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Georgetown JWB SMUTT Delaware Packet by Hayden Hurst

October 25, 1998

Tossups

1. Your life is obviously pretty goood if VH1 Viewer's Vote poll made oneof your songs the number one video of all time. * Your life is even better if your song from _City of Angels_, despite not being released as a single, is still extremely popular. Then why is the Canadian always so mad? For ten points, name this singer who life is extremely "Ironic".

ANSWER : Alanis _MORISSETTE_

2. The father went to Willot College. The mother is an English major. The eldest son * is a Springsteen and San Francisco 49ers fan. The youngest son is probably a good candidate for College Bowl. For ten points, name this comic strip which features an iguana.

ANSWER : _FOX TROT_

3. This team's first draft pick didn't sign, which hurt because it was Dan Marino. * They finished with only one winning record and one of their owners had to surrender the team to the league. On the brighter side, they did have Steve Young. For ten points, name this USFL team based in Los Angeles.

ANSWER : _LOS ANGELES EXPRESS_ (prompt on L.A.)

4. Its Mike Post-written theme song was parodied into an ending in a Simpsons episode. * Its characters included Lucille Bates, Robert Hill, and Francis Furillo. For ten points, name this excellent cop drama created by Michael Kozoll and Steven Bocho.

ANSWER : _HILL STREET BLUES_ (deduct fifty points if _COP ROCK_ is answered 8-) )

5. It begins in Nizhnevartovsk (Nidge-NEV-are-tovsk) and ends in Norfolk. * In between is a naval-intensive scenario known as "Convoy '84" based on the "Harpoon" gaming system. For ten points, name this book which uses a lack of oil as the motive for a non-nuclear Soviet attack on Western Europe.

ANSWER : _RED STORM RISING_ (Tom Clancy and Larry Bond)

6. You can play it at Georgetown, Notre Dame, Penn State, Delaware, and most other colleges. * You can also play it with Chewy, Han, and Luke. Of course, you can also play it on the Jersey Shore. For ten points, name this game.

ANSWER : _MONOPOLY_

7. It's on every weekday at 6:30PM, and is hosted by Wink * Martindale. Contestants move from answering pop culture questions to wagering on answers to answering a single question with a chance to win lots of money. For ten points, name this Lifetime show whose web page warns readers about credit cards.

ANSWER : _DEBT_

8. Phil Slone is its last living member. Other players included John Souza, * Joe Maca, and Walter Bahr. However, its most famous player remains Joe Gatejens, who scored the only goal in a 1-0 defeat of England in the World Cup. For ten points, name the team and year, the fourth World Cup and first to be held in Brazil.

ANSWER : _U.S WORLD CUP TEAM OF 1950_ (Prompt if only half the answer is given - they need both parts).

9. His first published story was "Fragments of a Hologram Rose" - * not especially surprising considering that most of this Myrtle Beach-born author's work dealt with science fiction and computers. For ten points, name this author who won the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Memorial Awards for _Neuromancer_.

ANSWER : William _GIBSON_

10. Do you remember Big Apple City? * What about Apple Dumplin', Blueberry Muffin, and the Purple Pie Man? For ten points, give the line of these adorable little dolls which is also the name of their most popular redhead.

ANSWER : _STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE_

11. This country music star's first movie role came when he played a gambler who was thrown off a ship - literally - in the move _Maverick_. The 1989 winner of the Horizon Award for best new country artist, his most recent album is _Nothin' but the Tailights_. For ten points, name this artist best known for his song "Better Man" and for being in a Wheatables comnmercial with Ernie Keebler.

ANSWER : Clint _BLACK_

12. It is the longest-running feauture of any women's magazine, existing for over forty years. In it, a couple who are having problems relate their troubles to a counselor, who then recommends actions to address the problem. For ten points, name this _Ladies Home Journal_ exclusive.

ANSWER : _CAN THIS MARRIAGE BE SAVED?_

13. This comic lasted from 1963 to 1996, and its original writer was Roger Stern. Its characters included Moon Knight, Mockingbird, Iron Man, and Hawkeye. For ten points, name this spinoff of the Avengers.

ANSWER : _WEST COAST AVENGERS_ or _AVENGERS WEST COAST_ (Avengers should not be prompted on - they were two sepearate comics.)

