TERP (Trash Everyone Really Prefers) 2010



TERP (Trash Everyone Really Prefers) 2010

Round 1: Brought to You by the Number FIFTEEEEEEENNN

Edited by Logan Anbinder, Paul Marchsteiner, Chris Ray, and Jeff Amoros with assistance from Jeremy Eaton, Margo Kirzner, Jack Kennedy, Monica Remmers, Isaac Hirsch, Gary Weiser, Ozzie Fallick, SteveJon Guth and Shantanu Jha

Tossups

1.This man had an altercation with Teddy Hanlin after this man arrested Hanlin’s partner for taking bribes, and this man rescued Behrooz Araz from the latter’s father before Behrooz and this man were swapped in a prisoner exchange with Habib Marwan. This man’s brother and father both worked for the company BXJ Technologies, and were named Graem and Phillip, respectively. This man’s nephew Josh was held hostage by (*) Cheng Zhi, and workers at the organization with which this man is most associated have included George Mason, Milo Pressman, and Edgar Stiles. More recently in the show on which this man appears, President Allison Taylor ordered the apprehension of this man on the suggestion of Charles Logan, whom this man had earlier attempted to expose for ordering the assassination of former president David Palmer. Chloe O’Brian is often the tech support for, FTP, what former CTU agent, the protagonist of the real-time drama 24?

ANSWER: Jack Bauer

2. An a capella cover of this song was included on the German release of N*SYNC’s debut album, and this song plays at the conclusion of the trailer for the film The Men Who Stare at Goats. This song’s band’s founder has claimed inspiration for it from “Walk Away Renee” by The Left Banke, and the B-side of this lead single from its band’s eponymous debut album is called “Smokin.’” This song claims that (*) “When I’m tired and thinking cold, I hide in my music, forget the day,” after “So many people have come and gone, their faces fade as the years go by.” The titular intuition is reached when “I hear that old song they used to play” in, FTP, what song that laments, “I see my Marianne walking away,” the best-known song by the band Boston?

ANSWER: “More Than A Feelin’” (accept “More Than A Feeling”)

3. A section of Henry Abbott’s True Hoop blog is dedicated to a tag titled “Who is” this man. His presence at private Team USA basketball practices at the Beijing Olympics drew the ire of the agents of several of the team’s stars. In his 2010 Trade Value column, Bill Simmons recounted this man telling a player at the All-Star weekend “You can’t chase the night,” and he has retained Leon (*) Rose as his lawyer since the mid 1980s. While working as a shoe salesman, this man befriended former Louisville star Milt Wagner, and later helped Wagner’s son, DaJuan, after the latter was drafted. Recently hired by CAA as an agent for coaches such as Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, FTP, name this behind-the-scenes mover and shaker, a confidante to Lebron James known by a nickname that implies omnipresence.

ANSWER: William “Worldwide Wes” Wesley

4. This woman’s birth was secretly paid for by Coretta Scott King, whose children had been given acting lessons by this woman’s parents. Her film debut came with a minor part in the 1989 film Blood Red, and she played Tinkerbell in the Spielberg-directed film Hook, which debuted two years after this woman earned her first Oscar nomination for her performance in (*) Steel Magnolias. Though her performance in Broadway’s Three Days of Rain was panned, this woman continued to star in films, including opposite Clive Owen in Duplicity. Paid a staggering $25 million for her performance in Mona Lisa Smile, and recently starring in the film adaptation of Eat, Pray, Love, name this actress who, FTP, was nominated for another Oscar for Pretty Woman before winning Best Actress for her performance as Erin Brockovich?

ANSWER: Julia Roberts

5. A prequel to this game sees the protagonist team up with a friend Chandra to rescue a scientist named Zeigler, whose secret information is stolen by a man who founded this game’s antagonistic corporation. One mode in this game is called “Pop a Cap,” and weapons in this game include the Cyclone and the FarSight, which is equipped with an x-ray scope. The protagonist of this game rescues a creature named Elvis who is a member of the race of (*) Maians, who are battling the shapeshifting Skedar, and this game is often referred to as a spiritual sequel to Goldeneye007. Offering the use of the Laptop Gun in the fight for the Carrington Institute against the evil DataDyne Corporation, this is, FTP, what Rare developed first-person shooter whose title is a reference to the exceptional training scores of its protagonist, Joanna Dark?

