Seth Teitler Presents: An Intimate Engagement With Trash
Written and edited by David Seal, Nolan Esser and Brian McNamara
With the generous participation of Michael Arnold and Tommy Casalaspi
Round Four
Tossups
1. Throughout this movie, one character refers to his brother Nickie’s wedding as “a very nice affair”. This film was
the first unanimous Palme d’Or winner, and it also won Paddy Chayefsky his first Academy Award. In the movie
Quiz Show, Herbert Stempel answered a question about this movie incorrectly, allowing Charles van Doren to
become the new champion on 21. In this movie, Aunt Catherine moves out of his son’s house after his wife throws a
bottle of milk at her. After spending an evening with this film’s title character, Betsy Blair’s character Clara decides
to take a promotion in Portchester and the plot of this film is set in motion when the title character’s mother
encourages him to spend his Saturday evening at the Stardust Ballroom, because “it’s loaded with tomatoes!” For
ten points, name this Best Picture winner starring Ernest Borgnine as the titular kind-hearted butcher.
ANSWER: Marty
2. David Gascon gave a press conference at the start of this event and Fred Lange spoke by phone to one of the
participants in it. It interrupted a Pay-Per-View David Hasselhoff special and Domino’s claimed that they had record
pizza sales during it. Bob Tur was the first person to locate the central participant in this event, and John McKay
asked that man to end it. At the end of this event a loaded magnum and a fake goatee and mustache were discovered.
This event interrupted game 5 of the Rockets-Knicks final and Al Cowlings was also a participant in it. For ten
points, name this June 17th, 1994 event in which O.J. Simpson attempted to flee by vehicle.
ANSWER: White Ford Bronco Chase (accept clear knowledge equivalents)
3. The second one of these events occurred in the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach, and also featured comedy team
Allen and Rossi and monologist Myron Cohen. Walter Cronkite and Richard Nixon were able to secure tickets for
their children for the first one of these events, but Leonard Bernstein was left out. When the camera cut to one of the
band members during the first one of these performances a caption appeared reading, “Sorry Girls, He’s Married.”
That incident occurred during a performance of “Till There Was You.” In the introduction to the first installment of
these performances, the host noted “…this city has never witnessed the excitement stirred by these youngsters from
Liverpool.” For ten points, identify this series of performances by John, Paul, George, and Ringo on a popular
variety show.
ANSWER: The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show (accept clear knowledge equivalents that mention the band and
the name of the host)
4. This character made his debut in the Andy Panda short, “Knock Knock” and one of his recurring foes was Gabby
Gator. This character’s creator, Walter Lantz, initially refused to let his wife Gracie voice, but she would later win
the job after a blind audition. In 1948 this cartoon character’s namesake song, “which doesn’t make sense to the dull
or the dense” was nominated for an academy award. In the Seinfeld episode “The Mom and Pop Store” Kramer and
George call this cartoon character a “real troublemaker.” His nemesis was Buzz Buzzard, introduced in “The Wet
Blanket Policy.” For ten points, name this cartoon bird known for his annoying laugh “ha-ha-ha-HAA-ha.”
ANSWER: Woody Woodpecker
5. In June of 2012 former Orioles Doug Decinces and Eddie Murray were charged with this crime. Peter Bacanovic
took actions that led to one celebrity being accused of this crime. Another celebrity was accused of this in part
because he said “Well now I’m screwed.” Barry Switzer was accused of this crime due to actions taken after
attending a track meet, but was ultimately acquitted. Another Dallas sports figure was accused of this crime in
connection with a PIPE offering by Mammas.com. Rule 10b-5 is used to prosecute this crime that Mark Cuban was
accused of. For ten points name this crime that Martha Stewart was accused of committing when she sold shares of
ImClone.
ANSWER: Insider Trading
6. This attorney once dealt with a patent infringement case involving a hydraulic pump and a wheel shaft flange. In a
roman a clef about this character, his analogue ended up locked in a basement eating mice. He once accidentally
won a weird face contest, and he has said that he would have been more reluctant to become an adult if he knew that
"the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed." He has referred to his more famous son as a bologna loaf and claimed
that the child was purchased at K-mart. His polls took a nosedive when he instructed his son to wash the dishes, and
he commented at one point that a tiger might eat someone at a restaurant. Neither his brother Max nor his wife ever
refer to him by name, and he is fixated on building character. For ten points, identify this nameless relative of a
popular comic strip character whose son has a stuffed tiger named Hobbes.
