Trash Quizbowl Packet Archive



Seth Teitler Presents: An Intimate Engagement With TrashWritten and edited by David Seal, Nolan Esser and Brian McNamaraWith the generous participation of Michael Arnold and Tommy CasalaspiRound TwoTossups1. This actor played the insane Sir Ruber in The Quest for Camelot and. In one role this man was the midget brother of Matthew McConaughey, and in another film’s opening scene he flipped a coin that always came up heads. That film was based on a play by Tom Stoppard. This man won the Palme d’or for directing Nil By Mouth. In one film role, this man says that dying is “quicker than falling asleep.” In another role Harrison Ford throws him out of a plane. He has played villainous roles in addition to his role in Air Force One such as Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK and Dracula in Coppola’s Dracula. He recently portrayed George Smiley in an adaptation of John LeCarre’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. ?For ten points, name this actor who has played Jim Gordon and Sirius Black.ANSWER: Gary Oldman2. One character on this show claims that Mulan is Eddie Murphy’s best film as he voices the dragon and that character’s best friend says she “works in fashion” because she works for a dry cleaner. In one episode of this show the main characters deal with a rowdy gang of teens by giving them oregano they claim is marijuana. One of the leads on this show gets into a paintball battle with the man his girlfriend left him for, Duane Benzie. Brian is an artist and wacky neighbor on this show, and he once dated Twist, who moves to Manchester. The main characters of this show must pretend to date to fool their landlady, and Nick Frost plays Mike on this series. For ten points, name this British series in which Tim and Daisy, played by Jessica Stevenson and Simon Pegg, are roommates.ANSWER: Spaced3. This man was the voice of Captain Neweyes in We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story. He revealed in 2006 that he was dating Carly Simon’s sister Joanna. One of the earliest TV roles for this man was on Sidney Lumet’s series You Are There and in another one he would regularly speak with a lion puppet named Charlemane. He replaced Douglas Edwards in his most famous role. One famous quote from this man was “Look at those pictures! Wow!” Archie Bunker referred to this man as “Pinko.” He was replaced by Dan Rather, and interrupted As the World Turns to inform America of JFK’s assassination. For ten points, name this long-time CBS newscaster who would end broadcasts by saying “And that’s the way it is.”ANSWER: Walter Cronkite4. Pete Seeger once bizarrely referred to the sound of this instrument as “the clanging of the bells.” One of the first artists to gain fame with this instrument was Blind Willie McTell and this instrument can be prominently heard on such classic rock songs as “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” and “Stairway to Heaven.” Leadbelly called himself king of this instrument and may have used a low C-tuning to reduce stress on the instrument. The E9 or Nashville tuning on a six string guitar is an attempt to imitate the chorus effect produced by the large number of strings on this instrument. For ten points, identify this type of guitar with double the traditional number of strings.ANSWER: 12 string guitar5. This player was once traded for Anson Carter and he wears the number 68 to celebrate an important event in his nation’s history. He was part of the team that won the Gold Medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and he holds the record for the most goals in a single season for the Rangers with 54. This player signed with Omsk in 2008 and he led the NHL in points from 1998-2001. This man’s 21-year gap between finals appearances is the longest of any of the major 4 sports and both of those appearances were against the Blackhawks. This man once signed the largest contract in NHL history with the Capitals, and he started his career in Pittsburgh. For ten points, name this Czech hockey player, currently with the Bruins.ANSWER: Jaromir Jagr6. Musically, he narrated the Gorillaz song “Fire coming out of the Monkey’s Head.” In one film role, this actor played a character who is stabbed by Emmett Quincy. Some of his lesser-known roles include John Canyon in Space Truckers and King Koopa in Super Mario Bros, though he is better known for playing a photographer who remarks on philosophy and the impossibility of landing spaceships on fractions in Apocalypse Now. In one of his most iconic roles he played the Pabst Blue Ribbon advocating, amyl nitrate inhaling Frank Booth in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. For ten points, identify this iconic American actor who rose to fame after appearing with Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson in Easy Rider.ANSWER: Dennis Hopper7. During the end credits of this movie, a short film called The Case is shown, written by co-star Gabriel Basso. Bruce Greenwood appears in this film as Cooper, although you never see his face on-screen. Dr. Woodward is killed on the orders of Colonel Nelec in this film because he refuses to give up