2003 trashionals Round 09: We watch "American Idol" so you don't have to
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Round 09: We watch "American Idol" so you don't have to. Tossups Based on a tribal legend, the title character is in love with Atuat, who is betrothed to the chief's son, Oki. The hero wins Atuat, but eventually takes a second wife. This enrages Oki, and the hero must flee for his life, naked, across miles of tundra. For ten points, give either the English or Inuktitut name of this Canadian film, shot on digital video on location in Nunavut. ANSWER: The Fast Runner (accept Atanarjuat) Many playing card companies added a second joker to their decks in the early 1950s to accommodate the faddish popularity of this game. Invented in Uruguay in the early 1900s, this rummy variation spread to Argentina and the U.S., bringing a name that refers to the discard basket. This double-deck game has unusual rules for black and red threes, the latter of which are a simple 100-point bonus with no effect on game play. For ten points, name this game, where the main object is to meld the titular seven-card sets. ANSWER: Canasta This coach stands fourth on the Association’s all-time scoring list out of players who never played in an All-Star Game. A 1983 graduate of Arizona State, his 183 career playoff games rank fifth all-time in league history. A 14-year veteran, he began his coaching career as an assistant with Sacramento, lasting two years before replacing Don Casey as a head coach before the 2000-2001 season. For ten points, name this former member of the "Showtime" L.A. Lakers, now manning the bench of the New Jersey Nets. ANSWER: Byron Scott Legend has it that the limo driver for a high-ranking network executive kept this show on the air before it finally went away last year after seven seasons. The central cast surprisingly stayed intact: Michael Boatman as straight-laced CFO Stanley Babson, Sandra Oh as the reliable assistant Rita Wu, and Jim Turner as flighty junior partner of the title character’s management firm, Kirby Carlisle. Oh yeah, there were many athlete cameos as well. For ten points, name this HBO show starring Robert Wuhl as a sports agent. ANSWER: Arli$$ It was founded by brothers Forrest and Leroy Raffell, who wanted to develop a fast-food franchise based on something other than hamburgers. Taking inspiration from a Boston sandwich shop, they opened their first eatery with this name in Boardman, Ohio in 1964. Menu items include the new Market Fresh Sandwiches and Italian Beef-n-Provolone, along with such classics as the Beef-n-Cheddar and Giant Roast Beef. For ten points, name this fast-food chain, whose name stands for the Raffel Brothers initials, not an acronym for "America's Roast Beef Yes Sir!" ANSWER: Arby's This U. C. Davis alum broke onto the scene with a series of mix-tapes Reconstructed from the Ground Up. Going six years between albums, his 2002 release The Private Press hit the Billboard Top 50 on the strength of the Number Two dance single "You Can't Go Home Again!" Born Josh Davis, this is, for ten points, what turn-tablist and composer whose status as one of the most influential DJs of the '90s rests on the landmark 1996 album Endtroducing . . . ? ANSWER: DJ Shadow (accept Josh Davis on early buzz) The music for this show is provided by Jazz Times Ten. Guests on this show have included Spanish club president Gretchen Doyle and tae kwan do fan Zack Bodorf. Teacher Mr. Banglion is a regular, as are Randy Goldman and Sheldon, the unrequited love and best friend, respectively, of the host Megan. Airing at 7:55 a.m. from the audio/visual department in room 312, for ten points, this is what recurring SNL skit about a middle-school morning talk show starring Maya Rudolph and Rachel Dratch? ANSWER: Wake Up, Wakefield Born May 2, 1975 in Leytonstone, he tallied the highest score ever recorded in Bobby Charlton’s Soccer Skills Tournament at age 11. Signed to Manchester United’s youth squad on his 14th birthday, he led the team to the F-A Youth Cup in 1992. Three years later, he replaced Andrei Kanchelskis as Man-U’s right midfielder, a position he has held ever since. In 1999, he married Victoria "Posh Spice" Addams, making one-half of Britain’s power couple. For ten points name this English soccer midfielder. ANSWER: David Beckham His children, Blaze and Lord Satanus, are offspring of his union with a demon. This ancient wizard joins Zeus, Highfather, Ganthet, and the Phantom Stranger in a group called the Quintessence. He has granted power to Freddy Freeman, as well as to Black Adam, who later turned evil, but has found his successor as Champion in Billy Batson. For ten points, name this wizard whose name turns Billy into Captain Marvel, but does nothing for Gomer Pyle. ANSWER: Shazam Its singer's only Top Ten pop song, it was first recorded live, with the bleeped out words "son of a bitch" replacing the original word "nut." An empty liquor bottle is part of the meager inheritance left by a man who abandons his son at the age of three. After a brawling reunion in a Gatlinburg saloon, dad likes his boy's fight skills, explaining that he wanted his kid tough and strong. Still, the son would have preferred Bill or George in, for ten points, what Shel Silverstein-penned song performed by Johnny Cash? ANSWER: A Boy Named Sue Doug Wilson used them as accent pieces during the live reveal Trading Spaces in Las Vegas. Actress Sheila Kelley teaches Hollywood housewives how to use them, and claims similar tricks led to her most recent pregnancy by her husband, Richard Schiff of The West Wing. For ten points, name this apparatus, used by Kelley and Darryl Hannah in Dancing at the Blue Iguana, an exotic dancing staple Pamela Anderson claims to have in her bedroom. ANSWER: stripper pole His acting debut came as an extra in NBC's 1974 TV movie The Execution of Private Eddie Slovic, and among his early films were Grizzly II -- the Predator and The Boys Next Door. From 1986-89, he appeared in nine features, being acclaimed as one of the best actors of his generation, and winning the heart of adult film star Ginger Lynn Allen, whom he dated until 1995. He is now married to Denise Richards. For ten points, name this prime player in the Heidi Fleiss scandal whose films include Hot Shots, Platoon, and Wall Street. ANSWER: Charlie Sheen This band's official websites can be found at both Mistaband-dot-com and Planet-j-r-dot-com. Formed in 1982 in Southern California, they achieved their biggest fame in 1989, with such singles as "The Angel Song," "Rock Me" and a cover of an Ian Hunter tune. In 2003, lead singer Jack Russell and guitarist Mark Kendall reunited in support of Russell's solo debut and the band's Thank You...Goodnight album. For ten points, name this "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" hair-metal band, the last group to ever play The Station in Rhose Island. ANSWER: Great White She reflected her heritage in writing books like Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend and The Gods of Greece. Her The Fourth Instinct posits that every human has a spiritual instinct that leads them to God. Her political awareness found root in the fictional Greetings From the Lincoln Bedroom and the anti-status quo How to Overthrow the Government. A frequent guest on Politically Incorrect and a nationally syndicated columnist, name, for ten points, this author who is now taking on the culture of corporate greed in Feeding at the Trough. ANSWER: Ariana Huffington The earliest verifiable ones appeared around the 1930s, and manufacturers include Knobler International and The First Years. Recent research indicates that some of them may include phthalates [THAL-eights], which can disrupt hormonal function and increase cancer risk; to decrease risk, parents are urged to shop for versions made without PVC. For ten points, name these yellow bath toys rhapsodized by Sesame Street's Ernie. ANSWER: rubber duckies Accusing the current administration of "outright criminality," this speaker said at the 2002 BAFTA awards, "We are now seeing in America the possibilities of an absolute government by the few, for the betterment of the few." He made these comments while accepting a lifetime achievement award for producing such films as Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and The English Patient. For ten points, name this film and music producer, whose feud with John Fogerty culminated in his suing Fogerty for self-plagiarization. ANSWER: Saul Zaentz Bob Sanders on the TV version of Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice. Paul Thurston on Tabitha. Robert Gavilan on Gavilan. Tom Nash on American Dreamer. John Hawkins on Crossroads. Mitch Quinn on It Had To Be You. Captain Kennedy on Love Boat: The Next Wave. Jerry McKenny on Emeril. Dan Tanna on Vega$. Spenser on Spenser: For Hire. All of these TV roles were portrayed by, for ten points, what actor, who died of cancer in 2002? ANSWER: Robert Urich A little girl meets several strangers in Quidam. Alégria is concerned with the evolution of politics. Saltimbanco is described as a celebration of life opposing violence and despair. A man parachutes into a forest in Varekai. Dralion (dray-lee-own) fuses Chinese tradition represented by a dragon with Western represented by a lion. La Nouba is in residence at Disney World, while Mystère and O are at Las Vegas hotels. For ten points, these are shows by what Montreal-based performers, sometimes seen on Bravo? ANSWER: Cirque du Soleil [Plug: Buy your tickets for the Vegas shows now and we'll see you