1999 Boston Pops - Written by Super Karate Morkey Death Car Tossups 1. It was the only independently distributed single to be an R&B number one hit in 1986, released by Sacramento's Jay Records. Written by Berkeley High School student Michael Marshall, he performed it with friends Marcus Thompson and Alex Hill at a school function in 1984, got local airplay, and went from there. According to Marshall, some of the people in the song were classmates, while the general theme of the song came from whisperings about Michael Jackson and the general gossipy climate. Such is the story of, FTP, what song by the Timex Social Club? ANS: RUMORS 2. Roommates trade a video date and housegold chores between each other. A woman considers breast implants to entice her easily distracted musician boyfriend. A transportation engineer and an environmentalist fall in and out of love, get in a car accident, and lose a child. The main characters go to concerts in warehouses, hang at a local coffee house, and live, for the most part, in the same Seattle apartment building. This describes, FTP, what 1992 film directed by Cameron Crowe that stars Ally Walker, Matt Dillon, Kyra Sedgewick, Campbell Scott, and Bridget Fonda? ANS: SINGLES 3. Rather than start a car wash, Dewey Parsons and Mike Herbert formed Panther Brewing Company, whose name comes from the comedic short The Three Little Beers. The company's motto, "We put all the yeast in," is also inspired by the group that starred in the previously named short. If you can't find this beer at your local package store, call 1-877-KNUCKLEHEAD and ask for Johnson. He'll send you, FTP, what beer, whose Curly's Light won a gold medal as Best Light Lager at the recent Great Northeast International Beer Festival? ANS: THREE STOOGES Beer 4. The 1988-89 TV writer's strike led to the taping of five episodes of this show, which originally ran from 1973 to 1980, which starred Ken Olin, Lindsay Wagner, and Robert Wagner. The original, an anthology series created by Joseph Wambaugh, led to three spin-offs: Man Undercover, Joe Forrester, and Police Woman. Name, FTP, this seminal cop series that aired on NBC and ABC. ANS: POLICE STORY 5. It has a 440 Magnum V8 engine. It got its name from Gy Waldron in the original script, and developed as its own character from there. Its distinctive horn came from a similar horn heard while crew members were driving to Georgia to start location shooting. Among modification made to it is the disconnection of the locking mechanism for the foot-operated parking brake, so drivers could perform the 180 degree "bootlegger's turn" employed to evade police. FTP, name this car, an orange 1969 Dodge Charger that got over 30,000 pieces of fan mail a month at the height of The Dukes of Hazzard's popularity. ANS: The GENERAL LEE 6. It has no plot, but rather colelcts several bits of work, including "Steam Heat" from The Pajama Game, "Mein Herr" from Cabaret, and a cowboy skit from a 1968 Bob Hope special. Featuring 32 performers, including vets like Scott Wise Jane Lanier. The artistic director, Gwen Verdon, was the title person's third wife; choreographer Ann Reinking was his girlfriend- during his marriage to Verdon. FTP, name this show that beat out The Civil War, It Ain't Nothing But the Blues, and Parade, to win the 1999 Best New Musical Tony, based on the life of a legendary Broadway figure. ANS: FOSSE 7. Chris is a long-snapper with the Toronto Argonauts after spending last season on special teams. Dick hailed from Regina, Saskatchewan and worked as a station manager for PetroCanada when he was dragged into the spotlight by David Letterman. Dr. Cooperman didn't go by this name, but did ask to have vanity plates with this on them, which wound up with Cosmo Kramer. FTP, all three men shared, in some form, what name, which in one case was fitting given his job as a proctologist. ANS: ASSMAN 8. Bobby Shaftoe and Lawrence Waterhouse both belong to the same detachment in World War II, aimed at decieving the Axis powers as to the extent of Allied code-breaking. Shaftoe, a Marine, is involved in secret ops, while Waterhouse follows the flow of information at Bletchley Park. Jump to the current time, where Amy Shaftoe and Randy Waterhouse meet in the Phillipines as part of the creation and exploitation of a data haven in the South Pacific. This twin-tracked story is the basis of, FTP, what recent work by Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson? ANS: CRYPTONOMICON 9. You've probably never