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1. The end of one episode of this show is a zoom in shot of a character leaning on his door and crying. At the start of the first episode of this show’s second season, characters argue over putting sugar on grits. Two characters on this show met in the comment section of an article titled “Don’t Fall in Love With Your Oppressor”. Characters on this show have weekly parties where they watch a ridiculous parody of Scandal called Defamation. A visual motif used on this show is (*) picture frames, like one that calls Troy Fairbanks “A New Direction”, around characters smiling into the camera. The title of this show comes from the rants that Samantha addresses to the title group of people while working at the University of Winchester’s radio station, one of which occurs after a blackface party. For ten points, identify this Netflix series centered around racial politics on campuses.ANSWER: Dear White People2. In one scene, the protagonist of this movie, in a bid to stall for time, asks “how do we not know it’s a fake”, to which a woman responds “you’re not a fake, you’re a genuine idiot”. That scene set at an auction sees the protagonist bid illogically high as two enemies wait to apprehend him. In a scene in this movie set at the United Nations, the protagonist is framed for the murder of Charles Townshend from a thrown knife in the back. In this movie, the protagonist is (*) mistaken at a bar for a man named George Kaplan and taken to a swank Long Island estate. In an iconic scene in this movie, the protagonist, Roger Thornhill, is attacked while waiting for a bus in a cornfield by a crop-dusting plane. The climax of this movie takes place after the protagonist sneaks into a modernist South Dakota home before running to the top of Mount Rushmore. For ten points, identify this 1959 thriller starring Cary Grant directed by Alfred Hitchcock.ANSWER: North by Northwest3. In Sweden's first men's hockey game at these Olympics, it took a 4-0 lead and then surrendered 2 goals, all in the first half hour, but held on to win 4-2 against the Czech Republic; Sweden was the only team to earn the maximum number of points in the group stage. In a group stage game at these Olympics, one player went 4-for-6 in the shootout to win it for his team. Despite giving up 57 shots, Latvia only lost its quarterfinal at these games 2-1. A dominant group-stage performance and a 5-2 quarterfinal defeat of the Czech Republic created talk of (*) America as the favourite to win these Games, but they instead wound up losing 5-0 to Finland in the bronze medal game, as Teemu Sel?nne was named tournament MVP. Phil Kessel led these Games in scoring and Carey Price was named the top goalie. For ten points, name these Olympics, in which Canada won the final 3-0 over Sweden for its second straight gold medal.ANSWER: 2014 Winter Olympics (also accept “Sochi Olympics”, accept “Games” in place of “Olympics”)4. A character introduced in this game was granted his newest title as a commute of his death sentence after his failure at Installation 04. Similar to the more difficult BXR, the “noob combo” was a controversial and easy two-step method of quickly dispatching opponents in this game by firing a fully charged weapon and finishing with a precise shot. This game’s story begins with the protagonist and Avery Johnson being awarded for their bravery by Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood. The protagonist of this game is tasked with killing the (*) High Prophet Regret after an attack on New Mombasa. This game introduced the challenging enemies of the Elites led by the Arbiter, who ally with humans after their betrayal by the rest of the Covenant. For ten points, identify this entry in a blockbuster sci-fi shooter series that popularized public and streamlined online matchmaking through Xbox Live, an FPS game starring Master Chief.ANSWER: Halo 25. A member of this group invented a microphone stand with four heads to make performing less cumbersome. This group’s album All Directions includes a twelve-minute version of one of their signature songs produced by Norman Whitfield. An anti-drug song by this group repeats the line “I’m doing fine” and “you can be what you wanna be” on the title place. Otis Williams has remained the only consistent member of this group. A song by this group describes a man with the lyrics (*) “wherever he laid his hat was his home, and when he died all he left was alone”. Another song by this group begins with the lyrics “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day” and asks “I guess you’d say, what could make me feel this way”. For ten points, identify this Motown soul group behind the songs “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” and “My Girl”.ANSWER: The Temptations6. In one movie, a character sings the lyrics “she's so indecipherable, she holds the key to the missing code” about a woman named Raphina with this profession. In that movie, Sing Street, the title band writes a song and shoots a music video about the “Riddle of” a person with this profession. In one movie, several characters with this profession die in a (*)?