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 Nine
Tossups
1. In one role, this actress murders Congressman Sam Greene, and she won an Emmy for her role in David’s Mother
This actress played Gloria Steinem during her Playboy days in the film A Bunny’s Tale and one character played by
this actress is author of the book The Guide To A Fairy Tale Marriage. One character played by this actress was an
employee of the Lillian Corporation who claimed that she “set free” a moose head named Dave. In that role, this
actress played a character who was engaged to the wealthy Robin Colcord before marrying a plumber played by
Tom Berenger. For ten points, name this actress, who played bar manager Rebecca Howe on Cheers.
ANSWER: Kirstie Alley
2. A spoiled child in this film is threatened with death after putting his hands over the eyes of a bus driver and is
later hit by a piece of sporting equipment hurled at him deliberately. Other children in this film receive an autograph
with the advice to “avoid the clap.”. One character in this film asks “Doesn’t that hurt them?” to another character
who is milking a cow. That cow-milking character later garners interest in her team after doing splits while catching
a pop fly. That character is Dottie Hinson. After a tirade at a player that contains this movie’s most famous line,
Jimmy Dugan calls an umpire “a penis with a little hat.” For ten points, identify this film in which Tom Hanks made
the notable observation that “There’s no crying in baseball!” a 1992 quasi-historical account of a women’s
professional baseball organization during World War II.
ANSWER: A League of Their Own
3. In a Drive-By Truckers song about his man, he is given the last name of “Ford,” and is referred to as a being a
“bastard just the same” in spite of his ability. A Johnny Cash song about this man suggests that he was one of about
a dozen children, many of whom were sickly. In a famous performance of that song, Johnny Cash mentions that this
man had a 19 foot stroke, eliciting laughs from prisoners in Folsom. In many versions of songs about this man, this
man notes that “A man ain’t nothing but a man.” Songs about this man often mention him foretelling his own death
as a child after picking up a hammer. His death comes after his heart gives out after winning a contest in laying
railroad track against a steam drill. For ten points, identify the central figure of many related American folk songs,
known as a “Steel Driving Man.”
ANSWER: John Henry
4. Ronald Reagan was considered for the role of this character’s father. When this character is asked, “What are you
going to do now?” he responds with “I was going to go upstairs for a minute.” Later events for this character are
foreshadowed when he sits with his back to a fish tank containing a model of a deep sea diver. His most famous line
is followed by the question, “Aren’t you?” and another famous line spoken to this character is the single word
“Plastics.” This character eventually fends off wedding guest with a cross after trying to get his love interest’s
attention by screaming from a church balcony. The love interest, Elaine, is the daughter of woman who seduces this
character, Mrs. Robinson. For ten points, identify this character played by Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate.
ANSWER: Benjamin Braddock (accept either)
5. In one appearance, this character believes that his friends have arrived at a special place “spiritually,
ecumenically, grammatically.” This character asks King George II if he has “threatened him before” in one film
appearance. In one appearance, this character is the chief of a tribe of cannibals on the island of Pelegosto, and all
that remains of this character’s mother is her shrunken head. After being freed from prison by the son of one of his
former crewmates, and this character commandeers the HMS Interceptor. This character escapes being marooned by
lashing himself to two sea turtles, but he is re-marooned alongside Elizabeth Swann after trying to reclaim his stolen
ship from his former first mate Hector Barbossa. For ten points, name this rum-soaked pirate, the sometimes-captain
of The Black Pearl, played by Johnny Depp.
ANSWER: Captain Jack Sparrow
6. This man was once accused of throwing a cake at a man on Ronny Turiaf’s birthday. This man started 57 games
in 2003-2004, the most of his career, and he had a PER of 15.7. One newspaper claimed this man had the “body of a
Greek god and the hands of mini-me.” Doug Collins coached this man this past season, as well as when he was first
drafted. He was first traded in 2005, and the team that traded him acquired Caron Butler. In 2008 this man was the
centerpiece of the Pau Gasol trade, and he was selected two spots ahead of Gasol. He was selected out of Glynn
Academy by a team led by Michael Jordan. For ten points, name this player who was selected first overall by the
Washington Wizards in 2001.
