Capital Punishment I
Round 4: packet by Wild Wild West

1. "Darkness falls across the land.  The midnight hour is close at hand.  Creatures crawl in search of blood to terrorize your neighborhood.  And whosoever shall be found without the soul for getting down must stand and face the hounds of hell and rot inside a corpse's shell."  So goes the first half of one of rock and roll's more famous monologues, found on the title track of a 1980s album.  For ten points, name the celebrity who aided Michael Jackson by reciting those words during an interlude of "Thriller".

Vincent Price (prompt on "Thriller" if given in interrupt)

2. It was originally the getaway car for two bank robbers who stashed $50,000 of their loot under its dashboard.  When the car wrecked and was sent to a junkyard, a pair of cousins bought it and made its engine more powerful in order to win a road rally.  Unfortunately, the robbers wanted the car back, and the resulting chase and leap across a washed-out bridge brought this car its fame.  For ten points, name the car, which got its color because the garage only had orange paint lying around and which sports the number 01.

The General Lee from the Dukes of Hazzard

3. Two answers required.  They are locked together in a room in one episode and spend the next two hours pounding on the door demanding release.  At the time, they were bitter enemies, finding themselves on opposite sides of a labor dispute.  Evidently, their tempers have cooled off a little.  For ten points, name these two people, now part of Springfield's most educational and most romantic couple.

Principal Seymour Skinner and Ms. Edna Krabappel

4. Their prom king and queen do eventually get married, but the wedding has to be moved to Las Vegas.  The school valedictorian gave up his right to speak to someone for whom it would mean more.  Later, that same student leaves college early to return as an administrator of his alma mater.  For ten points, these facts are about what famous high school in southern California, whose alumni include Samuel Powers, Albert Slater, and Zachary Morris?

Bayside High School (accept "Saved by the Bell" before the words 'high school')
5. 
 (Note to reader: substitute either gender pronoun depending on what you think is appropriate.)  Hmmm.  If I alone am the one she doesn't know she needs, I suppose she should take heed.  I mean, it would feed her ego.  But there's always that risk that if I'm wrong, she'll want to put my tender heart in a blender and watch it spin round to a beautiful oblivion.  Whatever.  Anyway, if this were true of her, she'd be the subject of what song released this year by Eve 6?

Inside Out (accept "Eve 6" if they ring in before the words 'what song', but only if they identify him as the speaker)

6. The main character is actually a subject of a cruel experiment being put on by two people within a space-age technical university.  Their experiment apparently includes the sharing of possible inventions, such as a VR comedy club and true miniature golf, which is played on a microscope slide.  However, the experimenters are currently on their second trial - the first used on-board gadgets to escape the Satellite of Love.  For ten points, name this show whose plots involves awful movies.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 or MST3K

7. This term was first used by TV Guide columnist Phil Mushnick and was meant to be derisive.  The label at first referred to people who watch a certain type of, as he thought, amoral entertainment, but today refers to a group of friends who defy authority, watch each other's backs, and most famously, tell off others using a now-notorious two-word catchphrase and accompanying gesture.  For ten points, name this label, which now apparently applies to only Sean Waltman and Jesse James.

DeGeneration X (5 bonus points if the person buzzing in, unprompted, stands up afterward and performs a crotch chop to celebrate getting the answer)

8. The movie begins with seven vehicles on a highway witnessing a deadly one-car accident.  One of them finds a treasure map in the crashed car, and all the groups decide to hunt for the treasure.  After negotiations over loot break down it becomes every car for itself.  3 hours of wackiness ensue.  For ten points, name this wild, wild, wild, wild film with an all-star cast including Spencer Tracy as the policeman who (sort of) walks off with the treasure.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
9. 
He was born in Barrie, Ontario, and was originally taken by Detroit in 1985.  During the 1988-89 season, he led all Red Wings in scoring with 47 points.  His only All-Star Game appearance was in 1993, after which he played for Calgary before being traded to Hartford.  He moved with the team to Carolina and in Game 5 against Boston this year scored a goal - the last of his career.  For ten points, name this hockey player who was killed in a highway accident the night after his team's elimination.

Steve Chiasson (CHASE-un)

10. It tells the story of a chance encounter in a strange house.  The singer stays in for the night, and has a lovely conversation with the person who owns the house.  At two in the morning, they both turn in, with the owner's explanation being that she has to get to work the next day.  He wakes up after she has left, and then lights a fire in the fireplace with, for ten points, what object that is the title of this Beatles song?

Norwegian Wood (prompt on This Bird Has Flown)

11. Three players start.  After the first round, one player is dropped.  The remaining two battle each other and an expert as the stakes climb.  The higher-scoring contestant then challenges the expert, with the winner getting the remainder of the game's $5,000 purse.  For ten points, this is a description of what game show featuring co-host Jimmy Kimmel and playing on Comedy Central?

Win Ben Stein's Money

12. It happens to serve the state's best peppersteak.  It offers easy access from the highway and a live band, which plays for $200 a night and must pay for its own beer.  Make sure not to skip out on the bar tab, though, because the owner is a wee bit vindictive.  For ten points, name this place that plays both types of music (country AND western) and where Jake and Elwood Blues make their first concert performance after the former's release.

Bob's Country Bunker

13. 
Four numbers are drawn at random from a set of fourteen.  This set of numbers is looked up on a chart, and a corresponding name is written down.  This process is repeated until three unique names have been written.  After this, the remaining names are added to the list in a predetermined order.  For ten points, what process have I just described, a process which enabled Chicago, Vancouver, and Charlotte to select Elton Brand, Steve Francis, and Baron Davis in 1999?

NBA Draft Lottery

14. The band was sure it wouldn't be a hit.  They were a band without a singer, and a singer was needed for this song.  Nevertheless, they hired their close friend to sing lead and stuck the song on the B side.  Unfortunately, the song became their only Top 10 hit, and the band couldn't perform it at concerts without the long-gone friend.  For ten points, which is little to win but nothing to lose, identify this song by one-hit wonder Strawberry Alarm Clock.

Incense and Peppermints

15. Who am I?

The moderator (accept equivalents)

16. He has an Alice in Wonderland experience where he takes a pill and sheds his former identity.  He then "learns" all forms of martial arts and becomes a virtual fighting machine.  In reality, though, he's not a machine any more - now he exists outside it and is bent on destroying it.  For ten points, name this Keanu Reeves character who once went by the name Thomas Anderson

Neo (accept "Thomas Anderson" early)

17. He played in the 1920s, but he's better known for his dugout and interview work.  His accomplishments include five consecutive world titles, the second fastest Pennant victory by an expansion team, and bamboozling Congress during an anti-trust hearing.  For ten points, name this famous New York baseball manager.
Casey Stengel

18. 
The Monty Norman Orchestra; The John Barry Orchestra; Sheena Easton; Matt Monro; Rita Coolidge; Lulu; A-ha; Gladys Knight; Sheryl Crow; Tom Jones; Nancy Sinatra; Tina Turner; Duran Duran; Carly Simon; Wings; and on three separate occasions, Shirley Bassey.  For ten points, these people have all sung what type of song featured in a certain type of cult film?

James Bond theme song

19. "The Windmills of Your Mind" for Best Song; Carol Reed for Best Director; Ruth Gordon for Best Supporting Actress; Jack Albertson for Best Supporting Actor; Cliff Robertson for Best Actor; and the movie "Oliver!" for Best Picture.  For ten points, in what year did the Academy Awards see these winners as well as both Barbara Streisand and Katharine Hepburn for Best Actress.

1968

20. So far, in the eight games that have finished her seasons, she is 7-1.  She won those first seven games, resulting in four state titles and three national championships, but in the last, she was held to a mere 8 points - a career low - and lost by 6.  It was probably good, though; it prepared her for a losing cause at the next level on arguably the worst team ever.  For ten points, identify this player, whose career journey has been Christ the King High School, the University of Tennessee, and the Washington Mystics.

Chamique Holdsclaw

21. Only once has the Kentucky Derby result been overturned due to drug use.  In 1968 Dancer's Image had crossed the line in first place.  However, it was later discovered that the horse had an illegal drug in its system, disqualifying it entirely from the money.  For ten points, what horse was thrown into first upon the disqualification, then later took the Preakness?

Forward Pass

22. 
They are a struggling minor league franchise in a city that desperately needs something to hope for.  That's when their coach takes manners into his own hands.  He signs three dynamite players, encourages an aggressive style of play, puts a bounty on another player's head, and announces the imminent sale of the team to a Florida group.  While it motivates the team to win the championship, the franchise goes bankrupt anyway.  For ten points, name this team, which dumped the concept of "old-time hockey" and chose instead to beat people's brains out.

The Charles Town Chiefs

23. Dennis Loo may be leaving Virginia Tech, but Ryan Gunderson will be back.  Joon Pahk at Harvard and Jake Parrott at MIT have both become regulars on the circuit.  Ben Letzler was the second highest scorer on Columbia's team at ACF Nationals.  Four others led their team at the 1999 NAQT ICT in scoring - Matt Brady (Virginia II), Michael McElroy (Carnegie Mellon I), Andy Goss (Duke), and Andrew Yaphe (Chicago A).  For ten points, this seemingly random subset of nine players from the circuit share as their alma mater what institution for learning in Alexandria, Virginia?

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology