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TOSSUPS – SEMIFINALS TRASHMASTERS 2003 – UT-CHATTANOOGA

Questions by Robert Flaxman (Northwestern), Olivia Hatton (DePauw), Eric Mayefsky & Tim Marrero (Stanford)

1. Ten of this author’s first thirteen books were published under pseudonyms as he tried to hide his writing career from his superiors at Harvard Medical School and during his internship. A novel he wrote as Jeffrey Hudson, A Case of Need, won the Edgar Award for Best Mystery in 1969, and he barely managed to avoid being found out. Publishing thirteen novels under his own name, he has been so popular that only two of them have not been turned into films, and one of those is currently in development, having only come out in 2002. FTP who is this author who broke through under his own name with The Andromeda Strain, the creator of E.R.?

Answer: Michael Crichton

2. After playing drums for Letters To Cleo, Aimee Mann, and Veruca Salt, Stacy Jones started a band of his own. He brought together longtime friends Jamie Arentzen, Drew Parsons, and drummer Brian Nolan to complete the line-up. While hanging at Bob Rock's Maui studio, Jones and his bandmates were recorded their self-titled debut release, with much of the lyrical inspiration coming from the break-up of Veruca Salt. FTP, who is this band, who’s single, “Flavor of the Weak,” hit the charts in 2001?

Answer: American Hi-Fi

3. Once he is punched, and once driven away by a homoerotic come-on. Almost failing to graduate Case Western High School due to a bad case of the shingles senior year, it’s not hard to see why Phil might have told him to stop dating Mary Pat. He didn’t go pro with the whistling belly-button trick he performed at the talent show – instead, he sells insurance. FTP who is this obnoxious character, also known as Needle-Nose, played by Stephen Tobolowsky in Groundhog Day?

Answer: Ned Ryerson [Note to moderator: A correct answer should be replied to with “Bing!”]

4. Languages based on this form of communication exist in Greece, Turkey, China, and Mexico, but the most developed of them is a language on the island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands. Though no one is sure how many people use the language, students on La Gomera have been studying it in school since 1999 as part of an effort to preserve the language. Silbo Gomero, which has four consonants and four vowels, has more than 4,000 words, but perhaps its most redeeming feature is the ability to be heard from more than two miles away. FTP the use of what form of communication makes Silbo Gomero speakers sound like birds talking to each other?

Answer: whistling

5. Tobey Maguire bought the rights to the novel and co-produced the film, though he was unable to star due to commitments to Spider-Man. Featuring the film debut of former NFL defensive tackle Tony Siragusa as a Russian mobster, the film’s screenplay was written by the author of the novel, David Benioff, though he dropped the leading article “the” for the title of the film. Telling the story of drug dealer Montgomery Brogan’s last day before going to Otisville Prison for a seven-year term, this is, FTP what 2002 Spike Lee film starring Edward Norton?

Answer: (The) 25th Hour

6. He was named “It Phoenix” in a 2000 issue of Entertainment Weekly due to the supporting movie roles he continued to get after his spectacular flameout of an early TV career. The failure of the Sharon Lawrence vehicle Fired Up was followed by a guest stint on Caroline in the City, as Caroline’s boyfriend Joe. This led to his first starring role, playing the title character on Conrad Bloom, but that show was gone by midseason and he retreated to films before returning to sitcoms in 2002. FTP who is this actor, who currently plays Jake Silver on NBC’s Good Morning, Miami?

Answer: Mark Feuerstein

6. Five school chums in the boroughs of London – Gary, Tony, Steve, and Richard – got together and named themselves The Makers. After a trip to Berlin, Gary’s brother Martin replaced Richard and the band was renamed. Their new name was derived from an inscription on a wall near a prison in Berlin. Quickly gaining a reputation for their flashy clothes and makeup, the band signed to Chrysalis Records in 1980 by establishing their own imprint, Reformation. Their early singles -- "To Cut a Long Story Short," "The Freeze," and "Musclebound" -- charted in the U.K. Top 20, leading to a full-length 1981 debut album, Journey to Glory. FTP, what is this band, who’s 1984 album True spawned the title single that reached the U.K Top 5 and the U.S Top 40?

Answer: Spandau Ballet

7. When this game was first played, it was nine days earlier and with a different name. In the first contest, on December 23, 1986, Boston College defeated Georgia, 27-24, while the 1988 game saw Alabama and Michigan play for the first time in history. The 2000 game was billed as the “first sporting event of the millennium” due to the game’s 11 AM kickoff; that year was also the second time the game was played at Raymond James Stadium. FTP this is what non-BCS college bowl game, which named itself after its new sponsor in 1996 and currently matches up teams from the Big Ten and SEC in Tampa on January 1?

Answer: Outback Bowl

9. Not surprisingly, the success of this site has spawned a bevy of competitors, including Tickle, which was formed in November when Emode acquired Ringo. Created by Silicon Valley engineer Jonathan Abrams, it is not the first site of its type, but with over a million users just on the beta version, it is certainly the most successful, scoring $13 million in venture capital in late October. Poor performance reviews and grumbling over the iron-fisted administrative tactics are cause to worry, however. FTP what is this most popular internet networking site, launched in March 2003?

Answer: Friendster

10. This character’s early years were dramatized in a series of radio plays from 1951-52 starring the same actor who had made the character famous onscreen. Said to have been based on double agent Kim Philby, Graham Greene’s supervisor at British intelligence, his first appearance is when a shaft of light hits him as he tries to hide in a doorway. Appearing for just 40 of the film’s 104 minutes, he is nevertheless the title character as well as the main focus of the plot. FTP who is this character, played by Orson Welles in the 1949 movie The Third Man?

Answer: Harry Lime

11. QUOTE: “Princess on a steeple and all the pretty people. They're all drinking, thinking that they've got it made, exchanging all precious gifts. You better take your diamond ring, you better pawn it babe. You used to be so amused at Napoleon in rags and the language that he used. Go to him he calls you, you can't refuse. When you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to loose. You're invisible now, you've got not secret to conceal” FTP, Bob Dylan asks us “how does it feel?” to be this?

Answer: Like a Rolling Stone

12. It might surprise some viewers to know that this man is an actor, and not actually an eccentric millionaire. One of the voice actors in the original dub of the Pokémon 2000 movie, in which he also sang a song, he is a major figure on the Japanese stage. He was the first Jesus in the Japanese version of Jesus Christ Superstar and played MacBeth and Jean Valjean after his TV gig ended. Of course, American audiences will likely only remember him for biting into a yellow pepper. FTP who is this chairman of Kitchen Stadium on Iron Chef?

Answer: Chairman Takeshi Kaga

13. If you want to hear a song related to this candy, you can put on the Lemonheads, though the candy isn’t referenced in the lyrics. Alternately, you can give one to Bubs in the Homestar Runner cartoon “The House that Gave Sucky Treats.” The signature product of the Boyer Candy Company, they were not produced for almost nine months in 2003 while a legal battle embroiled the company but are so popular they continue to sell even though the company no longer has the money to promote them. First produced in the 1930s, this is, FTP what “nostalgia” candy consisting of marshmallow inside a base of coconut-laced chocolate?

Answer: Mallo Cup

14. The expansion of Sicks Stadium took so long that it was still being completed while their home opener was being played. Managed by former Cardinals third-base coach Joe Schultz, their opening day pitcher was former Angel Marty Pattin, and their only All-Star was Don Mincher, who struck out in his only All-Star at-bat. With a stadium in disrepair and the team hemorrhaging money, it was sold to Bud Selig on March 30, 1970. FTP what was this one-year franchise, which played only the season of 1969 in King County before being reborn as the Milwaukee Brewers the following year?