“freak gasoline-fight accident”. In one scene in that movie, a redundant question about people with this profession was improvised because the actor had forgotten his line; the response to that question is “are you serious, I just told you that a moment ago” in a cemetery. That movie reveals that male members of this profession are secretly trained and brainwashed to be assassins; this is how Mugatu plans to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. For ten points, identify this profession central to the Ben Stiller comedy Zoolander.ANSWER: male or female models7. In one movie in this series, an overzealous trumpeter plays the Hawaii Five-O theme, replaced by Viners with songs like Adele’s “Hello”. A preview image of a villain from this series makes the first movie look like a porno on Netflix; that character coined the line “some of you may die, but it’s a sacrifice… I am willing to make”. A bizarre meme combines the face of YouTuber Markiplier onto that villain from this movie series, which is often deep-fried and captioned with the letter (*) E. The first movie in this series also popularized a song that Neil Cicierega created an entire mashup album with, and Jon Sudano sings that song over every instrumental he can. This movie series also inspired a legendary copy-pasta about a mega-fan who loved the title character so much and had all the merchandise and movies. For ten points, identify this movie series whose title character is territorial about his swamp, and is both love and life.ANSWER: Shrek8. A 1981 album named for one of these animals includes the songs “Just Like Belgium” and “Fascist Faces” and has a cover of a blue room with the artist’s face on a TV. A song by a band named for these animals repeats the lines “on the morning that you came, would you wait for me, the other one would wait for me”. Another song by that band includes the lyrics “my brother where do you go tonight? I heard you missed your connecting flight” to the title place. Those songs, “Tiger Mountain Protest Song” and (*) “Blue Ridge Mountains”, are on that band’s 2008 self-titled debut album along with “White Winter Hymnal”. A song titled after these animals that mentions a bunch of other ones repeats the lines “but there’s one sound that no one knows” before repeating sounds like “ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding”. For ten points, identify this animal that can be “Fleet”, which the comedy group Ylvis are confused about the sound they make.ANSWER: fox9. In a March 2017 game, this player scored 57 points to lead his team to a comeback after being down 21 points in the second half against Orlando. In the first round of the 2013 playoffs against Houston, Rockets guard Patrick Beverley collided with this player and tore the meniscus in this player’s right knee, knocking him out of the playoffs and leaving his team to lose to Memphis in the second round. This 2017-18 N.B.A. assists leader signed the biggest (*) contract in N.B.A. history by guaranteed money in September 2017. This player led the N.B.A. in scoring in both 2014-15 and 2016-17, the second of those while playing with André Robertson. In 2016-17, this player became the second ever, after Oscar Robertson, to average a triple-double for a full season, and he repeated it the next year. For ten points, name this point guard for Oklahoma City.ANSWER: Russell Westbrook10. One of these characters sings “I’m dying inside as you wine and dine, and I’m tryin’ not to cry”. During a song about the relationship between two of these characters, based on a half-speed version of the protagonist’s theme, all on-stage characters and even the stage run in reverse to depict the previous scene from a different perspective. One of these characters is represented by a repeated lyrical motif “look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now”. Renée Elise Goldsberry and Phillipa (*) Soo