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GRAB BAGNovember 2017By Mike BentleyRound 2?Tossups?1. Near the beginning of one episode of this show, a character labels her infant son a "terrorist" who is conducting his own "hostage situation". One character on this show describes herself as "the Cezanne of bullshit artists". Mad Men's Rich Sommer plays a man on this show who uses a "therapy lean" to try to win back his (*) soap opera actress wife. Its male lead accidentally leaves a recording of his video dating profile on a tape of his slasher film, Blood Disco. One character on this show is given a cake that lists her age in wolf years. Britney Young plays "Machu Picchu" on this show. Several critics have remarked how the male lead of this show is better cast than when he played himself on Maron. It also stars Alison Brie, whose character Ruth puts on a Russian accent for bouts. For 10 points, name this Netflix series about an '80s women's wrestling show.ANWER: GLOW?2. One videogame character in this profession attracts the ire of a scientist named Mulk, who hires the blonde-haired Kunoichi and a blue-clad ninja to do battle with his minions. That character with this profession, Banglar, wreaks havoc in a Taito beat 'em up set in futuristic 1993. A man in this profession invites you to join him and two beautiful women in a truck's hot tub in a cow-filled roof party in the final scene in Cruisin' USA. Trent Easton attempts to clone and replace an African American man in this profession named (*) Josh Clanton in Perfect Dark. A man in this profession thanks the heroes for rescuing him and invites them to go out for burgers at the end of Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja. For 10 points, name this job held by "Ronnie" in the aforementioned Bad Dudes game, and the wall-building protagonist of the Steam title Mark America Great Again.ANSWER: President of the United States of America [prompt on politician]?3. Before his final-ever show in Pittsburgh, this artist would only sing Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" during soundcheck. His "definitive discography" was compiled by Roger Steffens, a man who helped launch this man's stateside career with his magazine, The Beat. Much of the cover art for his albums were designed by Neville Garrick. Studio drummer "Pretty" Purdie has taken credit for the distinct sound of this artist's early albums recorded with producer (*) Scratch Perry such as Soul Revolution. The title creatures "pitch by my doorstep / singin' sweet songs / of melodies pure and true" in a hit from his breakthrough album on Island Records. He invited Michael Manley and Edward Seaga to join hands in a peacemaking concert, an action that put him at odds with the more radical politics of bandmate Peter Tosh. For 10 points, name this reggae star whose Wailers recorded "One Love".ANSWER: Bob Marley [or Robert Nesta Marley]?4. In one of this actor's first films, he got additional lines to say after co-star Clint Walker was unable to imitate an officer so director Robert Aldrich tapped this actor for the scene. This one-time youngest DJ on Canadian radio starred in a Nicolas Roeg film where many critics alleged he was really having sex with co-star Julie Christie. He played Ben Du Toit, a teacher at an all-white school in the film adaptation of A Dry White Season. He played (*) Vernon Pinkley, one of the "back six" in The Dirty Dozen. In one of his most famous scenes, this actor supposedly only went pants-less as a joke on Karen Allen, but director John Landis used that take in the final film. A Martini-loving character originated by this actor was played on TV by Alan Alda. He played Professor Dave Jennings in Animal House and President Coriolanus Snow in the Hunger Games films. For 10 points, name this actor who, in Robert Altman's film version, played Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H.ANSWER: Donald Sutherland [or Donald McNichol Sutherland]?5. In a 2012 WTF interview, this woman told Marc Maron "I have more Mac products than friends". A recent memoir begins with her getting shingles on what became a hiatus tour. She used to write the Monitor Mix blog on music for NPR. One character played by this woman asks her woman's studies classmate Ali "Have you ever been raped by an exclamation point?" Another of her characters, Nance, asks a waitress to "tell me more about this (*) chicken" before leaving with Peter to visit the farm on which the chicken was raised. She plays Syd on Transparent. The title of her 2015 memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl comes from a song she wrote on the album The Woods. With Mary Timony, she was the lead vocalist for the supergroup Wild Flag. In 1994, she formed a band with Corin Tucker in Olympia, Washington. For 10 points, name this co-founder of Sleater-Kinney who stars alongside Fred Armisen on Portlandia.ANSWER: Carrie Brownstein [or Carrie