STP Round Twelve - Trash Quizbowl Packet Archive

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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 Twelve
Tossups
1. One of this man’s friends was Mike McFarland and Todd Rundgren was this one of this man’s heroes. He was
once engaged to Jessica Blankenship, but their engagement ended after he had an affair while attending Covenant
College. He converted to Buddhism at the advice of his wife, Gloria Abe, who he met in Hawaii after a failed
suicide attempt. Jared Leto gained over sixty pounds to play this man in the film Chapter 27 who watched Ordinary
People shortly before committing his most famous action. That action took place outside of The Dakota and was
inspired by The Catcher in the Rye. For ten points, name this man who killed John Lennon.
ANSWER: Mark David Chapman
2. This song’s singer requests that you “take a bow” because “you on the hottest ticket now”. Writing on a ping
pong table in the music video for this song reveals that its singer is the video’s director; previously the video was
alleged to have been stolen from its singer. This song features a rap section in which a guest artist says “World tour,
it’s mine, ten little letters on a big sign” and this song’s singer claims that “We’re gonna party like it’s 3012
tonight/I’m gonna show you all the finer things in life.” The guest rapper makes an amusing pun when she rhymes
“weiner” with “Selener,” a reference to the singer’s ex-girlfriend, Selena Gomez. The music video for this song
shows him hanging out in a swimming pool with Nicki Minaj. For ten points, name this song by Justin Bieber in
which he claims that all he needs are the two title things.
ANSWER: “Beauty and a Beat”
3. The creator of this game recently released the trivia card game “Seriously?!” Ralph Baer designed a similar
predecessor to this game. One XKCD comic concerned what would happen if the enemy in this game became self
aware. This game first debuted in Sunnyvale, California at Andy Capp’s Tavern. The company responsible for this
game was originally known as Syzygy Engineering before renaming themselves with a term from the Chinese game
Go. This game’s designer, Allan Alcorn, was asked to add “the roar of a crowd,” to the audio by the company’s
founder, Nolan Bushnell. Alcorn left a gap at the top of the game screen where the paddles couldn’t reach to add an
element of difficulty. For ten points, identify this pioneering Atari game, one of the first arcade games, which
mimics a tennis match.
ANSWER: Pong
4. One character on this show is replaced in his job by Glenn Childs. Miranda Cosgrove appeared in an episode of
this show as a teenaged star named Sloan Birchfield. Another character on this show was born under the name Leela
Tahiri. Jonas Stern hired one of his partners on this show because he claimed “it would look good to have a girl on
the staff.” That partner is Diane Lockhart, who warms up to the show’s title character when she brings on Eli Gold
as a client. Gold had previously managed the political campaign of that character’s husband, played by Chris Noth.
For ten points, name this show about Alicia Florrick, who returns to work after her husband is embroiled in a
corruption scandal, which stars Julianna Margulies.
ANSWER: The Good Wife
5. Coordinator Tim Deruyter moved this player to a new position in his senior season and former Dallas Cowboy
Dat Nguyen served as his position coach. One blogger claimed that this player brought the “Wrecking Crew”
defense back to his school. This player has a tattoo of a chicken on his leg, and he hopes to open a poultry farm one
day. This past season this player broke Elvis Dumervil’s team record for sacks in a season and he finished second in
Defensive Player of the Year voting. A former Texas A&M Aggie, he was selected one pick after Cam Newton in
the 2011 NFL Draft. For ten points, name this Denver Broncos linebacker.
ANSWER: Von Miller
6. Indie-folk band Sun Kil Moon’s album Ghosts of the Great Highway features three songs titled after deceased
athletes in this sport. The last song on the self-titled debut album of Ben Folds Five is named for this sports.Another
deceased practitioner of this sport titles the minor Bob Dylan song “Who Killed Davey Moore?” A better-known
Dylan song details the trumped-up murder charges against another athlete in this sport. That song is titled
“Hurricane” after that athlete’s nickname. Warren Zevon mentions Duk Koo Kim and Bobby Chacon in a song titled
after a famous athlete in this sport, “Boom Boom Mancini.” Bruce Springsteen’s “The Hitter” is about a practitioner
in this sport. For ten points, identify this sport, the best-known song about which is by Simon and Garfunkel and
deals with an athlete who is a “fighter by his trade.”
