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F.O.G.H.A.T. 2011: Observing a Moment of “Slowride”

Packet #1

Written by Jeremy White

Toss-ups

1. A cover of this song closes Joe Goldmark’s album Strong Like Bull…But Sensitive Like Squirrel and Curtis Stigers covered it for The Bodyguard. Its original version opens an album entitled The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz. Sung by John Legend, Feist, Toby Keith and a bear in a 2008 Christmas special, its most famous recording was highlighted by Pete Thomas’ drum fills and closes the album Armed Forces. “Where are the strong”, “who are the trusted” and “where is the harmony” are, for ten points, questions asked in what song written by Nick Lowe and recorded by Elvis Costello and the Attractions?

Answer: (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding

2. This person is the most recent left hander to play second base in a Major League game, but won nine Gold Gloves at a different position. In 2008, this person succeeded Mike Easler as the hitting coach of a team for which he still works. In 1987, this person broke Roy “Squirrel” Sievers’ American League record and tied Dale Long’s Major League record by hitting a home run in eight consecutive games. For ten points, name this person who won the 1985 AL MVP as first baseman for the New York Yankees before his current stint as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Answer: Donald Arthur “Don” Mattingly

3. This character surreptitiously purchased an e-reader after convincing two co-workers that lunchtime at a bookstore was the best place to meet women and was criticized for feeding a squirrel before a fun run. This character has taught someone phrases like “fluffy fingers” and “dinkin flicka” and taught the same character to sing the blues while driving a truck back from Nashua. This character turned down a spot in Sabre’s Print in All Colors minority management training program and asked for a raise when he had to pick up more work because one of his subordinates was fired for attacking Jim Halpert. For ten points, name this warehouse manager played by Craig Robinson on NBC’s The Office.

Answer: Darryl and/or Philbin

4. Early in this film, a stuffed toy scarlet tanninger is given to the main character’s lover. A character named Joan Fox calls her children “little squirrels” while enjoying the Japanese restaurant dinner won by Fox and the main character in a scavenger hunt. Ron Lemke’s death during autoerotic asphyxiation early in this film forces the main character to give Brown Star’s Two Diamonds award presentation at an ASMI meeting. At the meeting, the main character meets industry rivals nicknamed Deanzy and the Ronimal and befriends a prostitute portrayed by Alia Shawkat. For ten points, name this film in which Ed Helms goes to an insurance convention in the titular Iowa city.

Answer: Cedar Rapids

5. In one book, this author describes using LP sleeves depicting life-sized heads to scare finches as well as the process of buying a human skeleton for Hugh. Another book by this person describes educational experiences like taking guitar lessons from a midget. This person wrote plays like The Book of Liz with a sibling and Joe Mantello based a play on this person’s account of working at Macy’s, which is entitled The Santa Land Diaries. This person’s most recent work is Chipmunk Seeks Squirrel: A Modest Bestiary. For ten points, name this brother of the star of Strangers with Candy whose humor books include Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Me Talk Pretty One Day.

Answer: David Sedaris

6. The composer and singer of this song told Oprah that its title character was inspired by a classmate in a stained glass class. In The Chipmunks’ cover of it, the title character of this song became a squirrel. The singer of its original version included an acoustic version of it on the album Karma and its original version is the second track of Working Class Dog. The singer feels so dirty when they start talking cute and the title character is “loving him with that body.” For ten points, “Where can I find a woman like that” is a question repeatedly asked in what song by Rick Springfield?

Answer: “Jessie’s Girl”

7. This person was the first quarterback at his alma mater since Billy Wade to be taken in the first round of the NFL Draft. This person was once tossed in a swimming pool during a Peyton Manning-organized prank, an event that ruined his blood sugar monitor. Mike Florio wrote that this person was “treated like a squirrel carcass in an over-crowded kennel” after Aaron Ross, Barry Cofield, Jonathan Goff, Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora combined to sack him nine times in a half. This person was criticized for not using a headset to assist Caleb Hanie in the same playoff game that prompted some NFL players to question his toughness. For ten points, name this former Vanderbilt and Denver Bronco quarterback currently playing for the Chicago Bears.