ANSWER: Perfect Dark

6.This man played Albert Peterson in a 1995 TV version of Bye Bye Birdie, and this actor has also guest-starred on Criminal Minds as a Fibonacci sequence obsessed professor and the friendless, chess-crazed Leonard on Malcolm in the Middle. Following the finale of the show with which he is most associated, this man portrayed the titular character on the short-lived (*) Bob Patterson, which was followed by his time as the lead on another cancelled sitcom, Listen Up!  He is best known for a show in which he portrayed a man whose friendship with the titular character was mistaken as homosexuality by a reporter from an NYU paper, and whose fiancée, Susan, was killed after licking toxic envelope glue. Famed for a character who uses the alias Art Vandelay, FTP, name this actor most famous for playing Jerry’s friend George Costanza on Seinfeld.

ANSWER: Jason Alexander

7. In this man's only college season, he played for Maple Woods Community College and hit a grand slam and turned an unassisted triple play in his first game, although he was picked 402nd in the 1999 draft. In the MLB, this player's manager announced in May 2010 that he would be batting cleanup for the first time since 2003, when he scored 137 runs for a career high batting average of .359. His only Gold Glove award came with his only championship, in (*) 2006, and in 2009, one home run hit by this man knocked off the "I" in the "Big Mac Land" sign at his home field, Busch Stadium. That same year, he was named National League MVP, tying Stan Musial for team leader in that category. FTP, name this Dominican, who currently plays first base for the St. Louis Cardinals.

ANSWER: Albert Pujols

8.This film was the basis for British composer Nicholas Maw’s 2002 opera of the same name, and its tagline was, “Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.” This film concludes with the narrator’s recitation of “Ample Make This Bed” over the bodies of the titular character and her lover, and that narrator is a writer named (*) Stingo who learns of the titular event after he begins to make plans to start a family with the title character after she runs away from her lover Nathan. The titular action results in the death of that woman’s daughter and the temporary survival of her son, in, FTP, what movie staring Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, and Meryl Streep as the titular woman faced with an impossible decision to save only one of her children from the Nazis?

ANSWER: Sophie’s Choice

9. The plural of this word names both a Juno Award-winning indie band who released the albums Nightsongs and Heart and a short-lived British supergroup that featured Syd Barrett as its guitarist. An Apples In Stereo song titled after “Seven” of these objects laments, “Simple lives we once left behind, we’re so distracted now,” and an Augustana album is titled after (*) “All the” these objects “and Boulevards.” Another song about one type of these declares “The girls come pretty and the drugs come cheap, we’ll all stay skinny ‘cause we just won’t eat” while yet another song about one type of these objects begins, “Somebody once told me the world was gonna roll me,” and those songs are by Nickelback and Smash Mouth, respectively. FTP, what is this type of celestial object that also names the Beatles’ drummer Ringo?

ANSWER: Star

10. A song by the post-hardcore band Across Five Aprils that ends “You can’t win, you just lose” has a title that references this event, and a Get Fuzzy comic strip that alludes to this event begins with Satchel asking Rob, “How’s your back today?” to which the latter responds, “I haven’t moved in 36 hours.” A viral video in which the cameraman reveals the outcome of this event sees him being met with the response “Nooo, you bitch!” outside of a certain store at (*) 1:02 AM, and an xkcd comic that references this action replaces the victim of the act with The Matrix’s Trinity and adds the weapon Rosebud. One witness to this event was Fenrir Greyback, while another was powerless to stop it, since he was paralyzed by a Full Body-Bind curse and hidden under a certain item of clothing. Occurring at the top of the Astronomy Tower of a certain castle, this is, FTP, what event that sees a certain Potions master murder the headmaster of Hogwarts, an infamous spoiler from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?

