mater of Ladainian Tomlinson, whose football team was recently led by quarterback Andy Dalton and is nicknamed the Horned Frogs.

ANSWER: Texas Christian University

20. One game for this system sees you save a character from two jungle primitives by hanging from a rope and dousing the flames two the right and left. In the instruction manual for one game on this system it tells us that the game was designed to help get “adults out of the closet” as video games are no longer just child’s play. That game for this system also contains instructions that tell the gamer “shame on you, it could have been a famous doctor or lawyer.” One game for this system sees you break into people’s houses in order to score some ass, but it’s possible the police might chase you. Another game for this system sees you get a bonus round every time you score (*) 69 points. In another pornographic game for this system you dodge flying spears and attempt to get to a cactus. For 10 points, name this gaming console on which you can play dirty games like Beat em and Eat em as well as Custer’s Revenge.

ANSWER: Atari 2600

Bonuses

1. This bonus... IS PEOPLE!!!  FTPE:

[10] Name this film set in 2022 where the population consumes the title substance which is believed to be made from “high energy plankton” but instead is made from human beings.

ANSWER: Soylent Green

[10] Charlton Heston plays this detective, the protagonist of the film who reveals at the end of the movie that Soylent Green is people.

ANSWER: Ty Thorn (accept either)

[10] Soylent Green featured the last film role for this famous actor who appeared in over 100 films. In addition to his role as Sol Roth in Soylent Green, he played the title role in Little Caesar and Dathan in The Ten Commandments, in which he notably asked Moses “Where's your messiah now?”.

ANSWER: Edward G. Robinson (accept Emanuel Goldenberg)

2. Wide calls have been made to ban this recent game outside of the US, particularly in Cuba, since the campaign features a mission in which you assassinate a fake Fidel Castro. For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this most recent game in the Call of Duty franchise, which adds such elements as controllable attack helicopters and explosive R/C cars for killstreaks.

ANSWER: Call of Duty: Black Ops

[10] Black Ops was developed by Activision, but published by this company that worked on earlier Call of Duty titles as well as movie games such as Quantum of Solace and Minority Report: Everybody Runs.

ANSWER: Treyarch

[10] Treyarch also developed the Dreamcast port of this inaugural game of a series that rewards you for performing tricks in sequence, which added a crazy story for its Underground title.

ANSWER: Tony Hawk

3. His film debut was in 2003’s Nowhere to Go But Up. However, these days he is far better known for his exploits on television. FTPE:

[10] Name this actor, who won a Golden Globe in 2011 for his role as Sheldon Cooper.

ANSWER: James Joseph “Jim” Parsons

[10] Sheldon Cooper is a character on this comedy that also includes characters like Howard Wolowitz and Leonard Hofstadter. It centers on two physicists who live across the hall from an attractive blonde waitress named Penny.

ANSWER: The Big Bang Theory

[10] Penny is played by Kaley Cuoco, who starred alongside Amy Davidson and Katey Sagal on this show from 2002-2005. The latter portion of the show’s run includes David Spade as C.J. Barnes.

ANSWER: 8 Simple Rules

4. In the movie “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”, he appeared alongside Jack Black, Justin Long and Jason Schwartzman as a member of the Beatles. FTPE:

[10] Name this actor known for starring in various comedies like “I Love You, Man” with Jason Segel and “Role Models” with Seann William Scott.

ANSWER: Paul Stephen Rudd

[10] Rudd's first film saw him play Tommy Doyle in the sixth installment of this horror film series. The first film in the series was a 1978 John Carpenter-directed movie in which  Laurie Strode babysat Tommy. In the sixth film, Rudd plays the grown-up version of Tommy who would beat the killer with a lead pipe at the end.

ANSWER: Halloween (accept Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers)

[10] Rudd recently starred in this very forgettable 2010 movie alongside Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Jack Nicholson.  Rudd plays an executive in a love triangle with Witherspoon and Wilson, who play a team USA Softball player and a Major League Baseball pitcher respectively.

