1. At the video game store in The Simpsons Game, a poster of this can be seen with the words “Have you seen me?” and Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance for the Gameboy Advance has a game mode reminiscent of this console. The Angry Video Game Nerd said “it’s like puking on a piece of shit” when talking about the video game adaptation of Waterworld for this system. Other games for it include Mario Clash and Panic Bomber . Among many other things, this system was heavily criticized for the eyestrain it caused and the company that created it recommended taking breaks every fifteen minutes. FTP, what is this terribly unsuccessful Nintendo console that aimed to create a portable 3D gaming simulation with the tag line “A 3-D game, for a 3-D world”?
ANSWER: Virtual Boy
2. This artist began her acting career with an appearance on New York Undercover, which featured her aunt as the owner of the nightclub Natalie’s in its first season. The youngest singer to perform at the Academy
Awards ceremony , several of her songs included on soundtracks have been successful; those songs include
“Journey to the Past” from Anastasia , “Are You That Somebody” from Dr. Doolittle , and “Try Again” from Romeo
Must Die , which she also appeared in as an actress. DMX and Missy Elliott have criticized Drake for his role in producing an upcoming album of her material, and she was once illegally married to R. Kelly. That marriage preceded the release of her album One in a Million and came after their collaboration on her
Age Ain’t Nothing but a
Number . FTP, who was this entertainer, the star of Queen of the Damned , who died in a plane crash in 2001?
ANSWER: Aaliyah
3. After briefly leaving a woman in one movie this character reunites with her through a game of telephone with a man in a red bandana and a construction worker in a subway station. This man’s most recent film appearance saw him uncover a plot by a movie production studio to sell artwork stolen during the breakup of
Yugoslavia. Another movie sees this character feign an attack on a friend before switching clothes with the leader of a Colombian drug cartel that had murdered his girlfriend’s ex-husband, a photojournalist. That girlfriend and eventual wife Sue was a reporter for Newsday when she discovered that this character simply had a large scar on his leg instead of it being bitten off. FTP, who is this vest and leather hat-wearing character played by Paul Hogan that explained “that’s not a knife; this is a knife”?
ANSWER: Mick “ Crocodile ” Dundee (accept any underlined answer)
4.
Fans of this team responded to Wayne Gretzky calling it a “Mickey Mouse organization” by wearing
Disney apparel when this team played his Oilers. With minor league affiliates in Kalamazoo and Albany, this team recently selected defenceman Adam Larsson after winning the 2011 NHL Draft Lottery. Other players for this team include Stephen Gionta and Steve Bernier, while former players such as Ken Daneyko and Scott
Niedermayer helped lead it to three Stanley Cups, including a 2003 championship over Anaheim. In 2010 this team controversially attempted to give a seventeen-year, $102 million contract to Ilya Kovulchuk, a winger who only managed to score one empty net goal in this team’s 2012 Stanley Cup Finals loss to the Los Angeles Kings. FTP, what is this Eastern Conference team located in Newark, New Jersey?
ANSWER: New Jersey Devils (accept “New Jersey” before mentioned)
5. This group’s anthem insists that people remain seated before asking listeners to not “ let the sunshine spoil the rain, just stand up and complain”. This group will only buy appliances that don’t work, sing out-of-tune and play the radio at a high volume and they love sardines in anything. In one film, a red monster visits the homeland of this group, looking for his blanket, where he encounters a gruff, but kindhearted girl named Grizzy and the greedy thief Huxley. Other members of this group include Dan Rather-not, Donald Grump, and Walter Cranky.
FTP, who are these furry unhygienic creatures that prefer to live wherever there is trash and want to be constantly miserable, exemplified by Grundgretta and her more famous boyfriend, Oscar, on Sesame Steet ?
ANSWER: the Grouches

6.
This song’s synthesizer riff can be heard in Ice Cube’s “Check Yo Self,” and in “2 of Amerikas Most
Wanted” Snoop Dogg borrows lyrics from this song, saying, “I keep my hand on my gun, ‘cuz they got me on the run.” Despite being their most well received track, most members of the group credited with this song were uninterested in producing music with a socially conscious subject, and therefore only one member assisted in its production. This man was Melle Mel, who, along with Sugar Hill Records session musician Ed Fletcher wrote lyrics like “I tried to get away but I couldn’t get far, ‘cuz a man with a tow-truck repossessed my car” and “it’s like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under.” FTP, what is this song that warns the listener,
“don’t push me ‘cuz I’m close to the edge,” a revolutionary track by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five?
