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COLT Round 11

Questions by Mike Bentley with contributions from Dave Letzler, Jerry Vinokurov and Jeremy Eaton

Tossups

1. Defensive tackle Jethro Pugh unsuccessfully argued that Jerry Kramer jumped offsides on the winning play of this game.  Gale Gillingham, a guard on the winning team, noticed that members of the opposing defense had removed the rubber caps from their cleats to start the second half of this game.  Several members of the Marching Chiefs were sent to the (*) hospital prior to the start of this game, resulting in no half-time show.  The winning drive in this game saw fullback Chuck Mercein make a big gain, although Donny Anderson twice failed to make any progress from the one-yard line.  That winning drive was eventually capped by a “31 Wedge” on 3rd Down where QB Bart Starr was finally able to get enough traction to score.  For 10 points, identify this name given to a victory by the Green Bay Packers over the Dallas Cowboys in the 1967 NFL Championship Game due to the game’s cold temperatures.

ANSWER: The Ice Bowl [accept 1967 NFL Championship Game until mentioned]

2. This actor begins one film by admitting he cheated on his wife five times in the last two weeks in a church confessional in a role based on a real life pizzeria owner who was killed by his wife.  This man was frequently cast as a white liberal in films directed by Lawrence Kasdan, such as his turn as an LA immigration attorney in Grand Canyon and the aforementioned (*) I Love You to Death.  In one of his best known roles, he starts opening homeless shelters despite the wishes of Frank Langella’s conservative character Bob Alexander and takes over for President Bill Mitchell, also played by this actor, following a stroke.  Besides playing the title role in Dave, he also played a dual role as inventor Artemus Gordon and President Ulysses S. Grant in a 1999 Western.  For 10 points, name this star of In & Out, who played Will Smith’s cohort in Wild Wild West.

ANSWER: Kevin (Delaney) Kline

3. One character in this series demands double rations after a “punk” chops off half of his head with his own shield.  Another character, whose right arm and leg have been partially sawed off, escapes from a secret medical lab with the help of the severed head of Janet van Dyne.  It opens with Magneto trapping the title characters in an alternate dimension.  The (*) Silver Surfer is killed shortly after he announces that Galactus will be coming to Earth to kill everyone in this story arc.  Characters in this story can only think rationally after eating.  This series was later continued in a crossover that pitted the title characters against the Army of Darkness.  Although his healing factor isn’t working, Wolverine claims that he is “dead” but not “dying” in the first issue of this story arc.  For 10 points, name this comic series where heroes from a certain comic book company spend a lot of time eating those who are not yet undead.

ANSWER: Marvel Zombies

4. Nick Brady and Shawn Colfax sing this song on a bus before the credits start rolling in the 2009 comedy Fired Up!  The chorus from this song is sung by Uncle Kracker on his track “Livin’ The Dream”.  An OC episode opens with Ryan fantasizing about Taylor in a parody of its music video.  Bowling for Soup’s “1985” references how Debbie dreamed of being in the music video for this song.  One version of this song changed the chorus by replacing the word (*) “hobo” with “drifter”, while the video featured model Tawny Kitaen performing cartwheels and other acrobatics on the hoods of two cars while wearing a flowing white negligee.  The singer of this song is “waiting on love’s sweet charity” and  knows “what it means / to walk along the street of broken dreams.” For 10 points, identify this 1982 song by Whitesnake in which the singer states that he is “goin’ down the only road he’s ever known”.

ANSWER: “Here I Go Again”

5. Year and event required.  Jelena Jankovic, ranked sixth at the time, was sent home early in this tournament after a surprise victory for Melanie Oudin.  The men’s final a year prior to this one was the subject of L. Jon Wertheim’s book, Strokes of Genius.  Upsets in this tournament included Sabine Lisicki’s defeat of Svetlana Kuznetsova, the woman who had won the grand slam immediately previous to this one.  The men’s champion in this event donned a white tracksuit with the number (*) “15” written on the back after winning a match where he put up 50 aces, just one short of Ivo Karlovich’s record at the event.  This is the last grand slam event to date which witnessed an all-Williams Sisters finals.  The following year’s competition witnessed an extremely long match between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner.  For 10 points, name this tournament where it took Roger Federer 16 games in the final set to defeat Andy Roddick.

