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GRAB BAGNovember 2017By Mike BentleyRound 5?Tossups?1. Haskell Wexler turned down an offer to film this event, recommending Albert and David Maysles instead. A young George Lucas was one of the cameramen filming this event, although his camera jammed and none of his footage made it into the final movie. This event was briefly going to be held at Sears Point, but the owners of that venue demanded a $300,000 deposit, so it was moved to a venue owned by Dick Carter that was (*) accessible only through a two-lane road. The Grateful Dead decided not to play this event at the last minute. One group was given $500 in beer money to provide their services for this event. After a fight broke out, one band stopped playing "Sympathy for the Devil". This event was originally scheduled to take place in Golden Gate Park. Meredith Hunter was killed by a Hell's Angel working security at this "Woodstock West". For 10 points, name this infamous Rolling Stones show at a California speedway.ANSWER: Altamont Speedway Free Festival [accept the 1969 Rolling Stones American Tour in the first sentence]?2. In the opening scene of this film, one character taps a metal tool to the starter of her broken car to fix it and get an unexpected police escort to work. One character in this film appeals to a judge who was the first in his family to go to college to get a court order allowing her to attend night classes in Hampton. A character in this film gives a lecture to her kids on how her taxes pay for books in the library to justify stealing a book on (*) FORTRAN. A melodramatic scene in this movie has Kevin Costner’s character taking a crowbar to a bathroom sign. Several of the characters in this film work as “computers”. The climax of this film centers on the re-entry of the Friendship 7, which is piloted by a saint-like John Glenn. For 10 points, name this film about the African American women who helped make calculations for the space program.ANSWER: Hidden Figures?3. In the 1910s, the Daily Mirror sponsored a Silver Cup for the winning team in this sport. A man named Tommy Thompson helped organize a match in this sport named for coffee. The British budget label Top Ten Hits cashed in on this sport newly being aired on Channel 4 with a 1988 videogame. One non-American team in this sport is confusingly named for fashion label NewYorker. During World War II, a Canadian team in it competed against a US team at a "Tea" event in White City Stadium in London. German teams such as the (*) Hamburg Blue Devils have won multiple championships in a European league of this sport, although that league has recently been supplanted by the BIG6 league. Since 2007, International Series games in this sport have been played at Wembley Stadium. For 10 points, name this sport, whose European leagues produced Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa, Philadelphia-area celebrity David Akers, and Kurt Warner.ANSWER: American football?4. This man got into acting when he started writing roles that called for Mick Jagger and Prince impressions that he could do himself as a writer on the show Skitz. In a rom-com, this actor played a graphic novelist who, on his twin daughters' fifth birthday, walks in on his wife having sex with a shirtless, fat monologue-deliverer named Gary. A character played by this actor explains his preference for (*) virgins with the line, "I think of it like this. If you are going to eat a sandwich, you would just enjoy it more if you knew no one had fucked it." This actor played Will Henry in James C. Strouse's 2015 film, People Places Things. He also starred as Vladislav in the delightful vampire film, What We Do in the Shadows. In his best known role on an HBO series, this actor raps, "They call me the Hiphopopotamus, my lyrics are bottomless" before awkwardly ending the rap. For 10 points, name this co-star with Bret McKenzie on Flight of the Conchords.ANSWER: Jemaine Clement?5. There was a fifteen year gap between David Ritz's boring official biography of this musician and his juicier unauthorized account. A legendary 1972 concert film of this artist has never been released, in part because director Sydney Pollack screwed up the sound syncing. Her first #1 of the '80s notes "When my baby calls I got jump to it". This artist's father was known as "the king of the young whoopers" and the (*) "Jitterbug Preacher" who organized the Walk to Freedom with Martin Luther King, Jr. Barack Obama wiped a tear from his eye during a 2015 Kennedy Center performance where she dramatically removes her mink coat. Her hit "Chain of Fools" appeared on 1968's Lady Soul. Although popularized by Dusty Springfield, the song "Son of a Preacher Man" was written for--and eventually recorded by--this artist. For 10 points, name this "Queen of Soul" who popularized "Respect".ANSWER: Aretha Franklin [or Aretha Louise Franklin]?6. Thomas Van Parys credits a partnership between Charles Pathe and William Randolph Hearst in ushering in the era of non-ekphrastic works of this type. One of the more notable sci-fi works in this medium contains some incidents set at Tosche Station and was ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster. A best-selling 1982 work in this medium by William Kotzwinkle based on a Melissa Mathison story includes a surprising scene where the title creature lustily eyes (*) Elliott's mother. A Terry Brooks work in this genre tweaks a quote about "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate" and provides more information on a race in which Sebulba causes the hero to crash some equipment owned by Watto. Brooks's work of this type was released a month before the George Lucas project of the same name. For 10 points, name these type of books that have titles such as T2, Free Willy and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.ANSWER: movie novelizations [or movie adaptations; or movie tie-ins; or novels based on films; prompt on books; prompt on novels; anti-prompt on Star Wars novels; anti-prompt on E.T. novels; do NOT accept "Star Wars extended universe" novels]?7. Early in her career, this woman adopted the alias of Pepper January to deliver "Comedy with Spice". This woman first achieved mainstream success after creating an autobiographical character called Rita. Shortly after the death of her husband Edgar, she joked that she'd spread his ashes at Neiman Marcus so that she'd find time to visit him five times a week. This comedian's willingness to take any gig was explored in a 2010 documentary subtitled "A (*) Piece of Work". In perhaps her best known role, she once claimed that Kate Winslet's fat arms sunk the Titanic. Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien kept up the ban on this woman's Tonight Show appearances enacted by a vindictive Johnny Carson, despite her having served as Carson's frequent backup host. For 10 points, name this comedian and host of Fashion Police.ANSWER: Joan Rivers?8. A girl who once lost her contacts in high school uses a radio DJ to dedicate the most famous song with this title to the narrator of Haruki Murakami's debut novel, Hear the Wind Sing. The title group in another song of this name "ain't broke, so they put on airs / The faux folks sans derrieres / They breathe coke and have affairs / With each passing rock star" according to a track on Distortion by the Magnetic Fields. The singer of one song of this name declares, "I dig a (*) French Bikini on Hawaii island / Dolls by a palm tree in the sand". The rap verse on a different song of this name has the clever rhyme "Bikinis, zucchinis, martinis, no weenies" and was delivered by Snoop Dogg. A song with this name contains a lyric about how "Midwest farmers' daughters / Really make you feel alright". For 10 points, name this Beach Boys song about females in a certain West Coast state.ANSWER: "California Girls"?9. I was one of the people described playing a demo of this game "tucked away in the northeast corner" of the PAX Prime 2013 Indie Megabooth with an "emergency box of Kleenex" in a Wired article on it by Jason Tanz. The original ending to this game involved the player adjusting a series of levers not connected to anything. Funding for this title, which contains a scene of a floating man grasping at an arcade machine, partially came from the Ouya console. It was the subject of the documentary, Thank You for Playing. The genesis for this game was an incident when the lead developer couldn't stop his (*) son from crying. One section of this game has you reading get-well cards in a hospital room. For 10 points, name this game by Ryan and Amy Green, titled for the disease that took the life of their son, Joel.ANSWER: That Dragon, Cancer?10. While giving his mother a birthday call, this film's protagonist sticks his phone between his hat and his ear to plausibly claim he's using his ear piece while driving. In this film, the protagonist's daughter asks, "what's a carb?" after her father promises to take her to Chuck E. Cheese's. In an early scene, its protagonist rings up his grandmother to advise a young white woman on what to buy for a fish fry at a grocery store he was recently fired from. In a flashback scene set in a jail, its protagonist has a conversation about his daughter asking for "dark butter" with his mom, played by (*) Octavia Spencer. The credits of this film reveal that the officer who kills the protagonist claimed to mistake his taser for his gun. This film opens with grainy cell phone footage of the protagonist being shot. The director and star of this film would later team up for Creed. For 10 points, name this Ryan Coogler film starring Michael B. Jordan titled for the BART stop where Jordan's character is killed.ANSWER: Fruitvale Station?11. A '70s British sitcom set in one of these places centered on the conflict between Mr. Mackay and Norman Stanley Fletcher. A more recent BAFTA-winning British program set in one of these locations starred Lennie James as Lee Kingley and was titled Buried. An American program set in one of these locations features a silent character named Gary and his companion Bird, as well as the transgender (*) Alice, voiced by Christy Karacas. Season 1 of a show set in one of these places gets complicated when Larry Bloom gives an NPR interview; other incidents in that season include a plan to implicate Pornstache as the father of Daya. Uzo Abuda won an Emmy for playing a character nicknamed Crazy Eyes on a show set in one of these places. For 10 points, name this setting of Orange is the New Black.ANSWER: a prison [accept equivalents like jails]?12. This director’s stage work includes a Pulitzer-nominated 2001 play where Eileen Heckart played an Alzheimer’s afflicted grandmother titled The Waverly Gallery. He punched up the screenplay for Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, and his stepfather had a mob colleague who underwent therapy, inspiring his screenplay for Analyze This. A young Mark Ruffalo starred in his first film as a director, You Can Count on Me. He was commissioned to write the script for his most recent film by John Krasinski and (*) Matt Damon, but scheduling conflicts prevented them from starring in it. This director cast Anna Paquin as the teenage star of his troubled second film, Margaret. Lucas Hedges's character plays in a band called Stentorian and comes under the guardianship of his father, who moved to Quincy to be a janitor after his children died in this director's most recent film. For 10 points, name this director of the Casey Affleck's Oscar-winning turn in Manchester by the Sea.ANSWER: Kenneth Lonergan?13. A good ZX ("zed-ex") Spectrum title developed by Malcom Evans centering on this subject has the player trying to complete his objective without stepping on grass or getting hit by a car. A job that Derf Backderf held in the late '70s inspired his graphic novel on this subject. In a performance art piece, Mierle Laderman Ukeles shook the hand of all 8,500 people who worked in this industry in New York City. In Toy Story 3, it's revealed that Sid works in this industry. Two men who work with this stuff hope to open a surf shop in a 1990 comedy starring brothers (*) Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez titled Men at Work. The speech "I've Been to the Mountaintop" was given by Martin Luther King, Jr. in support of a strike of Memphis men who worked removing this stuff. In the US, this stuff is often placed into compactor trucks. For 10 points, name this stuff collected by dustmen from bins.ANSWER: trash [or garbage or waste or equivalents]?14. This artist wrote, “Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine” in a viral letter written to the dying woman who inspired his lyric “But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie”. He spent extended time on Mt. Baldy studying Zen Buddhism. An album which opens with the track “First We Take Manhattan” titles Sylvie Simmons’ biography of this man. This man’s first song was turned into a hit by (*) Judy Collins and describes a woman who “feeds you tea and oranges / That come all the way from China”. This artist was contrasted with Bob Dylan on a Malcolm Gladwell podcast that examined his biggest hit, whose singer describes how “You saw her bathing on the roof” and “Baby I’ve been here before / I know this room, I’ve walked this floor”. This artist recorded “So Long, Marianne” and “Bird on the Wire”. For 10 points, name this recently deceased Canadian artist of “Hallelujah”.ANSWER: Leonard Cohen?15. In a 2005 documentary hosted by Matthew McConaughey, this man blamed Scott Truax's engineer father for a noted career failure; Truax is working on a project to prove this man wrong posthumously. This man was played in a 1971 biopic by The Gay Blade star George Hamilton which ends by proclaiming him to be "the last gladiator". A bike named for this man was the best-selling toy of the 1973 Christmas season. This man repeatedly called the owner of (*) Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas pretending to be different journalists to convince the owner he was famous enough to let him perform a show outside the casino. His son Robbie has taken up his mantle, performing on the USS Intrepid and on a Building-to-Building show. He once appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in front of the Snake River Canyon, which he soon planned to jump over. For 10 points, name this "Greatest Daredevil Who Ever Lived".ANSWER: Evel Knievel?16. In one uncomfortable moment, this man gave a pre-recorded shill for Schlitz beer during an Emmy telecast. He adapted an Irving Wallace novel for a film where President Fenton dies in a palace collapse in Frankfurt, resulting in James Earl Jones' character becoming America's first black President. He wrote a script where Burt Lancaster's General James Mattoon Scott attempts to orchestrate a coup against President Lyman for signing a nuclear disarmament treaty. This man wrote the