ROUND 6
1. 32 alumni of this school competed for the US in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, with gold medalists like Kevin Hansen, Rachel Buehler and Nicole Barnhart. The last time they were in the NCAA Final Four was 1998, and their last bowl game was the Seattle Bowl in 2001, yet they’ve won the last 4 NCAA Synchronized Swimming championships, and are first in overall Division I Women’s championships. The first card stunt occurred during one of their games in 1910, and current NFL players from here include Kwame Harris and Brandon Harrison, FTP, name this alma mater of Kerri Walsh, Ernie Nevers, Jim Plunkett and John Elway, traditional Pac-10 rivals of Berkeley.
ANSWER: Stanford and/or Cardinal
2. In a 2008 adaptation of his first appearance, he was played by Nicholas Tennant. He can travel through time by using the pathways of L-Space, allowing him to save several Ephebian scrolls thought lost in a fire. In an attempt to cure a bout of allergy-based uncontrolled metamorphosis, it was revealed that he has systematically removed all references to his true name. He’s considered to be one of the first members of the Specials, a master organist, and a pianist for the Band with Rocks In. He was transformed into his current form by a beam fired out of the Octavo. He has given his eponymous award to the children’s book, Where’s My Cow? He’s been working on a dictionary to translate his language, but he’s only gotten as far as Ook. FTP, name this bookkeeper of Unseen University, featured in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld.
ANSWER: The Librarian
3. He’s been romantically linked with Denara Pel and Charlene, but broke off the latter relationship after the sports-related death of his daughter Belle. He has two other sons named Jason Tebreeze and Jeffrey, but none with his wife Lana. He lost an arm during a fight with Grendel, and became a psychotic kidnapper after being possessed by Gandhi and Lord Byron. He’s an excellent singer, performing renditions of Someone to Watch over Me and O Soave Fanciulla. He was involved in a copyright fight over the rights to his first novel, which might have led to a revolution of his kind. His eventual replacement looks exactly like Andy Dick. He’s been a Kyrian Chancellor, a tour guide in the Las Vegas Hilton, Lewis Zimmerman, and a frequent commander after being equipped with a mobile emitter. FTP, name this emergency medical program found on Star Trek: Voyager.
ANSWER: The Holographic Doctor
4. During its showing at a Barcelona film festival, Wes Craven and Rick Baker walked out because the violence was too realistic. It’s been accused of plagiarizing Ringo Lam’s City On Fire, Joseph Lewis’ The Big Combo, and the Taking of Pelham One Two Three. The theatrical release contains no female speaking parts, and it’s actually set in a mortuary, with several characters sitting on coffins. In order to explain a misfiring squib, fans have come up with a mystery off-screen shooter, but it’s clear that Lawrence Dimmick shoots both Joe and Eddie Cabot before finishing off Freddy Newandyke. FTP, name this Quentin Tarantino film about a botched robbery.
ANSWER: Reservoir Dogs
5. His accolades include holding Truman State University’s career and single season records for field goal percentage, winning an episode of Weakest Link in 2002, blogging under the moniker Citizen X, and being a speaker and member of the Free State Project. This year he will be seen as the Horror King in John Milius’ Journey of Death. He holds the record for most eliminations during the Royal Rumble with 11, including Drew Carey. He was previously known as The Christmas Creature, Bruiser Mastino, Fake Diesel and Isaac Yankem, DDS. He has an electrolarynx, was responsible for Lita’s miscarriage, and is apparently pyrokinetic. FTP, name this Big Red Machine, fictional brother to the Undertaker.
ANSWER: Kane (Also accept Glenn Jacobs)
6. He appears in the video for Filter’s One, and was a correspondent for the amateur video clip show Real TV. In his most famous series, he only speaks four words in the entirety of the first season. We know that he works for Conrad Strughold or Victor Klemper, but he probably didn’t drug the Soviet goalie in the 1980 Olympics, or write the Jack Colquitt spy novels under the name Raul Bloodworth. He’s responsible for the genetic modification of his wife Cassandra, and son Jeffrey. His underlings have included Diana Fowley, The Cleaner, and Quiet Willy, who later shot him with a sniper rifleHis last appearance was in a magnetite filled pueblo, right before a missile blew him up. FTP, name this alias of CGB Spender, main antagonist of the X-Files.
ANSWER: The Cigarette Smoking Man
7. He’s had his jersey retired by the US Lecce and Cork City FCs, and he was put on the Bills’ Wall of Fame in 1992. In the mid 80’s, he was directly responsible for one of the lowest yards per return averages in the Southwest Conference. He gained controversy after starting a fight with Tim Brown during the 1988 Cotton Bowl. The New York Giants once asked the NFL to investigate him, claiming that he was responsible for 11 false start penalties in one game. He no longer officially plays for the Bills or the Bears, and he was part of a Federal Dilution Trademark Act lawsuit against the Seattle Seahawks. FTP, name this man originally drafted by Coach D.X. Bible of Texas A&M, a non-existent player who is often blamed for losses by a road team.
ANSWER: The 12th Man
8. In the Futurama episode Anthology of Interest, it’s playing when Giant Bender comes back to Earth. Nelson Muntz used it in his campaign for school president, it was the first song taught to the students in School of Rock, and it was used in the advertisements for the Nissan Titan. Busta Rhymes used parts of it for This Means War, and both Sir Mix-a-Lot and The Cardigans have released version of it. It won the 2000 Grammy for Best Metal Performance, and it was number one on VH1’s list of Greatest Metal Songs. The original B-Side was Electric Funeral, and it’s an example of a closed-loop paradox. FTP, name this Black Sabbath song about a really pissed off time traveler.
ANSWER: Iron Man
9. It was first suggested in 1994, but not publicly discussed until 1997. In January 2007, a worker was critically injured after falling 20 feet here. In June 2008, 3 people were injured in a crane collapse, and an electrician was electrocuted here. It’s the first stadium to use Matrix brand artificial turf, and was designed by HKS, Inc It will host two quarterfinal matches of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the 2014 Final Four, along with the 2010 NBA All-Star Game, and a June 6 George Strait concert. It’s got an 11,000 square foot HDTV, and George Steinbrenner co-owns the concessions and merchandising. FTP, name this stadium with two gigantic steel arches, located in Arlington, Texas.
ANSWER: Dallas Cowboys New Stadium
10. Since the screenplay came from several sources, including a short story titled “Eight O’Clock in the Morning”, the screenwriter used the pseudonym Frank Armitage. The communicators are reused PKE meters from Ghostbusters. Only three characters are named, including Gilbert, Holly, and Frank. In the South Park episode Cripple Fight, Jimmy and Timmy reenact this movie’s five minute long fight scene. Street artist Shepard Fairey has claimed it as a direct influence on his work, David Icke copies a lot of his theories from it, and Duke Nukem plagiarizes it repeatedly by referring to his lack of bubble gum. FTP, name this OBEY counter-culture John Carpenter CONSUME movie starring Rowdy Roddy Piper.
ANSWER: They Live
11. On TV, he’s been played by Curtis Armstrong, Kevin Michael Richardson, Lennie Weinrib, and Larry Storch. He’s based on Victor Hugo’s Gwynplaine. In an Elseworlds comic, he and the Red Skull simultaneously double-crossed one another with poisons that both were immune to. He became the UN ambassador of Quran, ate the entire population of China, unraveled time with the Philosopher’s Stone, and fought Spider-Man alongside Carnage, but appears to be the only person who remembers any of these occasions, perhaps due to his repeated breaking of the fourth wall and ultra-sensory perception. He murdered Alexander Luthor after he wasn’t offered membership in the Secret Society, tried to copyright fish, and murdered Sarah Essen, Salvatore Valestra, and Jason Todd. FTP, name this archnemesis of Batman, also known as the Clown Prince of Crime.
ANSWER: The Joker
12. He reads Superfudge once every month. The good and evil parts of his conscience are dressed as Batman and the Riddler. The first five k’s of his last name are silent. He speaks Dutch, has Latin Pride and a Swiss sense of frugality. He was nearly deported after vandalizing a water tower, and was introduced after being rescued from a janitor's closet where several bullies had hung him on a coat hook. To make it more like the movies, he hummed his own soft music while losing his virginity. He has a hair fetish, an addiction to pornography, and has been called Pele, Tutankhamun, Ali Baba, Tonto, and Sabu. FTP, name the only thing Wilmer Valderrama will ever be known for, a lisping exchange student on That 70’s Show.
