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1. Early in his career, this player made three straight World Series, but struggled in them, and his team lost all three, the last in 7 games to the Pirates; he would never make it to another World Series. Animosity developed between this player and “Wahoo” Sam Crawford, who played next to him in the outfield for over a decade. This player received the highest share of the vote on the first Hall of Fame ballot and held the career (*) stolen base record until being passed by Lou Brock in 1977; he still holds the record for most steals of home. This left-handed hitter batted .400 three times and won a record 12 batting titles; he also holds the record for career batting average and had the most hits of all time until passed by Pete Rose. Nicknamed the “Georgia Peach”, for ten points, name this Dead Ball-era Detroit Tigers centre fielder.ANSWER: Ty Cobb2. One example of a meme featuring this character rejects the ideas regarding Russian election interference of 17 intelligence agencies, 419 representatives, and 97 senators. ?Another meme takes a picture of this character oddly leaning back looking into a trash can and adds the single word “pathetic”. A strange interlude in one scene featuring this character describes that a co-worker is (*) “gonna need his medication” when they hear about this character’s “lame exaggerations”. That interlude occurs in a scene that also includes this character calling himself “delightfully devilish” after a roast for an unforgettable luncheon is ruined. For ten points, identify this character who declares “no, it is the children who are wrong” in the Am I Out of Touch meme and serves “Steamed Hams” to the visiting Superintendent Chalmers, who often shouts his name.ANSWER: Principal Seymour Skinner3. This character’s favourite song is a tie between Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On” and “Traveling Riverside Blues”. In the episode “Fan Fiction”, this character is played by a girl named Siobhan in a school musical adaptation of a book series based on his life. In another episode, this character orders a “pig 'n a poke with a side of bacon” at a diner each morning in a time loop. This character lived with his girlfriend and her son for a year while he thought his brother was in (*) Hell, but he later asks an angel to erase their memories of him in order to protect them. At one point this character received the Mark of Cain, and he is also the true vessel of the archangel Michael. This character drives a ‘67 Chevrolet Impala, often sports a leather jacket, and is 4 years older than his younger brother Sam. For ten points name this character played by Jensen Ackles, one of the two protagonists of the CW series Supernatural along with Sam. ANSWER: Dean Winchester (prompt on Winchester)4. Bonnie Bartlett played the character of Lila Bolander on this show, who spends years with unrequited feelings for another character. A large character on this show, Frankie Stechino, is the son of a professional wrestler named Vader but later embraces poetry. Initially Mr. Turner seems cool because of his unconventional teaching methods, but later the protagonist of this show calls him another character “with an earring”. A character on this show goes to the fictional Pennbrook University with her boyfriend and his older brother (*) Eric. A spin-off of this show centered on the protagonist’s daughter Riley, who goes to the school where he teaches history. Two good friends on this show have a long conflict over their shared interest in Topanga at a high school headed by principal George Feeny. For ten points, identify this sitcom centered on the lives of Shawn Hunter and Cory Matthews, named for its focus on coming-of-age.ANSWER: Boy Meets World5. This musician used a unique modified form of the pentatonic minor scale with each root note moved back a semi-tone. In a performance on the live album Band of Gypsys, this artist sustained a single note for 20 seconds, which he sometimes played for a full minute. In one infamous performance at the Monterey Pop Festival, this artist played his guitar with his teeth and behind his head during “Hey Joe”. The last song on this artist’s 1968 album, subtitled (*) “Slight Return”, is a shorter version of a 16-minute blues jam and describes chopping down a mountain “with the edge of my hand”. That song appears before a cover of a Bob Dylan song that begins with the lyrics “there must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief”. For ten points, identify this revolutionary guitarist behind the songs “Voodoo Child” and the most famous version of “All Along the Watchtower”.ANSWER: James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix6. This movie was the American debut of Russian director Timur Bekmambetov, who made Night Watch and Day Watch in a similar fast-paced style. To interrupt a fight with the rogue character Cross in this movie, another character crashes her car into a train in a sequence that ends with the train dangling in a canyon. In the last shot of this movie, the protagonist looks at the camera and asks (*) “what the fuck have you done lately?”. An organization central to this movie gets instructions for its actions from the Loom of Fate, which produces coded names in fabric. The famous ability characters in this movie possess is demonstrated after one character stands in front of a target that the protagonist is supposed to hit. For ten points, identify this movie starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy about a group of assassins that have the power to curve bullets.ANSWER: Wanted7. He’s not Colin Montgomerie, but this player double-bogeyed the last hole of the 2006 U.S. Open to lose by one stroke. While in college, this player became the last amateur to win a P.G.A. Tour event. At one Masters, this player went eagle-eagle-birdie on the 13th through 15th holes on Saturday, and then won the tournament on Sunday after hitting his approach shot on the 13th hole out of the trees to the right of the fairway, over the water and onto the green. In June 2017, this player split with his long-time caddy (*) “Bones” Mackay, and he is renowned for his remarkable short game, including his trademark flop shot. After being known for years as the best player not to have won a major, this American finally won his first at the 2005 Masters, and has won 4 more majors since. For ten points, name this second-winningest American golfer of the past quarter century, nicknamed “Lefty”.ANSWER: Phil Mickelson8. This director’s first feature length movie starred Loren Horsley as a fast food worker and amateur songwriter who meets another geek at a party while dressed up as their favourite animal. In a film by this director, a character names a dog Tupac that is gifted to him by his new adoptive parents; after his adoptive mom dies, that character and his new dad venture into the wilderness to avoid an obsessive child services worker. In another movie by this director, (*) Viago, Vladislav, Deacon, and Petyr are roommates that use YouTube to see themselves and don’t leave their apartment during the day. That movie, What We Do in the Shadows, was co-written by and starred Jemaine Clement. This director’s biggest financial success came with a more comedic and colourful 2017 entry in a series starring Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth. For ten points, identify this Kiwi director of part-Maori descent that presumably made lots of money from Thor: Ragnarok.ANSWER: Taika David Waititi9. A song on this album begins with the lyrics “she is a pyramid, but with him, she's just a grain of sand”. 3OH!3’s song “Starstrukk” was included as a bonus track on this album along with a song featuring Timbaland, “If We Ever Meet Again”. The singles off of this album helped the artist spend 69 weeks in the Billboard Top Ten. The cover of this album is a painting that shows the artist naked lying in pink (*) clouds. A song on this album, with a letter different from a Beach Boys song, describes “we freak in my jeep, Snoop Doggy-Dog on the stereo”, who actually features. The title song of this album begins with the lyrics “you think I’m pretty without any makeup on” and “Imma get your heart racing in my skin tight jeans”.For ten points, identify this smash hit Katy Perry album that includes the songs “Last Friday Night”, “Firework”, and “California Gurls”.ANSWER: Teenage Dream10. One character in this movie is delivered a weather report from a man that predicts “snowflurries expected this weekend in New Orleans”. Frank Ocean released a cover with pitched-up vocals of a song written for this movie in 2018; that song, which describes a place “wider than a mile”, is sung by a character sitting outside the window of her apartment and won Best Original Song.?Modern criticism of this movie often centres around an awful racist stereotype character played by Mickey Rooney in (*) yellowface, who frequently complains about noise and wears thick glasses. In this movie, the female protagonist is engaged to a wealthy Brazilian man and meets a secretive male prostitute when he moves next door. For ten points, identify