2003 Viva TRASH Vegas



2003 Viva TRASH Vegas

Round 01: Packet by the Below Average White Band and the Warren Zevon Fan Club

Tossups

1. This band's 1996 debut album never topped the Billboard album charts, but did spawn four top forty singles and topped 10 million copies sold in 2000. While working on their second album, Mad Season, their lead singer kept the band in the spotlight by doing guest vocals on Carlos Santana's comeback single "Smooth," earning Rob Thomas three Grammys in the process. For ten points, name this Orlando-based band whose current album More Than You Think You Are was released in November 2002.

ANSWER: matchbox twenty

2. The first phase of his playing career spanned from 1991 to 1996 when he threw for over 15,000 yards and won two titles. He began his coaching career in 1998 and won titles in that year as well as 2000. His #7 was unretired by Tampa Bay in 2001 when he returned to playing, although his next championship came as an NFL assistant with the Bucs. For ten points, name this current QB of the Orlando Predators and brother of an NFL coach.

ANSWER: Jay Gruden (prompt on "Gruden")

3. This organization was formed in 1904 in Bucharest and was designed to foment unrest and revolution throughout the world. Their secret code included instructions such as "proper names and countries are replaced with the word marmalade," while their logo consists of a vulture perched on top of an oval globe. For ten points, name this organization headed by Siegfried and the arch-enemy of Maxwell Smart’s CONTROL.

ANSWER: KAOS

4. In 1935, he ran guns to Ethiopia and a year later he fought in Spain on the Loyalist side, getting paid well in each case despite being on the losing side. In his new life as a tavern operator, he garners a status as a man able to procure anything, including letters of transit. It is this reputation that leads Victor Laszlo and his wife to his Café Americain. For ten points, name this unwilling hero, who eventually realizes that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans, played by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca.

ANSWER: Rick Blaine (prompt on "Blaine")

5. A financier goes missing and a naked man is found murdered in an architect's bathtub. The rub comes when we find out that the nude corpse is not the financier but . . . well, no one knows quite who he is. Nor has the architect, Alfred Thipps, even heard of the financier. Bunter and Inspector Parker also make their debuts in, for ten points, what novel by Dorothy L Sayers, the first Lord Peter Wimsey mystery?

ANSWER: Whose Body?

6. Its origins can be traced to the Italian national lottery, and by the mid-19th century it became a popular German educational game. During the Depression, American Edwin Lowe made it his struggling toy company’s flagship game and immediately it was used by churches as a fund-raising tool. For ten points, name this game that changed from a 3-by-10 grid into the familiar 5-by-5 grid with a free space in the middle.

ANSWER: Bingo

7. Clocking in at a brisk 2:14 and featuring A-minor, D and E, it officially sold out in 1991 when it was used in a Bud Light commercial. Lyrics such as "shoot ‘em in the back now" and "they’re generation steam heat" have now been used to sell AT&T. Never charting as a single, it was the first song off the debut album by a group featuring Jeff Hyman and Doug Colvin. For ten points, name this 1976 song by The Ramones.

ANSWER: Blitzkrieg Bop

8. In early June, he hosts the annual Exelon Invitational, a charity skins game played at Hartefield National in his native Delaware Valley. After attending Arizona, his first career victory was the 1995 Las Vegas Invitational, one of seven career wins on Tour. He learned to putt cross-handed at the age of 7 and his father Mike has been his only swing instructor, which has lead to one of the most unconventional back-swings in PGA history. For ten points, name this winner of the 2003 U.S. Open.

ANSWER: Jim Furyk

9. In the final "Road to" film, she took over Dorothy Lamour's role. This may be her film high point, as she would spend the next 20 years in B-films like Empire of the Ants and two films based on books by her sister. She had better luck on TV, with mini-series runs in The Moneychangers and Sins, and Edith Keller in the classic Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever." For ten points, name this actress whose biggest turn was as Alexis Carrington Colby on Dynasty.

ANSWER: Joan Collins

10. A boy in this movie stumbles upon a mining disaster while seeking a deer-like god. He hopes to broker a peace between the mining company and the Wolf God. The first movie of [huh-YIE-oh me-yuh-ZAH-kee] Hayao Miyazaki to use computer animation, it was the highest grossing movie of all time in Japan before being surpassed by Titanic. For ten points, name this anime classic, whose title character was voiced in the English version by Claire Danes.

