MISFITS OF SCIENTOLOGY - FIRST PERIOD
1. She created the character Lucky Santangelo () and has brought her
back in a fourth book, Vendetta. FTP, name this author of "great
married sex" books, whose other works include The Bitch and Chances.
ANSWER: Jackie Collins (her sister did write a book, too, so both
names are required)
2. Challenge Cup, Premiership Trophy, Five Nations, Schweppes Welsh
Cup, () Sydney Premiership and Pilkington cup are all awarded, FTP,
to players of which sport featured in the movie The Sum of Us, and
played by most of the Andes survivors?
ANSWER: Rugby (accept Rugby Union or Rugby League early)
3. He held the only intergender wrestling title ()--mainly because he
invented the title himself, and was the only man who felt like
competing for it. FTP, name this comic and actor whose feud with
pro-wrestler Jerry Lawler never seemed to detract from his popularity
as Latka on Taxi.
ANSWER: Andy Kaufman
4. Nancy Walker directed the 1980 film Can't Stop the Music, starring
() Steve Gutenberg as a frustrated musician who organizes a band to
give his compositions life. Despite homoerotic exercise scenes and
the song "liberation", Steve never seems to catch on that the whole
band is gay. FTP, name the real band that starred in this surreal bad
film, a group named for their New York City neighborhood.
ANSWER: The Village People
5. Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Ghost, and The People vs. Larry
Flynt (). What these three films have in common is a busy character
actor whose hundreds of T.V. appearances included playing a thief on
WKRP in Cincinnati, and marrying Latka and Simpka on Taxi. FTP, name
this man whose strange elongated appearance has been attributed to
Marfan's Syndrome.
ANSWER: Vincent Schivella
6. God Bless John Wayne, Armadillos and Old Lace, () and Elvis, Jesus
and Coca-Cola are among his works. As a country singer, he appeared
with the Texas Jewboys, and he's also counseled camp. FTP, name this
author and pal of Don Imus.
ANSWER: Richard "Kinky" Friedman
7. If you "risk" answering this question, you'd probably be wrong.
This game of world conquest () involves trading, intrigue and down-
right ruthlessness as you try to transform your small, ancient tribe
into a modern civilization. FTP, name this epoch-spanning board
game.
ANSWER: Civilization
SECOND PERIOD
8. Madness appeared on the show, as did Stephen Fry, () Jennifer
Saunders and Emma Thompson. FTP, name this Britcom featuring a total
git, a pseduo socialist, a hippie and a suave guy, featuring a
memorable episode where they appeared on University Challenge, a show
whose title was taken from a song by pop god Cliff Richard.
ANSWER: The Young Ones
9. Their boxes have featured the Olympic Dream Team and Nickelodeon's
Rugrats. () FTP, name this fun food stuff just as famous for its
heavily processed cheese food product and crispy crackers as it is
for it red plastic cheese-spreading utensil.
ANSWER: Handi-snacks
10. Arnold's alter-ego, Virginia Ham, () sings old-fashioned love
songs like Love for Sale. Arnold's lover is played by Matthew
Broderick, and his yenta-esque mom is played by Anne Bancroft in,
FTP, which film written by and starring the fabulous Harvey
Fierstein?
ANSWER: Torchsong Trillogy
11. "Vance and Violet were as much a part of our family () as Petey
Possum or Robbie Raccoon", goes one dispatch from the Amazing Kingdom
of Thrills. FTP, name the book in which you'd find Vance and Violet,
the blue-tongued mango voles, as well as many other whimsical
characters created by Carl Hiassen.
ANSWER: Native Tongue
12. Weatherly, Columbia, Constellation, Freedom, () Australia, and
Stars and Stripes have all won it. FTP, name this trophy, recently
mangled by a Maori activist, a prize awarded in one of yachting's
primiere races.
ANSWER: the America's Cup
13. His entire family knows sign language, () and his famous
sister's real first name is Olive. He's toured for the past five
years in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. FTP, name
this seventies sensation and current VH1 favorite, discovered with
his six singing brothers at Disneyland.
ANSWER: Donny Osmond
14. This popular PC game features a haunted house, a mystery writer,
a satanic illusionist, () a possessed photographer, and some gruesome
murder scenes, including death by gardening shovel, broken wine
bottle and force-feeding. FTP, name this PC game.
