Spring Trash 2014
Packet #7 by Dan Pechi, Siva Gangavarapu, Andrew Salij & Waleed Ali
1. In Stewie Griffin: the Untold Story, Stewie drunkenly sings the theme song to this show at The Drunken Clam. An inscribed
Winchester cartridge is given to a man whose plane home is later shot down in one episode of this show, “Abyssinia, Henry”
and this series ended with a movie in which one man says goodbye by arranging white seashells (*), Goodbye, Farewell and
Amen. On this show, a scrawny clerk sleeps with a teddy bear and that character also works alongside a woman that was known as
“Hot Lips” in early seasons of this show. Two helicopters and yellow lettering are featured in the opening of this show which includes
characters like the oddly-dressed Klinger, “Radar” O’Reilly and Captain Hawkeye Pierce. For 10 points, name this sitcom starring
Alan Alda which chronicled the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War.
ANSWER: M*A*S*H
Bonus: Identify these ABC programs televised entirely or partner during the 1980’s, for 10 points each:
[10] This television show set in San Francisco sees a clean-freak father work at a television station while managing his household
alongside his brother-in-law and best friend. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen appeared onscreen together as Michelle only in the final
episode.
ANSWER: Full House
[NOTE: Mary-Kate and Ashley also appeared together one other time with one of them playing a lookalike cousin with dark hair, but
not as Michelle]
[10] This earlier show, which is the source of term “jumping the shark,” featured a character whose catchphrases included “Eyyy” and
“Sit on it.” Cuts from this show were used as a large part of Weezer’s video to the song “Buddy Holly.”
ANSWER: Happy Days
[10] This television show is the namesake of an incident in which a Chicago television broadcast was briefly disrupted. Eminem’s
video for “Rap God” parodies this program which features a stuttering, fibreglass suit-wearing figure in front of a rotating cube.
ANSWER: Max Headroom
2. This comedian co-wrote The Simpsons episode “Homer the Whopper” and he provided the voice for B.O.B. in the film
Monsters vs. Aliens. This man played a character named in the credits as “Eager Cameraman” in both Anchorman and Wake
Up, Ron Burgundy: the Lost Movie. The artist Rachel’s affair is revealed by this actor’s character in a film which sees him help
another man deal with his cancer. Evan Goldberg (*) co-directed a recent film featuring this actor in which he is transported with
Jay Baruchel by a blue beam from an apocalyptic Hollywood. This actor from 50/50 is set to play a family man who lives next door to
a rowdy frat house owner played by Zac Efron in the May 2014 release Neighbors. For 10 points, name this Jewish comedian who
starred in The Green Hornet and Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up.
ANSWER: Seth Rogen
Bonus: Identify these other films featuring Seth Rogen, for 10 points each.
[10] In this film, Rogen plays a cop who is “fooled” by a man who possesses an I.D. identifying him as a Hawaiian organ donor with a
single name. That character attempts to attend a party with characters played by Michael Cera and Jonah Hill, but run into various
obstacles before night’s end.
ANSWER: Superbad
[10] Rogen plays a Pittsburgh Penguins fan who works at a coffee shop in this film which sees him and his female roommate try to
make a video parodying Star Wars. Eventually, the roommates discover they are in love with each other and get married.
ANSWER: Zack and Miri Make a Porno
[10] A school bully played by Rogen in this film harasses the title character’s love interest at a bus stop and in an art class. The title
character who is heavily influenced by Frank the Giant Bunny is eventually killed by a jet engine crash in his bedroom.
ANSWER: Donnie Darko
3. This band included the song “My Buddy” by Alvino Rey on the B-side of two singles subtitled “Laika” and “Tunnels.” The
Jeremie Vespers massacre in Haiti is the subject of another song from the first album by this band which wrote most of the
soundtrack for the film her. This band which included Owen Pallett contributed a song which states “I guess we’ll just have to
adjust” to the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack (*). A later song by this group features the lyric “I’m movin’ past the feeling”
and appears on an album whose cover depicts a car in front of a house. This band’s most recent album contains the single afterlife and
the title track and is called Reflektor. For 10 points, identify this Montreal band founded by Win Butler which won Album of the Year
at the 2011 Grammy Awards for The Suburbs.
ANSWER: Arcade Fire
Bonus: Name these other Montreal music acts, for 10 points each.
[10] This aging poet and musician wrote the songs “I’m Your Man,” “Suzanne,” and the oft-covered “Hallelujah.”