screenplays to The Man and (*) Seven Days in May. One of his scripts ends with a pilot asking, "All I ask is that you remain calm and pray" after spotting a World's Fair building; in another, a bank teller survives an H-Bomb attack on New York by being in a bank vault, but breaks his glasses and cannot do the reading he'd love to do. This man wrote the teleplay for "The Odyssey of Flight 33" and "Time Enough at Last". For 10 points, name this creator of The Twilight Zone.ANSWER: Rod Serling [or Rodman Edward Serling]?17. One of the protagonists of this film complains that "Only assholes drink Mr. Pibb" after his brother fails to get him a Dr. Pepper. A caustic waitress in this film describes how "this asshole from New York ordered a trout, back in 1987" but apart from that, every other customer has ordered a "T-Bone steak and a baked potato". One character in this film lies and says that he just sold his car for cash when transferring money into casino chips. The protagonists have to bury a (*) stolen car on their property after an unplanned incident near a diner. One of the protagonists of this film earns enough money to place his ranch into a trust and avoid foreclosure from the Midlands Bank. That man's brother is killed by Ranger Marcus Hamilton, played by Jeff Bridges in this movie. For 10 points, name this 2016 film starring Ben Foster and Chris Pine as Texas bank robbers.ANSWER: Hell or High Water?18. This track beat out U2's "The Hands That Built America" to become the first song in its genre to win a noted award. The "Nashville" episode of Master of None opens with Arnold and Dev discussing whether the third verse of this song is sung in character or not due to a reference to an actor. One of the more amusing parodies of this song replaces most of the lyrics with the phrase "mom's spaghetti". The rapper of this song compares himself to a snail, declaring that "I've got to formulate a plot, or end up in jail or shot". On Genius, the rapper admits that the third verse's reference to (*) Mekhi Phifer was "just about the rhymes" but then says it was to make him relatable to his character, Jimmy Smith, Jr. After a "snap back to reality" in its first verse, the rapper observes, "Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked". Its chorus declares "You only get one shot". For 10 points, name this Eminem song from the Eight Mile soundtrack.ANSWER: "Lose Yourself"?19. Tossup-worthy people such as James Lovelock and Slavoj Zizek are some of the talking heads on the documentary “The Possibility of Hope” included with many home video versions of this film. During an extended shot in this film, two characters spit ping pong balls back and forth from each other’s mouths before a burning car is rolled down a hill. One character in this film is repeatedly shot in the hand after asking his interrogators to (*) “pull my finger”; that character, Jasper Palmer, was played by Michael Caine doing his best John Lennon impression. The main thrust of this film is to deliver Clare-Hope Ashitey's character Kee to the mysterious Human Project via a refugee camp in England. For 10 points, name this Alfonso Cuaron film starring Clive Owen about a society where no one is able to have kids.ANSWER: Children of Men20. In 1937, Fritz Herman created a show to encourage people to take Kodak pictures in this location. Webley Edwards hosted a long-running radio program titled "[This Place] Calls" that was heavily subsidized by the local government. The SS Lurline offered first-class-only transportation to this place before the rise of the jet plane put it out of business. Harry Owens ran a radio program from this location. Season 6 of Mad Men opens with Don Draper reading (*) Dante's Inferno in this location while doing research for Sheraton. Music from this place was popularized in the early 20th century thanks to Lani McIntyre's steel guitar technique. Grace Park quit a TV show set here after claims that she was paid less than her white co-stars, as was Daniel Dae Kim who played Chin Ho Kelly on the show. For 10 points, name this state, the setting of a "Five-O" TV show.ANSWER: Hawaii [accept more specific answers such as Maui; anti-prompt on the beach]21. A character named Dad used to be in this profession before a car crash left him in a wheelchair in a Lee Hall play adapted from BBC Radio’s God’s Country. I’m having a hard time confirming the Wikipedia claim that Carl “Cheesie” Nelson was the first person in this profession, working for WLAC in Arkansas. A fighting character whose background is in this profession has a deadly Hair Blade attack in the original ClayFighter game. In a 2001 film Karl Williams described as “utterly devoid of human feeling or thought”, a gathering of these types of people is the centerpiece for a heist that ends with the character Thomas J. Murphy getting stung by a scorpion. A convention of these people at the (*) Riviera Casino is being held in a film starring Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner titled 3000 Miles to Graceland. For 10 points, name this profession of people who go around performing “Jail House Rock” and “Hound Dog”.ANSWER: Elvis impersonator [or Elvis tribute artists]?22. In one scene in this film, a roommate yells "splash" every time the protagonist makes a mistake eating her Spaghetti. A prize for the best new woman golfer is established in memory of the protagonist's sister in this film. The heroine of this film is enrolled in night classes to become a book-keeper by Father Flood, played by Jim Broadbent. Jessica Paré, best known for playing Megan on Mad Men, has a small role as Miss Fortini, a supervisor at Bartocci's Department Store in this movie. Its heroine gets horribly (*) seasick after being the only one to eat beef stew on the first night of a sea voyage. Later, the protagonist of this film is taken to an empty plot of land where her Italian plumber boyfriend, played by Emory Cohen, tells her of the houses he plans to build. The screenplay for this film was adapted by Nick Hornby from the novel by Colm Toibin. For 10 points, name this 2015 film starring Saoirse Ronan, a woman who goes from Ireland to the title city in New York.ANSWER: Brooklyn?Bonuses?1. A recent trip I took to New York was spent not at art museums but in my hotel room puking and watching Now You See Me 2. Maybe you saw it? For 10 points each:[10] Michael Caine’s character in the film nonsensically tells his son, played by this actor, to stop calling him dad because “there were so many women, I don’t know whose bastard you are”. His "I'm a serious actor" role was a stint as Alan Strang in a stage version of Equus from 2007 to 2009.ANSWER: Daniel Radcliffe[10] In an amazing coincidence, the computer chip that the group needs to steal can be replaced by one of these objects. Phil Ivey used edge sorting on the backs of these things to beat casinos when playing Baccarat.ANSWER: a playing card[10] The logo of the secret society in Now You See Me 2 is just the staircase of this building. An electric powered 24-hour clock called the Shepherd Gate Clock is still on display at this building.ANSWER: Royal Greenwich Observatory [or Royal Observatory, Greenwich]?2. A recent exhibit at the New York Historical Society featured unpublished watercolors of this character made by illustrator Hilary Knight. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this children's book character, whose sequels set in Paris and Moscow were briefly taken out of publication over how much creator Kay Thompson hated a 1956 TV adaptation.ANSWER: Eloise[10] Eloise had a bit of a cultural revival in 2015 thanks to an HBO documentary produced by this creator and star of Girls.ANSWER: Lena Dunham[10] Eloise lives at this location in New York City, which appears in the title of a 2003 made-for-TV adaptation of her stories. Truman Capote's 1966 Black and White Ball was held in the Grand Ballroom at this location.ANSWER: Plaza Hotel?3. This man was once the subject of a RICO lawsuit over his purchase of the Expos, and he infamously announced that the Expos would be leaving Montreal on Remembrance Day. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this MLB owner who has stuck Miami-Dade County residents with a 1.1 billion dollar debt for his costly new Marlins Park.ANSWER: Jeffrey Loria [or Jeffrey Harold Loria][10] With Pat K. Lynch, Loria authored a 1968 book titled for this fictional character whose cover features a thought balloon exclaiming, "My books! My records! My pool table! My Van Gogh!" Future Simpsons animator Jim Reardon made a student film titled "Bring Me the Head of [This Character]".ANSWER: Charlie Brown [or Charlie Brown; or Chuck][10] Loria apparently orchestrated Sears's move into selling art by working with this Hollywood personality, whose yard was once decorated with a totem pole stolen by John Barrymore. He also put out a series of cookbooks and in the Simpsons universe endorsed Egg Magic.ANSWER: Vincent Price [or Vincent Leonard Price Jr.]?4. One hacked version of this game allowed all characters to fire projectiles while in the air, and due to the weird colors was known as the Rainbow version. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this groundbreaking fighting game, whose Championship Edition allowed players to finally have Ken vs. Ken battles and play as Balrog and Vega.ANSWER: Street Fighter II[10] This character, who has a Machine Gun Upper special move, was the first Street Fighter character to be designed by Capcom USA. His shorts originally had the word "Mantis" written on them, but it was changed to "Maximum" since that looked better when the sprite was flipped.ANSWER: Dee Jay[10] This fighter is one of several games to have a character based on Zubaz, a Street Fighter II character who never made it through the concept art stage. This One True Game Studios game has only two buttons, and it features twins who train at Uncle Sensei's dojo in Bel Air.ANSWER: Divekick?5. At a concert in Birmingham, England in 1976, this man went on a tirade, proclaiming "This is England, this is a white country". For 10 points each:[10] Identify this man whose antics helped inspire the Rock Against Racism movement. This man played lead guitar on a song where the singer declares, "I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping".ANSWER: Eric Clapton [or Eric Patrick Clapton][10] One of the artists involved in Rock Against Racism was this group, who had massive success with their albums Combat Rock and London Calling.ANSWER: The Clash[10] Another participant in Rock Against Racism was Steel Pulse, the first group from the United Kingdom to win the Grammy Award for Best Album in this genre of music. Inner Circle and Burning Spear are also Grammy-winning artists who make this type of music.ANSWER: Reggae?6. What's on the History Channel these days? Let's find out, for 10 points each.[10] Turns out this dude had a late night talk show titled Join or Die, although it only lasted one season. This Scotsman played Nigel Wick on The Drew Carey Show and was famous for his monologues during his stint hosting CBS' The Late Late Show.ANSWER: Craig Ferguson[10] Forged In Fire is about people with this ridiculous job title who compete to produce things such as a chakram which must withstand a "kill test".ANSWER: bladesmiths[10] I've heard okay things about this show, in which Katheryn Winnick plays Lagertha. Former Calvin Klein model Travis Fimmel plays the hero on this show.ANSWER: Vikings?7. Identify the following about some unmade Batman movies, for 10 points each.[10] Circa 2000, Darren Aronofsky was slated to direct a film based on this gritty Frank Miller graphic novel that explains how a young Bruce Wayne got to be Batman. ANSWER: Batman: Year One[10] The original plan for Batman: Year One was to shoot it in Tokyo with this actor as Batman. Around that time, this actor was starring alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner in Space Cowboys and planning to direct Mystic River.ANSWER: Clint Eastwood Jr.[10] An earlier Batman vs. Superman film than Zack Snyder's atrocity would have been directed by Wolfgang Petersen, but Petersen decided to shoot this movie in Malta instead. Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom had supporting parts in this film.ANSWER: Troy?8. Julius Irvington may have started this meme, which was popularized by @FanSince09 with tweets such as "Goodall: with the first pick the Bucs take [these people] … please take them away help me *is thrown into a burlap sack*". For 10 points each:[10] Identify this meme. Another Twitter account devoted to this meme imagined how "[the namesakes of this meme] force me to cosplay as a police box from Dr Who and take turns paintballing my enormous nude torso".ANSWER: large adult sons[10] The prototypical large adult sons are those of this sometimes presidential candidate and former Governor of Arkansas. This Republican won the 2008 Iowa Caucus.ANSWER: Mike Huckabee [or Michael Dale Huckabee][10] Matt Ufford at SB Nation argued that this man was "our large adult baseball son". In August 2017, he broke a record for most consecutive games with a strikeout.ANSWER: Aaron Judge [or Aaron James Judge]?9. An opera about this woman by composer Mark-Anthony Turnage opens with a number where a chorus of old men and women sing how she's "known across the globe in all its cities for her perky peccadillos". For 10 points each:[10] Identify this 1993 Playmate of the Year, who was the victorious party in the Supreme Court case of Marshall v. Marshall over which court had jurisdiction over the estate of her dead husband.ANSWER: Anna Nicole Smith [or Anna Nicole; or Vickie Lynn Hogan][10] The libretto for Anna Nicole was written by Richard Thomas, who also created an opera based on this TV show. The host's first name is frequently chanted on this daytime talk show when guests start fighting. Steve Wilkos did security on this show before getting his own spin-off.ANSWER: The Jerry Springer Show [prompt on Jerry][10] In the Anna Nicole opera, this role was inaugurated by tenor Peter Hoare. His memoir My Remarkable Journey revealed his wish to be cryogenically frozen after his death, and "The Portland Laugher" was a frequent caller to his nationally syndicated radio show in the '80s.ANSWER: Larry King [or Lawrence Harvey Zeiger]?10. Writing for Pitchfork, Mark Richardson contrasted this band with Bruce Springsteen, arguing that while "Springsteen's songs were about machines, [this band's] music is a machine." For 10 points each:[10] Identify this indie rock band fronted by Adam Granduciel. This group's 2014 album Lost in the Dream contained the tracks "Under the Pressure" and "Red Eyes".ANSWER: The War on Drugs[10] The War on Drugs was founded in 2005 in this city and received heavy airplay from its indie radio station, WXPN. The Roots are from this city, as are Boyz II Men and DJ Jazzy Jeff.ANSWER: Philadelphia[10] "Thinking of a Place", an eleven minute track on The War on Drugs's latest album A Deeper Understanding was first released as part of this nationwide celebration. A Metallica live album recorded at the soon-to-be-infamous Bataclan was released for the 2016 iteration of this event.ANSWER: Record Store Day?11. Identify the following about videogames which have featured clown characters, for 10 points each.