TOSSUPS – TULANE AACF DETOX 2005 – UT-CHATTANOOGA
Questions by Tulane A with an assist from your genial quizmaster
1. As manager of the Chicago White Stockings, during the 1888-89 off-season, he organized the first baseball world tour in places like Australia and Egypt. In 1876, he led his team to the first-ever National League championship on the strength of 47 wins. But even more impressive than that was his 1875 season--not only did he appear in 74 games, he bat .312 AND went an unbelievable 54-5 on the mound. FTP, name this Boston and Chicago pitcher, holder of the single-season wins record, but probably more famous for the sporting goods company he founded after retirement.
Answer:Albert Goodwill Spalding
2. Born in 1963 in Setagaya, Tokyo, he was always interested in writing and creating films. In the 1980's, he looked into filmmaking, but the Nintendo Entertainment System turned him to video games. Some of his games include Snatcher and Policenauts on the PC, 3DO, Sega Saturn, and Playstation. He recently won the Legend Award at G-Phoria, the award show for gamers. FTP, name this cinematic genius whose most famous video game creation is the Metal Gear Solid series.
Answer:Hideo Kojima
3. Originating on a Dutch label, this cheerful musical duo demanded that all the girls keep on having fun, getting down and shaking their tit...ular coconuts until the milk comes out. You might not recognize Jesper Mortensen or Jeppe Laursen since one of their most famous additions to the MTV lexicon was dominated by a mischievous, pixilated squirrel pulling crazy stunts, drinking hot sauce and blowing up the world. FTP, name this band which also commonly serves as the appellation of the third and fourth years of high school.
Answer:Junior Senior
4. A Brisbane, Australia woman, Tara Edith Woodford, pled guilty to three charges of dishonestly gaining money for selling nonexistent cases of this on Ebay for a total of $1511. Its actual existence would be impossible, as producers of the show on which it is featured refuse to license the name. FTP, name this fictional beverage, whose mascots are Dizzy, Edgy, Queasy, Sleazy, Surly, Tipsy, and Remorseful.
Answer:Duff Beer
5. Born Dante Terrell Smith, his movie career actually began before his music career—in 1988. He continued his D-list acting as his music began to take off in the mid-‘90’s, finding success recording with De La Soul and with the 1997 song “Universal Magnetic.” His turn in Spike Lee’s Bamboozled led to better movie roles, like Ryrus Cooper in Monster’s Ball and Left Ear in The Italian Job. A frequent guest on Chappelle’s Show, name, FTP, this rapper/actor tapped to play Ford Prefect in the upcoming Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Answer:Mos Def
6. During his four seasons in the NBA as an LA Clipper, this mercurial forward repeatedly violated the league's drug policy. After he was traded, he reformed and was a large factor in his team's surprising run to the Eastern Conference semifinals. For ten points, name this former Miami Heat player, traded after the 2003-04 along with Brian Grant, Caron Butler and a first-round draft pick for the Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal.
Answer:Lamar Odom
7.One recurring character is Richandamy, a couple who hugged each other in the seventh grade and never let go. The main character’s best friend is Hector Garcia, who has gone through a number of bad girlfriends, the current one being environmentalist hippie Autumn. The main character’s girlfriend, Sara Toomey, happens to be a patient of his father, Walt Duncan, an orthodontist. This comic was created in 1997 by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman. FTP, what is this syndicated strip, which features the travails of fifteen-year-old Jeremy Duncan?
Answer:Zits
8. Airing on January 8, 2005 it featured Arizona millionaire Bill Long and his Kansas ranch. Made by the producers of The Bachelor, it featured 10 of Bill’s relatives and friends competing to inherit the property after his death. This is, FTP, what CBS show, which garnered only 4.2 million viewers, and joined the illustrious group of You’re in the Picture, Turn On, Co-Ed Fever, and South of Sunset by being canceled after only one episode?
Answer:The Will
9. A husband-wife team forms the core of this Montreal-based band. Their electric stage performances, often featuring a violin, harp, cello and accordion alongside the traditional guitar, drums, and bass, landed them a contract with Merge Records, which released their self-titled EP in 2003. Their 2004 full-length album, which was nominated for 2 JUNO Awards, the Canadian Grammy, was proclaimed the indie-rock record of the year. Its title, Funeral, refers to the deaths of several band members’ family members just before release. FTP, name this band, fronted by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne.
Answer:The Arcade Fire
10. It begins with Allanon, the last of the druids, coming to Shady Vale to tell Flick Ohmsford and his half-elf brother Shea that the Warlock Lord wants to kill them, because only Shea, as the last descendent of Jerle, can defeat him. They travel to the city of Culhaven, where a council of the Races is called to decide what to do. The group splits up and, after many travails, arrives at the Skull Kingdom, home of the Warlock Lord and his army of gnomes. Shea finally uses the titular weapon, his mythical birthright, to kill the Warlock Lord. This describes the plot of, FTP, what novel, whose author, Terry Brooks, swears to God does not plagiarize the Lord of the Rings?