played perhaps the best-known version of these characters. One of these characters realizes “three fundamental truths at the exact same time” as she realizes the helpless look in the other’s eyes when looking at the protagonist. For ten points, identify these characters that sing lead on the songs “Satisfied” and “Helpless”, historical figures named Peggy, Angelica, and Eliza.ANSWER: the Schuyler Sisters (accept answers that name Angelica and Eliza, or call her Eliza Hamilton)11. According to the host of this show, the unaired pilot was “set in a mansion, the host was a butler, the butler held a Chihuahua”. Michael Imperioli donated the money he won on this show’s “Tournament of Stars” to a charity that builds schools in rural Tibet, while Ernest Servantes won its “Grill Masters” competition. Marcus Samuelsson won an “All Star” tournament on this show, which he frequently judges. Aaron Sanchez and Mark (*) Guarnaschelli have served as judges on all 35 short seasons of this show. Episodes of this show feature three rounds that eliminate a competitor after being tasked with creating a dish with a designated ingredient, often leading to bizarre combinations like duck fat cake with pickled ginger. For ten points, identify this competitive cooking show, whose name comes from the threatening word announced when a contest is eliminated.ANSWER: Chopped12. A sketch on a season two episode of Robot Chicken parodies this show with popular 1980s wrestlers in the main roles. In one episode of this series, a character masquerades as a visiting African prince to help steal money for his cause, after the currency the protagonists were previously using gets recalled by the government. One character on this show had the catchphrase “I see nothing - NOTHING!”. The star of this series was famously the victim of an unsolved (*) murder in 1978, while the actor who played Peter Newkirk was the original host of Family Feud. Much of this show’s cast were Jewish survivors of the Nazi regime; the actor who played the main antagonist Colonel Klink only accepted the role so long as the protagonists always won against their Nazi captors. For ten points, name this 1960s sitcom about a group of Allied soldiers running special operations missions while imprisoned in a German POW camp, led by the title character. ANSWER: Hogan’s Heroes13. The player who holds the N.F.L. record for most passing yards in a game set it while playing for this team in 1951. That year, Elroy Hirsch set a record for receiving yards while on this team, which rotated quarterbacks Bob Waterfield and Norm van Brocklin en route to winning the 1951 N.F.L. championship. When the Browns began to play in 1946, this team moved out of Cleveland, and signed Kenny Washington, the first (*) black player in the N.F.L.’s modern era. This team lost Super Bowl 14 to the Steelers with a team featuring Jackie Slater and Jack Youngblood. Eric Dickerson set the single-season rushing record with this team, which signed Ndamukong Suh in the 2018 offseason. Sean McVay coaches Jared Goff for this team, whose running back is Todd Gurley. For ten points, name this team, which moved from St. Louis to Los Angeles in 2016.ANSWER: Los Angeles Rams (prompt on “Los Angeles”, do not accept or prompt on answers mentioning “St. Louis”)14. In one scene, this actor plays a character who drives a car through a crowd of trick-or-treaters while the Buddy Holly song “Everyday” plays. In another movie, this actor plays a character who is born as a man in Elizabethan England and by the end of the movie is a woman in the 1990s, and that movie is an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. In a 2015 movie, this actor plays a world-famous singer who cannot (*) speak because she is recovering from surgery, and is a former lover of a character played by Ralph Fiennes. That movie is A Bigger Splash. This actor plays Ezra Miller’s mother and John C. Reilly’s wife in We Need to Talk About Kevin, and also plays a Marvel character that was originally an Asian man, the Ancient One in Doctor Strange. For ten points, name this British actor known for playing the White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia movies.ANSWER: Katherine Matilda “Tilda” Swinton15. This man played two 6-hour matches at Davis Cups five years apart, winning the first and losing the second. He’s not Novak Djokovi?, but this man won a record 42 straight matches to start one season, and he won 7 doubles majors with his partner Peter Fleming. In his most famous match, this man won a