2003 Viva TRASH Vegas
Round 07: Packet by Legends of Trivia and We're Only In It for the Buffet
Tossups
1. Harry Nilsson recorded a version of it on his 1979 album Flash Harry. It served as the
title of Robert Sellers' book about the founding of Handmade Films. Jack Nicholson
played it on the piano to calm Verdell, the dog, in the movie, As Good as It Gets, but the
most famous movie version was sung by Graham Chapman. For ten points, name Eric
Idle's greatest hit, featured at the end of The Life of Brian.
ANSWER: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
2. The award for top defensive back at Colorado is named for this man, who was a two-time
All-Big 8 selection in 1965 and 1966. He was the first man to win golf's U.S. Open while
wearing glasses; the first to win it while wearing braces; and the first to win it in sudden
death. He won it three times, at Winged Foot in 1974, Inverness in 1979 and Medinah in
1990, when he was the oldest player to win it. For ten points, name this three-time
Champions' Tour Player of the Year.
ANSWER: Hale Irwin
3. He was orphaned in his pre-teens when his parents were liquidated at Auschwitz. He
ultimately attended film school and became a leading director in his home country, but
government censorship led to the banning of his film, The Fireman's Ball, and he
emigrated to the U.S. For ten points, name this two-time Oscar-winning director behind
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus.
ANSWER: Milos Forman
4. Designer Yuji Naka describes this creation thusly: "At first we used a character that
looked like a rabbit with ears that could extend and pick up objects. As [he] got faster
and faster, we needed to come up with a special characteristic to give our character some
power over his enemies. I remembered a character...who could roll himself into a ball
and slam into enemies." An armadillo was considered, but rejected, resulting in, for ten
points, what character who opposes the evil forces of Dr. Robotnik in SEGA games?
ANSWER: Sonic the Hedgehog
5. Arthur "Spud" Melin and Richard Knerr founded this company in 1948, naming it after
the sound their first product, a slingshot, purportedly made when it found its target. For
ten points, name this company, which popularized such recreational products as the Hula
Hoop, the Superball, the Hackeysack footbag, and their most successful one, the Frisbee.
ANSWER: Wham-o
6. In 1978, this pitcher with an appropriate nickname surrendered back-to-back-to-back-toback home runs to Andrew Thornton, Buddy Bell, Willie Horton, and Johnny Grubb,
before beaning Duane Kuiper. His "slider of death," named because the other team
would hit home runs off of it, did little good for this man who wore #16 for the Red Sox,
although he found success in future endeavors. For ten points, who had a nice rivalry
with Gary's Old Town Tavern while running Cheers?
ANSWER: Sam "Mayday" Malone (prompt on "Malone")
7. This native Chicagoan joined Mensa in 1964 and got her master's degree in 1976 after all
of her 5 children were grown. In creating her best-known work, she learned how to knap
flint, tan hides, and to gather and prepare medicinal plants and herbs. She worked with
the Malheur Field Station in central Oregon, taking Aboriginal Life Skills classes to learn
about spear-throwers, pressure-flaking stone tools, and how to use deer brains for leather
tanning. For ten points, name this author of The Plains of Passage, Shelters of Stone, and
Clan of the Cave Bear.
ANSWER: Jean M. Auel
8. This right-hander threw the first no-hitter at Baltimore's Camden Yards, doing so in 2001.
Previously, he threw the first no-hitter in Denver's Coors Field. The National League
leader in strikeouts in both 1995 and 2001, this is, for ten points, what pitcher who, as a
Dodger in 1995, became the first Rookie of the Year not born in the Western
hemisphere?
ANSWER: Hideo Nomo
9. He failed to land a recording contract in his early incarnation as a Prince-wannabe with
blue contact lenses named Romeo Blue. As a songwriter, his output includes most of the
English-language debut album of Vanessa Paradis and Madonna's "Justify My Love."
Debuting with 1989's Let Love Rule, he covered the Guess Who for the Austin Powers:
The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack. For ten points, name this rocker behind
"American Woman," "Fly Away," and "Are You Gonna Go My Way?"
ANSWER: Lenny Kravitz
10. He is certainly one of the best-known pitchers ever to have played for the Toledo
Mudhens, which is unusual because he's fictional. He once struck out Hank Greenberg,
but his ticket to the majors was short-circuited. Later in life, he became the most famous
school bus driver in the country, although he often displays his lack of driving ability by
running over Keesterman's mailbox. For ten points, name this comic strip title character
created by Tom Batiuk.
ANSWER: Ed Crankshaft
11. It claims: "We don't like to go out shoppin', we don't care what's on sale. We just want to
sit with a bag full of chips, watchin' the NFL. When you come over at half time, An' say:
'Does this dress fit too tight?' We just look you in the eye with a big fat lie, and say: 'Uh,
uh: Looks just right.'" So begins a paean to the workings of the masculine mind. The
chorus lets women know that men "ain't wrong, ain't sorry, and it's probably gonna
happen again" in, for ten points, what title track of the latest Tracy Byrd album?
ANSWER: The Truth About Men (prompt on "Tracy Byrd" before he is mentioned)
12. As a general manager, his credits include the selections of Marques Johnson, Sidney
Moncrief, Mitch Richmond, Tim Hardaway, Tyrone Hill, Chris Gatling, Latrell Sprewell
and Chris Webber. On the international stage, he coached the U.S.A. to gold at the 1994
Worlds in Toronto. The coach with the most regular season wins without winning an
NBA title, he did win five rings as a player on the Celtics. For ten points, name the
current head coach of the Dallas Mavericks.
ANSWER: Don Nelson
13. It's the number seen on Seth's shirt in the movie American History X which is a code for
the words, "Heil Hitler". Bill Haley had a car with this number in its nickname that he
said was "great, just won't wait." It is the uniform number of current NFL stars Marvin
Harrison, Ike Hilliard and Tony Gonzalez. For ten points, name that number, the speed
in miles per hour to which you'd need to accelerate your DeLorean to take you "Back to
the Future."
ANSWER: 88
14. 9-11 cut short his only Broadway run, an appearance in A Thousand Clowns. He lost to
Robert Urich for the title role in Vega$, and was forced to turn down the film role of
Indiana Jones due to TV commitments. A 1967 contestant on The Dating Game, he
played Jed Andrews on The Young and the Restless and Lance White on The Rockford
Files before achieving greater fame in Hawaii. For ten points, name this NRA
spokesman and star of Magnum, P.I. and Three Men and a Baby.
ANSWER: Tom Selleck
15. It is based on a short story in which tapeworms called Croswells allow people to over-eat
and Wholograms give the appearance of gardens in crowded cities. The Swintons, their
son David, and his Teddy, Teddy, are featured in this film's basis, the 1969 Brian Aldiss
short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long." For ten points, name the 2001 film based
on this story, a Stanley Kubrick project directed by Steven Spielberg after Kubrick's
death.
ANSWER: A-I or Artificial Intelligence
16. He made his cinematic debut as Robby, the white trash bully, in the 2001 comedy, The
Adventures of Joe Dirt. He released his first album, Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast, in
1990. Later early releases include The Polyfuze Method and Early Mornin Stoned Pimp.
For ten points, Name this hard-charger, whose backing band he calls the Twisted Brown
Trucker Band, and whose more successful later albums include the appropriately titled
Cocky and Devil without a Cause.
ANSWER: Kid Rock (Also accept Bob or Robert Ritchie)
17. The current Chairman of the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sport, he first
gamed fame as a wide receiver on the team that won the mythical college national
championship in 1972. The only Africa American to host To Tell the Truth, he was
Pittsburgh's top pick in the 1974 NFL Draft. For ten points, name this Hall of Fame
receiver-turned-long-time sideline reporter, who was named most valuable player of
Super Bowl 10, thanks to some of the most amazing circus catches in the history of the
game.
ANSWER: Lynn Swann
18. Helio Pinhero provided the inspiration for this song, which was first performed by the
Cariocas in August 1962. Since then, Pinhero has sued to use the resulting sobriquet with
little success. Co-written by Vinicius de Moraes, it describes someone who is "tall and
tan and young and lovely." For ten points, name this Antonio Carlos Jobim classic made
famous by Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz.
ANSWER: The Girl from Ipanema
19. It was recited by Meryl Streep, playing Isaak Dinesen, at the funeral of Dennis FinchHatton near the end of the movie, Out of Africa. Jim McKay recited it at the close of his
spontaneous Emmy-winning performance paying homage to the Israeli athletes killed at
the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. For ten points, name this poem which begins, "The
time you won your town the race, we chaired you through the marketplace," by A.E.
