Rob Pilatus Memorial Tournament of Booze Education and Stuff: This Means You,
Sorice
Tossups and Bonuses by Colin O’Donnell, Dave Letzler, Dan Passner, Auroni
Gupta, Evan Silberman, Fred Morlan
Edited by Colin O’Donnell
Finals Packet
1. Tris Speaker occupied this position for 17 games in this city in 1927, while the first
professional here was Everett Mills for a franchise called the Olympians. This status was
most recently occupied by a man who had a .494 OBP for Norwich in 1999. One man
who played nearly 2000 games there robbed Al Rosen of the 1953 Triple crown and
thrice finished in the top ten in MVP voting. In addition to Mickey Vernon, this position
was held down for 14 games by a future Hall of Famer whose career was ended when he
alledgedly drunkenly fell into Niagara Falls, a .346 career hitter nicknamed "Big Ed."
Last manned in one iteration by a 24 year old Indianan who would go on to hit 573
homers, for ten points, name this position and location occupied by the 2007 NL
Comeback player of the year, former Tiger Dmitri Young as well as the oft-injured Nick
Johnson.
Answer: Washington's first baseman (accept Senators or Nats 1B, prompt on partial)
2. The Lone Gunman plotline in X-Files was resolved in an episode entitled this.
According to Maureen Dowd, President Bush's career did this when he declared "Mission
Accomplished" in Iraq, while according to America: The Book, Fox News did this by
declaring Bush the winner of the 2000 election. The Urban Dictionary says an Oprah
episode featuring Tom Cruise created a celebrity variant of it, while the most recent
Indiana Jones movie created its film version, nuking the fridge. Reno 911 may have done
this at the end of the fourth season with a gay marriage, but lampooned it as Dangle failed
to complete the action done in a 1977 episode of Happy Days by the Fonz, who
completed it on waterskis in his leather jacket. For ten points, identify this phrase that
denotes when a television series begins using zany plot twists to mask a general decline
in quality.
Answer: jump(ing) the shark (accept tense variants)
3. Gwendolé Beauchesne titled a Macintosh 68k emulator this, a name shared with a
1982 album by English experimental rockers The Legendary Pink Dots that includes
songs like "Stigmata Part One." A manga based on Futaro Yamada's Kouma Ninja
Scrolls written by Masaki Segawa also has this title, while one of these terrorizes Pueblo
Springs, Colorado in a 2006 Sci-Fi Channel movie starring Jeremy London. It is the
beast of the House Medani in the Eberron setting of Dungeons and Dragons, partially
because it is one of the original characters in the Monster Manual; a Crimson variant also
appears in the game that causes things to bleed uncontrollably, while salt and glass
versions also appear and are more like the traditional stone one. More famously, it was
beheaded by the sword of Godric Gryffindor by a Parselmouth attempting to clear his
name as the heir of Slytherin. For ten points, identify this creature killed by Harry Potter
in the Chamber of Secrets, a mythological snake that petrified people in stone.
Answer: basilisk
4. One film about a form of this is a silent Belgian work that was the directorial debut of
Thierry Zeno, while a grand-Prix winning silent featuring this was directed by Shinkichi
Tajiri, and was documented the daily life of Bodil Joensen to a score of the Pastoral
Symphony. A 2006 film directed by Bobcat Goldwaith details the relationship problems
created by Amy confessing to this in her youth, while a documentary released that year,
Coming Soon, tells of the E.F.A., a leading organization to provide rights to its
participants. A more recent documentary about it was nominated for the 2007 Grand
Jury Prize at Sundance for its depictions of a group of Enumclaw, Washington residents
and featured an enactment of a time it occurred involving Kenneth Pinyan. Another
notable participant has an obsession with “a woman with six penises,” Drawn Together's
Captain Hero. For ten points, name this activity, the subject of 2007's Zoo and the party
scene in Clerks 2, a pastime of Therians.
