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MO VANITY TRASH: For the Benefit of Those with Flash Photography

Round Two

Questions by the Hamburglar

Tossups

1. The Ross Macdonald novel The Moving Target was adapted into a 1966 movie with this name, with the character of Lew Archer given this surname out of a superstition by star Paul Newman. The first president of what became Bradley University had this surname. A fictional female character with this last name lives in Raytown and has a son named Vinton who marries her neighbor, Naomi. It’s the last name of the first president of the University of Chicago. This surname was held by a jingle writer who died in Paris after being hit by a train, possibly due to his crazy stalker Rose. It’s the family name on the sitcoms Mama’s Family and Two and a Half Men. This is the surname of a baseball player who when asked about drinking a celebratory beer in Canada, said “That’s a clown question, bro.” For 10 points, give this surname of Washington Nationals phenom Bryce.

ANSWER: Harper

2. This product’s growth in sales was primarily due to California salesman Frank Atha. A 1960’s ad for it featured a wife being told she makes a “criminal” version, forcing her to go to “Papa Eddie” for help. A character associated with this product was the Virginia Christine played Mrs. Olson, while a long-running commercial for it featured a young man named Peter running home for Christmas. The heiress to the company who makes this product was killed along with Sharon Tate by the Manson family. During the 1970’s, a commercial for it featured the line “let’s see if anyone can tell the difference” as a certain fine beverage was replaced by a variant of this product. It is sold in a distinctive red can, which distinguishes it from rival products like Maxwell House. For 10 points, name this coffee brand whose slogan is “the best part of waking up is [this product] in your cup.”

ANSWER: Folgers Coffee

3. CHARACTER OR ACTOR ACCEPTABLE. This character claims to be motivated by the suicide of his wife who had Socialist friends and in one scene, he thinks he is reaching for a door handle but turns on a shower. He insists that monkey’s brains are a common dish in Cantonese culture but not in Washington D.C. This character is first introduced stepping into dog crap before giving Yvette instructions. He explains away a phone call by saying that J. Edgar Hoover is on everybody else’s phone, so why not his, and when shouting that “he’s shouting!” he is hit by a candlestick. This character explains his job as keeping “everything…tidy” and in one scene is shot to death by an undercover agent posing as the homosexual Mr. Green. In two out of the three endings, he turns out to be a FBI agent, while in the third he is actually Mister Boddy. For 10 points, name this character or the actor playing him, the butler in the film Clue.

ANSWER: Wadsworth or Timothy Curry [accept Mister Boddy until mentioned]

4. This man wrote a work in which a character lies and says “He was bitten by a snake” to the lover of Herman Brayle, a man who was determined not to be a coward. In one of his works, a character walks through the woods, wishing to meet a bear, before mounting a man who flings him to the ground like “an unbroken colt.” This author created the character of Murlock, who, to his horror, discovers a fragment of an animal’s ear in the teeth of his recently buried wife after a panther digs the corpse up. This man wrote a work which ends with the protagonist realizing that his own house is on fire; that character is a deaf mute child ignorant of war. His best known story ends with a man experiencing a searing pain in his neck as he embraces his wife, which reveals that Peyton Farquhar never actually escaped his hanging. For 10 points, name this author of “Chickamauga” and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.”

ANSWER: Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce

5. This man painted bunnies apparently utilizing a marionette of Jesus, a work used as the cover art for the album Paegan Terrorism Tactics by Acid Bath. His only musical album features him playing the flute and is titled A Very Still Life. He is not “Mr. Rosewater,” but Kurt Vonnegut wrote a book titled God Bless You, [This Man] about Vonnegut’s near death experiences. In 1994, this man was defended by his longtime attorney Geoffrey Fieger, who successfully defended him three more times. He invented a device he dubbed the “Thanatron.” While reportedly suffering from a terminal case of Hepatitis C, this man was paroled for good behavior by Governor Jennifer Granholm. He was charged with second-degree murder after showing a videotape on 60 Minutes of him injecting Thomas Youk with a lethal drug. For 10 points, name this proponent of physician-assisted suicide known as “Dr. Death.”

