Seth Teitler Presents: An Intimate Engagement With Trash



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Seth Teitler Presents: An Intimate Engagement With Trash

Written and edited by David Seal, Nolan Esser and Brian McNamara

With the generous participation of Michael Arnold and Tommy Casalaspi
Round Eight
Tossups
1. In this film, the protagonist passes a statue of the central figure from Munch’s The Scream. This film mimics the establishing shot of the title location in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at a town meeting called by the protagonist. This film visually alludes to Nosferatu as one character’s enlarged shadow moves along a wall as he descends a ramp in a wheelchair while holding another character’s severed arm. In a notable scene, the protagonist is framed against a giant yellow moon while standing on a finger-like tree that uncurls as he walks down it. This film’s villain is a grotesque sack full of bugs named Oogie Boogie. For 10 points, name this stop motion Henry Selick film, produced by Tim Burton, in which Jack Skellington unsuccessfully attempts to replace Santa Claus.

ANSWER: The Nightmare Before Christmas [or Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas]


2. Wikipedia informs us that this artist recorded what is likely the only popular song ever to mention the disease brucellosis. That song, “Play it all Night Long,” was written as a response to the supposed feud between Neil Young and Lynyrd Skynyrd.  Along with members of R.E.M., this artist was part of Hindu Love Gods in the mid 1980s and scored a minor hit with a cover of Prince’s “Raspberry Beret.” His sardonic and sometimes macabre sense of humor shows through in songs such “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner,” and “Lawyers, Guns, and Money” as well as his most famous song, in which a titular creature with perfect hair is seen “drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic’s.” For ten points, identify this cynical singer-songwriter known for the aforementioned “Werewolves of London.”

ANSWER: Warren Zevon


3. On one song that appears on this album, its singer asks “Is it so hard/To give me what I need?” That song is called “Where Is Your Heart?”. The music video for one song on this album features its singer sneaking out of her ex-boyfriend’s apartment in a fedora after trashing it, and in one track from this album, its singer claims that she never strays “too far from the sidewalk” and that she “learned to play on the safe side so” she doesn’t “get hurt”. Besides “Because of You”, another track from this album contains the lyrics “Here I am, once again/I’m torn into pieces.” That song is “Behind These Hazel Eyes”. This album’s title track appeared on the soundtrack for The Princess Diaries 2; in it, the singer claims that she’ll “Make a wish/Take a chance/Make a change”. For ten points, name this Kelly Clarkson album which includes the hit “Since U Been Gone”.

ANSWER: Breakaway


4. This man spent one year golfing collegiately at UNLV, and he was coached by Butch Harmon then. His first top ten at a major came in 2002, when he finished tied for ninth at The Masters. This man’s first PGA victory came at the initial Deutsche Bank Championship in 2003 and in 2004 he won The Player’s Championship. Former caddy for Tiger Woods, Steve Williams, is currently caddying for this man. This man bogeyed four straight holes at the 2012 British Open, allowing Ernie Els to defeat him. His first major title came on the second hole of a playoff against Angel Cabrera earlier this year. For ten points, name this Australian golfer, the reigning Masters champion.

ANSWER: Adam Scott


5. In one film role, this actress plays a circus performer who goes by the alias Susan Lenox, and in another role she romanced Napoleon as Countess Marie Walewska in Conquest. One character played by this actress is convinced by her lover Armand’s father to leave him before dying of tuberculosis; that character is the Dame Camille in an adaptation of The Lady of the Camellias. Melvyn Douglas courted this actress in her final two film roles, including her Oscar-nominated turn in Ninotchka and Fredric March played Count Vronsky opposite this actress. Besides her role as Anna Karenina, this actress also played the exotic dancer Mata Hari. This actress filmed simultaneous English and German versions of the film Anna Christie which was her first “talkie”. For ten points, name this actress who, in her role as a suicidal ballerina in Grand Hotel declared “I want to be alone.”
ANSWER: Greta Garbo
6. While playing for Galesburg, IL this player was injured after being hit in the head with a throw. This man led the NL in ERA in 1919 and 1920. This man was pitching when Babe Ruth was caught stealing to end a World Series. This player had both epilepsy and was haunted by his service in World War I, prior to which he was traded to the Cubs. He won the only game the Phillies won in the 1915 World Series. This pitcher had complete game wins games 2 and 6 and pitched the last three innings of game 7 of the 1926 World Series, which his Cardinals won. He is tied with Christy Mathewson for most wins in NL history, with 373. For ten points, name this pitcher named for our 22nd and 24th president.

ANSWER: Grover Cleveland Alexander


7. This character was raised by her spinster aunt Martha, and the actress most famous for this role played Martha in a later film. That actress had a small role in one film where she asked another character to “just hang loose, Blood.” Some of this character’s attire was worn to cover up a surgical scar of the actress who played her. This character’s maiden name is Bronson and she was once called “The Belle of East St. Louis.” This woman’s youngest son once told her women were lucky because “alls they gotta do is get married.” She was often skeptical of Eddie Haskell and after moving to Mayfield as a teen she met her husband, Ward. For ten points, name this character played by Barbara Billingsley, the mother of Wally and Beaver.

ANSWER: June Cleaver or Mrs. Cleaver


8. This player was named the West’s most entertaining player in 2009 by Sports Illustrated, and later that season he made the 2nd Team All-WAC roster. He was selected one pick before Cole Aldrich in the draft, In this man’s only Slam Dunk competition appearance he did a glow in the dark dunk. This man is the highest ever player drafted out of Fresno State. He made his first all-star game this season, and he was also named to the All-NBA Third Team. Despite making three free throws to give his team the lead in overtime, his team lost game one of the Eastern Conference Finals when he let LeBron get by him for a layup. For ten points, name this most recent winner of the Most Improved Player award, a current small forward for the Indiana Pacers.

ANSWER: Paul George


9. Paul Provenza starred in the later seasons of this show after one character’s departure, and Adam Arkin played a chef named Adam on this show. One character on this show writes a movie that places his peers into the film sex lies and videotape; that character is Ed Chigliak. John Corbett appeared on this show as a disc jockey named Chris Stevens, who worked for a radio station owned by Maurice Minnifield, and characters on this television series often hung out at a bar called the Brick. This show’s main character is forced to move to Cicely in order to help pay off his student loan. For ten points, name this television series about Dr. Joel Fleischman, which starred Rob Morrow.

ANSWER: Northern Exposure


10. One athletic venue in this location is colloquially known as “The Cage,” and is an undersized set of basketball courts used in local “Streetball” tournaments. In Rear Window Jimmy Stewart’s character lived here. Bars here include the White Horse Tavern, where Dylan Thomas was regular as well as one where Dave Van Ronk was arrested during a riot. This neighborhood also featured coffeehouse venues such as The Kettle of Fish and The Gaslight Cafe. Robert Christgau wrote for this location’s namesake Voice. For ten points, identify this New York City neighborhood, which saw the Gay Rights movement begin at the Stonewall Inn and is home to New York University.

Answer: Greenwich Village (prompt on New York City)


11. This song’s most famous version was performed by Samuel E. Wright and it was written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. This song’s key was moved from B-flat to D to accommodate a tenor in the Broadway musical featuring this song. At one point in this song the singer asks, “Such wonderful things surround you/what more is you looking for?” In The Simpsons episode “Homer Badman,” the sexual harassment allegations against Homer inspire him to sing a parody of this song. The speaker of the song talks about what happens when the boss gets hungry and says that “Each little clam here/now how to jam here.” The singer of this song is the Royal Composer, the crab Sebastian For ten points, name this song in which Sebastian implores Ariel to stay in the title location.

