Bayou-A-Drank 2011
Questions by Matt Berry of Tulane University (@mttbry)
feat. Charles "In Charge" Bramesco, Esq.
TOSSUPS
1. In one episode of Family Guy, Stewie is disappointed that Santa's workshop looks like
this city, and the show later describes it as "among the world leaders in abandoned
buildings, shattered glass, boarded up windows, wild dogs, and gas stations without
pumps." American Idol season 7 finalist Syesha Mercado was born here before moving to
Sarasota. True Life: I'm Bisexual was filmed in this city, and it was the hometown of Robert
E. Hogan on Hogan's Heroes. The Bluefish play in The Ballpark at Harbor Yard in this city,
and an AHL affiliate of the Islanders play next door in The Arena at Harbor Yard. In a
certain novel by Mark Twain, Hank Morgan mistakes Camelot for this city, famous for
circuses. Home of P.T. Barnum and the Sound Tigers hockey team, FTP, what is this city on
Long Island Sound, the largest in Connecticut?
ANSWER: Bridgeport, Connecticut
2. This woman was briefly engaged to José da Silva Pereira, but he broke off the
engagement. She visits Sally Tomato every week, and delivers a message about the
weather. She is saving up money to support her brother Fred when he gets out of the
Army. She lives in a comfortable apartment on the East Side with an unnamed pet, and was
married as a teenager, although the marriage was annulled. She buys her neighbor a
typewriter ribbon and invites him to a party. That neighbor, Paul, gives her a ring from a
box of Cracker Jacks that they later get engraved. This woman once sang “Moon River” on a
fire escape, and she goes window shopping in the morning on Fifth Avenue in a little black
dress with a pastry and a cup of coffee. FTP, who is this woman, played by Audrey Hepburn
in Breakfast at Tiffany's?
ANSWER: Holly Golightly (accept Lula Mae Barnes or Lula Mae Golightly)
3. On this event's 100th anniversary, 129 nations competed, setting a new record. The first
iteration of this competition was held at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston,
Massachusetts, in 1900. That first year, only two countries competed, but in five years the
tournament would expand to include Belgium, Austria, France, and Australasia, which
competed separately from the British Isles team. Including Australasian wins, Australia has
won this event 28 times, but Sweden has had more wins in the Open Era with 7. Australians
who have competed in this event include Lleyton Hewitt, Patrick Rafter, and Mark
Philippoussis. Serbia won this for the first time in 2010 thanks in part to ATP number 1
player Novak Djokovic. FTP, what is this annual tournament, the premier team event in
men's tennis?
ANSWER: Davis Cup
4. This song debuted at number 16 on the Billboard charts and finally reached number 1
after six weeks. This is the eleventh number one hit for its artist, who is tied with Whitney
Houston for third place among females for most number one singles, after Madonna and
Mariah Carey. It is also the twentieth top ten single for the artist. British alternative rock
band Coldplay covered this song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, in a performance that MTV
News called "flawless" and "haunting." The song, released by Def Jam records, was written
and produced by a Scottish singer-songwriter who gets featured credit on the track despite
not contributing any vocals. The chorus asserts that the singer and her paramour
performed the title action "in a hopeless place." Replacing “Someone Like You by Adele” as
number one on the Billboard Top 100 this is, FTP, what Rihanna song that is the number
one song in America RIGHT NOW?
ANSWER: “We Found Love”
5. When agitated, this creature flaps its wings at high speed, and its wings are covered in
scales. It collects honey by harvesting pollen from flowers, and can locate blooming flowers
as far as six miles away from its nest. It develops a powder coat on its wings that allows it
to fly even during heavy rains and the dust from this powder can be poisonous to humans if
inhaled in large quantities. Specimens of this creature average three feet and seven inches
in height and 70.5 pounds. This species has compoundeyes, which increases its accuracy by
30%. Creatures of this species are monogamous, and mate after a spectacular courtship
period, famously over cliffs outside Saffron City. It learns Psybeam at level 34 and
PoisonPowder at level 13. FTP, what is this Bug and Flying type Pokémon, once owned by
Ash Ketchum, which evolves from Metapod at level 10?