ANSWER: Jacob “Jack” Kevorkian

6. One man to hold this job was known as “Turnpike Joe” because he held an offseason job of driving a snowplow. Another man was criticized for using Mike Greenwell as a pinch hitter in a playoff game instead of Don Baylor and for keeping Dave Stapleton on the bench. One holder of this post was mocked by his own pitcher as a “gerbil.” A more recent holder of this post was the planned subject of a “bobble arm doll,” mocking his decision not to call in relievers such as Alan Embree, Mike Timlin, or Scott Williamson to relieve his ace in an ALCS game. Men who won Manager of the Year while working at this post included Jimy Williams and John McNamara. This job recently went to Toronto’s John Farrell after the previous occupant bad-mouthed star players such as Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz. For 10 points, name this position held in 2012 by Bobby Valentine.

ANSWER: Manager of the Boston Red Sox [accept Boston manager or Red Sox manager]

7. In a commercial for WrestleMania 21, this man and Christy Hemme parodied When Harry Met Sally in which Christy faked having an orgasm to this man describing his finishing moves. He engaged in a “hometown hero challenge” in which he lost to the mentally challenged Eugene. This man reportedly got a quick pin count to prevent being forced to tap out to Tough Enough contestant Daniel Puder and one of his catch phrases involved the words “Intensity—Integrity—Intelligence.” While in the WWE, fans frequently chanted “YOU SUCK” during the pauses in his theme song. His autobiography is titled after another of this man’s catch phrases, It’s True! It’s True!. This man was married to Karen, the current wife of Jeff Jarrett. His finishing maneuver is frequently an ankle lock. For 10 points, name this only pro wrestler to also win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling.

ANSWER: Kurt Angle

8. After hearing of an ally’s loss, this man reportedly ordered a map of Europe to be rolled up, saying it would not be needed for ten years. In one cartoon, this man can be seen uncorking the invective-filled head of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, while in another, he works with a Frenchman to vigorously divide a plum pudding symbolizing the world. This man was succeeded in his highest office by William Grenville and his “Ministry of All the Talents,” which included this man’s arch-rival, Charles James Fox. Only twenty four when he first became Prime Minister, this man’s major accomplishment was the Acts of Union creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. For 10 points, name this British Prime Minister during the French Revolution and early phases of the Napoleonic Wars, whose father served as Prime Minister during the Seven Years War.

ANSWER: William Pitt the Younger

9. This performer sang the official version of Richard Nixon’s campaign song, “Nixon’s the One.” One of her songs’ lyrics states the title object “told a tale on you” and “said you were untrue” before the singer concludes “bet your bottom dollar, you and I are through.” This woman successfully sued Howard Johnson’s after being raped in a hotel in November 1974. Besides singing “Lipstick on Your Collar,” she originated a song notably covered by Mandy Moore in which she tells the title figure he’s “a real mean guy” and to “stop picking on me.” This singer played Angie in a film about girls on spring break in Fort Lauderdale, whose title song became her theme song, although her autobiography is titled Who’s Sorry Now? For 10 points, name this female singer of “Stupid Cupid” and “Where the Boys Are.”

ANSWER: Connie Francis [accept Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero]

10. This company made a NES role playing game in which fighting is done through playing rock-paper-scissors. That game is Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom. In one of this company’s games, the title hero rescues Princess Za from the villainous King Drool. In another of its games, the protagonist opposes King Quiller and tries to rescue his girlfriend, Tina. In that game, the protagonist uses a skateboard and touches a honeybee-like fairy, a reference to this company’s old logo. This company’s characters included a bald caveman associated with the TurboGrafx-16 and Master Higgins, the hero of the Adventure Island series. It also invented a character who uses explosives to destroy enemies and obstacles in various mazes. For 10 points, name this video game company which developed the first eight console Mario Party games, as well as the Bonk and Bomberman games.