ANSWER: Kwame Brown
7. Six shops in England sold alcohol to an undercover customer carrying an ID bearing this character’s picture in
2012, showing that the stores didn’t check IDs. Though he once cited Willie Nelson as his hero for being
“alternative,” his clownish behavior is partially inspired by his comedic hero, Celery Head. In various episodes, he
imitates the vocal style of an elderly Jewish man in his “Talking Tummy” routine, sells a joke to Yakov Smirnov,
and kicks bullies in the testicles after yelling “That’s My Purse!”His voice actor, Pamela Adlon, won an Emmy for
her role, and he was created by Greg Daniels and Mike Judge. For ten points, name this 13-year-old boy from Arlen
Texas, a cartoon character from King of the Hill, and the son of Peggy and Hank.
ANSWER: Bobby Hill
8. Four of the songs on this album were recorded at a live 1983 live show and were overdubbed later. During the
spoken word intro of this album’s first track, the speaker mentions a shrink in Beverly Hills called “Dr. Everything
will be Alright.” The subject of another song on the album is encountered in hotel lobby where she is “masturbating
with a magazine.” That song, “Darling Nikki” precedes the artist’s first American number one single, a song which
features no bass part and asks the question, “How can you just leave me standing/Alone in a world that’s so cold?”
That song is called “When Doves Cry.” The speaker of the album’s title track doesn’t “want to be your weekend
lover.” Serving as the soundtrack to a 1984 film of the same name, this is for ten points, what 1984 album by Prince,
named after a colorful form of precipitation.
Answer: Purple Rain
9. One central location at this event is known as the Esplanade and one planned location at it is the John Frum area.
The first Google Doodle was made to commemorate this event. This event is held near the towns of Empire and
Gerlach. The theme for this event this year is Cargo Cult. The only two things sold at this event are coffee and ice.
On one episode of Reno 911 the officers went undercover at this event as part of a drug bust. This event features
projects such as Mutant Vehicles and it is centered around a large playa. Jerry James and Larry Harvey created this
event, where one of the principles is “radical self-expression.” For ten points, name this annual event held in
Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
ANSWER: Burning Man
10. One of the B-sides on this song’s single was a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now.” Josh Ramsay’s
production was responsible for this song’s transformation from a folk song to a pop song. The music video for this
song features the work of authors Linda Warren and B.J. Daniels, specifically their novels Skylar’s Outlaw and Love
at First Sight. At the end of this song’s video, the singer’s love interest interacts with one of the song’s writers,
Tavish Crowe and displays a possible romantic interest in him. This song begins with the paradoxical lines, “Before
you came into my life/I missed you so bad.” For ten points, name this hit song by Canadian pop singer Carly Rae
Jepsen that went viral in 2012 in which the speaker suggests that her love interest possibly contact her.
ANSWER: Call Me Maybe
11. This actor once attempted to tempt Monica on Touched by an Angel, where he played Satan. He played Georges
Seurat in a 1986 episode of American Playhouse. Another character played by this actor was called out of retirement
to catch the Seattle Strangler. This actor played a character that was responsible for reaping the soul of Amelia
Earhart, and that character, Rube Sofer, was the leader of the Club on Dead Like Me. He played Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
on three different series, primarily Chicago Hope. One character played by this actor had his wife, Mira, leave him.
This actor left Criminal Minds, where he played Jason Gideon, because he thought it was too violent. He currently
plays the mentor of Carrie Matheson. For ten points, name this actor who plays Saul Berenson on Homeland.
ANSWER: Mandy Patinkin
12. These people are the descendants of the ancient Zensunni wanderers, who settled their homeland after nine
generations as slaves on the prison world of Salusa Secundas. An elite group of soldiers from this ethnic group are
known as the Fedaykin and were trained by this group’s messiah, who was also known as the Kwisatz Haderach.