ANSWER: “Under the Sea”

12. This artist opens one song by saying he kicks it like “Olindo,” a reference to Olindo Mare. One song by this artist features the lyrics “Till I got a buzz like Chris Mullin” and “PG chillin.’” That song samples Steam’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” and is a collaboration with Lady Gaga, “Chillin’.” Meek Mill and Rick Ross were featured on the title track to this man’s most recent album, Ambition and that album features songs like “Focused” and “Lotus Flower Bomb.” This rapper released the Seinfeld themed Mixtape About Nothing in 2008. A recent single by this man asks “Bad that I never made love, I never did it/but I sure know how to fuck.” That song, featuring Tiara Thomas, is “Bad.” For ten points, name this Washington D.C. rapper who advises unattractive women to be quiet in the song “Ugly Girls.”

ANSWER: Wale or Ralph Victor Folarin or Olubowale Victor Akintimehin


13. This character has been shown enjoying works of art ranging from Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49 to the cartoon Davey and Goliath and he references the Hitchcock film Rope to his brother. In one episode, he asserts his masculinity by exchanging a wedding present for a firearm. His father later dies in a plane crash that happened in both the show and real life. His wife has had trouble conceiving, but this character unknowingly fathers a child with the show’s main female protagonist. In an episode entitled “Shut the Door. Have a Seat,” this character is approached by his bosses to join a new advertising agency as a partner, which further inflates his already colossal ego. For ten points, name this television character played by Vincent Kartheiser, who appears alongside Paul Kinsey, Roger Sterling, and Don Draper in AMC’s Mad Men.

ANSWER: Peter Campbell


14. In an infamous  piece of fanfiction featuring this character, he plays in the band “Bloody Gothic Rose 666,” and changes a notable birthmark into a pentagram and is renamed “Diabolo.” In an altered audio track to the first movie featuring this character, this character’s family is described as having “money stretched thinly over a vast volume of loin product” and this character is given an epithet of “the Bear.” In canonical sources, this character’s home is known as “The Burrow,” and he eventually earns the position of house prefect that his then estranged brother used to hold. Other siblings include jokers Fred and George as well as  his younger sister Ginny who eventually marries his best friend. For ten points, identify this central character of the Harry Potter series   a member of the Weasley family who eventually marries Hermione Granger.

ANSWER Ron Weasley (Prompt on “Weasley”)


15. One character from a film directed by this man is Pierrot, the 15 year old son of a television host. One film directed by this man stars Isabelle Huppert as a teacher who has sex with her student Walter. Anne and George are left a series of mysterious videos in one of this man’s films starring Juliette Binoche. In addition to The Piano Teacher and Cache this man directed a film about the village of Eichwald, Germany. This man remade one of his films into English in 2007, and that film starred Naomi Watts as part of a family who are murdered by two teenagers. Emmanuelle Riva was nominated for an Oscar this past year for her role as Anne Laurent, a woman who suffers a series of strokes in one of this man’s films that won the Palme d’or. For ten points, name this director of films like The White Ribbon, Funny Games and Amour.

ANSWER: Michael Haneke


16. This character is the only human character ever to be voiced by Michael Haigney. In one appearance, this character falls on his knees in a dramatic spotlight and shakes his fist at the heavens, shouting, “Tourists!!!” In that appearance, this character disguises himself as a hippie who tells a riddle about a building located “right where you put your glasses.” After trading numbers, this character can be battled only on Tuesday evenings. A Super Nerd informs you that this character was once lost in the mountains, where he was helped by the sudden appearance of a Moltres, inspiring him to become a trainer. In Red and Blue his strongest pokemon is an Arcanine. For 10 points, name this Gym Leader of Cinnabar Island who specializes in Fire-type Pokemon.

ANSWER: Blaine


17. One half of this duo has consistently ruined his family’s Halloween costume theme by dressing as “The Bat.” That same character once hallucinated and saw the breasts of a female character turn into his head and advise him to kill his father. The other half of this pair tried to use a close family friend to stage a production of “Lady Windermere’s Fan” in order to impress his crush, the gothic daughter of his next door neighbor. That character was also released from being dropped into the Amazon River after experiencing testicular torsion. This pair of characters was shot and killed at the end of Season one in a parody of the end of Easy Rider, but returned because their father had a whole set of clones to replace them when such incidents happened. For ten points, identify this pair of adventuring siblings named Hank and Dean, who are the namesakes of an Adult Swim show.

