Penn Bowl Trash III
Round 8
Packet By: Ben Frank, Joe Nguyen, Eric Mukherjee et. Al
Edited By: Ben Frank
1. While filming a movie in which she would play prostitute Joyce Lakeland, this actress controversially pasted posters of sharks all around Oklahoma City. She played Liz Anne Blazer in a 2007 David Wain comedy inspired by the Ten Commandments, and an early starring role for her was as Young Eve in 1995’s Venus Rising. In 2007, alongside Terrence Howard and Hayden Christensen, she played Sam Lockwood in the thriller Awake, and a 2003 film saw this actress play the titular aspiring dancer alongside Mekhi Phifer and Missy Elliott. In addition to that movie Honey, she has also starred as Jane Bullard in The Love Guru in addition to playing Susan Storm and her alter ego in two superhero movies. FTP, name this sexy actress that played Invisible Woman in Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
ANSWER: Jessica Marie Alba
2. He was a part of Henry Louis Gates' “Faces of America” series in 2010, as it was discovered that he was a descendant of an Irishman and his Igbo concubine named Hannah Burton, and that he is a distant cousin of Colin Powell. He started writing for the New Yorker in 1996 after nearly a decade of working for the Washington Post, and his most recent book “What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures” is a compilation of his published articles. He won a National Magazine Award for his profile of inventor and informercial celebrity Ron Popeil, while his selection as one of Time's most influential people in 2005 was a result of his 2005 book about the ability to gauge what is important from a very narrow period of experience. Describing “the power of thinking without thinking”, FTP, name this author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point”.
ANSWER: Malcolm Gladwell
3. One recent movie centering on this activity features Eric Christian Olsen and Nick D'Agosto as characters trying to gain the affection of Carly and Diora. Another film centering on this sport details a group of friends that plan a bank robbery to support a pregnant Diane Weston. A 1988 slasher film sees many teenagers attend a camp focused on this sport and stars Betsy Russell and Leif Garrett. The most famous movie franchise about this sport includes a 2009 film subtitled “Fight to the Finish”, and that franchise’s original film centers on a rivalry in this sport between the Toros and the East Compton Clovers, whose captains are played by Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union respectively. FTP, name this sport that is the subject of the movies in the Bring It On series.
ANSWER: cheerleading (accept any form of the word)
4. William Shatner's 2010 appearance on Lopez Tonight included his version of this song, and the artist's guest appearance on “The Colbert Report” featured Colbert asking the artist to change the theme of the song to being about Fox News. Its music video starts with the singer as a young child being accompanied by three backup singers in green dresses, and he is eventually shown as a high school student working at a diner and slipping on french fries. The singer notes that he is an Atari compared to another person being a Xbox, and he sobbingly asks the subject why she wants to hurt him so bad. Gwenyth Paltrow notably performed it on an episode of “Glee”, and this song off the album “The Lady Killer” was Grammy-nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year, a problem considering that the title contains a profane word. “I see you drivin' 'round town with the girl I love” is featured in, FTP, this 2010 song by Cee-Lo Green.
ANSWER: “Fuck You!” (accept “Forget You” or “'F' You”)
5. The summer before he entered the NFL Draft, this man worked to build solar latrines in order to improve sanitation in Bolivia. He finished off his junior season and college career by scoring two touchdowns in a losing effort to West Virginia in the Toyota Gator Bowl. During the 2008 season, he tallied 154 receiving yards in week 7 despite only catching two passes, and this man was drafted one spot ahead of tackle Joe Thomas and just behind JaMarcus Russell. His team lost in week 1 of the 2010 season after his apparent game-winning touchdown catch was nullified against division rival Chicago, and former teammate Roy Williams gave this player a nickname inspired by the movie Transformers. A 2006 Biletnikoff Award winner at Georgia Tech, FTP, name this wide receiver for the Detroit Lions known as “Megatron”.
