2010 TRASHionals



2010 TRASHionals

Round 12

Bonuses

1. Didn't think you'd escape TRASHionals without some Led Zeppelin trivia, did you?

1. None of Led Zeppelin's albums had a title track, though one almost did. This radio staple from Side 2 of Physical Grafitti shares its title with the preceding album's, and was originally meant for inclusion on it.

Answer: Houses of the Holy

2. Led Zeppelin's biggest charting hit in the US, it became the subject of litigation by blues singer Willie Dixon, who wrote a song called "You Need Love" for Muddy Waters; Dixon was given co-writing credit.

Answer: Whole Lotta Love

3. One blues song they did credit from the start was this song by blueswoman Memphis Minnie; Zep's version, which closes their untitled fourth album, is most famous for John Bonham's distinctive and often-sampled drum part.

Answer: When The Levee Breaks

2. A musical about auditioning for a musical! For ten points each:

1. With 19 main characters this musical is set on a bare Broadway stage and follows them through the audition process, giving insight into each of their lives.

Answer: A Chorus Line

2. Meant to showcase an unnamed star, this number is reprised at the end of the show, when, ironically, the chorus is dressed in identical costumes, making it hard to pick out any "singular sensation," from the group.

Answer: "One"

3. The 1985 film adaptation of A Chorus Line starred this Hollywood leading man as Zach, the director who is holding the audition, which is quite different than the role of Jack Colton he played in two other films around that time.

Answer: Michael Douglas

3. If you're a veteran NFL defensive player whose name is well known to casual fans, you're probably praying that the Washington Redskins will offer you a fat contract, thus following in the footsteps of, for ten points each, these players.

1. Owner Dan Snyder couldn't resist the notion of having this defensive end break the all-time sacks record while wearing burgundy and gold, and signed him away from Buffalo in 2000 for big bucks.

Answer: Bruce Smith

2. More recently, Snyder lured this longtime Tennessee Titans defensive tackle to Washington for the 2009 season, but the team was last seen unsuccessfully trying to unload him to Philadelphia as part of the Donovan McNabb deal.

Answer: Albert Haynesworth

3. One signing that has worked out for the Skins is this middle linebacker, a former Ram and Bill, who made his first Pro Bowl last year in his third season with Washington.

Answer: London Fletcher

4. For ten points each, answer these questions about Disney songs sharing a common theme.

1. Dr. Facilier sings about "Friends on the Other Side" in this 2009 Disney movie.

Answer: The Princess and the Frog

2. This 1995 Disney release earned an Oscar nod for Randy Newman's "You've Got a Friend."

Answer: Toy Story

3. Before his 1991 death, Howard Ashman completed the lyrics for this song in which Robin Williams introduces his Genie character to Aladdin.

Answer: "Friend Like Me"

5. For ten points each, name these musical acts which have song series:

1. This act created a series of not just songs but albums dealing with the mythology of the Dark Carnival, such as The Great Milenko, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers, and The Wraith: Shangri-La.

Answer: Insane Clown Posse or ICP

2. This band often performs songs from the Gamehendge setting that originated from the senior thesis of Trey Anastasio.

Answer: Phish

3. This John Darnielle-led lo-fi act has several song cycles spread out across their albums, including the "Going To..." and "Alpha" series.

Answer: The Mountain Goats

6. Answer the following related to Soul Reapers, for ten points each.

1. Soul Reapers, Quincies and Bounts are all different types of characters in what manga/anime series about Ichigo Kurosaki.

Answer: Bleach

2. This former captain of the Fifth Division of the Soul Society betrays the Soul Reapers and strikes a deal with Barragan Luisenbarn and leads the Hollows from Hueco Mundo.

Answer: Sosuke Aizen

3. Bleach is written and illustrated by this Japanese man mainly known for the series, though his other work includes Zombiepowder and a couple of one-shots.

Answer: Noriaki "Tite" Kubo

7. For 10 points each, identify the American Idol country singers who are not Carrie Underwood.

1. This Season 5 contestant made the American Idol tour despite finishing 6th. After the tour, she released singles such as "Wild Ponies" and "Best Days of Your Life."

Answer: Kellie Pickler

2. Before landing a spot on Season 2, this contestant was on active duty in the Marine Corps. He went on to hit the country charts with "Nothin' to Lose" and "We Weren't Crazy."

Answer: Josh Gracin

3. This eighth-place Season 5 finisher had auditioned along with his twin. His self-titled album debuted at #1 on the country charts and included the single "It's Good to Be Us."

