Alka-seltzer

(5) “Plop, plop, fizz, fiz, oh what a relief it is!”

A: ALKA-SELTZER

(10) “Where’s the beef?” (1980s)

A: Wendy’s Restaurant

(15) “We’re number two. We try harder” (1960s)

A: Avis Rental Car
2. Who loves Scooby-doo?? But do you really know him? FTP each, name these cousins of Scooby-doo 

A. He was Scooby’s annoying, yet faithful and ambitious cousin who joined him on many shows. Eventually, this cousin and Scooby had a spin off show.  

A: Scrappy doo 

B. Scooby’s cousin from Hokefenokee Swamp who always dreams of becoming a police dog.  

A: Scooby-dum 

C. This female cousin was an accomplished canine thespian who won a Golden Rover film award.  

A: Scooby-dee 
3. Given a women’s college sport, tell me which school won its title in 2001, FTPE.

A. Softball

A: Arizona

B. Field Hockey

A: Michigan

C. Volleyball

A: Stanford 
4. Fighting soldiers from the sky, Fearless men who jump and die. Men who mean just what they say, the brave men of The Green Beret. FTSNOP, answer questions about this classic song.

(5) The original singer of this song, when it was first released on RCA Victor. He must have gotten more bars for his great singing! He wrote it while recuperating from a leg wound suffered during his service as a medic in the Vietnam War, and it was #1 for five weeks in 1966.

A. Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler

(10) This man, who also sung the ballad, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He is remembered for such tracks as “Rebel Rouser”, “Forty Miles of Bad Road”, and “Because They’re Young”, all three which cracked the Billboard Top Ten in the late fifties and early sixties.

B. Duane Eddy.

(15) A parody punk/thrash band from Detroit, they are best known for “Green Haze,” combining the music of Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” with the lyrics to the Green Acres theme song. They are in themselves a combination of two famous figures, one of whom was born on April 20^th.

A. Elvis Hitler
5. Answer these questions about 2001 Playmates, FTPE (Sorry, female QB’ers, you will be satisfied later)

A. Her weight is 100 pounds, she was born in Columbia, South Carolina on June 27^th, 1979. Her ambitions are to enjoy her time in front of the camera but eventually have a successful career behind it. She was the Playmate of February, 2001, and shares her name with a successful R&B female.

A: Lauren Hill

B. Her turn-ons are true love, honesty, sincerity, genuineness, intelligence, happiness and being adventurous. She was born in Woodbury, New Jersey, on December, 17^th, 1977. She was the playmate of June 2001, and she shares her surname with a certain set of brothers who play football for Michigan.

A: Heather Spytek

C. Her favorite sport is wrestling. She was voted “most aggressive” in the lightweights. She wishes that she could still do it, but modeling and acting have taken over. She was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, on January, 29^th, 1980, and she shares a surname with the writer of “The Sound of Miles Davis”. Name this April 2001 playmate.

A: Katie Lohmann
6. 40-30-20-10-1, name the movie from characters

40 – One of the characters walks a dog

30 – Doodles Weaver as a fisherman

20 – Jessica Tandy as Lydia Brenner

10 – Tippi Hedren as Melanie Daniels

1 -- A bunch of really pissed off birds in uncredited roles as themselves

A: The Birds

(NOTE: the 40 is Alfred Hitchcock in an uncredited role)

(15) Quite possibly the best TV show on Tech TV, this show stars Leo Laporte and Patrick Norton and provides help with computer problems, from the most basic, to more complex. Their website features links to an outline of the show, and the Download of the Day. 

A: The Screen Savers 

(15) This show is hosted by Adam Sessler and Kate Botello, and they go through the ups and downs of the newest games out there, from strategy guides to cheats. They cover all the newest game platforms, and let you know what they think. 

A: Extended Play 

8. Identify these members of the 2002 Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team by their jersey number, 5-10-15.

(5) 0

A: Drew Gooden

A: Nick Collison

(15) 10

A: Kirk Hinrich (HEIN-RICK) 

A. An artificial intelligence programmed to preserve Krypton’s culture, he wore the shield of Superman, who was killed by Doomsday. Though seemingly destroyed, a lab accident merged his body with the mind of David Connor, a biologist examining the body. This made his only goal to dispense swift, deadly justice.

A: The Eradicator (Accept : The Last Son of Krypton)

B. This character, who was a commander of a doomed shuttle mission for LexCorp. Upon planetfall, two of the four astronauts perished, the strange radiation mutating their bodies terribly. He could control and alter machinery, while easily moving his mind through conduits. Name this man who claimed that he was Superman reborn.

A: Cyborg Superman (Accept: Hank Henshaw)

C. He once worked as a ballistics engineer until seeing how his technology was used for weapons in Qurac. He began working as a construction worker who Superman once saved from falling to his death. After Doomsday apparently killed Superman, he was inspired to use his engineering skills to forge a suit of armor and adopted the identity of whom?