ANSWER: “The Message”
7. This character was one of the first to have his own series in the MAX comics imprint, a branch of Marvel comics that includes more realistic violence, cuss words, and breasts. Shortly after the 2007 death of Captain
America, this hero redesigned his costume in a patriotic fashion, replacing his trademark stylized skull with a red-white-and-blue star. This character has been portrayed on screen by Tom Jane, Ray Stevenson, and, most awesomely, Dolph Lundgren. In the comics community, it is widely understood that this character’s brutal nature is a result of his service in the Vietnam War. FTP, who is this Marvel hero that has often been noted for his gritty nature, often using coercion, torture, and murder as accessories in the pursuit of vigilante justice?
ANSWER: The Punisher
8. An audio recording of Enver Hoxha plays an important role in one scene of this movie, while a minor character explains why pizza is preferable to sandwiches in another. Easily the biggest box office success in the career of its director, its main character discovers an opened pack of Juicy Fruit and a note shortly after bumping into this movie’s main antagonist. That villain ironically questions how a young boy’s violent video game could be fun and also advises the main character that money cannot buy him love. Christopher Plummer appears in this movie as Arthur Chase, who is presumably reported to the Office of War Crimes Issues following the delivery of a business card to a lunch attended by the Mayor of New York City and a “fixer” played by Jodie Foster. FTP, what is this 2006 Spike Lee joint about a phony bank robbery starring Clive Owen and Denzel Washington?
ANSWER: Inside Man
9. As a player, this man set his school’s record for interceptions that stood for thirty-two seasons before being broken by Deion Sanders. He rode an elephant and adopted a turkey as the on-the-field mascot in attempts to boost ticket sales as the head coach at Louisville before briefly serving as the coach of the USFL’s Orlando
Renegades. Prior to that he coached at a Big-10 school where he famously called a timeout in order to take a picture of the scoreboard and document the first lead that team had over Ohio State in twenty-five years. He has had a second job as the director of business development for the Dixon Ticonderoga pencil company, and he recently apologized for saying “aw, fuck it” during a pre-game analysis at the University of Houston. Known for catchphrases such as “sweetheart” and “not so fast my friend,” this is, FTP, what broadcaster on ESPN’s College
GameDay ?
ANSWER: Lee Corso
10. The youngest children in this family, Meredith and Robin, were born in 2002 and 2004, respectively.
Another member of this family created the garage band 4evah and is said to have gone on to a career in veterinary medicine. That member of this family was once saved from drowning by the sheepdog Farley, who later died of a heart attack. The longtime proprietors of a bookstore and model train shop in the town of Milborough,
Ontario, this family notably aged in real time as the strip in which they appeared progressed. Elizabeth, April,
Michael, John, and Elly are all members of, FTP, what fictional family, the subject of Lynn Johnston’s For Better or
For Worse ?
ANSWER: the Pattersons
11. One music video for a song by this band shows the lead singer dressed in silver metallic pants as well as a pink suit jacket and matching pink shoes, while the lead guitarist gallivants around a circular room topless. A
1988 single by this band includes lyrics that state the titular person is “done with Sergio, he treats me like a ragdoll,” later describing her as “she gets mad and starts to cry, she takes a swing man, she can’t hit!” That song by this band refers to the namesake of the band as well as its lead singer’s ex-housemate . One of this band’s founding members was once married to model and actress Carmen Electra; that member is guitar player Dave Navarro. FTP,

who is this alternative rock band responsible for such album’s as Ritual de lo Habitual and songs like “Been Caught
Stealing”?
ANSWER: Jane’s Addiction
12. A game called “last defense” found on the website of this television show allows the player to type in their home address and then watch their house be bombed and destroyed. Much of the first season in this show takes place at John F. Kennedy High School until Skitters find people living there. The first season of this show tied with American Horror Story for most-watched new cable series in 2011. The main character of this show is a former member of Boston University’s faculty and is played by the same leading man from The Librarian franchise.
