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Ann B. Davis 2008: A Barker's Dozen

Tossups for Celebrity Fight Club/Delaware

by John Kilby, Rebecca Golden, Robert Poirier, Chris Bard and others

FIRST PERIOD – "Stay Home" Bonuses in Effect

1. Weird Al envisions him covered in ammo and sliding around in entrails. Bob (*) Rivers advises leaving him beer so that he'll visit your house first next time he's making the rounds. In Holland, he once owned half a dozen slaves, and would beat you and/or kidnap you if you weren't good. For 10 points--name this man whose most popular American image was created Haddon Sundblom for Coca Cola in the 1930s.

Answer: Santa Claus (accept equivalents)

2. In 1979, while playing for the Kintetsu Buffalos, he was the first American to win the MVP in a Japanese professional league, hitting .324 with 37 home runs. In 1988, (*) he became the hitting coach for the Cleveland Indians, a position he held while helping Jim Thome with his swing. In his six years as a manager, he has only finished under .500 once, but his playoff record is a dismal 2-6, including a 0-3 in 2007. For 10 points – name this former manager of the Indians and current manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Answer: Charlie Manuel

3. Rene Magritte inspired its production design; the protagonist runs for a bus with an apple in his mouth and is hugged by a co-worker while standing in front of a wall painted with clouds. Set in part at the Uprising (*) Bakery, its lead actor sang Wreckless Eric's "Whole Wide World" and learned to play guitar. For 10 points--name this 2006 film featuring Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Queen Latifah, the story of Harold Crick and the imminent death dreamed up for him by writer Karen Eiffel.

Answer: Stranger than Fiction

4. It sponsors Randy Hannagan's car in the World of Outlaws sprint car series. Previous Formula One sponsorships included Hesketh Racing and RAM. Famous employees include Zdenka Podkapova (*), Jamie Lynn, and Brianna Banks. The company isn't a stranger to controversy, having published nude photographs of a current star of Ugly Betty and of an underage Traci Lords. For 10 points--name this magazine founded in England in 1965 by Bob Guccione.

Answer: Penthouse

5. He isn't married, though he's been living with British architect Scott Gill since 1991. American roles include the lead tenor in The Producers and Jack, a singer (*) Cole Porter lusts after in De-Lovely. His most famous character appeared in two series for the BBC, and shared his most romantic scenes with a soldier whose identity he stole during World War II. For 10 points--name this Scots-born, American-raised actor and former Doctor Who favorite currently starring as Captain Jack Harkness on Torchwood.

Answer: John Barrowman

6. Australian Idol winner Natalie Gauci performs an acoustic cover of it on the show's compilation album. Marie Digby, My Chemical Romance, Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls and Tegan and Sara have all performed it live, and (*) Mandy Moore just released a slow-tempo version. For 10 points--name this song written by Terius "The Dream" Nash, Christopher Stewart and Jay-Z, the most commercially successful song of 2007 and a leading single off of Good Girl Gone Bad by Rihanna.

Answer: "Umbrella"

7. This school's only representative in the College Football Hall of Frame is defensive tackle Randy Trautman and Winnipeg Blue Bombers backup quarterback Ryan Dinwiddie (*) also had a very successful run for this team. They fell to East Carolina 41-38 in the 2007 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl, but they are more famous for another bowl game which saw strange events like a marriage proposal and a hook-and-ladder play. For 10 points--name this school that upset Oklahoma in a double-OT thriller in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, a team also known for their home field's blue turf.

Answer: Boise State University Broncos (accept school or nickname)

SECOND PERIOD – Jackpot Scoring in Effect (unused points carry from previous tossups)

8. In the first episode, 1975's "A Touch of Class", one of its main characters advertises for better clientele, but only attracts a conman posing as a lord (*). In the last episode, 1979's "Basil the Rat", Manuel from Barcelona insists in keeping a pet rat even though a health inspector threatens to shut down the titular establishment. For 10 points--name this series voted the #1 British television program of all-time by the British Film Institute starring John Cleese as the owner and manager of a seaside inn plagued by chaos, crises, and bizarre, rude guests.

Answer: Fawlty Towers

9. Its movie studio had the four highest-grossing films from the 1940s. Even into the 1990s, its 1937 expensive gamble (*) was still among the top 50 highest-grossing movies of all-time at the American box-office, not adjusted for inflation. In the 2000s, it rejected a takeover bid by Comcast. It insists on keeping a 1947 movie in its vaults for fear that its racial stereotypes would be offensive today. For 10 points--name this studio which owns all of the ABC and ESPN networks; Miramax, Hollywood, and Touchstone Pictures; and Pixar Studios.

