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Welcome to Side Event of a Madman, the side event Canada doesn’t need or deserve. Packs are split between a normal round with power-marked tossups and 10 bonuses and a harder round with tossups worth 15 or 20 marked for power and super powers. This tournament has arcane answerlines and niche topics, so is easier then I thought, so keep in mind the notes at the beginning of tossups and I apologize (a little bit) if you don’t get anything. Some artists and directors might be used as clues for more than one tossup but answerlines are not repeated. Complaints should be sent to Isaac Thiessen – President of Waterloo Quizbowl - even though he isn’t responsible for these packs. Thanks to Aaron Dos Remedios for writing an additional pack. Apologies for any editing mistakes or poor grammar. Good luck have fun.Madman Pack 1: The Chamber of Secrets1. On ABC, this man demonstrated how to enter the water like a stealth ninja, instead of belly flopping like people expect him to. A gif of this man kissing a fan has been interpreted as him sucking out of her life force. This man was threatened to lose his Maricopa County sheriff badge after a freestyle that included a savage diss of Kobe Bryant. A video game depicts this man’s martial art prowess in rescuing Nezu from the Second World. A song by Aaron Carter records the young singer’s encounter with this man, who asks for a 1v1. For ten points, identify this paragon of culture, a enormous basketball player notorious for missing free throws.ANSWER: Shaquille O’Neal2. In the Odd Future song Rella, an aside complains about the DJ’s lack of works by this person and adds “I’ve bet you’ve got some J-Kwon”. On one song, Logic describes himself as angrier than this person “talking about clothes”. The ninth track on Young Thug’s mixtape Jeffrey features Wycleaf Jean but is titled after this person, though the lyrics have nothing to do with their work. A song about this person has a music video that follows a maid on a Cinderella-like journey through hot clubs after finding a dress in a house she is cleaning, and repeats the line “I’ll be the king of me”. A song about this person opines “I miss the old” version of this person and the “chop up the soul” version of this person. For ten points, identify this subject of songs by the Chainsmokers and, appropriately, himself.ANSWER: Kanye West (accept either part individually)3. In an episode of this show, Anton Yelchin plays a troubled high schooler who slashes his wrists and hires a prostitute the day before being institutionalized. In another episode of this show, Jason Alexander wearing a large grey wig plays Professor Rothschild, who was obsessed with the Fibonacci Sequence. That character is as sibling of William Grace, who Agent Rossi had captured years before. A character on this show was forced to confront a man who sexually abused him when in Chicago on a case; that character, Derek Morgan, is played by Shermar Moore. Another main character on this show, Aaron Hotchner, would often read the quotes that bookended episode of this show. For ten points, identify this show somehow still being made about the Behavioural Analysis Unit that investigates and catches serial killers.ANSWER: Criminal Minds4. Youtube account nalobi posted 4 videos of two brothers lip syncing a song associated with one of these animals. In a meme produced by the goons at Something Awful, one of these animals says “get out”. In another meme, one of these animals is a Foul Bachelor that does disgusting things stereotypical of university students. One of these animals riding a unicycle is welcomed with the phrase “o shit waddup”. Similar to newspaper cat, one meme sees one of these animals drinking lemonade and admitting “but that’s none of my business”. That same character also disagrees with his evil side, who wears a black hood, in a meme depicting our internal struggles to make moral decisions. A character that is one of these animals was declared a hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League. For ten points, identify this kind of animal that have dominated memes in recent memory, including Pepe and Kermit.ANSWER: crazy Frog 5. A common avatar of this deity was named “Brass” and is depicted in stories about the smashing of a money ring and murder in the air. Depictions of this deity with advisors often paired him with his favourite food, a variety of sweet and colourful beans. Some believers in this deity believed he had domain over spoken language, calling him the “Great Communicator”. One text brought about by followers of this deity observed “there is a bear in the woods… for some it is easy to see”. This deity declared that it was morning again in his land after ruling it for four years, while in another episode he visited a land in the east and demanded the dismantling of a wall that bisected a city. For ten points, identify this deity of conservatism and arch enemy of the Soviet pantheon. ANSWER: Ronald Reagan or Ronnie6. The first song on the album about this character opens with the lyrics “pushing through the market square, so many mothers sighing” while the last song asks “gimme your hands cause you’re wonderful”. In one song, this character is described with “screwed up eyes and screwed up hairdo, like some cat from Japan” and “the kid was just crass, he was the naz”. Songs on the album titled after this character include It Ain’t Easy and Moonage Daydream. According to an interview with William S. Burroughs, this character is not actually the Starman “waiting in the sky”, but just his messenger on Earth. For ten points, identify this character who played guitar with his left hand and is paired with The Spiders from Mars in the title of a David Bowie album.ANSWER: Ziggy Stardust7. Description acceptable, actor and kind of thing required. It’s got nothing to do with to do with s-orbitals, but a large amount of currency that is this kind of thing is burned after Will Montgomery, played by this actor, is captured by an FBI agent. One of these kinds of things belongs to a local furniture store owner and is searched for by a shotgun-wielding bounty hunter that kills wildlife with grenades. That one of these things is called Nathan Jr. and is taken from their bedroom. Another one of these kind of things was created by John Wilkes Booth, an ancestor of the man seeking it out. The most famous one of these things was chiefly written by Thomas Jefferson and is housed in the National Archives. For ten points, identify these cinematic entities obtained by a certain memetic actor.ANSWER: Things stolen by Nick Cage in movies8. In one role, this actress tells Dirk Diggler “that is a big cock” and in a dramatic speech explains that he is like a son to her. In one role, this actress is offended when a pharmacist warns her about taking the combination of drugs she is picking up for her dying husband, Earl Partridge. A character played by this actress visits her ex-wife Theo to recruit him for The Fishes. Another character played by this actress shits her pants after forgetting where the washroom is in her summer home; that character is a linguistics professor who develops Alzheimer’s disease. In another film, this actress plays the leader of the resistance to President Snow who seeks to use Katniss for propaganda. For ten points, identify this star of Still Alice and Alma Coin from the Hunger Games Trilogy.ANSWER: Julianne Moore9. In one song, this band repeats the line “she knows the high stakes” and describes a woman who needs “wide open spaces”. In another song, this band repeats the line “You can’t afford no ring” and “I shouldn’t be wearing white”. A song by this band includes the lyrics “I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy”; that song is Travelling Soldier. Perhaps the most famous single by this band is their 2002 cover of a song originally recorded by Fleetwood Mac, which begins with the line “I took my love, I took it down”. At a concert in London the next year, this band denounced the presidency of George W. Bush and the Iraq War, which lead to their ostracism from the mainstream country community. For ten points, identify this female country band who recorded a famous cover of Landslide and the song Not Ready to Make Nice.ANSWER: Dixie Chicks10. In a memetic clip from Entourage often played backwards, a man best known for this profession smiles and drives away after making fun of Turtle’s car. While on the Bill O’Reilly show, a man of this profession asked the memetic phrase “U mad?” twice during an argument with the FOX News Anchor. is a website that hosts the work of people of this profession, and a frequent user of that site is often honoured with the acronym TYBG. Two men of this profession suspicious of science asked “fucking magnets, how do they work”. A looped gif of a man of this profession rotating his arm in a circle usually accompanies the phrase Smoke Weed Everday. For ten points, identify this profession of Lil B, 50 Cent, and DJ Khaled. ANSWER: Rapper (accept anything regarding hip-hop music)BONUSES:1. At the 2017 Oscars, this director was lead to believe he had won Best Picture after a mishap involving envelopes; internet denizens then posted the picture of his disappointed face with the caption “hello darkness, my old friend”. For ten points each:[10] This director still won Best Director for Lala Land, which sees the Ryan Gosling-played main character open a jazz club and Emma Stone tell a story about her aunt in Paris.ANSWER: Damien Chazelle[10] Chazelle was earlier nominated for Best Picture for this film about aspiring jazz drummer Andrew Neiman and his conflict with an abusive teacher. In one scene, Neiman punches through a drum in frustration.ANSWER: WhiplashWhiplash is named after a piece by Don Ellis that Neiman plays in a pivotal scene of the movie. Ellis also composed the score for this crime movie about drug smuggling in New York. In a famous car chase scene in this film, a detective follows an elevated subway train and gets into unintended accidents with stunt drivers.ANSWER: The French Connection2. Identify some songs that sparked a dance craze that you either love or hate, FTPE:[10] This song by Soulja Boy includes directions to “superman” and “watch me roll” to the beat of iconic steel drums. In his song Watch Me, Silento includes this song’s dance as one of the several he instructs the listener to do.ANSWER: Crank That (Soulja Boy)[10] This country dance song has steps involving grabbing the foot suspiciously similar to Crank That, but also involves rotating 90 degrees at the end of every cycle. The singer asks “where did you come from, where did you go” of the title character.ANSWER: Cotton-Eyed Joe[10] + [√2] The song Cha-Cha Slide Part 2 is perhaps the easiest song to dance to ever, because the artist instructs you exactly what to do. For 10 points, identify 6 unique actions you are instructed to do during the song. Different numbers of the same action do not count. If you can name 12 you are awarded an extra root 2 points.ANSWER: Cha cha real smooth, Go to work, Criss-cross, right foot stomp, left foot stomp, clap your hands, freeze, take it back now y’all, to the left, get funky with it, hop, turn it out, to the right, slide to the left, slide to the right, hands on your knees, how low can you go all the way to the floor, Charline Brown, reverse3. In one uncivilized country, this word refers to a bagged wine drank by bogans. FTPE:[10] Identify this word that describes cheap boxed wine, packaged usually in silver 1 litre bags in a box.ANSWER: Goon[10] Goon is drank by the insane population of this scorching hellhole of an island. Other pastimes of this country include “doof” outdoor raves, surfing, and getting absolutely stupidly drunk in Bali.ANSWER: Australia[10] Most Burger King restaurants in Australia are known by the name of this franchise because a restaurant in Adelaide had already trademarked the name Burger King. After a lawsuit sparked by Burger King opening its own restaurants when the trademark expired, all Burger King’s restaurants were rebranded with this name.ANSWER: Hungry Jack’s4. A glitch in the second game in this series allowing for combos was only found by one developer, who left it in because he naively thought it would be too difficult for players to abuse. FTPE:[10] That game introduced combos to the fighting game genre. Characters in this series include Ryu, Ken, and Chun Li, and its fifth edition was released in 2016.ANSWER: Street Fighter[10] Both Ryu and Ken can shoot these projectiles out of their fists by rotating the stick up towards the opponent and punching. ANSWER: Hadouken or a fireball (accept descriptions of energy balls or something like that)[10] The most famous clip of competitive Street Fighter play was when Daigo completed 15 of these moves during a special attack with a sliver of health left, a harder version of blocking that requires pixel perfect timing. Using this move against a special attack does not lose the play health unlike blocking.ANSWER: perfect Parry5. Reddit is a fascinating place where people can share personal stories and relate to each others life experiences. Answer some questions about the subreddits that are not about those things, FTPE.[10] This subreddit originally was a place to share depressing humour often revolving around anxiety, but now is a hub of memetic activity. In October of 2016 this subreddit realized it had no meme of the month, so it fought over whether Bear in the Big Blue House, Bioncles, or Crusaders would hold that title. All post must be called the title phrase.ANSWER: me_irl[10] The subreddit associated with this politician can no longer appear on the r/all because of its reputation for hate speech and contributing to the Pizza Gate conspiracy. Subreddits called March Against this politician and Enough this politician Spam have arose to share horror stories about this politician’s administration.ANSWER: Donald Trump[10] A similar subreddit to r/The_Donald that satirizes that community supports this German politician, who is the SPD’s candidate for Chancellor running against Angela Merkel. Fans of this politician want to build bridges instead of walls and spam “keine bremsen”.ANSWER: Martin Schulz6. Let’s do some math