Answer: Seattle Pilots

15. Nearly four years after its formation, this band was forced to add three letters to its name due to another artist. The three members met as freshmen at Tufts University and recorded their first album, Parachute, in 1994. In early 1998 they got a recording contract with Sire Records, who re-released their second album, Goldfly. With members Ryan Miller, Brian Rosenworcel, and Adam Gardner, this is, FTP what band, whose most recent albums have been Lost and Gone Forever and the 2003 release Keep It Together, the latter of which spawned the MTV2 staple “Amsterdam?”

Answer: Guster

16. Played by Barry Levinson in the film Quiz Show, he began his career in broadcasting in 1939 on Chicago’s WMAQ. The host of shows like Nightlife, The Newcomers, and Wide Wide World, he hired Barbara Walters as a writer for his best-known show, jump-starting her career. Six months after appearing on the 30th anniversary broadcast of that show, he apparently committed suicide in the midst of postoperative depression. FTP who is this broadcast pioneer, who hosted the Today show on NBC from its premiere in 1952 until 1961?

Answer: Dave Garroway

17. The direct ancestor of this game was called Ruff and Honours, which was played during the 1600s in Britain. Still played in Britain mostly in local tournaments, this card game reached the height of its popularity in the 18th and 19th centuries. Though the rules for this plain-trick game are fairly simple, a significant amount of literature was produced in its heyday, including a 1742 book that codified the rules and helped introduce a new phrase into English. FTP what is this card game, which has today been largely replaced by bridge, whose rules were set by Edmond Hoyle?

Answer: whist

[NOTE: The presence of whist and whistling in the same round is pure coincidence. We don’t do theme round playoffs.]

18. He wandered Enhasa and told people who talked to him that “one among you… will shortly perish,” and then, 12,600 years after that, he struck down the Masamune-wielding Cyrus. He is vulnerable to the elements, although only one at a time, and if you don’t watch for the requisite message, you’ll never know how to whittle away his 6,666 hit points. Yet if you speak with him later at the North Cape, he may join your party to try and save his sister Schala. This is, FTP, what character from Chrono Trigger, also known as Janus?

Answer: Magus (prompt on ‘Janus’ on an early buzz)

19. He admitted after retiring that he was actually more than an inch shorter than his listed height of 6’7”, but he was still one of the NBA’s premier rebounders in his 13 seasons. The #2 overall pick in the 1968 draft out of Louisville, he was named league MVP in his first year and Finals MVP during the franchise’s only title run, in 1978. Though he has spent much of his retirement in the front office, he made the news in 2003 when a high school player accepted his throwback jersey for free. FTP name this former Washington Bullet, one of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players, and whose #41 was one of the two jerseys that landed LeBron James in hot water.

Answer: Wes Unseld

20. Preheat the oven to 350o. Melt a half a stick of butter. Stir together two tablespoons of cinnamon and 2 or 3 egg whites. Mix in 1 cup of flour. Add ¼ cup of unsweetened chocolate, ½ cup of brandy, a pinch of vanilla, and between 1 and 2 bags of sugar. Grease the cookie sheet to ensure that these do not stick to the pan. Be careful not to leave them in the oven too long and burn them. Then just stick them in your mouth if you ever need a pick me up. FTP, what is this recipe for, one of Chef’s concoctions on South Park?

Answer: Chocolate Salty Balls

21. The mark listed in the Guinness Book of World Records is 645 people, who turned up in Garnett, Kansas in June 2002. The new mark, if it is verified, sprung from the mind of a liberal studies major who received a simple assignment in Communications 322. The project was simply to organize a group event, but Lige Armstrong and five classmates got 766 people to show up in front of Oregon State’s Memorial Union building on November 14. FTP what is this activity, popular at slumber parties, which required participants to hit each other for at least a minute for the mark to count?

Answer: World’s largest pillow fight

22. He used the word “harmolodic” to describe the style he is credited with inventing. Teaching himself to read music and play the saxophone at the age of 14, he left for Los Angeles five years later. When he tired of the standard bebop, he created a new style, but it was so disliked that other musicians would leave the stage when he showed up to play. After releasing Something Else and Tomorrow is the Question, he and his group debuted in New York at the Five Spot in 1959, where the music was hailed as an artistic achievement by names like Leonard Bernstein even as the jazz community disdained it. FTP who is this saxophonist and later classical composer credited with inventing free jazz?