14. 1541, 1571, GEOS (jee-OSE), and Radar Rat Race. All of these are music to the ears of us who owned either the brown or white versions of it. For ten points, name the computer with the blue screen whose sound card absolutely destroyed IBM until AdLib came along.

ANSWER : _COMMODORE 64_ (Prompt on Commodore - 128 is wong, ask for less specifc on C or G)

15. For a quick ten points, how many quiz bowlers does it take to change a light bulb?

ANSWER : Any rational, non-negative, whole number is accpetable. If only a number is given, ask "why?". If they give no answer, award ten points, glare at them, and read the bonus. If they give a particularly inventive answer, they are allowed to give non-rational, negative, and/or decimal-based answers.

16. A hospital. A forest. A kitchen. A busy street. A neighborhood. A wheelchair, a blender, and a hunk of meat. These are just some of the elements in one of the weirdest commercial series of the summer. For ten points, name the company who always ends their ads with the words "What are you getting ready for?".

ANSWER : _NIKE_

17. It won the 1992 Best Song MTV Movie Award, and Kevin Costner won Worst Male Actor at the Razzies. Of course, the movie ends with Sean Connery parading in and saying approximately six lines. For ten points, name the movie which includes the classic line "It's dull, you twit! It'll hurt more!".

ANSWER : _ROBIN HOOD - PRINCE OF THIEVES_ (Prompt on Robin Hood)

18. It is, quite simply, a story of a person who, after being placed by a social worker named Miss Finch with others of his own kind, realizes that he is much happier where he was. And so he leaves Ocean View, Illinois, to find the one true place which he has called home. Of course, he's a very tall yellow bird. For ten points, name this epic Sesame Street movie.

ANSWER : Seasme Street Presents _FOLLOW THAT BIRD_

19. He averaged twenty-eight points in his lone high school season at Washington High in Milwaukee, and later moved on to Three Rivers

Community College and the University of Alabama. Selected twenty-fourth in 1992 by the Warriors, he became the first guard selected that year to play in the NBA all-star game. For ten points, name this currently ex-player.

ANSWER : Latrell _SPREWELL_

20. Supposedly the title role of this movie was offered to Frank Sinatra, John Wayne and Paul Newman before being accepted by a fourth actor. And with the cop needing everything he has to track down Scorpio, you're sort of glad Old Blue Eyes didn't take the role. For ten points, name this 1971 film which made the .44 (forty-four) Magnum exceptionally popular.

ANSWER : _DIRTY HARRY_

21. It's probably one of the few comic strips to be turned into a musical and a short-lived TV series. Drawn by Reg Smythe, this comic strip set in Britain includes such characters as Flo and Jack the bartender. For ten points, name this comic strip whose title character is referred to by Homer Simpson as a "lovable, wife-beating drunk".

ANSWER : _ANDY CAPP_

Bonuses

1. It's time for questions about a league where Mike Pagliarulo can be one of the top players - yes - it's time for a bonus on Japanese

Baseball! Given the * city/corporation name, give the team's nickname for ten points each.

A) Yomiuri

ANSWER : _GIANTS_

B) Yakult

ANSWER : _SWALLOWS_

C) Orix

ANSWER : _BLUE WAVE_

2. Identify the magazine from clues, 30-20-10

30) It * has pictured Richard Nixon on its cover five times, while Gerald Ford is the only U.S. president not to appear on its cover.

20) It was referred to in _Private Parts_ and _A Hard Day's Night_. One of its regular features has spawned two computer games.

10) It has run its most recognizable character for president numerous times.

ANSWER : _MAD_ Magazine

3. It's time for the all-important "how much do I want to win this game" bonus. What do you know about the AD & D Dragonlance campaign. Prove your nerdiness by listing * the five different types of draconians. You'll get five points each, plus a five point bonus if you get all five.

