Capital Punishment I Round 7: packet written by Bryce Avery and Hayden Hurst 1. Its sequel added the word "again" to its title and moved the main characters from downtown London to a dilapidated country inn. The sequel even added a Yorkshire maid to share a bed with gay Mr. Humphries. For 10 points, name this British sitcom about a group of clothing sellers at the department store called Grace Brothers. Answer: "Are You Being Served?" 2. He's "faster than a rolling O, stronger than silent E, and able to leap capital T in a single bound." For 10 points, name this character from the old PBS kids' show "The Electric Company" who was introduced as "It's a word, it's a plan, it's..." Answer: LETTER-MAN 3. No, it's not Oasis, but two band members fought over everything. One member left the band to pursue an acting career and record the theme for _The Neverending Story_. The other members took Limdahl's absence in stride, releasing _Islands_ and _Crazy People's Right to Speak_. For ten points, name this 80s new wave band whose name supposedly came from a baby's noises and whose album _White Feathers_ included the hit "Too Shy". ANSWER : _KAJAGOOGOO_ 4. Sometimes termed "sponge cake in a crust", its filling generally consists of butter, brown sugar, and molasses, with extra butter needed to make the crumbs on top. For 10 points, identify this dessert popular in Pennsylvania Dutch country whose name comes from the fact that it attracts bugs. Answer: _shoofly pie_ 5. It's also the title of the 1996 Ultimate Fighting Championship, but this 1981 movie featuring an owl really has nothing to do with kicking people. It instead uses Sir Laurence Olivier, Neil McCarthy, and Harry Hamlin to create an epic fantasy. For ten points, name this movie whose bad guys include the monstrous Krakken and Poseidon, and whose helpless heroine is Andromeda. ANSWER : _CLASH OF THE TITANS_ 6. It was created by Rick Rosner, with music by John Parker. If you don't know it yet, don't feel bad - it only made the top 20 shows once, when it was number 18 from 1979 to 1980. Star Trek's favorite Klingon, Michael Dorn, also got his start here, playing Jebediah Turner. Other characters included Jon Baker, Barry Baricza (Bear-ih-chuh), Sergeant Getraer (guh-trair), and Poncherello. For ten points, name this TV show that starred Erik Estrada whose name is an acronym of California Highway Patrol. ANSWER : _CHiPS_ 7. Their basketball team, which wasn't Croatia, didn't do well at the European Championships, finishing last in its second-round bracket. Soccer's a bit better - FIFA ranks their team third in the world, and they became the first team to play their way in to EURO 2000 qualifying - not surprising considering that they finished the last time as runner-up to Germany. It is slightly surprising in that they didn't qualify for World Cup 98. For ten points, name this country more famous in the US for counting Dominik Hasek among its native sons. ANSWER : _CZECH REPUBLIC_ 8. Jen rides on Striders, listens to Aughra, and meets Kira and Fizzgig. Hes sent by the Mystics and has to continually evade the Skekses (Skek-sees). His goal is to ensure that the Skeksees dont rule the world forever and that Gelflings live in peace. For ten points, name this 1980s movie by Frank Oz and Jim Henson. ANSWER : _THE DARK CRYSTAL_ 9. I don't need a whole lot of money. I don't need a big, fine car. I got everything that a man could want. I got more than I could ask for. Why is this? I got me a sweet, a sweet lovin' woman. And she knows just how to treat me right. Even better, she's both all right and clean out of sight. Can I get a witness? For ten points, name this song, which is probably best done by Grand Funk Railroad. ANSWER : _SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL_ 10. In 1991, he became the first Canadian elected to baseball's Hall of Fame, receiving barely enough votes to be admitted. He pitched for several years with the Texas Rangers just after they arrived from Washington D.C. and is now one of their minor-league pitching coaches. For 10 points, name this long-time Chicago Cubs hurler. Answer: Ferguson Jenkins 11. This game-show host's personal problems eventually led him to suicide. He hid it well on screen by always looking happy -- though he pointedly did not kiss the female contestants. For 10 points, who succeeded Richard Dawson as host of "Family Feud"? Answer: Ray Combs 12. Their albums include Extensions, Vocalese, Brasil, Tonin', and Tubby the Tuba. They've won ten Grammys, and were the first group to win both pop and jazz Grammys in the same year - 1981. They were amazingly successful in the 80s, winning Best Vocal Group in Playboy's jazz poll every year from 1980 until 1990. For ten points, name this group whose biggest hit is "Boy from New York City". ANSWER : _MANHATTAN TRANSFER_ 13. He spent time with Helena, Stockton, Beloit, EL Paso, and Denver before being called up by the Brewers in 1992. 'Thunder', as he's known, had his best year in 1996 - hitting .331 with seventeen home runs and eighty-four RBIs. He's won quite a few baseball championships. The problem for the Brewers is that they all came with the Brisbane Bandits. For ten points, name this catcher, one of only five Australians ever to play in the majors. ANSWER : Dave _NILSSON_ 14. Science-fiction writer Orson Scott Card considers it to be the "foundation of his career". For 10 points, identify his novel that tells of a little boy whose seemingly-innocent video-game training is actually designed to help him save his planet from invasion by killer insects. Answer: _"Ender's Game"_ 15. It's stolen by Libyan mercenaries, so CIA op Michael Archangel, Vietnam veteran Stringfellow Hawke, and Dominic Santini team up to recapture it. They do, and are thus able to use it for four years to, among other things, stop Nazi arms dealers and evil archaeologists, save Russian double agents, and many other exciting adventures. For ten points, name this 1980s series which included Ernest Borginine and had a kick-butt theme song. ANSWER : _AIRWOLF_ 16. They were not exactly successful, becoming the Cleveland Barons before being absorbed by the North Stars. They were not exactly mediocre, either - the Capitals got their only road win of the 1974-75 season against them. Their ownership was slightly more interesting, includding a Princeton goalie, Pat Summerall, and Charlie Finley. For ten points, name this failed 1967 expansion team which proved that Northern California wasn't ready for hockey yet. ANSWER : _SEALS_ (Accept Oakland or California, and either Seals or Golden Seals - do not accept Oakland Golden Seals). 17. Its title isn't used until the final verse, when the singer says that it carried off her old man late last night. The monetary figure mentioned in the lyrics was updated by Amy Grant from $10 to $25. For 10 points, name this Joni Mitchell tune whose chorus ends "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot." Answer: Big Yellow Taxi 18. Terrence Adams became a 1999 nominee by strangling himself while attempting a burglary. Annually given on a posthumous basis, its winners are people who die in an unusually stupid way and thus remove themselves from even the shallowest end of the gene pool. For 10 points, identify this award named for the author of "Voyage of the Beagle". Answer: Charles Darwin Award (www.darwinawards.com) 19. Once upon a time, there was a girl named Wisp, who decided to defeat the Dark One and save a beautiful land. She was aided in this by a sprite named Twink and a Color Belt and a Sphere of Light. Wisp then freed the horse Starlite and the seven Color Kids before stopping the Dark One. Now she and the Color Kids work to stop Murky and Lurky in Rainbowland. For ten points, name this cartoon series. ANSWER : _RAINBOW BRITE_ 20. Making women meow. A girlfriend who though that Ted Kennedy had been shot. The idea that hieroglyphics are cartoons starring a character named 'Sphinxy'. Linking Northwestern to Michigan State because they're both Big ten schools. Underwear that is not made on Sunday because of God. The prowess of men named Sheldon. Women who are particular about their pie and ice cream. For ten points, name this movie that deals with all of these topics as well as faking orgasms. ANSWER : _WHEN HARRY MET SALLY_ 21. In 1943, he became the first boxer ever to beat Sugar Ray Robinson and was later heralded as having the best chin in boxing. More recently, he appeared in the news when he sued Swissair after his son was killed on the ill-fated Flight 111. For 10 points, name this middleweight champion from 1949 to 1951, played in the 1980 film "Raging Bull" by Robert DeNiro. Answer: Jake LaMotta 22. He started at 6 foot 2 in eighth grade before growing five inches before his freshman year. Height does run in his family, however - his uncle was a seven-footer. His senior season was also nothing to sneeze at as he averaged 23.1 points and fifteen rebounds. He really rose to prominence, however, when he broke Michael Jordan's scoring record at the McDonald's High School All America game. For ten points, name this player who irritated Mississippi State and hopes to have a quick transition to Toronto from Picyaune High School. ANSWER : Jonathan _BENDER_ 23. "Harry Longbaugh and Robert Parker Rob Banks, Go to Bolivia, Rob More Banks, and Die in a Hail of Bullets". Not a catchy title. But add Katherine Ross as a love interest, change the men's real names to catchy aliases, throw in the Oscar-winning song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", and you get -- for 10 points -- what 1969 Western that saw the first teaming of Paul Newman and Robert Redford? Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1. "The Bob Newhart Show" starred Newhart as a Chicago psychiatrist. A. For 10 points, name the actress who played his wife Emily. Answer: Suzanne _Pleshette_ B. For 15 points, who played Newhart's neighbor Howard Borden and had an unseen brother who became known as "Norman Borden, the Mormon doorman"? Answer: Bill _Daly_ C. Daly's pre-Newhart work included playing an astronaut alongside Larry Hagman in -- for 5 points - what 1960s sitcom? Answer: _ I Dream of Jeannie_ 2. Answer these questions about the card game "Uno": 1 For 5 points each, what do the letters R and S stand for on some Uno cards? Answer: _Reverse_ and _Skip_ 2 For 10 points, what Sesame Street character appears on "Draw Two" cards in the children's version of Uno? Answer: _Oscar_ the Grouch 3 After one player gets rid of all his cards, everyone else gets penalty points for each card left in their hand. For a final 10 points, how many penalty points are given for holding a "Wild" card? Answer: _50_ 3. Name the singer from the lyrics, 30-15-5 30 - On the Shore, Triad, Storms in Africa 15 - How Can I Keept From Singing, Caribbean Blue, Book of Days 5 - Orinoco Flow, March of the Celts ANSWER : _ENYA_ 4. Time for the obligatory Simpsons bonus - name the college from the clues. Ten points each. A) This university has developed a Spankological Protocol treatment which was used to alter Ned Flanders's behavior. ANSWER : University of _MINNESOTA_ (you betcha) B) Tough one here - name either the university that Superintendent Chalmers or that Ned Flanders attended (they're different ones). ANSWER : _BALL STATE_ - Chalmers, _ORAL ROBERTS_ - Flanders C) A university which only exists on the Simpsons (to my knowledge), its mascot is Sir Oinks-a-Lot. ANSWER : _SPRINGFIELD A&M_ 5. Contrary to popular opinion, not every country song involves one losing one's truck, wife, and dog - just most of them. Given the description, name the Garth Brooks song for ten points each. A) Garth appears at a snooty party. He toasts his girl, then talks about who he feels at home with ANSWER : I've Got _FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES_ B) A feel-good ballad written after the LA riots ANSWER : _WE SHALL BE FREE_ C) Garth, feeling sad over a lost love, hears a report that heartaches are healed by the sea. He heads to the water, convinced that he will be happier now. ANSWER : _TWO PINA COLADAS_ 6. During 1999, Wayne Gretzky became the 10th player in the National Hockey League Hall of Fame without the usual three-year waiting period. Mario Lemieux was the 9th in 1997. For 10 points each, name the last three people before Lemieux to receive the honor. Answers: Gordie Howe (1972), Jean Beliveau (1972), Bobby Orr (1979) 7. The author's kids love the comic strip "Baby Blues" and the travails of the MacPherson family. For 5 points each, name the two kids in the strip. For 10 points each, give the first names of both parents. Answer: Zoe and Hamish (or Ham or Hammie) are the kids; Darryl and Wanda are the parents. 8. Time for some dreamy questions about N' Sync. Name the song from lyrics on a 10-5 basis. A) 10 - Your love is like a river / Peaceful and deep 5 - In all of creation, all things great and small /You are the one that surpasses them all ANSWER : _GOD MUST HAVE SPENT A LITTLE MORE TIME ON YOU_ B) 10 - Baby I don't understand why we can't be lovers 5 - And no matter what I do I feel the pain ANSWER : _TEARIN' UP MY HEART_ C) 10 - You confessed your love / Undying devotion / I confessed my need to be free 5 - Where was my head / Where was my heart / Now I cry alone in the dark ANSWER : _I DRIVE MYSELF CRAZY_ 9. Name these Monty Python actors from their sketches for 15 points each, or from something else for 5: (15) He names every kind of cheese he can think of and then shoots the cheese shop's owner for not having any of them. (5) He says, "And now for something completely different!" Answer: John _Cleese_ (15) As the smarmy host of the game show "Blackmail", he tells one caller, "No, we don't morally censure; we just want the money." (5) Since his Python days, he has done a world-travel series on PBS. Answer: Michael _Palin_ 10. Real World question time, as we wait for a quiz bowler to get on the show. Given a list of characters, name the location - if you need the season number, you'll get five points. A) 10 - Montana, Gensis, Elka 5 - Season 6 ANSWER : _BOSTON_ B) 10 - Kaia (Kye-uh), Teck, Ruthie 5 - Season 8 ANSWER : _HAWAII_ (Honolulu) C) 10 - Judd, Jo, Rachel, and Pedro 5 - Season 3 ANSWER : _SAN FRANCISCO_ 11. 30/20/10. Name the university. 30. It defeated Southern Cal 34-14 in the 1946 Rose Bowl, the last time in the 1900's that the game featured a school outside the Pac-10 or Big 10. 20. Its most famous football coach was formerly the head man at Maryland, Kentucky, and Texas A&M before taking over this team in 1958. 10. This SEC school has the nickname Crimson Tide. Answer: University of _Alabama_ 12. Dead, Dead, Dead! There were six members of the Grateful Dead. One of them was Jerry Garcia. You'll get five points for every other member that you can name, along with the requisite five point bonus for nailing them all. ANSWER : Bob _WEIR_, Bill _KREUTZMAN_, Mickey _HART_, Vince _WELNICK_, Phil _LESH_ 13. Name the singer, 30-20-10. 30: Her 1997 autobiography "Between Each Line of Pain and Glory" was published just weeks after she joined the Mormon Church. 20: Her brother Bubba was one of her backup singers on "Midnight Train to Georgia." 10: Her recent album "Just For You" is her second since her breakup with the Pips. Answer: Gladys Knight 14. Name the movie, 30-20-10-1 30 - Well, if it were any more quiet, we could hear owls farting. 20 - Did Nancy have any severe childhood illnesses? Scarlet fever, high temperatures, concussions? 10 - What ever you do, don't fall asleep! 1 - Five, six, grab your crucifix! ANSWER : A _NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET_ 15. Women's NCAA basketball coaches time. You can give me the coach from the school for ten points or the school from the coach for five. A) DUKE A: GAIL GOESTENKORS (Guess-ten-coors) B) TEXAS TECH A: MARSHA SHARP C) GEORGIA A: ANDY LANDERS 16. He and his friend Pete Fountain got into music as a night job after working together all day as exterminators. For 10 points each: 1. Identify this great trumpet player who died in April 1999. Answer: Al Hirt 2. Name the 1964 piece that won Hirt a Grammy for best non-jazz instrumental. Answer: Java 3. Hirt began his professional music career in 1946 by playing in the big band of -- which clarinet great? Answer: Benny Goodman 17. UHF's slogan was 'TV as it was meant to be seen. In a movie theater'. In that spirit, name these shows from the movie, ten points each. A) Philo says that he'll show you to make plutonium from common household items ANSWER : _SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE_ B) Kuni hosts this game show ANSWER : _WHEEL OF FISH_ C) Lesbian Nazi Hookers Abducted by UFOs and Forced Into Weight Loss Programs - all this week on ... ANSWER : _TOWN TALK_ 18. 1999 NCAA College World Series questions - ten points each A) First, who won the tournament? ANSWER : _MIAMI_, Florida B) Miami beat Florida State in the championship. To get there, FSU had to win two games from what school? ANSWER : _STANFORD_ C) Kevin Costner is an alum of what team that won one game in this years tournament? ANSWER : California State University, _FULLERTON_ 19. Recent FCC and other regulations have made it impossible to ask a question about the most distinctive South Park song, so I'll go with my favorite. Answer the following questions about "What would Brian Boitano do" for ten points each. A) Brian Boitano did two things blindfolded to win the 1988 Olympics. Name either of them. ANSWER : _TWO SALCHOWS_, _TRIPLE LUTZ_ B) How did Brian Boitano fight grizzly bears in the Alps? ANSWER : _FIRE BREATH_ C) Who did Brian Boitano fight when he was building the pyramids? ANSWER : _KUBLAI KHAN_ 20. I have never heard an ET question. That changes now. Five for one, fifteen for two, thirty for all three. B) What candy associated itself with the movie? ANSWER : _REESES PIECES_ B) What character did Drew Barrymore play? ANSWER : _GERTIE_ 15 - What company paid twenty-one million dollars to license the rights to ET for a video game? ANSWER : _ATARI_ 21. Some of the author's favorite childhood mystery stories were from the "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators" series -- even though Hitchcock himself had nothing to do with them. For 10 points each, name the three teenaged investigators. Answers: Jupiter Jones, Bob Andrews, Peter Crenshaw 22. Given the second-leading rusher on an NFL team, name the team for five points each - youll get the obligatory five points bonus if you get them all. A) Mile Alstott ANSWER : _TAMPA BAY_ or _BUCCANEERS_ B) Curtis Enis ANSWER : _CHICAGO_ or _BEARS_ C) Ahman Green ANSWER : _SEATTLE_ or _SEAHWAKS_ D) Marvin Harrison ANSWER : _INDIANAPOLIS_ or _COLTS_ E) Sedrick Shaw ANSWER : _NEW ENGLAND_ or _PATRIOTS_ 23. The author of this pack played for BYU at Emory University's NIT tournament in 1985. 1. BYU clinched a tie for second place by identifying - for 10 points - what Woody Allen film whose title character pops up in the weirdest places? Answer: _Zelig_ 2. The author scored one tossup against Purdue by identifying what singer -- for 20 points -- from only hearing the five words "His middle name is Hercules"? Answer: Sir Elton _John_