Saint Louis’ Unbelievable Trash Tournament
Round 6 Tossups and foul by Sean Phillips
1. In 1976 and 1981, he coached Team Canada to the Canada Cup title and he coached a squad of NIHL
All-Stars in a three game series against the Soviet Union in 1979. He met Toe Blake trying to escape
from a tear gas container during the infamous Maurice “Rocket” Richard riot on March 17, 1955.
Demonstrating that he was as capable as Blake, in 1991, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
He began his coaching career in 1967 with the Saint Louis Blues and ended it having eclipsed Blake’s
record of eight Stanley Cup titles. FTP, who is tl1is all-time winningest coach in the NHL who won
championships with Montreal, Pittsburgh, and most recently Detroit?
Answer:
William Scotty Bowman
2. She never officially divorced her husband, because according to him, he does not want to be able to
marry on a drunken whim. In 1973, she appeared as the receptionist Gertie on The New Perry Mason, a
show that quickly met its demise. That same year she took part in a much more successful revival of a
series when she became a regular panelist on the star-studded, big money Match Game 73. FTP, name
this personality who was married to Jack Klugman and spent nine years trading barbs with Charles
Nelson Reilly.
Answer:
Brett Somers
3. Among its instructions include information on geographical and temporal perimeters. The fact that the
Maitiands have not yet read their copy frustrates their caseworker, Juno. Otho uses it to try to exorcise
the Maitlands but Lydia thwarts him by striking a deal with a bioexorcist. FTP, what is this book that
supposedly reads like a set of stereo instructions and confirms for Adam and Barbara Maitland the fact
that they have met their demise in the film Beetiejuice?
Answer:
The “Handbook for the Recently Deceased”
4. He takes part of his name from an unplayable musical instrument made by Bob Burns out of two gas
pipes and a whiskey funnel. Introduced in 1953, he was patterned after the son of one of the four Shorin
brothers, who founded Topps. Over the years, bracelets, harmonicas, sunglasses, and other items have
been acquired by children who have collected enough wrappers featuring the humorous strips involving
him and his friends. FTP, who is this blonde character with an eye patch that appears on wrappers for
bubble gum?
Answer:
Bazooka Joe
5. His interesting career includes writing and performing the theme songs to the TV show Hi Honey, I’m
Home and the film No Small Affair. He won Tonys for the Book and Score to the 1986 musical The
Mystery of Edwin Drood. Ten years later, he had some success with a sitcom he created, entitled
Remember WENN. FTP, who is this singer/writer/producer probably best known for his hit songs “Him”
and “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”?
Answer:
Rupert Holmes
6. In the final season of this show, one of the main characters took on a freedom of religion case and
represented a Rastafarian who was fired for refusing to cut his dreadlocks. Set in Birmingham, Alabama,
this lawyer had been a successful attorney in Washington D.C. before she returned home after the death
of her father, James. It was then that she reunited with her childhood friend Mary Elizabeth, whom she
had rejected for becoming pregnant by Collier Sims. FTP, what is this show that examines the interracial
friendship of two women, Rene and Mary Elizabeth, both in the present and in flashbacks to the 1960’s
and airs on Lifetime?
Answer:
Any Day Now
7.
Drafted out of UCLA, before the start of this season he was third on that college’s all time career
yardage list, ahead of Troy Aikman. He started four games for the Denver Broncos in 1992 and following
John Elway’s return to health ended up having to be a backup quarterback for the Rams and Giants. Last
year he signed on to back up yet another high profile quarterback and on October 6, 2002, started his first
NFL game in nearly ten years when Kordell Stewart was benched. FTP, who is this Pittsburgh Steeler
who while a member of the Los Angeles Xtreme became the only XFL MVP?
Answer:
Tommy Maddox
8.
In this song, the narrator beseeches the title character to ‘wait to call me another day. He asks
the title character to consider his age and “please don’t take me at this stage.” The narrator also
repeatedly pleads for the title character to spare him over til another year. FTP, what is this song which is
sung during the Klan rally scene of O Brother Where Art Thou? and when included on the films
soundtrack won Ralph Stanley a Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal?
Answer:
“O Death”
9.
Before focusing on acting, in 1986 he was a contestant on The New Dating Game and a break
dancer at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics. His father had hits in the 1970’s with
“Everybody Flays the Fool” with his group The Main Ingredient. He began to reach his father’s level of
success when he appeared as Major Salt in Outbreak. He had become a star in his own right, by the time
he appeared as the agent for Greg Kinnear’s character in As Good As It Gets. FTP who is this actor who
starred in Snow Dogs and won an Oscar for his role in Jerry Maguire?
Answer:
Cuba Gooding Jr.
10.
In 1949, she was a stewardess on Pan American Airlines’ international flights. After the death of
her husband in 1964, she supported herself by writing radio scripts and, eventually, books. Her first book,
Aspire to the Heavens was a biographical novel about George Washington and it was decidedly
unsuccessful. Her next effort though, Where Are the Children?, proved to be a popular work of suspense.
FTP, who is this author of such books as Weep No More My Lady, Well Meet Again, arid Before I Say
Good-Bye, nicknamed “the Queen of Suspense”?
Answer:
Mary Higgins Clark
11.
It is named for an aviator who made the first successful crossing of the Mediterranean. The final
held here was broadcast live in the United States for the first time in 1983. The first match on its center
court was between a Miss Bennett and a Madame Lafaurie. Since that time Bjorn Borg has won the
singles title contested there six times and Ivan Lend] three times, but never Pete Sampras. FTP, what is
this place where tennis’ only clay court major is contested?
Answer:
Roland Garros
12.
He met and married Ellanora Needles while working at the Pasadena Community Playhouse and
in 1943 joined the Special Theatrical Unit of the U.S. Army Air Corps. There he was featured in several
training films including one about venereal diseases. His first major film role was as Stuart Tarleton in
Gone With the Wind and he nearly achieved stardom as Lieutenant John Summers in So Proudly We
Hail! His death in 1959 has long been surrounded by mystery although the coroner’s opinion of suicide
still stands. FTP, who was this actor the originator of what seems to be a curse Dean Cain has not yet
fallen prey to, the first man to play Superman on television?
Answer:
George Reeves
13.
In 1995, this company purchased an eighty percent controlling interest in MCA INC., which
renamed itself Universal Studios, Inc., the next year. That year, they advertised on television and radio,
breaking the liquor industry’s voluntary ban on such campaigns. Swallowed by Vivendi S.A. in 2000, it
was purchased by Sam Bronfman in 1916 and sold liquor by mail. FTP, what is this company which sold
off Tropicana in 1998 and after Prohibition established its brands of whiskeys including V.0., 7 Crown,
and Crown Royal.
Answer:
Seagram Company Ltd.
14.
A solo project entitled Momentum from a member of this band recently garnered five Dove
Awards. The other two members of this trio, Michael Tait and Kevin Max, have also released solo
projects. Individually none of these albums have reached quite the mainstream success they had with
their albums Free At Last and Supernatural or their song “Just Between You and Me” from their 1995
effort. FTP, what is this Contemporary Christian trio known for the album Jesus Freak?
Answer:
DC Talk
15.
He began his career while in high school when he took a job as a newscaster for KVOO-AM in
Tulsa. His wife Lynne was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1997, as was his son in 2001. In 1951,
he started reaching both coasts with the program “News and Comment” and twenty-five years later
started a second national program about largely unknown facts behind major events and people. FTP,
name this radio personality best known for his folksy charm and his other radio program ‘The Rest of the
Story.”
Answer:
Paul Harvey
16.
Because he committed an act of theft, his heir was forced into bankruptcy after a successful
lawsuit brought by Chester I, Lampwick. In 1938, his film Nazi Supermen Are Our Superiors was widely
criticized. One of his earlier works came in the 1920’s with his cartoon “That Happy Cat,” but it was not
until he paired that character with one he stole from Lampwick that his career as an animator took off.
FTP, who was this man responsible for the cartoon duo Itchy and Scratchy on The Simpsons?
Answer:
Roger Myers, Sr.
17.
In 1962, he joined the Detours, which featured Cohn Dawson on lead vocals and Doug Sandom
on drums. His first single “My Size” came from his solo album Smash Your Head Against the Wall in
1971. He released albums with his side bands, Rigor Mortis and Ox, in 1973 and 1975 respectively, but
as of his July 2002 death, his solo work never quite matched the success of his primary band, who had
hits with “Happy Jack,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” and “I Can See For Miles.” FTP, who was the bassist
for The Who?
Answer:
John Entwistle
18.
It was opened as entertainment for people waiting to buy chicken dinners made by the
proprietor’s wife. Visitors can find fun in its six areas: Fiesta Village. the Boardwalk, Wild Water
Wilderness, Indian Trails, the Ghost Town, and Camp Snoopy. Located in Buena Park, it originally began
as an homage to the old West. FTP, this is what theme park which has a shuttle that transports tourists
for free to nearby Disneyland?
Answer:
Knott’s Berry Farm
19.
In this film, Massimo Girotti played Marcel, the lover of a woman who committed suicide. JeanPierre Leaud plays Tom, a film director engaged to marry a girl barely beyond her teen years. Tom’s
fiancée finds a flat that is also desired by the husband of Marcel’s flame. The two begin an affair but at
first do not reveal to each other that their names are Paul and Jeanne in this film directed by Bemardo
Bertolucci. FTP, what is this film starring Maria Schneider and MarIon Brando?
Answer:
Last Tango in Paris or Ultimo Tango a Paris
20.
On August 6, 2002, she was released from Jewish Hospital after being treated for an undisclosed
ailment, marking four hospitalizations there in as many years since falling in her driveway and breaking
her hip in 1998. In 2000, USA decided not to make a movie about her life as they found it difficult to make
her seem sympathetic. That is not surprising since the subject of the film was a former car dealer who
used a derogatory slur when forbidding her players from wearing earrings and defended Hitler. FTP, who
is this former Cincinnati Reds owner?
Answer:
Marge Schott