Rc cola 2008 round 1 written by michael kearney, charlie steinhice, with bonus help from eric douglass

1. 
   Although Frederick Bouchat was awarded $0 in damages, the U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed his allegations that this team plagiarized his design for their team logo. Of the eleven players currently in the team’s Ring of Honor, eight never played for the team, and a ninth (Earnest Byner) only spent his final two seasons there. However, Byner did spend several years working in their front office for the NFL’s first African-American general manager, his former teammate Ozzie Newsome. Now owned by Steve Bisciotti, FTP name this NFL team officially considered an expansion franchise when Art Modell relocated the former Cleveland Browns there in 1996.
   

2. 
   His final professional record was 47-1 with 46 knockouts. Tony Duke Evers was forced into retirement after a major loss to him, and subsequently became his manager. His jab-cross-hook combo was the main weapon in his arsenal, but he later added a Sugar Ray Leonard-style bolo punch. The level in which he held his hands likely led to his only official loss, since he was more susceptible to blows to the head. He had several nicknames, including The Master of Disaster, The Dancing Destroyer and The Count of Monte Fisto. He retired from boxing after his loss on Thanksgiving Day, and was a color analyst for five years until getting back into the ring for what would be his final fight, an exhibition fight against Ivan Drago. FTP, name this boxer played by Carl Weathers in the first 4 Rocky movies.
   

3. 
   The opening theme music is the song Human by the Pretenders. It’s ranked number four on E! Online’s list of TV shows cancelled before their time. Rob Thomas recently got the green light to bring it back to ABC later this year, moving the city from Chicago to LA. The tension between Dr. Allen and Trevor would’ve eventually led to their coupling, fulfilling Trevor’s mission and stranding him on Earth. Oddly enough, the series ended right before Valentine’s Day, FTP, name this ABC series starring Jeremy Piven as the titular god of love.
   

4. 
   His best known version is portrayed by Carlos Pesina. He took part in the Liandri(LEE-AHN-DREE) Tournament in Unreal Tournament 2, NFL Blitz, and NBA Jam Tournament Edition. He’s responsible for the near genocide of the Saurian civilization, the complete obliteration of the Houan(HOO-AHN) necromancer sect, and the simultaneous destruction of the Soulnado and Quan Chi. The latter of which was brought on by his explosive suicide in an attempt to stop Onaga, the Dragon King. He has since reformed his essence, but it is no longer known if he still holds Elder god status. He’s definitely turned evil, working for both Shinnok(SHIH-NAHK) and Shao Kahn, resurrecting Liu Kang, and attacking the player character in Deception and Armageddon. FTP, name this straw hat wearing Thunder God from the Mortal Kombat series.
   

5. 
   Before returning to team practice in mid-March, he made an appearance along with Eddie George at a Barack Obama rally in Ohio. Other than Kwame Brown, he is the only NBA #1 overall pick in the last 20 years to average fewer than 8 points per game his rookie season. He obliterated Eric Montross’ career records at his high school, North Lawrence in Indianapolis; as a junior he and Monta Ellis shared honors as Parade’s High School Player of the Year, which he won solo as a senior. Along with high school teammate Michael Conley Jr. he fell one game short of an NCAA championship with Ohio State. FTP name this seven-footer who underwent micro-fracture surgery and thus has yet to play a single regular season game with the Portland Trailblazers.
   

6. 
   The album’s original title was Magic’s in the Makeup, but it changed over the five years it took to release. The entire project changed drastically over that time, originally planned to be a goth-pop album inspired by the Cure. Interscope forced the band back into the studio, against the wishes of guitarist Tom Dumont and drummer Adrian Young. The album’s lyrics are inspired by the lead singer’s relationship with her new boyfriend and her desire to leave music for a domestic life. Songs like “New” and “Artificial Sweetener” are obvious throwbacks to their old sound, while “Simple Kind Of Life” and “Ex-Girlfriend” reveal a radical departure that the band would continue with their next album, Rock Steady. FTP, name this fourth album by No Doubt, so named because of the astrological significance of Gwen Stefani’s birthday.
   

7. 
   She has painted pictures of her 5 closest friends on the ceiling of her house near Ottery St. Catchpole. She will eventually marry Rolf Scamander, and have twin boys named Lorcan and Lysander. Her motto is “Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure,” which also appears on the lost diadem. Her father, Xenophilius, is the editor-in-chief of the Quibbler, while her mother died when she was 9, giving her the ability to see Thestrals. FTP, identify this vaguely psychotic friend of Harry Potter, who’s always being bedeviled by Nargles.
   

8. 
   A game based on this cartoon was recently released for the Nintendo DS, despite the fact that the cartoon hasn’t been seen in the US for twelve years. It was based on the 2006 UK version, which replaces the villainous Plutarkians with the Catatonians, updates the look of Charley and the Last Chance Garage, gets rid of Lawrence Limburger entirely, and makes the main characters less muscular and imposing. Modo, Throttle, and Vinnie are refugees from their home planet who crash land in Chicago in FTP, this cartoon featuring anthropomorphic alien rodents that ride motorcycles.
   

9. 
   She does not appear in the 1954 adaptation, being replaced by a character named Valerie Mathis. In the 1967 adaptation she is killed in an atomic explosion. She was romantically entangled with an RAF operative, who most likely gave her the Algerian Love Knot that she wears around her neck. According to the book, she’s either secretly working for the Ministerstvo Vnuternike(VNOO-TER-NICK) Del or Smert Shpionam(SCHPEE-OH-NAM). Her official job is as personal assistant to the head of Section S, which was later changed to Foreign Liaison Agent for Her Majesty’s Treasury. FTP, before her suicide, this triple-agent was working for MI-6, Mr. White, and ultimately the love of her life, James Bond.
   

10. 
    Their cover of John Lennon’s “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)” debuted at number 50 on the Billboard charts, the first time the song has ever charted. Their career began with huge amounts of press in their native Dallas, leading to their inclusion on the soundtrack for the movie Stealth, and opening for Weezer and Ben Folds. They headlined their own tour with Mat Kearney and Cary Brothers in 2006 and reached omnipresence by being used in promotions for the second season of Grey’s Anatomy, right around the same time ”Over My Head(Cable Car)” was reaching the top of the charts. FTP, this band would’ve stayed up with you all night, if they’d known how to save a life.
    

11. 
    He’s responsible for inventing exploding pool balls, sleeve guns, telegraph canes, bulletproof chainmail and flamethrower bras. He travels in a train car known as the Wanderer, defending Ulysses S Grant as one of the first Secret Service agents. Jeremy Pike replaced him in 4 episodes after the actor who played him, Ross Martin, suffered a mild heart attack. Kevin Kline would later reprise this role in a 1999 movie version alongside Will Smith. FTP, name this partner of James West in Wild Wild West.
    

12. 
    He came ridiculously close to his goals when he nearly infected the entire planet with Ebola Gulf A, closer still when he manages to render both the written and spoken word incomprehensible. Created by Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams, David Warner provides the voice for this man in all his cartoon appearances. He’s currently stuck in the body of his son, Dusan, rendered immobile and retarded by a cocktail of different medications, and left to rot in Arkham Asylum. FTP, name this Eco-terrorist known as “The Demon’s Head” who recently came back to life for what seems like the hundredth time, played by Liam Neeson in Batman Begins.
    

13. 
    She was nominated for an Emmy in 10 of the 11 years she played her most famous role, and was one of three actors to appear in all 273 episodes from 1982-1993. She voiced Jay Sherman’s wife Ardeth on the Critic, and in 1996 starred in CBS’s Pearl, a one-season flop about a woman going back to college. She took minor roles in We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story, Carpool, and Canadian Bacon, but her best known roles are opposite her husband, as Zinnia Wormwood in Roald Dahl’s Matilda, and Zena Sherman in Taxi. FTP, name this miniature wife of Danny DeVito, best known for dispensing advice as barmaid Carla on NBC’s Cheers.
    

14. 
    Mattel republished this game in 2006, but copied the rules from its sequel. A controversial strategy in this game is called downstreaming, which involves voting for yourself to lure other players into doing the same. PAX TV ran a game show version of it in 2004, with a panel of three comedians hosted by Elayne Boosler. The previous version was called Wordplay, and was hosted by Peter Tomarken. Categories include Paradisian Parody, Peculiar People, Laughable Laws, Incredible Initials, and Marvelous Movies. The remaining category, Weird Words, was originally the entirety of the game, in FTP, this board game based on Fictionary, in which you’re supposed to lie to your friends about definitions.
    

15. 
    Its’ soundtrack is the first number one album for Rhino Records, and the first soundtrack to reach the top of the Billboard charts since High School Musical 2. This is probably due to the sheer awesomeness of “Piazza, New York Catcher” by Bell and Sebastian, “All the Young Dudes” by Mott the Hoople, and several songs by Kimya Dawson of the Moldy Peaches. Its title was changed so as to not be confused with a 2005 Amy Adams movie. Despite having a Canadian cast, crew, and director, it was not submitted for a Genie Award. It’s made 21 times its original budget, enough to buy several million boxes of orange tic-tacs, or hundreds of thousands of hamburger-phones. FTP, name this Diablo Cody-penned story about a teenage pregnancy.
    

