2003 TRASHionals
Round 10: It's not just a round, it's a state of mind. No, on second thought, it is just a round. Sorry.
Tossups
- Born in 1080, he vowed to marry Richildis Gurney upon his return from the Crusades, but instead participated in the falls of Antioch and Jerusalem, fathered a child with a Syrian woman named Mariam, and sailed the Mediterranian, not returning to England until 1120. Richildis had wed, and lacking direction, a chance encounter with a prior led to a new path. His knowledge of herbs became of great use in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, located in Shrewsbury. Name, for ten points, this Welshman and monk, whose crime-solving skills were showcased in 20 mysteries by Ellis Peters?
ANSWER: Brother Cadfael or Cadfael ap Meilyr ap Dafydd - In 2003, this actor wrote the children’s book Hank Zipzer: The Mostly True Confessions of the World’s Best Underachiever, based loosely on his struggles with dyslexia. A graduate of Emerson College, he debuted in the 1974 film The Lords of Flatbush. The director of the film flop Cop and a Half, he currently serves as executive producer on both WinTuition and Hollywood Squares. For ten points, name this actor, best known for playing the Fonz on Happy Days.
ANSWER: Henry Winkler - Loosely based on an early Dean Koontz novel, Dr. Alex Harris builds sentient supercomputer Proteus 4 to help him with his research. Proteus extends his influence to Harris's home laboratory, then his automated house, and eventually fixates on Harris's wife Alex. For not-so-clear reasons, Proteus holds Alex captive in the house and plans to impregnate her. For ten points, name this 1975 movie starring Fritz Weaver and Julie Christie, parodied in The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror 12."
ANSWER: The Demon Seed - In 2000, PepsiCo Vice-Chairman Robert H. Morrison described it as the "biggest enemy." The next year, Coca-Cola found itself in a public relations flap when a company website trumpeting its joint effort with the Olive Garden to reduce its "incidence" was widely publicized online and in a New York Times article. Oddly enough, both PepsiCo and Coca-Cola sell packaged versions of this product, competing brands of which include Ozark Springs and Evian. For ten points, name this product targeted in Coke's "H2NO" [h-two-know] program.
ANSWER: water (accept tap water until "Ozark Springs," since Dasani and Aquafina are both purified tap water.) - In 1999 and 2003, use of this song in campaign ads prompted lawsuits by Universal Music against Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party. Comparing life to a cruel party just like Cain and Abel, it advises to reach for the title object 'cause your name is on it, at least in the Spanglish version, which retains the lyrics "Go, go, go. Ale [ah-LAY], ale, ale." For ten points, name this official song of the 1998 World Cup, from the album Vuelve by Ricky Martin, whose title means "Cup of Life."
ANSWER: Copa de la Vida (accept "The Cup of Life" before it is mentioned) - They were founded in late 1994 by two Buffalo fans, and made their public debut at a 1995 U.S. Cup game against Nigeria. Their 34-track "song list" includes Monty Python’s "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" and "You’ll Never Beat the U.S." Named in tribute to the supporters of the Scottish national team, they can usually be found behind one of the goals, dressed in all red. For ten points, name these unofficial supporters of the U.S. National Soccer Team, regulars at every U.S. National team game.
ANSWER: Sam’s Army - The NBA cited a current weapons charge and a lawsuit against his former record label, Untertainment, while he says the NBA didn't want rap. Untertainment used the NBA logo to promote S.D.E., the follow-up to Confessions of Fire, the debut album for this rapper of "3-5-7" and "Hey Ma," whose most recent release is Come Home with Me. For ten points, the NBA nixed what man performing live at the All-Star Game's halftime show on Mariah Carey's "Boy (I Need You)," a remake of his song "Oh Boy?"
