The winning score came on a 68-yard pass from Bob Dethman to Gene Gray in a cold rain. Extra bleachers were brought in from rival schools to hold the over capacity crowd. Ironically, the losing team’s quarterback, Tommy Prothro

1. The winning score came on a 68-yard pass from Bob Dethman to Gene Gray in a cold rain. Extra bleachers were brought in from rival schools to hold the over capacity crowd. Ironically, the losing team’s quarterback, Tommy Prothro, went on to coach the winning team to the same bowl several decades later. With over 56,000 tickets printed and then sold out in a span of three days, the profits went to pay off the debts for Cameron Indoor Stadium. FTP name the bowl game played in Durham, NC on January 2nd, just weeks after Pearl Harbor, moved from its usual west coast home for fear of Japanese invasion, and where Oregon State defeated host Duke 20-16.

Answer: The 1942 Rose Bowl (Prompt on Rose Bowl)
2. The La's, the Boo Radleys, the Wah!, and more recently Atomic Kitten and the Zutons are some of the bands that formed in this English city. Others from this city --once renowned for its seaport -- include A Flock of Seagulls, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Echo and the Bunnymen, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and the Teardrop Explodes. Looking farther back, this city also gave us the Searchers, the Swinging Blue Jeans, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and a little group called the Beatles. All of these artists (and more) come, FTP, from what city, whose residents are called Liverpudlians.

Answer: Liverpool

3. In Germany, they were known as “the rolling Egg” and “the coffin on wheels.” In the MatchBox Twenty video for “Unwell,” lead singer Rob Thomas can be seen driving one, while years earlier it was the first car for Steve Urkel on Family Matters. During the early years of the Berlin Wall, models of it were used to smuggle people between East and West. FTP name this BMW “bubble car” with its signature front-of-the-car door entrance, which personified the mini car.

Answer: BMW Isetta

4. A graduate from CW Woodward High School in Maryland, she graduated from the Naval Academy in 1985 with a degree in aerospace engineering. After receiving her commission, she worked for the Navy Test Pilot School until she attained her current job in 1996. On July 4, 2006, she was involved in a mission which lasted over 300 hours, but it was another “mission” lasting just under ten hours while wearing, among other things, a diaper, a trench coat and a wig that has garnered her unflattering publicity. FTP name this NASA astronaut who allegedly attempted to kidnap a potential rival in a reported love triangle in February 2007.

Answer: Lisa Nowak

5. Brian de Palma has been a victim of this label twice: In 1968, his film “Greetings” was the first to get one while almost twenty years later “Scarface” was spared it a fourth time by an 18-2 vote after three earlier prints earned it. “Medium Cool” got it in 1969 not because of its nudity, but its political leanings. Midnight Cowboy holds the honor of being the only film with this to win Best Picture. Since the 1970s, it gravitated away from “mature” material and is now used for more “adult” material. FTP name this film rating which was replaced by NC-17.

Answer: X rating (DO NOT ACCEPT “XX” or “XXX”)

6. In 1976, this building hosted the Republican National Convention and the 1988 Men’s Final Four, where Kansas beat Oklahoma. It was the home to Hockey’s Scouts, Basketball’s Kings, Tennis’ Explorers and 21st Century Basketball Knights. On June 4, 1979, in an incident similar to the Hartford Convention Center, a portion of its roof collapsed, but no one was injured due to the fact that no events were going on there. FTP name this new home of the AFL’s Kansas City Brigade, an arena named after the founder of a Kansas City based financial group.

Answer: Kemper Arena

7. Pope Julius II in The Agony and the Ecstasy. Grand Duke Cyril Romanov in Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna. Captain Daniel Gregg in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. The Marquees of Finton in The Yellow Rolls Royce. Julius Caesar in Cleopatra. King Mongkut in Anna and the King of Siam. FTP name this British actor who is best known for playing Drs. Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady and Doolittle in the Dr. Doolittle series.

