Ann B - Trash



The 1999 Ann B. Davis Hawai'ian Getaway Popular Culture Tournament

Tossups by Midnight Thunder

FIRST PERIOD - Get out of interrupt free cards in effect for this period only.

1. He had a memorable 1998. He made a cameo appearance on King of the Hill to note that a rope was “soft and pretty.” His son won the NASCAR Busch Series points championship, he raced against his son in Japan in November and he finally won a Daytona 500. For ten points, name this stock driver with seven Winston Cup Championships and nicknames like “The Intimidator.”

Answer: Dale Earnhardt

2. The Chicago Tribune ranked them on a scale of one to ten in December, 1997. Hugo Drax and Georgi Koskov received (*) embarrassing ones and the most recent, Elliot Carver, fared little better with a three. Blofeld’s rating varied from five to seven through three films. For ten points, name this exclusive film character club whose only members to rate tens were Oddjob and Auric Goldfinger.

Answer: James Bond villains or equivalent answers

3. Cartoon Central temporarily replaced this program with re-runs of She’s the Sheriff (*) after parents literally catapulted themselves into protesting it. Fans, including Death himself, helped bring the show back and the title characters later starred in a TV movie entitled, “Not Without My Anus.” For ten points, name this fictional flatulent cartoon series, a favorite of the South Park gang.

Answer: The Terrence and Phillip Show

4. “January 21”, “February 4”, “March 31” and “February 28” (*) are all, for ten points, followed by what two-word phrase in section headings of the Starr Report?

Answer: sexual encounter (need exact answer)

5. The Dead Kennedys covered it making slight lyrical modifications like “Even if I run out of speed, I wouldn’t sleep a minute away.” (*) ZZ Top covered it on their Greatest Hits album. The ZZ Top cover’s video inspired Beavis of Beavis and Butt-head to perform it replacing the title’s first word with Beavis. For ten points, name this song about the Sin City made famous by Elvis Presley.

Answer: Viva Las Vegas

6. On January 1, 1967, Georgia Tech coach Bobby Dodd told Sports Illustrated this was the reason Tech lost to the Florida (*) Gators football team. In 1991, eight years after Quaker Oats had acquired rights to produce it from Stokely Van Camp’s, it began receiving endorsement from Michael Jordan. For ten points, name this substance available in flavors like Midnight Thunder and lemon-lime.

Answer: Gatorade

7. A licence plate containing the number-letter combination 28 IF. (*) A misinterpretation of “Cranberry sauce.” A badge with the letters “OPD.” A cigarette. The introduction of Billy Shears. A backwards message following “I’m So Tired.” Bare feet out of step with three other men’s shoed feet. For ten points, these are all clues on albums and album covers that supposedly prove what Beatle is dead?

Answer: Paul McCartney Accept “Abbey Road” if answered within two words of 28 IF

SECOND PERIOD - Multiple guesses on completed tossups allowed this period only

8. This 1998 film re-united the stars of This is Spinal Tap without killing any drummers as Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer provided voices for some of the Gorgonites. Celebrities like Jim Brown, Ernest Borgnine and Tommy Lee Jones provided voices for The Commando Elite. For ten points, name this Dreamworks film about using military technology in toys.

Answer: Small Soldiers

9. This man joined a list of luminaries that includes Kermit the Frog on December 3, 1998 when he spoke at Oxford University. (*) He spoke frankly about his evil dealings with his employees and answered questions about Degeneration X and Stone Cold Steve Austin. For ten points, name this chairman of the World Wrestling Federation.

Answer: Vince McMahon

10. After Bud Baxter completes his stressful workday at a New York insurance company, (*) he likes to go home and relax. Unfortunately, Bud often cannot go home because in the hope of being promoted, Bud loans his home to company executives as a place to meet their mistresses. For ten points, this describes what 1960 Best Picture Oscar winner starring Shirley MacLaine and Jack Lemmon?

Answer: The Apartment

11. After graduating from Cornell at the age of 20, he took a job with UPI Radio in New York. (*) Two years later, he was an anchor on CNN, where he performed a kitchen-sink re-enactment of the America's Cup race. For ten points, name this sportscaster who left a cable TV show to go to another network last year, and has recently left that network, MSNBC, to become the senior anchor for Fox Sports News Prime Time.

