2003 Viva TRASH Vegas



2003 Viva TRASH Vegas

Round 08: Packet by Cunning Linguists and Master Debaters and Los Alamitos Reunion

Tossups

1. Choice quotes from this man include: "A gay man loving Judy Garland would be like a black person watching a minstrel show" and "If someone vomits at one of my movies, it's like getting a standing ovation." This comes as no surprise with early works like Roman Candles and Mondo Trash. The self-proclaimed "Pope of Trash," his more recent mainstream films include Pecker and Serial Mom. For ten points, name this camp director who cast Divine in films such as Pink Flamingo.

ANSWER: John Waters

2. An Entropy House website recasts The Lord of the Rings with them, and another subjects them to various tests, such as solubility testing (they dissolve in phenol) and exposure to cold (they shatter), heat (they melt), low-pressure environments (they expand). Though they used to take 27 hours to make, 4.2-million can now be processed in one day by their manufacturer, Rodda Candy Company. For ten points, name these Easter treats that come in colors such as yellow, pink, lavender, blue, and white.

ANSWER: marshmallow Peeps

3. Their first EP, Slay Tracks, was released on 7-inch records in Stockton, California in the summer of 1989. The band had two drummers until Gary Young left in 1993, having added Bob Nastanovich along with bassist Mark Ibold for their first full-length album, Slanted and Enchanted. Later albums, such as Wowee Zowee and Terror Twilight were successful after the breakthrough effort Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. For ten points, name this lo-fi indie act led by Stephen Malkmus whose songs include "Cut Your Hair."

ANSWER: Pavement

4. He got his first set of stitches at eleven months old long before ever setting foot on a hockey rink. He missed 23 games of his rookie season with a knee injury, and in 1999 his roommate found him in the bathtub, barely able to breathe, suffering from a collapsed lung after a game with the Nashville Predators. For ten points, name this 6-foot-4, 230-pound New York Ranger and one-time Flyer who sparked controversy in 1991 when he sat out the entire 1991-1992 season after refusing to play for the Quebec Nordiques team that drafted him.

ANSWER: Eric Lindros (more on "Lindros")

5. Bungee jumping off the Donauturm in Vienna. Herding sheep in New Zealand. Finding a teashop in Paris. Ice-climbing in Alaska. Hang gliding in Rio de Janeiro. Eating chicken feet and playing Ping Pong in Beijing. Caber tossing in Scotland. Matching masks in Venice. These are but a few of the challenges teams have had to compete in, for ten points, what CBS reality series involving a million-dollar adventure around the world?

ANSWER: The Amazing Race

6. A promiscuous GAP store manager, an aspiring documentary filmmaker, a yuppie who blasts rap in his convertible and a philosophical poster-boy for grunge rock come together in the feature directing debut of the director of Zoolander and The Cable Guy. Ethan Hawke rasps out the Violent Femmes' "Add It Up" and serenades Winona Ryder with "Froggie Went A Courtin'" in, for ten points, which Ben Stiller film that made a hit of Lisa Loeb's "Stay?"

ANSWER: Reality Bites

7. The sweet perfume is either drugs or tear gas. The quartet is either The Weavers or the Beatles. The girl who sang the blues is Janis Joplin. Satan is Mick Jagger. The jester is Bob Dylan. And the day the music died is February 3, 1959. These are all interpretations of the lyrics to the longest number one song of all time. For ten points, name this song obliquely about the death of Buddy Holly, covered recently Madonna but originally written by Don McLean.

ANSWER: American Pie

8. Until recently, he was primarily known as a writer, working on shows like Action!, That 70s Show, and 3rd Rock From the Sun, as well as writing the Panic Room with Will Ferrell and Castaway Dick parodies on the MTV Movie Awards. In the last year, though, he has been more prominent, voicing Abe Lincoln on the animated series Clone High but most people know him as the guy who said to "Give up the ham," as a member of a Pat Benatar cover band, as Tim Calhoun, or as the Falconer. For ten points, name this featured player on Saturday Night Live.

ANSWER: Will Forte

9. Janet Gaynor beat out Louise Dresser and Gloria Swanson, while Emil Jannings beat out Richard Barthelmess. Lewis Milestone won Best Director, Comedy Picture. Frank Borzage won Best Director, Dramatic Picture. For the only time, an award was given for Title Writing -- a field which became obsolete with the advent of synchronized sound films, a development that won Warner Brothers an honorary award for The Jazz Singer. For ten points, name this event, where Wings won the award for Best Motion Picture.

