RC Cola 2009 Round 8 Tossups by Rob Fernandez with Luke Rego, Ellen O’Connell, and Ahmad Ragab
1. Tom Cruise's board of directors' nickname for him in Vanilla Sky is this word followed by "Dildo". In Singles, Matt Dillon’s band
is named this word followed by "Dick". A juvenile novel about the slave boy Thorby by Robert Heinlein is called this word followed
by "of the Galaxy". A 1992 biopic with James Woods starring as Roy Cohn is called this word followed by "Cohn". Musician
Clarence Greenwood performs under this word followed by "Cope". The name of Ottawa's major newspaper, the bomber hunted for
in Miss Congeniality, and the makers of the Skyhawk A-T and Eco-Drive watches, FTP, name this word famously applied to a
publishing magnate who longs for his childhood sled, Charles Foster Kane.
A: Citizen
2. This group sued Nicolas Sarkozy for using one of their songs, the same song that The Mentalists covered using as instruments only
iPhone applications. That song, with its chorus of "Control yourself/Take only what you need from it", was the third song from their
debut album. The duo formed the band as art students at Wesleyan University and released an EP which got them signed to Columbia
Records. Consisting of Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, their debut single declared "This is our decision to live fast and
die young...what else can we do?/Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?" FTP, what duo whose album Oracular
Spectacular featured the songs "Kids" and "Time to Pretend".
A: MGMT (accept Management)
3. This player's debut with his current team came in 2004 in a Champions League group stage win over Fenerbache. This player's first
score in the league in which he currently plays snapped a rival team's 30 match unbeaten streak; with the score he also became the
youngest player to score in that league's history. In 2003 he became England's youngest capped full national and youngest goal scorer
at the tender age of 17. This player would be a star during Euro 2004 until breaking his foot in the quarterfinals against Portugal, with
that performance leading to a transfer from his boyhood club Everton. He made an immediate impact with his new club, and in the
summer of 2007 he was presented with his team's legendary #10 jersey, previously worn by such stars as Denis Law and Ruud van
Nistelrooy. FTP name this beloved, jug-eared striker for England who plays striker along with Carlos Teves and Dimitar Berbatov for
Manchester United.
ANSWER: Wayne Rooney
4. Based on Ethel White's novel The Wheel Spins, two new characters, the pajama-sharing cricket fans Charters and Caldicott, were
spun off into a pair of films, a radio series, and a TV comedy with them in retirement. Set in the fictional country of Bandrika, an
avalanche delays Iris Henderson's return home and she befriends the title character, a governess named Miss Froy who turns out to be
a British spy. Dr. Hartz thinks Iris is hallucinating and she is only believed by the musicologist Gilbert, eventually doubting herself
until she sees the name Miss Froy wrote on a window, a scene echoed by a heart drawn by a little girl in a movie it inspired 67 years
later, the Jodie Foster vehicle Flightplan. Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave star in, FTP, this 1938 film by Alfred Hitchcock
about a woman who disappears.
A: The Lady Vanishes
5. All of its original film prints were collected and destroyed due to anthrax contamination in 2001. Artists who’ve worked on it
include Dan Clowes, Peter Bagge, and Steve Ditko. In 2004, Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen was its publisher in name only, while
later additions would include writer Neal Pollack, Michael J. Nelson, High Times’ Zena Tsarfin, National Lampoon’s Jay Pinkerton,
Marvel’s Tom DeFalco and Michael Ian Black, and would move it towards emulating Maxim and FHM. It’s now known for sections
called Hate By Numbers, SWAIM, and a collegehumor.com section. FTP, name this online-only magazine, former rival to MAD.