at Viva TRASH Vegas.] In September 2004, this league plans to expand to 40 teams, with new franchises located in Reno, Nevada; Beaumont, Texas; Ontario, California; and Duluth, Georgia. Founded in 1988 by businessmen Henry Brabham and Bill Coffey, the first champions were the Carolina Thunderbirds in 1989. With such current franchises as the Pee Dee Pride, Florida Everblades, Johnstown Chiefs and Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies, this describes, for ten points, what minor-league sports league, considered the "Double-A" minor league of the NHL? ANSWER: East Coast Hockey League or ECHL Signed by Republic Records after a performance at CBGB's, this group uses a studio drummer to allow its vocalist-slash-drummer to concentrate on singing. Founded by Todd Harrell, Matt Roberts, and Brad Arnold in Escatawpa, Mississippi, their second album, Away From the Sun, was released in 2002, but has not done as well as 2000's The Better Life. For ten points, what alt-metal group had the song "Kryptonite?" ANSWER: 3 Doors Down As a child, she played short, spunky Emma in the TV series Mind Your Knickers. Family members include a transvestite vicar uncle, an uncle who names his body parts after Royal Family members and a grandmother who told her she has psychic powers. A native of Manchester, she moved to Seattle when she was placed as a physical therapist for a retired cop. Formerly engaged to Donny Douglas, she then became the third wife of the main character’s brother. For ten points name this wife of Niles Crane, played by Jane Leeves. ANSWER: Daphne Moon 2003 TRASHionals Round 09: We watch "American Idol" so you don't have to. Bonuses Name the Major League Baseball players who spent some time in Japan, for the stated number of points. (5) This current Yankee second baseman spent three seasons with Hiroshima before "retiring" in order to sign with the Bronx Bombers. ANSWER: Alfonso Soriano (10) This heavy-set first baseman hit 51 homers for the Detroit Tigers in 1990, one season after playing in Japan. ANSWER: Cecil Fielder (15) This second baseman, who later managed the Mets and Dodgers, was one of the first U.S. major leaguers to enjoy success in Japan. ANSWER: Davey Johnson Name these unlikely children's authors, for ten points each: This gross-out comedian has written and illustrated a series of books about a green dinosaur named Lickety Split. Much different from his work in Sorority Boys and Farrelly Brothers films. ANSWER: Harland Williams This songwriter's "Stay Up Late," from his former band's Little Creatures album, was turned into a children's book illustrated by Maria Kalman. ANSWER: David Byrne Bar Mitzvah, The Owl, and Passover are among his works for children. They're a far cry from plays such as Bobby Gould in Hell and Glengarry Glen Ross. ANSWER: David Mamet Identify these hunks who passed through The Young and the Restless before heading to stardom from clues about their role on the soap, for ten points each. He played the second incarnation of Bill “Snapper” Foster from 1975-1982. From there, he would hit prime time, first as a Trans Am driver and later as a lifeguard. ANSWER: David Hasselhoff Before heading to Hawaii with his Tigers cap, he played Jed Andrews from 1974-75. ANSWER: Tom Selleck In 1993, he played Brandon Collins. Since then, he’s appeared in a bunch of teen-targeted movies like She’s All That, Joy Ride and The Fast and the Furious. ANSWER: Paul Walker Given a sports-related lyric from a Beastie Boys' song, name it for fifteen points. If you need the album, you'll get ten. (15) "I got more hits than Sadaharu Oh." (10) Paul's Boutique ANSWER: Hey Ladies (15) "And I've got mad hits like Rod Carew." (10) Ill Communication ANSWER: Sure Shot Remember those Budweiser WHASSSUP commercials? For ten points each: This 2002 film starred Nick Cannon as a Harlem musician recruited to lead a marching band at a historically African-American college in the South. ANSWER: Drumline A young man from Harlem builds an illegal drug empire in 1980's Harlem in this 2002 drama. ANSWER: Paid in Full Drumline and Paid in Full were both directed by what star and director of the Budweiser WHASSSUP ads? ANSWER: Charles Stone III (AUDIO) Identify the singers of these radio ads extolling the virtues of milk, for ten points each. (Track 18) ANSWER: Aaron Neville (Track 19) ANSWER: Aretha Franklin (Track 20) ANSWER: Wynonna Judd or Wynonna Answer these questions about the whereabouts of former American Idol contestants, for ten points each. Tamyra Gray made four appearances on this Fox drama. ANSWER: Boston Public Gray, Nikki McKibbin, R.J. Helton, Ryan Starr and Christina Christian portray a team in the Family Feud spoof commercial for this retailer. ANSWER: Old Navy A semi-finalist in Season One, this woman