Cooper’s location. One character in this film encourages his son to go to baseball camp, rather than stay home to help his friend Charles finish his movie. That character later becomes acting sheriff when the actual sheriff is attacked at a gas station. At the end of this film, Joe finally comes to terms with his mother’s death by allowing her locket to become the last part of a spaceship. For ten points, name this film directed by JJ Abrams about an alien that wreaks havoc on a small town in Ohio.ANSWER: Super 88. In one episode of this show two characters make a “HELP” sign out of jello shots, but they are quickly drank. Rob Huebel played the Blue Falcon in one episode of this series. One character on this show that goes to BYU is Dan Smith. Two characters on this show discuss Liam Neeson, but explode after saying Bruce Willis’ name. This show once parodied the famous Alabama Leprechaun video with a sketch about a Pegasus. At one point on this show the members of LMFAO commit suicide but find they can’t die. One sketch on this show features characters named Xmus Jaxon Waxon Flaxon and xwing @aliciousness. One recurring sketch on this show stars Obama’s Anger Translator, Luther. For ten points, name this Comedy Central sketch show starring Jordan and Keegan.ANSWER: Key and Peele9. This artist’s 2009 album has three songs featuring Stephen Lu. She dedicated a cover of “Angels Among Us” to honor the victims of the Newtown shooting. The chorus from one song by this artist says “You can break everything I am/like I’m made of glass/Like I’m made of paper.” Her most recent album featured songs like “You’re My Only Shorty” and “Skyscraper.” That album, Unbroken, also includes a song that begins “The day I first met you/You told me you’d never fall in love.” ?One recent song by this singer opens “Puttin’ my defenses up/Cause I don’t want to fall in love.” For ten points, name this singer responsible for songs such as “Give Your Heart A Break” and “Heart Attack.”ANSWER: Demi Lovato10. Gordon Brown once said that he was an older, wiser version of this character. In Luis Bunuel’s Abismos de Pasion a character based on this one made a deal with the devil. Actors who have played this character include Timothy Dalton, Ralph Fiennes, Laurence Olivier and Tom Hardy. He appears in a work that inspired “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” One song addressed to this character discusses his greedy, hot temper and says “I’m cold, let me in your window” and that song was Kate Bush’s debut single. The novel in which he appears is Bella Swan’s favorite and she identifies with ?this character’s lover, Catherine. For ten points, name this brooding character from Wuthering Heights.ANSWER: Heathcliff11. Equipment for this game often featured cartoonish drawings of a supposed mascot: a furry brown creature with a purple nose, large teeth, and hairless arms and legs. The playing pieces for this game, which is similar to the Japanese card game Menko, would often feature references to pop culture icons such as Pokemon or O.J. Simpson. The revival of this game is due to a Hawaiian elementary school teacher who introduced this game as a way to teach math to her students. Official playing pieces sanctioned by the World Federation feature a staple added to make the surface more irregular. In an episode of The Simpsons, Milhouse sells Bart’s soul for playing pieces from this game that feature ALF and gameplay consists of throwing a slammer at cylindrical set of disks. For ten points, identify this game, named after a juice blend of passion fruit, orange, and guava, a 90s fad game.ANSWER: Pogs or POG12. One of the players currently on this team’s roster was acquired from the Pacers in a 2011 trade for Louis Amundson. This team traded their first round pick in the 2013 NBA draft in a 2008 trade for Marcus Wiilliams, but they acquired Nemanja Nedovic in the Draft. The Jazz acquired two first round draft picks in a trade with this team this offseason. In 2013 this team had its first All-Star since Latrell Sprewell in 1997, however that player got a hip flexor in the first game of the playoffs, but he returned in Game 6. One player on this team set a record for most 3 pointers in a series, and they recently signed Andre Iguodala. For ten points, name this team that features players such as Harrison Barnes, David Lee and Stephen Curry.ANSWER: Golden State Warriors (accept either underlined part)13. During his time as a psychologist Dr. Bong had this man fight Wolverine as a form of therapy. Joe Kelly was the first writer for this man’s namesake series and Brian Posehn is writing his current series. Tolliver once hired him to kill Cable, and he joined the Canadian government’s Department K at one point in his career. He fell in love with the prostitute Vanessa Carlyle, but he broke up with her once he was diagnosed with cancer. Dr. Killebrew tortured this man, leading to Thanos becoming jealous of this man’s semi-romantic relationship with Death. One of this man’s enemies, T-Ray, claims that this hero killed his wife and stole his identity. Known for his sense of humor, he has acquired the nickname “The Merc with the Mouth.” For ten points, name this Marvel hero, the secret identity of Wade Wilson. ?ANSWER: Deadpool (Accept Wade Wilson before mention)14. According to Football Outsiders, this man’s rookie season was the fifth worst ever in DYAR at -1009. In his last collegiate season he led his team to a 10-2 regular season, but instead of a BCS berth, his team lost to Iowa in the Insight Bowl. His first ever NFL touchdown pass was thrown to Mike Thomas, and in college he replaced Chase Daniel as his team’s starter. After he tore his labrum Chad Henne replaced him as starter this past season. Although he only had a quarterback rating of 65.4 his rookie season, his running back Maurice Jones-Drew led the NFL in rushing. For ten points, name this Missouri alumnus, and comically bad quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars.ANSWER: Blaine Gabbert15. Dick Allen once told this man to “have some fun” during a game at Wrigley Field, and he responded by hitting four home runs. In 1989 he was elected to start the All-Star Game, however he had retired earlier that year due to injury. This man won one World Series MVP, although another MVP award for that series was given to his teammate Tug McGraw. In this man’s Hall of Fame induction speech he recounted how Pete Rose called him the best player he’d ever played with. He only hit over .300 once in his career, in 1981, the second of his three MVP seasons. He won the NL Gold Glove from 1976-84, as well as the 1980 World Series MVP, where his team defeated the Royals in six games. For ten points, name this Hall of Fame third baseman who played his entire career with the Phillies.ANSWER: Mike Schmidt16. Michel Gondry directed a music video for this song that came 38 years after its release and featured Brad Renfro. Martin Scorsese apparently has a thing for this song, as it appears in Goodfellas, Casino, and The Departed. One of the vocals on this song cracks twice in a performance which might to have led to Merry Clayton’s miscarriage after providing vocals on this song. This song also lent its name to a documentary about the band’s 1969 tour that ended in infamy at the Altamont concert. It was the first track on an albume that also features a Robert Johnson cover, “Love in Vain,” as well as “Monkey Man” and is titled Let it Bleed. For ten points, identify this classic Rolling Stones song that warns that rape and murder are “just a shout away.”ANSWER: “Gimme Shelter”17. Martin Amis was hired to rewrite the script for this film, but none of his work was included in the final version. This film features an early appearance by Jack Black as Billy-Glen Norris, a new army recruit who tries to surrender when overpowered. An assassination attempt on the President and the First Lady occurs after Martin Short’s character is seduced by a mysterious gum-chewing woman with a beehive haircut. Although Sarah Jessica Parker’s character’s boyfriend is played by Michael J. Fox, she finds love with Pierce Brosnan’s character after his head is disembodied and hers is placed on the body of her Chihuahua. The invaders of Earth are defeated when Richie Norris and his grandmother realize that Slim Whitman’s song “Indian Love Call” causes the gigantic brains of the aliens to explode. For ten points, name this 1996 Tim Burton sci-fi parody of 50’s B movies.ANSWER: Mars Attacks!18. The Gameological Society wrote an article comparing this level to a bottle episode of a TV show, citing its “demand for unalloyed repetition and tenacity.” It is the second level in the game to feature Stingers and it marks the first appearance of the Shell Blade in the series. Urban Dictionary compares it to a rectal exam. Partway through this level the player obtains an item that “extends twice as far.” It is accessible only after obtaining footwear from the Ice Cavern and the character speaks with his fiancée Ruto at one point during this level. This level ends with a fight against an amoeba, Morpha, but it is perhaps better remembered for a fight with its miniboss, Dark Link. For ten points, name this infamous level from The Ocarina of Time.ANSWER: Water Temple19. One television series created by this writer ends with a character played by Leslie Bibb being run over by a car. In one show created by this writer, a serial killer is played by both Rose McGowan and Katie Sackhoff in different seasons. Another television show created by this man features a character who was named for the song which was playing when she was conceived. One of this man’s television shows features characters who operate a business with the slogan “Tell us what you don’t like about yourself”. ?A more recent series created by this man retains cast members who play different characters from season-to-season like Sarah Paulson and Zachary Quinto. On this man’s most successful show, Matthew Morrison plays Will Schuster, who tries to help the students at William McKinley High with their choral ambitions. For ten points, name this creator of American Horror Story and Glee.ANSWER: Ryan Murphy20. Deadspin expressed skepticism of this song’s claim about being able to see a certain object during daylight. That comment came in early 2012, after the blog Murk Avenue determined that the events of this song occurred on January 20, 1992 by examining past weather reports and basketball scores. ?After not overeating a breakfast that included no bacon or sausage, the singer wins at dominoes and plays basketball, mentioning, “last week [he] fucked around and got a triple double.” Later on, the singer notes that no one he knows was killed in South-Central Los Angeles, didn’t have to use his AK-47, and sees the Goodyear Blimp proclaim his status as a pimp. For ten points, identify this 1993 Ice Cube hit that details his exploits during an enjoyable 24 hour period.ANSWER: It was a Good DayBonuses1. This show helped launch Joseph Gordon Levitt’s career. For ten points each:[10]Name this show, which saw John Lithgow play Dick Solomon, the leader of an alien expedition to study the inhabitants of Earth.ANSWER: 3rd Rock From The Sun[10]The Solomons’ communications officer, Harry, was played by this actor, who has mercifully has not had a regular television role since.ANSWER: French Stewart[10]Harry would occasionally receive communications from this “king of the galaxy”, who was played by William Shatner.ANSWER: The Big Giant Head (prompt on Stone Phillips)2. This series originally had an inverted exclamation mark and exclamation mark in its title, and Cheech Marin plays the title character’s father-in-law.[10] For ten points, name this former CBS show which centers on the difficulties the protagonist has fitting in with his wife’s Hispanic family.ANSWER: Rob[10] A show that did keep strange punctuation in its title is the MTV show, which centers on the life of Jenna Hamilton, and her love triangle with Matty and Jake.ANSWER: Awkward.[10] Punctuation is also in the title of this series starring Angela Lansbury. Jessica Fletcher supposedly solves crimes, but internet speculation has posited that she is in fact a serial killer.ANSWER: Muder, She Wrote3. This band consists of Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori and they performed their song “Sugar Water” on the second season premiere of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Answer the following about some pretty sweet bands.[10] For ten points, name this band with an Italian name, responsible for the songs “Birthday Cake” and “Know Your Chicken.”ANSWER: Cibo Matto[10] “Sugar Sugar” is a song by this cartoon band, which includes members like Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones.ANSWER: The Archies[10] “Sugar” by Stevie Wonder appears on this album. It is named for a song that begins “Like a fool I went and stayed too long/Now I’m wondering if your love’s still strong.”ANSWER: Signed, Sealed, Delivered4. Some directors also like to try acting. Name some, for ten points each:[10]The writer and director of hits like The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Maltese Falcon was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in The Cardinal.ANSWER: John Huston[10]This director played UFO expert Claude Lacombe in Close Encounters of the Third Kind before directing himself the next year in The Green Room.ANSWER: Francois Truffaut [10]Lee Strasberg, who was sort of a director garnered an Academy Award nomination for playing this man, a Miami-based businessman who orders the hit on Michael Corleone’s Lake Tahoe home.ANSWER: Hyman Roth (accept either)5. In Okami, Amaterasu must fight giant robotic versions of these known as Lechku and Nechku.[10] For ten points, name this type of bird, represented in Pokemon by Hoothoot.ANSWER: Owl[10] The villain of this game, Barthandelus, is often accompanied by his familiar Menrva, who takes the form of an owl. Barthandelus in one of the many fal’cie who oppose Lighting and her teammates in this game.ANSWER: Final Fantasy XIII[10] Another villainous mechanical owl is Clockwerk, the nemesis of this thieving raccoon. This character’s enemies also include the French lizard Dmitri and Voodoo priestess crocodile Mz. Ruby.ANSWER: Sly Cooper6. He frequently sets his stories in the fictional town of Derry. For ten points each:[10]Name this author, who has written best-sellers like Pet Semetary and The Shining.ANSWER: Stephen King[10]This novel by King is about a writer named Paul Sheldon, who, after a car crash, is taken in by Annie Wilkes, a woman claiming to be his “biggest fan”.ANSWER: Misery[10]King’s son Joe is an established author in his own right, perhaps best-known for this comic book series, which features three siblings battling a demon named Dodge for the powers contained within their family home.ANSWER: Locke and Key7. In The Shawshank Redemption, this actor played a character who covered up his escape tunnel with a poster of Rita Hayworth. For ten points each:[10]Name this actor, who played Nuke LaLoosh in Bull Durham, and won an Academy Award for his performance as Dave Boyle in Mystic River.ANSWER: Tim Robbins[10]Robbins’ wife in Mystic River was played by this actress, who won an Academy Award for her performance as Jackson Pollock’s wife Lee Krasner in Pollock.ANSWER: Marcia Gay Harden[10]This actor, who portrayed the Kurgan in Highlander, starred alongside Robbins as Warden Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption.ANSWER: Clarence “Clancy” Brown8. The “assholeishly endearing” Michael Arnold once remarked that everything he enjoyed about David Lynch could be traced back to this film. For ten points each, identify the following about a 1987 animated film.[10]This film follows the adventures of a namesake appliance and his four friends as they attempt to make their way back to their “Master,” whose family abandoned them in an empty house. In a 1998 sequel the appliances would travel to Mars.ANSWER: The Brave Little Toaster[10]In a particularly creepy scene in The Brave Little Toaster, the appliances encounter a disturbingly paranoid air conditioner voiced by this former SNL actor. He was shot and killed in 1998 by his wife and had roles in Sgt. Bilko and Jingle All the Way.ANSWER: Phil Hartman[10]Aside from Phil Hartman, The Brave Little Toaster also featured the talents of this voice actor as Kirby the vacuum who was known for voicing Tony the Tiger for five decades as well singing “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.”ANSWER: Thurl Ravenscroft9. The NFL is a league which encourages parity. This means upsets occur frequently. Answer some questions about one, for ten points each.[10]One of the most significant upsets in recent history was during this Super Bowl, which saw the undefeated New England Patriots vanquished by the New York Giants, by a final score of 17-14.ANSWER: Super Bowl XLII (also accept: the 2008 Super Bowl, and reasonable equivalents)[10]This receiver caught the touchdown which won the game for the Giants, and he now plays for the Steelers.ANSWER: Plaxico Burress[10] This Giants receiver perhaps had the most memorable reception of the game, despite primarily being a special teams player, when he beat out Rodney Harrison for a pass by catching the ball against his helmet in the fourth quarter.ANSWER: David Tyree10. One song on this album, “Pink Matter,” references Dragon Ball Z character Majin Buu, and another, “Bad Religion,” sees the singer refer to his unrequited love as a “one man cult.” For ten points each:[10] For ten points, name this 2012 album, containing the hit single “Thinkin’ Bout You.”ANSWER: Channel Orange ??????[10] Channel Orange was released by this musician. He came out as bisexual in advance of the album’s release, and he is also a member of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All.ANSWER: Frank Ocean or Christopher Breaux[10] Frank Ocean isn’t the only openly non-hetero member of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. This female member of the group came out in the video for the song “Cocaine” by The Internet.ANSWER: Syd Tha Kyd (accept Sydney Bennett)11. Kazaa was originally a party in this case, whose opinion was written by David Souter.[10] For ten points name this 2005 Supreme Court case that said that one who distributes a device for the purpose of copyright infringement is liable for any acts of infringement by third parties that result.ANSWER: MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. (accept either underlined part)[10] In Grokster the court considered the 1984 case Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios. That case found that manufacturers of these items were not liable for consumers using them to tape television shows.ANSWER: Video Cassette Recorder[10] One concurrence in Grokster was written by this Justice, who suggested Grokster could only be held liable if they induced third parties to commit copyright infringement. He was nominated by Bill Clinton to replace Harry Blackmun.ANSWER: Stephen Breyer12. This singer was the original performer of the Whitney Houston hit “I Will Always Love You”. For ten points each:[10] Name this buxom blonde country singer, whose other hits include “Jolene” and “9 To 5”.ANSWER: Dolly Rebecca Parton[10] In 1983, Parton and Kenny Rogers recorded a cover of this song by the BeeGees, whose first line says “Baby when I met you there was peace unknown.”ANSWER: “Islands In The Stream”[10]“Ghetto Superstar” is a re-working of “Islands in the Stream” performed by Pras, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard, as well as this R&B songstress, who found great success collaborating on the 2002 hit “Lady Marmalade”.ANSWER: Mya Marie Harrison13. Carlos Bernard spent part of the second season on crutches while playing this character, to hide a basketball injury he suffered. For ten points each:[10]Name this former CTU Agent, who went to jail for treason after giving up a hostage to save his wife Michelle Dessler from terrorists.ANSWER: Tony Almeida[10]Tony re-appeared in Season Seven as an antagonist, despite having seemingly been killed in the fifth season by Christopher Henderson, a former mentor of Jack Bauer and CTU agent played by this actor, who also played Robocop.ANSWER: Peter Weller[10]Tony, Henderson and Jack Bauer were all characters on this television series, whose events occurred “in real time”.ANSWER: 2414. A horse named Chestnut is one recurring character on this show.[10]For ten points, name this show which stars Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs as Max and Caroline, who are waitresses that also own a cupcake business.ANSWER: 2 Broke Girls[10]2 Broke Girls was co-created by this comedienne, making it one of two television shows associated with her which debuted in 2011. Unfortunately, they both got renewed.ANSWER: Whitney Cummings[10]This actress, appears on 2 Broke Girls as Sophie Kachinsky, who helps fund the girls’ cupcake business. She also played Stifler’s mom in the American Pie series.ANSWER: Jennifer Coolidge15. You can’t have a trash tournament with a baseball distribution without a bonus on Sabermetrics. For ten points each, identify the following about advanced baseball statistics. [10]. The 2012 AL MVP vote brought attention to this statistic which purports to quantify how many victories a player contributes to a team above the number of victories the team would have with another player with a average skill level. For 2012, Mike Trout had a value of 10.7 for this statistic.ANSWER: Wins Above Replacement Player (i.e. accept WAR and WARP)[10]. Another way of comparing a player to an average player is this proprietary algorithm used for projection. It compares characteristics of a player against a database of 20,000 past players and shares its acronym with a former Kansas City Royals player.ANSWER: PECOTA (Accept: Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm)[10]. This baseball aficionado and UChicago grad developed PECOTA in 2002-2003. ANSWER: Nate Silver16. When hearing arguments about bans on violent video games, Elena Kagan remarked that half of the Court’s clerks spent considerable portions of their adolescence playing this series of games and turned out fine. For ten points each, identify the following about a series of hyper-violent video games.[10]. First, identify this Midway fighting game series. Featuring characters such as Jax, Raiden, and Sub-Zero, the first game in this series was released in 1992.ANSWER: Mortal Kombat[10] This former Shaolin monkwas introduced in Mortal Kombat II. He can attack by throwing his hat, and one of his fatalities involves jumping up and diving into a player, splitting them in half.ANSWER: Kung Lao[10] A satiric variation of the Fatality move appearing in later Mortal Kombat games is this finishing move which was introduced as “a counter to all the blood and gore.” After successfully completing these moves, the player’s character would perform actions such as jumping rope or building a snowman.ANSWER: Friendship ?17. For ten points each answer the following questions about England’s failures in penalty shootouts.[10] England has been eliminated twice by this nation in penalty shootouts, first in 2004 and then in 2006, thanks in part to makes by players such as Heider Postiga and Cristiano Ronaldo.ANSWER: Portugal[10] England lost to Italy in the 2012 Euro quarterfinals on pks when Ashley Young hit the bar and this left back had his effort saved by Gianluigi Buffon.ANSWER: Ashley Cole[10] England’s first major penalty shootout loss came to eventual champion West Germany at this event when Stuart Pearce missed. England had early defeated surprise quarterfinalist Cameroon.ANSWER: 1990 World Cup18. For ten points each, name these things about famous basketball moves.[10] Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was famous for this unblockable shot. Milwaukee Bucks announcer Eddie Doucette coined its name.ANSWER: Skyhook (prompt on Jump Hook)[10] This San Antonio Spur was famous for his finger roll. Legendary for his offensive abilities he won four scoring titles, including three in a row from 1978-80.ANSWER: George “The Iceman” Gervin[10] Hakeem Olajuwon was famous for this set of moves used to fake out defenders. This move was adapted from soccer skills Olajuwon learned in his native Nigeria.ANSWER: Dream Shake19. 2011 was not a great year for comedy in film. For ten points each:[10]This actor appeared in both Just Go With It, and in Jack and Jill, in which he played both title characters.ANSWER: Adam Sandler[10]The fun for Sandler didn’t stop there, as his Happy Madison Productions was also responsible for this bomb, starring Nick Swarsdon as a simpleton who finds out that his parents were famous pornographic actors.ANSWER: Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star[10]Danny McBride starred in and co-wrote this comedy, which saw him team up with James Franco to rescue Zooey Deschanel from the sorcerer Leezar. It made back half of its budget.ANSWER: Your Highness20. Answer some questions about the music of Tom Morrello, for ten points each.[10]. Morrello got his start in this rap-rock band fronted by Zack de la Rocha. Their hits include “Bulls on Parade” and “Killing in the Name”.ANSWER: Rage Against The Machine[10]. After Rage Against The Machine broke up, Morrello moved on to this band, which kept the drummer and bass player from Rage Against The Machine. The band was fronted by Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell.ANSWER: Audioslave[10]. Morrello has also released two solo albums under this moniker. While they feature his trademark social commentary, they are primarily acoustic, and are a departure from his regular style of music.ANSWER: The Nightwatchman ................
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