ANSWER: Butterfree
6. This man had a successful playing career in high school and at Oklahoma State University
before replacing John Calipari as an assistant to Larry Brown in 1985. From there, this man
went on to be an assistant coach at Oklahoma State before becoming the head coach of
another Oklahoma school in 1993. After turning the Oral Roberts basketball program
around and leading them to the NIT in 1997, this man was hired to the be the head coach of
the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, leading that team to their first Elite Eight appearance in 2000.
When Lon Kruger left the University of Illinois to become the head coach of the Atlanta
Hawks, this man became the head coach of the Fighting Illini until leaving that position to
replace Roy Williams when he left to become the head coach at North Carolina. FTP, who is
this current coach of the Kansas Jayhawks?
ANSWER: Bill Self
7. A remix of this song was used in the soundtrack to the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion
Show and was also included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped
Rock and Roll. It is featured in the trailer for an upcoming sequel to an Oscar-winning 2006
movie. It was track 8 on an album of the same name. At the end of the video to this song, the
title figure addresses the artist as "Todd" and nags him to take out the garbage. The artist
threatens that his jammy might go "BLAW," calling himself a "maniac psycho." The artist
says he's "kinda like Shaft" and also compares himself to Cassius Clay, encouraging the
listener to "listen to the bass go boom" after he makes "tears rain down like a monsoon."
Beginning with the lyric, "Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years", FTP, what is
this single by LL Cool J, which you had better not call a regular jam?
ANSWER: “Mama Said Knock You Out”
8. This actress won the role of Laurie on a 2004 VH1 reality show looking for a new
generation of David Cassidys. She voiced Mazie in a movie adaptation of the comic strip
Marmaduke. In one film she played sorority president and virgin Natalie, and covered "I
Know What Boys Like" for the film's soundtrack. In a 2009 film she played a protective
sister named Krista who spends time in an amusement park with Jesse Eisenberg and in
2011, she played a John Mayer enthusiast named Kayla. Her first film credit was as Jules, a
high schooler to whom Seth wants to lose his virginity in Superbad. This actress will be
returning to her natural blonde hair color to play Gwen Stacy opposite Andrew Garfield in
an upcoming movie. Also known for playing Skeeter Phelan in The Help this is, FTP, which
redhead who stole hearts as "fake school slut" Olive Penderghast in Easy A?
ANSWER: Emily Jean “Emma” Stone
9. The Winner Corporation is a major mining company in this show. The heir to the
corporation's fortune is a pacifist who grows up believing he's a test tube baby, when
actually his mother died while carrying him. Another character, Lucrezia Noin, goes only
by her surname and is an instructor at Lake Victoria Academy. One character on this show
says he wears a mask to hide a facial deformity, but he really wears it to hide that he is
actually Milliardo, the brother of Relena. One character adopts the surname Maxwell after a
Roman Catholic priest who cares for him when he is orphaned. Treize Khushrenada, who
pilots the Tallgeese II, allows Chang Wufei, who pilots the Shenlong, to kill him in battle.
Heero Yuy is a mobile suit pilot and the primary protagonist in, FTP, what anime series
which takes place in the After Colony timeline of a famous mecha franchise?
ANSWER: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (do not prompt on “Gundam”)
10. The intended title to this movie was "Greyshot," after a location in Central Park. Ryan
Key from Yellowcard has a cameo in this movie as a bartender at a party in Brooklyn. That
party is a surprise for a man who is moving to Japan to work for Slusho. That man, Rob,
sleeps with Beth in her father's apartment in the Time Warner Center, and Rob spends
most of the movie trying to return there to tell Beth he loves her. They make plans to spend
the day on Coney Island, which are fulfilled in the final scene of the movie, where careful
viewers notice a large object fall into the water. Rob and friends eventually rescue Beth,
who is impaled on rebar, and everyone dies but Lily. Rob and Beth are killed during the
HAMMER-DOWN Protocol in, FTP, what 2008 J.J. Abrams-produced found footage movie
about six twenty-somethings in Manhattan?