[10] Maybe the most famous clown character in a videogame is this iconic Twisted Metal driver, who drives an ice cream truck and has flames for hair.ANSWER: Sweet Tooth [or Marcus Kane; or Needles Kane; or Needles Kane][10] Adam is the name of a clown from this series who dual wields chainsaws. The first entry in this Capcom zombie series was an Xbox 360 exclusive and plopped Frank West in a shopping mall.ANSWER: Dead Rising[10] Although Mad Clown appears as the third opponent in the World Circuit of Super Punch-Out!!, two brothers Nick and Rick with this last name are the last opponents of the game's Special Circuit.ANSWER: Bruiser?12. Identify the following about some variations on the Frankenstein myth from films, for 10 points each.[10] This character from The Nightmare Before Christmas was created by Dr. Finkelstein, who used some dead leaves to stuff her body together. She eventually makes out with Jack on Pumpkin Hill at the end of the film.ANSWER: Sally[10] The Nightmare Before Christmas was produced by this man, who also riffed on the Frankenstein story with his 2012 film, Frankenweenie.ANSWER: Tim Burton[10] Several critics have pointed out the similarities between Frankenstein and this 2015 film directed by 28 Days Later screenwriter Alex Garland. The protagonist of this film is an employee at the Bluebook search company.ANSWER: Ex Machina?13. Cli-fi or climate fiction is all the rage these days. Answer a bonus on the topic, for 10 points each. [10] This Canadian author wrote of a post-apocalyptic world in Oryx and Crake, part of the MadAddam Trilogy.ANSWER: Margaret Atwood[10] In this debut novel by Claire Vaye Watkins, the Western United States has been turned into a "mega-dune" referred to as the Amargosa, and "Mojavs" travelling east are unwelcome.ANSWER: Gold Fame Citrus[10] Ireland, whose citizens are already living off the land, is plunged into chaos after China pulls out of a resource trading deal in a section of this author's novel The Bone Clocks set in 2043.ANSWER: David Mitchell?14. If you're a network exec on a cable network such as the Hallmark Channel, it's easier to just copy other films and add Santa to them rather than come up with new ideas for your Christmas lineup. Identify the following about some such films, for 10 points each.[10] Up Network's Christmas Trade is pretty much just this film, except with William Baldwin playing the role originated by Barbara Harris and later played by Jamie Lee Curtis.ANSWER: Freaky Friday[10] A kid wishes for her aunt to stop being able to lie in I'm Not Ready for Christmas, which is the same premise as the decent 1997 film Liar Liar starring this actor of the Ace Ventura series.ANSWER: Jim Carrey[10] Ion's A Prince for Christmas is essentially a Christmas remake of this 1988 film about a man from the country of Zamunda. James Earl Jones played the protagonist's father in this film.ANSWER: Coming to America?15. Tactics such as "hiring an outstanding crew" and "creating a spirit of camaraderie" are outlined in a stupid business book by Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell that draw leadership lessons from this man. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this man, who contacts videogame music composer Kat on an online dating site in a musical by Joe DiPietro, Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda titled "[This Man] Loves Me".ANSWER: Ernest Shackleton [or Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton][10] My favorite band from this country, The Weakerthans, have a track where the singer declares, "I must say that in the right light, you look like Shackleton". Carly Rae Jepsen is also from this country.ANSWER: Canada[10] This man earned an Emmy nomination for a 2001 Channel 4 miniseries about Shackleton. He played Gilderoy Lockhart in the Harry Potter films.ANSWER: Kenneth Branagh [or Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh]?16. Identify the following about pop music producer Dr. Luke, for 10 points each.[10] Dr. Luke bought this artist a top-of-the-line Numi toilet after he bet her that her song "Wrecking Ball" wouldn't hit #1.ANSWER: Miley Cyrus [or Miley Ray Cyrus; or Destiny Hope Cyrus][10] Dr. Luke's music career started with a stint in this band. This band was led by Howard Shore from 1975 until 1980, while today it is co-led by tenor saxophonist Lenny Pickett and once accompanied Katy Perry on a performance of "Birthday".ANSWER: The Saturday Night Live Band [or The Live Band][10] The Rubinoos accused Dr. Luke of plagiarizing one of their songs on this 2007 hit single that he produced. The singer declares, "I'm the motherfucking princess / I can tell you like me too and you know I'm right" in this song from the album The Best Damn Thing.ANSWER: "Girlfriend" [by Avril Lavigne]?17. A licensing issue resulted in an EA Sports game for the Genesis titled for these two teams "and the NBA Playoffs" getting an extremely limited release in Europe. For 10 points each:[10] Name these two basketball teams, the subject of the 30 for 30 documentary Best of Enemies. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were rival stars for these two teams.ANSWER: Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics [prompt on city names][10] One of the crappier parts of Best of Enemies is that it relies on this person to give a first-person narrative of a Boston fan's perspective. He earned a Teen Choice nomination for playing Eric Matthews in Saw II and had earlier appeared on albums such as Face the Music.ANSWER: Donnie Wahlberg [or Donnie Edmond Wahlberg Jr.][10] The Minneapolis Lakers dominated in the 1950s thanks to "Mr. Basketball", George Mikan, who had played college ball at this university under coach Ray Meyer. This team defeated Bowling Green to win the 1945 NIT. SBNation wondered if this "Nickelback" of men's basketball will improve with the signing of Tyger Campbell.ANSWER: DePaul University [or DePaul Blue Demons]?18. This man lost to Richard Daly in a 1967 bid to be Chicago's mayor. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this civil rights activist and comedian who once went 30 months without eating solid food in protest of the Vietnam War. He died in 2017.ANSWER: Dick Gregory [or Richard Claxton Gregory][10] At a breakthrough gig at one of these clubs in 1961, Gregory won over the racist crowd by boasting that he got a $50 bonus anytime someone in the audience called him the n-word. These clubs share a name with a magazine founded by Hugh Hefner.ANSWER: Playboy Clubs[10] Gregory also apparently helped turn this man on to a vegetarian diet and thrice-weekly enemas. I seem to recall a Boondocks comic where Huey complains that Will Smith had been cast to play this person in a Michael Mann film.ANSWER: Muhammad Ali [or Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.]?19. One character on this show is dissuaded from writing poetry such as "A Recipe for Peace in the Middle East" by a professor at East Indiana State University. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this sitcom centering on the Heck family. It is narrated by Patrician Heaton's character, Frankie.ANSWER: The Middle[10] Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline, two of the writers on The Middle, both worked on this earlier working class comedy which is being revived by ABC. John Goodman played Dan Conner, the title character's husband on this sitcom.ANSWER: Roseanne[10] This actor played one of Frankie's co-workers at Ehlert Motors in the early seasons of The Middle. He had a recurring role as Azrael Abyss, Prince of Sorrows alongside Molly Shannon's character on the sketch Goth Talk.ANSWER: Chris Kattan [or Christopher Lee Kattan]?20. Identify the following about some notable instances of stage fright, for 10 points each.[10] This man once walked off the stage during a 1989 performance of Hamlet, stating "I had nothing in me, nothing to say, nothing to give". Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread will supposedly be his last film role.ANSWER: Daniel Day Lewis [or Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis][10] Except for charity concerts, this woman refused to perform live for twenty seven years after forgetting the lyrics to some songs at a 1967 performance in Central Park. This star of Yentl won an Oscar for Funny Girl.ANSWER: Barbara Streisand[10] A bad review in the Financial Times shook this actor's confidence and caused him to flee a 1995 production of Cell Mates where he has a scene in his underwear. This frequent Just a Minute guest was talk show host Gordon Deitrich in V for Vendetta.ANSWER: Stephen Fry [or Stephen John Fry]?21. During a torch transfer ceremony at this event, a protestor placed a "Freedom" banner next to the Olympic Flame and the minister of education was booed for giving a speech not in dialect. For 10 points each:[10] Identify this Olympics. During it, an athlete on a gold-medal winning team declared, "I don't know much about Angola, but I know they're in trouble".ANSWER: 1992 Summer Olympics [or Barcelona Summer Olympics][10] Many of the buildings at the 1992 Summer Olympics were repurposed from a 1929 one of these events. The Space Needle was built for the second of these events to take place in Seattle.ANSWER: World's Fair [or International Exposition][10] Andrew Lloyd Webber was commissioned to write "Amigos Para Siempre" for the '92 Olympics, although this man died before he could sing it at the closing ceremonies. Appropriately, his second solo album was titled Barcelona.ANSWER: Freddie Mercury [or Farrokh Bulsara] ................
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