ANSWER: Boxing
7. The theme song to this series begins with the Latin for "Behold the man," referring to its title character. This
series produced a spinoff animated series and two films, and its title character participated in the London 2012
Olympic opening ceremony, playing a synthesiser with an umbrella and throwing a used tissue into a grand piano.
The title character once referred to Whistler's Mother a "hideous old bat who looked like she had a cactus lodged up
her backside." He locks his late-70s model Leyland Mini with a bolt-latch and padlock, and removes the steering
wheel when he is done driving. Although he loves his teddy bear, he has used it as a paintbrush. His first name is
never revealed in the series. For ten points, identify this television series, named after its childlike main character
who wears a tweed jacket and almost never speaks.
ANSWER: Mr. Bean
8. The lead singer of this band turned in their concept album The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday as a senior thesis.
That concept album would spawn a set of songs about the land of “Gamehendge.” Kurt Vonnegut painted an unused
album cover for this band that was titled “Hook, Line, and Sinker.” This band has only released one video, that
being the video for “Down with the Disease” from the 1994 album Hoist. However, they are better known for
elaborate and lengthy live performances and have released live albums featuring performances of the entirety of The
White Album, Quadrophenia, and Remain in Light. Led by guitarist and vocalist Trey Anastasio, for ten points,
identify this quintessential 90s jam band whose name was supposedly created by mashing together the first and last
name of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh.
ANSWER: Phish
9. This actress plays Maggie Gilkeson, whose daughter is kidnapped to become a prostitute in The Missing, and she
portrayed both a fictional cousin of hers and herself in the film Coffee and Cigarettes. This actress appears as Janine,
a crime scene technician who dated Nicolas Angel in Hot Fuzz, and the children of one character played by this
actress to go to a wedding in Mexico after she is shot in Morocco in the film Babel One character played by this
actress has her aspirations as a dancer dashed when her leg is broken by a taxi. That character later moves back to
New Orleans and opens a dance studio. This actress performed a version of “Maggie’s Farm” in the film I’m Not
Here in an homage to Bob Dylan’s performance at Newport. For ten points, name this actress, who played Benjamin
Button’s love interest Daisy.
ANSWER: Cate Blanchett
10. One character who lives here is a real estate developer named Ben Faulkner. Gilbert McClusky’s corpse is stored
in a freezer by one of the residents of this area. Betty Applewhite moved to this location in the middle of the night,
which was the basis for one of the mysteries surrounding the residents of this location. John Rowland did a lot of
gardening for one family who lives here; that family is the Solis family. Edie Britt dies when she drives her car into
an electrical pole in this location. This setting is located in the city of Fairview, which is a part of Eagle State. For
ten points, name this street, on which the principal characters of Desperate Housewives live.
ANSWER: Wisteria Lane (accept: Fairview before mentioned)
11. This director filmed a music video for the song “The View” from Lou Reed’s collaboration album with
Metallica. This man co-wrote a film about aseemingly-haunted submarine. That film is Below. His first film sees the
protagonist pursued by both Wall Street and Haisidic Jews because of a 216-digit number.Eventually, that man uses
a power drill to eliminate his cluster headaches. One of his more famous films ends with the amputation of Harry
Goldfarb’s arm. In another film, Robin Ramzowski is annoyed by an old woman’s order of potato salad and
intentionally cuts his hand on a deli slicer. In his most recent film, Nina Sayers sprouts wings during a “perfect”
ballet performance before collapsing in her own blood. For ten points, name this director of The Wrestler and Black
Swan.