ANSWER: Calvin's dad
7. This man’s record label is called Flashy Lifestyle Entertainment, and he has released the song “Act on Deck.” He
has played in one playoff game, in which his number one seeded team was eliminated by the Baltimore Ravens.
That game was during his rookie season, in which he shared carries with Lendale White. In the draft he was the third
of three consecutive running backs taken, being selected right after Felix Jones and Rashard Mendenhall. One of his
nicknames was coined when Gus Johnson remarked, “He’s got getting away from cop speed!” He currently holds
the record for most yards from scrimmage in a single season. He set that record in 2009, when he eclipsed 2,000
yards rushing in the final game of the season. For ten points, name this Tennessee Titans running back nicknamed
CJ2K.
ANSWER: Chris Johnson (prompt on CJ2K before mention)
8. This actor played “That Guy” on one episode of Ally McBeal and his character Peyton Sanders once got into a
bidding war with Lorelai for a glass of Merlot on an episode of Gilmore Girls. One character played by this actor
was a cable guy who tried to hit on Sarah on The Sarah Silverman Program. Along with Adam Scott this actor was
one of the Simon brothers in The Greatest Event in Television History. He narrated the official video of the 2011
World Series champion Cardinals. This man voiced a talking toilet on a 2013 episode of Bob’s Burgers. On 30 Rock
he played Liz’s handsome doctor boyfriend, Drew Baird. He is most famous for playing a character who recently
merged his firm with Ted Chaough’s. For ten points, name this actor who plays Don Draper on Mad Men.
ANSWER: Jon Hamm
9. This musician’s first solo number one hit came with the song “Baby That’s Backatcha” from his 1979 album
Quiet Storm, and one of his early hits was “Mickey’s Monkey.” Bob Dylan called him “America’s greatest living
poet.” This man wrote songs such as “I’ll be Doggone” and “My Girl.” One song by this man opens with the lyrics
“People say I’m the life of the party/’Cause I tell a joke or two.” One of his songs states “Just like Pagliacci did/I try
to keep my sadness hid” and another relates how “My momma told me” to perform the titular action. He served as
the vice president of Motown Records. For ten points, name this singer, who with his Miracles, recorded songs such
as “Shop Around,” “Tracks of My Tears” and “Tears of a Clown.”
ANSWER: William “Smokey” Robinson, Jr.
10. Old Slappy ate the arm of one character in this game, and that character used to date a hunter named Taggart.
The villain of the second game in this series was in a romantic relationship with The Sheriff. The first game in this
series includes locations like Jaynistown and Fyrestone. One massive boss in this series is the Rakk Hive. High
leveled enemies in this game are known as “Badasses,” and one character in this franchise is a “Gunzerker.”
Companies in this game include Dahl and Hyperion. The most recent game in this franchise centered on Handsome
Jack attempting to unleash The Warrior. The first game in this series had over 17.75 million possible guns. For ten
points, name this franchise that stars a cast of vault hunters as well as the Claptrap robots.
ANSWER: Borderlands
11. In Ke$ha’s song “Butterscotch,” she states that boys ranging in location from this city to Bangkok try to get the
keys to her candy shop. In “Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves,” Cher mentions a boy who rode with her family from
Mobile to this city. A Rufus Wainwright song about the death of Jeff Buckley is named for this city’s “Skyline.” A
famous soul album recorded in this city featured such songs as “No Easy Way Down” and “Son of a Preacher Man”
and is by Dusty Springfield. This is the city in which saw Tina Turner and CCR “clean a lot of plates,” in “Proud
Mary.” In one song about this city, the speaker “Saw the ghost of Elvis/On Union Avenue” and follows him to the
entrance of a landmark which titles a Paul Simon album, Graceland. For ten points, name this Tennessee city in
which Marc Cohn went walking.
