2003 Viva TRASH Vegas
Round 12: Finals
Tossups
- They recorded their debut album Stutter in 1986 and followed it up with Strip Mine two years later. By 1989, broke and abandoned by Sire Records, they volunteered as human guinea pigs in medical experiments, using the money to produce the live album One Hand Clapping. They later hooked up with producer Brian Eno for albums Wah Wah and Millionaires. For ten points, name this now-defunct English band fronted by Tim Booth, best known for the risqué hit "Laid."
ANSWER: James - His alleged erotica includes The Magic Fart and Pornucopia. Collaborations include If I Pay Thee Not in Gold with Mercedes Lackey, and Caterpillar's Question with Phillip Jose Farmer. His better-known characters include Stile, Niobe Kaftan, Bink, Dor, and Irene. For ten points, name this sci-fi and fantasy author whose 126 books include the Adept series, the Incarnations of Immortality and the Xanth books.
ANSWER: Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob - Her wins for 2003 include the Dubai Women's Open and the Family Circle Cup, where she bested Monica Seles and Serena Williams in the finals, respectively. She's also won the German Open, defeating the woman to whom she lost in various stages of the Adidas International, Proximus Diamond Games, and the Ordina Open. She also defeated this fellow countrywoman at this year's second Grand Slam event. Name, for ten points, this Belgian who beat Kim Clijsters when it mattered in taking the French Open women's singles title.
ANSWER: Justine Henin-Hardenne - Nicole Panattoni missed her boyfriend so much that she wanted to go home. Giselle Samson needed to work on her self-confidence. Robin Manning, at 27, was too old for the title, but might go far in the Plus Size world. Adrienne Curry got food poisoning, but went to her evaluation anyway. That commitment to the competition, as well as an edgy look eventually landed Adrienne the title and a contract with Wilhelmina and Revlon. For ten points, name the "talent" contest all of these women appeared in, a UPN show created by and starring Tyra Banks.
ANSWER: America's Next Top Model - The plot, or what there is of one, centers on Lucky Jackson's need to make money so he can get a new engine for his race car. So he gets a job waiting tables, allowing him to make money and woo swimming instructor Rusty Martin. And while it looks like he may lose both the big race and Rusty to racing arch-nemesis Count Elmo Cancini, it all works out in the end. Songs like "The Yellow Rose of Texas," "The Lady Loves Me," and the title song don't hurt, either. Name, for ten points, this 1964 film co-starring Cesare Danova and Ann-Margaret, the Elvis movie whose title we ripped off for this tournament.
ANSWER: Viva Las Vegas - It is seasoned with garlic and fennel, although red chilies are optional. 7-Eleven recently started serving DiGiorno marinara sauce to go with its version of this, the first of its Big Eats Griller line. The most recent example to make the news is a 19-year-old woman named Mandy. For ten points, name this popular pizza topping and Miller Park race participant who was recently hit with a bat by Randall Simon.
ANSWER: Italian Sausage - This Lebanese-American guitarist played his instrument left-handed, upside-down, and backwards, blowing up amps and speakers in a style influenced by drummer Gene Krupa, and forcing the invention of the Dual-Showman Piggy Bank Amp and Fender Tank Reverb. The first rock guitarist to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, he ushered a new genre with "Let's Go Trippin'." For ten points, name this "King of the Surf Guitar," whose "Misirlou" was used in Pulp Fiction.
ANSWER: Dick Dale or Richard Monsour - He finished his college career by burning Clemson for 173 yards receiving and two touchdowns in the 1996 Gator Bowl. The 19th overall pick in the ’96 draft, he averaged seven touchdowns in his first three NFL seasons, before breaking through in 1999 with 115 catches, 1,663 yards and 12 TDs. He’s broken the 100-reception barrier every year since then, and shattered the NFL single-season record with 143 catches in 2002. For ten points, name this Syracuse grad and Colts star, Peyton Manning’s favorite target.
ANSWER: Marvin Harrison - This game originated as a General Computer Corporation creation called Crazy Otto, but it was re-named by the company that bought it. "They Meet," "The Chase," and "Junior" are intermissions in this game, in which level 221 and up have invisible walls. It differs from its predecessor in using four different screens instead of one, and having goodies wander around the screen. For ten points, name this 1981 Bally-Midway sequel that replaced Clyde with Sue as ghost chasing the title character.
ANSWER: Ms. Pac Man (do not accept or prompt on "Pac Man") - The Flick Filosopher describes it as "a harrowing experience, part watching paint dry, part having your eyes poked out with a sharpened pencil." Loosely based on Doestoyevsky's The Gambler, it tells the story of a love triangle between Adam, Polina, and the au pair Anna, and the story of an artistic type who must finish his latest endeavor in 30 days or face execution by Cuban mobsters. For ten points, name this romantic comedy testing your faith in romance novels, stenography and ultimately in a just and benevolent god, and starring Luke Wilson and Kate Hudson as a writer and his muse/typist.
