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Round 2

1. This sport’s current number 1 player is infamous for flipping the bird, doing so to Mark Allen, one of his opponents; a Chinese television crew; and even the playing equipment during a recent World Championship held at its traditional site of “The Crucible.” That man has achieved this sport’s top uninterrupted score on 9 occasions, including against James Wattana, Marco Fu and Mark Williams. While breaking one of this sport’s most significant records, Ronnie O’Sullivan surpassed Stephen Hendry for most career 147s (“one-four-sevens”), also known as a “maximum break.” Though higher scores are possible with fouls for hitting balls in the wrong order, a 147 is attained when the red balls are alternated with black, then the rest of the colors. FTP, identify this sport named after a trap that leaves an object ball inaccessible to the cue ball.

ANSWER: snooker (prompt on billiards and pool before “top interrupted score”)

2. On this album’s cover, a man poses with his hands on his hips while wearing in an old-timey one-piece swimsuit, while another wearing a suit of armor peeks over an ear. Some listeners claim that one line on this album is Czech for “please, don’t breathe” or Swedish for “the mail is here, Mr. Baker.” Alan Civil plays a horn solo on this album between the lines “she thinks she needs you” and “in her eyes you see nothing.” One title character on this album “helps you understand” and “does everything he can” with his “special cup.” Another title character on this album’s first song issues a warning after observing “should 5% appear too small,” while yet another title character “died in the church and was buried along with her name.” Containing “Doctor Robert,” “Taxman,” and “Eleanor Rigby,” this album was issued in 1966 between Rubber Soul and Sgt. Pepper’s. FTP, identify this Beatles album named after a kind of gun.

ANSWER: Revolver

3. At one point in this film, the protagonist attends a party where his weak attempt at mockery prompts two frat boys to hilariously respond "There ARE no tighter shirts.  We checked!" before fist-bumping each other.  The protagonist's parents later go to Paris, where they are disturbed by a mime and discover that escargot are icky before being kidnapped.  Another crucial scene takes place at a "meat shop" whose hidden basement contains documents showing that a certain group were on Earth for thousands of years.  The dramatic climax of this film evinces a shaky grasp of Middle Eastern geography, as it implies that Petra, an Egyptian city, and the Great Pyramids are basically right next to each other.  In that scene, the title character obtains the "Matrix of Leadership," allowing him to use a machine that was concealed by one of the aforementioned pyramids to try to destroy the sun.  That title character was hanging out on a moon of Saturn before being revitalized by the death of the last of the "Primes."  For 10 points, name this film about Sam Witwicky and his robotic pals, a hit sequel to an earlier film based on some toy action figures.

ANSWER: Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (accept either underlined part; do not accept or prompt on "Transformers")

4. The definitive treatment of pop culture’s portrayal of this was written by Iliana Alexandra Semmler. One treatment of this topic was a 1995 made-for-TV movie starring William Devane and Nicolette Sheridan. That movie, also known as Formula for Death, follows Marissa Blumenthal investigating her boss Dubcheck’s responsibility for an appearance of this. That movie adapts a Robin Cook novel, while a best-selling non-fiction account of Nancy and Jerry Jaax’s investigation of this grew from a 1992 New Yorker article by Robert Preston. In yet another treatment of this subject, General McClintock and General Ford, played by Donald Sutherland and Morgan Freeman, manipulate Sam Daniels trying to respond to a thinly veiled version of this called “Motaba.” Sam, played by Dustin Hoffman, works for USAMRIID who traces the appearance of the disease to a Capuchin monkey. FTP, identify this subject of Robert Preston’s The Hot Zone, and the thriller Outbreak, a filovirus that causes a hemorrhagic fever.

ANSWER: ebola virus (also accept Marburg virus or hemorrhagic fever before mentioned; prompt on Filovirus, or more general things like “disease”)

5. This isn’t the 7th Floor Crew, but a rap song about one of this school’s sports teams includes lines like “come too close, I’ll hit you with the blow by / straight to the rim, I’m just too high.” That song, from a member of their most successful basketball team, neglects to mention role players like Avery Jukes or Shawn Vanzant, though the rapper going by “G-Time” references his native Brownsburg and the charges drawn by his teammate on the Under-19 Gold medal team. Another line name-checks a player that made two clinching free throws after being fouled by Draymond Green. Those references in “Too Big Yo” are to Shelvin Mack and Ronald Nored, players who helped this team to victories over Syracuse and Kansas State on the way to the Final Four, where they beat Michigan State. With a missed desperation shot by “G-Time,” aka Gordon Hayward, FTP, name this team which lost to Duke in the NCAA Championship game, a school from Indianapolis.

