DUCK Bowl VI
Round 4 Bonuses
1. Name the rock stars behind these books, 5-10-15.
5 -- This Chicago rocker who recorded the albums “Whitechocolatespaceegg” (White Chocolate
Space Egg) and “Exile in Guyville” penned 1998’s “The Last Rock Star Book”.
A: Liz Phair
10 -- This punk rocker wrote “Legend of a Rock Star,” which includes a hand-written section at
the end describing the trauma caused by bandmate Joey Ramone dying from lymphoma in 2001.
A: Dee Dee Ramone (accept Douglas Glenn Colvin)
15 -- This drummer for The Doors chronicles the meteoric rise of the band in “Riders on the
Storm: My Life With Jim Morrison and the Doors”.
A: John Densmore
2. Identify these out-of-production game consoles, FTPE.
A. In May of 1972, this first home console was released from Magnavox. It lasted just a couple
years before the company released the newer “100” model, which could only play Pong.
A: Odyssey
B. Nintendo decided to market the NES to America after this initially error-prone system –
released in 1983 -- gained momentum in Asia. Its name was derived from the company’s desire
to have the whole clan sit down to play games together.
A: Famicom or Nintendo Family Computer
C. In 1993, Atari released this system, which it hyped as the first with 64-bit graphics, to compete
with the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. It was quickly overtaken in popularity by the Sony
Playstation and proved a commercial failure.
A: Jaguar
3. FTPE, given an NBA team’s current arena, name the stadium where the team played
immediately before moving into its new digs. For instance, if we said “United Center”, you’d
answer “Chicago Stadium” because that was the Bulls former home. If you need the team’s
name, you’ll get five.
10 – Amway Arena, previously know as the TD Waterhouse Center
5 – Orlando Magic
A: The O-rena (accept Orlando Arena)
10 – Delta Center
5 – Utah Jazz
A: The Salt Palace
10 – Wachovia Center
5 – Philadelphia 76ers
A: The Spectrum
4. Woody Allen doesn’t always appear in his movies, but it’s rare that he appears in someone
else’s movie. Name these, FTPE.
A. Writer Walter Bernstein, director Martin Ritt, and several cast members were blacklisted during
the McCarthy era. Allen plays a man who turns in scripts under his name on behalf of blacklisted
writers.
A: The Front
B. An ill-fated comic take on an Ingmar Bergman film, it features Allen and Bette Midler
confessing and bickering about their respective infidelities.
A: Scenes From a Mall
C. Allen is the voice of an animated bug named Z.
A: Antz
5. Identify these women who have been participants in VH1’s…uhhh….dating show Flavor of
Love, FTPE.
A. Her real name is Tiffany Pollard, but Flav gave the first season runner-up this nickname, which
stuck when she was given her own spinoff in 2007.
A: New York
B. This basketball fan, who’s appeared in videos for Will Smith and others, eventually bested New
York for the Season 1 crown.
A: Deelishis (pron. “delicious”. Accept Nicole Alexander)
C. In episode six, this actress with whom Flav hooked up when both were on “The Surreal Life”
administered lie detector tests to all the contestants. No word if she told the truth about the
moments she and Flav shared on their spinoff series “Strange Love”.
A: Brigitte Nielsen
6. VISUAL BONUS:
Given three pictures of footballs signed by current starting quarterbacks in the NFL, name the
QBs, FTPE.
A. Ben Roethlisberger
B. Philip Rivers
C. Jake Delhomme
7. Given a plastic bag with a spice in it, determine what the spice is. You may use any means at
your disposal. You’ll have ten seconds per part.
A. Celery salt
B. Basil
C. Thyme
8. Identify these songs written about comic strip characters, FTPE.
A. Jack and Carole Bender now write the daily strip featuring this caveman who took The
Hollywood Argyles all the way to number one in 1960.
A: Alley Oop
B. The band Dishwalla made fun of this Charles Schultz character’s parents because of the
mumbling, unintelligible way they talk in television specials devoted to him.
A: Charlie Brown
C. The 1978 Genesis song “Scenes from a Night’s Dream” is based on this titular character seen
in strips from 1905 to 1913. This Winsor McKay strip portrayed the dreams of the title boy and
usually ended with him waking up.
A: Little Nemo
9. From time to time, Hollywood decides it’s good to try to turn singers into actors. Once and for
all – bad idea!
A. This singer, who hit number one with “Venus” in 1959, was still making schlocky beach party
movies with Annette Funicello all the way up to 1987’s “Back to the Beach”.
A: Frankie Avalon
B. In this 1956 movie, whose title was also a number one hit for Elvis, The King plays Clint Reno,
who watches as his brother Vance goes to fight for the confederacy, only to return home and see
his brother has married his sweetheart.
A: Love Me Tender
C. This lead singer had roles as a submarine engineer in “U-571”, the lead in 2002’s “Vampires”
and Haley Joel Osment’s dad in “Pay it Forward”.
A. Jon Bon Jovi
10. FTPE, name these people trading X’s and O’ on “Hollywood Squares”:
A. This Oscar-winner produced the revival of “Hollywood Squares,” and usually sat in the center
square.
A: Whoopi Goldberg
B. On the original ‘70s version of the show, this comic actor usually occupied the center square.
A: Paul Lynde
C. Sitting at bottom left until his death in 1974 was the grandfather of Rosanna, Patricia and
David Arquette, who used this stage name for his career as a homespun comedian.
A: Charley Weaver
11. Name these baseball personalities with something in common, FTPE.
A. This Yankee shortstop was the 1978 World Series MVP, but he’s more well-known for a home
run off of Mike Torrez in a playoff game earlier that year.
A: Bucky (expletive) Dent
B. This man won manager of the year awards for the Yanks in 1994 and the Rangers in 2004.
He guided Texas to an 80-and-82 record in 2006.
A: Buck Showalter
C. This Hall of Fame manager led the Senators to consecutive Word Series in 1924 and 1925,
winning once. He engineered a second title with the Yankees in 1947.
A: Bucky Harris
12. Given a song recorded by Stevie Nicks, tell with whom the song is a duet, FTPE.
A. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
A: Tom Petty
B. Leather and Lace
A: Don Henley
C. Nicks provided backing vocals on this artist’s 2002 song “C’mon, C’Mon”
A: Sheryl Crow
13. For five points per part, given a film, tell in what city and state it is set.
A. It’s a Wonderful Life
A: Bedford Falls, New York
B. State and Main
A: Waterford, Vermont
C. Fried Green Tomatoes
A: Whistle Stop, Alabama
(note: Fannie Flagg’s book is called “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café”)
14. Given ingredients, name these potent potables you might have after a hard day at the
construction site, FTPE.
A. Vodka and Orange juice
A: screwdriver
B. Bailey’s Irish crème and lime juice
A: cement mixer
C. Scotch, drambuie (dram-boo-ee), a twist of lemon peel
A: rusty nail
15. 40-30-20-10-1, name the television performer from clues.
40 – This person has made appearances on a number of game shows. Maybe you’ve seen
some of them!
30 – A regular on the short-lived series “Hollywood House”, he played opposite Joan Davis in 38
episodes of the series “I Married Joan”
20 – He also served as the voice for Western Airlines pitch-bird Wally, and made the phrase “The
O-O-Only way to fly” a household item.
10 – Also the voice of Mister Magoo, he actually spent one less episode as Thurston Howell the
Third on Gilligan’s Island than he did on “I Married Joan”.
1 – On the aforementioned game shows, he was often credited as Jim Backus.
A: Jim Backus
16. The Recording Industry Association of America keeps a chart of the best-selling records since
its inception in 1958. Answer these questions about their figures, FTPE.
A. The album by a female artist which has sold the most copies is the same one which has sold
the most country music records ever. What 1997 Shania Twain album is this?
A: Come On Over
B. The best selling single is what re-made 1997 Elton John tribute song?
A: Candle in the Wind
C. The RIAA reports the best-selling heavy metal album is Metallica’s eponymous 1991 release
which was also given what name?
A: The Black Album
17. Lindsay Lohan says she wants to be taken more seriously as an actress. Hey, here’s an idea:
stop showing up in public with your eyes rolled back in your head, remember to wear *all* your
clothes, and make some real movies instead of Disney remakes. Well, one out of three ain’t bad.
Name these movies where Linds actually plays it serious, FTPE.
A. Lindsay plans to marry her teenage boyfriend to save him from having to go to Vietnam.
A: Bobby
B. Lindsay plays Meryl Streep’s daughter, who writes poems about suicide.
A: A Prairie Home Companion
C. In this movie scheduled for release later this year, Lindsay plays a stripper/would-be murder
victim who claims to be someone else after her rescue.
A: I Know Who Killed Me
18. Men from three different countries have been acknowledged as the world’s fastest since 1990
because of their breaking of the world record in the 100 meters. Identify these, FTPE.
A. The current record of 9.77 seconds is held by this Jamaican, who set the record in Athens in
2005.
A: Asafa Powell
B. Powell broke, by one tenth of a second, the record set by this American in 2002. He’s now
serving a ban for using illegal performance enhancing drugs.
A: Tim Montgomery
C. In 1996, this Canadian held the record at 9.84 seconds after winning the gold medal at the
Atlanta Olympics.
A: Donovan Bailey
19. On “Ally McBeal,” the music was almost as important as the law. Answer these questions
about songs which ended up as plot points, FTPE:
A. Urged by her therapist to select a theme song, Ally picked this hit by The Exciters.
A: Tell Him
B. It served as John Cage and Nelle Porter’s soundtrack music – Barry White made a guest
appearance in season 2 to sing it live.
A: You’re My First, My Last, My Everything
C. The animated “dancing baby” which tormented Ally about her biological clock danced to this hit
by Blue Swede.
A: Hooked on a Feeling
20. There was a time when hit songs from Broadway musicals made their way to the Top 40.
That doesn’t happen much any more…but with some new lyrics, sometimes Broadway music still
makes the charts. Given the single and artist, name the musical which supplied the music FTPE.
A. Gwen Stefani, “Rich Girl”
A: Fiddler on the Roof
B. Debelah Morgan, “Dance With Me”
A: The Pajama Game
C. Jay-Z, “Hard Knock Life”
A: Annie
Identify the current starting quarterbacks who signed these footballs, FTPE.
A.
B.
C.