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F.O.G.H.A.T. 2002: Less Chat, More Hat
Missouri-Rolla, October 20, 2002
Packet # 2
Questions by Jeremy White and Ben Lea (TU 1, 4, 9, 15; B 16)
Toss-ups
1. Monday, September 23, 2002. Hecuba taunts Tabitha about the parentage of the mysterious fourth
baby. Theresa promises little Ethan he will have his "real" father soon. Pilar tries to get Theresa to face
reality, but after her earlier vision, she is more determined than ever to get Ethan. And Rebecca tries to
seduce Julian, but is annoyed when he is not in the mood, for 10 points, on what NBC daytime drama?
_Passions_
2. This band’s lineup took shape after Steve Marker saw an Angelfish video on “120 Minutes” and
contacted that band’s lead vocalist about joining the new band. Their last entry into the top 40 was the
2001 single “Androgyny” and they have twice hit the charts with soundtrack contributions, specifically
“#1 Crush” and “The World is Not Enough.” For ten points, name this group assembled by Butch Vig
that broke big in 1994 with a self-titled album featuring “Stupid Girl” and “I’m Only Happy When it
Rains.”
_Garbage_
3. This 1988 film re-teamed director Fred Schepisi with the star of Plenty. Essentially a courtroom
drama, it is based on the true-life trial of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain who were accused of having
killed their infant daughter during a trip to Ayers Rock. For ten points, name this film that revealed the
rapacious baby appetite of dingos that starred Sam Neill and Meryl Streep.
A _Cry in the Dark_
4. In 1909, this name replaced its school’s original mascot, the Cardinal bird. According to
houstonnutt.com, then head coach Hugo Bezdek referred to his players as being “a wild band” of these
after a 16-0 win over LSU, and the name stuck. For 10 points, name this mascot, the symbol of Sidney
Moncrief, Todd Day, and other Arkansans everywhere.
_Razorbacks_
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5. Universal currently lists Thanksgiving 2004 as a projected completion date for the film version of
this book. Tom Hanks is listed by upcomingmovies.com as voicing one of the title characters, but no
one is listed as having been cast to voice Max. Scriptwriter David Reynolds faces the task of expanding
its 48-pages of run-on sentences and illustrations and its wolf-suit wearing, fantasy-world-creating plot
to feature length. For ten points, name this children’s lit classic written by Maurice Sendak.
_Where the Wild Things Are_
6. In this film, Jackson Barring returns home to Kilronan, Kentucky with wife Helen. Helen becomes
irritated by Jackson’s mother Martha meddling in her pregnancy and eventually learns of Martha’s
checkered past from Jackson’s invalid aunt Alice played by Nina Foch. For ten points, name this 1998
thriller and box office dud that starred Jessica Lange and Gwyneth Paltrow.
_Hush_
7. Hawaiian goth rockers Razed in Black covered this song on the Covered in Black tribute album and it
is the fourth track on Hayseed Dixie’s debut album. At the time of its original release, its opening lyrics
“I’m a rolling thunder, a pouring rain, I’m coming on like a hurricane” seemed like a strong statement of
purpose from new vocalist Brian Johnson since it was the leadoff track of its creators’ first post-Bon
Scott album, Back in Black. For ten points, give the title of this ringing warning from AC/DC that
“Satan’s coming for you.”
_Hells Bells_
8. His second wife Barbara divorced him to become the final Mrs. Frank Sinatra. He quit acting at 32 to
become a talent agent and to market his inventions like a wristwatch pulse monitor. His five film roles
show quite a range of characters, like a stowaway, a big man on the Huxley College campus and
Jamison, the secretary to an African explorer. For ten points, name this man who through Duck Soup
served as the on-screen straight man of brothers Chico, Harpo and Groucho.
_Zeppo Marx_
9. This team’s career records for games, at bats, runs, hits, doubles, RBI, walks, and hit by pitch are all
held by Brian Downing. Gary Pettis stole 186 bases for them, a team high. Almost all the pitching
records are held by Chuck Finley, although Nolan Ryan’s strikeouts lead the way, in his 8 seasons
there. For 10 points, name this AL club, whose club HR record was broken in 2000 by Tim Salmon.
(California or Anaheim) _Angels_
10. In the fifteenth century, this term described dough containing treacle and the namesake spice that
provided preservative properties. One tradition associated with it began at English fairs when images of
Bartholomew or other saints were stamped into it at town fairs. For ten points, name this type of cookie
that is now used to make treats in the shape of little men and houses in American holiday traditions.
_Gingerbread_
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11. On July 27, 1981, his son Adam was abducted and later found murdered, an event chronicled in two
NBC TV movies. He is co-founder of the Straight Shooter production company and was executive
producer of one TV movie, If Looks Could Kill. He received his first Emmy nomination for the Fox
program Street Smart Kids. For ten points, name this man best known as the host of America’s Most
Wanted.
John _Walsh_
12. Her credits as an author include a 1996 interview of Def Lepard’s Joe Elliott for the magazine Mojo
and some of the liner notes for Butch Baldassari’s Old Town album. Her musical production credits
include Nickel Creek’s album This Side, Reba McEntire’s single “Sweet Music Man” and her own solo
album Forget About It. For ten points, name this singer and fiddler who won a Grammy for the album
New Favorite along with her band Union Station.
Alison _Krauss_
13. He claims during 1970 practices for the Lakers that he was inside Jerry West’s jersey so much that
his jersey is hanging inside West’s #44 from the rafters of the Staples Center. He finished his playing
career with the Phoenix Suns in 1976 and ended his first head coaching job with a conference semifinals
loss to the same Suns in 1990, the same year he finally won a coach of the year award. For ten points,
name this current coach of the Miami Heat who is best known as the coach of the “Showtime” Lakers of
the 1980s.
Pat _Riley_
14. In 1989, she formed a science fiction club at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where
she worked as a technical copy editor. She began dating and eventually married one of the club’s guest
speakers, the author of the book Resuurection, Inc. Along with her husband, she has written novels
based on the computer game Star Craft and the film Titan A.E. For ten points, name this author best
known for co-authoring with Kevin Anderson the Young Jedi Knights series of novels.
Rebecca _Moesta_ Anderson
(Prompt on Anderson)
15. TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED: They played against each other for the first time in September of
2002, with the younger getting the best of it: 2 home runs to lead the Braves to a 6-0 win over the
Pirates. The older is the power hitter; he ended 2001 with 150 career homers, while the younger had
only 9 coming into this season. For ten points, give the first and last names of these brothers, one a
middle infielder, the other an All-Star outfielder.
_Marcus_ & _Brian_ _Giles_
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16. Its DVD includes the featurette "From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking" which
shows how Industrial Light and Magic created the software needed for the critical sequence in which the
title character uses magic to transform Fin Raziel from the form of a goat through various animals and
into a human form. Another "special effect" of the filming was Joanne Whaley meeting future husband
Val Kilmer. For ten points, name this Ron Howard-directed adventure film featuring a small child being
saved from an evil queen by the titular little person played by Warwick Davis.
_Willow_
17. Jonas Wilkerson offers to buy it believing its owner will not be able to pay the $300 property tax
debt on it. Charles Hamilton was married in it its parlor. Max Steiner composed its theme. Gerald
O’Hara named it. For ten points, name this plantation, home to Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind.
_Tara_
18. Many critics panned this 1989 album for being erratic, possibly fair criticism for a disc that includes
the jazzy instrumental "Stalin Malone", the vicious anti-Thatcher diatribe "Tramp the Dirt Down" and
the torch song "Baby Plays Around", which is notable for being the first recorded collaborative
composition of the artist and wife Cait O'Riordan. For ten points, name this album which also included
"Deep, Dark Truthful Mirror" and "Veronica", the most recent US Top 10 single for Elvis Costello.
_Spike_
19. Biohazard's bassist Evan Seinfeld plays Jaz Hoyt, but Jerry Seinfeld is not in the cast despite the
claims of an SNL sketch. Familiar faces from HBO series like The Wire's Lance Reddick, From the
Earth to the Moon's Zeljko Ivanek and The Sopranos' Edie Falco all do time on this series as Detective
Tony Basil, Governor James Devlin and Officer Diane Wittlessy respectively. For ten points, name this
HBO series that chronicles life inside the Emerald City of the Oswald State Penitentiary.