Answer: Rex Harrison

Answer: The View

Answer: Goodnight Moon

Answer: Last Tango in Paris

Answer: “The Giants win the Pennant”

(5 style points, if they answer in the screaming excited way Hodges and McClendon would have)

13. In “The American President,” Andrew Shepherd was worried that a group of Republican supporters were about to buy its products from Bob Rumson before he reminded them he was running for President. Founded by Jay Van Andel and Rich DeVos in 1958, it has focused on multi-level marketing, which was later ruled not to be an illegal pyramid scheme in a 1979 FTC case. Selling everything from cleaning products to jewelry to make-up, name, FTP, this company known for doing things the “American Way.”

Answer: Amway
14. It was during a Boy Scout project being a reader for the blind that he decided to go into the career he’s in now. After graduating from Towson University, he joined the Baltimore Opera before taking on several television roles, one of which included selling over $100 million of fake diamonds on QVC*. The one time host of TBS’s “Worst Case Scenario,” he’s better known for performing such tasks as inseminating a horse, cleaning out septic tanks, burning trash and many others as seen on the Discovery Channel. FTP name this host of Dirty Jobs.

Mike Rowe

(*TD: As if anything on QVC was ever real?)
15. A member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference and headed by President James Harder, it was created in 1899 and has a student body of over 1,100. Its campus contains a replica of the Constellation Earth statue that stands in the Peace Park in Nagasaki. During their spring break, held this year during the first full week of March, their baseball team, nicknamed the Beavers, was to play Eastern Mennonite in Florida when tragedy struck. FTP name this Ohio university who made national news when their bus flew off a bridge in Atlanta, killing four members of their baseball team.

Bluffton University
16. In the off season, he spends his mornings at Greater Atlanta Christian School, where his children attend, as a director of traffic. He made his MLB debut on July 18, 1984, for the St. Louis Cardinals, and ended his career in 1998 for the Kansas City Royals. During that time, he was awarded three major NL awards in the same year, the NL Comeback Player of the Year, the NL Batting Title and the NL MVP, all in 1991, and all for his work in bringing his team from “worst to first.” FTP name this former 3^rd baseman for the Atlanta Braves who is now their hitting coach, a man whose initials are most commonly associated with toilet paper.

Terry Pendleton (prompt on “T.P.”)

18. It seems they may be the official band of Atlanta’s 97.1, The River. Not to be confused with a disastrous NBC “Love Boat” like series with a similar name, they were backed by Dutch millionaire Stanley August Miesegaes. The first members of the band were recruited in Melody Maker by founding member Rick Davies. Over the next decade, the band would create such hits as “Breakfast in America,” “The Logical Song,” and one that was remade by the Goo-Goo Dolls. FTP name this rock band best known for “Give a Little Bit.”

19. In the 1950s, he was a member of the vocal group The Cheers and had a Top 10 hit with “Black Denim Trousers (and Motorcycle Boots). After playing Perchik in the original production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” he made his move to TV. He was known for being able to predict the sex of an unborn child, a feat he usually did to contestants on one of his game shows. He was partner in a production company with Burt Reynolds, which produced a show he hosted in the late 80s and early 90s. FTP name this former game show host of such shows as “Tattletales,” “Super Password,” and “Win, Lose or Draw!”

Bert Convy
20. He starred in the play “A Month of Summers”, which probably only ran for one performance, due to his out-of-character monologue at the end. In a previous play, he played a very effeminate Genie opposite game show host Les Dennis. On television, he found popular success, and was nominated for a BAFTA for his character “Ray”. He is unhappy though that his sitcom, “When the Whistle Blows”, does not match the vision he had for it, but instead relies on crude jokes and the catchphrase “Are you having a laugh? Is she having a laugh?” FTP, name this character whose agent is the inept Darren, whose friend is the daft Maggie, and who broke into show business as a “background actor”, played by Ricky Gervais on “Extras”.