ANSWER: Princess Mononoke or Mononoke Hime

11. On April 16, 1964, the day before its initial release, simultaneous commercials ran at 9:30 pm Eastern on all three major television networks, creating a frenzy that sold over 22,000 units on the first day. Bowing at a price of $2,368, it featured a long hood and short deck, which made it the original in a class of personal sports cars that now bear a moniker derived from the car's name. For ten points, name this Ford sports car, whose original design team was led by Lee Iacocca.

ANSWER: Ford Mustang

12. The Dead Milkmen associated the urge to buy her albums with an attack of gas. Such an attack might cause one to buy her 2003 greatest hits album Retrospective, which includes her first hit "Marlene on the Wall", which charted in Britain. Also on the album one can find the version remixed by DNA of a track from the Solitude Standing album, "Tom's Diner." for ten points, name this artist who hit #1 with "Blood Makes Noise", but made a bigger splash with 1987's "Luka."

ANSWER: Suzanne Vega

13. Constructed between April 1979 and September 1980, it was the first facility of its kind to open in the Northeastern United States. Built for $27 million, it had one of the first corporate naming rights deals in sports history, this one through a 2.75 million dollar gift. Seating over 50,000 for football, its 33,000 capacity for basketball makes it the largest arena in Division I. For ten points, name this collegiate domed stadium that is also home to the lacrosse team of Syracuse.

ANSWER: Carrier Dome

14. His funeral was crashed by Fan Man. While serving on a jury, he mentioned that he recently wrote an article for Redbook. Several times he crossed paths with Mr. Burns, whether it was beating him at golf in 1974 or attending his birthday party. According to Homer, this man’s dog went to doggy hell while his famous list of names was usurped by Moe. For ten points, name this man, the 37th President of the United States.

ANSWER: Richard Milhous Nixon

15. While working as singers in a Texas dive bar, Kaya and Alexa con their cautious friend into heading for Miami Beach for Spring Break. When they arrive, they meet "The Pennsylvania Posse," a trio of college guys who alternatingly annoy and fascinate the girls. Star-crossed love and musical hi-jinx ensue, including production number covers of "Vacation" and "That's The Way I Like It." for ten points, name this summer movie that Television Without Pity found 146 reasons to hate, a comedy "musical" starring American Idol stars Clarkson and Guarini.

ANSWER: From Justin to Kelly

16. This group with 18 members first hit the charts in 1994 with an album that included standards as well as originals "Lady Luck" and "Ball and Chain." Their last album, 2000’s Vavoom, included covers of "Pennsylvania 6-5000" and "Mack the Knife" and netted an Instrumental Grammy® for "Caravan." for ten points, name this swing revival group whose 1998 album The Dirty Boogie featured the hit single "Jump, Jive and Wail."

ANSWER: The Brian Setzer Orchestra

17. Its story is told in the novel subtitled "The Fall of Reach." A typical Earth-meets-aliens-aliens-kill-everyone-Earth-makes-last-ditch-effort story, you lead soldiers from the ship Pillar of Autumn as the Master Chief, and your battle against the Covenant takes you to a ringed planet. Subtitled "Combat evolved," this is, for ten points, what first-person shooter for Microsoft's XBox?

ANSWER: Halo

18. According to one legend, he played an entire game with his paycheck in his jersey. His 16 NBA post-season appearances are second only to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record 18. Because his stoic face was taken as a sign of laziness, Golden State swapped him in 1980 in one of the worst trades ever for the rights to Rickey Brown and Joe Barry Carroll. For ten points, name this center, nicknamed "Chief," who was part of the Celtics' "Big Three," a 2003 electee to Basketball Hall of Fame.

ANSWER: Robert Parish

19. Various attacks have left residents of Tucson and Winchester, Tennessee without power, forced the evacuation of a Trenton hospital, and British East Midlands power companies are attempting to protect against their attacks, by use of rubber boots. Their other attack strategy appears to be causing road accidents, a strategy recorded in a GEICO ad. For ten points, Dave Barry has been the chief chronicler of the terrorist attacks of what bushy-tailed mammals?

ANSWER: squirrels

20. He did theater at Oxford with Terry Jones and Michael Palin, and went Shakespeare, playing Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew and Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, both for Franco Ziffereli. He has appeared in almost every genre: as Beau Geste in Marty Feldman's The Last Remake of Beau Geste, King Arthur in A Knight in Camelot, Andrew Braddock in the Burt Lancaster version of The Island of Dr. Moreau, D'Artagnan in several musketeer movies, and the villain Stone Alexander in The Omega Code. For ten points, name this actor who played Brian Roberts in Cabaret and Basil Exposition in Austin Powers.

ANSWER: Michael York

21. A native of Mission City, Minnesota, he was a raised by his grandfather Harry. A youth hockey prodigy, he attended Western Tech after from a tour in Vietnam as an explosive ordinance disposal specialist. A childhood accident gave him a lifelong aversion to guns, but instead he developed an improvisational ability to solve any problem with a Swiss Army knife and duct tape. For ten points, name this jack-of-all-trades title character played by Richard Dean Anderson.

ANSWER: Angus MacGyver

2003 Viva TRASH Vegas

Round 01: Packet by the Below Average White Band and the Warren Zevon Fan Club

Bonuses

1. Name these holders of NCAA Men's Division I career statistical records from descriptions, for ten points each.

1. In just 83 games for Louisiana State University from 1968-70, this guard scored an NCAA record 3,667 points, all before the advent of the three-pointer.

ANSWER: Peter Press "Pistol Pete" Maravich

2. Since a 1973 statistical rules change, this U.S. Virgin Islands-born Wake Forest center has pulled down the most career rebounds with 1,570.

ANSWER: Timothy Theodore "Tim" Duncan

3. In just two years as an Oklahoma Sooner, this guard, a favorite of Pearl Jam, averaged an NCAA record 3.8 steals a game.

ANSWER: Daron Oshay "Mookie" Blaylock

2. Given a television character’s car and license plate, name the character for ten points each.

1. A red and white 1960 BMW Isetta Mini-Car, Illinois plate URK MAN.

ANSWER: Steven Q. Urkel (from Family Matters)

2. A white AMC Golden Eagle Jeep, Georgia plate DIXIE.

ANSWER: Daisy Duke (from The Dukes of Hazard)

3. A black jeep, Massachusetts plate CELLO.

ANSWER: Helen Chappel (from Wings)

3. Yes, they actually do have different plots. For ten points each, name these Nicholas Sparks novels from plots.

1. After Julie's husband dies of a brain tumor, she gets a puppy who turns out to be a much better judge of the men she's dating than she is.

ANSWER: The Guardian

2. A widower deputy sheriff meets a divorcee teacher at a parent-teacher conference, and the sparks fly. But will the person who killed the sheriff's wife in a hit-and-run cause more problems?

ANSWER: A Bend in the River

3. A woman throws over her ultra-respectable, well-bred fiancé for a boy from the other side of the tracks who happens to be fabulously wealthy. Then, when she's in a nursing home with Alzheimer's, her husband reads their story to her out of the title object.

ANSWER: The Notebook

4. For ten points each, given a poster tag-line from a top-grossing movie of 2002, name the film for which it was used.

1. It's Not Like They Didn't Warn Us

ANSWER: Signs

2. If You Can't Be Famous…Be Infamous

ANSWER: Chicago

3. With great power comes great responsibility.

ANSWER: Spider-Man

5. Given a description of a local specialty, name the food, for ten each.

1. This Midwestern dish, measured not in "alarms" but rather "ways", adds a cinnamon base along with the possibility of cheese, onions, and beans.

ANSWER: Cincinnati-style Chili

2. Generally a breakfast food, this Keystone state dish is basically cornmeal mush fried in pork remnants.

ANSWER: scrapple

3. Although it can include corn meal, wine, and hot sauce, this dish popular in the Mountain Time Zone is basically known for its main ingredient: bull testicles.

ANSWER: Rocky Mountain oysters or Montana Tendergroin

6. In May 2003, columnist Rob Neyer released his all-time lineups for each Major League team. Identify these oddities from the list for the Arizona Diamondbacks, for ten points per answer:

1. These two players, the shortstop and second baseman for the team share the odd fact that both were former Pirates, and the second baseman played short for the Pirates, and vice versa.

ANSWER: Tony Womack and Jay Bell

2. The third starting pitcher, after Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson, this current Indian was the team's first pick in the expansion draft, taken from Cleveland.

ANSWER: Brian Anderson

7. Identify the TV show or movie derived from a song, or the song that was made into either a TV show or a movie, for ten each.

1. This 1968 song by Jeannie C. Riley was turned into a 1980 TV movie and a short-lived 1981 sitcom, both starring Barbara Eden.

ANSWER: Harper Valley, P.T.A.

2. This 1976 #1 single was made into a 1978 movie featuring Kris Kristofferson and Ali McGraw; the most wooden on-screen couple since Pinocchio asked for a girlfriend.

ANSWER: Convoy

3. This David Allan Coe-penned and Johnny Paycheck-performed song became a 1981 movie about a brewery owned by Art Carney and managed by Robert Hays.

ANSWER: Take This Job and Shove It

8. 30-20-10. That is, for thirty points after one clue, twenty points after two clues, or ten points after three clues. Name the actor.

1. (30) One of his earliest jobs in show business was as Bill Cosby's stand-in on The Cosby Show.

2. (20) From 1990-1999, he averaged 4.3 feature film appearances a year, including appearances as Reverend Fred Sultan, Ordell Robbie, Zeus Carver, and Detective Mitch Hennessey

3. (10) In 2005, he is scheduled to reprise his roles as NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons in the Triple X sequel and as Jedi master Mace Windu in Star Wars Episode III.

ANSWER: Samuel L. Jackson

9. For ten points each, given a Billboard #1 single from 2002 or 2003 and the primary artist, name the "featured artist" who earned a credit on that single.

1. "All I Have" by Jennifer Lopez

ANSWER: LL Cool Jor James Todd Smith

2. "Bump, Bump, Bump" by B2K

ANSWER: P. Diddy or Sean "Puffy" Combs or Puff Daddy

3. "Dilemma" by Nelly

ANSWER: Kelly Rowland

10. Given some non-voice-over works by a well-known voice actor, name him or her for fifteen points each. If you need voice-over works, you will get ten.

1. (15) Mr. Peabody in the Problem Child series, himself on the TV series Howie.

(10) Iago on Aladdin, the AFLAC duck.

ANSWER: Gilbert Gottfried

2. (15) Dr. Sean Underhill on Chicago Hope and Steve Ballmer in Pirates of Silicon Valley.

(10) The seeing-eye dog in Dr. Doolittle 2 and the voice of Bender on Futurama.

ANSWER: John DiMaggio

11. In memoriam of her passing, name these things related to the Oscar wins of the late Katharine Hepburn, for ten points each.

1. After winning an Academy Award on her first try for 1933's Morning Glory, it would be 34 years and eight nominations until she would win for this 1967 movie with Spencer Tracy.

ANSWER: Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

2. The next year, Ms. Hepburn became the third performer to win consecutive awards when her role in this film earned her an Oscar tie with "Funny Girl" Barbra Streisand.

ANSWER: A Lion in Winter

3. Hepburn won her fourth and final Oscar for her work opposite Henry and Jane Fonda in this 1981 film about aging, family, and summer cottages.

ANSWER: On Golden Pond

12. Identify the subjects of these recent top selling biographies or autobiographies, for ten points each.

1. Robert Dallek's An Unfinished Life

ANSWER: John Fitzgerald Kennedy or JFK

2. George Jacobs and William Stadiem's Mr. S

ANSWER: Francis Albert (Frank) Sinatra

3. Leap of Faith

ANSWER: Queen Noor or Lisa Halaby

13. For ten points each, given clues, name these modern rock artists, all of whom hail from Arizona.

1. This woman's first album, The Spirit Room, was named for the bar above the Connor Hotel in Jerome, Arizona where she had her first gig.

ANSWER: Michelle Branch

2. Natives of Mesa, Arizona, their breakout hit "The Middle" was featured on their 2001 album Bleed American, which was renamed after the September 11th attacks.

ANSWER: Jimmy Eat World

3. This Tempe, Arizona band was rocked by tragedy in 1993 when guitarist Doug Hopkins committed suicide just shortly after "Hey Jealousy" became a major MTV hit.

ANSWER: The Gin Blossoms

14. Answer these questions about famous soccer transfers not involving David Beckham, for ten points each.

1. This 1998 World Cup hero went from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001 for a record £45.62 million.

ANSWER: Zinedine Zidane

2. Also going to Real Madrid, this Barcelona star went southwest for £37 million in 2000.

ANSWER: Luis Figo

3. This man was involved in the first £3 million transfer in 1982 when he went from Argentina’s Boca Juniors to Barcelona.

ANSWER: Diego Maradona

15. Five for one, ten for two, twenty for three, thirty for all four--given the MASH character, give the city that they called home.

1. Capt. B.F. "Hawkeye" Pierce

ANSWER: Crabapple Cove, Maine

2. Col. Sherman T. Potter

ANSWER: Hannibal, Missouri

3. Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester

ANSWER: Boston, Massachusetts

4. Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger

ANSWER: Toledo, Ohio

16. For ten points each, name these Dilbert characters, none of which are Dilbert.

1. The ruler of Heck, he punishes you for extremely minor misdeeds.

ANSWER: Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light

2. This non-human is the Evil Human Resources Director.

ANSWER: Catbert

3. This technical writer was once ordered to write documentation for a product that didn't exist.

ANSWER: Tina

17. Answer these questions about dubious moments in video game history, for ten each.

1. The only known porn-based Atari 2600 release, you guided the title character to his final climax while arrows fall from the sky.

ANSWER: Custer’s Revenge

2. Promised "to be released soon" since 1998, this sequel by 3D Realms has never been released.

ANSWER: Duke Nuke ‘em Forever

3. This sequel by Running with Scissors, released in 2003, includes homophobic slurs, a peeing lead character, S.T.D. treatments and a cameo by Gary Coleman.

ANSWER: Postal 2

18. Given a song named to the VH1 Top 100 songs of the past 25 years list, name the movie on whose soundtrack it appeared, for ten points each.

1. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston

ANSWER: The Bodyguard

2. "When Doves Cry" by Prince

ANSWER: Purple Rain

3. "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy

ANSWER: Do the Right Thing

19. Name these members of the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2003, for ten points each.

1. During his 19-year career, he had stops in Toronto, Buffalo, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Calgary, this net-minder is best known as the backstop for three of Edmonton's five Stanley Cup wins.

ANSWER: Grant Simpson Fuhr

2. Best known for ending an epic 1987 overtime playoff game against Washington, this former Islander, Sabre, and Ranger's career was cut short in 1998 by concussions.

ANSWER: Pat LaFontaine

3. Restoring the Detroit Red Wings to glory since his 1982 purchase of the team, this Little Caesars' pizza baron is being inducted into the Hall in the builders' category.

ANSWER: Mike Ilitch

20. Since we are in Vegas, name these characters featured on television series set in town, for ten points each.

1. One of Michael Mann's first successes as a television writer was the creation of this red 1957 T-Bird driving private investigator, played by Robert Urich, on the ABC series Vega$.

ANSWER: Dan Tanna

2. The reigning World Poker champion now trying to beat a compulsive gambling addiction, John Corbett plays Michael Linkletter, better known by his nickname on this current F/X series.

ANSWER: Lucky

3. After her ex-husband was killed in a freak accident during sweeps, this Marg Helgenberger character learned in the 2003 CSI season finale that mogul Sam Braun is her real father.

ANSWER: Catherine Willows

21. Name these companies whose name you might find on the bottom of your TV, for ten points each.

1. This company's Aquos LCD is only three inches thick, has a 170-degree viewing angle, and is designed to be hung on a wall.

ANSWER: Sharp

2. The VPORT, an XBox-ready television, is made by this company represented by Nipper and Chipper.

ANSWER: RCA

3. If you watch Jeopardy! on your Trinitron TV, you are using products by this company.

ANSWER: Sony

22. For ten points each, name these films directed by the late John Frankenheimer.

1. One of Frankenheimer's earliest feature efforts was this 1962 film starring Frank Sinatra about American soldiers brainwashed into becoming sleeper agents.

ANSWER: The Manchurian Candidate

2. Upon filming his last scene in the film, Frankenheimer purportedly kicked a difficult-to-work-with Val Kilmer off the set of this 1996 adaptation of a H.G. Wells novel.

ANSWER: The Island of Dr. Moreau

3. One of Frankenheimer's final directorial efforts was this 1998 heist movie starring Sean Bean and Robert De Niro and noted for its extended and destructive car chase sequence

ANSWER: Ronin

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