- They composed a piece specifically for Kurt Browning to skate to,
their
love of athletics perhaps fostered by guitarist Paul Langlois's dad
who taught
all of them in gym class. Their song themes include missing hockey
players,
Tom Thompson, and miscarriages of Canadian justice. For ten points, name this
Kingston,
Ontario band whose albums include Road Apples and Trouble at the
Henhouse.
Answer: The TRAGICALLY HIP
- His quick temper and use of violence came from his parents refusal to
enforce any rules on him, saying that it ran against their being "freaky
beatniks." This led to the implementation of the University of Minnesota
Spankalogical Protocol, by which he was spanked for 8 straight months. This led him to sublimate his anger, and to his use of nonsense phrases
rather than negative language. All this changed after his house was wiped
out by a hurricane. Name, for ten points, this TV character whose outburst of "Hell
diddly-ding-dong crap" ran counter to anything ever heard from his mouth
before, Homer Simpson's next door neighbor.
Answer: Ned FLANDERS
- He appeared in 15 movies, many of them with all-black casts in the
1930s, and he starred opposite Lena Horne in the World War II musical
Stormy Weather. Primarily known as a vaudevillian, he also starred as
a
hoofer opposite Shirley Temple three times, and in 1989 Congress
declared
his birthday National Tap Dancing Day. For ten points name this legendary tap
dancer, immortalized in song by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Answer: Mr. BOJANGLES (accept: William or Bill ROBINSON)
- Bob Hilton briefly hosted a 1990 revival of this game show,
only to be replaced by the show's original emcee a few weeks later. Mark
DeCarlo hosted a prime-time version of this show on Fox in 1996, but was
cancelled after one month. Gordon Elliott is slated to host another
revival of this show this fall, its ninth incarnation since its December
1963 debut on NBC. For ten points name this game show, where contestants in wacky
costumes could trade and acquire prizes, created, produced and originally
hosted by Monty Hall.
Answer: LET'S MAKE A DEAL (note: the DeCarlo version was called "Big
Deal", but is considered an LMAD revival by Fox)
- It's the only motion picture to win Best Picture and Best
Director at both the Oscars and the Independent Spirit Awards. The film
earned Best Supporting Actor nominations for both Willem Dafoe and Tom
Berenger, as well as a nod for Best Original Screenplay, which was
written from the director's account from his experiences as a G.I. For ten points
name this 1986 film, also starring Charlie Sheen and Johnny Depp,
considered by many to be the most realistic portrayal of the Vietnam War
on film.
Answer: PLATOON
- (AUDIO) Two Answers Required for this Audio tossup. For ten points, name that
tune AND the artist.
Answer: CONSULT AUDIO CUESHEET
- His current job is head coach of the USBL’s New Jersey
Shorecats. He was scoring champion in the NCAA in 1965 for Miami, the NBA
for the San Francisco Warriors in 1967, and the ABA for Oakland in 1969,
the only player to win scoring titles for the NBA and ABA. A five-time
All-Star, he was post-season MVP for Golden State in 1975. For ten points name this
1987 inductee to the Basketball Hall of Fame, who scored more than
25-thousand points in 14 pro seasons, and whose sons Jon and Brent try to
match his legacy on the hardwood today.
Answer: RICK BARRY (more on "Barry")
- This TV show featured Rex Hamilton as Abraham Lincoln, although he only
appeared in the opening credits. Guest stars like William Conrad, Florence
Henderson, and William Shatner appeared as well, only to be killed off during
the opening credits. Premiering March 4th, 1982 on ABC, it ran opposite
Magnum, P.I. And was cancelled after six episodes, but was popular enough to
spin off three feature films. For ten points name this short-lived TV series, which
introduced Leslie Nielsen as straight-faced detective Frank Drebin.
Answer: POLICE SQUAD!
- In a 1996 film based on a TV show, he was played by Michael Lundberg. In that film, he is originally a fictional creation whose existance is
proved by use of a phone sex line. On the TV show, he got his name from an
object on a night stand, and his existance was "proven" by the middle
daughter having the operator ring the phone to check for trouble. This
deception and eventual discovery surrounded, for ten points, what originally
ficticious boyfriend of Jan Brady?
Answer: George GLASS
- One day after the final game of his college basketball career
in 1970, he was kicked out of college for failing to attend classes. He
won the NBA scoring title only once, in 1977, but was named one of the
NBA’s 50 greatest players in 1996. One of only four sophomores to win the
college scoring title, he and Oscar Robertson are the only players to win
said scoring title three times. For ten points name this legendary guard, who scored
a record 3,667 points in only three seasons for Louisiana State between
1967 and 1970.
Answer: "Pistol" Pete MARAVICH
- Mortimer and Randolph Duke are commodity brokers who enjoy a
little wager now and then. For their latest bet, Randolph believes they
can take a common criminal and make him a successful businessman in the
company. The criminal, Billy Ray Valentine, is to be given the job and
home of Louis Winthorpe III, who in turn is set up for crimes he didn't
commit, to see if he resorts to crime once he's lost his rich
environment and friends. For ten points name this 1983 John Landis film, starring
Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Dan Aykroyd, and Eddie Murphy.
Answer: TRADING PLACES
- This man has the highest voting percentage for induction
into the Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving 98-point-8-4 percent of the
vote in his first year of eligibility. Originally drafted in the 22nd
round by the Dodgers in the 1965 draft, he rejected their offer, only to
sign an illegal contract with the Braves months later. Selected and
signed by a National League team in a special lottery in April 1966, he
led them to the World Series three years later. For ten points name this Hall of
Fame pitcher, who won 311 games in 20 major league seasons, 12 of them
with the Mets.
Answer: George Thomas "Tom" SEAVER
- On television, the original Love American Style, Marcus Welby, M.D.,
and Medical Center premiered. In popular music, Number One songs included
Dizzy by Tommy Roe, Honky Tonk Woman by the Rolling Stones, In the Year
2525 by Zager and Evans, and Sugar Sugar by the Archies. On the big
screen, John Wayne won his only Academy Award, while people flocked to see
such films as The Love Bug, Hello Dolly, and Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid. For ten points name this year, which saw a big concert on Max Yasgur's
farm in Bethel, New York.
Answer: 1969
- He invented a method of tattooing pets for identification purposes,
and even tested it on President Truman's dog, but that scheme failed and
he turned to movie-making. O.C. And Stiggs, Secret Honor, Quintet, and
Fool for Love are from his decade-long period on the fringe of Hollywood
broken only by the success of Popeye in 1980 and The Player in 1992. For ten points
name this director whose acclaimed works include MASH, Short Cuts and
Nashville.
Answer: Robert ALTMAN
- For NASA, space is still a high priority. It's time for the human
race to enter our solar system. If we don't succeed, we run the risk of
failure. We're going to have the best-educated American people in the
world. I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix. Republicans
understand the bondage between mother and child. I am not part of the
problem, I am a Republican. For ten points these are among the potent quotables of
what politician, who once said What a Waste It Is To Lose One's Mind, Or
Not To Have a Mind. How True It Is.
Answer: James Danforth "Dan" QUAYLE
- This movie marks Katharine Hepburn's last big-screen credit, and also
features Pierce Brosnan, Kate Capshaw, and Garry Shandling in supporting
roles. It is the story of a couple who meet and fall in love on an
impormptu Pacific adventure, then agree to meet three months later in New
York to see if the attraction is real. For ten points identify this 1994 Annette
Bening-Warren Beatty film, based on the movie of the same name that An
Affair To Remember and Sleepless in Seattle were also based on.
Answer: LOVE AFFAIR
- This inventor's latest project is AllHerb.com, an Internet company
that sells herb and vitamin products to about a thousand customers a
month. A 1977 graduate of the Harvard Business School, he bought the
largest furniture collection in the world, the Mount Lebanon Shaker
Village, in 1991. His various toys, including Exploding Volcanoes, Fun
Banners, and Magic Mazes, have been found in Kellogg cereal boxes for
years. For ten points name this inventor, also known as Dr. Fad, who made Wacky Wall
Walkers a household name in the 1980's.
Answer: Ken HAKUTA (accept "Dr. Fad" on early buzz)
- Stats guru Bill James considers this southpaw the best pitcher in
baseball history, largely in part to his lifetime ERA of 3.06 in a
hitters' park in a hitters' era. He compiled a lifetime record of 300
wins and 141 losses, including an astonishing three-year stretch where he
went 79-15 from 1929-31. For ten points identify this Philadelphia A's and Boston
Red Sox great, who shared his nickname with another pitching great named
Gomez.
Answer: Robert "Lefty" GROVE
- Johnny Van Owen is a member of a rap band who rolls into a small
town when his bandmate's motorcycle breaks down. While waiting for the
bike to get repaired, Johnny romances the local high school's top honor
student. The student's father is not amused, associating Johnny with some
crooked cops that he narced on 20 years earlier and forced him into the
Witness Protection Program. For ten points name this god-awful 1991 rap musical
movie, starring Michael Gross as the father and Robert Van Winkle was
Johnny.
Answer: COOL AS ICE
- Albert is an awkward, sensitive, middle-class black kid who takes
the name of a jailed local club owner and reinvents himself as bad-ass
gangsta M.C. Gusto. Together with Slash Master Arson and Dead Mike, they
go to the top of the charts with songs like Sweat of my Balls and
Straight Out Of LoCash, and become the subject of a documentary filmed by
"A. White," played by Chris Elliott. For ten points name this 1993 Tamara Davis
"mockumentary" in the spirit of Spinal Tap, starring Chris Rock, Charlie
Murphy, and Phil Hartman.
Answer: CB4
- The Toronto Arenas take their only Stanley Cup under that name. Hobey Baker dies in a plane crash. Pittsburgh or Michigan were college
football national champions, depending on what historical service you
believe. Mare Island beat Camp Lewis in the Rose Bowl. The Tour de
France, Wimbeldon, the world figure
skating championships, Indianapolis 500, and PGA Championship were not
held. The Chicago Cubs lose their second World Series of the decade. All
of these things took place, for ten points, in what year, in which the Boston Red
Sox won their most recent World Series title?
Answer: 1918