ANSWER: Butler University Bulldogs (encourage participants to find a copy of Gordon Hayward’s rap song “Too Big Yo”)

6. One episode of this show called “Some Like Hot” guest-starred Yakov Smirnoff as a pyromaniac, while in another episode Marion Ross plays a TV-obsessed character holding the characters hostage with a grenade. An earlier show with an identical premise featured Fred Willard as the bumbling Bud Nugent and Michael Constantine as the title character, Sirota. Series creator Reinhold Weege wrote the most episodes, while recurring characters include Terry Kiser’s Al Craven, a tabloid reporter, and John Astin as the main character’s crazy stepfather. Mel Torme was the subject of running jokes, while Markie Post played Christine, the frequent target of Dan Fielding’s lechery. Richard Moll played the seemingly stupid bailiff Bull. Starring John Larroquette as a prosecutor and Harry Anderson as Judge Harry Stone, FTP, identify this 80s sitcom about a judicial body.

ANSWER: Night Court

7. Spin released an acoustic cover of this song performed by Dinosaur Jr.'s Lou Barlow for his four-year-old daughter; Lou described the original song as "the eighties threw up." Liam Lynch created a video for another song with this title in which a Claymation-style little girl is squashed by a rock dropped by a giant, despite her repeated requests. This song's singer sports a Mondrian-inspired jacket while walking through a bunch of arches made out of piano keyboards while singing that "certain things should be left unsaid". This word appeared in the title of a 2005 video game featuring 50 Cent, despite nine instances proving that 50 Cent does not possess this quality. FTP, name this title shared by a song off of Rilo Kiley's Takeoffs and Landings album and a recent hit sung by Elly Jackson that begins "Been there, done that, messed around," and was recorded by La Roux.

ANSWER: "Bulletproof"

8. A promo for WBEZ saw this program being presented, and unappreciated, in a children’s museum. Former hosts for this show include David Brown and David Brancaccio, while J.J. Yore has been the show’s producer since its 1989 debut. Memorable segments include two weeks’ worth of live broadcasts from China in 2006 and frequent contributions by Robert Reich. One song frequently featured on this program is also known as “The Gold Digger’s Song” and comes from Gold Diggers of 1933, while days with negative indicators are accompanied by “Stormy Weather.” Those songs are used when this program’s current host Kai Ryssdal says “let’s do the numbers” and runs through the Dow Jones, NASDAQ and S&P 500 returns. Produced by American Public Radio and usually broadcast in the late afternoon after “All Things Considered,” FTP, identify this daily NPR program that summarizes the day’s economic news.

ANSWER: Marketplace

9. For the crime of escaping the labyrinth, one character in this work is crucified in Sogo, a city that sits on top of the Mathmos, a lake of evil slime. That character had earlier caused one of the Great Tyrant's Leather-Men to explode. This work's protagonist encounters the Catchman on icy Weir, where he expresses his disgust for her culture's use of exaltation transference pellets. This movie's opening scene features its protagonist disrobing in front of Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of La Grande Jatte before being armed with an artifact from the Museum of Conflict by Dianthus, the President of Earth. In the city of night, the title character of this film encounters the blind angel Pygar, whose ability to fly is restored when he makes love to her. In an attempt to kill this character, "Sonata for Executioner and Various Young Women" is played on the Ex-Sex-sive Machine by the mad scientist Durand-Durand. FTP, name this cult film starring Jane Fonda as the titular "queen of the galaxy".

ANSWER: Barbarella

10. This group’s first charting single described “standing at the machine” for that “rush, push, cash.” That song, “Bostich,” features a vocal line similar to one of this group’s other notable songs, which claims the singer is “arriving every day and every night” and that “I need it and I’m ready and I haven’t got a clue.” Like many of this group’s music videos, that song’s video features a young girl with a moustache similar to member Dieter Meier’s. Appearing on this group’s 1988 album Flag, that song is “The Race.” This group’s best-known song accompanies the introduction of Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and comes from the album Stella. Its lyrics state “the moon - beautiful, the sun - even more beautiful” along with the title two-word declaration said in a very low voice. FTP, identify this Swiss band with a colorful name best known for “Oh Yeah.”