Answer: Jay Christopher Cutler

8. This character, in flashbacks, discussed trying to impress a hot girl by eating squirrel at a Gettysburg re-enactment and wearing a wizard costume. A picture of the wizard costume was placed by a protester on The Arcadian, a building to be torn down due to this character’s GNB project. This character visited a grieving Marshall in Minnesota to avoid a date with that protestor, who is divorcing the Captain and is named Zoe. This character shares an apartment with ex-girlfriend Robin and drinks at McLaren’s with Barney Stinson. For ten points, name this inefficient storyteller who is played by Josh Radnor on screen and voiced by Bob Saget while telling two youngsters the titular tale of How I Met Your Mother.

Answer: Ted and/or Moesby

9. A commercial for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards featured Aziz Ansari and this actor’s heads superimposed on waterskiing squirrels. A Funny or Die video presented this actor’s pool party and a 2010 film featured this actor’s character taking the Splendid Splinter to victory in a sailing race. In other films, this actor has played a young man who is cast as Lucius in Julius Caesar; Link Larkin, a dancer on the Corny Collins Show; and a 17-year-old version of Matthew Perry. For ten points, name this actor who has starred in Me and Orson Welles and Charlie St. Cloud since playing basketball team captain Troy Bolton in High School Musical.

Answer: Zachary David “Zac” Efron

10. According to The Magnetic Fields, these people come on like squares, but get off like squirrels and are mean due to eating non food. The Rivieras’ biggest hit said these people are really the most. Gretchen Wilson criticized these people for having never heard of George Jones and having no meat on their bones. One song about these people was reportedly the result of its composer’s first acid trip and featured vocals by Bruce Johnston. Another song explains these people will melt your popsicle and are fine, fresh, fierce and undeniable. For ten points, name this group of women praised in song by a David Lee Roth cover of a song originally by the Beach Boys and by a 2010 hit for Katy Perry.

Answer: California Girls

11. The main characters of this television series took a trip to Camp High in the Wild where Dave hit a moose with a school bus and Michelle and Daisy met two gay Canadian stoners. In the same episode, Tea [pron. Tay-uh] rejected a kiss from Abbud, who is the equivalent to Anwar, a character played by Dev Patel in another series of the same name. An SNL parody of this series featured product placements for a Berlusconi website and squirrel skin condoms, which was in response to advertisers pulling spots from this series due to threatened child pornography investigations. For ten points, name this MTV series about teens, drugs and sex that is based on a BBC series of the same name.

Answer: Skins

12. One film of this name ends with the heroine making an unsuccessful visit to a Memphis Wild West show and has J. K. Simmons voicing the unseen Lawyer Daggett. Another film by this title features a cat named General Sterling Price and a character played by Glen Campbell who calls a Monarch boarding house customer “squirrel headed.” In both films, the heroine falls into a snake pit after shooting Tom Chaney, her father’s killer. Similarities between the two films of this name make sense since both are based on the same Charles Portis novel. For ten points, give the common name of a 2010 Coen Brothers film and the film for which John Wayne won an Oscar for playing Rooster Cogburn.

Answer: True Grit

13. This company’s CEO resigned in 2006 after false claims of having psychology and theology degrees from Heartland Baptist Bible College were discovered on his resume. This company sponsors a sports team that employs Markel Irizar and Ben Hermans and from 2002 to 2006, this company and Samsung co-sponsored the spring race at Texas Motor Speedway. British accented squirrels talk about “smarty phones” on a park bench in this company’s recent ads. For ten points, “Don’t just buy stuff, do stuff” and “You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers” have been ad taglines for what electronics retailer and title sponsor of a cycling team featuring Lance Armstrong.