ANSWER: How Do You Know

5. She was the first female artist to be featured on MTV's Annual Hottest MC List, FTPE:

[10] Name this hip-hop artist who recently released the album “Pink Friday” with the tracks “Your Love” and “Moment 4 Life”.

ANSWER: Nicki Minaj or Onika Tanya Maraj

[10] Nicki Minaj was a member of this rap group along with Lil Wayne, Drake and Mack Maine. This group collaborated with Lloyd on the song “BedRock” and released “Roger That” in 2010.

ANSWER: Young Money Entertainment

[10] Nicki Minaj collaborated with Ludacris on this 2010 song from “Battle of the Sexes” that featured the rapper stating that the titular female does “stuff that your chick wish she could.”

ANSWER: “My Chick Bad”

6. Answer some questions about the Village Voice's list of the worst songs in 2010, FTPE:

[10] A collaboration with Ryan Tedder, this group's song “Rocketeer” broke onto the list at number 20. This Asian group is better known for their number one hit “Like a G6”.

ANSWER: Far*East Movement

[10] In the time of chimpanzees, the cast of “Glee” were monkeys when they had the third-worst song, a cover of this Beck song performed on the Season Two episode “Funk”.

ANSWER: “Loser”

[10] The worst song of 2010 was this very overplayed track from Train's album “Save Me San Francisco”. It is currently the 14th most downloaded song in history.

ANSWER: “Hey, Soul Sister”

7. Name some games shows that have something in common, FTPE:

[10] Running for roughly 11 years starting in 1983, this show saw one contestant date one of three potential candidates based on a poll of the audience.  The original host of this show would often go to a commercial break by noting that they will be back in “two and two”.

ANSWER: Love Connection

[10] In 2000, this Fox game show saw Curtis Warren break the then-record for the highest all-time earnings from a U.S. game show. This short-lived game show had the catchline “The Richest Most Dangerous Game In America”.  

ANSWER: Greed

[10] In addition to Greed and Love Connection, Chuck Woolery hosted this GSN game show for five years. Bill Engvall currently hosts this show consisting of contestants trying to correctly guess five-letter words. The element of pulling balls and filling in a 5x5 board gives it similarities to a traditional old-person game with which the show’s name rhymes.

ANSWER: Lingo

8. Answer these questions about a certain sex scandal in soccer, FTPE:

[10] This defender admitted to having sex with his teammate's baby mama in February 2010.  Refusing to play with this center back, left back Wayne Bridge would retire from international competition because of the affair.

ANSWER: John George Terry

[10] Terry and Bridge were teammates for this national team which also features players like Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard.

ANSWER: England (do not accept or prompt on United Kingdom or Great Britain)

[10] The captaincy for England went to this full back and captain for Manchester United.  However, an injury caused him to sit out the World Cup and have Steven Gerrard take his place at the helm.

ANSWER: Rio Gavin Ferdinand

9. He's been nominated for a Grammy 15 times, but he has only once in 1992. FTPE:

[10] Name this Canadian singer of “Summer of '69” who should not be confused with the alt-country singer of “New York, New York”

ANSWER: Bryan Guy Adams

[10] Adams won a Grammy for this power ballad featured on the “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” soundtrack, which also led to an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.

ANSWER: “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (accept either)

[10] This Bryan Adams song was voted by Blender as one of the worst songs ever. Adams is not satisfied with Armani suits, Gucci shoes or designer boots, as he makes this statement about his choice of wardrobe in the title.

ANSWER: “The Only That Looks Good on Me is You”

10. In the first game of this series, you confront Delphi, a secret organization that has been using seven children to incubate viruses. For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this series of games in which you perform surgeries.

ANSWER: Trauma Center

[10] Trauma Center: Second Opinion made use of this commonplace Wii attachment, which is used along with the Wiimote to punch your opponent in Wii Boxing and can be used to reel in your fishing rod in Twilight Princess.

