UMBC97_p3.txtUMBCBCBC February 8, 1997 

Playoffs Round 3 



Singdown Category: Songs about the color Red 



Toss-ups 



1. Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Rick Moranis, John Candy and 

Martin Short all starred in this Canadian answer to the American 

Saturday Night Live. For 10 points, name this sketch-comedy show. 



_Second City Television_ (SCTV) 





2. The black drag queen Chablis has already requested to play 

himself/herself in the movie version of John Berendt's real-life 

murder mystery Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. The 

movie rights to this 1994 novel have been bought by this actor, 

producer, and director whose most recent work was the movie 

version of The Bridges of Madison County. Name this man for 10 

points. 



Clint _Eastwood_ 



3. Her B-Sides include "Flying Dutchman," "Honey" and "A Case of 

You." FTP, name the artist that is currently on tour with Josh 

Clayton-Felt and is the "daughter of a preacher man." 



Tori _Amos_ 



4. He played Jon Cusack's best friend in Better Off Dead, Joe 

Flaherty's son in One Crazy Summer, Agnes DePesto's flame on 

Moonlighting, and Booger in the Revenge of the Nerds movies. 

FQTP, name him. 



Curtis _Armstrong_ 



5. Not only did this man sing for the Dr. Seuss classic How the 

Grinch Stole Christmas, but he also has been the man behind Tony 

the Tiger's "They're Grrrrrrrrrrreat!" For 10 points, name this 

man. 



Thurl _Rosencraft_ 



6. This "big show" is, dare I say it, en fuego. Coming to you 

out Bristol, Connecticut, this show airs throughout the day and 

is the mainstay for its cable network. Steve Levy, Stuart Scott, 

Linda Cohn, Rich Eisen, Keith Olbermann, and Dan Patrick all 

currently host what show for 10 points? 



ESPN _Sportscenter_ 



7. His parent-horrifying creations were originally used in an 

animated short, but he has since moved beyond MTV. Recently the 

creator of "Beavis and Butt-Head" premiered a new show on 

FOX called "King of the Hill." For 10 points, who is this man? 



Mike _Judge_ 



8. "The People Vs. Larry Flynt", starring Woody Harrelson and 

Courtney Love, is the story of Hustler publisher Larry Flynt. 

Name, for 10 points, the director of this movie who won the 1985 

Academy Award for Best Picture for his film "Amadeus". 



Milos _Forman_ 



9. Honeycombs, Fruity Pebbles, Alpha-bits, and Grape-Nuts are 

all manufactured by what cereal company for 10 points? 



_Post_ 



10. "They say such nice things at funerals that it's a shame I'm 

going to miss mine by a couple of days." For 10 points, this is 

a quote by what former radio personality who is best-known for 

his creation of the fictional town of Lake Wobegon? 



Garrison _Keillor_ 



11. Out of the Top 40 television programs in history, most of 

them are sports events, such as the Super Bowls, and the 

Olympics. This is especially true of the 1990s, where there is 

only one non-sports entry. FTP, name this entry, which was the 

last episode of a TV comedy on NBC, about a bar where everybody 

knows your name, which starred Rhea Perlman, Kirstie Alley, and 

Ted Danson. 



_Cheers_ 



12. Classic stories are adapted for viewing in this PBS Series. 

Ivanhoe, Man of La Mancha, Joan of Arc, and The Hound of the 

Baskervilles were all incorporated into segments that highlight 

the morals found in each episode. For 10 points, name this kids 

show where a dog acts out these classic tales in between helping 

his masters survive middle school and general life. 



_Wishbone_ 



13. This star played one member of the Dirty Dozen. In The 

Twilight Zone, he played a soldier who is alone in a town with an 

enemy soldier played by Elizabeth Montgomery. He is most 

recognized as the vigilante John Kersey. For 10 points, name the 

actor who became popular for The Death Wish Saga. 