ANSWER: Darren Aronofsky
12. The losing team in this game featured players like Horace Broadnax and David Wingate. The winning team in
this game featured Harold Pressly, who made a game-winning steal against Dayton in the first round. Harold Jensen
hit a go-ahead shot late in this game. One team in this game defeated Keith Lee’s Memphis State team to reach this
game. Dwayne McCain was the highest scoring player in this game with 17 points. Ed Pickney was the center for
the winning team in this game, and Patrick Ewing committed many goaltends in it. For ten points, name this game in
which a team coached by Rollie Massamino upset John Thompson’s team for the NCAA Title.
ANSWER: 1985 NCAA Title Game or the Georgetown-Villanova NCAA Title Game
13. In one episode, this character takes correspondence courses in creative writing from a school run by literary
bigwigs such as “Ethel Hemingway,” “Jerry Steinbeck,” and “Eunice O’Neil.” Big Bird’s teddy bear in Sesame
Street is named after this character, in homage to the stuffed animal this character carries with him. In the series’
penultimate episode, that teddy bear was placed in a time capsule to symbolize the soldiers who arrived as boys and
left as men. The actor who played this character was the only actor from the 1970 film to reprise his role on the TV
series. A notable non-comedic event featured an extra on stage who dropped a surgical instrument when this
character announced that Henry Blake had been shot down over the Sea of Japan. For ten points, identify this
character from M*A*S*H, a young and naïve corporal from Iowa played by Gary Burghoff.
ANSWER: Radar O’Reilly
14. In one track on this album, its artist claims that “I’m like a Russian mobster/Drinking distilled vodka”. That song
is called “Allure”. The music video for one song from this album takes place as a fashion show featuring models like
Naomi Campbell; its singer asks “Do I to you look like a lame/Who don’t understand a broad with a mean shoe
game?” Russell Crowe asks “Are you not entertained?” in the intro to the song “What More Can I Say?” on this
album, and in one song which appears on this album, its artist claims that “after me, there should be no more”. That
song is “Encore”. This album’s best selling single opens with the line “If you havin’ girl problems I feel bad for you
son.” For ten points, name this Jay-Z album which was billed as his final album and which contains the hits “Change
Clothes” and “99 Problems”.
ANSWER: The Black Album
15. One character in this film with a military title shares his name with Sidney Poitier's character from In the Heat of
the Night. This was the first major film to use Xerox photography to speed the animation process. This film is based
on a book by Dodie Smith and in this film, a man and a woman fall into a pond due to the antics of a title creature
and they eventually fall in love. The man later revives a sick one of the title creatures by using a towel. The Twilight
Bark is a method of communication used in this movie and the parents of the title animals are Pongo and Perdita. In
a classic scene from this film, soot is used as a disguise but washes off with snow. In this film, Sergeant Tibbs helps
a dog and a horse find the titular spotted creatures in Hell Hall. For ten points, name this Disney film in which
Cruella de Vil tries to make dog fur coats.
ANSWER: 101 Dalmatians
16. A nightclub in this film is decorated with scenes from Taxi Driver. One character in this film notes that “Pussy
Galore” is a misnomer. One character considers himself to be “a bit of a perfectionist” in a job interview, but only
lied on his resume “to get his foot in the door.”In a hallucinogenic scene, the narrator sees his parents on a quiz
show answering questions about HIV/AIDS. The makes a reference to Gravity’s Rainbow early on after the narrator
explores the undersea world in a toilet in order to obtain suppositories, and another scene involves the character
sinking into a rug while Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day” plays in the background. However, perhaps the most notable
image in this film is that of a dead baby rotating its head 180 degrees while crawling on a ceiling during a
hallucination caused by withdrawal. For ten points, identify this 1996 Danny Boyle film about heroin junkies
featuring Ewan McGregor.
ANSWER: Trainspotting
17. One version of these items that people sometimes construct themselves are known as Cinderellas. Dana Gioia
used to serve on the advisory board concerning these objects. “Grilling” was performed on these objects for a few
years in the 19th century, resulting in a portrait of a founding father with small grooves that come from a “Z-Grill.”
A sculptor of a national monument sued in 2006 after one of these objects used a photograph of one of his works
without compensation. One of these objects from 1930 depicts the Graf Zeppelin, while a defective one of these
objects depicting a Curtiss JN-4H biplane sold for nearly a million dollars in 2007. For ten points name these items,
which is used to send mail.
ANSWER: US Postage Stamps (Prompt for “US” on answers like “Stamps” or “Postage Stamps”).
18. This team recently fired a head coach via Skype and replaced him with Dallas Eakins. Peter Pocklington once
owned this NHL team and Nikolai Khabibulin has been a member of this team since 2010. This team is captained by
center Shawn Horcoff and Craig McTavish was recently hired as GM for this team. This team received Jimmy
Carson in the most famous trade in team history. This team selected Ryan Nugent Hopkins, Nail Yupokov and
Taylor Hall with its three consecutive number one overall picks from 2010-2012. Mark Messier won 5 titles with
this team and the most successful goalie in the history of this team was Grant Fuhr. For ten points, name this hockey
team that won 4 titles while led by Wayne Gretzky.
ANSWER: Edmonton Oilers (accept either underline part)
19. This writer was played by Albert Finney in an Alan Rudolph that featured Bruce Willis in the lead role.
According to one source, he was the only American to be convicted of treason during the Korean War, leading him
to write under the pseudonym of Frank X. Barlow while in prison. In one work, he gives the words of wisdom: “You
were sick, but now you are well again. And there's work to be done,” but his epitaph states that “Life is no way to
treat an animal.” One work written by someone else in his name is Venus on the Half-Shell. His own output is quite
prolific; however he is underappreciated and his work often appears in pornographic bookstores. Nevertheless, both
Eliott Rosewater and Billy Pilgrim have amassed nearly all of this works. For ten points, identify this fictional
author created by Kurt Vonnegut.
ANSWER: Kilgore Trout
20. Warning: Player and Event Description Required
Stephen Jay Gould referred to this accomplishment as “a lesson to all who value the best in human possibility” and
Fred Bowen wrote the book No Easy Way about it. Joe Cronin managed the player who accomplished this. The
player who did it said if he had known it’d have been such a big deal “I would have done it again.” This event ended
with a 6-8 in a doubleheader against the A’s. The closest anyone has come to matching this since it occurred was
Tony Gwynn’s 1994 season. This event was overshadowed by Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hitting streak, which
happened in the same year. For ten points, name this event, the last time that a player hit over .400.
ANSWER: Ted Williams’ .400 Season or Ted Williams’ .406 Season or Ted Williams’ 1941 Season (accept clear
knowledge equivalents)
Bonuses
1. This author has sold more books than any other living author, and every book she has published has been a
bestseller.
[10] First, name this drugstore romance novelist (who refuses to call herself a romance novelist) whose recent books
include Hotel Vendome, Friends Forever, and The Sins of the Mother. FTPE:
ANSWER: Danielle Steel
[10] Although Steel mostly writes adult romance novels, she has also tried her hand at memoirs and children’s
books. This longest of Steel’s children’s series tells stories about a little boy whose father is a fireman and a little
girl who attends a private school.
ANSWER: Max & Martha
[10] Steel’s last number one New York Times bestselling hardcover came in 2006 and was titled after this type of
residence. Mark Danielewski wrote a book about one of these residences “of Leaves.”
ANSWER: House
2. A remake of this film starred Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac. For ten points each.
[10]Name this film about a white woman who brings her black boyfriend home, starring Sidney Poitier
ANSWER: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?
[10]This actor’s final film appearance was in Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner as Matt Drayton. He previously
starred in other family fare like Father Of The Bride.
ANSWER: Spencer Tracy
[10]This man, who directed Tracy in other films like Inherit The Wind and It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
directed Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner.
ANSWER: Stanley Kramer
3. When they backed up Ronnie Hawkins, they were called “The Hawks”. For ten points each.
[10]Name this generically named roots rock group, who had success with songs like “The Weight”, as well as
backing up Bob Dylan on The Basement Tapes.
ANSWER: The Band
[10]This song by The Band appeared on their self-titled second album. Its subject, a southerner named Virgil Caine,
sings about the end of the Civil War, claiming “In the winter of ’65, we were hungry, just barely alive,” and relating
a time his wife saw Robert E. Lee.
ANSWER: “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
[10]This album was The Band’s debut as an individual act, though it shared many tracks with The Basement Tapes.
It was named for the house in which it was recorded.
ANSWER: Music From Big Pink
4. Just because players for the Marlins have won three of the last ten Rookie of the Year awards doesn’t mean the
team is any good. Answer some questions about the recipients for ten points each.
[10]The shortstop, acquired from Boston in the Josh Beckett trade, won the award in 2006 before falling out of
favour with the club and getting traded to the Dodgers in 2012.
ANSWER: Hanley Ramirez
[10]Before Craig Kimbrel took home the trophy in 2011, this Marlin was the last pitcher to win the award, doing so
in 2003. Known for his high leg kick, he won 22 games in 2005 before being traded to Detroit alongside Miguel
Cabrera.
ANSWER: Dontrelle Willis
[10]Chris Coghlan took home the award in 2009 against a pitiful competition, beating out this much more heralded
pitcher for the Phillies, who would become the centerpiece of the team’s trade for Roy Oswalt the next year.
ANSWER: J.A. Happ
5. The music video for this song is a semi-sequel to the preceding “It’s Like That”; both videos feature Eric Roberts
and Wentworth Miller as competing suitors for its performer. For ten points each.
[10]Name this song, whose singer says “I didn’t mean it/When I said I didn’t love you” before asserting “When you
left I lost a part of me/It’s still so hard to believe”.
ANSWER: “We Belong Together”
[10]”We Belong Together” was a hit from the album The Emancipation of Mimi for this pop diva, whose other hits
include “Always Be My Baby” and “Hero”
ANSWER: Mariah Carey
[10]This song was an earlier hit for Carey. Featuring Jay-Z, Carey asks in the chorus “Oh why did you have to run
your game on me?”.
ANSWER: “Heartbreaker”
6. When Peppy Miller bumps into George Valentin, in this film it sets off a chain of events which help lead to her
ascension as a Hollywood star. For ten points each.
[10]Name this film, notable for being shot in black and white, which covers the transition from silent films to talkies
in Hollywood and stars Jean Dujardin.
ANSWER: The Artist
[10]The Artist was directed by this man, who is also married to Bérénice Bejo, who plays Peppy.
ANSWER: Michel Hazanavicius
[10]Prior to their collaboration on The Artist, Dujardin, Bejo and Hazanavicius all worked on Cairo: Nest Of Spies, a
film in which Dujardin played this famous French spy created by Jean Bruce.
ANSWER: OSS-117 (accept: OSS cent-dix-sept)
7. In The Last of Us Joel and Ellie must get through this city after leaving Massachusetts.
[10] For ten points, name this city, also the setting for the Broken Steel DLC campaign for Fallout 3.
ANSWER: Pittsburgh
[10] The Last of Us was developed by Naughty Dog, who are responsible for the Jak and Daxter series, and this
series that centers on the adventures of Nathan Drake.
ANSWER: Uncharted
[10] In The Last of Us Joel is attempting to deliver Ellie to a base run by this guerilla organization. One of their
leaders is Marlene, and throughout the game pendants belonging to members of this group can be found.
ANSWER: The Fireflies
8. For ten points each, name the following sports blogs, none of which are Deadspin.
[10] Originally, this blog’s writers went by the pseudonyms Ken Tremendous, Junior, and Dak, but they have since
been revealed as writers for Parks and Recreation and Workaholics. Often critical of poor sports journalism, this
blog’s title targets one sportscaster in particular.
ANSWER: Fire Joe Morgan
[10]. Bill Simmons is the editor in chief of this ESPN-owned sometimes-sports-related blog. Other contributors to
this blog include Jay Caspian Kang and Chuck Klosterman.
ANSWER: Grantland.com
[10]. This Hockey blog dedicated to the Washington Capitals takes its name from a 2006 Alex Ovechkin quote. It
garnered national media attention after it was one of the first US media outlets to report on the 2013 Russian meteor
event.
