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2003 ANN B. DAVIS – Karl Rove’s Small Aircraft Maintenance Company Tossups by David Thorsley, Emily Moore and Julie Stahlhut (with additions from Florida)
TOSSUPS
1. The last game he played was against the Pittsburgh Pirates, and he died four months later from tuberculosis. Due to his cool demeanor under pressure, he earned the nickname the “Chicoutimi Cucumber.” He won two Stanley Cups in 1916 and 1924 with Montreal, and became the first NHL player in history to record a shutout. For 10 points - identify this namesake of the NHL trophy for best goaltender.
Answer: Georges Vezina
2. It's the middle name of smarmy Harvey Bains in Waiting for God, and the first name of both the actor who played Neil in The Young Ones and a fictional guitarist who triumphantly rejoined his old band in time for a Japanese tour. In a 1979 single, it was the name of a young man whose relatives would never let him speak for himself. For 10 points - give this name shared by Mr. Planer, Mr. Tufnel, and an XTC title character who "has his future in British steel".
Answer: Nigel
3. The title character in the British TV show Worzel Gummidge is one, while a 1964 Disney series starred Patrick McGoohan as a fugitive with this nickname. It is also the codename of an employee of ‘the Agency’ named Lee Stetson, played in a 1980s series by Bruce Boxleitner. For 10 points – name this role most famously played by Ray Bolger in The Wizard of Oz.
Answer: scarecrow
4. Its victims are first strapped into chairs. Then, electrodes are attached to their temples and connected to devices such as rhythmic modulators and alliterative residulators. Some prisoners have died of internal hemorrhaging but one saved himself and his best friend by claiming to enjoy the experience. For 10 points - name this combined torture method and literary form, inflicted on Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Answer: Vogon poetry (accept clear knowledge equivalents; prompt on "Vogons" alone on early buzz)
5. Celebrating its one-hundredth anniversary in 2003, its current president is Branch B. Rickey, grandson of the famed Brooklyn Dodgers executive. In 1934, a minor league record of 137 wins was set by this league’s Los Angeles Angels. New Orleans, Las Vegas, and Portland are among the cities with teams in - for 10 points - what largest and westernmost league of Triple-A baseball?
Answer: Pacific Coast League or PCL
6. This website’s original purpose was to show off a picture of a very well endowed squirrel. Taking its present form in February 1999, features of this Lexington based site include photoshop contests in the discussion forums, the latest news on Wil Wheaton and Christopher Walken, and well as links to the stupid, spiffy, ironic, and asinine. For 10 points - identify this website that posts daily links to odd news on the Internet.
Answer:
7. This football player earned the nickname “Trouble” before he was born when he kept his mother in labor for four days, turning every time the doctor was about to perform the C-section. The name stuck; during his junior year, he was dismissed by the Florida State football team after the Dillards scandal that Peter Warrick was only suspended for two games. But he has flourished in his NFL career in the 2002 season he had 89 catches for 1264 yards, and became Chad Pennington’s favorite target. FTP, name this wide receiver, number 87 for the New York Jets.
Answer: Laveranues (la-VER-nay-us) Coles
8. TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED. The first made its debut in 1980, and was the first major arcade game whose chief designer was female. The second followed two years later, incorporating such improvements as a shifting playfield, new enemies from the orders Odonata and Dermaptera, and an arsenal of DDT bombs. For 10 points - name these two classic Atari games which rewarded your ability to blow away the leggy segments of rapidly descending myriapods (MEER-ee-a-pods).
Answers: Centipede and Millipede
9. His first experience as a head coach came at NAIA school Montana Tech from 1981 to 1985, which was followed by time at Washington State, where he led the team to a NCAA tournament appearance in 1994. In 2001-02, he led his team to 31 victories, was named Chevrolet National Coach of the Year, and became the first Native American to lead a team to the Final Four. For 10 points - name this head basketball coach of Oklahoma.
Answer: Kelvin Sampson
10. According to Richard Roeper, the last time he smoked marijuana, this band was topping the charts. From that fact we can conclude that Roeper last toked a joint in 1983, as the band’s 1984 album, Islands, flopped after the departure of their lead singer, Limahl. Their first album, White Feathers, contained the U.K. hits Ooh to Be Ah and Hang on Now, but only one song neared the top of the U.S. charts. For 10 points - name this British band best known for Too Shy.
Answer: Kajagoogoo
11. His stand-up act recounts how he impersonated Alan Arkin while calling into the Larry King Show when Arkin was on the show promoting Indian Summer. Born in San Francisco, he worked with Dana Carvey before Carvey was hired by Saturday Night Live. His recent roles include Cupid in The Santa Clause 2 and Wayne Boggs in She’s All That. For 10 points – name this character actor best known for supporting roles in L.A. Story, Casino, and The Usual Suspects.
Answer: Kevin Pollak
12. The plain variety of this guaifenesin [gwye-FEN-e-sin] containing over-the-counter drug can be used to increase cervical mucus production and female fertility, probably not what its producer, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, had in mind when they sponsored a “Mom of the Year Contest.” You can select from types of syrup denoted by the two letter combinations PE, CF, or DM. For 10 points - identify this brand of cough syrup that comes recommended by “Dr. Mom.”
Answer: Robitussin
13. He began his career with Seattle before being traded for Eric Anthony in 1993. Although he was the NLCS MVP after going 2-0 against the Cardinals in 2000, his best year came in 1999 when he went 22-4 and finished 2nd in Cy Young voting. His last two seasons were rocky, despite tying a home run record, but next year should be better as he has escaped Coors Field. For 10 points -- name this lefty formerly of the Astros and Mets, who is now an Atlanta Brave.
Answer: Mike Hampton
14. This film was parodied by Jeff Corwin as he tracked a black caiman through Belize. In that episode, Jeff smeared his face with chocolate, surfaced eerily from water after doing a few handstands, practiced martial-arts moves, and lay moodily under a ceiling fan, backed by a Doors-like band. For 10 points - name the original 1979 film in which the target of the quest was less attractive than a crocodilian, having been, after all, portrayed by Marlon Brando.
Answer: Apocalypse Now
15. Legend his it that this nickname was the result of a typo in a report of the team’s win against Hartlepool in 1905. They won their sport’s first world cup in 1987, despite having been weakened when some of its members were suspended after playing in a tour of South Africa. Among the traditions associated with the team is the “haka” dance performed before each match. For 10 points - identify this name given to New Zealand’s national rugby team
Answer: All Blacks
18. They were signed to a major label contract after their 1993 indy release Organix became a cult favorite. Their stylistic direction came when neither rapper Black Thought nor drummer ?uestlove could afford turntables when they formed in Philly. Their 2002 release, Phrenology, is the follow up to their most commercially successful album, 1999’s Things Fall Apart. For 10 points - name this rap group best known for performing with Erykah Badu on the hit single You Got Me.
Answer: The Roots
19. They finished in 2nd in the Central Division with 15 wins, two games behind Memphis. Led by quarterback George Mira, they defeated Hawaii in the semifinal game but only played in the final after owner Bill Putnam pleaded with them not to strike over missing back pay. Their uniforms were repossessed while they celebrated their championship, a 22-21 win over the Florida Blazers in 1974. For 10 points - name this only champion of the World Football League.
Answer: Birmingham Americans (accept either)
19. The tenth track of this album advocates the separation of California into “two states, north and south.” Thirty-four bonus tracks appear on its recently released tenth anniversary addition, which is subtitled “Lux and Reduxe”. Comparisons to Nirvana abounded following its 1992 release, despite the obtuse lyrics, out-of-tune sounding chords, and lo-fi production values. For 10 points - name this “classic” of indie rock by Pavement.
Answer: Slanted and Enchanted
20. On one episode of this show, the Barenaked Ladies made a guest appearence in the role of a Greek Chorus. The title characters are a medical student, an architecture student, and a sales representative for Immaculate Chemicals, all of whom reside in the same Boston apartment complex. For 10 points - identify this 1998-2001 ABC series about Pete, Sharon, Berg, and sometimes also Beacon Street Pizza.
Answer: Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place or Two Guys and a Girl
21 . TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED. The story linking these two things was invented by Mary Lou Song, a public relations manager for the company in question. It claimed that the founder of the company, Pierre Omidyar, wanted to help his fiancée obtain this particular product more easily. The fact that the story was made up was revealed in Adam Cohen’s book, The Perfect Store. For 10 points - identify this Internet auction site and the candy dispensers that were not really responsible for its founding.
Answers: Pez dispensers and eBay
2003 ANN B. DAVIS – Karl Rove’s Small Aircraft Maintenance Company Bonuses by David Thorsley, Emily Moore and Julie Stahlhut
BONUSES
1. Given some lyrics, name these anti-war songs of the 1980s, for 10 points each.
(10) "We are agents of the free/I've had my fun and now it's time/To serve your conscience overseas"
Answer: Orange Crush (by R.E.M.)
(10) "The good life was so elusive/Handouts, they got me down/I had to regain my self-respect/So I got into camouflage/The girls, they love to see you shoot"
Answer: I Love a Man in a Uniform (by Gang of Four)
(10) "In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war, but it wasn't/It was different, and so were those who did the fighting/In World War II, the average age of the combat soldier was 26..."
Answer: Nineteen (by Paul Hardcastle)
2. Given the crime, identify the Portland Trail Blazer for 10 points each.
(10) Name either of the current Blazers who were arrested for marijuana possession on November 22, 2002.
Answer: Rasheed Wallace or Damon Stoudamire
(10) This second year forward out of Michigan State was arrested for underage drinking in the 2001 offseason.
Answer: Zach Randolph
(10) While a member of the Supersonics, the current Blazer was accused of raping his family’s nanny in September 2000.
Answer: Ruben Patterson
3. 40-30-20-10-1. Name the film from quotes.
(40) Um.
(30) I can't use my left hand at all. I got it caught in a cotton gin when I was twelve years old. All my muscles were tore loose.
(20) Not much is happening. The judge looks like he's asleep. I see your daddy and a colored man. The colored man looks to me like he's crying. I wonder what he's done to cry about?
(10) Atticus, do you think Boo Radley ever really comes and looks in my window at night?
(1) A Mockingbird was killed in this film.
Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Answer these questions about the game of Life, for 10 points each.
(10) The earliest version of the game of Life was invented in the 1960s by this Massachusetts lithographer.
Answer: Milton Bradley
(10) In the 1990s edition, a player with this profession receives $5,000 whenever any player spins a 10.
Answer: police officer
(10) In the 1960s edition of the game, you decide whether or not you want to be a millionaire tycoon at this spot five spaces from the end of the board.
Answer: Day of Reckoning
5. Answer the following about a contest for 10 points each.
(10) On July 4, 2002, Takeru Kobayashi defended his title at this annual event.
Answer: Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest
(10) Nathan’s Hot Dog eating contest is associated with this organization, which also hold jalapeno, oyster, and matzo ball eating contests.
Answer: International Federation of Competitive Eating
(10) On a 2002 episode of King of the Hill, this singer appeared as himself and as IFOCE’s biggest fan.
Answer: Kid Rock (or Robert James Ritchie)
6. Name these Australian actors who appeared in Lord of the Rings -- The Two Towers, for 10 points each.
(10) Agent Smith as Elrond? Why not? After all, this Nigerian-born Australian portrayed a drag queen in Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Answer: Hugo Weaving
(10) This Brisbane-born actress appeared in The Two Towers as Eowyn, niece of Theoden of Rohan.
Answer: Miranda Otto
(10) He may have been fearsome as Faramir, but he was much cuter as wildlife officer Sam Flynn in Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course.
Answer: David Wenham
7. Identify these baseball players involved in trans-Pacific transactions for 10 points each.
(10) This outfielder signed a three-year, $21 million dollar contract with the New York Yankees.
Answer: Hideki Matsui
(10) The Mets failed in their attempts to sign this Kintetsu Buffaloes third baseman after he was offended that they added his name to their roster on before the deal was complete.
Answer: Norihiro Nakamura
(10) The most high-profile player to go the other way is this former first baseman and DH for the Devil Rays, now one step closer to the major leagues as a member of the Yokohama Bay Stars.
Answer: Steve Cox
8. Name these British soap operas for 10 points each.
(10) Set in the Albert Square neighborhood of London, locations in this soap include Angie’s Den and the Queen Vic Pub.
Answer: EastEnders
(10) The Battersby, Barlow, and Tanner families have featured prominently on this soap now in its 43rd year.
Answer: Coronation Street
(10) Set in a Yorkshire farming village, this soap featuring the Sugdens and the Dingles has been on the air since 1972.
Answer: Emmerdale (Farm)
9. Answer these questions that are indeed related for 10 points each.
(10) This hall-of-fame back for the L.A. Rams earned his nickname in 1942 for his unusual running style, which a Chicago Daily News reporter compared to a “demented duck.”
Answer: Elroy ‘Crazylegs’ Hirsch
(10) This duo scored their first number hit in 1965 with “You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’”
Answer: Righteous Brothers
(10) Crazylegs Hirsch starred in this 1955 film about an experimental prison in Chino, Californi Ten years later, the Righteous Brothers scored a top five hit with the film’s theme.
Answer: Unchained
10. Five points for one, 10 for two, 20 for three, or 30 for all four, given an NFL team, identify their most recent MVP winner, as awarded by the Associated Press.
(5) Buffalo
Answer: Thurman Thomas
(5) Houston/Tennessee
Answer: Earl Campbell
(X) Minnesota
Answer: Fran Tarkenton
(X) Denver
Answer: Terrell Davis
11. Answer the following about a producer for 10 points each.
(10) This A&R man for RCA in Britain is best known for his catty comments on American Idol.
Answer: Simon Cowell
(10) Cowell’s first major work as an album producer was for this British quintet, who had a hit with the song “When the Lights Go Out.”
Answer: 5ive
(10) According to the All-Music Guide, Cowell’s first work as executive producer was on this 1993 album which featured the songs Nasty Boys Stomp and Tatanka Native American.
Answer: Wrestlemania: The Album
12. For 10 points each, given a description of the top result of a Google search for one specific letter, identify the result.
(10) A search for the letter “T” yields this telecom company whose stock symbol is T.
Answer: American Telephone & Telegraph or AT&T
(10) A search for “P” links to this charitable foundation founded by a former CEO of General Motors.
Answer: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
(10) Inexplicably, a search for the letter “S” takes you the Free Software Foundation’s website, promoting this project started in 1984 by Richard Stallman.
Answer: GNU
13. "My name was second highest on the bomb threat list." "And then Moses himself showed up." "Thank you for not shooting me." For 10 points each:
(10) Name the 2002 film, winner of a Cannes special jury prize, which featured these lines.
Answer: Bowling for Columbine
(10) In the film, two Columbine shooting victims attempted to return bullets, still lodged in their bodies, to this retailer which soon afterwards stopped selling ammunition.
Answer: K-Mart
(10) Another interviewee was this "tofu farmer", once held but not charged in the Oklahoma City bombing, who allegedly held a handgun to his own head off-camera.
Answer: James Nichols
14. Identify the following about the Tennis Masters Series for the stated number of points.
(10/10) The 2002 Tennis Masters Cup was won by an Australian player in an Asian city. Name both for 10 points each.
Answer: Shanghai and Lleyton Hewitt
(5/5) The Tennis Masters Series plays three events in the United States. For 5 points each, name any two U.S. cities that hosted Masters Series events in 2002.
Answer: Indian Wells, Ca., Cincinnati, Miami
Accept: Mason, Ohio for Cincinnati
15. Complete these song-title chains for 10 points each.
(10) An Al Stewart ballad begins on a morning from a Bogart movie, but segues into a Ted Nugent rocker that's not really about lymphoreticulosis [LIM-fo-re-TIK-you-LO-sis].
answer: Year of the Cat Scratch Fever
(10) Debby Boone croons her signature tune, but Talking Heads point out that this ain't no party ....
answer: You Light Up My Life During Wartime
(10) The Beatles prefer women who don't demand expensive jewelry; Aerosmith adds that, for a working man, love has its ups and downs.
answer: Can't Buy Me Love in an Elevator
16. Given a losing candidate and the actor who played him/her in a film featuring an election, identify the film, 5 points for one, 10 for two, 20 for three, or 30 for all four.
(5) Crocker Jarmon, played by Don Porter
Answer: The Candidate
(5) Bob Rumson, played by Richard Dreyfuss
Answer: The American President
(X) Paul Metzler, played by Chris Klein
Answer: Election
(X) Brickley Paiste, played by Gore Vidal
Answer: Bob Roberts
17. Identify these mysteries solved thanks to Catherine Zeta-Jones, for 10 points each.
(10) With the help of a T-Mobile phone, a man stopped at a toll booth learns that Ramen noodles are not mentioned in this Def Leppard song.
Answer: Pour Some Sugar On Me
(10) By being supplied with a T-Mobile phone, an American in Prague figures out how to contact his friend so that he can go to this city.
Answer: Venice
(10) A shopper at a garage sale uses a T-Mobile picture phone to call Sotheby’s and identify this rare artifact.
Answer: The Ivory Toad of Shanghai
18. In Minority Report, the pre-cogs that predict future murders are named after well-known mystery writers. For 10 points each, name the three pre-cogs.
Answers: Agatha, Dashiell, and Arthur
19. Answer the following about a college football playoff team for 10 points each.
(10) This team upended McNeese State University to win the Division 1-AA national championship.
Answer: Western Kentucky University
(10) Western Kentucky is coached by this man, whose son played quarterback for Chicago, Indianapolis, Baltimore, and San Diego in the NFL.
Answer: Jack Harbaugh
(10) Western Kentucky advanced to the final by upsetting this school, the defending 1-AA champion, in the semifinals.
Answer: Georgia Southern University
20. Name these actors from Charles in Charge for the stated number of points.
(5) This actor played Charles.
Answer: Scott Baio
(5) Also Baio’s co-star in Zapped!, he played Charles’ best friend Buddy.
Answer: Willie Aames
(10) Charles’ mother was played by this actress, the sister of a more famous actor and one-time Sweathog.
Answer: Ellen Travolta
(10) Before joining the cast of Baywatch, this actress played Jamie Powell from 1987 to 1990.
Answer: Nicole Eggert
21. Take two aspirin and name these classic TV doctor shows for 10 points each.
(10) Based on Max Brand stories and a 1938 film, it ran from 1961 to 1966 and featured a young intern mentored by Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
answer: Dr. Kildare
(10) Running during the same 5 years as "Dr. Kildare", it co-starred Sam Jaffe as Dr. Zorba, with Vince Edwards as the title character.
answer: Ben Casey
(10) Running from 1969 to 1976, it starred Chad Everett and James Daly as physicians at a university hospital complex.
answer: Medical Center
22. Given a recent children’s bestseller, name its author for the stated number of points.
(5) Double Fudge
Answer: Judy Blume
(5) Hoot
Answer: Carl Hiassen
(10) Summerland
Answer: Michael Chabon
D. (10) Tuck Everlasting
Answer: Natalie Babbitt
23. Identify these Santana albums from songs for 10 points each.
(10) Oye Como Va, Black Magic Woman
Answer: Abraxas
(10) Maria Maria, Smooth
Answer: Supernatural
(10) One Chain (Don’t Make No Prison), Stormy, Well All Right
Answer: Inner Secrets
24. Answer the following about Larry David’s attempts to open a restaurant on Curb Your Enthusiasm for 10 points each.
(10) Among Larry’s partners in the restaurant is this former Cheers cast member.
Answer: Ted Danson
(10) Larry fires the chef he had hired for the restaurant after he sees the chef doing this, thereby hiding the affliction that both he and Larry suffer from.
Answer: wearing a toupee (or equivalents)
(10) After firing the toupee wearing chef, Larry hires a chef who he is unwilling to fire because he believes the chef is a Holocaust survivor. The problem with this chef is that he suffers from this condition.
Answer: Tourette’s Syndrome
25. Given a story line from a Randy Newman song, give the song title, for 10 points each.
(10) The captain of a slave ship tries to persuade residents of an African village to board his vessel.
answer: Sail Away
(10) A real-life former Louisiana politician fires up the voters.
answer: Kingfish
(10) A young man living in a poor section of an East Coast city fantasizes about escaping to the country with his kid brother and sister.
answer: Baltimore
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