ANSWER: 1927-1928 Academy Awards or 1927-1928 Oscars (accept first Academy Awards or first Oscars)

10. His stomach's much flatter since he's been doing the colon cleansing. His other eccentricities have included carrying a cane, hiring a butler, and wielding a homemade stun gun. His boss once lost him in a poker game to a station in Georgia, though he's got a fallback career in commercials seeing as he's willing to do nudity -- no extra charge! Though Max Louis has his fans, most agree that Newsradio jumped the shark with the death of, for ten points, what Phil Hartman character?

ANSWER: Bill McNeal (accept either name)

11. This "lion of Lahore" founded the political party Tehreek-e-Insaf or "Movement for Justice" to combat his country's widespread corruption. Despite his stunning good looks and popularity, his attempt failed miserably. Many critics blamed his 1995 marriage to the Jewish heiress Jemina Goldsmith. For ten points, name this cricket-star-turned-politician, who in 1992, lead Pakistan to its first World Cup final and most recently publicly opposed Pakistan's support of the US troops in Afghanistan.

ANSWER: Imran Khan

12. She got her start working as the human beat box alongside female rapping crew Ladies Fresh. In 1988, at the age of 18, she released her first album which contained the hits "Ladies First", "Dance For Me" and "Wrath Of My Madness." Guests on the LP included De La Soul and Monie Love. For ten points, name this former Burger King employee and current first lady of rap born Dana Elaine Owens, recently nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of Matron 'Mama' Morton in Chicago.

ANSWER: Queen Latifah (accept Dana Elaine Owens before it is mentioned)

13. Thomas Henderson said the opposing quarterback in this game was so dumb he couldn't spell "cat" if you spotted him the "c" and the "a". The quarterback was unfazed, going on to win the game MVP and complete 17 of 30 passes for 318 yards and four touchdowns, both Super Bowl records. Terry Bradshaw's performance was all the more important since his team netted only 66 yards against his opponents' Doomsday Two defense in, for ten points, what first Super Bowl rematch, a 38-31 Steelers victory over the Cowboys?

ANSWER: Super Bowl 13

14. He will release a Weird Al Yankovic-type comedy album later this year, returning to music after making his Broadway debut last August in the role of Mark in Rent. On TV, he has appeared as "Street Performer" on Touched by an Angel and as "Himself" on The Simpsons, Clueless, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and this spring he reprised his film role of Angelo on My Big Fat Greek Life. For ten points, name this musician-come-actor, who appeared in On The Line with bandmate Lance Bass, a member of N'Sync.

ANSWER: Joey Fatone

15. Scenes from this show's episode "Little Girl Lost" were used as flashbacks when the title character made a crossover appearance Diagnosis Murder 22 years after the action show ended its run on CBS. The title character formerly worked for Intertect, but now interacts with characters such s Lew Wickersham and Lietenants Art Malcolm, Dan Ives, and Adam Tobias, the latter played by a pre-Brady Robert Reed. For ten points, name this series starring Gail Fisher as secretary Peggy Fair and Mike Connors as the titular detective.

ANSWER: Mannix

16. Roger Ebert said it was less entertaining than his colonoscopy, responding to the curse the director placed on his colon. Earlier, the director had called this film "a pretentious film, a self-indulgent film, a useless film, an unengaging film" and vowed to never make another movie. Highly anticipated, coming into the Cannes Film Festival, not least because of an explicit sex scene featuring Chloe Sevigny, it is now widely considered the worst film in the festival's history. For ten points, name this film directed by and starring Vincent Gallo.

ANSWER: The Brown Bunny

17. Its average margin of victory was 37.8 points. Against Puerto Rico, veteran Joe Dumars volunteered to sit on the bench so the coach had more playing time to spread around. Playing their games in Hamilton and Toronto, the roster included Derrick Coleman, Alonzo Mourning, Dominique Wilkins, Shawn Kemp, Larry Johnson, and Dan Majerle (MAR-lee). For ten points, name this team led by Reggie Miller that won the 1994 Basketball World Championship.

ANSWER: Dream Team II (prompt on "Team USA," do not accept "Dream Team")

18. Dimethyl siloxane, silica, glycerine and titanium dioxide are just a few ingredients of this polymer-based compound invented in 1940 by GE employee James Wright and currently manufactured by Binney & Smith Inc. This amazing substance stretches without breaking, yet it can be "snapped off" cleanly. It can be slammed with a hammer, but will still bounce higher than a rubber ball. It is "fun to play with, but not to eat," and was intended to be a cheap substitute for rubber. For ten points, name this popular toy often packaged in a plastic egg.