heard of Bree Sharpe. A New York-based singer and songwriter, her first album, X, hit stores this month. What got the attention of a good chunk of Hollywood was this song from that album, named for its object of desire. Blah blah, FTP name the X-Files costar who, according to Sharpe, loves the song. ANS: DAVID DUCHOVNY 10. He was exiled from his home world of Zetox for inventing a device that could destroy the entire universe. Stranded on earth, he was required to serve the people that found him as penance for his stupidity. Animals and children could see him, as could the duo that found him, but other adults had could neither see nor hear him. Green in color, he was voiced by Harvey Korman. This describes, FTP, what cartoon character from The Flintstones? ANS: The Great GAZOO 11. You're at a pay phone. A funny-talking man in a soldier suit berates you for not using a specific number to make your call. Properly chagrined, you decide to join him in his marching cadence. So, FTP, fall in step with Damon Wayans and given his call as seen at the end of those annoying Sargeant Savings ads for 1-800-COLLECT. ANS: C-O-L-L-E-C-T (spelled out), SAVE A BUCK OR TWO OR THREE 12. James Ubriacco. Vic Deakins. Brigadier General Quintard. Sam Archer. Billy Nolan. Adam Lawrence. George Malley. Jack Stanton. Jan Schlichtmann. These are all roles play by, FTP, what actor, who currently plays Paul Brenner in The General's Daughter and is best known for roles like Tony Manero and Vincent Vega? ANS: John TRAVOLTA 13. An April Fool's joke by the Austrian newspaper Lambda Nachrichten claimed that he was the first known "receiver" of anal sex, and that scientists were covering this up. Newspapers in Austria and Switzerland- not exactly hotbeds of humor- reported the story as fact. The story spread, thanks to a lack of comment from scientists, who were squabbling over other issues, and the ineffectiveness of retractions. Name, FTP, the focus of this rumor, the roughly 6000 year old man found in the Alps in 1992. ANS: OTZI 14. Recent cover girls include Shaneen Doherty and Dawson Creek's Michelle Williams. Columns include Done That, Stuff, Fashion, and Bucks, while some of its departments are Toy Chest, Hang Time, and Insert Caption Here. A Dennis Publication, it got its name at The Ship, a London pub, when its editors decided to choose a weapon-based name that reflected their desire to kill the competition. Name, FTP, this men's magazine, whose name also graces a 19th century machine gun. ANS: MAXIM 15. He returned to football this summer after a 1994 knee injury in his first practice with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Drug use was a constant problem; he was arrested for cocaine possession in 1991, suspended from the NFL for a month that year for a positive drug test, and spent 47 days in jail on a 6 month sentence for marijuana cultivation in 1997. Now touting 18 months of sobriety, he's been working out with his dad Marv and in hopes of returning to football as Damon Allen's backup for the BC Lions. Name, FTP, this former wunderkind QB, the first round draft choice of the LA Raiders in 1991 as a sophomore out of Southern Cal. ANS: Todd MARINOVICH 16. Get Your Wings. Toys In the Attic. Rocks. Draw The Line. Live Bootleg! Night in the Ruts. A 1980 greatest hits album. Rock In A Hard Place. Done With Mirrors. Classics Live! Classics Live II! Gems. Permanent Vacation. These are all, FTP, albums by what group, better known for more recent albums like Pump, Big Ones, and Nine Lives? ANS: AEROSMITH 17. The first one we know about was a woman named Zazel, whose maiden voyage was on April 2, 1877, at the Westminster Aquarium. While she used elastic springs, the current method utilizes a hollow, topless barrel which is propelled by compressed air at a pressure of 150-200 pounds pre square inch. Fatalities among people who are these tend to come from missing the net, and as many black out in mid-flight, there's also the possibility of brain damage. Such is the history and dangers of, FTP, what high calibre (heh heh) circus attraction? ANS: HUMAN CANNONBALL 18. In a world where rock and roll has been declared evil by Dr. Righteous and his Majority for Music Morality. a man escapes from prison, meets up with fellow rebel Johnathon Chance, and they work to bring rock back to the masses. Such is the plot of, FTP, what 1983 concept album, which spawned hits like Don't Let it End and Mr. Roboto for Styx? ANS: KILROY WAS HERE 19. She auditioned for