Answer:The Sword of Shannara
11. His first project, 1973’s Shirts/Skins was a basketball-related TV movie starring Bill Bixby, McLean Stevenson, and Loretta Swit. Oddly appropriate, as his most-famous job was as producer of another show about basketball, this time starring Ken Howard as Ken Reeves, basketball coach at the mostly-black Carver High School. That show, The White Shadow, was Emmy-nominated in 1980 and 1981 for Outstanding Drama Series. Aside from producing the medical drama St. Elsewhere, this man’s career was pretty unmemorable. FTP, why are we asking about him? This television producer is one of Tulane University’s more famous alumni and, oh yeah, he’s the father of a famous Gwyneth.
Answer:BrucePaltrow (accept just “Paltrow” before the word “Gwyneth,” prompt on it after)
12.This song replaced “Baby Don’t Scold Me” on the second pressing of the album that features it. That 1966 album was the self-titled debut of a band whose members included Richie Furay, Jim Messina, Neil Young, and Stephen Stills, who is credited with writing the song. Its lyrics evoke anti-Vietnam protests with lines like “A thousand people in the street/singing songs and carrying signs.” FTP, “It’s time to stop, hey, what’s that sound?/Everybody look what’s goin’ down” and name this song.
Answer:For What It’s Worth
13. This 1957 release was one of over a dozen Disney features directed by Robert Stevenson. William Tunberg collaborated with Fred Gipson in adapting Gipson’s novel for film. Chuck Connors appears as Burn Sanderson, while the parents Jim and Katie Coates are played by Fess Parker and Dorothy McGuire. FTP name this weeper in which young Travis Coates has to shoot the heroic but rabies-infected title character.
Answer:Old Yeller
14. One of the more fondly recalled games of the author’s childhood, the object was to simply roll the dice, then move your pieces down the spiraling path to the center. There really were no fancy obstacles, other than the fact that if you rolled a particular green die side you had to unleash the game’s titular creature, who would careen around the board in a parade of destruction and chaos, at least until the wind-up spring ran out. For ten points, name this board game by Pressman about a group of cave people trying to escape a fiendish plastic reptile.
Answer:Dizzy Dizzy Dinosaur
15. WARNING: YEAR AND TEAM REQUIRED. Bobby Hurley led the team in minutes. Christian Laettner led the way in blocked shots, points, rebounds and steals. Grant Hill, Thomas Hill and Billy McCaffrey rounded out the starting five. North Carolina beat them in the ACC tournament, but they would then reel off six straight wins to win the national championship in Indianapolis. FTP, name this team, who beat UNLV and Kansas in the Final Four to become Mike Krzyzewski’s first championship team.
Answer:1990-91 Duke Blue Devils
16. Her television career began in 1995 with a role in an updated version of Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys alongside Woody Allen, Peter Falk, and Sarah Jessica Parker. She also played Officer Diane Wittlesey on Oz for three seasons, and was picked to replace Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson on the so-bad-they-only-made-a-pilot TV series version of Fargo. But her most famous role is on another HBO original show. FTP, who plays Carmela Soprano?
Answer:Edie Falco
17. Probably the only famous person to ever come out of Manchester, Georgia, this current resident of Atlanta gave a lecture at M.I.T. on January 30, 2002. He became famous for his fascinating use of color and size, and for informing us that he is smarter than God, that we destroyed the village, were educated stupid, and are word masturbators. He also has something to say about Socrates, Einstein, the Clintons, Jesus, and space-time, but that’s where things get fuzzy. For ten points, name this great crackpot Internet philosopher, the inventor of Time Cube.
Answer:Gene Ray
18. He was the first overall pick in the 1978 draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and led them to an NFC title game. After a brief stint in the USFL, he went back to the NFL and joined the Washington Redskins when asked by coach Joe Gibbs. In 1987, he won the starting quarterback job and led the team to the Super Bowl. There, he threw for 340 yards on 18-for-29 passing and four touchdowns on his way to an MVP award. FTP name the first black quarterback to start a Super Bowl.
Answer:Doug Williams
19. His first feature film, Shallow Grave, was about flat mates who are consumed with greed and violence. It was the first of three films in which he directed Ewan McGregor. His most recent effort is about an imaginative little boy who finds robbery loot and has to spend it before the UK changes over to the Euro. His most famous film is a 1996 story about Scottish drug addicts and their crazy antics, based on a novel by Irving Welsh. FTP name the director of Trainspotting.
Answer:Danny Boyle
20.On the third Thursday of November each year, a specialized worldwide distribution network for this product kicks in. Within a few weeks, 65 million bottles, nearly all the yearly production of it, has been consumed. Its chief proponent is Georges Duboeuf, the largest manufacturer, whose promotion has seen production rise from 1 million to 70 million bottles per year in the last 45 years. This wine is very popular in the US because its speedy production process creates a red with very few tannins, tasting very close to a white. Though technically a primeur, it is usually called nouveau. FTP, name this varietal which pairs well with turkey, often found at Thanksgiving tables.
