2004 TRASH Junior Bird Round 09



2004 TRASH Junior Bird Round 09

Tossups

On a mailing list associated with this website, Patricia Chapin coined a term for "inspirational tales which conceal much darker meanings than the uplifting moral lessons they purport to offer."  That genre, "glurge," is one of several categories on this website; others include Wooden Spoons, Inboxer Rebellion, Risqu Business, Rumors of War, and Cokelore.  For ten points, what website created by Barbara and David Mikkelson takes its name from a Faulkner-created family and specializes in urban legends?

ANS:

The name's the same. The first one aired in the fall of 2001 and consisted of three teams of two, dropped off in the middle of nowhere and racing each other back to the Statue of Liberty. The second is a much-hyped show from Alias creator J.J. Abrams, which debuted this fall. For ten points, what name is shared by a failed NBC reality show and a current ABC drama about people stranded on an island after a plane crash?

ANS: Lost

A one-time member of the Atlanta Boys choir, he belonged to a high school a capella group Midnight Voices, which reissued a 1999 album to capitalize on his fame. But after he flopped with a 2003 eponymous album that included his rendition of "Unchained Melody, " he was dropped by RCA. For ten points, name this runner-up to Kelly Clarkson on the first season of American Idol.

ANS: Justin Guarini

In 1999, he was traded with draft picks for Billy Owens, Dale Ellis, Don MacLean, and the rights to Corey Maggette, but left a year later in a four-way trade that included Vernon Maxwell, Glen Rice, Chuck Person, Travis Knight, Patrick Ewing. Since he left Seattle, he has become increasingly irrelevant in his second tours of duty with the Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers. His first stint in Orlando saw this former Clemson star helping the Magic to the NBA Finals. For ten points, name this power forward who once teamed with Pippen and Jordan on the Bulls.

ANS: Horace Grant

Seeking to afford a Christmas trip, he takes a $300 housesitting job over Thanksgiving break that devolves into a trip to New York City and a stay at the Waldorf.  When he returns to his Boston prep school to face a disciplinary hearing over a vandalized car, he receives the aid of his client, Lieutenant Colonel Jack Slade.  For ten points, name character well-played by Chris O'Donnell in the face of many a "hoo-hah!" by Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman.

ANS: Charlie Simms

Original drummer Dave Krusen left after recording the first album and was replaced by the New Bohemians' Matt Chamberlain on tour, before the slot was finally nailed down by Dave Abbruzzese. It was started after two former members of Green River and Mother Love Bone were put in touch with a singer from San Diego, who they asked to join them in Seattle. For ten points, name this act originally called the Mookie Blaylock Band, who honored the player's jersey number with their first album, Ten.

ANS: Pearl Jam

After attending Eastern Washington State on an athletic scholarship, he was recruited to join a semi-pro baseball team in Kamloops, British Columbia, but broke his ankle sliding into home. He remains in sports, buying a minority interest in the Edmonton Oilers and buying Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball.  He drew upon friend and Kamloops teammate Al Simmons for the name of his most famous creation.  For ten points, name this creator of Spawn.

ANS: Todd McFarlane

In 1997, he was charged after marijuana was found in the backpack of a passenger in his car, although the charges were later thrown out. He had plummeted to 12th in the 1995 draft after rumors of marijuana use. On the non-drug front, he was criticized for a 2002 hit on Chad Clifton and a comment about the NFL's "slave master" mentality." For ten points, name defensive lineman who signed with the Raiders in 2004, leaving the team that drafted him, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

ANS: Warren Sapp

Recruited after studying psychology at Oxford, he wrote a monograph that helped catch Monty Props. He began by writing profiles of serial killers, but found a new gig in which he was initially assisted by his then-girlfriend Diana Fowley. Driven by the disappearance of his sister Samantha, this is, for ten points, what FBI agent devoted to the X-Files?

ANS: Fox Mulder

After a football career at San Diego State and with the CFL's BC Lions, his move into a film career included a role as Dallas quarterback Dreamer Tatum in Semi-Tough. 1987 was a watershed year for him as producer Joel Silver cast him as Dillon in Predator before giving him own vehicle as Detroit cop "Action" Jackson. Though more known to younger audiences as Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore--for ten points--name this actor, whose best known role was as Apollo Creed in Rocky.

