Trash Quizbowl Packet Archive



1.. Description acceptable. In a letter opposing edits to the film, the director of this shot explained that the addition of theme music to it removed the effect of passing by “one cabaret orchestra after another” and that the loud Latin American music being heard in the streets was “planned as a basic device throughout the entire picture”. During this shot, one character denies being on the trail of a “dope ring”, explaining he’s just looking for a “chocolate soda for my wife”. Robert Altman’s film The Player includes a scene where a character discusses this shot, contrasting it with the style of MTV music videos. That scene would end up breaking the record this shot supposedly had. This shot begins with the placing of a bomb in the trunk of a car, which drives next to Susan and Ramon Vargas in the streets of a Mexican border town before exploding. For ten points, identify this iconic shot from a 1958 Orson Welles noir film.ANSWER: the opening long take or car bomb shot or long take in A Touch of Evil2. A song on this album heralds a birth in a short section featuring a trumpet and a chant of “A son. A son. A son.” A character sings “down with your night clothes, up with the nightskirt” when this is left with him after his parents sing “Do You Think It’s Alright”. Tina Turner played the Acid Queen in a film production based on this album. A song this album foreshadows the “Go to the Mirror” and “Listening to You” sections, and tells of the main character’s father, the missing Captain Walker. Elton John’s performance of the most famous section of this album replaced the guitar with a piano as the lead instrument. That song begins with several suspended b chords and describes the protagonist who “plays by sense of smell” and “never tilts at all”. For ten points, identify this rock opera about an excellent pinball player composed by Pete Townshend.ANSWER: Tommy3. Description acceptable. A German song espousing this thesis in an unambiguous phrasing by Medikamentan Manfred and The Ji name drops Purple Rain and “Tom Hanks Rain Man”, and also relates one of the central concepts with the mind. Aubrey Graham asked “where we learn these values? I do not know what to tell you” after describing how young boys around him espouse this thesis. The last two lines of the chorus of Mask Off are a statement of this thesis. This thesis, along with a similar one regarding men, was first formulated by Notorious B.I.G. in a song curiously featuring Lil Kim; even in that song, the exact semantic meaning of this thesis is unclear. For ten points, identify this thesis espoused by many materialistic rappers, the first part of which is ambiguous in some formulations whether it truly means to disregard half of the human population or to engage with them intimately.ANSWER: Fuck bitches, get money or disregard women, acquire currency or Money over bitches (accept word forms and more polite answers)4. It’s not being “for queers”, but an old meme on gameFAQs and the online Smash community claimed tiers had this quality. The Kong Mountains of Africa have this quality. Reddit user raregens used Japanese fishing routes to attempt to prove that a country had this quality, which was promoted with a subreddit called “the Truth is Thinny Veiled”. A philosophical position that claims almost everything has this quality was first taken by Gorgius. The mayor of Bielefeld, Germany, has held a press conference insisting his city does not have this qualityThe school that takes that position, solipsism, insists that the mind does not have this quality. For ten points, identify this quality that atheists believe God has.ANSWER: Not existing (accept “don exits”)5. A song on this album includes the lyrics “I'll be the boyfriend in your wet dreams tonight, noses on a rail, little virgin wears the white” A track on this album features the French DJ Sebastian who tells “because I was like in front of her, and she told me like ‘Accept me on Facebook’, it was virtual, means no sense”. A short track on this album features a phone call from a mother of a friend who tells the artist “when people become weedheads they become sluggish, lavy, stupid and unconcerned”. A song on this album repeats the lines “you showed me love, glory from above, regard me dear, it's all downhill from here”. Another song on this album with begins with the lyrics “I thought that I was dreaming, when you said you loved me, it started from nothing”. For ten points identify this 2016 follow-up to Channel Orange that include the songs Ivy and Pink and White by Frank Ocean.ANSWER: Blonde6. This artist’s cover of Michael Jackson’s Dirty Diana on his third release, shortened as D.D., is followed by a song called Montreal, despite the singer not being from that city. One song by this artist was covered by Ellie Goulding and its chorus tells the listener to “Open your hand, take a glass”. That song, High for This, is the first song on this artist’s compilation Trilogy. A song by this artist notes how they won a from a kid’s show about a song “’bout a face numbing off a bag of blow”. This artist sang partially in his native Amharic, a language from his home country of Ethiopia, on a song that repeats the phrase “I only call you when it’s half past five”. A song by this artist produced by Max Martin tell us “we both know she can’t go without it” before declaring the title phrase. For 10 points, name this artist best known for his single I Can’t Feel My Face.ANSWER: The Weeknd or Abel Tesfaye7. In the Tarkosvky film Nostalghia, a madman is obsessed with carrying one of these objects across a pool of water. In A Feast for Crows, Marwyn knows that Sam is coming to Oldtown because of a glass one of these objects he uses to see the future. A Sonic Youth song about one of these objects begins with the line “I see a dog star divin’ at his magic”; that song is on Daydream Nation, which has one of these on the cover. In a David Bowie song, a solitary one of these objects sits in the villa of Ormen. A John Hughes