ANSWER: Snape kills Dumbledore (accept clear-knowledge equivalents, prompt on partial answer or things like “the ending to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”)

11. This man was dealt in the midst of his prime along with Mike Keane for Andrei Kovalenko, Jocelyn Thibault and Martin Rucinsky, an incident known in the history of his original team as simply “Le Trade.” The youngest Conn Smythe Trophy winner in history, this man grew up as a fan of the Nordiques, and would later star for that franchise after it moved to the U.S. While a member of the (*) Canadiens, he helped lead Montreal to two Stanley Cup titles, employing his trademark style of dropping to his knees to block shots, known as the “butterfly style.” The goaltender for both of Colorado’s Stanley Cup winning squads, for ten points, name this netminder nicknamed “Saint’ in his native Montreal after leading the team to a title in 1986.

ANSWER: Patrick Roy

12. This character’s home is referenced in a track on Joe Satriani’s album Flying in a Blue Dream, and he has allied with the Infinity Watch, in addition to being a member of the Titans Three, which itself became the first incarnation of the Defenders with the addition of Doctor Strange. In his original appearance, he befriends Alicia Masters, who convinces him not to complete his (*) mission, and he develops his moral character through his interaction with Alicia and his eventual imprisonment by Dr. Doom. Punished for rebelling against the being who granted him his power with imprisonment on Earth, this hero’s abilities are the result of the Power Cosmic granted to him by his rank as herald of Galactus. FTP, name this interplanetary, mercurial Marvel superhero whose name makes him seem suited to riding waves.

ANSWER: The Silver Surfer or Norrin Radd

13.This action is performed by the daughter of John Baxter, played by Donald Sutherland, in the film Don’t Look Now, as well as by Kym and Rachel’s brother after a car crash in Rachel Getting Married. It presumably happens to Patrick Swayze’s character in a film directed by Kathryn Bigelow that costarred Gary Busey, and it happens to Julia, the wife of Robert Angier, in (*) The Prestige. It happens to Dr. Evil’s henchman Patty O’Brien at the hands of Austin Powers, and after Norma shoots Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard, he is left to die in this manner, which is also the fate suffered by Bond girls Nicole in Never Say Never Again and Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale. The cause of the original death of Jason Voorhees at Camp Green Lake is, FTP, what method of dying that afflicted many of the passengers of the Titanic?

ANSWER: drowning (accept word forms; prompt on things like “death” etc.)

14. One song by this band ends with an interlude in which are read excerpts of letters written by this band’s bassist’s grandfather during World War II, and that song asserts, “can’t count all the eyes that stare” and is called “Violence.” Another song from that album by this band laments, “fate fell short this time, your smile fades in the summer,” while a song from a different album recalls “remember the time that I (*) spilled the cup of apple juice,” before lamenting “I traced the cord back to the wall, no wonder it was never plugged in at all.” Besides “Feeling This” and “Adam’s Song,” another song by this band asks “What the hell is ADD?” before asking the titular question, while this band’s best-known song commands, “say it ain’t so, I will not go.” FTP, name this pop punk band behind the songs “What’s My Age Again?” and “All the Small Things.”

ANSWER: Blink-182

15. This name is held by the only currently remaining character from the debut of the UK soap opera Coronation Street, and is the first name of the writer and director of the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It is the name of the only major league player to hit the warehouse at Camden Yards in Baltimore, and a variant of this name is also given to the wheelchair-bound kid in the Backyard Sports series. It is the given name of the  partner of (*) Wormmon in Digimon Adventure 02, but its two most famous fictional uses are as the name of a notable red clad participant in the World Warrior tournament in a certain video game franchise, and the male counterpart of a Mattel character. FTP, give this name shared by Ryu’s friend and rival in the Street Fighter series and the love interest of the doll Barbie.

ANSWER: Ken

16. This show was developed from a Dutch series called “Now or Neverland,” and a three-part series on season 6 of this show saw contestants compete on the set of the movie Psycho. A recurring “Las Vegas” episode of this show required its winner to bet at least half their winnings on a single hand of Blackjack, and a two-part episode of this show featuring playboy playmates aired on the Sunday of Super Bowl XXXVI [36] in 2002. Contestants on that episode of this show faced tasks that included (*) diving for glowsticks in a tank that simulated a frozen lake and eating strawberries in a plexiglass box containing thousands of flies. Hosted by Joe Rogan, and typically featuring a physically challenging first stunt, a mentally challenging second stunt, and a final more dangerous stunt, this is, FTP, what reality show in which contestants were forced to overcome their feelings of terror to win the grand prize?

ANSWER: Fear Factor

17.A small part in this movie saw the replacement of Ozzy Osbourne by Kylie Minogue, though the former’s scream is still used when that character, the Green Fairy, turns evil. That fairy is hallucinated by the male protagonist of this film after his first drink of absinthe, which he takes after signing on as writer for a troupe of Bohemian musicians. In his first trip to the titular location, that man, (*) Christian, meets the female protagonist and attempts to convince her to star in the show “Spectacular Spectacular,” and due to a miscommunication between herself and her manager Harold Zidler, that woman ends up attempting to seduce Christian instead of the Duke. The characters become romantically involved as they sing a medley of pop love songs, but the song perhaps most associated with this film is “Lady Marmalade.” FTP, name this movie starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman as the courtesan Satine, who works at the titular Parisian cabaret.

ANSWER: Moulin Rouge

18. While still a prep school athlete, he won an inter-collegiate ballroom dance competition, and this man ended the double no-hitter between the Cubs’ Hippo Vaughn and Reds’ Fred Toney by driving in a run off of Vaughn in the 10th inning. He later served as the first president of the AFPA, the forerunner of the NFL, though he focused his time coaching and playing for the (*) Canton Bulldogs and later the Oorang Indians. His high school track and football coach had hesitantly allowed him to try football; that man, Pop Warner, coached this man and the Carlisle Indian School to a famed upset of Harvard. Stripped of Olympic pentathlon and decathlon medals after admitting the loss of his amateur status, FTP, name this Sack and Fox Indian named the best athlete of the first half of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated.

ANSWER: Jacobus Franciscus “Jim” Thorpe

19. A set of autobiographical songs by this artist that includes “God Bless This Day” and begins with “Suddenly November Morning” is called Black Gold, which this artist’s sister claims will be released this decade. That collection of tapes was given to this artist’s drummer, Mitch Mitchell, at the (*) Isle of Wight Festival, at which this artist starred. At that performance, technical problems interfered with this man’s performance of a song that asserts, “I ain’t afraid of your mess no more, babe” and “evil man make me kill you,” and is called “Machine Gun.” Singer of a notable cover of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” but perhaps most renowned for a song that contains what is probably the most famous misheard lyric of all time, FTP name this 1960s guitar innovator, who wrote and sang “’Scuse me while I kiss the sky” in “Purple Haze.”

ANSWER: Jimi Hendrix

20.All but two members of this group appeared on a September 2001 episode of The Weakest Link, including Robbie Rist, who commented, “I hope I don’t kill this show too!” in reference to his appearance as Oliver, a tangential member of this group, on this group’s show. A spinoff of that show was an animated program titled after this group’s “Kids,” in which the dog Mop Top replaced the original series’ pet dog (*) Tiger. Episodes of that original show include one in which two bickering members of this group argue over who is the better driver, one in which two factions of this group fight over a book of trading stamps, and an early episode named after a character played by Ann B. Davis. Famously featured looking around at each other on their titular show’s opening 3 by 3 grid, this is, FTP, what TV family headed by Carol and Mike, a 1970s TV “Bunch?”

ANSWER: Brady family or Brady Bunch

21. One article written about this group expresses their great hatred for socks appearing above their shoes while another claims the day before Thanksgiving as a high holiday for this group. Chazz in the “How to Be Tight” series is clearly one of these people because he describes his brother as having “poverty shoes.” The documentary following Brantford Winstonworth chronicles his love for his pinnies and spoons and is the (*) Ultimate Lax variety of this group. This group looks up to Tucker Max and his seminal work, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell and contrary to popular belief they are separate from and hate Guidos. A recent phenomenon in this group of people is the act of presenting one of them with a bottle of a certain brand of vodka, and is called Icing. People of this type are often seen wearing sandals, hats facing the wrong direction, and polo shirts with popped collars. FTP, name this group of people who disrespect women, drink a lot of beer, and as their name suggests, are in fraternities.