The messiah would employ a member of this group, Stilgar as a close adviser. That messiah who took the name
“Muad’Dib”was born Paul Atreides, and began a jihad of these people against the Harkonnen rulers of their
homeworld of Arrakis. Travelling the vast deserts of their planet by riding giant sandworms, their eyes have been
permanently colored blue by the spice “mélange.” For ten points, identify these water-conserving desert dwelling
natives, prominently featured in Frank Herbert’s Dune novels.
ANSWER: Fremen
13. A NPC in the sequel to this game was named Jubilation Higgenbottom who makes an oblique reference to nearly
being killed “back in ‘32.” The first version of this game dates from 1971 when its creator, a student teacher printed
the source code before deleting the program. Claude Levi-Strauss appears as a NPC in another game by the
developer of this game. Another spin-off game taught students about the Yukon Gold Rush. Minigames in this series
included buffalo hunts, which allowed the player to accumulate up to 200 pounds of meat, as well as a final
challenge of rafting one’s wagon down the Columbia river. For ten points, identify this classic educational computer
game, in which the player moves their 19th century party to the Northwest United States.
ANSWER: The Oregon Trail
14. The Parker Brothers did not invent this game, but they did purchase the trademark for its colloquial name in
1901. The popularization of “speed glue” in the 1950s led to gradual rule changes, culminating in official rule
changes during 2000 and 2001, which included increasing the size of the ball by about 5%, altering the scoring
system and prohibiting players from concealing the ball. This sport is known for the multitude of ways players hold
their equipment, including the pencil or penhold grip. James W. Gibb popularized its modern celluloid ball
construction in 1901. This sport was added to the Summer Olympics in 1988, and it has been dominated by the
Chinese ever since. For ten points, name this sport, played expertly by Forrest Gump, which Nixon used to thaw
relations with China, also known as ping pong.
ANSWER: Table Tennis (Accept Ping Pong before mentioned. Also accept Wiff-Waff).
15. The music for the final set of levels in this game is a version of Bizet’s L’Arsienne Second Suite. In one of the
endings for this game, it is revealed that a minor female character used to be a man. Bosses in this game include the
Immoral Beast and the Child with a Chainsaw. It also features a minigame, Rapunzel, that uses similar game
mechanics as the main game. At the end of the game, it is revealed that the title character is a succubus. Other
characters in this game, such as the protagonist’s friends Orlando and Jonny, appear as sheep during the mysterious
dreams that serve as the game’s levels. For ten points, name this 2011 release in which Vincent Brooks must climb
towers of blocks in his sleep, and choose between two women with the same name.
ANSWER: Catherine
16. On one episode of this series a homeless man makes an origami swan out of a $20 bill and the protagonist of this
series asks a child “is that a PS Vita?” Kristen Connelly plays Christina Gallagher on this series, who is having an
affair with her boss, played by Corey Stoll. One character on this series works for Tom Hammerschmidt, and that
character works for Slugline. The lead on this series attended the Citadel, and while there he had a homosexual
affair, and that character kills Peter Russo. David Fincher directed the premiere of this series, in which the main
character is passed over for Secretary of State. For ten points, name this series starring Kevin Spacey as
Congressman Frank Underwood.
ANSWER: House of Cards
17. Rarities by this band include a cover of “No More Kings” from Schoolhouse Rock and the lyrics to this band’s
ode to R.E.M. devolve into a song about William Tecumseh Sherman in Georgia. That song, “Unseen Power of the
Picket Fence” had its first album release on a reissue of the band’s debut album subtitled “Luxe and Reduxe.” The
most well-known song off that album describes a woman “Eating her fingers like just another meal” and is called
“Summer Babe.” Their song “Range Life” would incite a feud with Billy Corgan and the band’s closest flirtation
with mainstream success came with “Cut Your Hair.” Both of these songs appeared on their second album Crooked
Rain, Crooked Rain. For ten points identify this extremely influential indie lo-fi band of the 1990s, led by Stephen
Malkmus that shares its name with a roadway covering.
