Rock and Roll Hall of Shame Packet 2 cwru trivia Team

ANSWER: The Game of Life

[10] Name this computer animation film studio that created such films as The Incredibles and Ratatouille.

ANSWER: Pixar Animation Studios

[10] Almost every Pixar movie features a yellow truck with a rocket with this logo, a sci-fi-themed restaurant with arcade games that is featured prominently in Toy Story.

ANSWER: Pizza Planet

[10] According to the Pixar Theory by Jon Negroni, every Pixar movie is part of the same universe, where machines take over humans through the faceless corporation BNL and monsters from the future use time-travelling doors to harvest human emotional energy. According to this theory, the great tree seen in A Bug’s Life was planted at the end of this other Pixar movie in the year 2805.

ANSWER: Wall-E
2. This man has twice tried to sell a board game with his name on it, once in 1989 and once in 2005. Other failed business escapades of this man include a luxury airline and a brand of vodka, both branded with his name. Despite a net worth of 4 billion dollars, this man’s companies have filed for bankruptcy four times. In June 2015, this man incited controversy, nothing new for him, when he basically called illegal (*) Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals.  For 10 points, name this Republican presidential candidate, best known for starring in The Apprentice and saying the phrase, “You’re fired.”

ANSWER: Donald John Trump

[10] This computer gaming service is the absolute premier supplier of great deals on games you will buy and never download. Their trading cards are an equally abrasive scam. If only there was another choice.

ANSWER: Steam

[10] There is another choice! Well, not really. This site, which is similar to Steam but without any faulty off-line application, offers mostly older games, and digital converts from consoles – they are named appropriately.

ANSWER: Good Old Games [or GoG or similar]

[10] This site, while not exclusively for video games, of course, has been the launchpad of a movement in game development that has seen both the creation of steam’s ‘greenlight’ and a general decline in the quality of new games, as ‘pre-alpha’ is a term now used in both mockery and anger.

ANSWER: Kick Starter
3. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this athlete won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics and cameoed in Think Like a Man Too. Convicted multiple times for domestic assault and battery, he has served over a year in jail. This athlete has been Named as Forbes's highest paid athlete in 2012, 2013, and 2014, earning this athlete the nickname (*) “Money.” Known for negotiating terms on the Fight of The Century with Manny Pacquiao [PACK-ee-ow], this boxer eventually won the fight on May 2, 2015 by unanimous decision. For 10 points, name this boxer, known as the best fighter of his generation, who also has the nickname Pretty Boy.  

ANSWER: Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

[10] This latest album released in 2013 contained the lead single “Get Lucky”. Its name is a twist on a computer component.

ANSWER: Random Access Memories

[10] On Daft Punk’s first album Homework, “Revolution 909” is followed by this song. This track’s music video was directed by Spike Jones and features an anthropomorphic dog.

ANSWER: “Da Funk”

[10] This song follows “Television Rules the Nation” on Human After All. The vocals are a series of commands like “Load it, check it, quick, rewrite it”

ANSWER: “Technologic”
4. In one scene in this film, a man makes a video call with his daughter to tell her that he won’t make it to her birthday party, but that he would try to give her a bush baby she asked for. In the last sequence in this film, the protagonist knocks over and breaks a glass while dining in a neoclassical room. Much of this film is presented with no dialogue, instead utilizing silence or classical pieces such as Ligeti’s Atmosphères and famous works by both Johann and Richard (*) Strauss. This film begins in an African desert, where ape-like creatures discover a black monolith, and the most famous scene in this film occurs when the computer of Discovery One does not allow the protagonist Dave to return through the pod bay doors. For 10 points, name this film directed by Stanley Kubrick featuring HAL 9000 and the opening trumpet fanfare of Also Sprach Zarathustra.

ANSWER: 2001: A Space Odyssey

[10] This video began as a 4chan green text story and concerns a computer-animated fictional ogre to which a boy prays.

ANSWER: “Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life”

[10] This British series contains five short musical horror comedy videos. It appears to be a children’s television program with bright colors and talking puppets, but takes a turn as exemplified by a talking notebook telling the puppets to get creative with craft projects and cakes full of human organs.

