TERP (Trash Everyone Really Prefers) 2010



TERP (Trash Everyone Really Prefers) 2010

Round 11: Brought to You by the Letter Concerning Toleration

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

Tossups

1. The music video for this song sees its protagonist thrice encounter the same group of nuns, and a briefcase with the silhouette of a cow on it is taken from the sleeping protagonist by a woman with whom he attempts to reunite throughout this song’s video; that video begins with a shot of that man lying face down on the ground. This song’s bridge recalls, “I remember the look in your eyes when I told you that this was goodbye,” and states (*) “we’re looking up at the same night sky, and keep pretending the sun will not rise” before declaring “we’ll be together for one more night.” The second verse of this song recalls “a place on the corner of Cherry Street” where “we would walk on the beach in our bare feet,” after asserting that the titular location was “where I used to sit and talk with you” when “we were both 16 and it felt so right.” FTP, name this song about a titular seaside street by Yellowcard.

ANSWER: “Ocean Avenue”

2. A 2010 ESPN article compared one portion of this event to Walt Whitman's I Sing the Body Electric before relating the story of Isaac Hilton's accidental public urination. Major participants include BLESTO and The National, conglomerates originally founded to combat the high maintenance cost of gigantic IBM computers. An incident here prompted a mass-mailing campaign by Luis Castillo, while Kyle Boller was somehow praised for spending a great deal of it on his knees. In 2009 it produced visually upsetting photographs of an oncoming Andre Smith, who later went AWOL from it. Queries regarding Caucasian entitlement, guilt over accepting a Rhodes scholarship, and affinity for wearing a G-string were posed here in 2010 to (*) Toby Gerhart, Myron Rolle, and Gerald McCoy, though more infamous was Jeff Ireland's intimation of prostitution by the mother of Dez Bryant. A score of 6 by Vince Young was reportedly earned on the Wonderlic test at this event, held annually at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, FTP, identify this event which uses the 3-cone drill and 40-yard dash to evaluate top college players in advance of each year's NFL Draft.

ANSWER: NFL Scouting Combine [or, formally, the National Invitational Camp]

3. One individual was banned from this show early in its first episode for using a bottle to assault bar patrons who had accosted her weave, while 2007 saw an independent spin-off produced by residents of Mazar-i-Sharif. One of this show's mainstays was once asked if he had just removed a large bullfighting spear from his ass by an eventual winner, while its best episode by far saw some greasy Italians double-team an enthusiastic Shandi in Milan, after which she called her boyfriend to recount the details. The most entertaining member of this show's cast became known as (*) “Miss J.” to differentiate him from annoying platinum blond Jay Manuel, while other judges have included manic nut Janice Dickinson, Twiggy, and Paulina Porizkova, who feuded with the host. Inexplicably greenlit for a 16th season, or “Cycle,” this show features weekly panel evaluations in which contestants are handed their photos and culminates with a runway challenge. FTP, name this CW show in which young women vie to win a fashion contract and avoid the raging narcissism of Tyra Banks.

ANSWER: America's Next Top Model

4. One character encountered in this series is the wealthy Hurd Applegate, and another recurring character in this series is the protagonists’ pilot, Jack Wayne. One videogame based on this series sees the protagonists voiced by Cody Linley and Jesse McCartney, and one entry in this series sees the protagonists travel to Texichapi in Guatemala, while another entry sees them travel to Vampire Trail. At one point, one of this series’ titular protagonists dates a girl named (*) Vanessa Bender, who he meets after his previous girlfriend is killed by a car bomb in Dead on Target. That girl was Iola, who is the sister of the protagonists’ best friend, Chet Morton, and entries in this series have included A Figure in Hiding and began with The Tower Treasure. Ghost-written under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon, FTP name this series about a titular crime-solving detective duo, the brothers Frank and Joe.