_Oz_
20. This series inspired novels like Rebecca Moesta’s Little Things. Its soundtrack album features
“Temptation Waits” by Garbage” and “It Doesn’t Matter” by Alison Kraus, but no selections by the cast
member’s rock band named for a line in A Cry in the Dark. Episode titles include “Gingerbread”,
“Where the Wild Things Are,” “Hell’s Bells,” “The Zeppo” and “Hush.” Many major characters were
Razobacks at Sunnydale High. Walsh, Tara, Riley, Spike, Willow, Oz, Angel and Giles have all been
key characters, for ten points, in what series in which bloodsuckers are wasted by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
_Buffy the Vampire Slayer_
21. It is number of seconds in the title of former Boston University hockey player Travis Roy’s memoir
about recovering from the tragic on-ice accident that left him paralyzed. It was the number of Europeanbased Formula One races in 2002. Ron Cey wore it as a uniform number with the Cubs. It was also the
number of NBA rebounding titles won by Wilt Chamberlain. For ten points, name this number that also
represents the number of players that the NFL allows a team to have on the field at one time.
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_Eleven_
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FOGHAT 2002: Packet 2
Bonus
1. Name these related films from a description for ten points each.
a. David O. Selznick produced this sexually charged – by 1946 standards – melodramatic Western as a
showcase for his second wife, Jennifer Jones. Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore and Lillian Gish all
appear, as well.
_Duel in the Sun_
b. This 1981 John Waters film featured Divine as housewife Francine Fishpaw whose life is a real drag
until she begins an affair with local art house drive-in owner Tom Tomorrow played by Tab Hunter.
_Polyester_
c. Hunter and Divine were reunited on screen as tough cowboy Abel Wood and damsel in distress Rosie
Velez in this 1985 Paul Bartel directed western spoof that takes its name from a derisive nickname
critics gave to Duel in the Sun.
_Lust in the Dust_
2. Answer these questions about a musical act for ten points each.
a. What young practitioner of 2-step British garage house music made it onto the US charts in 2001
with “7 Days”, a song in which he tells of what happened over the title time period with a woman he met
on the subway?
Craig _David_
b. David’s “7 Days” was released on what debut album?
_Born To Do It_
c. Born To Do It was co-produced by David and Mark Hill, a member of what British 2-step duo?
The _Artful Dodger_
3. Identify these questions about Andre Braugher’s television career for ten points each.
a. Braugher’s first regular series role was as what detective on Homicide: Life on the Street?
Frank _Pemberton_
b. Braugher played the title character in what now defunct ABC medical drama?
_Gideon’s Crossing_
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c. Braugher is now appearing with David Morse in what new prime time series on CBS?
_Hack_
4. Given a brief description of their history, name these fishy brands for ten points each.
a. Now part of Aurora Foods, it originated with a line of deviled crab cakes and went on to introduce
the first frozen fish sticks in 1952.
_Mrs. Paul’s_
b. This brand recently brought innovation to ready-to-serve tuna packaging with the Flavor Fresh
pouch.
_StarKist_
c. This brand’s founder entered the fish business in 1883 after losing his job at the Annisquam Cotton
Mill due to a fire that destroyed the building.
_Gorton’s_
5. Name the Olympic gold medallist given one of their post-Olympic achievements for fifteen points or
you will receive ten points if you need a list of their medal winning performances.
a. 15 pts: In December of 1988 as a member of The Athletics Congress, he proposed the first random
out-of-competition testing program for steroids.
10 pts: Gold medals in the 400 meter hurdles in 1976 and 1984 and a bronze medal in the same event
in 1988.
Edwin _Moses_
b. 15 pts: He wrote the book Finding the Champion Within and with his wife Kris created the video
Women’s Self Defense and Fitness.
10 pts: The 1976 gold medal for the decathlon.
Bruce _Jenner_
6. Given a line spoken in it by Kenneth Branagh, name the film for ten points each.
a. “We may have lost the war, but we haven't lost our sense of humor. Even when we lose a lung, a
spleen, a bladder, thirty-five feet of small intestine, two legs, and our ability to reproduce all in the name
of the south, do we EVER LOSE OUR SENSE OF HUMOR?!”
_Wild Wild West_
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b. “It's like kindergarten, school, university, black hole.”
_Peter’s Friends_
c. “O Jepthah, judge of Israel, what a treasure hadst thou!”