That character on this show, Tom Mason, is a member of the 2 nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment. FTP, what is this
TNT show about aliens attacking the Earth featuring Noah Wyle?
ANSWER: Falling Skies
13. During his early executive career, this person drew praise for his trade of Juwan Howard to the
Mavericks, however many criticized one of his picks in the 2001 Draft. After a brief hiatus from basketball activities, he entered into a partnership with the first ever-black majority owner in the NBA and founder of Black
Entertainment Television, becoming a partial owner of his current team in 2006. NBA players and fans accused him of hypocrisy during the 2011 lockout for his hard-line stance during CBA negotiations, citing his contradictory stances from 1998 on issues such as luxury taxes and rookie scales. FTP, who is this current owner and head of basketball operations for the Charlotte Bobcats, a former player for the Wizards, Bulls, and Toon Squad?
ANSWER: Michael Jordan
14. The front man of the band behind this song cites Dadaism as the main inspiration behind this song’s music video, which features the live action band superimposed into a 2D environment that includes a number of mechanized legs attached to pocket watches. This song was used in advertisements for a British dating show of the same name. The video also features an animated newspaper photograph of a boxing match between this band’s namesake and the Anti-Franz over lyrics such as “eyes move, this could die” and “I know I won’t be leaving here with you.” This song claims that “if you leave here, you leave me broken, shattered, I lie” and “don’t move time is slow” before making the titular request. FTP, what is this single off Franz Ferdinand’s self-titled 2003 album?
ANSWER: “Take Me Out”
15. After the Porter family’s car breaks down they discover that one of these animals is in the trunk with their son in College Road Trip. A 2011 film sees one of these animals mistake one of his friends for the
Backson, leading him to escape on a red balloon. The 1992 direct-to-video movie Tiny Toons: How I Spent My
Summer Vacation includes Plucky Duck accompanying a family of these animals to HappyWorldLand, while a related one of these causes Wile. E. Coyote and the Roadrunner to leave midway through a cartoon in Space Jam .
Voice actors who have played these animals include Michael Keaton as an aviator cursed to look like one in a 1992
Miyazaki film and Christine Cavanaugh, whose character is told “that’ll do” after the sheepdog trials. FTP, what is this animal, the “spider”-type of which can be seen in The Simpsons Movie ?
ANSWER: pig
16. It’s not in the Bronx, but Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass at this venue in 1987, while this venue was used as the model for Metropolis’s baseball stadium in the 2006 movie Superman Returns. Ten no-hitters have been thrown in this stadium, the most recent by Ramon Martinez in 1995, and in 1984 it hosted exhibition baseball during the Summer Olympics. With the demolition of Shea Stadium in 2009, this stadium became the only
National League venue with symmetrical outfield dimensions. This venue played host to the World Series defeat of the New York Yankees by the home team in 1963, which remains the only time that team ever clinched a World
Series at home. Sometimes called the Chavez Ravine, FTP, what is this Los Angeles stadium home to its titular team since their move from Brooklyn in 1962?
ANSWER: Dodger Stadium (prompt on “Chavez Ravine” until said)
17. This network was founded in 1977 as an extension of Pat Robertson’s televangelist ministry, and was acquired by its current owner in 2001. While most of its content has changed, Robertson’s 700 Club still airs late at night . In 2006, this network debuted a series about a boy who awakens in a forest with no knowledge of his origins and no belly button. This network also hosts entertainment blocks like “13 Nights of Halloween” and “25
Days of Christmas,” in which it inexplicably includes multiple showings of the Harry Potter films.
Cyberbully was a

made-for-television movie featured on this network starring Emily Osment that explored the dark side of social media. FTP, what is this television network owned by the Walt Disney Company that airs shows such as the Secret
Life of the American Teenager and Greek ?
ANSWER: ABC Family
18. This album’s cover features one band member looking through the scroll of a violin and the name of the band over a banjo in the bottom right-hand corner. It was the first album by its band to include Spencer
Dryden, who left the band three years after the release of this album, as well as the former lead singer of The
Great Society, who wrote two of this album’s biggest hits; one of those songs on this album states “one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small.” That song comes before “Plastic Fantastic Lover” and after “Embryonic
Journey” on this album, which also includes the tracks “Comin’ Back to Me,” and “She Has Funny Cars.” Jerry
Garcia is listed as a spiritual advisor on this album, and it also features work by Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, and
Grace Slick. FTP, what is this 1967 album by Jefferson Airplane with tracks like “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to
Love”?
