2004 trash junior Bird Round 06



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2004 TRASH Junior Bird Round 06
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  1. It has no meaning in its most famous context, since its author stole the line from a 1954 R&B song by the Medallions called "The Letter."  Vernon Green claimed that it originally was a made up childhood word that referred to "a secret paper doll fantasy figure who would be my ideal woman."  In the 1973 song that brought the word back, it was the reason that the author said, "some people call me Maurice."  For ten points, name this word from Steve Miller's "The Joker."
    ANS: pompatus of love




  1. In 1986, he received a five-cent raise on the dollar-a-year lifetime contract that he signed in 1972 with the Harlem Globetrotters.  He was named an honorary member of the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004, even though he did track and football in college and played the trainer of a tennis pro and U.S. agent in I Spy.  For ten points, what Temple grad is not known for the movies The Devil and Max Devlin, Ghost Dad, and Leonard Part Six, but for playing Dr. Cliff Huxtable?
    ANS: William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr.




  1. Sweat, a comedy about personal trainers, is the current project of this director, whose last movie brought together American Pie stars Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari in Loser.  Also the director of National Lampoon's European Vacation and Look Who's Talking, inspired by her own pregnancy, she broke through with Fast Times at Ridgemont High.  For ten points, name this screenwriter and director of Clueless.
    ANS: Amy Heckerling




  1. She was talked in to joining the track team after her phys ed teacher at DeKalb County's Columbia High School clocked her breaking the state record in the 220-yard dash. Although she initially planned to become a hairdresser, she was also persuaded into attending college, winning four NCAA titles at Georgia.  Although she failed to medal in the 100-meter race at Barcelona, for ten points, what runner did win gold in the 200 in 1992?
    ANS: Gwen Torrence




  1. His wife, Carolyn, settled a $10 million lawsuit against the National Enquirer, while he settled a $209 million lawsuit with the tabloid's parent company, American Media.  He had been suing over the "media frenzy" concerning a Modesto resident with whom he had been involved and whose remains were found the following year in Rock Creek Park.  For ten points, what former Congressman had a relationship with intern Chandra Levy?
    ANS: Gary Condit




  1. Amy Tan's ridiculous blurb on this book's back cover reads; "This is the fable you will devour when you fall in love." It features Eddie, a former war veteran who, on his 83rd birthday, tries to save a little girl. Instead, the amusement park mechanic dies and encounters the title characters in, for ten points, what first novel by Mitch Albom?
    ANS: The Five People You Meet In Heaven




  1. His military roles have included Colonel Hayes Hodges, Colonel William Hawkins, Colonel Brad Shaw, and Major Hank Marshall, while his civil service roles have seen him as L.A. Disaster Response manager Mike Roarke, former District Attorney Harvey Dent, and Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard. For ten points, who is this Texan, perhaps best known as MIB Agent Kay?
    ANS: Tommy Lee Jones




  1. Jeanane Garafalo voiced Sally Reardon, who was pretty much heard but not seen on this show. Sally would be the recipient of tapes send by the title character, who skipped out on going to Stanford University in favor of the University of New York, only to find out that Ben Covington couldn't easily remember her name. For ten points, name this show starring Kerry Russell.
    ANS: Felicity




  1. An All-Pacific Coast Conference safety in 1971 and '72 out of the University of the Pacific, he served apprenticeships as graduate assistant under Lou Holtz at Arkansas and under Earl Bruce at Iowa State and Ohio State. In 1984, he became a defensive backs coach with the Bills and Vikings. After serving as defensive coordinator of the Jets, he was promoted to head coach in 1994. The next two years, he was defensive coordinator of the 49ers before getting another head coaching gig with the Patriots. After a year out of coaching, he went west and into the college ranks. For ten points, who built a national championship team at Southern Cal?
    ANS: Pete Carroll

  2. The original version tells of devotion to another, beginning "Called you on the phone / Said I'm coming through / Hope you're all alone / 'Cause I got plans for you."  The second, harder-edged version says: "I met so many men and / It's like their all the same / My appetite for lovin' / Is now my hunger pain" in an attempt to gain street credibility.  Murder Inc. more or less completely changed, for ten points, what song by Jennifer Lopez whose remix featured rapping by Ja Rule?
    ANS: I'm Real




  1. Due to the success of Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong's stint as this group's second guitarist lasted only one show, although he did co-write a song on the EP Radio, Radio, Radio.  Formed by two former members of Operation Ivy, Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong, they were the object of a major label bidding war after the success of the album Let's Go, featuring the song "Salvation."  For ten points, what punk revival act went platinum with ...And Out Come the Wolves, featuring the songs "Roots Radicals," "Ruby Soho," and "Time Bomb?"
    ANS: Rancid




  1. Its star died just hours after it finished filming and so was a sentimental choice for the Best Actor Oscar that ended up going to Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas.  Although not about Dante, it does involve both love for a woman named Beatrice and poetry as the title character seeks knowledge about women from an exile who has settled on the island.  For ten points, name the film in which Massimo Troisi played a guy hired to hand-deliver Pablo Neruda's mail.
    ANS: Il Postino




  1. Although he first cracked the Top 10 in 1989, his progress was halted when a drunk driver hit him before the finals of the Lipton Players International Tournament in Key Biscayne. Coming back in 1990, he won at Casablanca, Rome, and Adelaide in a rare hardcourt win. Although he officially retired in 1999, he mostly disappeared after 1996, the year in which he attained a #1 ranking. For ten points, name this Austrian clay court specialist and winner of the 1995 French Open.
    ANS; Thomas Muster




  1. Outings included the Aquarium of the Pacific, a Hare Krishna Temple street festival, a Catalina Islands camping trip, and an Arrested Development concert.  Moses, Jonas, Randy, Miriam, and Ruth lived in a Hollywood Hills house with six city dwellers, leading to potential culture clashes in, for ten points, what UPN reality show about five members of a religious group who venture into the outside world?
    ANS: Amish in the City




  1. For some fans, the highlight of this comedy may be the appearance of the band Mudhoney. For others, it is Drake Sabitch who is still fighting the war in the woods of Washington and who is played by Gary Busey. The protagonist is framed for burning down a recreation center and discovers a voter registration fraud intended to defeat his brother who is running for governor. For ten points, name this movie that was funnier the first time. . . when it was called Tommy Boy.
    ANS: Black Sheep




  1. Married to fellow author Laura Frankos, he was a technical writer for the Los Angeles County Office of Education, while writing the novels Wereblood and Werenight. He won a Hugo for his novella "Down in the Bottomlands," while his novels include Ruled Britannia, The Two Georges, and The Guns of the South. For ten points, name this master of alternative history.
    ANS: Harry Turtledove




  1. Although Marco Polo saw use of this medium in India, it was not popular with artists because of the tendency of paint to cake.  American Edgar Leeteg became a master of it by using thin, light strokes, but his clientele tended to be drunken sailors who wanted female nudes and it soon became popular for mass-produced art.  For ten points, name this preferred medium of white trash icons of Elvis and subject of an Alannah Myles song.
    ANS: black velvet




  1. He first had sex with his high school band teacher, Ms. Blankenship. Zoning inspector Bonnie turns out to be a married woman. He became a bigamist by marrying both Nikki and Kate; he has also had two sham marriages, once to help Diane keep her kids and one, really a civil union in Vermont, to stave off the deportation of Mr. Wick. For ten points, name this loser whose best friends are Drew and Oswald.
    ANS: Drew Carey (accept either name)

  2. When first proposed in the 1950s, it was offered initially to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, but a lack of coordinated effort stalled the effort, leaving an opening for its eventual site. Built on land donated by the school district, its location adjacent to Fawcett Stadium made it more appealing for the game that follows enshrinement ceremonies in the first weekend in August. For ten points, name this Canton, Ohio institution, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2003.
    ANS: Pro Football Hall of Fame




  1. This singer was recruited after being seen by the band on MTV performing "Suffocate Me."  She quickly abandoned Angelfish after being summoned to Wisconsin, where she joined with Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig and wowed fans with her performance on songs like "Stupid Girl," "Crush," and "Only Happy When It Rains."  For ten points, name this Scottish lead singer of Garbage.
    ANS: Shirley Manson

2004 TRASH Junior Bird Round 06


Tossups


  1. For ten points each, name these poker show personnel:
    A. On Celebrity Poker Showdown, Phil Gordon pals around with this former star of Kids in the Hall and NewsRadio.
    ANS: Dave Foley
    B. Coincidentally the sister-in-law of Vince Van Patten, this former Miss Hawaiian Tropic introduces viewers to locations on The World Poker Tour.
    ANS: Shana Hiatt
    C. The new syndicated show Ultimate Poker Challenge features a different analyst each week commentating with this actor.
    ANS: Chad Brown




  1. For five points each, given tracks, name the recent album and the act that produced it:
    A. "She Will Be Loved," "This Love," and "Harder to Breathe." ANS: Songs About Jane by Maroon 5
    B. "Gone," "Dare to Move You," and "Meant to Live." ANS: The Beautiful Letdown by Switchfoot
    C. "Big Machine," "Slither," and "Fall to Pieces." ANS: Contraband by Velvet Revolver




  1. For fifteen points each, name these voice actors from Beavis and Butthead Do America, or for ten points from another clue.
    A. [15] He was credited as Earl Hofert when he voiced a Motley Crue roadie.
    [10] Earl Hofert is also the name he used for his cameo appearance in Cabin Boy.
    ANS: David Letterman
    B. [15] While Robert Stack was ATF Agent Flemming, he was Agent Bork, who is chastised by his partner for ending a sentence with a preposition.
    [10] He was Captain Amazing, the captured superhero of Champion City in Mystery Men.
    ANS: Greg Kinnear




  1. 40-30-20-10-1. Name the woman.
    [40] She possess at least two arms and three or fewer legs.
    [30] As a project for a business class, she launched a greeting card line with herself as a cover model.  You may have seen her as a tennis instructor in the Carrottop movie Chairman of the Board.
    [20] Once one of Barker's Beauties on The Price Is Right, she played the Fembot in the first Austin Powers movie.
    [10] The Guinness Book of World Records claims that she is the most downloaded woman on the planet.
    [1] She hosted The Cindy Margolis Show.
    ANS: Cindy Margolis




  1. For ten points each, name the English Premier League side, given its home stadium:
    A. Old Trafford. ANS: Manchester United or Man U
    B. Highbury. ANS: Arsenal
    C. Stamford Bridge. ANS: Chelsea




  1. For ten points each, name these country artists whose debut albums were certified gold in 2004:
    A. She topped the Billboard country charts with the song "Redneck Woman."
    ANS: Gretchen Wilson
    B. A duo consisting of a former member of Lonestar and a songwriter, they gained note for writing "She's a Butterfly" for Martina McBride, who contributed backing vocals to a song on their debut, Horse of a Different Color.
    ANS: Big & Rich
    C. After winning Nashville Star, his eponymous album started out a #1 on the country charts and #13 overall, the biggest first week of a country debut album since Blue by Leanne Rimes in 1996.
    ANS: Buddy Jewel




  1. For ten points each, name these characters from the lamest cartoon ever, Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
    A. Noted leftist Whoopi Goldberg voiced this Earth spirit who gathered the Planeteers.
    ANS: Gaia
    B. LeVar Burton voiced this Planeteer who was from Africa and who used his ring to control the power of Earth.
    ANS: Kwame
    C. Sting, David Warner, and Malcolm MacDowell have all voiced this malicious spirit who was once defeated by Gaia, but who returned to Earth pretending to be an alien in his hope of instigating global war.
    ANS: Zarm




  1. Asking questions about MASH is for fogeys.  For ten points each, name these MASH actors from much more recent work.
    A. He reprised the TV role of Bill Gannon as the superior of his former partner's nephew, Joe Friday, in the 1987 movie Dragnet.
    ANS: Harry Morgan
    B. He played the president who declares war on Canada in Canadian Bacon and more recently popped up as a Senator on The West Wing.
    ANS: Alan Alda
    C. He has made a habit of voicing Disney characters, including Governor Radcliffe in Pocahontas, the mad scientist Dr. Jumba in Lilo and Stitch, and the clock Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast.
    ANS: David Ogden Stiers




  1. For ten points, name these moves from Super Street Fighter II Champion Edition.
    A: With Guile, pressing left for two seconds, then right and punch will unleash this projectile attack.
    ANS: Sonic Boom
    B. With Chun Li, pressing down for two seconds then up and kick leads to this flying attack.
    ANS: Spinning Bird Kick or Supiningu Baado Kikku
    C. Pressing punch rapidly while using Honda can lead to this extended attack.
    ANS: Hundred Hand Slap or Hyaku-Retsu Harite




  1. For ten points each, give the NBA team nickname, given its origin:
    A. The Rochester Royals took this name to avoid being confused with the local baseball team after moving to Kansas City.
    ANS: (Sacramento) Kings
    B. Since the original choice, the Spirit, was unpopular, this name was chosen, ultimately dating back to a description of fighting in this region during the Revolution by Lord Cornwallis.
    ANS: (Charlotte/New Orleans) Hornets [Cornwallis compared fighting in the Carolinas to fighting in a hornet's nest.]
    C. The name ultimately dates back to a Sauk Indian leader whose tribe once lived in the area of Rock Island, Illinois.
    ANS: (Atlanta) Hawks [They were originally the Tri-Cities Blackhawks.]




  1. For ten points each, name the acts that produced these sequel albums:
    A. 2002's The Blueprint 2: The Gift and the Curse.
    ANS: Jay-Z or Shawn Carter
    B. 1993's Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell.
    ANS: Meat Loaf or Marvin Lee Aday
    C. 1995's Jazzmatazz II: The New Reality.
    ANS: Gang Starr




  1. For ten points each, name these animators:
    A. This former Disney employee set up his own studio, producing An American Tail and The Land Before Time.
    ANS: Don Bluth
    B. His attempt at a Lord of the Rings animated adaptation was a failure; he was more successful with Fritz the Cat.
    ANS: Ralph Bakshi
    C. This stop-motion animator won three Oscars for his Wallace and Grommit series.
    ANS: Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park




  1. For ten points each, name these villainous groups.
    A. Amos Fortune was the founder of the first incarnation of this group, who take on such names as Ace, King, Jack, Queen, and Ten.
    answer: Royal Flush Gang
    B. Toad, Mastermind, Quicksilver, and the Scarlet Witch were members of the first version of this group brought together by Magneto to oppose the X-Men.
    ANS: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
    C. Baron von Strucker is the most famous leader of this terrorist group that often butts heads with SHIELD.
    ANS: HYDRA




  1. For ten points each, name these Triple Crown threats since Yaz's 1967 season:
    A. In 1995, he had an altitude-assisted NL leadership in home runs and RBI, while his .340 batting average was third.
    ANS: Dante Bichette
    B. In 1998, he was second in the AL in homers and RBI and third in batting average with the White Sox.
    ANS: Albert Belle
    C. The last Triple Crown threat to win the batting title, this Pirate hit .334 in 1978 while finishing third in home runs and second in RBIs.
    ANS: Dave Parker




  1. 30-20-10-1. Name the act from albums.
    [30] The covers album Down in a Groove and Under the Red Sky.
    [20] His most recent works, Love and Theft and the Grammy-winning Time Out of Mind.
    [10] The '60s classics Blonde on Blonde and Bringing It All Back Home.
    [1] The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
    ANS: Bob Dylan or Robert Zimmerman




  1. For ten points each, name these failed UPN shows in the 2003-2004 season:
    A. Christopher Gorham played the title character, who is put on an NSA Special Ops team after a freak accident gives him enhanced abilities.
    ANS: Jake 2.0
    B. Dan Cortese played a radio DJ whose life is turned upside down by fatherhood.
    ANS: Rock Me Baby
    C. Loni Anderson played the mother of the title characters, a pair of roofers whose ways lead to culture clash when their mom marries a game show host played by John O'Hurley.
    ANS: The Mullets



  2. Name the author.
    [40] His books are printed on paper.
    [30] The one-time editor of Bananas magazine, he has written well over 200 books, including 101 Silly Monster Jokes under the name Jovial Bob.
    [20] Most recently, this author has been working on The Nightmare Room series.
    [10] He is best known for Fear Street and Goosbumps.
    ANS: Robert Lawrence Stine




  1. In 2004, Playgirl magazine held an Internet poll for the sexiest newscaster.  For ten points each:
    A. What MSNBC personality won?
    ANS: Keith Olbermann
    B. Olbermann had said that his only goal was finish ahead of this CBS personality, who tied for fifth with CNN's Bill Hemmer.
    ANS: Andy Rooney
    C. Fox News personalities Sean Hannity and Shepard Smith finished 2nd and 4th, respectively.  Finishing in 9th, well below Rooney, was what Fox anchorman?
    ANS: Brit Hume



  2. For ten points each, name these quarterbacks who have been given nicknames by Jim Rome:
    A. Rome was famously attacked by this quarterback, whom he kept referring to by the name of a female tennis player.
    ANS: Jim Everett
    B. Rome calls this man Barry Manilow, due to a physical resemblance and China Doll, due to his fragility.
    ANS: Joe Montana
    C. Rome sometimes swaps this Raider's last name with Gunrack, because he is a red neck, or Schwab, because he received $50,000 from boosters at the University of Washington.
    ANS: Billie Joe Hobert




  1. Michael McManus, Dean Keaton, Fred Fenster, Todd Hockney, and "Verbal" Kint.
    A. For five points, these are all characters in what film?
    ANS: The Usual Suspects
    B. For five points each, who played these five criminals?
    ANS: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollack, Kevin Spacey


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