serves as a correspondent for Season Two and lives in the house with the finalists. ANSWER: Kristin Holt Answer these questions about inspectors in the Pink Panther films, for ten points each. (5) This late British actor played bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau in six Pink Panther films, although the sixth effort, 1982's Trail of the Pink Panther, was made up entirely of stock footage, given he'd been dead for two years. ANSWER: Peter Sellers (10) 1993's Son of the Pink Panther saw this Oscar-winning Italian comic play Inspector Jacques Clouseau, Junior. ANSWER: Roberto Benigni (15) This actor and director, best known for playing the father on TV's Blossom, played Sergeant Clifton Sleigh in 1983's Curse of the Pink Panther, which involves him trying to find Clouseau. ANSWER: Ted Wass PERFORMANCE BONUS! Designate one player on your team to be an actor. That player has a total of sixty seconds to portray the three celebrities on this handout through any nonverbal, non-written means whatsoever. That means you can't show the list to your teammates, you cheating bastards. [Moderator: give the handout to the designated player after the team has picked. Make sure no one else on the team sees it.] You'll earn ten points for each celebrity you can name in that time. You're allowed to pass, if necessary. (see handout) ANSWER: Richard Simmons (see handout) ANSWER: Anna Nicole Smith (see handout) ANSWER: Ozzy Osbourne Given clues, identify these related musical artists, for ten points each. Led by DJ Jazzie B, this dance and R&B group's biggest hit was 1989's "Back to Life." ANSWER: Soul II (two) Soul Led by Mike Doughty, this jazz-influenced alt-rock group released the albums Ruby Vroom, Irresistible Bliss, and El Oso. ANSWER: Soul Coughing Led by Dave Pirner, this group's hits include "Black Gold" and "Runaway Train." ANSWER: Soul Asylum For ten points each, name these creatures that speak in rhymes. In William Goldman's The Princess Bride, this character likes rhymes. ANSWER: Fezzik In Piers Anthony's Xanth, Smash is an example of these brutish creatures who are magically inclined to rhyme. ANSWER: ogres In DC comics, Jason Blood is linked to this rhyming demon. ANSWER: Etrigan For the stated number of points, answer these questions about an American winter athlete who is not some pansy-ass figure skater. For ten points, who became the first American to win three medals in the world championships of alpine skiing in 2003 at St. Moritz? ANSWER: Bode Miller For five points each, in what two events did Miller win gold? ANSWER: Men's giant slalom (do not prompt on "slalom") and Men's combined (do not accept "Nordic combined") For ten points, Miller shared the silver in the Super-G. Had he won gold, he would have been the first skier to win three golds at a world championship since what man did so at the 1968 Olympics? ANSWER: Jean-Claude Killy [Note: The Olympics counted as the world championships in 1968.] Answer these questions about the TV career of Ellen Degeneres, for ten points each. These Friends of Mine was the original title of this most well-known Degeneres vehicle. ANSWER: Ellen In a great show of range, Degeneres played a man-chasing receptionist on this Fox show set at a real estate agency starring Alison LaPlaca, a spin-off of Duet. ANSWER: Open House One of her more interesting guest roles was on this show, playing Nancy Bloom, whom Paul hires as a nanny after inadvertently firing her from a catering job on the production of a documentary. ANSWER: Mad About You 40-30-20-10-1. Name the man. (40) He has at least one penis. (30) Born in Alabama, he is backed by the Aces Band and had a comeback with the 1994 album Blue Night. (20) Nicknamed the "Golden Voice of Soul," his lesser hits include "Warm and Tender Love," "It Tears Me Up," and "Take Time to Know Her." (10) His biggest hit, "When a Man Loves a Woman," was covered by noted no-talent ass-clown Michael Bolton. (1) In 2002, he released Percy Sledge and the Aces Band, Live! From Louisiana, with special guest Mrs. Rosa Sledge. ANSWER: Percy Sledge College students have way too much time on their hands. Identify the fine institutions whose students played the following pranks, for ten points each. This school pulled a stunt with a half-time flip-card routine at the 1961 Rose Bowl between Minnesota and Washington. ANSWER: Cal Tech or California Institute of Technology In 1979 Jim Mallon and Leon Varjian, leaders of this school's Pail and Shovel party, created what appeared to be the Statue of Liberty in Lake Mendota. ANSWER: University of Wisconsin-Madison In 2000 students from this New England school started the website Bonsai Kitten, which suggested growing kittens in glass containers so that they would take on the shape of their container. ANSWER: MIT or Massachusetts Institute of Technology For ten points each, name these ugly cars that are supposed to appeal to Gen Y types. Offered by Honda is this incredibly boxy SUV whose roof and front and rear panels are accent colored to go with the main body. ANSWER: Element This Toyota offering had a very cool rotoscoped ad, but is another lame SUV-sedan hybrid. ANSWER: Matrix Nissan is also joining the fray with this "SUV built for adventures in on-roading." It's available in silver, gold, copper, and pewter. ANSWER: Murano Name these Jim Belushi films, for ten points each. Belushi provided the voice of Demon in this 2002 film, where Cuba Gooding, Jr. competes in an Iditarod-type race. ANSWER: Snow Dogs Belushi was actually not all that bad in this film, an adaptation of David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago. ANSWER: About Last Night This 1989 movie saw Belushi play a cop who enlists the aid of a dog to fight a drug dealer. Amazingly, this film has spawned two direct-to-video sequels. ANSWER: K-9 Name these players who made comebacks in the 2002 NFL season, for 10 points each. After spending 2001 out with a knee injury and a substance abuse problem, this running back returned to his rookie season stats of two years ago with 1300-plus yards rushing. ANSWER: Jamal Lewis This running back tore up his knee in a game of beach football at the 1999 Pro Bowl. After a three-year absence, he returned to the league, backing up Ricky Williams in Miami. ANSWER: Robert Edwards Another ex-Patriot, he played only two games in 2001, but after being traded put together a reasonably nifty 2002 as quarterback of the Bills. ANSWER: Drew Bledsoe For ten points each, name these stupid terms from that stupid cultural phenomenon known as blogging. William Quick of the blog Daily Pundit coined this term for the entire blogging community. ANSWER: blogosphere This blog genre sprung up after September 11 and covers mostly the Middle East, terrorism, and the military. In February 2003 The Right Wing News blog had its first annual awards for this genre. ANSWER: warblogging or warbloggers That ass-clown Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit helped popularize this term for giving a verbal beating to an anti-war blogger, named for a journalist who wrote of being beaten by anti-American Afghan refugees while claiming they were justified in their actions. ANSWER: Fisking [Named after Robert Fisk.] Answer these questions about actors who appeared in either Gettysburg or Gods and Generals, for the stated number of points. (5) This actor played Robert E. Lee in Gettysburg, but could not reprise his role in Gods and Generals, thanks to his role as a leader on a TV series. ANSWER: Martin Sheen (10) Tom Berenger was asked to reprise his role as this general in Gods and Generals, but was not available and replaced with the immortal Bruce Boxleitner. ANSWER: General James Longstreet (15) Stephen Lang played Stonewall Jackson in Gods and Generals, but played this infamous Confederate general in Gettysburg. ANSWER: General George Pickett For ten points each, name these bets in horse racing. You bet that a horse will finish either first or second and receive the same payout regardless of which. ANSWER: place You bet on a horse to Win, Place, and Show, receiving a single ticket covering all three bets. ANSWER: Across the Board You bet that you can pick the first and second place horses in a race, but do not specify in which order the two horses finish. ANSWER: Exacta Box (do not prompt on "Exacta") It has moved only 17 times in 56 years, most recently this past February, moving it up two minutes to where it originally debuted. For ten points each: Name this feature of the decidedly untrashy Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists which is supposed to illustrate how close we are to turning the Earth into a glowing pile. ANSWER: Doomsday Clock (prompt on just "clock," the Bulletin refers to it with its full name) How many minutes to midnight is the clock at currently, reflecting concerns over North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, and the Iraq situation? ANSWER: seven minutes The Doomsday Clock was at its closest to midnight in 1953 when the US and USSR tested weapons within 9 months of each other, and farthest away from midnight in 1991 when those countries signed the START Treaty. Name either of these antipodes of terror time. ANSWER: two minutes OR seventeen minutes to midnight Directory: 1248 1248 -> Registration Form Records Form Summer 2013 Registration: 7/22, 7/23, 7/29, 7/30, 08/05, 08/06, & 8/12 8: 00 am 1: 00 pm 1248 -> Students transferring from within the Palm Beach County School System Download 56.18 Kb. Share with your friends:
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