Answer: The Walt Disney Company

10. After a third place debut in his home country's 1989 Formula 3 series, he raced a partial season in the 1990 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship and still finished tied for fifth. He made his F1 debut in 1991 when he raced in place of Bertrand Gachot. (*) He would eventually become one of the world's richest athletes, earning $2 million per Grand Prix race after leaving Benetton for Ferrari. Recently making headlines for commandeering a taxicab, For 10 points--name this German racing superstar who won a record five straight Formula One titles.

Answer: Michael Schumacher (do not accept his brother Ralf)

11. Her grandfather claims to have shrapnel still embedded in his body from World War II. Her brother Dwayne has taken an uncanny interest in reading (*) Friedrich Nietzsche, and her uncle Frank purports to be America's foremost expert on Marcel Proust. Her father Richard is an unsuccessful self-help guru and motivational speaker while her mother Sheryl holds her dysfunctional family together. For 10 points--name this 7-year-old seeker of the title Little Miss Sunshine portrayed by the Oscar-nominated Abigail Breslin.

Answer: Olive Hoover

12. This prolific composer is enjoying a modest comeback with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song for "That's How You Know." He had won 8 Oscars (*) during a 7-year stretch. Lea Salonga provided the singing voice of his 1992 Oscar-winning song for the love interest of a titular character whom scholars believe was Chinese. Celine Dion sang his Oscar-winning 1991 tune for a movie dedicated to his late lyricist Howard Ashman. For 10 points--name this composer of such live-action features as Newsies and Enchanted and the animated Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast.

Answer: Alan Mencken

13. In his first pro season, he was 0-5 with 2 picks and a sack. After only two games with his first NFL team (*), he was traded to for a pick that became Troy Smith. He became the youngest ever quarterback to start the Pro Bowl, and he is the NFL's only three-time MVP, all consecutively. This season, he became the all-time leading QB in passing yardage, touchdown passes, and interceptions to go with his ongoing record of most consecutive starts, at 253 and counting. For 10 points--name this ironman Green Bay quarterback.

Answer: Brett Favre

14. This is the only movie to win both the Best Picture Oscar and the Palme d'Or. It is also the shortest (*) Best Picture winner, but a deleted scene involving Clara telling her parents about her superior replacement date with the title character remains in the United Artists vaults. Directed and written by the same men responsible for a landmark television anthology episode from two years earlier, its director, Delbert Mann, died last fall. For 10 points--name this movie whose title guy is a lonely, stocky butcher who forms an unplanned, tentative romance.

Answer: Marty

THIRD PERIOD – No Special Rules

15. He played a vampire hunter on the track of a wily foe in Vampires: Los Muertos, an American movie star who seduces a playwright's lonely (*) wife and his leading-lady mistress in The Leading Man, and the boyfriend in a dead-end romance with waitress Lauren Holly in No Looking Back. This actor also led his band's acoustic performances on 2003's This Left Feels Right, including new versions of hits from albums like 1986's Slippery When Wet. For 10 points--name this singer who gave his last name to a group known for songs like "Wanted Dead or Alive."

Answer: Jon Bon Jovi

16. A perennial nominee for the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy but never a winner, this drama's titles sequence featured doctored footage of a red line train. (*) The first network show to feature a mooning, real life married couple William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett both won two Emmys, once in the same year, as cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Mark Craig and his wife Ellen. For 10 points--name this hospital drama set at Boston's St. Eligius Hospital or, according to the last episode, in the mind of an autistic boy.

Answer: St. Elsewhere

17. A 2006 feature-length documentary, Once in a Lifetime, was made about this team, whose 1977 version featured ESPN's Shep Messing. It (*) competed from 1971 to 1985, and won five championships in the North American Soccer League, and dropped the geographical designation in their team name in 1977. Players that have played for them include Carlos Alberto, Werner Roth, and Franz Beckenbauer. For 10 points--name this franchise, based in New York, that is most notable for signing Pele.

Answer: New York Cosmos

18. His mother's job at a comedy club allowed him to interview Harold Ramis and Jerry Seinfeld for his high school radio station. After dropping out of USC, he (*) wrote material for Rosanne Barr and shared an apartment with Adam Sandler. Recently named "the smartest person in Hollywood" by Entertainment Weekly, his daughters Maude and Iris made their film debut alongside his wife Leslie Mann in Knocked Up. For 10 points--name this writer/producer/director, the creative force behind Talladega Nights, The 40-Year Old Virgin, and Superbad.