fourth set tiebreaker 18-16 before losing the fifth set 8-6 to his greatest rival. This player’s aforementioned 42-match winning streak ended when he blew a two-set lead in the French Open final to (*) Ivan Lendl; that was the only French Open final this player ever reached. This left-handed serve-and-volleyer won 7 majors from 1979 to 1984, and faced his European rival in four major finals in that span, losing the first and winning the next three. For ten points, name this great American tennis player, known for his on-court tantrums and his rivalry with Bj?rn Borg.ANSWER: John McEnroe16. Mark Wakefield was the lead singer of this band while they were known as Xero but left after a failure to get signed. In 2012, this band released “Live Around the World” versions of four of its albums that includes songs like “From the Inside” and “Papercut”. The title of this band’s 2010 album A Thousand Suns comes from a song that repeats the lyrics “god bless us everyone, we’re a broken people living under loaded gun”. A song by this band repeats the lines (*) “who cares when someone’s time runs out, if a moment is all we are”. In the early days of YouTube, this band’s music was synonymous with Naruto AMVs. Memetic lyrics from this band’s smash hit debut album include “these wounds they will not heal” and “I tried so hard and got so far” but “it doesn’t even matter”. For ten points, identify this band that recorded the songs “Crawling” and “In the End” in a long career before the suicide of Chester Bennington.ANSWER: Linkin Park 17. It’s not Wes Anderson, but a movie by this director uses three different film formats to represent the years 1984, 1988, and 1998. This director refuses to label that movie as a biopic because of the episodic structure of the script, which was written by Aaron Sorkin. A visual reference in this director’s most recent film to an earlier work includes a shot where the protagonist smiles through a windshield at the driver of a car. That movie also includes a brief look at a (*) disgusting toilet that the protagonist quickly moves past. In a movie by this director, two brothers accept a girl they meet as the third musketeer, whose name he never learned. That movie uses flashbacks, framed around a conversation at a police station, to reveal how Jamal knew each answer to the questions on the game show. For ten points, identify this British director behind the Trainspotting film series and Slumdog Millionaire.ANSWER: Danny Boyle18. A song by this group subtitled “Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts” includes the lyrics “poly-rhythm addict with a big fat boom, you have an eargasm as you start to consume”. A member of this group in one song describes how “my lips is like a oowop as I start to spray it” about a racial epithet. On one song by this group, frequent collaborator (*) Busta Rhymes says that one member “spit wicked every verse” and to “respect the Trini man first”. That song, “The Donald”, is on this group’s most recent album that also includes a song that contradicts their earlier homophobia with lyrics pairing the gays with black folk and poor folk and begins with the line “we don’t believe you, ‘cause we the people”. For ten points, identify this hip-hop group that released their final album Thank You 4 Your Service after member Phife Dawg passed away in 2016.ANSWER: A Tribe Called Quest19. An area within this place claims to be a hunting reserve in the fictional Asian kingdom of Anadapur, where you’ll find the Kali River Rapids. A fireworks show called “Illuminations: Reflections of Earth” is held in a part of this place and is centered on the Earth Globe, which is brought to the middle of a lagoon every night. In that area of this place, visitors can view a movie called Reflections of China standing within a 360-degree theater. Omnimover vehicles move through a journey through time inside a (*) geodesic dome in a sector of this place. That large white building serves as an icon for a “prototype community for tomorrow” sector within this place, which was built after an area where Main Street U.S.A. leads to a massive French-style castle inspired by a fairy tale was built. For ten points, identify this massive area of amusement parks and hotels in Florida where you’ll find rides like Spaceship Earth and Splash Mountain in EPCOT and Magic Kingdom.ANSWER: Walt Disney World (DO NOT ACCEPT DISNEYLAND, anti-prompt on EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios)20. One character on this show marries a Serbian waitress, who divorces