Zak McKracken and a fragment of the meteor from

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   In one appearance, this character claims to be “Lord Robert McFalfa.” While in an office, this character looks at a crystal shard from Zak McKracken and a fragment of the meteor from Maniac Mansion. He obtains Plato’s Hermocrates after receiving instruction from the god Nur-Ab-Sal. In that appearance, this character’s opponent falls victim to a “tenfold error” and is turned into a monster after using a device incorrectly. In one appearance, he is recruited by CIA agent Sophia Hapgood, and ends up confronting Dr. Hans Ubermann and Nazi agent Klaus Kerner. This character can get killed if he chooses to punch Hitler in one game instead of getting his autograph. This character was the protagonist of a game involving the Infernal Machine and another about the Fate of Atlantis. For 10 points, name this character whose video game appearances include NES adaptations of Temple of Doom.
   

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   This event was predicted by a cartoon showing one figure’s severed head bouncing towards the castle of Judas and Brutus. James Farmer put the blame for this event on drug dealers, while some conspiracy theorists use the “Second Man” theory to blame it on a police operative, citing the fact only one bodyguard was in the room when it happened. This event resulted in the conviction of Talmadge Hayer, although he insisted he was not the primary shooter, who used a shotgun. Afterwards, this event’s victim was eulogized by actor Ossie Davis. Taking place in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom, it was described as an example of the target getting “just what he preached” by Elijah Muhammad, while Louis Farrakhan called the target a “traitor.” For 10 points, name this February 1965 event in which a former leader of the Nation of Islam was killed, apparently by members of that group.
   

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   In one of this company’s advertisements, parents make an adjustment after seeing their daughter use a hose to shoot water into their son’s pants. It produced an ad in which a man is disgusted by his friend having a lower back tattoo of the word “Player.” One of this company’s commercials has a man objecting to the nickname “Pookie,” while another has a father note to his daughter, “maybe you should have uglier friends.” It produced an ad where a waitress confuses Charles Barkley for Dwayne Wade’s father. An apparently annoying commercial for this company has a spokeswoman singing “1, 2, Kalamazoo, 3, 4, Jersey Shore.” Originally using Catherine Zeta-Jones as a spokeswoman, it now uses the pink clad Carly Foulkes. For 10 points, name this phone company with the slogan “Get more,” which produces the MyTouch 4G.
   

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   After a double pinfall in December 1999, this wrestler and Chris Jericho became co-Intercontinental champions for 20 days, something the WWE does not recognize as an official reign. The author of the autobiography If They Only Knew, this wrestler’s debut at In Your House 13 involved emerging from the audience and strangling Goldust’s manager. At WrestleMania 17, this competitor came back from a neck injury to squash a member of Right to Censor in a championship match. Jeff Jarrett reportedly demanded a $300,000 bonus to lose his Intercontinental title to this wrestler at the 1999 No Mercy event. With Rick Rude, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels, this wrestler was the fourth member of the original D-Generation X. Along with Sean Waltman, this wrestler made a film whose Asian location leads to a double entendre title. For 10 points, name this female wrestler noted for her sex tape and troubled personal life.
   

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   One holder of this post wrote the “Honeymoon telegrams” cajoling his subordinates while on his Parisian honeymoon. After serving in this post, that man chaired a commission to investigate the Watts riots. While working in Turkey in 1921, one future holder of this post exposed the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as a forgery. Another holder of this post was embarrassed by the 1970’s release of the “Family Jewels” reports. During the “Halloween Massacre” in the Ford administration, William Colby was removed from this post and replaced by George H.W. Bush. A more recent holder of this post wrote the memoir At the Center of the Storm, which was contested by Condoleeza Rice, and is named George Tenet. The most famous man to hold this non-Cabinet post authorized Operations PBSUCCESS and Ajax in Guatemala and Iran. For 10 points, name this position whose longest-serving member was Allen Dulles.
   

6. 
   It isn’t Michigan, but this university’s basketball team was coached by a man noted for his “Iron Five” strategy of using no substitutions. That coach, “Cappy” Cappon, had such players as future Sports Illustrated writer Frank Deford. This college beat UCLA in the last game the Bruins were coached by Jim Harrick. It was the first head coaching job for current Georgetown coach John Thompson III and Northwestern coach Bill Carmody. One point away from beating #1 seeded Georgetown in 1989, this team’s only player to be in the Hall of Fame is future Knicks star Bill Bradley. In the last two seasons, it defeated Penn in the final game of the season, with the more recent win putting Harvard into the NCAA tournament. Under coach Pete Carril (KAH-rill), it used a namesake offense that emphasized constant motion and back-door cuts. For 10 points, name this Ivy League school known as the “Tigers.”
   

