Trash Quizbowl Packet Archive



1. One character played by this person claims zoning is fake after the protagonist asks whether her apartment is illegal or not; that character, who plans on opening a restaurant called Mom’s, never forgave her friend for stealing a lucrative T-shirt idea. Another character played by this person impulsively takes a two-day vacation to Paris despite having very little money. Those movies featuring this person are Mistress America and the black and white (*) Frances Ha. In a film directed by this person, a coach describes roles and blocking in a high-school play with football lingo and diagrams. That film includes an awkward Thanksgiving dinner in a big blue house and several fights over going to a university in New York between the protagonist and her stubborn but loving mother. For ten points, identify this person who made their directorial debut with the Saoirse Ronan film Lady Bird.ANSWER: Greta Gerwig2. A music video by this artist sees a child run away from his house after finding his mom cheating with a man played by the artist himself. Another song by this artist repeats the line “she seemed so sad when you look back”. The first song on this artist’s 2017 album begins with the lyrics “I see the, I see the, I see the rain, pouring down” over the sound of a chime-like toy piano. That album also includes a song that repeats a line about how the title group of people (*) “think I’m sellin’ dope, sellin’ dope”. A song by this artist describes how he lies about being a virgin and repeats the line “and I ain’t never did this before no”, and another song by this artist repeats the lyrics “don’t save her, she don’t wanna be saved”. For ten points, identify this hip-hop artist who went double platinum on his album 2014 Forest Hills Drive with the songs “Wet Dreamz” and “No Role Modelz”.ANSWER: J. Cole or Jermaine Lamarr Cole3. A figure skater from this country won four straight men’s singles world championships from 1981 to ‘84. A female skater from this country skated to “Malague?a” to win an Olympic gold medal ahead of Midori Ito. A figure skater from this country coined the practice of jumping with one arm raised overhead, a move which is now named for him. At the 1988 Olympics, that skater from this country won the men's singles gold medal narrowly ahead of (*) Brian Orser. At the 2010 Olympics, a figure skater from this country controversially won a gold medal despite not attempting any quads, even though the silver medallist landed one. Figure skating overhauled its scoring system after Canadians Salé and Pelletier were robbed of an Olympic gold medal in this country. For ten points, name this country, home to a figure skater whose ex-husband hired thugs to attack her rival Nancy Kerrigan, Tonya Harding.ANSWER: United States of America4. A movie by this director that starred Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. depicts a dystopia where 20% of the U.S. is addicted to Substance D. In a scene in a movie by this director, a character is completely misinterpreted after he explains that “your children have touched me, and I’m pretty sure I’ve touched them”. That movie sees the protagonist pretend to be his friend (*) Ned Schneebly after being kicked out of No Vacancy. In a scene in another movie by this director co-written by its stars, the main characters meet at Shakespeare and Company after one of them has written a book based on the other. That movie was the second in a trilogy of movies starring Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, each made 9 years apart, a conceit similar to a movie he shot over 12 years. For ten points, identify this director of School of Rock and Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight.ANSWER: Richard Stuart Linklater5. The hilariously bad cover art for the first game featuring this character actually inspired a Tekken character with a beer belly. This is the title character of a series of RPG games that follows the appropriately named Lan Hikari and his scientist father Yuichiro. That series features battle chips and real-time fights on a three-by-six grid and this character as a “NetNavi” in the title online world. One of the most iconic pieces of eight-bit music is the theme from the villain’s castle in the (*) second game in this character’s series. The ninth entry in this character’s main side-scrolling series was made in 2008 as a throwback with 8-bit graphics. The in-game creator of this character, Dr. Light, has also created the robot dog Rush to aid the hero against Robot Masters created by Dr. Wily. For ten points, identify this Mega Buster-using protagonist of a long-running series of games made by Capcom.ANSWER: Megaman or Rockman (accept Megaman.exe)6. The opening theme of this show is a song by Fever Ray written from the perspective of a young child. After his first wife leaves him, the protagonist of this show marries a woman with whom he has four sons, including one child who is born with the image of an ouroboros in his eye. One scene in the second season of this series shows a former slave being (*) crucified for his betrayal of Christianity. That character, a young monk named Athelstan, is captured by the main characters in the second episode of this show, when they raid a monastery off the coast of England. This show loosely follows the exploits of a legendary Norse hero alongside his family and his descendants, including Bjorn Ironside and Ivar the Boneless. For ten points, name this drama series depicting the sagas of Ragnar Lothbrok, which has aired on the History Channel since 2013. ANSWER: Vikings7. After leading the A.L. in SIERA in 2015, this pitcher pitched to contact more in 2016 and led baseball with 6 complete games. This pitcher was put on the D.L. with shoulder inflammation in August 2018, and his velocity was much lower when he returned in September; before that disabled list trip, he had posted 109 strikeouts and a 0.69 E.R.A. over his past ten starts. After the 2016 season, this player was traded for Michael Kopech and Yoan Moncada to a team where his batterymate is now (*) Christian Vázquez. This lefthander led baseball with 308 strikeouts in 2017, when he finished second to Corey Kluber for the A.L. Cy Young award. After half a decade as their ace, this pitcher was traded by the White Sox following the 2016 season. For ten points, name this ace of the Boston Red Sox.ANSWER: Chris Sale8. This actor played Emmit in a 1998 disaster film, who works with Tommy Lee Jones’s character Mike Roark for LA’s Office of Emergency. In one show, this actor looks at the camera and says “wikipedia, mother fucker” after lying about his snowboarding ability. Another of that actor’s fourth-wall breaking moments, a key aspect of the show, comes when a client notices a bad number in a slide deck, which he then makes things up to address. A character played by this actor witnesses a robbery at a (*) donut shop with horrifically violent consequences. That character, Buck Swope, dreams of owning a stereo store but can’t get a loan to start one. This actor replaced Terrence Howard in one MCU role as air force officer James Rhodes, and played an African manager who, after the assassination of a political leader, shelters potential victims of genocide in the title establishment. For ten points, identify this actor who starred as Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda.ANSWER: Don Cheadle9. In one routine, this comedian compared their childhood relationship to their father to the relationship between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro’s characters in the movie Heat. Later in that special, this comedian told a story about a web company owner named Henry J. Finch IV who compared himself to a duck after coming in from a rainstorm. This comedian concluded that special by telling a story of how their mom took them to visit (*) Bill Clinton during the 1992 presidential election. This comedian told a story in their most recent special about a retired detective named J.J. Bittenbinder who would come into schools to conduct self-defense seminars titled Street Smarts. For ten points, name this comedian behind the specials The Comeback Kid, New in Town, and Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, who is also known for a routine about repeatedly playing “What’s New Pussycat” on a jukebox at the Salt and Pepper Diner.ANSWER: John Edmund Mulaney10. A character named Gabooty runs two stores in this game’s jungle-surrounded city of Tai Bwo Wannai. A large amount of players of this game only ever see its areas of Misthalin, Asgarnia, and part of the Kharidian Desert. Players of this game can travel to the island of Crandor to fight a green dragon named Elvarg, after which they may equip dragon plate-bodies as armour. A massive marketplace northwest of a busy bank in a city in this game is called (*) the Grand Exchange. A player’s combat level in this game is calculated with a complex formula involving several combat skills, which like fishing and mining are maxed at 99. The company that created and runs this game responded to complaints from the community by offering a new version of this game that matched how it was in 2007. For ten points, identify this classic MMO created by Jagex, that features magic cast with the title objects.ANSWER: Runescape11. The song “Disintegration” by the Cure pairs this substance with the adjectives “soft” and “black”. A band titled for this substance described “a thousand dreams that would awake me/different colours, made of tears”. A song named after this substance says “mama’s dancing with baby on her shoulder”. That band named for this substance repeated the line (*) “and I guess that I just don’t know” on an album featuring “The Black Angel’s Death Song” and “European Son”. A song titled after this material calls it “a new religion that’ll bring you to your knees” after describing it in that slow Southern style. A band with this material in its name wrote the songs “All Tomorrow’s Parties”, “Sunday Morning” and “Heroin”. Nico sang on the 1967 self-titled debut album of a Lou Reed-fronted band titled after, for ten points, what kind of “Underground”?ANSWER: Velvet (accept “Red