VCU Open Trash
Round Ten
Written by Mike Cheyne, George Berry, and Donald Taylor
Tossups
1. This work ends with an image of a magazine cover sporting the caption “Win a holiday.” It begins with
various close-ups of characters’ eyes and a shot of a speedometer currently at zero. One of this work’s
unnamed antagonists wears goggles, while the other has a helmet with the number thirteen on it. The lead
performers are Bunty Bailey and her then-boyfriend Morten Harket, who at one point slams himself against
a wall as he alternates forms. The protagonist is a woman who at one point is found in a diner’s trash can. This
work ends with a character revived after being beaten by thugs he defeated in a motorcycle race. Its basic plot
involves a girl entering a comic book through the magic of rotoscoping. For 10 points, name this music video which
accompanied the biggest hit for A-ha.
ANSWER: “Take on Me” music video
2. This man took over one college program reeling from the Chris Mills recruiting scandal under Eddie
Sutton. He coached the school which ended the run of the last Minnesota team to make the Final Four. This
coach won one championship with Tony Delk and was the coach of a Final Four team led by star Billy
Donovan. His most recent tournament appearance saw his team lose to in-state rival Morehead State. He
recently admitted to having sexual intercourse under a restaurant table with a woman who then tried to extort him.
Despite coaching Providence and Kentucky to the Final Four, he may be best known for proclaiming “Larry Bird is
not walking through that door” while coaching the Celtics. For 10 points, name this basketball coach at the
University of Louisville.
ANSWER: Rick Pitino
3. The original soundtrack to this musical contains the cut song “Blood on the Pavement.” On the stage, the
characters of Mr. Pinky and Mr. Spritzer were played by the same person. In this musical, the song “(You’re)
Timeless to Me” is sung at the Har-De-Har Hut joke shop. Characters in jail sing “The Big Dollhouse,” while
some of the cast is introduced with the song “The Nicest Kids in Town.” One character in this work is
Motormouth Maybelle, the mother of Seaweed. A fictional program in this musical is The Corny Collins Show,
while the part of Edna is always played by a man in drag. It ends with the song “You Can’t Stop the Beat” and
begins with “Good Morning, Baltimore.” For 10 points, name this musical based on a John Waters film whose
protagonist is Tracy Turnblad.
ANSWER: Hairspray
4. In one scene in this movie, a character explains that “a la mode” means “in the fashion,” while another says
her favorite ice cream is “Chocolate Cherry Garcia.” A rival of one protagonist is Larry Sugarman, while
another tries to win the favor of Stan Grossman. The beginning of this film features a character complaining
that “every night it’s the fucking chicken!” In this film, Richard proclaims “sarcasm is the refuge of losers,”
which is step four in his self-help program. Frank is one of the foremost Proust scholars in America, while Dwayne
discovers he cannot be a test pilot due his color blindness. This film ends with a scandalous dance to the song
“Super Freak” by Olive. For 10 points, name this movie in which a family attempts to take their daughter to the title
beauty pageant.
ANSWER: Little Miss Sunshine
5. The Wall Street Journal reported in June 2011 that this man used his private plane over twenty times in
2010 alone to fly a total of fifty miles. His company was sued after using Hurricane Katrina as an excuse to
break a 75 year lease in New Orleans. He once claimed that season tickets could only be paid for with his
team's Extra Points Mastercard. He sued reporter Dave McKenna and his paper for writing a “cranky fan’s
guide” describing this man’s errors. The team owned by this man also sued season ticket holders for failing to make
payments during the recent recession. He was criticized for such hirings of general manager Vinny Cerrato and head
coaches Steve Spurrier and Mike Shanahan. For 10 points, name this former telecommunications baron who owns
the Washington Redskins.