Answer:Beaujolais Nouveau
21. This show was revived for the first time in 1983, with Jon “Bowzer” Bauman from the band Sha-Na-Na hosting, and featured John DeLancie, among others. The original pilot in 1966 was hosted by Bert Parks, but he was replaced by Peter Marshall, who held the job for 15 years. Panelists often included Roddy McDowall, Vincent Price, Charo, Ernest Borgnine and Paul Lynde. The second revival of the show, from 1986-89 was hosted by John Davidson, and featured Joan Rivers and the unforgettable Shadoe Stevens. FTP, name this game show, hosted by Tom Bergeron for the most recent revival, which starred Whoopi Goldberg and was renamed H2 just before its demise in September 2004.
Answer:Hollywood Squares
22. He first appeared on The Smothers Brothers Show in 1975 and has been seen on Married…with Children, Blossom, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show,Square Pegs, The Tonight Show with both Carson and Leno, and Late Night With David Letterman. He made news when he was arrested by the Swiss Guard for impersonating a priest, but he is probably best known for his appearances on Saturday Night Live, when, for example, he reported on the Pope’s lost wallet. FTP, name this Vatican-based rock critic and gossip columnist, the alter ego of comedian Don Novello.
Answer:Father Guido Sarducci (accept “Don Novello” before he is mentioned)
23.The first was held in Höfen, Germany in 1990, but was not held again until 1995 in Pforzheim, Germany. Since then, this biennial event has been held in Norway, Sweden, and the most recent was in Carson City, Nevada in 2003. Karl-Heinz Hille of Berlin took home the overall world championship there, but nine Americans also won trophies in categories like English, Wild West, Garibaldi, Verdi, Musketeer, Fu Manchu, Dalí, and Handlebar. FTP, name this facial hair showdown.
Answer:World Beard and Moustache Chamionships (accept equivalents, as long as they mention beard, moustache, and the concept of competition)
BONI – TULANE AACF DETOX 2005 – UT-CHATTANOOGA
Questions by Tulane A with an assist from your genial quizmaster
1. Oh boy. The protagonist of Quantum Leap has gotten himself into some sticky situations. Given plot details, name the person he has leapt into, FTPE.
a) He finds himself trapped in...himself at age 16 and must decide whether he wants to keep leaping or live out his life all over again.
Answer:Sam Beckett (accept either)
b) While Sam is in 1985, running her radio talk show, playing matchmaker to her producers, and trying to help a young secretary who's being sexually harassed by her boss, she spends her time in the Waiting Room, counseling Al on his relationships with women.
Answer:Dr. Ruth or Ruth Westheimer
c)As a result of leaping again before he had a chance to complete his original mission, Sam finds himself leaping back and forth through the life of this man. With time running out, Sam and Al attempt to prevent an attack on the President. But, with each leap, Sam is losing more control over his actions, and history seems doomed to repeat itself.
Answer:Lee Harvey Oswald
2. Name the band, given the lead singer FFPE.
a) Darius Rucker
Answer:Hootie and the Blowfish
b) Art Alexakis
Answer:Everclear
c) Ben Gibbard
Answer:Death Cab for Cutie
d) Tom DeLonge
Answer:Blink 182
e) Chris Carrabba
Answer:Dashboard Confessional
f) Wayne Coyne
Answer:The Flaming Lips
3. Given a short story or novel by Philip K. Dick, name the movie based on it FTPE.
a) Second Variety
Answer:Screamers
b) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Answer:Blade Runner
c) We Can Remember it for You Wholesale
Answer:Total Recall
4. Name the four NCAA Division I-A colleges that play their home football games in a dome. 5 points for one, 10 for two, 20 for three, and 30 for all four.
Answer:Tulane University (Superdome), University of Minnesota (Metrodome), Syracuse University (Carrier Dome), University of Idaho (Kibbie Dome)
5. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas contains a huge universe of mini-games. FTPE, name these arcade games you can play within the game.
a) You are a bee collecting flowers that grow on the edge of leaves. Watch out for thorns!
Answer:Let’s Get Ready to Bumble
b) In this Asteroids-type game, you must collect the white circle and shoot the black circles.
Answer:Duality
c) This game can be found hooked up to the TV at Carl’s house on Grove St. You are a ship that can move along the outside of a circle, and you must shoot the aliens coming from the center of the screen
Answer:They Crawled from Uranus (do not accept “they came from Uranus”)
6. Kevin Costner has been in a few great movies. He’s also been in a few that most people have tried very hard to forget. But it’s not just the star that makes a film. Name the Costner film given the actor who played his nemesis for ten points, or five if you need the character’s name.
a. (10) Dennis Hopper
(5) Deacon
Answer:Waterworld
b. (10) Don Johnson
(5) David Simms
Answer:Tin Cup