Jersey Trash 2003



Princeton University presents: Jersey Trash 2003

Round 3, packet by Delaware B.

Tossups

1. Among the reactions to it were a formal FBI investigation, a serious condemnation from the Humane Society of the United States, and angry words from MIT’s animal rights groups. However, the site is a gag, dreamed up by students at the university, and run by a grad student using the alias “Dr. Michael Wong Chang.” FTP, name this website that instructs its readers in the fine art of using muscle relaxants, feeding tubes, and glass jars to turn housecats into something better than their “mundane shape.”

ANSWER:

2. After a recent article in the New York Times Magazine where his father Hutton was decried as a Holocaust denier, he himself has taken criticism for his upcoming movie The Passion, filmed entirely in Aramaic and Latin, and depicting the crucifixion of Jesus. His production company, Icon, recently signed Michael Moore to direct Fahrenheit 911, a documentary on 9-11 and the Bush family history. FTP, name this actor/director best known for his roles in such films as Ransom, Payback, Mad Max, and Braveheart.

ANSWER: Mel Gibson

3. Though used by bands like Q and Not U, Defacto, Augustus Pablo, and New Order, it still lacks the respect given to the staple instruments of rock and pop music. Consisting of a reed system with a mouthpiece, air chamber, and keyboard, it is usually compared to a keyboard harmonica, but notes are produced by exhaling only, instead of inhaling and exhaling. FTP, name this instrument that looks like a piano, but is played like a wind instrument, and sounds like an accordion.

ANSWER: Melodica

4. In X-Files, Agent Mulder served them to Scully for her birthday, complete with sparklers, and in Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mike served them to the bots as part of Crow's punishment for cheating in episode 515: The Wild World of Batwoman. Having the distinction of a marshmallow layer located outside the cream-filled sponge cake, FTP, what Hostess product is covered in shredded coconut, giving it a winter projectile-like appearance?

ANSWER: Snowballs

5. One, inspired by Willis McGahee’s Fiesta Bowl injury, bought a $3 million insurance policy in January before announcing he’d stay in Austin another year. Another racked up 82 tackles and returned two of his five interceptions for touchdowns in 2002, his rookie year after being drafted from Oklahoma. FTP, what name do a current Texas wide receiver and a Dallas Cowboys safety share with the man who just became North Carolina’s basketball coach after 15 years at Kansas?

ANSWER: Roy Williams

6. Initially created by American Greeting Cards in 1981, they rapidly outgrew simple greeting card status, acquiring lines of toys, books and, in 1985, their own animated television series. Also in 1985 came a feature film, successful enough to spawn two sequels. Currently making something of a comeback with recent marketing of their stuffed animal line, FTP, who are these characters whose television series featured the Cloudmobile and such stars as Champ Bear, Grumpy Bear, and Love-a-Lot Bear?

ANSWER: The Care Bears.

7. On May 27, 2002, the U.N. upheld a French ban on this activity in the face of a lawsuit by Manuel Wackenheim, stating that the need to preserve human dignity was paramount to someone’s livelihood. Discussion was held on the subject by John Stossel following a similar ban in Florida last March. Imported to Europe from the U.S. and Australia in the 1980’s and typically done in bars or discos, FTP what activity consists of seeing who can throw people like Wackenheim, whose height is three feet ten inches, the farthest?

ANSWER: Dwarf tossing

8. “Hello Friends... Are you tired, run down, listless? Do you poop out at parties? Are you unpopular? The answer to all your problems is in this little bottle. Yes, with [this] you can spoon your way to health. All you do is take a spoonful after every meal. It's so tasty too. It's just like candy. So why don't you join the thousands of happy peppy people and get a great big bottle...?” FTP, name this product containing vitamins, meat, vegetables and minerals, hawked by Lucille Ball in a famous I Love Lucy episode.