ANSWER: The Hardy Boys

5. This woman’s film debut came when she portrayed a nerdy stage actress, as Fritzi in Camp. More recently, this woman portrayed another amateur actress who seeks a role in a high school production of The Wiz, starring opposite Jason Schwartzmann and Ben Stiller in that film, The Marc Pease Experience. Another role played by this actress was as debate team star Ginny Ryerson in Rocket Science, while she has also played a friend of (*) Bella’s, Jessica Stanley, in the Twilight franchise. More recently, this woman has played the protagonist’s sister Stacey in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. This woman’s most famous role is probably as an employee of Career Transition Counseling who develops a plan to save that company money by conducting layoffs over the web. FTP, name this actress who starred as Natalie Keener opposite Vera Farmiga and George Clooney in Up In the Air.  

ANSWER: Anna Kendrick

6. An entry in this franchise in which the player must rescue a character named Abacus has the subtitle Project Titan, and that game features the same protagonist as this series’ first entry, Richard Miller. A more recent entry in this franchise was included on a disk that also featured the game Deadstorm Pirates, utilizes the PlayStation Move controller, and is subtitled Razing Storm. Yet another entry in this series begins in a California airport and features (*) Georgio Bruno and Evan Bernard, who must face weapons including swarms of tiny robots called Terror Bites.  The only character to appear in all the main series games in this franchise is a mercenary who eventually replaces his arm with a Gatling gun, and is called Wild Dog. Players shoot outside the screen to reload and press a foot petal to hide behind cover in, FTP, what first person rail-shooter series from Namco whose name implies a temporal disaster?

ANSWER: Time Crisis

7. This character became jealous after The Young and the Restless invited his wife to reprise her role on the show. Dana Gordon exclaims that she will “rob [this character's] cock like it's 1990,” and in Season 2 he reveals a failsafe plan activated by the phrase “tsetse fly.” This character consistently tries to ruin the life of Adam Davies, who informed on him to Malcolm McDowell's Terrence McQuewick. This character is briefly replaced by Amanda Daniels after he carelessly derails a (*) Ramones project against the advice of his best employee, with whom he reconciled at the end of Season 6 by revealing a sign reading “you're finally a real Asian!” This man secured roles in Matador, Smoke Jumpers, and Aquaman for a friend whom he also helped purchase the disastrous Medellin, while his efforts also secured a part on Edward Burns's “Five Towns” for Johnny Drama. Frequently seen delivering the line “hug it out” or berating his assistant Lloyd, FTP, identify this agent of Vincent Chase on Entourage.

ANSWER: Ari Gold

8. In a 2008 interview on “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” this man said of basketball, “There's an aspect of improvisation within a discipline that I find very, very powerful.” In the latest iteration of NBA JAM, you can unlock this man’s squad by pressing “A” at the start screen before hitting “Left” 13 times followed by the “Plus” button, and his character is surprisingly slower than two of his older teammates. While filling out his NCAA championship bracket with Andy Katz this year, he picked Kansas to win it all, saying part of his motivation came from smack talk from (*) Kathleen Sibelius. In Madden 2011, winning the Super Bowl triggers a celebration that culminates with a meeting with this man, who drew the ire of Nationals fans earlier this year when he threw out the first pitch on opening day wearing a White Sox cap. A backup guard on the 1979 high school state basketball champions in Hawaii, for ten points, name this former basketball star at Occidental College, whose current pickup game regulars include Reggie Love and Arne Duncan.

ANSWER: Barack Obama

9. One song by this artist commands a “young velvet porcelain boy” to “devour me when you’re with me,” while another song admits, “like a moth to a flame, only I am to blame.” Those tracks, “Candy Perfume Girl” and “To Have and Not to Hold,” appear on the same album as a song that proclaims, “nothing takes the past away like the future,” and is called (*) “Nothing Really Matters.” The first single from another album by this artist begins with the repeated line, “Time goes by so slowly;” that song, “Hung Up,” is from the album Confessions on a Dance Floor. Another song by this artist insists, “If you feel it, it must be real,” features Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, and is called “4 Minutes.” A better known song by this woman asserts that “when you call my name” she draws the titular comparison, while in another she describes herself as “touched for the very first time.” FTP, name this artist behind “Like a Prayer” and “Like a Virgin.”