ANSWER: Cracked
6. His most memorable commercial featured khaki-clad line dancers to the tune of Dwight Yoakam's cover of "Crazy Little Thing
Called Love" for The Gap. His music videos include Sugar Ray's "Every Morning", Smash Mouth's "Walking on the Sun", The
Offspring's "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)", and the Barenaked Ladies' "One Week". Television credits include being executive
producer for Supernatural, The O.C., and Chuck, but he's more famous for directing films, which started when Drew Barrymore asked
him to direct a project for her. While working on another franchise he is currently directing, he was forced to witness a rant directed
at cinematographer Shane Hurlbut by Christian Bale. FTP, name this director of the upcoming Terminator:Salvation as well as the
Charlie's Angels films who is known by the first three letters of his middle name.
A: McG (Joseph McGinty Nichol)
7. The World Championships in this sport are held at Day's Lock on the River Thames annually since 1984, though the 2001 event
was canceled due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Though dismissed by Championship organizers, Schott’s Sporting,
Gaming and Idling Miscellany outlined a strategy and ideal "drop zone". Competitors are instructed to bring their own namesake
object instead of acquiring it on-site. It musn't be artificial and is preferably made of willow. It was initially played with fir-cones,
but its inventor switched to implements which could be more easily marked, and he and his friends played until their game was
interrupted by a floating grey object that turned out to be Eeyore. FTP, name this game from the Hundred Acre Wood in which
competitors drop the namesake object from a bridge and wait to see whose emerges downstream first.
A: Poohsticks
8. She died on a bike ride vacationing in Ibiza, Spain, three years after the release of her last studio album, Camera Obscura. Her
debut, Chelsea Girl, featured some of her former bandmates and the instrument most associated with her, the harmonium, features
prominently on the drastically different followup, the proto-goth record The Marble Index. The mother of a son by actor Alain Delon,
she was an actress and model before stumbling into her most famous role thanks to Andy Warhol, who shoehorned her into a
sometimes resentful band which let her sing on only four songs on their debut. She provided backup on a song originally intended for
her, "Sunday Morning", and provided her exotic monotone as lead singer on "Femme Fatale", "I'll Be Your Mirror", and "All
Tomorrow's Parties". Former bandmate and lover of both John Cale and Lou Reed, FTP, name this German singer whose name is
paired with the band's in the title of the banana-adorned debut album of the Velvet Underground.
A: Nico (Christa Päffgen)
9. Her debut was as a cheerleader in the Disney Channel movie Gotta Kick It Up!, but she made waves with her first feature film,
starring as Ana Garcia, a sweatshop worker who dreams of going to Columbia University, in Real Women Have Curves. More
mainstream attention came with her roles seducing Michael Angarano as Thunder Monkey in Lords of Dogtown and as Carmen
Lowell, a girl who is ignored by her family until she throws a rock through the living room window, in Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants. She's most famous for playing an employee of the fashion magazine Mode, the title character of a show based on a Colombian
telenovela. FTP, name this actress who plays Beatriz U. Suarez on Ugly Betty.
A: America Ferrera
10. It is voiced almost entirely by Chattanooga opera singer Ellen McClain, with the exception of brief guttural screaming from Faith
No More's lead singer Mike Patton, and was written with assistance from Chet Faliszek and Erik Wolpaw from "Old Man Murphy".
The fictional company featured throughout the game apparently was a three-tier effort, but the other two, named "Counter-Heimlich
Maneuver" and the "Take-A-Wish Foundation" were commercial failures. The antagonist reminds the player of facts throughout the
game, such as telling the player that they can donate one or all of their organs to the Aperture Science Self-Esteem Fund for Girls.
Purportedly a series of physical and mental aptitude tests, in the end the antagonist attempts to kill the protagonist with a deadly nerve
gas. Ending with a song by Jonathan Coulton sung by the antagonist GLaDOS, the protagonist is sometimes accompanied by a
Weighted Companion Cube and wields a gun which creates the title objects. FTP, name this video game by Valve packaged in The
Orange Box which reminds you that "the cake is a lie".