Velvet”, “Black Velvet” or the Velvet Underground)12. The first scene in the 2001 Tomb Raider movie sees Lara Croft battle a robot in this country to acquire a diamond. It’s not Sweden, the 2013 Netflix documentary called The Square is about political events in this country. This country is in the title of a 1998 animated movie, the second made by DreamWorks, that features the voices of Patrick Stewart, Val Kilmer, and Ralph Fiennes. That movie is heavily inspired by a 1956 epic directed by Cecil B. DeMille that starred Yul Brynner and (*) Charlton Heston, which is mostly set in this country. Two massive flops from 2016 and 2017, one of which had grossly inaccurate casting for mythological figures from this country, while the other was a terrible Tom Cruise adaptation of an older Brendan Fraser series that started in this country. For ten points, identify this setting of several movies that adapt the book of Exodus, and the first two movies in the Mummy series. ANSWER: Arab Republic of Egypt13. In the episode “Chokin' and Tokin” a character on this show has to babysit her neighbours while high on marijuana for the very first time. Amy, the girlfriend of one of this show’s main characters, was one of the earliest portrayals of an intersex character on TV. In the last episode of this show, one of the two protagonists decides to follow The Grateful Dead for the summer instead of going to an academic summit. A rock band on this show was alternatively known as Mission Control, Anarchy’s Child and Creation, but its drummer (*) Nick was the only member to ever take their success seriously. Linda Cardellini played one of the protagonists of this show named Lindsay Weir, and this show also helped launch the careers of Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, and James Franco. For ten points, name this show set in the early 1980s about two groups of teens on the fringes of high school society, created by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow.ANSWER: Freaks and Geeks14. This artist recorded a long song called “Calypso” as part of his environmental activism, and recorded the anti-Reagan song “Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)”. This artist’s first chart success came with the 1971 album Poems, Prayers, and Promises, which includes the songs “My Sweet Lady” and a song that repeats the lines “sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy, sunshine in my eyes can make me cry”. This artist wrote a song covered by Peter, Paul, and Mary that repeats (*) “so kiss me and smile for me” and “don't know when I'll be back again, oh babe, I hate to go”. Perhaps this artist’s most famous song describes “life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze” after the line “almost heaven, West Virginia”. For ten points, identify this country artist behind the songs “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Take Me Home, Country Roads”.ANSWER: John Denver or Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.15. Tournament and year required. In the third round of this tournament, Nick Price had a putt for 62 lip out and finished with a 63. Steve Ballesteros led this tournament on Sunday but collapsed after hitting his approach shot into the water on the par-5 15th. Greg Norman, the 54-hole leader, entered the final hole of this tournament tied for the lead, but pushed his approach right into the gallery to bogey and lose by a stroke. As this tournament’s winner sank his go-ahead birdie putt on the 17th, commentator Verne Lundquist declared “Maybe… Yes, sir!”. Before this tournament, the (*) Atlanta Journal-Constitution described its eventual winner as “rusted” and “gone, done”, but he proceeded to shoot a 65 on Sunday to become the tournament’s oldest ever champion. For ten points, name this tournament, in which Jack Nicklaus won his final major at age 46.ANSWER: 1986 Masters16. While attending the 2014 World Cup for a non-soccer sporting event, this person wore clothes made of the flags of the sixteen qualifying countries. This character is described as having hair that is straggly and waist-length, and protuberant eyes that give them a permanently surprised look. This character lives with their father in a black, rook-shaped house near Ottery St. Catchpole. This character, who would go on to have twin sons Lorcan and Lysander with their husband Rolf, also wore a cork necklace and dirigible plum (*) earrings during their time at school. This daughter of Pandora and Xenophilius is often seen reading articles from her father’s magazine The Quibbler. This character notably believes in several fake creatures such as Wrackspurts and Nargles. For ten points, name this dotty Ravenclaw student who is friends with Harry Potter.ANSWER: Luna Lovegood17. In a February 2012 game against Tampa Bay, this player got the puck in his own zone, skated through the neutral zone, put the puck between a defender’s skates and scored five-hole on Dwayne Roloson. In 2011-12, the year before the lockout, this player’s 50 goals and 109 points won him the Art Ross and Hart Trophies. That same year, James