ANSWER: Madonna Louise Ciccone (accept either underlined part)

10. One instance of product placement in this film was the phones which were designed by Nokia, while a more notable example was Lexus designing all of the cars that appeared onscreen. In one scene in this movie, a video is discovered to be deceptive because there is a change in the rippling of the water from the first video and its echo. After the protagonist of this film tries to hold his breath longer than a whale, he becomes addicted to neuroin to cope with the kidnapping of his son at a (*) pool. At one point in the film, Eddie Solomon performs an operation on the protagonist which lets him fool the Spyders with his new eyes. The protagonist captures Agatha in order to find out if the title situation, where she would dispute the vision of the other two precogs, happened with his case. FTP, name this science fiction neo-noir about Chief John Anderton’s discovery of a conspiracy about seeing murders before they happen, starring Tom Cruise.

ANSWER: Minority Report

11. One episode of this show features a sex-ed class in which a poor drawing by the gym teacher causes students to mistake the female reproductive system for a cow’s head. In later seasons, this show’s protagonist worked as a delivery boy for Chong’s Chinese and later went to work for the furniture factory his father bought after he quit his job at NORCOM. One episode of this show has the protagonist fail to ask out Madeline Adams in French class instead only asking if she likes butter and another episode has the protagonist attempt to make his love interest jealous by going steady with Becky* Slater. Major characters include the geeky, hyper-allergic, Paul Pfeiffer and the major love interest whose brother was revealed to be recently killed in Vietnam in this show’s pilot, Winnie Cooper. Notably opening with the Joe Cocker cover of “With a Little Help from my Friends”, FTP, identify this late 1980s sitcom in which Kevin Arnold is played by a young Fred Savage.

ANSWER: The Wonder Years

12. One team bearing the name of this locale, the Tip-Tops,  played in the Federal League and featured the talents of Benny Kauff and a washed up Three-Finger Brown. Another team from this location currently plays at MCU Park, and has been managed by alums of its MLB affiliate, including Tim Teufel and Wally Backman. That team has in the past featured current big leaguers Brian Bannister, Scott Kazmir and Ike Davis. In addition to the (*) Cyclones, this location named a team that was managed by Walter Alston for more than two decades and was at various points nicknamed the Grays, Bridegrooms and Superbas. Inhabiting a stadium located at 55 Sullivan Place, that team won just one World Series in its entire time in this locale, winning behind the pitching of Johnny Podres and ending its long-suffering fans’ plea of “Wait ‘til Next Year.” Home of the current New York Mets’ Single A affiliate, FTP, name this borough, the former home of the Dodgers.

ANSWER: Brooklyn

13. One singer from this country who won that nation’s second season of Idol had her U.S. debut with the single “Release Me,” while another group from this country had a number one U.S. hit with a song that commands, “Lay a whisper on my pillow, leave the winter on the ground,” and is called “It Must Have Been Love.” In addition to Roxette, another group released the song “Lovefool,” and is called The (*) Cardigans, and a singer-producer from this country had hits with “Now You’re Gone” and a song about the Warcraft III mod DotA, and is named Basshunter. Another song by a group from this country claims, “We’re leaving together but still it’s farewell,” while perhaps the best-known group from this nation describes a time “Friday night and the lights are low,” when “you can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life.” FTP, “The Final Countdown’s” Europe hails from what nation that also gave the world ABBA?

ANSWER: Sweden

14. In one deleted scene from this movie, the protagonist instructs a woman to “keep your mouth real still,” while in another he toasts his ex-girlfriend, played by Ellen Pompeo. The main character revisits a humiliating memory in which bullies force him to hit a dead bird with a hammer.  This movie’s title comes from the (*) Alexander Pope poem Eloisa to Abelard, which is quoted by Mary, a worker at Lacuna Inc. who eventually turns against the company after realizing that she was one of its clients.  Before Joel wakes up, Clementine urges him to “meet her in Montauk,” so that they can find each other again.  FTP, name this Charlie Kaufman movie in which Joel and Clementine, played by Jim Carey and Kate Winslet decide to have all memories of each other erased.

ANSWER: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

15. One episode in this series depicts a protagonist as a possessor of a glass heart that becomes stolen; that fictional story is told by another character under the influence of a drug called Brown Betty. That second character also wrote a manuscript called ZFT, which foreshadows a pivotal event in this show that occurred at Reiden Lake. That event resulted in the loss of an arm by (*) Nina Sharp, who sometimes aids this show’s eponymous group in her role as COO of Massive Dynamic, a corporation founded by William Bell. In this series’ second season finale, Bell sacrifices himself to extend the life of a gateway between two universes, both of which seem to be under watch by characters known as Observers. Instances of The Pattern are examined by Walter and Peter Bishop, as well as Olivia Dunham in, FTP, what Fox drama about cases of the titular pseudoscience?

ANSWER: Fringe

16. A black and white comic about these people features Officer Rick Grimes who wakes up from a coma and must avoid the titular group while trying to find his family. That series was written by Robert Kirkman who also wrote another series about these people, some of whom defeat Galactus after acquiring the Power Cosmic from the Silver Surfer. Alan Scott’s (*) Green Latern ring did not work on DC Comics’ most famous one of these people, because his body had been reassembled partially out of wood. That character lives in the sewers and repetitively declares that he was “born on a Monday.” In addition to Solomon Grundy, some recent members of this kind of people include a variety who consume fear, the Black Lanterns. FTP, name this type of creature who often appear in Tales from the Crypt who typically shamble around looking for human brains.

ANSWER: Zombies [accept walking dead or living dead or undead, prompt on “dead people”]

17. A conversation that prefaces this scene sees one of its film’s protagonists refuse to let a boy use the batting cages because he has a whole stack of quarters left, and this scene is followed by a montage set to “Walking in a Winter Wonderland.” In this scene, one character admits to having lied about playing squash, while the iconic line in this scene is delivered by the director’s mother. In the moments before this scene’s most notable action, one character tells another (*) “you do the math” because the latter believes that he has never been the recipient of a certain action, and when this scene was shown to preview audiences, the women laughed while the men remained silent. Featuring the line “I’ll have what she’s having,” FTP, name this scene that sees Meg Ryan perform a certain action in a deli, the best-remembered segment from When Harry Met Sally.

ANSWER: the fake orgasm scene in Katz’s Delicatessen from When Harry Met Sally (accept clear-knowledge equivalents; answers must include film title until mentioned)

18. This song may have been inspired by the Stephen Vincent Binet poem, “The Mountain Whippoorwill,” and one section of this song took elements from the tune “Fire on the Mountain.” The basic melody was originally written an octave lower by Vassar Clements in a song called “Lonesome Fiddle Blues.” Johnny Cash sang the part of the the narrator in Mark O’Connor’s sequel to this song and Les Claypool sang that part in (*) Primus’s cover of the original tune. The events in this song were initiated by one character’s proposition, “if you care to make a dare, I’ll just make a bet with you.” The other main character takes the bet because he believes that he is “the best there’s ever been.” FTP, name this Charlie Daniels Band song about the titular character “in a bind ‘cause he was way behind”  who then makes a bet of “a fiddle of gold” against Johnny’s soul in a fiddle playing contest.

ANSWER: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

19.  Jack Scott, this man’s roommate while he was a member of the franchise that drafted him, caused the FBI to keep close tabs on the house this man kept with Scott and this man’s girlfriend, Susan Guth, due to suspected ties to the SLA, Daniel Berrigan and the Chicago Seven. That relationship, along with this man’s doomed friendships with team physician Dr. Robert Cook and trainer Roy Culp, was detailed in David Halberstam’s The Breaks of the Game, which outlined the fate of this man’s first franchise the season after he signed with the San Diego Clippers. A massive disappointment with the Clippers, this man was later dealt for a first round draft pick and Cedric Maxwell, winning his second NBA title as well as the Sixth Man Award by backing up Robert Parish and Kevin McHale. In perhaps his best season, he led the Portland Trailblazers to a 50-10 record before breaking his foot, the first of many foot injuries for this center. A two-time NBA champion with the Blazers and the Celtics, for ten points, name this former UCLA star and current announcer, the father of the significantly less-talented NBA player Luke.