ANSWER: Cloverfield
11. This show was the top Nielsen rated network television show for three straight years
from 1991 through 1994. The show has had four different sin-offs over its run, and there
have been local versions in Australia, Germany, and New Zealand, although the American
version is the original. Another show, "This Hour Has Seven Days", aired in Canada in the
1960s and had a similar format. Saturday Night Live often parodied this show with Jane
Curtin and Dan Aykroyd, with Aykroyd popularizing the line "Jane, you ignorant slut." A
2003 episode of this show centered around a debate between Bob Dole and Bill Clinton.
Mike Wallace appeared on the show until 2006, and Connie Chung appeared on this show
from 1990 to 1993. FTP, what is this show, whose reporters have included Scott Pelley,
Lesley Stahl, and Andy Rooney, a newsmagazine airing on CBS?
ANSWER: 60 Minutes
12. On August 7, 2005, this song was used to wake up astronauts on Space Shuttle
Discovery on the first U.S. Space mission after the Columbia disaster. The chord sequence of
the bridge is the same as the verses but transposed up by a whole tone. The original single
version of this song begins with a fiddle solo with the Irish folk song "Believe Me, If All
Those Endearing Young Charms." The lyrics include an allusion to rock and roll pioneer and
crooner Johnnie Ray. It prevented Michael Jackson from having two back to back number
one hits, holding the number one spot for one week in 1982, between "Billie Jean" and
"Beat It." In this song, the singer confesses that, related to the title figure's red dress, his
thoughts, well, they're dirty. Number 3 on VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders this is, FTP,
what song, by an overall-clad Dexy’s Midnight Runners?
ANSWER: “Come On Eileen”
13. The American Museum of [this activity] is located in Manchester, Vermont, while
Theodore Herman, whom Wikipedia describes as a “consumptive hermit,” wrote about
performing this activity in the Catskill Mountains. Along with bullfighting, Ernest
Hemingway wrote about this activity in The Sun Also Rises, while a 1976 novel describes a
family involved in this activity in early 20th century Montana. That novel about this activity
was made into a movie in 1992 that was directed by Robert Redford and that starred Brad
Pitt and Craig Sheffer as Paul and Norman Maclean. Distinctions are usually made between
the cold and warm-water varieties of this activity, and the lures used in this activity usually
resemble aquatic insects. FTP, what is this recreational activity, the performance of which
frames the story of A River Runs Through It?
ANSWER: fly-fishing (prompt on “fishing”)
14. In the first-ever match-up of the number one and number two high school football
teams in the country, this player scored all four of De La Salle High School’s touchdowns in
a defeat of Long Beach Poly in 2001. From there, this player was recruited out of high
school by Karl Dorrell to the school where he would set the NCAA single-season record for
punt-return average with 28.5 yards and became the first player at his school since Jackie
Robinson to lead the nation in punt returning. Drafted in the second round out of UCLA,
this player allegedly chose the number 32 because all 32 NFL teams passed on him at least
once. This player passed Fred Taylor on his team’s depth chart in 2008, and has since been
the number one rusher on his team, ahead of other running backs such as Deji Karim. FTP,
who is this Pro Bowl running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars?
ANSWER: Maurice Jones-Drew
15. This movie has been called "the simultaneous perfection & death knell of the high
concept film!" on a spinoff of the tumblr "Look at This Fucking Hipster". In 2011 folks on
the Internet raised over $50,000 to get Mayor Dave Bing to erect a statue of this film's title
character in Roosevelt Park as part of his urban renewal project. This movie, the first of a
trilogy, has an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and was released for BluRay on October 5, 2010
by MGM. The movie's director was Paul Verhoeven, who is said to have thrown the script
away in disgust before his wife convinced him of its substance. In the movie, Omni
Consumer Products seeks to destroy Detroit and replace it with Delta City, a fully privatized
municipality that it will own. Noted for over-the-top violence, FTP, what is this 1987
science fiction film a police officer who is murdered and recreated as the title superhuman
cyborg?