16. 
    She’s featured on Ray Charles’ Genius Loves Company, covering You Don’t Know Me. She appeared in the Cole Porter biopic, De-Lovely, singing “Just One Of Those Things”, and showed up in a Lexus commercial touting the great sound quality of their speakers. In 2000, she was awarded the Order of British Columbia, and in 2005, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. She’s been Grammy nominated 8 times, and won twice, for the 2002 album Live In Paris and the 1999 song When I Look In Your Eyes. She’s best known for her covers, including Billy Joel’s “Just The Way You Are, “ and Dusty Springfield’s “The Look of Love.” FTP, name this Canadian Jazz pianist and wife of Elvis Costello.
    

17. 
    His father was the longtime athletic director and head basketball coach at Arkansas School for the Deaf. One of his brothers briefly played for the Dallas Mavericks, while another recently resigned as head basketball coach for Arkansas State. Before transferring to Oklahoma State, he played for a unique trifecta of coaching legends – Eddie Sutton, Frank Broyles, and Lou Holtz. He won the 1995 Eddie Robinson Award as Division I-AA Coach of the Year at Murray State, then spent one season at Boise State before beginning a ten-year stint at one of his alma maters. Unexpectedly resigning in November to switch to SEC rival Ole Miss, FTP, name this football coach formerly at the University of Arkansas.
    

18. 
    This comic book and its spinoffs have won eighteen Eisner awards. It’s the only comic to be on the New York Times Bestseller list, and the only one to win a World Fantasy Award, since the rules were modified after the fact to prevent such an occurrence. Its popularity would result in the Golden Age counterpart being brought back in a titular Mystery Theatre. By the end of the 75-issue run in 1996, this book was outselling Superman, with half of the readership being female. FTP, name this groundbreaking series about Neil Gaiman’s King of Dreams, the man known as Morpheus.
    

19. 
    Steven Hickman and John Kovalic are responsible for the best known images of him. In the Justice League cartoon, Doctor Fate teamed up with Solomon Grundy to kill him. He is one of the Water Beings, in eternal opposition to the Beings of Air, according to August Derleth. Metallica wrote an instrumental paean to him on Ride the Lightning. Hellboy’s Ogdru Jahad is mostly based on him, as are the illithid from Dungeons and Dragons. FTP, name this creature that waits at the bottom of the ocean to one day destroy us with his squiddy tentacles, the Elder god of the Lovecraft mythos.
    

20. 
    It went to the top of the charts in the US on March 12^th of 1988. It was played and performed on February 10^th in New York, Washington D.C, London, Edinburgh and Seattle during protests against the Church of Scientology. It was also played before four separate Eastern Washington University women’s basketball games. Tay Zonday covered this song on July 18^th of last year, while Carson Daly killed the joke by playing it on his show three days later. It’s not the trailer for Grand Theft Auto 4, nor is it a picture of a duck on wheels, but FTP, name this worldwide number one hit from the album Whenever you Need Somebody, the biggest single by Rick Astley.
    

21. 
    It is the first name of the director of the Assploitations series of adult movies. It’s also the award given out for the best Canadian Sci-fi, the New Earth colonized in Isaac Asimov’s Robot Series, the default wallpaper for Windows Vista, the codename of the mutant Jeanne-Marie Beaubier, Sleeping Beauty’s real name, and Wayne and Garth’s hometown, FTP, name this word that also describes a northern and southern light phenomenon.
    

1. 
   The most memorable thing about Bond movies would have to be the girl. Followed by the gadgets. And the cars. But 4^th on the list is definitely the music. Name the Bond film, given the musical performer, FFPE.
   

ANSWER: A View To A Kill

Garbage

ANSWER: The World Is Not Enough

ANSWER: Die Another Day

Tina Turner

ANSWER: Goldeneye

Sheena Easton

ANSWER: For Your Eyes Only

Wings

ANSWER: Live and Let Die

2. 
   If you’re a giant nerd like your editor, you know the career of H Jon Benjamin back to front. If you’re not a giant nerd, what are you doing here? Answer the following about Jon FTPE.
   

ANSWER: Dr. Katz

Jon also plays Coach John McGuirk on this cartoon that chronicles the life of Brendon Small and his film career.