ANSWER: Leonard Norman Cohen
[10] This post-rock band released the album Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven in 2000 and were suspected of being
terrorists in 2003. After a seven year hiatus, this band got back together and released the album ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
ANSWER: Godspeed You! Black Emperor [prompt on “Godspeed” or “GY!BE”]
[10] This female artist recently addressed her flexibility with being vegan and released the album Halfaxa in 2011. This artist’s 2012
album Visions included such hits as “Genesis” and “Oblivion.”
ANSWER: Grimes or Claire Boucher
4. This action was popularized by Yannick Noah and Guillermo Vilas. Female players who popularized this action include
Gabriela Sabatini, who also names a variation on this action. After performing this action against Novak Djokovic in a US
Open Semifinal match, Roger Federer called it “the best shot of his life.” This type of shot is usually performed after the opponent
hits an offensive lob, and it is also known as a “hotdog.” Sharing its name with a description of a basketball player who is stuck
between two positions because of size or ability, for 10 points, name this trick shot in tennis that involves hitting the ball between
one’s legs while running back from the net.
ANSWER: tweeners
The United States holds the record for the most titles held in this event, for 10 points each:
[10] Name this cup for men’s tennis, mirrored by the Fed cup, that features teams of countries competing against each other to win the
title cup.
ANSWER: Davis Cup
[10] This Davis Cup team features international superstars Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka. In the 1992 Davis Cup, this team
had its best performance by finishing runner-up.
ANSWER: Switzerland or Swiss
[10] The 1992 Davis Cup champion U.S. team was composed of Jim Courier, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, and this player, who
married female player Steffi Graf in 2001.
ANSWER: Andre Agassi
5. This director felt forced to abandon filming of his next film, The Hateful Eight, after the script was leaked and his most
recent appearance as an actor came when he played an employee of a mining company in a 2012 film. The ending of one of his
films uses a track from the Japanese film Lady Snowblood, and that track is played during the death of a character referred to
as Cottonmouth. He based one of his films off the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard and in another of his films, a
character incorrectly pronounces “Arrivederci” while at a party (*) with a character played by Diane Krueger. One of his films
was paired with Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror in a “double feature” titled Grindhouse and in another one of this man’s movies,
one character looks for a Gold Watch and another shoots Marvin. This is for 10 points, what director of Inglourious Basterds and Pulp
Fiction.
ANSWER: Quentin Tarantino
Bonus: This actor frequently defended racial controversies surrounding a film he starred in against director Spike Lee. For 10 points
each:
[10] Name this American actor who played Stephen, the house slave on the Candyland plantation in Quentin Tarantino’s Django
Unchained.
ANSWER: Samuel L. Jackson
[10] Another frequent collaborator with Tarantino is this actress, who played a character that needed to be stabbed in the breastplate
with an adrenaline shot after overdosing on heroin and another who wore a yellow jumpsuit to fight the Crazy 88.
ANSWER: Uma Thurman
[10] This film editor also worked extensively with Tarantino in movies such as Inglorious Basterds, Kill Bill, and Pulp Fiction.
ANSWER: Sally Menke
6. The actor who portrays this character described playing him as “turning Mr. Chips into Scarface” and this character,
whose middle name is Hartwell, watched a tattoo artist overdose on heroin, spent an entire episode trying to catch a fly and
drives a green (*) Pontiac Aztek. This character notably threw a pizza on his roof and worked with the owner of Los Pollos
Hermanos. This former founder of the billion-dollar company Gray Matter Technologies left the company at the beginning of the
series, selling his shares for a mere $5,000. and this former employee of Bogdan’s car wash has a son, Flynn, with cerebral palsy who
attends a school where this character formerly taught. Jesse Pinkman is contacted by this man, who also goes by Heisenberg, to pay
for his rising cancer treatment bills. For 10 points, identify this meth-cooking protagonist of AMC’s Breaking Bad.
ANSWER: Walter White [accept anything that indicates he is the father of the White family, accept Heisenberg before mentioned]
Bonus: On this television show, a sheriff awakens from a coma to find the world infested by zombies. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this AMC show based upon a comic book series that sees the sheriff and others he met on a farm eventually settle into a
prison.
ANSWER: The Walking Dead
[10] This aforementioned sheriff on The Walking Dead is played by Andrew Lincoln. This character’s wife Lori has a child named
Judith and this man leaves the prison with his son Carl at the mid-Season 4 finale.