ANSWER: Phantasmagoria 1
THIRD PERIOD
15. Where have all The Flowers Gone, Don't Cry for me Argentina, Just
another Lemon Tree, () and Love is a Free Bird are all songs she's
skated to. FTP, name this Diet Coke spokesperson and the winner of
gold medals at the Sarajevo and Calgary Olympic Games.
ANSWER: Katerina Witt
16. Maul, Voodoo, Spartan, () Warblade, Void, Helspont, Zealot,
Grifter, Pike, and Jacob Marlowe. All of these characters appear in,
FTP, what comic book series?
ANSWER: Wild C.A.T.S.
17. The younger son falls in with Edger and Allen, a couple of
obsessive comic book freaks ()/crazed vampire slayers. Mix in a
little sex and a pot-smoking grandfather and you'll have, FTP, which
movie, featuring Alex Winter, Kieffer Sutherland, and the music of
INXS?
ANSWER: The Lost Boys
18. With their recent album, Twelve Golden Country Hits, () and such
stirring songs as Push A Little Daisies and Make Em Come Up and Piss
Up a Rope, this band has made many appearances on Beavis and
Butthead. FTP, name this heavy metal, rap, country band.
ANSWER: Ween
19. This author of alternate history has written tales of assault-
rifle-toting, time traveling South Africans () who help the
Confederacy win the Civil War and lizard-like aliens who land on
Earth in the middle of WW II, forcing the Germans and the Jews into
an uneasy alliance for the survival of mankind. FTP, name this
author.
ANSWER: Harry Turtledove
20. Georg Stanford Brown, Florence Henderson, () William Conrad,
Robert Goulet and William Shatner were scheduled to be guest-stars,
but all met their demise in the opening credits. For ten points,
name this Alan North and Leslie Neilsen ABC show that spawned off the
Naked Gun movie series.
ANSWER: Police Squad (DO NOT ACCEPT Naked Gun)
21. Dorothy Brock, Andy Lee, Bert Berry, Pat Denning, Julian Marsh,
and Peggy Sawyer. () All of these characters appear in, FTP, which
musical which also includes the songs We're in the Money, Shuffle of
to Buffalo, and Dames, the film version of which made Ruby Keillor a
star.
ANSWER: 42nd Street
SHOOTOUT
SO-1. The third man has a long leg, () but he'd better not let the
fly slip to the deep backward corner, or the bowler might second slip
his extra-cover. This isn't a quotation from Lewis Carroll, although
Carroll was a native of the country in which this sport was invented.
FTP, name the game, famous for its five day long test matches.
ANSWER: cricket
SO-2. Hey, Blue Eyes, I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself because I've
seen That Movie Too. () He never actually said this, but I Believe
if you Come Down In Time, you'll realize that this nonsensical
sentence is really a loosely linked string of songs by, FTP, which
pop artist whose other works include Sacrifice and Good-bye Yellow
brick Road?
ANSWER: Elton John
SO-3. Struggling Artist Magazine, Parental Brain Twisters, Childhood
Tribulations and () Akbar and Jeff's Cryonics Hut are all titles of,
FTP strips in which comic series featuring Binky, and Bongo, a strip
written by Simpsons creator Matt Groening?
ANSWER: Life in Hell
MISFITS OF SCIENTOLOGY - BONUSES
30 POINT BONUS
1. Elvis Costello isn't angry anymore, but he's still pretty cool.
Given songs from Elvis Costello albums, name the albums FTPE, thirty
total.
a. Allison, Watching the Detectives, Mystery Dance
ANSWER: My Aim is True
b. Oliver's Army, What's so Funny 'bout Peace Love and Understanding,
Accidents will Happen
ANSWER: Armed Forces
c. Battered Old Bird, Crimes of Paris, Tokyo Storm Warning
ANSWER: Blood and Chocolate
30 POINT BONUS
2. Given the sports move, identify the sport in which you'd perform
it, FTPE,
thirty total.
a. Yurchenko ANSWER: gymnastics
b. Bielman Spin ANSWER: figure skating
c. Posting ANSWER: dressage or Equestrian Events
(Do not accept "horse racing"; jockeys do not post while racing)
30 POINT BONUS
3. Answer the following questions about the fun fun world of
underground comics for the stated number of points.
a. (5) Name the creator of Mr. Natural and lots of chicks with large
thighs.
ANSWER: Robert Krumm
b. (5) name the creator of Maus
ANSWER: Art Spiegelman
c. (10) Name the Undergound comic magazine co-founded by R. Krumm and
contributed to by Spiegelman.
