2002 Beltway Bandits
Round 12
Questions written by a team we have no idea the identity of apart from the name "Matt"
"If you try to put the eggs back into the chickens, the chickens get mad."
TOSSUPS
1. He began his career as a semi-pro star in his hometown of Rocky Mount, North Carolina but in 1933 he was forced by the Depression to leave home and pursue a professional career. That season he played for the Portsmouth Black Revels, the Baltimore Stars, and the Brooklyn Royal Giants, where he played in the outfield. Smokey Joe Williams connected him with the Homestead Grays in 1934, a team for which he’d man first base for the next 16 years. FTP, identify this baseball legend, who along with Josh Gibson formed the most fearsome power duo in Negro League history.
Answer: Buck Leonard
2. Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, his family moved to New York when he was 5, and he attended Stuyvesant High School, excelling in physics and math and playing church organ on the side. He played piano in Kenny Clarke’s house band in 1941 and 1942, and spent the next five years playing for Lucky Millinder, Coleman Hawkins, and finally Dizzy Gillespie before striking out on his own in 1947 and establishing himself as a giant on the jazz scene in 1947. FTP, name this jazz pianist whose "Well, You Needn't," "Straight, No Chaser" and “Round Midnight” have become some of the most recorded jazz songs of all time.
Answer: Thelonious Sphere Monk (the prompt is to distinguish him from his son, who records as "T.S. Monk")
3. It was introduced at corporate headquarters in Rocky Mount, North Carolina just before Halloween in 1996. It is built with two quarter-pound meat patties, three slices of American cheese and eight strips of bacon, served on a seeded bun with mayonnaise. Packing a whopping 1060 calories and 79 grams of fat, only one name would be appropriate for such a fearsome burger. FTP, identify this largest burger on the menu at Hardee’s, topping even the newer Big Star.
Answer: Monster Burger
Author notes: I promise. No more Rocky Mount.
4. Elise Chasten has been kidnapped and is being held for a $2 million ransom. Her brother, Avery, and her boyfriend, Max, recruit their friends Brett, TK, and Ira to kidnap mobster Charlie Barret. After kidnapping Barret, they try to pressure him to help find Elise, but he forces the group to turn on one another, losing one of his own fingers in the process. The real question is which one of the gang is really behind the kidnapping of Elise in, FTP, what 1997 offering starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Jay Mohr, Denis Leary, and Christopher Walken?
Answer: Suicide Kings
5. She co-founded the Cornerstone Theater Company while in college, and after five years touring with the troupe moved to New York to teach. Her first TV role came as Blanche on “Middle Ages,” after which she spend two years on “NYPD Blue” as Officer Janice Licalsi. Film roles followed in Bye, Bye Love; Heat; and Your Friends and Neighbors. In 1999, CBS bought her idea for a television show based loosely on the life of her mother, a show she produces and stars in. FTP, identify the actress who plays Amy Gray on “Judging Amy.”
Answer: Amy Brenneman
6. It saw Bob Hope host his final Academy Awards show, in 1978; Johnny Carson’s final hosting turn, in 1984, and Billy Crystal’s first turn as host in 1990. It saw George C. Scott not show up to claim his Oscar, John Wayne win his only Oscar, and Marlon Brando send Sacheen Littlefeather to claim his Oscar. It replaced the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1969, and kept the Oscars until 1988, beginning a 12 year span which saw it alternate with the Shrine Civic Auditorium. FTP, identify this auditorium, which has hosted the Academy Award Ceremonies more than any other venue.
Answer: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center
7. It was gifted to the peasants by King David in 1123, but a proclamation by King James II put an end to activites there temporarily in 1457. Activites halted here again in 1799 when the land was sold to a rabbit breeder, but the war between the locals and the rabbit farmers ended in 1821 when James Cheape bought the land back, re-established the links, and began construction of the Royal & Ancient Clubhouse. FTP, identify the Scottish golf club considered the home of golf, whose Old Course first hosted the British Open Championship in 1873.
