BONUS – MUSIC



DOKTRINE 2010

Freelance Packet

Author: Steve Bahnaman, NC Wesleyan College

Tossups

1. In this film, the main character's former flame Jackie starts a relationship with her band's guitarist, played by the film director's real life brother. Jackie is played by Cynthia Rhodes, who recorded "Finding Out the Hard Way" for the soundtrack. The main character pursues a wealthy English hottie named Laura and kisses her during the final scene after replacing the lead dancer in the production (*) Satan's Alley. He then goes out to "strut.” The film's soundtrack features the aforementioned Frank Stallone as well as "The Woman In You" by the Bee Gees. Dubbed the worst sequel of all time by Entertainment Weekly, for ten points, name this 1983 Sylvester Stallone-directed film starring John Travolta, named for a song from Saturday Night Fever.

ANS: Staying Alive

2. Though he is of Irish descent, he has claimed in his act that his father was Swedish and his mother was Elton John. In that same Comedy Central Presents special he also introduced his family as “six kids Catholic” for fear that otherwise people would think his mother really liked sex. On The Daily Show he pretended to be a longtime correspondent and called it the (*) “Jon Daily Show,” and on Late Night with Conan O’Brien he appeared as half of the animated superteam Pale Force. Often punctuating his stand-up with high-pitched asides such as “this guy’s weird” and “hey buddy, I like Hot Pockets,” for ten points, name this comedian with famous routines about holidays and bacon, which have appeared on the specials King Baby and Beyond the Pale.

ANS: Jim Gaffigan

3. The creator of this character described the similarity of this character’s name to one Disney narrator as “likely a Freudian slip.” This character’s siblings include Jacques whose one eyebrow and ankle tattoo cause him to be mistaken for his books’ main villain. He is in love with, and addresses some of his works to, (*) Beatrice, who is the mother of the protagonists of his most well-known stories. He frequently explains the contextual meanings of words to “dear reader” and relays the exploits of Sunny, Violet, and Klaus Baudelaire. The pseudonym and creation of real-life author Daniel Handler, for ten points, name this author of and character in A Series of Unfortunate Events.

ANS: Lemony Snicket (accept either name; prompt on Daniel Handler until it is read…I guess)

4. While at the University of Southern Mississippi, this player kicked a 61-yard field goal in a Utah snowstorm to set a record. He also set a USM record with eight interceptions as a safety. An award named for this man was introduced to college football in 2000, and has been won by Wisconsin’s Kevin (*) Stemke and Oklahoma State’s Matt Fodge. He played with the same AFC team from 1973 to 1986, winning three Super Bowls. In Super Bowl XI, he suffered his first career block. He pioneered “hang time,” a signature feature of his position, and had near-vertical follow-through. The key to the Raiders’ field position game who never had a punt returned for a touchdown, for ten points, name this prototypical NFL punter.

ANS: Ray Guy

5. This album's composers referenced this album ten years later in a song whose lyrics say "I drink myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex, and" this album. This record included some songs intended for the Lifehouse project, which explains why the last line of "The Song Is Over" is "playing so free like a breath rippling by," a reference to the song "Pure and Easy” on another album. This album's first track has one of the band's most famous (*) "windmill chords," while its final track contains a scream that accompanies a sunglass removal in some TV credits. Also featuring "Behind Blue Eyes," for ten points, name this 1971 Daltrey-Townshend led release including "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again.”

ANS: Who's Next

6. This film had to change its title to avoid confusion with a 2009 Paul McGuigan film about super soldiers. Two characters in this film are played by recording artists, including a male nurse named John McFadden and a social worker named Miss Weiss, played by Lenny Kravitz and Mariah (*) Carey respectively. The title character's imagination makes her into a blond girl when she looks in the mirror, makes a photo album talk to her, and makes her imagine herself in a music video shoot while being raped by her father. Heavily promoted by Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey and directed by Lee Daniels, it earned an Oscar nomination for Mamady Sidibe. Also scoring a 2009 Oscar win for Mo'Nique, for ten points, name this 2009 film "based on the novel Push by Sapphire."

ANS: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

7. Friends of this character include a redhead raised in a bird's nest, a man whose given name is Duncan, and a figure from the extradimensional world of Trolla. He has been voiced by Doug Parker and Gary Chalk, and his parents are named Marlena and Randor. In a 1987 film, this character faces off against adversaries like Blade and Saurod, as well as the better-known (*) Beast-Man and a nemesis portrayed by Frank Langella. His alter-ego is that of a prince who wears a pink shirt and pals around with a cat named Cringer and the aforementioned Man-At-Arms, Teela, and Orko. His twin sister is Princess Adora, also known as She-Ra. For ten points, name this 80s cartoon staple who fought Skeletor “by the power of Grayskull.”

ANS: He-Man (or Prince Adam)

8. This artist replaced the words "wrong" and "a freak" with "strong" and "smart" on a cover of the Pussycat Dolls' "Don't Cha" recorded for Pepsi Music's Cover Art series in 2009. This singer was nominated twice at the 2010 Grammies for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. One of those songs goes "You make it easier when life gets hard" and appeared on her collaborator's album (*) We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things. Her solo albums include 2007's Coco and 2009's Breakthrough, which included tracks like "The Little Things" and a debut hit whose refrain begins "It starts in my toes and I crinkle my nose." The duet partner on Taylor Swift's "Breathe" and Jason Mraz's "Lucky," for ten points, name this singer of "Bubbly" and "Fallin' For You."

ANS: Colbie (Marie) Caillat (rhymes with "Ballet" for some reason)

9. A home run by this player eliminated the West Coast rival Dodgers from the 1982 pennant race, and is the best-remembered moment of his late career. This player’s Colt .45s teammate Nellie Fox advised him to flap his back arm during his batting stance; he also shared with Fox a position and a diminutive stature. Joe Posnanski’s 2009 book The (*) Machine criticizes this possessor of 689 career steals for requiring teammates not to steal while he was hitting, driving down the numbers of Ken Griffey Sr. His better-known teammates during his MVP seasons in 1975 and 1976 include double-play partner Dave Concepcion. Bill James’ choice for the best second baseman of all time, for ten points, name this Reds standout and blogosphere-maligned current announcer.

ANS: Joe Morgan

10. This man said in an interview that his speaking style was based on that of The Thin Man’s William Powell. During the mid-1970s, he asked contestants to portray famous movie scenes in a show called his Screen Test. In a 1995 remake of his best-known show, he had Andy Dick as a son and portrayed the same character alongside Barbara (*) Feldon. In one of his best-known voice roles he told Chief Quimby he was “always on duty” and told criminals to “stop in the name of the law.” In his most famous on-screen role he uttered catchphrases like “would you believe” and “missed it by that much” and had his nasal tone imitated on film by Steve Carell. For ten points, name this comedic actor who portrayed Inspector Gadget and Maxwell Smart on Get Smart.

ANS: Don Adams

11. A discussion of THIS SONG causes a character named Barry to call someone an "ass-muncher" and tell him to go to the mall. This song's Best Song Oscar came for a movie which starred Gene Wilder and featured Kelly LeBrock as the title character. The song contains a list of non-occasions, like "No Libra sun, no (*) Halloween" and "No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away" and tells the addressee "something true, made up of these three words that I must say to you." Appearing in the 1984 film The Woman In Red and attacked by Jack Black in High Fidelity as an example of the artist's "latter-day sins", for ten points, name this song with an eight-word title one might intone while using a Motorola product, by Stevie Wonder.

ANS: "I Just Called to Say I Love You"

12. He was rated the best player in his alma mater’s history in 1995, and they retired his number 44—which he did not use professionally—in 1980. In the pros he was often defended by Mychal Thompson, who had succeeded him at his collegiate position for the Golden Gophers. He backed up Cedric Maxwell en route to an All-Rookie season in 1980-81, and almost signed with the Knicks in 1983 before receiving two (*) Sixth Man Awards in 1984 and 1985. Better remembered now as a starter in front of Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge, he began calling the low post his “torture chamber” due to his series of deceptive moves. The power forward on three Celtics championship teams, for ten points, name this frontcourt mate of Robert Parish and Larry Bird.