ANSWER: Raw
d. (10) Name Krumm's wife, a cartoonist who co-founded Raw.
ANSWER: Elaine Komiskey Krumm
30 POINT BONUS
4. Name these cartoon or cartoon related shows based on quotes by
their
characters, FTPE.
a. (in a high voice) "doesn't look like ice cream, doesn't smell
like ice cream. TASTES LIKE CACA!!!" or "I want the toilet seat"
ANSWER: Two Stupid Dogs
b. "Monkey, get up. Sleeping time is over, feeding time is now" or
"MATERNAL KOMBAT"
ANSWER: Dexter's Laboratory
c. "So what are your secret powers?" ; "Alice Cooper, You're not a
woman!" or "Gobba gobba hey Gobba Hey hey hey"
ANSWER: Space Ghost Coast to Coast
30 POINT BONUS
5. Name the film from quotes, thirty, twenty, ten.
30-"That Limey cocksucker doesn't deserve to smell my shit"
20-"I want another explosion...and give me more shots of the army"
10-"I just want to say that this film is for Bela"
ANSWER: Ed Wood
25 POINT BONUS
6. It's a crying shame when a women is only known by her married
name. To rectify this sad situation, and liberate women everywhere
(or at least vie of them), give the maiden name of each of the
following sitcom characters for
five points each, twenty-five total.
a. Roseanne Connor ANSWER: Harris
b. Corky Silverberg ANSWER: Sherwood Forrest
c. Gloria Stivic ANSWER: Bunker
d. Claire Huxtable ANSWER: Hanks
e. Jamie Buckman ANSWER: Stemple
25 POINT BONUS
7. Elvis has left the building...permanently. Four unholy
prescription drugs were found in the King during his autopsy. For
five points each, and a five point bonus for all four correct, name
the drugs that contributed to Presley's tragic death in the john.
ANSWER: valium, codeine, Demerol and morphine
30 POINT BONUS
8. Given sets of films, identify the actor who appeared in each set,
FTPE,
thirty total.
a. The Sum of Us, Virtuosity, Romper Stomper
ANSWER: Russell Crowe
b. My Brilliant Career, The Omen III, A Cry in the Dark
ANSWER: Sam Neill
c. The Paper, Beaches, The Killing Fields
ANSWER: Spalding Grey
20 POINT BONUS
9. During a special moment at the Boston Garden, an active Bruin gave
his jersey to a retired Bruin Great saying that the number seven was
the retiree's number, and always would be. For five each with a five
point bonus for all three, identify the current player, the retiree,
and the number the active player replaced #7 with.
ANSWER: Ray Bourque, Phil Esposito, and 77
30 POINT BONUS
10. It's a good thing. Martha Stewart would probably have done a
better job of writing this question. I may not be cooking with
coarse Kosher salt, but I've watched enough Martha to have written a
passable (if not lovely and artful) Martha Stewart bonus. Answer the
following Martha questions for five, ten and fifteen points a piece.
a. Martha publishes a magazine. For five points, name it.
ANSWER: Martha Stewart's Living
b. Martha would never use anything as horrific as butter to keep
cookies from burning in the oven. FTP, name the paper product Martha
uses to line her pans whenever she bakes.
ANSWER: parchment paper
c. Martha hosted a lovely Easter egg hunt at her Connecticut farm--
where she's also rumored to do her own animal gelding. For fifteen
points, name this place, one of Martha's five graciously appointed,
cloyingly overdecorated homes.
ANSWER: Turkey Hill Farm
30 POINT BONUS
11. Star Trek, TNG, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager may just exist to
provide me with bonus fodder. Given a slogan used by a Trek race,
identify the aliens for the stated number of points.
a. For 5, Today is a good day to die
ANSWER: Klingons
b. For 10, My house is my house, as are its contents
ANSWER: Ferengi
c. For 15, Victory is life
ANSWER: Jem Hedar
30 POINT BONUS
12. It's pledge time for PBS, and specials featuring Irish dancers
are all the
rage. FTPE, thirty total, identify:
a. the special featuring Jean Butler and Colin Dunne as well as a
live band and choirs.
ANSWER: Riverdance
b. The choreographer and principal male dancer in Riverdance who's
suing the
producers for copyright to his work and more of the net profit.