ANSWER: Home Movies

Jon plays the Devil on this Cartoon Network show about a titular demon-spawn

ANSWER: Lucy: The Daughter of the Devil

3. 
   There are a ton of pretty British singer-songwriters out there, and they all kinda sound the same. FTPE, given a couple of their songs, name them…or you could just say Lily Allen three times.
   

ANSWER: Natasha Bedingfield

She won the 2008 BRIT awards for best Female Solo Artist, and released the songs Foundations and Merry Happy, off the album Made of Bricks.

ANSWER: Kate Nash

This singer was the winner of 2006’s X-Factor released a cover of A Moment like This, and in 2007 released Bleeding Love, a single of the album Spirit.

ANSWER: Leona Lewis

4. 
   Not all of Stephen King’s books have been made into movies. Only 20 or so have. Name the following King novels that haven’t ticked off his fans with a terrible adaptation FTPE.
   

ANSWER: Faithful EDITOR’S NOTE: Apparently, they ARE trying to make a movie adaptation. Ugh.

This 1999 book about a girl lost in the woods hasn’t been made into a movie, but it’s been made into a pop-up book

ANSWER: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

This best seller about a suicidal man compelled to paint to appease an ancient goddess hasn’t been made into a movie because it just came out in January of this year

ANSWER: Duma Key

5. 
   Name some people who played for the Braves, for 10 points each.
   

ANSWER: Sid Bream

This third baseman, who played for the Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta Braves, was on the cover of the very first issue of Sports Illustrated. He was also managing the Braves when Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run.

ANSWER: Eddie Matthews

Perhaps the greatest knuckleballer ever, he had 121 victories after turning forty, and pitched a shutout at forty-six.

ANSWER: Phil Niekro

6. 
   Battlestar Galactica is the most awesome show ever. Not that crappy Edward James Olmos show with the sexy robots, but the Lorne Greene extravaganza that shamelessly ripped off Star Wars. Answer the following about it FTPE.
   

ANSWER: Patrick Macnee

Noah Hathaway played this sickeningly cute kid who always ran around with his pet Daggit

ANSWER: Boxey

The Galactica had a complement of 150 of these fighters, which are totally not X-Wings

ANSWER: Vipers

7. 
   Name the movie from quotes 40-30-20-10-5-1.
   

30- And why are you receiving phone calls from J. Edgar Hoover?

20-And monkey brains, although popular in Cantonese cuisine, is not often to be found in Washington D.C

10-Flames. Flames, on the side of my face, heaving... breath - , heaving breaths.

5- Picked up the dagger, ran down the hall, and stabbed the cook!

1-But if you wanna know who killed Mr. Boddy, I did. In the hall. With the revolver.

ANSWER: Clue

8. 
   It is a universally acknowledged fact that the Grammys suck. Some years they suck more than others. Given a year and the list of losers, name the inexplicable winner FTPE.
   

ANSWER: Christopher Cross

Best Rock Song 1993 Smells Like Teen Spirit/Digging in the Dirt/Jeremy/Human Touch

ANSWER: Layla

Record of the year 1986 Money for Nothing/Boys Of Summer/Power Of Love/Born In the USA

ANSWER: We Are the World

9. 
   Man, video games are pretty gay. No, seriously. FTPE, answer the following about some incredibly gay games.
   

ANSWER: Birdo

ANSWER: Shadow Hearts

This Eidos release with a sequel titled Retro Helix was a cel-shaded survival horror/shooter starring Hana Vachel and Rain, two lesbian assassins in a committed relationship.

ANSWER: Fear Effect

10. 
    Some schools used to be known for having good football programs. I stress the word USED. For 10 points each:
    

ANSWER: Duke University

This school was coached by the legendary Amos Alonzo Stagg, and the first Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger played here. This school gave up football in 1939

ANSWER: University of Chicago

This New York institution had a legendary offensive line in 1936 that was known as the Seven Blocks of Granite. That line included Vince Lombardi.

ANSWER: Fordham University

11. 
    21 is out in theaters, and it’s probably going to inspire a ton of people to suck at blackjack. Given your hand and the dealer’s hand, figure out what the proper move is FTPE. The rules are 4 or more decks, dealer hits on soft 17.
    

ANSWER: Double

You’ve got a 12, the dealer’s up card is a 3.

ANSWER: Hit

You’ve got an ace and an 8, and the dealer’s up card is a 10

ANSWER: Stand

12. 
    AWOOOOO! It’s a full moon, so what are you doing outside? RUN! Werewolves are coming to get you! And not the London kind, the bitey kind! Name these lycanthropic films FTPE.
    

ANSWER: The Howling

This film used lycanthropy as a metaphor for puberty, starring two teenage girls dealing with strange body hair and weird bleeding.

ANSWER: Ginger Snaps

This film introduced Kevin McKidd to American audiences as the head of a British Army squad fighting Scottish Highland werewolves.

ANSWER: Dog Soldiers

13. 
    There have been a lot of great matchups in comic books, like Superman vs. Batman, Wolverine vs. Sabretooth, Hulk vs. everyone, but we’re going to ask about the weirder ones. FTPE, name the two characters involved in the following amazing 4-color showdowns from clues.
    

ANSWER: Superman vs Muhammad Ali

When a famous movie monster begins to attack California, this bad-ass basketball player must rescue civilians by playing a one-on-one game of hoops. It was inspired by a 1992 Nike commercial played during the All Star Game

ANSWER: Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley

When a teleportation ring is accidentally sent to a famous Saturday Night Live alumnus, this Japanese foe of Wolverine comes down to retrieve it, setting up this confrontation.

ANSWER: John Belushi vs Silver Samurai

14. 
    Go Go Power Rangers! I’ve just filled half of you with disgust, and the other half with joy. Answer the following about the show that taught you how to kick your little brother in the head FTSNOP.
    

ANSWER: DinoZords

FTP, name this only actor to have a semi-successful career was this portrayer of the Pink Ranger, who later made her way onto the WB’s Felicity

ANSWER: Amy Jo Johnson

Jason David Frank has had the longest run on the various Power Ranger teams, as the character Tommy Oliver. F15P, name all four of the colors that Tommy wore as a Ranger.

ANSWER: White, Green, Black, and Red

15. 
    Alfred Hitchcock is more than just Psycho, The Birds and North By Northwest. Name these lesser-known Hitchcock works FTPE.
    

ANSWER: Family Plot

Sean Connery and Tippi Hedren star in this freaky sex mystery involving blackmail, rape, theft, and prostitution

ANSWER: Marnie

This film starring Jimmy Stewart is notable for its single location, and its usage of only ten shots with nearly zero editing

ANSWER: Rope

16. 
    Peabo Bryson is…well, not really a singer as much as he’s a platform for female singers to get popular duetting with him. Name his duet partner given a song FTPE.
    

ANSWER: Celine Dion

Tonight I Celebrate My Love

ANSWER: Roberta Flack

A Whole New World

ANSWER: Regina Belle

17. 
    Given the NFL placekicker, name his country of birth FFPE with a bonus of 5 for all correct.
    

ANSWER: Mexico

Pete Gogolak

ANSWER: Hungary

Olindo Mare

ANSWER: United States

Fuad Reveiz

ANSWER: Colombia

Toni Linhart

ANSWER: Austria

18. 
    Risk vs. Reward. The reward is thirty points. The Risk is a board game. Name these variants of it FTPE
    

ANSWER: Castle Risk

This version consists of a battle between the Celts, Norse, Greeks, Egyptians, and Babylonians using miracle cards and conquering the underworld.

ANSWER: Godstorm

This futuristic variant of Risk adds moon territories, an 8-sided die, and nukes

ANSWER: 2210

19. 
    The Godzilla remake was one of the worst movies ever. But the soundtrack was ridiculously awesome, for no apparent reason. Name some of the luminaries off that album FTPE.
    

ANSWER: Heroes

Deeper Underground was the only number one hit for this band fronted by Jay Kay.

ANSWER: Jamiroquai

Come With Me was a song by Jimmy Page and Puff Daddy, that garnered controversy for sampling this 1975 Led Zeppelin hit

ANSWER: Kashmir

20. 
    A lot of famous celebrities made it onto psychiatrist Bob Hartley’s couch over the years, name some of them FTPE.
    

ANSWER: Piglet

This actor played Howard Borden, a man obsessed by his recurring dreams of being an astronaut in Cocoa Beach

ANSWER: Bill Daily

He played Craig Plager, but you’d know him better as the teacher from Head of the Class, or as Johnny Caravella

ANSWER: Howard Hesseman

21. 
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy authors have to pay the bills somehow, and usually that means writing novelizations. For fifteen, name the talented author given a list of adapted books. If you need their more famous works, you’ll get 10.
    

10- The Sword of Shannara, Magic Kingdom For Sale

ANSWER: Terry Brooks

15-Novelizations of Alien, Transformers, and The Chronicles of Riddick