Answer: The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrew or St. Andrews
8. He was playing bass and writing songs for Trauma, a San Francisco metal outfit, when he was contacted by another band about an opening - they’d fired their bass player, Ron Livingston, and they wanted to know if he’d fill the slot. His new outfit, Metallica, recorded Kill ‘em All, Ride the Lightning, and took the metal scene by storm with Master of Puppets. The world seemed to be his - and the band’s - oyster. Then came September 27, 1986. FTP, identify this Metallica bassist who was killed in a bus accident while on tour in Sweden.
Answer: Cliff Burton
9. It was introduced on October 20, 1951 in front of a bank of clouds. In 1966 it changed to white with a black background with the network spelled out in colorful letters to its right. 1970 saw the name of the network put in its center. In 1976 the name was removed, and it went from solid white to a fiery outline. 1983 added the words “We’ve Got The Touch,” 1986 replaced them with “Share The Spirit,” and now it’s back to white along with the name of the network and the slogan “It’s All Here.” FTP, identify this icon, staring at us coldly for 50 years.
Answer: The CBS Eye or equivalents. If they say "CBS logo," ask for a description. They may draw pictures.
10. Harriett Johnson is their mild-mannered school marm. Sam Johnson is the doctor. Howard Johnson runs its ice cream parlor. Anal Johnson runs the saloon. Olson Johnson works out an agreement between its residents and a group of railroad workers, and Gabby Johnson spouts authentic frontier gibberish. However, it's the non-Johnson residents of this* town, namely Sheriff Bart and Jim, the Waco Kid, who fend off Hedley Lamarr's plan to run the railroad through. FTP, identify this town, tormented by Mongo and overrun by Johnsons in Blazing Saddles.
Answer: Rock Ridge (Prompt on Blazing Saddles before the asterisk)
11. The author tells her readers that she's hooked on Ritalin, or, as she puts it, "I'm addicted to a drug for six year olds." Of course, she doesn't just take the pills - she crushes them and snorts them, ingesting about forty pills a day. Perhaps it's no surprise when she ends up in rehab. Sordid tales of scoring drugs, tweezing leg hairs from her infected legs, and neat stays in sordid Florida motel rooms are strewn all over, FTP, what third memoir from Prozac Nation author Elizabeth Wurtzel?
Answer: More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction
12. The first 25 cases were sold in April, 1985, and in November of that year, it passed the Reinheitsgebot, Germany's strict, 16th century Beer Purity Law, making it the first American made beer to be sold in West Germany. Its namesake's story is technically a lie -- he was a maltster, who inherited that business, then ran it into the ground. He ran a lot of businesses into the ground, in fact, and his more respectable cousin John considered him a radical nuisance. FTP, name this Massachusetts beer, named for someone whom the bottles call "brewer, patriot."
Answer: Samuel Adams
13. He was a founder of the Public School Athletic League of New York, and was also one of the organizers of the Outdoor Recreation League, serving as its first president. He served as commissioner of the Olympiads held in Athens, London, and Stockholm, and director of the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis. A founder and president of the Amateur Athletic Union, it was no surprise when they honored him in 1930. FTP, identify this man whose name adorns the award given annually by the AAU to the nation’s top amateur athlete.
Answer: James E. Sullivan
14. They made their breakthrough when a copy of their debut CD, Churn, was passed to a disc jockey in Orlando, Florida. As a result, they were headhunted and signed by Mammoth Records. Comprising Jason Ross, Casey Daniel, Jason Pollock and Giti Khalsa, the group formed in 1992 when Ross and Pollock were attending the College Of William And Mary. Their latest album, Economy of Sound, has produced the single “Wait,” but it was still the first single off churn for which they’re best known. FTP, identify the band behind the single “Cumbersome,” whose name comes from the hip TV show “CHiPs.”
Answer: Seven Mary Three
15. 1967 saw him direct his first movie, The Death of a Gunfighter, which was released in 1969. He followed that with such films as 1978’s The Barking Dog, 1980’s Gypsy Angels, and 1986’s Let’s Get Harry. Paul Aaron and Terry Windsor used him for Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home, Dennis Hopper used him for Catchfire, and he even got title billing in a 1997 Arthur Hiller film. FTP, identify this only pseudonym approved by the Director’s Guild, used when a film has clearly been taken away from a director and his or her vision - which might explain the feeling behind Burn Hollywood Burn.
Answer: Allen Smithee
16. While on a field trip with students in Palmdale, two men are chosen by aliens to save Earth from self-destruction. The mild-mannered teacher is presented with a special suit that endows him with superpowers, and Agent Maxwell is selected to aid him with information. However, Hinkley loses the instruction manual for the suit, and hilarious bumbling ensues. FTP, believe it or not, William Katt was walkin’ on air in what super show, which aired from 1981-1983.
Answer: The Greatest American Hero
17. You control Zeke, who must rescue his girlfriend Zelda from an angry monkey. The first level sees you trying to build a wall around any number of snakes, moose, camels, rhinos, elephants, and lions. Another level sees you jumping from ledge to ledge to free your beloved Zelda, while the angry monkey hurls coconuts at you in an effort to kill you off. Yet another level sees you climbing escalators and jumping herds of animals as you try to save Zelda, which leaves only one question - why do you still go to the Zoo? FTP, identify Zeke’s profession and you’ll have named this 1983 release from Taito.
Answer: Zookeeper
18. One half went to public school, so he sometimes mixes up Adolf Hitler and Anne Frank - the other half thinks there are only five states, and one of them is called Chim Cham. It has given us such wonderful moments as "The Joke: The Musical," the kids show "Drugachusetts," "Byron de la Beckwith VII: Racist in the Year 3000," and the omnipresent GloboChem. Airing from 1997-2000 on HBO, this was, FTP, what sketch comedy program featuring the wit of David Cross and Bob Odenkirk?
Answer: Mr. Show (prompt on Cross & Odenkirk)
19. Kay Simmons is the computer expert who keeps the team organized. Nikki Franco is the weapons and explosives specialist. Quick Williams is the martial arts and weapons expert, who also keeps an eye on the head of the team. Tasha Dexter, a former CIA agent, KGB agent, and model is the actual head of the team, while the figurehead is Vallery Irons, who stumbled into a job she doesn‘t completely understand. FTP, identify this syndicated action show starring Shaun Baker, Molly Culver, and Pamela Anderson.
Answer: V.I.P.
20. He went to the Pro Bowl six times during his 14 year career, 13 of those spent with the Dallas Cowboys. He played on all three of Dallas’ Super Bowl winners in the 90s, and retired after one final season with the Panthers. Nicknamed “The Kitchen,” he had been doing analysis for ESPN Radio and some BET College Football Coverage, but on November 6th, his announcing career most likely came to at least a temporary end. FTP, identify this man who was arrested along with two other women for possessing 213 pounds of marijuana.
Answer: Nate Newton
21. Discovered by Harold van Braunhut in 1957 and given the scientific name Artema nyos, they form a protective cyst which enables them to survive for great periods of time when their aquatic habitats dried up. A protective compound which binds to their cell protein acts as a protective shield within which they seem to exist in a state of suspended animation. In this cyst stage, they use no energy and thus appear dead to the world. When reintroduced to water, however, they seemed to spring back to life without having suffered any kind of problem. FTP, identify these magical “just add water” pets for children, normally ordered out of the back of a comic book.
Answer: Sea monkeys
22. She was cut from the national team in 1993, but as a result of a dispute between the players and U.S. Soccer was recalled for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and moved from forward to defense . She scored an own goal against Germany in the quarterfinals of the 1999 World Cup, but atoned for her sins by scoring the tying goal in the second half. It was another goal she scored in that tournament, though, which earned her nationwide fame. FTP, identify the woman who netted the winning penalty kick against China in the championship match of the 1999 World Cup, and tore off her shirt in celebration.
Answer: Brandy Chastain
23. They won their opener, 19-0 against New York, but things started to unravel in week two when, despite a 25-3 win over Memphis, they lost Ryan Clement, the second starting QB to go down. A missed Phil McCallum field goal the next week allowed Los Angeles to escape with a 12-9 victory, but week four saw them back on the winning track with a 16-9 victory over San Francisco. In many ways, it was the high water mark for Jim Criner's club, as their 3-1 record would fade to 4-4 by the end of the season, and Rod Smart's 90 yards rushing were a season high. FTP, identify this XFL team made famous by Hype-Master Rod "He Hate Me" Smart.
Answer: Las Vegas Outlaws (Accept either)
2002 Beltway Bandits
Round 12
Questions written by a team we have no idea the identity of apart from the name "Matt"
"If you try to put the eggs back into the chickens, the chickens get mad."
BONI
1. In the spirit of God Bless America and window-cling American flags, I give you this - a bonus on Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. Answer the following, ten each.
A) Jefferson Smith is appointed to the Senate based on his reputation as founder and head of this boys’ group.
Answer: Boy Rangers
B) He is the senior senator from Smith’s unnamed state. He has vice-presidential aspirations, but his conscience gets in the way of destroying young Jeff.
Answer: Senator Joseph Harrison Paine
C) For the final ten, this newspaper magnate runs the political machine which elected Joseph Paine to the Senate, which elected Hubert “Happy” Hopper, the governor who appointed Smith, and it’s his machine which attempts to destroy the reputation of young Senator Smith.
Answer: Jim Taylor
2. Recently, the 20,000th point in Monday Night Football history sailed through the uprights at Network Associates Coliseum in Oakland, California. First, F5P, identify the Hawai’i alum and current Denver Broncos place kicker whose field goal against the Raiders was his 1,000th point as well as MNF’s 20,000th.
Answer: Jason Elam
FTP - on September 21st, 1970, an 8-yard pass from Bill Nelson to Gary Collins made this AFC franchise the first team to put points on the board on Monday Night Football.
Answer: Cleveland Browns
For 15, this Penn State running back turned Vikings first round bust scored the 10,000th point in MNF history when he ran three yards into the end zone during an October, 1987 game against the Broncos.
Answer: D.J. Dozier
3. Jumping the shark is when a television program goes from being good to being, well, not good. On a 30-20-10-5 basis, given points at which it might have jumped the shark, identify the program in question.
30: The episode where the cast produced a musical version of “The Golden Girls.”
20: Ted McGinley had a three-episode guest run as a senator who dates Carly, then dumps her when he learns she is an ex-prostitute.
10: Mayim Bialik joined the show as the main character’s estranged daughter.
5: The lead actor decided that being a slimy prosecuting attorney on Night Court warranted his own sit-com.
Answer: The John Larroquette Show
4. The following bonus is about sexual innuendo. You may opt out at this time for one point, saving your virgin ears. (If they stay in, continue.) The following bonus is also about the World Wrestling Federation. Since you stayed in this long, you can opt out now for two points. (If they stay in, continue.) All right. First, F5P, what WWF wrassler, before his heinous turn in the RTC, celebrated his adult film past with the trademark phrase, “Helllllo, ladies.”
Answer: Val Venis
Now, 5 for one, 15 for two, or 25 for all three, given a line Val spouted about the Big Valboski (val-bow-ski), fill in the blank to earn the points.
A) "You know something, the Big Valboski is a lot like a BLANK; the more you play with it, the harder it gets.”
Answer: Rubik's cube
B) "You know something, the Big Valboski is a lot like BLANK; you just get it wet, stand back, and wait for it to get rock hard.”
Answer: Concrete or Concrete mix or Cement or Cement mix
C) "You know something, the Big Valboski is a lot like BLANK; getting blown from one side of the state to the other."
Answer: Hurricane Andrew (Prompt on Hurricane)
5. Identify these noble bearers of truth, 5-10-15.
5: He lettered for two years at New Hampshire and got his masters at NYU (or was it SUNY?) before coaching stints with Syracuse, the Chargers, Georgia Tech, and Notre Dame, where he never lost a game.
Answer: George O'Leary
10: This manager had to find his stints with the Iowa Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays easy after slugging through two tours of duty in Vietnam. Oh, the inspirational stories he must have told!
Answer: Tim Johnson
15: They recorded such hits as "Blame it on the Rain," "Girl You Know It's True," and "Baby Don't Forget My Number," but the record companies chose to keep them down and release the songs as the work of Milli Vanilli. For 15 points, name any one of the three noble bearers of truth who supplied the actual vocals for Milli Vanilli.
Answers: Charles Shaw, John Davis, Brad Howe
6. Politicians are people too. Identify the politician given film roles, ten each.
A) He appeared in The Girl Most Likely to... and Death Race 2000 before he lost his dignity in the U.S. House. Unless he left it on the Love Boat. Huh huh. Gopher.
Answer: Fred Grandy
B) He appeared in such films as No Way Out, Hunt for Red October, Iron Eagle III, and In the Line of Fire before the U.S. Senate beckoned in 1994.
Answer: Fred Dalton Thompson
C) He has a cameo as a Confederate officer in the upcoming Gods & Generals - which is set roughly when he became a U.S. Senator.
Answer: Robert Byrd
7. Given the Masterplot, identify the classic country song, ten each.
A) In the title location, the narrator falls in love with a Mexican girl named Felita. However, when another man tries to dance with her, he shoots the handsome young stranger, rides out of town, then rides back in, is shot by a posse, and dies in Felita’s arms.
Answer: El Paso
B) This is where Clifton Clowers lives with his pretty young daughter - however, they say don’t go here if you’re looking for a wife.
Answer: Wolverton Mountain
C) A 41 year old woman still wanders Brownsville with a faded rose pinned to her blouse and a suitcase in her hand, looking for a mysterious dark haired man.
Answer: Delta Dawn
8. Seeing as “The Sopranos” officially claimed more Emmys than God this year, it’s time for a little Sopranos 101. FTSNOP, answer the following about members of America’s favorite dysfunctional “family.”
10: He owns and operates the Bada Bing, a strip club where Tony and friends pass the time.
Answer: Silvio Dante (Accept either, also accept “Sil”)
5: Tony promoted him to capo shortly after they returned from Italy, and he’s been T’s right hand man ever since - although he’s upset about Ralph Cifaretto’s promotion to capo.
Answer: Paulie Walnuts or Paulie Gaultieri (Accept either)
15: He is the rotund mobster charged with nursing Junior Soprano as he fights cancer and house arrest. Apparently, he is (or at least was) an avid outdoorsman. Who knew they made orange vests that large.
Answer: Bobby “Bacala” Baccalieri (Accept Bacala or Baccalieri)
9. Identify the actor from roles, 30-20-10-5.
30: Bill in Debutante, Sgt. Matt Eversmann in the upcoming Black Hawk Down
20: John Strode and John Tate in Halloween: H2O
10: Zeke Tyler in The Faculty, Trip Fontaine in The Virgin Suicides
5: Captain Daniel “Danny” Walker in Pearl Harbor
Answer: Josh Hartnett
10. Identify the following hockey notables, which may or may not be related, on a 10-5 basis.
10: 38 games into his rookie season with the Minnesota North Stars, he suffered a traumatic head injury in a game against the California Golden Seals, ending his season, his career, and, 48 hours after the game, his life.
5: His name adorns the award given to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities or perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey.
Answer: Bill Masterton
10: He was the owner and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1917-1961 and also built Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens.
5: His name adorns the award given to the “player adjudged to be the most valuable player of the NHL playoffs.”
Answer: Conn Smythe
10: Nicknamed “The Chicoutimi Cucumber,” he manned the goal in Montreal from 1910 until 1925, when he was forced to retire due to tuberculosis, dying in 1926.
5: His name adorns the award given by the general managers to the “goalkeeper adjudged to be the best at his position.”
Answer: Georges Vezina
11. It’s finally happening - Electronic Arts is releasing a video game version of Quidditch. In anticipation of the game, answer the following about Qudditch.
FTP if entirely correct, or for 5 points if you list all of the positions, identify the positions played in a regulation Quidditch match, and how many people play each position at a time.
Answers: Three chasers, Two beaters, One seeker, One goalkeeper or goalie
5 for two, or 10 for all three, what color are regulation quaffles, bludgers, and snitches?
Answers: Quaffles - Red, Bludgers - Black, Snitches - Golden with silver wings
F5PE, what two nations hooked up in the finals of the most recent World Cup of Quidditch?
Answers: Republic of Ireland and Bulgaria
12. Oooh. It's December, 1959, and you're having yourself one swanky evening...tasty beverage in your hand, smooth lounge music purring out of your hi-fi, and a new issue of a bachelor's magazine in your hand...but how swank are you? Answer the following about your own swankness, 5-10-15.
5: You've never been a fan of martinis - especially the olives - so you've become a fan of these drinks, made with vodka, Kahlua, and cream or milk. Mmm mmm mmm.
Answer: Caucasian or White Russian
10: Your hi-fi is smoothly spitting out this artist's album, Other Worlds, Other Sounds. You think maybe you still prefer the 45 of Mucha Muchacha by the same artist.
Answer: Juan Garcia Esquivel
15: Your bachelor's magazine of choice this month features a new section - Playmate of the Year. This woman, the very first POTY, wants to excel as a good legal secretary, study law, and become a lady lawyer. Turn ons include Greek food, turn offs include cigar smokers.
Answer: Ellen Stratton
13. Ahh, being juvenile. Answer the following about 2001’s Puff Puff Pass tour, 5-10-15.
5: On October 19th, the entire Puff Pass tour was pulled over by police in this city for marijuana possession.
Answer: Cleveland, OH
10: This half brother of Dr. Dre, whose biggest hit, “Regulate,” was recorded with Snoop’s cousin Nate, made a few appearances on the tour.
Answer: Warren G.
15: Made up of Trae Dee and Goldie Loc (and sometimes Snoop himself), their debut album was also the first album released on Snoop’s Doghouse Records label.
Answer: Tha Eastsidaz
14 If you look up the word funny in the dictionary, you’ll see next to it an episode of “Sealab 2021.” All right, you won’t, because that would require some sort of futuristic dictionary. Answer the following about “Sealab 2021,” 5-10-15.
5: “Sealab 2021” can be seen on this Cartoon Network series for grown ups.
Answer: “Adult Swim”
10: Sealab is commanded by this man, who was rescued by the inhabitants on Sealab 2020. A year later, he has developed a big case of the crazies and a taste for Be Bop cola.
Answer: Captain Hank Murphy
15: Action pilot by day, werewolf by night, it was this character and his self-titled show which lead Captain Murphy to try and steal cable. Later on, he shows up as a mundane helicopter reporter.
Answer: Chopper Dave
15 You like the Beatles, right? Given the single, identify the UK-release Beatles album on which the song may be found, 5 each with a bonus 5 for getting them all.
A) Can’t Buy Me Love Answer: A Hard Day’s Night
B) Come Together Answer: Abbey Road
C) Eleanor Rigby Answer: Revolver
D) When I'm Sixty-Four Answer: Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band
E) Yesterday Answer: Help!
16 Identify the following about the life and times of Doonesbury’s Uncle Duke, ten each.
A) As his career with Rolling Stone is bottoming out, Gerald Ford appoints him governor of this territory. He brings Zonker along to be his lieutenant governor, and Zonker achieves his life’s goal - the perfect tan.
Answer: American Samoa
B) Duke is forced to give up his post in American Samoa when Ford appoints him ambassador to this nation. He spends his time there insulting the intelligence of the locals before President Carter replaces him with Leonard Woodcock.
Answer: China
C) Fed up with diplomacy, Duke takes a job as general manager of this NFL franchise, but a doping scandal runs him out of the league.
Answer: Washington Redskins (Accept either)
17 PBS fans rejoice! FTPE identify the following about the series "Are You Being Served?
a Between the jokes brought on by her cat stories, or the fact that her hair varied from peach to pink to purple to green to blue, it’s a wonder she worked as a senior salesperson at Grace Brothers for 12 years.
Answer: Mary Elizabeth Jennifer Rachel Yiddell Abergavenny Slocombe
b: The series is set in this fictional London department store, still kept in the family and run by a frail, senile chairman.
Answer: Grace Brothers
c: The series has a follow-up, in which the characters of the show take care of a mansion. FTP, give its UK title.
Answer: Grace and Favor
18Shake up a batch of martinis, dust off the camel hair jacket, and check the sound on your hi-fi - it’s a Rat Pack movie bonus. Given a description, identify the film, 5-10-15.
5: Frankie played the title character, who put the old gang together (conveniently played by the Rat Pack) in order to knock over four casinos in Las Vegas. The quintessential Rat Pack movie.
Answer: Ocean’s Eleven
10: This is the only movie which brought together the Chairman of the Board, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and the great American actors Burt Reynolds and Dom Delouise.
Answer: Cannonball Run II
15: A Western parody of Gunga Din, Deano plays the title character, the Chairman plays Mike Merry, and Sammy plays the part of Gunga Din.
Answer: Sargeant’s 3
19. Oooh. The Sport of Kings. No, not oppressing peasants, horse racing! Answer the following, ten each.
A) He is the winningest jockey in racing history, passing Willie Shoemaker for first place when he rode Irish Nip to victory in 1999, the 8834th time he’d ridden a horse to victory.
Answer: Laffit Pincay, Jr.
B) This man is the only jockey to have ridden two Triple Crown winners - riding Whirlaway in 1941 and Citation in 1948.
Answer: Eddie Arcaro
C) She is the only woman to ride a horse to a win in a Triple Crown race, and retired in 1999 as the winningest female jockey of all time.
Answer: Julie Krone
20. Identify these recurring items in The Onion’s Our Dumb Century, 5-10-15.
5: She is portrayed as being molested by The Wretched Spaniard, A Teutonic Hun, A Capitalist Plutocrat Bastard, the Axis leaders, The Red Leader, Hippies, and Arab Terrorists.
Answer: Lady Liberty
10: This doctor of divinity speculated that a cornucopia of jazz might have sunk the Titanic, and also warned that a Board of Book Censors was allowing “Wanton Tales of Smooching” to reach our troops during World War I.
Answer: Rev. X. Lucius Dalrymple
15: This store had a 10% off coupon for cream of tartar in the first Onion of 1900, was the “exclusive mercantile establishment for official ‘Birth of a Nation’ merchandise,” and ran an advertisement for Unattractive Dresses in several shapeless, unalluring styles in 1922.
Answer: Slocombe’s (Accept anything that includes “Slocombe”)
21. Given the fatality from Mortal Kombat II, identify the character who performed the fatality, ten points each.
A) Cartwheel uppercut
Answer: Liu Kang
B) Buzzhat hat decapitation
Answer: Kung Lao
C) Electrocution Explosion
Answer: Raiden
22. Identify the director from films, 30-20-10-5.
30: Magic Lantern II, Konkurs, Why Do We Need All the Brass Bands?
20: Black Peter, The Firemen’s Ball, a segment of Visions of Eight titled The Decathalon
10: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Hair, Ragtime
5: Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Man on the Moon
Answer: Milos Forman
23. She was nominated twice in the Favorite Actress Category at the 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, earning nods for her turns in Bowfinger and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, for which she won. First, F5P, identify this flaxen-haired actress.
Answer: Heather Graham
FTP, Heather starred in this forgettable Farrelly Brothers-produced offering opposite of Chris Klein, but the incest jokes didn’t translate to box office success.
Answer: Say It Isn’t So
F15P, Heather will reprise her role as Felicity Shagwell in this upcoming film, the third installment in the Austin Powers series.
Answer: Austin Powers in Goldmember
24. Given the line from the Billy Joel hit “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” supply the last item on the list FTP, or for 1 point if you need another clue.
10: Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray, South Pacific, Walter Winchell, BLANK
1: Nicknamed the Yankee Clipper, he also earns a mention in Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson.”
Answer: Joe DiMaggio
10: Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron, Dien Bien Phu falls, BLANK
1: This was the biggest hit recorded by Bill Haley and The Comets
Answer: “Rock Around The Clock”
10: Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac, Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, BLANK
1: This movie was based on the novel “Bridge on the River Kwai.”
Answer: Bridge on the River Kwai
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