ANSWER: Silly Putty

19. A man gets pulled over by police and is aggressively frisked by an officer. A woman demonstrates a hygiene product then "plays" with a mannequin. A man enters an elevator as another man exits and reaps the benefits. Women ask to hear about soccer, offer to make a video, blame their watch, and ask if a best friend can join them. These situations all arise because of the namesake "effect" in, for ten points, commercials for what deodorant body spray?

ANSWER: Axe deodorant body spray (accept Axe Effect)

20. An evil cheerleader, a sidecar-downing grandmother, her mother's relationship with her algebra teacher, a crush on her best friend's older brother and the fact that she has just discovered that she is the heir to the small European nation of Genovia are just a few of the tribulations Mia Thermopolis must endure in, for ten points, what series of Young Adult novels by Meg Cabot that spawned a 2001 Disney film starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway?

ANSWER: The Princess Diaries (accept Mia Thermopolis on early buzz)

21. David Denby and Anthony Lane are usually in the back, alongside columns on dancing, books, and the art world. "Goings on About Town" is often found just after "The Mail," and begins with theatre openings and previews, and includes listings of photography exhibits and film notes. "The Talk of the Town" includes brief and timely pieces, often on state and national politics, and includes sub-headings like the "This Just In Department" and "Comment." for ten points, name this magazine of the Big Apple, maybe best known for its cartoons.

ANSWER: The New Yorker

2003 Viva TRASH Vegas

Round 08: Packet by Cunning Linguists and Master Debaters and Los Alamitos Reunion

Bonuses

1. Home decor isn't just for Trading Spaces. For ten points each, name the pay cable shows that feature these characters' homes.

1. The reading room bears a Spanish inscription that roughly translates as "Any person who takes any book, or papers from this library will not be able to enter church or take communion until the books...be returned in perfect condition. Then they will finally be forgiven."

ANSWER: Out of Order

2. When the female homeowner's tennis pro tried to offer her antiques, she told him she didn't have antiques, her house was traditional. It also sports an island kitchen, master suite, and a water damaged basement laundry area.

ANSWER: The Sopranos

3. A loft whose property values are diminished by the sounds of prostitutes doing business outside; a baby proofed condo with 40s style tile bath; a lavish apartment with foyer, breakfast room, and no ducks or dust ruffles of any kind; an apartment with galley kitchen and a closet big enough for 400 pairs of shoes.

ANSWER: Sex and the City

2. For ten points each, answer the following about the only awards show worth jack: the 2003 MTV Movie Awards:

1. Jackass: The Movie was up for Best Fight for Johnny Knoxville's bout against this "King of the Four-Rounders."

ANSWER: Butterbean or Eric Esch

2. Adam Sandler & Emily Watson, and Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner were among the nominees in this category, won by Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire.

ANSWER: Best Kiss

3. This movie was the only Best Movie nominee also to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture.

ANSWER: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (prompt on Lord of the Rings)

3. Given the opening lyrics of the theme song of an '80s sitcom, name the sitcom, 5-10-20-30.

1. "You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both."

ANSWER: The Facts of Life

2. "Now the world don't move to the beat of just one drum."

ANSWER: Diff'rent Strokes

3. "Here we are, face to face."

ANSWER: Silver Spoons

4. "Show me that smile, oh show me that smile."

ANSWER: Growing Pains

4. Name the following winners from the 2003 Tony Awards, for ten points each.

1. This musical won 8 Tony Awards including best musical.

ANSWER: Hairspray

2. This actress won her first Tony for her portrayal of Mary Tyrone, the morphine-addicted mother in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night.

ANSWER: Vanessa Redgrave

3. He was nominated in the category of best actor for his role in the musical Nine.

ANSWER: Antonio Banderas

5. Identify the breakfast cereals from their Brunching Shuttlecocks' reviews, for ten points each.

1. "Last time I checked, the American National Standards Institute hasn't issued a definitive statement on the volume of a "scoop." Doubtless one could pick up a miniature scoop with a capacity of one raisin, so assuming these are whole raisins, all they're guaranteeing is that there are no fewer than two raisins in each box. Rating: C+"

ANSWER: Raisin Bran

2. "It tries to look like a kids' cereal, but it's beige and basically unsweetened, so the noise gimmick and the elves are the only thing keeping it from getting shelved next to the eight different cereals with "bran" in the title." Rating: C+"

