2003 Viva TRASH Vegas
Round 08: Packet by Cunning Linguists and Master Debaters and Los Alamitos Reunion
Tossups
1. Choice quotes from this man include: "A gay man loving Judy Garland would be like a
black person watching a minstrel show" and "If someone vomits at one of my movies, it's
like getting a standing ovation." This comes as no surprise with early works like Roman
Candles and Mondo Trash. The self-proclaimed "Pope of Trash," his more recent
mainstream films include Pecker and Serial Mom. For ten points, name this camp
director who cast Divine in films such as Pink Flamingo.
ANSWER: John Waters
2. An Entropy House website recasts The Lord of the Rings with them, and another subjects
them to various tests, such as solubility testing (they dissolve in phenol) and exposure to
cold (they shatter), heat (they melt), low-pressure environments (they expand). Though
they used to take 27 hours to make, 4.2-million can now be processed in one day by their
manufacturer, Rodda Candy Company. For ten points, name these Easter treats that
come in colors such as yellow, pink, lavender, blue, and white.
ANSWER: marshmallow Peeps
3. Their first EP, Slay Tracks, was released on 7-inch records in Stockton, California in the
summer of 1989. The band had two drummers until Gary Young left in 1993, having
added Bob Nastanovich along with bassist Mark Ibold for their first full-length album,
Slanted and Enchanted. Later albums, such as Wowee Zowee and Terror Twilight were
successful after the breakthrough effort Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. For ten points,
name this lo-fi indie act led by Stephen Malkmus whose songs include "Cut Your Hair."
ANSWER: Pavement
4. He got his first set of stitches at eleven months old long before ever setting foot on a
hockey rink. He missed 23 games of his rookie season with a knee injury, and in 1999
his roommate found him in the bathtub, barely able to breathe, suffering from a collapsed
lung after a game with the Nashville Predators. For ten points, name this 6-foot-4, 230pound New York Ranger and one-time Flyer who sparked controversy in 1991 when he
sat out the entire 1991-1992 season after refusing to play for the Quebec Nordiques team
that drafted him.
ANSWER: Eric Lindros (more on "Lindros")
5. Bungee jumping off the Donauturm in Vienna. Herding sheep in New Zealand. Finding
a teashop in Paris. Ice-climbing in Alaska. Hang gliding in Rio de Janeiro. Eating
chicken feet and playing Ping Pong in Beijing. Caber tossing in Scotland. Matching
masks in Venice. These are but a few of the challenges teams have had to compete in, for
ten points, what CBS reality series involving a million-dollar adventure around the
world?
ANSWER: The Amazing Race
6. A promiscuous GAP store manager, an aspiring documentary filmmaker, a yuppie who
blasts rap in his convertible and a philosophical poster-boy for grunge rock come together
in the feature directing debut of the director of Zoolander and The Cable Guy. Ethan
Hawke rasps out the Violent Femmes' "Add It Up" and serenades Winona Ryder with
"Froggie Went A Courtin'" in, for ten points, which Ben Stiller film that made a hit of
Lisa Loeb's "Stay?"
ANSWER: Reality Bites
7. The sweet perfume is either drugs or tear gas. The quartet is either The Weavers or the
Beatles. The girl who sang the blues is Janis Joplin. Satan is Mick Jagger. The jester is
Bob Dylan. And the day the music died is February 3, 1959. These are all interpretations
of the lyrics to the longest number one song of all time. For ten points, name this song
obliquely about the death of Buddy Holly, covered recently Madonna but originally
written by Don McLean.
ANSWER: American Pie
8. Until recently, he was primarily known as a writer, working on shows like Action!, That
70s Show, and 3rd Rock From the Sun, as well as writing the Panic Room with Will
Ferrell and Castaway Dick parodies on the MTV Movie Awards. In the last year, though,
he has been more prominent, voicing Abe Lincoln on the animated series Clone High but
most people know him as the guy who said to "Give up the ham," as a member of a Pat
Benatar cover band, as Tim Calhoun, or as the Falconer. For ten points, name this
featured player on Saturday Night Live.
ANSWER: Will Forte
9. Janet Gaynor beat out Louise Dresser and Gloria Swanson, while Emil Jannings beat out
Richard Barthelmess. Lewis Milestone won Best Director, Comedy Picture. Frank
Borzage won Best Director, Dramatic Picture. For the only time, an award was given for
Title Writing -- a field which became obsolete with the advent of synchronized sound
films, a development that won Warner Brothers an honorary award for The Jazz Singer.
For ten points, name this event, where Wings won the award for Best Motion Picture.