ANSWER: Daniel Snyder
(George)
6. Several characters in this film dispute the assertion that the New York Yankees win because of Mickey
Mantle, instead claiming the reason is pinstripes. In one scene, the protagonist prays about two mice falling
into a bucket of cream, and he also uses the alias “Barry Allen” from the Flash comic. One character tells a
knock knock joke whose punchline is “Go fuck yourselves.” The protagonist of this film has a relationship with
the Lutheran Brenda Strong, played by Amy Adams. It opens with a clip of the protagonist on the game show To
Tell the Truth. The protagonist of this film has a father played by Christopher Walken and is pursued by Carl
Hanratty, a FBI agent played by Tom Hanks. For 10 points, name this Steven Spielberg film starring Leonardo
DiCaprio as con man Frank Abagnale.
ANSWER: Catch Me If You Can
7. Controversies in this city’s sports history have included David Wottle not removing his golf cap during the
playing of the national anthem. In this city, Olga Korbut cried after a disastrous uneven bars routine, while
Kenny Davis and Doug Collins never have accepted the medals won here. The documentary 0:03 Seconds
from Gold describes an event in this city involving controversial timing rules. This city was the site of the 51-50 loss
by the U.S. to the USSR in basketball as well as Mark Spitz’s then-record seven gold medal performances. The most
notable action in this city would eventually inspire one country’s “Operation Wrath of God” and saw the group
Black September kill eleven Israeli hostages. For 10 points, name this German city, the site of the 1972 Summer
Olympics.
ANSWER: Munich
8. In one appearance, this character portrays a police detective in a town where all residents have twin beaks.
In one song, he revealed that he was known as “Sid” before beginning his most notable activity. He was
inspired by his creator’s commercial for the snack “Wheels, Crowns, and Flutes.” While appearing on The
Colbert Report, this character compared himself to Robert Downey Jr. and attacked Colbert’s Peabody
Award. He sports a pipe and uses the name “Alistair” when hosting a parody of Masterpiece Theater. This
character sings a song in which he says “that’s good enough for me” after the title. Fears of childhood obesity have
caused him to declare an item a “sometimes” snack. For 10 points, name this blue Sesame Street character who
really loves a certain food.
ANSWER: Cookie Monster [accept Alistair Cookie, either part, until mentioned, accept Sidney until mentioned]
9. This man wrote one song on a bet with DJ Murray the K and reportedly took his stage name from a
Chinese restaurant sign for duck. In a film about his life, his manager “Boom Boom” is played by John
Goodman. This man met his wife while appearing in the film Come September and was Oscar nominated for
playing a shell-shocked soldier in Captain Newman, MD. One of his songs proclaims “My lover stands on
golden sands and watches the ships that go sailin.’” This husband of Sandra Dee was the subject of a 2004 movie
directed by and starring Kevin Spacey. He opened one hit with the words “splish splash, I was takin’ a bath,” while
his biggest hit was taken from The Threepenny Opera. For 10 points, name this singer of “Beyond the Sea” and
“Mack the Knife.”
ANSWER: Bobby Darin [accept Walden Robert Cassotto]
10. Buddy Johnson wrote a song which asks listeners if they had seen this man hit the ball. An infamous
appearance on Youth Wants to Know saw this man criticize Yankees general manager George Weiss. He
retired to become a vice-president in the Chock full o’Nuts company, and his autobiography was entitled I
Never Had It Made. His final career hit ended a playoff game by driving in Jim Gilliam, his replacement at
second base, shortly before he was to be traded to the rival New York Giants. One famous image saw this man
comforted in Cincinnati by teammate Pee Wee Reese. This first-ever winner of the Rookie of the Year award was
plucked from the Kansas City Monarchs by Dodgers president Branch Rickey. For 10 points, name this man who
integrated modern baseball in 1947.
ANSWER: Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson
11. One film in this series featured Whit using a catapult to kill the villainous weapons trader Walker. A
more recent film featured a character adopting the identity of the “Nightwatcher.” The first two films in this
series end with the line “I made a funny!” Some characters include the delivery boy Keno and its most recent
villain, the immortal Max Winters, was played by Patrick Stewart. The second movie in this series features
the villains Tokka and Rahzar, but is best remembered for a Vanilla Ice rap. A vigilante in these films is names
Casey Jones. The most recent film featured Sarah Michelle Gellar as April O’Neil as well as an appearance by the
villainous Foot Clan. For 10 points, name this film series about the crimefighting quartet of Leonardo, Donatello,
Raphael, and Michelangelo.