Answer: Bucky Covington

8. Answer questions about the big and small screen work of Broadway star Craig Bierko for ten points each:

1. Bierko portrayed Wolverine in this 2008 spoof of the genre of films starring Marvel characters.

Answer: Superhero Movie

2. In Cinderella Man, Bierko portrayed this heavyweight champion boxer whose son is probably better know these days. He lost to Jimmy Braddock in June 1935 in a huge upset.

Answer: Max Baer

3. One of Bierko's earliest roles was as Carl Warner in the episode "The Day My Kid Went Punk" of this long-lived television series.

Answer: ABC's Afterschool Specials

9. For ten points each, a new trend in literature:

1. Natalie Portman is reportedly set to star in a film adaptation of this 2009 novel which is, literally, about 85% by Jane Austen and 15% new text by credited co-author Seth Grahame-Smith, turning Elizabeth Bennett into a monster-hunter.

Answer: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

2. The second Quirk Books literary mash-up, it has Jane Austen altered by Ben H. Winters, as the Dashwood sisters must deal with mer-people, octopi, and the ocean-dwelling Leviathan.

Answer: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

3. Quirk books was founded by David Borgenicht, best known for joining with Joshua Piven to write this 1999 book, which spawned sequels covering areas such as travel, parenting, college, and golf, as well as a TBS series hosted by Mike Rowe.

Answer: The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook

10. For ten points each, answer these questions about the last episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.

1. This actor from The Office appeared to conduct a mock exit interview.

Answer: Steve Carrell

2. This actor was the first guest on Conan's first episode, and the last one on the last episode. He jammed with Conan on a version of "Freebird" that closed the show.

Answer: Will Ferrell

3. In the last segment of fake skits that were supposedly staged to cost NBC money, O'Brien claimed that he cost the network $65 million by having a sloth skeleton bought from the Smithsonian spray Beluga caviar on a painting by this man.

Answer: Pablo Picasso

11. Unlike Shirley Temple, some child stars are unlikely to become United Sates ambassadors. Answer questions about recent book releases from some substance-hindered TV stars for ten points each

1. In the 2009 release Prairie Tale: A Memoir this adopted actress reveals that she didn't have a problem with alcohol until after she was elected SAG president.

Answer: Melissa Gilbert

2. In this 2009 book the actress who played Stephanie Tanner blames her biological parents for her addictions where she admits to using coke and alcohol during her 2008 pregnancy

Answer: unSweetined [The mis-spelling is a play on Jodie Sweetin's name]

3. In this 2009 book Mackenzie Phillips pole-vaulted over her own mountain of crazy drug stories by adding in a ten-year sexual affair with her biological father

Answer: High on Arrival

12. For ten points each, answer these related questions.

1. While it can be used in relation to Saturday at any golf tournament, the term "moving day" is most often associated with this PGA major, the first major on the calendar.

Answer: The Masters

2. On the How I Met Your Mother episode "Moving Day," Ted plans to move in with this character, but doesn't due to the other character's occasional smoking and subscription to Guns and Ammo.

Answer: Robin Sherbatsky

3. In Quebec, Moving Day is a local observance based on the traditional day that yearlong leases ended, occurring on this day, which is also Canada Day.

Answer: July 1

13. For ten points each, answer these questions about the junior himbo from Massachusetts, Senator Scott Brown.

1. In 1982, Brown won this magazine's "America's Sexiest Man" contest, and posed nude for its centerfold, but in a way that put his own junior senator on display. He used the money from the shoot to help pay for law school.

Answer: Cosmopolitan

2. Brown touted his "regular guy" credentials during the Senate race with an ad recounting all of the campaign time he logged in his truck, this model that is the GMC equivalent to the Chevy Colorado.

Answer: Canyon

3. In a March fundraising email, Brown stated that the Massachusetts Democratic party was going to get this MSNBC personality to run against him in 2012. He apparently based this on a Facebook page and Tweet about the possible candidacy, which the personality categorically denied talking with anyone about, running a full page ad in the Boston Globe to deny the run.

Answer: Rachel Maddow

14. Name these commercial games that are perfectly playable for free for ten points each.

1. This adaptation of the Dictionary game provides players with cards with obscure words and definitions rather than having them look them up themselves.

Answer: Balderdash

2. An adaptation of the card game spite and malice, until 1980 the commercial game just consisted of three decks of cards with the jokers removed and replaced with the title cards.