ANSWER: Yello

11. In one novella by this man, the title activity is working as the artist that creates Cynthia and Ted’s world, including the Sons of the Bird. His last novel, titled after Tennyson, follows Margaret, the mother and wife of a functionally immortal protagonist in one of his cycles. Those books are The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag and To Sail Beyond the Sunset, the latter finishing his cycle about Lazarus Long. A better-known novel is narrated by the one-armed Mannie, who interacts with HOLMES IV, while in his most famous book, reporter Ben Caxton, author Jubal Harshaw, and nurse Gillian Boardman work to save the title character, who later adapts the sex-loving Fosterite cult into the Church of All Worlds. That book follows Valentine Michael Smith as he returns to Earth after having been raised on Mars. FTP, identify this author of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land.

ANSWER: Robert Heinlein

12. In Vikas Swarup’s Six Suspects, a character in a job interview bizarrely mocks this player by saying “he can’t hit the broad side of a barn.” Teammate Jamar Fletcher forcing a fumble led to the only career touchdown for this man, who played at Richlands High School in North Carolina. He played under defensive coordinators Richard Smtih and Frank Bush, and the book Tarnished Heisman describes Len Pasquerelli’s allegation of “astigmatism” playing a role in the drafting of this man. Sharing a defensive line in 2009 with Antonio Smith and Amobi Okoye, the choice to draft this alumnus of North Carolina State was informed by the success of Dominic Davis and was made by Charley Casserly and Gary Kubiak. Drafted first overall in 2006 ahead of Vince Young and Reggie Bush, FTP, identify this defensive end for the Houston Texans.

ANSWER: Mario Williams\

13. George Lucas and Carrie Fisher make a cameo in this film as a kissing couple. One assistant on this film had the sole job of cleaning the feet of Julia Roberts, who so irritated its director that he vowed never to work with her again. While visiting his wife Moira's grandmother, this film's protagonist, a corporate lawyer, encounters a vague old man who claims to have lost his marbles. That protagonist, surnamed Banning, entrusts his former compatriots to the care of Thud Butt after Jack and Maggie's rescue results in the death of Rufio at the hands of a "dark and sinister man" played by Dustin Hoffman. Despite being dismissed as a "fat old grandpa man," Banning regains one of his most notable abilities upon realizing that being a father is his "happy thought", though he still requires pixie dust in order to fly. FTP, name this Stephen Spielberg-directed adaptation of the Peter Pan story, which starred Robin Williams.

ANSWER: Hook

14. A recent ad for this vehicle aired footage of the Saturn V ("five") program while criticizing the Obama administration's policy on manned space flights. Originally engineered by Zora Arkus-Duntov and designed by Harley Earl, it is designed around the only single-car platform produced by its maker, the Y-platform. Some third- and fourth-generation cars of this model use the controversial Crossfire fuel injection system, and its long-defunct Grand Sport model was revived for 2010. A history of this car written by James Schefter is titled after a John Heinricy quote that all cars of this type are red. One with the license plate RES IPSA is owned by Clarence Thomas, and the body of this model's second generation was influenced by a concept car designed by Bill Richardson, the Mako Shark, as well as a racing model, the Stingray. FTP, name this model which debuted in 1953 and which, like the Camaro, is a sports car produced by Chevrolet.

ANSWER: Chevrolet Corvette

15. writer Erin Bradley titled her "Rock 'n' Roll Field Guide to Guys" after this song, while Chuck Klosterman characterized its video as a "sobering examination...of alcoholism," pointing out a vignette in which the intoxicated bassist is carried offstage by a roadie. This song played while Heather complained about having a "fucking tattoo of this fucking loser's name on the back of my neck" after losing to Jes on a recent reality show. This song is sung after Sherrie quits the strip club in the musical Rock of Ages, and its original inspiration was a tryst between Quiet Riot frontman Kevin DuBrow and Tracy Lewis, the girlfriend of its singer. In this song, which first appeared on Open Up and Say...Ahh!, the singer claims "I know I could have saved a love that night if I'd've known what to say," and the titular phenomenon is likened to the "sad, sad song" of every cowboy. FTP, name this Bret-Michaels-penned love song, the only number one hit for Poison.