ANSWER: 1927-1928 Academy Awards or 1927-1928 Oscars (accept first Academy
Awards or first Oscars)
10. His stomach's much flatter since he's been doing the colon cleansing. His other
eccentricities have included carrying a cane, hiring a butler, and wielding a homemade
stun gun. His boss once lost him in a poker game to a station in Georgia, though he's got
a fallback career in commercials seeing as he's willing to do nudity -- no extra charge!
Though Max Louis has his fans, most agree that Newsradio jumped the shark with the
death of, for ten points, what Phil Hartman character?
ANSWER: Bill McNeal (accept either name)
11. This "lion of Lahore" founded the political party Tehreek-e-Insaf or "Movement for
Justice" to combat his country's widespread corruption. Despite his stunning good looks
and popularity, his attempt failed miserably. Many critics blamed his 1995 marriage to
the Jewish heiress Jemina Goldsmith. For ten points, name this cricket-star-turnedpolitician, who in 1992, lead Pakistan to its first World Cup final and most recently
publicly opposed Pakistan's support of the US troops in Afghanistan.
ANSWER: Imran Khan
12. She got her start working as the human beat box alongside female rapping crew Ladies
Fresh. In 1988, at the age of 18, she released her first album which contained the hits
"Ladies First", "Dance For Me" and "Wrath Of My Madness." Guests on the LP included
De La Soul and Monie Love. For ten points, name this former Burger King employee
and current first lady of rap born Dana Elaine Owens, recently nominated for an
Academy Award for her portrayal of Matron 'Mama' Morton in Chicago.
ANSWER: Queen Latifah (accept Dana Elaine Owens before it is mentioned)
13. Thomas Henderson said the opposing quarterback in this game was so dumb he couldn't
spell "cat" if you spotted him the "c" and the "a". The quarterback was unfazed, going on
to win the game MVP and complete 17 of 30 passes for 318 yards and four touchdowns,
both Super Bowl records. Terry Bradshaw's performance was all the more important
since his team netted only 66 yards against his opponents' Doomsday Two defense in, for
ten points, what first Super Bowl rematch, a 38-31 Steelers victory over the Cowboys?
ANSWER: Super Bowl 13
14. He will release a Weird Al Yankovic-type comedy album later this year, returning to
music after making his Broadway debut last August in the role of Mark in Rent. On TV,
he has appeared as "Street Performer" on Touched by an Angel and as "Himself" on The
Simpsons, Clueless, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and this spring he reprised his film
role of Angelo on My Big Fat Greek Life. For ten points, name this musician-come-actor,
who appeared in On The Line with bandmate Lance Bass, a member of N'Sync.
ANSWER: Joey Fatone
15. Scenes from this show's episode "Little Girl Lost" were used as flashbacks when the title
character made a crossover appearance Diagnosis Murder 22 years after the action show
ended its run on CBS. The title character formerly worked for Intertect, but now interacts
with characters such s Lew Wickersham and Lietenants Art Malcolm, Dan Ives, and
Adam Tobias, the latter played by a pre-Brady Robert Reed. For ten points, name this
series starring Gail Fisher as secretary Peggy Fair and Mike Connors as the titular
detective.
ANSWER: Mannix
16. Roger Ebert said it was less entertaining than his colonoscopy, responding to the curse
the director placed on his colon. Earlier, the director had called this film "a pretentious
film, a self-indulgent film, a useless film, an unengaging film" and vowed to never make
another movie. Highly anticipated, coming into the Cannes Film Festival, not least
because of an explicit sex scene featuring Chloe Sevigny, it is now widely considered the
worst film in the festival's history. For ten points, name this film directed by and starring
Vincent Gallo.
ANSWER: The Brown Bunny
17. Its average margin of victory was 37.8 points. Against Puerto Rico, veteran Joe Dumars
volunteered to sit on the bench so the coach had more playing time to spread around.
Playing their games in Hamilton and Toronto, the roster included Derrick Coleman,
Alonzo Mourning, Dominique Wilkins, Shawn Kemp, Larry Johnson, and Dan Majerle
(MAR-lee). For ten points, name this team led by Reggie Miller that won the 1994
Basketball World Championship.
ANSWER: Dream Team II (prompt on "Team USA," do not accept "Dream Team")
18. Dimethyl siloxane, silica, glycerine and titanium dioxide are just a few ingredients of this
polymer-based compound invented in 1940 by GE employee James Wright and currently
manufactured by Binney & Smith Inc. This amazing substance stretches without
breaking, yet it can be "snapped off" cleanly. It can be slammed with a hammer, but will
still bounce higher than a rubber ball. It is "fun to play with, but not to eat," and was
intended to be a cheap substitute for rubber. For ten points, name this popular toy often
packaged in a plastic egg.
ANSWER: Silly Putty
19. A man gets pulled over by police and is aggressively frisked by an officer. A woman
demonstrates a hygiene product then "plays" with a mannequin. A man enters an elevator
as another man exits and reaps the benefits. Women ask to hear about soccer, offer to
make a video, blame their watch, and ask if a best friend can join them. These situations
all arise because of the namesake "effect" in, for ten points, commercials for what
deodorant body spray?
ANSWER: Axe deodorant body spray (accept Axe Effect)
20. An evil cheerleader, a sidecar-downing grandmother, her mother's relationship with her
algebra teacher, a crush on her best friend's older brother and the fact that she has just
discovered that she is the heir to the small European nation of Genovia are just a few of
the tribulations Mia Thermopolis must endure in, for ten points, what series of Young
Adult novels by Meg Cabot that spawned a 2001 Disney film starring Julie Andrews and
Anne Hathaway?
ANSWER: The Princess Diaries (accept Mia Thermopolis on early buzz)
21. David Denby and Anthony Lane are usually in the back, alongside columns on dancing,
books, and the art world. "Goings on About Town" is often found just after "The Mail,"
and begins with theatre openings and previews, and includes listings of photography
exhibits and film notes. "The Talk of the Town" includes brief and timely pieces, often
on state and national politics, and includes sub-headings like the "This Just In
Department" and "Comment." for ten points, name this magazine of the Big Apple,
maybe best known for its cartoons.
ANSWER: The New Yorker
2003 Viva TRASH Vegas
Round 08: Packet by Cunning Linguists and Master Debaters and Los Alamitos Reunion
Bonuses
1. Home decor isn't just for Trading Spaces. For ten points each, name the pay cable shows
that feature these characters' homes.
1. The reading room bears a Spanish inscription that roughly translates as "Any
person who takes any book, or papers from this library will not be able to enter
church or take communion until the books...be returned in perfect condition.
Then they will finally be forgiven."
ANSWER: Out of Order
2. When the female homeowner's tennis pro tried to offer her antiques, she told him
she didn't have antiques, her house was traditional. It also sports an island
kitchen, master suite, and a water damaged basement laundry area.
ANSWER: The Sopranos
3. A loft whose property values are diminished by the sounds of prostitutes doing
business outside; a baby proofed condo with 40s style tile bath; a lavish apartment
with foyer, breakfast room, and no ducks or dust ruffles of any kind; an apartment
with galley kitchen and a closet big enough for 400 pairs of shoes.
ANSWER: Sex and the City
2. For ten points each, answer the following about the only awards show worth jack: the
2003 MTV Movie Awards:
1. Jackass: The Movie was up for Best Fight for Johnny Knoxville's bout against this
"King of the Four-Rounders."
ANSWER: Butterbean or Eric Esch
2. Adam Sandler & Emily Watson, and Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner were among
the nominees in this category, won by Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire.
ANSWER: Best Kiss
3. This movie was the only Best Movie nominee also to be nominated for the Oscar
for Best Picture.
ANSWER: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (prompt on Lord of the
Rings)
3. Given the opening lyrics of the theme song of an '80s sitcom, name the sitcom, 5-10-2030.
1. "You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both."
ANSWER: The Facts of Life
2. "Now the world don't move to the beat of just one drum."
ANSWER: Diff'rent Strokes
3. "Here we are, face to face."
ANSWER: Silver Spoons
4. "Show me that smile, oh show me that smile."
ANSWER: Growing Pains
4. Name the following winners from the 2003 Tony Awards, for ten points each.
1. This musical won 8 Tony Awards including best musical.
ANSWER: Hairspray
2. This actress won her first Tony for her portrayal of Mary Tyrone, the morphineaddicted mother in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night.
ANSWER: Vanessa Redgrave
3. He was nominated in the category of best actor for his role in the musical Nine.
ANSWER: Antonio Banderas
5. Identify the breakfast cereals from their Brunching Shuttlecocks' reviews, for ten points
each.
1. "Last time I checked, the American National Standards Institute hasn't issued a
definitive statement on the volume of a "scoop." Doubtless one could pick up a
miniature scoop with a capacity of one raisin, so assuming these are whole raisins,
all they're guaranteeing is that there are no fewer than two raisins in each box.