ANSWER : _BAAZ_, _SIVAK_, _BOZAK_, _KAPAK_, _AURAK_

4. Given the software titles listed, name the company which originally released them for ten points each.

A) * Mail Order Monsters, Seven Cities of Gold

ANSWER : _ELECTRONIC ARTS_

B) The Sargon series of chess games

ANSWER : _HAYDEN_ Software

c) Suspended, Wishbringer, and the ever-popular Leather Goddesses of Phobos

ANSWER : _INFOCOM_

5. Given some members of a band, name it for fifteen points. You'll get five if you need an easier clue.

A) 15 - * Greg Ham, John Strykert, John Rees

5 - Colin Hay

ANSWER : _MEN AT WORK_

B) 15 - John Illsley, Alan Clark, Guy Fletcher

5 - Mark Knopfler

ANSWER : _DIRE STRAITS_

6. More "how desperate am I to win this" questions. Name the Robotech character, 30-20-10.

30) * She was voiced in the American series by Reba West

20) She favors peace with the Zentraedi - (zen-TRAH-dee)

10) She is best known for her singing ability

ANSWER : Lynn _MINMEI_

7. Movie from quotes, 30-20-10

30) * You are right. The devil has come to Tsavo (Tuh-sah-VOH). I am the devil.

20) Remember this: even the most impossible parts of the story really happened.

10) What better job in the world than to build a bridge? Bring land over water, bring worlds together.

ANSWER : _THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS_

8. Twelve dwarves accompanied Bilbo and Gandalf on their journey. * You'll get five points for naming the six dwarves which come first

alphabetically, in any order.

ANSWER : _BALIN_, _BIFUR_, _BOFUR_, _BOMBUR_, DWALIN, _DORI_, _FILI_ (any order is acceptable)

9. Time for some Risk questions. Ten points each.

A) * How many extra units is holding Australia worth?

ANSWER : _TWO_

B) What is the primary color of North America?

ANSWER : _YELLOW_

C) What is the name of the Russian territory that Alaska can attack

ANSWER : _KAMCHATKA_

10. Name the movie from actors, 30-20-10

30) * Yakov Smirnoff, Joe Mantegna

20) Alexander Godunov, Tom Hanks

10) Shelley Long

ANSWER : _THE MONEY PIT_

11. Time for a Dilbert question. Eleven Dilbert books * have been published so far, all with amusing titles. I'll give you part of one of

those titles with one word missing. Give the missing word for ten points each.

A) [Blank] the Wales

ANSWER : _SHAVE_

B) Still Pumped from Using the [Blank]

ANSWER : _MOUSE_

C) Bring Me the Head of [Blank] the Mailboy!

ANSWER : _WILLY_

12. Time for a question on college baseball. I'll name the coach, and you give me the school where they currently coach. * Ten points each.

A) Skip Bertman

ANSWER :_LSU_ or _LOUISIANA STATE_ University

B) Gene Stephenson (stevenson)

ANSWER :_WICHITA STATE_

C) Andy Lopez

ANSWER :_FLORIDA_

13. South Park time. Answer the trivia questions for ten points each.

A) * Weight Gain 4000 can cause damage to two organs. Name both.

ANSWER : _LIVER_ and _KIDNEYS_ (this is all or nothing)

B) Before South Park Elementary, who were the last U.S. dodgeball champions?

ANSWER : _AUSTIN_ Pirates

C) What species was Wendy Testaberger's essay on in the environmental essay contest?

ANSWER : _DOLPHINS_ (who are by the way, intelligent and friendly on rye bread with some mayo)

14. _The Stand_ as a miniseries was actually quite successful in luring numerous well-known actors and actresses - but its end still stunk.

I'll give you a character in miniseries, and you'll earn ten points if you can tell me who played that character. You'll earn five if you need

another clue.

A) * 10 - Frannie Goldsmith

5 - Samantha in _Sixteen Candles_ and Andie in _Pretty in Pink_.

ANSWER : Molly _RINGWALD_

B) 10 - A prophet of doom and the final recokning who was killed by Flagg

5 - He played The Archangel in _Slam Dunk Ernest_ and himself in _Forget Paris_.

ANSWER : Kareem _ABDUL-JABBAR_

C) 10 - Nick Andros

5 - He played Billy in _St. Elmo's Fire_, but is much more famous for getting in trouble in the 1988 Democratic convention in Atlanta in 1988.

ANSWER : Rob _LOWE_

15. Peter Sellers did triple duty in _Dr. Strangelove: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb_. * You'll get five points if you can name one of the characters he played, fifteen if you can name two, and thirty if you get all three.

ANSWER : _DR. STRANGELOVE_, _THE PRESIDENT_ (Merkin Muffley), Group _CAPTAIN_ Lionel _MANDRAKE_

16. Given the ingredients, identify the Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor for ten points each.

A) * Banana ice cream made from banana puree with walnuts and dark chocolate chunks.

ANSWER : _CHUNKY MONKEY

B) Chocolate-covered peanut butter-filled pretzels in vanilla malt ice cream rippled with fudge and peanut butter.

ANSWER : _CHUBBY HUBBY_

c) Strawberry ice cream with fresh frozen strawberries.

ANSWER : _STRAWBERRY_ ice cream

17. Artist from songs, please, 30-20-10

30) * Good Old Days, Good Enough for Now, Midnight Star

20) You Don't Love Me Anymore, I Remember Larry

10) Let me be your Hog, Hooked on Polkas

ANSWER : Weird Al _YANKOVIC_

18. Answer the following questions about _Laverne and Shirley, 5-10-15.

5 - * Who played Laverne?

ANSWER : Penny _MARSHALL_

10 - What city was the show oriignally set in?

ANSWER : _MILWAUKEE_

15 - Two people guest-starred on the first episode. One was Katherine Stahl. Who was the other?

ANSWER : Henry _WINKLER_

19. When a group puts its own song at the top of its favorite songs list, they obviously deserve a SMUTT question. Given the lyrics, identify the Backstreet Boys song for ten points each. (moderator: feel free to sing.)

A) * We're gonna bring the flavor show you how/ I've gotta question for ya/ Better answer now

ANSWER: _EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET'S BACK)_ (prompt on part)

B) Everything I do is for you so

So what is it that you can't see

ANSWER : _QUIT PLAYING GAMES WITH MY HEART_

C) Every little thing that you have said and done

Feels like it's deep within me

ANSWER : _AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME_

20. How well do you know Simpons songs? No, that's not the bonus question. Answer the following questions, however, for ten points each.

A) * What song does Kirk VanHouten record and later sing to his former wife?

ANSWER : _CAN I BORROW A FEELING_

B) "When the weight of the world has got you down and you want to end your life", where do you go?

ANSWER : _FLAMING MOE'S_ (prompt on Moe's)

C) According to Mister Burns song "See my Vest" in the episode "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds", what is his "evening wear" made of?

ANSWER : _VAMPIRE BAT_ (prompt on "bat")

21. There's more to Disney than perverting family values. There are also lots of songs. I'll give a song title, and you'll get ten points if you can name the movie it was in. You'll get five if you need another clue.

A) * 10 - "Be Prepared"

5 - It's performed by Whoopi Goldberg, Jeremy Irons, Cheech Marin, and Ian Cummings.

ANSWER : _THE LION KING_

B) 10 - "Bella Notte" (Bel-Uh Know-tay)

5 - Spaghetti figures prominentely in the scene in which the song

ANSWER : _LADY AND THE TRAMP_

C) 10 - "Go to the Distance", by Michael Bolton

5 - The first song on the album is "Long Ago", narrated by Charlton Heston.

ANSWER : _HERCULES_

22. Do you believe in miracles? Then answer the following questioons about members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team for the stated number of points.

5) * He scored the winning goal against the USSR.

ANSWER : Mike _ERUZIONE_ (uh-rooz-ee-oh-knee)

10) The coach of the U.S. team.

ANSWER : Herbert _BROOKS_ (n.b. he goes by Herb)

15) The starting goalie for the U.S. team

ANSWER : Jim _CRAIG_

23. Identify the person, 30-20-10

30) * His credits include New Jack City and CB4

20) He's the voice of L'il Penny in Nike commercials with Anfernee Hardaway

10) He plays a cop in _Lethal Weapon IV_

ANSWER : Chris _ROCK_

Physical Challenge

1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Now that the moderator has finished reading this tongue-twister, designate one member of your team to repeat this phrase at normal talking speed six times. Each time you finish it correctly, you'll get five points. Every time you repeat it incorrectly, your teammates will laught at you and you'll lose five points, up to a maximum of ten points.

2. The moderator will hand you a card with three words on it. Your teammates will have to guess the words based on pictures you draw on the chalkboard. Standard pictionary rules apply: You may not write words, numbers, or symbols that appear on a standard keyboard, nor may you make gestures. You will receive 10 points for each word your teammates guess, in 1minute. Careful, if you break any of the rules, you will be summarily declared to have received a total of negative 10 points on the bonus.

Words: Smart, Highlighter, floppy disk

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