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TOSSUPS – SAUCY DADDIES RC COLA CLASSIC 2002 – UT-CHATTANOOGA

Questions by Carol Guthrie, Markus Iturriaga, Scotti Whitmire, et al. with a faint hint of Arizona State

1. Opened in December 1973, its founder, Hilly Krystal, originally intended to provide a place to showcase new acts in American roots music in New York. Krystal found that he didn’t have enough acts to pay the bills; so when he was approached by a new rock band called Television looking for a place to have a show, he agreed, and America’s greatest punk and new wave venue was born. FTP, name this club, located at 315 Bowery, which was the starting place for Blondie, Patti Smith, and Richard Hell, and which doesn’t really play much country, bluegrass, or blues.

Answer: CBGB and OMFUG (accept CBGB’s, & Country Bluegrass and Blues until the last clue)

2. This company holds U.S. patent number 4832968 for its invention of a device to create a correct means to serve its product without a mixing system. The device, called a smoothifier, is a plastic pod blow-molded with nitrogen with a .61mm laser-cut hole in the side. It is placed in the bottom of a can prior to filling and becomes filled with a mixture of beer and nitrogen during pasteurization due to the pressure inside the can. When the pressure is released, the mixture comes out through the hole and mixes the nitrogen and beer to create the creamy head one expects from a tap-drawn pint. FTP, name this company, which has been brewing its beers at St James’s Gate Brewery since 1759.

Answer: Guinness

3. "The year 1994: From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction. Man's civilization is cast in ruin. Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn... A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil." FTP, name the Saturday-morning hero of the early eighties described here in the opening of his show.

Answer: Thundarr the Barbarian

4. The Sporting News's Player of the Decade for the 1980s, he hit 548 home runs, including 48 in 1980, the single-season record for a third baseman. He was the NL's MVP three times, an All-Star 10 times, and won 10 Gold Gloves. FTP, name this this Hall of Famer, elected in 1995, who played for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1972 to 1989.

Answer: Mike Schmidt

5. “I’d love to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair” “With all my heart I still love the man I killed” “Chicago, excitement!” “Ya didn’t eat your breakfast, so you don’t get your din din” “Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” These memorable lines were all uttered on screen by this Warner Brothers star and two-time Oscar winner. FTP, name the star of Now, Voyager, Elizabeth and Essex, Jezebel, and All About Eve.

Answer: Bette Davis

6. Named Billboard’s Top Singles Artist in 1988, she had five number one country songs that year, including four from the same album, King’s Record Shop. She previously had five other number one hits, including one, 1981’s “Seven Year Ache”, which made it to Billboard’s pop top 40. FTP, name this singer, married from 1979-1991 to singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell, among whose number one songs is a cover of her father’s 1961 hit “Tennessee Flat Top Box”.

Answer: Rosanne Cash

7. The very short-lived German version of this show was called "Punkt, Punkt, Punkt" (pronounced: poonkt, poonkt, poonkt) which means "Dot Dot Dot." In Britain, this show is currently under production with the name "Blankety Blank." In the US, production was stopped in 1979 but it continued in syndication until 1982 and can currently be seen on the Gameshow Network. FTP, name this game show in which a panel of mainstay celebrities and guests have to match the "fill in the blank" sentences with the guesses of the contestants, hosted by Gene Rayburn.

Answer: Match Game (accept Match Game '73, 74, Match Game PM etc.)

8. He is only 5'3" tall, and weighs just 135 pounds. This small size may contribute to the huge air he gets -- he holds the world record for highest air achieved on a halfpipe, 11 feet. From his roots as a vert skater in the late seventies, he has become an all-around master of the sport, winning both the street and vert titles at the 1987 World Championships. FTP, name this skateboarder, who has a signature line of Vans shoes featuring his dragon logo, inventor of the Caballerial.