Answer: Radio Shack

14. The 1999 edition of this event was held at Brookline and featured a controversial premature celebration that allegedly distracted Jose Olazabal. The 2010 version of this event at the Celtic Manor Resort gave rise to a Crasher-Squirrel-like Internet meme after a red-wig-and-Groucho-mustache-wearing man was seen standing behind Tiger Woods in a photo. Woods only qualified for the 2010 edition of this event, which is composed of foursomes, four ball and singles matches, as one of four picks made by US captain Corey Pavin. For ten points, name this biennial golf event that is a contest between American and European teams.

Answer: Ryder Cup

15. This is the profession of Isaac Clarke, a playable character in Dead Space, and Tali had this role on the Normandy in Mass Effect. In Team Fortress 2, this is the name of the class that can provide a sentry gun or a teleporter and one is needed to cut phone lines in The Godfather 2 game. In Civilization IV, building the the Hagia Sofia or the Three Gorges Dam increases the odds of producing a “Great” one of these and in Civilization II, these are a more advanced version of the Worker. A mechanical squirrel and motorcycles can be built by those practicing this profession in versions of World of Warcraft. For ten points, name this noble profession shared by comic strip co-workers Alice, Wally and Dilbert.

Answer: Engineer or Engineering

16. This character once purchased the Gem Theater with a friend named D.W. Griffith and later bought a mansion from Tony Stark for one dollar. This character relocated to Chicago to escape false accusations of having killed business partner Danny Rand and spent time in prison after Willis Stryker planted drugs in his apartment. Squirrel Girl was hired by this character and his wife Jessica to serve as a nanny to their daughter Danielle while he served as leader of a new incarnation of The Avengers. For ten points, name this Marvel character, an African American “Hero for Hire” also known as Power Man who acquired bulletproof skin and superhuman strength in a prison experiment.

Answer: Luke and/or Cage Accept Power Man before it is read

17. This character’s father’s gun case combination is the date that this character left home. A neighbor played by David Paymer once slept with this character’s mother. This character’s brother asked God to take his weight in squirrels instead when this character was hit by a car driven by Billie Cunningham, a nursing student played by Alyssa Milano who became this character’s third wife. This character had a son named Dodge with first wife, Joy, whose son named after this character was actually fathered by Crabman. For ten points, name this character who atoned for a list of past misdeeds and was the titular character of a former NBC series starring Jason Lee.

Answer: Earl Jehoshaphat Hickey

18. In a 2004 game against this team, Earl “the Squirrel” Boykins became the shortest player to score thirty points in an NBA game and Kareem Abdul Jabbar played his final NBA game against this team. In a February 2011 game against the 76ers, this team’s only reserve was Jason Maxiell because Austin Daye, Chris Wilcox and four other players had been disciplined for skipping practice. This team’s top draft pick in 2010 was Greg Monroe whose number ten was later retired in honor of a player who won Defensive Player of the Year for them in 1990 and 1991, namely Dennis Rodman. For ten points, name this NBA team that struggled in 2011 despite signing Tracy McGrady and having a roster with several players from its most recent championship, like Tayshaun Prince and Ben Wallace.

Answer: Detroit and/or Pistons

19. One possible title character of this film goes to see Belle Epoque on a date with the bartender he picked up by discussing plans to work head-body-head. Another possible title character of this film claims to have a squirrely style, impersonates a police officer to steal a car and is in prison when an HBO documentary is broadcast that depicts his crack addiction. The latter character was called The Pride of Lowell after knocking Sugar Ray Leonard down in a fight. For ten points, name this Best Picture nominee about two boxers played by Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale.

Answer: The Fighter

20. In 2010, the Country Music Hall of Fame displayed this person’s “squirrel sculpture” of a four-piece band and Time Life released this person’s recordings for Mother’s Best on CD. The best known line-up of this person’s backing band included bassist Hillous Butrum, steel guitarist Don Helms and fiddle player Jerry Rivers. “Please Make Up Your Mind” and “I Dreamed of Mama Last Night” are among the songs this person released as “Luke the Drifter.” One hit for this singer described a lovesick wooden Native American statue and another asks a dog to “move it on over.” For ten points each, name this country music legend behind hits like “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.”