ANS: Carl Weathers

This musician was born in Milwaukee, where he wrote a column for the Milwaukee Community Journal.  His solo career has included the album Hoopla and the song "Like Marvin Gaye Said (What's Going On)," but has thus-far been as lackluster as the album Zingalamaduni, the last album of the band that made him famous.  For ten points, name socially conscious rapper from Arrested Development.

ANS: Speech or Todd Thomas

His less serious roles include the narrator of the Oscar-winning animated short Harvie Krumpet, the voice of Nigel the pelican in Finding Nemo, the villain Casanova Frankenstein in Mystery Men, and Captain Barbarossa in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.  For ten points, what actor's Oscar-nominated roles include a supporting role as acting company manager Philip Henslowe in Shakespeare in Love, the marquis de Sade in Quills, and pianist David Helfgott in Shine?

ANS: Geoffrey Rush

The episodes tend to be named after characters: Bobbi Borderick wants to work at Saks, model Naomi Gaines is attacked by a criminal known as "the Carver," Escobar Gallardo is a drug lord who blackmails the main characters, and Erica Noughton is the mother of Julia and happens to be played by Vanessa Redgrave, the mother of Joely Richardson, who plays Julia. Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon play Sean McNamara and Christian Troy, two plastic surgeons in, for ten points, what FX original series?

ANS: Nip/Tuck

When it was announced by Tony George in 1993 that it was to be added to the schedule, it marked the first time that anything other than open wheel racing would be held at the facility. The inaugural race was won by Indiana native Jeff Gordon, who has gone on to win it three more times, including the 2004 outing. Named for the facility's nickname, for ten points, what is this NASCAR race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?

ANS: Brickyard 400

A direct hit causes between 100 and 800 hits of damage, in 100-point increments, while the blast field has 20 rays that cause between 5 and 15 hits of damage each.  While it originally used different types of fireballs and plasma, it was soon made invisible because the many moving objects slowed down the game.  The long time it takes to warm up before it fires a large green ball of plasma and its characteristic noise are weaknesses of, for ten points, what *uber*-weapon introduced in Doom?

ANS: BFG9000 or Big Fucking Gun or Big Fraggin' Gun or Big F----- Gun

The villain in this film is Marty Wolf, a Hollywood producer whose limo hits the main character, Jason Shepherd. The teen had been required to write 1,000 words in four hours to avoid summer school. Now, with girlfriend Kaylee in tow, he goes to force the producer to admit he stole the idea for a movie. For ten points, name this movie starring Amanda Bynes and Frankie Muniz

ANS: Big, Fat Liar

Growing on a South Dakota Indian reservation where his mother was a teacher, he trained as a fighter pilot during World War II but never saw action. Hosting an eponymous L.A. radio show in the 1950s, he was hired to be the host of Truth or Consequences, which he hosted for 18 years. He has held his current hosting gig since 1972, the title of which led to Adam Sandler's famous retort to him during their brawl in Happy Gilmore. For ten points, name this television personality, the host of The Price is Right.

ANS: Bob Barker

A Top 10 hit in 1984, this song includes splashy sound effects taken from a recording of the band jumping into a swimming pool.  A track off the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome, its lyrics tell you to "shoot it in the right direction / Make making it your intention." and gives you advice for "when you want to go to it" and "when you want to come."  Prominent in the movie Zoolander, this is, for ten points, what hit by Frankie Goes to Hollywood?

ANS: Relax

His accomplishments include building his own airplane while a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he graduated in three years. He played for Washington, Buffalo, Ottawa, and Phoenix, but never lived up to the promise of his 1992 season, where his 70 goals and 102 points were only good enough for runner-up as NHL Rookie of the Year.  For ten points, name this former Boston Bruin who retired in 2004 after the past three seasons with Montreal.

ANS: Joe Juneau

The author claims that her favorite book in this series is the twelfth one, When Love Dies. The first, published in 1983, was Double Love, and since then, there have been other series set during senior year, university, and junior high. For ten points, name this book series starring the twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, which is written by Francine Pascal.