Rating: C+"
ANSWER: Raisin Bran
2. "It tries to look like a kids' cereal, but it's beige and basically unsweetened, so the
noise gimmick and the elves are the only thing keeping it from getting shelved
next to the eight different cereals with "bran" in the title." Rating: C+"
ANSWER: Rice Krispies
3. "This isn't bad. I mean, you could always combine a box of Cocoa Puffs with a
box of Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch, but you wouldn't. I know you. You keep
saying you'll do cool stuff like that and then you're all "Hey, 'Passions' is on" and
you totally blow it off. So it's just as well that they pre-combine puffs for my
fast-breaking pleasure. Rating: B"
ANSWER: Reese's Puffs
6. Poor Noah Wyle, left all alone. Name the actors who played these characters who left
ER, 5-10-20-30:
1. Dr. Doug Ross
ANSWER: George Clooney
2. Jeanie Boulet
ANSWER: Gloria Ruben
3. Nurse Carol Hathaway
ANSWER: Julianna Margulies
4. Dr. David Morgenstern
ANSWER: William H. Macy
7. Answer the following questions about the '80s rock sensation Duran Duran, 5-10-20-30.
1. From which 1960s cult film did Duran Duran get their name?
ANSWER: Barbarella
2. This song, their first UK top 5 hit, was accompanied by a video by Godley And
Creme that featured nude models.
ANSWER: Girls on Film
3. This heartthrob front-man was almost killed in a yachting accident in 1986.
ANSWER: Simon LeBon
4. Name the side-project of Duran Duran with the hits "Some Like it Hot" and "Get
it on (Bang a Gong)."
ANSWER: Power Station
8. American Idol isn't the only music contest on the air, despite the vast number of
questions about it originally submitted to Viva TRASH Vegas. Given clues, answer the
following questions about other talent contests, for ten points each.
1. This Tennessean won Nashville Star and has a top forty country hit with a song he
wrote himself, "Help Pour out the Rain (Lacey's Song)."
ANSWER: Buddy Jewel
2. This diminutive Fame finalist has sung "Get Here," and was chided by Debbie
Allen for lying about his age and claiming to be 27 when he was in fact 36.
ANSWER: Harlemm Lee (accept either)
3. The cast of this exploitative train wreck on the Neverland express includes a Leif
Garret look-alike named Canyon Grove and Gladys Knight and Debbie Gibson as
judges.
ANSWER: American Juniors
9. Name the best sellers, for ten points each.
1. Based on a notorious, unsolved Los Angeles murder case, this hard-boiled
mystery by James Ellroy follows two L.A.P.D. cops, narrator Bucky Bleichert and
his partner, Lee Blanchard, both ex-boxers who also are best friends and in love
with the same woman.
ANSWER: The Black Dahlia
2. Janet Fitch's first novel, the story of mother and daughter Astrid and Ingrid
Magnussen, was made into a movie starring Alison Lohman and Michelle
Pfeiffer.
ANSWER: White Oleander
3. Very loosely adapted into a film by Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze, this book
by Susan Orlean touches on everything from competitive horticulture to the
history of real estate speculation in Florida.
ANSWER: The Orchid Thief
10. For ten points, given a college conference, name it's men's basketball player of the year
for the 2002-2003 season, or from five points, from another clue.
1. (10) Big 12
(5) This Oklahoma guard beat out Nick Collison and T.J. Ford for the honor.
ANSWER: Hollis Price
2. (10) Big Ten
(5) This Illinois forward was drafted by the Lakers.
ANSWER: Brian Cook
3. (10) Big East
(5) This Boston College point guard was drafted by the Celtics then traded to
Memphis.
ANSWER: Troy Bell
11. Answer the following related music questions, 5-10-20-30.
1. A rootsy rocker in the vein of Tom Petty and John Mellencamp, he is best know
for the tongue-in-cheek single "If You Don't Love Me (I'll Kill Myself)."
ANSWER: Pete Droge
2. A member of the U.S. Army Airborne Infantry division when he released his first
self-titled cassette on his own label in 1989, he hit number one in 1998 with the
single "Lullaby."
ANSWER: Shawn Mullins
3. He earned critical acclaim for albums like Altered Beast and 100% Fun, but is
probably best known for the title track to his 1991 album Girlfriend.
ANSWER: Matthew Sweet
4. Pete Droge, Matthew Sweet, and Shawn Mullins joined forces last year to form
this band, whose eponymous debut album has spawned the single "I Can't
Remember."
ANSWER: The Thorns
12. Given a thespian and a year, name the two different movies for which the performer was
nominated for an Oscar in both supporting and lead categories, for five points each.