ANS: Kevin McHale

13. Minor villains who appear in this series include a team of cowboy werewolves, a vampire named Topher, and a woman named Bo who cuts one of the heroes to seize control of her weapon. One non-original member of this team takes both male and female forms—both African-American—but is in reality a Skrull. Another of the members of this superhero team is fated to become the most powerful being on earth, in keeping with the wishes of his father (*) Ultron. Xavin and Victor are additions to a team who named themselves Bruiser, Talkback, Sister Grimm, and Arsenic, and whose leader Alex Wilder turned out to be a traitor. For ten points, name this Marvel series about adolescents Molly, Chase, Gert, and Nico who leave their supervillain parents.

ANS: (The) Runaways

14. This character celebrated a 50th birthday and toasts the next 50 in a 2008 film, and at various points on the show in which she appears she reminisces about Studio 54 and her two abortions. Her first serious relationship depicted on television is with a man named James who turns out to be “as small as a baby carrot.” One of this character’s friends jokes that she “probably just ran out of men” when she begins a relationship with (*) Maria, though she eventually does end up with an “Absolut Hunk” named Jerry Jerrod whose first name she changes to “Smith” as part of a PR move. The elder stateswoman to her friends Charlotte, Miranda, and Carrie, for ten points, name this liberated woman played by Kim Cattrall on Sex and the City.

ANS: Samantha Jones (Accept either name)

15. This character sings “back up in your ass with the resurrection” while dancing with two white colleagues while drunk, and in the opening sequence this character’s profanity-laced tirade includes the phrase “son of a ass mother-shitter.” He tells the main character “this is horrible, this idea” about his film’s main caper, drops downward heel-kicks onto a copier, and considers himself “also not a pussy.” (*) When asked what he would do with a million dollars, he says he would invest both halves, prompting his friend Michael Bolton to explain that he’s missing the point. With a last name that The Bobs pronounce as “Naga…Naga…not gonna work here anymore anyway,” for ten points, name this Initech employee, the Asian colleague of Peter in Office Space.

ANS: Samir Nagheenanajar (accept either name)

16. In the second game in which it appears, this item can deliver the Oath to Order and the Elegy of Emptiness. This item is obtained by the main character from a moat after talking to the King of the Gerudo. Combinations of buttons can use the Nocturne of Shadow and the (*) Requiem of Spirit to move the character to specific locations, and the main character is taught tunes by the Composer Brothers Flat and Sharp, and by Sheik. It is used to solve the game’s puzzles including raising and lowering levels in the Water Temple and drying up the well in Kakariko Village. Used to access the Sacred Realm by Link, for ten points, name this musical instrument given to him by Zelda which subtitles a game often known as “Zelda 64.”

ANS: the Ocarina of Time

17. The radio voice of this franchise is known for using words like triskaidekaphobia, and is president of the sport’s broadcasters’ association, which he has been since 1986. Owner Peter Karmanos prematurely moved them along with announcer Chuck Kaiton in 1996, and they had to play games 90 minutes away from their eventual home at the RBC Center. Martin (*) Gelinas and goalie Kevin Weekes helped them over the Maple Leafs into the 2002 Stanley Cup final, and their even more successful 2006 run won a Cup for last remaining Hartford Whaler Glen Wesley and was led by Cory Stillman and Rod Brind’Amour. Featuring Rod Brind’Amour and Eric Staal, for ten points, name this hockey team that shares its arena with some nearby Wolfpack.

ANS: Carolina Hurricanes (accept either name; accept “Canes,”; accept Hartford or Whalers before “RBC Center” is mentioned.)

18. In a negatively-viewed 1978 film, this character is voiced by Michael Hordern; in that animated adaptation this character has many scenes with a character voiced by Ian Holm. In another 1977 animated film, this character is voiced by John Huston and has no singing parts, but does deliver poetic lines during a song about the (*) Misty Mountains. In films in 2002 and 2003, this character was addressed as Stormcrow by Bernard Hill’s character and as Mithrandir by John Noble’s. The 2001 film earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination and a SAG award for this role for the portrayer of Magneto. Slated to be reprised in Guillermo del Toro’s prequels by Ian McKellen, for ten points, name this white and grey wizard from The Lord of the Rings.

