Colt competition on Occasionally Likeable Trash

Tossups

1. One scene in this film has the chief antagonist turning the phrase “if you save your breath, I feel a man like you could make it” back at the protagonist.  Shortly thereafter, the dehydrated protagonist of this film is almost made to drink from the water that his capturer was bathing his feet in.  Early in this film, one character declares “there are two types of people in this world … those with a (*) rope around their neck … and [those] who have the job of doing the cutting”.  That scene follows one where the protagonist errs slightly in shooting the rope that’s about to hang a man who later engages in a five-minute Mexican stand-off over Confederate gold with the protagonist and Angel Eyes.  Opening with a scheme to make money for both Tuco and Blondie, for 10 points, name this final film in a trilogy also containing A Fistfull of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More.
ANSWER: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly [or Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo]

2. In April of this year, this player became just the fifth player in the NBA after Hakeem Olajuwon, Karl Malone, Kevin Garnett, and Julius Erving to amass 1,500 steals and 1,000 blocks.  In the 2005-2006 season, his best, this player was the only one in the top 20 in every major statistical category. This player holds the dubious distinction of twice being part of trades involving a player surnamed O’Neal, as he was traded to the Heat for Shaq and was subsequently sent to the (*) Raptors in exchange for Jermaine. The first of those trades occurred when this player was rumored to have demanded more possessions than his teammate on the Suns, Amar’e Stoudemire.  He’s not Gilbert Arenas, but he does wear the number zero.  For 10 points, identify this small forward with a notoriously ugly shooting form, who won the 2011 NBA Championship with the Dallas Mavericks and is nicknamed “the Matrix.”

3. One videogame series centering on this activity has included entries that have assessed difficulty based on factors like Freeze, Chaos and Voltage.  People are forced to engage in this activity because of the Morolians in a game that features rivals to the protagonist named Jaguar and Pudding.  This activity is at the center of a series of games by Andamiro often nicknamed (*) Pump.  Using the DS’s stylus caused the characters in Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan to engage in this activity.  This activity appears in the title of the best selling 3rd Party series for the Wii, and this activity was at the center of a popular Kinect launch title by Harmonix.  A long-running series titled for this activity added the Groove Radar in the 6th Mix entry in the series.  For 10 points, name this activity at the center of games like Space Channel 5, Elite Beat Agents and a Revolution arcade game where players match arrows with their feet.

4. The core of this band recorded the early tracks “The Only Girl” and “You Movin’” under the name of The Jet Set.  Their final minor hit, from the Easy Rider soundtrack, was a version of a song also made famous by the Doobie Brothers.  Besides “Jesus Is Just Alright”, this group’s album Younger Than Yesterday contained a track that claims if “your hair swung right” and “your pants too tight” you’ll become the titular icon.  One hit for this band behind (*) “Renaissance Faire” discusses a “rain gray town / known for its sound”, and has a chorus that mentions how “you’ll find that [the title place is] stranger than known”.  Roger McGuinn plays on their breakout single, while Dave Crosby would go on to co-write songs like “Eight Miles High”.  Finding success with “Turn! Turn! Turn!”, for 10 points, name this folk-rock group that gained fame with a rock cover of Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man”.

5. Love interests on this show include Chester, who has a sizable pair of man boobs.  The second episode of this show saw one character get caught stashing a bloody tissue in an effort to prove that the man she’s dating is not her son.  A foreign-born character on this show formerly styled the eyebrows for Ryan Seacrest and Oprah, while another of the leads resents losing a (*) Daytime Emmy to Susan Lucci.  While trying to complete Item #121 from one character’s book, 200 Things Every Woman Should Do Before She Dies, the plane the protagonists are traveling on in its pilot episode makes an emergency landing in the title location.  In order for the protagonists to rent a house, they must retain caretaker Elka Ostrovsky.  Co-starring Jane Leeves and Valerie Bertinelli, for 10 points, name this TV Land sitcom starring Betty White, where three Hollywood women relocate to the titular Ohio city.

6. This character’s Indian alter-ego is killed by Nalin Oberoi after saving the hero’s love interest, Meera.  He once used the Nullifier to erase the memory of a relative of a woman he rented a room from.  Although he’s not Grim Hunter, in the ‘90s, this character was killed by Kaine and briefly replaced by his protege, Carolyn Trainer.  His marriage was broken up in the (*) “My Uncle... My Enemy?” serial, making him unsuccessful in eloping with the aunt of his chief foil.  In a film role, this man mentions working on tritium before turning to a life of crime.  In his initial appearance, he was described as “the most brilliant atomic-researcher in our country today”, and he organized Kraven, Vulture, Electro, Mysterio and Sandman into the Sinister Six.  Played on film by Alfred Molina, for 10 points, name this Spiderman villain characterized by his mechanical tentacles.

7. The protagonist of this film describes his life philosophy as “like a game of chess” but admits he doesn’t know how to play the game.  Late in this film, the protagonist breaks his leg while putting up a poster for an event titled “Life is Beautiful”.  Earlier, that protagonist had been arrested after filming a stunt performed at Disney Land.  One of the first scenes in this movie has the protagonist recounting how he was inspired by a relative who created (*) mosaics in the vein of Space Invaders, and that protagonist later adopts the moniker of Mr. Brainwash.  Early on, this film documents the career of Shepard Fairey.  Several critics have speculated that this film, which centers on filmmaker Thierry Guetta, is largely a hoax.  For 10 points, name this 2010 documentary about street art, subtitled A Banksy Film.

8. This song titles a greatest hits album by an artist also known for “Right Hand Man”, a track that, like this song, originally appeared on the album, Relish.  For a cover of this song on his Emancipation album, Prince changed the lyrics to one word in its chorus to be “slave”.  The artist who made this song famous re-recorded it to be used as a theme song for a TV show co-starring (*) Jason Ritter as the hero’s paralyzed brother Kevin.  The singer of this song wonders, “What would you ask if you had just one question?”  During a performance in his volcano lair, Dr. Evil claims to have written this song in The Spy Who Shagged Me.   It contains lyrics like, “if [the central figure] had a face, what would it look like?” and the central figure is speculated to be “just a stranger on the bus / tryin’ to make his way home”.  For 10 points, name this Joan Osborne song which asks “What if God was just a slob like” the title common person.

9. Note: Answers must give the event and either the year or the two teams involved.  The second baseman who made the final out in this series for the losers managed the winners to their only other title 17 years later.  Don Buford led this series off with a homer to challenge the supposed pitching superiority of the winners, who reached this series after a dramatic 39-11 stretch run to beat the Cubs, punctuated by the (*) "Black Cat" game, as well as a victory over the Braves in the first-ever NLCS. Key plays in this series include diving catches by Ron Swoboda and Tommy Agee, as well as Gil Hodges presenting a ball with shoe polish that supposedly hit Cleon Jones.  Pitchers in this series included Nolan Ryan, Dave McNally, Jerry Koosman, Jim Palmer, and Tom Seaver.  Following a season in which the winners won over 73 games for the first time and became the first championship expansion team, name, for 10 points, this title series won by a certain “Miracle” team.

10. An Oscar-winning documentary about this industry by American Dream director Barbara Kopple featured women like Lois Scott.  A Dropkick Murphys song about people in this profession laments, “this’ll be the day I didn’t kiss my wife goodbye”.  Deak brings a stolen nuclear missile to a location where people in this industry work in Broken Arrow.  The Season 3 premiere of 30 Days saw Morgan Spurlock enter this profession.  Levels like “Winky’s Walkway” and  (*)“Stop & Go Station” are set in a location where people in this industry work according to the title of the second world from Donkey Kong Country.  A real-life figure in this industry named Edison Pena ran the New York City marathon in 2010.  This industry was chronicled in Harlan County, USA, and a novel centering on this industry saw Étienne Lantier organize a strike.  For 10 points, name this industry explored in Emile Zola’s Germinal.

11. In one role, this actress plays a character whose father, Al Lolly, says his car “smells like a wharf net” after her character has sex in it with a mattress salesman.  In another role, this actress states, “I’ve never let anyone drive my scooter before”, to which Carl Allen replies, “I’ve never let anyone kiss me on the stage of the Hollywood Bowl before”.  That role saw her playing Allison, who gets with a bank employee who (*) can’t say “no” played by Jim Carrey.  She also played a character who describes herself as Sid in a Sid and Nancy relationship and who is criticized by her boyfriend for liking Ringo Starr.  That character meets Tom Hansen while he’s working at a greeting cards company in the debut film of director Marc Webb.  For 10 points, name this actress who played the title character in (500) Days of Summer, and whose sister is the star of Bones.

12. A show with this name saw the title character inspired to set up an after school boxing program at Monroe High School by his wife, played by Sheryl Lee Ralph.  One character with this first name ran a book store on Martha’s Vineyard but had his quiet life interrupted when Judd Hirsch’s Leo Wagonman moved in.  That character was played by (*) Bob Newhart on a short-lived ‘90s sitcom.  It’s not an adjective, but a character with this first name sometimes interacts with bunnies with names like Fuzzy and Herbert Nenninger and often upsets a dachshund named Hundley on a PBS cartoon.  On another show, a man who does not have this first name sets up the website I’m-Oscar.com to avoid getting confused with his bald convict brother who does have this name.  That character of this first name is married to Lucille on Arrested Development.  For 10 points, give this first name of the patriarch of the Jetsons family.

13. The music video for this song sees the band performing in a room covered with the same black and white head shots that decorate the cover of the single for this song.  This song followed the minor hit “Boom” on the album, Satellite.  One person described in this song “had no respect for herself” and “[found] love in all the wrong places”.  Another person “was never really (*) one of the guys / no matter how hard he tried” and ends up “[telling] the world how he felt / with the sound of a gat”. Singer Sonny Sandoval notes that he never thanked “my pops for all the talks / and the wisdom he shared”, and the bridge to this song questions, “Who’s to blame for the lives that tragedies claim?”  It was written after the band was delayed in traffic because of a school shooting.  For 10 points, name this P.O.D. song that proclaims “we are, we are” the titular young people.

14. In the ‘80s, Wesley Walls played some games on both defense and at tight end for this school, while in 1921 they lost in the Bacardi Bowl to the Havana Athletic Club.  This team probably lost a national championship after Billy Cannon returned a punt 89 yards against them, and they’d go 10 and 1 in 1959 while coached by the co-namesake of their current stadium.  This team defeated Oklahoma State in the Cotton Bowl following the 2003 season thanks to the 133 rushing yards put up by running back (*) Tremaine Turner.  This university is the alma mater of Deuce McAllister, and their current coach previously coached Arkansas; that coach is named Houston Nutt.  One of their more recent star quarterbacks famously declared he would not play for the Charges if drafted by them in 2004 and ultimately ended up with the Giants.  For 10 points, name this SEC school where Archie and Eli Manning played college ball.

15. One sidequest in this game involves taking the cheapest item out of each of three boxes in order to gain access to Jammer’s stash. Beating the captain of The Siren’s Call at a card game will unlock the duelist specialization while the arcane warrior can be unlocked by freeing a spirit from a phylactery. Another mission gives the player the power to temporarily transform into a mouse, burning man and golem while exploring a dream world. Players can choose to recruit a band of werewolves led by (*) Witherfang or the Dalish elves; both of which appear in an encampment where weapons can be enchanted by a dwarf named Sandal. Players can choose between six different origin stories at the start of this game and later can meet party members such as Sten, Morrigan and Alistair. Set in the land of Ferelden, for 10 points, name this 2009 fantasy RPG from BioWare in which the player joins the Grey Wardens to stop the Blight.

16. A song that was ultimately cut from this musical states, “I’d hate to see that body in a body bag” and concludes “blood on the pavement will ruin your prom”.  In a song that did make it into this musical, the protagonist is told “it’s up to you” by the “rats on the street” who “all dance round my feet”.  Characters include Little Inez and the protagonist’s father, (*) Wilbur.  The original Broadway version cast Harvey Fierstein as a character who sings “You just can’t stop my knife and fork / When I see a Christmas ham”, and that song has Penny sing, “If they try to stop us, Seaweed / I’ll call the NAACP”.  It features the song “I Can Hear the Bells”, which is sung after the protagonist meets Link Larkin.  The aforementioned number “You Can’t Stop the Beat” takes place at a dance competition at a Baltimore TV station.  For 10 points, name this musical starring John Travolta as Tracy Turnblad’s mother.

17. This nation’s soccer team found success at the 1924 Olympics through employing ringlet formations and was led by a player nicknamed The Black Marvel.  A man sometimes known as the “Gardel of Soccer” holds the record of 31 goals scored for this team and is named Hector Scarone.  This team was victorious in the maracanazo match thanks to a game-winning goal by (*) Alcides Ghiggia, allowing them to win the 1950 World Cup over Brazil.  This nation earlier had a 4-2 victory over Argentina in the very first World Cup, which it also hosted.  Its current players include Luis Suarez, whose goal-line handball against Ghana allowed this team to advance to the semifinals on Penalties in 2010, and 2010 Golden Ball winner, striker Diego Forlan.  For 10 points, name this South American nation whose team wears a sky-blue kit and plays its home games in Montevideo.

18. This director’s first narrative film, which he later disowned, saw four soldiers, including one played by director Paul Mazursky, building a raft in an attempt to escape from behind enemy lines.  A later film by this director sees General Mireau order artillery gunners to fire at his own troops, including those under Colonel Dax, for failing to take an enemy hill in World War I.  Besides Fear and Desire and Paths of Glory, this director adapted a Thackery novel into a film where Lord Bullingdon seeks to destroy the marriage of the title (*) Irishman and Seven Years War deserter, played by Ryan O’Neal.  This director of Barry Lyndon and Lolita is also known for a film containing a character who is belittled for eating a jelly donut in the barracks; that character, nicknamed Gomer Pyle, later kills himself and Gunnery Sergeant Hartman.  For 10 points, name this director of Full Metal Jacket.

19. It’s speculated that producer Ralph Smart played Peter Brady, a man who gains this trait following an accident at the Castle Hill Research Lab on a ‘50s TV show.  INTERSECT agent Sam Casey had a watch that warded off this trait on NBC’s Gemini Man.  Ord possessed this trait when scared on Dragon Tales, while the quick silver gland provided this trait to (*) Darien Fawkes on an early 2000’s Sci-Fi Network show.  Another character who possesses this trait is almost captured along with Peter Petrelli by his former partner Noah Bennet; that character is Heroes’ Claude Rains.  On film, Dr. Sebastian Caine intentionally gives himself this property after finding success with a serum given to a gorilla named Isabelle; Caine was played in that film by Kevin Bacon.  For 10 points, name this property possessed by the protagonist of Hollow Man.

20. Prior to becoming famous as a solo artist, this man co-wrote “Dancing in the Streets” with William Stevenson.

21. This was the first film to feature an actor named Ade, who was originally a security guard on set; Ade plays a Jamaican named Tyrone paired with Sol and Vinnie in this film.  One character in this film defines the word “nemesis” as “a righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent”.  Another character gives a soliloquy about (*) genitalia, declaring “there are two types of balls … big brave balls and little mincey faggot balls”.  The narrator of this film gets his name from the airline that his parents met on.  Mike Reid plays Doug “the Head” Denovitz, a man who pretends to be Jewish in this film.  One subplot in this film involves a bet made by a Russian gangster named Boris the Blade on a fight involving Mickey, a boxer played by Brad Pitt.  It was an early role for Jason Statham, who played the narrator, Turkish.  For 10 points, name this 2000 Guy Ritchie film about a diamond heist.

Bonuses

2. Chi McBride voiced Big Mike, one of the named title character’s co-workers at a Detroit auto plant on this show.  For 10 points each:

3. Identify the following about some baseball players included on FoxSports.com's list of 10 players who didn't deserve a spot in an All-Star game, for 10 points each.

4. Identify some stuff about coupons, for 10 points each.

5. Identify the following about the filmography of Chris Columbus, for 10 points each.

6. They included the track “The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles” on their critically panned 1973 album, A Passion Play.  For 10 points each:

7. Since you have surely been reading Sebastian Pruiti’s blog, NBA Playbook, non-stop, demonstrate that knowledge by answering some questions about basketball strategy, for 10 points each.

8. Identify the following about some free-to-play MMOs, for 10 points each.

9. Identify the following about the non-Odd Couple career of Tony Randall, for 10 points each.

10. Identify the following about Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, a recently published 2,400 food encyclopedia, for 10 points each.

11. Although the majority of Prime Time TV programs began broadcasting in color for the 1965-66 TV season, a few did not.  Identify the following about some such shows, for 10 points each.

12. One of their hits demands, “Gayboy, Gayboy, be more cheeky with me”.  For 10 points each:

13. Although he lost all three of the matches he played in 1990, the following year this man made it all the way to the semi-finals of the US Open before falling to Jim Courier at age 39.  For 10 points each:

14. She earned an Oscar nomination for her role in The More the Merrier and was the only sane person in the Sycamore family in You Can’t Take it With You.  For 10 points each:

15. The title rapper of this song asks, “When your album sales wasn’t doing too good / Who’s the Doctor they told you to go see?”  For 10 points each:

16. Identify the following about animals playing football, none of which involve the Puppy Bowl, for 10 points each.

17. Identify the following about the Clock Play, for 10 points each.

18. Two of the more infamous contestants on this show included the Popsicle Twins, and it was adapted into a notoriously poor movie in 1980.  For 10 points each:

19. The hero of this novel learns about the title creatures through a conversation with Edgar Allen Poe, and one of those supernatural beings kills his son, Willie.  For 10 points each:

20. Probably the most amusing scene in this movie sees the protagonist mistake a waste-disposal tank for an atomic bomb.  For 10 points each:

21. Identify the following about some college football players on the 2006 All-American team, for 10 points each.