ANSWER: Hudson Soft Company, Limited [accept Honeybee Soft Company, Limited, until “Honeybee” is mentioned]

11. Some of this man’s disgruntled subordinates formed the “Society of the Dog,” whose members had all angrily kicked this man’s detested dog at some point. While serving under Henry Knox Thatcher, this man was promoted to lieutenant-commander shortly after the Battles of Fort Fisher. During an aborted presidential campaign, he made such gaffes as offhandedly saying “Our next war will be with Germany” and that he would “execute the laws of Congress” just like he had executed the orders of his superiors. Along with William Sampson, Admiral Byrd, and General Pershing, he wore a medal with his own image on it, which was designed by Daniel Chester French and given to the crews of ships like the Baltimore and Olympia. In his most famous battle, he trounced Patricio Montojo’s forces and gave the command, “You may fire when ready, Gridley.” For 10 points, name this Admiral of the Navy, who kicked major Spanish ass as the Battle of Manila Bay.

ANSWER: George Dewey

12. This actress played the obnoxious assistant Natty on the short-lived Designing Women spinoff, Women of the House. In one role, she played anchorwoman Kelly Carr who had a daughter with her egotistical colleague, Chuck Darling. This woman’s most famous character was the daughter of the wealthy Lois and Warren, the latter of which was played by Robert Culp. This actress was the only woman to appear in Missouri ads countering Michael J. Fox’s commercial supporting embryonic stem cell research. She currently plays a woman who works at Ehlert Motors as a saleswoman and is married to a quarry manager played by Neil Flynn. Her most famous character is the mother of Michael, Geoffrey, and Ally and frequently squabbles with mother-in-law Marie. For 10 points, name this woman who currently plays Frankie Heck on The Middle and who is most known for playing Debra on Everybody Loves Raymond.

ANSWER: Patricia Heaton

13. A sequel to this movie features the villainous Norwegian sea captain Nils Helstrom, who betrayed Englehorn. This movie begins with a fake “old Arabian proverb” which features the lines “And it stayed its hand from killing. And from that day, it was as one dead.” One movie with this title featured Charles Grodin as a Petrox Oil Company executive who discovers an airhead actress named “Dwan,” played by Jessica Lange in her film debut. This film was produced by Merian C. Cooper, who sold executives on the idea by showing off Willis O’Brien’s special effects. Much of it takes place on Skull Island, which contains dinosaurs. This movie ends with the line “it was beauty killed the beast.” A 2005 remake of it starred Naomi Watts and Jack Black and was directed by Peter Jackson. For 10 points, name this 1933 movie about a giant ape.

ANSWER: King Kong [accept Son of Kong until “old Arabian”]

14. One location at this stadium was a stairway that led to a ticket booth and was named after a former owner, the wheelchair bound John T. Brush. In one World Series game at this location, an outfielder’s catch of a Vic Wertz line drive was described as an “optical illusion.” Fans frequently watched games here by standing in Coogan’s Bluff. In another important game at this location, Al Bridwell singled home Moose McCormick, only for opposing second baseman Johnny Evers to appeal to the umpire. This stadium was where the infamous 1908 “Merkle’s Boner” game took place. This was the site of the 1951 “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” by Bobby Thomson and was the original home of the New York Mets. For 10 points, name this stadium where the New York Giants played until 1957, which, as its name suggests, was originally built for another sport.

ANSWER: Polo Grounds

15. A character on this show continually imagined the Mousketeers hatching out of seedpods. The theme song to this program is titled after one character’s obese date, “Angela.” While at Harvard, one character began writing term papers in finger paint and changed his last name to be what he thought was “Starchild” spelled backwards. That character on this show changed his last name to Ignatowski. Another adopts the obnoxious slick persona of Vic Ferrari, yet finally reverts back to normal and marries Simka. A famous episode of it featured a character continually being told “slow down” after asking “what does a yellow light mean?” Characters on this show, who all reported to Louie De Palma, include the foreign Latka and the spaced out Reverend Jim, who were played by Andy Kaufman and Christopher Lloyd. For 10 points, name this sitcom about a bunch of cab drivers.

ANSWER: Taxi

16. One day before this event, security personnel Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge were killed. A famous photo of it was taken by Hubert van Es, a Dutch photojournalist, while a code phrase during this event was the line “The temperature is 112 degrees and rising.” The director of one side during it was Graham Martin, who was criticized for ignoring intelligence reports and who eventually left on a craft nicknamed Lady Ace. During this event, Hueys and Chinooks were pushed overboard in order to make more room. One signal during it was the playing of the song “White Christmas,” while a stairway used during it is now on display at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This event featured Operation Frequent Wind, the largest helicopter evacuation in history, and ended with General Van Tien Dung’s troops taking control of the city. For 10 points, name this April 1975 event which ended the Vietnam War.

ANSWER: Fall of Saigon [accept American evacuation of Saigon, accept Operation Frequent Wind until mentioned]

17. A Supreme Court case regarding this election involving Anthony Celebrezze ruled Ohio’s filing deadline for candidates was unconstitutional. Gary Sick wrote about this election and alleged illegal misconduct by the winning candidate. In the New Hampshire primary leading up to it, one candidate indignantly announced “I am paying for this microphone!”, while the Republican victor of the Iowa caucus said he had “Big Mo.” The incumbent in this election suffered after noting his daughter told him the most important issue was nuclear arms. In the primaries, one man was criticized for supposedly promoting “voodoo economics.” A third party candidate in this election was Congressman John Anderson. It is probably best remembered for a debate in which the challenger used the folksy line “There you go again.” For 10 points, name this presidential election in which Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter.

ANSWER: Election of 1980

18. According to his will, this character plans on giving his son his Joe Nuxhall baseball card. His favorite actor is Fuzzy McGee and one of his old nemeses was the Bubba Smith played “Spare Tire” Dixon from Andrew Johnson High School. This character loves the television program Psycho Dad. In one episode, an angel played by Sam Kinison reveals if this character was never born, his wife would marry a man played by Ted McGinley. The proud owner of a 1970’s Dodge automobile, this man leads a group called NO MA’AM whose members include neighbor Jefferson D’arcy and which is dedicated to fighting women. A former high school football star, he now works at his hated job at Gary Shoe’s to support his children Kelly and Bud, and his wife Peggy. For 10 points, name this Ed O’Neill played character, the patriarch on Married…with Children.

ANSWER: Al Bundy [accept either]

19. In the film that served as the pilot for Ozzie and Harriet, this man plays Charlie Jones, who makes Ozzie jealous with his attention to Harriet. In another film, his character works for Abercrombie & Fitch as a fishing expert, but has no idea how to actually fish. Beside starring in Man’s Favorite Sport?, this actor played a character who fights a racist proprietor in a diner while the song “The Yellow Rose of Texas” plays; in that film, his character’s rival is former employee Jett Rink and is the rancher Bick Benedict. This man parodied that role in Giant in a film in which he plays a playboy who poses as an effeminate Texan while trying to get together with the woman who shares his party line. He received some criticism for kissing Linda Evans on Dynasty without telling her he was suffering from AIDS at the time. For 10 points, name this actor who was noted for his films with Doris Day.

ANSWER: Rock Hudson [accept Roy Harold Scherer Jr.]

20. This story begins with a character exhorted to “comb your hair, it’s falling into your eyes.” That man is compared to such town landmarks as “Wesley Moyer’s bay stallion.” Originally named Adolph Myers, the protagonist of this story takes his name from a box of goods at a freight station. In the final paragraph, the protagonist picks up bread crumbs with a motion that resembles a priest using the rosary. This story features a flashback in which a character is beaten by a saloon keeper after “a half-witted boy” produces “strange, hideous accusations.” The protagonist of this story was chased out of a town for caressing the heads of boys, an incident he does not tell young George Willard. For 10 points, name this Sherwood Anderson story from Winesburg, Ohio, about former schoolteacher Wing Biddlebaum, who is told to keep the title body parts to himself.