ANSWER: Memphis
12. In 1994 this man starred in the TV movie Father and Scout, about a man who goes to summer camp with his
son. John Posey played one character played by this man in the pilot for the TV series in which that character
appears and that character nearly marries Vicky Lawson. In the first season of one show he appeared on he starred
with Kellie Martin and he often ended that show by giving his wife instructions with the phrase “And honey.” He
was the title character of the 2001 sitcom Raising Dad. One show on which he appeared awarded a $10,000 prize at
the end of each episode. In his most famous role he played a man whose wife Pam was killed by a drunk driver, and
that character had three children, including Michelle. For ten points, name this man who played Danny Tanner on
Full House.
ANSWER: Bob Saget
13. In one film role, this actor is told by his wife that she spent five hundred dollars to buy jokes, and this actor
played film director Laurence Woolsley in Martinee. In 1984, he played a cop in a diner in C.H.U.D. as well as the
Adams College head football coach in Revenge of the Nerds. This actor provided the voice of the character “Rex” in
We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story and in another voice acting role, he warned a character of sharp rocks at the bottom
of a waterfall. Family roles featuring this actor include Ocious P. Potter in The Borrowers and the head of a
prehistoric family in The Flintstones. For ten points, identify this actor who voiced Pacha in The Emperor’s New
Groove and Sully in Monster’s Inc.
ANSWER: John Goodman
14. This man once made a lifestyle decision after reading his wife’s copy of the book Skinny Bitch. The seventh
overall pick in 2002 MLB draft, this player changed his walkup music to Mozart’s Requiem this season. This player
has finished 3rd in MVP voting twice, including his only 50 home run season, 2007, which broke a club record held
by Gorman Thomas and Richie Sexson. He signed his current nine year contract after Victor Martinez was injured.
One Onion article described how this player and then teammate CC Sabathia were trying to eat each other. He only
hit .071 in his one world series appearance, when his team lost to the Giants this past season. For ten points, name
this first baseman for the Detroit Tigers, son of Cecil.
ANSWER: Prince Fielder
15. In one film, this actress appeared as an assassin named Rose who has a romantic relationship with her stepson,
and who dies of cancer. That film is Shadowboxer. In another film role, she played the owner of a brothel called
“The Love Ranch”. More recently, she played a role which won another actor his only Oscar. That role is Hobson,
the butler of Arthur Bach. A role she made famous in her native UK was recently played on television by Maria
Bello in an American version of Prime Suspect. She is the only woman to have played both Queens Elizabeth on
screen, and has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including for 2009’s The Last Station, in which she
played Sofya Tolstoy. For ten points, name this actress who won an Oscar for playing Elizabeth II in The Queen.
ANSWER: Dame Helen Mirren
16. One arrangement of this piece by The Brian Setzer Orchestra is called “One More Night With You,” and this
piece’s first use in film came in 1915 when it was used in The Birth of a Nation. A 1967 recording of this piece by
The Who wasn’t released until it appeared as a bonus track on a 1995 reissue of The Who Sell Out and in an episode
of Mad Men named after this piece, Don Draper refers to it as “scary” when he watches a child practicing this piece
on a piano. A more recent use of this piece in film is a version interpreted by Trent Reznor used in the regatta scene
of The Social Network. One of its most iconic uses in popular media came in 1931 when Peter Lorre whistled it in
the film M. For ten points, identify this piece of classical music by Edvard Grieg from Peer Gynt.
ANSWER: In the Hall of the Mountain King
17. In one film appearance, this actor asks a character played by Jamie Foxx if he believes in Santa Claus. In
addition to his role in Collateral, this actor played Florentino in an adaptation of Love in the Time of Cholera. This
man’s first Oscar nomination was for playing the poet Reinaldo Arenas in an adaptation of Before Night Falls, and
he less impressively played a factory owner with whom Julia Roberts falls in love. This actor starred as Juan
Antonio, who begins an open relationship with his ex-wife and a character played by Scarlett Johansson in Vicky
Cristina Barcelona. This man won an Academy Award in 2007 for a role which saw him try to track down missing
drug money while killing several people with a cattle bolt gun. For ten points, name this Spanish actor who played
the killer Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men.
ANSWER: Javier Bardem
18. This artist’s upcoming album Searching for Major Tom will supposedly feature Bootsie Collins playing bass on
a cover of “She Blinded Me With Science” and his 2004 cover of Pulp’s “Common People” with Joe Jackson
garnered surprisingly positive reviews. This artist’s music career began with his debut album, 1968’s The
Transformed Man, which features dramatic readings of Shakespeare interspersed with covers of the Beatles.
However, this musician is perhaps most infamous for a performance of Elton John’s “Rocket Man” at the 1978
Science Fiction Film Awards in which fancy editing allowed multiple images of the artist to perform the song. For
ten points, identify this actor with a panned musical career, best known for portraying Captain Kirk in the original
Star Trek.
ANSWER: William Shatner
19. Spurs GM R.C. Buford was an assistant at this college and Maryland coach Mark Turgeon was the first player at
this school to play in four straight NCAA Tournaments. Dick Vitale once had to kiss the logo on this team’s court
when they unexpectedly won the national title. In the 1966 Midwest Regional final this team lost to Texas Western
after JoJo White stepped on the out-of-bounds line while making the would-be game winning shot. Magic coach
Jacques Vaughn played here and current NBA alumni of this team include Darrell Arthur and Nick Collison. This
team lost its head coach in 2003 after it lost to Syracuse in the title game. This team won their most recent national
title after Mario Chalmers hit a 3 to send the game against Memphis to overtime. For ten points, name this Big 12
team coached by Bill Self.
ANSWER: University of Kansas Jayhawks (accept either underlined part)
20. One first season episode of this show sees South American dictator General Flores visit the US. That season also
features Amanda Tanner, who is eventually killed. Scott Foley plays a member of the mysterious B316 organization
on this series and in the first season former Lost star Henry Ian Cusick played Stephen Finch. The second season
finale of this show, “White Hat’s Back On,” saw David Rosen appointed as US Attorney for DC, as well as the
reveal of Rowan, the protagonist’s father. One character is married to Mellie and Guillermo Diaz plays Huck Finn
on this show. The protagonist helped carry out Defiance, an illegal vote-fixing scheme that got President Fitzgerald
Grant elected, and she is also having an affair with him. For ten points, name this series created by Shonda Rimes
starring Kerry Washington as fixer Olivia Pope.
ANSWER: Scandal
Bonuses
1. This person appeared as a character in the 2011 film Hugo operating a toy booth in the Montparnasse Train
Station. For ten points each:
[10]Name this revolutionary French film director responsible for films like A Voyage to the Moon.
ANSWER: Georges Méliès
[10]Another film by Méliès was this 1904 adaptation of a Jules Verne play about people who take a trip on a train to
the sun, and then get jettisoned down into the ocean.
ANSWER: The Impossible Voyage (or: Voyage à travers l’impossible)
[10]This man starred in the later silent film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari before later appearing as the Nazi Major
Strasser in Casablanca.
ANSWER: Conrad Veidt
2. For ten points each, identify the following rock artists of Mexican descent.
[10]. This guitarist,, got his big break when his eponymous band performed at Woodstock in 1969. The band’s
subsequent album, Abraxas, featured the hits “Black Magic Woman” and “Oye Como Va.”
ANSWER: Carlos Santana
[10]. Searching for Sugar Man, the winner of the 2013 Oscar for Best Documentary, told the story of this recently
rediscovered Detroit psych-folk musician who released two albums in 1970 and 1971 and faded into obscurity.
Unbeknownst to him, his songs became anti-Apartheid anthems in South Africa.
ANSWER: Sixto Rodriguez
[10]. Although his mainstream success has been relatively minimal, this fixture of the Austin, Texas music scene has
remained a critical darling with such albums as 2008’s Real Animal and 2010’s Street Songs of Love. In 2005, he
made minor headlines when he refused to play his song “Castanets” live until it was removed from President Bush’s
iPod.
ANSWER: Alejandro Escovedo
3. One game in this series deals with effect of technology known as blastia and stars Yuri Lowell and another is
about the battle between the A Jule and La Schugall empires.
[10] For ten points, name this series of JRPGs, including titles like Xilia and Vesperia.
ANSWER: Tales Series
[10] This 2003 Tales game features characters like the mercenary Kratos Aurion and it was the first in the series to
utilize a 3D battle system.
ANSWER: Tales of Symphonia
[10] This half-elf was the primary antagonist of Tales of Symphonia. He formed the organization known as Cruxis.
ANSWER: Mithos Yggdrasil
4. Sometimes comedy is best expressed through song. Answer some questions about musical comedy acts for ten
points each.
[10]This Kiwi duo featuring Bret McKenzie and Jermaine Clement had their own self-titled show on HBO as well
as producing albums like I Told You I Was Freaky.
ANSWER: Flight Of The Conchords
[10]The duo Nancy and Beth who have recently gotten attention for a performance of “Smell Yo Dick” is comprised
of Stephanie Hunt and this actress who played Karen Walker on Will And Grace.
ANSWER: Megan Mullally
[10]Kate Micucci and Riki Lindholme are the members of this singing duo who are known for their song “Pregnant
Women Are Smug” as well as a song about manual arousal, “I Don’t Understand Job.”
ANSWER: Garfunkel and Oates
5. This musician wore a bandage under his left eye as a shout-out to an imprisoned cousin. For ten points each:
[10]Name this St. Louis-born rapper, whose hits include “Air Force Ones” and “Hot In Herre.”
ANSWER: Nelly (accept: Cornell Iral Haynes Jr.)
[10]Nelly’s 2002 album Nellyville produced his first two number one hits. The first was “Hot In Herre”, and the
second was this duet with former Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland, who claims that “No matter what I do/All
I think about is you.”
ANSWER: “Dilemma”
[10]Another duet hit for Nelly was this song from 2004’s double album “Sweat/Suit.” This time, Tim McGraw
joined Nelly on the track; the music video has the two lamenting the fictional loss of Ashanti and Faith Hill, their
respective real-life significant others.
ANSWER: “Over and Over”
6. Jamaal “Big Cat” Magloire was a native of this country and Joel Anthony is also a native of it.
[10] For ten points, name this country, the native land of Steve Nash and Anthony Bennett
ANSWER: Canada
[10] This Canadian rookie tore up the Orlando summer league playing for Boston. His Gonzaga team was upset by
Wichita State in the NCAA tournament.
ANSWER: Kelly Olynyk
[10] Another Canadian in the NBA is this Cavaliers power forward. He was the fourth overall pick in 2011, three
picks after teammate Kyrie Irving was selected first overall.
ANSWER: Tristan Thompson
7. For ten points each, identify the following about a genre of video game that has recently become popular on
mobile platforms.
[10]. The 2009 game Canabalt was arguably the first game in this genre. This genre usually features the player
transversing platforms and other obstacles at an accelerating rate. Play continues until the player inevitably is killed
by an obstacle or falls off a platform.
ANSWER: Infinite Runner or Endless Runner (accept either)
[10]. Most likely the most famous endless runner game is this game from Imangi Studios. The player controls an
Indiana Jones-like character who steals an idol and is chased by demonic, skull-headed monkeys.
ANSWER: Temple Run
[10]. Temple Run and other endless runners like Robot Unicorn Attack utilize this business model to generate
revenue. In this model, the customer gets access to a full version of the game for no cost, but extras like power-ups
or more coins cost the player real currency.
ANSWER: Freemium
8. If you’re an MLB closer, one of the most important decisions you’ll face is deciding your entrance music. For ten
points each, identify these closers with distinct and sometimes puzzling entrance music who happen to each lead an
American League franchise in saves.
[10]. When this former Red Sox closer signed with the Phillies in 2011, ESPN reported that the Dropkick Murphys
wouldn’t allow him to continue using, “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” as entrance music. He also threw the last pitch
of the 2007 World Series and is the Red Sox franchise leader in saves.
ANSWER: Jonathan Papelbon
[10]. Like Papelbon, this closer also switched teams after 2011, moving from Minnesota to Texas and is the Twins’
franchise leader in saves. His entrance music, “Stand Up and Shout” is by Steel Dragon, a fictional 80s metal band
led by Mark Wahlberg in the 2001 flop, Rock Star.
