2010 TRASHionals



2010 TRASHionals

Round 11

Bonuses

1. Rumspringa in popular culture for ten points each.

1. The depiction of Rumspringa being a time where Amish teens live among the English was popularized by this UPN reality show that aired in the summer of 2004. Five Amish teens move into a house with six non-Amish teens to experience modern secular life, with their decision to return to Amish life left unclear in the finale.

Answer: Amish in the City

2. Rumsprina was part of the plot of "The Plain in the Prodigy," a 2009 episode of this current Fox show. In it, the main characters investigate the death of an Amish teen who had to choose between returning home or studying piano full time.

Answer: Bones

3. This 2008 film starring Ian Lafferty as a teen who steals his brother's car to meet a woman in Tennessee that he connected with online includes scenes with Amish teens on Rumspringa. James Marsden co-stars as the brother.

Answer: Sex Drive

2. Name these skating games that are less played today, for ten points each.

1. This classic EA skater game featured the line, Have you met my dear boy Lester? , spoken by Rodney Recloose, who rocked purple hair, and featured The Joust , which featured hand to hand combat.

Answer: Skate or Die

2. This skating game featuring rudies was set in Shibuya-cho, and let you tag anything and everything with grafitti.

Answer: Jet Grind Radio (Accept Jet Set Radio)

3. This video game allowed users to take pictures of themselves and upload it onto their PS2 to customize their skater. It was also the first game in its respective series in which the skater could get off the board.

Answer: Tony Hawk's Underground (Do not accept nor prompt on Tony Hawk's Underground 2)

3. Victims of Hack-a-Shaq- name, for ten points each, these targets of similar strategic fouling, whose odds are worse than a coin flip.

1. The active and all-time worst free throw shooter with more than 1000 attempts, with a career percentage of 41.8% is this center and ace rebounder now in his second stint with Detroit.

Answer: Ben Wallace

2. Between 1987 and 2003, this Yale graduate and Republican candidate for Governor of Oregon played for five teams, most notably the Trail Blazers, and racked up a career free throw percentage of 45.8%

Answer: Chris Dudley

3. This center from St. Vincent played for the Warriors for ten seasons from 1997 to 2007, and more recently with Memphis and Orlando, making just 49.9% of his career free throws.

Answer: Adonal Foyle

4. Identify the following songs recorded by Bill Haley that helped popularize rock n' roll for ten points each.

1. Though it is not the first rock n' roll song, the beginning of the "rock era" is usually traced to 1955 and the massive success of this song, most famously done by Bill Haley and His Comets and used as the theme to Happy Days for two seasons.

Answer: (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock

2. A loving tribute to a model of Oldsmobile, this 1951 song written by Jackie Brenston and recorded by Ike Turner, with some vocals by Brenston, is a popular candidate for the first ever hit rock n' roll record. Bill Haley also recorded a version of it.

Answer: Rocket 88

3. Haley's biggest hit prior to "Rock Around the Clock" was his somewhat cleaned up version of this 1954 song first made famous by Big Joe Turner; Haley still included the suggestive line "I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store," though. Both versions topped Billboard's R&B charts that year.

Answer: Shake, Rattle, and Roll

5. For ten points each, name these films set during what was at the time called "The Great War."

1. This early Best Picture Oscar winner stars Lew Ayres as one of a group of German schoolboys who enlist to fight in World War I. They all eventually die, the last while reaching for a butterfly.

Answer: All Quiet on the Western Front

2. This 1957 Stanley Kubrick drama stars Kirk Douglas as an advocate who unsuccessfully attempts to stop the execution of three soldiers as scapegoats for a failed French attack.

Answer: Paths of Glory

3. This 1943 Powell-Pressburger film starred Roger Livesey as a British general who encounters German officer Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff during the Boer War, WWI, and WWII. Deborah Kerr was cast as all three redheaded love interests.

Answer: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

6. Nigel Kneale was one of the pioneers of television drama; for ten points each, answer these questions about his film work.

1. A series of 3 films about Professor Bernard Quatermass, whom Kneale created, helped put this British studio on the map and made their name synonymous with "horror."

Answer: Hammer Film Productions

2. Kneale scripted Tony Richardson's film versions of this man's stage plays The Entertainer and Look Back in Anger. This man also played mob boss Cyril Kinnear in Get Carter.

Answer: John Osborne

3. Kneale had his name removed from the credits of 1982's Season of the Witch, the third installment in this franchise and the only one to not feature Michael Myers as the villain.