him after only a few days. That same character owns a chain of hardware stores in Utah, but later expands his business interests to the Blackfoot Magic Casino. In the third season of this show, a character played by Amanda Seyfried has a miscarriage during a cross-country road trip. The central family of this series is committed to living by (*) “The Principle” based on their religious convictions, but because the practice is illegal, they must keep their home life a secret. The major antagonist of this show is the head of the Juniper Creek compound where people instead openly practice and live a fundamentalist lifestyle. For ten points, name this HBO series starring Bill Paxton as the patriarch of a polygamous Mormon family, which aired from 2006 to 2010.ANSWER: Big Love BONUSES1. The eighth main title in this series introduced anti-gravity sections and was re-released for the Switch as a deluxe edition. FTPE:[10] Name this racing series, where players can use items like red, green, and blue shells to disable other racers, which also included co-op mode in Double Dash and motion control with the Wii wheel.ANSWER: Mario Kart[10] This staple track of the Mario Kart series features a bright array of colours in space and is often the most challenging track in the game. In Mario Kart Wii, this track can be very challenging as intense grade changes and a lack of walls make it easy to fall off.ANSWER: Rainbow Road[10] When a player does fall off the track in Mario Kart games, this character fishes them out and plops them back into the race. These special koopas are sometimes helpful to Mario and film him in Super Mario 64, but as enemies throw spiny eggs from their clouds.ANSWER: Lakitu2. In one scene, the protagonist of this film and a character played by Tom Holland are surrounded by men armed with spears, who bring them before their elders and give them a psychedelic drink. FTPE:[10] Name this film, based on a 2009 book of the same name, that follows British explorer Percy Fawcett as he searches for the title place in the Amazon.ANSWER: The Lost City of Z[10] Explorer Henry Costin in The Lost City of Z was played by this actor, who is best known for playing Edward Cullen in the Twilight series and Cedric Diggeoy in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.ANSWER: Robert Pattinson[10] Robert Pattinson starred as Connie, who commits a robbery with his mentally handicapped brother Nick before the latter gets arrested in this 2017 indie film. In this movie, a Sprite bottle full of acid offers the chance to make money for Nick’s bail, which Connie is unable to pay for.ANSWER: Good Time3. Sequels to this book have replaced words in its title with pig and pancake, moose and muffin, and cat and cupcake. FTPE:[10] Name this book, in which the title character is given a glass of milk, then asks for a straw, a mirror, and a broom, all to make sure he can eat the title dessert cleanly and optimally. This book is probably not a critique of the welfare state.ANSWER: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie[10] Laura Numeroff, writer of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, also wrote two books called “What Mommy” and “What Daddy”, followed by these two words. Further books with uncles, aunts, and grandparents are titled with these two words.ANSWER: Do Best[10] Numeroff credits this book by E.B. White as inspiration for her work. This book illustrated by Garth Williams is about a mouse born to human parents.ANSWER: Stuart Little4. Answer some questions about the longest playoff game in baseball history, the 18-inning Game 3 of the 2018 World Series, FTPE:[10] Name these two teams who contested the World Series.ANSWER: Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers (both answers required, prompt on Los Angeles)[10] The Dodgers led 1-0 after 7 innings thanks to a great start from this pitcher. This flame throwing righthanded rookie was paired with Clayton Kershaw atop L.A.'s rotation late in the season.ANSWER: Walker Buehler[10] 8 innings before Max Muncy's walk-off home run, this Dodgers outfielder preserved the tie by throwing Ian Kinsler out at home to complete a double play.ANSWER: Cody Bellinger5. The southern part of this state has fostered a strangely popular scene of dark and strange hip-hop. FTPE:[10] Name this state home to $ki Mask the Slump God, Smoke Purp, and Kodak Black, which defies the usual conventions of both traditional hip-hop and modern trap music.ANSWER: Florida[10] One of the most famous rappers to come out of South