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   In one scene in this work, a mother’s reminiscences begin with a line about a figure “who leaves home in the early morning, waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile.” The second act begins with a character saying she’s “nobody’s fool and yet it’s clear” that she doesn’t have a strategy as she has a nightmare about three men. A bartender named Pepper flirts with one character, who notes “I can dance with you honey, if you think it’s funny.” One character in this work led a girl group called the Dynamos; that character ultimately marries Sam, while Harry turns out to be a gay relationship. This work, which is set on an island named Kalokairi, begins with Sophie about to marry Sky, but in an attempt to figure out who her father is, invites three old lovers of her mother to the wedding. Rosie sings “Take a Chance on Me” to Bill, while Tanya and Rosie try to cheer up Donna by singing “Dancing Queen.” For 10 points, name this musical based on the songs of ABBA.
   

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   In one film, this woman played a character who wishes to hire a social secretary and accidentally acquires a governess played by Frances McDormand. In another movie, her character, Ashley Johnsten, believes a baby will solve her marital problems, only to give birth to a stillborn child. Besides playing the goofily named “Delysia Lafosse” in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, this actress sings the song “Me Party” after her character is left alone is Los Angeles. In that role, her character is from “Smalltown” and dates the Jason Segel played Gary, who is devoted to his brother Walter, a Muppet. This actress played a woman who falls in love with the Patrick Dempsey played attorney Robert after being dropped in New York City by the villainous Queen Narissa. For 10 points, name this red-headed actress best known for perky roles like Princess Giselle in Enchanted.
   

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   One object used in this character’s business was designed in a group project after the death of actor Herve Villechaize. Proudly sharing a birthday with Van Cliburn, he tries to destroy the ventriloquist’s dummy Chip in revenge for a childhood trauma. This character has a father who flirted with a Filipino caterer at this man’s wedding and later is found working at a gay rodeo. Frequently using the alias “Rusty Shackleford,” he enjoys smoking Manitoba brand cigarettes. While trying to kill a rat, this character discovers Chuck Mangione is living at the Megalo Mart store. He has a son named Joseph, who was conceived out of his wife Nancy’s incredibly obvious affair with John Redcorn. This man runs an extermination business, but reflecting his beliefs, does not pay any income taxes. For 10 points, name this conspiracy nut and neighbor of Hank Hill on the show King of the Hill.
   

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    In an exhibition game with a minor league team, this manager punched out pitcher Bob Reynolds, whom he had cut during spring training. This manager cried after removing a catcher during the middle of an inning after the seventh stolen base of the game. He left one city after Bill DeWitt reportedly considered him an “old thirty” and after being arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. This non pitcher’s trade was what Susan Sarandon’s character in Bull Durham referenced when she said “bad trades are a part of baseball.” After being traded to the American League for Milt Pappas, he won the Triple Crown in 1966. The first black manager in the majors, he was managing the Montreal Expos when they moved to Washington. For 10 points, name this outfielder who won MVP awards while playing for both the Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles.
    

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    In a novel, this character is drowned in the Florida Everglades and a dead baby alligator is sent to his employer. The son of a drunken carpenter, he saved his future “brother” in Hell’s Kitchen by killing a violent man selling switchblades. This man’s son, Andrew, who becomes a priest, appears in one film, in which this character’s duties are now being carried out by B.J. Harrison. While visiting someone in prison, this man wistfully notes how when plots against the Emperor failed, the plotters’ families were saved. He suggests to Frankie “Five Angels” that the latter man kill himself and informs Tessio that he cannot get him off the hook. This character is called “my Kraut mick friend” by Jack Woltz, a movie producer reluctant to cast the godson of this man’s employer and surrogate father, Vito Corleone. For 10 points, name this consigliere played by Robert Duvall in The Godfather films
    

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    On a fictionalized depiction of this show, one character asks “why would there be a ghost in my fridge?” Andy Richter was continually rumored to host a revival of this show, which was passed on by CBS in favor of The Talk. A famous clip of this show features William Shatner throwing a chair in anger. In many episodes of this show, the “7-11” or “Super Six” would result in a bonus prize given out. Hosted by John Davidson in 1991, it is currently running on GSN and hosted by Mike Richards. In an episode of Friends, Joey goes on this Donny Osmond hosted show. This show generally had a numerical value, such as $25,000 or $100,000, appended to its title, and in the bonus round, a list would be given to make contestants identify six categories. For 10 points, name this game show most frequently hosted by Dick Clark, in which contestants tried to climb the title object in the Winner’s Circle.
    