ANS: Gandalf the Grey/White (his long list of other names includes Olorin, Incanus, and Tharkun; accept these grudgingly)

19. In one spin-off game named for this location, players can roll a W for Wild or an F to draw a Fortune Card. A collectible piece containing its name is usually worth a 1 million dollar annuity in a sweepstakes. Some fans of the game in which it appears were angered when it was replaced with Times Square in a new U.S. version, presumably because of the declining reputation of its real-life location, while the UK version has always been (*) Mayfair. The thirty-ninth space on its game’s board, and the 16th most landed on, it costs 2000 dollars with a hotel and can be “advanced” to with a Chance card. The second of the dark blue properties, for ten points, name this companion of Park Place and most expensive property on a Monopoly board.

ANS: Boardwalk

20. This man’s depression at the loss of both his parents by the time he was 18 infused the song “Free” by a group he was in with Big Gipp, Khujo, and T-Mo. His daughter Sierra almost had her MTV Super Sweet Sixteen called off because of a bad report card. He enjoyed critical and moderate mainstream success with albums like Soul Food and Still Standing with his group (*) Goodie Mob, and solo albums include …Is The Soul Machine and …And His Perfect Imperfections. His best-known collaborator’s real name is Brian Burton, and with that act he has sung lyrics like “I remember when I lost my mind.” The singer responsible for “Crazy,” for ten points, name this partner of Danger Mouse and singer half of Gnarls Barkley.

ANS: Cee-Lo Green (accept either name; accept Thomas Callaway)

TB1. This actress appeared in some Limited Too ads with Leighton Meester during her child modeling days, and she is frighteningly attached to Marmaduke which will co-star George Lopez and Fergie. In one TV role she was the dead character who still spoke to Kristen Bell as Lilly Kane on (*) Veronica Mars. She lost out to Rachel McAdams for the role of Regina in Mean Girls, but got to play the stupid Karen instead. Since her breakthrough HBO role opposite Chloe Sevigny and Jeanne Tripplehorn, she has recorded the song “Gimme Gimme Gimme” as promotion for one film and also appeared opposite Adam Brody and Megan Fox in Jennifer’s Body. Still appearing as Sarah on Big Love, for ten points, name this star of Dear John and Mamma Mia.

ANS: Amanda Seyfried 

TB2. This show was slated to end with the main character becoming disaffected and becoming a writer, leaving the profession of his MASH veteran father which he himself performed at Eastman and had pursued since his childhood bouts with leukemia. The main character of this Bochko-Kelley show does write in his diary, often on the blue (*) screen of an IBM PS/2. Other characters include girlfriend Wanda and best friend Vinnie, who doesn’t let the main character get a big head despite graduating high school in 9 weeks and having a perfect SAT score at age 6. Its theme song was performed on a 2009 SNL episode with full orchestra by its star. For ten points, name this show featuring an underage doctor played by Neil Patrick Harris.

ANS: Doogie Howser, M.D.

TB3. This is the primary flavor of Peruvian soft drink Inca Kola, and Cadbury-Schweppes owns a Danish brand of this called Stimorol. Invented in its modern form in 1858 by Walter Diemer, this product is part of a significant quotation from a 1988 film starring Keith David, John Carpenter's They Live. In song, this food is used by John Mayer in (*) "Your Body Is A Wonderland" as an adjective to refer to someone's "tongue." For ten points, name this food once packaged by companies like Fleer and Topps with baseball cards, an often-pink candy-aisle item sold under brands like Stride and Eclipse.

ANS: bubble gum

DOKTRINE 2010

Freelance Packet

Author: Steve Bahnaman, NC Wesleyan College

Boni

1. A 2008 video game introduced a younger generation to such tunes as “Crazy He Calls Me” by Ella Fitzgerald and “Way Back Home” by Bob Crosby and the Wildcats. For ten points each,

[10] Identify this Bethesda game for XBOX 360 and PC that juxtaposed songs like Danny Kaye’s “Civilization” with its post-apocalyptic setting.