Florida is this still alive MC behind the fairly interchangeable songs “D Rose” and “Gucci Gang”. The video for this artist’s song “Drug Addicts” features Charlie Sheen.ANSWER: Lil Pump or Gazzy Garcia[10] This artist collaborated on the song “MANKIN” with recently slain rapper XXXTENTACION and “Wya?” with Ugly God. His 2016 album Black Heart Revenge has been followed by mixtapes like When Hell Falls and Ethernet, which includes the song “Juveniles”.ANSWER: wifisfuneral or Isaiah Rivera6. Toronto is frequently used as a stand-in for American cities in television and film. FTPE, name some things about television shows filmed in “Hollywood North”:[10] Name this horror drama series about a virus that causes vampirism, that takes place in New York City but was shot in Toronto.ANSWER: The Strain[10] NBC’s Hannibal was filmed partially at the University of Toronto, and featured this Canadian comedian as crime scene investigator Jimmy Price.ANSWER: Scott Thompson[10] This 2017 Hulu drama series was filmed in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area but is intended to take place in a (former) Massachusetts town, and is based on a book by Margaret Atwood. ANSWER: The Handmaid’s Tale7. The Gwent card game, originally a game playable within the third entry in this series, has become a stand-alone game similar to Hearthstone. FTPE:[10] Name this series, the third entry of which follows Geralt as he seeks to save his adopted daughter Ciri, and brought this series massive popularity and critical praise. This series, which also features characters like Yennefer and Emperor Emhyr, is based on a series of Polish fantasy novels.ANSWER: The Witcher[10] The Witcher games are made by this Polish studio, which will also publish Cyberpunk 2077 and bring Gwent out of beta in the near future.ANSWER: CD Projekt Red[10] This first expansion for The Witcher 3 brings Geralt to the swampy No Man’s Land and the city of Oxenfurt, where he fights a giant toad. This expansion introduces enchantments for weapons and armour called runewords and glyphwords.ANSWER: Hearts of Stone8. Despacito, this is how we do it down in Puerto Rico, I just wanna hear you screaming, “ay, Bendito!” FTPE:[10] Name this artist on the original version of “Despacito” with Luis Fonsi, who trades lines with Fonsi and raps the second verse solo. In the remix, he delivers the line “pasito a pasito, suave suavecito” with Mr. Bieber.ANSWER: Daddy Yankee or Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez[10] Daddy Yankee is also responsible for this classic reggaetón song, which features a call and response about the title substance. According to Rap Genius, this song isn’t actually about refueling cars but instead about nightlife and girls and dancing.ANSWER: “Gasolina”[10] Along with many other artists, Fonsi recorded this charity single for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria left the island without power. After an English intro that compares the title action to music playing, Fonsi is the first person to begin a list of places on the island.ANSWER: “Almost Like Praying”9. In this movie, the protagonist’s defining quality is revealed at a poker game when he talks about his history of borking, after which he bikes home angrily. FTPE:[10] Name this movie, whose protagonist owns a massive action figure collection and is hit on by his boss, played by Jane Lynch, at the electronics store at which he works.ANSWER: The 40-Year-Old Virgin[10] The 40-Year-Old Virgin was the successful debut movie for this director, who co-wrote the movie with star Steve Carell. This director also made This Is 40 and Knocked Up.ANSWER: Judd Apatow[10] This actress plays Marla, Trish’s daughter who Andy takes to a sex health clinic. This actress also played the principal’s daughter and love interest of Anton Yelchin’s Charlie Bartlett in a movie of the same name. ANSWER: Kat Dennings10. This racetrack was built to help its region recover from Hurricane Andrew, and it opened in 2005. FTPE:[10] Name this racetrack, which hosts the Ford EcoBoost 400, the final race of the Cup Series.ANSWER: Homestead-Miami Speedway[10] This driver has narrowly missed winning each of the past Ford EcoBoost 400s. This driver led the most laps in 2016 but was passed in overtime, and he finished third behind Martin Truex, Jr. and Kyle Busch in 2017.ANSWER: Kyle Larson[10] While the NASCAR season ends at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, it begins elsewhere in Florida with this race. This race has the largest purse and