Answer: Keith Olbermann

12. Their singles typically charted higher in the UK than in the US. 1987’s “Love in the First Degree” (*) and 1984’s “Robert DeNiro’s Waiting” both reached #3 in the UK, but only hit #48 and #95 in the US, respectively. 1983’s Cruel Summer was closer on both sides of the Atlantic, hitting #8 in the UK and #9 in the US. For ten points, name this group whose only US #1 was 1986’s “Venus.”

Answer: Bananarama

13. Italic Squirrels. Pinot Noir and the Nuances of Toast. (*) Bill Hawley and the Smoots. Rodent Passion. Sheep Eyeballs. These are all good names for a rock band according to, for ten points, what author of Babies and Other Hazards of Sex and Pulitzer Prize winning Miami Herald humor columnist.

Answer: Dave Barry -- prompt on “rock bands” or “good names for rock bands” during the listing

14. First played in a Holyoke, Massachusetts YMCA gymnasium in 1895, this sport invented by William Morgan was originally called “mintonette.” The only necessary pieces of equipment at its inception were a basketball and a rope. FTP, this sport now played with a net and now as much associated with beaches as gymnasiums.

Answer: Volleyball

THIRD PERIOD - No special rules in effect

15. George Gulden is an English professor who still has not finished his novel, Come Back Inn. Upon learning his wife Kate is dying of cancer, Gulden chides daughter Ellen, a New York career woman, into returning home to care for Kate. For ten points, this describes the premise of what 1998 tearjerker starring William Hurt, Renee Zelwegger and Meryl Streep.

Answer: One True Thing

16. It seemed a natural hit when it debuted in September of 1997, but CBS aired it for the last time on the morning of Saturday, September 26th, 1998. (*) Dweezil Zappa and Dr. Demento made cameo appearances in the premiere episode entitled “He’s Not Heavy, He’s My Hamster.” For ten points, name this children’s show featuring Stan Freberg, Judy Tenuta and the star of the film UHF.

Answer: The Weird Al Show

17. Headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, the breakthrough hit for this company was the Talkboy, (*) a tape recorder used by Macauly Culkin in Home Alone 2. The 200 low-end electronic items it now produces, like the Giga Pet, recently earned it admiration—and a buyout—from Hasbro. For ten points, name this toy company that has released the Furby on an unsuspecting public.

Answer: Tiger Electronics

18. He overcame having a first name like Hiriam and by age 14 had won $15 in a songwriting contest. Before his death on December 31, 1952, he wrote 150 more songs, like “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive.” For ten points, name this man whose 1949 Grand Old Opry performance of “Lonesome Blues” made him a star and whose son now performs the theme song for Monday Night Football.

Answer: Hank Williams, Sr. (do not prompt on Williams)

19. The first line of the first song on her first album sounds like something a quiz bowler would write. The first line of “Run, Baby, Run” (*) is “She was born on November, 1963, the day Aldous Huxley died.” For ten points, name this Kennett, Missouri native whose first album, Tuesday Night Music Club, also includes “Leaving Las Vegas”, “Strong Enough” and “All I Wanna Do”.

Answer: Sheryl Crow

20. Although it was originally published by GDW, it is now owned by TSR. Set on an alternate earth where Atlantis and Lemuria still exist, heroes battle such things as fairy creatures and the Unseelie. FTP, name this game written by Gary Gygax, his first effort since writing the original Dungeons and Dragons.

Answer: Dangerous Journeys prompt on: Mythus

21. Nine of the 25 million dollars in its budget was spent paying actors like John Ratzenberger, Edward Fox, Liv Ullmann, Elliott Gould, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan O’Neil, Laurence Olivier, Maximilian Schell, Gene Hackman, Michael Caine and Sean Connery. For ten points, name this 1977 Richard Attenborough directed film about World War II’s Operation Market Garden.

Answer: A Bridge Too Far

EXTRAS - Please see the tournament director if you need shootout questions

A tie against Sweden and victories against Czechoslovakia, Norway, Romania, West Germany, the Soviet Union, and Finland led to the most unforeseen event in Winter Olympic history. For ten points, name this event which occurred at Lake Placid in 1980.