ANS: Sweet Valley High

2004 TRASH Junior Bird Round 09

Bonuses

For ten points each, name these baseball players who were the first All-Stars for an expansion team:

A. The 1955 and '58 batting champ with the Phillies, he was the Mets' All-Star selection in 1962, his final season.

ANS: Don Richard "Richie" Ashburn

B. The first All-Star in Diamondbacks history was this Jamaican-born seven-time Gold Glove outfielder.  Besides 1998, his only season in Arizona, he was an All-Star in 1989 with the Angels and 1993 with the Blue Jays.

ANS: Devon White

C. The first Marlins All-Star was this Cuban defector who went to Mile-high hell when he was traded to the Rockies in 1999 before rounding out his career in Boston.

ANS: Rolando Arrojo

Since everyone knows about the Nine Inch Nails connection, for ten points each, name these other modern acts associated with Johnny Cash:

A. On one of this band's albums, Cash sang lead vocals on "The Wanderer."

ANS: U2 [The album was Zooropa.]

B. This band backed up Cash on the 1996 album Unchained.

ANS: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

C. U2's "One" and Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" are covered on this 2000 album, subtitled "Solitary Man" after the Neil Diamond tune that it also includes.

ANS: American III: Solitary Man

For ten points each, name these movies featuring relationships with money on the line:

A. Freddie Prinze Jr. bets that he can turn Rachel Leigh Cook into the prom queen and, naturally, falls in love with her.

ANS: She's All That

B. When advertising executive Matthew McConaughey bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him, he meets Kate Hudson, who is looking to do quite the opposite for a magazine article.

ANS: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

C. LL Cool J will get $5,000 if he can seduce Gabrielle Union and get her out of the way of her annoyed sisters' significant others.

ANS: Deliver Us from Eva

For ten points each, who plays these villains:

A. Doctor Octopus in Sipder-Man 2 ANS: Alfred Molina

B. The Hood in the live-action version of Thunderbirds. ANS: Ben Kingsley

C. The Lord Marshal who leads the Necromongers in The Chronicles of Riddick. ANS: Colm Feore

For ten points each, name these works by Neal Stephenson:

A. 2004 saw the publication of this second novel in Stephenson's Baroque Cycle.

ANS: The Confusion

B. This novel sets up a parallel between World War II code-breakers and their descendants working to protect data in modern times.

ANS: Cryptonomicon

C. Stephenson's break-through work, it features a sword-swinging character named Hiro Protagonist.

ANS: Snow Crash

An Emmy-winning soap opera actress is forced to move in with her sister after being killed off her show.

A. For five points, this is the premise of what sitcom?

ANS: Hope & Faith

B. For five points each, who play the title characters of Hope & Faith?

ANS: Faith Ford and Kelly Ripa

C. For fifteen points, what country music star guested as Randy Richter, who the high school boyfriend who dumped Hope a long time ago.

ANS: Clint Black

You're never too young to love a classic. For ten points each, name these characters from Casablanca:

A. Humphrey Bogart plays this cynical American who runs a cafe in the city.

ANS: Rick Blaine

B. Rick is chagrined to find out that his former lover, Ilsa, is now married to this Czech underground leader.

ANS: Victor Laszlo

C. Claude Rains plays this black-marketeer who acquires some letters of transit that are eventually used by Ilsa and Laszlo.

ANS: Guillermo Ugarte

For ten points each, given the situation, name the celebrities who has been Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher:

A. This star of Tru Calling was framed for shoplifting.

ANS: Eliza Dushku

B. This actress though that she was getting driving lessons, but finds herself involved in an apparent carjacking.

ANS: Hillary Duff

C. This star of Shattered Glass and 25th Hour was led to believe that her limo hit a pedestrian.

ANS: Rosario Dawson

For ten points each, name the lead singers of these acts:

A. Weezer. ANS: Rivers Cuomo

B. Death Cab for Cutie. ANS: Dan Gibbard

C. Evanescence. ANS: Amy Lee

For ten points each, given members, name the professional wrestling tag team:

A. Hawk and Animal. ANS: Road Warriors or Legion of Doom or LOD

B. "Road Dogg" Jessie James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn. ANS: New Age Outlaws

C. Chris Harris and James Storm. ANS: America's Most Wanted

For ten points each, name these executives among the 2004 version of Sports Illustrated's list of the 101 most influential minorities in sports:

A. #6 is this executive director of the NFL Players Association.

ANS: Gene Upshaw

B. #37 is this Dodgers assistant general manager who may be the most powerful woman in major league baseball.

ANS: Kim Ng

C. #56 is this NBA senior vice president of basketball operations who also chaired the Olympic selection committee. Whoops.