ANSWER: 2009 Wimbledon Championships

6. Songs like “Ain’t That a Shame” appeared on this film’s “41 Original Hits” soundtrack.  One character in this film “also forgot the car” when a liquor store employee asks him for an ID he says he left in the car.  One of the protagonists of this film gets suspended for telling Mr. Kroot to “go kiss a duck” and later breaks up with Laurie, played by (*) Cindy Williams.  Another character in this film tries to find a beautiful woman played by a young Suzanne Somers by having a DJ named Wolfman Jack send out a message on air.  An early Mythbusters episode busted a stunt performed in this film where Curt uses a chain hooked to the rear of a police car to destroy its back axle in an attempt to gain entry into the Pharaohs.  Set on the final day of summer in Modesto in 1962, it saw Harrison Ford play Bob Falfa.  For 10 points, name this 1973 coming of age film directed by George Lucas.

ANSWER: American Graffiti

7. The film Unknown White Male opens with Douglas Bruce on a train bound for this place waking up with retrograde amnesia.  This location appears in the alternate title of “Bone to Bone”, a track from Aerosmith’s Night in the Ruts album.  A minor league baseball team associated with this place play at MCU Park.  This location appears in the title of a song whose only verse ends, “Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief, doctor, lawyer, merchant chief / We’re all bound for matrimony”.  Besides that song about a (*) “baby”, Patrick Bertoletti finished second in the most recent running of an annual competition held here which in 2010 saw a Japanese-born challenger arrested for trying to compete in it.  This location features the Wonder Wheel and the Cyclone, the latter of which is long wooden rollercoaster.  For 10 points, name this beach resort home to Nathan’s Famous Hotdogs in southern Brooklyn.

ANSWER: Coney Island

8. On one episode of this show, Jack Carpenter played Patric Edelstein, a Mark Zuckerberg-esque owner of the website who is upset that a movie has been made representing him as a jerk.  It’s not In Justice but it was created by Michelle and Robert King.  Dallas Roberts plays the protagonist’s gay brother (*) Owen on this series, and its most recent season finale involved a lawyer named Jake Rickter on trial for killing a judge who ruled against him.  The protagonist’s husband associates with a man named Eli Gold, while the first season of this show ended with the title character winning the sole permanent position over Cary Agos at Stern, Lockhart & Gardner.  The title character is married to a former state’s attorney played by Chris Noth.  For 10 points, name this CBS legal drama starring Juliana Margulies as Alicia Florrick, who goes back to practicing law following her husband’s sex scandal.

ANSWER: The Good Wife

9. This man recorded the three-part track “The Other Side” for a 1994 album titled Spirits.  That album by this man would not see a follow-up until he put out a 2010 record that featured a version of Robert Johnson’s “Me and the Devil Blues”.  He recorded the song “Rivers of My Fathers” and one that notes, “I can’t pay no doctor bill / (*) Ten years from now I’ll be payin’ still”.  His final album was titled I’m New Here, while his breakthrough live album, Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, produced songs like “Whitey’s on the Moon” and one where the title event won’t “show you pictures of Nixon / Blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell” and won’t “be brought to you by Xerox”.  After years of being addicted to crack, this artist of “The Bottle” died this May.  For 10 points, name this proto-rap artist behind spoken word pieces like “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”.

ANSWER: (Gilbert) “Gil” Scott-Heron

10. A 1999 Alan Parsons album with this name featured Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet on its track, “Out of the Blue”.  This type of object “Did It” according to a book by prolific Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder.  This is the name given to a series of Choose Your Own Adventure novels like The Rings of Saturn and Civil War Secret Agent published in the mid-‘80s.  One of these objects appears in the title of a game where the player loses if (*) Bowser is allowed to escape with his stolen artifacts to Paradise.  A 2002 film with this name starred Guy Pearce and saw calamity occur when the moon was accidentally destroyed; that film was based on a novel featuring characters like Weena.  This is also the name given to OS X’s backup feature introduced in Leopard.  For 10 points, name this type of object used to visit the Morlocks in a namesake book by H. G. Wells.

