DOKTRINE 2010
Freelance Packet
Author: Steve Bahnaman, NC Wesleyan College
Tossups
1. In this film, the main character's former flame Jackie starts a relationship with her band's guitarist, played by the film director's real life brother. Jackie is played by Cynthia Rhodes, who recorded "Finding Out the Hard Way" for the soundtrack. The main character pursues a wealthy English hottie named Laura and kisses her during the final scene after replacing the lead dancer in the production (*) Satan's Alley. He then goes out to "strut.” The film's soundtrack features the aforementioned Frank Stallone as well as "The Woman In You" by the Bee Gees. Dubbed the worst sequel of all time by Entertainment Weekly, for ten points, name this 1983 Sylvester Stallone-directed film starring John Travolta, named for a song from Saturday Night Fever.
ANS: Staying Alive
2. Though he is of Irish descent, he has claimed in his act that his father was Swedish and his mother was Elton John. In that same Comedy Central Presents special he also introduced his family as “six kids Catholic” for fear that otherwise people would think his mother really liked sex. On The Daily Show he pretended to be a longtime correspondent and called it the (*) “Jon Daily Show,” and on Late Night with Conan O’Brien he appeared as half of the animated superteam Pale Force. Often punctuating his stand-up with high-pitched asides such as “this guy’s weird” and “hey buddy, I like Hot Pockets,” for ten points, name this comedian with famous routines about holidays and bacon, which have appeared on the specials King Baby and Beyond the Pale.
ANS: Jim Gaffigan
3. The creator of this character described the similarity of this character’s name to one Disney narrator as “likely a Freudian slip.” This character’s siblings include Jacques whose one eyebrow and ankle tattoo cause him to be mistaken for his books’ main villain. He is in love with, and addresses some of his works to, (*) Beatrice, who is the mother of the protagonists of his most well-known stories. He frequently explains the contextual meanings of words to “dear reader” and relays the exploits of Sunny, Violet, and Klaus Baudelaire. The pseudonym and creation of real-life author Daniel Handler, for ten points, name this author of and character in A Series of Unfortunate Events.
ANS: Lemony Snicket (accept either name; prompt on Daniel Handler until it is read…I guess)
4. While at the University of Southern Mississippi, this player kicked a 61-yard field goal in a Utah snowstorm to set a record. He also set a USM record with eight interceptions as a safety. An award named for this man was introduced to college football in 2000, and has been won by Wisconsin’s Kevin (*) Stemke and Oklahoma State’s Matt Fodge. He played with the same AFC team from 1973 to 1986, winning three Super Bowls. In Super Bowl XI, he suffered his first career block. He pioneered “hang time,” a signature feature of his position, and had near-vertical follow-through. The key to the Raiders’ field position game who never had a punt returned for a touchdown, for ten points, name this prototypical NFL punter.
ANS: Ray Guy
5. This album's composers referenced this album ten years later in a song whose lyrics say "I drink myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex, and" this album. This record included some songs intended for the Lifehouse project, which explains why the last line of "The Song Is Over" is "playing so free like a breath rippling by," a reference to the song "Pure and Easy” on another album. This album's first track has one of the band's most famous (*) "windmill chords," while its final track contains a scream that accompanies a sunglass removal in some TV credits. Also featuring "Behind Blue Eyes," for ten points, name this 1971 Daltrey-Townshend led release including "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again.”
ANS: Who's Next
6. This film had to change its title to avoid confusion with a 2009 Paul McGuigan film about super soldiers. Two characters in this film are played by recording artists, including a male nurse named John McFadden and a social worker named Miss Weiss, played by Lenny Kravitz and Mariah (*) Carey respectively. The title character's imagination makes her into a blond girl when she looks in the mirror, makes a photo album talk to her, and makes her imagine herself in a music video shoot while being raped by her father. Heavily promoted by Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey and directed by Lee Daniels, it earned an Oscar nomination for Mamady Sidibe. Also scoring a 2009 Oscar win for Mo'Nique, for ten points, name this 2009 film "based on the novel Push by Sapphire."