ANSWER: Bill Walton

20. In Runescape, these creatures have their capital at Palingrad, and another appearance of these creatures sees one pretend to be a chicken while sabotaging Wallace’s mechanical pants in The Wrong Trousers. In Mary Poppins, these creatures serve and then join a dance number with Mary and Bert, and another one of these creatures is the mascot for the frozen meal company (*) Kid Cuisine. A talking one of these animals also appears in Fight Club as the Power Animal of the Narrator,  and Nickelodeon created a spin-off series about some of them who appeared as spies in the film Madagascar.  In the Kirby video game series, King Dedede is a funny looking kind of this animal and in one comics series, a villain named after one of them carries an umbrella and wears a tuxedo. FTP, name this animal which can be seen in Happy Feet, Surf’s Up, and as the mascot for Linux.

ANSWER: Penguins

21. One song by this artist claims that “you have a diamond inside of your heart,” while another begins “Oh, can we take care of her? Oh, maybe you can spare her.” In addition to those songs, “Make Some Noise” and “Wake Up America,” this artist released “Life’s What You Make it,” and a music video for another song by this artist sees her described as “the rarest creature on Earth,” while a separate song by her declares, (*) “I’ve got my sights set on you and I’m ready to aim.” Yet another song by this artist sees her travel to “the land of fame excess” where “my tummy’s turnin’ and I’m feelin’ kinda homesick,” while a more recent song by her whose video sees her writhing on a bed in lingerie was criticized by the Parents’ Television Council, whose board ironically includes her father, Billy Ray. FTP, name this actress who, after having released “Party in the USA” and “Can’t Be Tamed,” seems poised to shed her image as Hannah Montana.

ANSWER: Miley Cyrus (or Destiny Hope Cyrus or Hannah Montana before mentioned)

Bonuses

1. It allows players to command armies in feudal Japan, medieval Europe, and major colonial theatres.  FTPE:

[10] Identify this series of video games, a combination of turn-based strategy and real-time tactics, that has included such titles as Shogun, Medieval, and Empire.

ANSWER: Total War

[10] Give either the in-game or historical name of any of the playable Roman families in Rome: Total War.

ANSWER: Julii or Julia or Brutii or Bruti or Bruta or Scipii or Scipiones or Scipio

[10] Name the studio that develops the Total War series, as well as Stormrise and Spartan: Total Warrior.

ANSWER: The Creative Assembly

2. The antagonist of this film informs the hero, played by Kurt Russell, that he is “not brought upon this world to 'get it,'”  before growing increasingly exasperated and berating that man for “really pissing me off to no end!” FTPE:

[10] Identify this 1986 film in which Jack Burton must rescue Kim Cattrall's Gracie Law from the clutches of a crazy far-eastern sorcerer in the titular Asian-dominated community.

ANSWER: Big Trouble in Little China

[10] Big Trouble in Little China was somehow way less successful than this earlier film by director John Carpenter, which saw masked murder Michael Myers stalk Jamie Lee Curtis on a certain pagan holiday.

ANSWER: Halloween

[10] This antagonist of Big Trouble in Little China, one of the greatest villains in camp history, is portrayed by ubiquitous old Asian guy James Hong. This character, who currently has several hundred thousand Facebook friends, was allegedly based by John Carpenter on Qin Shi Huang advisor Li Si.

ANSWER: Lo Pan

3. Answer these question about an inductee to the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, FTPE:

[10] Name this song that sees the main character downtown on a Saturday night “working for the FBI sitting in a nest of bad men, whiskey bottles piling high.”

ANSWER: Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress

[10] This British rock band, named after a man who released “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue,” sang “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress.” Their lead guitarist, Graham Nash, left to form Crosby, Stills, and Nash.

ANSWER: The Hollies  

[10] This other song by the Hollies explains the events at its titular location, where the main character is able to woo the object of his affection by offering her his umbrella during the rain. Disappointingly, this song features neither Gao Xingjian nor William Inge.

ANSWER: “Bus Stop”

4. Time to break out your Yahoo dictionary and learn some fantasy football lingo. For ten points each:

[10] This auction league strategy refers to using large sums of money to acquire a few extremely good players and filling the rest of your roster with significantly less talented flotsam and jetsam.

ANSWER: Studs and Duds

[10] This position allows players to start either a wide receiver or a running back and is generally denoted as “W/R.”

ANSWER: Flex

[10] This draft strategy refers to taking your no. 1 running back’s backup, in order to prevent against injury or ineffectiveness. An especially useful strategy if you’ve ever owned Knoshon Moreno or Larry Johnson.