Neal had a career year thanks to playing with this player, who assisted on 28 of Neal’s 40 goals. This player won the Conn Smythe Trophy after leading his team to win the (*) 2009 Stanley Cup. This player was drafted second overall, after Alexander Ovechkin, in the 2004 draft, and his team had the first overall pick the following year. This player has spent most of his time since 2015 on a line with Phil Kessel, and he wears number 71. For ten points, name this future Hall-of-Fame centre for the Pittsburgh Penguins.ANSWER: Evgeni Malkin18. When this character’s mother asks him what he knows about “sexual relations”, he says he is “a little worried about being a slut”. Some of this character’s ambitions include becoming a prop comic, a plus-sized model, or a proctologist. This character develops gout at the age of 12 after becoming addicted to eating chicken liver sandwiches, and has to ride around in an electric scooter. In one episode, this character starts a “sexist riot” at school due to the influence of his grandfather, who lost his (*) shins defending Texas in World War II. This character has displayed talents in marksmanship and competitive dog dancing, but is otherwise unathletic. This character is friends with his neighbours Joseph Gribble and Connie Souphanousinphone. This character’s father, who often says “that boy ain’t right” about him, is a propane salesman. For ten points, name this King of the Hill character, the son of Hank Hill. ANSWER: Bobby Hill19. Songs on this album were previewed several Mondays in a row on Good Morning America, capped with a live concert upon its release. Gary Lightbody features on a song on this album and sings with the main artist “this is the last time I'm asking you this, put my name at the top of your list”. A song on this album describes “and I never saw you coming, and I’ll never be the same”. The title track of this album describes (*) “losing him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street” but loving him was the title word. A single off this album begins with the lyrics “it feels like a perfect night, to dress up like hipsters and make fun of our exes”, and another song repeats the phrases “you found me” and “now I’m lying on the cold hard ground”. For ten points, identify this 2012 Taylor Swift album, a step away from her country beginnings that includes the songs “22”, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”, and “I Knew You Were Trouble”.ANSWER: Red20. After one use of a hard read and this technique, one observer noted “he went to the whole library and put it back”. The climax of one TV series sees the protagonist jump out of a vehicle and use this move, passing off his title before destroying Black Shadow and himself. In the third appearance of this move, it can be done in reverse by turning after starting it in the air. This move is the second part of the (*) “Sacred Combo”, which is started with an aerial move “of justice” and often results in a self-destruct. This move was created along with a similarly named kick because its user, the protagonist of a racing game series, didn’t actually have any combat moves from before. For ten points, identify this fiery but slow move utilized by pressing B while playing the Captain of the F-Zero franchise in Super Smash Bros.ANSWER: Falcon PunchBONUSES1. This player was a first-team All-Pro in both 2015 and 2016, and won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 2016. FTPE:[10] Name this outside linebacker, who signed a $141 million-dollar contract after being traded in September, making him the highest-paid defensive player of all time.ANSWER: Khalil Mack[10] In September, after a contract holdout, Oakland coach Jon Gruden traded Mack to this team, which is led by coach Matt Nagy and quarterback Mitch Trubisky.ANSWER: Chicago Bears[10] Mack leads a fearsome Bears pass rush under this coordinator. After four years as the 49ers’ defensive coordinator under Jim Harbaugh, this coach joined the Bears in 2015 and took their defence from 30th overall in 2014 to 14th in his first year.ANSWER: Vic Fangio2. The Weird Al version of this song repeats the lyrics “they see me mowin’ my front lawn” and describes being “got skills, I'm a champion at D&D, M.C. Escher—that's my favorite M.C.” FPTE:[10] Name this song that describes “they see me rollin', they hatin'”and describes cops trying to catch him doing the title action dirty.ANSWER: “Ridin’”[10] “Ridin’” was the biggest hit for this Texan artist, who, true to his name, is a successful CEO and venture capital entrepreneur. This rapper also recorded the songs “Don’t Shoot” and “Slow Loud & Bangin”, which you probably haven’t heard.ANSWER: Chamillionaire[10] “Ridin’” also features Krayzie, a rapper from a rap group that pairs bones, harmony, and this kind of person. The life of this kind of person has been a popular hip-hop subject since gangsta rap.ANSWER: thug3. Identify some of the women working behind the camera that made waves in 2017, FTPE:[10] Name this director, who set records for revenues of a film directed by a woman with Wonder Woman, which she