Housman.
ANSWER: To an Athlete Dying Young
20. Her later roles included the female leads in the short-lived series as Sydney and Cafe
American, as well as the T-V movies as Two Mothers for Zachary and The Haunting of
Helen Walker. In 2001, she took up the role of Gloria on Touched by an Angel. A
Delaware native and daughter of a General Motors executive, for ten points, name this
popular actress better known for her role of Barbara Cooper on the long running series
One Day at a Time and as the real-life estranged spouse of Eddie Van Halen.
ANSWER: Valerie Bertinelli
21. It was originally known as The Duke's Soup, and was created in the northwestern town of
Siena to honor the visit of Grand Duke Cosimo de Medici the Third. Its original recipe
called for custard, but today that is substituted with a triple-creme cheese. Now named
for the Italian word for "pick me up"; it consists of ladyfingers soaked in espresso and
brandy and slathered with sweetened Marsala-laced mascarpone. For ten points, name
this heavenly Italian dessert.
ANSWER: Tiramisu
2003 Viva TRASH Vegas
Round 07: Packet by Legends of Trivia and We're Only In It for the Buffet
Bonuses
1. For five points each, given lyrics, name the songs and artists.
1. "I just drove to the store to buy some Preparation H."
ANSWER: Rockin' the Suburbs by Ben Folds (Do not accept Ben Folds Five)
2. "I'm effervescent and I'm off that crescent / Nastier than a full grown German
Shepherd."
ANSWER: Shake Ya Ass by Mystikal
3. "So ladies (yeah), Ladies (yeah) / If you wanna role in my Mercedes (yeah) /
Then turn around / Stick it out / Even white boys got to shout."
ANSWER: Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot (or Anthony Ray)
2. In O Brother, Where Art Thou?, many of the actors who appeared in other Coen brothers
films have scenes similar to their work in the earlier films. Given an actor and a brief
description of an O Brother scene, name the other Coen film I could be describing, for
ten points each.
1. John Turturro begs for his life in a forest.
ANSWER: Miller's Crossing
2. John Goodman plays an evil salesman
ANSWER: Barton Fink
3. Charles Durning lectures his employees.
ANSWER: The Hudsucker Proxy
3. Not all twins are evil -- just those named Olsen. For ten points each, given the first
names of twins in comic strips, name the strip.
1. Fuelrod & Meltdown
ANSWER: Zippy the Pinhead
2. Dot & Ditto
ANSWER: Hi and Lois
3. Michael & Gabrielle
ANSWER: Grand Avenue
4. Tradition is great -- if you live someplace other than here. For ten points each, given the
name of a hotel in Las Vegas that was 'imploded' during the 1990's, name the 'mega
resort' that was built over the rubble.
1. The Sands
ANSWER: The Venetian
2. The Hacienda
ANSWER: Mandalay Bay
3. The Dunes
ANSWER: The Bellagio
5. College isn't all about the beer bongs and anonymous sex. For ten points each, give the
college majors of these TV characters.
1. Sabrina Spellman on Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
ANSWER: Journalism
2. Felicity on Felicity, after she dropped pre-med.
ANSWER: Art (do not accept "art history")
3. Dwayne Wayne of A Different World.
ANSWER: mathematics
6. All four American athletes who gave the Winter Olympic oath on U.S. soil went on to
win gold, beginning with speed skater Jack Shea in Lake Placid in 1932. For ten points
each, name the athlete give the year, location, and sport.
1. 1960, Squaw Valley, figure skating
ANSWER: Carol Heiss Jenkins
2. 1980, Lake Placid, speed skating
ANSWER: Eric Heiden
3. 2002, Salt Lake City, skeleton
ANSWER: Jim Shea
7. No one can make Stephen King stick with his day job, no matter how annoying he is.
Given partial cast lists, identify the King-penned TV mini series, for ten points each.
1. Nancy Travis, Matt Keeslar, Judith Ivey and Stephen King.
ANSWER: Rose Red
2. Patricia Wettig, David Morse, Bronson Pinchot, Dean Stockwell and Stephen
King.