ANSWER: Surrealistic Pillow
19. This actor first appeared in the film in 1972’s The Outside Man, and after various film roles he took a break from acting for about thirteen years. He returned to movies with the role of “Sugar Boy” Ellis, Willie
Stark’s bodyguard in 2006’s All the King’s Men . His various television roles include a recurring role during Fox’s two-season thriller, Human Target . In addition to having a role in Breaking Away , he gained fame as a child playing
Kelly Leak in 1976’s The Bad News Bears and two of that films sequels. He received an Oscar nomination for Best
Supporting Actor for his role as a convicted child molester in 2006’s Little Children , and he more recently took over the role of Freddy Krueger in the poorly received 2010 Nightmare on Elm Street reboot. FTP who is this actor, who may be most known for his role as Rorschach in Watchmen ?
ANSWER: Jackie Earle Haley
20. In 2004, this player won the McDonald’s High School All America Dunk Contest in front of Joe Crawford and JR Smith. This player was notably ejected in 2008 from a game against Detroit that also led to a one game suspension for ten players and assistant coach Rick Mahorn. This player’s collegiate career saw her win
Most Outstanding Player honors after her team defeated Rutgers en route to its first national championship since
1998. This player was also a part of the Gold Medal team that defeated Australia, scoring fiurteen points alongside teammate Lisa Leslie and Kara Lawson. She left the game briefly in 2009 to give birth to her son with Shelden
Williams, but returned to the Sparks soon after. FTP who is this ex- Tennessee Volunteer who was the second player in the WNBA to dunk in a regular season game?
ANSWER: Candace Parker

1. Identify these African-born basketball players, FTPE:
1) The Sacramento Kings drafted this Congolese big man with the seventh overall pick in 2011 before trading him to
Charlotte. He is currently the youngest player in the NBA.
ANSWER: Bismack Biyombo Sumba
2) This other Congolese player was the oldest in the NBA at the time of his retirement in 2009. He was a four-time
Defensive Player of the Year with the Nuggets and the Hawks before finishing his career with the Knicks and
Rockets.
ANSWER: Dikembe Mutombo
3) Mutombo has the second-most career blocks in NBA history, trailing only this Nigerian-born center who immigrated to the United States to play for the University of Houston.
ANSWER: Hakeem Olajuwon
2. Name these shows that feature work by actor Donal Logue, FTPE:
Logue may be best known for his role as Sean Finnerty on this early-2000s sitcom. After being cancelled by Fox in its third season, this show ran on The WB until 2005.
ANSWER: Grounded For Life
2) Logue recently starred as private investigator Hank Dolworth on this short-lived FX series in 2010. It was regarded by many critics as one of the best shows of the year, but was cancelled after its first season.
ANSWER: Terriers
3) Logue has also appeared in several movies, including this 2010 drama about a young sailor who plays catch with the ghost of his younger brother. In it Logue plays a sailing coach who helps the title character find the shipwrecked
Tess Carroll.
ANSWER: Charlie St. Cloud
3. Answer these questions about men who hold some of the NFL's receiving records, FTPE:
1) The record for most receiving yards by a rookie is held by this man, who set the record while playing for the
Arizona Cardinals in 2003. He also set a record for the most receiving yards in his first game, with 217 yards. In
2010 he was traded to the Baltimore Ravens.
ANSWER: Anquan Boldin
2) In addition to many, many other records, this man had 14 1,000-yard seasons, two of which came during his latecareer spell with the Oakland Raiders, across the bay from the team he is most associated with.
ANSWER: Jerry Rice
3) The record for most receiving touchdowns in a game is shared by Jerry Rice, Bob Shaw, and this man, who played tight end for the Chargers in the 1970s and 80s.
ANSWER: Kellen Winslow, Sr.
(do not accept “Kellen Winslow, Jr.” or “Kellen Winslow II”)
4. Answer the following about a musician, FTPE:
1) This musician stepped onto the music scene in 2002 with the album Come Away with Me . Her biggest hits include 2004’s “Sunrise” and 2006’s “Thinking About You.”