the role that went to Kirsten Dunst in Interview With the Vampire. Her only regular TV role was as Jenny, Charlie Grace's daughter on the show of the same name. More recently she's been in Never Been Kissed and A Soldier's Daugher Never Cries, but you may know her better as Sarah Hotchner, the girl who married Elijah Wood's character in Deep Impact. Name, FTP, this actress who is now best known for her appearance in Eyes Wide Shut and for playing Joan of Arc in the CBS miniseries of the same name. ANS: Leelee SOBIESKI 20. June 4 is not a good day for this team. In 1990, they were shut out 6-0 and had 18 batters strike out. This year, they lost 5-1, giving up 16 strikeouts. What makes this even more eerie is that the pitchers who won these games are brothers and now teammates. Name, FTP, the National League squad so stymied by Ramon and Pedro Martinez, showing they know what it's like to be the scalped rather than the scalper. ANS: ATLANTA or BRAVES 21. When finally caught, police found furniture upholstered with human skin, a human heart in a skillet, drinking cups made from skulls, and the corpse of Mary Worden dressed out like a deer. All told parts of 15 women were found, some that he killed and some that he stole from the cemetary. Obsessed with the female form after reading about the Christine Jorgensen sex change operation, many of his crimes were motivated by the desire to become female, which he thought would happen if he wore women's body parts. He spent the last 27 years of his life at the Central State Hospital at Waupun, Wisconsin. FTP, name this early serial killer who served as the inspiration for Norman Bates and Hannibal Lechter. ANS: Ed GEIN (GEEN, but accept GYNE pronunciation) 22. Its new spokesperson is French Stewart. Joe Viterelli played a character named after it in the crime spoof Mafia! It is the main ingredient in drinks like the Bloody Ceasar, Ceasar Caliente, and Southern Ceasar. In 1966 its current maker bought its trademark and rights when it acquired the Tilghman Packaging Company, which mostly packaged seafood products. Its fellow brand mates include beef and nutritional variants. FTP, name this odd combination of fruit and bivalve juices brought to you by the folks at Mott. ANS: CLAMATO 23. Each player starts with four pieces in each of the six bins on their side of the board. The first player takes all of the pieces out of any of their bins and "sows" them, dropping one in each bin moving counter-clockwise. If the player's scoring bin comes up, it gets a piece, but if it's the opponent's bin, it gets skipped. If the last piece in a turn goes into an empty bin, the player captures all of the pieces in the opponent's bin across the board. The game ends when all six bins on one side of the board are empty, or over half the pieces are in one scoring bin. So goes, FTP, what ancient African board game whose name is also given to the scoring bins. ANS: MANCALA 24. The Zeniths of the All American Basketball Alliance. The Zeniths of the Eastern Basketball Association. The Zeniths of the United Basketball League of 1979. The Skeeters of the current International Basketball Association. The Centrals of the American Basketball League of the 1920s and '30s. The Flyers, Renegades, and Zeniths of the CBA. All of these teams played in the same city, whose best known team took the 1946 NBL title and the 1951 NBA title, al before moving to Cincinnati, Kansas City/Omaha, and Sacramento and having their name changed to Kings from Royals. ANS: ROCHESTER 25. Its uses include insulation for low-income housing, an explosive, an engine coolant, and a high-protien animal feed. Made out of 100 percent recycled animals, the source material is captured using the Burns OmniNet, made out of one million plastic six-pack holders sewn together. Name, FTP, this product which helped Monty Burns regain his fortune, much to the chagrin of the oldest Simpson daughter on The Simpsons. ANS: LITTLE LISA'S PATENTED ANIMAL SLURRY Bonuses 1. There are 5 minor league baseball teams in Montana. FTPE, name any three of them, location and nickname needed. A: BILLING MUSTANGS, BUTTE COPPER KINGS, GREAT FALLS DODGERS, HELENA BREWERS, MISSOULA OSPREY 2. Given info about a ride at Disneyland, name it FTPE. A. Female patrons have flashed their breasts for the camera on this log flume ride, which takes pictures of riders as they just start to plunge down its five-story drop. B. This ride at Disneyland has a basketball court in its peak, albeit smaller