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TJHSST and LASA present: This Tournament Was An Excuse To Not Do HomeworkTRASH Round 11. One character on this show gets taken to a Bob Dylan concert by a gay European co-worker. The main character hallucinates that his dead brother is his dentist in one scene of this TV show. A character becomes a partner after sleeping with a Jaguar executive, and the protagonist's wife sings (*) "Zou bisou bisou" to him on his birthday. Characters on this show include the alcoholic Duck Phillips and Pete Campbell, who rises to head of accounts after blackmailing the protagonist about his Korean War record. The main character marries Megan after divorcing the January Jones-played Betty Francis, and works with Peggy and Roger at Sterling Cooper until starting his own firm. For 10 points, name this show about Don Draper, a 60's ad executive.ANSWER:?Mad Men2. During the recording of this album, one band member wandered onto the studio roof after accidentally taking LSD. One song laments that "we gave her everything money could buy" and in another the singer "would love to turn you on". The title track on this album introduces the drummer as Billy Shears and one song ends with an E major chord played on three grand pianos simultaneously. It was ranked by Rolling Stone as the (*)?best album of all time. For 10 points, what 1967 Beatles album featuring hits such as "She's Leaving Home" and "A Day in the Life" has album artwork featuring the title fictional band?ANSWER:?Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band3. This is the pseudonym of professional video games player Ben Jackson. A Marvel-comics superheroine of this name is a French-Vietnamese lesbian and co-founder of the New Mutants. One song with this phenomenon in its name states that a variety of it will "get you/gonna knock you right in the head," and is by (*) John Lennon. Another song about this phenomenon notes that "this is what you get/when you mess with us", and begins by telling the titular entity to "arrest this man." For 10 points, name this concept that is paired with "police" in a Radiohead song, a Hindu concept often compared with "dharma."ANSWER:?karma4. This actor received the highest Polish government distinction, the Order of the White Eagle, posthumously in 2007. A song by the Ramones about this actor's visit to a German WWII cemetery has the refrain of "aaaaaaah my brain is hanging upside down", and references in its title one of this man's former non-human co-stars. He starred with his future wife in a film about the USS Starfish,?(*) Hellcats of the Navy. In one appearance, he plays a character whose final words are "win one for the Gipper." For 10 points, name this star of?Knute Rockne: All-American?and?Bedtime for Bonzo?who later became Governor of California and a Republican President.?ANSWER: Ronald?Reagan?(or Dutch Reagan)5. On an episode of?The League, one of these animals haunts Taco after he throws it out of a moving car. A band with this animal in its name sings songs like "When the Sun Goes Down" and "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor." On?Community, Troy names one of these animals after a piece Iof Annie's anatomy, and one of these animals almost poisons Indiana Jones?in?Raiders of the Lost Ark. In?(*) Family Guy, an evil one resides in Chris's closet, and one of them annoys Phil, Stu, and Alan in?The Hangover Part II. For 10 points, name these mammals, examples of which include the "spider" type and the macaque.?ANSWER:?monkeys6. Frequent users of this website include Drunken_Economist and Apostolate, who was once told "nobody cares." A running joke on this website began when one person frequently referenced the movie?Rampart, while one of its users is noted for the poor quality of his watercolors. Some of the more frightening subsections of this website are ClopClop and SRS, though it also includes (*)?f7u12 and aww. Obama notably hosted a question and answer session using this website. DAE and IAMA are frequently used abbreviations on this website whose users are known for adoring narwhals, bacon, and cats. For 10 points, name this social media aggregate in which users may upvote posts to give karma.ANSWER:??7. Two answers required. In the 1960s, fans of one of these teams released a turkey into the hotel room of the owner of the other team, George Marshall. One of these teams was formed after Clint Murchison bought the rights to the fight song of the other team. Players for these teams have included a free safety shot by robbers and a now FOX commentator; those are (*)?Sean Taylor and Troy Aikman. The last game of the 2012-13 regular season occurred between these two teams, in which a coach was criticized for not taking out his starting quarterback. These two most valuable teams in the NFL are respectively owned by Dan Snyder and Jerry Jones. For 10 points, name these two teams with a notorious rivalry whose current quarterbacks are Robert Griffin III and Tony Romo.ANSWER:?Dallas?Cowboys?and?Washington?Redskins?