ANSWER: The Langoliers
3. Tim Daly, Colm Feore, Debra Farentino, Casey Siemaszko and Stephen King.
ANSWER: Storm of the Century
8. Musicians are loners, even when they're in bands. Given clues, identify the solitary band
mates for ten points each. (moderator, hold all answers till the end).
1. Fronted by Maria McKee, this L.A. group had hits with "Ways To Be Wicked"
and "Shelter." One of their songs, the McKee-penned "Am I the Only One (Who
Ever Felt This Way)" later became a hit for the Dixie Chicks.
ANSWER: Lone Justice
2. This country group's 2003 release From Here to There contains two monster radio
hits: "I'm Already There" and "My Front Porch Lookin' In," both of which were
co-written by lead singer Richie MacDonald.
ANSWER: Lonestar
3. This band is lonely because it's really just John Ondrasik. His lone hit is
"Superman (It Ain't Easy)."
ANSWER: Five for Fighting
9. To quote Joey Tribiani: "Mmmm Noodle Soup." for ten points each, identify these nonnoodle soups from descriptions.
1. This potato leek soup with heavy cream was created by French chef Louis Diat in
1910 while he worked at the New York Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
ANSWER: Vichysoisse
2. By legend, this rich, meaty soup was created out of necessity during the French
Reign of Terror in 1793, by a former nobleman begging for food at a tannery.
ANSWER: Oxtail soup
3. This is the classic fish stew from Provencal with garlic, tomato, saffron and
fennel.
ANSWER: Boullebase (pr. Bull-ee-a-base)
10. Given a line of dialogue from a Woody Allen film -- all of them from the earlier, funny
ones -- identify the films, for ten points each.
1. "I remember when I was a little boy I once stole a pornographic book that was
printed in Braille. And I used to rub the dirty parts."
ANSWER: Bananas
2. "I don't know what I'm doing here. I'm 237 years old, I should be collecting
social security."
ANSWER: Sleeper
3. "I really wanted to be an anarchist but I didn't know where to register."
ANSWER: Annie Hall
11. Rah rah, be true to your school, yadda, yadda, yadda. Given lyrics from college fight
songs, name the schools for ten points each.
1. "Where girls are the fairest and boys are the squarest of any old place that I
knew"?
ANSWER: University of Nebraska ("There is No Place Like Nebraska")
2. "Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear"?
ANSWER: Georgia Tech (I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech")
3. "On the banks of the Red Cedar, There's a school that's known to all. Its specialty
is winning, And those BLANKS play good ball."
ANSWER: Michigan State (ed. note: the omitted word was "Spartans.")
12. Large cities often serve as the backdrop for TV shows. Name these camera-friendly
places given shows set there on a 10-5 basis.
1. (10) The Tortellis
(5) The original CSI
ANSWER: Las Vegas
2. (10) Once and Again
(5) Good Times
ANSWER: Chicago
3. (10) The Guardian
(5) The U.S. version of Queer as Folk
ANSWER: Pittsburgh
13. Now Its time for that morbid "rock star death" bonus. For ten points each, given
descriptions of their unfortunate demises, name the dead rockers.
1. James Hetfield described this Metallica bandmate's 1986 death this way: "I saw
the bus lying right on him. I saw his legs sticking out. I freaked."
ANSWER: Cliff Burton
2. His father, also a recording artist, died after mistaking a lethal dose of heroin and
morphine for a happy fun dose of cocaine. This musician leapt into the
Mississippi River and drowned in 1997, shortly after releasing the album Grace.
ANSWER: Jeff Buckley
3. David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel describe this fictional drummer's death with
just the right amount of sorrow and with the classic line "You can't dust for
vomit."
ANSWER: Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs (accept any of these answers)
14. Last year, the movie Queen of the Damned, starring singer Aaliyah, opened after she had
died in a plane crash. For ten points each, given the year and movie, identify the actor or
actress who had died prior to the release of their last film.
1. 1972's Game of Death
ANSWER: Bruce Lee
2. 2000's Gladiator
ANSWER: Oliver Reed
3. 1981's Brainstorm
ANSWER: Natalie Wood
15. Certainly one of the riskiest sports is auto racing, and several top drivers have lost their
lives during races. Given the years and the races, name the drivers at the top of their
fame when they met their fate.
1. 2001 Daytona 500
ANSWER: Dale Earnhardt Sr.