ANSWER: Bro (prompt on frat guy or equivalent)

Bonuses

1. Plays written by this man include “Hidden in This Picture,” “A Few Good Men,” and “The Farnsworth Invention,” the latter of which was adapted from an unproduced screenplay. FTPE:

[10] Name this man who is probably more famous for being a screenwriter for TV series like Sports Night and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, as well as The Social Network.

ANSWER: Aaron Sorkin

[10] This man is the main protagonist of Studio 60, along with Danny Tripp. Played by Matthew Perry, this former writer for the comedy show is rehired and promoted to co-executive producer along with Danny. He has a turbulent romantic relationship with Harriet Hayes.

ANSWER: Matthew Albie

[10] This series, Sorkin’s most famous, largely depicts the administration of the fictional president Josiah Bartlet, who works in the titular location.

ANSWER: The West Wing

2. Answer the following about bands with something in common, FTPE:

[10] This 1980s British rock band performed songs written by its members Morrissey and Johnny Marr. Their songs “Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” and “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” were featured on the 500 Days of Summer soundtrack.

ANSWER: The Smiths

[10] A different band, the one-hit-wonder group Smith, had a Top 5 hit in 1969 with a cover of this song, written by Burt Bacharach, that was featured in the Quentin Tarantino film Death Proof. The song asks, “I know I’m gonna love you any old way. What can I do? What ‘bout you?”

ANSWER: “Baby, It’s You”

[10] This better known, Stephen Tyler fronted band has released singles like “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” “Janie’s Got a Gun,” and “Walk This Way.”

ANSWER: Aerosmith

3. Name some TV shows that may be offensive to groups fictional and real, FTPE:

[10] This short-lived sitcom that was based on certain GEICO advertisements features Andy, Nick, and Joel as members of the titular group, the last of whom dates the homo sapiens Kate.

ANSWER: Cavemen

[10] This current show that sees Todd Dempsy manage an outpost of Mid America Novelties was described as “neither embarrassing nor deeply offensive” by a New York Times piece that chronicled its reception by the show’s subjects’ real-life counterparts.

ANSWER: Outsourced

[10] A piece about this cancelled show asks if it is “inspirational... or offensive?” It was essentially The Bachelor with plus-sized men and women.

ANSWER: More to Love

4. The Yankees won 5 straight AL pennants from 1949-1953. Answer some questions about the team that ended the streak, FTPE:

[10] This squad, which won its last World Series title in 1948, won the pennant in 1954 by winning 111 games. It later became such a sad-sack franchise that it was the subject of the Major League movies.

ANSWER: Cleveland Indians

[10] This Indians outfielder led the league in home runs and RBI, but lost the MVP race to Yogi Berra. This man had earlier broken the color barrier in the American League.

ANSWER: Larry Doby

[10] This one-time Indians owner signed Doby to his first MLB contract. He’s perhaps more famous for signing midget Eddie Gaedel and hosting Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park.

ANSWER: William Luis “Bill” Veeck Jr.

5. Scores in this game have been variously recorded as “Q to 12” and “oogy to boogy,” and it has featured such equipment as a volleyball and a hobby horse. FTPE:

[10] Name this fictional game depicted in a certain comic strip, whose theme song claims, “It’s never the same! It’s always bizarre!” Its namesake creator remarks that “sooner or later, all our games turn into” this sport.

ANSWER: Calvinball

[10] Calvinball appears in Calvin and Hobbes, penned by this now notoriously reclusive cartoonist. In an early 2010 interview, he expressed having no regrets about stopping production of the strip.

ANSWER: Bill Watterson

[10] This college-aged babysitter of Calvin’s is usually perceived by him as a tyrant, but in her last appearance in the strip, she convinces him to behave by beating him at a game of Calvinball.

ANSWER: Rosalyn

6. In this film, the titular lawmaker’s attempts to create a national boys’ camp are stymied by the political machine of Jim Taylor. FTPE:

[10] Name this film, the last that Frank Capra directed for Columbia Pictures, in which Guy Kibbee plays Hubert Hopper, the governor who decides to appoint the titular character to the position of senator.

ANSWER: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

[10] This star of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington starred in such Alfred Hitchcock films as Rear Window and Vertigo, as well as the Capra-directed It’s a Wonderful Life.

ANSWER: Jimmy Stewart or James Maitland Stewart

[10] This English actor of The Invisible Man played the corrupt Joseph Paine in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, who finally admits to the scheme to frame Mr. Smith at the end of the film. He is probably best-known for striking up “a beautiful friendship” with Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine as French Captain Louis Renault in Casablanca.

ANSWER: Claude Raines

7. Name the following burger chains in the U.S, FTPE:

[10] This Virginia-born chain, named after its founder and his quartet of sons, sells burgers and offers peanuts for its customers to eat in line.

ANSWER: Five Guys

[10] This diner-style chain is famous for its musical performances by the wait staff every half hour. Many stands from this chain can be found in the new Yankee Stadium.

ANSWER: Johnny Rockets

[10] This restaurant has a repetitive, two word name that Wikipedia suggests was derived from the “Olympia Café” SNL sketch. Customers who eat its famous “pounder” burger have their photos posted on the restaurant wall.

ANSWER: Cheeburger Cheeburger

8. Many a successful basketball career has been derailed by substance abuse. FTPE:

[10] Perhaps the most famous instance of a talent destroyed by drugs, this former Terps star overdosed on cocaine less than two days after being selected second overall by the Celtics in the 1986 draft.

ANSWER: Len Bias

[10] The hero of the 2008 NCAA Championship game for Kansas, this Heat guard was excused from the NBA rookie camp along with college teammate Darrell Arthur for being found in a room that smelled of mary jane.

ANSWER: Mario Chalmers

[10] An ABA superstar, this Providence College stud had his career derailed after several arrests for drug possession, the reason behind his unfortunately appropriate nickname, “Bad News.”

ANSWER: Marvin “Bad News” Barnes

9. One controversy over the release of this album saw its band’s lead singer sue Dr. Pepper when that company failed to follow through with its pledge of offering one free drink to every member of the US if this album were released in 2008. FTPE:

[10] Name this album, a long-awaited follow-up to “The Spaghetti Incident?” which was released by its band fifteen years previous. Tracks from this album include “Shackler’s Revenge” and “Madagascar.”

ANSWER: Chinese Democracy

[10] Chinese Democracy is the most recent album by this rock band, led by vocalist Axl Rose, whose hits have included “Welcome to the Jungle” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”

ANSWER: Guns and Roses or GNR

[10] This most recent GNR single is included on Chinese Democracy. It states, “All the love in the world couldn’t save you,” and “What this means to me is more than I know you believe.”

ANSWER: “Street of Dreams”

10. Answer the following about the career of a certain actor, FTPE:

[10] This English-born Australian actor starred as the titular character in the 2006 film adaptation of Macbeth, but may be better known for his action roles, including as a Terminator-human hybrid in Terminator Salvation and Perseus in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans.

ANSWER: Sam Worthington

[10] Worthington is probably best known for his role in this James Cameron directed epic blockbuster about the fictional moon Pandora and its inhabitants, the Na’vi.

ANSWER: Avatar

[10] Worthington also had a smaller role as Pfc. Lucas in this 2005 film that starred Benjamin Bratt and James Franco, about a certain military action near Cabanatuan in the Philippines during World War II.

ANSWER: The Great Raid

11. Malcolm Gladwell wrote about this condition in a New Yorker piece comparing football to dogfighting. FTPE:

[10] Name this condition that afflicts football players, boxers and wrestlers, known by a three-letter acronym. It causes symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s, and is marked by large buildups of tau proteins in cerebral tissue.