Rachel Brownstein]?6. The protagonist of this film goes to watch On the Waterfront after an argument with his wife, who he doesn't consult when using his house as a collateral for a business loan. The final shot in this film is of a mirror showing the blurry protagonist walking away to prepare to give a speech honoring Ronald Reagan. Two characters in this film repeatedly re-draw floorplans in chalk on a tennis court in order to work out an optimal flow. The credits reveal that the protagonist reneged on the 1% handshake deal he offered two men after one of them has a heart attack on the phone with him. This film opens with a montage of the protagonist unsuccessfully pitching men on "supply creating its own demand" through (*) milkshake makers. A lawyer played by B.J. Novak in this movie convinces the protagonist that he's in the land business and not the food business. For 10 points, name this 2016 film where Michael Keaton plays the title McDonald's businessman.ANSWER: The Founder?7. Elizabeth Peyton's 1998 portrait of this person has him wearing a black turtleneck and gripping a swan. He spent $125,000 for a commission for Ed Ruscha ("roo-shay") at Sean Penn's 2016 charity auction benefitting Haiti. In 2017, this person was reported to have relinquished a Basquait and Nature Morte au Cr?ne de Taureau by Picasso to the Feds following money laundering charges against the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund which financed one of his films. This narrator for the 2007 climate-doc The 11th Hour starred as Danny Archer in an issue film directed by Edward Zwick where he slays Colonel (*) Coetzee over one of the title objects. This actor spent brutal months in the Canadian wilderness to earn an Oscar for a role as guide Hugh Glass. For 10 points, name this art lover whose artist character paints a nude portrait of Rose in James Cameron's blockbuster, Titanic.ANSWER: Leonardo DiCaprio [or Leo DiCaprio; or Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio]?8. "Mad Bomber" Clint Longley is best remembered for coming back from a 16-3 deficit in one of these types of games. The Chicago Tigers were spuriously relegated following their loss to the Decatur Staleys in one of these games. Lamar Hunt successfully lobbied to expand the number of these games. Despite Jimme Jones blocking a Pete Stoyanovich field goal, a dumb play by Leon Lett led one team to lose a memorable game of this type. At one of these types of games, Norm Oglesby lowballs the Bravos on a movie deal about their heroics at the Battle of Al-Ansakar and the protagonists are marched out with (*) Destiny's Child. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is set during one of these games. The first ever live broadcast game on the NFL Network was this type of game, the third of its kind played on the namesake day in 2006. For 10 points, name these games that have traditionally featured the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys and John Madden eating a turducken.ANSWER: Thanksgiving Football Games [prompt on "Cowboys Games" or "Cowboys-Redskins Games" on the first clue]?9. During a standoff between a car and a moped in this film, the protagonist is asked if she can direct a tourist to the nearest Popeye's. One of the final lines of this comedy is of a character angrily screaming "it's a lake!" after realizing this his plan to cruise around the coast isn't going to work. Earlier, that character bragged "I've swallowed enough microchips and shit them back out again to make a computer". In this film, Peter Serafinowicz plays Aldo, a reckless Italian driver who eventually reveals that he's probably an (*) undercover MI6 agent. Its heroine is saved by a sniper bullet fired by Susan, who has deputized 50 Cent in order to make use of his helicopter. It opens with a swarm of bats interfering with the protagonist's ability to assist Bradley Fine, an agent played by Jude Law. This Paul Feig film co-stars Jason Statham as Rick Ford. For 10 points, name this 2015 film starring Melissa McCarthy as the title CIA agent.ANSWER: Spy?10. One game that was cancelled for this reason had nine punk songs from the Fat Wreck Chords label on its soundtrack and featured characters such as Italian restaurant owner Pizza Fat; that Sega game was called Propeller Arena. The first case in Phoenix Wright Dual Destinies was based on a case from the first game in the series that was cut for this reason in the West. This reason was to blame for the cancellation of a Renny Harlin film titled Nosebleed that would have starred Jackie Chan as a (*) window washer. This was the reason why Tim Allen's adaptation of Dave Berry's Big Trouble was delayed by several months. A scene involving a helicopter being captured between two buildings by the hero's web was cut due to this reason in the first Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movie. For 10 points, name this event which prompted