ANSWER: The Venture Brothers (accept Venture Siblings or Hank and Dean before mentioned)


18. One character that is this kind of animal writes a blog with entries like "I just said a hate word, oh my gosh it is so terrible" and was once possessed by the ghost of Billy Idol. A human with a last name of this animal writes a blog under the pseudonym "dollars" where he analyzes the pre-recession implications of "Buy U A Drank" and writes a dialog about Daft Punk's Get Lucky as part of the "Hey Henry" feature. The latter blogger put up 9.71 PPG at 2013 ACF Nationals, while the former is the youngest animal in a webcomic drawn by Chris Onstad. Characters of this of animal have parents Ernest and Opal and cogitate on problems by hopping back and forth on their feet accompanied by a xylophone riff. The quizbowler with this name played with Lauren Zook and Henry Gorman, though he has never been seen doing the "Noodle Dance." For 10 points, identify this animal that names the Rice quizbowl player Will, comic character Philippe and the kids show characters Peanut, Butter and Jelly, a semiaquatic mammal.

ANSWER: Otter


19. 2. In a post-credits scene, two characters in this film are deposited by a helicopter to fight Charlie Gardocki. One character in this film keeps issues of Hustler from three decades in his tree house, which he says is “like masturbating in a time machine”. The lead singer of a cover band in this movie has a profane outburst when told that “Billy Joel doo-wop sucks.” In one scene in this film, a character played by Adam Scott drives erratically during an a cappella performance of “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” This film’s title characters get into a fight after one of them “tea bags” the other’s drum set; later, these two characters build bunk beds to give them “more room to do activities”. For ten points, name this movie about two “stay-at-home sons” starring John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell.
ANSWER: Step Brothers
20. Johnny Majors coached the 1985-6 edition of this team that won the Sugar Bowl against Jimmy Johnson’s Miami Hurricanes, denying them the national title. The most recent bowl appearance for this team was the 2010 Music City Bowl where they controversially lost to UNC despite UNC committing a too many men on the field penalty with one second left in regulation. This team’s most recent title came after a 23-16 victory over Florida State in the Fiesta Bowl and David Cutcliffe was the offensive coordinator for that team. In the most recent NFL draft this team’s receivers Justin Hunter and Cordarelle Patterson were selected, but  its quarterback Tyler Bray went undrafted. One recently fired coach for this team had specially made orange pants, and another recent coach of this team left for USC. For ten points, name this SEC team that was recently coached by Derek Dooley and Lane Kiffin.

ANSWER: Tennessee Volunteers


Bonuses
1. Identify the following about a supernatural creature in music, for ten points each.

[10]. This band just released an album titled after the modern type of the creature in their name. Famous songs by this band include “Oxford Comma,” “Mansford Roof.”

ANSWER: Vampire Weekend.

[10]. “Dracula’s Wedding” is a song on this half of an OutKast double album. Paired with Speakerboxxx, this half of the album is mostly by Andre Benjamin and features “Hey Ya.”

ANSWER: The Love Below

[10]. “Night of the Vampire” is a song by Roky Erickson, the former lead singer of this pioneering American psychedelic band whose albums include Easter Everywhere and Bull of the Woods.

ANSWER: 13th Floor Elevators
2. Answer some questions related to a hit reality television series, for ten points each.

[10]This show ran for several seasons on Bravo, with stars like Carson Kressley and Jai Rodriguez helping to give its participants a complete makeover.

ANSWER: Queer Eye For The Straight Guy

[10]Ted Allen, who appeared on Queer Eye has since moved on to hosting this Food Network program which sees chefs battle one another through the preparation of a three course meal, with one chef eliminated after each course, and with each round having specific ingredients which must be used.

ANSWER: Chopped

[10]Before Chopped debuted, Allen frequently appeared as a judge on Iron Chef America, two of whose chefs – Mario Batali and Michael Symon – co-host this ABC talk show about food and wellness alongside Daphne Oz.