Answer: Steve Caballero

9. His first TV role was on the ABC TV drama Correlli in 1995, where he met his wife. He gained acclaim on the London stage for playing Curly in Trevor Nunn’s revival of Oklahoma!. He also starred as the Beast in the Australian production of Beauty and the Beast; perhaps that’s why he was cast in the role that brought him to the attention of American audiences. FTP, name this Australian-born actor who played Wolverine in The X-Men.

Answer: Hugh Jackman

10. He resurfaced at the 2000 Summer Olympics and threw the javelin in practice for the English team, but didn’t compete, perhaps for fear he might injure someone should the javelin fly out of the stadium. Schooled in a monastery in Tibet, he appeared at the Mets training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida, in the spring of 1985, where his fastball was clocked at 168 mph. FTP, name this young English mystic, who some believe is the figment of George Plimpton’s imagination.

Answer: Sidd Finch

11. Candyland. Dixie Cups. Vitamin B12. Viacom. Safeway. Chocodiles. Nipple clamps. Lemony fresh. Casiotone. These are just a few of the unusual things mentioned in songs by this group, founded in 1993 by former music critic Mike Doughty, which recorded only three albums, Ruby Vroom, Irresistible Bliss, and El Oso, but which garned quite a cult following before their breakup in 2000. FTP, name this band, whose best-known songs include “Super Bon Bon” and “Soundtrack to Mary”.

Answer: Soul Coughing

12. As a junior, he won 34 San Diego County titles, which he followed up with 3 NCAA Championships, a U.S. Amateur Title and a win on the PGA Tour’s Northern Telecom Open while a collegian. He currently ranks first in Birdie Average. Between 1991 and 2002, except for 1999, he won at least one tournament per year...but never one of the four majors. FTP, name this infamous choker.

Answer: Phil Mickelson

13. Although she has only really entered the pop collective consciousness in the last two years, her connections to showbiz are many. Her mother was soul singer Minnie Riperton of “Lovin’ You” fame. In elementary school, she became friends with classmate Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom she remains close. She also toured with Weezer spinoff group The Rentals for several years as a keyboardist and vocalist. She began pursuing a career in comedy at the Groundlings Theater in LA after leaving the Rentals, and like many Groundlings performers, found her way to Saturday Night Live. FTP, name this comedienne, who plays such characters as Donatella Versace and Gemini’s Twin member Britannica on SNL.

Answer: Maya Rudolph

14. Created by Pearl B. Wait, he sold it to Francis Woodward of the Genesee Pure Food Company in 1897. Early advertising of this product feature a pretty maiden drawn by Rose O’Neill, inventor of Kewpie dolls, and boasted of the Safety Bag inside the box, designed to assure purchasers that the contents “will remain for years as pure and sweet as on the day it was made.” Edith Bunker once observed that it “always gives a gay party air to things,” perhaps because of its Technicolor range and the possibility of molding it into untold numbers of shapes. FTP, name this gelatin-based dessert, the basis for many a 3-ribbon salads.

Answer: Jello-O

15. "Queen of the Nile", "The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms", "On Thursday We Leave For Home",

"Walking Distance", "The Purple Testament", "It's a Good Life", "A Game of Pool", "A Quality of Mercy", "The Little People", "Where is Everybody", "Night of the Meek" and "The Eye of the Beholder" are all episodes in this seminal TV series which began airing in October 1959 and lasted for 5 seasons. Forrest Whitaker just signed on to star in the second return of this spooky show providing the intros and extros for each episode's self-contained vignette. FTP, name this series originally created by Rod Serling.

Answer: The Twilight Zone

16. Influenced by the mystique of a small volcanic island under British rule, the speaker is seeking to take his female companion - apparently a very attractive mother - to similar destinations, including a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands with capital at Oranjestad and another Caribbean island south of Cuba. His final destination, however, appears to be a city in Indiana with a branch of Indiana University, mythically transplanted to a tropical island. FTP, name this place, the eponymous location to a 1988 Beach Boys song from the soundtrack to "Cocktail".

Answer: Kokomo

17. Developed to calm twitchy eye muscles, it is manufactured by Allergan. Used by Patsy and Edina to hilarious effect on an episode of Absolutely Fabulous, this drug interrupts nerve impulses to muscles in the face, thereby making it the current drug of choice in Hollywood to help stars hide those crowfeet. FTP, name this drug, recently approved for use by the FDA, which is made from the substance that causes botulism.

Answer: Botox or Botulinum toxin

18. Born in the Dominican Republic, supposedly in 1935, he made his major league debut in 1958 with the San Francisco Giants. He also played for the Milwaukee, then Atlanta Braves, the Athletics, the Yankees, Montreal, and the Brewers. A 3-time All-Star, he won the 1994 NL Manager of the Year award. FTP, name this former Expos manager.

Answer: Felipe Alou

19. His first acting job was in MTV's "game show" Remote Control. Born in 1957 this actor-comedian and cousin of Conan O'Brien originally wanted to be an NHL star but was kicked off his high school team because of poor grades. Known primarily for his foul-mouthed comedy, he got his start in movies in "Strictly Business". His friendship with director Ted Demme lead to three of his most successful roles as well as a co-producership of the movie "Blow". FTP, name this actor, who had a cameo in "Natural Born Killers" and who starred in "Who's the Man", "The Snitch" and "The Ref" and more recently as a voice in "Ice Age" and his own ABC show "The Job".

Answer: Denis Leary

20. Don and Cosmo are down-on-their luck musicians who manage to find work on a silent movie set, Don as a stuntman and Cosmo providing “mood” music for the actors. Don becomes famous, but sees his career going down the tubes with the advent of “talkies” because his co-star Jean Lamonte talks like a Brooklyn cab driver. This briefly describes the plot of an MGM musical which featured such songs as “Good Morning” and “Make ‘Em Laugh.” FTP, name this classic starring Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor and Gene Kelly.

Answer: Singing in the Rain

21. Created by Jimmy Dewar, he named them after a shoe billboard he saw while in St. Louis. He boasted of eating 3 a day and died at the ripe old age of 88, maybe dispelling some views that they’re bad for you. For Superman’s 50th birthday, in 1988, DC comics gave a party in New York with an 8-foot-tall cake made of them, and they were Howdy Doody’s favorite snack food. FTP, name this famous snack cake developed by Dewar so he could use Continental Bakery’s “Little Short Cake Finger” pans year round.

Answer: Twinkies

22. His nonfiction includes Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World. Some of his fiction titles include Native Tongue, Double Whammy, Sick Puppy, Skin Tight and Strip Tease. FTP, name this Miami columnist, one of the best chroniclers of the twisted world of Florida.

Answer: Carl Hiaasen

23. Once a bass player for Buddy Holly, he was scheduled to be on the plane that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, but had given up his sit to the ill Bopper. He recorded 16 No. 1 singles and had recorded Nashville’s first platinum album Wanted: The Outlaws. Known for his black Stetson and brash persona, he and Willie Nelson lead were leaders of the country outlaw movement. FTP, name this musician, best known for ”Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, who died at age 64 in February 2002.

Answer: Waylon Jennings

24. Two answers required. They were born Noveber 25, 1981 and spent much of their childhood in relative anonymity. The brunette was voted "most likely to appear on the cover of Vogue" and was homecoming queen. The blonde is currently attending the University of Texas while her fraternal twin sister is attending her father's alma mater, Yale. In May of 2001 they embarrassed their parents by allegedly trying to buy alcohol with a fake id. FTP, name these hard-partying daughters of our commander-in-chief?

Answer: Jenna and Barbara Bush (prompt on Bush Twins, etc.)

25. . She slept in a heart-shaped bed, bathed in pink bubbles in a heart-shaped tub, and lived in a Sunset Boulevard home known as the Pink Palace, featuring a heart-shaped fireplace, fluffy pink carpet on floors, walls, and ceilings, a purple couch and gold piano. She was crowned Playmate of the Month in the February 1955 Playboy and made her acting debut on Broadway in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter. She died tragically and bizarrely, decapitated in a car wreck in 1967. FTP, name this bosomy blonde whose daughter stars on Law & Order: SVU.

Answer: Jayne Mansfield

BONI – SAUCY DADDIES RC COLA CLASSIC 2002 – UT-CHATTANOOGA

Questions by Carol Guthrie, Markus Iturriaga, Scotti Whitmire, et al. with a faint hint of Arizona State

1. Remember such classics as Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to the sky" or Billy Joel's "We didn't begin the fire"? At least those are the titles you get if you run them through 's "Babelfish" translation engine, going from English to German and back. For 10 points each, identify these songs from lyrics after they have been translated to German and back to English by online translation software. You'll get 5 points if you need the artist. Hint: All these are the opening lyrics to the songs.

a. 10: It is not this feeling inside a little merrily, which is not I one of those, me easily to hide can have nuch money, but boy, if I would buy I a large house, in whom we both live could.

5: Elton John

Answer: Your Song

b. 10: If you modify your understanding, I am first in line the honey, which is I still free taking probability on me

5: ABBA

Answer: Take A Chance On Me

c. 10: All pages are brown and the skies are grey; I are been for a way on the day of one winter

5: The Mamas & The Papas

Answer: California Dreamin'

2. E.T. is not the only film celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. For 5 pts each, answer these questions about the teen classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

a. Who directed it?

Answer: Amy Heckerling

b. Name the two actresses who played the lead female roles.

Answer: Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh

c. Name the drug-addled teen played by Sean Penn.

Answer: Jeff Spicoli

d. What actor, who appears in The Panic Room, played Ridgemont High’s star football player whose car gets trashed? Answer: Forrest Whittaker

e. Nicholas Cage had a small role as one of Sean Penn’s sidekicks. However, he was not billed as Nicholas Cage, but rather as who?

Answer: Nick Coppola

3. It's not TV, it's HBO. Some of the best original programming on television is not shown on the major networks or basic cable. FTP each, identify these HBO series from actor's names. If you need their characters' names you'll get five points.

a. 10: Terrey Kinney, Rita Moreno, Ernie Hudson.

5: Unit Manager Tim McManus, Sister Peter Marie, Warden Leo Glynn.

Answer: Oz

b. 10: Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Peter Krause, Rachel Griffiths

5: Nate Fisher, Ruth Fisher, David Fisher, Brenda Chenowith

Answer: Six Feet Under

c. 10: Michael Imperioli, Lorriane Braco, Vincent Pastore

5: Christopher Moltisanti, Jennifer Melfi, "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero

Answer: The Sopranos

4. Name the SciFi Author from works 30-20-10.

30: Swords of the Legion, The Case of the Toxic Shell Dump

20: "The World at War" series and the "American Empire" series of novels

10: The Guns of the South: A Novel of the Civil War

Anser: Harry Turtledove

5. How soon do you forget...? Identify these gold medalists from the 2002 Winter Olympics, 5 pts. each.

a. Men’s Downhill Skiing

Answer: Fritz Strobl

b. Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe

Answer: Ross Powers

c. Women’s Figure Skating

Answer: Sarah Hughes

d. Men’s 90 & 120 Kilometer Ski Jumping

Answer: Simon Ammann

e. Men’s Skeleton

Answer: Jim Shea

f. Men’s 1500 Meter Short Track

Answer: Apollo Ohno

6. Answer these questions about the history of video game development FTSNOP.

a. (5 pts) This company was founded in 1979 by a group of Atari developers who were angered by Atari's refusal to give credit to the creators of its games. Featuring a brief bio of the game's designer in the instructions for each game, it succeeding in making developers household names among gamers with such classics as Pitfall! and River Raid. The company continues as a major developer today, producing the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series among other titles.

Answer: Activision

b. (10 pts) The first widely-known one of these was created by another Atari developer who wanted credit for his the design of the Atari hit Adventure. He placed a secret object within the game which could be used to enter a secret room containing the words "Created by Warren Robinette". Today, these hidden features can be found in everything from MacOS to Microsoft Office.

Answer: easter eggs

c. (15 pts) This designer of such revered classics as M.U.L.E., Seven Cities of Gold, Modem Wars, and Command HQ opened the gaming industry's eyes to more than just brilliant multiplayer games when he became a she. Her death of lung cancer in 1998 cut short one of the greatest careers in the field.

Answer: Danielle Bunten Berry (Accept Dan Bunten slightly grudgingly

7. Variety - the official organ of the entertainment industry - is sometimes a little hard to understand for the uninitiated. Their Variety speak or "slanguage" has created such wonderful words as boffo, socko and topper.For 5 points each, identify these Variety-coined terms from definition, some of which have entered the mainstream vernacular:

a. A biographical film such as "Coal Miner's Daughter"

Answer: biopic

b. A child actor

Answer: moppet

c. A martial arts film

Answer: chopsocky

d. A film or TV show that lacks pre-release buzz or critical praise, but turns into a success after it is released.

Answer: sleeper

e. The Walt Disney Co. or any division thereof a reference to the company's most famous animated character Answer: mouse or mouse house

f. Variety term for an awards show like the Grammy's or Oscar's.

Answer: kudocast

8. Girlfriend, please! You will be fabulous beyond all human imagining if you answer these questions about actors who have donned drag for movie roles, 5 pts. each, 30 for all 5.

a. This famous stage actor starred as the rather hilarious, but Basset-hound faced drag queen in The Birdcage. Answer: Nathan Lane

b. This macho and highly respected actor also briefly appeared in drag in The Birdcage in order to escape the prying eyes of the press.

Answer: Gene Hackman

c. This British star of the 60’ and former Superman II bad guy enjoyed an unexpected career revival when he was cast as the statuesque transsexual Bernadette in the offbeat Aussie comedy, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Answer: Terence Stamp

d. The chief villain in The Matrix, this Australian actor also gained notoriety for donning drag in Priscilla.

Answer: Hugo Weaving

e. The queen of all screen queens, this zaftig discovery of bizarro director John Waters starred in such trashy cult favorites as Pink Flamingos and Polyester.

Answer: Divine (accept Glen Milstead)

9. What Seventies sitcoms lacked in subtlety they made up for in catch phrases. Given the catch phrase (or word), name the TV show from which it originated, 5 pts. each.

a. “Aaaaaaaaayyyy!”

Answer: Happy Days

b. “Up Your Nose with a Rubber Hose!”

Answer: Welcom Back, Kotter

c. “Whachoo talkin’ bout, Willis?”

Answer: Diff’rent Strokes

d. “Dyn-o-mite”

Answer: Good Times

e. “Stifle yourself”

Answer: All in the Family

f. “Nanoo Nanoo”

Answer: Mork and Mindy

10. "Schadenfreude" may be the best word to describe "" - an online "deadpool" allowing users to bet on failing dot-coms and tracking their demise. Identify these majorly "fucked" online companies from the comments on the above mentioned website FTSNOP.

a. 5: I'm out of dog food and my cat's box needs new litter. I know what I'll do: I'll order Dog Chow and Fresh Step online from a sock puppet, and then I'll watch the dog starve and the cat shit all over the house while I wait for it to be delivered!

Answer:

b. 10: Maybe [their] mascot, Whoopi, can fill in until they find a replacement for the VP of Business Development, who bailed out for greener grass elsewhere.

Answer:

c. 15: [This company] discovers that driving groceries 80 MILES FROM A DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN OAKLAND is a huge fucking waste of money, and calls it quits in Sacramento.

Answer:

11. F5PE, given a song from Miguel’s CD Platinum R&B Party, name the artist who recorded it:

1) Best of My Love [no, not the Eagles one – we said R&B Party, fool!]

Answer: The Emotions

2) Boogie Wonderland

Answer: Earth, Wind and Fire [with the Emotions]

3) Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe

Answer: Barry White

4) Got to Be Real

Answer: Cheryl Lynn

5) Lady Marmalade

Answer: Labelle [accept Patti Labelle]

6) Dance to the Music

Answer: Sly and the Family Stone [grudgingly accept Sly Stone]

12. Given a sponsor and a race car number, identify the driver who they are associated with on the 2002 Winston Cup Series, 5 pts. each.

a. #24, Dupont

Answer: Jeff Gordon

b. #5, Kellog’s

Answer: Terry Labonte

c. #20, Home Depot

Answer: Tony Stewart

d. #99, CITGO Racing

Answer: Jeff Burton

e. #8, Budweiser

Answer: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

f. #6, Pfizer/Viagra

Answer: Mark Martin

13. FTP each, name these Duckburg organizations, of which we usually only see a few members.

a. Huey, Dewey, and Louie belong to this Boy Scout-style organization, whose handbook appears to contain all knowledge of the world.

Answer: The Junior Woodchucks

b. April, May, and June belong to this counterpart of the Junior Woodchucks for girls.

Answer: Chickadees (Accept Junior Chickadees, Little Chickadees, or Littlest Chickadees)

c. Duckburg's first family of crime, members are typically known only by their prison numbers, such as 176-671.

Answer: The Beagle Boys

14. Name these members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 10 pts. each.

a. First round pick of the Cincinnati Bengals in 1980 and 3rd pick overall, he was All-Pro 11 consecutive years, 1981-91. Perhaps the premier tackle of his day, he lead Cincinnati to three AFC Central Titles and two AFC championships. His son currently plays for the Tennessee Vols.

Answer: Anthony Muñoz

b. The last of the “original” Browns to retire, he was All-NFL tackle six years and NFL Player of the Year in 1954. After a brief layoff in 1960, he returned and was a kicking specialist from 1961-67.

Answer: Lou Groza

c. He became the first great “T” quarterback as a pro, and led the Chicago Bears to a 73-0 victory in the 1940 title game. He also threw 7 touchdown passes in a game in 1943.

Answer: Sid Luckman

15. Carrie, a classic film, a dud on Broadway, and a crappy sequel. For pts. each, identify the actor or actress who portrayed these roles in the Brian de Palma directed Carrie.

a. Who played Carrie White?

Answer: Sissy Spacek

b. Who played her psycho-evangelical mother?

Answer: Piper Laurie

c. This actor played the slimy Billy Nolan who helped arrange the pig-blood dumping on Carrie. He would later go onto to box office stardom.

Answer: John Travolta

d. This actor and later star of TV’s The Greatest American Hero played the blond hunk Tommy Ross. Answer: William Katt

e. She played gym teacher Miss Collins, and later appeared on TV’s Eight is Enough and sung “Memory” in the original Broadway version of Cats?

Answer: Betty Buckley

f. Former wife of Steven Spielberg, she played sweet Sue Snell, the only survivor of Carrie’s wrath.

Answer: Amy Irving

16. Aspen isn’t the only small town in Colorado frequented by celebrities. South Park, Colorado, also seems to be a popular hangout of the rich and famous. Answer these questions about celebrities who have been objects of derision on comedy Central’s South Park, 10 pts. each.

a. This spiky-haired lead singer of the Cure was South Park’s only hope when the town was being attacked by Mega-Barbra, a giant robotic Barbara Streisand.

Answer: Robert Smith

b. This rotund former All in the Family star lives a Jabba the Hutt-like existence in Ethiopia in the notorious “Starvin’ Marvin” episode.

Answer: Sally Struthers

c. This former star of Dallas and Step by Step forms the leg of the kind-hearted Yeti-like monster Scuzzlebutt. Answer: TV’s Patrick Duffy

17. Mojo magazine recently published an edition in which they asked some of the movers and shakers in rock and pop music to name their heroes. FTP, name these heroes.

a. Michael Stipe named this singer/songwriter who created such albums as Horses and Easter.

Answer: Patti Smith

b. Emmylou Harris said of her hero, if you want “to discover him [you] can start at Harvest.

Answer: Neil Young

c. Brian Wilson cited this man’s production of “Be My Baby” as one of his greatest inspirations.

Answer: Phil Spector

18. Identify these geniuses responsible for producing one of the greatest humor magazines in history, Mad, 10 pts. each.

a. Name Mad’s long time publisher.

Answer: William M. Gaines

b. Name the cartoonist responsible for the marginalia cartoons.

Answer: Sergio Aragones

c. He was both artist and writer of “The Lighter Side of…”

Answer: Dave Berg

19. Their alter-ego band, The Knitters, played back-to-roots folk and honky tonk songs. FTPE,

A. Name this late 70's-early 80's distinctly sounding American band, with

guitarist Billy Zoom, bassist John Doe, drummer D.J. Bonebreak, and that woman singer with the unique name.

Answer: _X_

B. Name the female singer for X, originally born with the first name of Christine, whose pseudonym gave the band its name.

Answer: Exene _Cervenka_ (accept Cervenkova)

C. From 1987-1997, Exene was married to this New York born actor, who made his debut as an Amish Farmer in Witness.

Answer: Viggo _Mortensen_

20. Given the name of a country, tell me the name of the male tennis player who is that’s country’s highest ranking player on the 2002 ATP Championship Race as of April 14, 2002.

a. Russia

Answer: Marat Safin

b. Sweden

Answer: Thomas Johansson

c. Great Britain

Answer: Tim Henman

d. Switzerland

Answer: Roger Federer

e. Germany

Answer: Tommy Haas

f. United States

Answer: Andre Agassi

21. Has Sue Grafton worked her way through the alphabet yet…? Identify the name of the Grafton novel from the following letters, 5 pts. each.

a. N Answer: N is for Noose

b. C Answer: C is for Corpse

c. K Answer: K is for Killer

d. H Answer: H is for Homicide

e. A Answer: A is for Alibi

f. I Answer: I is for Innocent

22. Name the following films which featured a female lawyer on a 10-5 basis.

a. 10: Carolyn Polhemus slept her way to the top before her untimely death, including shacking up with a college professor and the D.A.

5: It stars Harrison Ford as her wrongfully accused murdered.

Answer: Presumed Innocent

b. 10: Kathryn Murphy plea-bargains away a pretty good rape case, then bullheadedly insists on prosecuting the onlookers.

5: It won Jodie Foster her first Oscar.

Answer: The Accused

c. 10: Teddy Barnes leaps into bed with her client, but later discovers his guilt when she stumbles upon an old typewriter in his closet.

5: She’s played by Glenn Close and he’s played by Jeff Bridges.

Answer: Jagged Edge

23. Many critically acclaimed film directors have dabbled in the low-budget horror genre before going on to make more famous films. Given the title of the horror movie made by a famous director, name the director, 10 pts each. If you need the name of one of the directors more “respectable” films, you’ll get 5.

a. 10: The Hand

5: Platoon

Answer: Oliver Stone

b. 10: The Evil Dead

5: A Simple Plan and Darkman

Answer: Sam Raimi

c. 10: The Exorcist II: The Heretic

5: Hope and Glory and Excalibur

Answer: John Boorman

24. In the wake of Cael Sanderson’s perfect 159-0 college wrestling career, Sports Illustrated published a top 10 list of the most impressive college sports feats ever. Answer these questions about that list, 10 pt. Each.

a. This Syracuse running backs senior year of 1956-7 was ranked number four, and not just for his football feats, but for excelling at track and lacrosse.

Answer: Jim Brown

b. Ranked number one was this track star, who on May 25, 1935, set four world records.

Answer: Jesse Owens

c. Ranked number 5, this Cincinnati hoopster was cited for having achieved a career double double, for points and rebounds.

Answer: Oscar Robertson

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