Answer: the Miracle on Ice also accept USA hockey 1980 Olympic victory or equivalents

The first was Guy Doleman, followed quickly by George Baker. Next was Leo McKern, Colin Gordon, Eric Portman, and Anton Rodgers, followed by the return of Colin Gordon. Mary Morris followed Gordon II, then came Clifford Evans, Derren Nesbitt, Peter Wyngarde, John Sharpe, and Patrick Cargill. Leo McKern returned for the last two episodes. For ten points, identify this character/office holder, chief functionary and elected official in the Village in the 1967-68 TV series "The Prisoner".

Answer: Number Two (prompt for more info if they say "The Prisoner" before you do)

The surest way to kill an 80s TV show was to run it against Cosby, which is what ABC did to this sci-fi series about a genius named Austin James who traveled Arizona using scientific knowledge to thwart criminals. James stopped a malfunctioning super-computer bent on world destruction, defended a super-intelligent ape accused of murder, that sort of thing. For ten points, identify this 1988 Parker Stevenson series created by Isaac Asimov.

Answer: Probe

191 in Week 2. 104 in Week 3. 119 in Week 4. 168 in Week 5. 208 in Week 6. 136 in Week 8. 149 in Week 9. 111 in Week 12. For ten points, these are among the gaudy yardage totals that have fueled the potential record rushing pace of what Denver Broncos running back?

Answer: Terrell Davis

The 1999 Ann B. Davis Hawai'ian Getaway Popular Culture Tournament

Bonuses by Midnight Thunder

1. Name the frequently used syllable in the world of popular music from the following clues on a 30-15 basis.

a. For 30, it is the first sound uttered by a human voice in Foghat’s “Slowride” and is exclaimed ecstatically five times in Bachman Turner Overdrive’s “Taking Care of Business.”

b. For 15, it is the first syllable of the name of the rap group that includes Ghostface Killah and Method Man.

Answer: Woo or Wu

2. Answer these questions about Bass Ale for the stated number of points.

a. For 10: Name the color and shape of the geometrical symbol that is the most prominent feature of Bass’s trademark.

Answer: Red triangle

b. For 15: It may not be trashy per se, but quiz bowl fans of Bass Ale have surely noticed the painting Bar at the Foiles Bergere features bottles of Bass in the foreground. Who painted it?

Answer: Edouard Manet

c. For 5:If you know that Bass Ale has a higher specific gravity that Guiness Stout, you are undoubtedly familiar with what drink that features both beers in one glass in two distinct layers?

Answer: Black and Tan

3. On December 15, 1998, sportswriter Steve Rosenbloom noted that a baseball team now has a better running game than the Chicago Bears. Answer these questions about the story that prompted that comment for the stated number of points.

a. For five points, name the 1998 Heisman Trophy winning running back who has expressed a wish to be the next multi-sport star because he is also a minor league baseball outfielder.

Answer: Ricky Williams

b. For fifteen points, in what Major League team’s minor league system has Williams played rookie league and Class A ball and compiled a whopping .211 batting average?

Answer: Philadelphia and/or Phillies

c. For ten points, what Major League team claimed Williams in the Rule 5 draft of unprotected minor league players, prompting General Manager Jim Beattie to say, “Maybe we will trade him to the Alouettes.”

Answer: Montreal and/or Expos

4. Judging by current Hollywood trends, there must be nothing more blisteringly creative for a director to do than remake a film. You’ll get ten points for each of the following questions you can answer about a director who has recently or will soon have a film released that is a remake of an earlier film.

a. This director’s follow-up to Good Will Hunting was the much-discussed shot-for-shot remake of Psycho.

Answer: Gus Van Sant

b. You’ve Got Mail is a technologically updated remake of the Jimmy Stewart classic, The Shop Around the Corner. Name the director of You’ve Got Mail who previously directed Sleepless in Seattle and Michael?

Answer: Nora Ephron

c. His next film will be a remake of the The Out-of-Towners with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn in the starring roles. Name this film’s director who has yet to be brought to justice for directing Disney’s George of the Jungle.

Answer: Sam Weisman

5. The X-Files is a perennial loser of the Best Dramatic Series Emmy. Perhaps it should be nominated as a comedy instead. For the stated number of points, answer these questions about actors and actresses associated with comedy who have made X-Files guest appearances in 1998.

a. Five points. In an episode entitled “Bad Blood”, this star of Bottle Rocket and Home Fries portrayed Sherrif Hartwell, the only law enforcement in a Texas town filled with vampires.

Answer: Luke Wilson

b. Ten points each. In a two-part episode that premiered on November 29th and December 6th, an Area 51 employee named Morris Fletcher temporarily switched lives with Mulder. Fletcher and his wife were both portrayed by what two Saturday Night Live alumni?

Answer: Michael McKean and Nora Dunn

c. Five points. On the episode that aired December 13, 1998, what former Laugh-In star portrayed the female half of a duo of apparitions that attempted to convince Mulder and Scully into entering a lovers suicide pact?

Answer: Lily Tomlin

6. For ten points each, identify the daytime soap opera from a portion of a series plot summary for the week ending December 12, 1998.

a. Rolf programmed his computer so that on the next lunar eclipse, Hope will be transformed into Gina.

Answer: Days of Our Lives

b. Ashley received a call from a mystery man, then told Cole that she has to go to Europe on a business matter. Grace’s mother informed Alice that her daughter had gone to Genoa City.

Answer: Young and the Restless

c. Lila was about to confess everything to Cass when Zak acted quickly to prevent her from talking. Tito intercepted a message that was intended for Remy.

Answer: Another World

7. Note the following Shakespearean quotation:

“With love’s light wings did I o’er perch these walls

For stony limits cannot hold love out.

And what love can do that dares love attempt.

For the stated number of points, answer the following three questions about this quotation.

a. For five points, what thespian and androgynous waif boy delivered these lines in the 1996 Baz Luhrman film, William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet?

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

b. DiCaprio, of course, portrayed Romeo. For fifteen points, who delivered these lines in Franco Zefferelli’s 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet?

Answer: Leonard Whiting

c. For ten points, what woman addressed a February 14th, 1997 Washington Post personal ad to “Handsome” that contained these lines from Romeo and Juliet?

Answer: Monica Lewinsky

8. I wish I could sign a multi-million dollar contract, but alas, I’m not a free agent Major League Baseball player. If you can identify two baseball players who just became even more well-to-do from the dollar amount and length of a contract signed this off-season, you’ll get 15 points. If you need the teams they signed their contract with and their position, you’ll get five points.

a. 15 pts. 6 years, $80 million

5 pts. Anaheim Angels, 1st Base and DH

Answer: Mo Vaughn

b. 15 pts. 7 years, $105 million

5 pts. Los Angeles Dodgers, Pitcher

Answer: Kevin Brown

9. From a list of three chapter titles, name the Tom Clancy novel in which they appear for ten points each.

a. “The King of SAR”, “The Panache Procedure”, “The Good of the Service”

Answer: Clear and Present Danger

b. “Promised Land”, “Tinsmiths”, “Three Shakes”

Answer: The Sum of All Fears

c. “A Sunny Day in Londontown”, “Cops and Royals”, “Trials and Troubles”

Answer: Patriot Games

10. The Brian Setzer Orchestra’s cover of Louis Prima’s “Jump Jive and Wail” has burned up radio airwaves lately, but for ten points each, answer these three questions about other covers on the album, “The Dirty Boogie”.

a. Setzer delivers a blazing solo in the song that is Track 8 on the album, but to be fair, he’s had a lot of time to practice it as it was the biggest hit for his former band, the Stray Cats.

Answer: Rock this Town

b. On Track 7, the 1961 Lieber and Stoller classic, “You’re the Boss” is performed as a duet by Setzer and what No Doubt lead vocalist?

Answer: Gwen Stefani

c. Track 5 features a remake of what somnabulistic 1959 instrumental?

Answer: Sleepwalk

11. Name the TV sitcom from information about its cast on a 30-20-10 basis.

40: Allow for a guess on the lead in.

30: It ran from 1972 to 1978 and featured a pre-Gopher Fred Grandy in the 1973-74 season.

20: Adrienne Barbeau portrayed Carol Trainer on this show and a pre-Golden Girls Rue McClanahan portrayed Vivian Cavender Harmon.