highest television viewership of any NASCAR race.ANSWER: Daytona 50011. Since emerging as a successful stand-up comedian, Russell Peters has expanded his career into both the small and silver screens. FTPE:[10] Name this country, the partial setting of a show in which Peters plays a detective who gets caught up in a murder investigation when visiting family in this country, where Peters’ real-life family is actually from.ANSWER: India[10] Peters played a cousin of Raj, the male lead in a romantic sports comedy about a young Sikh man who forms a team to play this sport without his parents’ permission. Rob Lowe’s character volunteers to coach this sport in Breakaway, which was released in English and Punjabi and retitled Speedy Sings in Hindi.ANSWER: hockey[10] An interview with Peters was featured in this 2017 documentary by Hari Kondabolu that discussed the title Indian character on The Simpsons. This documentary likely led to the writing off of the title character in a recent episode.ANSWER: The Problem with Apu12. Courtney Cox has stated that this episode of Friends is her favourite, because she enjoyed playing Monica at her most competitive during the trivia contest hosted by Ross. FTPE: [10] Name the title of this season 4 episode of Friends, in which the eponymous things are implanted in Phoebe.ANSWER: “The One with the Embryos”[10] During the trivia contest, it is revealed that this character played by Matthew Perry receives a TV Guide mistakenly addressed to “Ms. Chanandler Bong”ANSWER: Chandler Bing (accept either individually)[10] In the lightning round, Joey correctly answers that Rachel’s favourite movie is this 1989 black comedy, where two insurance salesmen cover up their boss’ death by propping his body up and making him wear sunglasses.ANSWER: Weekend at Bernie’s13. In 1991, this band released the smash hit album Nevermind, which featured cleaner production for their pioneering grunge sound than their debut Bleach. FTPE:[10] Name this band who recorded the songs “In Bloom” and “Lithium” for that album, which features a baby diving underwater on the cover. Kurt Cobain sang for this band until his death in 1994.ANSWER: Nirvana[10] This song on Nevermind repeats the word “memoria” and the line “no I don’t have a gun”. This song describes that being covered in bleach is how Kurt Cobain wants it to be.ANSWER: “Come as You Are"[10] Steve Albini, who produced Nirvana’s album In Utero, previously worked with the band Slint. The band is best known for this 1991 album, which features a cover that depicts the band members swimming in a quarry and songs like “Don, Aman”, “Breadcrumb Trail”, and “Good Morning, Captain”.ANSWER: Spiderland14. The most recent edition of this tournament was won by Grêmio, who defeated Lanús in the final. FTPE:[10] Name this Latin American equivalent of the Champions League, an annual tournament contested by 32 top club teams from across the region.ANSWER: Copa Libertadores[10] The most successful team in the history of the Copa Libertadores is this side, which has won a record 7 titles, all between 1964 and 1984. This Argentine team has a longstanding rivalry with its neighbours Racing.ANSWER: Club Atlético Independiente[10] The first two Copa Libertadores titles were won by Pe?arol, a club from this country. This country’s most famous players have included Diego Forlán and Luis Suárez.ANSWER: Uruguay15. You are an aspiring young rapper who wants to make it big in the rap game. Answer some questions about the internet sites that might aid your rise to fame, FTPE:[10] Name this site with a bright orange colour scheme that can host your fire mixtape, and that made the career of Lil Pump, Lil Xan, and lots of other Lil people.ANSWER: Soundcloud[10] This website, a major outlet for hip-hop news and music videos, also features viral videos, especially of people fighting that often feature people screaming the name of the site. Its founder and CEO, known as Q, died in 2017.ANSWER: World Star Hip-Hop[10] While working as a reporter for this site, DJ Akademiks had a hard time hearing and Joe Budden caused a scene by walking out during an interview with Migos. While this site and its associated magazine cover other cultural topics, its videos about sneakers and hip-hop garner the most views.ANSWER: Complex News16. The last line of this movie, “nobody's perfect”, is said after a man cross-dressing admits to being a man and takes off his wig in a strangely homoerotic joke for 1959. FTPE:[10] Name this movie, in which two musicians skip town for Florida and