will follow up with Wonder Woman 1984. This director also made the 2003 movie Monster, which won Charlize Theron an Oscar.ANSWER: Patty Jenkins[10] This woman, previously known for her starring role in two Tomb Raider movies in the 00s, has directed the movie First They Killed My Father about the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge, and the biopic Unbroken about a tortured American PoW.ANSWER: Angelina Jolie Voight[10] This Canadian director, who wrote the mini-series adaptation of Alias Grace, has directed Away from Her starring Julie Christie and the documentary Stories We Tell. She started as an actress in 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead.ANSWER: Sarah Polley4. Answer some questions about failure in the videogame industry that doesn’t involve press conferences. FTPE:[10] Name this Nintendo console that vastly underperformed compared to its blockbuster predecessor, and was replaced with the Switch after only five years of production. This console also did not feature the motion controls of its predecessor of a similar name.ANSWER: Wii U[10] Sega’s fall from the top of the hardware industry was aided by the failure of this console, which featured innovative online capabilities but ultimately was overshadowed by the PlayStation 2. Sega fans, all dozens of them, will claim that Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi for this console were really good, but who has actually played them?ANSWER: Dreamcast[10] This company made the Compact Disc Interactive, or CD-I, which only sold a million units but gave us legendarily awful dialogue in games like Wand of Gamelon and Hotel Mario. This company also launched the first VCR, which competed with Betamax and the VHS format.ANSWER: Koninklijke Philips N.V.5. Advertisements for this product in the 00’s used bright, single-colour backgrounds while people danced in an all black profile. FTPE:[10] Name these products, promoted by ads sound-tracked to songs like “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” or “Hey Mama”. These electronic products largely stopped being manufactured after the growth of memory space in phones.ANSWER: iPods (prompt on “music players” that don’t specify the brand)[10] Microsoft attempted to take a bite out of Apple’s portable music player market-share with this brand. While some former owners will attest to their superiority or at least equal quality, these music players entered the market too late to compete.ANSWER: Zune[10] This company, a giant in flash memory, launched an anti-iPod campaign in 2006 that called owners “iSheep”. This company made many models to compete with iPods like the m200, Shaker, Clip, and Fuze, none of which anyone talks about anymore.ANSWER: SanDisk6. The series finale of St. Elsewhere implied that the entire storyline of the show was dreamt by this character, and by extension the stories of all other TV shows connected to it. FTPE:[10] Name this character, an autistic teenager who is the namesake of a TV “universe” which also contains shows such as Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order.ANSWER: Tommy Westphall (accept either part individually)[10] This science fiction TV series is part of the Tommy Westphall Universe, due to an episode where Detective John Munch interrogates Fox Mulder.ANSWER: The X-Files[10] On The X-Files, the Cigarette Smoking Man smokes Morley Cigarettes, a fictional brand which was also featured in the episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” of this TV show. ANSWER: The Twilight Zone7. In 2004, this boxer became the first man to hold world titles from all four major sanctioning bodies simultaneously. FTPE:[10] Name this American, whose victory over Felix Trinidad in a 2001 unification fight made him the undisputed middleweight champion. This man’s career lasted from 1988 to the 2010s, and after moving up to light heavyweight in 2006, he beat Antonio Tarver for the Ring and I.B.O. titles.ANSWER: Bernard Hopkins[10] Hopkins unified the four middleweight titles with his 2004 victory over this boxer. This Mexican-American began his career by winning a gold medal for the United States at the 1992 Olympics.ANSWER: Oscar de la Hoya[10] Hopkins would lose the Ring Light Heavyweight title in 2008 to this southpaw, who retired in 2008 with an undefeated 46-0 career record.ANSWER: Joe Calzaghe8. In the last season of this show, a nurse played by Alex Borstein intentionally binge-eats in order to qualify for a kidney transplant while on dialysis. FTPE:[10] Name this 2013 HBO comedy series about the staff of the extended care unit at Mount Palms Memorial Hospital, which also starred Laurie Metcalf and Niecy Nash.ANSWER: Getting On[10] Niecy Nash is probably most famous for her role as Deputy Raineesha Williams on this mockumentary-style improv comedy show, which is a parody of the Fox series COPS.ANSWER: Reno 911![10] Charlie Day and Mary Elizabeth Ellis appeared on Reno 911! as an incestuous couple before playing Charlie Kelly and The Waitress on this FX series, which is mainly set in an Irish bar in