ANSWER: The Chew
3. For ten points each, identify the following adult films that spent way too much money on things like CGI effects and costumes when the whole point of a porno is to remove the costumes and keep the effects as real as possible.

[10]In 2010, Hustler released a 3D XXX film parody of this 2009 James Cameron sci-fi blockbuster, which itself is the highest grossing film of all time.

ANSWER: Avatar

[10]Before the Avatar parody, the most expensive adult film to date was this 2005 feature from Digital Playground. The plot of this film featured Captain Edward Reynolds hunting practitioners of the title occupation and Sasha Grey appeared in its sequel Stagnetti’s Revenge.

ANSWER: Pirates

[10]Although this 1979 film may not technically be an adult film, it was bankrolled by Penthouse’s Bob Guccione. Its script was written in part by Gore Vidal and this ancient erotic epic featured Malcolm McDowell as the title emperor, and Peter O’Toole as Tiberius.

ANSWER: Caligula
4. One recurring character on this show was Ronnie Dobbs, and it featured sketches such as “Pre-taped Call-in Show” and “The Story of Everest.”

[10] For ten points, name this sketch comedy show.

ANSWER: Mr. Show With Bob and David

[10] One of the members of the Mr. Show cast was Tom Kenny, who voices this cartoon character. He owns a pet snail named Gary and his romantic interest is a squirrel named Sally.

ANSWER: Spongebob Squarepants (accept either underlined part)

[10] Bob Odenkirk wrote and starred on this FOX sketch comedy series in the early nineties. It starred the namesake actor, as well as Janeane Garofalo and Andy Dick.

ANSWER: The Ben Stiller Show
5. This character has recently started hooking up with her ex-husband Andrew, and she is served by Press Secretary Mike McClintock.  

[10] For ten points, name this former Maryland senator played by Julia Louis Dreyfuss, the namesake character on Veep.

ANSWER: Selina Meyer (accept either)

[10] This extremely tall character played by Timothy Simons serves as the White House liaison to the Vice President. Selina once called him “Jolly Green Jizzface” and he once told a character to “Get some fucking nuts!”

ANSWER: Jonah Ryan (Accept either)

[10] One of Selena’s political rivals is Danny Chung, an Iraq War veteran who serves as governor of this state.

ANSWER: Minnesota
6. One character in this film is accused of cheating on her husband for playing patty-cake with the head of the Acme Corporation. For ten points each.

[10]Name this Robert Zemeckis-directed film which sees its title character – a star for the Maroon Cartoon Studio – accused of murder and forced to go into hiding amongst the denizens of Toontown.

ANSWER: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

[10]Private Detective Eddie Valiant is hired to investigate what happened. Valiant is played by this actor, who also played Mr. Smee in Hook.

ANSWER: Bob Hoskins

[10]Christopher Lloyd plays this man, the film’s antagonist, who tries to hunt down Roger, and is later revealed to be a Toon who killed Eddie’s brother.

ANSWER: Judge Doom
7. In high school this player was known as Baby Huey and he won the 1977 Rookie of the Year award before being traded to the Pacers.

[10] For ten points, name this 2 time NBA scoring champ, who was traded to the Mavericks in exchange for Mark Aguirre.

ANSWER: Adrian Dantley

[10] Dantley played college ball at this school. It was coached by Digger Phelps and it ended UCLA’s record winning streak. Mike Brey currently coaches this school currently.

ANSWER: Notre Dame Fighting Irish

[10] Dantley was traded to the Jazz for this former Hoosier. He challenged the NBA’s ban on undergraduate players claiming an anti-trust violation before he joined the SuperSonics.

ANSWER: Spencer Haywood
8. For ten points each, name the following things about baseball and Wilmington, Delaware.

[10] The Wilmington Blue Rocks are currently an affiliate of the Royals. From 2005-2006 they were an affiliate of this team, however, and their roster featured players like Jacoby Ellsbury and Clay Buchholz.

ANSWER: Boston Red Sox (accept either part)

[10] This Diamondbacks first baseman was born in Wilmington. He led the NL in RBIs as of the start of June.