Clear Channel to ban songs such as "Leaving on a Jet Plane" in 2001.ANSWER: they were deemed insensitive because of the 9/11 attacks [or the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks; accept anything involving 9/11; prompt on World Trade Center attacks]?11. The most famous man to perform this song first heard it when longue band Freddie Bell and the Bellboys played it at a Las Vegas show with lyrics dramatically rewritten to be more literal. Johnny Otis commissioned this song from LA-teenagers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and intended it to be a blues song. This song was originally recorded by Willie Mae Thornton who took it to number 1 on the R&B charts in 1953. One version of this song was released with the B-side, (*) "Don’t Be Cruel". The most famous man to record this song sang it on the Steve Allen Show alongside an animal referenced in its title. The repetitive verses in this song both open, "When they said you was high classed, / Well, that was just a lie." The addressee of this song is compared to the title animal who is "Crying all the time". For 10 points, name this song made famous by Elvis.ANSWER: "Hound Dog"?12. Alessio Marinacci created a split screen showing all the shots from this film that parallel those from director Wong Kar-Wai. One character in it reminisces about Pizza Friday lunches before asking another character if he remembers beating a kid up. A character in this film gives the advice that "At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you're going to be. Can't let nobody make that decision" after putting on an (*) old lady voice in the line that gives this film its title. Its female lead confiscates money her son received from Teresa, a girlfriend of drug dealer Juan. The second act of this film ends with the protagonist entering his science class and hitting a bully with a chair. Earlier, the protagonist hooks up with Kevin on a beach. It's divided into segments titled “Little”, “Chiron” and “Black”. For 10 points, name this Oscar-winning Barry Jenkins film.ANSWER: Moonlight?13. Mickey Rooney turned down the offer to star in the second pilot of this show after the poorly received original, titled "Justice for All" after the protagonist's original surname, "Justice". The British show that inspired this one coined catchphrases such as "You silly moo", starred Alf Garnett, and was titled Till Death Do Us Part. It's not Game of Thrones but successful merchandise from this show includes an LP where the cast sang songs like "No Ribs" and "Why God Made Hands" as well as a best-selling paperback of the "Wit & Wisdom" of the central character. James Cromwell played (*) Stretch Cunningham on this show. In its episode "Cousin Liz", the protagonist is shamed into not outing a lesbian schoolteacher. In "Two's a Crowd", its protagonist reveals his racist attitudes come from his father in a drunk discussion with Meathead. It spawned the spin-offs Maude and The Jeffersons. For 10 points, name this sitcom centering on Archie Bunker.ANSWER: All in the Family?14. This band's manager Peter Jesperon bought them an RV for a 1986 tour since they were so drunk they couldn't make any progress in a vehicle without a toilet, but they quickly destroyed it and tossed the toilet onto the highway. Bob Merh chronicled this band in his book Trouble Boys. For its final stint of reunion shows, one member started wearing a shirt with letters that eventually spelled out, "I have always loved you. Now I must whore my past". This band's first major label album was their last with Bob Stinson and included tracks such as "Bastards of Young" and (*) "Swingin Party". One of their choruses declares, "And children by the million sing for" the frontman of the band Big Star. A song titled for this "greatest band that never was" asks "Hey, where's Tommy? Someone find Tommy" and was recorded for Don't Let's Start by They Might Be Giants. This band was banned from SNL and recorded "Alex Chilton". For 10 points, name this alt-rock band behind the 1984 album, Let It Be.ANSWER: The Replacements?15. The two protagonists of this film sneak out of the house while another character is watching the "It's Alive" scene from a Frankenstein film, having just cooked "face melting" chicken wings. A character in this movie who likes to use the phrase "woman up" takes over during a car chase after the original driver does things like put on his turn signal. In theaters, this film was proceeded by a short where a dog re-unites his (*) junk-food loving master with his health-food loving ex-girlfriend titled "Feast". In its stinger, we learn that T. J. Miller's Fred shares his underwear re-use habits with a long-lost father voiced by Stan Lee. This film is set in the city of San Fransokyo. One sidekick in this film builds a pair of laser hands and is named Wasabi. The villain of this film steals the protagonist's Microbots. For 10 points, name this