ANSWER: Joe Nathan
[10]. At least Papelbon and Nathan got the idea that a closer’s entrance music should be aggressive. This retired
closer, who leads the Tigers in saves, entered to “Last One Standing” by Christian Rock band MercyMe during the
2006 run to the World Series. Amusingly, he also entered games to a Counting Crows hit with the line, “I wish I was
beautiful.”
ANSWER: Todd Jones
9. She performed at the 1998 Academy Awards wearing the “Heart of the Ocean” necklace. For ten points each:
[10]Name this Canadian songstress, whose hits include “A New Day Has Come” and “My Heart Will Go On”.
ANSWER: Celine Dion
[10]An earlier hit for Dion was this cover of a Jennifer Rush song, which appeared on the album The Colour Of My
Love. The song’s lyrics assert that “Whenever you reach for me/I’ll do all that I can,” and that she’s “ready to learn”
about the title thing.
ANSWER: “The Power Of Love”
[10]Early in her career, Dion also performed the theme to the movie Beauty And The Beast, alongside this singer,
who subsequently also sang the radio release of “A Whole New World” from Aladdin.
ANSWER: Peabo Bryson
10. This man’s last loss came in 2006, when he was disqualified for an illegal kick against Yushin Okami, and he is
currently ranked the #1 pound for pound fighter by Sherdog.
[10] For ten points, name this Brazilian MMA fighter, the current UFC Middleweight champion.
ANSWER: Anderson “The Spider” Silva
[10] Silva has won 8 matches in this manner, which is a choke or joint manipulation that gets an opponent to tapout.
ANSWER: Submission
[10] This Mexican is currently the UFC Heavyweight champion. His only defeat came to Junior Dos Santos, but he
avenged that loss this past December.
ANSWER: Cain Velazquez
11. Name the following Washington Husky football players who are not Joel McHale for ten points each:
[10] This current Tennessee Titans quarterback compiled an impressive 53.9 completion percentage in his four years
as the Huskies starter.
ANSWER: Jake Locker
[10] This defensive tackle, part of the 1991 national championship Husky team, was selected as the first overall pick
of the 1992 NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts.
ANSWER: Steve Emtman
[10] This player, the all-time rushing leader for the Cincinnati Bengals, set a NCAA record for rushing yards in a
quarter with 222 against San Diego State in 1996.
ANSWER: Corey Dillon
12. Despite this show being only in its second season its network has ordered 90 episodes of it.
[10] For ten points, name this FX sitcom starring Charlie Sheen as Charlie Goodson, who is ordered to undergo the
title treatment in the pilot.
ANSWER: Anger Management
[10] This actress plays Charlie’s therapist, Kate Wales, on Anger Management though she will not be returning for
the show’s third season. She played Vivian Kensington in Legally Blonde and Liz Sherman in the Hellboy movies.
ANSWER: Selma Blair
[10] This actress has appeared on Anger Management, playing a character with the same name. She starred in Grace
Under Fire from 1993-1998 before going into rehab for her painkiller addiction.
ANSWER: Brett Butler
13. One of this man’s chefs was Edith Fossett, and he broke tradition by favoring French and Italian wines over Port
and Madeira.
[10] For ten points, name this man who served as Minister to France from 1785-89.
ANSWER: Thomas Jefferson
[10] Jefferson helped popularize this pasta dish in the US. Senator Cutler of Massachusetts believed it was a crust
filled with shallots when served it at Monticello.
ANSWER: Macaroni and Cheese
[10] Jefferson wrote the first American recipe for ice cream. His version closely resembled this other dessert, which
involves meringue and sponge cake.
ANSWER: Baked Alaska
14. Let’s examine some adaptations of the literary works of John Grisham to film, for ten points each.
[10]The first Grisham novel adapted into a film was this one. The film was released in 1993; it starred Tom Cruise
and Gene Hackman, and featured a rockin’ piano score composed by Dave Grusin.
ANSWER: The Firm
[10]This director filmed both The Client and A Time To Kill before putting nipples on Batman.
ANSWER: Joel Schumacher
[10]A Grisham adaptation which was not as well-received was this 2004 stinker, starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee
Curtis as a couple who just want to go on a Caribbean cruise.
ANSWER: Christmas With The Kranks
15. In a better part of the multiverse, there is quantum physics and there is quasi-spiritual bullcrap and never the
twain shall meet. Name the following about the abuse of physics for New Age purposes, for ten points each.