than a standard half-court. It was created so cast-members would have a place to goof off when bad weather keeps them from working. C. This gondola ride at Disneyland was closed due to the cost of maintenance and upgrading, not due to the lawsuit, later dismissed, brought by a man who jumped from one of its cars in 1994. A: a. SPLASH MOUNTAIN b. MATTERHORN c. SKYWAY 3. If you were unlucky enough to watch the NBC miniseries The '60s you've seen Julia Stiles. If you've gone to the movies this year you'd have problems missing her, as she's appearing in 5 films this year. Three of these are Shakespeare-based. FTPE, name those three films, one a straight film adaptation, the other two teen variations of Taming of the Shrew and Othello. A: HAMLET, TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, O 4. Not only is the Garden Claw a great all-purpose gardening device, the TV ad touts four things specifically, each of which starts with a letter from the word "claw." FTPE, name any 3 of the 4 of these things. A: CULTIVATE, LOOSEN, AERATE, WEED 5. We all know there was no World Series in 1994. Or was there? FTPE, give the 1994 winners of the following "world series" events in 1994. A. The NEC World Series of Golf was won by this Spaniard, now better known for a triumphant return from back problems that almost forced his retirement. B. The Little League World Series was won by the Latin American team, representing what country? C. Russ Hamilton took home $1 million at premiere event of the 1994 World Series of Poker, a $10,000 buy-in no limit game of what poker variant? A: a. Jose Maria OLAZABAL (oh-la-THA-ball) b. VENEZUELA c. TEXAS HOLD 'EM 6. Given a character from the Kevin Smith film Chasing Amy, name the comic book they crank out FTPE. A. Hooper X B. Alyssa Jones C. Holden McNeal and Banky Edwards, their pre-Bluntman and Chronic book whose numerical title is the same as the number of guys that Dante Hicks' girlfriend fellated, as revealed in the film Clerks. A: a. WHITE HATING COON b. IDIOSYNCRATIC ROUTINE c. 37 7. In this media age, fake quotes from famous people have become the hot format for urban legend-type attribution, usually to make the person sound foolish (though they often don't need the help). FTPE, given some made up stuff, name the person who it was claimed said it. A. This singer was quoted as mourning the passing of Michael Jordan rather than King Hussein of Jordan, which built on an earlier fake quote about how she'd like to be skinny like starving kids, but without the flies and death and stuff. B. A purported 1994 interview on 60 Minutes has her defining a cultist as anyone with even moderate Christian beliefs. Only problem is, she was never on the show in 1994, and no one can produced a videotape of the interview. C. His 1854 pro-earth speech was actually penned by screenwriter Ted Perry for the 1972 ecological film Home. A: a. Mariah CAREY b. Janet RENO c. CHIEF SEATTLE 8. 40-30-20-10, name the actress. 40: Name her now. NOWNOWNOWNOWNOWNOW! 30: In a recent ad for the Ford Bronco, she's the woman who chides her boyfriend to lose his ratty old red hat, only to run the hat over after it blows of the dork's head. 20: In the future, you'll see her playing a co-ed in the MGM pic Mary Jane's Last Dance, and playing the title character in the CBS TV movie Beyond the Prairie: the True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder. 10: This past TV season she played Andie McPhee, the mentally unstable girlfriend of Pacey Witter on Dawson's Creek. A: Meredith MONROE 11. Given the information about an American who dominated a given sport but never won Olympic gold, name the athlete FTPE. A. The first high schooler to run a sub 4 minute mile, he set at least 5 world records at that distance. A 3 time AAU champ and the 1967 NCAA champ at that distance, he failed to take home gold in the 1500 meter race in 1964, 1968, and 1972, when he came out of retirement to run. B. An All-American gymnast at Indiana, he was US all-around champ from 1978-80. In the 1978 and '79 World championships he took 3 gold and 3 silver, one of the latter in the all-around competition. He missed his chance for Olympic glory with the US boycott of the Moscow games. C. The US women's figure skating champ from 1977 to 1980 and a two time world champ in 1977 and '79, she couldn't take gold at Lake Placid, becoming the only US woman to win multiple national and world titles and not win Olympic gold. A: a. Jim RYUN b. Kurt THOMAS c. Linda FRATIANE 