Answer: bestiality (accept equivalents)
5. In “If You Fear Dying,” One Day as a Lion namechecks him, saying that the singer is
“in the spirit of [this man], as I target more heads than a priest on Ash Wednesday,”
while both the films The Spanish Apartment and Unfaithful feature characters listening to
his “Ai Du.” The one time mayor of Niafunké, the namesake of his 1999 album, he
gained prominence in the world music community for a self-titled 1988 album noted for
tracks like the epic “Amandrai.” He won two Grammy Awards in his career, the first for
the Ry Cooder-assisted Talking Timbuktu, an album that includes “Diaraby,” whose riff
denotes PRI's The World Geo-quiz. Better known for his works with kora player and
griot Toumani Diabaté like 2005's In the Heart of the Moon and his final album Savane,
for ten points, identify this Malian guitarist called “the DNA of the blues” by Martin
Scorcese.
Answer: Ali Farka Touré
6. The visual acuity tasks require the player to pick out a circle with a specific color
pattern from a cluster. The intelligence task involves hitting squares numbered 1 through
16 in order within a certain time limit. The marksmanship tasks require the player to aim
for yellow balls while avoiding red ones. A bonus round is a traditional shooting gallery
with donuts and coffee as targets. The judgement levels require a player to quickly
distinguish enemies from civilians and then shoot down the enemies. Players who
complete the game get their names listed on the "Board of Commissioners" that is
displayed when the machine is in attract mode. For ten points, identify this lightgunshooter arcade game in which players complete a series of target shooting tasks in order
to move up the ranks in Metro City law enforcement.
ANSWER: Police Trainer
7. His brother Sybok hijacked a spaceship in an attempt to find God after eschewing his
culture’s obsession with logic. He shows small levels of mind control in “The Omega
Game,” while an obsession with 3-d chess and classical music and adeptness at the piano
and harp leads Wikipedia to call him a polymath. His creator denies that he’s based on a
child psychologist, claiming he just liked the name. To communicate with forms that
don’t speak his language, he often performs a mind meld, while a more famous move this
character popularized involves pinching nerves in the back of the neck to render them
unconscious, his home planet’s Neck Pinch. The only alien on the USS Enterprise’s
crew, for ten points, name this scientist, a half Vulcan member of the Star Trek cast
played by Leonard Nimoy.
Answer: Mr. Spock
8. In 1956, he lost a race against the last Democrat to hold a seat currently held by Jim
Ramstad; the next year, he began a commisioner job that saw him integrate both the
three-point line and the money ball into the newly-founded ABA. He scored 15 of his
team's 18 points in the lowest-scoring NBA game of all time that saw his opponents play
a four-quarter game of keepaway. He was taught basketball and how to control his
awkward, wiry frame under the tutelage of Ray Meyer, who developed this player's
namesake hook shot. He's blamed for necessitating three rule changes, including a
namesake rule that widened the foul lane, though he's better known for causing the
institution of the shot clock and being the first player able to goaltend. Noted as the MVP
of a team that also starred Vern Mikkelsen, for ten points, identify this 1950s center, the
most famous member of the Minneapolis Lakers.
Answer: George Mikan
9. It opens with samples of both a Notorious B.I.G. track and a late line from 2Pac's
“Fuck Friendz” before criticizing its subject for constantly ripping off Smalls. The
narrator implies that despite a sexually-driven relationship with Foxy Brown, its subject
doubtfully is “gettin' girls now because of [his] looks” and uses a myriad of hints to
suggest that narrator uses his large lips to fellate men. It uses the chorus of the song that
sparked its narrator's rage at the end, changing lines from “R.O.C., we runnin' that rap
shit” to “R.O.C., get gunned down and clapped quick.” Recent years have seen its
subject matter dissolve, evidenced by its subject appearing on its narrator's song “Black
Republican.” An escalation of a feud started on “Takeover,” for ten points, identify this
track on Stillmatic that saw Nas ruthlessly fight back against criticism from Jay-Z.