ANSWER: Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared

[10] This video is an Australian public service announcement by Metro Trains. It consisted of a song in which twenty-one animated characters kill themselves in increasingly stupid ways, such as setting your hair on fire, dressing up as a moose during hunting season, and standing on the edge of a train station platform.

ANSWER: “Dumb Ways to Die”
5. This game is responsible for introducing the joker into the modern deck of playing cards around 1860, and the joker is still used in this game in some parts of England today. Variations of this game include “Robson Rules,” where the dealer can call a (*) “Blind Loner” to earn five points, and “Going Under,” whereby a player that holds a “farmer’s hand” can trade out three cards with the kitty. Pairs of players in this game win by reaching ten points, earning points at the end of each round consisting of five tricks.  The goal of this game is to play the highest card of a suit, or to play the highest trump card. For 10 points, name this 4-player card game in which partners attempt to win at least three tricks in a hand of five.

ANSWER: Euchre

[10] This genre, closely related to techno, developed in the 1990s in Germany. It is characterized by a medium-to-fast tempo, repeating melodic phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout the track. Its name refers to a state of hypnotism or heightened consciousness.

ANSWER: Trance

[10] This genre originated in Chicago in the early 1980s. It is characterized by a repetitive rhythm with off-beat hi-hat cymbals, and its name could refer to a place where people have a dance party.

ANSWER: House

[10] This genre originated in South London in the late 1990s, and is known for syncopated rhythms as well as a characteristic “wub” sound in the bass.

ANSWER: Dubstep
6. The music video for this song is set in a high school auditorium, featuring cheerleaders and zooming in on the letters W, A, and T painted on three fans’ chests. That music video also includes three people in the costumes of an orange horse, an (*) ear of corn, and a bare tree. Though it isn’t by Soulja Boy, this song includes the dance moves of the yule and the superman, as well as moves called “duff” and “bop.” The music video for this song also features a young girl with a rainbow tutu, and hate comments for this song cite lack of lyrical diversity and rue the direction that pop music is headed. For 10 points, name this 2015 single by the rapper Silentó whose title instructs the viewer to see his dance moves.

ANSWER: “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”

[10] Name this nerdy webcomic produced by Randall Munroe whose name is not actually an acronym, but rather is simply a word with no phonetic pronunciation.

ANSWER: xkcd

[10] This is the name commonly given to the hidden caption that exists in every xkcd comic strip but is only revealed when the namesake action is performed.

ANSWER: mouseover text [or hover-text or alt-text or title text or tooltip]

[10] Randall Munroe’s magnum opus is often said to be “Time,” a 3,099-frame xkcd comic strip which updated with a new frame approximately every hour, continuing for four months. It chronicled the travels of two stick figures in a flooding Mediterranean basin 11,000 years in the future, and began with those two characters building this type of structure.

ANSWER: sand castle [also accept trebuchet, because they build that too]
7.  This author once wrote a short essay for the video game Simcity 2000. In 2010, this author was married by a flash mob. He won a Hugo Award in 2004 for writing a crossover between Sherlock Holmes and H. P. Lovecraft. He is often praised for writing in innumerable styles, including high fantasy and gothic horror. He once described a book he wrote as “an adventure for children and a nightmare for adults”. That book was (*) Coraline. His best-seller American Gods is currently being adapted into an Amazon series.  For 10 points, name this British-born Wisconsin author, creator of The Sandman graphic novels.

ANSWER: Neil Gaiman

[10] This man holds the record for most major championships won and, unsurprisingly, has achieved a grand slam. This man, who goes by the nickname “The Bear,” accomplished the feat after winning the 1966 British Open.

ANSWER: Jack Nicklaus

[10] This American is the most recent to complete the feat, winning the British Open in 2000. Despite threatening Nicklaus’s record for most majors won early in his career, he probably will not, due to an accident on a November night in 2009 which revealed his marital infidelity.

ANSWER: Tiger Woods

[10] This South African accomplished the feat by winning the 1965 U.S. Open. Known as the International Ambassador for Golf, this man is also a renowned course architect, designing more than 365 courses throughout the world.

