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1. In Season Five of MadTV, this woman appeared twice as Katisha Latisha Parisha Farisha Johnson. She
had recurring roles as Jane Scott on Felicity and Jackie Ames on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. With Ashton
Kutcher, she co-produced an ABC series in which (*) women are judged on their inner beauty, called True
Beauty. She created another reality show whose first “cycle” was won by Adrianne Curry. For 10 points, name this
TV personality from the CW who hosts an eponymous talk show as well as America’s Next Top Model.
ANSWER: Tyra Banks [accept either] <Dan>
2. This author wrote about a video of a man getting his crotch stomped on in his essay, “Nutcracker.com” His
boyfriend is Hugh Hamrick. He contributes to NPR’s This American Life and his first book was Barrel Fever.
He wrote about living in a nudist colony, learning French, and growing up in North Carolina in books like (*)
Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. His most recent book has van
Gogh’s Skull with Burning Cigarette on the cover and details his experience quitting smoking in Tokyo. For 10
points, name this American essayist who wrote When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
ANSWER: David Sedaris <Dan>
3. Miles Bennet Dyson helped create this system in the 1990s for Cyberdyne. Designed to neutralize defensive
threats in milliseconds, it was put in control of America's entire military arsenal, and, when brought online, it
ignited a (*) global nuclear war. John Connor was able to destroy its defensive grid, so it sent a cyborg, played by
Arnold Schwarzenegger, to kill his mom, Sarah. For 10 points, name this unseen, self-aware defensive network
which revolts against its human creators, bringing about Judgment Day and the Rise of the Machines in the
Terminator movies.
ANSWER: Skynet <Jeff>
4. This band sings, “I won’t pay, I won’t pay ya, no way” and “Nice work you did//You’re gonna go far kid.”
They are fronted by Dexter Holland, and early album releases include Smash and Ixnay on the Hombre,
which contain the tracks “Gotta Get Away” and “All I Want.” Their most recent album, (*) Rise and Fall,
Rage and Grace includes “Hammerhead,” while their Americana album features “Why Don’t You Get a Job,” “The
Kids Aren’t Alright,” and “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy).” For 10 points, name this rock band with other hits like
“Come Out and Play,” “Want You Bad,” and “Self Esteem.”
ANSWER: The Offspring <Jeff>
5. In his 1987 rookie season, he hit a rookie-record forty-nine home runs. He won the Rookie of the Year
award that year and won a 1990 Golden Glove for his performance at first base. In 1997, he was traded from
the Oakland Athletics to the (*) St. Louis Cardinals. With the Cardinals, he had a statistical competition with Cubs
right fielder Sammy Sosa to top a single-season Roger Maris total. For 10 points, name this player who set the single
season record for homeruns at 70 in 1998, a record which would be later broken by Barry Bonds in 2001.
ANSWER: Mark McGwire <Jeff>
6. Advertisements for this beverage have featured Fido Dido, as well as Orlando Jones in a seemingly
offensive t-shirt. Charles Leiper Grigg invented this beverage in 1929 with lithium citrate as the key
ingredient, and he marketed it as a cure for (*) hangovers. This “uncola” has a mascot called the Cool Spot, an
personified version of the red sphere found in its logo. After its failed “dnL” variant, it changed its formula in 2006
to include “100% All-Natural Flavors.” For 10 points, name this lemon-lime soda produced by the Dr. PepperSnapple Group.
ANSWER: 7 Up <Dan>
7. This player spent his college years playing for the Horned Frogs and led the NCAA in total yards in 1999
and 2000. He was drafted fifth overall in 2001. His team’s second round pick that year was current New
Orleans Saints quarterback, (*) Drew Brees. This player also holds the record for single season touchdowns, set in
2006. He plays his home games in Qualcomm Stadium, the former home of the Padres. For 10 points, name this
former TCU running back that plays for the San Diego Chargers, often known by just his initials.
ANSWER: LaDanian Tomlinson [or LT] <Jeff>
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8. The theme song for this show is “Frolic” by Luciano Michelini. Unused footage from one episode of this
show, “The Carpool Lane,” exonerated Juan Catalan of a California murder. In Season Six, the main
character adopts a black family named the (*) Blacks, played by JB Smoove and Vivica A. Fox. Bob Einstein
plays Marty Funkhouser and Richard Lewis plays himself on this show, which features totally improvised dialogue.