ANSWER: “Hands”

Bonuses

1. In his Cabinet position, this man oversaw the destruction of the Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this initial Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Richard Nixon, whom he frequently squabbled with. While running for president in 1967, this man said he received a “brainwashing” from the military while touring Vietnam.

ANSWER: George Wilcken Romney

[10] Romney served as governor of this state from 1963 to 1969. This state, where the trees are the right height, was the site of a deadly urban riot in 1967.

ANSWER: Michigan

[10] This longtime Ohio governor described Romney’s presidential campaign as equivalent to a “duck trying to make love to a football.” This man is best remembered for sending in the National Guard to Kent State in 1970 after previously labeling war protesters “worse than the Brownshirts.”

ANSWER: James Allen Rhodes

2. The character of E.K. Hornbeck in this play is based on H.L. Mencken. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this 1955 play, a fictionalization of the Scopes “monkey trial” that was intended as a metaphor for the McCarthy hearings.

ANSWER: Inherit the Wind

[10] Inherit the Wind was written by Jerome Lawrence and this man, who also collaborated with Lawrence to adapt the book Auntie Mame into a play. He was married to the voice of Judy Jetson, Janet Waldo.

ANSWER: Robert Edwin Lee

[10] Lawrence and Lee wrote the musical Shangri-La, which was based on the novel Lost Horizon by this British author, who also wrote the books Random Harvest and We Are Not Alone.

ANSWER: James Hilton

3. This man challenged Anson Burlingame on a duel, but eventually backed down, earning him mockery. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this South Carolina Representative, best known for violently revenging an insult directed at his uncle, Senator Andrew Butler.

ANSWER: Preston Smith Brooks

[10] This man, the Massachusetts politician, was clubbed by Brooks after delivering the “Crime Against Kansas” speech in 1856.

ANSWER: Charles Sumner

[10] This school of historiography, in its analysis of Reconstruction, blames Sumner for the period’s excesses. Named for a namesake Columbia University professor, this school claimed the South was ruined by Reconstruction and that freedmen were incapable of self-government.

ANSWER: Dunning School [accept William Archibald Dunning]

4. Answer the following about non-I Love Lucy television work for Lucille Ball, for 10 points each.

[10] Lucy’s next big television hit was the imaginatively named The Lucy Show, which initially featured this actress co-starring with Lucy as her friend. This woman previously played Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy, where she was made to seem older than she actually was.

ANSWER: Vivian Vance [accept Vivian Roberta Jones]

[10] Lucy then appeared on Here’s Lucy, whose most notable episode is probably about Lucy getting one of this actress’ diamonds stuck on her finger. Her then-husband, Richard Burton, appeared as well.

ANSWER: Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor

[10] Lucy ended her television career with the unsuccessful Life With Lucy, which co-starred Gale Gordon. Gordon had previously played this short-tempered bank president on The Lucy Show, who frequently got exasperated with Lucy’s antics.

ANSWER: Theodore Mooney [accept either]

5. Moderator: DO NOT REVEAL THE ALTERNATE ANSWERS FOR THE FIRST PART

This wrestler acquired the insulting nickname “nugget” from Shawn Michaels, who compared him to a nugget of feces. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this man, who tragically died at the Over the Edge pay per view in 1999 when he fell onto the top rope while being lowered into the ring through a harness. During his time in the ring, he was noted for his rivalry with his brother, Bret.

ANSWER: Owen Hart [accept the King of Harts, accept the Rocket, accept the Blue Blazer]

[10] Owen died in the midst of playing this superhero in a goofy gimmick with partner Jeff Jarrett. While playing this character, Owen was supposed to descend into the ring and perform a comical fall.

ANSWER: The Blue Blazer

[10] Owen was also a tag team partner of this brother-in-law of his. This man, who himself died in 2002, was best known for winning the Intercontinental title against Bret Hart at a 1992 event in his native England.

ANSWER: The British Bulldog [accept Davey Boy Smith]

6. This actress co-starred with Bob Hope in two comedies, The Cat and the Canary and The Ghost Breakers. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this woman who also co-starred in the films Modern Times and The Great Dictator. She was married to the comedy star of those films, but would also be married to Burgess Meredith and Erich Maria Remarque.

ANSWER: Paulette Goddard

[10] Goddard’s second husband was this aforementioned star of The Great Dictator, a comedian noted for his “Little Tramp” persona.

ANSWER: Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin

[10] Goddard was played by Diane Lane in the 1992 film Chaplin. Lane also appeared in this 2000 film as the mother of Frankie Muniz’s character, a boy who befriends the title Jack Russell Terrier.

ANSWER: My Dog Skip

7. A biography of this man was titled The Lost Prince. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this man killed in a 1944 bombing mission, ending a potential future political career. He was the eldest child of an U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the first Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ANSWER: Joseph [or Joe] Patrick Kennedy Jr.

[10] The Kennedy curse continued when this future First Lady gave birth to a stillborn daughter in 1956. This woman would later marry Aristotle Onassis.

ANSWER: Jacqueline [or Jackie] Lee Kennedy [accept Jackie Bouvier]

[10] On July 18, 1969, this woman was killed while riding with Ted Kennedy at Chappaquiddick Island. A former campaign worker for Robert Kennedy, she was fictionalized as the protagonist of Joyce Carol Oates’ novella Black Water.

ANSWER: Mary Jo Kopechne

8. Answer the following about the dramatic conclusion to the third HSQB Mafia game for 10 points each.

[10] This quizbowler survives the game and is last seen “He tortured me. I did…horrible things. Please, please take me home to my family.” Nowadays, said “horrible things” would include winning back to back ICT’s and said “family” would include wife Hannah Kirsch.

ANSWER: Andy Watkins

[10] This person was the last one to die in the game when his skull is splattered after his rigged collar goes off. He is a current HSQB moderator and works as an adviser for a high school team.

ANSWER: Jon Pinyan

[10] The final sequence also results in bloody demises for four other players of the game. Name any of these players, who include current players for Maryland and Wisconsin.

ANSWER: Isaac Hirsch, Nick Conder, Nick Bergeon, or Matt Chadbourne [accept any]

9. As of August 2012, this album is the lowest-rated album in ’s database. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this first and only studio album of Kevin Federline, whose songs include “Caught Up” and “America’s Most Hated.”

ANSWER: Playing with Fire

[10] K-Fed was, of course, married for two years to this female singer, whose songs include “Toxic” and “Everytime.”

ANSWER: Britney Jean Spears

[10] K-Fed also dated Shar Jackson, best known for playing Niecy Jackson on this UPN series starring Brandy Norwood as the title high schooler.

ANSWER: Moesha

10. The protagonist of this movie is partnered with a bear named Zozi, who is voiced by Kelsey Grammer. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this animated film in which the title albino character is sent to rescue Prince Ivan Romanov from the clutches of the witch Baba Yaga, although it turns out that one of Ivan’s own advisers is the true villainess.

ANSWER: Bartok the Magnificent [accept Bartok the Great]

[10] Bartok the Magnificent is a sequel to this 1997 animated film, in which Meg Ryan plays the title character, the only surviving member of the imperial Romanov family.

ANSWER: Anastasia

[10] The director of both films also filmed this bizarre 1992 animated film, in which the title character is a rooster voiced by Glen Campbell who temporarily becomes an Elvis impersonator. As a sign of any quality film, Charles Nelson Reilly plays the villain’s sidekick, Hunch.