Answer: “Ether”
10. A major subplot of this film is the protagonist's half-Lakota heritage, which leads him
to be called Blue Child; that protagonist joined with the Buffalo Bill Shows after
delivering the orders to commence the Wounded Knee Massacre. He's convinced to
embrace that Native heritage by a woman who implores against "going through life
hiding what God made you... like me," the Saudi princess Jazirah. Much of the film
revolves around the Bedouin response to the protagonist, Frank Hopkins, and his
invitation to be humiliated by Sheikh Riyadh. Unsurprisingly, Arabs and Bedouins like
Katib, Aziz and Prince Bin al Reeh are angered by Hopkins's win in the Ocean of Fire,
particularly because he didn't use a thoroughbred. For ten points, identify this movie that
shows Viggo Mortensen's attempt to win an Arabian long-distance race on the titular
mustang.
Answer: Hidalgo
11. Poachers have reportedly offered thousands of dollars for his soolnds, which are
commonly mistaken for elephant feet. The one-time host of the Deathly Pallor radio
show, he once was pranked by having wildebeest pheromones washed into his clothing
and is the lone notable skeptic of the Bear Holding a Shark's reality. His namesake
“Lament” blog shows his love for emo rock, including a 2003 listen to the Promise Ring
where he says he was alone on Valentine's Day. He wrote a letter during his brother's
incarceration and expressed genuine concern for his well-being when Tandy exploded,
odd moves considering that brother used 500 dollars of his to get a booth at a comic
convention he re-named “Trog-dork-on '97” in his presence. The middle brother in a
family that includes the bruiser Mad and the luchadore Bad, for ten points, identify this
Homestar Runner character noted for his insufferable obsession with being depressed.
Answer: Strong Sad
12. Gus, who dodged the draft for World War I by becoming Aunt Gussy, is among his
fourteen uncles; others include Harry, the best “whiplash lawyer” in his hometown, and
Habib, who translates his letters from English into Arabic for his mother. He claims his
short nose comes from his grandfather’s camel spitting at the village witch back in
Lebanon, the country from which his family emigrated before settling in Toledo, Ohio, a
set of parallels with its actor also shown from his use of a set of dogtags from his days in
Korea. He spent a good portion of his series doing stunts he hoped would get him a
Section 8 discharge, most notably dressing in drag. For ten points, name this company
clerk of the 4077th, a corporal cum sergeant on M*A*S*H.
Answer: Maxwell Q. Klinger (accept either)
13. Toward the start of this man’s career, he formed a doubles team with Todd Martin
that won the 2002 Cincinnati Masters, and he has since won multiple titles at New
Haven, Stockholm, and Sydney. He had a bestseller with the book Breaking Back just
before losing a five-hour quarterfinal match to Andre Agassi during the latter’s 2005 run
to the US Open final. More recently, he lost to doubles partner Mardy Fish in the third
round of the 2008 US Open, having one week earlier lost to Fernando Gonzalez 11-9 in
the final set of the Olympic semi-finals, eclipsing his victory over Roger Federer. Second
only to Andy Roddick among male Americans in ranking, name, for 10 points, this
African-American tennis player.
Answer: James Blake
14. One event made available in accordance with this entity's rules was titled No One
Knew That John Was Like the Ivy. A user named E. isn’t “blaming anyone at Wisconsin”
for their love of William Dean Howells, as he understands that that love was realized at
this sort of venue. Its namesake type of “editing” is discouraged as “a moderator must
backpedal while the clock continues to run,” according to the Carnegie Mellon lexicon.
The second in a list of points against the 2006 Cancel Bowl gives its most succinct
definition: “an informal gathering with zero pre-tournament preparation required.”
Accurately describing Quesadilla 1-6 and some VETOs, for 10 points, give this word
implying a tournament with no editing.