Answer: Hiram King “Hank” Williams

21. In an animated video for one of this band’s songs, their lead singer is drawn as a super hero and saves a woman held in a teacup by a giant squirrel. Another of this band’s songs was covered on the expanded version of Weezer’s album Hurley and prompted a lawsuit claiming their same song plagiarized “If I Could Fly” by Joe Satriani. A show in Sydney’s Horden Pavilion became their first live album and included “Moses”, the song for which their lead singer named his second child with Gwyneth Paltrow. For ten points, name this band whose hits include “Viva La Vida”, “Clocks” and “Yellow.”

Answer: Coldplay

22. This person is the titular figure in an MTV U series in which cinematography students investigate activities like squirrel fishing or a water gun tournament that could make the weekend “Suck Less.” This person recently self-released a film inspired by controversial Pastor Fred Phelps and once made a short film for The Tonight Show in which the things that would be traded for a flying car are discussed by characters played by Jeff Anderson and Brian O’Halloran. In 2010, this person dedicated an episode of his “Smodcast” to his removal from a Southwest Airlines flight while traveling to promote Cop Out. For ten points, name this director of Jersey Girl, Mallrats and Clerks.

Answer: Kevin Patrick Smith

Bonus

1. Ever since Willie Mays robbed the Indians’ Vic Wertz of two RBI’s with “The Catch” in the 1954 World Series, it’s a good bet that a sports moment described as “The” something probably led to Cleveland getting screwed. Answer these questions about examples for ten points each.

10) Altered by a squirrel in a 2010 film, “The Drive” was the 98-yard sequence that beat the Browns in overtime in the 1987 AFC Championship Game. “The Drive” ended with what quarterback’s touchdown pass to Mark Jackson?

Answer: John Albert Elway Jr.

(10) LeBron James’ announcement of plans to leave the Cavaliers for the Miami Heat was presented in “The Decision”, in which James was interviewed by what sports broadcaster?

Answer: Jim Gray

(10) Michael Jordan knocked the Cavs out of the playoffs in 1989 with a buzzer beater now known simply as “The Shot.” Jordan’s jumper was over this Cavs’ guard who had just hit a possible game winning layup on the previous play.

Answer: Joel Craig Ehlo

2. Answer these questions about a television program’s Halloween episodes for ten points each.

(10) A first-season episode for this NBC series featured characters in Halloween costumes, like Britta dressed as a squirrel, Abed dressed as Batman and Pierce dressed as The Beastmaster.

Answer: Community

(10) Community’s second season Halloween episode featured a zombie outbreak and a voice-over from what guest star who played Sulu on Star Trek?

Answer: George Takei

(10) During the second season Community Halloween episode, Shirley got it on with—and may have been impregnated by—what disgraced Spanish professor played by Ken Jeong?

Answer: Señor Chang

3. For ten points each, answer these questions about cartoons available on line.

(10) This arguably most successful webtoon features sub-series like Twenty-Exty-Six, Sweet Cuppin’ Cakes and Teen Girl Squad, all of which originated in Strong Bad E-mails.

Answer: Home Star Runner

(10) Former SNL cast member Jenny Slate voices what mollusk shell with one eye and pink shoes in a Dean Fleischer-Camp directed short film that become popular online.

Answer: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

(10) This webtoon created by Jonathan Ian Mathers for Ill-Will-Press centers on a Goth girl named Germaine and her ranting pet, Foamy the Squirrel.

Answer: Neurotically Yours

4. Answer these questions about an actress for ten points each.

(10) What actress played a teen who teaches siblings to hunt squirrels before hunting for a missing meth-cooking father in an Oscar nominated performance in Winter’s Bone?

Answer: Jennifer Lawrence

(10) Lawrence was in the cast of this TBS sitcom as the eldest child of a mother played by Nancy Travis and a father who was a Denver family counselor played by the titular star.