ANSWER: Rick Grimes (accept either underlined portion)
[10] In Season 3 of The Walking Dead, Rick and others at the prison come into conflict with this town which is run by Brian, The
Governor. The Governor ends up killing the remaining members of this town because they lost their battle against Rick’s settlement.
ANSWER: Woodbury
7. An actress who appeared in this song’s video had earlier played Gibby’s girlfriend Tasha on one Nickelodeon show and
starred in Maroon 5’s video for “Love Somebody.” This song’s video, which features Emily Ratajkowski was parodied by the
Auckland Law Revue and that video features three women in director chairs. The family of Marvin Gaye (*) sued the artist of
this song who wrote it with a man who also sings with Daft Punk on “Get Lucky.” This song’s singer asks “what rhymes with hug
me?” and performed the song in a black and white suit at the 2013 VMA’s. The video for this song was removed and subsequently
reinstated on YouTube due to its nude content. For 10 points, name this arguably misogynistic song about good girls gone bad
performed by Robin Thicke.
ANSWER: “Blurred Lines” [accept “Love Somebody” before Maroon 5 is mentioned]
Bonus: Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” was featured in a mash-up of 2Chainz’s “Give it 2 U” and this other song at the 2013 MTV Video
Music Awards. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this song in which the singer claims “it’s our party, we can do what we want to.”
ANSWER: “We Can’t Stop”
[10] “We Can’t Stop” was written by this American pop star who notably twerked against Robin Thicke at the VMA’s in a mouse
one-piece.
ANSWER: Miley Ray Cyrus or Destiny Hope Cyrus
[10] Alongside twerking, the video for “We Can’t Stop” features cut-scenes of a white human face created using an early example of
this technology.
ANSWER: Computer Animation or CGI Animation [accept common knowledge equivalents]
8. This man appears in a film which sees the struggling Rob Haley relocate his business to the countryside and this former
Rangers soccer player nearly died in 2008 when he fell off a cliff into icy water while looking for puffins in Iceland. He voiced
a character named Chef on a 2013 episode of Phineas and Ferb and this man’s flagship business is located in Chelsea. That
business earned this man his third (*) Michelin Star in 2001, becoming the first man from this country to achieve the feat. This host
of The F Word hosts another show in Los Angeles which features a “red” team of women and “blue” team of men and another of this
man’s shows sees him help out struggling restaurant owners. For 10 points, name this hot-headed, Scottish host of Kitchen Nightmares
and Hell’s Kitchen.
ANSWER: Gordon James Ramsay
Bonus: Name these Scottish foods, for 10 points each:
[10] This orange carbonated beverage is the top-selling soft drink in Scotland and is manufactured by the Barr company.
ANSWER: Irn Bru
[10] This dish is the entree of a Burns supper and consists of oatmeal, beef fat, and sheep innards. This dish is thrown in its namesake
hurtling contest and is illegal to import into the US and UK.
ANSWER: Haggis
[10] Haggis is traditionally served beside neeps, or turnips, and this other foodstuff which is pretty much the only thing in Idaho.
ANSWER: Potatoes or Tatties
9. One work titled after these objects sees the “chain” Alice save Oz Vessalius from “the Abyss.” Computers that display these
objects are shot up by Yuri Nakamura, and members of a group named after this object include the Capricorn-possessing
Zoldeo and the Sensory Link-using Meredy. That guild led by Precht, a.k.a. Hades, assaulted Tenrou Island in an attempt to
awaken Zeref. Kanade Tachibana (*) has one of these objects that initially belonged to Otonashi, which he donated after being
trapped by a train accident. For 10 points, name this organ, the namesake of the dark guild “Grimoire [this object]” and the symbol
typically shown when a character falls in love.
ANSWER: hearts [accept common knowledge equivalents]
Bonus: The “state” variety of these individuals works for the Amestrian State Military. For 10 points each:
[10] Name these pseudo-scientific characters that include the “Sewing-Life” Shou Tucker and the “Fullmetal” Edward Elric. They
carry around or make Transmutation Circles, and they must follow the rules of Equivalent Exchange.
ANSWER: alchemists
[10] These creatures are made when alchemists deal with human transmutation. In Fullmetal Alchemist, they carry the Ouroboros
mark, embody the seven deadly sins, and are led by Father.