ANSWER: Alex and Emma - Born with the last name Hindreth, she was the most beautiful woman Frank Crawley ever saw. She had an affair with her cousin, Jack Favell. She tried to provoke her husband into killing her as a form of suicide. In the end, her devoted servant Mrs. Danvers burns Manderley. Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier appear on-screen, but not the title character, in, for ten points, what first American Hollywood film of Alfred Hitchcock?
ANSWER: Rebecca (accept the first Mrs. De Winter before "film") - YEAR AND TEAM REQUIRED. Ron Taylor led this team in saves with 13, while Ken Boswell led in triples with seven. Art Shamsky was the top left-handed batter off the bench, while Tommie Agee led this squad in both home runs, with 26, and runs batted in, with 76, one better than Cleon Jones. After sweeping the Cubs in a September series, they beat Atlanta in three straight in the NLCS, then beat Baltimore in five. Cy Young Award winner Tom Seaver anchored the rotation of, for ten points, what "Amazin'" World champions?
ANSWER: 1969 New York Mets (more on "New York") - Though not a character in a David Lynch movie, she once had a blind date with a guy called Eraserhead, played by Paul Willson, who played Paul on Cheers. She chased after Antonio, played by Ed Marinaro, who was the Italian cousin of her roommate. She had an on-again, off-again relationship with Carmine, but married Walter Meany and moved off the show. For ten points, name this Cindy Williams role which will always be linked with Penny Marshall's Laverne.
ANSWER: Shirley Feeney - Born in Galveston in 1944, he grew up in south central Los Angeles. In 1972, he discovered Love Unlimited, produced their hit single "Walkin' in the Rain With the One I Love," and later married lead singer Glodean James. For ten points, name this R&B great whose own hits included "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby," "Love's Theme," and Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe," and whose signature bass voice was silenced forever on July 4, 2003.
ANSWER: Barry White - After helping Dr. George Reisner survey the area around the Great Pyramid of Cheops, this supporting character met his best-known friend, who was helping Professor Ravenwood. He later helps his friend recover the gold Chacapoyan idol, which had been stolen in Marrakech by Rene Belloq. He helps locate the Well of Souls with the Staff of Ra. For ten points, name this character, played by John Rhys-Davies, who appears in two out of three Indiana Jones movies.
ANSWER: Sallah Mohammed Faisel El-Kahir - The Ghost of Christmas Past on Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. Jokey Smurf on The Smurfs. Aunt May on Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. Mrs. Featherby, Magica De Spell, and Ma Beagle on DuckTales. Granny in lots of Warner Brothers cartoons. For ten points, who also voiced Dudley Doright's beloved Nell Fenwick, Natasha Fatale, and Rocket J. Squirrel?
ANSWER: June Foray - Lorenz Hart changed the first act finale of the musical Too Many Girls to include this fad after seeing it in a Miami nightclub of the same name. Its popularization is credited to the man Hart saw there, a former member of Xavier Cugat's orchestra, Desi Arnaz. Sometimes performed with couples, its more familiar form involves repeating the basic pattern of three steps followed by a kick or hip bump. For ten points, name this Latin-American dance usually involving a line.
ANSWER: La Conga (accept "conga line") - A similar object, named Stone Breaker, was given to Beta Ray Bill, who proved able to handle the original. Immortus once stole it and removed its properties of time travel, but it still has properties of dimensional travel, weather control, and returning to its owner's hand when thrown. Once disguised as Don Blake's cane, this is, for ten points, what comic book weapon that, just as in mythology, is a hammer wielded by Thor?
ANSWER: Mjolnir (prompt on "Thor's hammer") - He's a regular on the Divine 9 and a half, a fantasy team of attractive pro drivers featured on the website Gaytona.com, whose admin, Atlanta drag queen Betty Jack DeVine, calls him "a real cutie." Equally impressive are a victory at Martinsville this season and his nine top-10 finishes that have him second in the championship standings, 174 points behind Matt Kenseth. For ten points, name this NASCAR phenom, who recently ended a 30-race winless streak, the youngest four-time Winston Cup winner in the sport's history.
ANSWER: Jeff Gordon - This song was inspired by the lead singer's hatred of the guitarist's ex-wife Elyssa, who once caused the band to literally break up over spilt milk, describing her as a "fast talkin' mama with a face like a gent." Originally a Top 40 hit in 1975, it made a return to the charts in 1991 backed by a music video involving phone sex. For ten points, name this song from the album Toys in the Attic by Aerosmith.
ANSWER: Sweet Emotion - The Mexican platter at a German waffle house. French fries off someone else's dirty plate. Banana Bonanzas all around. Delicious key lime pie. All of these tasty and carb laden treats are consumed by reapers, living creatures who probably don't gain weight in, for ten points, what Showtime drama about recently deceased reaper George Last?
ANSWER: Dead Like Me
2003 Viva TRASH Vegas
Round 12: Finals
Bonuses
- Some actors and actress leave a show then come back. For ten points each:
- This actress was fired, went into rehab, reprised her role as Julie, and was fired again after refusing to take a drug test on One Day at a Time.