Andy Millman (accept either)
21. THE NAME’S THE SAME- FIRST & LAST REQUIRED- About the only relation to these two other than their names might be their faith and the fact both have been shown on E! One graduated from UC Berkeley and UCLA while the other graduated from Boston University. One met his wife in college while the other met his wife while handling her modeling contracts. One married his wife then divorced her, the other married his wife and never got the chance. One is the legitimate father of three kids, the other claims he’s the father of a six month old child. FTP give the first and last names of the last husband of Anna Nicole Smith and the self purported “King of all Media,” the only other difference between them being the letter “K.”
Howard Stern (DO NOT PROMPT on partial answer)

Bonuses: TBS IV. Franklin, et.al.

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

40- "Hello."

30- "I have glimpsed our future, and all I can say is...go back."

20- "I gave her my heart; she gave me a pen."

10- From a boombox held above a guy's head: "In your eyes".

1- "You can Say Anything to me."

Much to your TD’s chagrin, this power duo from TAR 9 once again is racing for a $1 million after coming in 2^nd the first time to Uchena and Joyce. Wait a second, she’s already won a million on Survivor: All Stars, so what gives!?!?!

From TAR 10 is this couple, a coal miner and his wife from Kentucky, Asides from wearing all sorts of University of Kentucky clothing, they were known as the not so bright third of the “six pack.” Sadly, they’ve been eliminated, so no more Appalachian naiveté.

Coming back from TAR 5 are these cousins, one of whom is waaaaay shorter than the other. But, what one lacks in height the other makes up for in bitchiness, as seen in the Santiago, Chile, airport in episode 3.

Kirk Gibson

Tommie Smith and John Carlos

Brandi Chastain

[readers: please stop player at an appropriate time.]

10: John Densmore, Robby Krieger, and Ray Manzarek

5: and Jim Morrison

The Doors

10: Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce, and Johnny Marr

5: Morrissey

The Smiths

10: Pate Farndon, Martin Chambers, and James Honeyman-Scott

5: and Chrissie Hynde

The Pretenders

5. Given a number with which some player used to hold a significant major league baseball record, FFPE, you tell me the name of the player who now holds the relevant record, and the number with which he holds it.

714

2130

4191 Pete Rose, 4256 [career hits]

6. As I'm sure you all aware, Geico has once again hit gold with an ad campaign. No, not the one involving the insecure caveman, but those involving “hired celebrities.” Given a line mention by one of these celebs, name the celebrity 5-10-20-30

“Mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce….WHOOOOOOOOOO!”

“So I put on some tangerine lip gloss and answered the door.”

Peter Graves

“Lizard licks his eyeball.”

Bert Bacharach

“Payback! This time, it’s for real!”

Don La Fontaine (prompt on “that movie voice guy”)
7 .Careful or you’ll stub your toe! Answer these questions, FTSNOP, about Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing in the Dark:

5- This future Friend was the random audience member that the Boss brought up on the stage

to dance with… what are the chances?

Courtney Cox (Do not Accept Courtney Cox-Arquette)

10- Name the 1984 album on which DITD was originally released.

Born in the USA

15 (5 each) He should have been on extreme makeover… name the three things Bruce wants to

change when he checks his look in the mirror.

Clothes, hair, face
8. Answer the following FTPE about people celebrating birthdays today, March 10th:

When he was born on this date in 1940, deaths from roundhouse kicks spiked 13000%

Chuck Norris

This 1982 Playmate of the Year and wife of Gene Simmons celebrates her 50th birthday today. Regardless, she still looks hot.

Shannon Tweed

Sharing the same birthday with Shannon Tweed is this man, who is also turning 50. We would try to send a card to him, but neither we nor the US Army knows where he is. Afghanistan? Pakistan? Winterville? The world may never know….

40- Bond. James Bond.

30- If the only thing left of you was your smile and your little finger, you'd still be more of a man than anyone I've ever known.

20-And how the hell could Bond be so stupid? I give him double-O status and he celebrates by shooting up an embassy. Is the man deranged? And where the hell is he? In the old days if an agent did something that embarrassing he'd have a good sense to defect. Christ, I miss the Cold War.

10- I'm the money. Bond: Every penny of it.

5- The job’s done and the bitch is dead.

1-That explains why he can host a high stakes poker tournament at CASINO ROYALE.

10. On December 26, 2006, at 1145pm, a lot of people thought they were watching the classic SNL sketch where Dana Carvey, as Tom Brokaw, pre-taped the news of the death of Gerald Ford. Sadly, for the nation and Betty, it was real. Answer the following FSTNOP

FTP where was Brokaw planning to vacation for six months, which led to the pre-taping

Zero for one, five for two, ten for three and fifteen for four, name four of the six ways Gerald Ford could have died while Brokaw was on vacation. NOTE: If suicide is involved, you must be specific. You have ten seconds to answer. (Moderator: be lenient on their answers)

A. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

B. Confessions of an Heiress by Paris Hilton

C. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

12. ID the movie based on clues 40-30-20-10-1

30- It was up for Best Picture in 1994, but lost to the eventual winner, Forest Gump. Among the other films in its company were Four Weddings and a Funeral and Pulp Fiction.

20- Directed by Robert Redford, it cast Rob Morrow in the role of a Congressional oversight lawyer sent to investigate the testimony of a person who allegedly took a dive, play by John Tutturo.

10- That dive was on the program known as “21.” The person he dove to was Charles van Doren, played by Ralph Finnes.  

1- It was based on the QUIZ SHOW scandals of the 1950s.
13. VISUAL BONUS- You normally see them behind the camera, but can you identify them in front of one? Given a picture of a movie director, name him FFPE. You have ten seconds.

                 1-Wes Anderson               4- M. Night Shymalan

                 2- Michael Bay                   5- Alfred Hitchcock

                 3- McG    (accept   Joseph McGinty Nichol)                         6- Frank Capra 

14. ID these game shows that appeared or are appearing on Fox FTPE.

 -This game show, hosted by Chuck Woolery, came out in the early 2000s during the post “Millionaire” game show craze and was known for its Eliminator. It’s now in reruns on GSN, the Network for Games.

Greed

 -This show only lasted one episode. In it, contestants try to come up with as many answers as they could in a given category on the titular item. Still confused? YOU JUST PLAYED IT!!!!

 -This game show, still on the air as of the writing of this question (9:24pm, March 1, 2007), has Jeff Foxworthy as the host seeing if normal people are as intelligent as the title group.

15. Given a line from a Britney Spears’ song back in the days when she was hot and sane, give the song FTSNOP

5-“Oh baby baby, how was I supposed to know, that something wasn’t right here…”

Hit Me Baby One More Time

 10- Too high / can’t come down / Losing my head / Spinning ‘round and ‘round

                                                                Toxic

 15- Your body language says so much / Yeah, I feel it in the way you touch

                                                 Don’t let me be the last to know
16. Given their conference, name the minor conference basketball tournament champs who have already punched their ticket to the Big Dance as of March 4, 2007 , 5-10-20-30.

Atlantic Sun Belmont

Southern Davidson

Missouri Valley Creighton

Big South Winthrop
17. The characters on this show are mostly known by their last names. In fact, so is the show. Given the last name of a character on House, MD, provide their first name FFPE

House Greg or Gregory

Foreman Eric

Chase Robert (DO NOT accept Bob)

Cameron Allison

Cuddy Lisa

Wilson James

18. History of hockey anyone? While they weren't truly the first six members of the National Hockey League, the so-called Original Six -- with two teams in Canada and four in the States -- made up the entire NHL between 1942 and 1967. For five points each, name the six arenas in which those hockey teams played during that period.

Answers: Boston Garden

Chicago Stadium

Detroit Olympia (or Olympia Stadium)

In this trick you do the sleeper and then allow the yo-yo to touch the floor and proceed forward.

This half of a comedy duo is also known as the “yo-yo” man

20. Answer the questions related to chess FTPE

Each player has two of these men of the cloth who can move diagonally in any direction

Bishops

This occurs when a player’s only move would be to move their King into check when the King is not currently in check

This is the term for capturing your opponent’s pawn when it moves two squares to start as if it had moved one.

21. FTSNOP: Answer the following musical questions:

5: Who you gonna call?

Ghostbusters

5: Are we not men?

10: What do you see when you turn out the light?

10: What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson?

One Pair

Straight

Four of a Kind