ANSWER: Vitameatavegemin

9. The band adopted its current lineup when ads were placed to replace Niall Quinn, their previous lead, with a female singer. Working at Xeric studios with Pearse Gilmore, who would become their manager, the band caught the eye of Island records with a demo tape that included an early version of their future crossover hit, “Linger.” FTP, Name this group, who, in the midst of rumors that lead singer Dolores O’Riordan was leaving to pursue a solo career, released Bury the Hatchet in 1999.

ANSWER: The Cranberries.

10. After his war-hero father Valentine died when he was only nine years old, Winston Churchill wrote the obituary. He would become a journalist for Reuters and then a London banker, at which time he would host high-stakes bridge games at his house on Ebury Street. After working for the Foreign Office and advising the O.S.S., he would finally take up writing, penning the non-fiction The Diamond Smugglers and the weekly “Atticus” column in the Sunday Times. In 1968, Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes would adapt his children’s story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang into a movie starring Dick van Dyke. FTP name this author whose other works include Thrilling Cities, Thunderball, and Goldfinger.

Answer: Ian Fleming

11. One of the characters was eight when his father died. The other was young when her mother supposedly died. His father was an agent for the CIA, and her mother was the Russian intelligence officer who shot him. Almost 20 years later, they meet and fall in love, but cannot have a relationship because they work together. Michael Vaughn is a CIA handler and Sydney Bristow is his agent, a double inside an enemy intelligence organization called SD-6. This is, FTP, the basic plot of what ABC spy-drama starring Michael Vartan and Jennifer Garner in the mentioned roles?

ANSWER: Alias

12. A 1887 medical textbook states that this condition results in "extreme nervousness or in an outburst of actual insanity." But more recent alternative treatments for it include ingesting the livers or ovaries of animals, eating soy foods, herbal remedies, and taking conventional drugs like Clondine and Fosamax. Often called "the change" by many women, FTP, what occurrence whose symptoms include a vulnerabilty to infections, sexual dysfunctions, and hot flashes, marks the end of a woman’s childbearing years?

ANSWER: Menopause

13. Written by Dan Gookin, this book was the first of its kind. With chapter titles like: “The Non-Nerd’s Guide to PC Hardware,” “The PC Hokey-Pokey (Or That’s What It’s All About),” and “After You Panic, Do This,” it was the product of a desire to help computer users who were intelligent human beings, but found computer interfaces hard to understand. FTP, name this 1991 guide to using a command line operating system, the first of the yellow-jacketed “For Dummies” series.

ANSWER: DOS for Dummies

14. Growing out of a Swedish system of free exercise developed in 1814 by Per Henrik Ling, it consists of routines lasting between 75 and 90 seconds, with competitors penalized for each second they finish over or under the allotted time. It was adopted as an Olympic event in 1984, and in 2000 Emily Livingston won the gold medal for Canada. FTP, name this psuedo-sport, where participants utilize a thirteen-meter square floor area to demonstrate prowess in one of five “disciplines:” rope, hoop, ball, ribbon, and clubs.

ANSWER: Rhythmic gymnastics (do not accept “gymnastics”)

15. Retailing for $24 on , it has distribution rights that apply only to Japan, but when produced and released in America in 2002, the Sanrio Corporation, which owns the rights to the cute, smiling teddy bear holding kitten that appears on this battery operated product, was not pleased. FTP, name this Japanese kitsch product designed for use on the back and neck, but whose shape leaves it open to more “creative” uses.

ANSWER: Hello Kitty vibrator

16. Located in Amity, Pennsylvania, it is a popular retreat for Pittsburgh area Boy Scouts, though on TV an identically titled location was remembered for its lake and old pine trees and held in the hearts of such residents as Erik MacArthur, Heidi Lucas, Megan Berwick, and Tim Eyster; who respectively played Michael, Dina, Z.Z., and Sponge. FTP, name this camp that served as the setting for Nickelodeon’s Salute Your Shorts.

ANSWER: Camp Anawanna

17. The film's hero, not given a name and played by Wiley Wiggins, is a young man who has returned to the town where once, years ago, a playmate's folding paper toy unfolded to show him the words, "dream is destiny." He seems to be in a dream, and complains that although he knows it's a dream, he can't awaken. Filmed on a digital camera and subsequently animated, it is a product of writer-director Richard Linklater, the man behind Slacker and Dazed and Confused. FTP name this 2001 limited-release that features a cameo by Ethan Hawke.

ANSWER: Waking Life

18. Inspired by the singing characters at Disneyland, Ken Forsse created the toy that was also the basis of an animated series starting in 1987, where this “illiop” traveled in an airship to Grundo, Ying, and the Mushroom forest from his home of Rillonia. Children who owned his companion Grubby, an Octopede, could attach the two together, turn them on and see them “talk” to each other. FTP, name this toy that would speak, sing, and tell stories, whenever a cassette tape was inserted in its back and played.

ANSWER: Teddy Ruxpin

19. Born in 1940, he dropped out of school at 16 and worked odd jobs, including a stint as a door-to-door vacuum salesman. An aspiring singer, he was signed to Decca records in 1964. His long career also includes a hit TV show in the 60’s, an appearance on The Simpsons, performing songs for the London musical "Matador," headlining regularly at Las Vegas, performing at the Queen's Golden Jubilee, and a role as himself in Mars Attacks. FTP, name this singer, the voice behind the 1965 hit, "It's Not Unusual."

ANSWER: Tom Jones (both names needed).

20. Disneyland’s French Market has a well-hidden bar named for it, which notably serves apple fritters along with the titular drink. Its name comes from a French bastardization of the Persian word for “rose water,” and Homer Simpson confuses it for the name of Apu’s wife. FTP, name this drink made from sugar, water, ice, bourbon, and sprigs of the namesake object, traditionally served at the Kentucky Derby.

ANSWER: mint julep

21. The first episode departs from the original series and introduces Talia, Amy, Karissa, and Nicole. Drama ensues in the second episode, with interviews and the accompanying tension of who gets picked to join. In episode three, Karissa tells her God-fearing parents that she’s joined, and everyone gets in trouble when the sisters find a Post-it Note scavenger hunt in the house. In the fourth episode, a prank war is begun with the pledges of Sigma Chi Omega in FTP, what MTV reality show about dumb college girls, the second installment of a series begun last year?

ANSWER: Sorority Life 2 (prompt on Sorority Life).

22. Originating in the 16th century, it uses supplies that almost exclusively come from Aisla Craig, Scotland. At the Olympic level, men and women compete in teams of four players each. Games consist of ten “ends”; during each, two teams deliver two stones per player, for a total of ten stones in all, with the object being to get the stones as close to the center of a series of concentric circles as possible. FTP, name this sport, the Olympic gold medals of which were won by Norway and Great Britain in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

ANSWER: Curling

Princeton University presents: Jersey Trash 2003

Round 3, packet by Delaware B.

Bonuses

1. Given a brief description of the recently released Beatles product, name it FTPE.

A. (10) Recognized as a cinematic and comedic hit, this first Beatles film had a limited theater re-release in September 2000.

ANSWER: A Hard Day’s Night

B. (10) Released along with two new Beatles songs based around old Lennon recordings, this definitive 1995 Beatles documentary is currently undergoing its DVD release.

ANSWER: The Beatles Anthology (accept “Anthology”)

C. (10) First made in 1968 with a George Martin composed instrumental soundtrack, it was re-released in 1999 with a CD that included all of the Beatles songs in the film.

ANSWER: Yellow Submarine

2. Relief pitching can be a useful commodity in fantasy baseball. FTPE, identify the following closers.

A. (10) Though this Japanese phenom established himself as one of the top closers in the league, he has been struggling with lower back pain and recently was placed on the DL.

ANSWER: Kazuhiro Sasaki

B. (10) This 26 year old rookie has been a big part of the Royals’ hot start this season, and currently ranks among the league leaders in saves.

ANSWER: Mike MacDougal

C. (10) After losing this unusually named closer to the Rangers via free agency, the Red Sox started the 2003 season with a much maligned closer by committee setup.

ANSWER: Ugueth Urbina

3. FTPE, given rides in an amusement park, name that park.

A. (10) Roller Soaker, Lightning Racer, Sidewinder.

ANSWER: Hershey Park

B. (10) Incredible Hulk, Dueling Dragons, Doctor Doom's Fear Fall.

ANSWER: Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure

C. (10) Apollo's Chariot, Roman Rapids, Battering Ram.

ANSWER: Busch Gardens.

4. FTPE, given a description, name these movies in which Cary Elwes has appeared.

A. (10) He plays a cameraman sent in to replace the one who went into medical shock after being attacked by the star of "Nosferatu," which is being made in this movie

ANSWER: The Shadow of the Vampire

B. (10) He plays a farmboy named Wesley, as well as the Dread Pirate Roberts, in this movie, based on the adaptation of the book by William Goldman.

ANSWER: The Princess Bride

C. (10) In this movie, his merry men follow him because, unlike others in his monochromatic position, he can speak with an English accent.

ANSWER: Robin Hood: Men In Tights

5. FTPE, name the celebrity given a description of the “Got Milk?” ad in which they sported the white moustache.

A. (10) Emerging from a television screen, this Italian stereotype has his signature black moustache covered with milk although his spiffy blue overalls remain spotless.

ANSWER: Mario

B. (10) After a grueling day of defending the Earth from piracy, greed and cruelty, this purple clad superhero likes to kick back and pour himself a drink of milk

ANSWER: The Phantom

C. (10) Born in Japan in 1996, this cute 'lil guy is only 16 inches tall, making him the shortest of the "Got Milk" spokesmodels. He encourages readers to drink milk to "help your bones evolve to the next level."

ANSWER: Pikachu

6. FTP, name these people who helped out Mulder and Scully on The X-Files.

A. (10) Played by Mitch Pileggi, this bald man was their supervisor at the FBI. In the end, he proved his loyalty by helping Mulder and Scully escape the government.

ANSWER: Assistant Director Walter Skinner

B. (10) This trio of cyber-geeks helped Mulder get information on covert government activity. They ran an underground conspiracy newsletter with a name very similar to what they called themselves.

ANSWER: The Lone Gunmen

C. (10) This FBI lab technician had a crush on Agent Scully. It led to his demise in Season 4 when he was buying drinks for her and her custodial charge at the Headless Woman’s Pub.

ANSWER: Agent Pendrell

7. Let's see how much you know about Olympic wrestling; that is, Freestyle and Greco-Roman. FTPE:

A. (10) In this position, also known as the referee’s position one wrestler has his hands and knees on the mat with other wrestler kneeling beside him with two hands on his back.

ANSWER: par terre

B. (10) If at any point in the match one wrestler has a 10 point lead on his opponent, the match is declared this and ended.

ANSWER: technical fall (accept “tech” alone)

C. (10) This basic move involves one wrestler locking his hands around his opponent’s stomach, then pulling him and rolling him across his shoulders to expose his back.

ANSWER: gutwrench

8. FTPE, given their position in the Babysitters’ Club hierarchy and a brief description of their character, name the member of the “BSC.”

A. (10) President of the club, she’s described as a “tomboy” and usually takes charge, sometimes to the chagrin of the other members. At one point in the series, her mother married a millionaire with two kids.

ANSWER: Kristy Thomas

B. (10) The club’s Vice President, she’s a junk food junkie who holds the meetings in her bedroom. She is very close to her grandmother Mimi, and aspires to be an artist.

ANSWER: Claudia Kishi

C. (10) The only boy in the club, he’s an Associate Officer who fills in on babysitting jobs when the others can’t make it. He has dated Mary Ann Spier, the club Secretary.

ANSWER: Logan Bruno

9. FTSNOP, given a brief description of one of the songs in Chicago, name the song.

A. (5) The title character tells his audience bemoans the fact that you can "look right through" him, "walk right by" him and "never know [he's] there."

ANSWER: "Mister Cellophane"

B. (10) This song discusses the fates of the gum chewing- no, popping- Bernie, the polygamous Ezekiel Young, Wilbur, who ran into a knife ten times, the adulterous Charlie and Veronica, and the artistic Al Lipschitz, all of whom, "had it coming."

ANSWER: "The Cell Block Tango"

C. (15) Portrayed in the movie as a series of exchanges between a ventriloquist and his dummy, it closes "Stay away from jazz and liquor, and the men who play for fun," saying "that's the thought that came upon [her]" as this title activity took place.

ANSWER: "We Both Reached for the Gun”

10. Given names of the races in each game, name the Multi-Massive Player Online Role Playing Games for 10 points; 5 if you need the company that produces the game.

A. (10) Troll, Dark Elf, Erudite, Vah Shir.

(5) Sony Online Entertainment.

ANSWER: EverQuest

B. (10) Lurikeen, Celt, Kobold, Dwarf.

(5) Mythic Entertainment.

ANSWER: Dark Age of Camelot

C. (10) Human, Bothan, Rodian, Zabrak.

(5) Lucasarts.

ANSWER: Star Wars Galaxies

11. FTPE, given the perfume, name the company that produces it.

A. (10) One

ANSWER: Calvin Klein

B. (10) White Linen

ANSWER: Estee Lauder

C. (10) Dream Angels - Halo

ANSWER: Victoria's Secret

12. FTPE, identify the Bob Dylan song from lyrics, man.

A. (10) “‘There must be some kind of way out of here,’ said the joker to the thief, ‘There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.’”

ANSWER: “All Along the Watchtower”

B. (10) “Meanwhile, far away in another part of town, Rubin Carter and a couple of friends are drivin’ around.”

ANSWER: “Hurricane”

C. (10) “Johnny's in the basement, mixing up the medicine. I'm on the pavement, thinking about the government.”

ANSWER: “Subterranean Homesick Blues”

13. FTPE, given a description of a shark-jumping moment as discussed on the Jump the Shark website, name the television series.

A. (10) The origin of the site’s name, this series had a literal shark-jumping moment: a waterskiing contest in which a character skiied up a ramp to jump over a passing shark.

ANSWER: Happy Days

B. (10) Many voters thought this long-running series jumped the shark when Mike Farrell’s character began sporting a distinctly un-military mustache and Loretta Switt’s hair evolved into a Farrah Fawcette-esque cut.

ANSWER: M*A*S*H

C. (10) Most voters claim this kid’s show never jumped, though one says the end came when “Gobo became friends with Junior Gorg and Sprocket,” and another says that he liked the show so much he “secretly fantasizes about a Bobo and Wembly spin-off.”

ANSWER: Fraggle Rock

14. FTPE, given a song from the musical The Producers, name the character that sings it.

A. (10) “I Wanna Be A Producer.”

ANSWER: Leo Bloom

B. (10) “Betrayed.”

ANSWER: Max Bialystock

C. (10) “Heil Myself.”

ANSWER: Roger (Elizabeth) Debris

15. Television and film characters with disabilities, FTSNOP.

A. (5) Blind from birth, he did not receive the technology that let him see until his fifth birthday, when his parents gave him his trademark visor after he was rescued from a fire.

ANSWER: Geordi LaForge (accept either name)

B. (10) This autistic man suddenly inherits three million dollars and is kidnapped from his mental hospital by his brother and taken to Las Vegas to count cards.