ANS: Stu Jackson

For ten points each, name the directors of these gangster movies:

PART: 1991's Bugsy. ANS; Barry Levinson

PART: 1987's The Untouchables. ANS: Brian De Palma

PART: 1997's Donnie Brasco. ANS: Mike Newell

For ten points each, name these actors who played the objects of Ally McBeal's sometimes misplaced affection:

A. He played Billy, Ally's former boyfriend for whom she retained an over-romantic infatuation.

ANS: Gil Bellows

B. Taking a break from his more famous sitcom role, this teen star played a 16-year-old with whom Ally has cybersex, he using the name "Thunder Thighs," she using the name "Lover Lips."

ANS: Jonathan Taylor Thomas

C. Before finding comic book movie fame, he spent half of Ally McBeal's last season as Glenn, a new lawyer in the firm whose ex-girlfriend insists that Ally go out with.

ANS: James Marsden

For ten points each, name these animal endorsers of breakfast foods:

A. Voiced by Thurl Ravenscroft, he declared that Kellogg's Frosted Flakes are "G-R-R-REAT." ANS: Tony the Tiger

B. Debuting in the 1960s, this bird could sniff out Fruit Loops anywhere. ANS: Toucan Sam

C. This frog touts Honey Smacks. ANS: Diggum

For ten points each, name these favorite acts of nobody, since nobody listens to techno.

A. This descendant of Herman Melville has released the songs "Next Is the E" and "We Are All Made of Stars."

ANS: Moby or Richard Melville Hall

B. Contrary to what the name might suggest, this act behind "On" and "Donkey Rhubarb" is actually one man, Richard D. James.

ANS: Aphex Twin

C. Calling themselves Humanoid when they first released "Stakker," this duo comprised of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans is also known for "Papua New Guinea."

ANS: The Future Sound of London

For ten points each, given an NCAA Division I-A football conference for the 2004-05 season, name the longest tenured coach at his school in the conference.

A. Big Ten ANS: Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno, Pennsylvania State University

B. Big XII ANS: Bill Snyder, Kansas State University

C. Southeastern ANS: Phillip Fulmer, University of Tennessee

For ten points each, name the authors of these non-fiction books:

A. The youngest man to win the main event at the World Series of Poker, he has recently come out with Play Poker Like the Pros.

ANS: Phil Hellmuth Jr.

B. Advice books by this TV personality include Relationship Rescue and Family First.

ANS: Dr. Phil or Phil McGraw

C. This Miami-based cardiologist came up with The South Beach Diet Cookbook.

ANS: Arthur Agatston

For ten points each, name these acts that were surprisingly still releasing albums in 2003:

A. Cyclorama came sixteen years after their breakthrough album The Grand Illusion, which included the song "Come Sail Away."

ANS: Styx

B. This act's 2003 Christmas album is not as laughable as their best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album Grammy for 1987's "Crest of a Knave".

ANS: Jethro Tull

C. She actually had some chart success with her album of standards At Last.

ANS: Cyndi Lauper

Former pop singer Billie Piper will play the companion Rose Tyler while Christopher Eccleston will play the lead role.  For ten points:

PART: This is the casting for what iconic British television show which returns to television in 2005?

ANS: Doctor Who

PART:  Considered the best Doctor Who villains of all time, they will now be appearing on the show following a settlement with their creator's estate.  Name both these arch enemies of the Doctor and their creator, also the man behind the series Blake's Seven.

ANS: Daleks, Terry Nation

Can you harken back to 1996 Olympics? For five points for one, ten points for two, fifteen points for three, twenty points for four, and thirty points for any five, name any five members of the U.S. women's gymnastics team dubbed "The Magnificent Seven."

ANS: Shannon Miller, Dominique Dawes, Domique Moceanu, Kerri Strug. Amy Chow, Jaycie Phelps, Amanda Borden

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