ANSWER: guerrilla tournament
15. Leela James covered this as the title track from her 2005 album, while other notable
versions include James Taylor's version in the end of a West Wing episode near the
beginning of Matt Santos's campaign as well as the Stax version recorded in 1965 by Otis
Redding. Written around the same time as a failed attempt to register in a whites only
hotel in Shreveport, its writer wrote it as a response to Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the
Wind." It opens with an elegiac violin and cello intro before talking about being told,
"don't hang around" when he "go to the movies / I go downtown." It opens with the
singer talking about being like the river, running since birth, and closes with his statement
that, "There were times that I thought I wouldn't last for long, but now I think I'm able to
carry on," and the chorus's assertion that "it's been a long time comin', but I know" that
the titular event will happen. For ten points, identify this song, a civil rights anthem by
soul singer Sam Cooke.
Answer: "A Change is Gonna Come"
16. The titular character from this film released an album featuring tracks like "I Can't
Give You Anything But Love" and "Take Your Love and Shove It" in 1998, six years
after the film's release. It sees the last performance of Fred Gwynne's life as Chamberlain
Haller. Tire tracks and sketchy hearsay make up the bulk of the evidence against its main
characters, all refuted by a deep meditation on the use of positraction on Buick cars that
is strangely absent from the Pontiac Skylark. According to Wikipedia, legal heads find
humor in the idea of a personal injury lawyer in a capital case, though most of the jokes
revolve around outlandish characters like Mona Lisa Vito. Notable for an inexplicable
Best Supporting Actress win for Marisa Tomei, for ten points, name this movie that sees
two New Yorkers get correctly busted for shoplifting and incorrectly for murder in
Alabama and get legal counsel from the titular family member.
Answer: My Cousin Vinny
17. The extent of his scouting came when he ran routes to analyze his partner at Clemson,
quarterback Steve Fuller; that performance drew him to be drafted in the 10th round in
1979. A career that saw him play in two Pro Bowls along with being the recipient of a
game-icing onside kick in the first of his two Super Bowls, a game against the Cincinatti
Bengals, drew his team to retire his jersey, number 87. The 1982 strike shortened what
would likely be his most productive season, where he led the league with sixty receptions
in nine games. The benefactor of daily Hail Mary drills under Bill Walsh, he gained
major prominence in a game against the Dallas Cowboys that saw him catch eight passes
for 120 yards and is best known for a third down play late in that game, the 1982 NFC
Championship, where he inexplicably outjumped a quarterback's attempt to throw away
the ball on the Red Right Tight-Sprint Right Option. For ten points, identify this wide
receiver best known for being the target of Joe Montana's ball in "The Catch."
Answer: Dwight Clark
18. Its third season was won by Sabra Johnson and saw the full-time second-judging of
Mary Murphy. It's second season is notable for the firing of host Lauren Sanchez, who
was replaced by Cat Deeley; that season was won by Benji Schwimmer, whose sister and
fellow contestant Lacey parlayed her success on this show to become a partner for Lance
Bass. The last three incarnations of it include a second audition in Las Vegas, which
usually includes lyrical and samba drills. The final performance episode of its fourth
season saw the first trepak in its show's history and a Broadway number set to Rufus
Wainwright's "Trolley Song." The next night's results show saw Joshua Allen earn a role
in Step Up 3D as he beat "Twitch" Boss. Nigel Lythgoe plays Simon Cowell on, for ten
points, what Fox show that attempts to find America's best dancer?
Answer: So You Think You Can Dance?
19. Many teams frown on this practice according to Rochester's Thelion Society; they
encourage it and say that at one time, ten members were practicing it. Sarah Angelo
changed her 2008 ACE Camp plans partially in response to her one-time participation in
this practice also notably tried by Lily Vonderheide and Jordan Boyd-Graber, who
convinced the Caltech team to attend ACF Nationals in 2004 due to his pursuit of it.