ANSWER: Rice Krispies

3. "This isn't bad. I mean, you could always combine a box of Cocoa Puffs with a box of Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch, but you wouldn't. I know you. You keep saying you'll do cool stuff like that and then you're all "Hey, 'Passions' is on" and you totally blow it off. So it's just as well that they pre-combine puffs for my fast-breaking pleasure. Rating: B"

ANSWER: Reese's Puffs

6. Poor Noah Wyle, left all alone. Name the actors who played these characters who left ER, 5-10-20-30:

1. Dr. Doug Ross

ANSWER: George Clooney

2. Jeanie Boulet

ANSWER: Gloria Ruben

3. Nurse Carol Hathaway

ANSWER: Julianna Margulies

4. Dr. David Morgenstern

ANSWER: William H. Macy

7. Answer the following questions about the '80s rock sensation Duran Duran, 5-10-20-30.

1. From which 1960s cult film did Duran Duran get their name?

ANSWER: Barbarella

2. This song, their first UK top 5 hit, was accompanied by a video by Godley And Creme that featured nude models.

ANSWER: Girls on Film

3. This heartthrob front-man was almost killed in a yachting accident in 1986.

ANSWER: Simon LeBon

4. Name the side-project of Duran Duran with the hits "Some Like it Hot" and "Get it on (Bang a Gong)."

ANSWER: Power Station

8. American Idol isn't the only music contest on the air, despite the vast number of questions about it originally submitted to Viva TRASH Vegas. Given clues, answer the following questions about other talent contests, for ten points each.

1. This Tennessean won Nashville Star and has a top forty country hit with a song he wrote himself, "Help Pour out the Rain (Lacey's Song)."

ANSWER: Buddy Jewel

2. This diminutive Fame finalist has sung "Get Here," and was chided by Debbie Allen for lying about his age and claiming to be 27 when he was in fact 36.

ANSWER: Harlemm Lee (accept either)

3. The cast of this exploitative train wreck on the Neverland express includes a Leif Garret look-alike named Canyon Grove and Gladys Knight and Debbie Gibson as judges.

ANSWER: American Juniors

9. Name the best sellers, for ten points each.

1. Based on a notorious, unsolved Los Angeles murder case, this hard-boiled mystery by James Ellroy follows two L.A.P.D. cops, narrator Bucky Bleichert and his partner, Lee Blanchard, both ex-boxers who also are best friends and in love with the same woman.

ANSWER: The Black Dahlia

2. Janet Fitch's first novel, the story of mother and daughter Astrid and Ingrid Magnussen, was made into a movie starring Alison Lohman and Michelle Pfeiffer.

ANSWER: White Oleander

3. Very loosely adapted into a film by Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze, this book by Susan Orlean touches on everything from competitive horticulture to the history of real estate speculation in Florida.

ANSWER: The Orchid Thief

10. For ten points, given a college conference, name it's men's basketball player of the year for the 2002-2003 season, or from five points, from another clue.

1. (10) Big 12

(5) This Oklahoma guard beat out Nick Collison and T.J. Ford for the honor.

ANSWER: Hollis Price

2. (10) Big Ten

(5) This Illinois forward was drafted by the Lakers.

ANSWER: Brian Cook

3. (10) Big East

(5) This Boston College point guard was drafted by the Celtics then traded to Memphis.

ANSWER: Troy Bell

11. Answer the following related music questions, 5-10-20-30.

1. A rootsy rocker in the vein of Tom Petty and John Mellencamp, he is best know for the tongue-in-cheek single "If You Don't Love Me (I'll Kill Myself)."

ANSWER: Pete Droge

2. A member of the U.S. Army Airborne Infantry division when he released his first self-titled cassette on his own label in 1989, he hit number one in 1998 with the single "Lullaby."

ANSWER: Shawn Mullins

3. He earned critical acclaim for albums like Altered Beast and 100% Fun, but is probably best known for the title track to his 1991 album Girlfriend.

ANSWER: Matthew Sweet

4. Pete Droge, Matthew Sweet, and Shawn Mullins joined forces last year to form this band, whose eponymous debut album has spawned the single "I Can't Remember."

ANSWER: The Thorns

12. Given a thespian and a year, name the two different movies for which the performer was nominated for an Oscar in both supporting and lead categories, for five points each.

1. Al Pacino, 1993

ANSWER: Scent of a Woman, Glengarry Glen Ross

2. Holly Hunter, 1994

ANSWER: The Piano, The Firm

3. Julianne Moore, 2003

ANSWER: Far From Heaven, The Hours

13. Given some of the current teams, name the minor league baseball circuit, for ten points each:

1. Canadians, Volcanoes, Dust Devils, and Hawks.

ANSWER: Northwest League

2. Suns, Lookouts, Jaxx, and Stars.

ANSWER: Southern League

3. Diablos, Drillers, Express, and Missions.

ANSWER: Texas League

14. For ten points each, given a director and the creators of a graphic novel, name the movie that has been made or is being made based on the graphic novel.

1. Stephen Norrington, Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

ANSWER: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or LXG

2. Sam Mendes, Max Allen Collins and Richard Piers Rayner

ANSWER: Road to Perdition

3. Darren Aronofsky, Kazuo Koike

ANSWER: Lone Wolf and Cub

15. Board game grab bag, for ten points each.

1. In American Monopoly, this property falls between States Avenue and St. Charles Place.

ANSWER: Electric Company

2. In Scrabble, ignoring bonuses for using all seven tiles, how many points is the word ENTROPY across a double-word-score square worth?

ANSWER: 24

3. A Lord of the Rings version of this game replaces territories and continents with Middle-Earth locations and armies with Elven Archers, Orcs, the Riders of Rohan, the Dark Riders, the mighty Eagles, and Cave Trolls.

ANSWER: Risk

16. Identify the celebrity from quotes, 30-20-10-1

1. (30) About the Sundance Film Festival: "Sundance is weird. The movies are weird. You actually have to think about them when you watch them."

2. (20) About Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll": "I don't know, I just love the song. I love her, Pat Benatar. I think she's amazing ... a rock 'n' roll chick."

3. (10) She sings: "I cannot hold it; I cannot control it. I’m a slave for you."

4. (1) In the dreams of teenage boys: "I'm Britney Spears and I don't care that you're a virgin."

ANSWER: Britney Spears

17. Answer these questions about the book club on Andrew Sullivan's blog, "The Daily Dish," for ten points each:

1. This first book club selection, a work by Robert Kaplan, was subtitled "Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos."

ANSWER: Warrior Politics

2. Before the book club's hiatus, Sullivan chose Why Orwell Matters by this Vanity Fair contributor.

ANSWER: Christopher Hitchens

3. Bjorn Lomborg's critical view of the environmental movement, this book was Sullivan's third book club selection.

ANSWER: The Skeptical Environmentalist: The Real State of the World

18. For ten points each, answer the following questions about a TRASHy individual:

1. First gaining attention at Lollapalozza 1992, what namesake of a Circus Sideshow and of the Twisted Tour TV show is the author of Freak Like Me?

ANSWER: Jim Rose

2. Rose provides the voice of Psymon Stark in what video game?

ANSWER: SSX Tricky (do not prompt on or accept SSX)

3. Rose appeared as Dr. Blockhead in "Humbug," a classic 1995 episode of what TV series?

ANSWER: The X-Files

19. For five points each, with a bonus five for all correct, identify the actors that played Jack, Janet, Chrissy, Cindy, and Teri, at various points the members of the central trio of roommates on Three's Company.

ANSWER: John Ritter, Joyce Dewitt Suzanne Somers, Jenilee Harrison, and Priscilla Barnes

20. Given inscrutable lyrics, identify the songs, for ten points each.

1. "Some people call me Maurice/'Cause I speak of the pompitous of love"

ANSWER: The Joker

2. Depending on which cover version, either "Wrapped up like a deuce/Another runner in the night" or "Cut loose like a deuce/Another runner in the night." or "Revved up like a deuce/Another runner in the night"

ANSWER: Blinded by the Light

3. Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye. /Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess, / Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down.

ANSWER: I am the Walrus

21. For ten points each, what company currently holds the U.S. license to produce action figures for the following lines?

1. The Lord of the Rings movies

ANSWER: Toy Biz

2. The Simpsons

ANSWER: Playmates

3. Power Rangers

ANSWER: Bandai

22. Identify the 80s movie from its Four Word Movie Review as found at the website four word film review dot com, for five points each.

1. Barefooted Bruce irritates Germans.

ANSWER: Die Hard

2. Andie's randy; Duckie's smucky.

ANSWER: Pretty in Pink

3. Danny, Arnie, identically unfunny.

ANSWER: Twins

4. Moore exposes skinflint carmaker.

ANSWER: Roger and Me

5. Jones outsmarts, liquefies Nazis.

ANSWER: Raiders of the Lost Ark

6. Martin's monochrome LaMotta masterpiece.

ANSWER: Raging Bull

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