Answer: Ornette Coleman

23. The recording kicked off on July 25th with Ernest Stoneman, who had already made a name for himself recording in northern studios. Ralph Peer, a producer for Victor Records, set up a makeshift studio inside a hat warehouse and advertised in local papers, drawing talent from all over the region. The most important days were probably August 1st and 2nd, when the Carter Family recorded, and August 4th, when Jimmie Rodgers performed. FTP what were these recording sessions, held in a Tennessee town in the summer of 1927 and credited with launching country music?

Answer: Bristol Sessions

BONI – SEMIFINALS TRASHMASTERS 2003 – UT-CHATTANOOGA

Questions by Robert Flaxman (Northwestern), Olivia Hatton (DePauw), Eric Mayefsky & Tim Marrero (Stanford)

1. 30-20-10-5-1 Name the album from songs.

(30) Hold On, Say Anything, A New Beginning,

(20) Wondering, Movin’ On, My Bloody Valentine

(10) Riot Girl, Girls and Boys, The Anthem

(5) Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous

(1) The Young and the Hopeless

Answer: The Young and the Hopeless

2. FTPE, identify the speaker of the quote from Sex and the City. (Moderator, don’t reveal answers until the end.)

(10) “A vibrator does not call you on your birthday.  A vibrator doesn't send you flowers the next day.  And you cannot take a vibrator home to meet your mother.”

Answer: Charlotte

(10) “Because sex is not a time to chat.  In fact, it's one of the few instances in my overly articulated, exceedingly verbal life where it is perfectly appropriate -- if not preferable -- to shut up.  And now suddenly I have to worry about being stumped for conversation? -- no thank you.”

Answer: Miranda

(10) “These are guys, they don't talk they fight. They can't help it. It's all that crazy testosterone, God bless it.”

Answer: Samantha

3. Name the cosmetic brand from the spokesmodels FTPE:

(10) Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mandy Moore, Kristin Kreuk

Answer: Neutrogena

(10) Carolyn Murphy, Willow Bay, Elizabeth Hurley

Answer: Estee Lauder

(10) Elton John, Shirley Manson, and Mary J. Blige

Answer: MAC

4. Given a year, league, and list of exploits, name the baseball MVP for ten points each.

10. 1992, American League. The last pitcher to win an MVP award, this Oakland reliever had a 7-1 record, 51 saves, and an ERA under 2.00 – all this at the age of 37.

Answer: Dennis Eckersley

10. 1987, National League. Before Alex Rodriguez, this Cub was the only player to win MVP playing for a last place team. He had 49 home runs and 137 RBI as the Cubs finished 18.5 games back of St. Louis in the East.

Answer: Andre Dawson

10. 1979, National League. Name either of the two players who shared the only tied MVP vote in history. One was a young first baseman for the Cardinals; the other a 39-year-old veteran who led the Pirates to the World Series in his last full season.

Answer: Keith Hernandez or Willie Stargell

5. Given the original French film, name the American remake FTPE, 5 if you need a description of the American version.

1. (10) Un indien dans la ville

(5) Tim Allen discovers he has a 13-year-old son who has been raised in the Brazilian rainforest. He brings the kid back to New York. Hilarity theoretically ensues.

Answer: Jungle 2 Jungle

2. (10) Les Compères

(5) Nastassja Kinski tricks Billy Crystal and Robin Williams into searching for her runaway son by claiming that either one of them might be the father.

Answer: Fathers’ Day

3. (10) Le Retour de Martin Guerre

(5) Richard Gere returns from the Civil War and is apparently a much nicer guy than he used to be, leading some, including wife Jodie Foster, to wonder if he might be an impostor.

Answer: Sommersby

6. Given two or more colleges or universities, name the shared nickname for their sports teams for ten points each.

10. New Mexico State, Utah State, Texas A&M

Answer: Aggies

10. Western Michigan, Santa Clara, Boise State

Answer: Broncos

10. Liberty, Illinois-Chicago

Answer: Flames

7. SNL Commercials (! Name what’s being advertised F10PE.

A. It’s the toy sensation that’s sweeping the nation! Only 14.95 at participating stores!. Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly, and children should avoid prolonged exposure to this. Caution: This may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds. This contains a liquid core, which if exposed due to rupture should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at. Do not taunt this!

Answer: Happy Fun Ball

B. If a client is talking and you’re not listening and he notices and he accuses you of not listening, just say, “Sure I’ve been listening, I’ve heard every word you’ve said,” If he then says, “All right, tell me what I’ve been talking about,” just say, “You’ve been talking about your investments. Which stocks to buy and so on.” That way the client will think you’ve been listening even though you haven’t

Answer: Grayson Moorhead Securities

C. This Mexican import is inexpensive because its body is made of mud rather than all that costly metal. Another advantage: after a fender-bender, you can reshape it yourself in only minutes.

Answer: Adobe

8. There is no movie classier, funnier, or campier than…Mars Attacks. FTSNOP, name the actor therein:

(5) She plays Nathalie Lake, a TV reporter who gets abducted by the aliens and has her head interchanged with her chihuahua’s.

Answer: Sarah Jessica Parker

(10) She plays Barbara Land, an alcoholic who believes that the aliens have heard our karmic cry for help and have come to save us.

Answer: Annette Benning

(10) He plays Billy Glenn Norris, who leaves his family to fight and gets gunned down, American flag in hand, when the aliens first land on Earth.

Answer: Jack Black

(5) He plays Professor Donald Kessler, the one who discovered the aliens, tries to reason with them when they attack Congress, gets abducted and falls in love with Nathalie Lake.

Answer: Pierce Brosnan

9. Answer the following about columns in The Onion, for ten points each.

10. This Emperor of the Universe has written 3 opinion pieces for The Onion, entitled “Seize Him!,” “Infidel!,” and “You Shall Make An Excellent Queen.” As revealed in the third column, his arch-enemy is the hero Commander Crash Comet.

Answer: Gorzo the Mighty

10. This big-time nerd has penned missives to his friends that include “Don’t Come Crying to Me When You Need Someone Who Speaks Elvish” and “I Regret to Say Your Wedding Falls Square in the Middle of the Prisoner Marathon.” He has also dressed his dog up as Boba Fett and plans to impress his dream girl with quotes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Answer: Larry Groznic

10. The Nov. 26 issue of the Onion AV Club kicked off a new column in which contributors were expected to perform the title activity. If Mike Birbiglia’s column is any indication, it looks like the third word of said activity may be neglected.

Answer: Say Something Funny

10. Given some song titles, name the band named after one or more of its members, for ten points each.

10. Eruption, Unchained, Running with the Devil

Answer: Van Halen

10. Take the Money and Run, The Joker, Jet Airliner

Answer: Steve Miller Band

10. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces, Philosophy, Brick

Answer: Ben Folds Five (do not accept or prompt on Ben Folds)

11. Answer the following about movies that won multiple acting Oscars, for ten points each.

10. The first film to win three of the four acting Oscars, this 1951 Tennessee Williams adaptation missed out on Best Actor as Humphrey Bogart’s only Oscar beat out Marlon Brando’s first starring role.

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire

10. This 1976 film is the only other to win three of four, missing out on Best Supporting Actor, which went to Jason Robards. The film had two nominations for Best Actor, with Peter Finch beating William Holden to become the first man to win an acting Oscar posthumously.

Answer: Network

10. This 1978 film had nominations in all four categories, but Bruce Dern and Penelope Milford couldn’t win the supporting Oscars. Jon Voight won his only Oscar to date for playing a paralyzed Vietnam veteran and Jane Fonda won her second as the woman who falls in love with him.

Answer: Coming Home

12. Answer the following about some soda flavor variations for ten points each.

10. This soda is supposed to be the opposite of its parent: green soda in a clear bottle, caffeinated, and with a “fruit flavor blast” replacing the standard lemon-lime. It also traded Orlando Jones for a leprechaun in its ads.

Answer: dnL

10. Another lemon-lime spinoff, this soda took the standard flavor of its parent and then added strawberry and pineapple flavors, which ostensibly makes the new version “tropical.”

Answer: Sprite Remix

10. Declaring that there was an increasing demand for “savory” sodas, this independent soda company announced the introduction of a turkey and gravy flavored soda in November. The company had previously marketed other odd flavors like Fish Taco.

Answer: Jones Soda Company [Yes, we heard about their turkey soda earlier. Did you learn anything?]

13. Identify the shows that didn’t last long in the fall 2003 TV season, for ten points each.

10. This UPN show was created by Simpsons graduates Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, but neither they nor the presence of John “J. Peterman” O’Hurley could save this show, about brothers who own a roofing company and have stupid haircuts, from the axe.

Answer: The Mullets

10. This Fox drama was relentlessly hyped during the baseball playoffs, but apparently a Romeo and Juliet rip-off in which the D.A. is Montague and a porn magnate is Capulet didn’t appeal to viewers. A couple episodes and it was gone.

Answer: Skin

10. The latest David E. Kelley flop, this one-hour CBS drama starred Randy Quaid, Chris Penn, and John Carroll Lynch, a.k.a. that guy who played Drew Carey’s transvestite brother. The travails of the Shaw family in small-town New England somehow didn’t play to much of an audience.

Answer: The Brotherhood of Poland, NH

14. Given a plot summary, identify the title in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series for ten points each.

10. This sequel starts where the first book left off and ends on the proto-Earth, two million years prior. In between, the characters stop off at the titular eatery.

Answer: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

10. Somehow, Arthur ends up back on Earth, where he meets a girl named Fenchurch. Eventually they discover that the dolphins have managed to recreate the Earth to save the human population, just before leaving.

Answer: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

10. The final book ends with all of the principal characters back on Earth, which is destroyed for the second time when the Grebulons try to fix their horoscope.

Answer: Mostly Harmless

15. Given some first-round draft picks, name the NBA team, for ten points each.

10. Isaiah Rider in 1993, Ray Allen in 1996, Wally Szczerbiak in 1999.

Answer: Minnesota Timberwolves

10. Latrell Sprewell in 1992, Penny Hardaway in 1993, Vince Carter in 1998, Jason Richardson in 2001.

Answer: Golden State Warriors

10. Lorenzen Wright in 1996, Michael Olowokandi in 1998, Lamar Odom in 1999, Darius Miles in 2000.

Answer: Los Angeles Clippers (prompt on just “Los Angeles”)

16. Name these "questionably" titled country songs from lyrics, FTPE, or 5 if you need the artist:

1. (10) “And the sun is shining, and this road keeps winding / Through the prettiest country from Georgia to Tennessee / And I got the one I love beside me, my troubles behind me…”

(5) Keith Urban

Answer: Who Wouldn’t Want to Be Me?

2. (10) “Don’t look so lonely, don’t act so blue / I know I’m not the only girl you run to / I know about Lolita, your little Spanish flame / I’ve seen you around with Rita, the redhead down the lane”

(5) Shania Twain

Answer: Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?

3. (10) “By the county line, the cops were nipping on our heels / Pulled off the road, kicked it to four-wheel / Shut off the lights, and tore through a cornfield”

(5) Dierks [DIRKS] Bentley

Answer: What Was I Thinkin’?

17. Identify the following movies that focus on game shows, for ten points each.

10. This 1994 Best Picture nominee focuses on the fixing of Twenty-One in the late 50s. Ralph Fiennes plays Charles Van Doren, the popular contestant who eventually admits wrongdoing.