ANSWER: Mackenzie Phillips - After a one-year hiatus, this man is returning as Dr. Daniel Jackson to Stargate SG-1.
ANSWER: Michael Shanks - This actress left her role as Becky on Rosanne, was replaced by Sarah Chalke in 1993, came back, then curiously shared the role with Chalke during the 1995-96 season.
ANSWER: Alicia "Lecy" Goranson - The Beatles recorded 52 U.S. Top 10 hits, several of them charting after the bands 1970 breakup. Name these post-breakup Beatles hits, for ten points each.
- Name either of the two post-breakup singles the Beatles charted in 1996. Both singles were featured on the Fab Four's Anthology collection.
ANSWER: Free As A Bird or Real Love - Originally a #2 hit for the Beatles in 1964, this song reached #23 on the pop charts in 1986, thanks to its appearance in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
ANSWER: Twist and Shout - Originally recorded in 1966, this Beatles single was not released until 1976, where it reached #7 on the pop charts. Joe Pesci "performs" a version of this single on the Golden Throats 4: Celebrities Butcher the Beatles album.
ANSWER: Got To Get You Into My Life - Have you done anything in this town besides hang out with dorky game show fanatics and dorky trivia tournament organizers? 5-10-20-30. Given a Las Vegas headlining act, name the hotel.
- Danny Gans
ANSWER: Mirage - Clint Holmes
ANSWER: Harrah's - Blue Man Group
ANSWER: Luxor - Frank Marino as Joan Rivers in An Evening At La Cage
ANSWER: Riviera - He's hunky, he's Irish, he's in movies. Whether he can act is still up for debate. In any case, for ten points each, name these movies featuring Colin Farrell.
- Farrell got to act opposite Al Pacino while playing a computer whiz turned CIA counterintelligence agent in this 2003 offering.
ANSWER: The Recruit - Farrell's first notable role was as Roland Bozz, a crafty Texan who is one of a group of recruits training for duty in Vietnam in this 2000 Joel Schumacher film.
ANSWER: Tigerland - Moving to an earlier war, Farrell plays the man whose name is in the title of this 2002 film, a WWII drama where the title character is an unwitting player in a POW escape plot. Bruce Willis plays the scheming POW commander.
ANSWER: Hart's War - Sarah Hughes won the 2003 Sullivan Award. For ten points each, name these finalists for the award who represented real sports.
- This Iowa State wrestler won four NCAA titles and won 159 matches without a career loss.
ANSWER: Cael Sanderson - Nominated for the second year in a row, this University of California swimmer broke 6 NCAA, 12 American, and 4 World records in 2002 and is the only woman in history to swim the 100-meter backstroke in under a minute.
ANSWER: Natalie Coughlin - Although he won gold in the 1500-meters, this speed skater is more remembered for a crash in the 1000-meter race.
ANSWER: Apolo Anton Ohno - Name these contemporary Christian artists who crossed over with some success, for the stated number of points.
- (5) Now married to country singer Vince Gill, this contemporary Christian artist crossed over in the early 1990's with such songs as "Baby Baby," "Every Heartbeat," and "That's What Love Is For."
ANSWER: Amy Grant - (10) A former backup singer for Sandi Patti, this artist achieved unexpected crossover success in 1997 with the cavity-inducing ballad "Butterfly Kisses."
ANSWER: Bob Carlisle - (15) Are you one of the eight people who saw Chasing Papi? This woman, who played Patricia, has recorded such contemporary Christian albums as Heavenly Place, Crystal Clear, and Unspoken.
ANSWER: Jaci Velasquez - A is for Alibi, B is for Burglar, and C is for Corpse. We all know the alphabet shtick, but can you name any of Sue Grafton's other alphabet novels from plot descriptions? If you can, you'll get ten points each.
- Based in part on real events, this book examines the cold case of a murdered girl. Plot elements include Kinsey's relationship with her estranged family, the recovery of a stolen car, and an old police detective with cancer.
ANSWER: Q is for Quarry - No murder occurs in this book, but a man is sought for faking his own death and Kinsey tracks him to Mexico.
ANSWER: L is for Lawless - This case starts with a box of Kinsey's ex-husband's affects. The husband, Mick Magruder, was wrongly suspected of killing a drifter.
ANSWER: O is for Outlaw - For ten points each, answer these questions about this year's College World Series.
- This team lost one game en route to winning the College World Series title, their first national title in any NCAA sport. They're the first WAC team to win since 1977.
ANSWER: Rice University - This Missouri Valley Conference school and CWS Cinderella couldn't get to the ball, as they were eliminated after losses to Rice and Miami.
ANSWER: Southwest Missouri State University - As it is every year, the CWS was held in this Midwestern city.
ANSWER: Omaha, Nebraska - Name these possibly related individuals for ten points each. (moderator: hold answers til the end).
- This Houston native's first role was as an extra in Rushmore. She's probably better known for playing Winnie in Tuck Everlasting and Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls.
ANSWER: Alexis Bledel - He was righteously gunned down by Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction. Other roles include Mitch in She's All That and George in The Wedding Singer.