ANSWER: Handcuffing

5. The final countdown on this show began with Outkast’s “Hey Ya!” at number ten and “...Baby One More Time” at number one. FTPE:

[10] Name this music video countdown program, hosted from 1998 to 2002 by Carson Daly, that despite its name was often prerecorded.

ANSWER: Total Request Live or TRL

[10] Roland Joffe, the director of The Scarlet Letter and The Mission, created this other early 2000’s MTV show, essentially a 30-minute clip show of young people in  PG-13 hookups. Ryan Westbrook likely suggests you check out season 1, which supposedly features a young Christina Hendricks picking up a Latin stallion at a bus station.

ANSWER: Undressed

[10] The cancellation of TRL indicated MTV’s desire to move towards more reality-based programming, as evidenced by Jersey Shore and this British teen drama, a U.S. adaptation of which will begin airing on MTV in 2011.

ANSWER: Skins

6. This man's roles include kung fu expert/virologist Wes McClaren in The Patriot, kung fu expert/EPA inspector Jack Taggar in Fire Down Below, and kung fu expert/crazy cop Mason Storm in Hard to Kill. FTPE:

[10] Identify this somewhat self-delusional star of Under Siege, who has more recently appeared on an A&E “reality” show documenting his side gig as a New Orleans “Lawman.”

ANSWER: Steven Seagal

[10] Steven Seagal's best movie to date is this incredibly underrated 2001 flick about corrupt Detroit cops who can only be stopped by a combination of firearms and flying kicks. Amazing lines in this film include Anthony Anderson's suggestion that Seagal “say hello to my Sumo-negro.”

ANSWER: Exit Wounds

[10] This rapper co-starred in Exit Wounds, which featured his “No Sunshine.” When not getting arrested for dog fighting or impersonating FBI agents, this artist has released hits like  “Party Up” on the Ruff Ryders label.

ANSWER: DMX or Earl Simmons

7. Its opens with the singer’s spoken question, “Will you count me in?” FTPE:

[10] Name this 2007 single whose singer describes feelings that “start in my toes, make me crinkle my nose,” after using the titular adjective to describe its object’s face.

ANSWER: “Bubbly”

[10] “Bubbly” is a song by this Malibu singer-songwriter whose debut album was Coco and who declares “but I can’t spell it out for you” in “Realize.”

ANSWER: Colbie Marie Caillat

[10] Caillat participated in the 2008 tour headlined by this man whose albums include Room for Squares and who released “Waiting on the World to Change,” as well as “Your Body Is a Wonderland.”

ANSWER: John Mayer

8. Name some instances of a certain person showing up in popular culture, FTPE:

[10]A Neil Gaiman comic series about this title figure who is also called Morpheus and Dream of the Endless starts with his imprisonment and ends with his rebirth.

ANSWER: Sandman

[10]The fifth album by this heavy metal band also refers to Sandman. Other albums by this band include St. Anger, Death Magnetic, and Master of Puppets.

Answer: Metallica

[10]Mr. Sandman appears in this video game series as an extremely hard opponent. Other characters that Little Mac fights in this series include King Hippo, Von Kaiser, and Don Flamenco.  

ANSWER: Punch-Out!!

9. Answer the following about controversies, real and concocted, involving Conan O’Brien, FTPE:

[10] A recent controversy involving O’Brien saw him replace this man, whom NBC attempted to move back to host The Tonight Show after both men’s ratings began to slide.

ANSWER: Jay Leno

[10] A faux-feud between Conan, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Colbert began in 2008 over “who made” the success of this then-Republican presidential candidate.

ANSWER: Mike Huckabee

[10] Weeks after the end of Conan’s Tonight Show, all clips of that show, and references to the same, were expunged from and Hulu. One clip that survived was an allusion to Conan on this short-lived reality show, produced by Jerry Seinfeld, in which celebrities mediate between feuding couples.

ANSWER: The Marriage Ref

10. As Casey Stengel once said, “You have to have a catcher or you’ll have all passed balls.” For ten points each:

[10] This catcher, the first African-American to play for the Yankees, replaced Yogi Berra in 1960 and later won the 1963 AL MVP. He shares with Pee Wee Reese the record of having played on six World Series losers.

ANSWER: Elston Howard

[10] This current Braves backstop is the first Atlanta player to ever make the All-Star game in each of his first 5 full seasons. He won the All-Star Game MVP award in 2010 after driving in all three of the NL’s runs.

ANSWER: Brian McCann

[10] One of the few father-son catching duos in MLB history, father Randy was a slick fielding iron man behind the plate for the Cubs in the 1960s, while son Todd broke Roy Campanella’s single-season catcher home run record with the Mets in 1996.

ANSWER: Hundley

11. Among the few characters who have yet to be eaten at the end of this film are an Imam and his student and a young girl who disguises herself as a boy named “Jack.” FTPE:

[10] Identify this atmospheric sci-fi/horror film in which a group of survivors from a crashed spaceship are led by a convicted mass-murderer to escape from a horde of monstrous creatures who are able to emerge above ground due to a unique planetary alignment.

ANSWER: Pitch Black

[10] Pitch Black was a breakout film for Vin Diesel, who played this enterprising murderer who sports a distinctive pair of surgically-altered eyes that allow him to see in the dark. This role kicked so much ass that a spin-off film detailing the “Chronicles of” this character was made in 2004, with another sequel currently in production.

ANSWER: Riddick [I suppose you could accept Richard B. Riddick if anyone really says that)

[10] Vin Diesel is probably best known for appearing as Dom in the first and fourth films in this franchise, which helped popularize illegal street racing among millions of teenagers, yet was still not nearly as damaging to society as The Pacifier.

ANSWER: The Fast and the Furious [charitably accept Fast and Furious]

12. Name the following characters from Leave it to Beaver, FTPE.

[10] This elder brother of The Beaver who is portrayed by Tony Dow and more often seen talking about than spending time with his girlfriend Mary Ellen Rodgers who in later revivals of the show is seen to be his wife.

ANSWER: Wally Cleaver

[10] This best friend of Wally tends to be overtly sycophantic in the presence of adults but generally looks down on the Beaver. He once tied a chain to his friend Lumpy’s car causing the back wheels to disconnect in a classic prank.

ANSWER: Eddie Haskell

[10] The Beaver actually had this name as his given one. It is shared with other beloved characters such as the green-clad member of the chipmunks and the only male child of the Huxtable clan.

ANSWER: Theodore

13. Michael Lewis's superb 2009 article “The No-Stats All-Star” asserts that this player possesses an unmeasurable ability to drastically improve the performance of his teammates. FTPE:

[10] Identify this small forward who was named to the ACC 50th anniversary team and was acquired by his current team, the Houston Rockets, from the Grizzlies in exchange for Rudy Gay and Stromile Swift.

ANSWER: Shane Battier

[10] Shane Battier received some press in 2008 after he requested he be removed from the starting lineup against the Spurs so that he could better perform his assignment of guarding this guard, whose play off the bench that year earned him Sixth Man of the Year honors. This man also helped Argentina capture the gold at the 2004 Olympics.

ANSWER: Manu Ginobili

[10] While Battier was supplanted as a starter last year by this player, who was known as a defensive hawk during his years with the Lakers, this UCLA alum's recent trade to New Orleans has pushed Battier back into the starting lineup. His best performance came with LA during the 2009 Finals, where he dropped 13 in a quarter in game 2 against Orlando.

ANSWER: Trevor Ariza

14. Name some things about Cream, FTPE:

[10]This guitarist of Cream also played in Derek and the Dominoes where he created songs like “Layla.”

ANSWER: Eric Patrick Clapton

[10]In one Cream song, the singer proclaims that he “fell down on [his] knees” at the title location where “Nobody seemed to know [him]” and “everybody passed [him] by.”

ANSWER: Crossroads

[10]In this other hit by Cream, the singer declares the title phrase after he states, “When I dance with you,

We move like the sea. You, you're all I want to know.” Another repeated line in this song is “Though my mind wants to cry out loud.”

ANSWER: I Feel Free

15. It was created by a pair of friends from Baltimore, Ricky Van Veen and Josh Abramson, and regular features include “Bleep Bloop” and “Streeter Theeter.” FTPE:

[10] Name this comedy website targeted towards high school graduates, whose personalities include Pat Cassels and Sarah Schneider.