2. 1994 San Marino Grand Prix
ANSWER: Ayrton Senna
3. 1955 Indy 500
ANSWER: Bill Vukovich
16. Dead rock stars, dead actors, dead racecar drivers -- how's about dead hockey players?
Given clues, identify these dearly departed NHL legends for ten points each.
1. In 1945, this Maple Leafs goaltender won the Stanley Cup and set an NHL record
by beginning a finals series with three shut outs, a record recently broken by Jean
Sebastien Giguere.
ANSWER: Frank "Ulcers" McCool
2. He centered Detroit's famed Production Line, won the Stanley Cup three times
and was the Wings' captain during their championship run in 1942.
ANSWER: Sid Abel
3. This Maple Leafs defenseman famed for his crushing "bear hug," won the Stanley
Cup four times, including back to back wins from 1962-64. Despite his Hall of
Fame career, you might know him better for his donuts.
ANSWER: Tim Horton
17. Rap and hip hop work best when they're being obnoxiously parodied. For ten points
each, name the rap or hip-hop artist from parody related clues.
1. Dave Chapelle's parody, "Pee Pee," was graphic and unsettling, but probably less
so than the original song, "Ignition."
ANSWER: R. Kelly
2. Weird Al's parody of his greatest achievement contains lines like: "Shows based
on reality / Oh, the humanity! / Oh, Ozzy's family / Sho' loves profanity / Whoa,
the insanity."
ANSWER: Eminem (or Marshall MathersIII)
3. Tone Def's parody of his work, "Orange Juice," contains the lines "Rolling down
the street, eyes on the road, sipping on orange juice / Laid back (With my mind on
my image and my image getting clean) / Earlier today, my homey Dr. Dre came
by and wanted to share a J / But I told him nay, because those muppet puppets
recently kicked/Me out of their flick."
ANSWER: Snoop Doggy Dogg (or Calvin Broadus)
18. When the author of this question is in the mood for trashy fiction, he turns to medical
thrillers. For ten points each, given a series of medical thriller titles, identify the authors
who wrote them.
1. Shock, Sphinx, Coma
ANSWER: Robin Cook
2. A Case of Need, Five Patients, The Terminal Man
ANSWER: Michael Crichton
3. The Surgeon, Life Support, Harvest
ANSWER: Tess Gerritson
19. Even Lara Croft has detractors. For ten points each, given the final adversary for the
voluptuous heroine of the Tomb Raider series, identify the video game in which this final
struggle occurs.
1. Marco Bartoli
ANSWER: Tomb Raider II
2. Doctor Willard
ANSWER: Tomb Raider III
3. Set
ANSWER: Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
20. Sometimes actor say lines in one movie, then repeat them in another movie. For ten
points each:
1. Geoffrey Rush's character in Shakespeare in Love repeatedly says, "It's a
mystery," something the actor repeatedly says in what other film?
ANSWER: Shine
2. When Bruce Willis and Matthew Perry first go for a car ride in The Whole Nine
Yards, Willis asks Perry "Are you always this nervous?" It is the first questions
asked of Perry by Neve Campbell in what 1999 film?
ANSWER: Three to Tango
3. In Clue, Tim Curry says "Over my dead body," which happens to be Curry's first
line as Roger Corwin in this 2000 film.
ANSWER: Charlie's Angels
21. For ten points each, complete these quotes by the master of malaprop, Yogi Berra.
1. When you come to a fork in the road . . ..
ANSWER: . . . .take it"
2. This place is so crowded. . . .
ANSWER: . . . .nobody goes there anymore"
3. I want to thank all of those people who made this evening. . . .
ANSWER: . . . .necessary"
22. Broadway musicals are the best, even if you're not Harvey Fierstein. For ten points each,
given lyrics, identify the Broadway shows. If you need the song title, you'll get five.
1. (10) "Were marching to a faster pace/Look out, here comes the Master Race."
(5) "Springtime for Hitler"
ANSWER: The Producers
2. (10) "Bought myself a fancy pair, tightened up the derriere/Did the nose with it all
that goes with it"
(5) "Dance 10, Looks 3"
ANSWER: A Chorus Line
3. (10) "A pad is to write in/And not spend the night in (in search of some puerile
joy)"
(5) "A Secretary is Not a Toy"
ANSWER: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying