Subject: Trashmasters 97 Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:36:56 -0800 From: avp@mvacs.ess.ucla.edu (Asmin Pathare) To: dmlevins@uclink4.berkeley.edu Here's what Charlie sent me. I think it's 12 packs in seven attachments. Oz ----- Begin Included Message ----- >From charlies@vol.com Tue Feb 9 22:45:11 1999 Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 01:36:46 -0500 From: Charlie Steinhice MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Asmin Pathare Subject: Re: trash questions Oz -- Here are the questions. Let me know if you need 'em modified and re-sent or anything. -- ===================================================================== Charlie Steinhice "Come, come! Why, they couldn't Chattanooga, TN hit an elephant at this dist..." (center of the known universe) -- Gen. John Sedgwick ===================================================================== ----- End Included Message ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOSSUPS TrashMasters 1997 -- 75% Gerbil Free 1. Their first album was 1986's "Pictures of Starving Children Sell Reco= rds," an obvious rip into the Live Aid movement. Formed in 1982, the eigh= t members of this band met in an anarchist collective in Leeds, England, = and are not shy about voicing their support for striking dockworkers in L= iverpool. FTP, name this punk band with the nonsensical name that actual= ly sounds somewhat like a pop band in their breakthrough hit "Tubthumping= ." A: CHUMBAWAMBA 2. Now a born-again Christian, he claims his crimes were orchestrated by = the Process Church of the Final Judgment, involved at least five other ki= llers, and that he was set up to be the lone fall guy. Hey, at least it s= ounds more plausible than his original statement, that he was taking orde= rs from his neighbor's dog. FTP, name this man whose 1976-77 New York Cit= y shooting spree left six people dead and seven wounded, popularly known = as the "Son of Sam." A: David BERKOWITZ (prompt on "Son of Sam" early = buzz) 3. He was one of the first "smart-ass" sportscasters in the business and = was a regular on "What's My Line?" in the mid-'70s. In 1978, eight years = after his last Major League game with Houston, he emerged through the Bra= ves' minor-league system and actually won a game for Atlanta. FTP, name t= his former star Yankees pitcher who made a big name for himself for the c= andid portrayal of baseball in his book "Ball Four." A: Jim BOUTON 4. EF Language, EF Education, Swedish Match, Merit Cup, Toshiba and Ameri= ca's Challenge were among the main competitors in this seventh edition of= this race that started September 21 in Southampton, England. When it is = all said and done the winning skipper will get nothing more than a handsh= ake and the Volvo Cup. FTP, name this yacht race which will have stops in= such places as Cape Town, Auckland and Baltimore before returning to Sou= thampton in May 1998. A: WHITBREAD Round the World Race 5. "Why did you paint the walls? Why did you clean the floor? Why did you= plaster over the hole I punched in the door?" are some of the questions = lead singer Steven Page asks in one of this band's songs. Their albums ha= ve included Gordon, Maybe You Should Drive and Born on a Pirate Ship. For 10= points, what is this Canadian group whose songs have included "Shoebox,"= "Brian Wilson," and the song quoted, "The Old Apartment?" ANSWER: BARENAKED LADIES (accept The Old Apartment on an early buzz) 6. Bruno Kirby took too many tranquilizers. Scott Glenn was a reckless fo= rklift driver. Adam West was attacked by a bear. John Travolta fell off a= cliff. These were the fates of these actors when they appeared on this = '70s show starring Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth as Los Angeles param= edics John Gage and Roy DeSoto. FTP, name this show set revolving around = Rescue Squad 51 and Engine Company 51. A: EMERGENCY! 7. Now known by the Muslim name Maryam Muhammad, she is not named in a re= cent $150 million defamation lawsuit, but the three men who came to her d= efense a decade ago are. And as was the case back in 1988, she will not t= estify. Steven Pagones is suing C. Vernon Mason, Alton Maddox and Al Shar= pton for damaging remarks they made when Pagones, along with five other w= hite men, was accused of raping this woman in 1987, then a 15-year-old Wa= ppingers Falls, NY resident . FTP, by what name was Muhammad known when s= he brought these charges, eventually determined by a grand jury to be a h= oax? A: Tawana BRAWLEY 8. Elizabeth Hurley is supposedly being courted to play this character in= an upcoming film. Born in 1967 to British aristocrats, she survived a pl= ane crash in the Himalayas at 21. Arriving in the village of Tokakeriby t= wo weeks later, she rejected upper-class life and chose a life of adventure.= At 29, she was contacted by Jacqueline Natla to recover the Atlantean S= cion from a tomb in Peru, at which point you can catch up with her on a P= C, Playstation or Sega Saturn. FTP, name this asskicking heroine of Tomb Rai= der 1 and 2. A: Lara CROFT 9. The original mascots for this food included Elmo the Elephant, Newt th= e Gnu, and Katy the Kangaroo. A contest was held to see who would be the = sole icon. Katy came close, and actually shared the box cover for a time= , but in 1953 the eventual winner took over and has remained on the box t= o this day. FTP, name this six-foot tall, orange and black spokesbeing fo= r Kellogg's Frosted Flakes. A: TONY the Tiger 10. The game is played with 76 cards of four suits: Staves, Sabers, Flask= s, and Coins. There are four ranked cards comparing closely to the standa= rd ace, king, queen and jack, and sixteen face cards, including Idiot, S= muggler Jedi Knight, Jedi Master and Lord of the Sith. The face-card val= ues change depending on which set of rules you're using. FTP, name this c= ard game, allegedly the game in which Lando Calrissian lost the Millenniu= m Falcon to Han Solo. A: SABACC 11. The writer of this question, at one time said, "I kick ass for the Lo= rd!" This is a quote from the movie, Dead-Alive, also known as Braindead.= For 10 points, who was the director of Dead-Alive, a New Zealander who also directed Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles, Heavenly Creatures and The Fri= ghteners? ANSWER: Peter JACKSON 12. Boston Breakers. Oakland Invaders. Denver Gold. Los Angeles Express. = Chicago Blitz. Michigan Panthers. These were all teams in, for 10 points,= what now-defunct football league that also included the New Jersey Gener= als, and tried to make spring football an American tradition between 1983= and 1985? ANSWER: UNITED STATES FOOTBALL LEAGUE (accept USFL) 13. A female private investigator finds out that no one will hire a femal= e P.I., and sets up a new agency, with a mythical male boss. Well, wouldn= 't you know it, in the first episode, the man with her boss' face appears= and cons her into being his partner. Thus began a four-year relationship= , which was finally consummated after the show was cancelled. For 10 poi= nts, this is the premise of what NBC television series starring Stephanie= Zimbalist as Laura Holt and Pierce Brosnan as the title character? A= : REMINGTON STEELE 14. Lila Fowler, Enid Rollins, Winston Egbert, Todd Wilkins and Bruce Pat= man are some of the friends of the main characters of this series, which = has the words Kids, Twins, High and University after it. For 10 points, t= his is the fictional California town where Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield li= ve, a creation of Francine Pascal? ANSWER: SWEET VALLEY 15. Apparently, Ted Giannoulas won't be appearing on lunch boxes or PBS a= nytime soon. He's being sued by Lyons Partnership for copyright infringem= ent, among other things, because he's beating up a replica of Barney as part of his traveling road show, dressed as his signature chara= cter. FTP, identify Giannoulas' alter egg-o, a fixture in sports stadiums= since the mid-'70s. A: The San Diego CHICKEN or The Famous CHICKEN 16. His family added "-berg" to their Puerto Rican surname to fit in whil= e vacationing in the Catskills. In the early nineties, he made imitating= relatives and friends into a successful career, bringing his one-man sho= w, Mambo Mouth to Broadway. FTP, name this actor and comedian whose other= successes include Spic-o-rama, House of Buggin', and appearances in the = films Romeo + Juliet, To Wong Foo--Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, a= nd Spawn. A. John LEGUIZAMO 17. Seen nationwide in syndication, it's one of the only variety shows wi= th a secure spot on American T.V. Usually broadcast late at night, it wo= rks along the same line as Star Search with a heavy dose of Gong Show thr= own in--the audience "shows their love" for acts they like, and mercilessly hound les= s fortunate performers off the stage. FTP, name this show, broadcast fro= m a landmark New York theater and hosted by Steve Harvey. A. SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO 18. In October 1934, Alfred Butts received a rejection letter from Parker= Brothers, saying that while his game "contains considerable merit," it d= id not fit the product line. Fourteen years later. Butts licensed the ga= me to a Connecticut couple who manufactured 12 sets an hour, stamping wooden ti= les by hand. They lost $450 the first year, but by 1952 their small facto= ry was flooded with orders. FTP, identify this game, originally called Cr= iss Cross Words, now issued by Milton Bradley. A: SCRABBLE Brand Cros= sword Game 19. He trains with Henry Cimoli at the Harbor Health Club. He fought in = Korea, and once lost a bout to Jersey Joe Walcott. He's looked for Rache= l Wallace, Tamed a Sea Horse, and even explored The Widening Gyre. FTP, = name this literary P.I. whose first appearance, in 1971's The Godwulf Manuscri= pt, helped his creator pay off the student debt he incurred earning a Ph.= D. in English Lit from Boston University. A. SPENSER (note: Spenser has no known first name) 20. Let Me In, I Can't Stop, Down by the Lazy River, Yo -Yo, and One Bad= Apple were their greatest hits. Discovered while vacationing at Disneyl= and, four of the members appeared on the TV series "TheTravels of Jamie M= cPheeters." This band's success was due to both the heart-throb status o= f its lead singer, and the unique gifts--including purple hats and socks-= -they handed out to fans at concerts. FTP, name this family band whose s= hort-lived media emmpire was based in Provo, Utah. A. The OSMONDS or OSMOND BROTHERS (do NOT accept "Donny and Marie") 21. The date was October 8, 1956. The losing pitcher was Sal Maglie. The = opponents were the Brooklyn Dodgers. The score was 2-0. For 10 points, wh= o was the winning pitcher for the New York Yankees, in this Game 5 of the World Series, the only pitcher to ever record a perfect game in a Wor= ld Series? A: Don LARSEN 22. His trail to infamy started in San Diego and San Francisco when he b= ecame a major socialite in certain circles. It later spread to Minnesota = and Chicago, where he became connected with the names Jeffrey Trail, Davi= d Madson and Lee Miglin. It moved to New Jersey where the name William Re= ese was added to his list. His road finally ended in death in Miami Beach= . FTP, name this serial killer who would emerge in the international spot= light after his apparent murder of designer Gianni Versace. A: Andrew CUNAN= AN 23. This film has also gone by the title "Flying High" and was named "Fu= nniest Movie of All Time" by Entertainment Weekly three years ago. Steve= n Stucker stole scenes as the wise cracking Johnny. Jimmie Walker, Ethel Merman and Maureen McGovern had cameos in the film while Robert Sta= ck and Barbara Billingsley had some memorable scenes. FTP, name this clas= sic movie starring Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Robert Hays and Kareem Ab= dul-Jabbar. A: AIRPLANE 24. Among the awards this author has won include the Southwest Writers' W= orkshop Best Historical 1992 and Romantic Times Magazine's Best Kismet of= 1993. She has nearly two million books in print, including "Alena," "Swe= et Song of Love," "Dreams of Schemes" and her most recent work "Duty and = Dishonor." FTP, name this romance novelist who derived many of her works = from her 23-year career in the United States Air Force. A: Merline LOVELACE 25. A three dollar bill with Bill Clinton's face on it. A three-dollar b= ill with Janet Reno's face on it. A 99-cent bill with Al Gore's face on i= t, since "he's not worth a buck." These are among the items sold by, for = 10 points, what magazine that during the Clinton Administration has becom= e a clearinghouse for Clinton jokes, gag paraphernalia and for conservati= ves to generally complain about our Commander-in-Heat? A: SLICK TIMES 26. He kept a picture album of his injuries and sported a collection of n= asty scabs. He unabashedly blew loogies in public, rarely bathed (althou= gh he swore his hands were clean), and never used utensils--even when dip= ping into the communal peanut butter jar. FTP, name this former MTV DJ, and star o= f one Surge commercial whose conflict with roomate Pedro led to his evict= ion from The Real World III. A. PUCK BONI TrashMasters 1997 -- 75% Gerbil Free 30 POINT BONUS 1. Welcome to a question about the O.J. of 1997 - Marv Albert himself. FT= P each, identify these major players in the trial. a. Marv's accuser who identified herself immediately after the plea was= entered. b. She was the "surprise witness," who gave all the juicy details of a = tryst with Marv which include Marv's parading around in a garter belt and= her removing Marv's toupee during the ordeal. c. Marv's attorney who hopped on every talk show imaginable hours after= the initial plea was entered. ANSWERS: a. Vanessa PERHACH b: Patricia MASTEN c: Roy BLACK 30 POINT BONUS 2. NOTE: MODERATORS ARE ENOURAGED TO STAND ON THEIR CHAIRS WHILE READING = UP TO THE DOUBLE-ASTERISKS O Captain, My Captain! Kangaroo, that is.** Answer these questions abou= t The All-New Captain Kangaroo for the stated number of points. a. First, for 5 points, name the man who played the original Captain K= angaroo, who declined any involvement with the new show when he was not g= ranted artistic control. b. For 10 points, identify the 43-year-old actor who plays the new Cap= tain. c. For 15 points, name the actor replacing the late Hugh Brannum as Mr= . Greenjeans. A: a. Bob KEESHAN b. John McDONOUGH c. George CAHILL 30 POINT BONUS 3. When Mario Lemeiux was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, it marke= d the ninth time a player did not have to wait the requisite three years = for election. For five points each, name any six of the other eight playe= rs that were deemed great enough to be elected immediately upon retirement: A: Bobby ORR, Gordie HOWE, Terry SAWCHUCK, Jean BELIVEAU, Red KELLY, Ted = LINDSAY, Maurice RICHARD, Dit CLAPPER 30 POINT BONUS 4. Answer these questions about the many drummers of Spinal Tap. John "Stumpy" Pepys died in a bizarre accident while doing what? *ANSWER: GARDENING Eric Childs choked to death on this in 1974. *ANSWER: SOMEONE ELSE'S VOMIT (if "vomit" prompt for more info; must have= someone else's) Joe Besser played only one date, the band's first concert in what country= ? *ANSWER: JAPAN 30 POINT BONUS 5. For five points each, give me the new corporate name of the stadiums i= n which these teams play: a. Jacksonville Jaguars A: ALLTEL Stadium b. Oakland Athletics A: UMAX Coliseum c. Anaheim Angels A: EDISON INTERNATIONAL Field d. Tampa Bay Buccaneers A: HOULIHAN's Stadium e. Houston Rockets A: COMPAQ Center f. New Jersey Devils A: CONTINENTAL Airlines Arena 30 POINT BONUS 6. Identify the drink from its ingredients, FTP each: a. Champagne and peach liqueur A: DEMI BELLINI b. Vodka, orange juice and Galliano A: HARVEY WALLBANGER c. A shot of whiskey in a tall glass of beer A: DEPTH CHARGE (also acc= ept BOILERMAKER) 30 POINT BONUS 7. FTP each, identify these monstrous icons of Japanese movies and televi= sion: a. His image still appears on many Japanese products, more than thirty = years after his creation. He is a 40-meter tall, silver and red, bug-eyed= alien who kills rubber monsters with his Specium Beam. b. Its debut in 1965 happened to be the last of the black-and-white Ja= panese monster movies and the only one released theatrically in the Unite= d States. After a number of films in the '60s and '70s, two more films i= n the series were made in 1995 and 1996. Simply put, it is a fire-breathi= ng turtle awakened by a nuclear explosion. c. She only goes crazy when greedy humans steal her larva. Two miniatu= re girls, the Ailenas, chant her name in unison. In 1964, she faces off a= gainst Godzilla and is incinerated by his atomic breath. ANSWERS: a: ULTRAMAN b: GAMERA c: MOTHRA 30 POINT BONUS 8. Identify these rather famous authors of children's literature, FTP eac= h: a. His books about children's experiences playing sports include: "The= Spy on Third Base," "Dirt Bike Racer" and "Fighting Tackle." He continue= d to write books until his death early in 1997. b. She has written numerous theological essays and some adult novels b= ut is well known for her children's books about the Austin family, includ= ing "The Young Unicorns," "A Ring of Endless Light," and "The Anti-Muffin= s," as well as her most famous work, "A Wrinkle in Time." c. Known primarily as an illustrator, he has also written such books a= s "Some Swell Pup," "Seven Little Monsters" and "Outside Over There" as w= ell as "Where the Wild Things Are." ANSWERS a: Matt CHRISTOPHER b: Madeline L'ENGLE c: Maurice SENDAK 30 POINT BONUS 9. She's the Shirley MacLaine of Deep Space Nine. As a "Joined" Trill, = Jadzia Dax retains 350 years' worth of memories and accumulated life expe= rience from seven previous Dax hosts; three female, four male. Name any six of the seven people inhabiting Mrs. Worf's head, F5PE. ANSWERS: LEELA, TOBIN, EMONY, AUDRID, TORIAS, JORAN, CURZON 30 POINT BONUS 10. Tons of sports figures have appeared on ESPN's memorable "This is Spo= rtsCenter" commercials. FTP each, identify these athletes, given a descri= ption of their appearance on an ESPN ad. a. This soccer player sings about inner peace in the ESPN offices and t= hen gets his guitar smashed by a passing anchor. b. Dan Patrick rebuffs a bribe from this former Duke star to get more a= irtime by yelling, "I have a watch!" c. Keith Olbermann wins her Olympic swimming medals in a poker game at = an ESPN picnic. ANSWERS: a. Alexi LALAS b: Cherokee PARKS c: Amy VAN DYKEN 30 POINT BONUS 11. Got a modem and some dirt to dish? Then you too could be a "new media= " sensation. Answer these questions about popular Internet gossip sites, = 10PE: a. This site first grabbed the legitimate press's attention when Sony = ordered its webmaster, 25-year-old Harry Knowles, to cease and desist pos= ting advance photos from STARSHIP TROOPERS. Now dependent on a network of= over 700 spies, it culls advance information from film industry insiders= as well as test-screening attendees. b. Jill "The Diva" Stempel maintains this site devoted to entertainmen= t gossip originally set up by MTV's Adam Curry. c. .In August, White House aide Sidney Blumenthal slapped webmaster Matt= Drudge with a $30 million lawsuit for printing allegations that Blumenth= al had a history of spousal abuse in this news/gossip site. ANSWERS: a. AINT IT COOL NEWS b. CYBERSLEAZE c. DRUDGE REPORT 30 POINT BONUS 12. Think you know your '80s music? Then identify the song, given the '90= s band that has recently recorded a remake of the song, FTP each. If you = need the '80s band, you get five. a. 10: Marilyn Manson 5: Eurythmics A: SWEET DREAMS (Are Made of This) b. 10: Save Ferris 5: Dexy's Midnight Runners A: COME ON EILEEN c. 10: Lazlo Bane 5: Men at Work A: OVERKILL 13. 30-20-10, name the actor from roles 30: Rooster Hannigan in Annie 20: Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers, Bill Sykes in Oliver Twis= t 10: Dr. Frank N. Furter, The Rocky Horror Picture Show A. Tim CURRY 30 POINT BONUS 14. Name the consumer brands from their bizarre/horrific ad slogans for f= ifteen points each, thirty total. a) This snack pastry, linked to a cartoon and movie series, was billed = as "Fresh from the sewer to you" b) In commercials for this feminine hygiene product, the spokes-actress= whines "Like a robot, I used the same tampon over and over, a tampon des= igned 50 years ago--by a man!" ANSWERS: a. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE PIES b. _O. B._ Tampon= s 20 POINT BONUS 15. Recently, Playboy writer Chip Rowe "analyzed" the data sheets from th= e magazine's Playmates throughout the years. Answer these questions about= his findings, for five points each. a. Within two, what are the average measurements for a Playmate? b. Within five, what is the average weight of a Playmate? c. Within two inches, what is the average height of a Playmate? d. For 5 pts. each, give me the three most common first names of Playmate= s? ANSWERS: a: 36-23-35 [accept (34-38)-(21-25)-(33-37)] b: 115 pounds [accept (110-120)] c: 5 foot, 6 inches (5' 4" - 5' 8") d: SUE or SUSAN; VICKI OR VICTORIA; KAREN 30 POINT BONUS 16. Elton John doesn't just write tribute songs for dead socialite prince= sses, he also writes them for dead commoners, live friends, and fictional= characters. Given clues, name the person--live, dead or fictional--abou= t whom Elton (and Bernie Taupin) were writing. a) Philadelphia Freedom was written for this athlete who helped Elton J= ohn with his tennis game. b) Empty Garden was written for this dead friend. c) She was "raised to be a lady by the golden rule" and "got her kicks = in another girl's bed." FTP, name this character whom All the Girls Love= in a song from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. ANSWERS: a. Billie Jean KING b. John LENNON c. ALICE 30 POINT BONUS 17. V.C. Andrews, artiste, auteur, genius. Never mind the fact that she = died years ago and the last dozen or so were ghostwritten by Andrew Neide= rman. Given clues, name the Andrews masterworks for ten points each, thi= rty total. a) This creepy novel has a convoluted plot involving a young girl possi= bly named for a dead sister, and parents who refuse to allow her any free= dom, and who won't let her know what hour, day, or even year it is. b) It details the life of a young hillbilly girl after she comes to liv= e with her dead mother's wealthy, powerful first husband, and then later = to have an affair with her half-uncle. c) The film version of this early Andrews novel, about four young sibli= ngs locked up in their grandmother's mansion, features a young Kristy Swa= nson. ANSWERS: a. MY SWEET AUDRINA, b. HEAVEN c. FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC 30 POINT BONUS 18. The Peanuts Halloween special is for wussies. If you watched the kic= k-ass South Park special, you'll get five points each, and a five point b= onus for all five correct if you can identify the Halloween costume given= the South Park character. a) Mr. Hat A. CHEWBACCA b. The Chef A. Robert Craig "Evel" KNIEVEL c) Wendy A. CHEWBACCA d) Pip A. CHEWBACCA e) Eric Cartman A. Adolf HITLER or GHOST or Ku Klux KLANSMAN 30 POINT BONUS 19. P.I.'s are probably the last people who ought to keep pets, but (in m= ystery novels at least) they often do. Given the fictional P.I. and his = or her creator, name their animal companions FTPE. a) V.I. Warshawski, created by Sara Paretsky, has 2 dogs. FTP, name ei= ther of them. b) Dave Robicheaux, created by James Lee Burke, has a 3-legged raccoon c) Shirley McClintock, created by B.J. Oliphant, has a dog. ANSWERS: a. MITCH or PEPPY b. TRIPOD c. DOG 30 POINT BONUS 20. Much to the delight of music lovers everywhere, there are recent indi= cations that the Spice Girls' egg-timer of fame may soon be up. Answer th= ese questions about recent Spicey problems, for 10 points each: Billy the= parrot may well knock the Spice Girls out of the charts with his renditi= on of what Spice Girls song? *ANSWER: MAMA The Spice Girls were booed off stage at an awards ceremony in what countr= y? *ANSWER: SPAIN Simon Fuller, their recently sacked manager, was allegedly having an affa= ir with which of the Spice Girls? *ANSWER: _EMMA_ BUNTON or BABY SPICE 30 POINT BONUS 21. Patricia Cornwell has written a lot of bloody, graphic crime thriller= s for a person raised by the Reverend Billy Graham and his family. FTPE,= given the killer's grotesque M.O., name the Cornwell book from her Kay S= carpetta series.=20 a) The killer targets couples, hunts them through the woods at night, = kills them with a knife, and conceals them so that, by the time they're f= ound, the bodies are mere skeletons.=20 b) This novel begins with the discovery of a nude corpse propped up a= gainst a fountain in the middle of Cnetral Park in the dead of winter. c) After a child dies mysteriously, Scarpetta makes use of an FBI fac= ility in which bodies are exposed to the elements so that investigators c= an see how they decompose. ANSWERS: a. ALL THAT REMAINS b. FROM POTTER'S FIELD c. THE BODY FARM 30 POINT BONUS 22. Many name actors made their mark (and advanced their careers) playin= g recurring roles on the nighttime soap, Sisters. Given the Sisters char= acter, name the actor or actress in that role FTPE, thirty total. a) He played Falconer, the cop who solves a rape in the Reed family, ma= rries Teddie Reed, and then gets killed by a bad-ass drug dealer played b= y Gregory Harrison. b) She played Reed, Alex's twenty-something daughter who marries young,= joins a cult, and chews through panty-hose restraints when her mom and h= usband attempt to de-program her. c) During the first few seasons, he played Teddie Reed's ex, the fathe= r of her grown daughter, who marries another Reed sister, and impregnates= still a third sister using artificial insemination. ANSWERS: a. George CLOONEY b. ASHLEY JUDD c. Ed MARINARO 30 POINT BONUS 23. Thirty, twenty, ten, name the NHL team 30: The team slogan is "You Wanna Go" and is supposedly not a question = asked by its goons, but a rallying cry to get fans to go to games. 20: Glen Hall, who shares the Detroit Red Wings record for shutouts in = a single season, owns this team's record outright, posting 8 in 1968-69. 10: As an expansion team, they went to the finals three times in their = first three years but were swept twice by Montreal and once by Boston, de= spite being stocked with veteran players and coached by Scotty Bowman. ANSWER: ST LOUIS or BLUES 30 POINT BONUS 24. Answer the following about Hollywood Babylon, 10 points each a. Virginia Rappe, a slutty starlet, was allegedly killed by this popular= silent-film star. b. This was the famous way would-be starlet Peg Entwistle comitted suicid= e. c. OK, so who wrote Hollywood Babylon? ANSWERS: a. Roscoe "Fatty" ARBUCKLE b. JUMPED off the HOLLYWOOD SIGN c. Kenneth ANGER 30 POINT BONUS 25. Gone are the days of Spuds Mackenzie and Alex from Stroh's. Beer comp= anies are once again using humans to hawk their brew. Identify these peop= le associated with beer ads, F10PE a. The chairman of Americans for Disciplined Behavior leads the crusade a= gainst Amsterdam's "Culture of Chaos," embodied by those loose-living Net= herlanders exporting three varieties of Amstel to our shores. b. Magician, Product Tester, and Adios Amigo are some of the commercials= created by this advertising genius, paid only in six-packs of Miller Lit= e. c. The only real person in this question, he's the creator of Samuel Adam= s, and does his own very dull radio ads. ANSWERS: a. Garrison BOYD b. DICK c. Jim KOCH (cook) 30 POINT BONUS 26. All righty, infidelity has always been a popular topic. Given one par= tner and a movie, name the other partner in this unfaithful duo for 10 po= ints each. Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity. *ANSWER: Deborah KERR Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient. *ANSWER: Kristin Scott THOMAS A lot of men in Belle Du Jour. *ANSWER: Catherine DENEUVE (when she was even hotter than today) TOSSUPS=09 TrashMasters 1997 -- Round by Original Gangstas (Chris Gerard, Seth Kenda= ll, and Kelly McKenzie) 1. Among this 1953 film's many alternate titles are "I Led Two Lives" and= "He or She". It featured all of its director's idiosyncracies, including= the use of stock lightning footage during dramatic moments, the appearan= ce of angora sweaters, and Bela Lugosi as a babbling scientist. FTP, name th= is movie inspired by the Christine Jorgensen sex change, subtitled "The C= onfessions of Ed Wood". answer: _Glen or Glenda_ or The _Transvestite_ or _I Changed My Sex_ 2. The name of this beverage comes from the Dutch for "burned", a referen= ce to the application of heat in distilling it, and according to legend i= t originated in the 16th century when Dutch traders concentrated wine for= shipping with the intention of adding water later but became fond of it = in its concentrated form. Usually aged in wooden casks to give it its ch= aracteristic amber color, it is used as the base spirit of many liqueurs = and comes in such varieties as Metaxa, Pisco, and, most famously, Cognac.= FTP name this drink, also the name of a "fine girl" in a Looking Glass s= ong. answer: _Brandy_ 3. _Die You Bastards_, _Dancing on Your Grave_, _Stone Dead Forever_, _K= illed By Death_, _Jailbait_, _I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care)_, and _Ace o= f Spades_ are all haunting melodies from, FTP, what British metal group fronted by Lemmy Kilmister? answer: _Motorhead_ 4. Its German form, constructed by dozens of British intelligence agents,= each of whom had access to only one word of it, read "Wenn ist das Nunst= uck git und Slotermeyer? Ja!...Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersp= ut!" It was first used against an enemy on July 8, 1944 at Ardennes, and was r= esponsible for the deaths of thousands of German soldiers. Ironically, i= t also led to the death of its inventor, Ernest Scribbler, after he fell = into hysterics. FTP, name this monumental gag, the subject of a skit by M= onty Python. answer: The _Funniest Joke In the World_ or The _Killer Joke_ or equival= ents 5. In 1943 this man quarterbacked the College All-Stars to a 27-7 defeat = of the Washington Redskins, a team he would later coach from 1966-68 befo= re the arrival of Vince Lombardi. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1965,= in his ten year professional career as a player he guided his team to a divi= sional title in all ten years and to NFL championships in 1952, 53, and 5= 5 while leading the AAFC and NFL in passing a combined total of six times. FTP name this legendary quarterback, the first player signed to the Cleve= land Browns. answer: Otto _Graham_ 6. Born with the surname Williams, he was forced to change it because ano= ther performer in his profession had the same name. A native of Victoria= , Texas, he came to prominence with valet Lady Blossom, employing the "St= un Gun" to capture the WCW television title. After a stint in the Hollyw= ood Blonds, he jumped federations, beginning a brutal feud with the Hart= family that has yielded two Intercontinental title reigns. FTP, identify= this wrestler, "because I said so."=20 answer: Stone Cold Steve _Austin_ 7. He is apparently from Tattooine and an excellent pilot whose skills en= able him to save Luke Skywalker's ass in the assault on the first Death S= tar and again in the battle at Hoth, where he and his gunner Janson use h= arpoons to destroy an AT-AT before evacuating with the rest of the Rebel = Fleet. For these exploits he is promoted, advancing from Red Two to Red L= eader for the assault on the second Death Star, where he demonstrates his= dogfighting abilities before destroying the power regulator. FTP name th= is underdeveloped character portrayed by the actor Denis Lawson, a rare s= urvivor of all 3 Star Wars films. Answer: Wedge (accept "Red 2" before Hoth) 8. In 1962 this actor first appeared on the international scene for his A= cademy-award nominated performance in Billy Budd, which he followed up wi= th roles in such films as The Collector, Far From the Madding Crowd, and Tales of Mystery and Imagination. Host of the Showtime's "The Hunger"= , he has appeared in such films as Wall Street, Young Guns, and is the vi= llain in Alien Nation. FTP name this fine actor, winner of a Golden Globe= for his portrayal of Burnadette in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, but w= ho is perhaps best known as General Zod.=20 answer: Terence _Stamp_ 9. After crashing his motorcycle en route to Las Vegas this character is = betrayed and left for dead by his live-in lover, Nadine, and he commits s= uicide, but in his last journal entry he shows that he died in his right = mind by signing his name as "Hawk". One of only two survivors of the plag= ue from Ogunquit, Maine, he is overweight, awkward, but brilliant, he acc= ompanies Frannie Goldsmith to Boulder but becomes unhinged when she falls= for Stu Redman, leading him to defect to Randall Flagg. FTP name this an= ti-hero of Stephen King's _The Stand_. answer: _Harold_ Emory Lauder 10. This quarterback made honorable mention All-America at Wenatchee Vall= ey Community College in 1978, and transferred to UNLV, but was unable to = rise to stardom as a Runnin' Rebel due to injuries to his passing hand an= d ankle. He went to work as a sports reporter in Seattle, where he develope= d the deadpan humor which has made him famous. If you are amused by the s= implicity of this question, you should be able to name this most popular = broadcaster in all the land. FTP, who is this co-anchor of ESPN's Big Sho= w? answer: Kenny _Mayne_ 11. According to legend, he was initially a small-time drug dealer in Tur= key when his family was attacked by a Hungarian mob looking to cut into h= is business. After killing his family himself to prevent further attacks, he systematically wipes out the mob and goes underground, building a vast= criminal empire using pawns who never know who employs them. This is, FT= P, a brief description of what arch-criminal, whose physical appearance i= s finally revealed at the end of the film _The Usual Suspects_? answer: _Keyser Soze_ 12. Its maiden voyage included Leonard Nimoy, recently outed leading man = Dash Calhoun, and a possum named Bitey. Built from scrap metal left over = from the 1964 World's Fair, it was saved from the fate of its sister vess= els in Ogdenville and North Haverbrook by the heroism of its conductor, H= omer Simpson. FTP, name Springfield's failed mass-transit system. answer: The _Monorail_ 13. This man recently recorded a duet with Tori Amos with the song "I Wan= na Get Back With You" and appeared as himself in the film _Mars Attacks!_= . Singer of the title song for the James Bond film _Thunderball_, he is m= ore famous for recording the title song of the film _What's New Pussycat_ and= for scoring a hit with the remake of the Prince song "Kiss". FTP show th= at It's Not Unusual to know about this Welsh singer and collector of thro= wn lingerie who appears on the soundtrack of _The Full Monty_ remaking the s= ong "You Can Leave your Hat On". answer: Tom _Jones _ 14. Three contestants battled it out on this game show, ending with the 6= 0-second "speed round." Five dollars were awarded for each correct respo= nse, and contestants had the chance to purchase items throughout the game= --some of which came with "sales surprises," and were always "yours to ke= ep, no matter how you finish in the game." The Fame Game gave them an o= pportunity to pick up money cards. Name this 80's game show with host Ji= m Perry and hostess Summer Bartholomew. answer: _Sale of the Century_ 15. This innovator, inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953, is b= elieved to have been the first pitcher to throw a changeup. As a manager = he amassed a 225-60 record in the National Association and was 1000-825 i= n the National League, where he won 6 league championships with the Boston = Red Stockings during the 1870s. FTP, name this player-manager of the Cinc= innati Red Stockings, baseball's first overtly professional team. answer: Harry _Wright_ 16. Conrad Veidt's portrayal of Gwynplaine in 1927's The Man Who Laughs s= erved as the inspiration for the creation of this character. Though he co= nstantly gives conflicting variations of his origin, in the most recent account he was a down-and-out security guard who became a criminal known = as the Red Hood, whose attempt to rob the Monarch Playing Card Factory wa= s foiled by Batman and led to a bath in chemicals which drastically alter= ed his appearance and drove him insane. FTP name this comic-book villain = portrayed on film by Jack Nicholson. answer: The _Joker_ 17. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, he has appeared in _It Could Happen T= o You_, _Robin Hood: Men In Tights_, and _Escape from New York_, though h= e never received an Academy Award for any of these roles. FTP name this = man, who appeared on the _Beavis and Butthead Do America_ soundtrack in a= parody of the work for which he did win an Academy Award in 1971, the th= eme song to _Shaft_. answer: Isaac _Hayes_ (can you dig it?) 18. Since 1993 this man has been an assistant coach for the hockey team o= f Boston University, which he dominated as co-captain from 1976-77 with 2= 06 total points, he fourth highest in BU's hstory. A noted broadcaster, a= fter graduating he briefly played professionally with the Toledo Gold Diggers,= but his lackluster pro career is far overshadowed by his exploits as Cap= tain of Team USA in the 1980 Olympics. FTP name this hockey player who scored the winning goal in the USA's 4-3 "Miracle on Ice" vict= ory over the USSR. answer: Mike _Eruzione_ 19. After the conclusion of the Civil War this former Confederate captain= finds himself dispossessed and unemployed, and with a friend he travels = to Arizona to search for gold. There his friend runs afoul of hostile Nat= ive Americans, and in trying to rescue his body he finds himself trapped,= immobile, in a cave, where his spirit leaves his body and sails towards = a planet on which he proceeds to have a series of adventures. Thus starts= the Martian Adventures of, FTP, what character, the creation of Edgar Ri= ce Burroughs? answer: John _Carter_ 20. Its first anecdote tells of a man from the hometown of its author who= feels that his consuming love for his girlfriend threatens to overwhelm = him; its second tells of a home-maker tortured by regret; and its last te= lls of an apparently absentee father who makes a long journey to justify = himself to his son but, when he finds the boy sleeping, kisses him and le= aves again. These are the stories in, FTP, what 1977 song by Paul Simon d= escribing the frustration of modern life and not what one does on a well-= lubricated surface, as its name implies.=20 answer: _"Slip Sliding Away"_ 21. This 1988 movie may not feature the best fight scene in film history= , or even the longest, but it does have the brawl inspired by the dumbest= reason, a character's unwillingness to put on a pair of sunglasses. Of c= ourse, it's a good thing our hero, John Nada, forces his friend to look t= hrough them, because they reveal the existence of aliens from Andromeda d= isguised as yuppies who are living among us. FTP, name this John Carpente= r sci-fi flick starring Rowdy Roddy Piper. answer: _They Live_ 22. He made his debut on April 25, 1978, has appeared in the Broadway sh= ow Shear Madness, conducted the Philadelphia Pops, and beaten up the like= s of Deion Sanders and Tommy Lasorda. Not bad for someone who is called a= "giant green transvestite" by his father, and is listed as "6 feet, 300 = pounds, and mostly fat" in the Philadelphia media guide. FTP, name this f= amous mascot. The _Phillie Fanatic_ 23. Raimonds Bergmanis, Regin Vagadal, Joe Onosai, Gerrin Badenhorst, Ga= ry Taylor, Riku Kiri, and the incomparable Magnus ver Magnusson are all r= egular participants in what late-night ESPN2 fare? answer: _World's Strongest Man_ Competition 24. These cartoon superheroes are clad in powder blue uniforms with yell= ow boots and gloves and wear the initials "A" and "G", which stand for th= eir names "Ace" and Gary", on their chests. They fight evil in the form o= f such diabolical enemies as Big Head and Queen, aided by their superpowers and = the gawks their questionable sexual orientation evokes in their opponents= when they assume certain action poses. For 10 points name these creation= s of humorist Robert Smigel who appear on Saturday Night Live's animated "T= V Funhouse". Answer: The Ambiguously Gay Duo 25. Stu Cook, Terence Butler, John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, and John Paul = Jones are among the better and unrecognised players. The late Cliff Burto= n is better known, while such men as Steve Harris and Les Claypool are nu= mbered amongst the living pantheon. FTP, all of these are examples of wha= t type of musician, who is perhaps currently best typified by Flea? answer: _bass_ players 26. Among the early protagonists of this pulp author are Black Turlough,= Bran Mak Morn, and Soloman Kane. A friend of H.P. Lovecraft he was contr= ibutor to the Cthulhu Mythos whose stories, such as "the Fires of Asshur= banipal", introduced the 'Unaussprechlichen Kulten' or 'Nameless Cults', = but he is better known for another genre of fiction, one of whose charact= ers is the subject of a recently-made fantasy film. FTP name this man, wh= ose suicide in 1936 robbed the world of the creator of Kull the Conqueror= and Conan the Barbarian. answer: Robert E. _Howard_ 27. When he responds to a distress call from the planet of Talos IV, thi= s man finds himself the prisoner of a group of telepathic humanoids who w= ant him to mate with Vina, a human who crashed on Talos IV years ago. Res= cued by his crew, he departs and the subsequent General Order 7 makes the= planet off-limits to Starfleet personnel, but years later, after being c= rippled in an accident, he finds himself taken back there by Spock, where= the illusions of the Talosians enable him to live a normal life with Vin= a. FTP name this character, the first captain of the USS Enterprise. answer: Christopher _Pike_ 28. In the recent Halloween episode of "Frazier" Roz attends the costume= ball as the protagonist of this work. In it, a young woman drawn by desi= re to enter a sexual collaboration with her young lover and an older, mid= dle age man, submits to a universe of sexual subjugation and torture which turns = her into a sex machine. FTP name this S&M classic published anonymously i= n 1975 by an author who later turned out to be Pauline R=E9age. answer: _The Story of O_ BONI TrashMasters 1997 --Round by Original Gangstas (Chris Gerard, Seth Kendal= l, and Kelly McKenzie) 1. Name this game show host from past gigs, 30-20-10. 30. "How's Your Mother-In-Law?" 20. "Headline Chasers", "Jumble" 10. "Trivial Pursuit", "Tic-Tac-Dough" answer: Winston "Wink" _Martindale_ 2. Piers Anthony is primarily known for his irritating "Magic of Xanth" s= eries of pun-filled excrement, but he is capable of fine fantasy writing,= as in the case of his seven-part Incarnations of Immortality series. For five points per correct answer, identify any six of the seven titles in t= his series. answer: _On a Pale Horse _, _Bearing an Hourglass_, _With a Tangled Skein= _, _Wielding a Red Sword_, _Being a Green Mother_, _For Love of Evil_, _A= nd Eternity_ 3. The classic Akira Kurosawa film "Yojimbo" has provided the inspiration= for many remakes over the years; how many do you know? 1. First, F5P, this 1964 Sergio Leone Western was the first film to retel= l the story of "Yojinbo". answer: _Fistful of Dollars_ or _Per Un Pugno Di Dollari_ 2. FTP, this 1996 Walter Hill film starring Bruce Willis centered on a Te= xas town and the arrival of John Smith, this version's answer to Sanjuro = Kuwabatake. answer: _Last Man Standing_ 3. F15P, in this 1984 film, David Carradine stars as Kain, a mighty warri= or of the planet Ura, who exploits the rivalry of Zeg and Bal Caz. answer: The _Warrior and the Sorceress_ 4. Hello everyone, my name is Troy McClure. You may remember me, but fro= m what? Identify these films, infomercials, educational videos, and telet= hons in which I have appeared, F5PE. 1. In this emotional flick, I portrayed a football hero afflicted with a = horrific disease. answer: _Leper In the Backfield_ 2. In this TV series, I did some of my best work as a big-business enforc= er out to rid the world of corrupt unions. answer: _Buck Henderson, Union Buster_ 3. After putting to rest those completely untrue rumors of my fish fetish= , I gained the lead role in this Broadway musical about that wacky Dr. Ze= ius. answer: _Stop the Planet of the Apes: I Want To Get Off!_ 4. As a service to the kids, I did the voice-overs to this sex-ed film in= which Fluffy is faking it. answer: _Fuzzy Bunny's Guide To You-Know-What_ 5. Back in '88, I hosted this telethon dedicated to the eradication of a = disease which causes painful inflammation of the joints. answer: _Out With Gout_, '88 6. After my successful comeback from obscurity, I was offered the role of= McBain's sidekick in "McBain IV: Fatal Discharge". However, in a daring = move, I rejected this role in order to direct and star in my own pet proj= ect. For the number of points which your team needs to get 30, name this = movie funded by 20th Century Fox. answer: The _Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel_ 5. In the Marvel Universe, a scientist named Henry Pym invents across a g= as which enables him to shrink to insect size while retaining the strengt= h of a normal sized man, which he used to become a costumed hero known. 1. For 5 points, name this hero, the first costumed identity assumed by H= enry Pym. answer: Ant Man 2. Pym later employed the gas to increase his size, a power he employed i= n two secret identities. For 5 points each, name both these identities. answer: Giant-Man and Goliath 3. As Pym would later discover, exposure to this gas has a deleterious ef= fect on mental health, which resulted in Pym briefly assuming a criminal = identity. For 5 points name this second insect-inspired identity, which w= as later assumed by a female adventurer.=20 answer: Yellowjacket 4. For a while this superhero made use of Pym's gas to assume the identit= y of Goliath. For a final 5 points name this character, better known for = his abilities as a marksman. answer: Hawkeye (accept Clint Barton) 6. In 1979 the rival World Hockey Association disbanded, incorporating fo= ur of its teams to the NHL. Of these four teams, only one, the Edmonton O= ilers, remains in the same location. For five points name the other three= former WHA teams which joined the NHL as they were, and for an additiona= l five points give the current names of these teams. answer: New England _Whalers_ are now the Carolina _Hurricanes_; the Win= nipeg _Jets_ are now the Phoenix _Coyotes_;the Quebec _Nordiques_ are now= the Colorado _Avalanche_ 7. Three cheers for Foster's, Australian for Beer, which has decided to c= ontinue its advertising campaign interpreting various Australian words. For 10 points, given a description of these recently translated words fro= m the commercials, name the words, 10 points each. 1. A huge boulder falls and flattens an unlucky bloke, whose sole comment= is "Ouch". answer: Crybaby 2. A large bloke walks up to a door and smashes it open with his head.. answer: Locksmith 3. A man watches another man and a woman arm wrestle, commenting on the r= esultant victory with "She wins, mate". answer: Marriage Counselor 8. Let's face it. Rock music has had its share of less-than-stellar lyri= cs. FTPE, name the band responsible for these travesties of songwriting j= ustice based on their lines, or name them from albums for 5. 1. 10: "Ooh that smell, can't you smell that smell?" 5: _Second Helping_, _Gimme Back My Bullets_ answer: _Lynyrd Skynyrd_ 2. 10: "Wise men say, only fools rush in,/ Only time will tell if we sta= nd the test of time." (note: this is NOT Elvis) 5: _Diver Down_, _Women and Children First_ answer: _Van Halen_ 3. 10: "You know you're chewing bubble gum/ you know what that is but y= ou still want some/ You just can't get enough/ Of that lovey dovey stuff." 5: _Boy_, _War_ answer: _U2_ 9. Identify the following Blaxploitation classics from descriptions, 10 p= oints each. 1. Max Julien plays Goldie, the title character of this 1973 film, who re= turns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping g= ame. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time. Richard Pryor also stars as th= e character of Slim. answer: _The Mack_ 2. The name of the title character of this 1974 film is currently being u= sed by a popular rap star. In it, Pam Grier plays a honey in search of re= venge for the murder of her government agent boyfriend Michael by gangste= rs led by the kinky couple of Steve Elias and Miss Katherine. answer: _Foxy Brown_ 3. In the film _The Great White Hype_ Damon Wayans's character prepares f= or a fight by watching this 1975 film. In it, the title character, played= by Rudy Ray Moore, has to deal with Willie Green, Mitchell and White, Ma= yor Daley, and assorted production equipment used to film the movie in an att= empt to regain control of his nightclub. He is joined with his kung-fu fi= ghting whores, Queen Bee, and the Reverend in this heroic struggle. answer: _Dolemite_ 10. Identify the follwing film related questions, five points each. 1. This actor made his big screen debut with _Sabrina_; he is better know= n as the first host of E's "Talk Soup". answer: Greg Kinnear 2. This man has made his cameo in _Cabin Boy_ famous. He is better known = as a late-night talk show host. answer: David Letterman 3. This actor appeared as the voice of Ultra Magnus in _Transformers: The= Movie_ and played Rex Kramer in _Airplane!_. He is better known as the= host of _Unsolved Mysteries_. answer: Robert Stack 4. It's hard to believe this man is now taken seriously as an actor, espe= cially if you've seen _Blind Date_, _Sunset_, _Hudson Hawk_. and _The Bo= nfire of the Vanities_. =20 answer: Bruce Willis 5. This actress committed a travesty by shaving off her beautiful raven t= resses for her role in _G.I. Jane_. Lowlights of his career include _The = Scarlet Letter_ and _Striptease_. answer: Demi Moore 6. Greg Kinnear, David Letterman, Robert Stack, Bruce Willis, and Demi Mo= ore are all voices in what film, whose most important voice is Mike Judge= ? answer: _Beavis and Butthead Do America_ 11. For five points each, give the artists who recorded the following son= gs that may reveal the truth about cats and dogs: 1. "Black Cat" answer: Janet _Jackson_ 2. "Atomic Dog" answer: George _Clinton_ (_Parliament_) 3. "Cat Scratch Fever" answer: Ted _Nugent_ 4. "Space Dog" answer: Tori _Amos_ 5. "Cat Turned Blue" answer: _Rusted Root_ 6. "Year of the Cat" answer: Al _Stewart_ 12. Identify the creators of the following detectives, five points each. 1. Philip Marlowe answer: Raymond Chandler 2. Mike Hammer answer: Mickey Spillane 3. Lord Peter Wimsey answer: Dorothy L. Sayers 4. Brother Cadfael answer: Ellis Peters 5. Charlie Chan answer: Earl Derr Biggers 6. Encyclopedia Brown answer: Donald Sobol=20 13. 10. Every baseball fan knows about Bill Buckner, but how many other W= orld Series goats do you know? Identify the following FTPE. 1. This Atlanta Brave outfielder known as "skates" was deked by Chuck Kn= oblauch in the 8th inning of the scoreless game 7 in 1991, and didn't sco= re from first on a double, ending up stranded at third. answer: Lonnie _Smith_ 2. In game 4 of the 1947 series, this Yankee right-fielder, in an attempt= to save Bill Bevins' no-hitter, played Cookie Lavagetto's deep fly ball = too aggressively, allowing the Dodgers to score the winning runs in the b= ottom of the ninth. answer: Tommy _Henrich_ 3. In the bottom of the 10th in the final game of the 1912 series, this G= iant centerfielder dropped Clyde Engle's routine pop-up, which eventually= allowed the Red Sox to steal the game and the series. answer: Fred _Snodgrass_ 14. For five points each, name the wrestling clique to which all of the f= ollowing have belonged. For example, if I said Bret Hart, Owen Hart, and= the British Bulldog, you would say "The Hart Foundation." 1. Shawn Michaels, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Chyna answer: _Degeneration X_ 2. Buff Bagwell, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan answer: _New World Order_ (NWO) 3. Steve "Mongo" McMichael, Chris Benoit, Arn Anderson, Ric Flair answer: _Four Horsemen_ 4. "The Franchise" Shane Douglas, Chris Candido, formerly "Bam Bam" Bige= low answer: _Triple Threat_ 5. Larry Zbyszko, "Ravishing" Rick Rude, "Stunning" Steve Austin, Arn A= nderson, Bobby Eaton answer: _Dangerous Alliance_ 6. Makhan Singh, Sheik Ahmad, The Dark Patriot answer: The _Cartel_ 15. Sex and Alcohol: two great tastes that go great together. In the spi= rit of this witty little epigram, identify the following lasciviously nam= ed beverages from descriptions of their preparation on a 5-10-15 point ba= sis. 1. 5: Fill a highball glass halfway with equal parts grapefruit and cranb= erry juice. Add 1 ounce vodka and 3/4 ounce peach schnapps; stir.=20 answer: _Sex on the Beach_ 2. 10: Pour 1 and 1/2 ounces of 151 Rum into a shot glass. Set on fire. = Drop shot glass into a mug of fine lager beer. answer: _Flaming Orgasm_ 3. 15: Pour 1 and 1/2 ounces of Vodka, Gin, and Southern Comfort into a h= ighball glass. Add a splash of Galliano. Fill remainder of glass with ora= nge juice. answer: _Slow Comfortable Screw (up) against a Wall_ 16. If this was a serious academic tournament, we'd be asking your team a= n NBA bonus right about now, but since this is trash, we're going to make= things a little harder. Given the names of players on the roster of a WN= BA team during its inaugural season, name the team FTPE. If you need the tea= m's most famous player, you'll only receive 5. 1. 10: Pam McGee, Chantel Tremitiere 5: Rothie Bolton-Holyfield answer: Sacramento _Monarchs_ 2. 10: Kym Hampton, Teresa Witherspoon 5: Rebecca Lobo answer: New York _Liberty_ 3. 10: Bridget Pettis, Michelle Timms 5: Nancy Lieberman-Kline answer: Phoenix _Mercury_ 17. "There are those who believe that life here began out there, far acro= ss the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers = of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that there = may yet be brothers of man, who, even now, fight to survive, somewhere be= yond the heavens".=20 First, for 5 pts., name the big-budget Sci-Fi TV series, each episode of= which began with Wilfred Hyde-White giving that introduction. answer: "Battlestar Galactica".=20 Now, for the stated number of points, answer these other questions about = "Battlestar Galactica." =20 2. Portrayed by actor John Colicos, this member of the Council of Twelve= treacherously betrayed the Humans to the Cylons and remained a villainou= s presence throughout the series. For 5 points name him. answer: _Baltar_ 3. Though it was believed that all the other Battlestars were destroyed = by the Cylon attack, in the episode "The Living Legend" it was discovered= that there was another, under the command of a former Fleet war hero pla= yed by none other than Lloyd Bridges. For five points each, name both the= other Battlestar and her skipper. answer: _Pegasus_, Commander _Cain_ 4. Finally, the Colonials encounter this being in space, who at first ap= pears to perform such miracles as capturing Baltar, but he later turns ou= t to be the Prince of Darkness. For a final ten points name this Demon, p= layed by Patrick Macnee. answer: Count Iblis 18. Ahh, Memphis, home of The Pyramid, Federal Express, Dragon China (all= you can eat buffet for $4.35!!!), and, for four years, the editor of thi= s packet. Thus, a tribute to Memphis is fitting. For the stated number of= points identify the musical artists who mention Memphis in a song from d= escriptions. 1. 5: Memphis is one of the stops on the Long Strange Trip of this band's= "Truckin'." answer: _Grateful Dead_ 2. 5: A 737 coming out of the sky takes this "Travelling Band" to Memphis. answer: _Creedence Clearwater Revival_ 3. 10: This man is able to tour Union Avenue and Beale Street and miracul= ously avoid getting shot while he's "Walking In Memphis".=20 answer: Mark Cohn 4. 10: Those Memphis nights are remembered along with Mozambique, the Khy= ber Pass, and Vancouver in this man's "Life is a Highway". answer: Tom Cochrane 19. While the premise, directing, writing, and acting of the 1987 film _T= he Running Man_ is pretty ridiculous, there was one cool thing about the = film: the Stalkers! For five points each and a bonus five for all correct= , identify the Stalkers out to get Ben Richard; you should include both S= talkers who came out of retirement, though technically one of them only f= ought the makeup guy. answer: _Subzero_, _Buzzsaw_, _Dynamo_, _Captain Freedom_, Fireball_ 20. FTP, identify these non-Shakespearean actors who took on bit roles, w= ith varying degrees of success, in Kenneth Branagh's 1996 production of H= amlet. If you need another clue not related to the movie, you'll receive = 5 points. 1. 10: This portrayer of Marcellus was too busy trying to speak in iambi= c pentameter to remember to act scared of the ghost of King Hamlet. 5: Before his role in Hamlet this grumpy old man was "Out To Sea". answer: Jack _Lemmon_ 2. 10: His role as the Player King revealed tremendous Shakespearean pote= ntial; some might remember that he does have a film appearance as Marc An= tony to his credit. 5: Three words: Damn Dirty Apes! answer: Charlton _Heston_ 3. 10: This comic's goofy appearance and expesssion in the role of Osric= did little to add to the tragedy of Hamlet and Laertes' fatal duel. 5: He also played Cozy Carlisle in Branagh's thriller "Dead Again". answer: Robin _Williams_ 21. Identify the following Beatles albums from lyrics found in songs on= them for 10 points or from songs for five. 1. 10: "Let's all get up and dance to a song that was a hit before your m= other was born" 5: The lyrics are from the song "Your Mother Should Know"; other song= s on the album include _I am the Walrus_ and _Fool on the Hill_. answer: _Magical Mystery Tour_ 2. 10: "She's well-acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand like a li= zard on a window pane" 5: The lyrics come from the song "Happiness is a Warm Gun"; other so= ngs on the album include "O-Bla-Di, O-Bla-Da", "Back in the USSR", and "D= ear Prudence". answer: _untitled_ (_White_) album 3. 10: "Out of College, money spent, see no future, pay no rent, all the= money's gone, nowhere to go". 5: the lyrics are from "You Never give me your Money"; others on the= album include "Here Comes the Sun", "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", and "Come= Together" answer: _Abbey Road_ 22. Identify the following Villainous Societies from the Marvel Univers= e from descriptions, 15 points each. 1. Founded by magneto for the purpose of dominating the world, members of= this group have included Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch as well as th= e Blob, Destiny, and Mystique answer: The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants 2. Founded initially by Baron Heinrich von Zemo, membership of this socie= ty has varied greatly, including such villains as Ultron, Helmut von Zemo= , Tiger Shark, Egghead, and many others. Their greatest triumph was the capture and destruction of the Avengers mansion. answer: Masters of Evil 23. 30-20-10, name the artist from albums on which he has appeared. 30. "Death Wish II: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" 20. "Mean Business", "Outrider" 10. "Presence", "In Through the Out Door", "The Firm" answer: Jimmy _Page_ TOSSUPS TRASHMASTERS 1997=20 OHIO MOUNTAIN CLIMBING CLUB: WOOD COUNTY CHAPTER (BGSU) 1. When this show first came out in the fall of 1992, Nick at Nite pegged= it as the first ever "instant rerun." The show debuted on ABC to high r= atings, and was replayed on Nick at Nite the following Sunday to a large = audience, but its popularity quickly waned. It lasted only 6 episodes on= ABC, although it did last two years on Nick at Nite. FTP name this show= about a TV family who is relocated to a regular neighborhood after their= show is canceled. Answer: HI HONEY I'M HOME 2. It no longer appears on USA Today's Top 50 bestseller list, but three = of its sequels do. To name these, just insert the words "teenage," "moth= er's," or "woman's" before the last word in the title. FTP name this col= lection of 101 uplifting stories whose coauthors include Jack Canfield an= d Mark Victor Hansen. [Chicken Soup for the Soul] 3. The name's the same, first and last: the Minnesota halfback who won th= e 1941 Heisman Trophy, and the Virginia Tech defensive tackle who won the= 1984 Outland Trophy. FTP, give the name; it should help to know that th= e Virginia Tech lineman is still a defensive standout for the Buffalo Bil= ls. [Bruce Smith] 4. It is believed to have been adapted from something called Noddy by Sir= John Suckling in the reign of Charles I. The object in the six-card ver= sion is to score 121 points before your opponent. Pairs are worth 2. Pair= Royal are worth 6. Fifteens are worth 2. Nobs are worth 1. FTP name this= card game for which scores are kept with pegs. Answer: CRIBBAGE 5. The Huron Bowl--1966, Aquinas High School, Flint I.M.A, S.A.E. house a= t the Campus of Oakland University, Pine Knob Music Theater, Cobo Halll, = and The Palace of Auburn Hills 1996. These are all former venues of the m= an who recorded "The Aftermath," "Feel Like a Number," "American Storm," = "Turn the Page," and "Kathmandu." FTP name this Ann Arbor musician who c= onverted one of his hits into the jingle used in Chevy truck commercials. Answer: Bob SEGER 6. Warning, two answers required: Jack and Kristina Wagner, Rena Sofer an= d Wally Kurth, both these couples have found real life romance on the set= of General Hospital. The newest couple to meet this way are the actress= who plays Brenda Barrett, and the actor who plays Nikolas Cassidine, FTP= who are they? Answer: Vanessa MARCIL and Tyler CHRISTOPHER also accept Tyler BAKER 7. The Lions Club in Saybrook, Illinois said that the outcome of their H= alloween costume contest this year was "a mistake." 14 year old Virginia= Payne said her costume was meant as a statement against racism, but othe= r participants said it was simply disgusting. FTP, what was her winning = costume? Answer: KU KLUX KLAN robes (accept equivalent) 8. This is Damo's (DAY MO) favorite computer game of all time! This four= color game pits you in your great English flying vessel and namesake of = the game. You fly against pseudo German air power in a pink plane. You bomb cows, a singular fuel tank several factory and a couple of tanks. Wa= tch out for the birds because they are more deadly than that the bullets.= FTP Name the game or the type of plane named after a southern English to= wn. Answer: SOPWITH 2 (also accept SOPWITH) 9. This man is on a 7-Up poster in the beginning scenes of The Wall by P= ink Floyd. He studied sports management at the Harvard on the Hocking, u= m, Ohio University. He led the NL in homers 8 times and in RBI's 4 times= between 1974 and 1986, and he won back-to-back NL MVP awards in 1980 and= 1981. FTP Name this Hall of Famer third basemen for Philadelphia Philli= es. Answer Mike SCHIMDT 10. This movie is cool because it shows the strength of a 1977 RS Camaro= ploughing through unhurt a early 80'S Honda Civic. It has Zed getting a = little some. And Marcellus getting medieval on Zed's ass. This scene com= es shortly after Bruce Willis caps John Travolta's ass in da bathroom. F= TP name the film. Answer: PULP FICTION 11. The title character leaves her psychotically abusive husband who has= more of thing for biting than Marv Albert and hides out in a shelter nam= ed Daughters and Sisters. When she has her own apartment she buys a thrift store painting of a young woman in Greek dress standing outside = ruins, during the night the title character crosses over into the paintin= g and searches for her dead baby. This is the plot of what novel by Stev= en King? Answer: ROSE MADDER 12. After his arrest he said that he was only trying to spread the word = of God and that he is a hands-on person. Nonetheless, he agreed to plead= guilty to assaulting a flight attendant. FTP name this preacher and bui= lder of the Crystal Cathedral, who was arrested after an incident on a U= nited Airlines flight between New York and Los Angeles this summer. Answer: Rev. Robert SCHULLER 13. One part triple sec, one part sweet and sour mix, one part Jack Danie= l, four parts lemon-lime soda garnish with a cherry. FTP What beverage do= you have, which could not be sold in its namesake Tennessee town? Answer: Jack Daniel's LYNCHBURG Lemonade 14. This show only had six episodes. This Canadian sketch comedy featured= the songs "Knee Slap", "Pamper Me Put Me in Diapers", and "He Slept on H= is Arms Last Night." FTP name this short-lived Comedy Central show that c= ould be much like a parking lot at a Boston University home football game. Answer: The VACANT LOT 15. Audrey Hepburn had her last role in this film. The lead character di= es saving John Goodman's character's life. Afterwards, he becomes a guar= dian angel for his widow, played by Holly Hunter. FTP, name this movie c= entered around a school for fire-fighting pilots in Colorado, which starr= ed Richard Dreyfuss. Answer: ALWAYS 16. For a quick ten points, what is Jenny's phone number according to Tom= my Tutone? Answer: 867-5309 17. Saved By the Bell's Mario Lopez, Party of Five's Jennifer Love Hewitt= , pop flop Martika of Toy Soldiers fame, all three are alumni of what D= isney kiddie television show? Answer: KIDS INCORPORATED 18. "How much for the women?" "I guess you're really up shit creek." "Th= e fat one wants four whole fried Chickens and Coke and the tall one wants= dry white toast." "105 miles to Chicago, full tank of gas, half pack of = cigarettes and it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses." FTP these can be= heard in what film? Answer: The BLUES BROTHERS 19. A library, a hospital, a prison, a police station, a fire station, a= school, a zoo, a stadium with a baseball, football, soccer, cricket or r= ugby team, superhighways, a fusion plant. These are all things that you = can build in this popular computer game. FTP name it. Answer: SIM CITY 2000 ( prompt on Sim City) 20. Rolling Stone gave 2 1/2 stars to her latest album, Firecracker, alt= hough they said the opening track "I Do" has "the makings of a decent AM = radio sing-along." And the reviewer actually liked her debut album, Tail= s. FTP name the perky singer with the cat's-eye glasses whose singles in= clude "Do You Sleep?" and "Saty (I Missed You)". =09 Answer: Lisa Loeb 21. The New York Yankees have had a great history, but they have a losing= record to this team, thanks to the 1926, 1942, and 1964 World Series. F= TP name this NL team, which most recently won the Series in 1982 but lost= to Kansas City in 1985 and Minnesota in 1987. Answer: St. Louis CARDINALS (Prompt on St. Louis) 22. The premise of this game is if Thomas Edison would have been able to= create an ether flyer. The characters are generally English. They run in= to Martians, high and low. Great sky gallions fight for the skies over Ma= rs, Earth, and the ether between. The liftwood found on Mars is why the ships= are able to fly. FTP Name the game that must deal with the final frontie= r in the Victorian Age. Answer: SPACE 1889 23. You cannot buy Earth, but you can by the moon, Venus, Ganymede, Hype= rion, Triton, Solar Space Dock, and Neptune Research Lab. Name the board= game where you can do these things, a solar system equivalent of Monopol= y. Answer: SOLARQUEST BONI TrashMasters 1997 -- Questions by Ohio Mountain Climbing Club, Woo= d Co. Chapter 1. Name the Man 30-20-10 30-He was a member of Delta Upsilon at Indiana University, and majored i= n history education. 20-He found the King of Kings at Burger King 10-This fiery crusader lectures at campuses across the country, preachin= g the word of God ANSWER: BROTHER JED or George Edward SMOCK 2. Three Movies have won best actor, actress, director, and picture at th= e Academy Awards. FTP each name them. ANSWERS:=20 The SILENCE OF the LAMBS,=20 ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT 3. Given the lyrics of a Europe song from Final Countdown tell me the so= ng, 10 pts. each: I've gone through changes. I've gone through pain. But there's not enough= reason for me to go insane. I know the feeling, when it grows. I'm in a = rage up from my head down to my toes. ANSWER: ROCK the NIGHT They lived in peace, not long ago. A mighty Indian tribe, but the winds o= f change, Made them realize, that the promises were lies. ANSWER: CHEROKEE When light goes down, I see no reason, For you to cry. We've been through= this before. In everytime, in every season, God know I've tried. So plea= se don't ask for more. ANSWER: CARRIE 4. Taco Bell is the greatest restaurant, assuming price is your only pri= ority. For five points apiece given an abbreviation of a menu item tell m= e the item. 1. 10pksft 10 PACK OF SOFT TACOS 2. side + nch SIDE OF NACHO CHEESE 3. twist CINNAMON TWIST 4. bigbf BIG BEEF BURRITO SUPREME 5. pdg PICO SAUCE [acc. Pico de Gallo] 6. nacsup NACHO SUPREME 5. Name the contemporary Christian musician or group from song titles. 1= 0 pts each: 1. Emily, Cry for Love, Place in this World ANSWER: MICHAEL W. SMITH 2. Heaven in the Real World, Lord of the Dance, The Great Adventure ANSWER: Steven Curtis CHAPMAN 3. Life Together, If You Could See what I See, Live to Tell, Heart to Go= d Hand to Man ANSWER: GEOFF MOORE and the DISTANCE 6. Given two or more interstates, name the college town in which they me= et, 10 pts. each: 1. Interstates 79 and 68 ANSWER: MORGANTOWN, West Virginia 2. Interstates 57, 72, and 74 ANSWER: CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Illinois (accept Champaign or Urbana) 3. Interstates 10 and 25 ANSWER: LAS CRUCES, New Mexico 7. Many times on sitcoms one of the child or teen actors achieves great f= ame, whereas those who play their siblings go relatively unknown. For ten= points each give the names of the actors and actresses who played the fo= llowing rolls. 1. He played Ben Seaver on Growing Pains. Answer: Jeremy MILLER 2. She played Stephanie Tanner on Full House Answer: Jodie SWEETIN 3. Jamie Luner who played Cindy Lubbock now appears on Melrose Place, bu= t for ten points who played Wendy Lubbock on Just the Ten of Us. Answer: Brooke THEIS (Theese) 8. Given the lines from a Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show song, give me t= he song, 10 pts. each: And the operator says 30 cents more for the next 3 minutes please. ANSWER: SYLVIA'S MOTHER I got my dear old gray-haired daddy drivin' my limousine ANSWER: ON the COVER OF the ROLLING STONE They said she's had so many she gives 'em all numbers not names..= .bitch ANSWER: PENNICILIN PENNY 9. Occasionally John Wayne actually died in one of his movies. Name thes= e, 10 pts. each: 1. This movie was easy for him to die in because every other major chara= cter also died at the battle in which the movie was named. Answer: the ALAMO 2. This is one is where he tries to teach a bunch boys to be men; the la= st quarter of the film is devoted to their avenging his death at the hand= s of Bruce Dern. Answer: The COWBOYS 3. This movie shows John Wayne dying of cancer. So he invites all of h= is old enemies to a bar where he gets his ass capped. =20 Answer: The SHOOTIST 10. Given the name of their love theme, name the General Hospital couple. 1. Me Loving You, Loving Me Answer: NIKOLAS Cassadine and SARAH Webber 2. Fascination Answer: LUKE and LAURA Spencer 3. If I Could by Regina Belle Answer: SCOTT and DOMINIQUE Baldwin 11. Just what every trash packet needs, a six part, five points each bon= us on Saved by the Bell, the first one, in high school. 1. Before they all decided to go to the same college, where did Slater g= et a wrestling scholarship to? Answer: IOWA 2. Who played Mr. Belding? Answer: Dennis HASKINS 3. What character did Tori Spelling play? Answer: VIOLET Bickerstaff 4. Who did Screech finally get to take to the senior prom? Answer: LISA Turtle 5. What fictional college did Jessie want to get into more than anything= ? Answer: STANSBURY 6. Within 20, what was Zach's composite SAT score? Answer: 1502 (accept 1482-1522) [READER'S NOTE: Your genial tournament director did not write this questi= on, but feels compelled to point out that Dennis Haskins is a native of C= hattanooga.] 12. 30-20-10 Name the man 30- He signed Dizzy Dean 20- He signed Roberto Clemente 10- He signed Jackie Robinson Answer: Branch RICKEY 13. Name the creators of these vintage comic strips, 5 pts. each: (a) Dick Tracy [Chester Gould] (b) Blondie [Chic Young] (c) Nancy [Ernie Brushmiller] (d) Pogo [Walt Kelly] (e) Steve Canyon [Milton Caniff] (f) Li'l Abner [Al Capp] 14. Given the book title, tell which television star penned the work, 10= pts. each: 1. My Point, and I Do Have One Answer: Ellen DEGENERES 2. Enter Whining Answer: Fran DRESCHER 3. Knee Deep in Paradise Answer: Brett BUTLER =20 15. The film Yellowbeard has a lotta cool things and actors in it. But a= nswer the following questions about or from the movie. 5 pts. Name the two actors who were involved in the argument in the begin= ning on "Who's more important -- the King of Spain or God?" Answer: CHEECH Marin and Tommy CHONG 10 pts. How long was Yellowbeard's sentence? Answer: 20 YEARS 15 pts. Where was the map of the island that Yellowbeard needed to find h= is treasure? Answer ON DAN (HIS SON)'s HEAD 16. The safety is probably the hardest way to score in football. Harview= Eastern and Burning Cross will not be answers in this question. What team was the first team to score a safety in a Super Bowl. Answer: Pittsburgh STEELERS What team did they do this to? Answer: Minnesota VIKINGS How did Neil O"Donnell give up a safety this year in the waning moments o= f a game? Answer: THREW the BALL OUT OF the BACK OF the ENDZONE 17. Name the literary character 30-20-10 30- She lived on Klickitat Street 20-She had an older sister named Beezus and was played on television by = a young Sarah Polley 10- She is the title character in Age 8, and other books by Beverly Clea= ry Answer: RAMONA QUIMBY; accept Ramona 18. Name the TV show from theme song lyrics. Ten points each: Moderator= feel free to sing. 1. Standing tall on the wings of our dreams Answer: Perfect Strangers 2. There's No place like home, with your family around you you're n= ever alone Answer: 227 3. If you threw a party, invited everyone you knew, You would see the = biggest gift would be from me Answer: The Golden Girls 19. This is a question about homeruns in the World Series. FTP each: He hit a 2-0 curveball from Whitey Ford in the 1964 World Series. The "mo= onshot" hit the Budweiser sign in Saint Louis. FTP who is the man that h= as a restaurant around the corner and does radio announcing for the Cardinals. Answer: Mike SHANNON He hit a Game Six bottom of the ninth homerun that won the 1993 World Ser= ies for the Toronto Blue Jays.. Answer: Joe CARTER He hit the extra-inning home run that won Game Six of the 1991 World Seri= es for the Twins, setting up the memorable Game 7, which the Twins won 1-= 0, also in extra innings. Answer: Kirby PUCKETT 20. Tell which feature films the following songs came from 1.Up Where We Belong Answer: An Officer and a Gentlemen 2. I've Finally Found Someone Answer: The Mirror Has Two Faces 3. The Time of My life Answer: Dirty Dancing =20 21. Name the restaurant franchise from clues: 1. 5pts What you Want is What you get Answer: McDonalds 2. 5pts Your Way Right Away Answer: Burger King 3. 10pts Real Italian, Real Fast, this place gives you all the breadsticks in the dining room Answer: FAZOLI'S 4. 10pts Best known for the CHA-CHING guy, and the Big Buford Answer: RALLY 22. Given the list of characters tell which children 1. Kristy, Mary Anne, Claudia, Stacey, Dawn, Mallory, and Jessie Answer: The BABY-SITTERS CLUB 2.Elizabeth, Jessica, Lila, Todd, and Bruce Answer: SWEET VALLEY HIGH also S.V Twins, or S.V. University 3. Kate, Lauren, Stephanie, and Patti Answer: SLEEPOVER FRIENDS =20 23. Given the fictional town tell which ABC Soap Opera takes place there: 1.Pine Valley Answer: All My Children 2. Llanview Answer: One Live to Live 3. Port Charles Answer: General Hospital --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOSSUPS TrashMasters 1997 -- La porta e fatta di zuppa. 1. A particular code in GNU Emacs will give you a random saying from him. Though properly credited in _Bartlett's Familiar Quotations_, his most famous utterance has been repeated, without attribution, by Snoopy, Dennis the Menace, and Garfield - much to the consternation of his friend and creator Bill Griffith. FTP, name this character, for whom entering Meta X Yow! just might return "Are we having fun yet?" A: _Zippy_ the Pinhead 2. Recurring skits included "What Time Is It?", "The Daily Password", "The Three Musketeers", and "Viewer Mail." Premiering in 1968, this TV show was interspersed with cartoons such as Atom Ant, but mostly featured live action--sort of. Its real hook was campy oversized puppets of a dog, a lion-like thing, a gorilla with an overbite, and a trunk-playing elephant. FTP, name this show that had nothing obvious in common with its title dessert. A: The _Banana Splits_ Adventure Hour 3. He won a high school state championship in 1944, due to the fact his college wouldn't field a team in wartime. In 1976, his college team defeated Morgan State at the Pioneer Bowl, the first game played between US colleges in Japan. He has coached such greats as Paul 'Tank' Younger and 'Buck' Buchanan, as well as quarterbacks James Harris and Doug Williams.. FTP, name this man elected to the College Football Hall of Fame while still active, whose last game was last weekend's Bayou Classic, the coach of Grambling. A: Eddie _Robinson_ 4. The surname's the same. Peter Lorre's character in _Arsenic & Old Lace_. Ludwig Stossel in _The Beginning or the End_. Michael Emil in _Insignificance_. John Leighton in _Zapped!_. John Ehrin in _Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey_. Richard Mulligan in _Oliver & Company_. FTP, give the common character name, also taken by Walter Matthau in _I.Q._ and by Yahoo Serious. A: _Einstein_ 5. This condition can be treated with the newly approved oral medications Viagra, Spontane, and Vasomax, a suppository called MUSE, or injection of the drugs Edex, Invicorp, and Caverject. FTP, name this delicate problem for which these new treatments hold promise for aging but still hot-to-trot male baby boomers. A: _impotence_ (or equivalent at moderator's...er...discretion) 6. You're twenty-four. You hate your job. Your brother Michael hates you. Your ex-wife Amanda torments you by taking up with a Dial-A-Hunk male model . Time for you and Tad Allagash to slip off for a night of drunken club-hopping bolstered by stiff snorts of Bolivian Marching Powder. You are the nameless protagonist of, FTP, what 1984 tale told in the second person by novelist Jay McInerney (MAC-in-ernie)? A: _Bright Lights, Big City_ 7. His new album includes a mood computer, which works by having you break the CD case and spin the CD. Another toy on the album is his own action figure, which he hopes will take his place in having to promote "Feelings." FTP, name this artist of songs like "Fuzzy Freaky," and "Miss America," who could be called "Talking" as his departure caused the rest of the band to become "The Heads." A: David _Byrne_ 8. It is the official city bird of Redondo Beach, California. It can achieve a maximum flight velocity of 55 miles per hour, with a cruising speed of 35. It is indigenous to one location in Mexico and three in the United States--though it travels up to 300 miles in a day--and those locations are Carson, California; Pompano Beach, Florida; and the home base in Akron, Ohio. FTP name this frequent visitor to sporting events, a chief source of advertising for the world's biggest tire company. A: The _Goodyear Blimp_ (do not accept and do not prompt on: "blimp"s; all of these facts are true of the Goodyear blimp, but not of blimps in general) 9. A 29-year-old native of Oxbow, Saskatchewan, he broke into the NHL in the 1988-89 season, scoring 34 points for the Stanley Cup champions. Since that season he has scored over 100 twice, but perhaps his most amazing statistic is that he has never missed as many as 5 games in a season due to injury, a fact doubly surprising considering his slight stature. FTP name this four-time all star, who despite being only 5-6 and 172-pounds is the leading goal scorer in Calgary Flame history. A: Theuron _Fleury_ 10. Six years ago, her family escaped war in their home country and later moved to London. Today, at 20, she's on her way to stardom, with credits including Janet Jackson and Busta Rhymes videos and a recent cover of Elle. For 10 points, name this 5'11" Sudanese-British model who has shattered stereotypes of women of color in the fashion world. A: Alek _Wek_ 11. "Notes From All Over", "That's Outrageous!", "Heroes For Today", "Life In These United States", "Toward More Picturesque Speech", "Personal Glimpses", "Laughter: The Best Medicine." These are all featured monthly in, FTP, what Pleasantville, New York, based periodical which claims to be the World's Most Widely Read Magazine, and whose name has become synonymous with "condensed version". A: _Reader's Digest_ 12. After hearing Kathryn Kuhlman preach in Pittsburgh, this man began his friendship with the Holy Spirit, and soon after lost his stutter, in 1974. Now he runs the World Outreach Center Ministry, headquartered in sunny Orlando, Florida, quite a ways from his birthplace of Jaffa, Israel. FTP, name this televangelist whose karate-like healing touch often knocks his followers flat on their asses on his program "This Is Your Day." A: Benny _Hinn_ 13. In 1997 the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in Cleveland finally asked the members of this band for one of their old stage uniforms; a rather late gesture as they were formed in nearby Akron and released their first album in 1978. Nevertheless, "spuds" everywhere were glad to hear the news. FTP, name the band, for whom said fans might have tossed into the air their molded plastic wigs and "Power Dome" flowerpot hats in joy. A: _Devo_ 14. The day before Thanksgiving it celebrated its 41st anniversary. Originally, Bill Cullen hosted, and contestants used 'tote' machines manufactured by American Totalizator Corporation. After stints on NBC and ABC, and a seven year hiatus, it found a home in 1972 on CBS. FTP, identify this game show which has awarded more prizes than any other, and which in 1975 became the first to expand to an hour, which it still is. A: The _Price is Right_ 15. This 1987 movie grossed $989,033 in the United States. Had it garnered another $10,967 it would have at least covered one of its costs. This Dino De Laurentiis film featured a tie-in with specially marked boxes of Glad garbage bags, one of which was allegedly hidden somewhere in the U.S. filled with the title amount. You then had to watch the movie in order to gather clues to the whereabouts of that bag, and then submit your guess as you left the theater. FTP name this 1987 flop which people couldn't even be bribed to see, and which featured Rich Hall, Rick Overton, and Tom Bosley. A: _Million Dollar Mystery_ 16. The cause of the "kick" of this drink is still disputed; either it's the 75% alcohol content, or it is Thujone, an organic compound also found therein. Either way, it was all the rage in the 19th and early 20th century, with such notables as Vincent van Gogh and Oscar Wilde frequently imbibing. Now it's legal only in Spain and the Czech Republic, and its most successful distributor, Pernod, sells only an approximation of the real thing. FTP, name this liquor, traditionally served with water and a sugar cube and known for its brilliant blue-green color. A: _Absinthe_ 17. A student at Dickinson College bought a digital camera to update her home page photo every now and then. A friend of hers joked that she should make a "fishbowl cam" which would constantly update itself. Instead, she turned the camera on her dorm room, thus beginning the most long-term and intrusive examples of web-verite. FTP, name this site run by web developer slash exhibitionist Jennifer Jenerval. A: _Jennicam_ (accept also _www.jennicam.org_) 18. His wife's lawyers alleged that within months of their 1989 wedding, he had had affairs with a dozen other women. Though Victoria Lockwood stuck with him "through thick and thin," she's now neither too dumb nor too anorexic to try for a better divorce settlement by moving the proceedings from Cape Town to London. For 10 points, name this soon-to-be-single, controversial brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. A: Charles, the 9th Earl _Spencer_ 19. They reached the playoffs in 6 of 7 seasons starting in 1983, but never before or since. The top scorers in their first season of operation were the notable Jim Spanarkel, Bill Robinzine, and Geoff Huston, and subsequent leaders have included Rolan Blackmon, Chris Gatling, and 7 times Mark Aguirre. FTP name this star-crossed franchise whose current players include Dennis Scott, Michael Finley, and Shawn Bradley. A: Dallas _Mavericks_ (prompt on Dallas, since the sport is never named in the question) 20. His 43 film credits included three turns as detective Wally "The Fox" Benton in the "Whistling" series, as well as "I Dood It", "A Southern Yankee", and "Watch the Birdie". He was, however, less known for his films than for the eccentric characters he played during his 21 years of network TV comedy. For 10 points, name this recently-deceased funnyman whose other creations included Willie Lump-Lump, George Appleby, Junior the Mean Widdle Kid, and Clem Kadiddlehopper. A: Richard Bernard "Red" _Skelton_ 21. Rumors of a cover-up in the executive branch, with accusations that the First Lady "wanted [him] dead." are swirling, but not around the White House. Instead, stories about his dismissal from 10 Downing Street, where he had served two Tory and one Labor Prime Minister, prompted reports Mrs. Blair had him "put down." FTP, name this first cat of Britain, now retired to the London suburbs. A: _Humphrey_ (prompt on 'cat' on early buzz.) 22. List 1 includes Things That Are Cold, Insects, and Furniture. List 12 includes Hobbies, People In Uniform, and Names Used in the Bible. This Milton Bradley game also features a rare non-D&D use for a 20-sided die, which contains every letter but Q, U, V, X, Y, and Z. FTP name this board game in which players must try to make words starting with the chosen letter for each subject without duplicating each others' choices. A: _Scattergories_ 23. Bette Midler, "Wind Beneath My Wings". Aerosmith, "Walk This Way". Spinal Tap, "Break Like the Wind". Sting, "We're Sending Our Love Down The Well". Tony Bennett, "Capitol City". All of these superstars have sung these super tunes on episodes of, FTP, what TV series which also featured Michael Jackson's "Lisa, It's Your Birthday"? A: The _Simpsons_ 24. One is appreciated for being 'homemade' and for taking on the big boys, while the one made in Connecticut tastes better, this according to Russians, who should know. One is made by the descendant of the Czarist-era name sake, while Heublein claims an earlier descendant gave them the rights to the name, though now they aren't allowed to sell in Russia . FTP, give the homophonic name of both these brands locked in a legal battle over who can use the name to sell vodka. A: _Smirnoff_ or _Smirnov_ (pronounced the same) 25. "I am sitting here," he once complained, "completely surrounded by no beer!" But, he usually does have a brew in his hand as he lounges in front of the telly in his Fulton Hogan cap, sharing bacon sarnies with his loving wife, Daisy. FTP, give the first name of Geoffrey Hughes' character, the lovable, slovenly brother-in-law of _Keeping Up Appearances_' Hyacinth Bucket (boo-KAY). A: _Onslow_ (prompt on "Keeping Up Appearances" or "Geoffrey Hughes" on early buzz) 26. His downfall came at the hands of Marvin Gorman, whom he had personally ruined earlier. Beginning in Baton Rouge in 1977, his empire grew after moving to New Orleans, and helping knock over another major competitor in 1987, alleging financial improprieties of the PTL network and Jim Bakker. FTP, identify this man who responded to charges and photos of sexual improprieties with a tearful admission "I have sinned!" A: Jimmy _Swaggart_ 27. His son, Mike, tried to continue family tradition, appropriately on Father's Day. On that day, Mike's team, the Charleston RiverDogs planned to award a free vasectomy to one lucky fan. Certainly no stranger than inciting a riot between games of a doubleheader. FTP, name this innovative former owner of the White Sox, who hired midget Eddie Gaedel to get a walk. A: Bill _Veeck_ 28. Four answers required. The Monkees movie co-written by Jack Nicholson. The title beeping item of robots Val and Aqua. The plural form of the title appendage lost by Michael Caine in 1981. And a 1979 bomb directed by Robert Altman starring Lauren Bacall. FTP, give these four words, which also happen to be the expansion of the name of a national service organization. A: _Head_, _Heart_, _Hands_, _Health_ (any order acceptable).(NOTE: The movies listed are _Head_, _Heartbeeps_, _The Hand_ and _H.E.A.L.T.H._ respectively) BONI TrashMasters 1997 -- La porta e fatta di zuppa. 1. Even before its recent re-release, _Vertigo_ has been recognized as one of the best movies ever made. Name these movies which paid homage to _Vertigo_ for ten points apiece. A. This 1995 release actually features footage from _Vertigo_, in the movie theater where James Cole and Dr. Kathryn Railly hide from the authorities. A: _Twelve Monkeys_ B. During the production of this spoof of _Vertigo_, Alfred Hitchcock himself sent writer/producer/director Mel Brooks a bottle of champagne and a note wishing him "good luck." A: _High Anxiety_ C. This film gives double honors to Hitch - it's score is a knockoff of Bernard Herrmann's score for _Psycho_, while the opening credits are a takeoff on _Vertigo_'s, substituting anatomical drawings for _Vertigo_'s swirling abstract patterns. A: _Re-Animator_ 2. For most of the nineties, new pinball machine design has been dominated by the movie tie-in, and many actors have donated their voices. Name the pinball machine from a quote for 10 points, for 5 points if you need the actor. A. (10 pts) "Ten ounces of pure dirt!" (5 pts) Dennis Hopper A: _Waterworld_ B. (10 pts) "Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. President." (5 pts) Randy Quaid A: _Independence Day_ C. (10 pts) "I wonder if I can play the accordion, too?" (5 pts) Wesley Snipes A: _Demolition Man_ 3. A British guitarist visits a New York City appliance store. He listens to the bitching and moaning of an embittered employee, jots it down, cleans up the language, sets it to music, and even gets Sting to sing backup. For 10 points each, name the guitarist, his band, and the 1985 hit that was inspired this way. A: Mark _Knopfler_, _Dire Straits_, _Money for Nothing_. 4. Can't we all just get along? Not in the NHL, apparently. For 10 points per answer: A. Name the Edmonton Oiler and the Florida Panther, two of six black NHL players, who were subjected to racial slurs by Chris Simon, and Craig Berube, respectively. A: Mike _Grier_ and Peter _Worrell_ B. Berube and Simon both play for what franchise? A: _Washington_ or the _Capitals_ 5. "Weird" Al Yankovic is now an institution, having managed to stay out of one. But this question recounts his early days, making his first album in a bathroom at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. For the stated number of points, name these songs off of "Weird" Al's eponymous first album. A. F5P, this song recounts Al's bad experience on public transportation, as there isn't any room for him to breathe, and now they're going to pick up more. A: _Another One Rides the Bus_ B. FTP, Al's develops a relationship with an elderly, hospital-bound man, only to end up watching him die gasping for air. A: _Mr. Frump_ In His Iron Lung C. F15P, Al poo-poos such late '70s fads as vegetarianism, astrology, and Joni Mitchell, saying he'll save that crap for the afterlife. A: _I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead_ 6. The Kelly Flinn case just won't go away, so you might as well get 10 points each for knowing these sordid details about it. A. Name Flinn's married lover, who promised Flinn to keep their affair secret but told the story to military security police anyway. A: Marc _Zigo_ B. Name either the town or the state where Flinn was stationed when she met Zigo. A: _Minot_ or _North Dakota_ C. Give the title of Flinn's recently published memoir of the scandal. A: _Proud to Be_ 7. Name the place, 30-20-10. 30. Every night, a coke-snorting man in the moon descended from the ceiling. Not that guests needed much encouragement. 20. Owner Steve Rubell was either so careless or so overwhelmed by its success, he regularly stored cash in garbage bags in its basement. 10: This New York club was disco central in the late 70's; Chic went so far as to recommend that listeners "Get on down..." there in "Le Freak". A: _Studio 54_ 8. Given an old beer ad slogan, name the brew F5P each, 30 for all 5 correct. A. Less filling, tastes great A: _Miller Lite_ B. Bring out your best A: _Bud_weiser _Light_ C. Satisfy your thirst for the best A: _Heineken_ D. Here's to good friends, tonight is kind of special A: _Lowenbrau_ E. You know, it doesn't get any better than this A: _Old Milwaukee_ (accept also _Old Milwaukee Light_) 9. If you don't think Halloween is scary, try spending it in South Park. Answer the following about the town's Halloween festivities FTP each. A. Kenny was killed at the bus stop when he was struck by what large falling object? A: the _Mir_ space station (moderator: feel free to say, "Oh, schtool!") B. Kenny became un-dead at the South Park morgue when the embalming fluid accidentally became contaminated with what condiment? A: _Worcestershire_ sauce C. The ensuing epidemic of un-deadness that swept South Park was first misdiagnosed as what less serious but equally contagious complaint? A: _pink-eye_ (prompt on "conjunctivitis") 10. Peter Sellers' versatility as an actor is well illustrated by the many films in which he plays more than one character. From a list of character names, name the film, FTP each. Hint: None of them are _Dr. Strangelove_. A. Tully Bascombe, Grand Duchess Gloriana XII, Count Mountjoy A: _The Mouse That Roared_ B. Rudolf IV, Rudolf V, Syd Frewin A: _The Prisoner of Zenda_ C. Nayland Smith, and his archenemy, the title character. A: _The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu_ (prompt on Fu Manchu) 11. Before we had buzzers, most of us quizbowl types cut our teeth on Trivial Pursuit. The 1981 Genus edition was such a big seller that by 1984, five replacement sets had been issued. F5P each and a 5 point bonus for all correct, name these first 5 Trivial Pursuit replacement editions. A: _Silver Screen_ Edition _All-Star Sports_ Edition _Baby Boomer_ Edition _Young Players'_ Edition _Genus II_ Edition 12. ESPNet SportsZone has a regular feature called the Bureau of Missing Persons, where sports figures you thought fell off the face of the earth show up in the most unlikely places. Given a person profiled, name them FTP each: A. This member of the '83 Orioles was most recently spotted as the hitting coach for the Colorado Silver Bullets. A: Al _Bumbry_ B. This infamous bust of an Indians Rookie of the Year, namesake of a punk song, is currently the color commentator for the double A Akron Blast. A: Joe _Charbonneau_ C. When you say Wyoming and Detroit in the same sentence, you can only be referring to this amusingly named basketball player who starred in college at the former, and sat on the bench for the latter's two NBA championships. A: Fennis _Denbo_ (most recently seen playing in Venezuela) 13. Identify these TV characters skilled in the art of "How Not To Be Seen" A. For 5 points: Norm Peterson's wife. A: Vera (from Cheers) B. For 10 points: We never saw this detective agency owner's face, but John Forsythe provided his voice. A: Charlie _Townsend_ (from Charlie's Angels) C. For 15 points: the never seen owner of the estate overseen by Higgins, where Magnum P.I. took up residence. A: Robin Masters 14. After 15 years stuck on planet Earth, Ford Prefect is horrified to learn that his long, detailed report has been trimmed to two words for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. A. First, FTP, all or nothing, what are those two words--an improvement by one over the previous entry. A: _Mostly Harmless_ B. In the book _Mostly Harmless_, Arthur Dent learns that he has fathered a daughter. FTP name her. A: _Random_ McMillan Dent C. For a final 10, the increasingly misnamed Hitchhiker's trilogy has been continued by Douglas Adams in what short story, featured in collections of the five novels, starring a former president of the universe. A: _Young Zaphod Plays It Safe_ 15. Since most of the controversy in pro wrestling is staged, real controversies that arise can be really weird when aired in public. FTP each identify the wrestler involved in these real WWF controversies. A. He destroyed thousands of dollars worth of camera equipment and punched Vince McMahon in the face after McMahon ordered a referee to stop a match and give Shawn Michaels the World title at a November pay-per-view event. A: Bret "The Hit Man" _Hart_ B. This was strikingly similar to a 1983 incident where the Iron Sheik had this wrestler in a Camel Clutch, and manager Arnold Skaaland threw in the towel without this wrestler knowing that would happen. McMahon wanted the Sheik to have the title so Hulk Hogan could take it a month later, and this five-year champ refused to drop a match to the Sheik. A: Bob _Backlund_ C. Vince McMahon Sr. ordered this first WWF champion to wrestle a 47-second-long match to give Bruno Sammartino the title just days after this champion had suffered a massive heart attack. A: "Nature Boy" Buddy _Rogers_ 16. You get a prissy looking outfit, no cool weapons, a name of indeterminate gender, and an ambiguous interpersonal relationship with the boss. No wonder only three men have ever taken the job of Robin. For 5 points apiece, name these three fictional characters who filled those tights. A: Dick _Grayson_, Jason _Todd_, Tim _Drake_ At least one benefit of Robin-ing is hanging out with that foxy babe Batgirl. For 5 points for one and 15 for both, name the two fictional women who took this role. A: Barbara _Gordon_, Kathy _Kane_ 17. 30-20-10 Name the song. 30: This song has been the one hit for two one hit wonders, and one of two hits for a two-hit wonder. The first to chart with it was Kyu Sakamoto, who hit number 1 on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1963, never to be heard from again. 20: The most recent rendition to hit the charts was performed by 4 P.M., reaching number 8 in 1994. 4 P.M. has since dropped off the planet. 10: Named for a Japanese dish, it was the 1981, #3-charting, swan song for A Taste of Honey, three years after their only other hit, "Boogie Oogie Oogie". A: _Sukiyaki_ 18. As part of their effort to have every single part of the show underwritten, Comedy Central's Daily Show has several bits sponsored. FTP each: A. What beverage 'sponsors' the MVP of the Week, the sports celeb whose police blotter was the fullest for the week. A: _Coors Light_ Beer B. This chain sponsors the week's film grosses, giving the titles 'a la Brak', and with revenue calculated in lire. A: The _Olive Garden_ C. This home technology company had been sponsoring the Bleiden Video Review. A: _Sony_ 19. Your Zen koan of the week: When the first man to eat chicken described it, what did he say it tasted like? For 10 points each, identify these chicken dishes: A. Lay broccoli and a Mornay Sauce over slices of partially cooked chicken, cooking all in a casserole dish. A: Chicken Divan B. Stuff a chicken breast with a ball of butter spiced with parsley, garlic, chives and white pepper. Seal up, dust with flour, deep fry. A: Chicken Kiev C. Boil chicken, add cooked pasta, mushrooms, and a sauce of chicken broth, flour and butter. Place in baking dish, add cream top with Parmesan cheese and bake. A: Chicken Tetrazzini 20. "The Manhattan morgue emitted an endless Gregorian chant of smell." Clunkers like this line, combined with its frightening biological-warfare plot, prompted critic Malcolm Jones Jr. to call a newly published novel "wretchedly told but wonderfully readable". FTP each, name the novel, its author, and his 1994 non-fiction best-seller about a similar biomedical horror scenario. A: The _Cobra Event_, Richard _Preston_, The _Hot Zone_ 21. The following films all have one thing in common with Julie Stahlhut: they first saw the light of day in 1956. Name them from their descriptions FTP each. A. Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson also starred in James Dean's last film, about two generations of Texas ranchers. A: _Giant_ B. John Wayne and Jeffrey Hunter starred in this Western, in which Wayne plays a Civil War veteran trying to rescue his kidnapped niece. A: The _Searchers_ C. Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, and Fredric March starred in this film about an executive climbing the corporate ladder. A: _The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit_ 22. Back in the golden age of home video games, if you did sufficiently well on an Activision game for your Atari 2600 or Intellivision you could send in a photo of the screen and receive a patch. From the words on the patch, identify the game, five for 1, ten for 2, twenty for three and thirty for all four. A. "The Activision Bucket Brigade" A: _Kaboom!_ B. "Explorer's Club" A: _Pitfall_ C. "Save the Chicken Foundation" A: _Freeway_ D. "The Activision Trail Drive" A: _Stampede_ 23. CBS has been welcoming people home this season, but apparently people have been content to stay away. Let's hope you've at least visited lately. FTP each, name these CBS shows given the actor or actors who play the title characters. Hint, none of them are Cybill. A. Judd Hirsch and Bob Newhart A: _George & Leo_ B. David Caruso A: _Michael Hayes_ C. Danny Aiello A: _Dellaventura_ 24. College football's bowl picture seems to change annually. FTP each name these bowls from a description. Hint: none of them currently have a corporate title sponsor. A. Since 1992, this game has kicked off the bowl season with the MAC champion versus the Big West champ. Now it features the No. 3 WAC team and an at-large. Identify this bowl whose name is the city where it's held. A: _Las Vegas_ Bowl B. The MAC champ now plays an at-large team in a new bowl. Name this Northern indoor bowl held at the former site of the Cherry Bowl. A: _Motor City_ Bowl C. Cold-weather football fans may finally have a bowl to call their own, as the Big West champ now faces an at-large team in what other new game, to be held in Boise, Idaho? A: Sports _Humanitarian_ Bowl 25. As George Carlin once said, "Somewhere between 'Live Free or Die,' and 'Famous Potatoes' lies the truth." Answer these questions about the license plates of North Americafor 10 points each: A. It uses plates in the shape of a polar bear. A: The _Northwest Territories_ B. This province is geek heaven as it offers special Star Trek License plates. A: _Ontario_ C. Today you'll find its flag of Three red stars over two red stripes on its plates. A: _Washington D. C._ or the _District of Columbia_. TOSSUPS TrashMasters 1997 -- Mike Keenan Employment Agency 1. If the catcher does it, you get first base. In hockey, it means that one player used physical contact on another player without the puck. In basketball, a ball was touched on its downward spiral from a shot. And in football, a wide receiver was contacted after five yards from scrimmage and before the ball was touched by the same receiver. For ten points, what is this twelve letter word? ANSWER: _interference_ 2. Starring Kevin McCarthy and Carolyn Jones, this movie was probably the only post-McCarthy Sci-Fi epic. Set in a fictional California town, the aliens have landed and are slowly replacing people with clones grown out of pods. The ending had to be given a happy ending after original test audiences hated it. For ten points, name this 1956 movie remade in 1978 with Donald Sutherland and Leonard Nimoy. ANSWER: _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ 3. This singer was once in a group called Allies, and during a concert he tried to do a move similar to what Prince does, but ended up splitting his pants. Other bands that this singer has been in are Good News and Psalm 150. FTP name this person, who has hit it big with his solo career, thanks to the sappy song about his daughter Brooke, entitled "Butterfly Kisses". ANSWER: Bob _Carlisle_ 4. Apparently the Emmy committee couldn't figure out how to spell it, so instead of the trademark sound the panel just stated parenthetically "annoyed grunt" when listing a Simpsons episode for an award nomination. The caption people tend to use an apostrophe, somewhere in this three letter Homerism. For ten points, don't screw up and give me the correct annoyed grunt. ANSWER: _D'oh_ 5. Born July 23, 1936 in Van Nuys, California, this pitcher was one of many Brooklyn Dodgers whose career took off once the team moved from tiny Ebbets Field to the largesse of Chavez Ravine. He was a hitter, too, hitting 29 homers in his fourteen-year big league career from 1956-1969. Along with Sandy Koufax, he led the Los Angeles Dodgers to several National League pennants and the 1965 World Series. For ten points, name this pitcher and then broadcaster who died in 1993 in Montreal. ANSWER: Don _Drysdale_ 6. Moe Greene, the station manager, was replaced by Edith Prickley. The mayor, Tommy Shanks, always seemed in the twighlight zone. Floyd Robinson, the news anchor, doubled as horror movie host. For ten points, name this series that was featured on three different Canadian networks and three different American networks during its seven year run. ANSWER: _SCTV_ 7. If you look very carefully, in some of the scenes in this movie, you can see a cart full of pies. These pies were supposed to be used for a pie fight at the movie's conclusion, but the scene was edited out. Instead the movie ended with the character Major T.J. "King" Kong, who was portrayed by Slim Pickens, riding a nuclear bomb to its final destination. FTP identify this film starring Peter Sellers and directed by Stanley Kubrick. ANSWER: _Dr. Strangelove_ or _How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb_ 8. On _The Tonight Show_, Jay Leno has a coffee mug, which pays homage to this TV show. The show was narrated by William Conrad and included the characters Ty and the main character's semi-girlfriend Detective Melody Anderson. FTP, name this show, which starred Simon MacCorkindale as professor Jonathan Chase, who had the ability to turn into any animal he wished. ANSWER: _Manimal_ 9. Steve Waugh, 102 not out, stood between England and a meek Australian capitulation and shared a face-saving 64 run stand for the eighth wicket with Paul Reiffel (26 not out) in Australia's 224 for seven. Waugh square cut off spinner Robert Croft for his 12th boundary and reached a well deserved 13th century in his 92nd Test as he dug Australia out of a batting mire. For ten points, what in the hell am I talking out. ANSWER: _cricket_ 10. On Labor Day of 1955, the dream of two neighbors in Avondale Estates, Georgia came true as they opened up their restaurant promising "Good Food Fast" in the friendliest atmosphere around. Since the first store, it's expanded to over 1,100 locations mostly in southern states and have served an estimated 244,000,000 of their signature product. For ten points, name this breakfast chain famous for their scrabble-type signs that have inspired several songs and a drinking game. ANSWER: _Waffle House_ 11. The writers of this song were trying to find inspiration for a song with a girl's name that nobody has heard before. They found inspiration in the flashing sign for the Mutual of New York Insurance Company. FTP this is the story behind what song which was a hit in the 60's for Tom James and the Shondells and a hit for Billy Idol in the 80's. ANSWER: _Mony, Mony_ 12. It was manufactured at Ft. Detrick Biological Research Center, it was invented by the Russians, is was invented by the CIA, it was an adverse reaction to Agent Orange, it was invented to kill blacks, gays were a pilot test. For ten points, these are all conspiracy theories to the invention of what is instead a mutation of a simian virus. ANSWER: _HIV_ (human immunodeficiency virus) or _AIDS_ (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) 13. He stated that his epiphanic moment in life was while working for the Illinois Unemployment Commission in the 1950's. The recipients he gave checks to got $55 a week, while he earned only $60 a week. He soon left that job and gave comedy a try instead, including his famous phone bits which earned his "button-down mind" a 1960 Grammy for Album of the Year.. He later starred in four television shows all featuring his name, but his new show with Judd Hirsch is called George and Leo. For ten points, kiss Emily good night and name this TV character who has played a psychologist and an innkeeper. ANSWER: Bob _Newhart_ 14. There were four movies about him, the first a 1969 flick starring Dean Jones and Michelle Lee, followed by his riding again in 1974, then off to Monte Carlo in 1977 and finally going Bananas in 1980. He hasn't resurfaced since the failure of the short-lived 1982 TV series. For ten points, name this Disney movie series, which was featured in Marvin's Room, about a German motor vehicle. ANSWER: _Herbie_ the Love Bug; accept the Love Bug. 15. Parallel park, eat cauliflower, light the lamp, go fishing, roller skate, get your hair cut, make baskets, play hospital, play cars and garage, hide the salami, and, of course boink. FTP these are all euphemisms for what activity? ANSWER: _Sex_ or any tasteful equivalent not mentioned above 16. This 1982 movie starred Ron Perlman, who later went on to TV's the Beauty and the Beast, Everett McGil, and Rae Dawn Chong. Chong even won a Genie, the Canadian equivalent of an Oscar, even though her dialogue was not a known language. It was, in fact, created for director Jean-Jacques Annaud by Anthony Burgess. For ten points, name this film that follow a tribe of Ice Age people as they try to regain what they had lost. ANSWER: _Quest For Fire_ 17. He worked very hard to get one of those grade point averages that divide perfectly with no decimal point. Although it isn't that much of an accomplishment when your fail all your classes to achieve that perfect 0.00. For ten points, name this Atlanta Falcons rookie and 1996 Doak Walker Award winner from Texas Tech who, surprisingly enough, left school after he was shockingly declared academically ineligible. ANSWER: Byron _Hanspard_ 18. Europe '72, Terrapin Station, One from the Vault, Anthem of the Sun, >From the Mars Hotel, Reckoning, and four volumes of Dick's Picks are some of the albums created by this San Francisco musical groups. However, any new material won't happen due to the death of lead singer Jerry Garcia in 1995. For ten points, name this band much more famous for touring than album making. ANSWER: _Grateful Dead_ 19. Before Bill Gates settled for the Rolling Stones _Start Me Up,_ he really wanted this song to promote Windows 95. The band said no, but obviously didn't have a problem with it being used in promos for 1996's _Independence Day._ On every stop on the Aneurysm `95 tour, it was the last song of the evening, thrilling most of the die-hard fans. FTP, name this stream-of-consciousness 1987 R.E.M. song, which debaters claim may be the first song to referring to their sport, and which is the best-selling song to mention Leonard Bernstein and Leonid Brezhnev. ANSWER: _It's The End of the World As We Know It_ (And I Feel Fine) 20. Starting as one of the best rumors of all time, spreading amazingly without the help of the Internet, this company has now decided that this whole problem with their logo was started by the Amway corporation. For ten points, name this Cincinnati-based products giant, who are still dogged by the rumors even though they removed the logo in 1989, are constantly linked to satanic cults. ANSWER: _Procter and Gamble_ 21. Good evening and what can I tell you? Every movie he's in, he gets killed halfway through. He was offed by a freak Seldane accident in The Net, and vampired at the end of Bordello of Blood. But, at least he has his ranting and referencing to fall back on. Name this Citizen Arcane who anchored SNL's Weekend Update from 1986 to 1991 and now FTP hosts his own eponymous HBO show. ANSWER: Dennis _Miller_ 22. Starting as a trio, this group started with art students from the Rhode Island School of Design and migrated to New York in 1975. They started opening up for the Ramones, and added keyboardist Jerry Harrison in 1976. Their self-titled debut came out in 1977 and was quickly followed by "More Songs About Buildings and Food." Some of their hits include "Life During Wartime" and "This Must be the Place". For ten points, name this group that also included Chris Franz, Tina Weymouth and David Byrne. ANSWER: _Talking Heads_ 23. The End of the Innocence, The Living Years, Take a Look at Me Know, One More Night, Broken Wings, Desparado and Wind Beneath by Wings are just some of the fine songs on just one album semi-destroyed by the so-called artist described as "the blond leading the bland." For ten points, name this one time infotainment disher and gymnast gusher who, thanks to your contributions to PBS, won't go away. ANSWER: John _Tesh_ (accept The _John Tesh Project_, prompt on _Sax by the Fire_) 24. He recently signed a three-year contract extension, but many basketball pundits wonder whether he really is the coach or was just the puppet of former team President Isiah Thomas. For ten points, name this former Knick, Bullet and Piston guard and currently the coach of the Toronto Raptors. ANSWER: Darrell _Walker_ 25. One of the strangest plotlines of this soap opera involved the evil Cassadine family. The Cassadines planned to control the weather and through the use of carbonic snow tried to bury Port Charles. This plan was foiled by the couple whose long relationship started out by the man raping the woman in a disco. FTP the couple was Luke Spencer and Laura Baldwin who can be found on what soap? ANSWER: _General Hospital_ BONI TrashMasters 1997 -- Mike Keenan Employment Agency 30 POINT BONUS 1. This bonus comes to you from various web sites devoted to misunderstood lyrics. I'll read you what somebody thought a lyric said, and for ten points each, name what song that person thought the lyric belonged to. For example, if the misheard lyric was "secret Asian man", you would say _Secret Agent Man_. a. "Percy Sledge was married on time" ANSWER: _Scarborough Fair_ (real lyric "parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme") b. "Carry a laser down the road that I must travel" ANSWER: _Kyrie_ (acc. Kyrie Eleison) (real lyric "Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel") c. "Sharisse don't like it...rock the cat box - rock the cat box" ANSWER: _Rock the Casbah_ (real lyric "the sharif don't like it, rock the casbah, rock the casbah") 30 POINT BONUS 2. Answer these questions about the rating movies have received in the Internet movie database for ten points each. a. This film featured on Mystery Science Theatre 3000 was voted the worst movie of all time. ANSWER: _Manos: The Hands of Fate_ b. This high-budget, Taco Bell-product plugging sequel to three other movies was the lowest-rated movie of those made in 1997. ANSWER: _Batman and Robin_ c. How may Police Academy movies are in the bottom ten? ANSWER: _2_ (PA 6-City Under Seige and PA 5-Assigment Miami Beach) 25 POINT BONUS 3. On June 14, 1997, an accident occurred in West Bloomfield, Michigan that took the damper off a 42 year curse and has robbed two people of their livelihood. Answer these questions about the accident for the stated number of points. a. For 5, this accident involved two players and one staff member of what sports team. ANSWER: Detroit _Red Wings_ b. For 5 each, name these two players, one of which who has fully recovered, and the other who has only recently emerged from a coma. ANSWER: Viacheslav (or Slava) _Fetisov_ and Vladimir _Konstantinov_ c. For 10, name either the injured Red Wing team masseur or the driver in the accident. ANSWER: Sergei _Mnastaknov_ or Richard _Gnida_ 30 POINT BONUS 4. For five each, given the film, name the director. a. Straight Out of Brooklyn ANSWER: Matty _Rich_ b. 10 ANSWER: Blake _Edwards_ c. Dave ANSWER: Ivan _Reitman_ d. Unforgiven ANSWER: Clint _Eastwood_ e. Cocoon ANSWER: Ron _Howard_ f. The Outsiders ANSWER: Francis Ford _Coppola_ 30 POINT BONUS 5. For ten points each, give the inspiration for a band's name, name the band. a. This band took its name from the selfish girl in Roald Dahl's _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_. ANSWER: _Veruca Salt_ b. This group, which had a very successful song fairly recently, took its name from an East Indian word meaning satellites. ANSWER: _Dishwalla _ c. Their name was inspired by a famous Irish author. ANSWER: _James_ 30 POINT BONUS 6. If this packet is being read on Saturday, it's the packet author's birthday. If this is Sunday, yesterday was the packet author's birthday. In celebration, guess the age exactly for ten points, or within 4 years in either direction for 5 of the following people: a. Steven Wright ANSWER: 42 (38 through 46) b. Janine Turner ANSWER: 34 (30 through 38) c. Dave Brubeck. ANSWER: 77 (73 through 81) 30 POINT BONUS 7. From a description from Dilbert given in an issue from an earlier issue of TV Guide, name this actual TV series for ten points each. a. I appreciate this show due to it's truth in labeling. A lot of shows have inflated claims in their titles, like America's Funniest Home Videos, but this show gives you exactly what they promise, unlike their sister show 48 Hours. ANSWER: _60 Minutes_ b. This is a well-written documentary. But the people are strange looking. Nobody has hair like these people. ANSWER: The _Simpsons_ c. This is a fantasy about an office where there are no cubicle walls, the boss knows the employees by name, the secretary is scantily clad, and there are no quality initiatives. That's where I want to go when I die. ANSWER: _NewsRadio_ 20 POINT BONUS 8. Given an album title, name the artist for five points each. a. The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys ANSWER: _Traffic_ b. No Secrets ANSWER: Carly _Simon_ c. Heartbeat City ANSWER: The _Cars_ d. No Fences ANSWER: Garth _Brooks_ e. Welcome to the Real World ANSWER: _Mister Mister_ f. Songs from the Big Chair ANSWER: _Tears for Fears_ 30 POINT BONUS 9. In the book _Bad TV_, author Craig Nelson names what he thinks was the worst show in various genres. For ten points each, name the TV programs that Nelson singled out. a. The award for worst sitcom went to this show, whose title refers to a vintage 1928 Porter. ANSWER: _My Mother the Car_ b. The worst variety show went to the program that aired in 1977 and was produced by puppeteers Sid and Marty Krofft. What well-known TV family were the stars of this show? ANSWER: The _Bradys_ c. The worst kids' show went to this creation of the Belgium cartoonist "Peyo". ANSWER: _Smurfs_ 20 POINT BONUS 10. Answer these questions about magazines for ten points each. a. The top selling magazine in the U.S. is not available at the newsstand, but is the publication of an organization. For ten points, name this magazine given to the members of the AARP. ANSWER: _Modern Maturity_ b. The three and four slots can be gotten at a newsstand. For five each, name these publications, one a weekly, one a monthly, both about the physical size of a romance novel. ANSWER: _TV Guide_ and _Reader's Digest_ 20 POINT BONUS 11. Identify these players from past NCAA College Basketball tournaments for ten points each. a. (Moderator note: Emphasize he and him in this sentence) He was one of the only two players to win the MVP award in the tournament in three separate seasons. For ten points, name him. ANSWER: Lew _Alcindor_ (prompt on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) b. She was the other player to win the MVP award in the tournament in three separate seasons. ANSWER: Cheryl _Miller_ 30 POINT BONUS 12. Identify these movies that for some reason or another, have spawned musicals for ten each. a. This is the only Stephen King work ever to be attempted for the stage. It did star Betty Buckley, who also appeared in the movie as a teacher, playing Sissy Spacek's role. ANSWER: _Carrie_ b. This 1988 movie directed by Penny Marshall and Tom Hanks started in Detroit, played well, but failed on Broadway. ANSWER: _Big_ c. This Disney animated film, the first featuring no human characters, will have to figure out how to use them since it is presently off-Broadway. ANSWER: The _Lion King_ 30 POINT BONUS 13. This bonus deals with the bare facts, for ten points apiece, identify these stars who have starred in movies where they were partially or fully undressed. a. This star of _The Hand That Rocks the Cradle_ appeared nude in _And God Created Woman_ and _Risky Business_. ANSWER: Rebecca _DeMornay_ b. The film _At Play in the Fields of the Lord_ showed the nude bodies of Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, and this actress, who won the 1990 Best Actress Oscar. ANSWER: Kathy _Bates_ c. In _Such Good Friends_ we are subjected to nude footage of this recently-deceased character actor, whose most memorable film role was as Rocky's trainer in the first two and a half Rocky films. ANSWER: Burgess _Meredith_ 30 POINT BONUS 14. One major problem with a trash tournament is the narrow focus of bonus question. So, this question has sports, music and movies. Recently, the Chicago Wolves of the International Hockey League decided to have "Hanson Brothers Night", a staple of the minor leagues, wherein the famous Hanson brothers from the movie Slap Shot come in and entertain the crowd during intermissions. However, the music scene over the summer has now caused a new generation of people to associate three different people with the term "Hanson brothers", as many pre-teen girls were disappointed to see three not-so-musical long-haired brothers and demanded refunds when they struggled through "MMMBop." But, since you know everything, you can tell the difference. For five each, give the first names of the six Hansons in question, three from somewhere in Canada, and the other three from Tulsa, Oklahoma. ANSWER: _Jeff_, _Steve_, _David_ (movie); _Issac_, _Zac_, _Taylor_ (group) 20 POINT BONUS 15. Given the cable TV personality, name the cable channel of his or her main employ for five points each. a. Brian Lamb ANSWER: _C-SPAN_ or _C-SPAN2_ b. Lorraine Chase ANSWER: The _Nashville Network_ c. Ben Stein ANSWER: _Comedy Central_ d. A.J. Hammer ANSWER: _VH-1_ 30 POINT BONUS 16. Answer these questions about the comic strip Peanuts for ten points each. a. Recently, Charles Schulz has dusted this forgotten supporting player off to become a major character this younger brother of Linus and Lucy. Who is he? ANSWER: _Rerun_ Van Pelt b. On a April 29, 1997 episode of Late Show with David Letterman, this Peanuts character declared a lesbian lifestyle to Lucy. ANSWER: _Charlie Brown_ c. Once Charlie Brown outed himself, these two characters contemplated their outings, with one of them saying "I guess we should come out of the closet too, sir." ANSWER: _Marcie_ and _Peppermint Patty_ Thibideaux 30 POINT BONUS 17. Whether these monsters actually exist is up to some debate, but they are frequently mentioned in books dealing with strange creatures. For fifteen points each, tell me the name of the following monsters. a. This monster is said to be the cursed thirteenth child of Jane Leeds. The creature has the head of a horse, the feet of a pig, the wings of a bat, and it takes its name from the state where it supposedly roams. Name this monster, which was also the subject of an early x-Files episode. ANSWER: _Jersey Devil_ b. Also the subject for another X-Files episode, this Puerto Rican monster is also called goatsucker, because it sucks the blood of goats, cows, and other animals. ANSWER: _Chupacabra_ 20 POINT BONUS 18. Answer these questions about the Canadian Football League for ten points each. a. This franchise disbanded in 1996, leaving the league with only one Rough Riders. ANSWER: _Ottawa_ b. This is the location of the other Roughriders. ANSWER: _Saskatchewan_ c. Although Doug Flutie is probably the most well-known CFL player south of the border, this kicker has been playing with his hometown B.C. Lions since 1976, making him the longest serving major league athlete in North America. ANSWER: Lui _Passaglia_ 20 POINT BONUS 19. For five points each, given the title of a song that is getting a lot of recent airplay, identify who sings it. a. "How Bizarre" ANSWER: _OMC_ b. "Shame On You" ANSWER: _Indigo Girls_ c. "Daylight Fading" ANSWER: _Counting Crows_ d. "Bitch" ANSWER: _Meredith Brooks_ 30 POINT BONUS 20. Answer these questions about Monopoly for ten points each. a. It is the square most landed on. ANSWER: _Illinois_ Avenue b. The second most landed on square, no player can purchase this square. ANSWER: _Go_ c. It is the British equivalent to Boardwalk. ANSWER: _Mayfair_ 25 POINT BONUS 21. Can it be five years have passed since Quentin Tarantino's gave us his first movie? Reservoir Dogs has not only a complicated plot, but somewhat confusing character names. Given the name of the actor, give his colorful character name for five each. a. Steve Buscemi ANSWER: Mr. _Pink_ b. Harvey Kietel ANSWER: Mr. _White_ c. Michael Madsen ANSWER: Mr. _Blonde_ d. Tim Roth ANSWER: Mr. _Orange_ e. Quentin Tarantino ANSWER: Mr. _Brown_ 30 POINT BONUS 22. For ten points each, give the concept behind a certain game show, identify the show. a. This game show has been hosted by Alex Trebek and Wink Martindale. On the show, contestants answer questions for the opportunity to throw a pair of dice and eliminate the numbers one to nine on a big board. ANSWER: _High Rollers_ b. The object of this game was to answer riddles with the help of lettered tiles. Contestants also tried to avoid the stoppers, which were letters not found in the answer. ANSWER: _Scrabble_ c. A panel of four celebrities were handed a strange object, and the celebrities each gave a plausible explanation as to what the object is used for. Contestants wagered money based on how certain they were in choosing the correct explanation. ANSWER: _Liar's Club_ 20 POINT BONUS 23. The longest-running relationship between a professional sport and a TV network came to end in 1997 when ABC failed to renew their contract. a. For ten points, name this sport ANSWER: _bowling_ b. For five each, name the two broadcasters who were with ABC's coverage of the PBA. One had been in the ABC booth since 1964 who has also called a Super Bowl and many important college football games, while the other joined the network after his retirement and is presently in the Bowling Hall of Fame. ANSWER: Chris _Schenkel_ and Nelson "Bo" _Burton_, Jr. 30 POINT BONUS 24. Not all movies can be blockbusters, there are movies that have lost amazing amounts of money, for ten points each, answer the following about some of the biggest bombs in Hollywood. a. "It's interesting only in the way that a traffic accident is interesting," is what Roger Ebert said of this movie, which starred Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty. ANSWER: _Ishtar_ b. "Do!", this 1981 movie starred Kris Kristofferson as a Harvard grad, who becomes a U.S. marshall stationed in Wyoming. ANSWER: _Heaven's Gate_ c. This movie, which was based on the life of Christ, gave us the unintentionally funny line spoken by John Wayne, "Surely this man wuz the Son of Gawd!!" ANSWER: The _Greatest Story Ever Told_ --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOSSUPS TrashMasters 1997 -- Cannon Fodder Questions by Jen Kraemer with special guest star Robert Trent and featuring Charlie Steinhice 1. Talk about product placement overkill. Heineken, L'Oreal, Visa, Smirnoff, Ericsson, and BMW (but not Aston-Martin) are all advertisers featured in, FTP, this film, starring Pierce Brosnan, the latest in the 007 series. Tomorrow Never Dies 2. "That's All I'm Asking For." "When I Was On Top of You." "Hang the Bastard." "Let's Build a Snowman." "Shpadoinkle." These all appear in a musical version of the legend of Alferd Packer. FTP name this 1996 film, starring, cowritten, and directed by South Park creator Trey Parker. Cannibal: The Musical 3. This song debuted at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia as "The Ballad of Brenda and Eddie". It was changed into its present form when the songwriter was sitting in a restaurant composing the intro and a waiter approached, asking "Bottle of red? Bottle of white? Whatever kinda' mood you're in tonight.". FTP, name the song, a favorite of Billy Joel fans everywhere. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant 4. "...And His Motorcycle", "...And His Wizard Camera", "...And His Photo Telephone", "...And His Aerial Warship" are just some of the works featuring this fictional character. FTP, name this boy who appeared in 38 novels, written under the housename "Victor Appleton" by Edward Stratemeyer and several successors. Tom Swift 5. There are infinite variations, from the Sivolvian version which is ordinary water served at room temperature, to the Gagrackan version which kills cows at a hundred paces. The one common factor to all of them is the phonetic pronounciation of the name. FTP, give the name of these drinks which, according to The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, have been invented on 85% of all known worlds. jynnan tonnyx (accept "gin and tonics") 6. During the first evening of the Skate America International series, a freak accident in warm-up dislocated his shoulder. He immediately popped it back in and competed anyway, earning him the first perfect six of his career and winning him the first competetion of the series. FTP, name this Olympic silver medalist, who trains in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Todd Eldridge 7. The first of these opened on November 15, 1969 in Columbus, Ohio, and was named after Melinda Lou Thomas. They survived a 1976 rumor that they used ground worms by pointing out that ground worms cost more than ground beef. Now there are over 4800 in 30 countries. FTP, name this chain, which is known not only for their burgers but for their trademark Frosty. Wendy's 8. Her cleats were technically too long, since she wore the same ones she usually wears for soccer. But the officials didn't notice, so last October 18th she kicked 2 extra points for Willamette University and became the first woman ever to play college football. FTP, name her. Liz Heaston 9.His most recent film appearance was a cameo at the end of "Fairy Tale: A True Story". He first caught the critics' eye as a retarded young man who marries Piper Laurie in "Tim." His other roles include "Bird on a Wire", "Ransom" and of course, the "Lethal Weapon" series. FTP, name this actor-director. Mel Gibson 10. One of his early roles was in "The Wonder Years" as Karen's husband Michael. His next role will be with Harrison Ford and Anne Heche in "Six Days, Seven Nights". For now, he's simply Ross. FTP, name him. David Schwimmer 11. The actor playing this character almost perished from smoke inhalation in a Dallas studio last July, when a cooling unit inside his sixty pound suit malfunctioned. To the disappointment of college students everywhere, he survived and, with new sidekicks Miss Etta Kett and Scooter joining B.J. and the odious Baby Bop, is still happily entertaining children too young to know better. FTP, name this PBS superstar. Barney 12. She was the WCBN, Ann Arbor weather girl from 1965-66. Her films, such as "First Family," "Hank Panky," and "Haunted Honeymoon", were somewhat of a disappointment, but her reputation ironically has improved since she died of cancer. FTP, name this late ex-wife of G. E. Smith and wife of Gene Wilder, one of the original cast of "Saturday Night Live". Gilda Radner 13. "Midnight Star, ""Nature Trail to Hell", "Cable TV", "Young, Dumb, and Ugly," and "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" are among his original compositions. He's had better luck with reinterpretations of songs by The Kinks, Greg Kihn, The Knack, Coolio, and even Richard Harris. FTP name this accordionist, who's made more money off Michael Jackson than any other adult. Weird Al Yankovic 14. Cooper is an oil company executive who was a wide receiver at Ole Miss before discovery of a congenital neck problem ended his career. Eli is a junior at Newman High, which he quarterbacked into this year's Class 2A Louisiana high school playoffs. The mother is Olivia, and the father finished second to Jim Plunkett in the 1970 Heisman Trophy balloting. FTP name this family, whose named their middle son Peyton. Manning 15. This musical instrument is the one of choice of Skin, the lead vocalist of the group punk-funk-metal group Skunk Anansie. Jimmy Page also uses one in 'Whole Lotta Love.' Bernard Herrmann introduced it to a wider audience in his score for Hitchcock's Spellbound. Moog is currently the largest producer of these electronic instruments featured prominently in horror films & in the documentary about its Russian inventor. FTP, name this motion-sensitive instrument. theremin 16. Joseph Brooks won 1977's Best Original Song Oscar for a tune belted by Didi Conn (reputedly lip-syncing to vocals by Kasey Cisyk) in a film by the same name. For eleven long weeks the version recorded by Debby Boone topped the charts that year, as LeAnn Rimes' version & album are doing in 1997. FTP, name this pop gem. You Light Up My Life 17. Although he was among the early Internet experts, he expresses misgivings about its social impact in Silicon Snake Oil. This surprises many who found the Internet vastly more exciting after his true-life account of ferreting out a Net-based German espionage ring. FTP name the author of The Cuckoo's Egg. Clifford Stoll 18. They were introduced in 1959 by Allen Gant of Glen Raven Mills of North Carolina, inspired by complaints from his wife about what she had to wear, especially while pregnant. Gant then got a letter from stripper Sally Rand, asking him to make her a seamless version. Still, it took the invention of the miniskirt to make them seem more of a necessity than a novelty. FTP name these hosiery items, which ruined the garter belt trade. Pantyhose [accept Panti-Legs] 19. He has a dog named Snert, a son named Hamlet, and a sidekick named Lucky Eddie. His wife Helga seems to be the only person, place, or thing he finds unconquerable. FTP name this Dik Browne creation. Hagar the Horrible 20. If you show me your parrot I'll show you my cockatoo, the Unbearable Lightness of Beijing, Of Thee I Ching, Things with More Culture than Larry Flynt, and Cheeses of the World other than Whiz have all been categories on a show where you have a chance of winning, albeit a small one. FTP name this Comedy Central game show. Win Ben Stein's Money 21. It has two prohibitive rules, the Suicide Rule and the Ko Rule. Pro players are apprenticed to a master in their early teens and devote most of their waking hours to this game, progressing from the 9x9 board and progress to 13x13 before tackling the ultimate 19x19 board. FTP name this venerable Asian obsession, which Americans might expect to get $200 every time they pass it. Go BONI TrashMasters 1997 -- Cannon Fodder Questions by Jen Kraemer with special guest star Robert Trent and featuring Charlie Steinhice 1. Name the movie soundtrack (from my parent's CD collection) given a list of songs from it FTPE. 1) "Long Way Down", "Broken", "Moments Like This" Twister 2) "Smash it Up", "Kiss From a Rose", "Where are You Now?" Batman Forever 3) "Imagine", "Beautiful Boy", "Someone to Watch Over Me" Mr. Holland's Opus 2. FFPE, given a line from a commercial, give the product being advertised. 1) Dogs love trucks. Nissan 2) A totally organic experience Clairol Herbal Essences 3) Here you are, sir. A two-door Speck. McDonalds 4) Once you pop, you can't stop. Pringles 5) My mother is half iguana. Budweiser 6) Daddy, phone call, Who's the IRS? Chevy Lumina 3. If you spent Thanksgiving Day with a remote control in your hand like I did, it's about to pay off. Identify the cable network given a description of its Thanksgiving fare FFPE. 1) Will TV, a video countdown presided over by Will Smith MTV 2) The X-Files Viewers Choice Marathon FX Cable 3) back-to-back showings of all three "Jaws" movies TNT 4) "The Wizard of Oz" in concert, featuring Jewel VH1 5) the now traditional, edited-for-TV showing of "Jurassic Park" NBC 4. This week, two NHL teams became the first to play their 500th regular season games. FTPE, name these teams, one who played the game on the 2nd and one on the 6th. Montreal Canadiens & Toronto Maple Leafs 5. You may be a Star Trek fan, but how well do you really know Jean-Luc Picard? Answer these questions about Jen's favorite captain FTPE. 1) How many actors have played Jean-Luc Picard? three (Patrick Stewart, David Tristan Birkin in "Rascals", and Marcus Nash in "Tapestry") 2) What is the name of Picard's fish? Livingston 3) How many times in the 7-year series do we see Picard in bed with Q (nothing perverse implied here, of course)? two (in "Qpid" and "Tapestry") 6. Given 2 actors, name the one character each set played to get Oscar nominations FTP, each. 1. Richard Burton & Robert Shaw Answer: Henry VIII 2. Leslie Howard & Rex Harrison Answer: Henry Higgins 3. Peter O'Toole & Robert Donat Answer: Mr. Chips, or Arthur Chipping 7. It seems that ever since SlimFast hit it big with the "drink your meals" approach to dieting, a lot of other companies have been anxious to cash in on their success. Given a description, name the liquid dietary supplement FTPE. 1) This protein supplement is marketed toward senior citizens looking for better nutrition; saying "to our health," in the commercials they actually toast each other with the stuff. Ensure 2) This SlimFast imitator is for dieters who "love chocolate". Nestle Sweet Success 8. Ah, bafflegab. Given the incredibly stupid government definition, identify the thing being defined FTPE. 1) involuntary conversion of a 747 plane crash 2) temporary meadows clear-cut forests 3) the cognitive-affective state characterized by intrusive and obsessive fantasizing concerning reciprocity of amorous feeling by the object of amorance love 9. With the firing of Louisville's Ron Cooper and the resignation of Temple's Ron Dickerson, there are currently only six African-American head football coaches at NCAA Division I-A schools. For 10 pts. each, given such a coach, name the university. If you need the team nickname, you'll get only 5 pts. each. (1a) Tyrone Willingham (1b) Cardinal [NOTE: NOT Cardinals] [Stanford] (2a) James Caldwell (2b) Demon Deacons [Wake Forest] (3a) Bob Simmons (3b) Cowboys [Oklahoma State] 10. Identify these odd cereals of the '80's given a description FTPE. 1) This cereal featured a split box with Mario on one side and Zelda on the other. Nintendo cereal 2) This cereal was puffs of corn with hot pink pieces that looked like berries, making it suspiciously like a Cap'n Crunch cereal which survived to the present day. The difference, however, is that this cereal was endorsed by little blue cartoon characters. Smurfberry Crunch cereal 3) This cereal was like Apple Jacks, but orange. And no, it was not endorsed by a notorious wife beater. OJay's cereal 11. Identify the movie from the quote 30-20-10. 30) "It's important to have a job that makes a difference, boys. That's why I manually masturbate caged animals for artificial insemination." 20) "A woman makes a guy come, its standard. A guy makes a woman come, it's talent." 10) "My girlfriend sucked 37 dicks!" "In a row?" Clerks 12. Name the authors of these highly regarded science fiction story collections, 10 pts. each: a) The Golden Apples of the Sun Ray Bradbury b) Hothouse and The Saliva Tree Brian W. Aldiss c) Caviar Theodore Sturgeon 13. Answer these questions about Puff Daddy FTP each. 1. What is his real first & last name? Answer: _Sean Combs_ 2. Puffy founded what production company? Answer: _Bad Boy_ Entertainment 3. Puffy recently remixed this Elton John hit from _Goodbye Yellow Brick Road_. Maybe it does say 'electric boobs' now. Answer: _Bennie & the Jets_ 14. Remember the classic days of the Marvel Universe? Given a woman's true name, give the super name by which she was a member of The Avengers FTP each. 1. Janet van Dyne Answer: Wasp 2. Greer Nelson Answer: Tigra 3. Jennifer Walters Answer: She-Hulk 15. Given a concept album released in 1997, name the artist that recorded it FTP each. 1. _OK Computer_ Answer: _Radiohead_ 2. _Ghostyhead_ Answer: Rickie Lee _Jones_ 3 _The Carnival_ Answer: _Wyclef Jean_ 16. Have you been at Risk lately? For 5 pts. each, given the adjoining countries as they appear on the Risk board, name that "country": (a) Central America, Peru, Brazil Venezuela (b) Greenland, Great Britain, Scandinavia Iceland (c) Indonesia, Eastern Australia, Western Australia New Guinea (d) Ukraine, Afghanistan, China, Siberia Ural (e) Alaska, Northwest Territory, Ontario, Western United States Alberta (f) Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Mongolia, Japan, Alaska Kamchatka 17. Those of you who have that Beanie Baby collection that you're embarassed to admit to owning can finally put your knowledge of the fuzzy little creatures to good use. FTPE, given a description, name the Beanie Baby. 1) a white tiger Blizzard 2) a brown moose Chocolate 3) a lion Roary 18. Give the common first and last name of these two people, 30-15: (a) The male lead in the '50's schlock classic The Creature from the Black Lagoon (b) The author of the current affirmational bestseller Don't Sweat the Small Stuff [Richard Carlson] 19. Answer these questions about the Muppets FTPE. 1) What was the name of Miss Piggy's little white dog? Foo Foo 2) Who owns the Muppet's Theatre? J. P. Grosse (accept "Scooter's uncle") 3) What was the name of Waldorf's wife? Astoria 20. How much do you know about Hello Kitty and friends? Given a description of a character decorating Sanrio products, name it FTPE. 1) a bug-eyed, neon green frog KeroKeroKeroppi 2) a white dog with black ears Pochaco 3) a fat white duck Pekkle TOSSUPS TrashMasters 1997 -- Cult of Personality Questions by Anne Cahalan, Chad DeVeaux, Seth Wineland, and Josh Kirshner. 1. His predecessor won two national championships and was the runner up two other years. It'll be hard to match that record. not to mention recruiting another Fab Five. For a quick ten points, name Steve Fisher's successor, the new head basketball coach at Michigan. Answer: Brian ELLERBE 2. It wasn't supposed the happen like this. At the very beginning of a show, a main character died on an away mission while an unknown crew member watched. FTP, name this character, whose death may have been linked to the actress' earlier appearance in Playboy. Answer: Tasha YAR (prompt if Denise Crosby is given) 3. California has it. So does Nebraska. Pretty much anywhere accidents are high you find it. Maybe that's why, as every Ohioan knows, Michigan drivers suck. FTP, name this type of auto insurance where the parties of an accident pay their own costs regardless of responsibility. Answer: NO FAULT Insurance 4. Unless you've spent the last twenty one years in a cave, you know that James Earl Jones provided the voice of Darth Vader, but for a quick ten points, what actor actually filled the cape and helmet in the "Star Wars" films? Answer: David PROWSE 5. After gasping out something about money hidden under "the big W", Jimmy Durante kicks the bucket -- literally. The stars in pursuit of that money included Ethel Merman, Phil Silvers, Jonathan Winters, Buddy Hackett, Sid Caesar, although these noted comedic performers weren't as funny as star Spencer Tracy. FTP name this epic 1963 comedy. Answer: IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD [accept if 3 or 5 Mads instead of 4] 6. "Straw Hat & Old Dirty Hank", "Tiny Little Song", and "Box Set" are all lesser known tracks of this misleadingly-named Candadian band. FTP, name this group better known for "Brian Wilson", "Jane", and "The Old Apartment". Answer: The BARE NAKED LADIES 7. His first film was 1966's "Dead Heat on a Merry Go Round". He got noticed in minor roles in "American Graffiti" and "The Conversation" but was already famous by the time his modest role in "Apocalypse Now" finally made it to the screen. More recent work includes "Working Girl," "Sabrina", and "Air Force One." FTP, name this actor. Answer: Harrison FORD 8. He has written three books of poetry, including _I Wouldn't Steal Horses_, and _Old Shirts and New Skins_, but this Spokane Indian author is most famous for his short stories. FTP, who was this writer, best known for his collection entitled _The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven_? Answer: Sherman ALEXIE 9. Phil and Lil are twins, Chuckie is afraid of everything, Angelica's a brat and Tommy always saves the day. FTP, name this Nickelodeon cartoon. Answer: RUGRATS 10. This town's citizens include the tycoon Mr. Lodge, the school administrator Mr. Weatherbee, and the teacher Miss Beasley. More familiar residents include Moose, Reggie, Betty, Veronica, and Jughead. FTP name this town, the reason Archie wears an "R" on his sweater. Answer: RIVERDALE 11. You may remember 1994's "Angels in the Outfield", but what most people don't know is that the movie was a remake of an earlier film which predates the existence of the Anaheim franchise. This Major League team was featured in the original "Angels in the Outfield," which was set at Forbes Field. FTP name this franchise, whose heroes include the Waners, Bill Mazeroski, and Roberto Clemente. Answer: Pittsburgh Pirates 12. If you want to kill your appetite in a hurry, and get a quick ten points, tell me what famous soap company produces Treet, and Potted Meat which are distributed by their Phoenix based subsidiary, Armour Foods. FTP name this leading antibacterial soap. Answer: DIAL 13. It's the title of a song from "The Lion King." In the early '70's it was the caption on a popular poster featuring a pregnant teenager dressed as a Girl Scout. FTP, recite this 2-word Boy Scout motto. Answer: BE PREPARED 14. He collaborated with Carole King on "Really Rosie." "Pierre, the Boy who didn't care", "Outside Over There", and "In the Night Kitchen" are all books by this Caldecott Award winner. FTP, who is this childrens' author, best known for "Where the Wild Things Are"? Answer: Maurice SENDAK 15. This conference was originally called the Eastern League, and its teams dominated college sports for much of the early 1900's. More recent products of this conference to reach the NFL include Andrew Jordan, Calvin Hill, and Gary Fencik. FTP, name this conference whose schools include Brown, Dartmouth, and Harvard. Answer: The IVY League 16. Its supporting cast included David Ogden Stiers and Jerry Orbach. It's star was, amazingly enough, Robbie Benson. FTP, name this Disney movie which in 1991 became the first animated film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Answer: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 17. Every good college-bowler is familiar with that ESPN classic "The World's Strongest Men". For a quick ten points, who is the only person to win back-to-back-to-back WSM competitions? Answer: Magnis Ver MAGNUSEN 18. Snake Man, Ratz, Armitage, and Molly are all, FTP, characters that appear in what 1984, Philip K. Dick Award Winning novel by renowned cyber punk William Gibson? Answer: NEUROMANCER 19. Royce McKnight, Oliver Lambert, Victor Milligan, Nathan Locke, Marty Kazinski, and Mitchell McDeere are all characters that appear, FTP, in what 1991 best seller? Answer: THE FIRM 20. Lately they have fallen from the spotlight, but hits like "Poison" helped propel them into the charts in the early 1990's. FTP, name this spinoff from New Edition whose members included two guys named Ronnie and Michael Bivins. Answer: BELL BIV DEVOE 21. He is thought to be the only writer to have books in every Dewey Decimal category, ranging from _The Sensuous Dirty Old Man_ to _In Search of the Elements_. FTP, name this author, best known for _Forward the Foundation_, _Nemesis_, and _I, Robot_. Answer: Isaac ASIMOV 22. Everyone is familiar with "Star Trek's" flagship, the starship Enterprise. What you may not know is that when the show was created, the ship was first going to be called something else. FTP, what was the Enterprise originally going to be called? Answer: YORKTOWNE 23. _Planet of Twilight_, _The Krytos Trap_, _Bacta War_, _Dark Saber_, _The Last Command_, and _Heir to the Empire_ are all, FTP, novels in what scifi series? Answer: "STAR WARS" TOSSUPS TrashMasters 1997 -- Cult of Personality Questions by Anne Cahalan, Chad DeVeaux, Seth Wineland, and Josh Kirshner. 1.Given the Academy Award winners, give the year, FTPE best actor: Peter Finch; best director: John G. Avildsen; best picture: Rocky 1976 best actress Janet Gaynor; best actor: Emil Jannings best picture: Wings 1927 best actress: Jodi Foster; best supporting actor: Kevin Kline; best picture: Rain Man 1988 2. Brace yourself, it's a Beanie Baby Bonus! Given the Beanie Baby, name the animal it represents. So if I say "Magic," you would say "dragon" Five points each, with a 5 point bonus for all. radar--BAT waddle--PENGUIN garcia--BEAR peanut--ELEPHANT lefty--DONKEY 3. Will it ever end? The terrible trend of Canadian hockey teams moving south the the U.S. has exploded in 90's. Given the current NHL team, name its former, much cooler, home: Avalanche--QUEBEC Coyotes--WINNIPEG It wasn't always thus, in the 80's a team moved up from the U.S. to Canada. FTP, name it. CALGARY/ATLANTA FLAMES 4. Given the cheesy 80's K-Tel rap song, name the group for ten points apiece: "The Show"--DOUG E. FRESH AND THE GET FRESH CREW "Peewee's Dance"--JOESKI LOVE "Friends" --WHODINI 5. FTPE given the Fantasy series, name the author. Hint, they're all women: Dragonriders of Pern--ANNE MCAFFERY Heralds of Valdemar--MERCEDES LACKEY Darkover--MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY 6. Just because we are American doesn't mean we don't follow the world's most popular sport. So, for the given number of points, answer these question about this year's MLS season: 5pts. Name the MLS champion: D.C. UNITED 5pts. Name the runner up: COLORADO RAPIDS 10pts: Name the league MVP: PREKI 10pts. Name the Goaltender of the year: FRIEDEL 7. By now, at least one member of your team has seen _Clerks_ 77 times. So, we know he or she will be able to answer the following question about the clothes the characters are wearing, all hockey related. FTP, name the hockey team on: Jay's hat--SAN JOSE SHARKS Dante's jersey--PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Randal's jersey--CCCP or SOVIET UNION 8. Savage Garden has recently hit the big time with two singles. For fifteen points each name the two members of Savage Garden. DARREN HAYES and DANIEL JONES 9. Everyone has at least one Andrew Lloyd Weber song stuck in their head for all eternity, so we might as well put them to good use. Given the songs, name the musical for ten points each: Masquerade, Prima Donna, Point of no Return: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA English Girls, Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad, Tell me on a Sunday: SONG AND DANCE Rainbow Tour, Art of the Possible, High Flying Adored: EVITA 10. Everyone is excited about the new Star Wars movies coming out in 1999. REcently, the casting for the first of the movies was made known to the public. FTPE, given the character, name the actor or actress filling that part. Lady Skywalker: NATALIE PORTMAN Ben Kenobi: EWAN MCGREGOR Kenobi's mentor: LIAM NEESON 11. Name this figure skater for 30, 20, 10 30- She was rumored to be dating skater Brian Boitano after the 1988 Olympics 20- The Stasi had her under constant surveillance, and rumor has it that former Stasi agents are bootlegging videotapes of her sexual trysts. 10- She won the gold medal for East Germany in 1984, but today she may be best known for popping out of her top during a competition KATERINA WITT 12. Given a famous wrestler, name his "finishing move for 5pts. each with a 5pt. bonus for all. Note: No demonstrations required. Hulk Hogan__LEG DROP "Macho Man" Randy Savage--FLYING ELBOW DROP The Undertaker--TOMBSTONE Jake "the snake" Roberts--DDT Bret "the hit man" Hart--SHARP SHOOTEr 13. Given half of a famous Disney couple, name the other half for five points: Faline: BAMBI Nala: SIMBA Perdita: PONGO Jasmine: ALADDIN Arial: PRINCE ERIC Sleeping Beauty: PRINCE PHILLIP 14. Given some female characters, name the current soap opera FTP each. 1. Sister Mary Moira, Kristen Blake, Sammi Brady Answer: _Days of our Lives_ 2. Janet Green, Bianca Montgomery, Sonya Marick Answer: _All My Children_ 3. Victoria Howard, Katherine Chancellor, Drucilla Winters Answer: The _Young & the Restless_ 15. Given the performer, name their oft-forgot band for 5 points each:. Lisa Loeb: NINE STORIES Tom Petty: HEARTBREAKERS Jimmy Buffett: CORAL REEFER BAND Ziggy Marley: MELODY MAKERS Bob Marley: WAILERS Bob Seger: SILVER BULLET BAND 16. Remember those oh-so-serious Quinn Martin Productions? Given the male lead of a Quinn Marin show, name the show: a) Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. Answer: THE F.B.I. b) William Conrad Answer: CANNON c) Buddy Ebsen Answer: BARNABY JONES 17. Name the inexplicably successful authors of the following: a) The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Mammoth Hunters Answer: Jean AUEL b) Zoya, Star, Kaleidoscope, and Message fron 'Nam Answer: Danielle STEEL c) Scruples and Princess Daisy Answer: Judith KRANTZ 18. Given the old truckers' CB handle for a major U.S. city, name the city, 10 pts. each: a) Brew Town Answer: Milwaukee b) Split City Answer: Reno c) Choo Choo Town Answer: Chattanooga 19. Pink Floyd has been around for over 30 years, too long, some might say. In this time they have gone through three lead singers. FTPE name them: SID BARRET, ROGER WATERS, DAVID GILMOUR 20. Given the TV series, name the theme song: Mash--SUICIDE IS PAINLESS Family Ties--WITHOUT YOU Party of Five--CLOSER TO FREE 21. Five points each, and another five point bonus for all. This time, you have to name the famous voices behind the following Lion King Characters: Mufasa: JAMES EARL JONES Adult Simba: MATTHEW BRODERICK Adult Nala: MOIRA KELLY Young Simba: JONATHAN TAYLOR THOMAS Scar: JEREMY IRONS 22. American movies are often distributed worldwide, adding greatly to the movie's box office take. The top six movie money-makers worldwide were all pretty popular here, to. Name them (in no particular order). JURASSIC PARK, INDEPENDENCE DAY, STAR WARS, THE LION KING, E.T., FORREST GUMP TOSSUPS TrashMasters 1997 -- Polish Uphill Ski Team 1. WARNING: FIRST AND LAST NAME REQUIRED. Affectionately referred to by Craig Kilborn as "Who?", this little girl may be the most forgotten little girl in the world today. Not even two years old, and she already has seven brothers and sisters. FTP, identify this girl, the oldest daughter of Bobbi and Kenny. Answer: MIKAYLA MCCAUGHEY 2. This stadium was one of the sites of the 1996 Olympic soccer competition, as well as one of the sites of World Cup '94. Although it was the site of this year's MLS championship game, it has been replaced by Jack Kent Cooke Stadium as the home of the Redskins. FTP, identify this Washington, DC stadium. Answer: RFK STADIUM 3. Bates, Coffey, Hill, Eszterhaus, Jablonski, Belker, Rinko, and Furillo are all, FTP, names of characters on what hit 1980's TV series? Answer: HILL STREET BLUES 4. This band first became noticed for their single Creep from the album Pablo Honey. Their next album was The Bends which was followed by this summer's critically acclaimed album OK Computer. FTP, identify this band whose lead singer is Thom Yorke. Answer: RADIOHEAD 5. Among the supporting characters are a Memphis vice lord called Cat and the sheriff of Van Buren Co., Ozzie Walls. A small town lawyer named Jake Brigance defends a black man accused of killing two white men who had assaulted his daughter. This is the basic plotline of, FTP, John Grisham's first novel. Answer: A TIME TO KILL 6. Recently, thirty-six states have filed a civil lawsuit against a company for unfair trade practices. These practices include intimidating suppliers and bullying competitors. Corporate spokescreature Geoffrey Giraffe had not comment. FTP, identify this major company, the largest toy retailer in the country. Answer: TOYS 'R' US 7. Midway Stadium was a rather unimposing structure when it was first built for high school and college baseball, but that Minnesota park has become the site of some of the strangest promotions ever seen in the world of professional baseball. FTP, identify the Northern League team which calls it home, owned by Mike Veeck, which has fielded teams including a legless second baseman and Darryl Strawberry. Answer: ST. PAUL SAINTS 8. This band formed in the early 90's in Los Angeles and is known for their distinctive Rap-Metal sound. This past summer they toured with the Wu-Tang Clan. FTP, identify this band who records under the Epic label and includes bandmembers Brad Wilk, Tom Morello and Zach de la Rocha. Answer: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE 9. Farmer Jim McClintock was the man who harvested this restaurant's most recent promotion. In a film from the early-90s, it ended up being the only restaurant which survived the "fast food wars." FTP, identify this restaurant which has brought us Monster Eyes and was spared in _Demolition Man_. Answer: TACO BELL 10. It was part of the 1968 NHL Expansion to 12 teams. Its beginnings were very shaky, and the IRS even once padlocked the team's offices in the mid-70's. FTP, name this team who won two Stanley Cups in the early 90's whose fortunes turned around in 1984 when they drafted a man named Mario. Answer: Pittsburgh PENGUINS 11. Although country music is generally avoided by our team as much as possible, we _are_ in Tennessee. In the song The Devil Went Down To Georgia, by the Charlie Daniels Band, Johnny won an item from the Devil. FTP, what is special this musical instrument, which may sound like a Stradivarius owned by King Midas? Answer: A FIDDLE MADE OF GOLD [prompt for more on "fiddle"] 12. Overgrown with weeds and surrounded by a chain link fence with rusted "No Trespassing" signs, the lot near downtown Milwaukee is an empty place. There have been many attempts to develop the site of this man's former home, but they have consistently fallen through. FTP, identify this killer, who was murdered in prison three years ago. Answer: Jeffrey DAHMER 13. WARNING: REAL FIRST AND LAST NAME REQUIRED. This man has agreed to box the professional wrestler Marvelous Mark Mero. The fight is a result of Mero believing that the boxer is leering at Mero's manager, the beautiful Sable. FTP, identify this super-heavyweight boxer who goes by the nickname "Butterbean." Answer: ERIC ESCH 14. She must feel inadequate with her two puny Oscars nominations. After all, she's never won, unlike her father, her brother, and now her nephew Nicolas Cage. FTP name this actress, whose maiden name is Coppola, whose two most famous roles have spanned eight films -- three as Connie Corleone and five as Adrian Balboa. Answer: Talia SHIRE 15. The love her life has always been Vinton Harper, and when he married Naomi, she turned to arts and crafts and became a best friend of Vinton's mother Thelma. The character is played by Beverly Archer. FTP, identify this woman, the next-door neighbor of the Harpers on the long-running TV show "Mama's Family"? Answer: IOLA Boylan (pronounced eye-oh-la) 16. "This film might have made a tiny dent along the lines of, say, Singles, if it weren't already six years too late and if it were assembled with some filmmaking expertise. Instead, it comes off as a soft-minded high school media class project about a lousy riot grrrl band and, specifically, its demure bisexual guitarist who can't choose between her band's brawling lead singer, her doughy zine-publishing ex-boyfriend, or the band's future." FTP, identify this 1997 film directed by Kristine Peterson. Answer: SLAVES TO THE UNDERGROUND 17. Detroit natives Lawrence Payton, Renaldo Benson, Levi Stubbs, and Abdul "Duke" Fakir came together in 1954, and their personnel remained unchanged until Benson's death this year. FTP, identify this Motown group who produced such hits as "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "I Can't Help Myself." Answer: The FOUR TOPS 18. "Excuse me, George Herbert-read-my-lying-lipping, slipping-in-the-polls, do-nothing, deficit-raising, Quayle-loving-Bush, I don't need you on my show. My ratings are higher than yours." FTP, what late-night talk-show host spoke these words after Marlon Fitzwater dismissed as "trivial" an appearance on his show by Bill Clinton? Answer: Arsenio HALL (prompt on Arsenio) 19. Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, Frosted Flakes, and Rice Krispies are some of my favorite breakfast cereals. FTP, these cereals are all made by what company based in Battle Creek, Michigan? Answer: KELLOGG's 20. The Days Are Just Packed. The Revenge of the Baby-Sat. Yukon Ho! There's Treasure Everywhere. Something Under The Bed is Drooling. Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat. Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons. FTP, these are all books containing what comic strip, created by Bill Watterson? Answer: CALVIN & HOBBES [prompt on early buzz with Watterson] 21. Although professional wrestlers are traditionally known as rather arrogant characters, but this man probably may be the tops in that category. In 1982, this man legally changed his name to include the nickname he used in the square circle. He has continued to be involved in wrestling, recently moving from the WWF to the New World Order within WCW. FTP, identify this man, whose initials are now RRR. Answer: Ravishing Rick RUDE 22. This team is led by Gaijin Dwayne Hosey and MP Atsuya Furuta. Playing in the Central League, it defeated the Seibu Lions in five games to win the Japan Series. FTP, identify this Japanese baseball team, which has won three of the last five Japan series. Answer: YAKULT SWALLOWS (accept either part as an answer) 23. This man was a leading figure in the emergence of the "cool" jazz of the 1950s. During the 1930s and '40s he played tenor saxophone with many of the most influential bands, including those of Fletcher Henderson and Count Basie. His recordings with Billie Holiday quickly attained the status of jazz classics, as did later recordings with such other jazz greats as Oscar Peterson and Teddy Wilson. FTP, identify this man whose nickname was "Prez." Answer: Lester YOUNG 24. If a perennial woody plant has a sudden gravitational affinity for the surface of the third rock from the sun, and a sum of zero members of the species homo erectus are in the vicinity to perceive it, FTP, the surrounding troposphere is excited to the juncture that it forms what? Answer: SOUND (or AUDITORY WAVES or anything close) BONI TrashMasters 1997 -- Polish Uphill Ski Team 1. The Airplane movies were two of the funniest ever made, or so I think. FTP each, identify the following actors in Airplane. A. Who was the actor that played Dr. Rumack in the first movie, his first comedic role on the big screen? Answer: Leslie NIELSEN B. Who was the actor that played Major Buck Murdock on Alpha Beta Base in the second movie? Answer: William SHATNER C. Who was the actor that played the captain of the plane in the first movie and the captain of the shuttle in the second movie? Answer: Peter GRAVES 2. Golf is an often overlooked sport in this nation. However, that is not so in this bonus. For the stated number of points, when given the year, name who won the Masters Tournament. A. For 5, 1997 Answer: Tiger WOODS B. For 10, 1986 Answer: Jack NICKLAUS C. For 15, 1928 Answer: NO ONE (not started until 1933) 3. Cheers was one of the most watched TV shows of all time. FTP each, given the characters, name the actor/actress that played them. A. Rebecca Howe Answer: Kirstie ALLEY B. Cliff Clavin Answer: John Ratzenburger C. Coach Ernie Pantuzzo Answer: Nicholas COLASANTO 4. Winners are long remembered, but losers are soon forgotten. I hope, for your sake, that this isn't true. For the stated number of points, when given a Super Bowl, name the losing head coach of the game. A. For 5, Super Bowl XXXI. Answer: Bill PARCELLS B. For 10, Super Bowl XXIII. Answer: Sam WYCHE C. For 15, Super Bowl XIV. Answer: Ray MALAVASI 5. Given the lyrics give the song title for fifteen points each or five points if you need the artist. (15) Now I'm naked, nothing but an animal. But can you fake it for just one more show. And what do you want, I want to change. (5) The Smashing Pumpkins Answer: BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS (15) I'm the worst at what I do best and for this gift I do feel blessed. I find it hard. It's hard to find. (5) Nirvana Answer: SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT 6. Identify the band from band members, 30-20-10. (30) Michael Ward, Greg Richling (20) Mario Calire, Rami Jaffee (10) Jakob Dylan Answer: THE WALLFLOWERS 7. For 5 points apiece, identify the city which is (or was) the setting of the following television shows. A. The Drew Carey Show Answer: CLEVELAND B. The Mary Tyler Moore Show Answer: MINNEAPOLIS C. Soul Man Answer: DETROIT D. The Bob Newhart Show Answer: CHICAGO E. Alice Answer: PHOENIX F. Designing Women Answer: ATLANTA 8. Frogs may sell beer, but old people are more likely to gain fame for commercials. Name the following spokesgeezers, 10 pts. each: a) She got her 15 minutes of fame and then some by yelling, "Where's the beef?" Answer: Clara PELLER b) She made Peller sound like Meryl Streep with her memorably unconvincing "I've fallen -- and I can't get up!" Answer: Edith FORE c) Her credentials were legitimate -- years of first-class blues and rockabilly guitar work, but it took her shouting "Crunch that last chord!" to give her any widespread fame. Answer: Corliss JACKSON 9. Identify the actress, 30-20-10-5: (30) Born in New York City in 1924, she won Tony Awards for the plays Applause in 1970 and Woman of the Year in 1981. (20) Born Betty Joan Perske, she first appeared on the big screen in To Have and Have Not in 1944. (10) She appeared with her husband Humphrey Bogart in two other films, The Big Sleep and Key Largo. (5) In 1996 she got her first Oscar nomination, for _The Mirror Has Two Faces._ Answer: Lauren BACALL 10. Five Questions has become an integral part of the Comedy Central show, The Daily Show. Given the question posed to a celebrity, name the person Craig asked FTP each. A. What makes Bill cry? Answer: Bill MURRAY B. Why does British food suck ? Answer: John CLEESE C. If we were the last two people on Earth, would you consider it? Answer: Cindy CRAWFORD 11. Mr. Cranky is an internet site devoted to finding the worst in every movie. As it says at the site, "whether it's a comedy, drama or action-adventure film, Mr. Cranky can provide myriad detail as to why the movie 'sucks.'" FTP each, identify the recently-released film which is described. A. "Everybody who sports a Russian accent is either evil, fat or stupid. Apparently, that's what happens to you when you eat all that borsht and drink all that vodka." Answer: ANASTASIA B. In all capital letters, "EVERYTHING THAT COULD BE LARGER AND LOUDER IN THIS FILM IS, WHICH IS TYPICAL OF SEQUELS THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER OTHER THAN THE TITLE OF A PREVIOUS FILM." Answer: MORTAL KOMBAT: ANNIHILATION C. "Merton is so desperate to get in Kate's pants that he's blinded by her material needs and narrow personality.. The irony of the thing is that by the time Kate is riding him like a London trolley car, Merton isn't interested anymore." Answer: THE WINGS OF THE DOVE 12. FTP each, given the characters, give the fighting game or series of games. A. Ken, Ryu, and Chun Li Answer: STREET FIGHTER B. Sub-Zero, Sonya, and Raiden Answer: MORTAL KOMBAT C. Nightwulf, Tusk, and Maya Answer: KILLER INSTINCT 13. FTP each, given the ESPN Sportscenter catch phrase, identify the anchor who is (or was) famous for giving the line. A. A good craftsman never blames his tools. Answer: Dan PATRICK B. Can I get a witness from the congregation? Answer: Stuart SCOTT C. He put the biscuit in the basket. Answer: Keith OLBERMANN 14. Identify the novel, 30-20-10. (30) This book tells the story of a conventional Soviet invasion of Western Europe to start WWIII. (20) This is the only fiction book written by Tom Clancy before the Op Center books not to feature Jack Ryan. (10) This was the second book published by Tom Clancy. Answer: RED STORM RISING 15. Identify the performer, 30-20-10. (30) He played the role of Squash Bernstein in _Victor/Victoria_ and the title role in _Mad Bull_ (20) He played the role of Mongo in _Blazing Saddles_ and George Popadopolous on the TV series _Webster_. (10) He stumbled into acting by playing himself in _Paper Lion_ during his Hall of Fame career as a defensive lineman for the Detroit Lions. Answer: Alex KARRAS 16. Being commissioner of a major pro sports league is a high honor indeed. Plus you get great seats. FTP each, identify the commissioner of the following leagues today. A. Interim commissioner for life of Major League Baseball Answer: Bud SELIG B. National Football League Answer: Paul TAGLIABUE C. National Hockey League Answer: Gary BETTMAN 17. WARNING: PAPER AND PEN MAY BE NEEDED. Five people are playing poker, five card draw with no wild cards. After the betting and drawing of cards have taken place, Abel has three aces, Benji has two kings and two sixes, Chester has two queens and two jacks, Dorsey has three nines and two fives, and Evan has five hearts and obviously no pairs. For five points apiece, with a five point bonus for all correct, identify the players in order of best hand to the worst. Answer: DORSEY, EVAN, ABEL, BENJI, CHESTER 18. Now is the time to test your knowledge of comic strips. FTP apiece, identify the cartoonist who currently produces the following comic strips. A. For Better or For Worse Answer: Lynn JOHNSTON B. Jumpstart Answer: Robb ARMSTRONG C. Beetle Bailey Answer: Mort WALKER 19. Given the name of a recent release by a band or singer, identify that band or singer for 5 points apiece. A. Fush Yu Mang Answer: SMASH MOUTH B. The Day Answer: BABYFACE C. Let's Face It Answer: THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES D. Congratulations, I'm Sorry Answer: THE GIN BLOSSOMS 20. For five points each, name the four ghosts from the original Pac-Man and the one replacement ghost in Ms. Pac-Man. Answer: WINKY, BLINKY, PINKY, CLYDE, SUE 21. The backup quarterback is one of the most revered, and yet forgotten, men on a football team. FTP each, when given the professional football team, identify their backup quarterback for the 1984 season. A. New England Patriots Answer: Steve GROGAN B. Pittsburgh Steelers Answer: David WOODLEY C. Los Angeles Raiders Answer: Rusty HILGER 22. For 10 points each, give the part these folks played in Pulp Fiction. A. Harvey Keitel Answer: Winston WOLF or THE WOLF B. Steve Buscemi Answer: Buddy HOLLY C. Stephen Hibbard Answer: The GIMP 23. As anyone who follows professional wrestling knows, the Four Horsemen of the WCW have broken up, largely due to retirement and injury. Some of us probably remember back to the early 1980s when this group came together under the management of J.J. Dillon. For 5 points apiece, and a 10 point bonus for all correct, identify the four original members of the Four Horsemen. Answers: Ric FLAIR, ARN ANDERSON, OLE ANDERSON, Tully BLANCHARD TOSSUPS Trashmasters 1997 -- Soul Truck 1. He and all four of his predecessors were owned by attorney Sonny Seilor, who represented Jim Williams in the murder trial as depicted in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. In 1982, his immediate predecessor became the first of his kind to attend the Heisman Trophy presentation. FTP, name this animal whom Sports Illustrated voted the number one mascot in America for the University of Georgia Bulldogs. _UGA_ V 2. It received over 30,000 pieces of mail a month in its prime. Its engine was a 440 Magnum V8, though occasionally a 426 Hemi was used. The show it was on ran through over 300 of them, many with extra weight in back for jumping, or with the locking mechanism disabled on the parking brake for 180-degree turns. FTP, identify this 1969 Dodge Charger, with which the Duke boys straightened the turns and flattened the hills. Answer: The GENERAL LEE 3. Howard Levy left the band after their 1992 album _UFO Tofu_, leaving them without harmonica and keyboards. It left a pretty eclectic mix: Victor Wooten on bass, his brother Future Man on Synthaxe Drumitar, and of course, the lead man on electric banjo. FTP, name this fusion jazz group responsible for the albums "Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo". Answer: BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES (prompt on "Bela Fleck") 4. He was married and divorced twice, but he told the interviewing committee he was single. Why? He said he forgot. Not something we'd expect a minister to forget, particularly considering the job he applied for. FTP, name this man, also accused of falsifiying documents and misspending the money of the National Baptist Convention, of which he is president. Answer: Dr. Henry LYONS 5. It usually begins obscurely, and is clear at that point only to a few. After that comes either less obscurity and clarity to more people, or fluffy non-information in some less academically rigorous examples. FTP, name this piece of writing, which usually ends with a "giveaway clue", prefaced by the words "for ten points." Answer: TOSSUP 6. A noted gourmet and author of several cookbooks, some of his recipes were "cooked" by placing the foil-wrapped food in a working dishwasher. A famed art collector, he was the spokesman for art works sold through the Sears catalog. His TV credits included both _Batman_ and _The Brady Bunch_, and he recorded with Michael Jackson. FTP, name this unique actor whose films included _Laura_, _The Abominable Dr. Phibes_, and _The Pit and The Pendulum_. Vincent _Price_ 7. One of the last major rock albums recorded entirely in mono, this 1966 release failed to go gold in the United States but was a huge success in Britain, and in both countries forever changed the way albums were mixed. In November, 1997, Capitol Records reissued this Beach Boys album in a special set containing session outtakes. FTP, identify this seminal work that included the "heretical" song "God Only Knows," as well as "Sloop John B" and "Caroline No." _Pet Sounds_ 8. Its use was a joke, since it was reputed to be a pet name for the clitoris of actress Marion Davies, the mistress of William Randolph Hearst. Although a butler claims to have heard the word, the speaker was, oddly enough, really alone when he said it. The object it names is burned at the end of the movie. FTP, give the word which identifies a sled, the dying word of Charles Foster Kane. Answer: _rosebud_ 9. This toss-up is just for the captains, or someone the captain designates, of each team. After checking with the captains as to who will play, we'll play "Rock, Paper, Scissors." After I say "one two three go," whichever team wins will get ten points and a bonus. In case of a tie we'll repeat. (Paper beats rock. Rock beats scissors. Scissors beats paper.) 10. Corbin Bernsen had a cameo role as one of these creatures. The best known one, who seems much like Trelane from the original series episode The Squire of Gothos, has appeared in episodes with titles that have phrases such as "and the Gray," "Less," "Hide and," "Deja," and "Who" connected to his name. FTP, name this omnipotent Star Trek trickster played by John De Lancie. Answer: _Q_ 11. This only child debuted on May 30, 1951 as a baby, but quickly advanced to his current age. His prize possession is just a toy and has been thrown down a sewer and into a kite-eating tree by a girl who wants him to pay more attention to her instead of to his music. FTP, name this catcher and piano-player who once kissed Lucy for remembering Beethoven's birthday in Charles Schulz's Peanuts. Answer: _Schroeder_ 12. Robert O'Donnell never got over his role in this person's ordeal and killed himself in 1995. Her parents underwent a messy divorce in 1990. A recent story on the tenth anniversary of the incident found her to be a normal eleven-year-old with no memory of being trapped or rescued. FTP, name this girl who in October 1987 was stuck for 58 hours 22 feet below ground in an eight-inch-wide well. Answer: Baby _Jessica_ McClure 13. Taking advantage of bugs in the beta version of this multiplayer internet game, a thief named Rainz used a firewall scroll to assassinate Lord British, the alter ego of the game's creator, Richard Garriot. The game is the latest in a popular role-playing series by Origin. FTP, name this game in which the player is now one of many player-characters in Brittania rather than being the Avatar. Answer: _Ultima Online_ (prompt on just "Ultima," but not on Ultima with a number attached) 14. When Dogbert suggested Dilbert's company change its name to combine electronics and astronomy, the name he proposed combined this word with "Hertz." A headline in Anguished English asked if there was a ring of debris around it. On the Animaniacs, Yakko forgot it in a song about the planets. FTP, name this planet which will get snickers out of people no matter how you say it. Answer: _Uranus_ 15. "I Love you, Miss Robot", "Kid Dynamo", "Astroboy" and "Johnny on the Monorail" are some of the lesser-known songs on this 80's band's album "The Age of Plastic". In fact, only one of the songs _is_ particularly memorable, not for its popularity, but for its unique position in history. FTP, identify the group who performed "Video Killed the Radio Star", the first video shown on MTV. Answer: The BUGGLES 16. Rumor has it that Rysher Entertainment signed him to do a People's Court-style TV show for fall of 1998. This Nevada state judge is no stranger to the camera, but is used to showier sets -- like the boxing ring in which Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield. FTP, name this man, who, as usual, was refereeing the match. Answer: Mills LANE 17. The Carlton Blues, the Essendon Bombers, the Hawthorn Hawks, the West Coast Eagles, the Geelong Cats, the Brisbane Bears, the Sydney Swans, and the North Melbourne Kangaroos all play this sport. The game is played on an oval field, teams get one point for a behind and six for a goal, and an official indicates scores by pointing. FTP, identify this down-under game often called "footy." Answer: _Australian Rules Football_ (accept Australian Football League before "this sport") 18. In Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger eludes pursuers who are electronically tracking him by wrapping a wet one of these around his head. It may be sucked on for nutrition, worn for warmth on the cold moons of Jaglan Beta, or used to avoid seeing the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal according to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. FTP, name this item which Jerry Tarkanian is often seen chewing. Answer: _towel_ 19. It is supported by four elephants standing on the back of a giant turtle swimming endlessly through space, though the Omnians claim it is spherical in Small Gods. Its inhabitants include Cohen the Barbarian, Granny Weatherwax, and the inept wizard Rincewind, and its great city is Ankh-Morpork. FTP, name this flat, circular land which is featured in many of the books of Terry Pratchett. Answer: _Discworld_ 20. This Auburn quarterback has learned the hard way that a Heisman trophy does not automatically lead to success. After a pro career as a backup, mainly with the Atlanta Falcons, he turned to coaching; and as head coach led the Horned Frogs to their first bowl game in decades. But that didn't last and, FTP, who announced in 1997 that he would resign as head coach at Texas Christian University at the end of the season? Pat _Sullivan_ 21. Phileas Phogg went around the world in 80 days. Roald Amundsen discovered one pole, and flew over the other in a dirigible. Both feats have been duplicated, in a way, in modern times in multi-part PBS series first broadcast in Britain by a member of Monty Python. FTP, what modern traveller recently almost completed a full circuit of the Pacific Rim? Michael _Palin_ 22. Nazi spies slipped a code into its "Amazon Andy" program to transmit messages to saboteurs, it's gone through three station managers in as many seasons, and guest stars have included Howard Rollins, Molly Ringwald, and Jason Alexander. FTP, name this fictional Pittsburgh radio station that's the setting for an original series on the American Movie Classics channel. WENN (Acc: "Remember WENN", the show's title, as clear and precise knowledge) 23. He was busted in November for possession of child pornography on his computer, the latest swing in the career of a musician whose 18-million record career includes the albums _Touch Me_, _Boys Will Be Boys_, and _Alive and Kicking_; pernicious drug problems; and three number-one singles in the UK, but just one here. FTP, name this glam rocker who performed "Rock & Roll Part II". Answer: Gary GLITTER BONI Trashmasters 1997 -- Soul Truck 1. Identify the people who have something in common with Marv Albert FTP each. A. Biting: This actor bit a man on the ribcage during a drug-induced rampage in August. Answer: Christian _Slater_ B. Weird sex: This man had an affair with his 14-year-old babysitter, but he wasn't charged with statutory rape. Answer: _Michael Kennedy_ C. Being convicted and being bald: This financier came back from jail without his hairpiece and started helping fellow cancer patients. Answer: Michael _Milken_ 2. If your a horny male, which most of us are, there's no better time to become a country music fan. Given a recent hit song, name the hot young star who sings it, FTP each. You'll get five if you need an earlier hit. 10) _Don't Be Stupid_ 5) _Any Man of Mine_ Shania _Twain_ 10) _We Danced Anyway_ 5) _Strawberry Wine_ Deana _Carter_ 10) _Guys Do It All The Time_ 5) _Ten Thousand Angels_ Mindy _McCready_ 3. Identify the following people who only recently started to make major marks on their respective sports for the stated number of points. A. 15 points: This golfer became the first in PGA history to have his first three wins come in three consecutive starts when he won the Player's Championship. Answer: David _Duval_ B. 10 points: This tennis player was so excited about winning the 1997 US Open that he left without picking up his check. Answer: Patrick _Rafter_ C. 5 points: This rookie pitcher won MVP in both the NLCS and the World Series. Answer: Livan _Hernandez_ 4. FTP each, given a line or lines from an Abrahams/Zucker movie and the names of the characters saying the lines, name the movie. A. Frank Drebin: "How are the children?" Jane Spencer: "We never had any children, Frank." Answer: The _Naked Gun 2 1/2_: The Smell of Fear (do not take Naked Gun 2) B. Du Quois: "It seems you have become, how do you say, indispensable?" Nick Rivers: "Indispensable." Du Quois: "That's what I thought." Answer: _Top Secret!_ C. Ramada Thompson: "I'm a virgin. I'm just not very good at it." Answer: _Hot Shots_ 5. Note the following six words: sex, conspiracy, computer, trivia, football, and fuck. Those words were entered into the AltaVista web search engine. Arrange them in order from least hits to most hits found by AltaVista. Answer: _conspiracy, trivia, fuck, football, sex, computer_ 6. Tragically, it really IS a Spice World these days. F5P@ and a 5 point bonus for all correct, given a Spice Girl's real name, give her media pseudonym.: 1. Melanie Janine Brown Answer: SCARY Spice 2. Geri Estelle Halliwell Answer: SEXY Spice 3. Melanie Jane Chisholm Answer: SPORTY Spice 4. Emma Lee Bunton Answer: SHY or BABY Spice 5. Victoria Addams Answer: POSH Spice 7. ID the following fictional torture devices, FTP@: 1. Jane Fonda is subjected to it in _Barbarella_, but destroys it, presumably by having too much fun. Answer: The ORGASMATRON 2. In Douglas Adams' _Hitchhikers_ series, it's the device Zaphod Beeblebrox enters, ostensibly to be tortured, though he finds that he really is the most important person in the universe. Answer: TOTAL PERSPECTIVE VORTEX 3. It's not really a device, but a place which holds a device developed by Count Rugen and used on the Dread Pirate Roberts to take years from his life in _The Princess Bride_ Answer: The PIT OF DESPAIR 8. For ten points each, identify the following directors of adult movies and videos from a brief description: 1) After appearing in mainstream films and a featured role in _Jesus Christ Superstar_, he starred in a couple of hundred films as an actor and then hundreds more as a director; occasionally using the pseudonym "Judy Blue" when he doesn't want his real name associated with a film. FTP, name this prolific director under contract to Vivid Videos. Paul _Thomas_ (DO *NOT* ACCEPT: Paul Thomas Anderson) 2) An auteur whose style is instantly recognizable, this director/producer of _Night Trips_, _Hidden Obsessions_, and _House of Dreams_ is known for expensive sets, lavish costumes, using many brief sex clips, and almost always at least one scene having his actresses wear sunglasses. Andrew _Blake_ 3) He had a good day after Judge Wapner ruled in his favor on _The People's Court_ when actress and former lover Brandy Alexandre sued him for royalties; but in early 1997 this director and star of the _Buttman Goes to Rio_ had a bad day when he announced he was HIV positive and retiring. John _Stagliano_ 9. Before 1995, only once had a team had 4 players hit 30 or more home runs in the same season. Now one team has done it for three straight years, with five different players hitting 30 or more at least twice in that span. A. FTP, name that team. Answer: _Colorado_ _Rockies_ (either works) B. Two Rockies, one of whom is no longer with the team, hit 30 or more home runs in each of the last three seasons. FTP each, name them. Answer: Andres _Galarraga_ and Vinny _Castilla_ 10. On a 10-5 basis, given villains from kids' action cartoon shows of the 1980s, name the shows. A. 10 points: Destro 5 points: Cobra Commander Answer: _G.I. Joe_ B. 10 points: Slithe 5 points: Mumm-ra Answer: _Thundercats_ C. 10 points: Sly Rax 5 points: Miles Mayhem, leader of VENOM Answer: _M.A.S.K._ 11. Fill in the blanks in these songs, and give the artist or group that originally sang them, F5P@: 1. "This is where the party ends, I just stand here listening to you, and [BLANK]" Answer: YOUR RACIST FRIEND, by THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS 2. "Set out runnin' but I take my time, a [BLANK] is a friend of mine..." Answer: FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, by the GRATEFUL DEAD 3. "Paula came from Miami, F-L-A, hichhiked her way across the USA. Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she. She says hey, baby, [BLANK]" Answer: TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, Lou REED 12. Identify the following basketball players from things they said, wrote or did FTP each. A. He said "Fo, fo, fo," predicting a sweep of the 1983 NBA playoffs by his team; he was only off by one game. Answer: Moses _Malone_ B. The index listing for "Women and" in his book A View From Above contains references to 38 different pages. Answer: Wilt _Chamberlain_ C. This player sued to stop publication of the supposedly libelous book Outrageous, which also happened to be his "autobiography." Answer: Charles _Barkley_ 13. 30 Points (Stunt) Put your pencil and paper down, because you're not allowed to use them. Select one member from your team who will recite the American English alphabet backwards, starting with "Z." You'll get 5 points for every 4 letters correct, and 30 for the entire alphabet; but be careful because a miss or significant pause stops you. Z-Y-X-W-V-U-T-S-R-Q-P-O-N-M-L-K-J-I-H-G-F-E-D-C-B-A /5 /10 /15 /20 /25 /30 (note to editor: no indent was made on the answer in this emailed copy so that the marks were most likely to appear correctly. The use of "proportional" type fonts on the print out of the question may mess the marks up. Teams get 5 points if they make it to "W" without a miss or pause, 10 for making "S," 15 for making it to "O," 20 for making "K," 25 to "G," and all 30 to "A." If the "/" marks do not appear in the appropriate spots during printout, please edit accordingly.) 14. Name the technothriller authors who use the following recurring protagonists for the stated number of points. A. 5 points: CIA analyst Jack Ryan Answer: Tom _Clancy_ B. 5 points: NUMA operative Dirk Pitt Answer: Clive _Cussler_ C. 10 points: pilot Jake Grafton Answer: Stephen _Coonts_ D. 10 points: Dr. Jack Stapleton Answer: Robin _Cook_ 15. When Marv Albert heard that NBC had given him the pink slip, he couldn't wait to get home and try it on. FTP each, identify: 1) The lawyer Marv found that was brave enough to tackle a case involving Virginia's draconian sodomy statute. Roy _Blank_ 2) The woman who filed charges, had her name protected by the media, and then gave up her anonymity at a series of press conferences after the plea bargain. Vanessa _Perhach_ 3) The career hotel employee whose surprise testimony torpedoed Marv's defense. Patricia J. _Masten_ 16. Although they've yet to have a hit single, and don't seem to care about having one, the musical foursome called "phish" make bigger and bigger waves. FTP each, identify: 1) The name for the concert held over a weekend at an abandoned Air Force Base in Plattsburgh, NY that _Rolling Stone_ and _Billboard_ listed as the summer of 1996's largest concert event in North America. The _Clifford Ball_ 2) phish's current album was released on October 28th. What's the title, taken from knitting jargon? _Slip Stitch and Pass_ 3) The band is identified as coming from what U.S. State? _Vermont_ 17. 1997 saw two women's professional basketball leagues in the U.S.: the ABL and the WNBA. For 5 points each, answer: 1) While most members of the 1996 gold medal U.S. Olympic women's basketball team joined the ABL, three joined the WNBA for its first season. For five points each, name those three. Lisa _Leslie_ Rebecca _Lobo_ Sheryl _Swoopes_ 2) For another five, which '96 U.S. Olympian announced after the conclusion of the inaugural WNBA season that she was defecting from the ABL to the WNBA? Nikki _McCray_ 3) For a final five points per pair, give me both the town and the nickname of the two WNBA teams that played for the inaugural championship in a single-game playoff. _New York Liberty_ _Houston Comets_ 18. Identify the following strategy board games 5-10-15. 5. Marshals, flags, bombs, and spies are among the pieces in this semi-abstract game by Milton Bradley. Answer: _Stratego_ 10. This game from FASA in which you stomp around in big robots shooting other big robots was the basis for the Mechwarrior games. Answer: _Battletech_ 15. This twisted cross between football and fantasy from Games Workshop features players with names like Lord Borak the Despoiler, Gore Throatgouger, and Garbage Throttlesnot. Answer: _Blood Bowl_ 19. For the stated number of points, given a Martin Scorsese movie, give the first and last name of Robert De Niro's character in the movie. A. 5 points: Taxi Driver Answer: _Travis Bickle_ B. 5 points: Raging Bull Answer: _Jake La Motta_ C. 10 points: The King of Comedy Answer: _Rupert Pupkin_ D. 10 points: GoodFellas Answer: _Jimmy Conway_ 20. 30-20-10-5-1 Points (TV) (Moderator's note: question form invented by the TD) 30-20-10-5-1, identify the TV series: 30: Both Buddy Hackett and Bill Cosby have hosted and failed with new versions of this show. 20: Still syndicated in reruns, this 1950's game show won a Peabody award in spite of the fact that Phyllis Diller once appeared as a contestant. 10: The duck who appeared when somebody said "the secret word" is in the Smithsonian Museum of American History. 5: Groucho Marx believed he revived his career by hosting the show. 1: Groucho would say to each contestant," Welcome to _You Bet Your Life_." _You Bet Your Life_ 21. 4 Marx Brothers appeared in at least 1 film, another left the act while they were still in vaudeville, a sixth died as an infant. For five points each, give me the names AT BIRTH of the six Marx Brothers. _Manfred_ (died after birth) _Milton_ (left the act) _Leonard_ _Julius_ _Adolph_ (do *not* accept Arthur, as that was a legal name change in the 1930's) _Herbert_ 22. "Doctor Who," with a production run of over 25 years, is one of the longest-lasting science fiction series of all time. In it, the Doctor travelled in the TARDIS, a machine that could materialize at any point in time and space. F5P@, give the six words whose first letters form the acronym TARDIS. Answer: TIME AND RELATIVE DIMENSIONS IN SPACE (Moderator's Note: If anyone complains about this bonus not being hard enough, you can optionally ask them this bonus, just for fun) "Doctor Who," with a production run of over 25 years, is one of the longest-lasting science fiction series of all time. Answer these questions about the TV show, FTP@: 1. All or nothing, in "City of Death", what two British personalities wax poetic about the TARDIS as art, the Doctor runs in and dematerialized is before their eyes? Answer: John CLEESE and Elanor BRON 2. Sylvester McCoy attained fame prior to becoming the Seventh Doctor by stuffing what wild mammal down his pants? Answer: FERRET 3. What late actor played the Black Guardian in the Key to Time season, and later as the Black Guardian tried to convince Turlough to kill the Doctor? Answer: Valentine DYALL 23. ID the author from works, 30-20-10: 1. 30 pts: _The Ships of Earth_, _Earthfall_, _Earthborn_ 2. 20 pts: _Hart's Hope_, _Red Prophet_, _Lost Boys_ 3. 10 pts: _Ender's Game_, _Stone Tables_, _Xenocide_ Answer: Orson Scott CARD 24. Keanu Reeves, love him or hate him? If that were the question, this would be an easy 30 points. Instead, FTP@: 1. Name the city in which he was born in 1964. Considering the city's later history, this may be the most legitimate reason someone could have for invading it. Answer: BEIRUT, Lebanon 2. His first movie role was in this 1986 film, opposite Ione Skye, Dennis Hopper and (probably a very jealous) Crispin Glover. Answer: The RIVER'S EDGE 3. Finally, Keanu's name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in the language of what island chain? Answer: The HAWAIIAN Islands In this list of words, three refer to forms of body piercing. Tell me which ones, FTP@. The list is: Thompson, Marilyn, Alamo, Lhassa-Apso, Helix, Geronimo, Conch Answer: MARILYN (piercing in the upper lip), HELIX (piercing in the upper ear cartilage), CONCH (piercing the bowl-shaped cartilage of the ear) 25. Give the taglines from these TV commercials involving food FTP each. You must give the slogan, not just the product. A. A boxer finds new energy when he learns his opponent stole his french fries at a birthday party long ago. Answer: _Did Somebody Say McDonald's?_ B. Schoolchildren get revenge on bullies who steal their cupcakes and brownies, and a paper with the slogan on it falls out of a thermos. Answer: _Got Milk?_ C. Unfortunately, during the last Super Bowl an ad with this tagline ran immediately after a Baked Lays ad featuring Miss Piggy. Answer: _Pork: The Other White Meat_ --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOSSUPS Trashmasters 1997 -- Auburn-Montgomery 1. Created by Security Concepts, a subsidiary of Omni Consumer Products,= this project was given the green light when police officer Alex Murphy w= as killed in the line of duty by Clarence Boddiker. After he is brought b= ack to life as a cyborg, Murphy sets out on a quest for his identity. Fo= r ten points, name this 1987 sleeper hit that starred Peter Weller and Ro= nny Cox. Robocop READER'S NOTE If answered correctly, the moderator must say "I'd buy tha= t for a dollar!" 2. He was born the son of a poor Alabama sharecropper, or at least that'= s what he would have us believe. His wife contends that he was born and = raised in Harlem. We do know that his dry cleaning chain, for most of hi= s series' run, had seven locations, one near you.For ten points, name thi= s character, portrayed by Sherman Hemsley. George Jefferson 3. Ten years ago, Superman abandoned a world that chose a hero who would= kill over one who wouldn't. Many other heroes followed suit. Now the n= ext generation of metahuman is running amok in the world, eventually irra= diating and depopulating the American midwest. Superman and the heroes o= f yesterday erect a gulag and imprison chaotic metahumans until a riot in= the gulag prompts the U.N. to nuke the gulag. For ten points, name this= comic masterpiece by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. Kingdom Come 4. They've been on the Real Life and have built a full scale model of the= earth out of papier mache. Neither their pancake jamboree nor their an= imation of the Lincoln Memorial has brought them any closer to their goal= . For ten points, name these two creatures who are in reality two geneti= cally altered lab mice involved in a complex plot of world domination. = Pinky and the Brain 5. Sometimes called a quiz or an emigrette, most of us are probably more= familiar with the fixed axle variety. Tom Kuhn revolutionized this toy = by creating the transaxle, an axle within an axle, that allows this devic= e to "sleep" for up to two minutes and achieve rotational velocities of 1= 00 miles per hour. For ten points, name this toy popularized by Donald F.= Duncan. Yo-Yo 6. Twonky, Trundlebot, Zoom Bot, and Twitch are robots used by bored gr= id-widget producing computers to race through an obstacle course and be t= he first to touch all of the checkpoint flags. For ten points, name this= game designed by Magic: the Gathering creator Richard Garfield and winne= r of two Origins awards in 1994. Robo Rally 7. When Don Levine was told in 1964 that he couldn't patent the human bo= dy, he decided he would alter it slightly. He moved one thumbnail to the= inside of the thumb and added a scar to the face. These changes allowed= him to acquire a patent and create America's Movable Fighting Man. For = ten points, name this real American hero. G. I. Joe 8. Holly is a computer, Listor is a slacker, Rimmer is a tight-assed holo= gram, and Cat evolved from a feline to a human like creature in a zoot su= it. FTP these are the characters from what British TV show? Red Dwarf 9. He was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1956, but he's better r= emembered for two hits he took. One was laid on him by Chuck Bednarik in= 1960, still considered one of the hardest tackles in league history. We= hope he rembered his old college team, the Trojans of USC, during the ex= tramarital tryst that made the tabloids this year. FTP name this former = back for the New York Giants football commentator who can be heard during= ABC's Monday Night Football. Frank Gifford 10. Amanda Plummer and Cristina Ricci are costarring in the soon-to-be-re= leased movie I WOKE UP EARLY THE DAY I DIED, a rather risky undertaking c= onsidering the box office record of the movie's screenwriter. FTP, name = the long dead writer of the screenplay on which the movie is based and yo= u also name writer-director of NIGHT OF THE GHOULS, ORGY OF THE DEAD and = PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. FTP name his man, subject of a 1994 Tim Burton = film. Edward D. Wood, Jr. 11. He released a compilation of projects called _Grass Roots_ on his Dur= ban Poison label. In 1996, he released an album of duets called _Nearly = God_. This co-founder of Massive Attack has been best known for his solo = albums _Maxinquaye_ & _Pre-Millennium Tension_. FTP, name him. Tricky =20 12. An All-SEC performer playing football at the University of Alabama, h= e became the head coach of Clemson in 1978 and in 1981, at the age of 33,= he led them to a National Championship, the youngest in NCAA history to = do so. Name this Gadsden, Alabama, native who was recently fired from hi= s position as head coach at the University of Arkansas. Danny Ford 13. One is actually Charlie, a creation to scare DeeDee, according to _De= xter's Laboratory_. On _The X-Files_, it was a fungal-activating enzyme t= hat gave one power. In Puerto Rican myth, it may even be an alien. FTP, n= ame this 'goat-sucker'. Answer: chupacabra 14. His first solo album was _Sentimental Journey_, which was followed b= y such hit albums as _Beaucoup of Blues_. His last album _Time Takes Tim= e_ achieved moderate success, while his greatest hits album _Blast from Y= our Past_ includes 'You're Sixteen' & 'Photograph'. FTP, name this ex-Be= atle.=20 Ringo Starr (prompt for more on Ringo; accept Starkey from any smart-ass= so inclined to answer that) 15.Name's pronounced the same: a tool used by farmers to break apart roc= ks while digging in their gardens or the magazine for which Kartmann's mo= m posed nude in SOUTH PARK. FQTP, name it. CRACK HO(E) 16. Henry Selick just doesn't get any respect. He directs movies, but h= is name never appears above the title. Roald Dahl beat him out for James= and the Giant Peach while Tim Burton beat him out for this other movie, = which centered on the warped denizens of Halloweentown hijacking the Yule= tide. For ten points, name this stop-motion film. The Nightmare Before= Christmas 17. You could argue that he failed in his critical advocacy role. Under= his watchful eye we saw the disappearance of the Humming Fish, the Brown= Bar-ba-Loot, and the Swomee-Swans. And he couldn't get the Once-ler to = stop cutting down the truffula trees. FTP name this Dr. Seuss character.= The Lorax 18. This band was formed when the two leading members applied for the sa= me job in a Minneapolis record store and realised that they had a similar= dislike for the current hardcore punk scene and wanted to make punk musi= c with feelings. Early on they toured with bands such as REM, Black Flag= , and even Dwight Yoakum. They were signed by SST records and released s= uch monumental albums as Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, and Flip Your Wig pr= ior to being one of the first bands to jump to a major label. FTP, name = this band founded by future Sugar member Bob Mould and Grant Hart. Hus= ker Du 19. It is common knowledge that Hunter S. Thompson defines the term "Gon= zo Journalism." It is also well known that he has written many books suc= h as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Generatiin of Swine as well as re= cently writing articles for Time magazine. Less known however, is the di= sastrous 1981 movie made about his life, starring Peter Boyle and Bill Mu= rray. FTP, name this film. Where the Buffalo Roam 20. FQTP, what beer is featured in ads starring a devious penguin who st= rikes fear into the heart of beer drinkers everywhere with his catch phra= se "dooby-dooby-doo" while on his way to steal the NHL's Lord Stanley's C= up? Bud Ice (do not accept Budweiser or Bud Light) 21. Los Angeles has been invaded, and it is up to him to save the planet= and rescue the captured women. On his mission to "kick some alien ass" = he must fight Assault Troopers, Octabrains, and mutated LAPD Pig Cops. F= TP, name this hero and title character of the best-selling video game by = 3D Realms. Duke Nukem 22. South Park is an hilarious new cartoon on Comedy Central, but fortun= ately this question is about Elvis. Though he played to sold-out audienc= es all over the world throughout his career, only once did he allow a wor= ldwide satellite broadcast of one. FTP, name this concert forever preser= ved on celluloid. Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii 23. Pencils and paper ready. Take the number of Star Trek movies that i= ncluded the Next Generation cast and multiply it by the number of band me= mbers currently in R.E.M. and add to that the number of National Lampoo= n Vacation movies, and the result is this question's solution. FTP what'= s the number? 10 2X3+4=3D 10 24. George Cohan claimed to be born on the fourth of July, but the movie= about his life was not directed by Oliver Stone. James Cagney portrays = this star of the stage in, FTP what film? Yankee Doodle Dandy BONI Trashmasters 1997 -- Auburn-Montgomery 1. (25 pts.) Even though it only took David Lynch four hours to muddle = the story so that it's incomprehensible, Frank Herbert's Dune series is a= n inspired work that spans six novels. We all know that Dune is the fir= st book in the series. I'll give you the other five and you will, for fi= ve points each place them in the proper order. Children of Dune, Dune Me= ssiah,Chapterhouse: Dune,God Emperor of Dune, and Heretics of Dune. Dune Messiah Children of Dune God Emperor of Dune Heretics of Dune Chapterhouse: Dune 2. 30 pts. Name this character, 30-20-10: (30) In an utter abomination of a holiday special which aired once in 197= 8, we were introduced to his father Scratchy, his wife Molla, and hi son = Lumpy. (20) He is portrayed in three films by Peter Mayhew. (10) He prompted what some might call a racial, or species, epithet from = Princess Leia, who called him a "walking carpet." Chewbacca 3. 30 pts. One Thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It= was an age of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of Garg= oyles. This was in 994, in Disney's Gargoyles. Only one gargoyle had a = name then. When they awoke from the spell that had imprisoned them for a= millenium, the rest of them chose snazzy monickers to be just like their= leader. For five points each, name the members of the Scottish clan of= gargoyles brought back to life by billionaire industrialist, David Xanat= os. Goliath, Hudson, Lexington, Brooklyn, Bronx, Broadway 4. 30 pts The name is the same. Given a description of two people real = or fictional give the common first and last names. Ten points each. a. Ron Howard's character on a 70's sitcom and the 1997 Dallas Cowboys f= ield goal kicker. ans. Richie Cunningham b. Sportscaster on Fox's NFL Sunday and the ex-con Godfather of Soul. ans. James Brown c. The crazed killer from Halloweens 1, 2, 4, & 5 and the star of the s= lightly less funny So I Married An Axe Murderer. ans. Michael Myers 5. 30 pts. 30-20-10 Name the man. =20 30 point clue. He appeared as himself opposite Rodney Dangerfield in a c= ameo in "Back to School". 20 point clue. He appeared as a man on the street in the film "Mother Nig= ht", an adaptation of one of his novels. 10 point clue. He wrote the novel "Slaughterhouse Five" even though he di= dn't appear in the movie version. Who da'man? Kurt Vonnegut 6. 30-20-10 Name the musician: 30- He was both a military helicopter pilot and Rhodes Scholar before giv= ing it all up to move to Nashville. He was nominated for an Oscar for Be= st Adapted or Song Score for the 1984 film Songwriter, losing to Prince. 20- He was so eager to get Johnny Cash to hear his demo tape that he lan= ded a helicoptor on his front lawn. Cash wound up with a big hit, "Sunda= y Morning Coming Down," and launched this man's songwriting career. 10- His own hits, such as "Why Me, Lord?" and "The Silver-Tongued Devil,"= have been overshadowed by others' hit versions of his compositions "Help= Me Make it Through the Night" and "Me and Bobby McGee". ans. Kris Kristofferson 7.30 pts. The Babylon Project was a dream given form and our last best= hope for everything from victory to giving Jeff Conaway a job. For ten = points, each, answer the following questions about the already classic se= ries. 1. Name the First One who saved Sheridan at Z'Ha'Dum and went beyond the= Rim with the other First Ones. Lorien 2. Name the emperor of the Centaurum who aspired to godhood by allowing t= he Shadows and Vorlons to destroy Centauri Prime. He was killed by Vir C= otto in a coup. Cartagia 3. How many tons, within 10,000, does the Babylon 5 station weigh? actua= l weight=3D2,500,000 tons 8. 25 pts. For five points each, given an entertainer's original name, = give the stage name: a. Thomas Mapother IV ans. Tom Cruise b. Reginald Dwight ans. Elton John c. Winona Horowitz ans. Winona Ryder d. Stanley Kirk Burrell ans. Hammer e. Nicholas Coppola ans. Nicholas Cage 9. 30 pts. Perhaps fearing that Fester Addams would typecast him in remakes of 60s c= amp vehicles, Christopher Lloyd has decided to return to the classics for= his next vehicle. FTP, identify the series-cum-movie in which Christoph= er Lloyd reprises Ray Walston's role of Martin O'Hara. = MY FAVORITE MARTIAN On MY FAVORITE MARTIAN, Martin and his faux-nephew Tim shared a spacious = 1BR over the garage of a befuddled landlady played by Pamela Britton. F= 20P (10 Pts. for first name and 10 Pts. for last name), what was the land= lady's name? LORELEI BROWN 10.30 pts. 30-20-10, Identify the celebrity: 30- This author of Hiding My Candy was born Benjamin Edward Knox in Beau= fort, SC in 1957. 20- When he was 16, Benjamin so loved the name his mother had chosen fo= r the baby she was carrying that when his mother miscarried he begged to = be called by that name; ever since, that has been the name by which Benja= min is known to friends as well as audiences in such venues as The Edge i= n Columbia, SC, or Club One in Georgia. 10- The former Benjamin Knox has little to "wine" about today: playi= ng herself in MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, this Savannah drag= queen has won critical raves and quintupled her asking price for an enga= gement. The Lady CHABLIS 11. 25 pts. We all know that Elvis was the greatest singer of all time, but he = was also quite a prominent actor in the late 50's and 60's appearing in o= ver 30 movies before retiring from the silver screen in 1969. Given a br= ief description, name the movie starring the King. a. Elvis plays a young night club singer in this 1958 flick, based on A = Stone for Danny Fisher, Harold Robbins' first and most acclaimed novel, w= ho is dragged into the criminal underworld by Vic Morrow and Walter Matth= au. ans. King Creole b. Elvis plays a race car driver opposite Ann-Margret in this camp class= ic from 1964. ans. Viva Las Vegas c. Elvis stars opposite Beverly Hillbillies beauty Donna Douglas as the = title characters of this movie based upon an old saloon song about an unf= aithful musician and his wife's revenge. ans. Frankie and Johnny d. Damn, the King looks good in this 1962 vehicle about an up and coming= boxer who would rather live his life as a mechanic. ans. Kid Gala= had e. Damn, the King looks bad in his last film, where he helps a nun playe= d by Mary Tyler Moore; coincidentally, there's a minor role for Ed Asner = too. ans. Change of Habit 12. 30 pts. When developing pilots for tv shows, producers often decide that the orig= inal concept or title just isn't quite what they're looking for. Follow= ing are three such shows. I'll give you the original title, and for 10 p= oints apiece, you give me the name the show finally aired under. The Alley Cats Charlie's Angels 45 Minutes From Harlem Diff'rent Strokes Cyborg Six Million Dollar Man 13. 30 pts. For five points each, give the top six picks in the 1997 NBA draft a= fter being given the team that selected them. a. San Antonio Spurs ans. Tim Duncan b. Philadelphia 76ers ans. Keith Van Horn c. & d. Boston Celtics (two answers) ans. Chauncey Bi= llups and Ron Mercer e. Vancouver Grizzlies ans. Antonio Daniels f. Denver Nuggets ans. Tony Battie 14. 30pts. Just about everybody has heard of Stephen King, Michael Crichton and Tom = Clancy, three of the most successful writers in the world. Even they had= to start somewhere. For ten points each, give me the first novel of eac= h of the above authors to see publication Stephen King Carrie Michael Crichton The Andromeda Strain Tom Clancy The Hunt for Red October 15. 25 pts. Let's see if you know as much about the Parker Brothers board game = Monopoly from memory as I do sitting here looking at it. For five points= each answer the following questions. a. What would you have to roll in order to get from the Electric Company= to Free Parking in one turn (assuming doubles are not rolled)? ans.= 8 b. What is the rent if you land on Boardwalk and stay in a hotel? ans. = $2000 c. If you rolled a 4 on your first turn of the game, which space would y= ou land on? ans. Income Tax d. Once on Income Tax, would it be best to pay the 10% or the $200 (if y= ou have gained no money)? ans. 10% (10 percent of $1500 is only $150) 16. 30 pts. It's Backup Catcher Bowl! Given a backup catcher, FTP each name the= starter he backed up in 1996: a. Eddie Perez ans. Javier Lopez b. Charlie O'Brien ans. Benito Santiago c. Lenny Webster ans. Chris Hoiles 17. 25 pts. Many celebrities change their names on their way to fame and fortune= , in particular musicians. So, for five points each given the artists' s= tage name, come up with their real identities. a. Bob Dylan ans. Robert Zimmerman b. David Bowie ans. David Jones c. Bono ans. Paul Hewson d. The Edge ans. Dave Evans e. Johnny Rotten ans. John Lydon 18. Name the author of these novel series, 10 pts. each: a. The 87th Precinct police procedurals ans. Ed McBain (acc. Hunter) b. "The Cat Who..." mysteries ans. Lilian Jackson Braun c. The fantasy parodies featuring the great mage Ebenezum and his haples= s apprentice Wuntvor ans. Craig Shaw Gardner 19. 30 pts Barbara is like "butta"! And so are the leading men in her movies. = Given the movie FTP name Ms. Streisand's co-star. a. The Way We Were ans. Robert Redf= ord b. A Star is Born ans. Kris K= ristofferson c. Yentl ans. Mandy Patinkin 20. 20 pts Many cities have streets and avenues that are well known nationwide.= Given the street, for five points each name the southern city where it = is located. a. Canal Street ans. New Orleans b. Dexter Avenue ans. Montgomery c. Beale Street ans. Memphis d. Peachtree Street ans. Atlanta 21. 25 pts. In the United States, there are about 1,500 daily newspape= rs. For 5 points each, name the five with the highest circulation. a. Wall Street Journal b. USA Today c. New York Times d. Los Angeles Times e. Washington Post 22. 30 pts Laughter is an international language. Given the name of six stand-= up comedians, name their nationalities. Five points each. a. Alexi Sayle- ans. British b. Mike Myers- ans. Canadian c. Rosie O'Donnell ans. American d. Jenniffer Saunders- ans. British e. Rowan Atkinson ans. British f. Howie Mandell- ans. Canadian 23. 25 pts. Catch phrases are many splendored things. I'll give you fo= ur catch phrases from TV shows and all you have to do is give me the char= acter who says it. You get an extra five points if you get them all. "Lords of Light" Thundarr, the Barbarian "Stow it, dinghy" Melvin Sharples "What you talkin' 'bout?" Arnold Jackson "Not in the face! Not in the face!" Arthur 24. 20 pts It seems like anything John Grisham writes will be adapted into a mo= vie. Given the name of an actor or actress name the Grisham movie they s= tarred in. Five points each. a. Julia Roberts ans. The Pelican = Brief b. Matthew McConhehey ans. A Time to Kill c. Chris O'Donnell ans. The Chamber d. Susan Sarandon ans. The Client 25. 20 pts Doesn't everyone love boni where one has a 50% chance of giving the c= orrect response? In the Beavis and Butthead episode "Our Founding Losers= ", the boys dream about American history. Given a famous American tell w= ho portayed them- Beavis or Butthead. a. Paul Revere ans. Butthead b. Abraham Lincoln ans. Butthead c. Benjamin Franklin ans. Beavis d. Betsy Ross ans. Beavis 26. 30 pts. FTP each given a song title name the musical it is from. a. "Luck Be a Lady Tonight" ans. Guys and Dolls b. "Memory" ans. Cats c. "Those Magic Changes" ans. Grease TOSSUPS Trashmasters 1997 -- LUQKi 1. In its July 1989 issue, SPY magazine did a series of experiments which= included the following: a 120 foot drop resulting in a bounce, but litt= le noticeable physical effect; a burning rubber smell when the item was = burned or irradiated; upon freezing, the center substance exhibited the m= ercury-like property of not adhering to practically any surface; when im= mersed in water, the item bloated and turned the water to a urine-like co= lor. They concluded that the item in question could not be "unequivocall= y categorized as food." FTP, name this beloved snack, the best-known of = many sugary confections by Hostess. ANSWER: Twinkie 2. He was named MVP of the National League twice despite his team finishi= ng fifth both times. He led the league in fielding at his position four = times during his nineteen year career, three times at short and one time = at first base. He hit more home runs than any shortstop in the history o= f the game and wound up with 512 for his career. He never played a day i= n the minor leagues, jumping directly from the Kansas City Monarchs to th= e Chicago Cubs in 1953. His best-known quote is, "It's a great day for b= aseball. Let's play two." FTP, who is Mr. Cub? ANSWER: Ernie Banks 3. "My worst fears are realized, the damage is more extensive than I ever= imagined. The problem now is my father. My dear Catherine, what will b= e her fate...if he's still the same? I'm afraid it will take more than I= , Atrus, to outwit Gehn...and his corruptive ways." Thus begins the diar= y entry of Atrus as he outlines the story of what may be the most anticip= ated computer game of all time. It is the sequel to the best selling Mys= t. FTP, name it. ANSWER: Riven 4. His first fiction sale was "Kittens," which he sold in college at the = age of 20. If you've read any of his books, you will find that he freque= ntly quotes a work called "The Book of Counted Sorrows" at the beginning = of section divisions. Unfortunately for many of his fans, the book does = not actually exist, but the poetry is written by the author himself. FTP= , name this author of best selling works such as The Bad Place, Lightning= , and Watchers. ANSWER: Dean Koontz 5. "If the court please, I wish to use the words of Justice Brandeis diss= enting in Olmstead to speak for me. He wrote, 'Our Government is the pot= ent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole = people by its example.' That's all I have." The defendant was then order= ed to pay $550 to the court as a processing fee due in the state of Color= ado. This was in addition to his conviction on all 11 counts he had been= charged with and sentencing to death for first and third degree murder. = FTP, who was the defendant? ANSWER: Timothy McVeigh 6. When asked what his most embarrassing moment on stage was, he answered= , "I would imagine that would be when I split my pants four times on stag= e. Each time it's been equally embarrassing. Those were the days when I= wore tighter pants." Born Thomas Arnold George Dorsey in India, the "ra= ja of romance" has sold over 130 million records of such hits as "After t= heLovin," , and claims to have the largest fan club in the world. His ca= reer peaked when Pauly Shore asked him to appear on his MTV Spring Break = classics and his album, Love Unchained, hit the top 10 in Europe. FTP, n= ame him. ANSWER: Engelbert Humperdinck 7. As everyone knows, nothing distinguishes a bad television show like Ba= rry Van Dyke, but he is not alone in the world of untalented sons who can= ony get jobs on the heels of their more-talented fathers. This actor sha= melessly threw his sons Shane and Christian at an unwitting public in the= series "High Mountain Rangers" and "Jesse Hawkes." FTP name this actor,= star of "The Wild, Wild West" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep." Robert CONRAD 8. Her 1985 work Exit to Eden was penned under another pseudonym, Anne = Rampling, and was the basis of a film of the same name. However, she is = better known for another book-turned-movie, Interview With the Vampire. = FTP, name the creator of the Vampire Lestat. ANSWER: Anne Rice 9. Let's say you are the Greeks. You will establish your capital at Athe= ns with a settler early in the game. After that, you will continue to de= velop your city while building other cities as well. You will have to pa= y attention to the happiness of your citizens, defending your cities from= enemies, diplomacy with neighboring countries, as well as scientific gro= wth. You will build the Great Pyramids, the Hanging Gardens, and Leonard= o's workshop. You can win in two ways. Either you can be the last count= ry standing, or you can be the first to get to Alpha Centauri. FTP, name= this game created by Sid Meier. ANSWER: Civilization (accept Civilization 2) 10. He lives in New York City, and has three children that we know of. B= rian is running for the Nassau County Legislator's office, Denise is a se= nior at Boston University, and Jackie is a pastry chef. His brother, Al= , is the voice of USA boxing, while his other brother serves as the voice= of boxing for Showtime. His son, Kenny, is in his third season of calli= ng games for the Washington Capitals. Some of you may have only known hi= m for his frequent appearances on Letterman. Others of you recognized hi= m as the voice of the New York Knicks and the NBA on NBC. For 10 points,= name this faux coiffed, DNA incriminated sportscaster. ANSWER: Marv Albert 11. Sergio Leone's "Dollars" trilogy, launched the movie career of Clint = Eastwood, who was the only actor to appear in all three of the movies, "A= Fistful of Dollars", "For a Few Dollars More", and "The Good, the Bad, a= nd the Ugly". Gian Maria Volonte appeared in supporting roles in two of t= he three movies, as did this man, whom MST3K fans might remember as the M= aster Ninja. FTP name this perennial tough guy. Lee VAN CLEEF 12. The main character lives in a village set on a hilly peninsula, ringe= d by mountains, forests and sea. Some of the inhabitants of the village h= ave been brainwashed, others are spies. The main character's name is neve= r given, but he is referred to as Number 6. What is this British series s= tarring Patrick McGoohan which came to American television in 1968? = THE PRISONER 13. Alfred Hitchcock's color movies all seemed to feature blondes in the = female lead roles. In fact, this 1955 film is Hitchcock's only color movi= e of the 1950's that does not feature a blonde in the female lead. It w= as instead Shirley MacLaine in her film debut opposite John Forsythe and = Edmund Gwenn. None of them played the title role, though, since the titl= e character was already dead. FTP name this film. THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY 14. Eight albums currently on the Billboard top 200 have been on the lis= t for more than a year. Of these, this album has the longest tenure, 93 = weeks, despite only getting as high as number 4. It currently sits at nu= mber 21. Tracks include "Don't," "Daddy," "Adrian," "Painters," "Near Yo= u Always," and "I'm Sensitive." For ten points name this album by Jewel.= PIECES OF YOU 15. In Fantastic Four #48, in 1966, the world met Galactus, Devourer of W= orlds and his herald. The herald came to Earth to summon his master, so = he might devour our world. But he was touched by a young woman named Ali= cia Masters. He betrayed Galactus at the cost of his freedom. Galactus = put a shield around the earth that kept the herald from leaving. Born No= rrin Radd of the planet Zenn-La, he was marked by having a very unusual c= omplexion. He is still very popular today with an animated series beginn= ing in February and a movie in the works. You will get 10 points if you = can identify this high flying hero. ANSWER: Silver Surfer 16. Mrs. Clinton admitted that she was no fan of the president's favorite= card game, Hearts. However, the first family does play many hands of a = card game that has many variations. In the partners format, bidding begi= ns at 25 as each team attempts to take the lead from the other. Points a= re given for things such as runs, having a face card in each suit, and ha= ving the king and queen of each suit. The team taking the bid sets trump= . Two things make this game particularly unique. First, the deck is com= prised only of the cards higher than 8, including the Aces. Second, the = game's name comes from the pairing of the queen of spades and the jack of= diamonds. FTP, name the game. ANSWER: pinochle 17. Who says all the great musicians from Seattle play grunge music? This= modern master's impressive list of credentials include work on almost 50= 0 country music albums, the 1991 CMA vocal event of the year, a record-ty= ing seven consecutive CMA Awards for musician of the year, and even a num= ber one classical album in 1996 with Yo-Yo-Ma called Appalachian Waltz. F= TP identify this alltime great fiddle player, whose latest work, Liberty,= debuted in October 1997. ANS: Mark O'Connor 18. Sandor Kocsis in 1954. Just Fontaine in 1958. Eusebio in 1966. Gerd= Muller in 1970. Paolo Rossi in 1982. Gary Lineker in 1986. Salvador Schi= lacci in 1990 and Hristo Stoichkov in 1994. FTP these were all leading sc= orers for the stated years in which competition? ANS. The World Cup 19. He lives with his dog Spunky next door to the Big Heads, two nose-l= ess frogs with, you guessed it, very big heads. He spends his time either= working at the Kind-Of-A-Lot-Of-Comics store, or getting into trouble wi= th his two best friends: Heifer, the overeating cow, and Filbert, the hyp= ochondriac turtle. If you watch his "modern life" long enough, you'll ge= t to know his home of O-Town, and other revolving characters, such as the= Chameleon Brothers, and Really Really Big Man. FTP, identify this most f= amous wallaby of Nickelodeon cartoon fame. ANS: Rocko 20. The movie was based on a Dashiell Hammett story, and it was first fil= med in 1931 with household names Ricardo Cortez and Bebe Daniels. The nex= t attempt to film the story was in 1936, under the title "Satan Met a Lad= y", starring Bette Davis and Warren William, with Arthur Treacher in the = role Sydney Greenstreet played in the most famous version. What is this 1= 941 film, John Huston's first as a director, starring Humphrey Bogart? THE MALTESE FALCON 21. Introduced in 1912, more than 345 billion of them have been consumed = to date. More than 7.5 billion are consumed each year, which comes out t= o 20.5 million per day. To keep up with the voluminous demand, the recip= e calls for 18 million pounds of cocoa and 47 million pounds of cr=E8me f= illing. Each one contains 90 ridges and takes 90 minutes to bake. It is= comprised of 29% cr=E8me and 71% cookie. If every one eaten in a year w= ere dunked in milk, cows would have to produce 42.2 million gallons of mi= lk to accommodate the dunkers. FTP, name this popular cookie. ANSWER: Oreo 22. In 1950, TV Guide hailed this Canadian-born actor as "The Charlie Cha= plin of television". His self-titled show won the 1950 Emmy for Best Vari= ety show, and he himself won Best Actor honors. Despite this, his show ne= ver caught on, and it was cancelled after only three years. Eight years l= ater, he was feeding lines to a horse. Who is this man who played Wilbur = Post on "Mr. Ed" from 1961-65? Alan YOUNG 23. Although many records in the NBA come with the phrase, "Except for Wi= lt Chamberlain," the case of this particular player seems particularly ju= stified. The 1973-74 season was his second in the NBA. He pulled down 1= 117 rebounds and blocked 246 shots, third in the league behind Elmore Smi= th and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. However, he did something that no one, excep= t Wilt Chamberlain, has ever done. He led the league in scoring and fiel= d goal percentage in the same year despite taking the majority of his sho= ts from the perimeter. FTP, name this Buffalo Brave. ANSWER: Bob McAdoo BONI Trashmasters 1997 -- LUQKi 1. Steve Allen's 1956-61 variety show on NBC introduced several familia= r faces. Name these regulars from the show from their later work for five= points apiece: a. He left the show in 1960 to become Andy Griffith's sidekick. = Don KNOTTS b. For nine years he played Schneider on "One Day at a Time", something A= merica has yet to forgive. Pat HARRINGTON, Jr. c. He and Mel Brooks created "Get Smart". He was a frequent guest host of= "Saturday Night Live," where he always appeared as John Belushi's custom= er in the "Samurai" sketches. Buck HENRY d. After the show was cancelled, he joined "McHale's Navy". He was a regu= lar on "The Carol Burnett Show" Tim CONWAY e. They had their own variety show on CBS six years after Steve Allen was= cancelled. They were cancelled due to fights with CBS censors. = The SMOTHERS Brothers 2. The following are movies or TV mini-series based on parts in compilat= ions by Stephen King. For five points apiece, I'll give you the movie or= TV show, and you give me the King book each was taken from. a. Children of the Corn Night S= hift b. The Lawnmower Man Night Shift c. The Langoliers Four Past Midn= ight d. Sometimes They Come Back Night Shift e. Graveyard Shift Night Shift f. The Shawshank Redemption Different Seaso= ns 3. Despite all the new-fangled superheroes these people come up with, we = all know that Superman still kicks much booty. For those of you who stil= l respect the man of steel, you will get five points for each of these th= ings you can identify from Superman's comics. a. It means "Star Child" in Kryptonese = Kal-El b. Under a plastic dome, this city survived the explosion of Krypton = Argo City c. Instead of killing Kryptonians like green kryptonite, it removes thei= r powers permanently Gold kryptonite d. Superman rescued this shrunken city from Brainiac and kept it in his F= ortress of Solitude for years. Kandor 4. 30-20-10: name the author by the works. 30: The Books of Blood, The Inhuman Condition, In the Flesh 20: The Hellbound Heart, The Great and Secret Show, Imajica 10: Sacrament, Everville, Weaveworld, The Thief of Always ANSWER: Clive Barker 5. Identify the year each World Series took place by a brief description = of the Series. 10 pts for each correct answer. (1) Bob Gibson pitched three complete game victories, added a homerun in = game seven, and was named MVP. Lou Brock batted .414 and stole seven base= s, tying Eddie Collins record and pacing the Cardinals. ANS= . 1967 (2) Los Angeles enjoyed its first World Championship as the transplanted = Dodgers prevailed, aided by the relief pitching of MVP Larry Sherry. Ted = Kluszewski of the "Go-Go" White Sox hit .391 with three homers and ten RB= I's. ANS. 1959 (3) This series featured fine pitching on both sides, including the first= game, when Boston's Johnny Sain beat Bob Feller 1-0. Cleveland's Gene Be= arden did not allow a run in 10 2/3 innings. = ANS. 1948 6. Anyone who has stayed up for a little late night TV has seen the inn= umerable commercials for various 70s hits compilations. Provided you paid= attention during those commercials, or if you're just old, you should b= e able to identify the artist who made each of these songs popular; 5 pts= each for 25 points total. (1) Chevy Van ANS: Sammy Johns (2) Saturday Night ANS: The Bay City Rollers (3) Lonely Boy ANS: Andrew Gold (4) Hooked On a Feeling ANS: Blue Swede (5) Kung Fu Fighting ANS: Carl Douglas 7. Believe it or not, Marx Brothers movies have plots.For ten points apie= ce, name the Marx Brothers movies from the descriptions: a. Groucho is Professor Quincy Wagstaff, new president of Huxley College.= With the help of Harpo, Chico, and yes, Zeppo, they try to win the big f= ootball game against Darwin College: HORSE FEATHERS b. Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo are stowaways aboard ship. That's abou= t all the plot there is, but watch for the lovely Thelma Todd, whose myst= erious murder may have been a hit by associates of her ex-lover Lucky Luc= iano. MONKEY BUSINESS c. Groucho is Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush, a veteranarian hired to save a sani= tarium facing banruptcy. Hypochondriac millionaire Margaret Dumont will l= end the money to the sanitarium only if Hackenbush is put in charge. A DAY AT THE RACES 8. The Heisman hype following certain smaller college athletes in rece= nt years as Steve McNair and Randy Moss should alert the average football= fan to the fact that a number of top NFL players have come from even sma= ller colleges. I'll give you a list of six well-known NFL players and a l= ist of four colleges; you match them up. 5 pts for each correct answer. Players: Greg Lloyd, John Mobley, Nate Newton, Ben Coates, Tyrone Poole,= Andre Reed Colleges: Florida A&M; Livingston; Fort Valley State; Kutztown State ANS: Greg Lloyd - Fort Valley State John Mobley - Kutztown State Nate Newton - Florida A & M Ben Coates - Livingston Tyrone Poole - Fort Valley State Andre Reed - Kutztown State 9. Are you a Rocky Horror kind of team? If so, you will get an easy 25 = points for answering this question. In the song "Time Warp," five specif= ic physical motions are mentioned in the chorus. You will get five point= s for naming those five motions in order. a. Jump to the left b. Step to the right c. Hands on hips d. Knees in tight e. Pelvic thrusts 10. Why would some TV star sing a theme song when he or she can't sing? T= hat's rhetorical, you won't get any points for answering it. Name these e= gotistical stars who sing their theme songs for five points apiece: a. "The Fall Guy" Lee MAJORS b. "My Two Dads" Greg EVIGAN c. "B. J. and the Bear" Greg EVIGAN d. "Life Goes On" Patti LUPONE e. "Joanie Loves Chachi" (name both) Erin MORAN and Scott BAIO 11. The most memorable performance isn't always the one that won the Osca= r. For five points each, given a memorable performance and the year of th= e movie, tell me which actor or actress actually beat it for the Oscar. a. Clark Gable, "Gone with the Wind", 1939. Robert DONAT (for Goodbye, = Mr. Chips) b. Liam Neeson, "Schindler's List", 1993. Tom HANKS (for Philadelphia) c. Humphrey Bogart, "Casablanca", 1943. Paul LUKAS (for Watch on the R= hine) d. Bette Davis AND Ann Baxter, "All About Eve", 1950. Judy HOLLIDAY (fo= r Born Yesterday) e. Joan Fontaine, "Rebecca", 1940. Ginger ROGERS (for Kitty Foyle) f. Richard Burton, "Equus," 1977 Richard DREYFUSS (for The Goodbye Gi= rl) 12.. The test of the true baseball fan is baseball history, so lets see= how far back you can go with these clue about players from before the tu= rn of the century. You'll get ten pts for each correct player you can ide= ntify. (1) The outstanding shortstop on the great Orioles squads of the 1890s, h= e made a specialty of getting hit by pitched balls. In 1896 he batted .40= 1 and was plunked 49 times. Later, as a manager of the dominant Tigers' t= eams of Ty Cobb's era, he popularized yelling "Eeyah" to encourage his pl= ayers. ANS: Hughie Jennings (2) The Hoosier Thunderbolt was probably the hardest thrower of the 19th = century, and won 30 games every year from 1891 to 1894. After leading the= NL in walks and strikeouts five times, he sat out the entire 1896 season= in a dispute with ownership, and was traded straight up for a young Chri= sty Mathewson. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977. = ANS: Amos Rusie (3) He had a serious disposition that led to his being nicknamed "Crab". = He batted .339 lifetimes and had over 2800 hits, batting over .400 twice.= Later, he served as a coach under John McGraw, and was inducted into the= Hall of Fame in 1946. ANS: Jesse Burkett 12. Ask any movie buff about the "Kinghts of Nee", and he'll probably thi= nk of that famous farce Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail. L= ets see if you're one of the many college students familiar with this fil= m by seeing how many points you get on this question, 10 pts. each. (1) According to the inscription in the cave, what's the name of the cast= le in which the Holy Grail is located? ANS. The Castle Aah (or Aargh= ; accept close approximation) (2) In the infamous Castle Anthrax, what is the name of the character who= greets Sir Gallahad and shows him around the castle? ANS: Newt (3) What sacred relic is lobbed at the killer rabbit after the counting t= o five... er, three? =20 ANS: the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch 13. Nobody said it was easy to have chart success in the world of popular= music, but its even harder to have such widespread success as to transce= nd charts into another musical genre. (1) First, for 5 pts name this artist, who, in 1991, was the first artist= to debut an album at number one on both the Billboard top 200 album char= t and the Billboard album charts. ANS: Garth Brooks (2) Second, for 10 points, identify this female artist who, in 1997, bec= ame the first artist to simultaneously have a top 10 single in the Billbo= ard Pop chart and Billboard Country Music chart. = ANS: Leann Rimes (3) Now, for 15 points, in 1989 this female teenager became the first art= ist to occupy a spot at the top of the charts in both the United States a= nd Great Britain at the same time, with DIFFERENT songs. If you need the = names of the song, it will be worth 5 pts. 5 point clue: The songs were Could've Been and I Think We're Alone Now ANS: Tiffany 14. Name the actor from his TV series. You will receive 30 points on the = first clue, 20 points if you guess right on the second, 10 on the third. 30: "Stone", "Buck James" 20: "Kentucky Jones", "Gentle Ben" 10: "Gunsmoke", "McCloud" DENNIS WEAVER 15. Only two skaters have accomplished a combination jump of the quadrupl= e toe loop - triple toe loop variety. & they're both like Canadian, eh? F= TP, name one, or 30 if you can name both these Canucks. Answers: Elvis _Stojko_ and Ravi _Walia_ 16. For their work in what series were the following stars given Emmy awa= rds? You will be given the year they won, and the award they won. Five po= ints for each correct answer. a. William Daniels, best actor (drama), 1986 ST. ELSEWH= ERE b. Larry Drake, best supporting actor (drama),1989 L. A= . LAW c. Jack Albertson, best actor (comedy), 1976 CHICO AND = THE MAN d. Jean Marsh, best actress (drama), 1975 = UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS e. Tom Poston, best supporting actor (comedy), 1959 = THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW f. Shirley Booth, best actress, 1963 HAZ= EL 17. Have you caught X-Men fever? The comics have spread and have many X-= type offspring. You will get five points each if you can identify the fo= llowing X-men given a short description. a. When her power manifested, she was worshipped as a goddess in Kenya = Storm b. This incorrigible flirt is a member of the Thieves Guild = Gambit c. She put Gambit into a coma when she kissed him = Rogue d. Often the field leader, he married Jean Gray's clone = Cyclops e. This mall rat calls her power "fireworks" = Jubilee 18. If you, like many others, watched the "Nanny Murderer" trial with bai= ted breath, then you will have no problem answering this bonus. You will= get five points for each of the following you can answer correctly. a. Correctly spell the last name of the infant victim. E= APPEN b. Name the judge who changed the jury's original verdict. H= iller B. Zobel c. What was the verdict in the trial changed to by Judge Zobel? I= nvoluntary Manslaughter d. What was the original verdict in the trial? 2= nd Degree Murder 19 If you are like most people with a computer, you have probably played = Myst. If so, it should be of no surprise to you that Myst was the top-se= lling computer game of 1996 according to PC Data magazine. You will get = 5 points apiece if you can identify the next five top selling games of 19= 96 in no particular order. ANSWERS: . Mac Cube, X-Wing, Links Pro, . Doom II, Star Wars Rebel Ass= ault II 20. There is no telling what your favorite soft drink may be. Perhaps yo= u are a Surge lover. Or maybe you stick with the old standby, Coke. You= will get 5 points each for identifying the top 5 soft drinks in America = as identified by Advertising Age in order from the highest market share t= o the lowest. a. Coca Cola (accept Coke) b. Pepsi Cola (accept Pepsi) c. Diet Coke d. Dr. Pepper e. Diet Pepsi 21. Katharine Hepburn has had one of the longest careers in the movies, = and one of the most successful. Answer these questions about her for ten = points apiece: a. She was first paired with Spencer Tracy in this 1942 movie. WOMAN OF THE YEAR b. Before "Woman of the Year", she played opposite this actor in three co= nsecutive pictures -- Holiday, Bringing Up Baby, and The Philadelphia Sto= ry.. CARY GRANT c. She won her first Oscar in 1933 for which movie? MORNING GLORY 22. Forbes magazine lists Bill Gates as the richest man in America with = a personal fortune of more than 36 billion dollars. For 5 points each, l= ist the following American billionaires in order from richest to least ri= ch. a. Charles Schwab Warren Buffet ( 23.2 bill= ion) b. George Lucas Philip Knight (5= .8 billion) c. Ross Perot Ross Perot (3.3 billion) d. Philip Knight Ted Turner (2.1 = billion) e. Warren Buffet George Lucas (2 = billion) f. Ted Turner Charles Schwab (1.7 bill= ion) 23. Time for a bonus on the almost-forgotten era of baseball history co= ncerning the Negro Leagues. Identify each of these famous black stars; yo= u'll get 10 pts per correct answer. A. Nicknamed "El Maestro", he was a master of every position, once leadin= g his Cuban league in hitting and pitching in the same season. = ANS. Martin Dihigo B. A 1952 Pittsburgh Courier poll of former Negro League players and mana= gers named him the greatest pitcher in Negro League history, by one vote = over Satchel Paige. ANS. Smokey Joe Williams C. The greatest defensive catcher in Negro League history, he later tutor= ed a young Roy Campanella on the fine arts of catching. = ANS. Biz Mackey 24. According to Radio and Records, the top five alltime album sellers = in the United States consists of 2 group acts, two male solo artists, and= one solo female artist. The easy part is that you'll get 20 pts for nami= ng 4 of the 5. The hard part is that you can get an extra 10 points for n= aming all five, in order from 5th place to the number one slot of alltime= album sales champion in the United States. ANS: #1: The Beatles #2: Garth Brooks #3: Billy Joel #4: The Eagles #5: Barbara Streisand 25. Name the actress from her films: 30 pts if you guess right on the fir= st clue, 20 on the second, 10 on the third. a. "Hired Wife", "Take a Letter, Darling" b. "The Trouble with Angels", "Sister Kenny" c. "His Girl Friday", "Auntie Mame" ROSALIND RUSSELL --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOSSUPS TrashMasters 1997 -- Memphis Refusing to be bogged down by details such as fingerprints and alibis, ma= n takes on the challenges of a world constantly facing destruction: the t= rauma of a filthy refrigerator, the secrets of telekinesis, and attacks b= y an angry eagle. For ten points, name this character, more concerned wi= th quantum mechanics and lost cats than clues, created by Douglas Adams t= o run the Holistic Detective Agency. Dirk Gently Initial reports claimed his death was the result of a kinky sex game gone= awry. Cops say his death was a suicide. His girlfriend, Paula Yates, to= ld a British newspaper that her ex-husband, Sir Bob Geldof, murdered him.= For ten points, name this singer of 80's hits such as "New Sensation" a= nd "Need You Tonight" from the band INXS, recently found dead in an Austr= alian hotel room. Michael Hutchence=20 Four million years ago, their planet was headed for an asteroid field. O= ne group of them boarded the Ark to clear a path. The other group attack= ed and boarded the Ark. The resulting battle caused the Ark to crash on = Earth. For ten points, name this race of robots with the ability to chan= ge their form into cassettes, cars, airplanes, and other machines. Transformers She will soon be receiving a much needed round of plastic surgery. Howev= er, unlike many female plastic surgery candidates, the result will be a s= maller chest, larger waist and smaller hips. This is so she will more cl= osely resemble the physical appearance of a teenage girl, right down to t= he beeper included in her package. The result will be called the "Really = Rad" version in a series that now includes Veterinarian, Dentist, and oth= er more professional jobs. FTP, name this doll=09 Barbie Described as "indefensible but irresistible," this sport has existed sinc= e at least 2000 B.C. Although recently a few women have cracked the rank= s of its elite, it is relatively unchanged since 1726 when Francisco Rome= r introduced the estoque, a sword; and the muleta, a cape. For ten point= s, name the sport popular in Portugal, Spain and many Latin American coun= tries. Bull Fighting They were formed in response to a supernatural attack on FDR by the Nazis= . During WWII, they were restricted to fighting crime on their home te= rritory, battling subversives, as well as super-powered foes. After the = war, they continued in their goal of fighting crime, but in 1951 they cam= e under the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities Committee. They= refused to shed their masked identities and then disbanded. FTP, name t= his DC Comics team, which included most of the Golden Age Heroes of Earth= -2, and forerunner to the Justice League of America Justice Society of America (do not accept Justice League of America) Caribou, Love Songs, Here and There, Duets, Madman Across the Water, Made= in England, Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player, Tumbleweed Connec= tion, The One, Honky Chateau and Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cow= boys. For ten points, name the man who recorded these albums. Elton John (This question requires 2 answers) Given that TV executives are allergic= to new ideas, it's no surprise that ABC has given the green-light to 13 = episodes of a sitcom next fall that reunites two characters that were ico= ns of the 70's. One is a TV news producer, the other was her neighbor un= til she moved to New York in 1974 for a spin-off series featuring a doorm= an named Carlton. Name these two characters, FTP, made famous by Mary Ty= ler Moore and Valerie Harper Mary Richards and Rhoda Morgenstern Selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994, this running back play= ed his last NFL games for the Denver Broncos in 1988. He holds the recor= d for the longest run from scrimmage, of 99 yards. For ten points, name t= his running back who won the 1976 Heisman Trophy and became the 1st round= draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys in 1977. Tony Dorsett Much to his dismay, a fifth level fighter of THACO 16 happens upon a beho= lder of armor class zero. The fighter gains the initiative and swings to= attack the Beholder in the eye with his trusty short sword. What is his= percentage chance to hit? Twenty-five percent (do not accept 16 or better on a twenty-sided die, b= ut prompt for more) Dance your cares away and have a few radishes. Follow the side plots invo= lving the cleverly named Traveling Matt and the industrious Doozers. FTP= , name this series to which this refers, created by Jim Henson. Fraggle Rock His reappearance is set to occur around Lent. Since 1961, he has wanted = to attach a corporate affiliation to his name, and has pursued many schem= es and tricks to gain entry, but to no avail. He has had a ten-year hiat= us from ads, but will reappear, spouting off knowledge of cyberspace and = computer whatnot. FTP, name this icon for Starkist, reintroduced because= Americans aren't eating enough tuna. Charlie the Tuna He was an editor at Playboy magazine, before moving on to become a seriou= s author, speaker, and occasional stand-up comic. He has written such no= nfiction works as Prometheus Rising and The New Inquisition, and has a co= medy record (Secrets of Power) and a punk rock album (The Chocolate Biscu= it Conspiracy). He's possibly best known for his works with Robert Shea,= the Illuminatus! Trilogy. FTP name this fnord author. Robert Anton Wilson Not named after the rat, she has been played by Maureen McCormack, Linda = Blair, Debbie Gibson, Adrienne Barbeau, Lucy Lawless, Rosie O'Donnell, Br= ooke Shields, and Stockard Channing. FTP, name the character from Grease= who suspected that she had gotten more than hickies from Konicke. Rizzo They had an airport, a tree house, a wigwam, all of the luxuries of moder= n living. Oh, if only they weren't a choking hazard! FTP, name these fu= n-loving ovoid toys, each etched with a loving smile, that would wobble, = but would not fall down. Weebles Patrick Ewing, Steve Young, Pete Sampras, Jeff Gordon, Dennis Rodman, Flo= rence Griffith Joyner, Kristi Yamaguchi, Gabriela Sabatini, Amy Van Dyken= , Billy Ray Cyrus, Leann Rimes, Van Halen, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Yasmin= e Bleeth, Neve Campbell, Tyra Banks, Daisy Fuentes, Conan O'Brian, Spike = Lee, The Phantom, and finally Jonathan Lipnicki and Paul Shaffer in choco= late. For ten points, name the product for which all of these people hav= e become messy-mouthed spokespersons. Milk In this casino favorite, the house holds a 2.5% advantage over the player= s. A good card counter, however, could shift the odds to 1.5% in their f= avor. For a very quick ten points, name this game of 21. Blackjack Unlike most films featuring Max von Sydow, this one can be summarized as:= two brothers from Canada, beer, mind control, and, yes, beer. Along the= way, one of them gets trapped in a beer vat, but saves himself by drinki= ng it dry. For ten points, name this film based on an SCTV skit starring = Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis Strange Brew [do not accpet the MacKenzie brothers] Apparently not satisfied with the royalties of the books he's been writin= g since the 1960's, this author's works are being republished by White Wo= lf. He's collecting his numerous series that concern different incarnati= ons of the Eternal Champion into larger books, with titles such as Von Be= k and Nomad of the Time Streams. This author has also created such chara= cters as Corum, Hawkmoon, and Jerry Cornelius. FTP, name this author, wh= o also penned the Elric of Melnibone series. Michael Moorcock Chill the can for at least two hours. Carefully open it, and immediately= pour gently into your favorite sixteen-ounce glass. Wait for a few mome= nts for it to settle and form a uniquely thick creamy head and deep black= body. Now you are ready to discover the magic of, for ten points, what = beer whose cans contain a special widget, which allows the drinker to enj= oy the taste of real draught beer? Guinness This band originated in New York during the 80's. Their efforts to make = it big were aided by people such as Paul Shaffer. Their self-titled debut album created a Gra= teful Dead-like cult following. Their second album, Travelers and Thieves, is still their best, but it w= as not until their fourth album, cleverly titled Four, that the band's po= pularity skyrocketed. FTP, name this band best known for the hits "Run A= round" and "Hook." Blues Traveler Born July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, this man studied at Ripon Colleg= e in Wisconsin. His lesser efforts include Hanover Street, Force Ten fro= m Navarone, and Frantic. This laid back actor resides in Jackson's Hole,= Wyoming. For ten points name this friend of Jimmy Buffett who stand six= feet tall, which you would know if you referred to the back of his Star = Wars Action Figure. Harrison Ford She only uses her first and middle names. It was enough when she referre= d to the MTV Video Awards as "bullshit" in her acceptance speech, or when= she told people to be themselves at the VH-1 Fashion Awards, but now she= 's gone too far. She's attacking the Butterball company, and I'm afraid = you need a last name for that! FTP, name this vegetarian songstress who,= at the age of 20, has only one album, Tidal, with three hit songs, inclu= ding "Criminal" and "Shadowboxer". Fiona Apple On December 1, 1935, this man was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg in Brookl= yn, New York. Although he was suspended from New York University, he went= on to become a well know writer, actor, director, and hypochondriac. Le= ss famously he is the father of Dylan, Seamus, and Moses. For ten points= , name the man quoted as saying, " If my film makes one more person miser= able, I'll feel I've done my job," who is maybe most famous for his rocky= relationship with Mia Farrow. Woody Allen Circles playing this sport can be found at alternative music festivals li= ke HORDE or Lollapalooza. For ten points, name this game, the object of = which is to keep the ball off the ground using primarily one's feet, , bu= t never one's hands. Hacky Sack BONI TrashMasters 1997 -- Memphis Given the Magic: The Gathering card, name the expansion set in which it f= irst appeared, for five points each. Mishra's Factory -Antiquities Kird Ape -Arabian Knights Underworld Dreams -Legends Chub Toad -Ice Age For an additional ten points, give the "traditional children's rhyme" fro= m the Chub Toad card. -"Chub Toad, Chub Toad, At the Door, Run Away Quick, Or You'll Run no mor= e." Given a character in a video game, name the game from whence they came fo= r five points each. Super Joe -Bionic Commando Dr. Wiley -Megaman the series Spirit -Wing Commander Gul'Dan -War Craft II Gannon -The Legend of Zelda FuSoYa -Final Fantasy II I'll give you the beginning of an Indigo Girls' lyric, you finish it for = ten points each, preferably by singing it. "The incense of my soil is burned=85" -"by the fire in my blood" "I'm not the land of Canaan, sweetheart=85" -"waiting for you under the sun" "I went to see the doctor of philosophy=85" -"with a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee" "Hey, hey, we're the Monkees!" If you really are the Monkees, you will h= ave no problem with this bonus. For ten points each, answer the followin= g questions about those crazy primates. Name the original members of the Monkees -Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith =20 Name the Monkees' latest album -Pool It Finally, name the Monkee that did not rejoin the group for this last albu= m -Mike Nesmith Whoa, those hot babes of X-Men. For ten points each, given a description= of her mutant abilities, name the X-Men character. She can transform sound into light and shoot devastating laser beams from= her fingertips. -Dazzler She can "phase" her molecular structure into an intangible, ghostly state= , making herself able to pass through solids and walk on air. -Shadowcat She has expansive mental powers and a "psychic blade" which she projects = from her right hand. -Psylock Given a Star Wars book, name the author for ten points each. Spectre of the Past -Timothy Zahn Dark Saber -Kevin J. Anderson Children of the Jedi -Barbara Hambly You wouldn't believe how many many stars have been guest voices on the Si= mpsons...or would you? For five points each, given a character, name the= person who provided the voice: Laura Winfield, the fifteen year old new neighbor on which Bart gets a cr= ush, but she goes out with Jimbo. -Sarah Gilbert Herbert Powell, Homer's long lost half-brother who is a carmaker in Detro= it - Danny DeVito Alison Taylor, Lisa's new classmate who always seemed to one-up her - Winona Ryder Larry Burns, Mr. Burns' unrefined, illegitimate son -Rodney Dangerfield Jessica Lovejoy, Bart's girlfriend who turns out to be way too bad for hi= m -Meryl Streep For the final five points all or nothing, name the duo who give voices to= Sideshow Bob and his attention-craving brother Cecil Terwillager - (yes you have to specif= y which is which). -Bob: Kelsey Grammer; Cecil: David Hyde Pierce =20 Given a pair of years, name the Winston Cup champion, 10 pts. each: 1981 & 1985 -Darrell Waltrip 1975 & 1979 -Richard Petty 1995 & 1997 -Jeff Gordon Name the band from songs, 30-20-10-5: (a) "The Thing that Only Eats Hippies" and "Do the Brown Nose" (b) "Stuart" and "Punk Rock Girl" (c) "Methodist Coloring Book" (d) "Bitchin' Camaro" -The Dead Milkmen Name the American 30-20-10-5: (a) He co-wrote, with Angelo Badalamenti, Industrial Symphony #1, the 199= 0 video of which features Nicolas Cage, Julee Cruise, and a flayed deer. = =20 (b) He directed The Elephant Man (1980) and Dune (1984) (c) He also directed Eraserhead (1977) and Blue Velvet (1986) (d) He created and directed two seasons of Twin Peaks -David Lynch Name the Sid and Marty Krofft creation for the stated number of points 5pts. In the early 70's, this show featured a family that somehow got= caught in an earthquake=20 which opens a time vortex, which catapults them to a place where prehisto= ric creatures still walk the earth. The Kroffts hired a UCLA linguistics= professor to come up with a 200-word vocabulary for the show's imaginary= tribe, the Pakuni, to make it more educational. -Land of the Lost 10pts. Also in the early 70's, this show featured 4 flying teenagers= , Joy, Courage, I.Q., and=20 Harmony, who unerringly outwitted the evil Benita Bizarre, played by dent= ure-wearer Martha Raye, in time to play a horrible Britpop song. -The Bugaloos 15pts. This show, never released on video (and for good reason) cent= ers around two androids, Fi and Fum, who travel to the past, which in the= ir case was 1975. (Who, in their right mind would waste time travel to g= o to 1975 is a more intriguing mystery than this show, but I digress) In= 1975, they pick up Jerry and his babysitter Alice, and then they are all= transported into crazy, wacky adventures in futuristic settings. -Lost Saucer You may have noted, from whatever media you prefer to expose yourselves t= o, that there is another movie in the Alien family; however, this one inc= ludes Winona Ryder, so it will not be referred to in this question whatso= ever. Looking at happier times, this bonus is about the various androids= that have received mixed reviews from Ripley. 5 pts. What was the name of the android in the Aliens and Alien3 mov= ie, AKA "the useful=20 android" who had his torso ripped off in Aliens, yet still managed to sav= e the girl? -Bishop 5 pts. What actor played Bishop in the latter two movies, and also p= lays Frank Black (of Milennium, not of the Pixies)? -Lance Henriksen 10 pts. Name the science officer of the Nostromo, an android that we= nt loopy, and resulted in Ripley's distrust of androids, not to mention being at least partly respo= nsible for the deaths of most of the crew. -Ash 10 pts. What distinguished British actor, an Oscar nominee for Supporting= Actor in 1981 for Chariots of Fire, played Ash? -Ian Holm Recently, many couples found that the condoms that they were using didn't= measure up; they were more prone to breaking during use. Ansell Personal= Products recalled over 57 million condoms, because using condoms that br= eak poses the risk that the user may not be protected adequately against = pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. Duh. FTP each, show your co= ndom savvy by listing the three brands of condoms that Ansell makes. -Life Styles, Prime, Contempo Ah, Mark Wahlberg, this generation's answer to Olivier. Or something lik= e that. For the stated number of points, answer the following questions about movies Marky Mark = has appeared in: 5 pts. This most recent movie is about Dirk Diggler, up and coming po= rn star. Set in the 70's, it glamourizes porn as only Mark Wahlberg can.= -Boogie Nights 10 pts. This movie features Wahlberg as a homicidal maniac, bent on = reclaiming the girl whose love he has lost because, well, he's a homicida= l maniac who cheated on her with Alyssa Milano, who plays her best friend= . -Fear 15 pts. In this movie, he is Private Tommy Lee Haywood, who is suppo= sed to be taught thinking skills by Danny DeVito's character, Bill Rago, = who is eminently able to do so due to his earlier career as an advertisin= g man. -Renaissance Man For five points each, answer the following bits of hockey trivia. What NHL team won the Stanley Cup in 1946, 1956, 1966, 1976, and 1986? -The Montreal Canadiens How many playoff games must be won to cop the Stanley Cup? -Sixteen What was special about the puck during Fox's broadcast of the 1996 NHL Al= l-Star games? -It glowed red, white, and blue (prompt on it glowed) What is a hockey referee calling if he waves his hand below his knees? -Tripping What do Red Wings fans traditionally throw on the ice before a playoff ga= me? -Octopus [accept squid] For a final 5 pts., name the legendary Minnesota North Stars goalie idoli= zed by Wayne and Garth, whose surname appears instead of "Algar" on Garth= 's Black Hawks jersey in the street hockey scene. - Gump Worsley The road to, the lost princess of, the magic of, the emerald city of... = If this were a tossup, the answer would be Oz. Answer the following ques= tions for the stated number of points about Baum's wonderland... 5pts. Name the piece of office equipment that inspired Baum to name h= is fantasy land "Oz". -A filing cabinet (O-Z get it?) 5pts. Who is the king of all the Under World, lives in a cavern studd= ed with gems, and is fairly stupid? -The Nome King 5pts each Name the four countries of Oz. -Munchkin, Winkie, Quadling, an= d Gillikin South Park is quite popular at the U of Memphis, but then again virtually= every packet submitted for this tournament has a South Park question, so= the same must be true of other campuses.. So given a clever quote from = a character, name the character, 10 pts. each. "I would never let a woman kick my ass. If she tried anything, I'd be lik= e: hey, you get your bitch ass back in the kitchen and make me some pie!" - Cartman "Of course! Kathie Lee is a beautiful sultry queen of sexual fantasy. And= if I sing to her, maybe I can lure her into a night of exotic delectation." -Chef "He just needs some training, that's all... Sit Sparky! Good boy... Now,= Shake... Good boy... Now, DON'T BE GAY." -Stan A stolen video has recently cause a huge stir in the entertainment and In= ternet worlds. It even gets mentioned each morning on the Howard Stern S= how. For ten points each, name: The female in the video. -Pamela (Anderson) Lee (prompt on Anderson) The well-endowed male featured in the video -Tommy Lee The magazine against which the exposed couple lost a $10 million dollar l= awsuit over the video -Penthouse Five points each, given a song, name the band. "Country Death Song" -Violent Femmes "So Alive" -Love & Rockets "Contact" -Phish "Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man" -Concrete Blonde "Shoplifters of the World Unite" -The Smiths "The Sunny Side of the Street" -The Pogues [or accept the Tommy Dorsey B= and] Given a year, name both the National League and the American League Cy Yo= ung winner for five points each. (a) 1970 -NL: Bob Gibson -AL: Jim Perry (b) 1981 -NL: Fernando Valenzuela -AL: Rollie Fingers (c) 1987 -NL: Steve Bedrosian -AL: Roger Clemens For five points each give the actors who portrayed the following characte= rs in the movie version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Riff Raff -Richard O'Brien Dr. Everett V. Scott -Jonathan Adams Columbia -Little Nell Rocky Horror -Peter Hinwood Criminologist -Charles Gray Eddie - Meatloaf We all love Monopoly, and we all love Star Wars. So how could we not all = love a Star Wars Monopoly Bonus? For five points each, given the propert= y from the original Monopoly game, name the corresponding property in Sta= r Wars Monopoly. (Prompt if only non-underlined information is given) Board Walk -Corruscant: Imperial Palace Pacific Avenue -Endor: Ewok Village Baltic Avenue -Dagobah: Swamp St. Charles Place -Tatooine: Mos Eisley Marvin Gardens -Death Star: Landing Bay Tennessee Avenue -Yavin Four: War Room Oh, those pesky septuplets! By the time of the tournament, I hope their = place in the news has been replaced by the dreary tales of war and unrest= that have dominated the latter half of this century. But, while they ar= e still fresh in your mind, you'll get 5 points, up to 30 total, for any = of the first names of those McCaughey kids. -Kenneth, Kelsey, Natalie, Alexis, Brandon, Nathan, Joel For five points each, name any six of the ten principal characters in HAI= R. -Mom, Dad, Claude, Berger, Woof, Hud, Jeanie, Crissy, Dionne, Sheila Computer technology is always advancing. Given an old computer technolog= y, give the new=20 technology that is replacing it for 5 points each and a bonus 5 for all c= orrect. CD-ROM -DVD ISA -PCI Standard modems -ISDN EDO RAM -SyncDRAM (also accept Syncronous DRAM, SDRAM) bit bit Cliffs Notes, or no Cliffs Notes. I'll name a book, you tell me if it h= as Cliffs Notes or not. Five points each and an additional five for all = correct. Utopia -Yes The Hobbit -No The Three Musketeers -No The Bell Jar -Yes The Old Testament -Yes --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOSSUPS TRASHMASTERS 1997: UTC ROUND Questions by David Moore, Alysia Vrailas, Toni Van Winkle, and Charlie Steinhice, with a special guest appearance by Ben Lea as the guy who wrote the first six bonuses 1. The title character suffers repeated indignities at the hands of Lord Gregory, Lady Juliana, and virtually everyone else. She loves Prince Alexi, who like her suffers repeated indignities at the hands of Lord Gregory, Lady Juliana, and virtually everyone else. He's not the prince who awakens her with, well, something a bit more intrusive than a kiss. This florid softcore tale of sexual slavery would be utterly ignored if the pseudonymous author hadn't revealed her identity. FTP name the first novel in a trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure, AKA Anne Rice. [The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty] 2. It's the number of miles are on the 1968 Ferrari California in Ferris Buehler's Day Off when Cameron freaks. You can derive this number by taking Joe Friday's badge number, subtracting the miles in the title of an old Peter, Paul, and Mary song, and adding the number of tears in the title of the only hit by Question Mark and the Mysterians. Or you could take Bo Derek's most famous film and multiply it by the official number of flavors offered at any given time by Baskin-Robbins. FTP what's the number? [ 310] 3. For a quick ten points, name the artist who recorded "Wrath of My Madness," "Dance with Me," "Ladies First," "Fly Girl," and "How Do I Love Thee." [Queen Latifah] 4 The first issue appeared in August, 1952, as a horror comic, but.condemnation of the genre by psychologist Frederic Wertheim led to a switch in format. Major comtributors have included Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Antonio Prohias, Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, and Don Martin Perhaps the most noted feature of the magazine is its freckled, red-haired, gap-toothed mascot, Alfred E. Neuman. FTP name this magazine. [Mad magazine] 5. A 1997 TV movie was based on this Lois Duncan book of the same name. It is about a group of high school students who accidentally cause the death of their English teacher, the title character. FTP name this book. [Killing Mr. Griffin] 6. Her pop career took off in 1984 with the album Eyes of Innocence. She then followed up with Let It Loose in 1987 and Cuts Both Ways in 1989. She followed the 1991 release of Coming Out of the Dark by a world tour. Oh, by the way, she did all of this with the help of her band, The Miami Sound Machine FTP name her. Ans Gloria Estefan 7. Unlike Charles Barkley, this athlete says he wants to be a role model. Of course he chose to make this statement in an interview with Penthouse. He's never been able to stay put, transferring from Purdue to Illinois, demanding a trade from Indianapolis, then in 1996 getting in such a fight with then-Falcons coach June Jones that when they couldn't trade him the Falcons cut him. FTP name this man, who for the moment anyway is the Oakland Raiders' starting quarterback. Jeff George 8. An eleven-year-old girl, enchanted with espionage, writes down everything that she sees and hears in her secret notebook. FTP name this 1964 Louise Fitzhugh novel, made into Nickelodeon's first full-length movie, starring Rosie O'Donnell. Harriet the Spy 9. While filming The Getaway (the original, not the Kim Basinger remake) she left her husband Robert Evans for her macho costar, Steve McQueen. Her later films, such as Convoy and Just Tell Me What You Want, never lived up to the acclaim of her first two. FTP name the female lead in Goodbye, Columbus, best known for her role in Love Story. Ali MacGraw 10. This character was originally voiced by Daws Butler. It's also the nickname of one of the first successful computer criminals, John Draper. Draper made hundreds of free phone calls by duplicating the frequency of an AT&T WATS line with a prize whistle offered in boxes of this cereal. Ths was long before the cinnamon, punch, vanilly, choco, and peanut butter variations. FTP name this ultrasweet concoction from Quaker. [Cap'n Crunch] 11. Although he prefers rugby, he volunteered as a coach for wheelchair basketball before his stint as a paratrooper in Northern Ireland. He is recovering from a punctured lung, a broken wrist, and major facial damage, and that only because he was lucky enough to have buckled up just as the limousine entered the tunnel approach. FTP name this member of Mohamed el-Fayed's security team, the sole survivor of the limo crash that killed Fayed's son Dodi and Princess Di. [Trevor Rees-Jones] 12. At his company's website, www.spumco.com, he has introduced such new characters as Sody Pop, Slab, and Jimmy the Idiot Boy. Jimmy is the nephew of George Liquor, the title character of this man's new animated series for the Internet only. FTP name this cartoonist, who first showed George Liquor as the owner of his best-known creations, Ren and Stimpy. [John Kricfalusi] 13. Her latest album, Behind the Eyes, is receiving surprising acclaim for its introspective lyrics and uncluttered, mostly acoustic folk-rock sound. It's also the first of her 15 albums on which she actually plays the guitar, a talent she rediscovered after she realized she could no longer handle even the three chords required for her cover version of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi." FTP name this singer, whose 1983 Age to Age was the first contemporary Christian album to go platinum. [Amy Grant] 14. He's currently starring as Othello at the Folger in a production with a unique switch: he's the only white cast member. His long stage career includes early appearances opposite Vivien Leigh with the Old Vic. You might have seen him in the miniseries I, Claudius and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, or in the films Dune, Masterminds, and Conspiracy Theory. FTP name the man who gained fame as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard of the Enterprise. [Patrick Stewart] 15. Brad Shearer. Jason Buck. Mike Ruth. Dean Steinkuhler. Chad Hennings. Jim Ritcher. Mark May. Dave Rimington. Ron Yary. Alex Karras. Lee Roy Selmon. Merlin Olsen. FTP name the award these players all won, named in honor of a two-time consensus All-American from Penn State, and given to college football's outstanding interior lineman. [the Outland trophy] 16. Barry Miller has since been seen in such films as Fame. Donna Pescow had a short-lived sitcom, Angie. Few people know that Fran Drescher's first movie role was in a film with Miller, Pescow, and Karen Lynn Gorney, who hasn't been seen since. This John Badham film did bring fame to some people though, most notably John Travolta and the Bee Gees. FTP name this 1977 movie. [Saturday Night Fever] 17. If you add the word "plastic" before the last word, you get the title of a TV-movie in which John Travolta played the the title character suffering from a genetic immune deficiency. This song's chorus concludes, "These are the days of miracles and wonders, and don't cry, baby, don't cry." For ten points, name this Paul Simon song from Graceland. ["The Boy in the Bubble"] 18. Co-produced by Gary Kurtz, the producer of Star Wars, this movie drew high praise, especially for Brian Froud's design. It follows the adventures of two Gelflings, Jen and Kira, and their quest to save the world from the Skeksis. FTP name this fantasy adventure, co-directed by Frank Oz and Jim Henson. [The Dark Crystal] 19 Her father was a principal in a billion-dollar arbitrage firm. Along with then-husband Brad Hall she had a stint as a regular on Saturday Night Live. She had a bit role in Hannah and Her Sisters but a more substantial part in Woody Allen's newest film, Deconstructing Harry. FTP name this actress, an Emmy winner for the role of Elaine Benes. [Julia Louis-Dreyfus] 20. It was directed by Nathan Juran and the screenplay was originally credited to Philip Yordan, but recently credit was restored to the real writer, the blacklisted Bernard Gordon. One must wonder if this submarine drama's costars knew that at the time, although odds are only one of them would remember it today. FTP name this 1957 film, the only one featuring Nancy Davis and Ronald Reagan. [Hellcats of the Navy] 21. Mad Dog Inferno. Last Rites. Endorphin Rush. Rebel Fire #3. Dave's Total Insanity. Satan's Slow Burn. 911. Ring of Fire. Smack My Ass and Call Me Sally. And perhaps the most intimidating brand name, Scorned Woman. FTP identify the category of condiment to which all these belong, as well as the more common Bull Lousiana and Tabasco. [hot sauces; do not accept salsas] TOSSUPS TRASHMASTERS 1997: BLIND LEADING THE BLIND ROUND Questions by Ben Lea, Jason Schwengler, Robert Trent, and Charlie Steinhice 1. "According to... the world's only totally reliable guide to the future, the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact, Just before dinner... The massed armies of Heaven and Hell will sort it out once and for all. Which is a major problem for Crowley, Hell's most approachable demon and former serpent, and his opposite number and old friend Aziraphale, genuine angel and London book shop owner." This is the premise of, FTP, what truly funny novel, a collaborative effort by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett? [Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch] 2. On Nov. 25 he started his dream job for $8 an hour as a police officer in Luthersville, GA. It's his first paid job in over a year, but he did have five years experience as a jailer and deputy sheriff and six years as a security guard. FTP name this man, initially hailed as a hero, then raked over the coals as a suspect before being cleared in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing. [Richard Jewell] 3. Cane and the Stubborn Stains was this band's recent TV incarnation. Even their earlier releases on Lookout Records, such as 1992's _Kerplunk!_, deal more with adolescent frustration and less with smoking marijuana. FTP name this East Bay group animated for King of the Hill, who have watered down punk rock yet again with their new release _Nimrod_. GREEN DAY 4. The continents of Terisiare, Sarpidia, and Jamuraa; the astral planes of Phyrexia and Rath; and the artificers Tawnos, Ashnod, Urza, and Mishra are but a few of things you'd find in this annoyingly addictive set of cards. FTP name this collectible strategy game which has made millionaires of Wizards of the Coast. MAGIC: THE GATHERING 5. This 26-year old English actress has recently found herself in high Hollywood demand, a far cry from her days of singing and playing jazz guitar in London nightclubs. She apparently called upon these club experiences for one of her more unusual roles, that of a sexy Russian country-western singer. FTP name this actress, who played the aforementioned singer in Goldeneye, was cast as Brad Pitt's street-smart girlfriend in Sleepers, and the lead female character in both Circle of Friends and Grosse Pointe Blank. Minnie DRIVER 6. It does not seem to be a word in the English language; neither does it appear in the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. The OED cites it (in the etymology of another word) as the past participle of the Latin verb meaning "to do (a thing) in a magnificent, stately, or showy way." So, maybe the reason some people called him Maurice was because he didn't know what he was talking about. For 10 points, identify this 3-syllable portmanteau, presumably meaning glory or grandeur, used in the title of a 1995 Jon Cryer film and in the opening stanza of Steve Miller's "The Joker". pompatus 7. Published in Britain with the title Love in Black and White, it sold considerably better than the same author's Border Music, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze and Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend. It also drove librarians mad as patron after patron would seek the shots of Roseman Bridge in the nonexistent photo essays of Robert Kincaid in 1965 issues of National Geographic. FTP name this inexplicable bestseller by Robert James Waller. The Bridges of Madison County 8. It would figure that if a guy like this one organized a tour of Egyptian artifacts, he would call it "Mummy Dearest." An award-winning playwright (including something called "If the Shoe Fits, Eat It"), he was chosen one of the Ronald McDonald House's "Twelve Good Men." But, of course, that's not why he got on PBS. He got his PBS show because NASA awarded him the largest grant ever given to a planetarium to produce their first multi-media special "Star Bound." For 10 points, name the executive director of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium, whose fame rests on his role as the "Star Hustler." Jack HORKHEIMER 9. Rookies from the University of Virginia, they are the 9th set of identical twins to play in the NFL. Ronde is a seldom-used cornerback for Tampa Bay, but the New York Giants have given much more playing time to rookie running back Tiki. FTP give their last name. [Barber] 10. Until recently, this quirky actor was probably best-known for his collaborations with David Mamet, particularly on the theatrical production of "Oleanna." He had minor roles in Benny and Joon, Searching for Bobby Fischer, and The Ghosts of Mississippi, played the nerdy administrator in Mr. Holland's Opus, and portrayed a cuckholded filmmaker who commits murder and suicide in Boogie Nights. FTP name this actor, who plays Dr. Morgenstern on ER and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. William H. MACY 11. A victim of its own success, it eventually dwindled to the stereotype many casual observers had already consigned it to. People forget that for a while it offered thoughtful treatments of topics once deemed too controversial for family shows, such as racial and religious prejudice, censorship, and anti-intellectualism. They also forget the quality ensemble cast that included Ronnie Claire Edwards, Ellen Corby, Michael Learned, Ralph Waite, and Will Geer. FTP name this CBS drama, launched by the acclaimed TV-movie The Homecoming, which paralleled creator Earl Hamner's rural Virginia youth. The Waltons 12. Things here are a bit different from what you read in the papers. Jeffy hogs the limelight and tries to mesmerize the others with his wavy hair. Thel is a pill-popping lesbian who turns tricks for grocery money. And Bil is a drunken pederast with a gay lover called Uncle Roy. FTP name this popular and subversive Internet feature found at a site called Spinnwebe, which invites reexamination of a stale Bil Keane comic strip. the Dysfunctional Family Circus [prompt for more on "Family Circus" or 'Spinnwebe"] 13. TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED: When one of them survived the wreck of the Andrea Doria, it was a good sign of the luck they'd have in the future. Their songs are the basis for the Broadway musical Smokey Joe's Cafe -- which is fitting, since they wrote "On Broadway," as well as "Poison Ivy," "Love Potion #9," "Stand by Me," and "Hound Dog." FTP name this influential songwriting team. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 14. Paavo Yrjola. Harold Osborn. Nikolai Avilov. Willi Holdorf. Milt Campbell. Christian Schenck. Rafer Johnson. Bob Mathias. Daley Thompson. Bruce Jenner. FTP what Olympic event have all these men won, along with Dave O'Brien? decathlon 15. His first film role came in 1987's Three on a Match, quickly followed by Death Wish IV. His biggest film lead was as the electrified con in 1989's Shocker. Now, he is best-known for his role as Superintendent Skinner on _The X-Files_. FTP, name this actor who really shows that bald can be beautiful! Mitch Pileggi 16. Last year this chain's 204 locations made $325 million, but they still pay their major assets only $2.13 per hour. Yet in an out-of-court settlement, while paying the seven plaintiffs and promising to open more bartending posts to the slighted sex, they were granted an exemption from gender discrimination for certain positions because it involved an entertainment function central to their marketing strategy -- or as Time put it, they sell the jiggle, not the steak. FTP name this restaurant chain, which must have cornered the world's supply of orange short shorts. Hooters 17. A Little League teammate of future NFL star Tommy Nobis, he was the least-known starter in the Orioles infield that went to the World Series in 1969, 1970, and 1971. Traded to the Braves, he had one explosive year where he, Darrell Evans, and Hank Aaron all hit over 40 homers. But he's hade more impact since he retired. FTP name this currently unemployed man, who's managed the Reds, Orioles, and Mets into the playoffs and won the 1986 World Series with the Mets. Dave Johnson 18. This film is based on the book The Woodsboro Murders by investigative journalist Gail Weathers. This slasher flick stars Tori Spelling, and murder occurs at its premiere. FTP, name this film within a film from Scream 2. Stab 19. It is based on the Tod Robbins story "Spurs." This 1931 film features the machinations of characters Cleopatra & Hercules taking advantage of the diminutive Hans. FTP, name this film by Tod Browning which also starred the Hilton Sisters. Freaks 20. His work with the Muppets includes a gem, "The Peace Carol." Only aficionados know of his talent as a musical humorist, heard in "Forest Lawn," "Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio," and "Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas." But wimpy later hits such as "I'm Sorry" and "I Want to Live" made it easier to dismiss him as a lightweight. FTP name the singer/songwriter who gave us "Matthew," "Back Home Again," "Country Roads," and "Rocky Mountain High." John Denver 21. During test-marketing housewives found over 1,300 uses for it, not counting reusing the jar. So it was introduced nationally on July 1, 1953. It contains Gouda, Muenster, mozzarella, and American cheese, as well as a smattering or mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and sorbic acid, plus the distinctive school-bus color of food dye #A001M. FTP name this food product from Kraft. Cheez Whiz BONI TRASHMASTERS 1997: UTC ROUND Questions by David Moore, Alysia Vrailas, Toni Van Winkle, and Charlie Steinhice, with a special guest appearance by Ben Lea as the guy who wrote the first six bonuses 1. A couple of years ago for this tournament, Ben wrote the best bonus of his life: the Supermodel Name Game bonus. You remember, where you were given a picture of a model and "the author of the Murder of Roger Ackroyd" and had to come up with "Agatha Christie Brinkley"? It's back... 5 points each and a 5 point bonus for all five: [READER: DISTRIBUTE ACCOMPANYING PICTURES] a) The Georgia physician who invented ether Answer: Cindy Crawford Long b) Like her, they make money the old fashioned way -- no, they don't marry an 80-year-old multi-millionaire, they earn it. Answer: Anna Nicole Smith Barney c) The quote musician end-quote who recorded "All by Myself" and "Hungry Eyes" Answer: Eric Carmen Electra d) He didn't treat Robin Givens the way this model treated Toni Braxton. Answer: Mike Tyson Beckford e) And last, the Linda Evangelista Torricelli memorial answer, this supermodel and wife of John Mellencamp almost certainly did not derive the equations for wave mechanics. Answer: Elaine Irwin Schrodinger 2. THE ALPHA GEEK MURDERS: Chapter 1. I'd been a detective in this town for years, but no case had puzzled me like the murder of this geek, Steinhice. Maybe it was somebody else from Chattanooga. Hmmm. For the stated number of points, identify these suspects I eliminated when they weren't in town that day. 5 points: He had motive; he'd never forgiven Charlie for marrying the daughter of his high school assistant principal. And he had means; he learned everything about killing from Quentin Tarantino during Pulp Fiction. But he didn't have opportunity; he was off filming Eve's Bayou. Answer: Samuel L. Jackson 10 points: He had motive; not even Charlie could displace him as the most-maligned coach in UTC history. He had means; he once had the entire Philadelphia Eagles' roster at his disposal. He had opportunity; he's unemployed these days. But, even if he did it, I couldn't prosecute him; he'd coached Tennessee-Chattanooga and the New York Jets -- he's suffered enough. Answer: Rich Kotite 15 points: He had motive; Charlie had gotten too much mileage out of the story about his grandfather dying in the Mountain City Club and nobody noticing for hours. He had means; he had the hardest serve in tennis for a while. But he didn't have opportunity; he was off celebrating the anniversary of his 1979 Wimbledon finals loss to Bjorn Borg. Answer: Roscoe Tanner 3. THE ALPHA GEEK MURDERS: Chapter 2. Steinhice was a librarian before he became the man in the gray flannel suit, so the clues to his demise might be in the movie representations of that noble and underappreciated profession. For 10 points each, ferret out these librarians on film. a) Shirley Jones played this librarian in the Music Man, so she could've done it. Or, she could've hired Danny Bonaduce to do it for her... Answer: _Marian_ Paroo b) In George Bailey's hellish vision of the future in "It's a Wonderful Life", this woman, played by Donna Reed, becomes the town librarian. Reed has an airtight alibi, though -- a coffin. Answer: _Mary_ Hatch (Bailey) c) These title characters of a 1984 Ivan Reitman film receive their first call to action from the New York Public Library. Personally, I'd keep an eye on that Egon. Answer: Ghostbusters 4. THE ALPHA GEEK MURDERS: Chapter 3. Maybe it was one of those one-hit wonders that Charlie was always prating about. Long after they thought they'd melted into obscurity, Steinhice was there to remind them of their faded glory, and gloss over the fact that some of them actually had a 2nd hit. For 5 points each, given two songs, name the artist who placed them and only them in the Billboard Top 40. a) "What About Love" [not Heart] and "Voices Carry" ['til tuesday] b) "Never Can Say Goodbye" [not the Jackson 5] and "I Will Survive" [Gloria Gaynor] c) "The Bird" [not the Rivingtons] and "Jungle Love" [Morris Day & the Time] d) "Rockin' Soul" and "Rock the Boat" [the Hues Corporation] e) "Romancing the Stone" and "Electric Avenue" [Eddy Grant] f) "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Til I Saw You Rock & Roll)" and "Rock & Roll Part 2" [Gary Glitter] 5. THE ALPHA GEEK MURDERS: Chapter 4. I'd been looking at this all wrong. He was killed in the Tennessee Aquarium, the only building in American history to rip off an I. M. Pei design. For 10 points each, finger these suspects, some more fishy than others. a) He died this year as well, so maybe it was a bizarre murder-suicide thing. After all, you can understand his readiness to check out; he'd lived just long enough to see his most famous work remade by Paul Hogan. Answer: Flipper b) He could have killed Charlie. Hell, he could've killed almost anybody. We hadn't spotted him since Barney Miller went off the air. And besides, he learned his killings from the professionals, as Tessio in The Godfather. Answer: Abe Vigoda c) He was despondent after losing the Australian Open this year in a playoff to Lee Westwood, so he had reason to go on a killing spree. But he couldn't have done it either; he didn't kill the Alpha Geek after losing the Masters to Nick Faldo... or Larry Mize... or any of the others... Answer: Greg Norman 6. THE ALPHA GEEK MURDERS: Chapter 5. No, it had to be the one demographic group who Charlie had humiliated more than any other -- the Mormons. For 10 points each, I think we've finally got some hot leads. a) He was hurt this year, so he could've offed Steinhice. After all, we didn't actually see him on the sidelines when Jeff Brohm and Jim Druckenmiller started those games, did we? Answer: Steve Young b) It might have been one of these Wolfgramm siblings; they'd tried to keep their Mormon faith hidden, and they would have done it too. After all, you listen to the lyrics of "Crush on You" and "All Over Him," and you tell me if you'd've figured it out. But Steinhice had to tell the world they were the Tongan equivalent of the Osmonds, and their cover was blown. Answer: The Jets c) No, it couldn't have been anybody else. He hated Charlie for replacing him as the funniest Mormon Democrat, and for telling the story about how his sister-in-law had slept her way around the National Park Service while his brother Stewart was Secretary of the Interior. And he had to make a statement, after Jack Anderson referred to his 1976 campaign by saying he was "too funny to be President." Answer: Morris Udall 7. Your genial tournament director spent part of 1984 broadcasting for the AA Chattanooga Lookouts. While such stiffs as Lee Guetterman, Donnell Nixon, and John Moses have come and gone, at last count 3 players from opposing teams he covered were still in the major leagues. Identify them from the following, 10 pts. each: (a) This first baseman, then with the Knoxville Blue Jays, has played for Toronto, San Diego, and Atlanta, although he will begin the 1998 season with his hometown Tampa Bay Devil Rays. [Fred McGriff] (b) This first baseman, then a Jacksonville Sun, has played for the Expos, Cardinals, and Rockies, but was recently signed as McGriff's successor with the Braves. [Andres Galarraga] (c) This pitcher, then an Orlando Twin, has pitched for Minnesota, Houston, San Francisco, Cincinnati and Philadelphia, although he only pitched briefly for the Phils last year before getting hurt. He's perhaps best remembered for a brilliantly obscene retort when told that Marge Schott criticized his effort for $3 million a year, the only repeatable words of which are "Tell her I said that's four million." [Mark Portugal] 8. Name this group, 30-20-10-5-1: (30) Their biggest hit was an accident; in the studio they mocked what they thought was a too-corny synth line by creator/producer Herbert "Love Bug" Azor with what became the song's catchphrase. But that song, the B-side of "Tramp," became the surprise hit off the album Hot, Cool, and Vicious. (20) Shortly thereafter Pamela Greene was replaced by Dee Dee Roper. This year Roper, Cheryl James, and Sandi Denton split with Azor for their brand new album, logically titled Brand New. (10) Their other hits include "Shoop," "Gitty Up," and "Let's Talk About Sex." (5) The big hit referred to above was "Push It." (1) In 1998 they released the album A Salt with a Deadly Pepa. [Salt-n-Pepa] 9. Even if you haven't read the Harvard Lampoon's brilliant Tolkien satire Bored of the Rings (and you should) you can get five points for remembering enough real Tolkien. Given a character from Bored of the Rings, name the corresponding character from Lord of the Rings, 5 pts. each: (a) Goodgulf Greyteeth [Gandalf Greyhame] (d) Arrowroot son of Arrowshirt [Aragorn son of Arathorn] (b) Dildo Bugger [Bilbo Baggins] (e) Gimlet son of Groin [Gimli son of Gloin] (c) Sorhed [Sauron] (f) Thermofax [Shadowfax] 10. Does anyone ever read the onscreen background info on videogames? FTP each name the following characters from the original arcade version of Mortal Kombat: (a) This is the name assumed by a deity known as the Thunder God, who assumed human form to participate in the tournament, reputedly at the invitation of Shang Tsung himself. [Raiden] (b) Once a member of the supersecret White Lotus Society, he left the order to represent shaolin temples in the tournament. [Liu Kang] (c) This 2,000-year-old half-human, half dragon defeated Kung Lao for the title and remained undefeated for the next 500 years, presumably because nobody had enough quarters on them. [Goro] 11. Old goalies never die... Look at the list of Vezina Trophy winners from the '80's and you'll see five winners who are still playing today. Name the following for 5 pts. each and a 5 pt. bonus for all 5: (a) The 1989 winner for Montreal, now with Colorado [Patrick Roy] (b) The 1988 winner for Edmonton, now with St. Louis [Grant Fuhr] (c) The 1987 winner for Philadelphia, who's still a Flyer [Ron Hextall] (d) The 1986 winner for New York, now with Florida [John Vanbiesbrouck] (e) The 1984 winner for Buffalo, now with Pittsburgh [Tom Barrasso] 12. On a 30, 20, 10, 5 basis name the writer/director from a list of his works. (30 pts) Directed Seizure, coscripted Conan the Barbarian, wrote Scarface, appeared in Dave. (20 pts) Coauthored Year of the Dragon, wrote, directed, and produced Salvador, and directed Talk Radio (10 pts) Wrote and directed Wall Street, directed Born on the Fourth of July (5 pts.) Wrote, directed, and appeared in Platoon. ans.: Oliver Stone 13. Oh, no! It's a disco question. Do you dare answer the question and reveal your secret passion to everyone? for 5 pts each, with 30 pts possible, given the song or songs, give the performer. a) "Shake Your Booty" and "Keep It Comin' Love" KC & the Sunshine Band b) "More Than a Woman" and "Tragedy" Bee Gees c) "I Feel Love" and "MacArthur Park Suite" Donna Summer d) "Ring My Bell" Anita Ward e) "In the Navy" and "Macho Man" theVillage People f) "Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart 14. Name the PBS kids' show from a partial list of characters, 10 pts. each: (a) D.W., Buster, Francine, Muffy, and Mr. Ratburn [Arthur!] (b) Jonas, Lulu, Horace, and Yah-Yah [Wimzie's House] (c) Ralphie, Carlos, D.A., Tim, Wanda, Phoebe, Arnold, and Lizz [The Magic School Bus] 15. It may surprise you to learn that some performers best known for TV sitcoms have legitimate stage credentials. Name the performer from the show that won him or her a Tony award for 10 pts. each, or from sitcoms for 5: (1a) Best Actor, 1986, I'm Not Rapaport (1b) Taxi [Judd Hirsch] (2a) Best Actor (musical), 1977, The Robber Bridegroom (2b) Spin City [Barry Bostwick] (3a) Best Actress, 1987, Broadway Bound (3b) Alice [Linda Lavin] 16. Cribbed straight from USA Today's bestseller list of Wed., Nov, 26 -- given a description of a nonfiction work now in the Top 20, name it for 10 pts. each. If you need the author you'll only get 5 pts. each. (1a) "Colorful characters, killing in Savannah, GA; basis of movie" (1b) John Berendt [Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil] (2a) "Journalist looks at the reckelss side of the Kennedys" (2b) Seymour Hersh [The Dark Side of Camelot] (3a) "Updated 6th edition of the 1931 classic has 2,600 recipes" (3b) Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker [The Joy of Cooking] 17. Identify the actress by her television character's career for 10pts, 5 pts if you need the name of the show. 1a) syndicated cartoonist 1b) Caroline in the City ans Lea Thompson 2a) bookstore proprietress 2b) Ellen ans Ellen DeGeneres 3a) owner of a PR firm in New York 3b) Fired Up ans Sharon Lawrence 18. We're usually on a first-name basis with comic strip characters. Given last names from comic strips, name the strip, 5 pts. each: (a) Arbuckle [Garfield] (d) Snorkel and Fuzz [Beetle Bailey] (b) Derkins [Calvin and Hobbes] (e) Dubose and Dunn [Kudzu] (c) Bumstead [Blondie] (f) La Femme [Pogo] 19. Given the TV show, give the featured canine character. 5 pts each, 30pts total a) Mad About You Murray b) Frasier Eddie c) Empty Nest Dreyfus d) The Brady Bunch Tiger e) The Jetsons Astro f) Dennis the Menace Ruff 20. Note: This bonus was not written by the one contributor to this packet who was alive at the time. For 5 pts each, 30pts total, given several of the top songs of 1966, give who performed them. a) "Strangers in the Night" Frank Sinatra b) "I Got You (I Feel Good)" James Brown c) "Just Like a Woman" Bob Dylan d) "I Fought the Law" the Bobby Fuller Four e) "Mellow Yellow" Donovan f) "Summer in the City" Lovin' Spoonful BONI TRASHMASTERS 1997: BLIND LEADING THE BLIND ROUND Questions by Ben Lea, Jason Schwengler, Robert Trent, and Charlie Steinhice. 1. Identify these two pairs of people on a 15-10-5 basis. In each pair the name's pronounced the same, first and last. Amazingly, the same 15-point clue applies to each pair, so I'll give it to you now and you get two guesses. If those don't work, I'll give you additional clues for each pair. 15) In each pair, one is a former Ohio State football player now with the Minnesota Vikings. First pair: 10) To be more specific, he's an oft-injured running back, #26 5) He shares his name with the lead singer of the Cure [Robert Smith] Second pair: 10) To be more specific, he's a top-notch wide receiver, #80. 5) He shares his name with the creator of Fox's X-Files and Millenium. [Cris/Chris Carter] 2. Given a set of characters, name the independent film released domestically this year for 10 points; you'll get 5 points if you need a brief and witty plot synopsis. 1. a) Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Geoffrey Rush b) An Australian communist obsessed with Stalin conceives a son with him in Moscow on the night of his death; mayhem ensues. A: CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION 2. a) Roy Scheider, Julianne Moore, Blythe Danner, Noah Wyle b) Four horny adult children, two with lovers in tow, return to their parents' home for a seemingly quiet Thanksgiving; mayhem ensues. A: THE MYTH OF FINGERPRINTS 3. a) Tara Fitzgerald, Pete Postlethlwaite, Ewan McGregor b) A British mining community fights to save its plant while the mine's band fights to compete at the Royal Albert Hall; mayhem ensues. A: BRASSED OFF! 3. For five points apiece, name these somewhat obscure contemporary baseball player based on a clue about this year's final stats or the recent expansion draft. a) He led the National League in saves [Jeff SHAW] b) The first selection of the Arizona Diamondbacks, formerly a pitcher for the Indians [Brian ANDERSON] c) He led the American League in hits [Nomar GARCIAPARRA] d) The first non-pitcher selected in the expansion draft, formerly a Rockies outfielder [Quinton McCRACKEN] e) He led the National League in stolen bases [Tony WOMACK] f) The only player over 30 selected in the first two rounds, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays think highly of this knuckleballer who was with the Anaheim Angels last year [Dennis SPRINGER] 4. For ten points each, correctly identify the following musicians whose work is often classified as "ambient." A. Usually considered the father of the genre, this former art-rocker and currently famous producer used the term in two of his most influential releases, _Ambient 1: Music for Airports_ and _Ambient 4: On Land_ BRIAN ENO B. The best-known moniker for Richard D. James, who has released two volumes of _Selected Ambient Works_ this decade and is also famous for his remixes APHEX TWIN C. This outfit, headed by Dr. Alex Paterson, is internationally famous for the single "Little Fluffy Clouds," which features Rickie Lee Jones babbling about looking at the sky in the desert as a child THE ORB 5. For 5 pts. each, answer the following about Hogan's Heroes: a. The incompetent German Sergeant who frequently claimed "I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing" - SCHULTZ b. The only actor to really have any TV or movie fame after the show, he played Corporal Newkirk, a tailor and con artist Richard DAWSON c. The actor who played Colonel Hogan, his murder in 1978 has never been satisfactorily solved - Bob CRANE d. The number of the Stalag in which the heroes were held, from which no one had ever escaped according to Kommandant Klink - 13 e. The heroes planted a bug in Klink's office on a picture of Hitler; what common object in their quarters served as the receiver? - COFFEE POT f. Name the primary talent of French Corporal Luis LeBeau, a gift which was frequently used to distract Klink and particularly Schultz - CHEF/COOKING (accept equivalents) 6. For 5 points each, given a film, name its director. HINT: All six directors appeared on screen in "Spies Like Us." a) The Fisher King Answer: Terry Gilliam (Dr. Imhaus) b) Z Answer: Konstantin Costa Gavras (one of the Tadzhik highway patrol) c) Dark Crystal Answer: Frank Oz (test monitor) d) Blood Simple Answer: Joel Coen (a drive-in security guy) e) Evil Dead Answer: Sam Raimi (another drive-in security guy) f) Scent of a Woman Answer: Martin Brest (still another drive-in security guy) READER'S NOTE -- The rest of the cast included four other directors -- Bob Swaim (Half Moon Street) as the Special Forces Commander, Larry Cohen (Original Gangstas, and a whole bunch of blaxploitation films) as one of the Ace Tomato Agents, Michael Apted (Nell, Gorillas in the Mist) as another Ace Tomato Agent, and of course Dan Aykroyd (Nothing but Trouble), not to mention BB King and Ray Harryhausen. 7. STUFF BEN LEARNED FROM POP-UP VIDEO -- For 10 points each, answer these questions, related only by their coming up on VH1. a) When Fab 5 Freddy (who is, of course, mentioned by name) was late for the shoot of the video for "Rapture", they got this man to stand in for him. He was recently portrayed on film by Jeffrey Wright, opposite David Bowie as Andy Warhol. Answer: Jean-Michel Basquiat b) Chevy Chase used to be the drummer for what he called "a bad jazz band." They got rid of him, and such hits as "Hey Nineteen," "Pretzel Logic," and "Reelin in the Years" followed. Answer: Steely Dan c) If you ask Posh, Sporty, Sexy, Baby, and Scary (and if you can get them to utter a simple declarative sentence without six grammatical errors), they'll tell you that this woman was the original Spice Girl. Answer: Margaret Thatcher 8. Never Say Never Again marked Sean Connery's return to the role of 007, as well as giving the creators an excuse to rehash the plot of Thunderball. Anyway, given some information, name these other cast members, for the stated number of points. 5 points -- As number two in SPECTRE, he practiced the sort of deviltry that he mastered in his tour-de-force performance as Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon. Oh yeah, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Pelle the Conqueror. Answer: Max Von Sydow 10 points -- Bond's contact in the Bahamas was a rubbery-faced Brit who'd been the son of Richard IV (yes, Richard IV), a cavalier in the court of Elizabeth I, the butler to the Prince Regent George, and a corporal in the trenches of WWI in various seasons of the TV series Blackadder. Answer: Rowan Atkinson 15 -- Long time Bond fans know that Bond's CIA contact, Felix, is a different actor half the time. This time, Felix was black, a former L.A. Ram, and national head of Lambda Lambda Lambda in Revenge of the Nerds. Answer: Bernie Casey 9. This question is not about the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, but it does involve both pop music and the zodiac. I'll name a time referred to in a song; for 5 pts. each, tell what sign of the zodiac that time would fall under: (a) Levon's birthday in "Levon" [Capricorn (Dec. 25)] (b) "The day that my daddy died" in "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" [Virgo (Sept. 3)] (c) The day "I proposed" in "Spooky" [Scorpio (Oct. 31)] (d) The day "shots rang out in a Memphis sky" in "Pride (In the Name of Love)" [Aries (Apr. 4)] (e) The birthday of "a real live nephew of my Uncle Sam" in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" [Cancer (July 4)] (f) When "I think I got somethin' to say to you" in "Maggie May" [Libra (late Sept.)] 10. At least two of us miss Northern Exposure. For 5 points each name: a. The fictional Alaska town in which the show was set, it sounds like a Mediterranean island CECILY b. The call letter of Cicely's only radio station, owned by former astronaut Maurice Minnefield KBHR c. The actor who played Chris Stevens, the town's philosophical DJ and unofficial minister; he's now seen as the Visitor on FOX John CORBETT d. The actress who played Maggie O'Connell, Dr. Fleischman's primary antagonist AND love interest; she appeared with Sly Stallone in the awful movie Cliffhanger Janine TURNER e. The name of the town's most popular watering hole and restaurant, operated by former trapper Holling Vincouer THE BRICK f. First names of the recurring and very annoying couple played by Adam Arkin and Valerie Mahaffey, who won an Emmy for Best Supporting Female ADAM AND EVE 11. For five points apiece, correctly identify these critically-acclaimed albums from the genre of modern and college rock which will probably be showing up on many "Best of 1997" lists. a. _OK Computer_ RADIOHEAD b. _Butch_ the GERALDINE FIBBERS c. _Homogenic_ BJORK d. _Vanishing Point_ PRIMAL SCREAM e. _When I Was Born For the 7th Time_ CORNERSHOP f. _If You're Feeling Sinister_ BELLE AND SEBASTIAN 12. Name the author from works, 30-20-10-5-1: (a) All the Lies That Are My Life and Deathbird Stories: A Pantheon of Modern Gods (b) Dangerous Visions and The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (c) I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream and "A Boy and His Dog" (d) "Repent, Harlequin, Said the Ticktockman" and the teleplay for the Star Trek episode "City on the Edge of Forever" (e) The Harlan Ellison Hornbook [Harlan Ellison] 13. Although it was introduced way back in 1991, the Addams Family remains one of the most lucrative pinball games in the country. To light the red question mark and tour the mansion, there are 12 mansion rooms that you have to complete, three of which award simple points values of 3, 6, and 9 million. For 5 pts. each, name any 6 of the other 9 mansion features. [Raise the Dead, Extra Ball Lit, Graveyard at Max, the Mamushka, Hit Cousin It, Seance, Tunnel Hunt, Quick Multiball, Thing; accept close equivalents] 14. Name the author of the following children's books, 5 pts. each: (a) Dear Mr. Henshaw [Beverly Cleary] (b) The True Story of the Three Little Pigs [Jon Scieszka] (c) Stuart Little [E.B. White] (d) If I Ran the Zoo [Dr. Seuss; accept Geisel] (e) The High King [Lloyd Alexander] (f) Goodnight, Moon [Margaret Wise Brown] 15. When you use a Q-tip, does it remind you of a pugil stick? F5P each, name the original 6 American Gladiators. Sunny, Zap, Lace, Gemini, Malibu, Nitro 16. Yum, yum. Identify these food additives, 10 pts. each: (a) This thickening and stabilizing agent is obtained from seaweed and used in ice cream, jelly, chocolate milk, and infant formula. While the small amounts used in foods would probably have no effect, large amounts have harmed test animals' colons. [carrageenan] (b) A solid at room temperature, this acid provides tartness and acidity to dry products such as powdered drinks, gelatin desserts, and pudding an pie fillings. It dissolves slowly in cold water, so it is often accompanied by DSS (dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate), a poorly-tested additive similar to detergent. [fumaric acid] (c) This amino acid brings out the flavor of protein-containing foods, but it was banned from baby foods because large amounts of it destroyed nerve cells in the brains of infant mice. It can cause a headache and the burning sensation in the back of the neck and forearms often called "Chinese restaurant syndrome." [MSG, or monosodium glutamate] 17. Given a child-themed comic strip, name its creator for the stated number of points: (5 pts.) Peanuts [Charles Schulz] (10 pts.) Dennis the Menace [Hank Ketcham] (15 pts.) Marvin [Tom Armstrong] 18. F5P each, name the artist & album from which the following hit singles came in 1997. 1. 'Strawberry Wine' & ''And We Danced Anyway' Answers: Deana _Carter_ , _Did I Shave My Legs For This?_ 2. 'Breathe' & 'Firestarter' Answer: The _Prodigy_ , The _Fat of the Land_ 3. 'I Don't Want to Wait' & 'Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?' Answer: Paula _Cole_ , _This Fire_ 19. Answer these questions about Babylon 5 for the stated number of points. For 5, who created it? Answer: J.Michael _Straczynski_ For 5, this actress has had some contract problems recently in playing Commander Susan Ivanova. Answer: Claudia _Christian_ For 10, which society founded by Valen has 3 castes - Religious, Warrior, & Worker? Answer: _Minbari_ For 10, Michael York appears in season 3 believing himself to be this mythical figure. By casting away a sword, he is redeemed. Answer: King _Arthur_ 20. How much do you remember about 1997's surprising Big Ten men's basketball champion and Final Four participant, the Golden Gophers of the University of Minnesota? If you're a U of M grad who lives in Fargo, ND and has nothing better to do in the winter but watch TV - well, everything!; otherwise, you'll still probably have a reasonable chance to correctly answer the following questions concerning that squad. 5 points - Name the dazzling point guard who led the Gophers to unprecedented glory and now has the misfortune to be a starter for the Denver Nuggets [Bobby JACKSON] 10 points - Name the rebounding forward, a native of Indianapolis, who was first suspended and then chose to leave the team this summer amid allegations of assault and sexual misconduct [Courtney JAMES] 5 points - Name the Gophers' head coach, whose previously dazzling reputation took a hit this summer when it appeared that he was trying to conceal information about the James case [Clem HASKINS] 10 points - Name the scoring forward, a very talented but streaky shooter who is now a senior and a pre-season candidate for both the Wooden and Naismith Awards [Sam JACOBSON] --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOSSUPS TrashMasters 1997 -- Playoff Round Questions by Charlie Steinhice 1. Its successors include the fantasy game Iron Dragon, as well as reality-based versions set in Europe, Britain, Japan, and Australia. There's also a North American version that adds Canadian and Mexican destinations to those in the original. FTP name this board game from Mayfair Games, in which one uses a crayon to build railroad lines suitable for hauling freight. [Empire Builders] 2. Tony Shalhoub plays an arms dealer. Rip Torn is Agent Zed. Vincent D'Onofrio is the boorish human who wind up as the villain's host. Linda Fiorentino is Dr. Laurel Weaver, a pathologist. And your opponents are hoping you'll look at the light and forget these clues. FTP name this 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld film starring guys named Smith and Jones. [Men in Black] 3. A digression here. You may have seen Chattanooga's US Congressman Zach Wamp on MacNeil-Lehrer or some such. His entry into Congress was forestalled by two years by the heroic efforts of the two guys who wrote this packet. What is this doing in a trash tournament? It seems that Wamp shares a Washington townhouse with two other members of the class of 1994, one of whom is the only member of Congress to ever successfully catch a pass from Jim Zorn or recover a fumble by Dave Krieg. FTP, name this Oklahoma Republican and member of the National Football Hall of Fame, the guy whose records Jerry Rice keeps breaking. [Steve Largent] 10. You know the scripts are thin when they make a stretching exercise a regular feature of every episode. This show's weak point is its humans; Granny Garbanzo and Postman Pete are useless. The Dust Bunnies aren't too bad, and the thought-balloon shtick works OK for the doll Molly. But it features maybe the most unbearably perky lead character on TV, the clown dog Loonette. FTP name this PBS show. [The Big Comfy Couch] 11. King. Nina Williams. Ling Xiaoyu. Hwoarang. Yoshimitsu. Jin Kazana. Forest Law. Lei Wulong. Paul Phoenix. Eddy Gordo. FTP these are the characters to choose from in the third edition of what arcade game? [Tekken] 12. She maintains close ties with the theater community. Her husband, Jim Simpson, just opened a theater in New York called the Flea, and she took time for a stint onstage in college chum Christopher Durang's Sex and Longing between shooting her two latest films. FTP name the star of Eyewitness, The Year of Living Dangerously, The Ice Storm, Gorillas in the Mist, and Alien Resurrection. Sigourney Weaver 13. According to mathematician Dave Thomas, encrypted within the text of this bestseller can be found the words "code," "Hoax," and "silly." Using the same techniques as Michael Drosnin, Thomas also found in Genesis the phrases "Darwin got it right" and "The code is bogus." This has dented the reputation of the aforementioned bestseller. FTP name Drosnin's book which uses computer analysis to find hidden prophecies in Hebrew Biblical texts. The Bible Code 14. Many of us read everything Scott Adams writes and/or draws. So what does Scott Adams read? Well, he told USA TODAY that for this Christmas he recommends Dirty Jokes and Beer: Stories of the Unrefined. FTP name that book's crewcut author, better known as the unrefined Clevelander who jousts with Mimi on his ABC sitcom. Drew Carey 15. His players have included ESPN's David Aldredge as well as Kenny Carr, Adrian Dantley, and Danny Ferry. An ex-assistant, Murray Arnold, later coached at UTC before becoming an assistant with the Chicago Bulls. This man is five wins shy of the all-time record for high school boys' basketball coaches, and thanks to last year's liver transplant, with the #8 team in the USA Today Super 25, he should have the lead by season's end. FTP name this legendary coach of Hyattsville, MD,'s DeMatha High. Morgan Wootten 16. Formed in 1990, they started as a ska band but soon shifted rockward. Their first album, on a Boston indie label, was Aurora Gory Alice. Their second album, Wholesale Meats and Fish, got critical praise but didn't yield that much-needed second hit. FTP name this group featuring Stacy Jones, Michael Eisenstein, Scott Reibling, Greg McKenna, and vocalist Kay Hanley, which got a shot at the brass ring when their song "Here and Now" was prominently featured on Melrose Place. Letters to Cleo 17. You no doubt remember that Gelett Burgess wrote the poem "The Purple Cow." Burgess wished you didn't, and in fact dissed himself for doing so. FTP give the 7-word last line of Burgess' follow-up poem which said, "Oh yes, I wrote "The Purple Cow,/I'm sorry that I wrote it/But I can tell you this right now..." I'll kill you if you quote it! 18. Let's see if he ever matches last year's 2.57 ERA; someone needs to tell him that curves don't break as well in high altitude. This free agent with a blazing fastball and devastating curve just signed a 3-year, $24 million deal with the Rockies. FTP name last year's 19-game winner for the Houston Astros. Darryl Kile 19. Seems like everyone gets this name wrong; most recently the common error was repeated in the comic strip Fox Trot. Paul Soles lent his squeaky voice to this character, who found a way to neutralize the Abominable Snowbumble's most formidable asset. FTP name the elf who wanted to be a dentist in the Rankin-Bass special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Hermy; do NOT accept Herbie 20. He insists that he never used drugs and even claims that when he recorded "Journey to the Center of Your Mind" as a member of the one-hit wonder Amboy Dukes, he had no idea that's what they were talking about. He resurfaced as a solo act in the '70's with such hits as "Dog Eat Dog." FTP name this board member of the National Rifle Association, who resurfaced again in the late '80's with Damn Yankees. Ted Nugent 21. In History of the World Part I, Henny Youngman said he'd just sold the last of these. In "Keeping the Faith" Billy Joel admitted to taking his old man's. Last year Carter-Wallace Inc. consolidated its manufacture of these to a plant outside Richmond, which one headline called "More Reason to Believe Virginia Is for Lovers." FTP name this venerable brand, "trusted for over 80 years," which accounts for about 60% of all condoms sold in the U.S. Trojans BONI TRASHMASTERS 1997 -- PLAYOFF ROUND Questions by Charlie Steinhice 1. Before we have to wear black for the Man in Black, let's take a look back at his most humorous hits: a) Written by Shel Silverstein, this saga of a man toughened by the reaction to his feminine first name was among Cash's biggest hits. A Boy Named Sue b) Recent wire service reports told of an auto worker who, like Cash character in this song, smuggled out auto parts from his factory job bit by bit until he had a car's worth. One Piece at a Time c) This told of the hitchhiking experience from Hell, which concludes with the singer, amazed to be alive, hugging and kissing the titular marker of his destination. Chattanooga City Limits Sign 2. Recently the American Film Institute compiled a list of 400 nominees from which a blue-ribbon panel will select the 100 best American films of all time. Given a film that (in the not-so-humble opinion of your genial tournament director) should have been on the list but wasn't, name it FTP: a) They chose 5 finalists from 1997, including The Goodbye Girl & Saturday Night Fever, but somehow passed up this Fred Zinnemann film in which Lillian Hellman (played by Jane Fonda) tries to help an old friend in the anti-Nazi underground. Jason Robards and Vanessa Redgrave both won Oscars for supporting roles. Julia b) Another one from 1977: I hate ballet. I hate chick flicks. I hate Herbert Ross films. But this well-written ballet-themed chick flick by Ross with Shirley Maclaine and Anne Bancroft definitely deserved to make the top 400. It's easy, though, to forget a film that went oh-for-11 on Oscar night. The Turning Point c) While the list has 11 animated features (all from Disney), it inexplicably omits Robert Zemeckis's clever and inventive 1988 blend of animation and film noir starring Bob Hoskins and the voice of Charles Fleischer. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 3. Before we get away from the American Film Institute's 400 nominees for America's all-time best, given a film that (in the not-so-humble opinion of your genial tournament director) has absolutely no business being on the list, name it for 10 points: a) This 1982 film was written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Amy Heckerling. Okay, it has its moments, but any film with Judge Reinhold AND Phoebe Cates should be automatically disqualified. Fast Times at Ridgemont High b) Crowe also wrote this 1996 film and directed it too. My response to its inclusion? SHOW ME THE REASON! Jerry Maguire c) Like Crowe, director Terence Malick gave us two films that don't belong. One is a 1973 tale of a Midwestern crime spree with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. The other's a 1978 film with Richard Gere as an oppressed farm laborer, which deservedly won an Oscar for maybe the best cinematography of all time and would be a worthy choice if theater chairs came with a mute button. For 10 pts. name either. Badlands; Days of Heaven Reader's note: Among the other turkeys, according to Charlie, are Broadcast News, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Born on the Fourth of July, and perhaps the most overrated film of all time, The Deer Hunter. 4. Maybe they need better helmets. For the stated number of points, name these NFL quarterbacks with a history of concussions: 5 pts) Possibilities of a medically mandated retirement surfaced last year, then again in the first game of the 1997 season when Tampa Bay's Warren Sapp hammered this licensed attorney. Steve Young 10 pts) The Chargers have finally yielded to the inevitable and admitted that this QB with an accurate arm but slow feet has taken too many shots to continue this season. Stan Humphries 15 pts) This ex-Oiler follows in the footsteps of Chris Miller as the latest Falcon QB to sustain a concussion virtually any time he's touched. Chris Chandler 5. Several big-name pop and rock stars have won Academy Awards for a film score or original song. Given a performer, name the FILM for which he or she won an Oscar, 5 pts. each: (a) Stevie Wonder [The Woman in Red] (d) Elton John [The Lion King] (b) Prince [Purple Rain] (e) Carly Simon [Working Girl] (c) David Byrne [The Last Emperor] (f) Bruce Springsteen [Philadelphia] 6. One of the axioms of progressive rock from the late '60's into the early '80's was that your biggest hits were never your best stuff. Identify these bands on a 10-5 basis: 1a) Some of their better songs, such as "The Story in Your Eyes" and "Questions", were modest hits. 1b) Their biggest seller was the draggy "Nights in White Satin." the Moody Blues 2a) What few singles they had were mostly good, but devotees preferred to listen to such albums as Close to the Edge and Fragile start-to-finish. 2b) Their biggest seller was the repetitive "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Yes 3a) If you don't remember secondary hits like "Fooling Yourself," "Lorelei," and "The Grand Illusion," you'll wonder why I even consider them a progessive rock group. 3b) That's because you're used to such power ballads as "Babe," "Lady," & "The Best of Times." Styx 7. As the holidays approach, let's look back at some perennial TV Christmas specials. Given such a special, name the celebrity narrator for the stated number of points: 5 pts.) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Burl Ives 5 pts.) How the Grinch Stole Christmas Boris Karloff 5 pts.) Frosty the Snowman Jimmy Durante 5 pts.) Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Fred Astaire 10 pts.) The Little Drummer Boy Greer Garson 8. Name the game from the equipment list on the box, 30-20-10-5-1: 30) Gameboard, instructions, rubber band 20) 2 metal marbles 10) 52 cheese pieces 5) 4 plastic mice 1) 25 mouse trap building parts and accessories [Mouse Trap] 9. This assumes we can actually understand a word Gregg Allman and his colleagues say. Given a lyric, name the Allman Brothers song for 5 points each: (a) "I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus rolling down Highway 41" [Ramblin' Man] (b) "I got one more silver dollar/But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me. Lord" [Midnight Rider] (c) "Now she's out with one of my good-time buddies/ They're drinking in some crosstown bar" [Whipping Post] (d) "Walk along the river, sweet lullaby/ It just keeps on flowin', it don't worry 'bout where it's going" [Blue Sky] For an additional ten points, what phrase is common to the songs "Jessica" and "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"? [None -- they're instrumentals; accept equivalent] 10. Dust off your videotapes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 from the Comedy Central incarnation. Involved in the making of these cheesy films were people who should have known better. FTP each name: a) The Sixties knockoff of H.G. Wells' The Food of the Gods, whose cast included Tommy Kirk, young Ronny Howard, and Beau Bridges (who prompted the bots' line "By this time my son's lungs were aching for air.") Village of the Giants b) "It's not the apocalypse -- it's the humidity" comes from this alleged thriller featuring Donald Pleasance, Persis Khambatta, Fred "Hammer" Williamson, and that liver-faced guy from The Paper Chase (AKA Robert Ginty.) Warrior of the Lost World c) He was young. He needed the money. That's how Elmer Bernstein, later an Oscar nominee for scoring such films as The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Seven, and The Age of Innocence, wound up doing the music for Phil Tucker's bomb featuring Ro-Man, an alien whose costume consists of a diving helmet on a gorilla suit. Robot Monster 11. Between flanker Johnnie Rodgers in 1972 and quarterback Doug Flutie in 1984, the Heisman Trophy went to running backs for 11 straight years. One of the backs honored remains the only two-time winner of the Heisman. For 5 pts., name him. [Archie Griffin] For another 5 pts. each, name any 5 of the other 9 winners in that span from 1973 through 1983. [accept any 5 of: John Cappelletti, Tony Dorsett, Earl Campbell, Billy Sims, Charles White, George Rogers, Marcus Allen, Herschel Walker, and Mike Rozier] 12. Did you do your research to prepare for this tournament? Given a headline from the cover of this week's edition, name the tabloid, 10 pts. each: a) Brave Sinatra's Last Birthday; JonBenet: America's Verdict -- Readers Say Who Did It [Globe] b) Where's Frank?: Kathie Lee Frolics with Beach Hunk; Jacko's Wacko Baby Plan for Lisa Marie [Star] c) Secret Cures Doctors Don't Want You to Know; subheadlines include How to Flu-Proof Your Entire Family and The Startling Links Between Pumpkin Seeds and Impotence [Weekly World News] 13. As Homer Simpson says at the premiere of "Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off," "I love legitimate theatre." FTP, answer these questions about porn stars who loved legitimate theatre so much that they gave it a try. a) Tracey Adams, star of "Beauty and the Beast" (Parts I & II), is featured as a love interest in "Wimps," a far worse re-telling of this legend than either "The Truth About Cats and Dogs" or "Roxanne." [Cyrano de Bergerac] b) Ginger Lynn Allen, star of "Dr. Ginger" and "On Golden Blonde," is one of John Ritter's numerous love interests (another is Zap from the American Gladiators) in this comedy, featuring glow-in-the-dark condoms. [Skin Deep] c) And then there's the strange case of Traci Lords, who turned up this year as the love interest of Jack of All Trades on this NBC show. [Profiler]