ANSWER: Rock-a-Doodle

11. This story can be found in the textbook Reading Mastery II: Storybook 1, a book published by McGraw—Hill’s childhood education division. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this children’s story best remembered for being read by President George W. Bush for seven minutes in a Florida classroom after being informed of the 9/11 attacks.

ANSWER: The Pet Goat [accept My Pet Goat]

[10] Bush’s reading of The Pet Goat was viciously mocked by this rotund filmmaker in the movie Fahrenheit 9/11. This man’s most recent movie is Capitalism: A Love Story.

ANSWER: Michael Francis Moore

[10] While Bush was reading the story, this man, his press secretary, reportedly signaled Bush not to say anything. Bush’s first press secretary, this man testified that Scooter Libby told him that Valerie Plame was a covert agent. He now works as a media consultant.

ANSWER: (Lawrence) Ari Fleischer

12. Answer the following about great NES lines of dialogue for 10 points each.

[10] Name this very old NES game in which the player can choose to play as such fighters as Starman, Giant Panther, and King Slender. It is best known for featuring the line “A winner is you” after you win a match.

ANSWER: Pro Wrestling

[10] In the first Legend of Zelda game, an old man tells you “It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this,” before giving you this type of weapon. Link eventually acquires a “white” and “magic” version of this weapon in the game.

ANSWER: sword

[10] This NES game’s end boss, “Master-D,” was basically supposed to be Hitler in the original Japanese version. In a bizarre case of lax censorship, he informs you “What, you’re going to fight against me? You damn fool.” Luckily in this game, your arm works as a grappling gun, which makes up for the fact you can’t jump.

ANSWER: Bionic Commando

13. A recurring villain on this show was the Verne Troyer played Napoleon Bonaparte. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this show in which the American protagonist is a secret agent sent by Thomas Jefferson to the fictional island Pulau-Pulau to stop the French plans for world domination. The main character frequently takes up the alias of the “Daring Dragoon.”

ANSWER: Jack of All Trades

[10] Jack of All Trades starred this actor as the title role. He is best known for playing Ash in the Evil Dead film series and currently appears on the show Burn Notice.

ANASWER: Bruce Lorne Campbell

[10] Campbell played this recurring role on the shows Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. This character was noted for his devious, shifty persona.

ANSWER: Autolycus

14. This character wins a donkey race using the slowest donkey. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this character who enters Flaherty’s tavern and claims to have murdered his own father, which turns out to be a lie. The barmaid Peegen falls in love with him, but spurns him after realizing he is lying.

ANSWER: Christy Mahon [accept either, prompt on the Playboy of the Western World]

[10] Christy Mahon is the protagonist of J.M. Synge’s play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots when it was first performed in this Irish city’s Abbey Theatre in 1907.

ANSWER: Dublin

[10] This Sean O’Casey play also kicked off riots in Dublin. The final acts of this play take place during the Easter Rising and its characters include bricklayer Jack Clitheroe, who is shot to death at the end of this work.

ANSWER: The Plough and the Stars

15. This character’s third appearance sees him working for Miss Daisy. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this character, a goofy puppet who appeared in various Saturday Night Live sketches. In basically all of his appearances, he would be revealed as the driver of a vehicle and it would go over a cliff.

ANSWER: Toonces the Driving Cat

[10] While Toonces was usually owned by a couple played by Dana Carvey and Victoria Jackson, in his first appearance, he is played by this man, who has hosted SNL fifteen times and is noted for his “wild and crazy guy” comedic persona.

ANSWER: Stephen Glenn “Steve” Martin

[10] In Toonces’ last appearance, he drives a horse-drawn carriage containing Julia Sweeney and this woman, the host of the episode. She starred in a reality series about her titled Fat Actress, referencing her notable weight gain at one point in her life.