ANSWER: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

[10] The first known case of CTE was diagnosed in this former Steelers’ Hall of Fame center, who anchored the team’s line during the 1970s before later living out of his truck and in the care of his teenage son.

ANSWER: Mike Webster

[10] Researchers at West Virginia found CTE in the brain of this former Bengals’ WR, who died in 2009 after jumping off of the back of his fiancee’s truck.

ANSWER: Chris Henry

12. Name the following Johnny Cash songs, FTPE:

[10] This simple song begins “I keep a close watch on this heart of mine,” and has lent its full name to a 1970 drama starring Gregory Peck, and an abridged form of its title to a 2005 bio-drama starring Joaquin Phoenix as Cash.

ANSWER: “I Walk the Line”

[10] This song, written by Shel Silverstein but sung by Cash, narrates the tale of an unfortunately-named young man as he suffers through life. Silverstein later wrote a sequel to this song, titled “Father of” the titular guy.

ANSWER: “A Boy Named Sue”

[10] This Cash single warns “Don’t’ call my name out your window, I’m leavin,” and exhorts its listener to “meditate on it!” before giving the title command.

ANSWER: “Understand Your Man”

13. It ends with the protagonist assassinating his enemy with a sniper rifle from miles away, before breaking the fourth wall and asking, “What the fuck have you done lately?” FTPE:

[10] Name this film in which the aforementioned Wesley Gibson kills Sloane, who has been lying about the targets revealed by the Loom of Fate. It also had some cool bullettime sequences.

ANSWER: Wanted

[10] In addition to starring Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman as the aforementioned Sloane, Wanted starred this actors Wesley. He was also Tom Lefroy in Becoming Jane and Nicholas Garrigan in The Last King of Scotland.

ANSWER: James McAvoy

[10] McAvoy also starred in this adaptation of an Ian McEwan novel, where he played Robbie Turner, the love interest of Keira Knightley who is sent to prison.

ANSWER: Atonement

14. He rose to prominence following the release of his namesake album, this man’s “Food & Liquor.” FTPE:

[10] Who is this “disastrously” named hip-hop artist, who was featured on Kanye West’s song “Touch the Sky,” and whose third album, Lasers, is scheduled to be released next year?

ANSWER: Lupe Fiasco or Wasalu Muhammad Jaco

[10] This first single from Food & Liquor is dedicated “To my homies out there grindin,’” after which the singer performs the two titular, skateboard-related actions.

ANSWER: “Kick, Push”

[10] In this song off Lupe Fiasco’s 2007 album, The Cool, the singer yells “All in it together, free chill!” which is a reference to the song “Free Chilly” from the same album. This song’s chorus expresses a wish to “Have a dream in New Orleans, fall in love in Chicago,” as well as to go to sleep in one of the titular locations and wake up in the other.

ANSWER: “Paris, Tokyo”

15. This show participated in an unlikely crossover with CSI, in the episode “Fish in a Drawer.” FTPE:

[10] Name this CBS sitcom, consistently one of the most watched comedies each of the seasons it has aired, in which Charlie Sheen stars as jingle writer Charlie Harper, who along with Alan and Alan’s son Jake make up the titular group of males.

ANSWER: Two and a Half Men

[10] Alan is played by this man, who wrote, produced, and starred in the film Went to Coney Island on  Mission From God… Be Back by Five, and played Lex Luthor’s nephew Lenny in Superman IV.

ANSWER: Jon Cryer

[10] Conchata Ferrell has been twice nominated for an Emmy for her role as this housekeeper of the Harpers, who has a granddaughter named Prudence, played by Megan Fox.

ANSWER: Berta

16. And now, for your obligatory “The World Cup happened this year bonus,” FTPE:

[10] This nation saw its heartbreak continue, losing in overtime to Spain despite eschewing its Total Football legacy for the roughhouse tactics of Nigel de Jong and Mark Van Bommel.

ANSWER: Netherlands or Holland

[10] This breakout German star missed the semifinal versus Spain due to yellow card accumulation. He tied for the tournament lead with five goals, including two in a rout vs. England.