animated Disney movie starring Hiro Hamada and Baymax, his inflatable healthcare companion robot.ANSWER: Big Hero 6?16. After a lunch at the plant where he used to work, the male lead of this film complains that socialist colleague "Red Len" now can't stop talking about the golfing trips he takes with his banker grandson. In another scene, that same male lead spontaneously visits the village library to check out books on climate change. George, a supporting character in this film played by David Sibley, goes on and on about his love for the ukulele. The female lead in this film notes that Admiral Nelson died when being told about how a ballroom she's renting for the title (*) event was once used for a Trafalgar celebration. During its pivotal scene, the female lead views a slideshow showing that Katya, her husband's German lover, was pregnant when she died. It ends with the female lead breaking down during a slow dance to "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes". For 10 points, name this Oscar-nominated 2015 film starring Tom Courtenay and Charlotte Rampling titled for an unusual anniversary.ANSWER: 45 Years?17. The director of a film titled for a character of this name hired two hundred plumbers to create the rainstorm that occurs during a convention at Gilmore Field in Los Angeles. A man with this name, along with D. J. Bonebrake, Billy Zoom and Exene Cervenka, founded the LA punk band X. In the aforementioned film titled for a character with this name, (*) Barbara Stanwyck's character Ann Mitchell hires a homeless man who pretends to be someone who wrote a letter saying that he'd kill himself as a "protest against civilization". The 2003 cancellation of a FOX show with this title resulted in viewers not learning the truth about the Phoenix Organization. Frank Capra directed an aforementioned 1941 film titled for "meeting" this character. Subpoenas with this name have frequently been used against file sharers. For 10 points, give this name commonly used for unidentified male corpses.ANSWER: John Doe [prompt on John]?18. The first guest on this program is introduced as being known for his "drunken appearance on The View" and faces off against a contestant who knows what the color green is because he was a young neighbor of Banksy. A sound effect stating, "They're all dead, I watched them die" prompts the start of a new segments on it. A network exec jumps forward in technology from a Palm Pilot to an iPad while watching this show. Its host subtly raises his ears when reading the right answer to multiple choice questions, and once misses part of its taping to break into the (*) Nixon Library. Daniel Radcliffe is introduced as the "big celebrity" on this program. The director of this program inspires his staff with a multi-colored pen used to write "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour". This show is the brainchild of J. D. Salinger. For 10 points, name this show with a ridiculously long title, hosted by Mr. Peanutbutter on the second season of BoJack Horseman.ANSWER: Hollywoo Stars and Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things?? Let's Find Out! [prompt on BoJack Horseman until the end; note that "Hollywoo" is spelled correctly, so don't accept "Hollywood"]?19. This athlete once hit a journalist in the crotch to show him his "vibration dampener". This man's memoir described how his game turned around when he started adopting a gluten free diet advocated by his doctor, Igor, and he now markets namesake "life" food which is gluten free. Beginning in 2014, he has been coached by Boris Becker. British newspapers spread a rumor that this man had (*) bought the world's entire supply of donkey cheese. He received a standing ovation that lasted for over two minutes following a losing effort against Stan Wawrinka in the final of the 2015 French Open, the only major title that year which he did not win. His victory over Andy Murray at the 2016 earned him a Serena Slam, a feat sometimes also named for him. For 10 points, name this Serbian tennis player.ANSWER: Novak Djokovic?20. This was the first new song played on a Graham Norton-hosted special where the artist wore outlandish makeup and pretended to be "Jenny" to trick a group of impersonators. In one scene in the Xavier Dolan-directed video for this song, the camera zooms in on a glass booth covered with vegetation. In a popular YouTube cover, a girl from the (*) Seoul Music High School sings this song in front of another student on the piano without opening her eyes. The album version of this track is followed by "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)". The first verse of this song notes that, "They say that time's supposed to heal ya / But I ain't done much healing". The video for this song opens with the artist losing signal on her flip phone and prominently features the actor Tristan Wilds. Its chorus goes, "I must've called a thousand times / To tell you I'm sorry, for everything that I've done". For 10 points, name this first single from 25 by Adele.ANSWER: "Hello"?21. Asian releases of this game removed a bonus room where you can meet the developers by firing at Buddha statues. This COJAG game was one of the first arcade titles to use a hard drive. A parody of a Marks & Spencer Christmas ad with a scantily clad model is one of its many Easter Eggs. This game opens with you getting out of a helicopter and Sergeant Major Marcus Bradly commanding you to "Come on! Stay low!" Marilyn Manson and David Duchovny provided dialogue for a 2005 Midway Austin reboot of this game. Before this game grabbed the trademark, it was to have been the title of the (*) Will Smith and Jeff Goldbum film, Independence Day. This light gun game casts you as a STAAR agent who must battle alien threats and shoot a lot of guys in orange suits and explosive barrels. For 10 points, name this 1995 Atari arcade shooter set in a secret government facility. ANSWER: Area 51?Bonuses?1. This man recently told Arsenio Hall that he wouldn't have invited Kobe Bryant to a new version of the Black Athlete Summit he convened in Cleveland in 1967 after retiring from sports. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this athlete who starred as Lyedecker in 100 Rifles and the title role in Black Gunn. His character of Jefferson kills Maggot in The Dirty Dozen.ANSWER: Jim Brown [or James Nathaniel Brown][10] Jim Brown's Black Athlete Summit was in support of this fellow athlete, who refused to be drafted to fight in Vietnam. He once called his rival, Joe Frazier, an Uncle Tom.ANSWER: Muhammad Ali [or Cassius Clay or Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.][10] This athlete attended the summit while still a Junior in college. In his post-basketball career, he wrote a novel about Mycroft Holmes.ANSWER: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [or Lew Alcindor]?2. Quirks in valuations for Chinese-listed companies have led to some unusual corporate acquisitions. Identify the following about some of these, for 10 points each.[10] Splash Damage, the developer of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, was purchased by Leyou, a Chinese firm that makes most of its money supplying this product. An American company best-known for selling this product had a hit in Karachi with the Zinger.ANSWER: poultry [or chicken; or fried chicken; prompt on fast food or burgers][10] Framestore, a British company in this business, was strangely purchased by a Beijing-based construction materials firm in November 2016. The company Rhythm and Hues filed for bankruptcy prior to winning a 2013 Oscar in this category.ANSWER: special effects[10] One reason game studios are so attractive to Chinese industrial firms is that their high margins help the firms meet the requirement of being profitable for three years in a row necessary to get listed on the stock exchange in this financial capital of China.ANSWER: Shanghai?3. For their Sounds Delicious Vinyl series, Turntable Kitchen has commissioned artists to do new takes on classic rock albums. Identify the following about some such projects, for 10 points each.[10] This artist recorded Teenage Fanclub's Bandwagonesque, an album he describes as "my favorite record by my favorite band of all time." One of my favorite albums of all time is Such Great Heights, the one and only album he released with Jimmy Tamborello for The Postal Service.ANSWER: Benjamin Gibbard [or Ben Gibbard][10] Yumi Zouma covered this British band's seminal album (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Yumi Zouma's version of this band's "Champagne Supernova" is much more synthy than the original.ANSWER: Oasis[10] One hopes that Turntable Kitchen will agree to the reader request to have someone attempt to cover the original soundtrack from the first film in this franchise. The Simpsons Ride replaced a simulator set in this film universe at Universal Studios.ANSWER: Back to the Future?4. Lily Tomlin tells this director, "Why don't you fuck your whole movie, because that's what you're doing" in a behind-the-scenes video of this man freaking out on the set of I Heart Huckabees. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this director who received three consecutive Oscar nominations for Best Director for his films The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle.ANSWER: David O. Russell [or David Owen Russell][10] Russell's cancelled film Nailed was a political drama he co-wrote with this woman, also a onetime story editor on Futurama. She helped secure her father's participation in the Futurama episode Crimes of the Hot.ANSWER: Kristin Gore [or Kristin Carlson Gore][10] This comedian was slated to co-star in Nailed as "a priest with an irreversible erection". This actor’s best known character starred as a child on the Nick show Ray Ray's Mystery Garage and hangs out with Grizz and Dot Com.ANSWER: Tracy Morgan [or Tracy Jamal Morgan]?5. This character was heavily marketed by Montgomery Ward, a chain which printed some two million promotional copies of a story written by Robert L. May. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this character. Johnny Marks turned a poem about this creature into a song made famous by Gene Autry and sung in an animated special by Rankin/Bass.ANSWER: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer[10] Robert L. May attended Dartmouth, the same university which produced this author, whose book is the basis for a rival Christmas special set in and around Whoville.ANSWER: Dr. Seuss [or Theodor Geisel][10] Montgomery Ward followed the playbook of toys made from this person's likeness when manufacturing stuffed Rudolph dolls. This spokesperson for Quaker Puffed Wheat and Packard Automobiles had an extremely popular doll manufactured by the Ideal Toy Corporation in the 1930s.ANSWER: Shirley Temple [or Shirley Temple Black]?6. A character played by this actress is told to "bring me some weirdos from Ohio" on a trip to her sister's baby shower. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this actress who played an "Amazing" playwright who shares her first name in a Netflix film opposite Chris O'Dowd. She also co-hosts the podcast 2 Dope Queens.ANSWER: Jessica Williams[10] Williams rose to prominence on this show, staying on for a while after its longtime host left and was replaced by Trevor Noah.ANSWER: The Daily Show[10] Williams co-hosts 2 Dope Queens with Phoebe Robinson, one of the writers on this show. One of the protagonists begins this series with a job cleaning up pubic hair at the Soulstice health club, and the other works at Deals Deals Deals.ANSWER: Broad City?7. For his latest film, this director received 3,500 designs for a space station called Alpha after soliciting submissions from the general public. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this director of The Story of Joan of Arc. In her book on this director, Susan Hayward argued that the protagonist of his movie La Femme Nikita is subjected to a "civilizing ritual".ANSWER: Luc Besson[10] Besson is probably best known for this 1997 film, a sci-fi project like his recent flop, Valeran. Bruce Willis drives a flying taxi in this film where Milla Jovovich's character has a distinctive outfit.ANSWER: The Fifth Element[10] Prince was apparently the top choice for this gender ambiguous talk show host in The Fifth Element. Chris Tucker ended up playing this character with a gem-like name in the film.ANSWER: Ruby Rhod [or Ruby Rhod; or Miss Ruby]?8. NCAA scouts have used this event to sign talent such as Sanya Richards. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this annual high school athletic event held each spring in Kingston. It's pretty much the biggest sporting event in Jamaica.ANSWER: Champs [or Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships][10] This athlete failed to shine when competing in the Class 3 age group at Champs. But he did win gold in the hundred meters in Beijing, London and Rio.ANSWER: Usain Bolt [or Usain St Leo Bolt][10] Bolt applauded this athlete's record time in the 400m in Rio, which he unexpectedly earned from Lane 8. He was the first South African to win gold in 2016.ANSWER: Wayde van Niekerk?9. George Harrison helped finance this film after EMI backed out days before shooting was set to begin in Tunisia. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this film, which was advertised in Sweden as "the film banned in Norway".ANSWER: Life of Brian[10] Life of Brian's origin stems from a comment this Python member made that the group's next film would be titled Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory. In 2014 he performed "Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)" at Carnegie Hall. Oh and he's not named Terry, John, Michael or Graham.ANSWER: Eric Idle[10] The best scene in Life of Brian is when a character is caught tagging this three-word grammatically incorrect phrase on a wall in Jerusalem. Give it in the incorrect Latin.ANSWER: ROMANES EUNT DOMUS?10. A videogame set in this universe successfully copied the Arkham Asylum combat system and added a Nemesis mechanic which influenced your encounters with orcs. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this book series, subject of a well-received 2014 game subtitled Shadow of Mordor.ANSWER: The Lord of the Rings [or The Hobbit][10] Knowing that their game based on the book universe wasn't as good as EA's The Two Towers movie license, the developers of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring boasted that it was pretty much the only Rings adaption to feature this character and his wife Goldberry.ANSWER: Tom Bombadil [or Tom Bombadil][10] Unquestionably the best ad for a Lord of the Rings game was for Lord of the Rings Online where Gandalf utters this line to announce that the game is now free-to-play.ANSWER: "You shall not pay!"