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    This incident is the subject of the first chapter of Charles Perrow’s book about “living with high risk technologies,” and a class action lawsuit filed in its wake was finally dismissed almost twenty years later by Judge Sylvia Rambo. It was investigated by a commission headed by Dartmouth president John Kemeny, which heavily blamed the company Babcock & Wilcox. During it, Governor Dick Thornburgh ordered the evacuation of pre-school age children and pregnant women from the immediate area. This event occurred twelve days after the release of the similarly themed film, The China Syndrome. It reportedly resulted in 40,000 gallons of radioactive waste being dumped into the Susquehanna River. For 10 points, name this partial nuclear meltdown which occurred in 1979 at the namesake power plant in Pennsylvania.
    

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    First and last name needed. Along with Joe Adelman, this was the name of the 1999 inductee into the Omar Q. Beckins Hall of Fame. One actor with this name had a recurring bit as a confetti-throwing partygoer on Laugh-In. That man also played the adult comedic foil for a Danny Bonaduce played kid musician. This was the name of the actor who played Partridge Family manager Reuben Kincaid. Another man with this name co-authored the 2010 catalogue raisonne of artist Richard Anuszkiewicz and hiked the United States to raise funds for the Fisher House Foundation. That man with this name once recalled being recognized while birdwatching in Northwestern Ghana, “albeit by someone from New Jersey.” This is the name of the man whose 19 game winning streak was finally broken by Ken Jennings on Jeopardy! For 10 points, name this person, the inimitable founder and executive director of the National History Bowl and Bee.
    

15. 
    One character in this movie says “attention must be paid,” while noting “a lot of shit went down in this apartment.” Near the end of this film, a character quotes Beethoven by saying “Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours,” a quotation from Love Letters of Great Men, Volume I. While visiting Mexico, one character inadvertently swallows some water in the shower, causing her to become ill and “Poughkeepsie in her pants.” The protagonist of this film hires Louise, an assistant played by Jennifer Hudson. A key scene involves the protagonist going to pick up a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes and encountering her future husband. This movie ends with Samantha Jones’ fiftieth birthday, shortly after the protagonist has finally married the Chris Noth played “Mr. Big.” For 10 points, name this 2008 film, the first big-screen adaptation of a television series starring Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw.
    

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    This character murdered Carl Beaumont on orders of Salvatore Valestra, whom this man also later murders. He forces Charlie Collins to do him a favor after Collins yells at him and then tries to destroy a casino after claiming copyright infringement. In one episode, this character is responsible for mutating newsman Jack Ryder into the Creeper, while in a movie, he is the final target of the vigilante known as Phantasm. In one of his later appearances, he survives in the future of Terry McGinnis by mentally transforming nemesis Tim Drake into a replica of himself. This character’s sidekick had her origin revealed in the episode Mad Love and was a former psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum. He is voiced in many appearances by Mark Hamill. For 10 points, name this character whose sidekick is the female Harley Quinn, the chief nemesis of Batman.
    

17. 
    These figures are led by Chief Vanuatu and one of them is in love with Trixie, a Giraffe-Necked Girl. They have been studied by Jeffrey Meldrum, who has studied things like the Snookum cast. These figures received their common name in an article about Raymond Wallace’s construction company in the Humboldt Times. In A Goofy Movie, one of these figures shows up after Goofy demonstrates the Perfect Cast fishing technique, and the title characters begin the game Sam and Max Hit the Road by being hired to find a missing one. One of them is thought to appear in the Patterson-Gimlin film, despite accusations of fakery. Examples of these figures are the subject of the films The Legend of Boggy Creek and Harry and the Hendersons. A recent Jack Link’s Beef Jerky campaign is about “messin’ with” one of these creatures. For 10 points, name this apelike creature thought to exist in North America.
    