ANSWER: Norah Jones
2) This single from Come Away with Me won three Grammies, including Record of the Year, in 2003. In it, Jones claims, “when I saw the break of day, I wished that I could fly away.”
ANSWER: “Don’t Know Why”
3) Jones’ is the daughter of this Indian sitar player. A performer at Woodstock, he toured with George Harrison and influenced many Beatles songs such as “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown).”
ANSWER : Ravi Shankar
5. Answer these questions about a Western period drama on AMC, FTPE:
1) This series follows Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier whose wife and daughter were brutally murdered. He seeks revenge on the former Union soldier responsible and is hired to supervise a “cut crew.”
ANSWER: Hell on Wheels
2) This entertainer plays Elam, a member of the all-black “cut crew” Bohannon supervises. He made headlines in

2011 when he was controversially invited to perform at the White House.
ANSWER: Common
3) Anson Mount, who plays Bohannon on Hell on Wheels , appeared in this 2002 movie as Ben Kimble, the romantic interest of Lucy Wagner. This movie also features Kim Cattrall as Caroline, Lucy’s estranged mother who lives in
Arizona.
ANSWER: Crossroads
6. Until this year this event was always held on the last Sunday in February. FTPE:
Richard Petty holds the record for number of wins at this race with seven from 1964 to 1981. Dale Earnhardt tragically died during the final lap of its 2001 iteration.
ANSWER: Daytona 500
2) This driver of the number seventeen Best Buy Ford Fusion won the 2012 race for his second Daytona 500 title.
His Sprint Cup series championship in 2003 sparked debate over the merits of the point system.
ANSWER: Matt Kenseth
3) Denny Hamlin, who led the 2012 Daytona 500 for fifty-seven laps before ultimately finishing fourth, drives a
Toyota car sponsored by this corporation. This corporation also sponsored the Orange Bowl from 1989 to 2010.
ANSWER: FedEx Corporation (do not accept “Federal Express”)
7. Answer these questions about a video game, FTPE:
1) The title creatures of this game have stalks on their heads that Olimar can use to pluck them out of the ground or throw them onto things. Olimar claims to have named them after vegetables from his home planet.
ANSWER: Pikmin
2) This is the name of Olimar’s broken-down ship in the original Pikmin game. Its name refers to the developmental codename of the Nintendo Gamecube.
ANSWER: S.S. Dolphin
3) Pikmin 2 introduces two new colors of Pikmin to go with the red, yellow, and blue; they are the quick-moving, poison-resistant white Pikmin and this slower, more powerful color. This color is often associated with a companion of Wario.
ANSWER: purple
8. Answer these questions regarding a movie about a board game that’s not Jumanji , FTPE:
1) This 2005 film stars Josh Hutcherson and Kristen Stewart as siblings who are jettisoned into space after finding a clockwork board game. As a result of one turn Stewart is frozen in cryonic sleep, while another causes the Zorgons to attack.
ANSWER: Zathura: A Space Adventure
2) This comic actor plays a stranded astronaut who helps the siblings evade the Zorgon attack. He first gained fame as an actor on Punk’d , but has since appeared in Employee of the Month and Without a Paddle .
ANSWER: Dax Shepard
3) Shepard also appeared in this 2008 comedy about a woman’s relationship with her surrogate. He plays Carl, the common-law husband of Amy Poehler’s character Angie, who is contracted to carry another woman’s child.
ANSWER: Baby Mama
9. Answer these questions about members of the garage rock revival, FTPE:
1) This band is known for performing in matching black and white suits. Their biggest hits include “Tick Tick
Boom” and “Hate to Say I Told You So.”
ANSWER: The Hives
2) The music video for this Hives song is in black and white and features members of the band confronting a fictional group called The Negatives. Its lyrics state, “I’m stuck in ways of being an ass and I got a lot nerve that I’m ready to pass--I’m on my way”.
ANSWER: “
Main Offender
”
3) The Hives are from this country, also the birthplace of The Cardigans and Ace of Bass. However, the best-known act from this country is probably ABBA.