Early reports of Maryland's mirror of the 2008 Sun 'n Fun noted that Chris Ray's
participation in this may have assisted his stat line. Two members of Minnesota's team
have been involved in this since Feburary 2007, while the Chris Frankel-dubbed "Sacred
Band" saw two examples of it on the 2005-2006 Chicago A team, notably Seth Teitler
and Selene Koo. The most famous example of this was displayed by buzzers being
brought to Emily Pike and Robert Hentzel's wedding reception. For ten points, identify
this disgusting phenomenon that occurs when a quizbowler dates a quizbowler.
Answer: quizcest (prompt on quizbowl relationships or something like that)
20. A 2001 film starring Brad Hunt and Patrick McGaw sees a place where this
commodity is produced turn into a haunted house. James McMurtry commonly sings
about people whose lives revolve around this, namely Uncle Slayton in "Choctaw
Bingo," while Miguel and Luis Rosales trade fruit picking to make this on a "deserted
chicken ranch" in Bruce Springsteen's "Sinaloa Cowboys." Chris's protector Lewis,
portrayed by Jeff Daniels in 2007's The Lookout, blames this for his blindness, while the
bulk of a 2007 novel by Mark Lindquist deals with the scene surrounding this in Tacoma,
Washington. Val Kilmer played a man struggling with his addiction to this in 2002's The
Salton Sea, while VH1 showed self-made videos of Tom Sizemore using it. The source
of income for Bryan Cranston's Emmy-winning Walter White, for ten points, identify this
drug often made by reducing pseudoephederine in battery acid.
Answer: methamphetamine
Bonuses
1. In traditional French cooking, this cut composes the Entrecôte. For ten points each:
[10] Identify this cut of beef primarily composed of the longissimus dorsi, noted for a
higher, more evenly distributed fat content.
Answer: Rib-Eye
[10] Leaving a bone in gives the rib eye gives it extra fat and moisture, as well as this
classification.
Answer: Cowboy Rib-Eye
[10] A short loin variant of the Cowboy Rib-Eye is this bone-in strip steak. The meat
itself composes the New York Strip.
Answer: Kansas City Strip
2. The titular objects include sweaters, kids games while played as an adult, and Asian
chicks. FTPE:
[10] Identify this blog that declares that people of a certain ethnicity have affinities to
certain things.
Answer: StuffWhitePeopleLike.wordpress.com
[10] Saying that they especially like "fair trade [versions of this] because the extra two
dollars means they are making a difference," this was the first thing that white people
like.
Answer: coffee
[10] Mythologies of this city are discussed on StuffWhitePeopleLike, including its
creation by a person who saw a "Go Veg!" bumper sticker.
Answer: Portland, Oregon
3. The singer attempts to cure the titular ailment by downing a liter of Cognac and
reading both Eliot and Yeats while staying up late. For ten points each...:
[10] Identify this 2007 song where the lead singer of Grinderman is pursuing a woman
that, despite his overtures, “never really wanted to.”
Answer: “No Pussy Blues”
[10] Identify that lead singer of Grinderman also known for leading the seminal noise
rock act the Birthday Party and, since 1984, for fronting the Bad Seeds.
Answer: Nick CAVE
[10] The most recent album by the Bad Seeds sees Cave implore this Biblical hero,
whose story he mixes with Harry Houdini, to Dig!!!
Answer: Lazarus
4. He played Bing Crosby’s sidekick in White Christmas and the title character in Hans
Christian Anderson. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this agile comedian, who is not to be confused with the similar-looking
Donald O’Connor.
Answer: Danny Kaye
[10] Kaye’s best performance was in this film, where he gets everyone confused about
the “pestle with the poison” and “the flagon with the dragon” while trying to overthrow
evil King Roderick.
Answer: The Court Jester
[10] Kaye's breakthrough was in this Broadway musical by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin
that focuses on Allure editor Liza Elliot; in it, Kaye played the gay photographer Randy
Curtis, who could list off 50 Russian composers in 39 seconds -- ALL IN SONG!
Answer: Lady in the Dark
5. Ryan Ludwick isn't the First so-called "Quadruple A" player to succeed in the bigs
when given a chance. For ten points each:
[10] Though mentioning his name would probably still piss off George Costanza, this DH
who dominated early 80s minor league leaderboards, racked up a 132 career OPS+ when
given time with the Mariners and Yankees.
Ans: Ken Phelps
[10] Posting over a 1.000 OPS in his first 60 2008 Abs is this guy who hit 37 homers for
the Rangers' AAA affiliate. He shares a surname with Jose's Sr and Jr. and a terrible
shortstop named Deivi.
Answer: Nelson Cruz
[10] Touted as an early success of Billy Beane's he made his full season debut for the A's
at age 29, and hit 38 homers as their Right Fielder in 1999. He made a small comeback as
a power hitter for the Phillies in Game 4 of the NLCS.
Answer: Matt Stairs
6. Enjoy a bonus on trash that quizbowlers love. For 10 points each:
[10] At various times, Evan Nagler and Christian Carter have hyped this song, which
mixes shit like some “Labor Day” chanting with kids singing, as well as other stuff
people don’t like.
Answer: “The Most Unwanted Song in the World”
[10] If you’re a quizbowler, you fucking love this cult classic released two years after the
awful Dune. There’s a guy getting his ass kicked to Roy Orbison and some autoerotic
asphyxiation.
Answer: Blue Velvet
[10] Or maybe you like watching Henpecked Hou stumble around in this video game,
containing a minor character that every gimmick name should be based around, Bladed
Thesis.
Answer: Jade Empire
7. Identify these crazy goings on in the 1984 college football season for ten points each:
[10] This Lavell Edwards-coached side from the WAC became the only team unranked in
preseason polls to win a national championship despite only beating two ranked teams all
season.
Answer: Brigham Young University
[10] 1984 saw this quarterback beat Miami on a miraculous Hail Mary in addition to
winning the Heisman at Boston College.
Answer: Doug Flutie
[10] Despite having the best record in the SEC, this team was barred from winning any
sort of conference or national acclaim due to academic violations by coach Charley Pell.
Answer: University of Florida
8. Its improbable cast includes a young Doris Roberts as the Lady MacBeth-like mayor's
wife, and a young Jerry Stiller as hard-nosed cop Rico Petron, a young Earl Hindman,
later Wilson from "Home Improvement," as bloodthirsty gun-for-hire Mr. Brown. For 10
points each:
[10] Name this 1974 caper classic also starring Walter Matthau and Martin Balsam, in
which four gangsters hijack a 6 subway train.
Answer: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
[10] The subway hijacking is masterminded by Mr. Blue, played by this awesome
character actor who is best-known as Doyle Lonigan in The Sting and Quint in Jaws. He
is not to be confused with the prolific American choral arranger of the same name.
Answer: Robert Shaw
[10] Quentin Tarantino copied the idea of color-coded villains for this debut feature in
which Tim Roth infiltrates a heist led by Harvey Keitel's Mr. White.
Answer: Reservoir Dogs
9. Though he had a surprisingly lasting romance with Passionate Patty—partly obscured
by his series’ non-existent fourth entry, The Missing Floppies—he later went on to bang
Shamara, Captain Thygh, and a bunch of other salaciously-named women. For 10 points
each:
[10] Name this balding loser created by Al Lowe.
Answer: Leisure Suit Larry (accept Larry Laffer)
[10] Name either of the two recent games featuring Larry’s nephew, Larry Lovage, and
his campus and summer-job exploits.