ANSWER: "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"

16. One character in this film is the subject of a book describing his colorblindness, acute hearing, and inability to tell time; that character is played by Stephen Lea Sheppard. “Everyone” by Van Morrison accompanies this film’s final scene where an epitaph is revealed that reads that the dead character died rescuing his family from a battleship crash. Of this film’s central family, one member commits at least 72 unforced errors in his final big-time match, another invents a strain of Dalmatian mice while the adopted member writes plays and ultimately marries Raleigh St. Clair, played by Bill Murray. Those are Richie, Chaz and Margot played by Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller and Gwyneth Paltrow. FTP, identify this film about a family of three prodigy children and their son-of-a-bitch father, directed by Wes Anderson.

ANSWER: The Royal Tenenbaums

17. Last name’s the same. The father with this last name preceded Eddie Phillips in his best-known position. His pass to Cotton Spreyr set up a Billy Dale touchdown to beat Notre Dame and secure a national championship. Nicknamed “Slick,” that man with this surname shared a backfield with Steve Worster and Ted Koy and passed to Randy Peschel to secure a 1969 win over also-undefeated Arkansas. That man’s son, also with this last name, assumed his first major professional role following Octavio Dotel’s elbow surgery and won the 2005 AL Rookie of the Year award. Working with set-up men like Kiko Calero and Manny Corpas, he was traded alongside Carlos Gonzalez so the A’s could acquire Matt Holliday. FTP, identify this name shared by a quarterback for Texas named James, and his son, a closer for the Rockies named Huston.

ANSWER: Street (accept James Street or Huston Street at any time)

18. The Hammer Strike Force was sent to Brontes IV to crush the Fist of Redemption, a radical sect that supported the ascendancy of this race. One unit from this race makes sharp turns to evade another in the “Chinese Triangle” maneuver. Another of its units can’t hold position, so they are often grouped with a transport unit that can such that they can attack unsuspectingly. Played by Hyuk, sAviOr, and Jaedong, this race has an exploit that leaves their supply 10/9 (ten out of nine). Renegade members of this race were slaves to the (*) UAE, which attacked Tarsonis, the world where their leader was abandoned. The Slothein and Zz'gashi Dune Runners are core species that were assimilated into this race and controlled by cerebrates, who were deposed by the Queen of Blades. For 10 points, identify this StarCraft race that uses Lurkers and Mutalisks, is presently led by Kerrigan, and is infamous for an eponymous “rush” performed by “lings.”

ANSWER: Zerg

19. This action was Ace Ventura's excuse for his first encounter with Lois Einhorn, while on Strangers with Candy, Chuck Noblet claimed it was the result of a particularly nasty case of syphilis. Farrington and Foster coordinate this event in Dalton Trumbo's Executive Action, and it takes place during Duck and Peggy's tryst on Mad Men. To Lesly's horror, Marty and his twin sister have sex after playing a game based on this event in The House of Yes, and this event is also the subject of Jack's obsession in Bubba Ho-Tep. The subsequent analysis of this event is parodied in a Seinfeld episode in which Jerry does not believe that Keith Hernandez spat upon Kramer and Newman. One account of this event starred Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones as Jim Garrison and Clay Shaw and was directed by Oliver Stone; it attacked the "single bullet" theory of this event. FTP, name this event most famously captured on film by Abraham Zapruder.

ANSWER: the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (accept equivalents that involve JFK being killed, prompt on "Kennedy assassination" or other answers that don't distinguish between JFK and RFK)

20. This song’s performance at the May BET awards was preceded by a tribute to Dorothy Height and had Keisha Cole in place of one singer. A different 2010 song with this name has the lines “I keep those chopsticks you had” and “I call I want you back” and is by Local Natives. In one version of the more popular song of this name, the singer claims he’s “rapping to stay relevant” and is “doing it for Decatur.” The radio version has that rapper pretending he’s “eating lunch off a Styrofoam tray” but then is later “selling out arenas” while another verse has a different rapper ignore his alarm and thus miss the Rap Olympics. Both versions of this song say the title objects “in the night sky are like shooting stars.” With one version with an Eminem verse and both versions featuring Hayley Williams, FTP, identify this 2010 Billboard No. 2 hit from B.o.B.

