Bayou-a-Drank 2011
Questions by Mark Franklin, Anthony Bush, and Gail Celio with Dwight Kidder and Charlie Steinhice
TOSSUPS
1. While some of this company’s most famous products were invented by Norman Stingley, Fred Morrison, and either Robert Carrier or Cody Abramson, the driving forces were Richard Knerr and Arthur “Spud” Melin. Its less successful products have included Instant Fish, plastic Great White Shark Teeth, and bomb shelter kits, and this company also confusingly produced boomerangs, crossbows, throwing knives and .22-caliber single-shot target pistol. This company had better luck with the Air Blaster, Huf ‘n’ Puf blowgun, and Roller Racer Sit Skate, and they own such popular names as Magic sand, Super Elastic Bubble Plastic and Silly String. Also the manufacturers of the Super Ball, the Hackey Sack footbag, and the Roller Racer Sit skate, FTP, what is this toy and novelty manufacturer that has had such major successes as the Slip ‘n’ Slide, the Hula Hoop, and the Frisbee?
ANSWER: Wham-O
2. In interviews in November 2011, members of this band expressed an openness to accept as a full-time fifth member Miles Kane, who has frequently joined the band onstage on their traditional finale “505” and was the other half of one band member’s side projects, The Last Shadow Puppets. That band member also wrote all six songs for the soundtrack of the 2010 indie film Submarine. They released a three-song EP of B-sides under the pseudonym The Death Ramps, and “Scummy” was the original title of their song “When the Sun Goes Down”. Singles from their latest album include “Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved the Chair” and “Hellcat Spangled Shalalala,” but they may be better known for songs such as “Crying Lightning,” “My Propeller” and “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor.” FTP, who is this Sheffield-based band behind the albums Humbug, Suck It and See, and Favourite Worst Nightmare and the single “Fluorescent Adolescent”?
ANSWER: TheArctic Monkeys
3. In “The Fun Girls” episode of “The Andy Griffith Show,” Barney suggests they all go back to Daphne’s house and watch a movie on TV starring this man. This man was banned from entering Britain in 1966 based on his reputation. His reputation was earned due to his association with gangsters, like Owney Madden and Bugsy Siegel, as well as the roles he often played. Joe Mantegna played this man in the 1991 movie Bugsy, while he himself played characters such as “Hood” Stacey, Joe Fabrini and Raoul DeBaere in Each Dawn I Die, They Drive By Night and Bolero, respectively. This actor parodied his suspected mafia connections, playing gangster Spats Colombo in Some Like it Hot, while another earlier role saw him play Guino Rinaldo, who attempts to murder O’Hara, the leader of the North Side gang, at the florist shop that he uses as a base. FTP, who is this tough-guy actor, whose first big break came as the coin-tossing henchman in 1932’s Scarface?
ANSWER: GeorgeRaft
4. On April Fool’s Day in 2009, Magglio Ordonez wore this number in right field for the Detroit Tigers, the first time the Tigers had used it since 1974. In August 2011 this number was used in a retirement ceremony in Atlanta, whose other retired numbers include Tom Glavine’s number 47 and Greg Maddux’s number 31, both of whom were managed by that man with this number. In addition to Bobby Cox, two gentleman associated with this number were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 2011 by Barack Obama. From 1942 to 1967 the National Hockey League was composed of this many teams. Retired in Philadelphia for Julius Erving, in Boston for Bill Russell, in St. Louis for Stan Musial, and in Detroit for Al Kaline, this is, FTP, what number now worn in Miami by Lebron James?
ANSWER: six
5. Parts one and two of this book were originally published as novellas in Analog magazine and earned their author a Nebula award, making its author the first woman to be so honored. Part three contains the discovery that time travel is possible when going between, and is used by the protagonists to bring members of the Weyrs 400 years from the past into the present. The goal is to bolster the numbers of animals and riders who can fight the reappearance of the Red Star's voracious Thread that falls from the skies. FTP, what is this book that tells the story of Lessa and her companion Ramoth, the first in the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey?
ANSWER: Dragonflight
6. An asthmatic as a child and stricken with colon cancer in his late forties, this musician persevered to collect 14 Grammy Awards during his career including a Lifetime Grammy in 1993. His earliest success came as a producer for Jim Reeves at RCA and his clout allowed him to sign and produce his brother-in-law Kenneth Burns, one-half of the country parody duo Homer and Jethro. Despite sharing a jazz sensibility with Willie Nelson, the two clashed over production during Nelson’s days at RCA in Nashville. After giving up the producer’s chair in the mid 1970’s, this musician teamed up with fellow guitarist Les Paul for a pair of all-star albums. FTP who is this self-proclaimed “certified guitar picker” who also won Grammys for collaborations with Merle Travis, Mark Knopfler, and Jerry Reed?
ANSWER: ChetAtkins
7. The first of these restaurants opened on September 19, 1969 and this restaurant has no franchises, as all locations are company-owned. Founder Dan Evins was working in his family’s gas station when he noted that there were few places to eat along the fairly new interstate system, and that the places that did exist were almost always fast food. Menu items include the Sunrise Sampler and Uncle Herschel’s Favorite for breakfast, which is served all day, and chicken and dumplings has been reported as this restaurant’s bestseller. Other items that can be purchased at this restaurant include rock candy, cook books and children’s toys, all of which can be purchased at the “old country store” located at the front of most of these establishments. FTP, what is this restaurant, known for its rocking chair front porch and peg board games?
ANSWER: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
8. The main character in this movie has to go to the title location from his hometown of Brown Valley, Wisconsin, due to the death of his co-worker, Roger Lemke. One character in the movie, Dean, notes that he is having a perfect moment as he stands drinking in a pool with a trash can lid on his head watching the main character, Tim, make out with Joan. Tim’s boss sends him to the title location for the ASMI convention where he must make a presentation in hopes of winning the Two Diamonds Award. This movie was not filmed in the titular location, instead being shot in another Midwest city, Ann Arbor, Michigan, because of their friendlier tax creits. Featuring Mike O’Malley as Mike Pyle, Rob Corddry as Gary, and Anne Heche as Joan Ostrowski-Fox, this is, FTP, what 2011 movie, in which a naïve insurance salesman, played by Ed Helms, has his world broadened in the title Iowa town?
ANSWER: Cedar Rapids
9. Although his father played baseball at the AAA level, he prefers fencing and soccer, and he claims he only used his tennis racket as a bubble bath frother. On the school front, he recommends never complimenting a teacher on her figure and was once disciplined for getting in a fight with his nephew over the malaprop “coal digger.” A coffee lover with an unexplained fear of butterflies, he once described himself as both an intellectual and a romantic “in one little brown package.” This character idolizes his absentee father, while his step-father is played by an actor who was notably the patriarch of another TV family. Usually seen wearing his burgundy dinner jacket, this is, FTP, what precocious stepson of Jay Pritchett played by Rico Rodriguez on ABC’s Modern Family?
ANSWER: MannyDelgado (accept either underlined part)
10. Along with teammates Miles Simon, Michael Dickerson and Mike Bibby, this player won the national championship at Arizona in 1997. The tenth overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft, this 34 year old guard is going into his contract year, should it ever begin; but, has already made it known that he prefers to stay with his current team until his retirement. That preference is made clear by the seven straight playoff appearances made since leaving the team that drafted him, the Atlanta Hawks, where he failed to make the post-season in five seasons. Clearer still is the vindication of a 2006 NBA Finals loss to the franchise his team defeated in June, justifying his tattoo of the Larry O’Brien trophy he had gotten on his arm prior to the 2010-11 season. The 2009 winner of the NBA sixth man award, FTP, who is this shooting guard for the Dallas Mavericks who put up 27 points in the game six clincher over the Miami Heat in June 2011?
ANSWER: JasonTerry
11. In Oct. 2010, one of this band’s songs was given a shout-out in the comic strip Sally Forth along with pistachio ice cream and John Kennedy Toole’s novel A Confederacy of Dunces. All three original members were sons of American fathers and British mothers met during their respective fathers’ Air Force service. As a duo, they recorded the theme song to the film The Last Unicorn and had one top ten hit with “You Can Do Magic” after the late Dan Peek left to pursue a solo career in contemporary Christian music. Edgier songs such as “Two Roses” and “Sandman” were never released as singles, unlike the lighter “Don’t Cross the River”, “I Need You”, and “Tin Man.” FTP, what is this Seventies soft rock group whose biggest hits included “Sister Golden Hair”, “Ventura Highway”, and “Horse with No Name”?
ANSWER: America
12. This actor had not yet changed the spelling of his last name when he had his first starring role in the 2004 film Oyster Farmer. One of his early U.S. film roles was as the brother of Jonathan Rhys-Myers’ character in August Rush. On the small screen, he spent seven episodes as Kevin Hiatt in season 6 of The Shield and costarred in the short-lived series Moonlight and Three Rivers. In 2010, this actor appeared in a movie where he played a character who meets Zoe, played by Jennifer Lopez, in a taxi and eventually marries and impregnates her. In this actor’s current role, he plays the lieutenant commander of the United States Naval Reserve, whose colleagues include Chin Ho Kelly and Kono Kalakaua. FTP, who is this Australian actor that starred in The Back-up Plan and that can currently be seen filling the shoes of the late Jack Lord as Detective Steve McGarrett on Hawaii Five-O?
ANSWER: AlexO’Loughlin (or O’Lachlan; pronounced O’Locklin, but accept anything phonetically plausible.)