10: Bill Macy, not William H. Macy portrayed Walter Findley and Bea Arthur played the title role.

1: A line in the show's theme song said "And then came Maude."

Answer: Maude. Host note: the question writer stated that William H. Macy played the husband on the show, which would have been a neat trick since he would have been 22 at the time versus 49 for Bea Arthur.

12. Everyone knows how many points you get for a touchdown, but do you know how many points are awarded for the following not-so-familiar football scores?

a. For 5: defense returns a blocked extra point to their end zone in the NCAA

Answer: Two points

b. For 10: a rouge in the Canadian Football League

Answer: One point Editor note: There is absolutely no reference to the word "rouge" anywhere in the CFL rule book. It's called a single.

c) 15 pts a drop kicked field goal in the Arena Football League

Answer: Four points

13. For the stated number of points, answer these questions about one of the greatest ever stand-up comedy albums, Let’s Get Small.

a. For five points, what comedian recorded Let’s Get Small, an album that contains some material that he also performed in monologues as guest host of Saturday Night Live?

Answer: Steve Martin

b. For ten points, what musical instrument does Steve Martin use to play a song called “Ramblin’ Guy” and then claim it makes such a happy sound that it was the one thing that could have saved Nixon?

Answer: banjo

c. For fifteen points, fill in the blank in this quote from Let’s Get Small. “Before I come on stage, I put a BLANK in each shoe. That way, when I’m on stage, I feel funny.”

Answer: Slice of bologna

14. 40-30-20-10-1. Identify the rock singer from song titles.

40: Allow for guess from lead-in.

30: “Steve Threw Up” and “Satan Gave Me a Taco”

20: “High Five (Rock the Catskills)” and “The New Pollution”

10: “Loser” and “Where It’s At”

1: There is no known information on whether Beck's is his favorite imported beer.

Answer: Beck

15. This bonus is about the work of an unheralded star of TV and film, Meramec Caverns in Stanton, Missouri. Answer questions about its TV and film “performances” for the stated number of points.

a. Five points. Meramec Caverns was the site of a taping of one episode of what 1950 and 60s television show that starred June Lockhart and a collie?

Answer: Lassie

b. Ten points. In the 1973 film, Tom Sawyer, Meramec Caverns portrayed the cave in which Tom and Becky Thatcher become lost. What future Oscar Best Actress winner portrayed Becky Thatcher?

Answer: Jodie Foster

c. Fifteen points. Art Linkletter once offered a newlywed couple a honeymoon deep in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks. The couple accepted not realizing Linkletter referred to a small chamber inside of Meramec Caverns. What is the name of the show on which Linkletter made this offer?

Answer: People are Funny

16. Name the film on a 40-30-20-10-1 basis.

40: Allow for guess on lead in

30: On a Saturday Night Live episode in the fall of 1997, Norm McDonald, while performing his Larry King impression, blurted out that if you saw one movie for the rest of your life, it should be this Andrew Niccol film that received a Hugo Award nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation.

20: In this film, author Gore Vidal portrayed Director Josef and Blair Underwood portrayed a geneticist.

10: In this film, Ethan Hawke portrays a man who has to assume a different identity in order to have the DNA necessary to allow him to travel in space.

1: Your tournament director changed the channel immediately when he saw on screen "Coming up next on HBO - Gattica"

Answer: Gattaca

17. With the NBA lockout in full swing, basketball junkies were turned away in December when the American Basketball League shut its doors. Answer questions about the late, great ABL for the stated number of points.

a. 5: Name the 1997-98 league champion.

Answer: Columbus or Quest

b. 10: Name the 1999 expansion franchise located in Chicago

Condors

c. 15: Name last years league MVP

Natalie Williams

18. Name the musician, 40-30-20-10-1.

40: Allow for guess on lead in

30: He owns a swimwear line called Exposure and his seldom heard last name is Wharton.

20: In 1986, he became—in his own words—the O.J. of the 80s when he paid a 2.6 million dollar settlement to escape manslaughter charges resulting from a car accident he caused while driving drunk. Hanoi Rocks drummer Razzle Dingley died in the accident.

10: He has released a platinum solo album called Exposed, but he is better known for singing lead on albums like Girls, Girls, Girls and Dr. Feelgood.

1: The 2.6 million dollars was paid by Vince Neil.

Answer: Vince Neil

19. In the June, 1998 issue of George Magazine, an article examined which U.S. states have the highest number of weddings occur within the state’s borders per 1000 permanent residents of the state.

a. For five points each, name the state that had the highest and lowest number of weddings according to this article.

Answer: Nevada (highest) and Pennsylvania (lowest)

b. For five points each, name any three of the four states that have second through fifth highest number of weddings. Any order is acceptable.

Answer: Hawaii, Tennessee, Arkansas, Virginia

20. After hearing Charlie Steinhice’s name read in several Trash Masters questions, Jeremy McLain White, decided to put his own name in a bonus. For ten points each, answer these questions about 1980s films. Each answer contains Jeremy, McLain or White in it. All spellings of McLain are considered equivalent. If the answer is a person’s name, both first and last names are required.

a. Mikhail Barishnykov portrayed Nikolai Rodchenko in what 1985 film?

Answer: White Nights

b. What was the name of Bruce Willis’ character in the Die Hard.

Answer: John McLane

c. What actor who portrayed Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back?

Answer: Jeremy Bulloch

21. The release of That 70s Show has made this question’s author think of the film that could have been called That 70s Movie, namely, Dazed and Confused. Answer these questions about the film for the stated number of points.

a. Five points. What is the name of the star high school quarterback who refuses to sign a pledge that he will not take drugs and alcohol during the summer and the following football season?

Answer: Randy or Randall or Randy Floyd or Randall Floyd or Pink Floyd or Floyd

b. Ten points. A key development in the…well, for lack of a better term…plot of the movie occurs when oft paddled freshman Mitch Kramer earns the respect of the seniors when he throws an object through the windshield of a car. What object does he throw?

Answer: bowling ball

c. Fifteen points. What is the two-word name that Wooderson uses to refer to his car?

Answer: melba toast

22. For the stated number of points, name the following Grammy Award winning rap acts from a piece of music and the year and category of their Grammy.

a. Five points. The song “Men In Black”, 1997 Grammy for Best Solo Rap Peformance

Answer: Will Smith

b. Ten points, The song “The Crossroads”, 1996 Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group

Answer: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

c. Fifteen points. The album Poverty’s Paradise, 1995 Grammy for Best Rap Album.

Answer: Naughty By Nature

23. Answer these questions about the Chevrolet Corvette for ten points each.

a. In what Kentucky city are Corvettes currently manufactured? The town shares its name with a Northern Ohio university.

Answer: Bowling Green

b. Major Corvette redesigns are considered the start of new generations. What ordinal number is given to the current Corvette generation that debuted with the 1997 model?

Answer: Fifth

c. What is the name of the special Corvette GM manufactured from 1990-1995 with the LT5 and was the fastest production Corvette ever sold?

Answer: ZR-1

24. March Madness. For a sports fan, there is nothing like a month long basketball orgy. Thus, the Final Four is long remembered. Given a year and that years champion, give the other three teams in that year’s Final Four for 5 pts each.

a. 1984, Georgetown

Answer: Houston Virginia Kentucky

b. 1993, North Carolina

Answer: Michigan Kansas Kentucky

25. You are probably aware that Rob Estes capitalized on his popularity in the, ahem, seminal TV show "Silk Stalkings" to land that big-time role on Melrose Place, or Beverly Hills 90210, or whichever show it is he's on. (There's a difference?) For 10 points each, given a previous role, identify these veterans of "Silk Stalkings".

a. The title role, taking over from Donna Wilkes and Betsy Russell, in "Angel III: The Final Chapter".

Answer: Mitzi Capture

b. The lead role, taking over from Stacy Keach and Darren McGavin, in the TV movie "Come Die With Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery".

Answer: Rob Estes

The sidekick role in the short-lived TV series "J. J. Starbuck", co-starring (I swear I'm not making this up) Dale Robertson, Jimmy Dean and Shawn Weatherly, in which he reprised his own role, from a previous TV series, as E. L. "Tenspeed" Turner.

Answer: Ben Vereen

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