cross dress to avoid being killed by organized crime as witnesses of a hit. One of them then pretends to be a millionaire to woo a bombshell named Sugar, who they befriend as women.ANSWER: Some Like It Hot[10] Sugar is played by this actress, in one of her iconic roles alongside All About Eve and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. In The Seven Year Itch, she stands above a subway grate that blows up her iconic white dress.ANSWER: Marilyn Monroe or Norma Jean Baker[10] Billy Wilder also directed this 1960 movie starring Lemmon as an insurance salesman who lets his boss use the title place to cheat on his wife, and pursues an elevator operator in on the fun.ANSWER: The Apartment 17. Answer some questions about the career of illustrator and show creator Butch Hartman, FTPE:[10] Name this show, Hartman’s biggest success, centered on Timmy Turner and the title characters of Cosmo and Wanda. Jay Leno voices the superhero Crimson Chin on this show, which features the neighbouring Dinklebergs and Doug Dimmadome, owners of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome.ANSWER: The Fairly OddParents[10] A fifth season episode of The Fairly OddParents is basically a pilot for a show never made about this other in-universe superhero, who A.J. prefers over the Chin. This sci-fi hero’s Fairly OddParents wiki page inexplicably has a Quiz Bowl reference to an awful neg confusing their name with a galactic body.ANSWER: Crash Nebula (not Crab Nebula)[10] Hartman also produced this show about a teenage boy who gains ghost-like powers after wandering into a portal to another dimension. The protagonist of this show is friends with the nerdy Tucker and the goth Sam, and recurring villains include the Box Ghost and Vlad.ANSWER: Danny Phantom18. Answer some questions about the classic 90s dance songs you can find on early editions of MuchDance albums. FTPE:[10] Name this thing, the subject of a song by Snap! from the ’93 album. The singer describes how this title thing is “a dancer” that “you can feel everywhere”. A Corona song on the ’94 album describes this thing “of the night”.ANSWER: Rhythm[10] Perhaps the most ridiculous song on the ’92 album is a song by Right Said Fred about being too much of this title quality that “it hurts”. That song about this quality also includes the Nobel Prize-worthy lyrics “I'm a model you know what I mean, and I do my little turn on the catwalk”.ANSWER: being too sexy, or “I’m Too Sexy”[10] A song by C+C Music Factory on the ’93 album, best known for the subtitle and repeated phrase “Everybody Dance Now” is actually titled for this action. A reggae fusion song released the same year, subtitled A La La La La Long, repeats lyrics about this action.ANSWER: making you sweat19. Competitors in this series are assigned points for their finishes from 8 for a first place to 1 for an 8th place, though the finals begin with a clean slate for qualified athletes. FTPE:[10] Name this annual series of track and field events that takes place across Asia, the United States and, mostly, Europe. This series culminates in the finals in Zurich and Brussels.ANSWER: Diamond League[10] This man won the 100-metre title in the 2018 Diamond League with a remarkable time of 9.79. This American won silver behind countrymate Justin Gatlin in the 100 metres at the 2017 I.A.A.F. World Championships.ANSWER: Christian Coleman[10] Coleman won his World Championships silver medal by finishing ahead of two sprinters from this country, who came third and fourth. This country’s teams won gold medals in the men’s 4x100 relays at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.ANSWER: Jamaica20. The McDonald’s menu can change a lot over space and time. Answer some questions about unusual items you might find in some stores sometimes, FTPE:[10] Name this pork sandwich, which some believe only appears on the menu when pork prices are low enough to make a profit off of it. This sandwich is served on an unusually shaped bun with barbeque sauce, pickles, and onions.ANSWER: McRib[10] The historic Hula burger notably featured this ingredient, and a burger with this ingredient was introduced in China and Japan last year. In non-McDick’s food, Sam Panopoulos took inspiration from Chinese cooking to introduce this ingredient to a different dish.ANSWER: pineapple[10] In India, this vegetarian sandwich uses a breaded patty of potatoes and peas, flavoured with spice, tomato mayo, and onions. ANSWER: McAloo Tikki ................
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