ANS: Fallout 3

[10] Fallout 3’s theme song, played in a burned-out bus in the opening cutscene, is this 1941 Ink Spots classic, which follows the title nine-word phrase with "I just want to start a flame in your heart."

ANS: “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire”

[10] Also sung by Kate Capshaw in the opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the game’s version of this song about “a glimpse of stocking” and “four-letter words” is the Cole Porter original.

ANS: “Anything Goes”

2. On an episode of Friends, Joey’s non-English-speaking grandmother was still able to identify this man as one of the stars of Capricorn One. For ten points each,

[10] Name this television actor who “Says Things You Should Never Believe in a Trustworthy Manner” on Colbert Report and who used this trustworthy manner in a bunch of commercials for TD Waterhouse and TD Ameritrade.

ANS: Sam Waterston

[10] In a similar role, Waterston appeared in an SNL commercial parody for a company called Old Glory that sold insurance against these beings who “eat old people’s medicine for fuel.”

ANS: robots

[10] Waterston is almost certainly best known for his portrayal of this Executive Assistant District Attorney on Law and Order, for which he has won a SAG award and a Golden Globe.

ANS: Jack McCoy (accept either name)

3. The greatest game ever played in the NCAA Tournament is probably the 1992 East Regional final that ended 104-103 in overtime. For ten points each,

[10] That game involved an ACC school that eventually won the national title and an SEC school coming off probation. They also met in a 1998 regional final. Name *BOTH.*

ANS: Duke University; University of Kentucky

[10] This Duke Blue Devil made all 20 field goals and free throws he attempted in the game, ending the game with a legendary buzzer-beater.

ANS: Christian Laettner

[10] This Kentucky sophomore forward finished with 28 points and 10 rebounds, and went on to become part of the "Triple J" Mavericks with Jim Jackson and Jason Kidd.

ANS: Jamal Mashburn

4. His work was rediscovered largely because of a 1980 Michael Medved book called The Golden Turkey Awards. For ten points each,

[10] Name this B-movie director largely rediscovered during the 1980s who was responsible for the gloriously bad Plan 9 From Outer Space and who was portrayed by Johnny Depp in a Tim Burton film.

ANS: Ed(ward D.) Wood, (Jr.)

[10] Ed Wood’s also made this semi-autobiographical film about transvestism which was almost called “I Changed My Sex” and was supposed to be based on the life of Christine Jorgensen, who opted out.

ANS: Glen or Glenda

[10] Wood’s films including Glen or Glenda often included this once-famous horror actor often associated with playing Dracula. He died before Plan 9’s release, but is listed as “almost starring” in it.

ANS: Bela Lugosi

5. Answer the following concerning a TV episode containing the phrase "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra." For ten points each,

[10] That phrase, meaning "to fight a common enemy" is uttered repeatedly by a character named Dathon but misunderstood by this captain of the USS Enterprise-D.

ANS: Jean-Luc Picard

[10] Dathon is a member of the race known as the Children of Tama, who speak entirely in metaphor, thus making this piece of technology--a staple of the Star Trek continuity--unusable.

ANS: universal translator

[10] Another memorable phrase from this episode is this five-word Tamarian saying that signifies failure, repeatedly uttered during the episode's tragic ending sequence.

ANS: "Shaka, when the walls fell"

6. It was heavily popularized by the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series. For ten points each,

[10] Name this speculative-fiction subgenre applied variously to things like Disney’s Atlantis: the Lost Empire and Final Fantasy VI whose signature features include clockwork, airships, and alternate-history-of-science.

ANS: steampunk

[10] The genre of steampunk sometimes traces its roots to this William Gibson-Bruce Sterling novel in which Charles Babbage successfully builds a mechanical computer.

ANS: The Difference Engine

[10] Author China Mieville’s second novel, this book is set in New Crobuzon and combines steampunk’s Victorian-era technology with creatures like the beetle-headed Khepri. It won the 2001 Arthur C. Clarke award.

ANS: Perdido Street Station

7. As though they aren’t inflicting enough aesthetic pain already, the geniuses who run Grey’s Anatomy seem to love to pick songs for their soundtrack by their titles rather than their relevance to medicine. For ten points each,

[10] This title song from the most successful album by The Fray is about the singer's frustration with mentoring teenagers, not about knowledge gained in med school.

ANS: “How to Save a Life”

[10] Grey’s also aired the upbeat, highly ironic ditty “Catch My Disease” by this indie singer-songwriter and former Claire Danes beau. They could have also chosen “Cigarettes Will Kill You.”

ANS: Ben (Benjamin Michael) Lee

[10] The worst offense might be their choice of the obviously colloquial “How We Operate” by this British indie band whose latest album is A New Tide and whose 1999 Liquid Skin hit #2 in the UK.

ANS: Gomez

8. Americans, like many nationalities, are notable for only caring about sports their countrymen are good at. Sometimes even that’s not enough. For ten points each,

[10] The 2010 Olympics saw the first US medals in this sport, which includes both ski jumping and cross-country skiing and has apparently been contested by only men at every Winter Olympics since 1924.

ANS: Nordic combined

[10] The first ever American medal in Nordic combined was won by this man, who silvered every Nordic combined event in Vancouver, starting with the individual normal hill where he lost out to Jason Lamy-Chappuis of France.

ANS: Johnny Spillane

[10] The men’s team event was won in dramatic fashion by this nation, whose Mario Stecher held off the USA’s Bill Demong over the final stretch and whose Bernhard Gruber later got bronze in the large hill.

ANS: Austria or Osterreich

9. Recurring characters on this show have been played by Phylicia Rashad and Ally Sheedy, which are entirely appropriate since it often seems to consist primarily of 80s references. For ten points each,

[10] Name this USA program featuring Shawn Spencer and his sidekick Burton “Gus” Guster, who work alongside the Santa Barbara Police Department as a particular type of consulting detective agency.

ANS: Psych

[10] Psych has a lot of amusing guest stars including this former star of Family Matters, who played Gus’ old a capella buddy alongside Kenan Thompson.

ANS: Jaleel White

[10] According to the question-writer’s wife, this Indian actor who plays Mohinder Suresh on Heroes was a lot less hot without his English accent on a Bollywood-themed episode of Psych.

ANS: Sendhil Ramamurthy

10. In the 1980s, Disney’s dominance of the animated-film market was not nearly as complete as it was before or after, largely due to the efforts of one man. For ten points each,

[10] Name this animator and director of The Land Before Time and The Secret of NIMH, as well as the innovative Dragon’s Lair video game.

ANS: Don Bluth

[10] One of Bluth’s classics is this 1986 film featuring a character named Fievel, the song “Somewhere Out There,” and the myth that there are no cats in America, and the streets are paved with cheese.

ANS: An American Tail

[10] Bluth’s success tapered off significantly in the 1990s starting with this animated retelling of Chaucer’s Chanticleer which appropriately cast country-pop star Glen Campbell as Chanticleer.

ANS: Rock-A-Doodle

11. Someone was going to waste a first-round pick on Tim Tebow for no reason. But only one team did! Maybe it’s because they wear orange and blue and got confused. For ten points each,

[10] Name this franchise which is inexplicably stockpiling college quarterbacks such as Tebow and Brady Quinn, presumably in the hope of eventually replacing Kyle Orton.

ANS: Denver Broncos (accept either)

[10] The Broncos’ defense is led by this Haitian-American pass-rushing end who led the NFL with 17 sacks in 2009 en route to a first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl selections.

ANS: Elvis Dumervil

[10] Since they will no longer have Brandon Marshall, the Broncos’ leading returning receiver for 2010 will be this original Houston Texan and former football-and-track star at, you guessed it, the University of Florida.

ANS: Jabar Gaffney

12. It begins “There is a light / a certain kind of light / that never shone on me.” For ten points each,

[10] Identify this often-covered Bee Gees song from 1967 which Michael Bolton took to #11 in 1992 and Billy Corgan recorded with Robert Smith on 2005’s TheFutureEmbrace.

ANS: "To Love Somebody"

[10] Ray LaMontagne recorded a duet of “To Love Somebody” with this Irish singer whose albums O and 9 spawned hits like “9 Crimes,” “Volcano,” and “Blower’s Daughter,” which dominated the Closer soundtrack.

ANS: Damien Rice

[10] “To Love Somebody” has also been recorded by Booker T and the MG’s with this English singer who has scored cover hits with Tom Waits’ “Downtown Train” and Van Morrison’s “Have I Told You Lately”

ANS: Rod (Roderick David) Stewart

13. The original lineup for this programming block included Are You Afraid of the Dark and Clarissa Explains it All. For ten points each,

[10] Name this Nickelodeon programming block that started at 8:00 pm on Saturdays and included All That and Kenan and Kel for much of its 12-year run.

ANS: SNICK or Saturday Night Nickelodeon

[10] Another original SNICK show was this rather abstract sketch show about the "Anyfamily" which also featured dance and music sequences. Cast member Dominic Lucero died of lymphoma during the show's run in 1994.

ANS: Roundhouse

[10] The best-known show on SNICK in the 2000s was probably this sketch show and All That spinoff featuring Blockblister Video and Judge Trudy, and starring a namesake attractive female.

ANS: The Amanda Show

14. Its lead performer Aaron Yonda did voice work for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and the mayor of Madison, Wisconsin appeared in two of its episodes. For ten points each,

[10] Name this internet series about the day shift manager of a grocery store who uses force powers and his lightsaber to scheme for grocery store dominance, much like his supposed older brother.

ANS: Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager

[10] Blame Society Productions often record Chad Vader in internet-meme parodies, including him singing this song about black history by strange-voiced Tay Zonday. Chad moves his frontal breathing vent away from the mic.

ANS: “Chocolate Rain”

[10] Chad has been on dates with two characters in the series. One is mentioned in his version of “Chocolate Rain” and the other was deported back to New Zealand when Margaret learned of their relationship. Name either.

ANS: Clarissa or Libby (neither has last names; accept either)

15. This city’s musical history includes a namesake “Sound” that spawned musicians like Sheila E. For ten points each,

[10] Name this Midwestern city whose morose alternative rock scene in the 1980s, which included Husker Du and the Replacements, earned it the nickname “Land of 10,000 Aches.”

ANS: Minneapolis, Minnesota

[10] This Minneapolis alternative band sold big in the 1990s with albums including Let Your Dim Light Shine, featured Claire Danes in their video for "Just Like Anyone," and criticized the first Iraq War in "Black Gold."

ANS: Soul Asylum

[10] Soul Asylum won a 1994 Grammy for Best Rock Song for this song off of Grave Dancers Union. The song’s notable video included photographs of missing teenagers and children.

ANS: “Runaway Train”

16. At #39, it was the highest-ranked film on AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Movies list to be dropped off the 2007 version of that list. For ten points each,

[10] Name this 1965 David Lean-directed film with a Maurice Jarre soundtrack featuring “Lara’s Theme” and a cast featuring Alec Guinness and Rod Steiger in supporting roles.

ANS: Dr. Zhivago

[10] Female lead Lara Antipova was played by this 1960s London icon who later appeared as Gertrude in Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet and briefly as Madam Rosmerta in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

ANS: Julie Christie

[10] Dr. Yuri Zhivago was played by this Egyptian actor noted for his ability to play different ethnicities, who appeared as a Bedouin in Lawrence of Arabia and had a politicized affair with Funny Girl costar Barbra Streisand.

ANS: Omar Sharif (born Michael Demitri Shalhoub)

17. Seattle Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik (zur-EN-sik) was probably the most ambitious baseball executive during the 2009-10 off-season. For ten points each,

[10] The Mariners traded four young players for this lefty pitcher who dominated the 2009 postseason with the Phillies and previously played for the Indians.