involving numbers in music, FTPE:[10] Adding the distance The Proclaimers claimed they would walk in I’m Gonna Be (but not the second amount they would walk more) to the distance Vanessa Carleton would walk if she could be the one who sees you tonight will gives you this distance.ANSWER: 1500 miles [10] Add the number of problems that Jay-Z has to the number of objects in a Green Day song that asks “lay down your arms, give up the fight”, then multiply by the title number of a Britney Spears song that notes “and I’m caught in between”.ANSWER: 360 [(99 + 21) x 3][10] Subtract the title number of a song by The Game that claims people from LA “be the craziest” from the title number of wooden pieces in a Led Zeppelin song.ANSWER: -967. The French title of this film translates as The Life of Adele – Chapters 1 & 2, which makes it far more obvious that a sequel to this movie is intended. FTPE:[10] This film, with controversially explicit sex scenes, follows Adele’s lesbian relationship with Valentin after they meet in a gay bar. The English title is a reference to Valentin’s dyed hair, which disappears as she grows into an established artist.ANSWER: Blue is the Warmest Colour[10] This other film about an attractive roughly 17 year old French woman discovering her sexuality which was in competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival follows Isabelle as she enters the world of prostitution after losing her virginity to a German boy. Isabelle meets her clients online while she studies literature at the Sorbonne.ANSWER: Young and Beautiful[10] Another French film that depicts a young French woman in a relationship with a German man is this Alain Resnais film about the last days of the relationship between Lui and Elle. Elle tells her Japanese boyfriend about her affair with a German soldier during World War II, a relationship she was shaved bald for after the liberation of France.ANSWER: Hiroshima mon amour8. Identify some film events that ultimately felt unjustified to write a whole tossup about. FTPE:[10] A baby picks up a phone call during the preparations for this event, who puts the protagonist’s cell phone in a fake cupcake. That character is then told by another he can’t go through with the event, calling from a limo because he has cold feet. One character makes up for this event by sending love letters written by famous men to the other by email.ANSWER: Mr. Big standing up Carrie before their wedding (accept any answer with those two characters and a cancelled wedding)[10] Fans of Star Wars have been upset over many changes to the original movies, including a scene in Mos Eisley Cantina which changed the order of events in a violent altercation. This phrase is used by defiant fans in memory of the original version of that scene.ANSWER: Han shot first[10] This scene occurs after Dr. Mann, who has read a Bob Dylan poem to a character he has betrayed, causes an explosion. The score accompanying this scene features a prominent organ, and one character repeats the line “Come on TARS” while almost fainting from high Gs.ANSWER: Interstellar docking scene9. You are an aspiring musician in the 1980s who wants to be famous for your androgynous voice and your crime-against-humanity haircut. Answer some questions about the production of your breakout synth-pop song. FTPE:[10] You might take inspiration from this New Romantic band behind songs like Hungry Like the Wolf and Rio to combine synthesizers and punk music. This band’s song The Reflex is an excellent example of extending the words why and try to maximum pop effect.ANSWER: Duran Duran[10] You might also take inspiration by this song by Tears for Fears, that tells us to “let it all out, there are the things I can do with out” and “you shouldn’t have to sell your soul”, to keep the lyrics basic and memorable.ANSWER: Shout[10] You may use a model named after this pioneer of synthesizer technology, though some may prefer Prophet-5 or Roland Jupiter. Synthesizers made by this man’s namesake company featured prominently in progressive rock before being used in disco songs by Donna Summers like Love to Love You Baby and I Feel Love.ANSWER: Robert Moog10. Friends was a really popular show 15 years ago, but I don’t remember much about it other than Joey sleeping with lots of women. With that in mind, answer some questions about the show, FTPE:[10] I do remember that this character played by Lisa Kudrow sang a song about a Smelly Cat, which asked “what are they feeding you?” and assured “it’s not your fault”. Apparently, she also was married to a Canadian ice dancer who was only pretending to be gay? What?ANSWER: Phoebe Buffay (accept either)[10] I might be able to recall the punning name of this establishment, where the six title characters