A: Portal
11. This team's color scheme is from the Oxford and Cambridge blues worn by its namesake rowing club, which also led to their
nautical nickname. They started as an amateur squad, and played only one game in their founding year of 1873. Between 1911 and
1952, they won 10 league championships, but the next three decades were filled with frustration, as such stars as Tobin Rote, Terry
Metcalf, and Joe Theismann failed to return them to glory. In the 1990's, team co-owners Bruce McNall, John Candy, and Wayne
Gretzky lured stars like Raghib Ismail and Doug Flutie to this team, bringing the team 3 Grey Cups over the course of the decade.
FTP, name this storied franchise of the CFL, who now plays its home games at Rogers Centre.
ANSWER: Toronto Argonauts (either answer acceptable)
12. He was signed by Akon after hearing his reworking of Akon's "Locked Up", called "Fucked Up". His debut, Rappa Ternt Sanga,
produced a famous track with Mike Jones. Last year's Thr33 Ringz featured "Can't Believe It" with Lil Wayne and "Chopped &
Skrewed" with Ludacris, the followup to his bestselling album, Epiphany, whose most famous track featured Yung Joc and also
included "Bartender" featuring Akon. He in turn is featured on many songs, including "One More Drink" by Ludacris, "I'm on a Boat"
by Lonely Island, "Good Life" by Kanye West, "Kiss Kiss" by Chris Brown. FTP, name this rapper hailing from Tallahassee known
for his top hats and frequent use of Auto Tune.
A: T-Pain
13. Nosy neighbor Patty Poole was played by Edie McClurg, with occasional appearances by her husband, played by Today Show
weatherman Willard Scott. Josh Taylor played the often absent patriarch, an airline pilot, while Danny Ponce and Jeremy Licht
played fraternal twins Willie and Mark. Very special episodes included ones where teenager David prevented his buddy Rich from
driving drunk, discovered Rich had AIDS, discovered and eagerly used a sports gambling network, and bought condoms to get down
with his girlfriend but then decided to wait. It switched networks once and names twice, initially due to the departure of the star
actress, whose character was killed off in a car crash, prompting her replacement by the patriarch's sister, played by Sandy Duncan.
FTP, name this 1986 to 1991 sitcom which starred a teenage Jason Bateman and the show's original namesake, Valerie Harper.
A: Valerie or Valerie's Family: The Hogans or The Hogan Family (prompt on The Hogans)
14. He reads the Bible in German and is also fluent in Mandarin, which is revealed when he applies to work at the Beijing Olympics, a
job he gets despite the machinations of his nemesis Donnie. Son of a Stone Mountain pig farmer and graduate of Kentucky Mountain
Bible College, his skills include clogging and poker, though he temporarily lost his job in a poker game. His devotion to his employer
is seen when he knits their logo on a wool bikini for his grandmother. He shows particular devotion to one person in particular,
fetching him nachos from Yankee Stadium, filling his prescriptions from Dr. Spaceman, retrieving him from the clutches of his cousin
Jesse, and even acting as his temporary "office wife". Recently he compared himself to Clark Gable when appearing with Jimmy
Fallon in response to comparisons made following a disastrous response to the State of the Union address by Governor Bobby Jindal.
FTP, name this eerily polite and dimwitted character played by Jack McBrayer, a page on the sitcom 30 Rock.
A: Kenneth Ellen Parcell
15. Only two singles were released from it, and neither of them broke the top ten. Sandy Denny performs on one track, marking the
only time the band ever used a guest vocalist. Rolling Stones co-founder Ian Stewart plays piano on one track, but is uncredited. The
album includes a cover of a Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie song, a picture of Butterfield Court, a Joni Mitchell tribute, an
image from the Rider-Waite tarot deck, and the logo for Ballantine Beer. It’s tied with Bat Out Of Hell as the fourth best-selling rock
album of all time, and contains the single most-requested song on FM radio. FTP, name this Led Zeppelin album, sometimes known
as Zoso.