ANSWER: Pavement
18. One player with this surname was the Eagles first round pick in 2010. Another man with this surname held the
record for most points in a season for Cincinnati before Mike Nugent surpassed him. One man with this surname
intercepted Peyton Manning twice in a 2013 playoff game, and that player was a starting cornerback in the Super
Bowl alongside Cary Williams. Another player with this surname was a tailback from Northwestern who led his
team to 10 straight title games as a quarterback. In 2011 another man with this surname briefly broke Kellen
Winslow’s record for the most receiving yards by a tight end in a season, before being surpassed by Rob
Gronkowski the same day. For ten points, give this surname shared by former Browns’ quarterback Otto and Saints’
tight end Jimmy.
ANSWER: Graham
19. The book City of Quartz describes how the land that was used to build the stadium this team plays in was
obtained. Tim Wallach serves as first base coach for this team and Rick Honeycutt is their pitching coach. Their top
prospect, Zach Lee, plays for the Chattanooga Lookouts. Their roster includes catcher AJ Ellis and infielder Skip
Schumaker. One player on this team was injured in a fight with Carlos Quentin earlier this season. This team
recently acquired Ricky Nolasco and their pitching staff also has Hyun-Jin Ryu. This team was recently purchased
by an ownership group that includes Magic Johnson. For ten points, name this team that features players like Adrian
Gonzalez, Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig.
ANSWER: Los Angeles Dodgers
20. A deleted scene in this film sees the main character save Flash Gordon from Ming the Merciless using the object
around which the plot revolves. At one point in the film, the narrator claims that he could hear “Taps” being played
during the burial for a “Major Award.” The film has some vaguely racist elements, specifically when the narrator
refers to his father as being twice as shrewd as an Arab trader and a more notable scene in which the family goes to
a Chinese restaurant and are serenaded by the heavily accented waitstaff. That trip occurs on the same day that the
Bumpus Hounds eat the family turkey and the main character breaks his glasses, but avoids shooting his eye out
with an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle. For ten points, name this
classic holiday movie, shown for 24 consecutive hours by TBS every December 25th.
ANSWER: A Christmas Story
Bonuses
1. Hurricane David is responsible for much of the carnage in this film. For ten points each.
[10]Name this recent television film, which starred Tara Reid and John Heard, as California residents battling an
extremely dangerous natural disaster.
ANSWER: Sharknado
[10]This actor appeared as the appropriately-named Fin, Sharknado’s surfer protagonist. Previously, he played the
Corvette-driving, troublemaking Steve Sanders on Beverly Hills 90210.
ANSWER: Ian Ziering
[10]Sharknado was produced by this company, whose films are often take-offs of recent hits like Almighty Thor and
Battle Of Los Angeles, and which frequently and inexplicably feature C. Thomas Howell.
ANSWER: The Asylum
2. The music video for this song was inspired by Peter Pan, and features a group of boys being chased by an ice
cream truck. For ten points each.
[10]Name this song, which derives its title from the battle cry of the ‘lost boys’ in the film Hook, which closes with
the lines “I’m eating Fun Dip right now, not givin’ a fuck.”
ANSWER: “Bangarang”
[10]“Bangarang” is a track by this electronic artist, who won a Grammy for his album Scary Monsters and Nice
Sprites.
ANSWER: Skrillex (accept: Sonny Moore)
[10] “The Devil’s Door”, a track from Skrillex’s album Bangarang is a collaboration with this DJ and producer who
worked with wil.i.am on the track “Forever”.
ANSWER: Wolfgang Gartner
3. For ten points each, identify the following children’s books all published in the 1940s and all prominently
featuring rabbits as characters.
[10]. To fully understand this classic kids text, the reader is exhorted to both smell the page picturing flowers as well
as feel the page meant to mimic a rough beard. In this book, we learn that Judy can perform the titular action
towards the central lagomorph, but in an unsettling confrontation the narrator asks if we can do the same.
ANSWER: Pat the Bunny
[10]. Much less postmodern than Pat the Bunny, this 1947 classic is set “in the great green room,” which is
furnished with a “comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush and a quiet old lady whispering ‘Hush’.” The text
details the bedtime rituals of a young rabbit falling asleep for the night.