Answer: Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude or Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
[10] Even more alliterative than Leisure Suit Larry is this other Al Lowe creation from
1993. His “ballad,” omnipresent in Sierra games of the era, details how he got his silver
ear in a duel with outlaw Kenny, which prompted him to study medicine and move to
Coarsegold.
Answer: Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist
10. Wes Unseld was a pioneer of this technique, using it to set up players like Earl
Monroe and Kevin Porter. For ten points each...:
[10] Identify this basketball play that involves throwing the ball from one end of the court
to a teammate on the fast break.
Answer: outlet pass
[10] A less common variant on the outlet pass, it involves throwing the ball from one post
the full length of the court.
Answer: entry pass
[10] Noted by ESPN as the best outlet and entry passer of his generation at UCLA, this
one-day Memphis Grizzly and nephew of a Beach Boy will bring his skills to the
Minnesota Timberwolves in 2008.
Answer: Kevin Love
11. Women in Refrigerators is a site devoted to tracking how female characters are
treated poorly in comic books. FTPE, identify these examples.
[10] This Marvel character, a sometime hero, went mad after the loss of her magically
conceived twins and completely altered the reality of Marvel books in the House of M
miniseries.
ANSWER: _Scarlet Witch or Wanda Maximoff
[10] An early love of Spider Man, her neck was accidentally broken in an attempt by the
hero to save her from Green Goblin.
ANSWER: Gwen Stacy
[10] This Green Lantern found his girlfriend Alex murdered and placed inside a
refrigerator, hence the name of the site.
ANSWER: Kyle Rayner
12. Identify these soccer teams doing inexplicably well in the early part of the 2008
season for ten points each:
[10] Despite being in the smallest market in the league, this MLS side captained by
Frankie Hedjuk won the Supporter’s Shield in 2008.
Answer: Columbus Crew (accept either)
[10] After never being in the top flight, this English side added striker Geovanni and
proceeded to get third in the EPL after beating Arsenal at home.
Answer: Hull City FC Tigers
[10] SAP owner Dietmar Hopp spent millions to make this German team, who plays in a
3,000 person town, spend time above Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.
Answer: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
13. Name the following members of N.W.A. for ten points each:
[10] After working with the Fila Fresh Crew, he joined N.W.A. to rap on “Parental
Discretion Iz Advised.” He went on to be Dr. Dre's ghostwriter on tracks like “Bitches
Ain't Shit” after severing his vocal cords in a car crash.
Answer: The D.O.C. or Tracy Lynn Curry
[10] After rapping lead on “Quiet on tha Set” and “If It Ain't Ruff,” he went on to release
solo albums like 1993's Shock of the Hour known for G-funk singles like “Same Old
Shit.”
Answer: MC Ren or Lorenzo Jerald Patterson
[10] Dr. Dre's production partner was this Compton DJ also known as Tha Kidd. Other
credits of his include his work on Eazy-E's posthumous Eazy-Duz-It and a 1996 solo
record.
Answer: DJ Yella or Antoine Carraby
14. Identify these extremely random games from the Game Boy for ten points each.
[10] A weird Jack-In-The-Box head appears in the horror-themed level of this game, in
which Yakko, Wacko, and Dot tried to snatch movie artifacts on the Warner Bros. lot.
Answer: Animaniacs
[10] A game called "4 in 1 Funpak Volume II" included a stylish simulation of the
scoring track for this card game, which confused children who did not have the slightest
notion of what "his nibs" meant or why they were occasionally forced to say "go" in lieu
of playing a card.
Answer: Cribbage
[10] A gameplay drawback was the need to cope with the erratic behavior this game's
namesake insect displayed after running into a mushroom poisoned by the scorpion.
Scoring bonus points for hitting the spider at close range, however, was a plus.
Answer: Centipede
15. In addition to naming Metallica's official newsletter, it names a Field Mob song that
features Ciara and a song about not paying her ex-husband's rent. For ten points each...:
[10] Identify this song that goes on to say that its singer is “a rock star,” has her “rock
moves,” and that she doesn't “need you tonight.”