ANSWER: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [accept TMNT]
12. In one episode, it is said this character’s eyes “tell us nothing, ‘cause we’re looking at your boobs.” She
once slept with her father’s best friend, and her daughter once swallowed a dime after change from Chinese
take-out was left in reach. In one episode, Jeffrey Cole makes a deal to obtain this character’s thong. Her
display of passion in the episode “Under My Skin” was later revealed to be a hallucination, and her mother,
Arlene, was played by Candice Bergen. Recently, this character was engaged to detective Lucas Douglas, and after
much attempts to become pregnant, adopted Rachel. She has hired Stacy Warner and Eric Foreman in her role as
Dean of Medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. For 10 points, name this administrator played by Lisa
Edelstein, a foil and one-time love interest of Dr. House.
ANSWER: Dr. Lisa Cuddy [accept either]
13. This band was performing at Six Flags in New Jersey when a 1984 fire broke out. One of their music
videos featured a controversial image of a man trying to rape a nun. This group’s best known song references
Brenda Lee’s song “Coming on Strong.” They produced an album whose cover is of a bullet shredding a jack
of diamonds card. One of their music videos was an early MTV entry about a captured spy with a refrain
saying “Help, I’m stepping into” the title location, a “mad-house.” This group’s best known song begins “I’ve
been drivin’ all night, my hand’s wet on the wheel” and proclaims “We’ve got a line in the sky” when discussing a
long distance love. For 10 points, name this Dutch band responsible for the songs “Twilight Zone” and “Radar
Love.”
ANSWER: Golden Earring [accept Golden Earrings]
14. On one sitcom, this man played the creator of the comic book superhero “Mad Dog.” Another of his
characters has an old college friend named the “Peeper.” This man played the host of a public-access TV
show produced by yuppie Michael Harris and also a man who works in the same building as dentist Dr. Jerry
Robinson. This actor played Judson, the head of the library in The Librarian series of movies starring Noah
Wyle. One of this man’s characters lives next to airline navigator Howard Borden and is married to Emily. He
notably played harassed innkeeper Dick Loudon, who contended with Larry, Darryl, and Darryl. For 10 points,
name this deadpan comedian who ended one show with the revelation it was all the dream of his previous
protagonist, psychologist Bob Hartley.
ANSWER: George Robert “Bob” Newhart
15. One song by this artist says that "I know I must pass this test, so just pull the trigger." In addition to that
song comparing love to “Russian Roulette,” this singer claims in another song that it “feels so good being
bad” and that there is “no way [she is] turning back.” That song claims that "sticks and stones may break my
bones but chains and whips excite me." One song by this artist asks "what’s wrong with me?" and calls the title
feeling "a thief in the night come to grab you." Another song by this artist was the lead single off Good Girl Gone
Bad and claims that "when the sun shines we'll shine together," and that "Now that it’s raining more than ever, know
that we'll still have each other." For 10 points, name this singer from Barbados behind the hit singles “S&M,”
“Disturbia” and “Umbrella.”
ANSWER: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
(George)
16. In this game, players can listen to answering machine messages from the protagonist’s mother and
someone looking for a pie shop. One character sings a song about being “Czar of the Bizarre.” At one point in
this game, players play a lame virtual reality game involving a dragon. Mini-games include the Battleship
parody Carbomb, which can be purchased at Snuckey’s. The villains include bodyguard Lee Harvey, who
works for country musician Conroy Bumpus. The protagonists of this game visit such sites as The World’s
Largest Ball of Twine and discover a vegetable resembling John Muir. The title characters are the “Freelance
Police” and are investigating a missing frozen bigfoot. For 10 points, name this 1993 LucasArts game featuring the
title dog and rabbit detectives.