ANSWER: Russian Machine Never Breaks
9. For ten points each, answer the following about poor translations in video games.
[10] This internet meme derives from what may be the most famous example of a video game mistranslation. This
phrase appeared in the opening cutscene in Zero Wing, associated with an image of a man with a robotic gadget
covering his right eye who announces that his group has taken over your military stations.
ANSWER: All your base are belong to us. (Accept All your base)
[10] This four word phrase is a message shown to the player of the NES game Pro Wrestling after beating an
opponent. A bug catcher in one of the Pokemon games says this to the player after being defeated in an intentional
reference to the meme.
ANSWER: A winner is you.
[10] This game began with the announcement that "Now, it is beginning of a fantastic story," complete with double
exclamation point. In this game, the player controls a little dragon who must trap enemies in spheres and then pop
them.
ANSWER: Bubble Bobble
10. This show’s main character worked in a morgue. For ten points each.
[10]Name this show about a woman who tries to stop the dead people who cross her slab from dying by re-living
their final day alive, which starred Jason Priestly and Eliza Dushku.
ANSWER: Tru Calling
[10]Dushku went on to star in this series created by Joss Whedon in which humans are rented out to do specific
tasks, then have their minds wiped afterwards.
ANSWER: Dollhouse
[10]This actor played Tru’s boss Davis on Tru Calling, which was his first role as TV regular. He had previously
hosted a talkshow on VH1 called Late World and would go on to star in the satirical series Dog Bites Man.
ANSWER: Zach Galifianakis
11. This show has segments like “Props” and “Party Quirks”. For ten points each.
[10]Name this improvisational comedy show, whose American iteration was originally hosted by Drew Carey.
ANSWER: Whose Line Is It Anyway?
[10]Ryan Stiles and Drew Carrey appeared together on The Drew Carey Show where the owned a business, which
produced this product, a combination of beer and coffee.
ANSWER: Buzz Beer
[10]Wayne Brady, who appears on Whose Line, also serves as the host of this gameshow, most famously hosted by
Monty Hall.
ANSWER: Let’s Make A Deal
12. This defense involves having four defensive backs line up deep, each engaging in a matchup zone, and it
requires the safety to read the inside receiver or tight end.
[10] For ten points, name this defense, also known as the “Cover-4”.
ANSWER: “Quarters”
[10] One of the best safeties at running the Quarters defense in recent years was this Pittsburgh safety. He was a first
round pick out of USC in 2003.
ANSWER: Troy Polamalu
[10] Dean Pees, current holder of this position, used the Quarters defense last season. He was preceded in the
position by Chuck Pagano.
ANSWER: Baltimore Ravens Defensive Coordinator (only one of Baltimore or Ravens needs to be said)
13. She drops one of her clients after he tears a recipe out of one of the magazines in her waiting room. For ten
points each.
[10]Name this psychiatrist on The Sopranos, who in one episode faces temptation to have her patient Tony Soprano
kill a man who rapes her.
ANSWER: Dr. Jennifer Melfi
[10]Melfi herself receives therapy from this psychiatrist, played by Peter Bogdanovich.
ANSWER: Elliot Kupferberg
[10]Melfi was played by this actress, who also portrayed Karen Hill in Goodfellas and currently narrates the reality
series I Married A Mobster.
ANSWER: Lorraine Bracco
14. The main character in this film dreamed of motorcycling through Europe with his best friend Ben. For ten points
each.
[10]Name this Peter Bogdanovich-directed film, which stars Eric Stoltz as the physically-deformed protagonist
Rocky Dennis.
ANSWER: Mask
[10]This actor played Gar, the boyfriend of Rocky’s mother in Mask. He also played James Dalton’s mentor, the
veteran cooler Wade Garrett in Road House.
ANSWER: Sam Elliott
[10]This actress played Rocky’s blind girlfriend Diana. She would later go on to inspire Homer Hickam’s
aeronautical aspirations as his teacher Miss Riley in October Sky.
ANSWER: Laura Dern
15. One victim of this criminal was killed in a way to resemble the medieval medical diagram Wound Man, and he
was eventually caught by Will Graham.
[10] For ten points, name this serial killer who first appeared in Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon.
ANSWER: Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Accept the Chesapeake Ripper)
[10] Lecter is played by this Danish actor on the NBC series Hannibal. He also played Le Chiffre in Casino Royale.
ANSWER: Mads Mikkelsen
[10] In Red Dragon Lecter helps Will Graham find this serial killer, who has been played by Ralph Fiennes and
Tom Noonan. He believes he is the embodiment of a figure from William Blake paintings.
ANSWER: The Tooth Fairy or Francis Dolarhyde
16. Answer some questions about a musician who loves to collaborate, for ten points each.
[10] Name this musician, who has appeared on hits like “Drop It Like It’s Hot” with Snoop Dogg, and who
comprises half of the Neptunes.
ANSWER: Pharrell Williams (accept either)
[10] More recently, Williams appeared on this track, the first number one single for Robin Thicke. In its chorus,
Thicke sings “The way you grab me/Must wanna get nasty/Go ahead, get at me”.
ANSWER: “Blurred Lines”
[10] Earlier in his career, Williams appeared on the track “Shake Ya Ass” with this artist, whose fledgling career
was interrupted with a six year stint in prison for sexual battery.
ANSWER: Mystikal
17. For ten points each, name these country songs with states in their title..
[10.] This song in which a young man wagers his soul in a fiddle contest against Satan musically alludes to “Fire
and the Mountain,” and “House of the Rising Sun.” It was a 1977 hit for the Charlie Daniels Band
ANSWER: “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
[10]. This 1987 George Strait song notes that all his old flames, such as Rosanna who’s “down in Texarkana” reside
in the same state. Because of this, the speaker lives in Tennessee.
ANSWER: “All My Ex’s Live in Texas”
[10]. This 1981 duet between David Frizzell and Shelly West notes that “the nights are getting cold in Cherokee
County/there’s a Blue Norther passing through.”
ANSWER: “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma”
18. Jim Boeheim is the worst, so answer some questions about times he lost.
[10] In 2010 Syracuse was a one seed, but lost in the Sweet 16 to this team, that lost in the title game to Duke. Brad
Stevens recently left this team to coach the Celtics.
ANSWER: Butler University Bulldogs
[10] When Syracuse lost in 1987 title game to Indiana, Boeheim coached this freshman. The Nets made him the first
pick in the 1990 NBA Draft, and he won the 1991 Rookie of the Year award.
ANSWER: Derrick Coleman
[10] 13th seeded Vermont defeated Syracuse in the first round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament behind 16 points from
this player, a three time America East Player of the Year.
ANSWER: Taylor Coppenrath
19. The characters on this show attend John Adams High School. For ten points each.
[10]Name this show about the adolescence of Cory Matthews, his best friend Shawn, and his girlfriend Topanga. A
spin-off about Cory’s daughter was recently announced.
ANSWER: Boy Meets World
[10]This William Daniels-played character and Matthews family neighbour followed Cory from school to school,
inexplicably attaining a post as a university professor in the series’ later seasons.
ANSWER: George Feeny(accept: Mr. Feeny)
[10]This is the university which the majority of the series’ main adolescent characters eventually attended.
ANSWER: Pennbrook University
20. This movie is about a serial killer who finds his victims through the dating section of a newspaper. For ten points
each.
[10]Name this New York-set film, which follows Detective Frank Keller’s attempts to track down the serial killer,
which stars Ellen Barkin as the prime suspect and which takes its name from the song playing at each of the crime
scenes.
ANSWER: Sea Of Love
[10]This actor played Detective Keller in Sea Of Love, breaking a four-year absence from films. The next year, he
would be nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Big Boy Caprice in Dick Tracy.
ANSWER: Al Pacino
[10]Ellen Barkin previously starred in this film as Penny, the twin sister of the title character’s wife. This film
concerns a dimension-hopping scientist who must battle an alien race called the Lectroids.
ANSWER: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension
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