this 1961 movie adapted from a book written by Truman Capote, that starred Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly.ANSWER: Breakfast at Tiffany’s11. In one game, this character can use ice missiles to kill the teleporting Warp Dogs, an ability obtained in the Temple of Bryyo. In a trailer for one game that might be a reference to Shaft, this character is asked to “remember me” by a character that players had never met before. In one game, this character can use the Phazon Enhancement Device to enter Hypermode, which must be disengaged or this character will die from being fully corrupted; that power is used to defeat this character’s (*) dark counterpart. In their first 3-D game, this character fights the Parasite Queen before landing on the planet Tallon IV, which was inhabited by the Chozo race. In a 2-D game subtitled “Zero Mission”, this character loses their signature orange armour suit for the blue Zero Suit. In nearly all appearances of this character, they can use the Morph Ball ability to roll into tight places. For ten points, identify this arm-laser wielding heroine of the Metroid series.ANSWER: Samus Aran (accept either underlined part)12. A sequel to this book is focused on the character of Theodore, who takes care of his neighbour with cerebral palsy while living in Austin, Texas. That character is found by X-Ray, a friend from the events of this book that gets him involved in a ticket scalping scheme. Kissin’ Kate Barlow robs a character in a section of this book set in the late 19th century town of (*) Green Lake. A character in this book finds a can of very old peaches under a boat and calls them Sploosh. A curse is placed on an ancestor of the protagonist of this book after he moves to America by Madame Zeroni. The protagonist of this book is accused of stealing after a pair of shoes falls from the sky; that character is the fourth in his family to be named Stanley Yelnats. For ten points, identify this Louis Sachar novel about a group of boys sent to juvenile prison, where they are forced to dig the title things.ANSWER: Holes13. This genre, which was heavily influenced by the soundtrack of a Wolverine SNES game, didn’t even have a name when its godfather recorded the songs “Eskimo” and “Wot U Call It” and founded the group Roll Deep. A song from this genre repeats lyrics about not being a backup dancer; the video for that song was archetypally shot with a posse in a park. A song by two brothers who are both major artists in this genre includes the lyrics “from day one I said I was serious, then Serious hit the jackpot”, and repeats the lines (*) “act like a wasteman that’s not me, sex any girl that’s not me”. A parody of this genre that first appeared on a radio show hosted by Charlie Sloth, ironically its most famous song in North America, is known for the lyrics “two plus two is four, minus one that’s three, quick maths”. For ten points, identify this English genre of rap music parodied by the character Big Man Shaq, named for the dirty sound the beats usually have.ANSWER: Grime (prompt on answers like “British rap music”, don’t accept the specific phrase UK Hip-Hop because that’s a different thing)14. Description acceptable. On one show, a character jokes that because the protagonist does not do this action, she’ll have to tell national headquarters and lose out on winning a toaster oven. In one movie, a character played by Christopher Plummer does this action at the age of 75 after his wife’s death, which Ewan McGregor's character reflects on four years later in Beginners. In one movie, a boy named Martin learns the title character hasn’t done this action from his (*) online correspondence with Blue. On one show, this action was done by one character after discussion with a therapist played by Oprah. On that show, this action was done by accident over the intercom after rushing to the airport on the “Puppy Episode”, which may have led to the show’s cancellation despite great ratings. For ten points, identify this action that revealed a major attribute about Ellen Degeneres on Ellen.ANSWER: coming out as LGBT15. An April 2018 article on 538 examined how players at this position were drafted heavily in the first round from 2008 to 2015, but have been drafted less the past few years; 2018’s first-round picks at this position included Oakland’s Kolton Miller. A Hall of Famer at this position had his number 71 retired by the Seahawks after retiring in 2009. It’s not wide receiver, but the St. Louis Rams drafted a future Hall of Famer at this position first overall in 1997. In 2017, an All-Pro