ANS: Cliff Lee

[10] This acquisition and former super-utilityman from the division-rival Angels is playing second base for the Mariners, moving Jose Lopez to third. He represented the Angels in the 2009 All-Star Game.

ANS: Chone Figgins

[10] The Mariners also brought over this defense-minded and offense-challenged former Pirate who somehow won the 2004 Silver Slugger in a down year for NL shortstops.

ANS: Jack Wilson

18. According to the opening track, its title is the name of a fictional land at the center of the earth, "the place from which all funky thangs come.” For ten points each,

[10] Name this hip hop album whose tracks include “B.O.B.” and “So Fresh, So Clean.”

ANS: Stankonia

[10] This Atlanta act consisting of Big Boi and Andre 3000 recorded Stankonia and later the double album Speakerboxx/The Love Below.

ANS: Outkast

[10] Named for the real-life mother of Erykah Badu, Andre 3000’s ex-girlfriend, this biggest hit off Stankonia has the speaker pleading with his girlfriend’s mother to understand that “I am for real.”

ANS: “Ms. Jackson”

19. This company was bought by Nike in 2007. For ten points each,

[10] Name this sporting attire company founded by the Humphreys Brothers in Wilmslow, England that sold once-coveted nylon soccer shorts with a double-diamond logo.

ANS: Umbro

[10] Umbro is currently the official sponsor of this stadium that opened its new version in 2007, and which annually hosts the FA Cup Final. It also hosts an annual NFL game which in 2009 saw the Pats cream the Bucs.

ANS: (“New”) Wembley Stadium

[10] One of the highest-profile soccer clubs to still use Umbro shirts are these Glaswegian rivals of their Scottish Premier League foes Celtic. American DaMarcus Beasley plays for them.

ANS: Glasgow Rangers Football Club (accept “Gers”, which sounds either like “Chairs” or “Jeers”)

20. This term was never used by the creators of the films in its classic period, who just called them “melodramas.” For ten points each,

[10] Name this genre with a French name, most popular in the 40s and 50s, which included Double Indemnity and The Big Sleep and often centered on femmes fatales and hard-boiled detectives.

ANS: film noir

[10] The first film noir is often identified as this Peter Lorre film directed by Boris Ingster, about a woman who tries to help a man identify the titular mysterious figure, who may have committed a murder.

ANS: The Stranger on the Third Floor

[10] One of the last great noir films is this Orson Welles-directed 1958 film starring Welles, Charlton Heston, and Janet Leigh which involves a Mexican car-bombing.

ANS: Touch of Evil

21. Controversy surrounded this show’s move from Bravo to Lifetime in 2009, and Lifetime began airing its obnoxious Models companion program immediately after its conclusion. For ten points each,

[10] Name this program where contestants have to impress Nina Garcia and Michael Kors in order to avoid being told “Auf Wiedersehen” by Heidi Klum.

ANS: Project Runway

[10] This fashion consultant and former Parsons New School of Design faculty member is a staple of Project Runway as a sort of coach to the contestants. His catchphrases are “make it work” and “carry on.”

ANS: Tim(othy M.) Gunn

[10] One of the more memorable winners of Project Runway is this season 4 winner with a sort-of mohawk who called everything “fierce” and has even penned a book called Fierce Style: How to Be Your Most Fabulous Self.

ANS: Christian Siriano (accept either name)

22. Tipper Gore and the PMRC were largely responsible for it, and it had some surprising musical aftereffects. For ten points each,

[10] Give the two-word name for the black-and-white label that the RIAA agreed in 1985 to put on music releases which contained mature themes or too many F-words.

ANS: Parental Advisory (accept Explicit Content; accept Explicit Lyrics; prompt on "Advisory Label")

[10] On this 1986 album, Cliff Burton's last, Metallica parodied the labels with a sticker that said "The only track you probably won't want to play is Damage, Inc." and listed six bad words that did not appear on the album.

ANS: Master of Puppets

[10] A metaphorical Tipper Gore is the title character of this song, Danzig's biggest hit. Sarcastically Tipper is asked to "tell your children not to hear my words."

ANS: "Mother"

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