ANSWER: Nunchuck

[10] Trauma Center is a game developed by this Japanese company better known for the Shin Megami Tensei, or Persona series.

ANSWER: Atlus

11. She was the first person to be born in Africa to win an Oscar for Best Actress. FTPE:

[10] Name this actress who won an Academy Award for her 2003 portrayal of real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster.

ANSWER: Charlize Theron

[10] In 2003, Theron also starred as Stella Bridger in this remake of a 1969 British film. Jason Statham and Seth Green also appear in the film.

ANSWER: The Italian Job

[10] Though she would not win a second Oscar, Theron was nominated for her performance in this 2005 film as Josey Aimes, a woman who works in an iron mine and fights against the male miners' sexual harassment in court.

ANSWER: North Country

12. Answer some questions about children's books and their authors, FTPE:

[10] This former cartoonist for Playboy and lyricist for Johnny Cash wrote the children's books “A Light in the Attic” and “Where the Sidewalk Ends”.

ANSWER: Sheldon Allen “Shel” Silverstein

[10] Though he only did the illustrations for “Little Bear”, this author penned and illustrated the children's book “Where the Wild Things Are”.

ANSWER: Maurice Bernard Sendak

[10] Laura Numeroff published this 1985 children's book regarding the titular rodent.  Future incarnations of Numeroff's books include those involving a moose and a muffin, a pig and a pancake, and a cat and a cupcake.

ANSWER: “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”

13. Name some players from that historic ice hockey town, Tampa Bay, Florida, FTPE:

[10] Alongside Martin St. Louis and Vinny Lecavalier, the Lightning features this star forward who shared the league lead in goals scored in the 2009-2010 season.

ANSWER: Steven Stamkos

[10] This center drafted in 1998 spent seven years with the Lightning, including the 2003-2004 Stanley Cup winning season where he would earn the Conn Smythe and Lady Bing trophies.  He would be traded to his current team, the Dallas Stars, in 2008.

ANSWER: Bradley Glenn “Brad” Richards

[10] Along with Dino Ciccarelli, this center is the only other player inducted in the NHL Hall of Fame that has played for Tampa Bay.  He played less than two seasons for the Lightning but played for nearly 13 seasons from 1980 to 1997 for the Chicago Blackhawks.

ANSWER: Denis Joseph Savard

14. Don’t worry. This is not a bonus on the short-lived series Love Monkey, but answer some questions about Tom Cavanagh FTPE:

[10] Cavanagh is probably best known for starring as the titular character on this program from 2000-2004, which centers on a lawyer who returns to his hometown of Stuckeyville, Ohio and buys a bowling alley.

ANSWER: Ed

[10] More recently, Cavanagh starred alongside Eric McCormack on this short-lived TNT drama. The show was set at a fictional advertising firm in Chicago and also included Griffin Dunne and Geoffrey Arend.

ANSWER: Trust Me

[10] Cavanagh appeared as Dave Reichert in the 2-part TV movie The Capture of the Green River Killer, which first aired on this network. Original programming on this network includes Army Wives and Drop Dead Diva, and its slogan from 1995-2006 was “Television for Women”.

ANSWER: Lifetime Television

15. Name some players on the 1986 Boston Red Sox that didn't let the World Series slip through his fingers and between his legs, FTPE:

[10] This pitcher won 24 games in 1986 and was named the AL Cy Young winner that year with the league's highest win total and lowest ERA. He would go on to win six more Cy Young Awards and win 354 games in his career.

ANSWER: William Roger Clemens

[10] Mid-season, the Red Sox traded Steve Lyons to the White Sox for this three-time Cy Young Award winner.  He is probably more notable for his time with the Mets from 1967-1977 and getting inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame with 98.8% of the vote.