ANSWER: Sam & Max Hit the Road
17. Some of this director’s characters include the starstruck “L.A. Joan” and a pretentious BBC
documentary filmmaker named Opal. In one of his films, characters claim to be the “pros from Dover” while
in Japan and later recruit someone named “Spearchucker” Jones. This director featured the fictional movie
Habeas Corpus, which has its ending changed to have Bruce Willis rescuing Julia Roberts from the gas
chamber. Another of his films is set at a Bicentennial rally for a Replacement Party presidential candidate. This
man filmed Tim Robbins as the studio executive Griffin Mill and told the story of the cinematic adventures of
Trapper John and Hawkeye. For 10 points, name this director of The Player, M*A*S*H, and Nashville.
ANSWER: Robert Altman
18. In one film, this real-life woman is depicted as having a relationship with her neighbor, the Robert
Downey Jr.-played Lionel Sweeney. Played by Nicole Kidman in the film Fur, she slashed her wrists and died
in her bathtub in 1971. This artist produced a work featuring a straw hat-wearing boy sporting a button
saying “God Bless America.” She was married to the actor who played Dr. Sidney Freedman on M*A*S*H.
This woman was denounced as an “anti-humanist” in Susan Sontag’s essay “America, Seen Through
Photographs, Darkly.” Her best known works feature a boy holding a toy hand grenade in Central Park, of identical
twins in dark dresses, and of a “Jewish Giant” with his parents. For 10 points, name this female artist who has been
dubbed “the photographer of freaks.”
ANSWER: Diane Arbus
19. This character asked “Now who’s stupid?” as he watched while his rival from another dimension was shot
to death. This man hired David Cain to kill Vesper Fairchild and was once deputized by a duplicate of
Larfleeze’s Orange power ring. During the events of “No Man’s Land,” he was found to be forging land
deeds to own Gotham City and later became President in the 2000 election. This character once posed as his own
Australian son after his original body developed cancer due to a ring he was fond of wearing. His genes and a
control protocol were included in the creation of Connor Kent, a clone of his arch-nemesis. This figure allied
himself with Brainiac to destroy New Krypton. For 10 points, name this businessman and scientist, a bald
archnemesis of Superman.
ANSWER: Alexander "Lex" Luthor [accept either part]
(George)
20. A TV-movie about this show subtitled The Lost Season saw a deranged fan kidnap the cast. One season
saw such incidents as Beth comparing David to a rapist and Tami having an abortion. Cast member Eric Nies
went on to host the dance show The Grind. This show’s most notorious cast member was an oft injured bike
messenger who clashed with future comic book creator Judd Winick. One famous scene saw the Lyme Diseasesuffering Irene slapped by Stephen after she called him a homosexual. The most recent seasons of this show took
place in New Orleans and Las Vegas. Its most notable season took place in San Francisco and featured the AIDS
victim Pedro and the obnoxious Puck. For 10 points, name this long-running MTV show about strangers picked to
live in a house.
ANSWER: The Real World [accept anything with Real World]
TB. This actor appears in a Lamaze class and pronounces his surname oddly in a cameo in the film Dickie
Roberts: Former Child Star. In 2002, he played OSS operative Pyle in an adaptation of The Quiet American.
This actor was told by Harrison Ford “I already work around the clock!” in Extraordinary Measures and he
requests a Big Mac and a Coke from an Elizabeth Hurley played Satan in Bedazzled. He recently played the
protagonist in the presumably bad Furry Vengeance. In his most famous film series, this man played an adventurer
who is married to the Rachel Weisz played Evie. His earlier roles include playing live-action versions of the
characters Dudley Do-Right and George of the Jungle. For 10 points, name this actor who played Rick O’Connell in
The Mummy film series.