Answer: Skip-Bo

3. Adapting a game known as Celebrities or the Name Game, in this team game you have thirty seconds to get your partner to name the notable person written on a card, and if he gets it right you keep going until the clock runs out.

Answer: Time's Up

15. For ten points each, name these HBO miniseries:

1. This 2008 offering starred Paul Giamatti as a historical figure.

Answer: John Adams

2. Based on a book by David Simon and Ed Burns, this description of drug culture was, unsurprisingly, set in Baltimore.

Answer: The Corner

3. Ron Howard and Tom Hanks were among the co-producers of this look at the Apollo program.

Answer: From the Earth to the Moon

16. It was founded by twelve people brought together by Adam Monroe. For ten points each:

1. Name this secret organization.

Answer: The Company

2. The Company and its research on the Shanti virus is part of this television show.

Answer: Heroes

3. This Odessa, Texas paper company serves as a front for the Company.

Answer: Primatech Paper Company

17. Her experience as a bartender in the East Village led to an article that became the 2000 movie Coyote Ugly. For ten points each:

1. Name this woman who will soon be portrayed by Julia Roberts in a Ryan Murphy-directed film of her best-selling memoir Eat Pray Love.

Answer: Elizabeth Gilbert

2. Felipe, the sexy Latin lover who Gilbert meets in Indonesia, will be played by this Spanish star whose roles include seductive artist Juan Antonio in Vicky Christina Barcelona and implacable hitman Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men.

Answer: Javier Bardem

3. Eat Pray Love will be Murphy's second go at adapting a best-selling memoir; he also made this 2006 flop starring Joseph Cross as a boy whose crazed mother, played by Annette Bening, places him under the care of her bizarre psychiatrist.

Answer: Running with Scissors

18. Members of the 30-30 club, for ten points each:

1. This Texas second baseman was the only player in 2009 to record at least 30 home runs and 30 steals.

Answer: Ian Kinsler

2. With 39 homers and 37 steals for the St. Louis Browns in 1922, he was the club's sole member for over 30 years.

Answer: Ken Williams

3. His four 30-30 seasons are the most by a player not named Bonds.

Answer: Alfonso Soriano

19. Rampant ninja-related crimes these days... Whitehouse is not the exception. Answer the following about an arcade game, for ten points each.

1. First, what game asks you, roughly speaking, if you're a mean enough guy to rescue President Ronnie?

Answer: Bad Dudes

2. Bad Dudes Blade and Striker must defeat this clan, which has kidnapped President Ronnie.

Answer: DragonNinja

3. This now-bankrupt Japanese video company was responsible for Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja. They were also the creators of the gems Kamov and Burgertime.

Answer: Data East Cooperation (Accept DECO)

20. For ten points each, name these little red-haired girls from children's literature based on clues about their movie appearances.

1. Aileen Quinn played this orphan in a 1982 John Huston-directed musical co-starring Tim Curry and Bernadette Peters as the villains, Rooster and Lily St. Regis.

Answer: Annie

2. This Ludwig Bemelmans-created orphan, the smallest out of "twelve little girls in two straight lines," was portrayed by Hatty Jones in a 1998 feature co-starring Frances McDormand as her teacher, a nun.

Answer: Madeline

3. In her native Sweden, this pig-tailed free spirit was played by Viveca Serlachius in a 1949 film and Inger Nilsson in a 1969 TV series. Tami Erin portrayed her in a 1988 Hollywood movie.

Answer: Pippi Longstocking or Pippi Langstrump

21. This year marked the first year since 2004 that a number one seed lost in the second round of the NCAA men's division I basketball tournament. For ten points each:

1. Name the school that lost 69-67 to Northern Iowa in this year's tournament.

Answer: University of Kansas

2. This SEC school - also a number 1 seed this year - lost as a number 1 seed in 2004, dropping a 76-75 decision to UAB.

Answer: University of Kentucky

3. This Pac-10 school - which didn't make the 2010 tournament - also lost a a number 1 seed in 2004, losing to eventual regional finalist Alabama 70-67.

Answer: Stanford University

22. In the 90s, he made albums such as 100% Fun, Girlfriend, and Altered Beast. For ten points each:

1. Name this alt-rocker.

Answer: Matthew Sweet

2. Sweet teamed up with Pete Droge and Shawn Mullins for this group that released a 2003 album.

Answer: The Thorns

3. In 2006, Sweet teamed up with this former Bangles lead singer for their takes of mostly '60s tunes on the album Under the Covers, Vol. 1 and revisted the '70s with her for Volume 2.

Answer: Susanna Hoffs

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