at this position was the Rams’ (*) Andrew Whitworth. This was the position of Hall of Famers Walter Jones and Orlando Pace, as well as of a Cleveland Brown who retired in 2017 after making the Pro Bowl every year from 2007 to 2016. Joe Thomas played, for ten points, what position that occupies the outside spots on an offensive line, next to the guards?ANSWER: tackle (accept “left tackle”, do not anti-prompt on or accept “right tackle”, as all of these clues are about left tackles, prompt on “offensive lineman” or “lineman” or “linesman”)16. Morgan Smith-Goodwin is best known as representing a character associated with this company, often saying “now that’s better” at the end of commercials. After someone posted a picture of a garbage bag, implying it to be this company’s products, a representative responded “thanks for sharing your baby pictures”. When asked “going to In and Out what should I get”, that person affiliated with this company responded “out”; that person is also rigorous about pointing out how this company does not (*) freeze its signature product, unlike its competitors. This company, the first to use the phrase “where’s the beef”, began using the actual woman their mascot is based on in 2010, the daughter of Dave Thomas. For ten points, identify this fast-food chain that sells square hamburgers and runs a surprisingly savage Twitter account.ANSWER: Wendy’s (accept The Wendy’s Company from business people)17. In one music video, this artist and a featured singer control fighting robots in a cage match. This artist’s song “Drop Da Bomb” is a 48-second-long intentionally awful parody of the big room sub-genre. This artist collaborated with Wolfgang Gartner on the instrumental song “Animal Rights”, while he featured Gerard Way on “Professional Griefers”. This artist has been livestreaming music making sessions in his studio for years, including one where he found the vocals for his song (*) “The Veldt”, and he also claimed that a bass line to a remix of one of his songs was impossible to play. Another song by this artist repeats the heavily distorted and elongated line “but I just wanna play it right, we are gonna get there tonight”. For ten points, identify this Canadian house DJ behind the albums Random Album Title and 4x12 and the songs Strobe and “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff”, known for wearing a black helmet with ears on stage.ANSWER: Deadmau5 or Joel Thomas Zimmerman18. This world was dramatically changed after the Great Sundering at the end of the War of the Ancients sent most of its land into the sea and destabilized the Well of Eternity. A character from this universe became a demon after consuming energy from the Skull of Gul’dan, which causes his brother Malfurion to banish him. This world is split politically into two factions, one led by (*) Warchiefs like Garrosh and Vol’jin, while another is led by High Kings of the Wrynn family. This world originally appeared in a series of three RTS games, including entries subtitled “Frozen Throne”, “Reign of Chaos”, and “Tides of Darkness”, along with a lacklustre 2016 film by Duncan Jones. For ten points, identify this world featuring in an MMORPG by Blizzard that pits players of the Horde and the Alliance against each other, the setting of the Warcraft series.ANSWER: Azeroth (prompt on the world in/of Warcraft)19. Two answers required. In a 1966 World Cup game between these two countries, one of their captains was sent off because the referee, did who did not speak his language, did not like the tone in which he spoke to him. In a 1998 World Cup game between these countries, one player fouled an opponent and then hit him in the head as he was on the ground, provoking that opponent to trip him and get a red card. In that 1998 second-round game between these countries, an 18 year-old (*) striker took the ball from midfield, ran 40 yards, beat a defender and fired a goal into the top-left corner. That game featured goals by Javier Zanetti and Gabriel Batistuta. At the 1986 World Cup, which was won by one of these countries, they played a quarterfinal that featured both the Hand of God goal and the Goal of the Century. For ten points, name these two countries, whose players have included Diego Maradona and David Beckham.ANSWER: England and Argentina20. On the day before his wedding, a character on this show describes himself as “a homeless Charlie Kraut”. That character’s wife later suspects he is having an affair when she finds a photo of a ballerina in his briefcase. During a crisis on this show, a young secretary dies when she