(only one out of each pair of names needed)8. This author wrote a book in which Ben Richards flees from Hunters on a lethal game show; that book,?The Running Man, was written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. This author wrote about the gunslinger Roland in his Dark Tower series, while one of his novellas from the collection?Different Seasons?was the basis for?The (*)?Shawshank Redemption. A movie based on one of this author's books sees the title girl telekinetically murder her classmates after being doused in pig blood. One of this author's characters imprisons her favorite author in a cabin, while another goes crazy while staying at a reclusive hotel. For 10 points, name this man whose horror novels have included?Carrie,?Misery, and?The Shining.ANSWER: Stephen?King9. Moby covered this song at Glastonbury at its singer's bequest. This song was sued for its similarity to The Hollies's "The Air That I Breathe". The radio version of this song replaces the f-word with "very", and a choir cover of this song plays during a trailer for?The Social Network. The singer tells the addressee "you float like a feather/ in a beautiful world" (*), and the singer goes full falsetto when singing "she's running out the door" repeatedly. This song, originally off of?Pablo Honey, begins "when you were here before/couldn't look you in the eye." For 10 points, name this depressing Radiohead song in which the singer is the titular term for a weird person.ANSWER:?"Creep"10. A continuation of this character's story was written by Kingsley Amis in?Colonel Sun. In one novel, this character has a Russian character forcibly marked on his body. One of his lovers commits suicide after seeing the SMERSH agent Gettler, and this character responds to her death by stating [ed. note: you can replace "bitch" with "she" if you want to] "the bitch is dead." Many of the novels this character appears in were written at the author's (*)?Goldeneye Estate. This lover of Vesper Lynd and protagonist of the short stories "The Living Daylights" and "Octopussy" wins a high-stakes game of baccara against Le Chiffre in?Casino Royale. For 10 points, name this M16 spy created by Ian Fleming, codenamed 007.ANSWER: James?Bond?(accept Agent?007?until mentioned)11. In 30 Rock, Jack Donaghy frustrates a priest by confessing to getting sodomized by a holder of this position. A knock-off of "Where's Waldo" sees one look for a holder of this position in places like a golf tournament, and a holder of this position tries to kill Travis and his baby in the South Park episode "Lice Capades". Leslie Knope has a crush (*)?on the holder of this position, and Julia Dreyfus holds this position on an HBO show. The current holder of this position had an "autobiography" of him written by The Onion, and famous holders of this position have done things like misspell potato and shoot their hunting buddies. For 10 points, name this office currently held by Joe Biden.ANSWER:?Vice?President of the United States (accept?Veep)12. This character is called a "creep-o" by the teenager Marie after he walks her home. He bribes a janitor to go ice skating after hours with a pet shop employee. This character normally works as a debt collector for the loan shark Tony Gazzo, and he is friends with a worker at a meat packing plant, (*)?Paulie. The song "Gonna Fly Now" plays during this character's most iconic moment, and he memorably yells "Yo, Adrian!" This character is mentored by Mickey Goldmill, and he runs up the steps to the Philadelphia art museum while training for a match against Apollo Creed. For 10 points, name this title character of a Sylvester Stallone movie about a boxer.ANSWER:?Rocky?Balboa?(accept either or both names; prompt on "The Italian Stallion")13. This character tells a joke with the punchline "I am Pagliacci." He tells one character that he will be the "smartest man in the morgue" if he does not heed his warning, and he begins a graphic novel by remembering a "dog carcass in alley... tire tread on burst stomach." He leaves his (*)?diary in the New Frontiersman's crank files, and his last words are "Do it! Do it!" He develops his persona after Kitty Genovese's death, and his investigation of another character's death leads him to discover that Ozymandias plans to unite the world against a made-up alien threat. For 10 points, name this vigilante in Alan Moore's?Watchmen?who takes his name from a psychological test involving ink blots.?ANSWER:?Rorshach?or?Walter?Kovacs?