18. 
    One man with this surname names a 1971 amendment allowing the U.S. to import chrome from Rhodesia. Another politician with this surname was the only one beside Kennedy or Nixon to receive electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election. That senator with this name supported Governor Thomas Stanley’s plan to shut down integrated schools as part of this man’s policy of “massive resistance.” That man led a namesake “Organization” that dominated Virginia politics from the 1920’s and 1930’s. The most famous senator with this surname proclaimed “Today I weep for my country” in response to the Iraq war in 2003 and said his greatest mistake was becoming a member of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940’s. That man with this surname was succeeded by Daniel Inouye as president pro tempore upon his death on June 28, 2010. For 10 points, give the surname of the longest-serving senator of all time, West Virginia’s Robert.
    

19. 
    This character describes “an English tailor” who has stolen “out of a French hose” and a farmer who hung himself on the expectation of plenty. He makes his first appearance after someone suggests “a little water clears us of this deed.” After complaining about coldness, this character abandons one fantasy even though he wanted to contemplate “all professions that go the primrose way.” This character was called “disgusting” by Coleridge, who suggested it was just an interpolation of the performers, and he presses for a tip by noting “I pray you, remember” [this character]. He notes that drink provokes three things: nose painting, sleep, and urine. This character compares himself to working at “Hell Gate” when he hears knocking. In his only scene, he welcomes Lennox and MacDuff shortly before the discovery of King Duncan’s murder. For 10 points, name this man who guards the gate, a comical figure in Macbeth.
    

20. 
    At one point, this former owner of the Tivoli and Orleans Clubs was appointed a deputy sheriff and fortified a City Hall to combat the state militia called out by Populist Governor Davis Hanson Waite. In the comics, a figure based on this man gives Uncle Scrooge a dishonest loan during Scrooge’s prospecting days. Killed in a waterfront showdown with the “Committee of 101,” this man ran a saloon in Skagway and set up a fake telegraph office. He earned his nickname for running a racket in which he would auction off bars of a certain product supposedly containing money, although only his shills won. Originally the legendary crime boss of Denver, this man moved north after the Klondike Gold Rush and was killed during the shootout on Juneau Wharf. For 10 points, name this notorious western con man whose nickname was “Soapy.”
    

[10] Name this woman, who recently played Rolling Stone reporter Constance Sack in the film Rock of Ages. Her most high-profile role has been as Laurie, the Silk Spectre in the Watchmen movie.

ANSWER: Malin Maria Akerman

[10] Akerman plays the annoying wife of the title character in the 2007 version of The Heartbreak Kid, which starred this actor, also noted for playing Gay Focker in the Meet the Parents series.

ANSWER: Benjamin Edward “Ben” Stiller

[10] Akerman is apparently set to play Linda Lovelace in the upcoming film Inferno. Lovelace is best known for appearing in this 1972 pornographic film in which a Harry Reems played doctor helps her develop oral sex skills.

ANSWER: Deep Throat
2. This character adopts the children of Charlotte Cooper, a midwife. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this woman from Massachusetts who moves to Colorado Springs and begins a romance with the outdoorsman Byron Sully. She was the protagonist of a popular 1990’s program.

ANSWER: Dr. Michaela Quinn [accept either, accept Mike]

[10] Jane Seymour, who played Dr. Quinn, recently guest starred on this ABC detective series in which the Nathan Fillion played mystery author becomes a real life detective.

ANSWER: Castle

[10] This actor played storekeeper Loren Bray on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. A humorist and Broadway actor, he recently played Roy Bender on Desperate Housewives and had a memorable guest role as Robin’s older boyfriend, Bob, on the How I Met Your Mother episode “Slapsgiving.”

ANSWER: Orson Bean
3. Identify the following quizbowl luminaries based on interesting descriptions on the “Definitive Greatest Players List” for 5 points each.

[5] “Solid. Won lots of tournaments.”

ANSWER: Andrew Yaphe

[5] “Possibly the most dominant single-category player ever to touch the buzzer, a master of geography.”

ANSWER: Jeff Hoppes [accept “me” if Jeff Hoppes answers]

[5] “He does mow down his questions with icy efficiency.”

ANSWER: Andrew Ullsperger

[5] “An up-and-comer who loves astrophysics and Heinrich Boll.”

ANSWER: Jerry Vinokurov

[5] “The meanest man in the game, in more ways than one.”

ANSWER: Ed Cohn

[5] “The spite that fuels him will catapult him up this list in the near future when he returns to school.”