gets hit by a double-decker bus; after seeing her dead body, her boss realizes the gravity of the situation and commits to resolve it in a speech. That man later hides his repeated (*) strokes from the protagonist of this show. The main character of this series also has a strained relationship with her uncle, who derogatorily refers to her as “Shirley Temple”. The protagonist will be played by Olivia Colman in the upcoming third season of this show, as the story moves into the late 1960s. The major plot of this period drama begins when the protagonist inherits her title at age 25 after her father dies of lung cancer. For ten points, name this Netflix original series that depicts the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.ANSWER: The CrownBONUSES1. The 2018 Australian Open women’s singles final was contested by two women who had been ranked #1 in the world but had never won a major. FTPE:[10] Name those two women. They have each now won a major, as the loser of the Australian final won her first major four months later at the French Open.ANSWER: Simona Halep and Caroline Wo?niacki (accept “Caroline Wo?niacka”, both answers required)[10] The next major of the season, Wimbledon, was won by this woman, who beat Serena Williams 6-3, 6-3. This German had previously won both hardcourt majors in 2016.ANSWER: Angelique Kerber[10] Another #1-ranked woman in recent years who has never won a major is this player, who lost to Kerber in the final of the 2016 U.S. Open. This Czech was number one from July to September of 2017.ANSWER: Karolína Plí?ková2. This rapper released the incredibly named album Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Destiny in 2010, which included the song “Shutterbugg”. FTPE:[10] Name this artist, part of a famous duo that raps on one song “well, she's got a hottie's body but her attitude is potty, when I met her at a party, she was hardly acting naughty”, and “75 MC's freestyling to the beat” on “B.O.B”.ANSWER: Big Boi or Antwan Patton[10] Big Boi, along with Andre 3000, made up this influential hip-hop duo behind songs like “Ms. Jackson”, “Roses”, and “Hey Ya!”.ANSWER: Outkast[10] On this song, the first after the Intro of Speakerboxx, Big Boi begins the first verse with the lyrics “hot tub, bad to the bony, I'm Tony, as my Grandmama Edna Mae Kearse, she showed me”. Andre 3000 repeats the line “your battleship is sunk, I wish grandma could see us” before the quickly delivered “find a way to get out without a hit out.”ANSWER: “GhettoMusick”3. You are a student at Ridgemont High! Answer some questions about the places you might visit during your fast times, FTPE:[10] Name this kind of place, which in perhaps the most iconic scene in the movie sees Brad imagine Phoebe Cates’ character disrobe and kiss him after getting out of one of these places. That scene was parodied in the music video for “Stacy’s Mom”.ANSWER: pool[10] Brad starts the movie working at a restaurant centered around the sale of this kind of food, a stereotypical job for teenagers, before working at a fish and chips joint and a pizza parlour. A cult 1997 comedy film about a restaurant titled for the “Good” kind of this food was an early role for Kenan Thompson.ANSWER: hamburger[10] Stacy sneaks out of a bowling alley to go to one of these places, where her brother Brad sees her but promises not to tell their parents. Stacy goes to this kind of place because of the events earlier in the movie at a softball field.ANSWER: abortion clinic4. A trailer for this director’s newest movie flips the two numbers in the title of an older release to refer to the election date in November 2016. FTPE:[10] Name this director of the record-breaking Fahrenheit 9/11, Fahrenheit 11/9, and Bowling for Columbine, known for his unabashed liberal views on American politics.ANSWER: Michael Francis Moore[10] This 2007 documentary by Moore criticized the American healthcare industry of the time while contrasting it with systems in Canada and other countries. Cuban exiles have criticized a part of this movie that paints the Cuban healthcare system in a positive light, but the movie was banned in Cuba anyways.ANSWER: Sicko[10] Moore also appeared in the documentary I’m Going to Tell You a Secret, which follows a 2004 tour held by this musician. This musician also earned a Golden Globe for playing Eva Peron in the 1996 film adaptation of Evita and played a singer at the Club Ritz in the 1990 movie Dick Tracy.ANSWER: Madonna or Madonna Louise Ciccone5. To cope with his loneliness, the main character of this show pretends that various sports balls are