ANSWER: Calvin Johnson, Jr. (Prompt on “Johnson”)
6. She was part of an all-girl R&B group called Choice and recorded the song “Key to My Heart” for the “Kazaam” soundtrack. Her stage name is derived from a character in the movie “Reservoir Dogs” and released her first album “Can't Take Me Home” in 2000. She won her only solo Grammy for her song “Trouble” off of her 2003 album “Try This”. Her most recent album is entitled “Greatest Hits... So Far!!!”, which features two original tracks released in 2010. In addition to “Fuckin' Perfect” and “Raise Your Glass”, she has had success with the hits “Sober”, “Please Don't Leave” and “So What” from the album “Funhouse”, while she broke into the mainstream with the 2001 album “Missundaztood”. FTP, name this singer of “Get This Party Started”, “Who Knew” and “U + Ur Hand”.
ANSWER: Pink or P!nk (real name: Alecia Beth Moore)
7. The protagonist of this film develops an immediate attraction to Susan Paine, the daughter of his late father’s best friend, and in this film, “Happy” Hopper flips a coin in order to make a decision of who should replace Sam Foley, but the coin lands on its edge next to a newspaper. The central figure is the head of the Boy Rangers and gets much help along the way from Clarissa Saunders. The title character discovers that the proposed site for a national boys’ camp is already part of a dam-building scheme included in a bill by boss Jim Taylor, and the main figure is soon betrayed by a senator portrayed by Claude Rains. However, that senator eventually confesses to the scheme after the title character’s exhausting filibuster. Also starring Jean Arthur as the main figure’s chief of staff, FTP, name this 1939 Frank Capra film about a naive U.S. Senator, starring Jimmy Stewart.
ANSWER: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
8. In a series of cartoon shorts, Daffy Duck has played a space cowboy called Duck Dodgers whose shoes would frequently break, causing him to blame his cheap, counterfeit brand of these shoes. Its half-Czech, half-Spanish designer moved from Spain and worked at a fashion boutique in London before eventually buying that store in 1972. Mira Sorvino wears them in the 2009 miniseries “The Last Templar”, as Scott asks how much they cost while one character responds, “If you have to ask, you can't afford them.” They are most famously worn by one character who in one episode gets mugged and has her pink suede type of these stolen and yells that she got them half price at a sample sale. Noted for its stiletto heel, FTP, name this high-end shoe brand favored by Carrie Bradshaw on “Sex and the City”.
ANSWER: Manolo Blahnik (accept Blahniks)
9. He appears as Dennis Wallace in the 2001 romantic teen comedy Get Over It, and he competed on the first season of the CMT singing show “Gone Country” along with Dee Snider, Bobby Brown and Julio Iglesias, Jr. He released only two solo albums, the second of which included singles like “Dance for Me” and “Can I Live”. However, he fronted an R&B group who had hits like “Never Make a Promise” and “In My Bed”. This lead singer of Dru Hill had a #1 hit on his 1999 debut solo album with the song “Incomplete”, but a more popular song on his album Unleash the Dragon talks about a girl who has “dumps like truck” and “thighs like what” while wearing the titular piece of clothing. FTP, name this platinum haired singer of “Thong Song”.
ANSWER: Sisqo (prompt on The Dragon, accept Mark Alvathean Andrews)
10. He would meet his future wife on a blind date set up by mutual friend Marion Strong, and in one episode, his son’s birthday party falls on the same day for which Caroline Appleby scheduled her son’s party. At one point, he ends up in court after exploding the picture tube on the TV he and his wife bought for their neighbor’s anniversary. This character accidentally cooks four pounds of rice instead of four servings while his wife works at a chocolate factory in the episode “Job Switching”. When singing at the Tropicana nightclub, this man’s trademark song is “Babalu”, and in one episode, his wife is hired to act in a TV commericial as the “Vitameatavegamin Girl”. Living upstairs from Fred and Ethel Mertz along with his wife, FTP, name this husband of the title character on I Love Lucy.
ANSWER: Ricky Ricardo (accept either, full name Enrique Alberto Fernando Ricardo y de Acha III)
11. Sally Kirkland has a small role as a hooker/stripper named Crystal in this movie, and Robert Opel infamously streaked across the stage just before this film was awarded an Oscar. Early in the film, one of the main figures achieves success with the help of Joe Erie and Luther Coleman. Kid Twist later poses as the manager of a Western Union, and the film’s central figure is constantly avoiding the corrupt Lieutenant William Snyder. In order to get revenge against Doyle Lonnegan, Johnny Hooker enlists the help of former great con-man Henry Gondorff. That revenge is realized after Hooker and Gondorff appear to be shot, but reveal that the entire gunfight was a hoax. FTP, name this 1973 film that stars Robert Redford and Paul Newman as grifters who take down a mob boss in the titular set-up.