ANSWER: Paul Goldschmidt

[10] The Blue Rocks are currently managed by Vance Wilson, who spent much of his career backing up this catcher. He was picked 1,390th in the 1988 draft.

ANSWER: Mike Piazza
9. This actor starred alongside Denzel Washington as Donald Woods in Cry Freedom. For ten points each.

[10]Name this actor, who played a presidential lookalike in Dave and won an Oscar for his role in A Fish Called Wanda.

ANSWER: Kevin Kline

[10]Kline’s feature film debut was as Nathan Landau in this film where he played the lover of a concentration camp survivor.

ANSWER: Sophie’s Choice

[10]In Chaplin, Kline portrayed this actor, who gained acclaim for portraying Zorro in silent movies, and who also starred in the 1001 Nights adaptation The Thief of Baghdad.

ANSWER: Douglas Fairbanks
10. This twitter feed often offers pieces of wisdom like “with people? Or you want to enjoy life without thinking of the consequences of every action?”

[10] For ten points, name this spam twitter feed created by Alexei Kouznetsov, meant to promote a certain genre of literature.

ANSWER: @horse ebooks

[10] This twitter feed was revealed to be the work of comedian Mike Burns. It details the life of a middle aged man named Karl Welzein, who liked bold flavors, power moves and Bob Seger.

ANSWER: @DadBoner

[10] The Syrian Electronic Army hacked this publication’s twitter earlier this year. It is known for features like American Voices and its editor is T. Herman Zweibel.

ANSWER: The Onion
11. For ten points each, identify the following albums by the Beastie Boys.

[10]. This 1986 debut album with the tail of an airplane on the cover, had to extremely unfortunate original title of “Don’t be a Faggot,” featured such hits as “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” and “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party).”

ANSWER: Licensed to Ill        

[10]. The Beastie Boys followed Licensed to Ill with this acclaimed 1989 album, of which Miles Davis was apparently a big fan. Its big single was “Hey Ladies,” and the final track is a 12 and a half minute suite called, “B-Boy Bouillabaisse.”

ANSWER: Paul’s Boutique

[10]. The Beastie Boys’s most recent album is this 2011 offering, the second part of a two album project whose first part was delayed indefinitely after Adam “MCA” Yauch was diagnosed with the cancer that would kill him. Singles include “Too Many Rappers” and “Lee Majors Comes Again.”

ANSWER: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
12. Answer some questions about Batman: Year One for ten points each:

[10] This man wrote Batman: Year One. Some of his other work includes The Dark Knight Returns, and 300.

ANSWER: Frank Miller

[10] At the comic’s outset, this man is seen taking the train into Gotham City to join its police force, and later has an affair with Sarah Essen. Though only a detective in this comic, he is most frequently portrayed as Gotham City’s Police Commissioner.

ANSWER: James “Jim” Gordon

[10] This mobster is the primary antagonist of Batman: Year One. Two-Face would kill him in a subsequent book, and he was played by Tom Wilkinson in Batman Begins.

ANSWER: Carmine Falcone (accept: The Roman)
13. This film ends with the continuation of a game of gin rummy. For ten points each:

[10]Name this film, which stars Jack Lemmon as man who lets his bosses use his place of living to conduct their extramarital affairs.

ANSWER: The Apartment

[10]This actor plays Jeff Sheldrake, Lemmon’s boss in the film. He also starred as Steven Douglas on the long-running television series My Three Sons.

ANSWER: Fred MacMurray

[10]In addition to some of his more serious roles, MacMurray took the lead in several Disney films, including this one, in which he invents ‘flubber’, paving the way for an unfortunate Robin Williams re-make thirty five years later.

ANSWER: The Absent-Minded Professor
14. For ten points each, answer the following about a series of computer games originally developed for Mac which features no physical violence or player death.

[10]. One of the first games released on CD-ROM, this adventure/puzzle game allows the Stranger to free Atrus by finding the missing page of a green book hidden on a mysterious island.