1. Al Pacino, 1993
ANSWER: Scent of a Woman, Glengarry Glen Ross
2. Holly Hunter, 1994
ANSWER: The Piano, The Firm
3. Julianne Moore, 2003
ANSWER: Far From Heaven, The Hours
13. Given some of the current teams, name the minor league baseball circuit, for ten points
each:
1. Canadians, Volcanoes, Dust Devils, and Hawks.
ANSWER: Northwest League
2. Suns, Lookouts, Jaxx, and Stars.
ANSWER: Southern League
3. Diablos, Drillers, Express, and Missions.
ANSWER: Texas League
14. For ten points each, given a director and the creators of a graphic novel, name the movie
that has been made or is being made based on the graphic novel.
1. Stephen Norrington, Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
ANSWER: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or LXG
2. Sam Mendes, Max Allen Collins and Richard Piers Rayner
ANSWER: Road to Perdition
3. Darren Aronofsky, Kazuo Koike
ANSWER: Lone Wolf and Cub
15. Board game grab bag, for ten points each.
1. In American Monopoly, this property falls between States Avenue and St. Charles
Place.
ANSWER: Electric Company
2. In Scrabble, ignoring bonuses for using all seven tiles, how many points is the
word ENTROPY across a double-word-score square worth?
ANSWER: 24
3. A Lord of the Rings version of this game replaces territories and continents with
Middle-Earth locations and armies with Elven Archers, Orcs, the Riders of
Rohan, the Dark Riders, the mighty Eagles, and Cave Trolls.
ANSWER: Risk
16. Identify the celebrity from quotes, 30-20-10-1
1. (30) About the Sundance Film Festival: "Sundance is weird. The movies are
weird. You actually have to think about them when you watch them."
2. (20) About Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll": "I don't know, I just love the song. I
love her, Pat Benatar. I think she's amazing ... a rock 'n' roll chick."
3. (10) She sings: "I cannot hold it; I cannot control it. I’m a slave for you."
4. (1) In the dreams of teenage boys: "I'm Britney Spears and I don't care that you're
a virgin."
ANSWER: Britney Spears
17. Answer these questions about the book club on Andrew Sullivan's blog, "The Daily
Dish," for ten points each:
1. This first book club selection, a work by Robert Kaplan, was subtitled "Why
Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos."
ANSWER: Warrior Politics
2. Before the book club's hiatus, Sullivan chose Why Orwell Matters by this Vanity
Fair contributor.
ANSWER: Christopher Hitchens
3. Bjorn Lomborg's critical view of the environmental movement, this book was
Sullivan's third book club selection.
ANSWER: The Skeptical Environmentalist: The Real State of the World
18. For ten points each, answer the following questions about a TRASHy individual:
1. First gaining attention at Lollapalozza 1992, what namesake of a Circus Sideshow
and of the Twisted Tour TV show is the author of Freak Like Me?
ANSWER: Jim Rose
2. Rose provides the voice of Psymon Stark in what video game?
ANSWER: SSX Tricky (do not prompt on or accept SSX)
3. Rose appeared as Dr. Blockhead in "Humbug," a classic 1995 episode of what TV
series?
ANSWER: The X-Files
19. For five points each, with a bonus five for all correct, identify the actors that played Jack,
Janet, Chrissy, Cindy, and Teri, at various points the members of the central trio of
roommates on Three's Company.
ANSWER: John Ritter, Joyce Dewitt Suzanne Somers, Jenilee Harrison, and Priscilla
Barnes
20. Given inscrutable lyrics, identify the songs, for ten points each.
1. "Some people call me Maurice/'Cause I speak of the pompitous of love"
ANSWER: The Joker
2. Depending on which cover version, either "Wrapped up like a deuce/Another
runner in the night" or "Cut loose like a deuce/Another runner in the night." or
"Revved up like a deuce/Another runner in the night"
ANSWER: Blinded by the Light
3. Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye. /Crabalocker fishwife,
pornographic priestess, / Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers
down.
ANSWER: I am the Walrus
21. For ten points each, what company currently holds the U.S. license to produce action
figures for the following lines?
1. The Lord of the Rings movies
ANSWER: Toy Biz
2. The Simpsons
ANSWER: Playmates
3. Power Rangers
ANSWER: Bandai
22. Identify the 80s movie from its Four Word Movie Review as found at the website four
word film review dot com, for five points each.
1. Barefooted Bruce irritates Germans.
ANSWER: Die Hard
2. Andie's randy; Duckie's smucky.
ANSWER: Pretty in Pink
3. Danny, Arnie, identically unfunny.
ANSWER: Twins
4. Moore exposes skinflint carmaker.
ANSWER: Roger and Me
5. Jones outsmarts, liquefies Nazis.
ANSWER: Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Martin's monochrome LaMotta masterpiece.
ANSWER: Raging Bull