ANSWER: Led Zeppelin IV (Prompt on Zoso)
16. Its spokesmodels have included Catherine Deneuve, Carole Bouquet, and Estella Warren, and its advertisement was actually the
first shown on British Channel 5. Andy Warhol made nine silk screens of this, elevating it to icon status, and the packaging was placed
in MoMA in 1959. It was actually one of six created by Earnest Beaux, but was the only one chosen by it's namesake fashion designer,
who said she wanted to give women a fragrance that was "artificial". FTP, name this famous fragrance, reportedly what Marilyn
Monroe wore in bed and whose advertisements currently star Nicole Kidman.
A: Chanel No. 5
17. A manga tie-in called Kishin deals with a mysterious cult and an experiment involving the Splinter of Aminon by the Tagruato
Corporation, while in another Tagruato captures Teddy Hansen and after he disappears his girlfriend Jamie Lescano makes a series of
online videos. Jamie can be seen passed out on the couch at Rob's going away party after he accepts a job with Tagruato. A tape of
Rob and Beth's trip to Coney Island is interrupted by the events after the party, including the destruction of the Brooklyn Bridge by a
giant tentacle and the decapitation of the statue of Liberty. FTP, name this 2008 film about an attack on New York city by an
unnamed monster by J.J. Abrams.
A: Cloverfield
18. Bud Greenspan argued that had Gil Hodges been playing off the line during this event, aand Don Mueller's single would have
instead been a double play, making Monte Irvin's popout the third out of the inning and preventing this event from occurring. Jackie
Robinson stayed on the field longer than the rest of his Dodger teammates to make sure this play was official. Joshua Harris Prager
called into question the integrity of this event by claiming that New York was stealing signs, tipping off to the batter that Ralph
Branca was about to throw a fastball. This event's name references the high number of American servicemen who heard it on Armed
Forces Radio while fighting in Korea and took its historic nickname from a Ralph Waldo Emerson poem. FTP, name this October 3,
1951 event, memorialized by Giants' broadcaster Russ Hodges' iconic call "The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the
Pennant!", Bobby Thompson's walk-off home run against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
ANSWER: the Shot Heard 'Round the World (accept Thompson's home run or clear knowledge equivalent before
mentioned)
19. A Real Time with Bill Maher segment featured this combined with the Sham-Wow, while in cities across the US, pub crawls with
this are popping up. Politico reports that conservatives like Tucker Carlson and Joe the Plumber have embraced them, while Tracy
Morgan, Jimmy Fallon, the Roots, and Fallon's entire studio audience tried them out simultaneously. At two for $19.95, it is available
in burgundy, sage green, and royal blue and is marketed to those who have problems wrestling with high heating bills, remote
controls, and bowls of popcorn. FTP, name this competitor of the Toasty Wrap and the Slanket, a blanket with sleeves.
A: Snuggie
20. Phyllis Diller in "A Good Medium is Rare". Jonathan Winters in "The Frickert Fracas". Don Adams in "The Exterminator".
Mama Cass Elliot in "The Haunted Candy Factory". Davy Jones in "The Haunted Horseman of Hagglethorn Hall". Tim Conway in
"The Spirit Spooked Sports Show". Don Knotts in "The Spooky Fog of Juneberry". Sonny and Cher in "The Secret of Shark Island".
Laurel and Hardy in "The Ghost of Bigfoot". The Three Stooges in "The Ghost of the Red Baron" and "Ghastly Ghost Town".
Batman and Robin in "The Caped Crusader Caper". The Harlem Globetrotters in "The Ghostly Creep from the Deep" and "The
Lochness Mess". These celebrity guest stars helped reveal that the supernatural meance was actually some guy in a ghost mask who
would would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids. FTP, name the cartoon dog who solved crimes with four
humans in a green van called The Mystery Machine.