his friends, while his brother does the same thing with worms on the International Space Station. FTPE:[10] Name this Fox comedy series starring Will Forte, Kristen Schaal, and January Jones as a group of survivors of a global viral pandemic.ANSWER: The Last Man on Earth[10] Kristen Schaal currently voices the bunny-eared girl Louise on this Fox animated sitcom, which stars H. Jon Benjamin as the title restaurateur.ANSWER: Bob’s Burgers[10] Loren Bouchard, the creator of Bob’s Burgers, previously co-created this animated series about an 8-year-old aspiring filmmaker, which used the “Squigglevision” method of animation in its first season. ANSWER: Home Movies6. A subreddit dedicated to an otherwise mediocre player on this country’s national team went crazy after they scored the only goal in a game against France. FTPE:[10] Name this country, whose national team has a player with the same name as a memetic frog, while a gif of its star player saying the word “Injustica” is often incorrectly captioned “the jews did this”.ANSWER: Portugal[10] In one video, this star player for Portugal sits up after noticing a teammate’s erection. Fans of this player from Madeira frequently argue with Messi fans over which is the best player in the world.ANSWER: Cristiano Ronaldo[10] After winning the Ballon D’Or in 2014, Ronaldo let out a scream usually written down as this word, that has since become a rallying cry for fans.ANSWER: TSU7. The music video for this song switches between footage of the group standing in the ocean and a man dealing drugs outside of brownstone apartments. FTPE:[10] Name this song, that describes a “lonely mother gazing out of the window” and repeats the lines “I know that you're gonna have it your way or nothing at all, but I think you're moving too fast”.ANSWER: “Waterfalls”[10] “Waterfalls” is a classic 90s R&B jam by this group that also recorded “No Scrubs” and “Creep”. A member of this group, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, passed away in a car crash.ANSWER: TLC[10] The height of TLC’s career came with this 1994 album, their second, which features “Waterfalls”, “Diggin’ On You”, and “Creep”. The cover of this album features the three members washed out in red, which features production by Organized Noise and is credited with being one of the first to bridge hip-hop and R&B.ANSWER: CrazySexyCool8. This Nova Scotian played for the Halifax Mooseheads before being drafted first overall in the 2013 N.H.L. Draft, and then winning the Calder Trophy in 2013-14. FTPE:[10] Name this centre, who broke out in 2017-18 to finish fifth in the N.H.L. with 97 points and get named to the second All-Star team.ANSWER: Nathan MacKinnon[10] This linemate of MacKinnon’s is having a breakout season in 2018-19, putting up a league-leading 24 points in his first 14 games while playing with MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog.ANSWER: Mikko Rantonen[10] Another former teammate of MacKinnon’s was this lefthanded centre who played for the Avalanche from 2012 to 2017, when he was traded to the Senators in a three-way deal that also saw Ottawa trade Kyle Turris to Nashville.ANSWER: Matt Duchene9. In 1976, this fictional family broke into the variety show craze with a new series on ABC, where every cast member reprised their previous role except the actress who played Jan. FTPE:[10] Name this blended family which titles a wholesome 70s sitcom, consisting of Mike & Carol, his three sons, and her three daughters.ANSWER: The Brady Bunch (also accept The Bradys since we’re asking for the family)[10] Another popular variety show from the same era starred this Mormon brother-sister pop duo, whose most famous song “A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock ‘N Roll” formed the basis of their show’s weekly “Concert Spot” segment. ANSWER: Donny & Marie Osmond (do NOT accept “The Osmonds” without their first names)[10] Both the Brady Bunch Hour and Donny & Marie were created by these Greek-Canadian brothers, who are better known for their puppeteering work on children’s shows like The Banana Splits and H.R. Pufnstuf. ANSWER: Sid & Marty Krofft (also accept The Krofft Brothers or The Kroffts)10. The fifth verse of this song describes someone who is “down in the shadow of the penitentiary, out by the gas fires of the refinery”. FTPE:[10] Name this song, which describes someone who left a lover in Saigon, and titles an album that includes the tracks “Darlington County”, “No Surrender”, and “My Hometown”. That album named for this song led to two different presidential candidates in 1984 claiming an endorsement from the artist.ANSWER: “Born in the U.S.A.”[10] “Born in the U.S.A.” is a song by this New Jersey rock artist, often backed by the E-Street Band on songs like “Dancing in the Dark” and “Born to Run”.ANSWER: Bruce Frederich Joseph “The Boss” Springsteen[10] Springsteen joked that Ronald Reagan probably was not listening to this 1982 album, originally recorded as demos, notable for dark lyrical themes. This album’s cover depicts a country road through the windshield of a car with snow on the wipers and includes the tracks “Johnny 99” and “Atlantic City”.ANSWER: Nebraska11. This pair set the Olympic record for the highest score ever achieved in figure skating. FTPE:[10] Name this British ice dance pair that won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics for their iconic routine set to Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero”. Both names required.ANSWER: Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean[10] Torvill and Dean beat out a Russian pair that would win gold 4 years later in Calgary, which consisted of Andrei Bukin and this woman. The move in which a skater squats down with their heels facing inward and skates on their edges is a “squat” named for this woman.ANSWER: Natalia Bestemianova[10] Torvill and Dean won their gold medal in this city, then in Yugoslavia, that hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics.ANSWER: Sarajevo 12. In the opening of this movie, the protagonist notices the central object as he attempts to hang himself, which fails as the rope breaks. FTPE:[10] Name this movie, in which Paul Dano’s character uses a flatulent corpse for a wide range of uses, including propulsion across water. This bizarre movie gets more bizarre when the corpse starts talking.ANSWER: Swiss Army Man[10] The corpse used in Swiss Army Man was played by this actor, best known for starring in 8 movies as Harry Potter.ANSWER: Daniel Radcliffe[10] Paul Dano has been in a relationship with this actress since 2007, with whom he wrote his directorial debut Wildlife. This actress also starred opposite Kumail Nanjiani in The Big Sick.ANSWER: Zoe Kazan13. In a scene in this movie, a missing soldier with severe memory loss returns home and surprises his wife at home - when she calls an ambulance, the couple are taken away to a secret government base. FTPE:[10] Name this movie, in which a group of scientists venture into the Shimmer, a strange place where laws of nature seem to break down.ANSWER: Annihilation[10] Annihilation is a movie by this director, who made his debut as a director with the 2015 movie Ex Machina. Before directing, he wrote screenplays for movies like Dredd, 28 Days Later, and an adaptation of Never Let Me Go.ANSWER: Alex Garland[10] Annihilation stars this actress, whose other sci-fi credentials include V for Vendetta and Padme in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.ANSWER: Natalie Portman or Neta-Lee Hershlag (note: if anyone complains that Star Wars is more a fantasy series, tell them that the prequels are much more sci-fi and not to @ me)14. The fourth game in this series, which centered on private military companies dominating the global economy, is the last chronologically and was originally intended to be the final entry. FTPE:[10] Name this series, centered on Solid Snake and the nuclear-powered title weapons, which also features vampires and ninjas and secret societies and clones and memetics.ANSWER: Metal Gear Solid[10] Solid Snake is related to this main character of Metal Gear Solid 3, a prequel set mostly in a forest in the USSR. This character, who invented the CQC fighting system and serves as the antagonist of the first game in the series, goes by many names including Naked Snake but is most often called this two-word alliterative phrase. ANSWER: Big Boss [10] A trailer for Metal Gear Solid V, the second starring Big Boss, introduced this new Snake alias. Internet denizens photoshopped scars and an eyepatch on almost everyone, captioning it with this word.ANSWER: punished15. When the trailer for the reboot series ThunderCats Roar was released in May 2018, it was widely criticized online for its modern animation style which deviates from the 1980s original. FTPE:[10] Name this Western animation style featuring thin lines and rounded shapes, which was initially popularized in the 2010s by Adventure Time and is colloquially named after a prominent art school. ANSWER: CalArts Style[10] Adventure Time, ThunderCats Roar, and several other “CalArts Style” shows originated on this American television network, which is dedicated to animated programming.ANSWER: Cartoon Network[10] CalArts alumnus Alex Hirsch created this Disney XD animated show about the supernatural adventures of twins Dipper and Mabel Pines in the title Oregon town.ANSWER: Gravity Falls16. The film adaptation of this musical was one of several Tim Burton movies that featured Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, but the only live-action musical. FTPE:[10] Name this musical, the title character of which kills people who come into his shop who expect to have their hair cut.ANSWER: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street[10] This actress played Nellie Lovett in the original Broadway cast in 1979, and also sang in Beauty and the Beast as Mrs. Potts. ANSWER: Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury[10] Lansbury starred in this musical as a bohemian woman with wealthy friends living in New York during the Great Depression and World War II. This musical includes the numbers “Open a New Window” and “We Need a Little Christmas”.ANSWER: Mame 17. This song broke a 55-year-old record for solo artists by spending 20 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country charts. FTPE:[10] Name this song, which begins with the lyrics “got a girl from the south side, got braids in her hair” and describes how the artist is “drivin' with my eyes closed, I know every curve like the back of my hand”.ANSWER: “Body Like a Back Road”[10] “Body Like a Back Road” even broke the overall country Billboard record set by this song by Florida-Georgia Line that features the iconic lines “baby you a song you make me wanna roll my windows down and” do the title action.ANSWER: “Cruise”[10] Despite being dropped in January 2017, “Body Like a Back Road” is a single from Sam Hunt’s still-unreleased follow-up album to 2014’s Montevallo, which includes this first single of his. This song describes how “they roll the sidewalks in this town, all up after the sun goes down” and repeats “girl, you got the beat right, killin' in your Levis”.ANSWER: “Leave the Night On”18. In 2018 ABC premiered the shows For the People and Station 19, adding to its extensive line-up of series produced by this person. FTPE:[10] Name this American screenwriter, whose first major television series takes place in Seattle Grace Hospital.ANSWER: Shonda Lynn Rhimes[10] This character created by Shonda Rhimes specializes in fetal/neonatal surgery and appeared on both Grey’s Anatomy and its spinoff Private Practice.ANSWER: Dr. Addison Montgomery (or Shepherd or Montgomery-Shepherd)[10] Shonda Rhimes was also the showrunner of this political thriller series, starring Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope.ANSWER: Scandal19. This player jumped to make a routine attempt at blocking a shot, but when he landed, his right leg snapped in half underneath him. FTPE: [10] Name this Louisville shooting guard, who suffered a horrifying open fracture of his tibia in a 2013 March Madness game, reminiscent of the leg injury that ended Joe Theismann’s N.F.L. career.ANSWER: Kevin Ware[10] Ware’s injury occurred in a game against this school, whose 2013 team was led by Seth Curry, Mason Plumlee and Quinn Cook.ANSWER: Duke University[10] Despite Ware’s injury, Louisville went on to win the national championship in 2013, though it has since been vacated. This small forward was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four after scoring 14 straight points to bring Louisville back from a 12-point deficit in the first half.ANSWER: Luke Hancock20. The ultra-trendy true crime podcast that everyone was talking about a few years ago, Serial, is a spin-off of this long-running former NPR show. FTPE:[10] Name this weekly show, hosted by Ira Glass, that features an hour-long story that sometimes can be fictional but is always presented as a true story. A segment of the episode is played out of context at the end and attributed to Torey Malatia.ANSWER: This American Life[10] The first season of Serial is about the murder of this Baltimore high school student, a crime that ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed was arrested for. Undisclosed: The Case of Adnan Syed also covers the events of the murder of this person.ANSWER: Hae Min Lee[10] This podcast by the same producers as This American Life and Serial details the investigation of a murder in Woodstock, Alabama after a long exchange of emails with a local man. This podcast was released in March 2017 and reached 40 million downloads in 2 months.ANSWER: S-Town ................
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