ANSWER: Thomas Muller

[10] This nation, the host of the first World Cup and winner of the 1950 final, made the semis after a controversial handball by Luis Suarez allowed this team to defeat Ghana on PKs.

ANSWER: Uruguay

17. Answer the following about DreamWorks Animation FTPE:

[10] DreamWorks’ most popular film franchise, Shrek, features this best friend of the titular character, a wise-cracking quadruped voiced by Eddie Murphy.

ANSWER: Donkey

[10] This more recent film was the first computer animated movie to be produced directly in 3-D. It features the voice talents of such stars as Reese Witherspoon as members of the first titular group, and Rainn Wilson as a character who attempts to extract the quantonium radiation that made the protagonist Susan a giant.

ANSWER: Monsters vs. Aliens

[10] This DreamWorks film released the year after Shrek features the attempts of the titular equine, voiced by Matt Damon, to reach his herd after his capture by the U.S. Army.

ANSWER: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron

18. Name the following online gaming services, FTPE:

[10] This eponymous service of a certain Microsoft console is currently the only online console gaming service to charge users a fee to play games. It also offers a plethora of downloadable content, such as demos, additional maps, and videos, in its namesake Marketplace.

ANSWER: Xbox Live

[10] The developer of this service, Blizzard Entertainment, claims that “even Xbox Live is not even close” to matching it in popularity. A revamped version of this service was unveiled in 2009 and will allow the combination of all the accounts a particular player may have, as well as the characters from a certain MMORPG.

ANSWER: (“battle dot net” or “battle net”)

[10] Though Nintendo’s GameCube had limited online functionality, this downloadable program, named after a certain fictitious method of transportation, allows LAN-enabled GameCube games to be played over the Internet.

ANSWER: Warp Pipe

19. It was the first show to end its original run atop the Nielsen ratings. FTPE:

[10] Name this popular 1950s sitcom whose star couple was also married in real life, though with the surnames Arnaz and Ball, respectively. Though frequently described as the first TV show to feature an on-screen pregnancy, asserts that the honor really belongs to the 1940s show Mary Kay and Johnny.

ANSWER: I Love Lucy

[10] FTP, name both members of the often-feuding couple who are best friends of Lucy and Ricky in the show. They become landlords of the building in which the Ricardos live after their dual vaudeville act died out.

ANSWER: Fred and Ethel Mertz

[10] A notable I Love Lucy episode sees Lucy hawk this four-in-one health tonic. Its high alcohol content and the need for multiple takes of the commercial sees Lucy become progressively drunker with each recording.

ANSWER: Vitameatavegamin

20. This product has sponsored a namesake Air Race World Championship annually since 2003. FTPE:

[10] Name this notably taurine-containing energy drink whose commercials declare “gives you wings.”

ANSWER: Red Bull

[10] This other energy drink sponsors a namesake “Mayhem Festival” that in 2010 saw performances by Atreyu and Rob Zombie. Men’s Health rated it the worst energy drink, recommending a can of Monster instead.

ANSWER: Rock Star

[10] This Internet-fictional drink that comes in flavors such as “shockolate” and “rawberry” is advertised as being able to provide “gratuitous amounts of energy,” and assures you that you will be able to have 400 babies.

ANSWER: Powerthirst

21. The theme song for this show is “You’re My Greatest Love” and it was composed by the star of the program, and this show’s protagonists are ironically not newlyweds.. FTPE:

[10] Name this program that premiered in 1955 and primarily takes place in a Brooklyn apartment. Ed and Trixie Norton are best friends with their downstairs neighbors who often get caught up in get rich quick schemes.

ANSWER: The Honeymooners

[10] This man played Ralph, the angry bus driver and protagonist of The Honeymooners. His namesake show on CBS often aired episodes of The Honeymooners.

ANSWER: Jackie Gleason

[10] This wife of Ralph often heard the phrase “One of these days, straight to the Moon!” She was most famously played by Audrey Meadows.

ANSWER: Alice Kramden [prompt on last name]

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