Charles _Bronson_ 



14.He is well versed in the Rules of Aquisition. During a run 

through the Bjoran Wormhole he was regressed to behave as his 

species did thousands of years before. In 2369, he attempted to 

see if his son Krax was worthy to follow in his footsteps by 

tricking Quark. For 10 points, name this Fiscal leader of the 

Ferengi people who commands all ferengi to worship his cane. 



Grand Nagus _Zek_ 



15. This band had introduced a Rock & Roll use for the flute. 

Some of this band's hits are Fat Man, Locomotive Breath, and 

Teacher. In 1988, this band won best Hard Rock/Metal performance 

although lead singer Ian Anderson wasn't there to accept. For 10 

points, name this band that had been the bane of Metallica and 

the band that gained some more recognition with song like 

Aqualung and Bungle in the Jungle. 



Jethro _Tull_ 



16. Bart Starr, Chuck Howley, Jake Scott and Franco Harris won 

this honor in the '60's and '70's. More recent winners were Troy 

Aikman and Emmitt Smith. For 10 points, name this award given 

out to the person who had the best performance in the NFL's Title 

Game. 



_Super Bowl MVP_ 



17. This animated show had a short stay on MTV. This show has 

this girl Sarah who sought spiritual advice from a wooden horse. 

It centered around Julie Winters and her relation with a serial 

killer and a street tramp in purple tights. For 10 pts name this 

comic book based show named after the purple clad warrior of 

Pangia whose name is opposite of the minn. 



The _Maxx_ 



18.He was in the 1966 world series in only in his second year. 

He was in the World Series in 1983 which was his next to last 

year of playing. Strangely, the three times he won the Cy Young 

awards, '73, '75, and '76, were three years his team didn't make 

the baseball big series. For 10 points, name this former Oriole 

pitcher that has made a post playing career as a commentator and 

modeling his underwear. 



Jim _Palmer_ 



19. His motion picture debut was in the 1981 film "Ragtime". 

After performing mostly on stage in the '80's, he returned to the 

screen in Spike Lee's movie "Do the Right Thing". He followed up 

that with roles in "Mo' Better Blues" and "Jungle Fever". For 10 

points, name this actor who gained major notoriety after his 

Oscar-nominated performance as the Bible-quoting Jules in Quentin 

Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction." 



Samuel L. _Jackson_ 



20. This pro wrestler had done something no one else 

accomplished in the NWA/WCW promotion. He is the only man to 

have held the U.S. Tag and Singles Title as well as The World 

T.V., World Tag Team, and World Heavyweight titles. One other 

accomplishment was winning The WWF Tag Titles with Mike Rotundo 

in 1985. For 10 points, name this son of Blackjack Mulligan who 

has been a Champion through most of his career. 



Barry _Windham_ 



21. Volume 1 has Love is a Song, The Spectrum Song, Let's Get 

Together, and The Ugly Bug Ball, Volume 2 has Candle on the 

Water, Part of Your World, The Age of Not Believing, and Feed the 

Birds, and Volume 3 has You've Got a Friend in Me, Colors of the 

Wind, and I'm Professor Ludwig Von Drake. FTP, name this series 

of CDs. 



_Classic Disney_ 



22. This true survival story of an Uruguayan rugby team whose 

plane crashes into the Andes Mountains was made into a 1992 movie 

starring Ethan Hawke. For 10 points, name this book written by 

Piers Paul Read. 



_Alive_ 



23. As a child, this woman appeared on the Nickelodeon show "You 

Can't Do That on Television". During the late 80s, she became 

the Canadian version of Debbie Gibson. However, unlike her 

American counterpart, this singer was able to obtain mainstream 

success as an adult with her 1994 release. For 10 points, name 

this Canadian singer. 



Alanis _Morrissette_ 



24. Later turned into a movie, what, for 10 points, 1971 

Frederick Forsyth novel is the story of an unsuccessful plot to 

kill French president Charles de Gaulle in 1963? 



_The Day of the Jackal_