_Hamlet_
7. Name these bands from the New Wave of British Metal for ten points each.
a. This group’s was named for its guitarist and featured Bruce Bruce on vocals and Thunderstick on
drums. Their big moment on vinyl was the LP Shock Tactics.
_Samson_
b. Bruce Bruce reverted to his real name Bruce Dickinson upon abandoning Samson for this better
known English metal band prior to the recording of their album The Number of the Beast.
_Iron Maiden_
c. This band, originally known as Son of a Bitch, churned out albums like Denim and Leather and
Strong Arm of the Law. Their founding drummer Pete Gill went on to a higher profile gig in
Motorhead.
_Saxon_
8. The Hallmark Channel now brings you family entertainment via your cable provider, but that is
actually the fifth different name that cable network has had since 1988. Identify these names from its
past given clues for ten points each.
a. The cable channel that became Hallmark was launched in 1988 by the National Interfaith Cable
Coalition under what name?
_VISN_ or or _Vision_ or _Vision Interfaith Satellite Network_
b. After a merger with the American Christian Television Service, VISN became VISN/ACTS for a
time, but then in 1994 it changed its name once again to what phrase that lives on as the name of the
Sunday morning programming block on The Hallmark Channel?
_Faith and Values_ Channel
c. In 1996, Faith and Values was changed to what other name which it used until Hallmark Hall of
Fame re-runs conquered it and renamed it The Hallmark Channel.
_Odyssey_
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9. Although it all looks like a uniform mass of crap from where this question’s author is sitting, the
Romance Writers of America group has defined sub-genres of romance novels and gives the Rita
Awards in these categories. Given a brief definition and some example nominated novels, name the
romance novel category for ten points each.
a. Romance novel of this type are typically comedies of manners set from 1811 to 1820 in England.
Examples include Much Obliged by Jessica Benson and Angel’s Devil by Suzanne Enoch.
_Regency_
b. This category is basically a catch-all for standard romance novels set since World War II. Examples
include Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts and True Confessions by Rachel Gibson.
_Contemporary_
c. This sub-genre of romance focuses on spiritual themes. Examples include Beneath a Southern Sky by
Deborah Raney and Ribbon of Years by Robin Lee Hatcher.
_Inspirational_
10. Four of the NFL’s top five single season reception totals for an individual occurred in 1995.
Answer these questions about the receivers involved for ten points each.
a. In 1995, Isaac Bruce had 119 receptions for the St. Louis Rams, enough for the fifth highest single
season reception total in history, but not enough to lead his division. What other receiver led the NFC
West in receptions that season with 122?
Jerry _Rice_
b. Rice’s 122 was not even enough to lead the conference. This player, who had set the record for the
highest single season reception total in 1994 with 122, matched that total in 1995.
Chris _Carter_
c. Despite matching his record total, Carter lost the single seasons reception record and did not lead his
conference or even his division either. What receiver caught 123 passes in 1995 to set the all-time
mark?
Herman _Moore_
11. Joe Pantoliano has said he thought his career was in trouble when his agent sent him the script for
Memento and suggested that he play a character who was shot on the first page. The actors in this
question, however, had things far worse since they played characters in 2001 films that it turns out don’t
even exist within the movie’s reality. For ten points each, name the actor given a description of one
such role they played.
a. This British actor played Charles Herman, the imaginary college roommate and friend of John Nash
in A Beautiful Mind.
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Paul _Bettany_
b. He portrayed the “tech support” for Tom Cruise’s cryogenic fantasies in Vanilla Sky.
Noah _Taylor_
c. She portrayed the absinthe-induced hallucination “The Green Fairy” in Moulin Rouge.
Kylie _Mingoue_
12. Name the musical from a list of three songs included in it for ten points each.
a. “Potiphar”, “Benjamin Calypso” and “Any Dream Will Do”
_Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat_
b. “Too Much Exposition”, “It’s a Privilege to Pee” and “I See a River”
_Urinetown_: The Musical
c. “Mister Cellophane”, “A Little Bit of Good” and “All I Care About”
_Chicago_
13. Answer these questions about the video game Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver for ten points each.
a. Players of Soul Reaver take the role of what character who collects glyphs to gain supernatural
powers needed to defeat Kain.
_Raziel_
b. Raziel is attempting to unseat Kain as the ruler of what place?