ANSWER: homunculi [accept homunculus]
[10] Father teaches this father of the Elric brothers alchemy when he is a slave in Xerxes. He is a human Philosopher’s Stone and is
known as the “Sage of the West” to the Xinghese (SHING-ees) since he teaches them alchemy.
ANSWER: Van Hohemheim [accept Hohemheim of Light]
10. Although he is not Dracula, this man’s bones are collected and put into a furnace at the end of one video game. Three
snakes give power to this man who invaded Jesse Walsh’s body in order to kill Lisa in one film featuring this man. Johnny
Depp made his first on-screen appearance in a film about this figure and that film ends with a convertible driving away on its
own. In this character’s most-recent film appearance, he was played by a man who had starred as (*) Kelly Leak as a child. A
song about this figure includes the line “5, 6, grab your crucifix” and this former preschool gardener from Springwood, Ohio worked
in a boiler room and was burned alive by angry parents. Nearly invincible in dreams but completely mortal in the real world is for 10
points, what red-and-green sweater wearing and bladed glove-wielding antagonist of the A Nightmare on Elm Street series?
ANSWER: Freddy Krueger
Bonus: For 10 points each, name these iconic 1980’s horror films.
[10] In this film, the serial killer Charles Lee Ray is transferred into the body of an orange-haired Good-Guy doll who goes on to
terrorize Andy Barclay’s family.
ANSWER: Child’s Play
[10] This 1980’s horror flick sees the title creatures descend to earth in a comet-like object and capture humans in cotton candy
cocoons.
ANSWER: Killer Klowns from Outer Space
[10] One man is sucked through a kitchen sink drain by the title entity in this 1988 horror film which was a remake of a 1955 film of
the same name. The title entity is eventually destroyed by being covered in liquid nitrogen.
ANSWER: The Blob
HALFTIME - PAUSE FOR SCORE CHECK AND SUBSTITUTIONS
11. This album, which was inspired by Le Corbusier’s “Escargot” lamp, spawned pop-up stores in New York and Chicago
with Confederate flag-adorned merchandise. The Ponderosa Twins Plus One are currently suing the artist over one song from
this album which was parodied by James Franco (*). That song sees the artist ask “what would Jeromey Romey Romey Rome
think?” and embrace his fiancé while on a motorcycle. Another song from this album sees the artist claim he is “the only rapper
compared to Michael” and that you should hurry up with his damn croissants. This album’s cover art consists of a single piece of red
tape. For 10 points, name this album which includes the songs “Bound 2” and “I Am A God,” released in 2013 by Kanye West.
ANSWER: Yeezus
Bonus: For 10 points each, identify these things associated with another prolific Chicago rapper.
[10] This 18 year-old rapper’s “Hate Bein’ Sober” sparked a Twitter feud with Katy Perry. This artist whose real name is Keith Cozart
included the songs “I Don’t Like” and “Love Sosa” on his 2012 release Finally Rich.
ANSWER: Chief Keef
[10] This early Chief Keef song sees the artist claim “I pull up in that Audi / You pull up in that Honda.” The video for this song was
shot inside Cozart’s house where he was under house arrest at the time.
ANSWER: “3Hunna”
[10] This native of Washington D.C. got into a feud with Chief Keef and subsequently released the diss song “3Milli.” In it, he claims
he will “catch yo grandma and shoot her...”
ANSWER: Shy Glizzy
12. Gaelic football awards this many points per goal and the Baltimore Orioles have won this many World Series titles. During
the first quarter of the 2014 Super Bowl, the Seattle Seahawks scored this number of times. The Boston Red Sox have won the
World Series this number of times in the past decade (*) and in darts getting this number of bullseyes is known as an “Alan Evans”
shot. An albatross in golf is this number of points under par and in basketball, an offensive player cannot be in the defensive lane for
this number of seconds in a row. Al Harrington, Chris Paul and Dwayne Wade all wear this number jersey, which was notably retired
by the Yankees for Babe Ruth. This number of periods makes up a hockey match and a hat trick consists of this number of goals. For
10 points, name this number, also the number of events in a triathlon.
ANSWER: 3 or Three
Bonus: Identify the following basketball teams which have had trios of good players, for 10 points each:
[10] Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett were considered this team’s “Big Three” during the 2007 to 2012 NBA Seasons.
ANSWER: Boston Celtics [accept either underlined portion]
[10] Known as Run TMC based on the initials of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin, this team was notable for their
fast-paced “Nellie Ball” offense, nicknamed after then-coach Don Nelson.
ANSWER: Golden State Warriors [accept either underlined portion]
[10] Earlier in his career, Ray Allen played alongside Glenn Robinson and Sam Cassell on this team which went on to lose in the 2001
Eastern Conference Finals.
ANSWER: Milwaukee Bucks [accept either underlined portion]
13. Actor Cory Monteith’s last two tweets were about this film which features a ferris wheel that rolls into an apartment
building. This film, which opens with a shootout involving the businessman Palmer features another character who carries
around his barstool. This film’s sequel is set in New York and is subtitled “The Second One” (*). Matt reunites with Nova, and
April gets back together with Ian Ziering’s character at the end of this film which sees the title entities destroyed by bombs dropped
from a helicopter. A freak hurricane causes Los Angeles to flood in for 10 points, what notable B movie which aired on the Syfy
channel and is a portmanteau of two dangerous natural phenomena.
ANSWER: Sharknado
Bonus: Sharks are a common theme in pop culture. For 10 points each:
[10] In a World Star Hip Hop video, this blue-clad Houston teenager punches and kicks ShaMichael Manuel, a girl she suspects of
cheating. The camerawoman notably exclaims “Oh I gotta pee, lawd” before telling this now-Twitter famous teen “Nooo!”
ANSWER: Sharkeisha Tyesia Thomson [accept either underlined portion]
[10] This golfer who was nicknamed “The Shark” hails from Australia and won The Open Championship in 1986 and 1993 although
he is better-known for his collapse at the 1996 Masters.
ANSWER: Greg John Norman
[10] This online music streaming site was removed from the iOS App Store in 2010 due to copyright concerns. This service allows
one to build, upload and share playlists that appear in a queue at the bottom of the screen.
ANSWER: Grooveshark
14. This band included the lines “they're going to destroy our casual joys / we shall go on playing or find a new town” in the
song “Strange Days” and the keyboard player from this band wrote the 2000 film Love Her Madly based upon an idea brought
up by their lead singer. This band’s guitar player Robby Krieger played alongside Creed at Woodstock ‘99 for a cover of
their song (*) “Riders on the Storm” and this band was banned from The Ed Sullivan Show for singing the line “Girl we couldn’t get
much higher.” In 2011, the remnants of this band collaborated with Skrillex on the song “Break’n a Sweat” without their lead singer,
who had died at age 27. “Touch Me” and “Break on Through” are songs by, for 10 points, what psychadelic rock act fronted by Jim
Morrison?
ANSWER: The Doors
Bonus: For 10 points each, name these British bands who produced notable album covers during the 1970’s.
[10] This musical ensemble included a photo of a flaming businessman greeting another on the cover of Wish You Were Here, but may
be better known for an album cover which depicts the splitting of white light.
ANSWER: Pink Floyd
[10] This musician who wrote the song “Space Oddity” had a lightning bolt painted across his face on the cover of Aladdin Sane. This
musician who used the cover of Heroes for his latest album is also known for an album depicting Ziggy Stardust under a yellow sign.
ANSWER: David Bowie
[10] This band which was originally called Warsaw had Peter Saville design the cover of their only album release which depicts
mountain-like radio waves from a pulsar. After Ian Curtis’ death, this group behind the song “Love Will Tear Us Apart” became
known as New Order.
ANSWER: Joy Division
15. This man’s Hollywood star is the only one not on the ground and he won his first match in a six round decision over
Tunney Hunsaker. Prior to this man’s first professional defeat years earlier, this man called his opponent an “Uncle Tom” and
stated that he was “too dumb and ugly to be champ.” That man was (*) Joe Frazier who defeated him in a fight known as the
“Fight of the Century” and this athlete would later win the “Thrilla in Manila” and “Rumble in the Jungle” over Joe Louis and George
Foreman, respectively. For 10 points, identify this retired African American heavyweight boxer whose daughter Leila went undefeated
during her professional career and who notably suffers from Parkinson’s disease.
ANSWER: Muhammad Ali
Bonus: Name these boxers from the early 1990’s, for 10 points each:
[10] This heavyweight world champion now dons a tattoo around his eye. He notably bit another man’s ear during a boxing match and
starred in the original Hangover film as the owner of a pet tiger.
ANSWER: Mike Tyson
[10] This other boxer nicknamed “The Real Deal” had part of his ear bit off by Tyson in “The Bite Fight.” This boxer was the world
heavyweight champion from 1990 to 1992 and was the first person voted off the 2014 season of Celebrity Big Brother in the UK.
ANSWER: Evander Holyfield
[10] Holyfield won the championship in a match dubbed “The Moment of Truth” against this other heavyweight. This man had
previously won the championship as a huge underdog in a match against the previously-undefeated Mike Tyson, whom he knocked
out.
ANSWER: James “Buster” Douglas
16. This company pretended to hire a German hacker as an “in-house security auditor,” but later had him arrested for
stealing source code. This company fought with Vivendi Universal over illegal distribution of games in internet cafes. New
technologies developed by this company include a controller with two trackpads and a touchscreen and an operating system
based on Linux. Aperture Laboratories (*) is the setting of one game developed by this company and the Source Engine was
created by this company. This company which is partially headed by Gabe Newell released the Steam network to distribute video
games. For 10 points, name this gaming company behind the Half-Life and Portal series.
ANSWER: Valve Corporation
Bonus: Identify some things about an Orange Box game made free in 2011, for 10 points each.
[10] This multiplayer game features a RED and BLU team and nine different player classes. Game modes include Capture the Flag,
King of the Hill, and Mann vs. Machine.
ANSWER: Team Fortress 2 or TF2
[10] This profession of Austin Powers and Team Fortress 2 player class allows one to backstab other players for an insta-kill and
disguise as enemy team members.
ANSWER: Spy or Spies
[10] Team Fortress 2 spies can get really annoying when they use this invisibility watch which causes a spy to feign death when
taking damage. This invisibility watch looks like a make-up pad and makes a very noticeable noise upon decloaking.
ANSWER: The Dead Ringer
17. The main character of the Dupa-influenced anime series Wowser was this kind of animal, and another of these kinds of
animals acts as a “corporate consultant,” in which capacity he wrote his namesake Top Secret Management Handbook. One of
these characters was the only one to escape a mass alien hypnosis in Flight 714, and that Herge-created character first
appeared in “the Land of the Soviets” along with (*) Tintin. Prince Terrien is this animal in Bridge to Terabithia as is Bruiser in
Legally Blonde. Woodstock is the best friend of one of these characters, which often dressed up as the Red Baron. Odie, Ace, and
Snoopy are all, for ten points, examples of what kind of animal, man’s best friend?
ANSWER: Dogs [accept canines or equivalents]
Bonus: This character is often accompanied by the canine Dogmatix, and he once traveled to Lutetia in order to obtain a golden sickle
for the druid Getafix. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this short Gaulish warrior, whose adventures with his closest friend Obelix is narrated in a titular comic book series.
ANSWER: Asterix
[10] The author of Asterix hails from this country, whose other notable comic books include The Adventures of Freddy Lombard by
Yves Chaland and the “Ghost of the Louvre,” Belphegor.
ANSWER: France
[10] Asterix faithfully serves this portly leader of his tribe. Married to Impedimenta, the shield he is often carried around on once
belonged to Vercingetorix, and his only fear is “that the sky may fall on his head.”
ANSWER: Chief Vitalstatistix
18. Among the FAQ questions about this entity are “Can I use nonoko and sage at the same time” and “What are GETs,” and
its creator served in the trial of the man who hacked Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! account, United States of America v. David Kernell.
That same man was later voted the most influential person of 2008 in a TIME poll, which featured the embedded comments (*)
“mARBLECAKE,” hinting at foul play done by the users of this website, whose port 80 has been temporarily blocked at times by both
AT&T and Verizon. Originally a counterpart of the Futaba Channel website, this website’s users include “fitizens” and it has served as
the breeding ground of internet memes such as Trollface and lolcats. For 10 points, name this imageboard, founded by Christopher
“Moot” Poole that is home to the controversial /b/.
ANSWER: 4chan [prompt on /b/; do not accept “2chan” or “7chan”]
Bonus: For 10 points each, identify these targets of 4chan raids.
[10] On November 29, 2013, 4chan users attacked this mobile application which allows one to view pictures one at a time. This
application has “Featured,” “Popular” and “Collective” sections. On their actual website, an ad at the top right of the screen invites
users to visit fakeposters.com.
ANSWER: iFunny
[10] This website allows users to vote and comment on visual content like memes dubbed “Just For Fun.” 4chan often mocks “le
army” of this site’s users. The top daily posts end up in a section called “Hot Fun.”