Answer: the Halloween franchise

7. Identify these persons of note who appeared on The Big Bang Theory playing themselves, for ten points each.

1. Sheldon has a vendetta against this Star Trek: Next Generation cast member, who failed to show up to a local sci-fi convention during his formative years. In the episode when the two meet at a CCG tournament, he tricks Sheldon into letting him win.

Answer: Wil Wheaton

2. While on a train trip, Leonard and Sheldon encounter this actress, known to them for playing the Terminator "Cameron" on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Answer: Summer Glau

3. This real-life Nobel Prize winning astrophysicist and winner of $1 million on Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? portrays himself in the second season at a fictional physics symposium, in which Sheldon attempts to present his latest research to him, only to find he's unimpressed.

Answer: George Smoot

8. The US lost in the first round of the 2010 Davis Cup. For ten points each:

1. What European nation bounced the United States?

Answer: Serbia

2. Serbia was led by this player ranked #2 at the time.

Answer: Novak Djokovic

3. In his Davis Cup debut, this player ranked #20 at the time joined with Bob Bryan to win the double match, but lost both his singles matches.

Answer: John Isner

9. Answer the following about the persistent influence of The Band on the music of today, for ten points each.

1. According to legend, Craig Finn and two friends were inspired to form a band by watching the concert film The Last Waltz. They are due to release Heaven Is Whenever in May, the followup to Stay Positive, which featured "Sequestered In Memphis" and "Constructive Summer."

Answer: The Hold Steady

2. These Southern rockers recorded a tribute to The Band entitled "Manuel/Danko," named for two of its members, on their 2004 album The Dirty South; their latest release was 2008's Brighter Than Creation's Dark.

Answer: Drive-By Truckers

3. This British electro-rockers don't sound much The Band but took their name from The Band's legendary first studio album; the songs "Dominoes" and "Velvet" can be found on their debut release A Brief History of Love.

Answer: The Big Pink

10. Classics of hate literature for ten points each.

1. Making up a large part of the storyline in a 2002 Egyptian TV miniseries, this anti-Semitic text, plagiarized from two 1860s works, supposedly details a plot by Jews to take over the world.

Answer: Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion

2. Inspiring Timothy McVeigh, this work by William Pierce, writing as Andrew McDonald, features a group of armed revolutionaries destroying the American government and wiping out all people of color and Jews.

Answer: The Turner Diaries

3. Over 750 million of this man's tiny comic book tracts railing against Catholics, freemasons, and Dungeons and Dragons have been distributed throughout the country.

Answer: Jack Chick

11. Dead trumps rich; for ten points each answer questions about famous heirs who died young

1. This medical supply heiress and daughter of the owner of the New York Jets proved the theorem, better off dead than married to Tila Tequila in December 2009

Answer: Casey Johnson

2. This railroad heiress was unable to stop her son Carter from jumping to his death in 1988 during a psychotic episode. Her younger son Anderson is making a living on CNN

Answer: Gloria Vanderbilt

3. Murdered alongside Sharon Tate in 1969, this coffee heiress was financing fellow Manson victim Jay Sebring's hair design business

Answer: Abigail Folger

12. For 10 points each, answer these questions on a circus of a musical.

1. This musical shares its title with its main character, a showman, and spans the period from 1835 to 1880, when he took his traveling show to the major American cities.

Answer: Barnum

2. The role of Charity Barnum was originated on Broadway by this actress, who won three Best Actress Tony Awards for her work in The Real Thing, Death and the Maiden and Sunset Boulevard.

Answer: Glenn Close

3. One of the most famous real-life personalities included in the musical Barnum, is this 19th-century opera singer known as the "Swedish Nightingale."

Answer: Jenny Lind

13. For ten points each, name these players who have hit goose-egged the Home-Run Derby during All-Star weekend.

1. Despite 27 regular-season homers, the 2009 derby was an oh-fer for this third baseman who squeaked in as the fan selection for the Final Vote.

Answer: Brandon Inge

2. The first shutout was another American League third baseman, as this Twin failed in 1989.

Answer: Garry Gaetti

3. The only player with two zeroes is this slugger who retired in 2008 with 427 career homers as he went dinger-less in 1993 and 1994, his first two full seasons.

Answer: Mike Piazza

14. Name these hot new toys for ten points each.

1. Known as Go Go Hamsters in the UK, these $10 robots were selling for $40 at Christmastime last year; their name means little pig in Mandarin.

Answer: Zhu Zhu Pets

2. Mattel s Stealth Rides cars, part of this line of toys, come in a case that doubles as a remote control.

Answer: Hot Wheels

3. Disney will be releasing a Shimmer n Shine Wig in November to coincide with the release of this film.

Answer: Rapunzel

15. For ten points each, name these composers who were nominated for Best Original Score at the most recent Academy Awards.