ANSWER: Kirstie Louise Alley

16. This man once compared the Yankees’ treatment of Joe Torre to how Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union treated generals who had fallen out of favor. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this much derided color commentator, who nevertheless won the 2012 Ford C. Frick Award for his broadcast work. He has broadcast thirteen World Series contests and currently works with Joe Buck on FOX.

ANSWER: (James) Timothy McCarver

[10] In 1992, this man dumped a bucket of water on McCarver after the commentator criticized his decision to play baseball and football on the same day. This man had more success in the NFL as a Hall of Fame cornerback known as “Prime Time.”

ANSWER: Deion Luwynn Sanders

[10] Another controversial commentator, Howard Cosell, left Monday Night Football soon after an incident in which he referred to wide receiver Alvin Garrett with this two-word phrase, which was considered racist.

ANSWER: little monkey

17. Albert Speer called this man “one of the most disgusting people in Hitler’s circle.” For 10 points each:

[10] Name this SS leader who was shot for desertion on April 28, 1945. He was the brother-in-law to Hitler’s wife through marriage. In a scene often used for meme purposes from the film Downfall, Hitler demands that this man be brought to him.

ANSWER: (Hans Georg Otto) Hermann Fegelein

[10] Fegelein was married to Gretl, the sister of this woman, who would go on to marry Hitler and commit suicide less than forty hours later.

ANSWER: Eva Anna Paula Braun

[10] Fegelein reportedly attempted to surrender to this Swedish diplomat, who successfully negotiated the release of many Danish Jews from concentration camps. While an UN mediator in 1948, he was assassinated by a militant Zionist group.

ANSWER: Folke Bernadotte

18. Answer the following about the director of the Super Mario Brothers movie, Roland Joffe, for 10 points each.

[10] Joffe’s first feature film was this 1984 movie, in which reporter Sydney Schanberg attempts to discover what happened to his interpreter Dith Pran. It ends with the two men reuniting at a Red Cross camp as the song “Imagine” plays on the soundtrack.

ANSWER: The Killing Fields

[10] Joffe directed a critically savaged 1995 version of this novel, which starred Demi Moore as Hester Prynne. The film claimed to be “freely adapted” from this book.

ANSWER: The Scarlet Letter

[10] Joffe also directed this highly controversial 2007 film in which Elisa Cuthbert plays a model, who wakes up in a cell and spends most of the movie tortured along with a man named Gary. There was a public outcry over this movie’s billboard depiction of a woman being tortured.

ANSWER: Captivity

19. This woman claimed Hitler “was good in the beginning, but went too far.” For 10 points each:

[10] Name this woman who owned the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 to 1999. She was noted for her controversial comments, such as using racial slurs to refer to her own players, like Eric Davis and Dave Parker.

ANSWER: Margaret “Marge” Unnewehr Schott

[10] Schott fired manager Davey Johnson after the 1995 season, reportedly partially because she didn’t like him living with his fiancé. Johnson currently manages this team, with young stars Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg.

ANSWER: Washington Nationals [accept either part]

[10] The first woman to own a major-league team in North America without inheriting it was this woman, who served as president of the New York Mets from 1968 to 1975 and was well respected among the players.

ANSWER: Joan Whitney Payson [accept either part]

20. Answer the following about the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, for 10 points each.

[10] The first non professional model or athlete to appear on the cover was this former Destiny’s Child member who recorded the album I Am…Sasha Fierce.

ANSWER: Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter [accept either underlined part]

[10] This Victoria’s Secret model appeared on the 2008 cover, which had record sales. The first spokesperson in the history of Harley-Davidson, she also advertises Captain Morgan and recently appeared in a Buick commercial where she relates to how people only think about how good the Buick looks.

ANSWER: Marisa Lee Miller [accept Marisa Lee Bertetta]

[10] This woman appeared on the 1984 and 1985 covers, the first when she was just eighteen years old. She appeared in the film Her Alibi and is married to The Cars lead singer Ric Ocasek.

ANSWER: Paulina (Pavlina) Porizkova

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