Answer: Quiz Show

10. Fittingly, Richard Dawson plays the host of this show, in which convicted felons can either escape to freedom or be killed by gladiators.

Answer: The Running Man

10. This Paul Thomas Anderson ensemble piece has several of its plotlines rotating around the quiz program “What Do Kids Know?”

Answer: Magnolia

18. Answer the following related questions about the pinnacle of handheld gaming, FTPE.

In what year was the Nintendo Game Boy released?

Answer: 1989

This man, who invented the Game Boy, was killed in a car accident in 1997.

Answer: Gunpei Yokoi

In 1985, Yokoi designed the first game in this series for the NES; its first sequel was on the Game Boy. The series was “primed” for a new installment, this time on the GameCube, in November 2002.

Answer: Metroid

19. Time for the obligatory Simpsons bonus. Given a subplot, give the title of the episode in which it appeared, for ten points each. For example, if I said “Homer has to go back to high school to make up a missing credit,” you would say “The Front.” If you need the main plot of the episode, you’ll receive five points.

1. (10) Marge and Lisa go to clean up an oil spill at Baby Seal Beach.

(5) Bart goes to work in a burlesque house.

Answer: Bart After Dark

2. (10) Marge and Lisa attempt to have fun with “Vincent Price’s Egg Magic.”

(5) Homer and Bart go to the Super Bowl.

Answer: Sunday, Cruddy Sunday

3. (10) Springfield is granted the Olympic Games but loses them after Bart insults a group of visiting diplomats.

(5) Bart must perform volunteer work at the old folks’ home, where he bonds with Grampa and takes the residents on a cruise.

Answer: The Old Man and the “C” Student

20. Identify the dice games from clues, for ten points each.

10. Played with five dice and a red cup, the object of this game is to accumulate as many points as possible in the upper and lower sections. Rolling five of the same number, given the same name as the game’s title, is worth 50 points.

Answer: Yahtzee

10. In this popular casino game, throwers must handle the dice with one hand only and the dice must hit the wall at the opposite end of the table. Pass bets win when the come out roll is 7 or 11 and lose when it is 2, 3, or 12.

Answer: Craps

10. In each of this game’s six rounds, players try to get the number of the round to appear on the three dice as many times as possible. 21 points are earned if the player rolls three of the round number, an achievement also given the title of the game as its name.

Answer: Bunco

21. Sometimes, all you need for a musical career is to have been a star in another field. Given the album, name the star better known for other feats who recorded it for the stated number of points.

5. Metamorphosis

Answer: Hilary Duff

10. The Return of Bruno

Answer: Bruce Willis

15. Until Then, Here in My Heart, and I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

Answer: Terry Bradshaw

22. Networks can be pretty incestuous when it comes to the casting process. Answer the following about some examples related to Frasier for ten points each.

10. On February 13, 1992, Kelsey Grammer did a guest appearance on this NBC sitcom that, like Cheers, was set in New England. He received an Emmy nomination for the appearance, making him the only actor in TV history to be nominated for playing the same character on three different shows.

Answer: Wings

10. She appeared in three episodes of Seinfeld as Marla and the next season was cast on Frasier. She then guest-starred as her Frasier character on a 1995 episode of Caroline in the City.

Answer: Jane Leeves

10. Five months after appearing on one of the last episodes of Cheers, she turned up on its spinoff as Frasier’s new producer.

Answer: Peri Gilpin

23. Name the movie from quotes from reviews, 30-20-10-5

30: A Beaumont, Texas NBC correspondent says this movie was “so horrible I had to go cleanse my palate afterward by watching Glitter."

20: “The movie is pretty much as bad as you've heard, a tangle of badness so thick it's hard to hack your way through and find the good idea that made writer/director Martin Brest think this was a story worth telling.”--Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News

10: “A recent episode of South Park suggested that a fourth-grader's hand puppet could turn in a better performance than Ms. Lopez, and in the case of [this movie], it's hard to argue."—Luke Thompson, New Times

5:”A rigli, rigli bad movie.”—Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News

Answer: Gigli

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