ANSWER: Gary Player
8. This group was created after their founder declared his desertion from the United States Army. One major tenet of this group is named “the chain that binds”, which can be used during Still In the Dark to replace the current leader of this group. In the year 2277, a chapter of this group salvaged a large robot from the pentagon. That robot, (*) Liberty Prime, was later destroyed by an orbital strike. Members of this group are referred to as scribes, knights, or paladins, and notable members include Father Elijah, Sarah Lyons, and Veronica Santangelo. For 10 points, name this organization, clad in power armor, which the player aids in defeating the enclave in Fallout 3.

ANSWER:  The Brotherhood of Steel

[10] This 2008 film follows a group of New York City residents who use their personal video camera during a rampaging monster attack. The monster notably tears the head off of the Statue of Liberty.

ANSWER: Cloverfield

[10] In this 2012 film, Thomas, Costa, and J.B. throw a party to gain popularity. Most of the film is shown from the perspective of an attendee of the party with a camera documenting how the party grew out of control, eventually setting fire to the entire neighborhood.

ANSWER: Project X

[10] This 2015 found footage film follows a high school senior hoping to go to MIT who builds a time machine with his friends after seeing his 17-year-old self in a home video of his seventh birthday. The group of friends use the device to win the lottery and attend a Lollapalooza before things start to spiral out of control.

ANSWER: Project Almanac
9. This science fiction franchise reverses the order of Firefly’s development, having begun as a movie which spawned a long-running television series, starring Christopher Judge and Michael Shanks. actors in the movie include the beautifully mulleted (*) Kurt Russell and The Office’s James Spader. One of the spinoffs of the series from this franchise took place in a mythical city long thought destroyed, but actually relocated to the Pegasus Galaxy. On this show, ZedPMs were not Canadian non-drowsy Tylenol knockoffs, but rather incredibly useful sources of raw power. For 10 points, name this sci-fi franchise, whose main TV series starred Richard Dean Anderson as Colonel Jack O’Neill, regular explorer of the universe through the titular wormhole portals.

ANSWER: Stargate

[10] Name these aliens.

ANSWER: The Goa-uld

[10] This subjugated race serves the Goa-uld as foot soldiery and bodyguard, acting as an elite corps of disciplined followers and being granted exceptional strength through hosting nascent Goa-uld symbiotes. Teal’c from SG1 is one of these.

ANSWER: Jaffa

[10] This menacing Goa-uld overlord was the arch-nemisis of O’Neill’s SG1 team, as well an enemy of all mankind. Teal’c was his First Prime, before he defected to the side of humanity. He is named after the ancient Egyptian deity embodying chaos.

ANSWER: Apophis
10. This man obtained one of his nicknames as a child by picking up coins from the street and putting them in his mouth to avoid bigger children stealing them from him. This artist’s work in the Christmas genre includes a cover of “White Christmas”, the song “ ’Zat You, Santa Claus?”, and a spoken narrative of “A Visit From Saint Nicholas.” This artist, who produced an album with (*) Ella Fitzgerald, performed the song, “Heebie Jeebies” with his Hot Five, popularizing the use of scat singing with his gravelly voice. For 10 points, name this jazz singer and trumpeter nicknamed “Satchmo” and famous for the song “What a Wonderful World.”

ANSWER: Louis Armstrong

[10] Receiving much acclaim for his performance as himself in the Amy Schumer hit Trainwreck, this basketball player is rumored to star in the Space Jam sequel, if it ever gets made.

ANSWER: LeBron James [accept either underlined portion]

[10] After appearing in the first Hangover film, a character from that film drunkenly gets this boxer’s famous tattoo.

ANSWER: Michael “Mike” Tyson

[10] This American figure skater did NOT appear in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, despite having a featured song called “What Would this athlete Do?” He has cameoed in Blades of Glory and the 2005 Disney film Ice Princess.