ANSWER: “Airplanes”

Bonuses:

1. On this song, one singer makes the questionable decision to reference domestic violence in limousines. FTPE:

[10] Name this 2010 song from Chris Brown about "chuckin' up" the title gesture. An Aerosmith song says they’re “Wild.”

ANSWER: “Deuces”

[10] This producer of "Deuces" apparently is blissfully unaware of the whole Chris Brown-beating-Rihanna thing because he delivers the line "Like Tina did Ike in the limo, it finally hit me.”

ANSWER: Kevin McCall

[10] "Deuces" also features this rapper who had his first solo success with the atrocious "Coconut Juice." A Canadian with a similar name released the albums Sexor and Ciao.

ANSWER: Tyga (or Tiga)

2. Name some things about Edith Wharton's pervasive influence on television FTPE.

[10] This actress tried to convince Vince to consider a role in an adaptation of The Glimpses of the Moon in her role as Amanda on Entourage. She also starred as Nan St. George in the BBC adaptation of The Buccaneers.

ANSWER: Carla Gugino

[10] A party thrown by Emily and Richard for Rory's birthday is likened to something out of an Edith Wharton novel on this show, which starred Lauren Graham as Lorelai.

ANSWER: Gilmore Girls

[10] One of many allusions to Edith Wharton on Gossip Girl is a school production of The Age of Innocence, in which the part of Mrs. Manson Mingott is played by this character. She is the only character from Constance or St. Jude's to end up at Yale, despite Blair's attempt to make her fail her SATs.

ANSWER: Nelly Yuki (either name is OK)

3. Shaolong and Long Guis can eventually be found in this location, which features the gigantic Adamantoise enemy. For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this location on Gran Pulse which is the only place wild chocobos can be ridden in a certain game, and also serves as the starting point for numerous “missions” that can be completed for fallen L’Cie.

ANSWER: Archylte Steppe

[10] Archylte Steppe is one of the locations of this latest game of an iconic series, which is set on Cocoon and Grand Pulse, and is about a ragtag group of L’Cie under the command of Lightning that are brought together after the Purge.

ANSWER: Final Fantasy XIII

[10] Final Fantasy XIII returns these summons from IV and IX, one of which is usable by each L’Cie in the game. They have the ability to transform into vehicles during Gestalt Mode.

ANSWER: Eidolons

4. Answer the following about some big bass drums in college football. FTPE

[10] This school has a big bass drum creatively known as the "Big Bass Drum." This team plays for the Old Oaken Bucket with its in-state rival.

ANSWER: Purdue Boilermakers

[10] Texas bought this absurd drum in 1955. It's named for a Howitzer, which also names a golf club.

ANSWER: Big Bertha

[10] Texas bought Big Bertha from this school, who commissioned it from the Conn Company in the 20s to outdo Purdue's.

ANSWER: University of Chicago

5. This man loosely adapted Kleist into 1976’s The Marquise of O but is better known for My Night At Maud’s, part of his “Six Moral Tales.” FTPE:

[10] Name this director.

ANSWER: Eric Rohmer

[10] Rohmer was part of the French New Wave along with this director of a series of films about Antoine Doinel, including The 400 Blows.

ANSWER: Francois Truffaut

[10] Truffaut won an Oscar for this film titled in French after a movie technique. It follows the film-within-a-film Meet Pamela and stars Jean-Pierre Aumont and Valentina Cortese.

ANSWER: Day for Night (or La Nuit Americaine or American Night)

6. There are lots of great songs about New York, but there aren’t that many about New Jersey and most of them suck anyway. Answer the following about some that don’t FTPE.

[10] This truly excellent Dean Friedman song follows him romancing the title weed-smoking, peasant blouse wearing Jewish girl in Paramus Park.

ANSWER: “Ariel”

[10] This early Bruce Springsteen song describes fireworks over Little Eden and the aurora “risin’ behind us.” The main title describes a Monmouth County city while the parenthetical title is the name of the girl sung to.

ANSWER: “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” (accept either)

[10] This Monkees song describes the title place as “status symbol land” and “rows of houses that are all the same and one seems to care.” The name and inspiration came from West Orange, New Jersey.

ANSWER: “Pleasant Valley Sunday”

7. Identify some authors of contemporary non-fiction better known for TV work. FTPE:

[10] This man collaborated with USC prof Michael Young on The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissism is Seducing America.