ANSWER: Cam'ron or Cameron Giles
- It was the creation of brothers Douglas and Ralph Herrick, who made the first one in 1932 in their Casper, Wyoming taxidermy shop after mistakenly sliding a dead rabbit up against a pair of deer horns. Trademarked by Wyoming in 1965, 20 years later the state’s governor declared the state its official home. To hunt this "creature," you must have an IQ of between 50 and 72, and can only hunt on June 31st between midnight and two a.m. For ten points, name this peculiar, legendary creature, half rabbit and half pronghorn antelope.
ANSWER: Jackalope - Exotic dancer Taylor Martin has been stalking this man, sending him notes signed "Kanga," while her business partner, Vernon Hopkins, wrote this man a note signed “Phantom,” telling him not to wear three-quarter pants. He plans to move to Europe and has replaced coach Dough Frost with Tracy Menzies, all the while planning to retire after the 2004 Olympics, where he hopes to defeat his current archrival, Dutchman Pieter van der Hoogenband. For ten points, name this Australian swimming star.
ANSWER: Ian Thorpe - (AUDIO) Given a piece of dialogue from a 1984 film, name it, for ten points. (Track 21)
ANSWER: Ghostbusters - When he was four, he wanted to be a ballerina, because he liked the word. A Fulbright scholar and graduate of Harvard and Yale, he worked as Earl Brennan’s chief of staff and floor manager to the House Minority Whip. A man who likes his sandwiches burned, his father died of cancer just as he helped Josiah Bartlett win the Illinois primary. Shot in the chest during the Rosslyn assassination attempt, he has a collapsed lung. For ten points, name this Deputy Chief of Staff on The West Wing, played by Bradley Whitford.
ANSWER: JoshLyman (accept either first or last name) - Both Leonard Nimoy on The Touch of Leonard Nimoy and Jimi Hendrix for Are You Experienced? wear one on the album covers. Pierre Cardin introduced a modern version and gave it to Sammy Davis Jr., who claimed to have over 200 of this item. Replacing the conventional suit, it lacked a lapel, using instead a banded collar. For ten points, name this '60s fashion item named for an Indian prime minister.
ANSWER: Nehru jacket - He once missed an August baseball game due to frostbite. When asked about allegations that 50 percent of major league players use steroids, he said he didn’t, so that’s 49 percent right there. Debuting in 1979, one year later he stole 100 bases, and in 1982 broke the single-season record for stolen bases when he swiped 130. In 2001, he finished his season by garnering his 3000th career hit. For ten points, name this legendary leadoff hitter, baseball’s career leader in runs, walks and stolen bases.
ANSWER: Rickey Henderson - It was the first film to sweep the three major awards at the Cannes Film Festival - Best Actor, Best Director and the Palme D’Or. This 1991 movie tells the story of a left-wing writer brought to 1941 Hollywood to write a wrestling picture for Wallace Beery. Holed up in a fleabag hotel with writer’s block, the main character is distracted by everything from southern writer John Mahoney to jovial salesman-with-a-secret John Goodman. This describes, for ten points, what Coen Brothers film, starring John Turturro in the title role?
ANSWER: Barton Fink - The fallout from this event includes Quasar taking a leave of absence. Events in this storyline include the recovery of the nega-bands from the tomb of Mar-Vell, Liliandra's advisor Araki being revealed as a Skrull, and the detonation of the nega-bomb which destroys most of the Kree Empire. The Supreme Intelligence is executed by rogue Avengers against the orders of Captain America in, for ten points, what Avengers crossover involving a possible war between the Kree and the Shi'ar?
ANSWER: Operation: Galactic Storm - When Vaclav Havel was elected President of Czechoslovakia in 1989, he brought this man to Prague and gave him a position in the Ministry of Culture. In 1977, he was put on trial for resisting Soviet policies along with his band the Plastic People of the Universe, but he's better known for albums like Over-Nite Sensation with the Mothers of Invention. For ten points, name this experimental songwriter with daughters Dweezil & Moon Unit.