A: Scooby-Doo (accept: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? or The New Scooby-Doo Movies)
21. His television debut was as the well-meaning but clingy stoner and wannabe rock drummer Nick Andopolis, followed by roles as
Lizzie's obsessive ex-boyfriend Eric on Undeclared, Neil Jansen on CSI and corporate lawyer Marshall Eriksen, the husband of
Alyson Hannigan on How I Met Your Mother. Back in the Judd Apatow universe he played Seth Rogan's womanizing friend Jason in
Knocked Up. He plays the lead in a pair of recent movies, one in which he is Peter Bretter, a television composer who gets dumped
while completely naked by his actress girlfriend and another where he plays the obnoxious Sydney Fife who starts a budding
bromance with Paul Rudd. FTP, name this star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and I Love You, Man.
A: Jason Segel
1.
Name the following bands featured on this year’s Warped Tour FTPE
This band led by Kristopher Roe has released the albums Welcome The Night, End Is Forever, and So Long Astoria, and are best
known for the song San Dimas High School Football Rules
ANSWER: The Ataris
This ska-punk band is best known for creating the Fueled By Ramen label, and for the songs Overrated, She’s Gonna Break Soon, and
The Science of Selling Yourself Short.
ANSWER: Less Than Jake
This band fronted by Chris Wallace and Sean P., released their first album, Walk This Way in April of last year, with singles like
Candle (Sick and Tired) and Allow Me To Introduce Myself…Mr. Right.
ANSWER: The White Tie Affair
2.
Tinted Windows! Yeah! WHOO! Who the hell are Tinted Windows, you ask? Answer the following questions FTSNOP, and it will
be clear….or tinted. Whatever.
FTP, their drummer is Bun E. Carlos from this 70’s band known for Live at Budokan, Surrender and Dream Police
ANSWER: Cheap Trick
FFPE, their guitarist is James Iha, a former and current member of these two icons of hard rock.
ANSWER: Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle
FFPE, even though their lead singer is Taylor Hanson, Adam Schlesinger’s bass-work should keep them awesome, just like he did for
these two alternative bands.
ANSWER: Fountains of Wayne and Ivy
3.
(CS)Your genial quizmaster was greatly amused by Comcast’s onscreen commentary on one of their music channels, accompanying a
smooth jazz cover of “Eye of the Tiger” by Jim Peterik’s Lifeforce. FTPE:
The notes inexplicably failed to mention that Peterik was covering his own song, as he co-wrote “Eye of the Tiger” and was a
founding member of this band that recorded the original.
ANSWER: Survivor
The notes also overlooked Peterik’s collaboration with Don Barnes and Jeff Carlisi of this band as co-writer of their hits “Hold On
Loosely”, “Fantasy Girl”, and “Caught Up in You.”
ANSWER: 38 Special
The notes did at least mention that Peterik was co-founder of this band and wrote their only #1 hit, “Vehicle” – you know, the one
about the friendly stranger in the black sedan.
ANSWER: The Ides of March
4.
(JQ)FTP each, name these women's tennis players who have won one and only one grand slam title in her career.
Surprisingly, this Belgian's only major title was the 2005 U.S. Open, while countrywoman Justine Henin has seven slams. She
announced this week that she will return to action this summer after being retired for two years.
ANSWER: Kim Clijsters
She was the first Russian woman to win a slam when she captured the 2004 French Open title. However, she hasn't played since 2007
and gave birth to a son last April.
ANSWER: Anastasia Myskina
This Czech appeared in three major finals, including an epic collapse at Wimbledon in 1993, before finally capturing that Wimbledon
crown in 1998 for her only slam title.
ANSWER: Jana Novotna
5.
Some may wonder why people write packs the night before a tournament. Easy, silly, to include yesterday's World Cup qualifier
results. FTP
1. Second half goals from Jozy (Joe-Z) Altidore and Frankie Hejduk (Hay-Duck) earned this nation a 2-2 draw with El Salvador
Answer: USA (accept clear knowledge/lucky guess equivalents)
2. Gerard Pique's (Pee-K) score was the only tally in this country's win over Turkey. The win ran this country's unbeaten streak to 30
games, including last year's European Championships
Answer: SPAIN
3. Leo Messi and Carlos Tevez were among the scorers in this country's 4-0 thrashing of Venezuela, the first qualifying win as coach
for national hero Diego Maradona.