_Nosgoth_ or _Nosgothic Realm_
c. This class of vampire monster control the waters of Nosgoth and haunt the Drowned Abbey.
_Rahab_im
14. Answer these questions about the television career of Ruth Buzzi for ten points each.
a. Buzzi received two Emmy nominations for her work as a cast member on this program in which she
read the Hollywood News and frequently played an old lady character who felt compelled to assault
elderly men on park benches.
Rowan and Martin’s _Laugh-In_
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b. Among Buzzi’s voice work for Saturday morning cartoons was her role in this series as Southern
belle Nose Marie who along with Cooler, Bright Eyes and Whopper ran a network to find homes for
needy youngsters.
_Pound Puppies_
c. In 1993, Buzzi did a stint on what soap opera as the eccentric Latecia Bradford, who became a victim
of the Salem Strangler.
_Days of Our Lives_
15. If you’re looking to win a Nebula Award, it is always good policy to name-drop a famous scientist
in the title of your work. Given a year, a Nebula award category and the title of the winning work, name
the author who took that Nebula Award for ten points each.
a. 2000, Best Novel, Darwin’s Radio
Greg _Bear_
b. 1988, Best Novelette, Schrodinger’s Kitten
George Alec _Effinger_
c. 1967, Best Novel, The Einstein Intersection
Samuel R. _Delany_
16. After they tried the ECW/WCW invasion angle, the WWF (at the time) decided to unify the various
world championship belts. Yes, even the one that Paul Heyman gave James Dinan... For ten points
each, answer these questions about that unification.
a) First, name the Winnipeg-born wrestler who first held the "undisputed" championship.
Chris _Jericho_
b. When this Minnesota-born wrestler won the belt, he decided he would only wrestle on Smackdown,
forcing Raw to name its own champion, thereby disputing the title. Name that man, the last (as of now)
to hold the undisputed title.
Brock _Lesnar_
c. Finally, name the Raw lead dog who was given the Raw heavyweight championship belt, which is
actually the old WCW belt, just repackaged.
_HHH_ or _Triple H_ or Hunter Hearst _Helmsley_
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17. Answer these questions relating to a celebrity gossip story from earlier this year for ten points each.
a. What 37-year-old actress gave birth to her son Damian in Portland Hospital in London on April 4th?
Elizabeth _Hurley_
b. Young Damian was proven by DNA test to be the son of what film producer and ex-boyfriend of
Hurley?
Steve _Bing_
c. Bing accused what actor of being the father, a charge stemming from the fact he co-starred with
Hurley in the film Serving Sara.
Matthew _Perry_
18. Name the film from clues on a 30-20-10-5-1 basis.
30) The Flying Karamazov Brothers appear in the film as a band of Sufis with the names Arak, Barak,
Karak, Sarak and Tarak.
20) Billy Ocean’s “When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going” was used as the theme song
and it was directed by Lewis Teague since the director of the first installment of the series, Robert
Zemeckis, had gone on to different projects.
10) Its plot begins six months after novelist Joan Wilder returned from Colombia and starts in earnest
when she leaves her boyfriend Jack Colton to take a job writing the biography of an Arab shiek.
5) It was the sequel to Romancing the Stone.
1) Avner Eisenberg plays a holy man who is the title character since he is known as The Jewel of the
Nile.
The _Jewel of the Nile_
19. Ripley’s Believe It Or Not has had three runs on television. One was in 1949, one from 1982 to
1986 and a third incarnation is currently airing on TBS. For ten points each, name the host of the
original run who took over after the death of Robert L. Ripley, the host of the 80s run and the host of the
current TBS version.
Robert _St. John_
Jack _Palance_
Dean _Cain_
20. Answer these questions about a Major League Baseball pitcher for ten points each.
a. What pitcher’s biggest moment was a perfect game against the California Angels on July 28, 1994.
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Kenny _Rogers_
b. Kenny Rogers started his career as a relief pitcher and found himself back in the bullpen as a Yankee
in 1996 after what pitcher returned from surgery for an aneurysm in his shoulder?
David _Cone_
c. In 2002, Rogers pitched seven perfect innings against the Indians in Jacobs Field on August 9th, but
failed to bring home even a shutout. His nonetheless fine performance was overshadowed somewhat
when Indians manager Joel Skinner accused Rogers of doing what?
_scuffing_ the baseball or equivalents
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