Answer: “So What?”
[10] “So What” is the lead single off of this P!nk album also known for songs like
“Sober” and “Please Don't Leave Me.”
Answer: Funhouse
[10] “So What” was written and produced by this Swedish songwriter also known for
writing much of the Backstreet Boys' Millenium and for co-writing Kelly Clarkson's
“Since U Been Gone.”
Answer: Max Martin or Martin Karl Sandberg
16. After forming his empire on Kalgan, this man is defeated in a Mexican-standoff
mental battle by infiltrator Bail Channis and the First Speaker. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this sterile psychic conqueror.
Answer: The Mule
[10] The Mule’s defeat is orchestrated by the mysterious Second wing of this
organization. By showing their hand in defeating him, Preem Palver must sacrifice many
of his men by pretending they’re based on Terminus rather than Trantor.
Answer: The Second Foundation
[10] The First and Second Foundations are created by Hari Seldon in a series by this
author of I, Robot and “The Last Question.”
Answer: Isaac Asimov
17. Its name is from the Queen's English for excessively cute and dainty. For ten points
each...:
[10] Identify this indie genre first popularized with NME's C-86 mixtape and the Sarah
Records crew of the 1980s noted for an obsession with child-like pop music.
Answer: twee
[10] This BBC Radio One DJ was an early proponent of twee, calling it “shambles rock”.
He's better known for his namesake Sessions recorded until his death in 2004.
Answer: John Peel or John Robert Parker Ravenscroft
[10] This ironically named 29-member Swedish band heavily cites early twee records as
its biggest influences. They're best known for 2006's Let Me Introduce My Friends.
Answer: I'm From Barcelona
18. Identify these people Mike Sorice implores to avoid like the plague: political
bloggers! For ten points each...:
[10] After working as a Washington editor for The American Prospect, he began
blogging about the Florida recount. His company owns the Cafe, Muckraker, and
Election Central subsites of his flagship Talking Points Memo.
Answer: Joshua Micah Marshall
[10] His break came from announcing Jack Kemp as Bob Dole's running mate, though his
namesake report is best known for breaking the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Answer: Matthew Robert Drudge
[10] In addition to her namesake Post, which features Harry Shearer and Richard
Dawkins as regular contributors, this former writer for Politically Incorrect is known for
running as a failed candidate for California governor in 2003's recall election.
Answer: Arianna Huffington (nee Stassinopoulos)
19. Minor tracks from this album made twice in New York and Minneapolis include
“You’re Going to Make Me Lonesome When You Go.” For ten points each:
[10] Identify this Bob Dylan album noted for songs like “Idiot Wind” and “You’re a Big
Girl Now.”
Answer: Blood on the Tracks
[10] Blood on the Tracks opens with this song, which introduces the theme of women and
relationship problems by saying in the second verse, “She was married when we first met
/ Soon to be divorced.”
Answer: “Tangled Up in Blue”
[10] The penultimate track on Blood, it sees Dylan tell of “living in a foreign country”
and wishing to “turn back time to when God and her were born” as well as coming “in
from the wilderness a creature void of form.”
Answer: “Shelter From the Storm”
20. He played the singer from the former 80s hit band PoP! as well as the independent
bookstore owner William Thacker. For 10 points each:
[10] Identify this British actor who starred as Alex Fletcher in Music and Lyrics, as Julia
Child’s love interest in Notting Hill, and a philanderer in Four Weddings and Funeral.
Answer: Hugh Grant
[10] Hugh Grant played a newly elected Prime Minister visited by the US President in
this British ensemble romantic comedy also starring Alan Rickman and Kiera Knightley.
Answer: Love, Actually
[10] Grant plays the self-hating Martin Tweed in this 2006 movie in which he hopes to
make Sally Kindoo the next celebrity while hosting the titular game show.
Answer: American Dreamz