ANSWER:

[10] A long-running CollegeHumor series is titled after these two members of the CH staff, one a spastic chicken nugget enthusiast and the other his straight man.

ANSWER: Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld (accept first or last name in either order)

[10] Another member of the CH staff is Josh Ruben, who has played this hopelessly tech-illiterate Director of Technology from the future. A plug for Doritos’ Super Bowl contest saw this woman encourage applicants to visit the website “clash-the-snapper-bowl dot clown.”

ANSWER: Gale Beggy

16. Answer these questions about movies starring Gene Wilder FTPE:

[10] This Mel Brooks movie saw Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid and Cleavon Little as Bart, the African-American sheriff of Rock Ridge, attempting to protect the town from the sinister Hedley Lamarr.

ANSWER: Blazing Saddles

[10]This famous comedian co-acted in many movies with Wilder including Silver Streak and Stir Crazy.

ANSWER: Richard Pryor

[10]Wilder starred in this movie as a Polish rabbi making his way to lead the congregation of a town in California, who befriends a bank-robber.

ANSWER: the Frisco Kid

17. In a running gag for the comic series in which he appears, he hangs from a branch sticking out of a cliff, begging his suboridinate to drop down a rope. FTPE:

[10]Name this fat, angry soldier who constantly berates such characters as Lieutenant Fuzz and Private Diller. He owns Otto, a dog that is anthropomorphized to look quite similar to his owner.

ANSWER: Sergeant Orville P. Snorkel [prompt on Sergeant or Sarge]

[10]Sergeant Snorkel more famously chews out this lazy army private who is the titular protagonist of a series made primarily by Mort Walker.

ANSWER: Private Beetle Bailey

[10]The chaplain in Beetle Bailey is named after this type of object. You jump through one of them to get to the Secret Slide in Super Mario 64 and Frank Sobotka and Major Stan Valchek get in a fight about the ones they had made in season two of The Wire.

ANSWER: Stained Glass [accept equivalents]

18. It asserts that to be the singer’s romantic interest, one must associate oneself with the singer’s friends. FTPE:

[10] Name this song that claims, “I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want,” and which makes use of the nonsense syllables “zig-a-zig ha.”

ANSWER: “Wannabe”

[10] “Wannabe” was the debut single for this UK pop group whose members had monikers like Scary, Sporty, and Baby.

ANSWER: Spice Girls

[10] The music video for this final single from the album Spiceworld shows two children stumbling upon a glowing capsule in the woods, which opens to reveal terrifying puppet-fairy versions of the Spice Girls. It includes the line, “Hasta mañana, always be mine.”

ANSWER: “Viva Forever”

19. This show saw the protagonists exist under the rule of King Bob, and Robert Goulet provided the singing voice of Mikey. FTPE:

[10] Name this animated show in which Spinelli, Vince, Gretchen, and the gang avoid feral kindergartners and the snitch Randall during the titular period.

ANSWER: Recess

[10] This red-capped fourth grader is the leader of the Recess gang and at one point gains the title of “Prankster Prince.”

ANSWER: Theodore Jasper “TJ” Detweiler (accept any underlined part)

[10] This first name is shared by a clique of girls with last initials A, B, Q, and T. Those girls with this name share the catchphrase “scandalous!” and harass Spinelli once they find out that she shares this first name.

ANSWER: Ashley

20. Lou Groza is one of only three players at this position to have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. FTPE:

[10] Identify this position of GHB-enthusiast Sebastian Janikowski, Adam Vinatieri, and David Akers.

ANSWER: Kicker

[10] This other Hall of Fame kicker was also a starting quarterback for the Oakland Raiders well into his 40s. At 48, he was the oldest player to have played in an NFL game.

ANSWER: George Blanda

[10] A Danish-born player with this last name set several records while kicking for the Falcons and Saints among others during his 25-year NFL career. A South African-born player whose last name is a near-phonetic equivalent also had a productive career, including posting a perfect season for the Vikings before missing a kick in the NFC championship game.

ANSWER: Morton Andersen [or Gary Anderson]

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