hang out frequently. Wikipedia tells me Rachel works here as a waitress after dodging a wedding to Barry, and a big arrow sign reading SERVICE hangs from its ceiling.ANSWER: Central Perk[10] I had no idea that Marcel was this kind of character, which Ross searches for in The One After the Superbowl. In that double-length episode, a janitor played by Dan Castellaneta gives him a lead on where to find Marcel, who is filming a movie in New York.ANSWER: Pet MonkeyTOSSUPS HALF 211. (15) A verse on this album begins with the lines “raw Imma give it to ya, with no trivia” and describes how the music will “rock the nation like the Emancipation Proclamation”. The hook of a song on this album asks “can it be that it was all so simple then?” In a skit on this album, the title person describes sewing someone’s rear end up and keep feeding them as torture. The first song on this album, Bring Da Ruckus, begins with a sample claiming the group “could be dangerous” and the lines “Ghostface catch the blast of a hype verse/My Glock burst, leave in a hearse, I did worse”. Another song on this album begins with the repetition of a sample of “Tiger style” and claims the title group “Ain’t Nuttin to Fuck Wit”. For fifteen points, identify this debut album of a widely successful hip-hop group that features verses from Raekwon, RZA, and Ol’ Dirty Bastard.ANSWER: Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers (accept either phrase alone)12. (15) According to one meme the protagonist of this video game series, referred to erroneously by the series’ name, is a “pretty cool guy... eh kills aleins and doesn’t afaird of anything”. An early Youtube show features an action figure of the protagonist of this series coming to life to play the games, though he sucks; that action figure hates Call of Duty 4, calling it “Modern Gay Fuck Stupid” in a Microsoft Sam voice. In one video, characters from this series sing about how one of them “didn’t even need to aim his gun”; that video is No Scope, from the show Red vs. Blue that was made using games and characters from this series. For fifteen points, identify this series that features space marine Spartans like the protagonist, Master Chief.ANSWER: Halo13. Description acceptable. (20) An apocryphal story about this character is that Dennis Edwards was offended by lyrics describing the character’s death on September 3rd. According to that song, this character spent most of his time “chasing women and drinking” and describes himself as “a jack of all trades.” The single edit for the song about this character cut 5 minutes of Norman Whitfield’s instrumentals but was still almost 7 minutes long. A single mother claimed that wherever this character “laid his hat, was his home” and that when this character died, “all he left us was alone”. For twenty points, identify this title character of a song by The Temptations who was probably not Mick Jagger or Keith Richards.ANSWER: The Papa from Papa Was A Rolling Stone14. (20) During a proposal to take on the organization of this event a character ensures that he has been “earning and burning, snapping necks and cashing cheques”; another character repeatedly yells something close to “Pow” as another explains the importance of the event to Brennan. It’s not the Day of the Dead parade from Spectre, but the town this fictional event is held in started actually holding it in 2015. During that conversation, the event is described as “the biggest helicopter leasing event in the western hemisphere since 1997”. A man stalling for time at this event is told “get off the stage you dick” while singing about “boats n’ hoes”. A performance of Por Ti Valore at this event causes attendees to imagine one performer as a centaur archer and a different attendee to imagine the other performer as a lumberjack that has “travelled 500 miles to give you my seed”. Another result of that performance is for Nancy and Robert, the parents of the two title characters to rekindle their marriage. For twenty points, identify this event central to the plot of Step Brothers.ANSWER: the fucking Catalina Wine Mixer15. Warning: Artist and word required. (15) On the song Search and Destroy by this band, this word is numbered at 1,000 and contrasted with running and hiding. In the song Disposable Heroes by this band, a long delivery is used for this word after the lyrics “I was born for”. In For Whom the Bell Tolls, this word is used after the lyrics “take a look to the sky before you”. One of these words used in an album name by this band is paired with the word Magnetic. Interestingly, the song Enter Sandman does not feature any uses of this word, but Master of Puppets describes this word’s “construction”, and One describes “hold my breath as I wish for” this word. For fifteen