ANSWER: Drew Pinsky (prompt on Dr. Drew)

[10] This woman’s memoir High on Arrival talked about her incestuous relationship with her musician father.

ANSWER: Mackenzie Phillips

[10] This woman wrote Losing It and Finding It. She appeared in Touched by an Angel, but is best known for co-starring with Mackenzie Phillips on One Day At a Time.

ANSWER: Valerie Bertinelli

8. One of the title characters had the real name of Jason Lochinvar McCabe and in the middle of the series moved from LA to Honolulu along with his bulldog Max. FTPE:

[10] Identify this legal drama starring Joe Penny as the younger, flashier and svelter of the title pair.

ANSWER: Jake and the Fatman

[10] This man starred as the Fatman. He was the narrator on The Fugitive and also starred as the title detective on Cannon.

ANSWER: William Conrad

[10] Conrad also starred as this rotund detective opposite Lee Horsley’s Archie Goodwin. This show was one of a few centered on Rex Stout’s most famous character.

ANSWER: Nero Wolfe

9. This song’s signature whoop punctuates lines like “When I feel heavy metal…” and “I’m pins and I’m needles.” FTPE:

[10] Identify this generically-named Blur song with the iconic shout of “Woo-hoo!”

ANSWER: “Song 2”

[10] After “Song 2,” the last Blur track to chart was this song from 2003’s Think Tank. The music stops for the line “I love my brothers on a Saturday night” and the two-word title is sung heavily modified.

ANSWER: “Crazy Beat”

[10] Yet another Blur song with two words in the title is this song from Modern Life is Rubbish. The title time period is described as “a walk in the park” with the “dream of protein on a plate.”

ANSWER: “Sunday Sunday”

10. Answer some things about some unfunny nerds who think they’re cool, all of whom were part of the University of Chicago’s awful undergrad improv troupe Off-Off Campus. FTPE:

[10] Perfectly capturing the combination of desperation and smugness that characterizes Off-Off is this trivia computer game created by an alumnus. A short-lived TV adaptation was hosted by Paul Reubens.

ANSWER: You Don’t Know Jack!

[10] This playwright and Off-Off alumnus is best-known for the Pulitzer-winning Proof.

ANSWER: David Auburn

[10] Confirming that Off-Off people aren’t funny, alumnus Tami Sagher worked as a lead writer on this sketch show with long-tenured performers like Aries Spears and Debra Wilson.

ANSWER: MadTV

11. Ken Tremendous claimed he won more money that there even exists when he bet $10 on this event occurring at 5 x 1022-to-1 odds. FTPE:

[10] Identify this unexpected achievement aided by Erik Patterson misplaying a fly to center in Fenway Park.

ANSWER: Bengie Molina hitting for the cycle (prompt on partial answers)

[10] Bengie Molina, The Slowest Man on Earth, hit his implausible cycle on July 17th while playing for this team. Other players include Vlad Guerrero and Josh Hamilton.

ANSWER: Texas Rangers (accept either)

[10] Previous to Molina, this all-star second baseman was the last Ranger to hit for the cycle.

ANSWER: Ian Kinsler

12. This man's best-known character was implausibly said to have been managing the AAA MudHens for 30 years and also sold tires. FTPE:

[10] Identify this recently deceased man who played Lou Brown.

ANSWER: James Gammon

[10] Brown was hired to manage the Indians in this classic 80s movie starring Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen.

ANSWER: Major League

[10] This man played "crafty veteran" Eddie Harris. This omnipresent character actor was also Dan Devine in Rudy.

ANSWER: Chelcie Ross

13. One song in this musical, "The Dark I Know Well," concerns sexual abuse and incest. FTPE:

[10] Name this Tony-award-winning musical adapted by Duncan Sheik, a lighthearted romp in which Wendla dies of a botched abortion and Moritz shoots himself.

ANSWER: Spring Awakening

[10] In this number from Spring Awakening, the ghosts of Wendla and Moritz dissuade Melchior from committing suicide.

ANSWER: "Those You've Known"

[10] Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele, the stars of Spring Awakening's Broadway cast, also sing and dance on this Fox show about a show choir, which features Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester.