ANSWER: 9GAG
[10] In August 2012, a poll to “dub” a new product created by this company was targeted by 4chan. Unruly submissions like
“Diabeetus” and “Hitler did nothing wrong” were upvoted by 4chan users, prompting this company to shut the poll down.
ANSWER: Mountain Dew
19. Controversy arose when a provocative photo of then-17 year old Kaetlyn Osmond, a practitioner of this sport, was posted
on the front page of a Canadian Newspaper in 2013. 18 practitioners of this sport were killed when a Boeing 707 crashed en
route to Prague for the World Championships in the Sabena Flight 548 crash. One famous athlete in this sport “would make a
plan and follow through” if he “were here today” according to a song by DVDA and a rivalry in this sport between (*) Katarina
Witt (VITT) and Debi Thomas was known as “the Battle of the Carmens.” For 10 points, name this sport whose notable practitioners
include Michelle Kwan and Jason Brown, which was the subject of Blades of Glory.
ANSWER: Figure Skating [prompt on “Skating,” do not accept “pair skating”]
Bonus: Identify some things related to another Winter Olympic sport, for 10 points each:
[10] In the most common type of this Olympic sport, the team includes a brakeman, a pilot and two pushers. One compulsory turn on
the Olympic track for this event is called the “Petersen Turn.”
ANSWER: Bobsleigh or Bobsledding [do not accept “Luge” or “Skeleton” or “Toboggan”]
[10] In this film, a Jamaican bobsled team somehow qualifies for the Winter Olympics. The team crashes in the end, but carries their
bobsled across the finish line to finish the race.
ANSWER: Cool Runnings
[10] This team won the Four-man Bobsleigh event in Cool Runnings and at the 1988 Winter Olympics. This country is second in total
Olympic medals won in Bobsleigh behind Germany.
ANSWER: Switzerland or Swiss
20. This man starred as Peeping Tom in a film he directed which features Adrien Brody as Flirty Harry in an application on a
tablet computer. This director of InAPPropriate Comedy successfully sued Anna Nicole Smith because she lied about appearing
in his The Underground Comedy Movie. This Israeli native was arrested in 2009 for beating up a prostitute in Miami Beach,
Florida and was featured in a College Humor sketch “in Jail.” This man claimed “the Germans always make good stuff” (*) in
one television appearance and he later helped promote the Schticky. This promoter of the SlapChop may be best known for a product
which will make you “Say WOW Everytime!” For 10 points, identify this promoter of the ShamWow!, a guy probably best known for
starring in infomercials.
ANSWER: Vince Offer [accept Offer Shlomi; accept ShamWow! Guy or equivalents before “ShamWow!”, accept SlapChop Guy
before “SlapChop”, accept Schticky Guy before “Schticky”]
(Moderator Note: Read the bonus introduction like you are Billy Mays)
Bonus: GET READY FOR A BONUS ABOUT INFOMERCIALS, FOR 10 POINTS EACH:
[10] This salesman nicknamed “Pitchfork” has appeared in commercials for Mighty Putty, OrangeGlo and ESPN360. This man who is
known for his full, black beard and loud voice died in 2009 after cocaine-related heart complications.
ANSWER: William “Billy” Darrell Mays Jr.
[10] Billy Mays closed many infomercials for this Church & Dwight cleaner by saying “that’s the power of this product.” This product
comes in Free Versatile, Max Force Spray and Power Pak forms.
ANSWER: OxiClean
[10] This British salesman has since taken over for Mays in OxiClean commercials and also appeared alongside him on PitchMen.
ANSWER: Anthony “Sully” Sullivan
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TB. This man was discovered while singing in the Oakland A’s parking lot and was hired as a batboy and clubhouse assistant
at the age of 11 shortly thereafter. He was given his stage name by members of the A’s who thought he resembled a young
Hank Aaron and after a brief stint in the Navy, he started rapping with a Christian group called the Holy Ghost Boys. His
debut album, 1987’s Feel My Power was a local hit in the San Francisco area, but shortly after releasing Let’s Get it Started one
year later, he appeared on the Arsenio Hall Show to perform his biggest hit. In that song, he calls himself a (*) “super dope
homie from the Oak town” before stating “this is a beat, you can’t touch.” For 10 points, identify this legendary parachute pantswearing rapper behind the smash hits “2 Legit 2 Quit” and “U Can’t Touch This.”
ANSWER: MC Hammer or Stanley Burrell