12. Given the clues, provide the conjoined answer. You'll get 5 points for each correct part, 30 for the whole thing correct. A. The musical director of the short-lived late night talker The Magic Hour. B. Sophomore cable channel from Bristol, Connecticut C. The first name of the deceased rapper who also starred in movies such as Poetic Justice and Gridlock'd. D. Character who battled villains like, Inky, Blinky, and Clyde. E. It was the British TV show that Three's Company was based on. F. MTV offering hosted by the likes of Cindy Crawford and Shalom Harlow. ANS: SHEILA ESP, ESPN2, 2PAC, PAC MAN, MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE, HOUSE OF STYLE 13. Dawson's Creek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, both, or neither? Given a recent teensploitation film, tell me if the cast included a main title credited actor from Dawson's Creek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, both, or neither, FFPE and a bonus 5 for all. A. She's All That B. American Pie C. Go D. Ten Things I Hate About You E. Idle Hands A: a. NEITHER (DNA DAWSON'S CREEK, as Rachel Leigh Cook doesn't get front billing); b. BUFFY the Vampire Slayer (Allyson Hannigan); c. DAWSON'S CREEK (Katie Holmes); d. NEITHER; e. BUFFY the Vampire Slayer (Seth Green) 14. Answer these questions about the 1999 Cool Site of the Year Awards, held this past January 21 at New York's Webster Hall, FTPE. A. The awards were hosted by this high volume Brit, better known for hobnobbing with celebs at their homes than trying to talk over Web designers. B. The winner of the Cool Site of the Year was this site started by Marshall Brain, which explains how things from steam engines to cellular phones to tanning and sunburning, operate. C. When the CEO of this Web company didn't show, an imposter accepted the award for him- and then announced plans to sell the trophy on his site. A: a. Robin LEACH b. HOW STUFF WORKS or WWW.HOWSTUFFWORKS.COM c. EBAY 15. Answer these questions about sports highlights that happened on June 5, 1999, FTPE. A. This tennis player learned the agony of defeat in more than one way, as she not only lost the French Open women's singles title, but earned the emnity of the Parisian crowd by employing a sneaky underhand serve during her third set meltdown. B. In all the hullabaloo surrounding the Charismatic-Silverbulletday match-up at the Belmont Stakes, this long-shot, gandson of Seattle Slew, actually won the race. C. This golfer set a new 54 hole record for the US Women's Open, firing a 15 under 201 over three rounds at Old Waverly. A: a. Martina HINGIS b. LEMON DROP KID c. Julie INKSTER 16. 40-30-20-10-1. Name the band. 40: They are not Merle and His Funky Jack-Up Skidder All-Stars. Probably becase that's the name of a ficticious boy band from Maine. Or is it Jesse Camp's group? Either way, it ain't them. 30: Their 1997 album includes the song Puedo Escribir, an edited version of "Puedo Escribir Los Versos Mas Triste," a poem by Pablo Neruda.The band's literary interest is also seen in its name, taken from a passage in C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity. 20: That 1997 album was the first ever released by Squint Records. The group, which hails from Texas, has gone from a duo to a quintet to a trio. Its core has always been Matt Slocum and Leigh Hart, who met at church camp when they were teens. 10: The best known cut from that 1997 album is "Kiss Me," a recent top 10 Billboard hit after its inclusion in the soundtrack to the film She's All That. 1: The 1997 album which I keep mentioning is an eponymous disc titled Sixpence None the Richer. A: SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER 17. Time for a little Match Game fun. If you've seen the new version, you know that at the end the winner and one panelist try to match on one word for $1000. No money here, but points. Team, choose one person to receive. The rest of you will go, one at a time, to try to match words with the receiver. Each match earns you 10 points. If you have less than 3 people, you can repeat. Each person will get 10 seconds to write down their word. Good luck! A. (BLANK) CHEESE B. (BLANK) GLASSES C. (BLANK) BALL A: IF PLAYERS MATCH, 10 POINTS. IF NOT, ZERO POINTS. 