Susie Essman and Jeff Garlin play friends of the main character, who is married to Cheryl Hines’ character.
Responsible for the Seinfeld reunion, for 10 points, name this HBO program about the life of Larry David.
ANSWER: Curb Your Enthusiasm <Dan>
9. This group apologizes to the title character in one song a trillion times for making her daughter cry and
exclaims, “I am for real.” Their double-disc release won the 2004 Album of the Year Grammy, and was called
(*) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. In response to one of their songs, a company warned listeners that “if you shake
it too hard, you could distort the image.” For 10 points, name this Georgia-based hip-hop group that made hits like
“The Way You Move” and “Roses,” and whose members, Big Boi and André 3000, told listeners to “shake it like a
Polaroid picture” in “Hey Ya.”
ANSWER: OutKast [or The OutKast Brothers] <Jeff>
10. These title characters live in San Dimas, California, where they ask shoppers at the Circle K for help with
homework, lest one of them get sent to an Alaskan military academy. These two teenagers do not know that
their music will inspire a future utopia, so George Carlin’s character, (*) Rufus, must keep their band, Wyld
Stallyns, (WAHYLD STAL-yuhnz) together. They pursue Princesses Elizabeth and Johanna, meet a philosopher
named “So-crates,” and rescue Napoleon from the Waterloo water park, all so they can pass high school history. For
10 points, name this title duo, played by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, who time-travel in a telephone booth on
their Excellent Adventure.
ANSWER: Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted “Theodore” Logan [both answers required] <Dan>
11. The F/X version of this game added a new playable character, Prince Azure, as well as Mr. Miles
Meadow-Brook, the attorney of Dr. Black. There have been Alfred Hitchcock, Simpsons, and Junior versions
of this game, whose latest release, (*) Discover the Secrets, added a pool, patio, and spa to Tudor Mansion, as well
as a dumbbell and poison in place of the wrench and pipe. For 10 points, name this Hasbro game in which players
compete to find out which colorful character killed Mr. Boddy with which weapon in which room.
ANSWER: Clue [or Cluedo] <Dan>
12. In one song, Bruce Springsteen sings, “Sha la la la, I’m in love with” a girl from this state. It is also home
to Kingda Ka, the world’s tallest and fastest roller coaster. Derek Zoolander is from the (*) coal mines in its
southern part. Zach Braff and Natalie Portman return here in a 2004 movie with a Grammy-winning soundtrack.
Once governed by openly gay Jim McGreevey, it is home to Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands. For 10 points,
name this state in which Garden State and The Sopranos are set, home to the NBA’s Nets and the NHL’s Devils.
ANSWER: New Jersey <Dan>
13. When Robin Lynn Macy and Laura Lynch were part of this group, they released the album Shouldn’t a
Told You That. This group sang a song in which “she” needs “Room to make her big mistakes/She needs new
faces/She knows the high stakes,” which was the title song from (*) Wide Open Spaces. They also covered “Long
Time Gone,” and won three Grammys for “Not Ready to Make Nice,” as well as 2007 Album of the Year for Taking
the Long Way. For 10 points, name this group that was ashamed to be from the same state as George W. Bush, a
country trio comprised of Martie Maguire, Emily Robinson, and Natalie Maines.
ANSWER: The Dixie Chicks <Dan>
14. In this video games series, the Worldstone limits the power of the Nephalem. In the planned third
installment, players can be Witch Doctors, and they have previously played as Iron Wolves, Rogues, and
Sorceresses. Sierra developed its Hellfire expansion, but not the (*) Lord of Destruction expansion, in which
players fight Baal, the brother of the title character who had previously tormented King Leoric in the town of
Tristram in the Kingdom of Khanduras. For 10 points, name this Blizzard series in which an unnamed warrior
battles through sixteen levels of Hell to stop the titular demon from wreaking havoc in the world of Sanctuary.
ANSWER: Diablo <Dan>
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15. Lyrics from this song include “Tummy’s turning and I’m feeling kind of homesick” and “Who’s that
chick that’s rocking kicks? She’s gotta be from out of town.” In the video, the artist sings the song while
standing in a truck bed at a (*) drive-in movie theater. Both Jay-Z and Britney are played on the radio during this
song. The vocalist also observes that her currents surroundings are nothing like their Nashville counterpart. For 10
points, name this song in which the female vocalist says that when the DJ plays her song, she puts her hands up and
the butterflies fly away, a recent hit by Miley Cyrus.
ANSWER: “Party in the U.S.A.” <Jeff>
16. In this movie, Celia goes on a date at Harry Housen’s, and the crabby Roz wants people to file their
paperwork. An energy crisis and an incident with a sock and the CDA make business difficult for Henry J.
Waternoose. He strands the main characters in Nepal with a (*) Yeti voiced by John Ratzenberger. But, they
escape and stop the reptilian Randall from extracting the screams of a human child named Boo. Those characters,
Sulley and Mike Wazowki, continue to work at the title company. For 10 points, name this 2001 Disney-Pixar film,
which features John Goodman and Billy Crystal as two creatures who scare children for energy.
ANSWER: Monsters, Inc. <Dan>
17. This team was originally called Newton Heath, and its all-time leading scorer is Bobby Charlton. Matt
Busby coached this team when eight of his players died in the Munich air disaster. The only English team to
win the (*) Treble, they are currently sponsored by AIG, and they lost the last Champions League Final to
Barcelona. The current Premier League champions, they are rivals with nearby Liverpool and are coached by Alex
Ferguson at Old Trafford. For 10 points, name these “Red Devils,” an English soccer team with talents like Edwin
van der Sar, Ryan Giggs, and Wayne Rooney.
ANSWER: Manchester United Football Club [prompt on “Red Devils”] <Dan>
18. The final episode of this TV show was called “Eros in the Upper Eighties.” Other episodes were about the
actions of a murderous Broadway producer and the assault of a gay student. It starred Bebe Neuwirth as
Tracey Kibre, and (*) DA Arthur Branch was played by Fred Thompson. This series was also the final appearance
of Lennie Briscoe, played by Jerry Orbach. For 10 points, name this show that began, “In the criminal justice
system, all defendants are innocent until proven guilty, either by confession, plea bargain, or…” the title entity, a
short-lived incarnation of Law & Order.
ANSWER: Law & Order: Trial by Jury [prompt on Law & Order] <Dan>
19. This game’s only multiplayer feature grants a second player the ability to control the path of a normally
non-playable object across the screen. Gamers need an orange device to play this game, and in one game
mode, the typical fodder is replaced with silver discs. An unnamed dog, which laughs if the player hits zero,
retrieves (*) downed objects from the field. This NES release title was later coupled with World Class Track Meet
and Super Mario Brothers. For 10 points, name this NES Zapper gun-driven game developed by Nintendo that
includes clay pigeon shooting in which the gamer must shoot the title animals.
ANSWER: Duck Hunt <Jeff>
20. The title character of this video game is named Pepper. The NES version of this game ends at level thirtytwo, skipping the cutscene in which this character says “goodbye” to a friend. Originally called Crazy Otto, it
changes an orange character’s name from Clyde to Sue. Like its predecessor, a major glitch appears just
before the (*) 256th and final level. Some cutscenes see a stork drop off a baby, and the fruits can now move around,
and the ghosts move semi-randomly. The title character wears a pink bow. For 10 points, name this 1981 Midway
and Namco game, a female-themed sequel to an earlier game about a big yellow mouth.
ANSWER: Ms. Pac-Man [do not accept or prompt Pac-Man] <Dan>
TB. This actress had previously appeared topless in a grainy bondage flick, but her breakout came when she
played Tina in The Mask. She won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role in (*) Gangs of
New York. She played a reporter in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a city she would return to in a 2008 romantic
comedy with Ashton Kutcher. She also starred as Natalie Cook, one of Charlie’s Angels. In one role, she is pursued
by Lee Evans, Matt Dillon, and Ben Stiller. In another, her character defeats Robin Hood à la The Matrix and spurns
Lord Farquaad. For 10 points, name this actress who starred in What Happens in Vegas, played Mary in There’s
Something About Mary, and voiced Princess Fiona in the Shrek movies. ANSWER: Cameron Diaz <Jeff>