ANSWER: Frank (Francis Vincent) Zappa
- One member, born in Toronto, played for the Winnipeg Jets before the Jets moved to Phoenix. Another, born in Burnaby, BC, plays with a band named for the line, and wrote a book with his father that raised money for cancer research. Their allegiance to each other is legendary in the NHL, and was especially evident when Darren McCarty handily won a fight with Claude Lemieux as payback for his hit from behind on Kris Draper. For ten points, name this tough line for the Detroit Red Wings, whose third member is Kirk Maltby.
ANSWER: the Grind line - Her performing career started at age six as part of the Columbus Ballet. More recently she’s turned to singing, doing "The Tiki Tiki Room" on the Disneymania soundtrack, fresh off her hit single "I Can’t Wait." She appeared in the film Playing by Heart but first gained acclaim in the direct-to-video release Casper Meets Wendy and now can be seen with Frankie Muniz in Agent Cody Banks. For ten points, name this actress who will soon end her successful run as the star of the Disney Channel hit Lizzie McGuire.
ANSWER: Hilary Duff - In 2001, this chain opened up its first "Grill and Chill" restaurant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. First opening in 1940 in Joliet, Illinois, among this chain’s subsidiaries are Karmelkorn Shoppes and Orange Julius. The Blizzard flavor treats were introduced in 1985, 30 years after the debut of this chain’s first signature item, the Dilly Bar. For ten points, name this fast-food eatery that, according to its slogan, "treats you right."
ANSWER: Dairy Queen - Its younger residents frequent the cyber-cafe Dot Com, while older residents in search of a romantic evening make reservations at Tuscany. Students at the local university include Cynthia, Dozer, Cassie, Rex, Mimi Lockhart, and Belle Black. Other local institutions include the Brady Pub and Bo's boat, the Fancy Face. For ten points, name this Midwestern city, the setting for Days of Our Lives.
ANSWER: Salem - He first received attention as a rookie cop opposite Chow Yun-Fat in A Better Tomorrow. He later was noted as one of the few Hong Kong actors to take gay roles, appearing in Wong Kar-Wai’s Happy Together and Chen Kai Ge’s Farewell My Concubine. His final role, as a psychiatrist in Inner Senses, earned him his eighth Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor nomination, but he ended his life a week before the ceremony. For ten points, name this actor and Cantopop superstar, who jumped from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Hotel on April 1.
ANSWER: Leslie Cheung
2003 TRASHionals
Round 10: It's not just a round, it's a state of mind. No, on second thought, it is just a round. Sorry.
Bonuses
- You may have been holding your breath for a bonus on Peter Gabriel's Up or for similarly titled albums by Shania Twain, REM, Jeff Beck, or Right Said Fred. For ten points each:
- "Down" was the first single from this 1999 album, the fourth by Stone Temple Pilots.
ANSWER: No. 4 - "Down" was also a 1996 modern rock hit from the eponymous third album from this Nebraska-based band.
ANSWER: 311 [Three Eleven] - Down is a heavy metal side project whose original members were Todd Strange and Jimmy Bower of Crowbar, Pepper Keenan from Corrosion of Conformity, and this man who replaced Terry Glaze as lead singer of Pantera in 1986.
ANSWER: Phil Anselmo - Tiger Woods and his million reasons proved, in 2002 at least, fallible. Name, for ten points each, the golfer who gave Tiger what for from the situation.
- Tiger took second at the PGA Championship to this El Paso-based pro who withstood Tiger's four birdies to end the final round at Hazeltine.
ANSWER: Rich Beem - Tiger presaged his troubles at the Ryder Cup by bailing out of the Accenture Match Play Championship to this 64th seed, an Australian who won the 1992 Scottish Open and 1995 Benson and Hedges International.
ANSWER: Peter O'Malley - Those Ryder Cup troubles culminated in the final day with Tiger halving his match with this Swede and former employer of Tiger's girlfriend.