13. This band agreed to pay royalties to Gang Gang Dance, whose song “House Jam” was not initially credited as a source for this band’s song “Rabbit Heart.” Band members include Tom Monger on harp, drummer Chris Hayden, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, and keyboardist Isabella Summers, whose nickname provides the latter half of the band name. The first half comes from their lead singer, a former member of Ashok who also provided lead vocals in the role of Imelda Marcos for the title track of the David Byrne-Fatboy Slim album Here Lies Love. “Little Donkey”, “Drumming Song”, “No Light, No Light”, and “Hurricane Drunk” are among lesser-known tracks from their first two albums, Lungs and Ceremonial. FTP, what is this British band best known in the U.S. for the single “Dog Days Are Over”?
ANSWER: Florence + the Machine
14. NFL.com records this running back’s total yardage at 569 with 21 touchdowns and a 3.3 yards per carry average. This does not include totals from his fledgling American Football League career with the New York Yankees, or the 19-game barnstorming tour from his first stint with the Chicago Bears. Those recorded stats were barely better than the one-day total he amassed at the inaugural game played in the University of Illinois’ Memorial Stadium when he was responsible for 402 combined yards over Michigan on October 18, 1924. Not to be confused with a Peter Gabriel song, FTP, who is this legendary running back named as ESPN’s top all-time college football player and inducted in the inaugural class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963?
ANSWER: Howard “Red”Grange
15. This word means “secret” in Swahili, while in Old Norse it means “beautiful woman who gives you victory.” This word is male in France and the United Kingdom, but female in most other places including the United States. The person most associated with the company responsible for the product named after this word died the day after it was introduced in its latest form. When asked if it is Skynet, this product has responded that it can’t answer that question. Currently, this product only supports three languages--English, German, and French--and it has limited effectiveness outside of the United States. A little girl inquires of this product what a weasel looks like, and a woman tells it that she is locked out in advertising for this product. FTP, what is this personal assistant available on the IPhone 4S?
ANSWER: Siri
16. This artist’s 1992 song “Beauty of a Dream” included contributions from Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Phil Lesh, and the song concluded his fourth studio album. October 2011 saw the long form release of this artist’s long-awaited A Map of the Floating City, his first CD release since 1992’s Astronauts and Heretics. That new CD by this musician is the culmination of a web-based social networking game made in collaboration with J.J. Abrams. This musician’s unconventional career track has led him into producing for Joni Mitchell, composing film music for the George Lucas production of Howard the Duck, and creating synthesized polyphonic ringtones for Nokia. However, the best known song by this musician notes that a woman, is “poetry in motion” and features a cameo by Magnus Pyke. FTP, who is this British new wave artist whose primary success in America was the top 5 hit, “She Blinded Me With Science”?
ANSWER: ThomasDolby or Thomas Robertson
17. This man played a dead body on “Law & Order: SVU,” “N.Y.P.D. Blue,” and “Booker P.I,” and he has also had roles as a tough-guy nephew on Officer Ross Harper on a multiple-episode arc of “Pacific Blue”. This person’s film work includes playing a thug in Head On, and a bookie in Queens Boulevard. His first big break came with the leading role of Tarvold in the late 1990’s series “Viking Quest,” and he later scored a role in the successful drama series “Five Towns”. This actor later tries to leave his contract with “Five Towns” to audition for Melrose Place 2009, a remake of a show he had originally been fired from in 1993. A fan of the New York Mets, this character has a tattoo of the Notre Dame leprachaun on his right leg and follows the rule “floor level or bust” when talking about U2 concerts. In lean times, he makes a living by cooking for his younger brother, Vince. FTP, who is this character played by Kevin Dillon on “Entourage”?
ANSWER: JohnnyDrama (accept “Johnny Chase;” prompt for more on “Chase”)
18. The driver of the pace car at the 18th annual Brickyard 400, this University of Washington product drop-kicked a ball into a moving taxi-van during an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman in summer 2011. Despite a shoulder injury suffered in July, she was able to toss out a pitch at a Cubs game and run the Chicago Marathon in August; but not well enough to return to South Florida to play for the now-defunct magicjack franchise of the WPS. She earned a Gold Medal at the Beijing games, shutting out Brazil and vindicating a loss from the prior year’s World Cup, where she was pulled in favor of Brianna Scurry. She again stopped Brazil in the 2011 World Cup on the way to a finals loss to Japan. Seen this season with Maksim Chmerkovsky on Dancing with the Stars, FTP who is this outspoken goalkeeper of the United States women’s national soccer team?
ANSWER: HopeSolo
19. One character in this movie, Jennifer, is supposed to be in an exercise video the next week. At one point the main character uses a pull-tab from a drink can to make a free call from a payphone. At another point, that character in this movie uses a tape recorder to break out of an electronically locked room. The character, David, imagines taking a plane trip with Jennifer, but they actually travel to Goose Island, where they run into a remote control pterodactyl. Planning the trip to France eventually leads to trouble for that main character of this movie when the government becomes suspicious of his travel plans and suspects that he may be a threat to national security. Dabney Coleman appears as Dr. John McKittrick in this movie, which also included Matthew Broderick’s second-ever film role. FTP, what is this 1983 movie, in which David’s attempts to hack into ProtoVision causes NORAD’s computer to start into a launch sequence for nuclear missiles?