ANSWER: Michael Flatley
c. The thematic Irish Dance "ballet" Flatley choreographed and stars
in, also
featured on PBS, and touring in competition with Riverdance.
ANSWER: Lord of the Dance
30 POINT BONUS
13. If you've ever seen "Whose Line is it Anyway?" you'll know all
about the game Party Quirks. Select one team member to be the host
of the party. Each of the other three team members will be given an
unusual quirk, trait or occupation that he or she has (roughly)
thirty seconds to act out for the party host--while pretending to be
a guest at the party. Each correctly guessed quirk wins ten points
(possible thirty). The guessing begins after the partiers have their
quirks from the moderator, and the moderator has made a doorbell
noise indicating that the host should admit each of his guests.
(Moderator Note: just use blank paper to cover the unread bonuses and
the tossups and have them come to you to see the quirks. Admit the
guests one at a time.)
The quirks are: a paranoid person, a Playboy bunny, and possessed by
the Devil
30 POINT BONUS
14. The fedaykin troopers were the most dreaded warriors of their
time, even more feared than the Sardaukar of the Padishah Empire and
considered by some to have been the equal of the Fish Speakers. FTP
each, answer the following about the fedaykin.
a. Name the planet they originate from
ANSWER: Dune or Arrakis
b. Name their god-like leader, an emigre to Dune
ANSWER: Paul Atreides or Paul MaudDib
c. Name the war they won
ANSWER: the Second Jihad
30 POINT BONUS
15. Given the background of characters from the fighting game Teken
II, name
the character described FTP each.
a. This drunken wrestler fights to keep the orphanage funded and
disguises himself behind the mask of a lion.
ANSWER: King
b. This policeman fighter has a drunken monkey style of fighting and
strives to stop the crime bosses of the iron fist tournament.
ANSWER: Lei Wulong
c. This character is a nature lover who goes to the iron fist
tournament to stop an evil presence she has sensed.
ANSWER: Jun Kazama
30 POINT BONUS
16. Given clues, name the following sports movies FTPE.
a. Shirley Jones, Daniel Stern, and Dennis Quaid all acted in this
film about cycling and life set in Bloomington, Indiana.
ANSWER: Breaking Away
b. It's hard to believe Sylvester Stallone as a soccer-playing POW.
It's even harder to believe that Pele would take instruction from Sly
about his soccer play in, FTP, which appalling WWII scmaltz-fest?
ANSWER: Victory
c. This film follows Arthur Agee and William Gates as they develop
from junior high school to college athletes.
ANSWER: Hoop Dreams
30 POINT BONUS
17. Trent Reznor, lead singer of industrial band Nine inch Nails, has
a habit of labeling each of his albums with a number referred to as a
halo. For five points each and a five point bonus for getting all
correct, given the halo number, name its corresponding album.
a. halo 2 ANSWER: Pretty Hate Machine
b. halo 5 ANSWER: Broken
c. halo 9 ANSWER: The Downward Spiral
d. halo 10 ANSWER: Further Down the Spiral
e. halo 1 ANSWER: Down In It
30 POINT BONUS
18. Thirty, twenty, ten, name this popular X-men character based on
the
following information.
30-She suffers from extreme claustrophobia
20-Her original name was Ororo Monroe, and grew up in an African
village.
10-Her mutant powers allow her control over the weather.
ANSWER: Storm
30 POINT BONUS
19. Some long-tenured NFL coaches either quit or were told to quit by
their teams. We've had bonuses to name the successors but how about
a bonus to name the predecessor. For ten points each, given the
recently deposed coach, give the predecessor to his job for ten
points each.
a. Wayne FontesANSWER: Darryl Rogers
b. June JonesANSWER: Jerry Glanville
c. George SiefertANSWER: Bill Walsh
30 POINT BONUS
20. Given the mystery heroine, identify the author that created her,
FTPE,
thirty total.
a. Elizabeth MacPherson ANSWER: Sharon McCrumb
b. Skip Langdon ANSWER: Julie Smith
c. Carlotta Carlyle ANSWER: Linda Barnes
30 POINT BONUS
21. 30-20-10, name the cartoon character based on the clues given.
30: The secret password used to activate his special equipment sound
surprisingly like the theme song from Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat.
20: His arch nemesis Claw is always hidden behind a sinister Iron
mask.
10: His niece is always using her amazing super computer book, and
his dog is a master of disguise.
ANSWER: Inspector Gadget