ANSWER: Raymond Babbit

C. (15) Ethan Hawke played this central character of Gattaca, who was not genetically engineered and was born with a variety of defects, including a congenital heart problem.

ANSWER: Vincent Freeman (accept either name, do not accept “Jerome Morrow”)

16. FTPE, name these expansion packs for The Sims.

A. (10) The most recently released add-on enlarged each neighborhood and gave zoning abilities. 40 commercial and residential lots could be filled with Sims and their new pets.

ANSWER: Unleashed

B. (10) This second expansion pack gives the Sims costumes and caterers, which will be useful to the host of the title event.

ANSWER: House Party

C. (10) This new add-on, to be released in May 2003, gives a new fame score and a new “Studio Town” location. You can make your Sims the newest stars with this expansion.

ANSWER: Superstar

17. Name these characters from the Tintin books FTPE.

A. (10) An old seafaring man who meets and befriends Tintin in The Crab With the Golden Claws, he often speaks in incomprehensible curses and drinks a lot.

ANSWER: Captain Haddock

B. (10) Tintin’s faithful companion, this dog often thinks in balloons that the reader can understand, but when speaking to Tintin, he says nothing more than “Wooah, wooah!”

ANSWER: Snowy

C. (10) Tintin meets these two detectives with homophonic names in Cigars of the Pharaoh. Best characterized as imbeciles who misunderstand almost everything, they often repeat themselves and almost never solve the mystery.

ANSWER: Thompson and Thomson

18. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City has a great 1980’s soundtrack. FTPE, name the artist of the following songs that play on Vice City’s radio waves.

A. (10) “Love My Way.”

ANSWER: Psychedelic Furs

B. (10) “Rock Box.”

ANSWER: Run DMC

C. (10) “Your Love.”

ANSWER: Outfield

19. 30-20-10-5. Name the actor from roles.

A. (30) Callum Chance in Funny Man, Lord Bathurst in Shaka Zulu, Dr. Catheter in Gremlins 2.

B. (20) Uncle Rudolf in The Rainbow Thief, Commandant Rakov in Police Academy 7, Doctor Pearson in Curse III.

C. (10) Death in Soul Music and Welcome to Discworld, The Burgomeister in Sleepy Hollow.

D. (5) Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode 2, Saruman in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

ANSWER: Christopher Lee.

20. 5 for one, 10 for two, 20 for three, and 30 for all correct: Given a 2002-2003 Bowl game, name the college football team that won it.

A. Peach Bowl.

ANSWER: Maryland

B. Alamo Bowl.

ANSWER: Wisconsin

C. Orange Bowl.

ANSWER: University of Southern California

D. Holiday Bowl.

ANSWER: Kansas State

21. FTPE, name these celebrities who have done commercials for Pepsi.

A. (10) In a spoof of “Goldilocks,” this Sex and the City actress finds regular Pepsi to have too many calories, and Diet Pepsi “too diety,” but Pepsi One is “just right.”

ANSWER: Kim Cattrall

B. (10) Before being caught at the German border with billions of dollars and accused of money laundering, this Miami Vice star appeared in a series of ads with Glenn Frey.

ANSWER: Don Johnson

C. (10) In one ad he calls Pepsi his “little blue friend” that makes him “feel like a kid again,” in a seeming allusion to another product he has pitched, Viagra.

ANSWER: Bob Dole

22. Given a haiku describing a character on ER, name the character FTPE. If you need the name of the actor who plays said character, you’ll get 5.

A. (10) Medical student / Also an Army of One / With many siblings.

(5) Sharif Atkins.

ANSWER: Michael Gallant

B. (10) A nurse with “duck lips” / And a case of Jack Daniels / Child of Sally Field.

(5) Maura Tierny.

ANSWER: Abby Lockhart

C. (10) A one-armed bandit / In the operating room / Mocking all in sight.

(5) Paul McCrane.

ANSWER: Robert “Rocket” Romano

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