ANSWER: Matt Lafer [accept “me” if Matt Lafer answers]
4. This character records enthused advertisements for Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor, which he describes as “crizappy.” For 10 points each:

[10] Name this arrogant newsman, the idol of the weird Matthew Brock. He eventually dies of a heart attack, saddening his colleagues such as Lisa Miller and Dave Nelson.

ANSWER: Evelyn William “Bill” McNeal [accept any part]

[10] Bill McNeal was a character on NewsRadio, a sitcom which starred Maura Tierney as Lisa. Tierney went on to play Abby on this medical drama, which gave George Clooney his breakout role as Dr. Doug Ross.

ANSWER: ER

[10] Tierney also recently played Susan California, the wife of Robert California on The Office. This actor plays Robert California, the character intended to replace Michael Scott on the show.

ANSWER: James Todd Spader
5. This man was criticized for his relationship with his octoroon slave, Julia Chinn. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this Senator from Kentucky who was the only Vice President to be elected by the Senate after failing to earn a majority of votes in the Electoral College. He claimed to personally kill Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames.

ANSWER: Richard Mentor Johnson [or “Dick Johnson”]

[10] Johnson served as the Vice President to this man, the successor to Andrew Jackson, who eventually lost the presidency to William Henry Harrison and the Whigs.

ANSWER: Martin Van Buren

[10] During the War of 1812, this Canadian woman warned British forces of an attack prior to the Battle of Beaver Dams. A national heroine in Canada, she names a chocolate company and eventually received 100 pounds from the Prince of Wales in 1860.

ANSWER: Laura Secord
6. This man was the subject of the documentary The Line King. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this man, best known for his caricatures he performed for various magazines. He notably performed simple black and white caricatures to accompany the Broadway reviews in the New York Times.

ANSWER: Albert Hirschfeld

[10] One segment in Fantasia 2000 uses animation inspired by Hirschfeld’s drawings. The animation was set to the piece Rhapsody in Blue, which was composed by this American.

ANSWER: George Gershwin

[10] Hirschfeld also notably caricatured the Algonquin Round Table, including this acerbic woman. The namesake of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s production company, she wrote New Yorker book reviews and made the famous crack “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.”

ANSWER: Dorothy Parker
7. This film is dedicated to Johnny Carson. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this documentary about the famous dirty joke in which a man walks into a talent agent’s office and describes how he and his family perform a shocking act filled with obscene behavior.

ANSWER: The Aristocrats

[10] In the documentary, this comedian tells a memorable version of the joke at a roast for Hugh Hefner, choosing to tell the joke after a mixed reaction to a 9/11 joke. He famously successfully bluffed six straight times on an episode of Hollywood Squares.

ANSWER: Gilbert Gottfried

[10] During Sarah Silverman’s telling of the joke, she makes it seem semi-autobiographical and says she was raped by this veteran New York talk show host, who contemplated suing in response. This man, the oft-mocked “king of nostalgia,” hosted a show from 1951 to 1993.

ANSWER: Joe Franklin [accept Joseph Fortgang]
8. This man reported on Project Azorian, the CIA’s attempt to raise a Soviet submarine using Howard Hughes’ Glomar Explorer. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this Pulitzer winning journalist who exposed the My Lai Massacre and its cover-up in 1969. He also revealed much of the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in 2004.

ANSWER: Seymour Myron Hersh

[10] Hersh wrote the controversial book The Dark Side of Camelot about this former president. According to the book, this president regularly used narcotics and had a close relationship with mob bosses.

ANSWER: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

[10] Some of Hersh’s reports helped lead to the creation of a 1975 committee chaired by this Idaho Senator to investigate intelligence gathering activities. This man was the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee from 1979 to 1981 and co-sponsored two efforts to curtail the Vietnam War.

ANSWER: Frank Forrester Church III
9. The protagonist of this play claims her dead parents are on a world cruise. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this play in which the protagonist, Deborah, awakens from a comatose state after thirty years, thus having the mind of a teenager and the body of a middle-aged woman. Her sister and brother-in-law attempt to help her adjust to her new life.

ANSWER: A Kind of Alaska

[10] A Kind of Alaska is written by this English author whose other plays include The Dumb Waiter and The Birthday Party.

ANSWER: Harold Pinter

[10] The 1978 Pinter play, Betrayal, which deals with an extramarital affair is notable because productions of it use this “gimmick” in telling the story. The Seinfeld episode “The Betrayal” is filmed in the same way.

ANSWER: reverse chronology [accept backwards time, anything to suggest events happen in reverse order]
10. Wikipedia claims this film features Cobie Smulders as “beautiful eye candy in car.” For 10 points each:

[10] Name this film in which Chris Vaughn returns to his hometown in Washington state, only to find it under the control of criminals. Vaughn uses a piece of lumber as a club and deputizes Ray, played by Johnny Knoxville.

ANSWER: Walking Tall

[10] The lead in Walking Tall is played by this actor, a wrestler who has recently appeared in a string of kids movies such as The Game Plan, Race to Witch Mountain, and Tooth Fairy.

ANSWER: Dwayne Douglas Johnson [accept the Rock]

[10] The original inspiration for Walking Tall was this real life Tennessee sheriff, who died in a car accident before he could appear as himself in the original Walking Tall movie, leaving Joe Don Baker to play this man instead.

ANSWER: Buford Hayse Pusser
11. Noted Cody Voight favorite Mary McCormack played aggressive lawyer Justine Appleton on this show. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this critically praised Steven Bochco series about the Hoffman and Associates law firm. Its initial gimmick was that the entire season would follow one trial, although this was later changed to feature various in-season arcs.

ANSWER: Murder One

[10] The D.A. on Murder One was played by Gregory Itzin, who would later play President Logan on this action series starring Kiefer Sutherland that had seasons chronicle just one day.

ANSWER: 24

[10] Bochco also created NYPD Blue, whose most famous character is probably this tough-talking, conservative cop played by Dennis Franz throughout the entire series run.

ANSWER: Andrew “Andy” Sipowicz [accept any part]
12. It’s opening day for the 1993 Colorado Rockies. For 10 points each:

[10] The catcher for the team is this man, who also played for the Yankees and Cubs. He won Manager of the Year while leading the Florida Marlins and now leads the New York Yankees.

ANSWER: Joseph Elliot Girardi

[10] The first baseman was not Todd Helton, but this man, a slugger known as the “Big Cat.” He won two Comeback Player of the Year awards, the second in 2000 after missing 1999 due to lymphatic cancer.

ANSWER: Andres Jose Padovani Galarraga

[10] The first Rockies TV play by play man, this currently works with Mike Krukow as a broadcaster for the Giants. As a player with the Indians and Giants, he holds the major league record for most at-bats with exactly one homer.

ANSWER: Duane Eugene Kuiper
13. Answer the following about a notorious incident in WCW history for 10 points each.

[10] At Clash of the Champions XXIV, Sting revealed his new mystery partner in an upcoming eight-man tag match. This wrestler emerged by falling down and sliding across the floor. He also looked ridiculous because he was wearing a painted Stormtrooper helmet and a black vest.

ANSWER: The Shockmaster [accept Fred Ottman, accept Tugboat, accept Typhoon]

[10] The “Shockmaster incident” occurred during a fake talk show segment hosted by this man. The “Nature Boy,” he enjoyed great success for many companies and has such catch phrases as “Woo!” and “To be the man, you gotta beat the man!”

ANSWER: Ric Flair [accept Richard Morgan Fliehr]

[10] The event was also meant to feature a tag match with the “Hollywood Blonds,” a duo of “Stunning” Steve Austin and this man, who got injured beforehand. This wrestler became more noted for his “loose cannon” gimmick, which involved pulling a gun on Austin during a controversial segment when they were both in the WWF.

ANSWER: Brian William Pillman
14. Answer the following about the German Navy in World War II for 10 points each.

[10] A German battleship with this name sank the HMS Hood at the Battle of Denmark Strait. This ship, named after the chancellor instrumental in German unification, was sunk itself a few days after sinking the Hood.

ANSWER: Bismarck [accept Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck]

[10] The sister ship of the Bismarck was named for this man, an Admiral who served as Secretary of State of the German Imperial Navy Office from 1897 to 1916. He turned the Navy into a powerful force utilizing his namesake plan and eventually turning to submarine warfare.

ANSWER: Alfred von Tirpitz

[10] During the war, this colloquial term was applied to the period of 1940-41 and most of 1942. Also known as the “American shooting season” or “Operation Drumbeat,” this two-word phrase referred to a period beloved by German submariners for their ability to run rampant against merchant shipping.

ANSWER: First or Second Happy Time
15. Answer the following about the “Friends of Coal Bowl” for 10 points each.