ANSWER: Myst

[10]. Cyan Incorporated created Myst and its sequel, but the third game in the series was developed by Presto Studios. Name this third game, which was released in 2001 on four CDs for both Windows and Mac OS.

ANSWER: Exile

[10]. Before Myst had any sequels, Peter Bergman had already released this game showing what Myst Island would look like after millions of players had explored it, leaving rubbish and graffiti everywhere.

ANSWER: Pyst
15. This was the final track on The Beatles’ last studio album to be released. For ten points each:

[10] Name this song, which tells of a man named JoJo, who left his home in Arizona to search for some California grass, as well as a woman named Loretta who might actually be a man.

ANSWER: Get Back

[10] This keyboardist appears on “Get Back”. He later had a successful solo career, and also co-wrote the Joe Cocker hit “You Are So Beautiful”.

ANSWER: Billy Preston

[10] ”Get Back” was released by this record label, which The Beatles founded. Billy Preston also released albums for this label.

ANSWER: Apple Records
16. For a little while, it seemed like television shows about the Supreme Court might come into vogue. Answer some questions about them, for ten points each:

[10]One such show was The Court, which starred this actress as a newly-appointed justice. Besides making numerous guest appearances on ER as Maura Tierney’s mother, this actress won an Emmy for her role as Nora Walker on Brothers and Sisters.

ANSWER: Sally Field

[10]Meanwhile, this actor starred as another newly-appointed Supreme Court justice on First Monday, despite providing the voice of mobster Fat Tony on The Simpsons and having played Joey Zaza in The Godfather Part III.

ANSWER: Joe Mantegna

[10]Donald P. Bellisario, the creator of First Monday, perhaps drew inspiration for the show from this other legal series he created, which starred David James Elliott as military lawyer Harmon Rabb Jr.

ANSWER: JAG
17. This song won the Grammy for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 2000. For ten points each:

[10]Name this song by Santana, whose singer wants a “Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa” to give him her heart and “make it real, or else forget about it”.

ANSWER: Smooth

[10]The vocalist on “Smooth” is this man, who is also the lead singer of the band Matchbox 20.

ANSWER: Rob Thomas

[10]Santana tried to re-capture the magic of “Smooth” on his next album by recording “Why Don’t You And I?” with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback. When the song was released to radio, Kroeger’s part was re-recorded by the lead singer for this group, who had a hit with “Wherever You Will Go”.

ANSWER: The Calling
18. This man sent Vernon Davis to the locker room in his coaching debut, and he once pulled down his pants to motivate the team during that game.

[10] For ten points, name this man who became 49ers head coach in 2008.

ANSWER: “Samurai” Mike Singletary

[10] Singletary coached this Ole Miss alum while with the 49ers, and this man plays the same position Singletary did with Bears. He has been to the Pro Bowl every single season he has played.

ANSWER: Patrick Willis

[10] This punter also made the Pro Bowl under Singletary. He’s been with the 49ers since he was drafted out of Pitt in 2004, and in 2011 he set the record for most net yards per punt at 44.

ANSWER: Andy Lee
19. This man holds the record for most Wimbledon wins, however he was defeated by Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round of  the 2013 Wimbledon.

[10] For ten points, name this Swiss tennis player.

ANSWER: Roger Federer

[10] Federer’s longtime rival, Rafael Nadal, was eliminated in the first round of Wimbledon by this Belgian.

ANSWER: Steve Darcis

[10] Many Britons watched Andy Murray break the 77 year title drought for British men at Wimbledon on this hill, named for another male British player.

ANSWER: Henman Hill (prompt on Aorangi Terrace)
20. Identify the following related to classical music in video games, for 10 points each:

[10] This 2007 game is about the life of Frederic Chopin and features characters like Allegretto and Andantino.

ANSWER: Eternal Sonata

[10] Chopin's Raindrop Prelude was featured prominently in commercials promoting this 2007 game featuring Master Chief.

ANSWER: Halo 3

[10] In Mother 3, when you speak to Leder, the background music is a snippet from Gymnopédie No. 1 by this composer of Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear.



ANSWER: Erik Alfred Leslie Satie

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