A: Steel (Do NOT Accept : Henry Irons or Henry Johnson or Dr. John Henry Irons)
10. On a 10-5 basis name these chick rockers from songs:

(10) Not the Doctor, Front Row, Still 

11. Given a city, name its Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) team FTPE.

A. Atlanta

A: Beat

B. Washington DC

A: Freedom

C. San Jose

A: Cyber Rays

A. But I don’t want to use my head!

A: Rex (from Toy Story 2)

B. Hearts and kidneys are TINKERTOYS! I’m talking about the central nervous system!

A: Dr. Friedrich von Frankenstein

C. Out of order?! FUCK! Even in the future, nothing works!

A: Dark Helmet (prompt on “Helmet”)
13. Given a list of works, name the science fiction author on a ten/five basis 

(10) “Burning Chrome” “Johnny Mnemonic”

(5) Neuromancer 

A: William Gibson 

(10) “Eon” Rogue Planet

(5) “Blood Music” 

A: Greg Bear 

(10) The Man in High Castle “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”

(5) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 

A: Phillip K. Dick 

14. In honor of the dearly departed Waylon Jennings, identify some albums, ten points per part.

A. For your first ten, name any one of the three soundtracks that Jennings contributed to in the 1970’s.

A: Nashville Rebel, Ned Kelly, Mackintosh and TJ

B. Now, for five each, name any TWO of the albums that Jennings and Willie Nelson produced jointly.

A: Waylon and Willie, WW II, Take it to the Limit, Clean Shirt

C: Many people know that Jennings teamed up with Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson to form the Highwaymen, and you might even know that they released 2 self-titled albums as a group. But, for your final ten, can you name the 1995 release by the group that actually bears a title other than that of the group?

A: The Road Goes on Forever 

15. Given a description of the ride at Walt Disney World in Orlando, name it FTPE. 

A. You are given a demonstration of a teleportation device by ultra-capitalistic aliens. During the demonstration, a monstrous bug-like alien arrives. The lights go out and terror ensues as it proceeds to “eat” people. This ride was co-designed by George Lucas. 

A: Alien Encounter 

B. You take a ride in a service elevator inside of the haunted Hollywood Tower Hotel. After being transported to the 5^th dimension, you are plummeted 13 stories, thrown back up and have to experience the whole thing all over again.  

A: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror 

C. You hop on a log and sail through the bayous of the south following the adventurous Brer Rabbit as he is pursued by Brer Fox and Brer Bear. The ride reaches its climax as you are pulled up to the top of Chick-a-pin Hill and dropped producing the ride’s namesake experience. 

A: Splash Mountain 

16. Since we all know and love the Fox outshoot station Fx, and love Howard Stern even more then that, answer these questions about guest hosts to appear on “Son of The Beach” FTPE.

A. In the episode “Eat My Muffin”, BJ she goes into an identity crisis and ends up in the care of The Divine Rod, who runs a home for lost women and is played by what actor?

A: Mark Hamill

B. With the episode “South of Her Border”, Notch and the girls travel to the South American nation of Humidor to stop a military coup, they end up in prison instead. This episode features what special guest star in the role of Humidorian president Seymour Wences?

A. Erik Estrada

C. Finally, In the episode, “Day of the Jackass”, Malibu Adjacent is hosting a peace conference between China and Africa, and Notch has been banned from attending. That would be no problem, except Notch’s old Army Secret Ops buddy, Captain “Buck” Enteneille has shown up and wants to go. Who played Buck?

A: Alan Thicke
17. You can’t have missed the hoopla over Olympic pairs figure skating. For 5-10-20-30 pts each, name the 4 gold medallists. Pronunciation counts.

A: Jamie Sale (Sall-AY), David Pelletier (Pell-EH-tee-AY), Elena Berezhnaya (Bair-EJ-nah-ya), Anton Sikharulidze (Seek-ha-roo-LID-zuh)

18. Christmas might be long over, but it doesn’t mean that A Christmas Story isn’t still an awesome movie. FSNOP, answer these questions about the Christmas classic. 

(5) This is name of Ralphie’s whiny little brother who is a picky eater and can’t move his arms when he’s in his snow suit. Oh yeah… he got a zeppelin for Christmas. 

A: Randy 

(5) This is what Ralphie’s Aunt Clara got him for Christmas. Ralphie claims that gift proves his aunt thinks he’s perpetually four and a girl. 

A: A Pink Bunny Suit (accept similar, prompt for the color) 

(10) (Note to moderator: Read this holding your tongue) This is the name of Ralphie’s friend who succumbs to the triple dog dare and gets his tongue stuck to the flagpole.  

A: Flick 

(10) This is what Ralphie thought he said when he actually said the “F” word while fixing a tire with his dad. 

A: Oh Fudge  

19. FTPE, name the Cartoon Network, Cartoon Cartoon character given clues.

A. Johnny Bravo's next-door neighbor, she admires Johnny despite the fact that she is far more intelligent that he is. Johnny is known to call her things like "Annoying little neighbor girl."

A: Little Suzy

B. Dexter's favorite superheroes are the Justice Friends. Which grunged out Norseman makes up the trio along with Major Glory and the Krunk?

A: Valhallen

C. This desolate town, that has only Muriel and Eustace's house, is where Courage the Cowardly Dog lives.

A: Middle of Nowhere

A. The top-grossing Iranian movie in America, this is the story of a poor widower who disowns his precocious blind son in hopes of finding a bride.

A: The Color of Paradise or Rang-e khoda (accept “the” or “a”)

B. Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s (MOE-sen MAHK-mull-BAHF) film deals with his own opposition to the Shah’s government, for which he was jailed, as he and the policeman he stabbed each direct their young counterparts in a reenactment.

A: A Moment of Innocence (Accept “The” or “A” Moment of Innocence) or Noon-Va-Goldoom

C. Makhmalbaf’s most recently released movie has attracted interest mostly because of its subject matter: a young Afghan-born Canadian woman sneaks back into Afghanistan to try to save her sister, who plans to commit suicide. Its English title refers to the city where her sister resides, Afghanistan’s second-largest city and, until recently, the center of Taliban control.