[10] The bowl was a series of in-state rivalry games played between these two universities as sponsored by a coal industry trade group. One of the schools is currently led by quarterback Geno Smith, while the other has had such famous alums as Randy Moss and Chad Pennington.

ANSWER: West Virginia University AND Marshall University [need both, accept Mountaineers and Thundering Herd]

[10] This man, West Virginia’s athletic director, said the series is unlikely to renew. His son, Andrew, is now the quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts and enjoyed a strong college career at Stanford.

ANSWER: Oliver Francis Luck

[10] Under coach Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia appeared in five bowl games, beginning with the 2002 edition of this bowl, at the time known as the Continental Tire Bowl. Last year featured Louisville defeating North Carolina State in this bowl.

ANSWER: Belk Bowl [accept Meineke Car Care Bowl or Queen City Bowl]
16. This play ends with Anthony Anderson bargaining to save the life of the protagonist. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this play in which the protagonist, Dick Dudgeon, is almost executed on order by John Burgoyne in place of Anderson, who is a rebel officer in the American Revolution.

ANSWER: The Devil’s Disciple

[10] The Devil’s Disciple was one of this author’s Three Plays for Puritans. His better known works are Mrs. Warren’s Profession and Pygmalion.

ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw

[10] Besides the presumably awesome Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, this is the other Shaw play that is part of Three Plays for Puritans. This work of historical fiction features the murder of the nurse, Ftatateeta, and begins with the god Ra addressing the audience.

ANSWER: Caesar and Cleopatra
17. This man was expelled from Princeton for participating in a student rebellion. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this Secretary of State who succeeded Daniel Webster in 1843. During his tenure, he worked very closely with a Texas ambassador to secure the annexation of the Republic of Texas and died during the 1844 U.S.S. Princeton explosion.

ANSWER: Abel Parker Upshur

[10] Upshur served in the Cabinet under this president, the successor to William Henry Harrison. The father of this president’s future wife also died in the explosion.

ANSWER: John Tyler

[10] The Princeton disaster also killed Tyler’s Secretary of the Navy, which allowed John Y. Mason to take over the job. Mason would later serve as minister to France and join James Buchanan and Pierre Soule in drawing up this 1854 document advocating that the U.S. purchase Cuba from Spain.

ANSWER: Ostend Manifesto
18. This song was written by William Saroyan and based on an Armenian folk tune. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this song that became a major 1951 hit for Rosemary Clooney. The simple lyrics of this song are about inviting someone over for candy, a Christmas tree, and an Easter egg.

ANSWER: “Come on a My House”

[10] Saroyan wrote the song with Ross Bagdasarian, who created this fictional trio of animals named Alvin, Simon, and Theodore for a song in which Alvin requests a hula hoop for Christmas.

ANSWER: The Chipmunks

[10] Bagdasarian used this stage name for his songwriting. In the context of the Chipmunks, this figure is the adoptive father and stage manager of the Chipmunks, and gets irate at Alvin’s antics.

ANSWER: David “Dave” Seville [accept any part]
19. This polity existed for less than a year and consisted of land formerly part of the Sanjak of Alexandretta. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this entity that soon after became a province of Turkey. Its existence was meant to thwart it becoming part of the French Mandate of Syria, and it may be best known for being the country where the Holy Grail is found in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, although the temple scenes were filmed in Jordan.

ANSWER: Hatay State [accept Republic of Hatay]

[10] The flag for the Hatay State was designed by this man, the first president of Turkey whose familiar surname means “Father of the Turks.”

ANSWER: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk [accept either part]

[10] This 1923 treaty signed in Switzerland defined the borders of modern Turkey and formally ended the war between Turkey and the allied powers from the 1910’s.

ANSWER: Treaty of Lausanne
20. In this game, after completing the word “Greed,” a bookcase will turn, allowing access to the vault. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this game, the best selling pinball game since the 1930’s. Based on a movie, the game featured a hand that would store the ball when it landed in an appropriate spot.

ANSWER: The Addams Family

[10] This character would giggle and call you a “funny guy” if you tilted the machine in the game. Played by Raul Julia in the film, he is the mustachioed patriarch of the Addams Family.

ANSWER: Gomez Addams

[10] A number of pinball machines were produced by this company, whose more notable coin-op games included BurgerTime, Bad Dudes, and Karnov, whose title character became their mascot.