?11. The protagonists of this show are brought together when one of them saves the other's life with a wrench. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this show where sorority girl Jules teams up with the green-haired occasional pot dealer Ophelia to go after campus rapists at Darlington.ANSWER: Sweet/Vicious[10] Until it was cancelled, Sweet/Vicious aired on this network, which controversially fired most of its news organization in 2017 to better appeal to younger audiences or something. This network hasn't had a breakout hit since Jersey Shore.ANSWER: MTV[10] The sixth episode of Sweet/Vicious largely takes place inside of one of these businesses. Joe, played by Anthony LaPagila, works to prevent one of these places being sold to a national chain along with employees played by Liv Tyler and Renee Zellweger in a 1995 film.ANSWER: record stores [or music stores]?12. By the end of the 19th century, advertisements for these goods brought in more revenue for newspapers than any other type of good, and James Harvey Young wrote a social history of them called The Toadstool Millionaires. For 10 points each:[10] Identify these goods whose formula, despite their names, were neither effective nor given a monopoly on sale.ANSWER: patent medicines [or nostrums][10] John Pemberton moved from selling patent medicines such as "Dr. Tuggle's Compound Syrup of Globe Flower" to producing this drink, which famously contained cocaine. An Atlanta museum is devoted to this drink.ANSWER: Coca-Cola [or Coke][10] An early patent medicine was an elixir supposedly named for a clergyman with this surname. A cartoon character with this first name was created by Tex Avery and starred in shorts such as “The Scarlet Pumpernickel” and “Rocket Squad”.ANSWER: Daffy?13. A better string arrangement of this song by the band's long-time producer George Martin appeared on the album Give My Regards to Broad Street. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this song. The string arrangement for the original version of this song was done by Phil Spector, and its second verse contains the lyric, "Many times I've been alone and many times I've cried / Anyway you'll never know the many ways I've tried".ANSWER: "The Long and Winding Road"[10] George Martin was the person with probably the best claim on this unofficial title, also sometimes bestowed on the band's original drummer, Pete Best. Brian Epstein also has a claim at this title.ANSWER: Fifth Beatle[10] John Lennon insisted on merging together Martin's orchestral arrangement of this song with an electrical one, despite the fact that they were done in different keys. John can be heard saying "Cranberry Sauce" at the end of this song, and the band pours paint onto a piano in its proto-music video.ANSWER: "Strawberry Fields Forever"?14. A film with this title by Ziga Virc includes interviews with Slavoj Zizek and imagines a secret deal made between the Kennedy administration and Yugoslavia. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this five-word phrase, which in another film is said shortly after one character is told to "give your oxygen tanks a stir", which sparks an electrical fire and sets off the Master Alarm. ANSWER: "Houston, We Have a Problem!"[10] The most memorable screen utterance of "Houston, We Have a Problem" is of course by Tom Hank's character in this excellent Ron Howard film.ANSWER: Apollo 13[10] I remember watching a network TV airing of Apollo 13 rather than the Apollo 13 episode of this HBO mini-series which was airing at the same time. Most of the big names from Apollo 13 such as Tom Hanks and Ron Howard were producers on this series.ANSWER: From the Earth to the Moon?15. Ignatiy Vishnevetsky's review of this film opens with the line, "If nothing else, [this film] will go down in film history as the movie where Tom Cruise pilots a white, sperm-shaped craft into a giant space uterus." For 10 points each:[10] Identify this film directed by Joseph Kosinski, where Jack Harper is left behind as a Scav on Earth after most humans have departed for Titan.ANSWER: Oblivion[10] Claudio Miranda did the cinematography for Oblivion and this 2012 film by Ang Lee based on a Yann Martel novel. It centers on a boy and a tiger.ANSWER: Life of Pi[10] Andrea Riseborough, who plays Victoria in Oblivion, had earlier starred in a BBC drama centering on this woman. Jonathan Lee's book High Dive centers on this person’s visit to a seaside hotel.ANSWER: Margaret Thatcher [or Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher]?16. An anthology of games from this company is one of only six original Xbox games to support 1080i. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this gaming company who published games such as Yar's Revenge and Combat in that aforementioned collection. Those titles originally appeared on its 2600 videogame console.ANSWER: Atari[10] Also included in the collection was this Atari arcade game which, like Asteroids, used vector graphics. The player uses thrusters to guide the title vehicle to a safe location without running out of fuel in this game.ANSWER: Lunar Lander[10] This other entry in the collection contains a legendary Easter egg that reveals that it was programmed by Warren Robinett. The player's avatar is a simple dot in this game, which helped kick off the genre of the console RPG.ANSWER: Adventure?17. This man played the drug dealer who Rick Ross took his name from in the film Kill the Messenger. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this actor and ambassador to end mass incarceration for the ACLU. A character he plays is arrested after defending his warehouse against the Klan and briefly shares a jail cell with business partner Nucky Tompson.ANSWER: Michael K. Williams [or Michael Kenneth Williams][10] Williams is best known for playing Omar Little, a character beloved by Barack Obama on this HBO series.ANSWER: The Wire[10] Williams played Freddy on this HBO series, adapted from the British series Criminal Justice. This project went back into development after the death of James Gandolfini, who was slated to play lawyer John Stone.ANSWER: The Night Of?18. A website named for this character was founded by Dan Abrams and Susana Polo to "make geekdom safe and open for everyone". For 10 points each:[10] Identify this character who appeared in Paula Smith's "A Trekkie's Tale", first published in the Menagerie fanzine in 1974. Camille Bacon-Smith argued that most female fic authors’s first stories included one of these types of characters.ANSWER: Mary Sue [prompt on partial answers][10] Wesley Crusher was arguably a Garry Stu character during his time on this Star Trek series. This syndicated series also introduced us to Worf.ANSWER: Star Trek: The Next Generation [or TNG][10] This virtuous 18th century children's book character comes into a lot of money after spending much of her life with only one of her eponymous items. This orphan's real name is Margery Meanwell and may have been created by Oliver Goldsmith.ANSWER: Little Goody Two-Shoes [prompt on partial answer]?19. An untrue rumor stated that this man's most recent album would be followed-up quickly with one released on Easter depicting his resurrection. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this rapper of good kid, m.A.A.d. city and To Pimp a Butterfly.ANSWER: Kendrick Lamar [or Kendrick Lamar Duckworth][10] At the 2016 Grammys, Lamar performed "The Blacker the Berry" at the front of one of these things. Alabama reintroduced the use of these things in the 1990s, and people can still volunteer for them in Maricopa County, Arizona.ANSWER: chain gangs[10] In this breakout track from his independently released album Section.80, Lamar raps that "Malcom X put a hex on my future, someone catch me / I'm falling victim to a revolutionary song". Its chorus contains the rhyme, "Five-star dishes, food for thought bitches".ANSWER: "HiiiPower"?20. Identify the following about Canadian forays into international hockey competitions, for 10 points each.[10] Paul Henderson scored Canada's most famous goal in Game 8 of the Summit Series against this no-longer-extant country. The US beat this country in the Miracle on Ice game.ANSWER: Soviet Union [or USSR; or CCCP; do NOT accept "Russia"][10] This Soviet goalie helped propel the team to a 2-1-1 lead over Canada in the first four games of the Summit Series. Finnish netminder Urpo Ylonen once discovered that this goalie was using one of his stolen sticks because it still had Ylonen's name on it.ANSWER: Vladislav Tretiak[10] The Trail Smoke Eaters, whose members worked for a smelting company in this province, trounced the world at the 1961 World Ice Hockey Championships behind goalie Seth Martin. People in this province rioted following a 2011 Stanley Cup loss.ANSWER: British Columbia [or B.C.]?21. Identify the following about WordStar, once the leading word processing software, for 10 points each.[10] It's still used today by this fantasy author, as revealed in a 2014 interview with Conan O'Brien. Paul and Storm recorded a song begging this author to "please write, and write faster / You're not going to get any younger, you know. Winter is coming, I'm growing impatient".ANSWER: George R. R. Martin [or George Raymond Richard Martin][10] This author, in addition to using WordStar for some of her novels, has her character Lestat use the program to write his memoirs. Her Vampire Chronicles were adapted into Interview with the Vampire.ANSWER: Anne Rice [or Howard Allen Frances O'Brien][10] Late in his career, this author delighted in the Merge Print feature of WordStar. He never finished the manuscript to his novel Three Days Before the Shooting…ANSWER: Ralph Ellison [or Ralph Waldo Ellison] ................
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