ANSWER: Sweden
10. Answer these questions about every 80s-born child's favorite network sitcom block, FTPE:

1) This four-letter abbreviation was used for ABC's family-friendly sitcoms on a certain night of the week. Shows programmed during this block have included Hope & Faith , Dinosaurs , and, recently, Shark Tank .
ANSWER: TGIF
2) One of the early mainstays of TGIF was this Chicago-set sitcom about a man from Wisconsin whose distant cousin from the Mediterranean comes to live with him. It starred Bronson Pinchot as Balki Bartokomous.
ANSWER: Perfect Strangers
3) Perfect Strangers spun off this other TGIF program about a police officer, his family, and a nerdy, awkward nextdoor neighbor.
ANSWER: Family Matters
11. Identify these things about a player on the last Cubs team to win a World Series, FTPE:
1) This Cubs second baseman was included in a poem about the dynamic double play combination that he made with Joe Tinker and Frank Chance. He is also mentioned in Ogden Nash’s poem “Line-up For Yesterday.”
ANSWER: Johnny Evers
2) Evers had a major role in this infamous play during the 1908 pennant race. This play saw the namesake Giants first baseman run into the dugout without touching second base on a game-winning single; Evers called for the ball after a crowd had stormed the field, and the game was called a tie.
ANSWER:
Merkle’s Boner
or anything along the lines of “Fred Merkle’s base running error”
3) The ball Evers called for in the Merkle play sold for over $20,000 in a 1990s auction, $700,000 less than Barry
Bonds’ 756 th home run ball, which this fashion designer purchased and then marked with an asterisk. His company’s logo features a white rhinoceros.
ANSWER: Marc Ecko
12. Answer some questions related to a 1988 movie, FTPE:
1) This comedy-noir film by Robert Zemeckis tells the story of the titular resident of Toontown who is unfairly accused of the murder of Marvin Acme. Bob Hoskins stars in this movie as human detective Eddie Valiant.
ANSWER: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
2) This actress provides the voice of Jessica Rabbit, Roger’s beautiful wife. Other roles played by this actress include the ruthless Matty Walker from Body Heat as well as the title role in Peggy Sue Got Married .
ANSWER: Kathleen Turner
3) In the film there are incriminating photos of Jessica “cheating” on Roger by playing this children’s game with
Marvin Acme. Bob Hope and Bong Crosby played this game to confuse their enemies in their Road to… movies.
ANSWER: patty-cake
13. This band released their ninth studio album, Panic of Girls , in 2011. FTPE:
1) Originally formed in 1974, this band’s better known albums include Eat to the Beat , Autoamerican , and Parallel
Lines . “Heart of Glass,” “Call Me,” and “One Way or Another” are among their biggest hits.
ANSWER: Blondie
2) This vocalist and former Playboy bunny co-founded Blondie with guitarist Chris Stein. A notable patron of
Studio 54 in New York City, she inspired the name of the band when she bleached her hair in the late ‘70s.
ANSWER: Deborah “Debbie” Harry
3) One track from the 1978 album Parallel Lines is this cover of a song by The Nerves that had originally been recorded two years earlier. It notes, “it’s good to hear your voice, you know it’s been so long.”
ANSWER: “ Hanging on the Telephone ”
14. Answer these questions about a certain “cursed” horror film, FTPE:
1) Focusing on a planned community plagued with paranormal activity after its construction over a burial ground, this 1982 film’s most iconic moment comes when Carol Anne announces the arrival of malevolent spirits saying
“They’re here.”
ANSWER: Poltergeist
2) This actor portrays Carol Anne’s father, Steven Freeling, a successful realtor whose house is haunted by the poltergeist. In 2004 he was the voice of Bob Parr in Pixar’s The Incredibles .
ANSWER: Craig T. Nelson
3) Nelson currently stars in this television series about the multigenerational Braverman family. Nelson plays the family patriarch Zeek, alongside Peter Krause’s Adam and Lauren Graham’s Sarah.
ANSWER: Parenthood

15. This song is the fourth track on the album Life in Cartoon Motion . FTPE:
1) Name this Grammy-nominated 2007 track featuring its singer’s falsetto which claims everybody is going to do the title action. It includes several “doom, da-da-di-da-di, doom’s.”