movie titled after a number of these objects sees Molly Ringwald plays Samantha, who is repeatedly embarrassed on her sixteen birthday. Elton John rewrote a Bob Dylan song titled after one of these objects after the death of Princess Diana. FTP, identify this kind of object, which Bob Dylan imagined “in the wind”.ANSWER: Candle8. Gil-Scott Heron covered the final track on this album on his own album Reflections, adding a poem called The Siege of New Orleans. This is the highest rated album recorded by a black artist on Rolling Stone’s Greatest Albums of All Time. Another song on this album, What’s Happening Brother, was inspired by his brother’s service in Vietnam and includes the lyrics “can’t find no work, can’t find no job, friend, money is tighter than it’s ever been”. One song on this album talks of “radiation underground and in the sky, animals and birds who live nearby are dying”. The title song of this album includes the lyrics “picket lines and picket signs, don’t punish me with brutality, talk to me, so you can see” followed by the title phrase. For ten points, name this classic 1971 album that includes the songs Inner City Blues, Save the Children, and the title song about Marvin Gaye’s confusion with society.ANSWER: What’s Going On9.. One character with this name as his family name enlists in the Earth Federation military after his home satellite is attacked by Char Aznable, who he begins a long rivalry with. Another character with this name flies Unit 00 and frequently quarrels with her German-speaking colleague Asuka. A movie directed by a man with this last name sees Buzz confront the main character at the Griffith Observatory, where Pluto later hides out. Jamie Foxx won an Oscar for playing a musician with this first name in a 2004 biopic. Foxx also sang an excerpt of that musician’s song “I’ve Got a Woman” on Kanye West’s song “Gold Digger”. A character of this name refuses to sell a droid for a large amount of rations in a 2015 film. For ten points, name this name, used in Japanese and British culture, of a legendary soul artist and one of the main characters of The Force Awakens.ANSWER: Ray or Wray or Rei10. A post-rock band from this country is, according to one of their album names, afraid of Satan. That band’s first album, Young Team, features a Japanese street corner on the cover. An electronic band from this country features a sample of a man saying “orange” and kids confirming “yeah that’s right” on their track Aquarius, which is the 12th track on their album Music Has the Right to Children. A synthpop band from this country recorded the song Recover for their first album, The Bones of What You Believe, which also includes a song that tells of a mother who. A considerably more well-known electronic artist from this country has collaborated with Ellie Goulding, a singer from this country's southern neighbour, on the songs Outside and I Need Your Love, and with Rihanna on This Is What You Came For. For 10 points, name this country home CHVRCHES and Calvin Harris.ANSWER: Scotland (prompt on UK or Great Britian)11. A Dota 2 hero named after one of these weapons can kill enemies with low health with the Culling Blade spell, often called a “dunk”, and slow them with the Battle Hunger spell. In the Fire Emblem series one of these is the primary weapon of characters like Hector and Boyd and these weapons counter lances in the “weapon triangle”. In Order of the Stick, an Orc Barbarian named Thogg uses a large one of these. In the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, these weapons can inflict bleeding damage. In Age of Empires II, the Franks’ unique unit throws a type of this weapon, the Francisca. The Vikings’ unique unit Berserkers also use a one-handed version of this weapon with a shield, though many medieval Norse warriors used the larger, two-handed “Danish” version of this weapon. For ten points, name this weapon typically used by brutish characters and serial killers that doubles as a useful survival tool.ANSWER: Axes12. On a collaboration named for a Wu-Tang Member, an artist from this group raps “Michael Jackson with this fashion, bitch I'm dabbin', yeah”. A Spotify single by this group tells the listener to “get your rap snacks with a dab of ranch”. One song by this group with an “Accidental Music Video” includes the lyrics “dabbin’ goin’ the dictionary, birds sangin’ like Mary Mary”, describes a man “dabbin’ out the atmosphere” and repeatedly asks the listener “look at my dab”. In one song by this group on their 2017 album, one member describes how they “dab in the latest fashions” and that some women better call casting. In this group’s best-known song, one member describes “this a rollie not a mueller, dabbin’ on ‘em like the usual” and how his friends are “savage, ruthless”. For ten points, identify this rap group for Atlanta who describe their love of dabbing on their album Culture and the song Bad and Boujee.ANSWER: Migos 13. One film by this director tells the stories of an advertising executive, Mexican immigrants, and working class teenagers in the title industry. Another film by this director, A Scanner Darkly, was adapted from a Philip K. Dick novel about the government’s fight against Substance D. In one scene from one of this director’s films, the main character tells concerned parents that “your kids have touched me… and I’m pretty sure I’ve touched them”. A trilogy of movies from this director starred one of this director’s favourite actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. This man’s 2014 film starring Ellar Coltrane as Mason was shot over 12 years and earned this director a nomination for Best Film. For 10 points, name this director behind the Before series and the films School of Rock and Boyhood.ANSWER: Richard Linklater14. Someone on eBay auctioned a photo from 1870 alternatively titled as this man “is a vampire”, and a recent reddit post claimed that a depiction of the Virgin Mary looked like this man. A scene from the film Vampire’s Kiss starring this man has spawned the “You Don’t Say” meme of this man’s exaggerated face. One edited picture of this man is captioned with “My hair is a bird, your argument is invalid”. Another memorable scene from that movie is of this man spelling out the alphabet, increasingly getting angry. A scene of this man terrorized by bees is perhaps the most famous internet video associated with this actor; that scene is from 2006 remake of The Wicker Man starring this actor. For 10 points, name this memetic actor.ANSWER: Nicolas Cage15. Description acceptable. In A Christmas Fucking Miracle, one artist raps “OK, honor y’all? No way” and claims to use this peculiar spelling. It’s not using a dollar sign as an s, but one song whose title uses this peculiar spelling describes “back in the day I did my share of dirt, sometimes I got away clean, sometimes people got hurt”. That album, the debut solo album by Ice Cube, uses this spelling followed by the words “Most Wanted”. A song on an album by Joey Bada$$ that uses this spelling includes the lyrics “still got the last names of our slaveowners” and another repeats the line “I used to be so devastated, sometimes I thought we’d never make it. That album also uses this spelling in the song titles after Good Morning and before Idol. For ten points, identify this spelling that connects the name of a country with a white supremacist group known for burning cross.ANSWER: AmeriKKKa or AmeriKKKAn 16. An image macro meme called Conspiracy (this man) uses an older picture of this man being frightened and text reading such paranoid questions as “What if we CAN breath in space, and they just don’t want us to escape”. A picture of this man sitting on a bench looking sad went viral and triggered a Facebook event “to cheer this man up”, though he was really just eating a sandwich. In another meme, this man can be seen in the reflection of a pair of sunglasses and the top line reads “What if I told you” followed by useful information or an observation about people’s annoying behaviour. That meme is Morpheus Matrix, and is from a scene from one of this man’s best-known roles. For 10 points, name this memetic actor from Bill and Ted’s Most Excellent Adventure and The Matrix trilogy.ANSWER: Keanu Reeves (accept either because the memes are Sad Keanu and Conspiracy Keanu)17. The title song on this group’s 2006 album includes the lines “it really wasn’t that ill until the start of crack” and “night ridin’ on ‘em like my last name Hasselhoff”. That album also includes a song that notes “eleven million children are on Ritalin” and asks “false media, we don’t need it do we” and a cover with a hangman drawn in black on newspaper. A song by this group features Eryakh Badu signing “if you were worried ‘bout where I been or who I saw or”. This group’s 1999 album which features four acts is named for a novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. In their most high-profile role, this group has played has played songs like Hello and Enter Sandman on classroom instruments. For ten points, identify this Philadelphia hip-hop group that features the live drums of Questlove, the inhouse band for Jimmy Fallon.ANSWER: The Roots18. A cover version of this song repeats the line “meiosis is the key to making life” and the fire line “Meiosis is alike, except it happens twice”. Producer TM88 explained that a strange sound on this song was not actually from Minecraft, but just from a drum kit sample he used on Frooty Loops. The title of this song refers to the artist’s travels with The Weeknd, who cameos in the music video. This song includes the lines “fast car, NASCAR, race on ‘em” and “got the racks and they all c-notes”. On this song, the artist asks “Xanny make it go away” but claims “I’m committed not addicted but it got control of it me” before singing “I don’t really care if you cry”. For ten points, identify this song by Lil Uzi Vert that repeats the iconic lines “push me to the edges, all my friends are dead”.ANSWER: XO Tour Llif319. One work of this kind explains the intricacies of the Quick mechanic in Final Fantasy games, while another explains how Peter Dager first isolated sodium in 1807 and named it after the saltiest region on Earth, North America. Another work of this kind relates how the writer bumped into Flying Lotus at a grocery store, who tries to leave the store without paying for fifteen Milky Way bars and, when forced to pay for them, advises that they be scanned individually to avoid “digital infetterance”. In another work of this kind, the writer introduces themselves as “Katey t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m” and narrates “holds up spork”; that work popularized the phrase “I’m so random XD”. The most famous work of this kind has been translated into hundreds of languages but is often recognizable from the placement of the Arabic number 300 at certain places. That work of this kind begins with the iconic lines “what the fuck did you just say to me you little bitch?” and informs the reader of his Navy SEAL training in “gorilla warfare” and number of confirmed kills. For ten points, identify this genre of writing propagated by the internet and named for the ease at which it can be edited and posted in a new setting.ANSWER: copypasta (accept any specific kind)20. For ten points, name this Christopher Nolan film with two timelines that meet in the middle of the movie. In this film, one protagonist’s memory of the events that lead to the death of the other’s wife by drowning is questioned frequently by the other. The protagonists of this film both use different versions of the “Disappearing Man” trick. A scientist played by David Bowie in this film has set up shop in Colorado Springs, where he lives in seclusion. For ten points and my final trick, name this Christopher Nolan film that has a lot of clues that also sound like Memento, about the conflict between two magicians played by Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman.ANSWER: The Prestige ................
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