18. Given a cameo from NewsRadio, name the person who played it FTPE. A. On trial for the crimes committed by D. B. Cooper, Jimmy James is saved from prison by the confession of this man, playing himself, best known for playing a 1960s TV superhero. B. He played Matthew's brother, who is his twin - except that he's shorter, has black hair, is a year older, and is Jewish. C. She played Nancy, Dave Nelson's soon to be ex-girlfriend from Wisconsin, a sweet young woman who like to be in pictures, buy pastries, and threaten all the women in the office that she'll kill them if they make a move on Dave. A: a. Adam WEST b. Jon STEWART c. Janeane GARAFOLO 19. 40-30-20-10-1, name the state from its tourist attractions. 40: It has lots of goofy crap, and is one of the 50 states in the union. 30: Maryhill has a Stonehenge made of concrete, while Winlock boasts the world's largest egg, measuring 11 feet long. 20: Long Beach has a wealth of oddities, including the world's largest frying pan, the longest drivable beach, and the Marsalis Free Museum, which boasts Jake the Alligator Man, part man part gator. 10: Seattle has the Fremont Troll, carved by four sculptors, which lives under the Aurora Bridge. 1: George plays off the fact that, added to the state name, it makes the name of the first president of the US, for whom the state is named. ANS: WASHINGTON 20. If you can tell the difference between one awards show and another, you're not only a better person than I, but you have a fighting chance to score well. Given hosts, name the 1999 awards show (as seen on TV!) FTPE. A. Callista Flockheart, Paul Giamatti B. Jada Pinkett Smith, Jamie Foxx C. Daisy Fuentes, Paul Rodrigez A: a. TONY Awards b. ESSENCE Awards c. ALMA Awards 21. In the 1950s, DC Comics presented us with the Challengers of the Unknown. After surviving what appeared to be an unavoidably fatal plane crash, four men banded together to fight the evil that lurks in the shadows. FTPE, name any three of these early comic crusaders, precursors to the X-Files and their own 1996 revival. ANS: Rocky DAVIS, Ace MORGAN, Red RYAN, "Prof" HALEY 22. Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars. Well, actually, there was something other than Star Wars in the theaters this spring, though not as you'd notice. FTPE, given cast members from a film that opened this spring, name the film. A. John Cusack, Cate Blanchett, Billy Bob Thornton B. Chow Yun Fat, Mark Wahlberg C. Ben Affleck, Courtney Love, Christina Ricci A: a. PUSHING TIN b. The CORRUPTOR c. 200 CIGARETTES 23. Ricky Martin be damned. FTSNOP, name these other Latin acts currently on the charts. A. FFP, her album "On the 6" may not make her a household name for singing, but she still has that acting thing to fall back on. B. FTP, this legendary band is back with the album Supernatural, which features music recorded with the likes of Lauren Hill, Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, Dave Matthews, and Eric Clapton. C. F15P, this rising star with musical lineage covers the Latin standard Bailamos on the Wild Wild West soundtrack A: a. Jennifer LOPEZ b. SANTANA c. ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 24. Let's gear up for the 2000 Presidential race by looking back at the short, turbulent history of the Meadow Party, as seen in Bloom County, FTPE. A. Like the Democratic Party, the Meadow Party held their convention in this city in 1984. Unlike the Dems, the party hierarchy stayed at a hotel on Castro Street. B. Opus, long-time Vice-Presidential nominee, was almost replaced in 1984 by this Texan, who would attract women and minorities to the ticket, rather than short folks who smell like herring. C. While the Meadow Party tried to slander Walter Mondale by showing him with atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hare, the non-doctored picture was Mondale with what animated character who also hails from Minnesota? A: a. SAN FRANCISCO b. Barbara JORDAN c. BULLWINKLE J. Moose 25. Weird Al has done it again. He's managed to take an existing song and fit the story line of The Phantom Menace to it. FPTE: A. To what song, an allegorical recounting of a musical tragedy, is the song set? B. What is the title of the song? C. The Saga Continues can be found on what latest Weird Al-bum, named for a dangerous activity for anyone under the age of 10 or excessively clumsy? A: a. AMERICAN PIE by Don McLean b. THE SAGA CONTINUES c. RUNNING WITH SCISSORS 26. Given a trio of hits, name the artist who performed them all FTPE. A. Yakety Yak, Charlie Brown, Poison Ivy B. You Don't Know Like I Know, Hold On I'm Comin', I Thank You C. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Great Pretender, Twilight Time A: a. The COASTERS b. SAM AND DAVE c. The PLATTERS