ANSWER: RoboCop
16. This woman was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2008, and the Oklahoma Music
Hall of Fame one year later. With eleven number one hits on the Billboard Hot Country
Songs chart, she is tied for most hits by a female artist on that chart since 1991, with Reba
McEntire. She famously joined Vince Gill to sing "How Great Though Art" at the Academy of
Country Music Awards, at a ceremony where she became the first woman to win
Entertainer of the Year twice. She is the only solo country artist to have a number 1 hit on
the Billboard Top 100 from 2000 through 2009. That hit, "Inside Your Heaven", was her
coronation song for a certain competition. Wife of Nashville Predators center Mike Fisher
and winner of the fourth season of American Idol, FTP, who is this country music sensation,
singer of hits like "Before He Cheats" and "Jesus Take the Wheel?"
ANSWER: Carrie Underwood (Accept Carrie Fisher before “Fisher”)
17. This team, owned by Shamrock Holdings, was founded by Abe Saperstein in 1926 in
Chicago, Illinois, and has maintained its nickname since them. In 1948 and again in 1949,
this team beat the premier NBA team, a Minnesota Lakers team led by George Mikan, which
was historically significant for the majority-black team. One of this team's earliest star
players was Albert "Runt" Pullins, a skilled dibbler and shooter. Pullins was soon joined by
Inman Jackson, a 6'3" center. Other famous players include George "Meadowlark" Lemon,
Freddie "Curly" Neal, and Hubert "Geese" Ausbie. The team has played more than 20,000
games in 118 countries. The subject of a 1970s Saturday morning cartoon, FTP, what is this
exhibition basketball team named after a Manhattan neighborhood which contains the
Apollo Theater?
ANSWER: Harlem Globetrotters
18. D.J. MacHale, who wrote the pilot episode of this show, has said that the show's title
figure was Jamal's ancestor, and escaped slave who educated himself and learned the value
of reading. In the episode "Over a Barrel," Tina and Alex share their first kiss, and in
"What's up with Alex?" Kevin offers Alex marijuana. In "Am I Blue?" Gaby steals money
from the cash register in the bodega to buy a "Galaxy Girl" costume, and Daisy Fuentes
would later appear as Galaxy Girl herself. Samuel L. Jackson appeared as Jamal's father
Reggie. Members of the team on this show would have a casebook where they store
evidence, clues, and information about suspects. FTP, what was this show, which aired on
PBS from 1992 to 1995, about a group of students at Zora Neale Hurston Middle School in
Brooklyn, who solve mysteries with the help of the titular literate spirit?
ANSWER: Ghostwriter
19. Thomas Jane appears in a cameo in this film for a few seconds as a younger version of
one of the film's main characters. This movie was released in 1999, and netted three
Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Original Song for the song "Save Me"
by Aimee Mann. Mann's music figures prominently into the film, with one character saying
to another "Now that I've met you, would you object to never seeing me again?”--a line
taken right from Mann's song "Deathly". Mann's music also provides one of the movie's two
climaxes, in which all of the film's nine interconnected main characters join together for a
sing-along of Mann's "Wise Up.” The other climax comes later in the movie, when the sky
opens and rains frogs on the nine protagonists. FTP, what is this third film directed by Paul
Thomas Anderson, which also earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Tom Cruise?
ANSWER: Magnolia
20. Songs on this album include “Pretty Maids All in a Row,” “Victim of Love” and “Wasted
Time.” This album was nominated for Album of the Year at the 1976 Grammys but lost to
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, and two tracks on this album reached number one on the
Billboard Top 100. One song on this album begins, “She came from Providence--the one in
Rhode Island--where the Old World shadows hang heavy in the air,” while another
describes, “Blowin’ and burnin’, blinded by thirst; they didn’t see the stop sign, took a turn
for the worse.” In addition to “The Last Resort” and “Life in the Fast Lane,” this album
contains two Grammy Award-winning songs, “New Kid in Town” and the titular song about
a place with “mirrors on the ceiling” and “pink champagne on ice.” FTP, what is this album
by The Eagles?
ANSWER: Hotel California
TB. This song has been covered by Toad the Wet Sprocket, L.A. Guns, and Poison on the
soundtrack for the 1987 movie Less Than Zero. First appearing in 1975, this song has also
appeared on the live albums You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!, Killers and Alive! The
band that is responsible for this song performed it with Adam Lambert during the Season 8
finale of American Idol and the Closing Ceremonies for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt
Lake City, which was the last performance for this band with guitarist Ace Frehley. This
song is the final track on the album Dressed to Kill, coming after tracks such as “She” and
“Come On and Love Me.” FTP, what is this song by KISS that notes, “you drive us wild, we’ll
drive you crazy”?
ANSWER: “Rock and Roll All Nite”
BONI
1. They never thought that they'd get bit by the love bug again, but it seems to happen to
them pretty regularly. FTPE, identify these things about the Jonas Brothers and their
former paramours:
1) This middle Jonas brother should have known better than to dump Taylor Swift over the
phone. She gave a shout out to him in "Monologue Song (La La La)," her SNL monologue.
ANSWER: Joseph Adam "Joe" Jonas
2) Joe was also linked to this Brazilian-American movie star who was featured in the band's
Lovebug video. She earlier starred in 10,000 BC and When a Stranger Calls.
ANSWER: Camilla Belle
3) Joe was linked to Demi Lovato, but youngest brother Nick has been linked to two pop
stars who have had their own Disney Channel sitcom. Of the two, "naturally," only this girl is
a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
ANSWER: Selena Marie Gomez
2. Identify these films that have featured cameos by Tulane professor James Carville, FTPE:
1) This 2003 movie featured a memorable cameo by Professor Carville in scene where he
debates Frank the Tank, a character played by Will Ferrell.
ANSWER: Old School
2) Professor Carville was one of the main characters of this 1993 documentary that also
focuses on George Stephanopoulos and the eventual winner of the presidential election, Bill
Clinton.
ANSWER: The War Room
3) Professor Carville also appeared in this 1996 movie, not as himself but instead as
attorney Simon Leis. This movie stars Woody Harrelson as the titular producer of Hustler
magazine.
ANSWER: The People vs. Larry Flynt
3. FTPE name these video games that are the basis for upcoming movies:
1) This 2011 first person game generated a lot of buzz before its release with a nonlinear
trailer showing the death of a young girl. The game is a first person, open-world game set at
a Southeast Asian resort infested with zombies.
ANSWER: Dead Island
2) Nathan Fillion has been lobbying for the role of treasure hunter Nathan Drake in the
movie adaptation of this game series. The third iteration, subtitled "Drake's Deception",
was released in November 2011 for the Playstation 3.
ANSWER: Uncharted
3) This puzzle game from Rovio Mobile is available for Android, iPad, iPhone, and Google
Chrome. The Rio version of this game has been downloaded more than 10 million times.
ANSWER: Angry Birds
4. Songs by this group include “Two Tribes” and “The Power of Love.” FTPE:
1) In 1984 this band became the first since Gerry and the Pacemakers in 1964 to have each
of their first three singles reach number one on the charts in the UK. There were also
novelty t-shirts made about this band.
ANSWER: Frankie Goes to Hollywood
2) This song was the biggest hit for Frankie Goes to Hollywood. This song’s lyrics include
those about “little boy’s dreams” and hitting someone with “laser beams.”
ANSWER: “Relax”
3) “Relax” was a track on this Frankie Goes to Hollywood album. This album’s name was
inspired by the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Kubla Khan.