points, identify this word often used by James Hetfield while singing for a certain metal band.ANSWER: Metallica saying death (or James Hetfield saying death until “certain metal band”)16. (15) According to one online source, the most financially successful people of this profession are Saahil Arora and Peter Dager. Jacky Mao, a man of this profession, is known for baffling scientists and his love of anime. A copypasta originally about a man of this profession claims he “wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes”. Bengi shares the distinction of achieving one of the highest distinction in this profession three times with Faker. People in a different field with this profession include Boxer and Jae-Dong, who were successful in two different Starleagues on Korean TV. For ten points, identify this profession who participate in competition organized by Valve, Blizzard, and Riot Games.ANSWER: E-sports player or professional gamer (accept any reasonable equivalent, even the cheesy answer of “cyber athlete”) 17. (15) A song in this genre by X-Coast, Mango Bay, repeats a sample of “that’s right” and features a music video of people dancing at a beach resort. Some of the best received albums of this genre with names in English include Fair Side Virtual and Chuck Person’s Ecojams Vol. 1, which may be the first album of this genre. Saint Pepsi’s album Hit Vibes is a work of Future Funk, a French-house influenced style of this genre. Another notable artist in this genre, Macintosh Plus, has released the album Floral Shoppe which features a song titled with a lot of Asian characters and the Arabic number 420, which is just a weird remix of a song by Diana Ross. For fifteen points, identify this genre of electronic music born on the internet which heavily samples and distorts music from infomercials, office lobbies, and instructional videos.ANSWER: Vaporwave18. This question is a mash-up so it is worth 25 points. One section of this book discusses Stalin’s son smearing feces, while Ken, the father of this show’s title character, owns a keyboard store. One character in this book witnesses a journalist stepping on a landmine in Cambodia during a protest, while another character who never takes off his hat named Korey seeks out Bigfoot with his brother, the title protagonist. The protagonist of this book is forced to become a window washer after publishing a controversial article, while the protagonist of this show makes his own horror movie after being denied entry to Hemorrhage II. Tomas marries Tereza near the beginning of this book, while this show’s theme song asks “why can’t the world just see things my way” before demanding “so get on with the show”. For twenty-five points, identify this classic novel of Czech literature and YTV show about a young film making teenager.ANSWER: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Ian19. (15) An enemy in this anime pulls the protagonist into a shadowy space that one scientist calls a Dirac Sea. An organization in this anime is represented by a triangle and seven eyes in two rows, sometimes with an added snake and apple. The second episode of this anime is titled Unfamiliar Ceiling, reflecting the first thing the protagonist sees after waking up in a hospital. Several enemies, including a large drill, attempt to enter the headquarters of the NERV organization in this anime. This anime uses Fly Me to the Moon as a closing theme song and its memetic opening theme song is titled in English Cruel Angel’s Thesis. While the protagonist of this anime is deemed the Third Child, the Second Child named Asuka is not met until episode 8 of this anime. For fifteen points, identify this controversial anime known for wild Christian imagery that follows Shinji as he fights Angels.ANSWER: Neon Genesis Evangelion or NGE20. (15) An album from this country, Expensive Shit, relates how policeman planted marijuana to arrest the artist; that song features a female chorus repeating the line “because the shit dey smell”. Another song by that artist compares this country’s army to zombies and repeats the words “a joro, jara, joro”. An artist recorded the song Ojuelegba, in which he sings “I am feeling good tonight, this thing got me thanking God for life”. That artist, Wiz Kid, repeats variations of the line “back up, back up, back up and wine it” on the song One Dance. The Broadway musical Fela! portrays the life and music of Fela Kuti, who protested the military dictatorships of this country and created this country’s most famous genre. For fifteen points, identify this home country of Afrobeat, a genre that combined American influences with the highlife music of its neighbour Ghana.ANSWER: Nigeria ................
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