1. This man gave a touching acceptance speech after winning for Up.

Answer: Michael Giacchino

2. The only Oscar won by this German-born nominee was for The Lion King, but he has become associated with action epics like Gladiator, The Dark Knight, and 2 Pirates of the Caribbean sequels as well as animated features like Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, and The Simpsons Movie.

Answer: Hans Zimmer

3. This man scored James Cameron's previous works Aliens and Titanic before being nominated this year for Avatar.

Answer: James Horner

16. For ten points each, name these anthology series:

1. This HBO horror show spawned two feature films: Demon Knight and Bordello of Blood.

Answer: Tales from the Crypt

2. This ABC comedy anthology made use of unsold sitcom pilots, including the one for Happy Days, which was later bought by ABC.

Answer: Love, American Style

3. The Fairly OddParents and My Life as a Teenage Robot were launched from this Nickelodeon anthology of animated shorts originally hosted by Kenan Thompson.

Answer: Oh Yeah! Cartoons

17. For ten points each, name the possible 2012 presidential hopefuls who wrote these books:

1. No Apology: The Case for American Greatness

Answer: (Willard) Mitt Romney

2. Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract With America

Answer: Newt Gingrich

3. On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts are Worth Fighting For

Answer: Rick Perry

18. Sure, things look good with Carson Palmer on the field, but things haven't always been so rosy for the Bengals behind center. For ten points each name these QB's tossed on the scrap-heap.

1. Part of the busted class of 1999, this third-overall pick out of Oregon started only a season's worth of games in 4 years before being released

Answer: Akili Smith

2. This sixth-overall pick of the 1992 draft out of Houston failed to keep the starting job during the Mike Shula era in Cincy

Answer: David Klingler

3. This "Throwin' Samoan" was brought in to challenge Ken Anderson with the third overall pick of the 1979 draft. After Anderson won the AFC Championship in 1981, this Washington State grad did not throw a pass in 1982 before jumping to Tampa

Answer: Jack Thompson

19. Identify these record labels associated with NWA and its members for ten points each.

1. Eazy-E and Jerry Heller founded this label to release N.W.A. recordings; it was frequently invoked on Eazy's solo albums; other artists included J.J. Fad and Above The Law.

Answer: Ruthless Records

2. Dr. Dre broke away from Ruthless during his first split from the group and founded this famed "gangsta" label with Marion "Suge" Knight; their best selling release was Dre's The Chronic.

Answer: Death Row Records

3. Dre then, wisely, parted company with Knight, and founded this label, named for his first post-Death Row release and best known for Eminem's catalog.

Answer: Aftermath

20. For ten points each, identify these portrayers of cinematic cheerleaders who left destruction in their wake.

1. This actress played the titular demon-possessed flag girl, who kills off male classmates while her best friend Needy tries to stop her, in the 2009 Diablo Cody-scripted horror comedy Jennifer's Body.

Answer: Megan Fox

2. This actress played all-American drum majorette Sue Ann Stepanek, who graduates from industrial sabotage to framing her mentally unstable boyfriend, played by Anthony Perkins, for murder in 1968's Pretty Poison.

Answer: Tuesday Weld

3. This prolific co-star of No Country for Old Men and Milk played former Andover cheerleader George W. Bush in the 2008 Oliver Stone biopic W.

Answer: Josh Brolin

21. For ten points each, name these game show announcers:

1. Despite two decades on The Match Game, he is probably more remembered for announcing The Price Is Right until his 1985 death.

Answer: Johnny Olson

2. From 1986 to 1989, and again from 1998 to 2002, he was the announcer for The Hollywood Squares. Jobs in between included a supporting role on Dave's World.

Answer: Shadoe Stevens or Terry Ingstad

3. This original announcer of Wheel of Fortune re-took the job in 1989, continuing to the present.

Answer: Charlie O'Donnell

22. Ways to prepare meat in fat for ten points each.

1. While this is traditionally done using a liquid called court boullion - often a mix of water, wine and various aromatics and spices - cooking fish in olive oil using this slow simmering method keeps the fish moist and protects it from falling apart.

Answer: poaching

2. Goose and duck are the most traditional meats prepared by this method of cooking, named for the French verb to preserve. The meat is cooked while submerged in its own rendered fat, and is then stored in the fat until needed.

Answer: confit

3. Similar in appearance to pate (pat-AY), this is traditionally cubed pork cooked in its own fat until tender, at which point the meat is shredded and combined with some of the cooking fat to make a paste. It is eaten at room temperature on bread or toast.

Answer: rillette (REE-ette)

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