Answer: Judd Apatow

19. He laments the fact that every time women want his help, by the time he gets there, they're either totally fine or already dead, but either way, there's going to be a lot of fondling (*). He was once killed by a psychopathic cucumber, and on another occasion he gave one of his housemates a brain tumor after he constantly spied on her with his X-ray vision. Voiced by Jess Harnell, this is – for 10 points – what parody of Superman from Drawn Together?

Answer: Captain Hero

20. This electronic gaming board game's packaging told its players, "Storm its walls, solve its riddle, and win a kingdom, if you dare!" and that "it is a fantasy adventure born of electronic wizardry." (*) Players have to purchase provisions for warriors before they battle the fierce Brigands. Three silver keys in the window of the title structure unlock it. For 10 points--name this 1981 Milton Bradley video board game which did not inspire a 1987 movie of the same name starring Jenny Agutter and directed by Freddie Francis under a pseudonym, wisely.

Answer: Dark Tower

21. The code "glittering prizes" raised all resources while "valdez" would give oil, a resource that did not appear in its 2002 sequel. Its expansion pack (*) "Beyond the Dark Portal" introduced characters like Khadgar, Deathwing, and Grom Hellscream. The primary antagonist was Ogrim Doomhammer while Anduin Lothar led the refugees of the first war into Lorderon. For 10 points--name this Blizzard real-time-strategy game, the second in its series.

Answer: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (do not accept Warcraft, Warcraft III, etc.)

EXTRAS

22. He became the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music and the first composer to earn that award for jazz (*) for Blood on the Fields. A civic leader advocating the rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, he has won nine Grammys so far for his roughly thirty new jazz compositions and fifteen classical compositions. He was the primary interviewee in Ken Burns's Jazz due to his pre-eminence as a jazz historian. For 10 points--name this most successful member of a family of musicians.

Answer: Wynton Marsalis

Ann B. Davis 2008: A Barker's Dozen

Bonuses for Celebrity Fight Club by John Kilby, Rebecca Golden and others

1. Men. Can't expect them to call when they're supposed to, can't kill them and cut them into bite-sized chunks. For 10 points each:

(10) In Maeve Binchy's book, Benny Hogan dumps her cheating scumbag boyfriend. In this 1995 film adaptation, Benny, played by Minnie Driver, forgives her beau (probably because he was played by Chris O'Donnell).

Answer: Circle of Friends

(10) In this 2005 film adaptation of the Jennifer Weiner novel, Tony Collette's Maggie makes the wise choice of dumping boyfriend Jim when she catches him in flagrante with her younger sister.

Answer: In Her Shoes

(10) In this 2006 chick flick, Iris (played by Kate Winslett) dumps her cheating ex after spending a lot of time with a 90-year-old screenwriter and a film composer played by Jack Black.

Answer: The Holiday

2. Given an NCAA Division I men's basketball school, give the last year they won the championship and who was the Most Outstanding Player in that tournament for 5 each.

(5,5) Syracuse

answer: 2003, Carmelo Anthony

(5,5) Duke

answer: 2001, Shane Battier

(5,5) UCLA

answer: 1995, Ed O'Bannon

3. Politicians: Can't live with them, can't kill them and cut them into bite-sized chunks. For 10 points each, given the celebrity endorsers, name the 2008 presidential hopefuls.

(10) Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen

Answer: Hillary Rodham Clinton

(10) James Denton, John Mellencamp, Tim Robbins

Answer: John Edwards

(10) Bo Derek, Ron Silver

Answer: Rudy Giuliani

4. Name these recent films with scary characters for 10 points each.

(10) Tim Burton adapted this Stephen Sondheim musical with Johnny Depp as the title character, a man likely to chop you up into little pieces for baking.

Answer: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

(10) Hilary Swank tries to debunk biblical plague after biblical plague in this offering.

Answer: The Reaping

(10) American Beauty's Wes Bentley plays a security guard who menaces Rachel Nichols as she tries to escape the title area in this thriller.

Answer: P2

5. Given lyrics, identify Ben Folds songs for 10 points each.

(10) "6 am day after Christmas, I throw some clothes on in the dark."

Answer: "Brick"

(10) "Down comes the reign of the telephone czar, it's okay to call and I will answer for myself."

Answer: "Landed"

(10) "I just drove to the store for some Preparation H."

Answer: "Rockin' the Suburbs"

6. The Detroit Red Wings. Kill them and chop them into bite-sized pieces? Heavens forefend! Name the Hockeytown legends for 10 points each.

(10) Winner of the Art Ross Trophy and four Stanley Cups, this left wing was part of the Production Line alongside Gordie Howe.

Answer: (Robert Blake Theodore) "Ted" Lindsay

(10) A two-time Stanley Cup winner with Montreal, this right wing became the first Red Wing to score fifty goals in a season, doing so in 1972-73. Bingo Bango!

Answer: Mickey Redmond

(10) During 21 seasons in the NHL, this defenseman played for the Kings, Leafs, North Stars, Capitals and Penguins before winning Stanley Cups with the Wings in 1997 and 1998.

Answer: Larry Murphy

7. Things that come in bite-sized pieces for 10 points each:

(10) Introduced in 1983, these fast food best-sellers are comprised of mechanically separated meat held together with phosphate salts and some residual animal skin which are individually quick frozen and then deep fried on site at individual franchises.

Answer: Chicken McNuggets

(10) Invented by Curt Jones in 1987, they're created by flash freezing a confection in liquid nitrogen, creating tiny balls of ice cream that must be stored at temperatures between -29°C to -57°C.

Answer: Dippin' Dots

(10) Introduced in 1972, they come in nine varieties including glazed cake, jelly filled, glazed chocolate and sugar raised.

Answer: Munchkins

8. Answer the following about rubber bracelets that support charities for 10 points each.

(10) Promoted by Lance Armstrong, these stupid bracelets come in yellow and support cancer research.

Answer: Livestrong

(10) This red band is stylish and may repel bears. Stephen Colbert donates all proceeds to the Yellow Ribbon Fund.

Answer: Wriststrong

(10) Black bracelets honor this Pantera lead guitarist, shot and killed onstage during a Columbus, Ohio performance in 2004.

Answer: Dimebag Darrell or Darrell Lance Abbott

9. Bonus. Thirty point Bonus. James Bond films from quotes for 15 points each. If you need the character speaking, you'll get five.

(15) "You handle those cubes like a monkey handles coconuts"

(5) Plenty O'Toole

Answer: Diamonds are Forever

(15) Mr. Bond! You defy all my attempts to plan an amusing death for you! You're not a sportsman, Mr. Bond!

(5) Hugo Drax

Answer: Moonraker

10. Some television characters are special. For 10 points each, given actors and shows, name the mentally challenged characters.

(10) Larry Drake, L.A. Law

Answer: Benny Stulwicz (pr. "Stull-wits"; accept either)

(10) Chris Burke, Life Goes On

Answer: Charles "Corky" Thatcher (accept either; prompt on Thatcher)

(10) Ben Foster, Freaks and Geeks

Answer: Eli

11. Those who conquer this course can earn a green jacket, which is much more exciting than it sounds. For 10 points each:

(10) Name this course that serves as host of the annual Masters tournament.

Answer: Augusta National Golf Course

(10) This name given to twelfth hole and portions of eleventh and thirteenth holes was the site of a ruling that helped Arnold Palmer win the 1958 Masters.

Answer: Amen Corner

(10) A bridge on the fifteenth hole is named after this man. He scored a double eagle on the hole en route to winning the 1935 Masters and completing a career grand slam.

Answer: Gene Sarazen

12. Gloria Gaynor isn't the only one who will survive. Given lyrics, identify the tough talking singers for 15 points each. If you need song titles, you'll get five.

(15) "I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly/I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky."

(5) "Breakaway"

Answer: Kelly Clarkson

(15) "Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing/Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning."

(5) "Independence Day"

Answer: Martina McBride

13. Name these recent winners on Dancing with the Stars for 10 points each.

(10) In 2007, this Brazilian winner of the Indianapolis 500 in each of first two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was the celebrity winner.

Answer: Helio Castroneves or Helio Castro-Neves or Helio de Castro-Neves

(10) In 2006, after finally winning an individual Olympic gold by crossing the finish line first, he was the celebrity winner.

Answer: Apolo Anton Ohno

(10) This professional dancer was the partner of both Helio Castroneves and Apolo Anton Ohno.

Answer: Julianne Hough

14. Given the year and the starting QB, name the old-school NFL coach for ten points each.

(10) Sid Luckman, 1940

Answer: George Halas

(10) Joe Namath, 1967

Answer: Weeb Ewbank

(10) Ken Stabler, 1976

answer: John Madden

15. The International Documentary Association recently released its list of the 25 best documentaries of all-time. Name these entries on the list for 10 points each.