Answer: ARGENTINA
6.
Answer these questions about changes among the drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for 2009 FTP each.
He left Joe Gibbs racing and his No. 20 Home Depot car to start his own race team and is now driving the No. 14 Office Depot car.
ANSWER: Tony Stewart
Assuming Stewart's old ride in that No. 20 car is this 18-year-old phenom driver from Connecticut.
ANSWER: Joey Logano
After two years on a part-time schedule driving a variety of cars, this veteran driver has taken over the No. 5 car on a full-time basis
for 2009.
ANSWER: Mark Martin
7.
He's only been in his new job since December 1st,2008,but he's already making friends. FTPe
1. Name this former Oakland Raiders' coach who is now the new football coach at Tennessee
Answer: Lane KIFFIN
2. Kiffin accused this University of Florida coach of committing a recruiting violation by improperly contacting a player. This coach
committed no violation, though, and Kiffin was made to apologize.
Answer: Urban MEYER
3. Kiffin was accused by another recruit of saying that if he went to this other SEC school, he'd "end up pumping gas like all the other
players" who go to this school.
Answer: SOUTH CAROLINA
8.
Do you think Geronimo ever shouted MEEEEE when he went into battle? Name the following people who shout their own names in
triumph FTPE.
Billy Madison is repeatedly confronted with members of this family, who all want you to know that they rule.
ANSWER: O’Doyle
This jock from Arrested Development found out that he actually was related to the Bluth family, as the illegitimate son of GOB.
ANSWER: STEVE HOLT! (prompt on Steve, prompt on Holt)
This producer for TGS with Tracy Jordan doesn’t have much to get excited about, but frequently shouts HORNBERGER when
succeeding in a task
ANSWER: Pete
9.
Identify these employees of the Buy More in Burbank that you might see on an episode of Chuck FTPE.
Chuck's NSA handler and an Air Force Major, this bruiser played by Adam Baldwin works undercover at the Buy More as a green
shirt.
A: John Casey
[10] A member of Chuck's Nerd Herd, this frazzled and perpetually drunk pal to Lester has a clubhouse set up in the handicapped stall
of the Buy More men's room and was once the world champion of the game Missile Command.
A: Jefferson "Jeff" Barnes
[10] This tyrant got the assistant manager job until he walked in on a video conference with General Beckman and was shipped off to
manage a pineapple plant in Hawaii. Big Mike later revealed that this man only got the job because he was "diddling" this man's wife.
A: Harry Tiberius Tang (accept either)
10. FTPE, name these guys and 'dolls' on Joss Whedon's newest series, Dollhouse.
This is the 'active' that the show mainly focuses on, originally named Caroline and played by Eliza Dushku.
A: Echo
This doll, played by Miracle Laurie, was introduced in the first episode as FBI Agent Paul Ballard's neighbor, who we discover is an
active in 'Man on the Street'.
A: Melly
Played by Reed Diamond, this man is the security chief for the Dollhouse, often disagreeing with Olivia Williams' character, Adele
DeWitt, about Echo's fate.
A: Laurence Dominic
11. Name the following sidekicks who communicate in a rather different manner FTPE.
This rock monster and chef’s assistant to Mung Daal on Cartoon Network’s Chowder is voiced by John Di Maggio,
RadaRadaradarada.
ANSWER: Schnitzel
This sidekick and secretary can only say the word Caw, yet Harvey Birdman seems to understand him
ANSWER: Avenger
Even though he doesn’t actually speak, this buzzsaw wielding robot bodyguard to the Venture Brothers manages to beep his way
around
ANSWER: HELPeR
12. Charity concerts don’t always have to suck. Given a short set-list, name the benefit concert FTPE.
Held at the new Wembley Stadium, it featured David Beckham, P. Diddy performing I’ll Be Missing You, Ricky Gervais, and a
surprising lack of Candle in the Wind.
ANSWER: The Concert for Diana
This George Clooney-organized telethon concert saw Tom Petty steal the show with I Won’t Back Down, Neil Young’s cover of
Imagine, and Willie Nelson performing America the Beautiful
ANSWER: America: A Tribute to Heroes
This annual benefit concert for Amnesty International has previously featured Morrissey, U2, and Sting, yet they’re traditionally
upstaged by comedians like John Cleese, Eddie Izzard, and Rowan Atkinson
ANSWER: The Secret Policeman’s Ball
13. Name the singing cowboy from clues FTPE
Known as King of the Cowboys, this husband of Dale Evans was best known for the song “Happy Trails”
ANSWER: Roy Rogers
This cowboy was part of the first father and son pair to have Walk of Fame stars in different categories. He and his son died of the
same heart problem nearly thirty years apart, but neither at High Noon.
ANSWER: Tex Ritter
This Voice of the West was the narrator of the original Charlotte’s Web, The Incredible Journey, and numerous other Disney films,
and starred as Dr. Bill Baxter in Frontier Doctor
ANSWER: Rex Allen
14. FTPE answer the following about an underrated comedy classic:
This 1966 Cold War comedy actually got an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Based on a Nathaniel Benchley short story, it centers
on a Russian submarine that runs aground on Gloucester Island in New England.
ANSWER: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming!
This actor got an Oscar nomination in his feature film debut for The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming!.
ANSWER: Alan Arkin (prompt on Arkin – remember his son Adam?)
Like Arkin, this actor, top billed as playwright Walt Whitaker, is still working today, most recently in Oceans 11 through 13 and
counting. He has Emmys as an actor, as a writer, and as co-producer of The Dick Van Dyke Show.
ANSWER: Carl Reiner (prompt on Reiner – he has a son too.)
15. Hey, Remember the 90's? It seems like just yesterday we huddled around our Laserdisc players to research America's favorite parlor
game, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Given a list of co-stars,provide the Bacon flick FTPe.
1. Hope Davis, Oliver Platt, William Baldwin, Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts.
Answer: FLATLINERS
2. Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Pollak, Kiefer Sutherland (again)
Answer: A FEW GOOD MEN
3. Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Minnie Driver, Billy Crudup
Answer: SLEEPERS
16. FTPE answer the following about the versatile Welsh-born actor Ray Milland:
Milland won an Oscar for this 1945 Billy Wilder film showing the horrors of alcoholism over a four-day bender.
ANSWER: The Lost Weekend
Milland plays a bastard who tries to have his wife murdered, then frames her for the killing she did in self-defense, in this 1954 gem
by Alfred Hitchcock.
ANSWER: Dial “M” for Murder [A character actor named John Williams steals this one, FWIW.]
The low point of Milland’s career was The Thing with Two Heads, where a dying rich racist has his head transplanted onto a black
death row inmate, played by this former Los Angeles Rams lineman.
ANSWER: Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier
17. Get that annoying song about her eyes out of your head and identify these classic films by Bette Davis FTPE.
[10] In this Oscar winner for Davis, she plays the strong-willed New Orleans belle Julie Marsden who brazenly wears a scandalous red
dress to the ball and alienates her banker fiancée, played by Henry Fonda. She redeems herself through her sacrifice during a yellow
fever outbreak.
A: Jezebel
[10] Davis plays Judith Traherne, a formerly carefree woman who learns she has a brain tumor that will kill her, but not before she
goes blind first. Also appearing are Humphrey Bogart as a lusty stablehand and Ronald Reagan as a perpetually drunk socialite.
A: Dark Victory
[10] In this classic which matched Titanic’s record of 14 Oscar noms, Davis plays actress Margo Channing, who is upstaged by the
friendly-seeming but conniving title character played by Anne Baxter. Marylin Monroe makes a small appearance and is referred to
by another character as a "graduate of the Copacabana School of Dramatic Art."
A: All About Eve
Brit TV
Look Around You
The Worst Week of My Life
The Mighty Boosh