(accept any underlined portion)14. A New Zealand man held a radio station hostage demanding that it play this song. Weezer covered this song with Hayley Williams of Paramore on a 2011 cover album, and in an episode of?The Office, Andy sings this song in pig latin. The singer wonders "who said that every wish would be heard and answered", and believes that the title phenomenon is "probably (*)?magic". This song describes "the lovers, the dreamers, and me" and asks "why are there so many songs" about the title phenomenon, which first appeared in a Jim Henson movie. For 10 points, name this song played on the banjo by Kermit the Frog in?The Muppet Movie.ANSWER: "Rainbow Connection"15. This character's creator said that he would never appear in an animated series because it was "very scary" to think of this character's voice. In his last appearance, this character says "Let's go exploring!" before getting on a sled. This character once found a dying baby raccoon, and he plays a game in which the only (*)?rule is that "there are no rules." In one strip, this character builds a cloning machine out of a paper box. This character has the alter egos of a hardboiled detective and a spaceman often encountering disgusting aliens. Alternately known as Tracer Bullet and Spaceman Spiff, for 10 points, name this creation of Bill Watterson who is paired with his stuffed tiger Hobbes.ANSWER:?Calvin?(prompt on Tracer Bullet, Stupendous Man, or Spaceman Spiff before mentioned)16. In this movie, a character played by Jason Clarke laments that his monkeys have been killed. A character is killed shortly after making a cake for a Jordanian doctor. A group is assembled at Area 51 believing that they will be sent to Libya, but are instead sent on a (*)?mission that had been given a 60% success rate by the James Gandolfini-played Leon Panetta. This movie ends cryptically with the Jessica Chastain-played Maya crying on a transport plane after verifying the identity of body killed in Abbottabad. For 10 points, name this Kathryn Bigelow-directed film about the Seal Team-Six raid on Osama bin Laden's compound.?ANSWER:?Zero Dark Thirty17. The "Medieval Metal" music genre in this country includes bands like In Extremo and Subway to Sally. An event in this country led Roger Waters to preform an entire album in this modern-day country with guests like Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams. Peter Fox is a prominent musician in this modern-day country, and a group from this country began a song with "It's early morning, the sun comes out/last night was shaking and pretty loud." In addition to being the home nation of (*)?The Scorpions, a band from this country sang a song whose title means "You have." The best song from this country-ever-is about a nuclear war accidentally begun by a floating item. For 10 points, name this home country of Rammstein, Kraftwerk, "99 Luftballons" and the prodigal David Hasslehoff.?ANSWER:?Germany?(or?Deutschland, prompt on?West?Germany?until Peter Fox)18. One commercial for a spinoff of this product shows a mother exclaiming "Shut the front door!" after taking a bite. Another commercial for this product shows an empty stadium surrounding the Manning brothers after they quit football to play a new sport involving this product, in which they had earlier faced the Williams sisters. In 2012, for Gay Pride month, an ad featuring a (*)?rainbow version of this product was created. One ad for this product has a man saying "You guys have to stop fighting. We're the cops!" after a brawl erupts in a library due to a debate over this product's best part, causing everyone to whisper-yell. For 10 points, name this Nabisco food, for which a Super Bowl ad sees people argue over whether the cookies or the cream are the best part.ANSWER:?Oreos (accept specific types like "Double Stuff")19. This actor has been attributed with the first modern onscreen use of a certain word, after his character in one film cried "Because I just went gay, all of a sudden!". This actor played a paleontologist alongside Kathernie Hepburn in a caper about a search for a pet leopard. In addition to (*)?Arsenic and Old Lace?and?Bringing Up Baby?he was frequently cast in dramatic roles by Alfred Hitchcock, appearing in?Notorious?andTo Catch a Thief?in addition to his most famous role. Known for his distinct accent, for 10 points, who was this American actor who was chased by a cropduster in an iconic scene from?North By Northwest?ANSWER: Cary?Grant 20. Skits from an SNL show this person hosted included a fake ad for an 18-part?The Hobbit?and a press conference in which the person's costar is shown to be extremely short. This person who played Mystique in?X-Men: First Class?was nominated for an Oscar for playing Ree Dolly in (*)?Winter's Bone. This actress is set to star in?Serena?aside Bradley Cooper, and she said "You're just standing because I fell" after tripping to receive an award. In one role, this actress befriended an Eagles fan with bipolar disorder, and in another, she competes with Peeta in the title event. For 10 points, name this actress who played Tiffany and Katniss in?Silver Linings Playbook?and?The Hunger Games, respectively.ANSWER: Jennifer?Lawrence ................
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