ANSWER: George Thomas “Tom” Seaver

[10] Second to Clemens in the win total for the Red Sox that season, this pitcher allegedly cursed the team by going into the clubhouse during Game Six and opening a bottle of champagne before the 9th inning was over.  Oops.

ANSWER: Dennis Ray “Oil Can” Boyd

16. Videographer Doral Chenowith found this person, who lost his old job because of drug and alcohol abuse, near a Columbus highway reciting an old radio commercial for money, FTPE:

[10] Name this golden-voiced homeless man, an Internet sensation in 2011 who shares his name with a famous baseball player.

ANSWER: Ted Williams

[10] After his popularity shot up, this professional basketball team hired him to do voiceover work for the team and for Quicken Loans Arena.

ANSWER: Cleveland Cavaliers (accept either)

[10] Williams appeared on this show on January 12, 2011, admitting that he had begun drinking again.  He would enter rehab immediately after being a guest on this talk show.

ANSWER: “Dr. Phil”

17. Answer these questions about “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”, FTPE:

[10] In addition to being the voice of God and being one of the heads of the Three-Headed Knight, Graham Chapman plays this supreme ruler who gets arrested at the end of the film along with Bedevere.

ANSWER: King Arthur

[10] Arthur and Bedevere encounter this certain group of people on their travels.  Led by an antler-wearing Michael Palin, this group is in need of a good shrubbery and repeatedly utters a certain word.

ANSWER: The Knights who say “Ni”

[10] John Cleese plays this not-so-mystically named wizard who guides the knights to the Holy Grail and warns them about the Rabbit of Caerbannog, who guards it.

ANSWER: Tim the Enchanter

18. It has been airing since 1963 and is now the longest-running American soap opera currently in production. FTPE:

[10] Name this ABC soap opera, which had a major ratings spike in the early 1980s due to “supercouple” Luke and Laura.

ANSWER: General Hospital

[10] General Hospital became the longest-running American soap opera currently in production thanks to the cancellations of As the World Turns and this other soap. This soap began airing on NBC radio in 1937 and aired on CBS television from 1952 until the end of its run in 2009.

ANSWER: Guiding Light

[10] One actress that appeared on General Hospital, Donna Pescow, had a starring role on this series from 1987-1991. The program starred Maureen Flannigan as Evie Ethel Garland, a girl who discovers on her 13th birthday that her father is an alien named Troy. This half-alien heritage endows her with superhuman abilities.

ANSWER: Out of This World

19. Name these musical groups that have rhyming names, FTPE:

[10] With hits like “Blame It on the Rain” and “Girl You Know It's True”, Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus made up this duo that won a Grammy for Best New Artist, which would eventually be revoked once it was discovered that they were lip-synching.

ANSWER: Milli Vanilli

[10] Randy Rhoads and Kelly Garni founded this 1970s rock band with the hit “Cum On Feel the Noize”.  Longtime singer Kevin DuBrow of this band passed away in 2007 from a cocaine overdose.

ANSWER: Quiet Riot

[10] TV music composer Danny Elfman fronted this new wave band most famous for performing “Weird Science”, the theme song for the 1985 movie of the same name.

ANSWER: The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo

20. Answer these questions about South Africa's victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, FTPE:

[10] The Springboks defeated this team known as the All Blacks in the World Cup Final.  This country won the first Rugby World Cup in 1981 and will host the next Rugby World Cup in 2011.

ANSWER: New Zealand

[10] In an iconic image of the tournament, this captain of the South African squad received the championship trophy from Nelson Mandela.  He was portrayed by Matt Damon in the 2009 movie “Invictus”.

ANSWER: Jacobus Francois Pienaar

[10] This fly-half for South Africa scored all 15 points in the finals, three penalties and two drop goals, including the game winning drop goal in extra time.  Scott Eastwood, the son of the director of “Invictus” Clint Eastwood, played him in the film.

ANSWER: Joel Theodore Stransky

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