ANSWER: Fez
13. In Tom Hall’s original character profile, his name was Buddy Dacote, which was an acronym for dies at conclusion of this episode. He’s a secret skater in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3, and has very low Hangtime and Ollie stats. His screams can be heard in the Rammstein song Do you want to see the bed in flames. In the novels, his name is Colonel Flynn Taggart, while the movie version of him has a twin sister named Samantha and works for the Rapid Response Tactical Squad All versions of him are in some way related to the Union Aerospace Corporation. FTP, name this main protagonist of an eponymous first person shooter series by id.
ANSWER: The Doom Guy
14. An 1973 ABC Movie of the week version starred William Shatner and presciently, Mackenzie Phillips. It shares its name with a Columbia University website that answers health questions. A sequel was written about a devil-worshipper named Alden Barrett. Highlights of the story include the line, “Another day, Another Blowjob”, an attempt to claw out of a closet while babysitting, being sexually assaulted by her boss, Sheila, unwittingly drinking LSD-spiked Coca-Cola, and huge amounts of lost time. Most of it was written on paper napkins, and it contains words like gregarious, conscientious and ecstatic, which probably came from Latter-Day Saints Linda Glovach or Beatrice Sparks. FTP, name number 17 on the list of the most challenged books of the 21st century, a fake memoir of a troubled teen.
ANSWER: Go Ask Alice
15. She’s dabbled in techno music and bass playing. She lives in the city of Mundelow, which is either in Colorado or Pennsylvania. At a young age, she was able to count to g. She’s very popular with guys, having had an abusive relationship with Thomas, two guys named Greg, and the Wireless Wizard. We know that she’s a seventeen year old vegan with stringy black hair who shops at thrift stores. She suffers from night terrors, wants a new stepdad, and tastes like 9 minute miles. She’s been blown up by a car, cut into pieces by a chainsaw, obliterated by helicopter blades, lathed, crushed by a wave o’ babies, and eaten staple sauce. FTP, name this dumpy member of Strong Bad’s Teen Girl Squad.
ANSWER: What’s Her Face
16. It was the name of the announcer in two radio series, CBS’ Suspense and BBC Radio’s Appointment With Fear. The plural form names the only Oscar-nominated Three Stooges short. Ray Walston, Jimmy Buffett, Alex Trebek, and Jesse Ventura have all played one. Frank Black, The Stranglers, and Blue Oyster Cult have all written songs about them, but the most famous one contains a Patrice Rushen sample. It can be used to describe Halloween 5’s Dr. Terence Wynn, Colonel Douglas Mortimer from A Few Dollars More, and Cobra Bubbles from Lilo and Stitch. Brian Azzarello and Lowell Cunningham have both written comic books about them, while two movies have been made about them starring Tommy Lee Jones. FTP, they don’t exist, but if they did, name this shadowy group that polices alien activity.
ANSWER: Men In Black
17. It would’ve been Walter Matthau’s first leading role, but 20th Century Fox decided to go with the man who originated Mr. Sherman on Broadway. The major changes from that Broadway play include dropping the characters of Elaine and Marie, and adding a waitress at a vegetarian restaurant, a plumber, and Kruhulik the janitor. The plot revolves around Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, potato chips dunked in champagne, and a falling tomato plant. Its most famous scene has been parodied in Shrek 2, Bruce Almighty, Blades of Glory, and The House Bunny, which comically uses hot steam instead of cool air. FTP, name this movie about a man’s attempts to avoid infidelity, which also catapulted Marilyn Monroe into stardom.
ANSWER: The Seven Year Itch
18. A Halloween 2008 episode of Knight Rider saw Billy Morgan dress up as him. He dances with his namesake to the song A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, but he’s actually named after a Marvel comics governess who worked for the Fantastic Four. He gave a hint to his eventual metamorphosis by mentioning that he used to be a poster boy in the Boeshane Peninsula. He left his brother behind sometime during the Great Breakout, and that brother would take revenge by burying him alive for nearly 19 centuries, turning John Hart against him, and killing his friends Owen and Tosh. His first appearance was in a fully equipped Chula warship in the episode The Empty Child. After being left for dead on Satellite 5, he traveled to the year 1869 to wait by the Cardiff rift until he could meet up with his friends. FTP, name this John Barrowman character, the first bisexual companion to Doctor Who.