ANSWER: The Sting
12. During his teen years, he was forced to undergo electroshock therapy at Creedmore State Psychiatric Hospital in order to cure his supposed “homosexual behavior”. His most recent album was a 2008 release together with Ulrich Krieger and Sarth Calhoun entitled The Creation of the Universe, and some of his first solo albums were Rock 'n' Roll Animal and Sally Can’t Dance. In 1975, he released a double album of electronically generated audio feedback called Metal Machine Music, which frustrated critics who urged him to return to his original band that released albums like Loaded and White Light/White Heat. That band was managed by Andy Warhol and featured vocalist John Cale alongside this guitarist. FTP, name this former member of the Velvet Underground whose most famous solo hit was “Walk on the Wild Side”.
ANSWER: Lewis Allen “Lou” Reed
13. At one point, this series included cast members like Scott Craig, Todd Turquand, and Curtis Wong. This show celebrated its 200th episode with a show about racial unity featuring Rev. Jesse Jackson and Tracie Spenser. A version of this show contained daily themes such as “Guest Star” and “Anything Can Happen”, and the host of the first version of this series was Jimmie Dodd. One of the most popular figures on this program was the so-called Red Team’s Annette Funicello. Five members of the cast of this show’s 90s version formed the pop band The Party. JC Chasez joined the cast of this show in 1991 and would be joined by a future groupmate and successful solo artist two years later. Featuring Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears, FTP, name this children's variety show named after Disney's most famous cartoon character.
ANSWER: The Mickey Mouse Club
14. Year and event required. competitive swimming saw its first incorporation of the diving blocks as opposed to starting from the pool walls, and basketball saw its debut as an Olympic sport. Barcelona lost the bid to host this event, causing Spain to boycott it and attempt to organize its own parallel event at the same time. Americans Sam Stoller and Marty Glickman were pulled out of one of the team's track events because of their religion, as it was believed that the U.S. Olympic committee did not want to offend the host nation's leader. However, the defeat of Luz Long at the long jump and the dominance of one American athlete in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4 x 100-meter relay was one of the iconic memories of the event. Held with Adolf Hitler in attendance, FTP, name this event where Jesse Owens earned four gold medals in Berlin.
ANSWER: 1936 Summer Olympics or 1936 Summer Games or Games of the XI Olympiad
15. This character reveals that he is both afraid of getting hit in the head by an apple and slipping on a banana peel in one episode during his debut season. He has a little sister named Alice who distinctly wears a blue polka-dot bow and a uncle named Abe who wears large glasses, a tie and a green top hat. In 1992, an episode seeing this character's parents go through a divorce was scrapped and never shown on air, as it tested badly with child viewers. He becomes insecure about his large size after watching Karina the Ballerina and Zoe doing ballet and is sometimes seen donning his 65 triple G-size roller skates. He is one of the few Muppets who require two people to operate, and he lives with his family inside of a cave close to the show’s titular thoroughfare. FTP, name this fuzzy mammoth-like creature and best friend of Big Bird on Sesame Street.
ANSWER: Aloysius Snuffleupagus (accept Aloysius before mentioned)
16. A recent storyline revealed that an organization with this name was founded in ancient Egypt by Imohtep and the first Moon Knight, and among its members were Galileo Galilei and Zheng Hang; that storyline also revealed that its high council is located underneath Rome. This organization developed Life Model Decoy technology, which its often used by its leader. Maria Hill once lead this organization while its leader was in hiding, and during the Dark Reign storyline, a certain villian gained control of this organization and renamed it HAMMER. Its headquarters is located on a large Helicarrier, and its lead by a figure who formerly lead Dum-Dum Dugan and the Howling Commandos. For 10 points, name this organization lead by Nick Fury, whose name stands for Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage and Logistics Directorate.