ANSWER: Brendan Fraser
VCU Open Trash
Round Ten
Written by Mike Cheyne, George Berry, and Donald Taylor
Bonuses
1. Answer the following about Karim Garcia, for 10 points each:
[10] In 2003, while with the Yankees, Garcia was plunked by this demonstrative Boston Red Sox pitcher, starting a
fight. This man sparred with Don Zimmer and later incredulously asked Peter Gammons who Garcia was.
ANSWER: Pedro Martinez
[10] Garcia was an original Arizona Diamondback, but was quickly traded to the Detroit Tigers for this player. He
proved to be a very popular Diamondback, hitting 57 home runs and having the World Series winning hit in 2001.
ANSWER: Luis Gonzalez
[10] In 2004, Garcia played for the New York Mets and is best remembered for getting into an altercation with a
pizza delivery man along with this player, another former Yankee. Drunken public urination was also involved.
ANSWER: Michael Shane Spencer
2. This song originated on the album Candida. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this hit song by Tony Orlando and Dawn. The speaker in the song urges a woman to engage in the title
action “if you want me,” but to do it “twice on the pipes if the answer is no.”
ANSWER: “Knock Three Times”
[10] Tony Orlando was once a fixture at this Missouri tourist town, which features a number of aging, cheesy
entertainers, such as Wayne Newton and the Mandrell Sisters.
ANSWER: Branson
[10] This other Branson fixture appeared in the original film True Grit. His hit songs include “Gentle on My Mind”
and “Rhinestone Cowboy” and he was arrested in 2003 for drunk driving.
ANSWER: Glen Campbell
3. The protagonist of this show was the lead singer in the group Free Style Unity. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this UPN show, which featured the Countess Vaughn played character Kim attending Santa Monica
College alongside her mother Nikki. This program was a spinoff of Moesha.
ANSWER: The Parkers
[10] Nikki Parker was played by this comedienne, who recently won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Precious:
Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire. She also hosts her namesake Fat Chance, a beauty pageant for plus-sized
women.
ANSWER: Mo’Nique [accept Monica Imes]
[10] Jenna von Oy played Kim’s friend Stevie on The Parkers. Von Oy first achieved prominence by playing this
numerically named friend of the title character on the sitcom Blossom.
ANSWER: Six Dorothy LeMeure [accept any part]
4. This song states “Even heroes have the right to bleed.” For 10 points each:
[10] Name this song whose singer admits “I can’t stand to fly” and that he’s “only a man in a silly red sheet.” It was
first released on the album America Town.
ANSWER: “Superman (It’s Not Easy)”
[10] “Superman” is a song by this musician, who takes his name from a hockey term. His other successful songs
include “100 Years” and “The Riddle.”
ANSWER: Five for Fighting [accept John Ondrasik]
[10] Five for Fighting performed at the post 9/11 Concert for New York, along with Billy Joel, who sang this song
about a hypothetical future which imagines the shutting down of New York City. The narrator is apparently looking
back at the event while living in the title city.
ANSWER: “Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)”
5. This film won Peter Ustinov an Oscar for playing a slave dealer. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this 1960 Stanley Kubrick film, which saw Kirk Douglas play the title character, a gladiator who leads an
ill-fated slave revolt against the Roman government.
ANSWER: Spartacus
[10] The screenplay for Spartacus was penned by this man, one of the blacklisted Hollywood Ten. He wrote a novel
about a hideously disfigured veteran titled Johnny Got His Gun.
ANSWER: Dalton Trumbo [accept Robert Rich]
[10] This portly English actor played Gracchus in Spartacus. He was better known for playing Captain Bligh in the
original Mutiny on the Bounty and the title role in The Private Life of Henry VIII.
ANSWER: Charles Laughton
6. In relating the aftermath of this play, announcer Bill King said “They said yes, get your big butt out of here!” For
10 points each:
[10] Name this 1978 play, in which the Oakland Raiders defeated the San Diego Chargers on a last minute play in
which running back Pete Banaszak and tight end Dave Casper swatted the ball into the end zone, leading to new
rules being passed about fumble recoveries.