Philadelphia.ANSWER: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia9. Musicals in the 1990s tended to share names with famous movies, whether they were adaptations or not. FTPE:[10] Name this musical, which adapted Disney’s songs like “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”, “Circle of Life”, and “Hakuna Matata”, and won 6 Tony Awards in 1998.ANSWER: The Lion King[10] Like the movie released in the same year, this musical swept the Tony awards in 1997. This musical includes songs like “The Largest Floating Object in the World” and “What a Remarkable Age This Is”.ANSWER: Titanic[10] Maury Yeston, who composed for Titanic, also created this musical based on a movie by Federico Fellini. This musical includes the numbers “Not Since Chaplin” and “A Call from the Vatican” and was made into a 2009 movie with Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, and Penelope Cruz.ANSWER: Nine 10. One track on this album includes the lyrics “we all want to tell her, tell her that we love her, Venice gets a queen, best I've ever seen". FTPE:[10] Name this album, that also features the lyrics “sit up straight, I'm on a double date” in “On Mercury” and declares “miles and miles of nether worlds I roam” on “Warm Tape”.ANSWER: By the Way[10] By the Way is an album by this band, featuring Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Flea and Chad Smith. They released Blood Sugar Sex Magik in 1991, featuring “Under the Bridge”.ANSWER: Red Hot Chili Peppers (or RHCP)[10] This previous Peppers album, from 1999, features “Parallel Universe”, “Easily” and “Scar Tissue”. This album's title track describes its title concept as “the edge of the world and all of Western civilization”.ANSWER: Californication11. Even before the release of Fight Club, David Fincher had already made a big impact on cinema in the 90s. FTPE:[10] Name this movie, a dark 1995 crime film about a serial killer who ties his violent murders to the concept of different sins. These crimes are investigated by cops played by Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman.ANSWER: Se7en[10] Fincher directed this entry in a long-running series in 1992, which begins on the spaceship Saluco, which Newt, Hicks, and the android Bishop escape from and crash land on a penal colony. Fincher disowned this movie because of the heavy interference from the studio while working on it.ANSWER: Alien 3[10] In this 1997 thriller, Michael Douglas plays a man who becomes wrapped up in a dangerous conspiracy after his brother pays money to Consumer Recreation Services. An intended birthday gift introduces the protagonist to a waitress that might be in on it.ANSWER: The Game12. Let’s see how down you are with British slang used on the internet, ironically or not. FTPE:[10] Name this restaurant, visited at the end of a common reposted story that involves a night out with the lads when the Archbishop of Banterbury suggests a cheeky visit instead of a curry. This restaurant chain actually originated in South Africa but now has over 280 locations around the U.K.ANSWER: Nando’s[10] A Scottish person called a very large man walking with the Queen this two-word phrase, as he was “in awe at the size of this lad”. Another person on Twitter used this phrase to describe a hilariously fat Pikachu plushie.ANSWER: absolute unit[10] This word, spelled with just one letter and a number, completes the true classic “u wot” caption to a picture of a hilariously British looking ginger kid.ANSWER: mate or m813. During a scene in this movie, the main character and her love interest, played by Mark Ruffalo, get a group of people?at a previously un-lit party to dance to “Thriller”. FTPE:[10] Name this movie, which centers around a teenage girl sent into the future after being humiliated at a birthday party, but finds that her adult self is a terrible person.ANSWER: 13 Going on 30[10] 17 Again, a movie with the opposite plot of 13 Going on 30, sees this actor play a young version of Matthew Perry’s Mike; however, this actor is not actually sent to the past, just de-aged. This actor also starred with The Rock in Baywatch.ANSWER: Zac Efron[10] Judy Greer, who plays a friend of the protagonist in 13 Going on 30, also played a supporting role in this 2001 rom-com starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey. Lopez’s Mary meets McConaughey’s Dr. Edison after he saves her from a car accident, and is hired by a rich socialite as part of her title profession. ANSWER: The Wedding Planner14. This show has continued the tradition of teen dramas casting actors way too old for their characters, including 30-year-old Ashleigh Murray playing high school sophomore Josie. FTPE:[10] Name this show, a gritty adaptation of Archie Comics that no one asked for.ANSWER: Riverdale[10] This teen comedy-drama faced backlash from the Parents Television Council over a racy 2010 GQ cover featuring three of its actors, including 27-year-old Cory Monteith.ANSWER: Glee[10] This character on the MTV show Teen Wolf, who was Scott McCall’s love interest, was killed off partially due to Crystal Reed feeling uncomfortable with playing this 