Answer: The Bill Engvall Show

(10) In 2011, Lawrence was cast to play what heroine in the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games?

Answer: Katniss and/or Everdeen

5. For ten points each, name these metal bands from information about the Deluxe Edition of one of their albums.

(10) Alternately titled demos of every track, like “Black Squirrel” for “Broken Beat and Scarred”, “Ten” for “My Apocalypse” and “UN3” for “The Unforgiven 3” are included on the Deluxe Edition of this band’s most recent album, Death Magnetic.

Answer: Metallica

(10) The Deluxe Edition of this band’s biggest selling album, Empire, included a bonus disk of live performances to augment studio tracks like “Anybody Listening” and “Silent Lucidity.”

Answer: Queensryche

(10) Acclaimed metal guitarist John Petrucci is a founding member of this band who has released a box set deluxe edition of their most recent album, Black Clouds and Silver Linings.

Answer: Dream Theater

6. For ten points each, name these video games with evil clown characters for ten points each.

(10) A clown named Sweet Tooth and the wish-granting Calypso are recurring characters in what Playstation game series in which players engage in combat with projectile-firing vehicles.

Answer: Twisted Metal

(10) What RPG’s main villain is a clown-faced nihilist named Kefka Palazzo who, during the game, overthrows Emperor Gestahl, poisons the water supply of Doma and goes to the Esper world?

Answer: Final Fantasy VI

(10) In this 1993 2D platform game for the Super NES and Sega Genesis, the titular character is a bat whose foils include Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel and an evil clown named Edgar Ektor.

Answer: Aero the Acrobat

7. In 2010, tennis pro Robby Ginerpi guaranteed inclusion in this packet by suffering a broken elbow in a bike wreck after swerving to miss a squirrel. For ten points each, answer these questions about some of Ginerpi’s non-squirrel related career highlights.

(10) Ginerpi’s 2010 highlight was making the fourth round of the French Open and losing to this bronze medalist for Serbia in 2008 who won a second Australian Open title in 2011.

Answer: Novak Djokovic

(10) Ginerpi lost to this player in the semifinals of the 2005 US Open. In 2010, he was retired and the author of an autobiography named Open.

Answer: Andre Kirk Agassi

(10) Ginerpi was a member of this World Team Tennis franchise in 2008, its inaugural season. This team won the league title in 2009 and will have both Williams sisters on its roster for 2011.

Answer: Washington and/or Kastles

8. For ten points each, answer these questions about the work of actor Jon Sklaroff.

(10) During the current TV season, Sklaroff guest starred on this series as a mobster who managed to get a look underneath the mask of a character played by Michael Chiklis.

Answer: No Ordinary Family

(10) On 24, Sklaroff played a Russian mobster whose thumb was removed by this Annie Wersching-portrayed ex-FBI agent whose death sent Jack Bauer on a series-ending killing spree.

Answer: Renee and/or Walker

(10) Sklaroff played a mercurial film director making a movie about Parisian squirrels riding bicycles in a commercial promoting the international services of what airline?

Answer: American Airlines

9. For ten points each, name these musicians who market lines of signature eyewear.

(10) This singer-songwriter’s eyewear line features frames named for her songs like “Sandalwood”, “Firecracker” and “Snowday”, but she does not offer frames named “Stay (I Missed You).”

Answer: Lisa Anne Loeb

(10) A Squirrel Hill retailer sells sunglasses designed by this Pittsburgh-based rapper. A special pair named for his number one hit “Black and Yellow” is available for ten thousand dollars.

Answer: Wiz Khalifa or Cameron Jabil Thomaz

(10) Rock Star Baby is the signature line of eyeware from what drummer for Bon Jovi?

Answer: Hector Samuel Juan “Tico” Torres

10. For ten points each, name these films set in Tuscon, Arizona.

(10) A long-running sitcom was based on this film in which Ellyn Burstyn plays the titular wannabe singer who takes a job as a waitress at Mel’s Diner in Tuscon.