ANSWER: Brian Boitano
HALF TIME - PAUSE FOR SCORE CHECK AND ANY SUBSTITUTIONS

11. Local fans know this pitcher for not showing any emotion while playing, earning him a nickname which is a portmanteau of his surname and robot. After winning the Atlantic Sun Conference’s Pitcher of the Year Award while pitching for Stetson University, he was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the fourth round of the 2007 draft. This player was traded to the (*) Cleveland Indians as part of a three team deal which sent Jake Westbrook to the St. Louis Cardinals. This pitcher was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine in its 2015 baseball preview, after winning the Cy Young Award the previous year.  For 10 points, name this starting pitcher, whose nickname is “KluBot.”

ANSWER: Corey Kluber
Bonus: Name these collectable card games, for 10 points each:

[10] This online card game made by Blizzard is based off the hit game World of Warcraft.

ANSWER: Hearthstone

[10] This Japanese card game has had several popular TV series, and features the card Blue Eyes White Dragon.

ANSWER: Yu-Gi-Oh

[10] This card game is playable with characters in the game Witcher 3. By defeating non-player characters or by shopping, you can make your deck more powerful.

ANSWER: Gwent
12. This character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe saved Wanda Maximoff during the Battle of Sokovia as the city was falling. This character shares a strong connection with Thor, with a similar outfit and the ability to wield (*) mjølnir [mee-ALL-neer]. However, this character does not explicitly say he is on Thor’s side; rather, he is on the side of life. This character says, “I’m not Ultron, I am not JARVIS, I am…” This character has the ability to manipulate his body’s density, allowing him to phase through matter and to levitate. He can also shoot an intense energy beam due to an Infinity Stone implanted into his forehead. For 10 points, name this red-violet android designed to be Ultron’s final form, a member of the Avengers team under the leadership of Captain America.

ANSWER: Vision

[10] Name this film directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Chris Pratt, the fourth in a series about the creation of a bunch of featherless dinosaurs and the subsequent attempts to contain them.

ANSWER: Jurassic World

[10] Like the first film in the series, Jurassic World is set on this fictional island, where a fully-functioning dinosaur theme park has once again been built. Its name literally means, “Cloud Island.”

ANSWER: Isla Nublar

[10] This dinosaur species is a genetic hybrid of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor, cuttlefish, tree frog, and countless other undisclosed species. Though this species was meant to be the new star attraction of Jurassic World, the one surviving member who ate her sibling later escaped from her forty-foot high paddock and wreaked havoc.

ANSWER: Indominus rex
13. The name for this band comes from a phrase mentioned in the Arthur Miller play All My Sons. This band duo, which often comes into performances wearing skull masks,  used many of their diverse genres including rap, electronica, pop, rock, and reggae in their most recent album, (*) Blurryface. This band included the songs “Car Radio” and “Holding on to You” in the albums Regional at Best and Vessels, as well as the song “House of Gold” in the latter album, which features the ukulele. For 10 points, name this duo from Columbus, Ohio consisting of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun.

ANSWER: Twenty-One Pilots

[10] In The Fellowship of the Ring, Boromir says this phrase during the Council of Elrond to point out the difficulty of a certain task. The quote became a meme with Boromir’s hand in an “a-okay” gesture, typically with the verb replaced by such words as “rock,” “barrel roll,” and “QWOP.”

ANSWER: “One does not simply walk into Mordor.”

[10] This phrase from the second movie was spoken by Orlando Bloom as Legolas concerning the whereabouts of Sam and Frodo. In 2005, it was made into a video remix with an upbeat synth sound and a catchy tune.

ANSWER: “They’re taking the hobbits to Isengard.”

[10] Another video remix created from a scene from The Lord of the Rings is a song in which Sam explains to Gollum how you can boil, mash, and stick these items into a stew.

ANSWER: Potatoes [or taters]
14. Troy Tulowitzki [too-low-WIT-skee] accomplished this feat in 2007. First accomplished in 1909, this feat is rarer than a perfect game. The Cleveland Indians are the only team to have three players accomplish this feat while playing for the franchise, Neal Ball, Bill Wambsganass, and Asdrubal (*) Cabrera, while also having this feat accomplished against them three times. The most recent instance of this feat, accomplished by Eric Bruntlett, ended a game.  For 10 points, name this feat in baseball, generally accomplished by a middle infielder, where all three outs are made by the same fielder on the same play.   

ANSWER: Unassisted Triple Play

[10] Seventy-three pitchers have accomplished this in Major League Baseball history with the most recent being Santiago Casilla on May 17, 2015. It is described as striking out three batters in one inning on only nine pitches.

ANSWER: Immaculate Inning

[10] Sammy Sosa accomplished this feat four times in his career, the most of anyone. If striking out four times is a golden sombrero, then this is the most logical term for striking out five times in one game.

ANSWER: Platinum Sombrero

[10] Disproving the myth that talking about this feat jinxes it, Vin Scully discussed it while Clayton Kershaw accomplished it in 2014. The San Diego Padres are the only MLB team to never throw one of these.

ANSWER: No-hitter
15. Released in November 2002, this game’s creator received a cease and desist letter from the United Nations after he used its logo and name without permission in this browser game. April Fools’ jokes implemented in this game included a Cards Against Humanity knockoff in 2015 and Zombie Apocalypse event in 2013 which has subsequently become an annual Halloween event. Created by Jennifer Government and Lexicon author Max (*) Barry, this game involves players creating their own countries and choosing solutions to “issues” that act as legislation influencing the political, economic, and social standing of their countries. For 10 points, name this browser game that is named after a type of political entity.

ANSWER: Nation States

[10] This rom-zom-com follows the life of the title character who lives with his couch potato best friend and struggles to repair his relationship with his girlfriend while also eventually realizing that there is an apocalyptic zombie outbreak.

ANSWER: Shaun of the Dead

[10] This buddy cop comedy follows the life of Nick Angel, a high-achieving Police Constable who is transferred to a small English village because he was making his colleagues look bad. While there, he works with his new partner Danny to uncover a mysterious serial killer before realizing he must stand up to the entire town with guns blazing.

ANSWER: Hot Fuzz

[10] This sci-fi apocalyptic comedy comprises the third movie in the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy along with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. It chronicles the adventures of a group of old school friends as they attempt an epic pub crawl in their hometown of Newton Haven and soon realize that the people have been replaced by alien androids referred to as “blanks.”

ANSWER: The World’s End
16. In this series, the primary antagonist, a banished prince, travels all over the world with his uncle searching for the protagonist. After his sister is sent to capture him and bring him back to his homeland, he and his uncle flee to a giant walled city and eventually open a (*) tea shop. The protagonist of this show is the last of his people, and spent 100 years in suspended animation inside of an iceberg. In 2010 a universally despised live-action movie adaptation of this show was released, and rumor has it that another is coming. For 10 points, name this 2005 Nickelodeon cartoon show in which the protagonist Aang must travel the world and master the four elements before facing and defeating the tyrannical Fire Lord Ozai to bring balance to the world.

ANSWER: Avatar: The Last Airbender [prompt on partial answer]

[10] Name this 2012 film by Joss Whedon in which Nick Fury recruits a team of superheroes to stop the Asgardian Loki from subjugating Earth with the Tesseract.

ANSWER: Marvel’s The Avengers

[10] In The Avengers, Nick Fury is the Director of this peacekeeping espionage organization that later became the subject of a television series centering on Phil Coulson and other agents of this organization.

ANSWER: S.H.I.E.L.D. [or Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division]

[10] In Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., this former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent betrayed to Hydra, used a nanomask to take on the appearance of Agent May, and developed a romantic relationship with Grant Ward.

ANSWER: Agent 33 [or Kara Palamas]
17. This actor is also an accomplished musician and has released several albums with virtuoso guitarist Buckethead. This man played one of Leatherface’s many brothers, Eddie ‘Tex’ Sawyer, in Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. Another character played by this actor escorts a man accused of murder across the Atlas Mountains of Algeria in a film based on the Albert Camus short story The Guest. In one of his more well-known roles, this man portrays a (*) father determined to take his son to the beach in a post-apocalyptic, crumbling, ashy world. In a recurring role, this man played a character with many alternate names including Longshanks, Strider, and Elessar. For 10 points, name this man, who played the eventual thirty-fifth king of Gondor, Aragorn, in Peter Jackson’s The Lord the Rings film trilogy.

ANSWER: Viggo Mortensen

[10] Name this actor, who was introduced to a wider American audience as the Kingslayer and handsome brother of Queen Cersei Lannister.

ANSWER: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

[10] Danish superstar Mads Mikkelsen plays Tristan in a 2004 film about King Arthur, though he is better known for his portrayal of this infamous doctor from Silence of the Lambs on an NBC TV show.

ANSWER: Dr. Hannibal Lecter

[10] Mads Mikkelsen also stars as the main villain in this 2006 film. In this film, James Bond attempts to defeat a weapons dealer in a high-stakes game of poker at the title location.

ANSWER: Casino Royale
18. Since first being contested in 1999, this bowl game between teams in the Mid-American and the Sun Belt conferences has been renamed twice. In 2001, the most total points ever scored in a bowl game was during this bowl, which that year featured Byron Leftwich on the winning team. Known for being the last (*) bowl game before the Championship Game, for 10 points, name this bowl, which since 2011 has been named after a domain registrar and web hosting company known for its commercials featuring Danica Patrick and assorted models.

ANSWER: Go Daddy Bowl [DO NOT ACCEPT Go Daddy Dot Com Bowl]

[10] Made three years after the show’s cancellation, this movie offered some slight closure, but mostly pain, to its loyal fan base-- this is because it was so incredibly good. It was named after the Firefly-class ship from the series.

ANSWER: Serenity

[10] This ubiquitous mega-corporation from both the series and the movie has implied connections in high government, but how deep does the conspiracy go? The series was, again, cancelled very prematurely.

ANSWER: Blue Sun

[10] This phrase, pretty famously uttered by Summer Glau after a shootout in which she proves herself supremely skilled in multiple forms of combat, implies to crew members that they should never underestimate her, or, indeed, ever feel totally safe again.

ANSWER: “I can kill you with my brain.”
19. Despite airing for three years, this Disney Channel show has only aired 36 episodes. The creator of this show was inspired by the town of Boring, Oregon, stating this show’s namesake place would “be the opposite” of it. Toby Determined, Lazy Susan, and Sir Lord Quentin Trembley III Esquire, the eighth and a half President of the United States are all characters on this show. Weird Al Yankovich, Nick Offerman, and Nathan Fillion have all voiced characters on this animated show. This show begins when two twins are dropped off at their Great (*) Uncle’s Mystery Shack, a tourist trap. Created by Alex Hirsch, for 10 points, name this show starring Jason Ritter and Kristen Schaal as Dipper and Mabel Pines.

ANSWER: Gravity Falls

[10] In this Capcom series, the most recent installment of which is for the Nintendo 3DS, you play as a hunter who kills enormous beasts including Elder Dragons.

ANSWER: Monster Hunter

[10] In this survival-horror series featuring villain Albert Wesker, you face traditional zombies as well as civilians infected by “Las Plagas”.

ANSWER: Resident Evil

[10] In this Japanese folklore inspired game, you play as the sun goddess Amaterasu, who takes the form of a white wolf.

ANSWER: Okami
20. One character in this show is a former prosecutor. Another character graduated high school at age 12. A third character faked their own death and moved to France. A spinoff of this show starring Forest Whitaker was cancelled after one season. One character goes by the nickname (*) “Baby Girl”. Each episode starts and ends with a quote, usually said by whoever is the feature character of the episode. A recurring villain named George Foyet or “The Reaper” kills a main character’s ex-wife. Penelope Garcia serves as the technical analyst in this show. For 10 points, name this show, which focuses more on the lawbreakers and their victims than most police procedurals.

ANSWER: Criminal Minds

[10] This side dish is often served with beef and gravy in a staple Sunday Roast. It bears no special relation with the county bearing the White Rose emblem despite its name.

ANSWER: Yorkshire Pudding

[10] This dish has sausages in a Yorkshire pudding style batter. The origin of the name is disputed but it probably has something to do with the sausages vaguely resembling the namesake amphibian sticking its head out.

ANSWER: Toad in the Hole

[10] This steamed or boiled pudding consisting of beef or mutton fat has a variety of hilariously named incarnations such as Jam Roly-Poly and Spotted Dick.