ANSWER: “ Love Today ”
2) Name this Lebanese-American singer of “Love Today.” His other successful songs include “Grace Kelly” and
“Big Girl (You Are Beautiful).”
ANSWER: Mika
3) Mika’s “Celebrate” features this rapper and producer from The Neptunes and N.E.R.D. He produced
“Milkshake” and Justin Timberlake’s album Justified after finding success with “Frontin’” in 2003.
ANSWER: Pharrell Williams (accept either underlined answer)
16. Identify these similar characters from comics, FTPE:
1) This familiar-looking alien was kidnapped from his home planet and left in the Florida Everglades before he travelled to New York City. Lea Thompson played his companion Beverly in a 1986 film adaptation.
ANSWER: Howard the Duck
2) This green duck drawn by Bruce Tinsley is a conservative reporter at a television station in Washington, DC. The fact that this character is a duck is rarely discussed, with the exception of the first strip in which he is hired for being an “Amphibian-American.”
ANSWER: Mallard Fillmore (accept either underlined answer)
3) Despite not being duck-themed, this other avian-inspired character with alter ego Carter Hall could theoretically commiserate with Howard or Mallard about bird things. He can often be seen wielding a giant mace.
ANSWER: Hawkman
17. A subplot in this movie involves Alan Arkin’s character Joe attempting to sell black market shrimp to restaurants. FTPE:
1) This 2008 movie tells the story of two sisters who start a business disposing of furniture and scrubbing blood from crime scenes. The movie takes its name from the deceptively cheery name of their company.
ANSWER: Sunshine Cleaning
2) Sunshine Cleaning stars Amy Adams as Rose Lorkowski and this actress as her sister Norah. She recently appeared with Matt Damon in the “everyone-wearing-hats” thriller The Adjustment Bureau .
ANSWER: Emily Blunt
3) Sunshine Cleaning is said to be based on the story of two Seattle women that was originally broadcast on this
National Public Radio news program. Its current hosts are Melissa Block, Michelle Norris, and Robert Siegel, with
Guy Raz hosting the 50-minute weekend edition.
ANSWER: All Things Considered
18. Answer these questions about a trivia game show on the go, FTPE:
1) This game show on Discovery Channel debuted in 2005 and features contestants who have to answer general knowledge trivia questions while riding in the titular vehicle. There are currently two versions in the United States filming in New York and Chicago.
ANSWER: Cash Cab
2) This comedian was once the enigmatic host of Cash Cab , but has since left to become the host of NBC’s Who’s
Still Standing?
He was known to use fake accents on contestants before revealing that they were in fact on a game show.
ANSWER: Ben Bailey
3) This is the type of question a contestant on Cash Cab might encounter while stopped in traffic. Contestants can earn extra money in these segments if they answer enough of a multi-part question.
ANSWER: Red Light Challenge
19. Answer these questions about bowl games of the 2011-2012 college football season, FTPE:
1) The Alamo Bowl was a shootout with a final score of 67-56. The losing team was Washington; the winner was this university, located in Waco, Texas, whose quarterback was Robert Griffin the third.
ANSWER: Baylor University (prompt on “Bears”)
2) This bowl, one of many located in Florida, was a 33-30 triple overtime game between Michigan State and
Georgia. It generally pits the third place team in the Big-10 against the third place team in the SEC.

ANSWER: Outback Bowl
3)This BCS bowl idiotically selected Michigan and Virginia Tech over the higher-ranked and more deserving
Kansas State and Boise State. Ohio State defeated Arkansas in the 2011 iteration of this game.
ANSWER: Allstate Sugar Bowl
20. This man, though one of the most famous directors of all time, never won an Oscar for Best Director. FTPE:
1) Name this native of England, whose 1940 film Rebecca was his only movie to win the Academy Award for Best
Picture.
ANSWER: Alfred Hitchcock
2) This 1948 Hitchcock film stars James Stewart and is notable for its use of long takes. It was possibly inspired by the murder committed by Leopold & Loeb.
ANSWER: Rope
3) Perhaps Hitchcock's most famous film was Psycho , which starred this actor as the motel-owner/murderer Norman
Bates. He played Chaplain Captain A.T. Tappman in the 1970 adaptation of Catch-22 .
ANSWER: Anthony Perkins