ANSWER: Time Machine [accept things along the lines of Devices that let you Travel Through Time]

11. This character proclaims “this shit’s chess, it ain’t checkers” as a way to justify the murder of Roger, played by Scott Glenn.  In another scene, he warns Blue that he’ll get 10 years per bullet unless he rats out Sandman.  He promises another character he can be his “promise number six” in the same speech where he says if “you don’t like narcotics, (*) get the fuck out of my car”.   In a speech for an award given to the actor who played this character, the actor lamented that for “forty years I’ve been chasing Sidney … and they give [an Oscar] to him the same night”.  Another character gets scared he’s going to get “piss tested” after this character slips him PCP.  This character yells, “I’m the police!  I run shit around here” shortly before he’s killed by some Russian hitmen.  Serving as a corrupt mentor for Jake Hoyt, who was played by Ethan Hawke, for 10 points, name this Oscar winning role for Denzel Washington in Training Day.

ANSWER: Detective Alonzo Harris [accept either underlined answer]

12. In the 2010, this man traded draft pick Hamady N'Diaye to the Wizards.  His organization was fined $50,000 after he claimed that one of his players “smoked too much marijuana”.  In a 2010 interview, this man defended a player by calling him “manna from heaven,” and comparing that player to Vlade Divac and interviewer (*) Chris Webber.  He once claimed that the only thing he had in common with 14-year-old Nick Gilbert is that he’d been bar mitzvahed.  He got his start in basketball with the Pacers, and in his current position was responsible for the trade that sent Ty Lawson to Denver.   He gave an obviously exorbitant contract to Darko Milicic.  He’s also stockpiled point guards like Luke Ridnour, Johnny Flynn, and Ricky Rubio. For 10 points, identify this man who recently drafted Derrick Williams and fired Kurt Rambis, the bafflingly incompetent president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

ANSWER: David Kahn

13. The player needs to use mirrors to point beams of light in the Hall of Learning section of this game, and it’s possible to get stuck with a bad save in the Observatory.  Holding the R1 and L1 buttons at the same time in this game would perform a mega freeze, and two characters in this game don’t turn evil at the beginning because the hero possesses a certain staff and medallion.  Penny Arcade criticized the sequel to this game, which (*) darkened the theme to make the protagonist “smolder with generic rage”, and that sequel saw the hero hunted by The Dahaka.  This game concludes with the protagonist killing the Vizier and then giving his chief weapon to Farah.  Sand Clouds help replenish the protagonist’s dagger in this game, and it introduced the ability of the title character to rewind time.  For 10 points, name this highly acclaimed game in a series starring an Iranian monarch, followed by The Warrior Within.

ANSWER: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [even though it’s a title, prompt on partial answer]

14. The Guardian of the Gate was a character in a short-lived kid’s spin-off of this show named for a Storybook.  Like Video Village, this show was created by Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley, who originally aired pilots of this series in the timeslot occupied by their earlier canceled game show, People Will Talk.   The original version of this show saw Cliff Arquette play a man named Charley Weaver.  From 1983-1984 this show was briefly paired with (*) Match Game for a game show hour.  Bonus rounds on this show included one where contestants had to eliminate 8 of the 9 bad keys.  It was originally hosted by former Sha Na Na member Peter Marshall, while a 1998 revival saw it presented by Tom Bergeron.  Recurring panelists on different versions of this gameshow have included Joan Rivers, Paul Lynd and Whoopi Goldberg, all of whom sat in the center of its set.  For 10 points, name this Tic-Tac-Toe based gameshow.

ANSWER: Hollywood Squares [or The Celebrity Game]

15. One song of this name, covered by Sheryl Crow, appeared on the second track of Bob Dylan’s Love and Theft and states “there’s only one thing I did wrong / I stayed in [this place] a day too long”.  This has been “on my mind / Like a mist in the morning / From some dream I’ve left behind” according to a Charlie Daniels song.  The judges of this place are “guarding all the bastions with their phony legal fort” according to a bitter (*) Phil Ochs song titled “Here’s to [this state]”.  It “rolls along until the end of time” according to the only #1 hit from Pussycat.  This word is the first in the title of a song where the narrator vows to “keep her lookin’ pretty, buy her dresses that shine”.  That song with this as the first word in its title describes “a dancer, she moved better than wine” and opens, “if you know what I mean”.  For 10 points, name this Southern state, which precedes “Queen” in the title of a Mountain song.

ANSWER: Mississippi

16. One character in this film gets nightmares from the mailbox-licking Lobster Man; that kid later gets in trouble at school for licking a teacher’s leg.  After getting a piece of her candy necklace bitten off by Mary Lynn Rajskub’s character, a woman in this film receives a call in the middle of sex about a man who drove a car into a convenience store.  The protagonists of this film learn they must be “BPP Certified” from (*) Winston, who has only one arm.  The grandfather in this film sells items like Fancy Corn, locally made in its setting of Albuquerque; that character was played by Alan Arkin.  The opening scene in this film sees a man use a shotgun shell he brought into a sporting goods store to shoot himself in the head; that murder inspires the protagonist to form a new business venture.  For 10 points, name this film where Emily Blunt and Amy Adams play women who tidy up crime scenes.

ANSWER: Sunshine Cleaning

17. Though he only pitched a season and a half for the Texas Rangers, in 1977 he threw a no-hitter for them.  He won the 1989 Comeback Player of the Year Award in the first of his final three seasons with the Angels.  Although eventually traded due to differences with Chuck Tanner, he pitched in Games 2 and 5 of the (*) 1979 World Series for the Pirates.  Joe Posnanski championed the fact that this man won more 1-0 shutouts than any modern pitcher, that he’s fifth in strikeouts all-time, and that his 250 losses and few All-Star selections were a factor of playing for poor teams as reasons for electing him to the Hall.  He defeated rival pitcher Jack Morris in a 1987 ALCS game pitching for the Twins, and more recently he was the pitching coach for the surprising 2009 WBC team from his native Holland.   Nicknamed “Be Home” by Chris Berman, name, for 10 points, this curveball-throwing pitcher inducted into the Hall in 2010.

ANSWER: Bert Blyleven

18. A Seattle-based one of these entities is shaped like a pig and is known as Maximus/Minimus, while one called the Cinnamon Snail is a highlight of Hoboken, New Jersey.  Raul Ortega brags about running an “old school” one of these called Mariscos Jalisco in Los Angeles.  A show devoted to these entities saw the Austin Daily Press make unique use of newspaper copies of The Onion and also contained teams like (*) Ragin’ Cajun and Nana Queens.  The city of Los Angeles raised a big kerfuffle about health standards in these entities in 2010.  One of the most influential ones of these is named for Kogi, increased in popularity through the use of FourSquare to send location updates, and combines Korean and Mexican cuisines.  These entities engage in a “Great Race” on a Food Network show.  For 10 points, name these trendy mobile restaurants.

ANSWER: Gourmet Food Truck [or Catering Truck or Lunch Truck or reasonable equivalents involving food and vehicles]

19. A season of The Real World set in this city saw Ryan hospitalized after Preston urinated on his toothbrush.  It’s not New York City, but two girls were kidnapped from this city by a serial killer played by Russell Hornsby who later dies of anthrax on an episode of Law & Order: SVU.   It’s not Boston, but on the “Angel of Death” episode of Boston Legal, Alan and Denny defended a doctor from this city who was accused of (*) euthanizing patients.  Monica Reyes was working in the FBI field office in this city before being recruited by John Doggett to investigate X-Files cases, while Drew Carey and his friends go here to meet a woman Drew marries who suffers from night terrors, Lily.  Cole Hauser and Anthony Anderson played cops in this city on a 2008 FOX series, also the setting of a current HBO show created by David Simon.  For 10 points, name this city that was the setting of shows like K-Ville and Tremé.

ANSWER: New Orleans

 

20. Last fall, this group released songs like “She Said Yes” and “Thumper” on YouTube under the moniker The Wedding Band, while on their first tour they played songs from their debut EP, Love Your Ground.  At this year’s Grammy Awards, they backed Bob Dylan on “Maggie’s Farm”.  With Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, this group recently embarked on the (*)  “Railroad Revival Tour”.  The singer rages, "you did not think when you sent me to brink / You desired my attention, but denied my affections" on “White Blank Page”, a track from their 2009 debut full-length album.  One of their hits goes, “And I will hold on hope / and I won’t let you choke / on the noose around your neck”, while another declares, “it was not your fault but mine / and it was your heart on the line”.  For 10 points, name this British country/folk band whose album Sigh No More contained “The Cave” and “Little Lion Man”.