ANSWER: Goodnight Moon
[10]. Goodnight Moon contains several references to this other 1942 children’s book by the same author and
illustrator. In it, a young rabbit decides to leave home and his mother responds that she’d follow him in a variety of
escalating ways. After realizing his attempt to flee is futile he accepts his mother’s offer of a carrot and gives up on
his plan.
ANSWER: The Runaway Bunny
4. Despite Back in Black being the third-best selling album of all time, this band’s first number one album was the
1981 release For Those About To Rock We Salute You. For ten points each:
[10]Name this band, whose guitarist Angus Young has contributed notable riffs to songs like “Thunderstruck” and
“Hell’s Bells”.
ANSWER: AC/DC
[10]This man joined AC/DC in 1980 as a result of the death of Bon Scott, the band’s first lead singer.
ANSWER: Brian Johnson
[10]This AC/DC song is about an enormous woman with whom Scott had a one-night stand. When the song is
performed live, a giant blow-up doll is released on stage.
ANSWER: Whole Lotta Rosie
5. Answer some questions about sharpshooting European NBA players for ten points each.
[10]This seven foot tall German has spent his entire career with the Dallas Mavericks, dethroning ex-teammate and
reigining NBA MVP Steve Nash in 2007, and winning a championship in 2011 along the way.
ANSWER: Dirk Nowitzki
[10]This Italian was traded to Denver by the Knicks in the Carmelo Anthony trade. Denver sputtered in the playoffs
this year after this forward blew out his ACL near the end of the regular season.
ANSWER: Danilo Gallinari
[10]This Milwaukee Bucks player, originally from Turkey, has shot over forty percent from behind the arc for the
last two seasons, and in a February 2012 game grabbed 25 rebounds, becoming the first Buck in 35 years to do so.
ANSWER: Ersan Ilyasova
6. Conrade calls this character an “ass,” but he and his men are successful in revealing the villainy of Don John and
clearing Hero’s name.
[10] For ten points, name this lawman played by Nathan Fillion in a 2013 film.
ANSWER: Dogberry
[10] In the 1993 adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing Dogberry was played by this actor. He played Batman in
Tim Burton’s Batman movies, and he starred with Henry Winkler in Night Shift.
ANSWER: Michael Keaton
[10] Keaton voiced this character in Toy Story 3. This character is introduced at Sunnyside Daycare and is one of
Lotso’s minions, but he later does a heel-face turn and helps the toys.
ANSWER: Ken
7. You didn’t kill your wife? He doesn’t care! For ten points each.
[10]Name this US Marshal, who hunts fugitives like Richard Kimble.
ANSWER: Marshal Samuel Gerard (accept either)
[10]Gerard was played by this actor, whose other law-enforcement roles include Warden McCluskey in Natural
Born Killers and Agent K in the Men In Black film series.
ANSWER: Tommy Lee Jones
[10]This actor plays Marshal Cosmo Renfro, who assists Gerard. He also played the treacherous Cypher in The
Matrix, and helped the amnesiac Leonard Shelby find his wife’s killer in Memento.
ANSWER: Joe Pantoliano
8. This song opens by stating “The sun goes down, the stars come out” and it also contains the lyric “hand you
another drink/drink it if you can.”
[10] For ten points, name this 2011 song in which the singers claim “my universe will never be the same.”
ANSWER: “Glad You Came”
[10] “Glad You Came” was a hit for this British boy band, that includes members such as Siva Kaneswaran.
ANSWER: The Wanted
[10] One recent song for The Wanted is titled “Walks Like” this singer. The song claims that “she can’t sing/she
can’t dance but who cares” because the girl walks like this singer whose troubles with Chris Brown are well
documented.
ANSWER: Rihanna
9. This director’s first North American film was the erotic thriller Stoker. For ten points each:
[10]Name this South Korean director, famous for his “Vengeance” trilogy.
ANSWER: Park Chan-Wook
[10]This second installment in the “Vengeance” trilogy centers around a man mysteriously locked away for fifteen
years and features a scene in which the main character fights his way through a hallway with a claw hammer.
ANSWER: Oldboy
[10]Before the release of Stoker, Park’s most recent film was this one, about a Catholic priest who turns into a
vampire after receiving a blood transfusion.
ANSWER: Thirst (accept: Bat)
10. For ten points each, identify the following about a bizarre incident that occurred on Park Avenue in Manhattan
on October 4th, 1986.
[10]. The incident involved this former CBS news anchor being attacked by a strange assailant who demanded to
know “Kenneth, what is the frequency?” After a 2004 controversy involving his reporting possibly forged
documents about President Bush’s military service, he anchored his last CBS Evening News broadcast in March of
2005.
ANSWER: Dan Rather
[10]. Dan Rather appeared with this band during a soundcheck at Madison Square Garden, providing vocals to their
song “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?”
ANSWER: R.E.M.
[10]. Aside from R.E.M., the “frequency” incident was referenced in 1990 while the graphic novel Like a Velvet
Glove Cast in Iron was being serialized in Eightball magazine. Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron is a surreal graphic
novel by this author of David Boring, Art School Confidential, and Ghost World.
ANSWER: Daniel Clowes
11. One victim of this event was Abigail Folger, an heiress to the coffee fortune and it occurred at a house on Cielo
Drive which had “Pig” written in blood on the walls.
[10] For ten points, name this event in which an actress was killed by the Manson Family.
ANSWER: Sharon Tate Murders
[10] Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry wrote extensively about the Manson Family in this book named for the race
war which Manson believed was coming.
ANSWER: Helter Skelter
[10] Tate was once photographed wearing a white shirt with a red star by Esquire for an article on the writings of
this man. Megan Draper wore the same shirt in the past season of Mad Men, prompting speculation she would suffer
a similar fate to Tate.
ANSWER: Mao Tse-Tsung
12. After not turning west at East St. Louis, this character is harassed by an “Abdominal Snowman” who wants a
rabbit as a pet. For ten points each, identify the following about a famous cartoon character.
[10]. This trickster figure is arguably the central figure of the pantheon of Looney Tunes characters. His antics have
included confusing frenemy Daffy Duck into exhorting, “I say it’s duck season and I say ‘Fire’,” which results in
Elmer Fudd blowing his face off.
ANSWER: Bugs Bunny
[10]. Bugs Bunny was voiced by this man who voiced many of the Looney Tunes characters. He also voiced Barney
in The Flintstones.
ANSWER: Mel Blanc
[10]Another character voiced by Blanc was this man, George’s boss on The Jetsons.
ANSWER: Cosmo Spacely (accept either, or accept Mr. Spacely)
13. The developer of this offensive formation was recently hired by the Kansas City Chiefs as a consultant, and
Dana Holgerson developed the Diamond variant of it.
[10] For ten points, name this formation where a running back lines up behind a quarterback in the shotgun position.
ANSWER: Pistol
[10] This coach popularized the Pistol while he coached the Nevada Wolfpack.
ANSWER: Chris Ault
[10] Ault coached this quarterback at Nevada. This man was a second round pick in 2012 and he replaced Alex
Smith midway through this past season.
ANSWER: Colin Kaepernick
14. This man once pretended to be a fictional Romney son named Tugg, and he must pay money into the
“Douchebag Jar” when he acts like a douche.
[10] For ten points, name this Max Greenfield played character on New Girl, who recently broke up Cece’s wedding
with the help of his friend Winston.
ANSWER: Schmidt
[10] New Girl stars this actress as Jess Day. Her sister plays Temperance Brennan on Bones.
ANSWER: Zooey Deschanel
[10] The characters on New Girl sometimes play this drinking game. It requires one player to yell “1, 2, 3, JFK!”
and the other players to respond with “FDR” and its object is to navigate a room in which the floor is ‘molten lava’.
ANSWER: True American
15. In Super Smash Brothers: Brawl this character’s movement was based on Capoeira and he fires his peanut guns.
[10] For ten points, name this man who has appeared in games with Dixie.
ANSWER: Diddy Kong
[10] Diddy Kong starred in Diddy Kong Racing where one of the playable characters was this squirrel. He later
appeared in his own game where he had to fight bosses like the Great Mighty Poo.
ANSWER: Conker the Squirrel
[10] This alien is the villain of Diddy Kong Racing. The player races him on his home planet of Future Fun Land.
ANSWER: Wizpig
16. For ten points each, answer the following about 2013 MLB draft picks who may have had a leg up due to their
family connections.
[10]. In the 35th round, the Astros took the son of this pitcher nicknamed “the Rocket” who played for them from
‘04-’06. He won a record 7 Cy Young awards, but won’t make the Hall of Fame due to his almost certain use of
Performance Enhancing Drugs.
ANSWER: Roger Clemens
[10]. Aside from Roger Clemens’s kid, the Astros also drafted the son of this Astros second baseman who spent his
entire career with the team. In 2013, he just missed making the Hall of Fame despite getting the most votes. In a
smart move, his son has elected to play at Notre Dame rather than labor in futility with the Astros.
ANSWER: Craig Biggio
[10]. In the eighth round, this Atlanta Braves GM drafted his son for the third time. Despite the blatant nepotism,
this GM at least has a history of drafting good prospects such as Jason Heyward.
ANSWER: Frank Wren
17. Jon Pinyan said that “The only acceptable use of this song in any context was the Super Bowl M&M
commercial.” For ten points each,
[10]Name this song, whose music video features cameos from Ron Jeremy and Wilmer Valderrama and whose
lyrics declare “I got passion in my pants and I ain’t afraid to show it.”
ANSWER: “Sexy And I Know It”
[10] “Sexy and I Know It” was a hit for this musical act, whose other hits include “I’m In Miami” and “Sorry For
Party Rocking.”
ANSWER: LMFAO
[10]Perhaps unsurprisingly, this artist has collaborated numerous times with LMFAO, on tracks like “Shots” and
“Drink.”
ANSWER: Lil Jon (accept: Jonathan Smith)
18. This man’s first major victory came in the 1977 Masters and he was the captain of the victorious Ryder Cup
Team in 1993.
[10] For ten points, name this golfer, who in 2009 at age 59, nearly became the oldest man in history to win a major.
ANSWER: Tom Watson
[10] That event was the 2009 edition of this event, played at Turnberry, where Watson lost to Stuart Cink in playoff.
ANSWER: The British Open Championship
[10] Watson’s most famous victory was at the 1977 British Open, where he beat Jack Nicklaus with 65’s in his final
two rounds and an eighteenth hole birdie. That victory is commonly given this nickname.
ANSWER: The Duel in the Sun
19. One man describes this event as “profound babblings” and it involves a reading of the Declaration of
Independence.
[10] For ten points, name this speech given by a Senator after the construction of a national boy’s camp is
threatened.
ANSWER: Jefferson Smith Filibuster (Accept any reasonable answer with Smith and Filibuster)
[10] Smith is appointed to the Senate by this governor, who decides to do so after flipping a coin that lands on its
edge.
ANSWER: Governor Hubert “Happy” Hopper
[10] Senator Paine, Smith’s hero, was played by this actor. He played the Invisible Man in the 1933 film, as well as
Captain Louis Renault in Casablanca.
ANSWER: Claude Rains
20. This actor had an early role as Ben Frazier on the series Riverboat. For ten points each.
[10]Name this actor, who also appeared on Evening Shade as football coach Wood Newton, and who starred in films
like Smoky and the Bandit and Deliverance.
ANSWER: Burt Reynolds
[10]Evening Shade always ended up with narration read by this actor, who also had a recurring role as Erasmus
Jones on the Touched By An Angel spinoff Promised Land, and who starred alongside his wife Ruby Dee as the illfated Judge Farris in the TV adaptation of The Stand.
ANSWER: Ossie Davis
[10]This actress played the angel Monica on Touched By An Angel. She also recently played Mother Mary on the
miniseries The Bible.
ANSWER: Roma Downey