Answer: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

(10) Tuscon community college students Bud “Squirrel” Macintosh and Doyle Johnson, played by Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin, are inadvertently locked in the titular structure of what 1996 film?

Answer: Bio-Dome

(10) Steve Coogan plays a Tuscon high school drama teacher who stars as Jesus in the titular play of this 2008 indie comedy.

Answer: Hamlet 2

11. Answer these questions relating to the Montreal Alouettes for ten points each.

(10) The Alouettes defeated this team for the Grey Cup in each of the last two years. Their mascot is a Richardson’s ground squirrel named Gainer, whose name is an anagram of the city in which they play home games.

Answer: Saskatchewan Roughriders Prompt on Roughriders

(10) The Alouettes’ quarterback in the aforementioned two Grey Cup wins is this person who led Utah State to their first ever bowl win and has won three CFL Most Outstanding Player Awards.

Answer: Anthony Calvillo

(10) In 2011, the Alouettes gave a tryout contract to this Nebraska alum who holds both the all-time and single season rushing yardage records for the Green Bay Packers.

Ahman Rashad Green

12. For ten points each, answer these questions about the characters on a cartoon show based on a film.

(10) This Nickelodeon series chronicles the adventures of the title characters, like Rico and Kowalski, who are in frequent conflict with lemurs named King Julien, Maurice and Mort.

Answer: The Penguins of Madagascar

(10) Tom McGrath voices this leader of the penguins who has masterminded numerous escape attempts and when interacting with humans, advises his charges, “Just smile and wave boys.”

Answer: Skipper

(10) A new character for the series is this otter voiced by Nicole Sullivan who was transferred from a California aquarium, goes crazy upon leaving captivity and once dated a squirrel named Fred.

Answer: Marlene

13. Answer these questions about comic book character growth spurts for ten points each.

(10) Fans of Zits can buy a companion “Sketchbook” entitled Growth Spurt with a cover depicting a giant version of this teenaged main character towering over parents Walt and Connie.

Answer: Jeremy Duncan

(10) The titular child of this Mark Tatulli strip once conducted a mad scientist experiment and put the resultant potion on peanuts leading to giant squirrels in the park.

Answer: Lio

(10) In October, 2007, the children and all other characters of this strip aged ten years overnight during its second “time warp” following the death of Les Moore’s wife Lisa from breast cancer.

Answer: Funky Winkerbean

14. For ten points each, answer these questions about bands making an homage to another artist’s album cover.

(10) Elvis Presley’s first album cover inspired the pink and green lettering and the black and white photo on the cover of this album by The Clash, which features “Train in Vain.”

Answer: London Calling

(10) Squirrel Bait’s first album, Husker Du’s Zen Arcade and The Minutemen’s Double Nickels on the Dime are among the album covers this band re-enacted in their video for “New Slang.”

Answer: The Shins

(10) This punk trio paid homage to the cover of The Kinks Kontroversy with the cover of their album Dig Me Out, which featured “Words and Guitar” and was their first with drummer Janet Weiss.

Answer: Sleater Kinney

15. For ten points each, name these controversial books about mothers.

(10) Not allowing sleepovers and forcing violin or piano practice are among the strict parenting techniques discussed in this 2011 best-selling memoir by Amy Chua.

Answer: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

(10) Doctor Kate and carpenter Jane are the lesbian couple who are parents of the titular girl in this Leslea Newman book.

Answer: Heather Has Two Mommies

(10) In this nakedly political children’s book by Jeremy Zilber, a squirrel mother teaches children about health care access and diversity to explain why it is better to be in the titular party.

Answer: Why Mommy is a Democrat

16. Answer these questions about a Major League Baseball team’s farm system for ten points each.

(10) What team’s minor league system features highly touted prospects like Brandon Belt and Zack Wheeler and affiliates like the Richmond Flying Squirrels and the Fresno Grizzlies?

Answer: San Francisco and/or Giants

(10) A recent success story to emerge from the Giants’ system was this catcher who was named Rookie of the Year after being called up from the Grizzlies in May of 2010.

Answer: Gerald Dempsey “Buster” Posey III

(10) The Giants signed Casey Daigle to a minor league contract for 2011. Daigle is the husband of what pitcher who went 2-0 for the US softball team in the 2004 Olympics and who pitched two perfect games during her pro career with the Chicago Bandits.

Answer: Jennie Lynn Finch

17. For ten points each, name these actresses who played a character named Roz on a sitcom.

(10) Marsha Warfield played a bailiff named Roz, who worked alongside Richard Moll’s Bull Shannon, on what 1980s sitcom?

Answer: Night Court

(10) Frasier Crane’s producer Roz Doyle was portrayed by this actress who was named after the titular squirrel of a Felix Salten novel.

Answer: Peri Gilpin or Peri Kay Oldham

(10) On the sitcom 9 to 5, office snoop Roz was played by Jean Marsh, who is best known for her Emmy-winning portrayal of maid Rose Buck in this British series set in the Bellamy household.

Answer: Upstairs, Downstairs

18. Answer these questions about a British actress for ten points each.

(10) This actress was Oscar nominated for both Damage and Tom and Viv and showed comic chops playing Queen Elizabeth and a squirrel-hating highwayman in the second and third iterations of Black Adder.

Answer: Miranda Jane Richardson

(10) In the Harry Potter films, Richardson plays this reporter and unregistered Animagus who turns into a beetle to get story details and also writes an unflattering biography of Dumbledore.

Answer: Rita and/or Skeeter

(10) Richardson starred in this A&E series starring James Badge Dale as an analyst for the American Policy Institute investigating a global conspiracy.

Answer: Rubicon

19. Answer these questions about actor and comedian Larry Miller for ten points each.

(10) On this series, Miller played Edwin Poole, who along with Denny Crane and Shirley Schmidt, was one of the three founders of its central law firm.

Answer: Boston Legal

(10) In this film, Miller played a principal whose breath spray was laced with squirrel pheromones and Jamie Kennedy played an evil ice cream truck driver. Both were enemies of this film’s titular paperboy.

Answer: Max Keeble’s Big Move

(10) On the Game Show Network, Miller hosts this show in which contestants have to assess the veracity of puppets like Shelley Oceans, William A. Mummy and Cashmere Ramada.

Answer: Late Night Liars

20. Answer these questions about the work of writer Terry Southern for ten points each.

(10) Southern wrote this comic novel about a billionaire who entertains himself through elaborate stunts like installing a Pygmy as president of an ad agency and having him “scurry about the offices like a squirrel” and by arbitrarily rejecting social elite for a cruise on the titular vessel.

Answer: The Magic Christian

(10) Southern was hired as a co-writer by Stanley Kubrick to add comedic elements to this film which started as an adaptation of the very serious nuclear thriller Red Alert.

Answer: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

(10) During a two-year stint teaching screenwriting at NYU, Southern’s students included what future director of Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

Answer: Amy Heckerling

21. For ten points each, answer these questions about vocalists charged with animal cruelty.

(10) Dale Bozzio was convicted of animal cruelty in 2009 for leaving twelve cats untended in a house. Bozzio was a former Playboy bunny who was the lead singer of this 1980s band whose singles included “Words” and “Destination Unknown.”

Answer: Missing Persons

(10) Neglected pit bulls led to an animal rights conviction for this rapper whose career has produced songs like “Party Up (Up in Here)” and albums like It’s Dark and Hell is Hot.

Answer: DMX or Earl Simmons

(10) Mark E. Smith was investigated by the RSPCA after mentioning killing squirrels in an interview. Smith is the vocalist and only constant member of this British band whose songs include “The Man Whose Head Expanded”, “There’s a Ghost in My House” and “Crazy Bag Man.”

Answer: The Fall

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