ANSWER: Mumford & Sons [accept The Wedding Band before mentioned]

21. One scene in this film sees ask, “Why didn’t you just say he lived in Sherwood Forest and has a bow and arrow” when criticizing a description of Robin Hood during a game of charades.  Minor characters in this film include a cook named Felicity who is described as an “always lesbian”.  In one vignette, a “chunky” character convinces Desiree to have sex in the dark so that he can substitute in a co-worker named (*) Carl, who has trouble getting laid.  Rhys Darby plays a neglected New Zealander named The Nut in this film.  The central characters in this film are eventually rescued by fans while trying to avoid authorities enforcing the Marine Offenses Act.  Major characters include Quentin, the godfather of Young Carl, and the Count, an American DJ played by Philip Seymour Hoffman.  For 10 points, name this film about a boat that broadcasts Rock ‘n Roll off the coast of England in the ‘60s .

ANSWER: Pirate Radio [or The Boat That Rocked]

Bonuses

1. Identify the following about a certain film, for 10 points each.

[10] Based on a novel by Giles Foden, James McAvoy was cast a doctor who serves as the personal physician of a dictator played by Forest Whitaker in this Kevin MacDonald film.

ANSWER: The Last King of Scotland

[10] Scotland is the setting of this more recent Kevin MacDonald film where Chaning Tatum plays a Ninth Legion member.

ANSWER: The Eagle of the Ninth

[10] Jamie Bell, who played a slave named Esca in The Eagle, was co-nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight for a scene from this movie.  Samuel L. Jackson plays Roland in this film based on a Steven Gould novel.

ANSWER: Jumper

2. Identify the following about the career of Johnny “Guitar” Watson, for 10 points each.

[10] This artist covered Watson’s song, “Gangster of Love”.  His namesake band has released albums like Number 5 but he’s best known for singing, “Some people call me the space cowboy” on “The Joker”.

ANSWER: Steve Miller

[10] This man played tracks like “Let Them All Talk” on his bootleg The Gangster is Back, a nod to “Gangster of Love”.  With a backing band, he cut albums like 1983’s Punch the Clock and 1984’s Goodbye Cruel World.

ANSWER: Elvis Costello [or Declan Patrick MacManus]

[10] Watson played on several of albums by Frank Zappa, including Thing-Fish and One Size Fits All.  Zappa also collaborated with Jimmy Carl Black, Ray Collins and other members of this band on albums like Absolutely Free and Freak Out!!

ANSWER: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention [or the Soul Giants or the Grandmothers]

3. The losers of this game had previously met the winners in the group stages, where they had thrashed them 8-3. For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this World Cup final held in Switzerland, controversial in part because a recent study has provided evidence that the victorious German team had been injected with methamphetamines at halftime.  In the same year, the Giants swept the Indians in the World Series.

ANSWER: 1954 World Cup Final

[10] The losing side in that final was this team, whose stars included Sandor Kocsis and Nandor Hidekguti.  Hidekguti’s point blank shot in the final was saved by German goalkeeper Toni Turek, prompting announcer Herbert Zimmerman to exclaim, “Turek, du bist ein Fussballgott!”

ANSWER: Hungary

[10] The centerpiece of the Hungary team was this player, their captain who was known as the “Galloping Major” for his awkward run and military rank. He would later emigrate to Spain where he continued his insane goalscoring, netting a total of 514 goals in 529 matches.

ANSWER: Ferenc Puskas

4. It shares its name with a short-lived 1979 series inspired by Animal House that took place at Crandall College.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this ABC drama, whose story arcs have included Nora Walker dating an oncologist who doesn’t have a license to practice medicine.  Rob Lowe played Robert McCallister on three seasons of this show.

ANSWER: Brothers & Sisters

[10] This woman plays Kitty Walker on Brothers & Sisters.  In the ‘90s viewers could see her spend lots of time in unisex bathrooms as the title character on Ally McBeal.

ANSWER: Calista (Kay) Flockhart

[10] Brothers & Sisters kicked off with the death of this patriarch of the Walker family, who was having an affair with Patricia Wettig’s character, Holly Harper.  He’s played in flashbacks by Tom Skerritt.

ANSWER: William Walker

5. This artist’s eponymous third album featured tracks like “I Can Be”.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this R&B artist who found hits with tracks like “If Your Girl Only Knew” and “Miss You”, the latter from her 2002 album, I Care 4 U.  She also played Delroy Lindo’s daughter in a 2000 martial arts film.

ANSWER: Aaliyah (Dana) Haughton [accept either underlined answer]

[10] At age 11, Aaliyah opened a Vegas show for this woman, who happened to be her aunt.  This Motown artist scored big hits with “Midnight Train to Georgia” and a version of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” with The Pips.

ANSWER: Gladys (Maria) Knight

[10] Aaliyah died on a flight back from the Bahamas where she was shooting the video for this song.  It shares its name with a Hues Corporation song whose first verse begins, “Ever since our voyage of love began / Your touch has thrilled me like the rush of the wind”.

ANSWER: “Rock the Boat”

6. Identify the following about some popular smartphone games, for 10 points each.

[10] This Halfbrick game centers on slicing the titular food and includes modes like Zen.  A Kinect version was recently announced.

ANSWER: Fruit Ninja

[10] Players strive to put a piece of candy into the mouth of a green monster named Om Nom in this game that centers on physics-based puzzles.  The title severing action is performed by swiping one’s finger.

ANSWER: Cut the Rope

[10] This was the first iOS game to use the Unreal Engine 3.  Developed by Epic Games, the plot involves the next descendant of the hero trying to defeat the God King in a one-on-one sword battle.

ANSWER: Infinity Blade

7. This player was drafted by Toronto in 2003 after spending a year at Georgia Tech.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this power forward who hit the game-winning shot in Game 3 of the 2011 NBA Finals.

ANSWER: (Christopher Wesson) “Chris” Bosh

[10] This sportscaster’s Wikipedia page claims “the most notable interview” of his career was a talk with Pete Rose and not his interview with Lebron James for “The Decision”.

ANSWER: Jim Gray

[10] Grant Long, who was one of the first players for the Heat, was an alumnus of this school.  This school made it to the Sweet 16 in 1991 under coach Ben Braun and was where George Gervin played college ball.

ANSWER: Eastern Michigan University Eagles [accept either underlined answer]

8. One of his recent films contains a weird scene involving two albino crocodiles and speculates wildly about the paintings at Chauvet Cave.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this German director behind 2011's Cave of Forgotten Dreams and 2005’s Grizzly Man.

ANSWER: Werner Herzog (Stipetic)

[10] This woman was cast alongside Nicolas Cage in Herzog’s 2009 film, Bad Lieutenant.  She had earlier co-starred with Cage by playing Roxanne in Ghost Rider and reprised her role of Monica in Fast Five.

ANSWER: Eva Mendes

[10] The protagonist of this feature film, Dieter Dengler, had earlier been chronicled by Herzog in the documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly.  Christian Bale was cast as the lead in this movie.

ANSWER: Rescue Dawn

9. His book, I’m a Stranger Here Myself, was published in the United Kingdom as Notes from a Big Country.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this American travel author of A Walk in the Woods and A Short History of Nearly Everything.

ANSWER: Bill Bryson

[10] This nation was the titular country of Bill Bryson’s book In a Sunburned Country.  Writers from this country include Thomas Keneally, the author of Schindler’s Ark.

ANSWER: Australia

[10] This most recent Bryson works describes things like the invention of the mousetrap and centers on his residence in Norfolk.

ANSWER: At Home: A Short History of Private Life

10. Its pilot was co-written by Winnie Holzman, the creator of My So Called Life, and Ari Stidham starred as Ian, a Jonah Hill doppelganger on this program.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this short-lived cable show centering on characters at Camp Victory like Willamina, played by Nikki Blonsky.

ANSWER: Huge

[10] Huge aired on this cable network, that also produces original series like Make It or Break It, Kyle XY and Pretty Little Liars.

ANSWER: ABC Family

[10] In addition to being a co-namesake of an ABC Family show, this actress used to play a sitcom character who lived with Miles Goodman and Roxie King while away at college, and who wasn’t a big fan of Libby Chessler, played by Jenna Leigh Green.

ANSWER: Melissa Joan Hart [or Melissa Joan Catherine Hart]

11. This group recorded songs like “President of What?” for their early demo, You Can Play These Songs with Chords and later recorded the album, We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this indie band whose most recent album, Codes and Keys, produced the single, “You Are a Tourist”.

ANSWER: Death Cab for Cutie

[10] Death Cab for Cutie’s name derives from a song performed by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band on this film by the Beatles.  The title track of this film invites you to “roll up” and notes how the title activity is “waiting to take you away”.

ANSWER: The Magical Mystery Tour

[10] Featuring a black bird entwined in red string on its cover, this 2003 Death Cab for Cutie album contained singles like “Expo ‘86”, “The Sound of Settling” and “Title and Registration”.

ANSWER: Transatlanticism

12. Documents made public in April 2011 hinted that not only was the 1919 World Series fixed by the losing AL side, but that the 1918 Series may have been fixed by the NL team.  For 10 points each:

[10] Name the city that served as home for both the 1919 AL fixers and the alleged 1918 NL fixers.  The 1919 home games took place at a ballpark in this city later named for Charles Comiskey.

ANSWER: Chicago

[10] The newly-uncovered evidence was the deposition of this ace pitcher of the White Sox, who had won 29 games and pitched 300 innings that year.  Nicknamed “Knuckles”, he claimed to have been inspired by the example of the 1918 Cubs and by the cheap tactics of owner Charles Comiskey.

ANSWER: Eddie “Knuckles” Cicotte

[10] The most suspicious act of the 1918 Series was a horrific fielding error by Cub Max Flack in the clinching Game 6, giving this Red Sox pitcher a 2-1 win.  His solid play in the 1918 Series has been overshadowed since by a fastball he threw in 1920 that struck Ray Chapman in the head and subsequently killed him.

ANSWER: Carl Mays

13. Don Freeman wrote a children’s book of this title that was turned into a short-lived animated program on PBS’ Bookworm Bunch.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this fabric which also titles a 1994 song where Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam sings, “I don’t want to take what you can give / I would rather starve than eat your bread”.

ANSWER: Corduroy

[10] Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim is a novel by this writer, whose other works include Holidays on Ice and Me Talk Pretty One Day.  His sister played Jerri Blank on Strangers with Candy.

ANSWER: David Sedaris

[10] Emily Mortimer once told Corduroy magazine that, “I think farts are pretty much universally funny”.  Mortimer played actress Angelina Tyler in this horror film where she’s killed at a birthday party being held for director Roman Bridger, who was played by Scott Foley.

ANSWER: Scream 3

14. A sequel to this film cast Cliff Roberton as the President for Life who tasks the protagonist with retrieving a black box.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this film set sixteen years earlier than that sequel, where Donald Pleasence’s character has been captured by the Duke of the title location, played by Isaac Hayes.

ANSWER: Escape from New York

[10] Escape from New York starred this actor as Snake Plissken.  He’s more recently played US Hockey coach Herb Brooks in Miracle.

ANSWER: Kurt (Vogel) Russell

[10] This actor had a small role as Cabbie, an inmate in Escape from New York.  He earlier won an Oscar for a 1955 film where he played a butcher who meets Clara, played by Betsy Blair, in the Stardust Ballroom.

ANSWER: Ernest Borgnine [or Ermes Effron Borgnino]

15. The author writes, “to say I’m an overrated troll, when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair” in a chapter of this work titled “Dear Internet”.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this 2011 book that also details an incident where Lorne Michaels called the author back into the studio after an anthrax attack on 30 Rockefeller Center in 2001.

ANSWER: Bossypants

[10] Bossypants was a recent sort-of memoir by this comedian.  She wrote the script for Mean Girls, which she also starred in.

ANSWER: (Elizabeth Stamatina) “Tina” Fey

[10] Tina Fey also provided the voice for Lisa, the protagonist’s mother in this 2008 animated film.  At one point in this film, the moon falls out of orbit, and later on the hero tells Granmamare how much he loves the title character.

ANSWER: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea [or Gake no Ue no Ponyo]

16. The third game in this series was an Xbox exclusive subtitled Mission to Earth.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this roguelike series whose first game sees the protagonists using power-ups like rocket skates and intertubes obtained from opening presents to explore Earth.

ANSWER: ToeJam & Earl

[10] ToeJam & Earl is one of the many first-party games developed by this company.  This company released hardware like the Master System and Saturn, although since leaving the hardware business they’ve released games of dubious quality like Shadow the Hedgehog.

ANSWER: Sega Sammy Corporation

[10] Now in its fourth entry, this Sega series centers on Kazuma Kiryu.  In 2007, this series got its own Japanese film, Like a Dragon.

ANSWER: Yakuza

17. Identify the following about some big comebacks in bowl games, for 10 points each.

[10] This team’s come from behind victory after being down 38-8 at the half to East Carolina in the 2001 GMAC Bowl was the biggest bowl comeback in history until 2006.  This school’s football team experienced a tragic plane crash in 1970.

ANSWER: Marshall University Thundering Herd [accept either underlined answer]

[10] Despite being up 38-7 against Texas Tech in the third quarter of the 2006 Insight Bowl, this team ended up losing in overtime.  Players on the team that year included backup QB Tony Mortensen and defensive back Dominique Barber.

ANSWER: University of Minnesota Golden Gophers [accept either underlined answer]

[10] This school gave up three touchdowns in less than 5 minutes in the 3rd Quarter of the 1978 Bluebonnet Bowl to lose to Stanford.  They were coached at the time by Vince Dooley, who once let defensive end Bill Stanfill play QB with his team up 51-0 against Florida.

ANSWER: University of Georgia Bulldogs [accept either underlined answer]

18. Identify the following about some superficially related shows, for 10 points each.

[10] Carol, played by Meghan Perry, struggles with her upcoming birthday on this network’s program, I Hate My 30’s.  This network’s other programming includes original episodes of I Love Money.

ANSWER: VH1

[10] One character on this show, Kel Robinson, claims to have won two Davis Cup trophies before he began working with his partner, Rhodes Scholar Alexander Scott.  A film remake co-starred Eddie Murphy.

ANSWER: I Spy

[10] The Lifetime reality series I Married a Princess centers on the marriage of Casper van Dien and Catherine Oxenberg.  Oxenberg previously played Amanda Carrington on this television series.

ANSWER: Dynasty

19. This man once played bass in Brides of Destruction, a supergroup that featured members like Adam Hamilton and Scot Coogan.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this man who played bass alongside dudes like Mick Mars in his most famous band.  He also did a solo soundtrack to his memoir, The Heroin Diaries.

ANSWER: Nikki Sixx [or Frank Carlton Serafino Ferrana, Jr.]

[10] Nikki Sixx is best known for being part of this band, who recorded the hit, “Girls, Girls, Girls”.

ANSWER: Motley Crue

[10] This single from Motley Crue’s Shout at the Devil describes a woman who “if she don’t get her way / she’ll slice you apart” and who is “bulletproof / she keeps her motor clean”.

ANSWER: “Looks That Kill”

20. This man played a character named Kipling, who is told of exploits in Afghanistan by characters played by Michael Caine and Sean Connery in The Man Who Would Be King.  For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this actor who also played Archduke Franz Ferdinand in The Day That Shook the World and General Chang in a certain sci-fi film.

ANSWER: Christopher Plummer

[10] Christopher Plummer is probably best known for playing this character, whose children are looked after by Maria.  This character sings songs like “Edleweiss” and escapes across the Alps in a certain movie musical classic.

ANSWER: Captain George Ludwig Von Trapp [or Baron Von Trapp; or the Captain]

[10] Plummer also played Quentin alongside Faye Dunaway’s Maggie in a TV version of this play.  Quentin is unable to sign letters “with love” and uses his prospective third wife, Holga, to examine the consequences of the Holocaust in this play.

ANSWER: After the Fall

 

21. Its initial season saw teams like the Chicago Rockets and LA Dons engaging in a 14 game, double round robin schedule.  For 10 points each:

[10] Name this professional sports league, where the 49ers and Baltimore Colts got their start.  It shouldn’t be confused with the AFL.

ANSWER: All-America Football Conference [or AAFC]

[10] This team won all four of the AAFC championship games before joining the NFL.  Later, they’d be led by quarterback Bernie Kosar and lose to the Broncos in the 1986 playoffs thanks to “The Drive”.

ANSWER: Cleveland Browns [accept either underlined answer]

[10] Following the merger of the AAFC and NFL, the defending champion Browns and Eagles played in this special Saturday evening game at Philadelphia Municipal Stadium to open the 1950 season.

ANSWER: The World Series of Pro Football

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