(10) This film, number 11 on the list, features Morgan Spurlock eating only food from McDonald's, something for which he pays dearly.

Answer: Super Size Me

(10) The twelfth film on the list has a well-known opening in which its subject goes through a series of cue cards featuring lyrics from "Subterranean Homesick Blues."

Answer: Dont Look Back

(10) At number 17, this 2003 release began as a film about children's entertainers but turned into an ambiguous look at accusations of sexual child abuse in the title family.

Answer: Capturing the Friedmans

16. The Kentucky Derby isn't just an excuse to drink mint-flavored bourbon. For 10 points each, given some of their mounts, name the Derby winning jockeys.

(10) Swaps, Tomy Lee, Lucky Debonair

Answer: Bill "Willie" Shoemaker

(10) Winning Colors, Thunder Gulch

Answer: Gary Stevens

(10) Whirlaway, Citation, Hill Gail

Answer: Eddie Arcaro

17. For 10 points each, name these various characters and items from the Halo universe.

(10) This is the armor-clad protagonist of the Halo series.

Answer: Master Chief Petty Officer John-117

(10) Early in Halo 3, this artificial intelligence construct often interrupts Master Chief's progress with a series of messages.

Answer: Cortana

(10) This ship is sent on a covert mission to capture a Covenant Prophet. It is selected by Cortana because it was designed to endure near total destruction and keep flying.

Answer: The Pillar of Autumn

18. Roger Clemens may not care about the Hall of Fame, but others still do. Name these Hall of Fame pitchers who once played for some of Clemens' teams for 10 points each.

(10) This handlebar mustached-pitcher who made a mark as a Yankee in the late 70's and early 80's recently became the fifth reliever to be elected to the Hall of Fame

Answer: Rich "Goose" Gossage

(10) He spent 1974 as a member of the Red Sox, but this Dominican is better known for his tenure in San Francisco and for clubbing Johnny Roseboro.

Answer: Juan Marichal

(10) Though he played for the Astros in the 60's, this pitcher dominated as a Phillie by having six consecutive 20-win seasons from 1950 to 1955.

Answer: Robin Roberts

19. People dying in the Sudan? Terrible, but nothing like the pain consumers screwed by the home-video industry's constantly changing formats. On a 5-5-10-10 basis:

(5) The first player to use this new format was released by Toshiba to the Japanese market in March of 2006.

Answer: HD-DVD

(5) This rival to HD-DVD was perfected by the company that created the special hard coating for the discs, TDK

Answer: Blu-Ray

(X) This mercifully short-lived format exclusive to Circuit City would have charged rent through landlines for discs watched more than a few days after purchase.

Answer: DIVX

(X) This format is exclusive to the PlayStation Portable and can hold 1.8 GB.

Answer: Univeral Media Disc

20. Soap operas aren't just daytime phenomena. For 10 points each, given the surname of a family central to a current nighttime soap, name the show,

(10) The Darlings

Answer: Dirty Sexy Money

(10) The Van der Woodsens

Answer: Gossip Girl

(10) The Walkers

Answer: Brothers and Sisters

21. Celebrities really know how to breed. Given the names of their offspring, name the famous mothers for 10 points each.

(10) Violet Affleck

Answer: Jennifer Garner

(10) Ryder Robinson

Answer: Kate Hudson

(10) Hazel Moder

Answer: Julia Roberts

22. You don't always have to play Madden to get your video game football fix. Name these non-EA Sports football games for 10 points each.

(10) Followed by several yearly updates, this game that set the bar for arcade-style football games adapted the "on fire" feature from the NBA Jam series.

Answer: NFL Blitz

(10) Visual Concepts returned to the virtual gridiron with the 2K8 offering of this new franchise in which players draft a fictional team featuring football's all-time greats.

Answer: All-Pro Football 2K8

(10) Known for its NES port, this Irem-developed arcade game lacked the ability to play defense or call plays and only allowed the QB to scramble, pass, or lateral.

Answer: 10 Yard Fight

23. Phil Hartman's death left Billy West with the responsibility to voice this character. For 10 points each:

(10) Name this Futurama character described as 40% Kirk and 60% Shatner.

Answer: Zapp Brannigan

(10) Brannigan is the captain of what ship, the flagship of the Democratic Order of Planets.

Answer: The Nimbus

(10) Brannigan's law, stating "one cannot interfere with an undeveloped planet", is a reference to what law, Starfleet's General Order #1?

Answer: The Prime Directive

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