ANSWER: Welcome to the Pleasuredome
5. This man’s autobiography, Me and the Spitter, was released in 1974. FTPE:
1) Despite admitting to doctoring baseballs and throwing illegal pitches, this pitcher was
controversially inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991. He became the first player to win
the Cy Young Award in both leagues in 1978.
ANSWER: Gaylord Perry
2) Perry no-hot St. Louis in 1968, defeating this Cardinals pitcher 1-0. Later that year, this
pitcher would set the World Series record for strikeouts in a game with 17 and the live-ball
era record for season ERA with 1.12.
ANSWER: Bob Gibson
3) Perry was traded to the Texas Rangers in 1975, joining a staff of double-digit winners
that included Doyle Alexander, Dock Ellis and this 2011 Hall of Fame inductee. Born in the
Netherlands, this pitcher played much of his career with the Minnesota Twins.
ANSWER: Bert Blyleven
6. This comic has been publishing new issues since 2009. FTPE:
1) Produced by John Layman and Rob Guillory, this comic is set in a world where eating
bird meat is illegal. The main character of this comic is a “cibopath,” meaning that he can
have a psychic connection with something if he takes a bite out of it.
ANSWER: Chew
2) Chew is set in this American city. Many of M. Night Shyamalan’s movies are set in and
around this city, including Lady in the Water, The Happening and The Sixth Sense.
ANSWER: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3) This Eastern European cibopath is the main antagonist of Chew. His name derives from
the fact that he drinks blood instead of biting into things to connect with them psychically.
ANSWER: The Vampire
7. She'll be your little Loretta, he'll be your Conway Twitty. Identify these things about a
married couple, FTPE.
1) "Austin" was the debut single of this country artist, who joined the Grand Ole Opry
House after the 2010 Cumberland River Floods. His 2011 album, "Red River Blue," featured
hits like "Honey Bee" and "God Gave Me You."
ANSWER: Blake Shelton
2) God Gave Shelton this woman, his wife, also a solo country artist. She is known for hits
like "Baggage Claim," "The House That Built Me," and "Gunpowder and Lead."
ANSWER: Miranda Lambert or Miranda Shelton
3) Shelton may be a coach on NBC's The Voice, but Lambert is also affiliated with a reality
show. She was a finalist on the 2003 season of this competition show.
ANSWER: Nashville Star
8. Jim Carey won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in this movie. FTPE:
1) Carey played Andy Kaufman in this 1999 movie that also starred Danny DeVito and Paul
Giamatti. A 1992 song by R.E.M. gave this film its title.
ANSWER: Man on the Moon
2) One of Kaufman’s most well known jokes was his lip-synching of the theme to this
cartoon show, most notably the line “here I come to save the day.”
ANSWER: “Mighty Mouse”
3) The end of Man on the Moon sees Tony Clifton, the alter ego of Andy Kaufman, singing
this song to a crowd in 1985, one year after Kaufman’s death. CAKE covered this song on
their album Fashion Nugget in 1996.
ANSWER: “I Will Survive”
9. This coach’s last game was a 37-24 victory over Penn State in the 2011 Outback Bowl.
FTPE:
1) After replacing Ron Zook as head coach in 2005, this man led his team to two national
championships before retiring in 2010. He has since been succeeded by Will Muschamp.
ANSWER: Urban Meyer
2) Before coaching at the University of Florida, Meyer had a successful career with the Utah
Utes, leading them to victory in this bowl in 2004. The most recent iteration of this bowl
saw Oklahoma defeat Connecticut 48-20.
ANSWER: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
3) Meyer also served as the head coach of this Mid-American Conference school from 2001
to 2003. He led this school to a 56-21 victory over their biggest rival, Toledo, in 2001.
ANSWER: Bowling Green University
10. They got the gift of melody, and they gonna bring it 'till the end. FTPE, identify these 'N
Sync singles:
1) This song was the group's only number 1 single in the U.S. It was track two on No Strings
Attached and its video inspired action figures of the band.
ANSWER: “It's Gonna Be Me”
2) This first single off of No Strings Attached peaked at number four on the Billboard charts.
The chorus asserts that the title declaration "ain't no lie, baby" and the video featured the
band as marionettes.
ANSWER: “Bye Bye Bye”
3) This song was co-written by JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake. The video features Gary
Coleman, as an elf, summoning the guys to fill in for a feverish Santa on the titular holiday.
ANSWER: “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays”
11. This reality series has been described as “Antiques Roadshow hijacked by American
Choppers.” FTPE:
1) This History Channel show has somehow already been on the air for five seasons. It
centers on Rick Harrison and a shop that he owns in Las Vegas.
ANSWER: Pawn Stars
2) Other characters on Pawn Stars include Rick’s father “The Old Man,” his son “Big Hoss,”
and this “village idiot” of the pawnshop. He is the shop’s resident expert in items such as
cars and pinball machines.
ANSWER: Austin “Chumlee” Russell (accept either underlined answer)
3) One of the local experts employed by the pawnshop is Rick Dale, the star of this spin-off
of Pawn Stars. On this show, Dale and his son refurbish vintage items to their original
condition.
ANSWER: American Restoration
12. Identify these things about giant spiders, FTPE:
1) Hagrid was expelled from Hogwarts after being caught with this giant spider, or, more
accurately, Acromantula. It lives in the Forbidden Forrest and has hundreds of offspring.
ANSWER: Aragog
2) Giant spiders and toxic waste figure prominently into the plot of this 2002 movie. Set in
the town of Prosperity, Arizona, this movie’s tagline is “Let the Squashing Begin!”
ANSWER: Eight Legged Freaks
3) This actor pilots a giant mechanical spider in the 1999 movie Wild Wild West. Known for
his work with Shakespeare’s plays, this actor recently directed the 2011 film Thor.
ANSWER: Kenneth Branagh
13. This roots-rock group formed in 1964. FTPE:
1) This group released their first album, Music From Big Pink, in 1968. Notable songs from
that album by this group include “Tears of Rage,” “I Shall Be Released” and “The Weight.”
ANSWER: The Band
2) This song from The Band’s second album was a top-five hit for Joan Baez in 1971. It tells
the story of Virgil Caine who “served on the Danville train” and who was “hungry, just
barely alive.”
ANSWER: “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
3) Filmed on Thanksgiving Day in San Francisco, this Martin Scorsese-directed
documentary was advertised as The Band’s last live show. This concert film sees The Band
joined by musicians such as Muddy Waters, Dr. John, and Emmylou Harris.
ANSWER: The Last Waltz
14. Identify these NBA players who were born outside of the United States, FTPE:
1) This fifth pick in the 2009 NBA Draft has yet to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Born in Barcelona, he has been playing in Spain for the past two seasons.
ANSWER: Ricky Rubio
2) This Congolese player was drafted seventh overall in 2011 by the Kings before being
traded to the Charlotte Bobcats. Like Rubio, he too has played in the Spanish league.
ANSWER: Bismack Biyombo
3) This point guard for the Spurs was born in Bruges, Belgium, but was raised in France.
His marriage with Eva Longoria ended in 2010.
ANSWER: Tony Parker
15. This comedian surprisingly is about to turn forty in March. FTPE:
1) This comedian is known for his albums Harmful If Swallowed and Isolated Incident. This
comedian’s brother Darryl was his business manager until 2008 when he went to jail for
embezzlement.
ANSWER: Dane Cook
2) Cook released this comedy album in 2005. Preceded by Harmful If Swallowed, it went
double platinum and was the most successful comedy album since Steve Martin’s Wild and
Crazy Guy.
ANSWER: Retaliation
3) Cook appeared as Super Club box-boy Zack Bradley in this 2006 movie. A rivalry
between characters played by Cook and Dax Sheppard culminates in a competition over the
fastest check out in this movie.
ANSWER: Employee of the Month
16. Here’s the story of a guy named Brady. Identify these members of his family, FTPE:
1) This Brady daughter was played by Eve Plumb. She is cripplingly insecure about her
middle child status, her glasses, her freckles, and her lack of a boyfriend.