ANSWER: Holy Roller [accept Immaculate Deception]
[10] This man was the Raiders coach at the time in his final year of coaching. He would later go on to become a
successful announcer, specializing in usages of telestrators and terducken.
ANSWER: John Madden
[10] The Holy Roller game was refereed by Jerry Markbreit, who later ejected amusingly named Packers player
Charles Martin for body slamming this player. Martin received a suspension for two games, the longest penalty until
2006, and reportedly wore a hand towel printed with a “Bears hit list” during the game.
ANSWER: Jim McMahon Jr. [accept the punky QB]
7. In this film, Elizabeth Banks plays the second wife of the Jeff Bridges played Charles Howard. For 10 points
each:
[10] Name this film, which stars Tobey Maguire as jockey Red Pollard. Set during the Great Depression, it tells the
story of the title horse which inspires the nation.
ANSWER: Seabiscuit
[10] This character actor has a showy role as an announcer named “Tick Tock.” He is married to Felicity Huffman
and his other films include the terrible Wild Hogs and the less terrible Mystery Men, where he plays the Shoveller.
ANSWER: William H. Macy Jr.
[10] The director of Seabiscuit, Gary Ross, also wrote this 1993 comedy, which sees Kevin Kline play the title
character, who greatly resembles the incumbent president, leading to a comic case of national deception.
ANSWER: Dave
8. Anderson Cooper got his start working on this “program.” For 10 points each:
[10] Name this 12 minute news program which is broadcast to numerous middle and high schools across the
country. It is frequently criticized for its incessant commercial content.
ANSWER: Channel One News
[10] This Access Hollywood correspondent got her start on Channel One. A Greek-American, she appeared in the
video game version of From Russia With Love, a fact Nate Kane is aware of.
ANSWER: Maria Menounos
[10] This former host of Access Hollywood left in 2004 to host The Insider. In 2005, he admitted abusing alcohol
and drugs in the wake of sexually graphic voicemail messages. Brendan Byrne once negged a tossup on this man
with Walter Cronkite.
ANSWER: Pat O’Brien
9. This song contains a repeated request to "turn around, bright eyes" and the singer says that "every now and then
[she] falls apart." For 10 points each:
[10] Name this song in which the singer claims "I don't know what to do, I'm always in the dark" and that we are
"living in a powder keg and giving off sparks."
ANSWER: "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
[10] This Welsh singer included "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on her album Faster than the Speed of Night.
ANSWER: Bonnie Tyler (or Gaynor Hopkins)
[10] In a song memorably appearing in Short Circuit 2, Tyler claims she is "Holding Out for a Hero.”A song by this
man claims that he “can be your hero,” and another song by this man tells you to “let the rhythm take you over.”
ANSWER: Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler
(George)
10. Answer the following about less successful follow-up shows from the cast of Seinfeld, for 10 points each:
[10] This Seinfeld alum found a lack of success in his self-titled 2000 sitcom where he played bumbling private eye
Vic Nardozza. In 2006, he got in hot water for using racial slurs during a comedy gig at the Laugh Factory.
ANSWR: Michael Richards
[10] Jason Alexander starred in the failed show Listen Up! with Malcolm Jamal-Warner. The program featured
Alexander as a sports host, a role based on this real-life sports personality and his columns in the Washington Post.
ANSWER: Anthony “Tony” Kornheiser
[10] Before The New Adventures of Old Christine, Julia Louis-Dreyfus starred in this NBC turkey where she played
the title character, a cabaret singer. The original gimmick was that it was meant to take place in real time.
ANSWER: Watching Ellie
11. This man is the husband of screenwriter Nora Ephron. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this author, best known for his crime-influenced writing, such as the book and screenplay for Casino and
the book Wiseguy about informer Henry Hill.
ANSWER: Nicholas Pileggi
[10] Wiseguy was adapted into this Martin Scorsese film starring Ray Liotta. Joe Pesci won an Oscar for playing the
hot tempered Tommy De Vito in this movie.
ANSWER: Goodfellas
[10] Wiseguy was written in 1986, much like a Richard Dawkins book about evolution whose title refers to a blind
one of these people. The title refers to a famous analogy used by William Paley to argue for God’s existence.
ANSWER: Watchmaker
12. Identify the following about star athletes who had some not-so-bright moments, for 10 points each:
[10] Bill Parcells’ New York Giants won Super Bowl XXV after this Buffalo Bills kicker missed a 47-yard field
goal to the right, an incident which inspired Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
ANSWER: Scott Norwood
[10] During a game in 1993, this New York Knicks center and former Georgetown star got his shot blocked by
Muggsy Bogues, despite the 21-inch difference in height. He currently works as a Magic assistant coach.
ANSWER: Patrick Ewing
[10] This man wrote the word “fuck face” as a joke on his bat, which was okay until he was photographed with it for
a 1989 Fleer baseball card. From 1987 to 1988, this second baseman was managed by his father.
ANSWER: Billy Ripken
(Donald)
13. This game features the protagonist battling the sinister Sett-Ra. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this fighting game in which the real-life protagonist, while visiting Japan, ends up in another dimension.
Playable characters in this game include Nezu and Leotsu.
ANSWER: Shaq Fu
[10] This other real life NBA player appeared in the game Chaos in the Windy City, which was a sidescrolling action
game. Another video game featuring this player saw him play “one-on-one” with Larry Bird.
ANSWER: Michael Jordan
[10] Neither Shaq nor Jordan appeared in the console versions of NBA Jam. The SNES/Genesis versions featured
two non-Shaq, non-Penny Hardaway players for the Magic. Name either, one of which is a current head coach of the
Milwaukee Bucks.
ANSWER: Nick Anderson or Scott Skiles
14. This routine was most notably seen on film in the movie The Naughty Nineties. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this comedy routine popularized by Abbott and Costello. It involves Lou’s attempt to decipher the very
strange names of a certain baseball team, which includes “I Don’t Know” at third base.
ANSWER: “Who’s on First?”
[10] Lou Costello was played in a 1978 TV-movie by this actor, a portly comedian who voiced Scuttle in The Little
Mermaid movies. He also had comedy roles in The Music Man and as a mechanic in The Love Bug.
ANSWER: Buddy Hackett
[10] In an episode of this cartoon show, characters engage in a routine similar to “Who’s on First?” about the bands
at Woodstock. This cartoon show featured such characters as Rita, Runt, Buttons, and the Goodfeathers.
ANSWER: Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs
15. Answer the following about the television career of Graham Yost, for 10 points each:
[10] Yost wrote two episodes in this 2001 HBO miniseries focusing on Easy Company during World War II. It was
produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
ANSWER: Band of Brothers
[10] Yost wrote several episodes for this early Nickelodeon programs set on a fictional ranch called the Bar None.
The lifeguard on this show was played by Christine Taylor.
ANSWER: Hey Dude
[10] My favorite Yost show is this criminally short-lived one, which featured Donnie Wahlberg and Mykelti
Williamson as police detectives. This show bounced from multiple perspectives and took its title from a nickname
for its setting, Los Angeles.
ANSWER: Boomtown
16. This man became Death after his capture by Apocalypse, and he was brainwashed and altered as part of the
Weapon X program. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this character. Magneto ripped the adamantium coating off of his skeleton, and his healing factor allows
him to drink and smoke in excessive amounts, much to Charles Xavier's chagrin.
ANSWER: Wolverine (or Logan or James Howlett, either part)
[10] Wolverine discovered that he was a father to this psychopath who has all of his powers and was the Wolverine
of the Dark Avengers. He was brainwashed by Romulus and goes by a name meaning "Mongrel."
ANSWER: Daken (or Akihiro, but don't mention that if they don't say it)
[10] Daken was born and raised in this country, which was also the home of a one-time fiancé of Wolverine. The
assassin order The Hand is based here, and the female Doctor Light is an astronomer from this country.
ANSWER: Japan (or Nihon or Nippon)
(George)
17. The final track on this 1980 album is “Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution.” For 10 points each:
[10] Name this second highest selling album of all time, whose title song was intended as a tribute to the band’s
recently deceased lead singer, Bon Scott.
ANSWER: Back in Black
[10] Also included on Back in Black was this other AC/DC song, whose singer proclaims “I’m a rolling thunder, a
pouring rain, I’m comin’ on like a hurricane.” It begins with the title instrument playing four times.
ANSWER: “Hells Bells”
[10] Despite Back in Black’s success, it never hit #1 in the United States, unlike this next AC/DC album which
followed it. Besides the Roman history-inspired title song, tracks included “Let’s Get It Up” and “Night of the Long
Knives.”
ANSWER: For Those About to Rock We Salute You [accept For Those About to Rock]
18. Answer the following about people who think about religion in America, for 10 points each:
[10] This thinker is best known for popularizing the phrase “American civil religion” and for producing such works
as Habits of the Heart. He argues there is a secular “religion” which all Americans embrace.
ANSWER: Robert Bellah
[10] Another man concerned with religion in America is former LBJ press secretary Bill Moyers, who is also hosted
The Power of Myth series of interviews with this man, the author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
ANSWER: Joseph Campbell
[10] This GOP presidential candidate and one-time Speaker of the House has hosted documentaries like A City Upon
a Hill in an attempt to promote Christian American exceptionalism. In June, his senior aides left his campaign,
reportedly upset about the over-involvement of his wife, Callista.
ANSWER: Newton “Newt” Gingrich
19. In 2008, this player was on an Olympic silver medal team that posed for a racist photograph of the team pushing
their eyes to look like a bad impression of being Chinese. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this Spanish guard. In June 2011, he elected to use a contract option to play in the NBA just in time for
the lockout.
ANSWER: Ricky Rubio
[10] This team selected point guard Ricky Rubio with the 5th pick in the 2009 draft, right before they picked point
guard Jonny Flynn and Ty Lawson. Its most well known player is Kevin Love.
ANSWER: Minnesota Timberwolves
[10] This current VP of Basketball Operations for the Timberwolves was responsible for the questionable plan to
draft three point guards in one round in 2009. After the 2011 Draft Lottery, he made comments suggesting the draw
had been rigged to favor the Cavaliers.
ANSWER: David Kahn
(George)
20. This man was played by John Malkovich in the film Shadow of the Vampire. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this German expressionist director, whose films include The Last Laugh and an unauthorized version of
Dracula entitled Nosferatu.
ANSWER: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
[10] Murnau’s most critically acclaimed film is this film, which won a special Oscar for “Unique Artistic
Presentation” at the first ever awards. This movie features a love triangle between an unnamed husband, wife, and a
woman from the city.
ANSWER: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
[10] In 1926, Murnau made a film about this literary character, who sells his soul to the devil in a Goethe work.
Murnau’s telling of this character’s story cost millions of marks, which the film failed to earn back.
ANSWER: Heinrich Faust [accept either]
TB. This man composed the piano piece “In a Mist.” For 10 points each:
[10] Name this jazz pianist and cornetist, who legendarily died at the age of 28 and was memorialized as the “Young
Man with a Horn” and “jazz’s number one saint.” His most famous recording was on “Singin’ the Blues.”
ANSWER: Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke
[10] Beiderbecke and this man stand out as the most popular jazz soloists of the 1920s. This musician recorded such
songs as “Heebie Jeebies” in the 1920’s and “Hello Dolly!” and “What a Wonderful World” decades later.
ANSWER: Louis Armstrong [accept Satchmo]
[10] Beiderbecke played on the original recording of this song by Hoagy Carmichael. A Ray Charles version led to
this song becoming a certain Southern state’s official song.
ANSWER: “Georgia on My Mind”