[10]. After taking psychedelic drugs, somewhat-legit physicist Fritjof Capra wrote a 1975 bestseller which purported
a deep connection between modern physics and this titular concept which lends its name to a religion founded by
Laozi.
ANSWER: Tao or Dao (grudgingly accept “Taoism” or “Daoism”)
[10]. This overexposed new age holistic healer won the 1998 Ig Nobel for “"his unique interpretation of quantum
physics as it applies to life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic happiness." A buddy of Oprah, this prolific best
selling author’s works include Quantum Healing and The New Physics of Healing.
ANSWER: Deepak Chopra
[10]. This book by noted non-scientist and “spiritual teacher” Gary Zukav won the 1980 National Book Award for
Science. This book provides borderline-nonsensical interpretations of quantum physics in terms of generic Eastern
mysticism. Supposedly, the Chinese phrase in the title can be translated as both “physics ”and “patterns of organic
energy.”
ANSWER: The Dancing Wu Li Masters
16. They’re creepy and they’re kooky, they’re all-together ooky. For ten points each:
[10]Name this fictional family, whose members include the furry Cousin Itt and siblings Pugsley and Wednesday.
ANSWER: The Addams Family
[10]In the 1991 film adaptation of the Addams Family, Christopher Lloyd played this long-lost family member, who
can power lightbulbs in his mouth.
ANSWER: Cousin Fester
[10]This Puerto Rican actor portrayed family patriarch Gomez Addams in the film series in one of his last film roles.
He gained acclaim for his performance in Kiss of the Spider Woman.
ANSWER: Raul Julia
17. Although he has no shows on television currently, he is one of the most successful television creators of the past
twenty five years. For ten points each:
[10]Name this man, who created hits like Ally McBeal, The Practice and its subsequent spin-off Boston Legal.
ANSWER: David Edward Kelley
[10]One of Kelley’s shows set outside the legal realm was this early 2000s Fox drama about the staff at a high
school which starred Chi McBride as Principal Steven Harper.
ANSWER: Boston Public
[10]This actor starred in Boston Public’s first season as football coach Kevin Riley. He is better-known for directing
films like The Station Agent, and The Visitor.
ANSWER: Thomas Joseph McCarthy
18. This was the first animated program to air on FX. For ten points each.
[10]Name this show, which focuses on the exploits of its titular secret agent and the rest of the agents at ISIS.
ANSWER: Archer
[10]Sterling Archer is voiced by this actor. In another show, this actor “Has A Van”. He also provides the voice of
Carl, the manager of the Quahog Mini-Mart on Family Guy.
ANSWER: Henry Jon Benjamin (or H. Jon Benjamin)
[10]This character, who served in the King’s African Rifles during the First World War and is a heroin addict,
serves as Archer’s valet.
ANSWER: Woodhouse
19. For ten points each, answer the following about TV cops who don’t play by the rules but just get results damnit!
[10] Michael Mann directed the opening episode of this series starring Don Johnson. His character Sonny Crockett
once developed amnesia and started working for drug dealers.
ANSWER: Miami Vice
[10] This detective, who replaced Rey Curtis as Lenny Briscoe’s partner on Law and Order didn’t play by the rules
early in his career. He was played by Jesse L. Martin.
ANSWER: Detective Ed Green
[10] This 1986-1988 sitcom was a parody of the renegade cop trope. It starred David Rasche as the namesake
inspector, who slept and showered with his .44 magnum.
ANSWER: Sledge Hammer!
20. The introduction for this character’s radio programme introduced him as “Brit Reid, daring young publisher!”
For ten points each:
[10]Name this superhero, played on television by Van Williams, who was also the subject of a 2011 film starring
Seth Rogen and Jay Chou.
ANSWER: The Green Hornet
[10]The 2011 version of The Green Hornet was directed by this Frenchman. His other films include Be Kind,
Rewind and he directed Dave Chappelle’s Block Party.
ANSWER: Michel Gondry
[10]This actor played Brit Reid’s father James in The Green Hornet. In the same year, he also had a cameo as the
Head of the IMF in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
ANSWER: Tom Wilkinson