ANSWER: Jan Brady
2) Jan was jealous of this older sister, famously repeating her name thrice in exasperation.
In contrast with Jan, this sister, played by Maureen McCormick, may be pretty and popular,
but she has her own insecurities as well.
ANSWER: Marcia Brady
3) This annoying relative of the Brady's stayed with the family for the last six episodes of
the Brady Bunch's final season while his parents were on an archaeological expedition in
South America.
ANSWER: Cousin Oliver
17. This is the dawning of the seventeenth bonus. FTPE:
1) The 1969 recording of this song won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. It
begins, “When the moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace
will guide the planets and love will steer the stars.”
ANSWER: “(The Age of) Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”
2) The hit song “Aquarius” is from this 1967 musical. A Broadway revival of this rock
musical won a Tony Award in 2009.
ANSWER: Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
3) “Aquarius” is performed by the cast of this 2005 movie after the main character’s first
sexual experience. Trish, a character in this movie, sells things on EBay.
ANSWER: The 40 Year-Old Virgin
18. This horse is currently recovering from surgery in Pennsylvania. FTPE:
1) This horse won the 2011 Kentucky Derby with 30 to 1 odds. It shares its name with a
park at Disney World that was opened in 1998.
ANSWER: Animal Kingdom
2) After winning the Kentucky Derby, Animal Kingdom failed to win the Preakness and the
Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown. This horse was the last to win the Triple Crown,
doing so in 1978.
ANSWER: Affirmed
3) Animal Kingdom’s next race is scheduled to be the World Cup in this Middle Eastern city
in 2012. Tourism constitutes a major percentage of this city’s GDP, and its annual Shopping
Festival attracts three million visitors each year.
ANSWER: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19. Who will answer these questions? Identify the following about Alan Moore's graphic
novel Watchmen, FTPE:
1. This comic book within the comic book presents a lot of nifty parallels to the action of the
main story, substituting super heroes for pirates. Gerard Butler voiced the Captain in the
direct-to-video version of this comic in 2009.
ANSWER: Tales of the Black Freighter
2. This character, based off of Captain Atom, had domain over matter and physics, which,
for some reason, eliminated his need for pants.
ANSWER: Dr. Manhattan
3. The murder of this superhero, with alter ego Edward Blake, sets the plot of Watchmen in
motion. In addition to Dr. Manhattan, this superhero is one of the few who is allowed to
remain active following the passing of the Keene Act.
ANSWER: The Comedian
20. Identify these horrible live action movies based on Hanna-Barbera cartoons, FTPE:
1) This 2010 movie starred Anna Faris and featured the voices of Dan Aykroyd and Justin
Timberlake. The movie, set in Jellystone Park, has a "rotten" rating of 13% on Rotten
Tomatoes.
ANSWER: Yogi Bear
2) This 1994 movie has a 22% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, even though it features Oscar
winner Halle Berry and Emmy winner John Goodman. It was the last movie of Oscar winner
Elizabeth Taylor, who played Pearl Slaghoople.
ANSWER: The Flintstones
3) In The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas, Taylor was replaced by this British actress and Tory
activist. She was best known for playing John Forsythe's villainous ex-wife in Dynasty.
ANSWER: Joan Collins
21. Her new album is scheduled to be released later this year. FTPE:
1) This Philadelphia-based musician recently appeared on the Beastie Boys song “Don’t
Play No Game That I Can’t Win.” Other songs by her include “L.E.S. Artistes” and “Say Aha.”
ANSWER: Santigold or Santogold or Santi White
2) This 2008 hit by Santigold states, “got no need for the fancy things or the attention that it
brings.” The title figure “will deliver the explosion.”
ANSWER: “Creator”
3) This other hit by Santigold has been used in commercials for Bud Light Lime. After
stating the title phrase, this song goes on to say, “Shoot up the station; TV’s dead, where’s
there to run?”
ANSWER: “Lights Out”