ANSWER: Glee

14. Replicants was a side-project involving this group’s members Ken Andrews and Greg Scott. FTPE:

[10] Name this “post-grunge” band that released the albums Comfort, Magnified and Fantastic Planet.

ANSWER: Failure

[10] Also in Replicants was Paul D’Amour, a former member of this Maynard James Keenan-fronted band that had number one albums Lateralus and 10,000 Days.

ANSWER: Tool

[10] Tool’s breakthrough was this album, which included “Stinkfist” and “H.” Its title is rendered with the grapheme whose name is pronounced “ash.”

ANSWER: Ænima

15. Identify the following movies produced by famous quizbowl relative William Teitler. FTPE:

[10] Alexis Bledel’s character falls for Jonathan Jackson’s immortal Jesse in this 2002 Teitler-produced adaptation of a Natalie Babbitt novel.

ANSWER: Tuck Everlasting

[10] Teitler Films produced this movie where Bradley Pierce and Kirsten Dunst play some worthless kids that find the title boardgame.

ANSWER: Jumanji

[10] Teitler also produced this 2005 movie that, like Jumanji, was an adaptation of a Chirs Van Allsburg book. It starred Jonah Bobo.

ANSWER: Zathura: A Space Adventure

Neglecting to include the apostrophe in this man’s name on Wikipedia takes you to a list of Canadian Green Party candidates. FTPE

[10] Identify this recently retired hockey player who scored on his first shot for the Blues and also played for the Flyers from 1991-2000.

ANSWER: Rod Brind’amour

[10] Brind’amour is better known as a member of this team, which beat the Devils in the 2006 Finals. They used to be the Whalers.

ANSWER: Carolina Hurricanes (accept either)

[10] Next year, this man will take over for Brind’amour as Hurricanes captain. He was a rookie All-Star for the Stanley Cup team and was the 2008 All-Star Game MVP.

ANSWER: Eric Staal

17. Brent Mann argues that one of the best one-hit wonder moments ever is during this song’s video at 90 seconds where the singer falls to her knees and seemingly mounts her guitar. FTPE:

[10] Name this song about a girl who unfortunately notes “I didn’t get laid / I got in a fight” and has “nothing to eat / and no TV,” though “it ain’t no big thing.”

ANSWER: “Kiss Me Deadly”

[10] “Kiss Me Deadly” is the only major hit for this former member of the Runaways.

ANSWER: Lita Ford

[10] Lita Ford was briefly married to Chris Holmes, a founding member of this band. Songs like “Wild Child” and “Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)” did not endear them to Tipper Gore.

ANSWER: WASP (accept We Are Sexual Perverts)

18. The two musicians at the center of this movie are targeted by the gangster Spats Columbo. FTPE:

[10] Name this 1959 Billy Wilder movie where Joe and Terry take the obvious step to avoid retribution… cross-dress and join an all-girl band.

ANSWER: Some Like it Hot

[10] After starring in Some Like it Hot, Tony Curtis played Bob Weston opposite Natalie Wood in this adaptation of a Helen Gurley Brown book.

ANSWER: Sex and the Single Girl

[10] On TV, Tony Curtis starred on The Persuaders! as Danny opposite this man’s Lord Brett Sinclair.

ANSWER: Roger Moore

19. The title character is friends with Freaky Fred, who repels newborns, but reports to Riley, who might be bisexual and hence is evil. FTPE:

[10] Identify this 2010 novella in which the title character cavorts around Seattle with Diego.

ANSWER: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

[10] The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner was written by this Mormon, one of the top-selling authors of the decade.

ANSWER: Stephanie Meyer

[10] Bree is a newborn vampire created as part of an army being raised by this female vampire to kill Bella. One of the main villains of Eclipse, she gets hers when Edward decapitates her.

ANSWER: Victoria

20. The NCAA Final Four has been held in some odd venues, some of which have seen better days. Name some, FTPE:

[10] The Vikings are the last tenant for this host of the 1992 and 2001 Final Fours.

ANSWER: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

[10] Freedom Hall hosted six Final Fours, but lost its main tenant now that this school’s basketball teams have left for a new arena named for a local conglomerate, Yum! Brands.

ANSWER: University of Louisville

[10] Two NCAA finals were hosted on this school’s campus. The first tournament ever was in a gym leveled a year later while the other time this school hosted, it was in a building then known as McGaw Memorial Hall.

ANSWER: Northwestern University

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