ANSWER: Jesper Parnevik - The Spiel des Jahre (YAH-ruh), or Game of the Year, is awarded annually by German board game critics. Identify these past winners, for ten points each.
- In 1980's winner, players draw colored tiles numbered 1 to 13 to score sets and runs of numbers.
ANSWER: Rummikub - In 1995's winner by Klaus Teuber, players trade ore, wool, bricks, lumber, and grain to build roads, settlements and cities on a hexagonal island.
ANSWER: The Settlers of Catan - 2001's winner was this tile-laying game named for a French city, where players vie to control cities, roads, cloisters, and fields.
ANSWER: Carcassonne - Food Network isn’t just Iron Chef and Emeril. Identify these other Food Network shows from clues, for ten points each.
- Marc Summers hosts this show that exposes the secrets of how popular food items are produced.
ANSWER: Unwrapped - Alton Brown has become a minor star as host of this show that explores and combines food, pop culture and comedy into one nice package.
ANSWER: Good Eats - A spin-off of East Meets West, in this show Ming Tsai travels the U.S. in search of different foods to help create his fusion of Asian and American cuisine.
ANSWER: Ming’s Quest
- For ten points each, identify the following types of massage. Hint: "erotic" is not one of your answers.
- Named for the European country in which it originated, it's designed to energize the body by stimulating circulation. Practitioners knead, roll, and tap the back, neck, and shoulders.
ANSWER: Swedish massage - This Japanese school of massage proposes that energy, or chi (chee), moves through the body along pathways called meridians. It is best for relaxation.
ANSWER: Shiatsu massage - Dating back to ancient times in Tibet, this relaxing style of massage involves no kneading, just warming touch and visualization.
ANSWER: Reiki - Happy birthday, Claire Danes! Claire turns 24 this weekend, so answer these questions about the birthday girl, for ten points each.
- Claire played 15-year-old Angela Chase on this short-lived ABC drama, which aired during the 1994-95 season.
ANSWER: My So-Called Life - In 1999, Claire teamed up with Giovanni Ribisi and Omar Epps to play three delinquents-turned-undercover cops in this 1999 film flop, based on a 70s TV series.
ANSWER: The Mod Squad - Claire played Sookie, part-time lover of the title character played by Kieran Culkin, in this 2002 film co-starring Jeff Goldblum, Susan Sarandon and Amanda Peet.
ANSWER: Igby Goes Down - Answer these questions based on the top 25 Simpsons episodes according to Entertainment Weekly, for ten points each.
- The #7 episode focuses on a trip to this place where we discover a shortage of Bort license plates as well as the failed characters Uncle Ant, Disgruntled Goat and Ku Klux Klam.
ANSWER: Itchy & Scratchy Land - The #18 episode focuses on a babysitter’s sexual harassment suit against Homer. While he was cleared, Fox still produced Homer S.: Portrait of an Ass-Grabber starring this actor as Homer.
ANSWER: Dennis Franz - The #21 episode comes from the first season and features Marge contemplating an affair with this suave-talking French bowler, whom she originally calls Brunswick.
ANSWER: Jacques - Even though it hasn’t been four years yet, eight players from the 1999 McDonald’s All-American team are already in the NBA. Identify them from clues, for ten points each.
- Name any one of the three Duke players from that team who are in the NBA. All three are rookies this season.
ANSWER: Jason Williams, Mike Dunleavy Jr., Carlos Boozer - The first player from the team to reach the NBA was this forward who was drafted by the Pacers out of Picayune High School in Mississippi.
ANSWER: Jonathan Bender - This forward played just one year at Cincinnati before the Hawks took him in the first round of the 2000 draft. He has not played this season after being involved in a serious car accident this summer.
ANSWER: DerMarr Johnson
- For ten points each, identify these ranches that could hardly be more different from one another.
- Founded by Steve and Gayle Henson on their California dude ranch in the late '50s, this company is best known for ranch dressing. Funny how that works.