17-year-old character at the age of 29.ANSWER: Allison Argent (accept either individually)15. Spain, England, Italy and Germany may have dominated the Champions League over its history, but they’re not the only countries to have won titles. Answer some questions about winning clubs from other parts of Europe, FTPE:[10] Name this team, which ended Real Madrid’s winning streak after the first 5 European Cups in 1961. With the arrival of the legendary Eusébio, this team would win again the following year in 1962.ANSWER: Benfica[10] This team won the Cup on penalties against Barcelona in 1986, when its goalie, Helmuth Duckadam, saved all four of Bar?a’s penalties.ANSWER: Steaua Bucure?ti[10] Ajax-Amsterdam became the second team to win three straight Cups, from 1971 to ‘73, behind this great Dutch player, voted the European Player of the Century by the I.F.F.H.S..ANSWER: Johan Cruyff16. A song by this band describes “a model and she’s looking good” who is “going out to nightclubs, drinking just champagne”. FTPE:[10] Name this band behind the song “The Model”, a pioneering German electronic band who recorded the albums The Man Machine, Trans Europa Express and Computer World.ANSWER: Kraftwerk[10] A song by Kraftwerk, the first on The Man Machine, repeats the line “we are the [this kind of being]” and features pitched down Russian lyrics.ANSWER: “The Robots”[10] With their permission, the melody and the chords of the Kraftwerk song “Computer Love” were used in the song “Talk” by this British band fronted by Chris Martin on their album X&Y. That album by this band also includes the songs “Fix You” and “Speed of Sound”.ANSWER: Coldplay 17. Before being an outdated cultural reference in a Bruno Mars song, Michelle Pfeiffer was a bona fide movie star in the 80s. FTPE:[10] Name this movie, in which Pfeiffer played Stephanie Zinone, the leader of the Pink Ladies. This movie also features the mysterious Cool Rider and Michael Carrington, an English exchange student.ANSWER: Grease 2[10] Pfeiffer plays a woman who marries Al Pacino’s protagonist in this classic crime movie. This movie gave us the line “say hello to my little friend”, spoken by Pacino’s cocaine-addicted drug lord.ANSWER: Scarface[10] Pfeiffer starred in Dangerous Liaisons along with John Malkovich and this legendary actress, who has more Oscar nominations than any other living actor without winning. This star of Fatal Attraction, the 1990 Hamlet, and Death and the Maiden on Broadway has made the obligatory career move of being in a Marvel movie as Irani Rael.ANSWER: Glenn Close18. The art style of this show and the comic strip it was based on was inspired by anime and manga, with particular homages to Samurai Champloo in this show’s opening credits and martial arts fight scenes. FTPE:[10] Name this show, an animated show about a black family living in a majority white suburb, created by Aaron McGruder.ANSWER: The Boondocks[10] Regina King, who voiced Huey and Riley on The Boondocks, directed a season 2 episode of this drama series which follows the lives of a set of triplets known as “The Big Three”, and their parents played by Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia.ANSWER: This Is Us[10] Milo Ventimiglia’s breakthrough role was as Jess Mariano on this show, which is centered on the relationship between Lorelai and her teenage daughter Rory, who share the title surname. ANSWER: Gilmore Girls19. After its most famous victory, this school’s coach ran onto the court and looked around for someone to hug in celebration. FTPE:[10] Name this school, which upset Houston to win the 1983 national championship after Dereck Whittenburg’s air ball at the buzzer was slammed home by a forward. ANSWER: North Carolina State University (do not prompt on or accept “North Carolina”)[10] This forward leapt and slammed home Whittenburg’s shot as it was falling short, giving N.C. State its 54-52 win.ANSWER: Lorenzo Charles[10] Houston qualified for the Final Four by beating this school in the Elite Eight. This school’s teams are nicknamed the Wildcats, and it has won three national championships, in 1985, 2016 and 2018.ANSWER: Villanova University20. The music video for this song, one of several in Aquascope, begins with a shot of a fake bird before revealing an exaggeratedly fake suburb where one band member picks up another in a pink convertible. FTPE:[10] Name this song, which includes lyrics like “life in plastic, it’s fantastic” and “you can touch my hair, undress me anywhere”.ANSWER: Barbie Girl[10] In another classic track by Aqua, the title character has “swept my feet right off the ground, you're the love I found” and is repeatedly told to “wake up now”. The music video for this song features the members of Aqua on some sort of jungle adventure.ANSWER: Doctor Jones[10] Aqua was first known by this name, when members Claus and Soren met in the early days of the European dance scene. They released a single based on Itsy Bitsy Spider and a soundtrack for a children’s movie before becoming Aqua.ANSWER: Joyspeed ................
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