ANS: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
7. Friends of this character include a redhead raised in a bird's nest, a man whose given name is Duncan, and a figure from the extradimensional world of Trolla. He has been voiced by Doug Parker and Gary Chalk, and his parents are named Marlena and Randor. In a 1987 film, this character faces off against adversaries like Blade and Saurod, as well as the better-known (*) Beast-Man and a nemesis portrayed by Frank Langella. His alter-ego is that of a prince who wears a pink shirt and pals around with a cat named Cringer and the aforementioned Man-At-Arms, Teela, and Orko. His twin sister is Princess Adora, also known as She-Ra. For ten points, name this 80s cartoon staple who fought Skeletor “by the power of Grayskull.”
ANS: He-Man (or Prince Adam)
8. This artist replaced the words "wrong" and "a freak" with "strong" and "smart" on a cover of the Pussycat Dolls' "Don't Cha" recorded for Pepsi Music's Cover Art series in 2009. This singer was nominated twice at the 2010 Grammies for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. One of those songs goes "You make it easier when life gets hard" and appeared on her collaborator's album (*) We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things. Her solo albums include 2007's Coco and 2009's Breakthrough, which included tracks like "The Little Things" and a debut hit whose refrain begins "It starts in my toes and I crinkle my nose." The duet partner on Taylor Swift's "Breathe" and Jason Mraz's "Lucky," for ten points, name this singer of "Bubbly" and "Fallin' For You."
ANS: Colbie (Marie) Caillat (rhymes with "Ballet" for some reason)
9. A home run by this player eliminated the West Coast rival Dodgers from the 1982 pennant race, and is the best-remembered moment of his late career. This player’s Colt .45s teammate Nellie Fox advised him to flap his back arm during his batting stance; he also shared with Fox a position and a diminutive stature. Joe Posnanski’s 2009 book The (*) Machine criticizes this possessor of 689 career steals for requiring teammates not to steal while he was hitting, driving down the numbers of Ken Griffey Sr. His better-known teammates during his MVP seasons in 1975 and 1976 include double-play partner Dave Concepcion. Bill James’ choice for the best second baseman of all time, for ten points, name this Reds standout and blogosphere-maligned current announcer.
ANS: Joe Morgan
10. This man said in an interview that his speaking style was based on that of The Thin Man’s William Powell. During the mid-1970s, he asked contestants to portray famous movie scenes in a show called his Screen Test. In a 1995 remake of his best-known show, he had Andy Dick as a son and portrayed the same character alongside Barbara (*) Feldon. In one of his best-known voice roles he told Chief Quimby he was “always on duty” and told criminals to “stop in the name of the law.” In his most famous on-screen role he uttered catchphrases like “would you believe” and “missed it by that much” and had his nasal tone imitated on film by Steve Carell. For ten points, name this comedic actor who portrayed Inspector Gadget and Maxwell Smart on Get Smart.
ANS: Don Adams
11. A discussion of THIS SONG causes a character named Barry to call someone an "ass-muncher" and tell him to go to the mall. This song's Best Song Oscar came for a movie which starred Gene Wilder and featured Kelly LeBrock as the title character. The song contains a list of non-occasions, like "No Libra sun, no (*) Halloween" and "No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away" and tells the addressee "something true, made up of these three words that I must say to you." Appearing in the 1984 film The Woman In Red and attacked by Jack Black in High Fidelity as an example of the artist's "latter-day sins", for ten points, name this song with an eight-word title one might intone while using a Motorola product, by Stevie Wonder.
ANS: "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
12. He was rated the best player in his alma mater’s history in 1995, and they retired his number 44—which he did not use professionally—in 1980. In the pros he was often defended by Mychal Thompson, who had succeeded him at his collegiate position for the Golden Gophers. He backed up Cedric Maxwell en route to an All-Rookie season in 1980-81, and almost signed with the Knicks in 1983 before receiving two (*) Sixth Man Awards in 1984 and 1985. Better remembered now as a starter in front of Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge, he began calling the low post his “torture chamber” due to his series of deceptive moves. The power forward on three Celtics championship teams, for ten points, name this frontcourt mate of Robert Parish and Larry Bird.
ANS: Kevin McHale
13. Minor villains who appear in this series include a team of cowboy werewolves, a vampire named Topher, and a woman named Bo who cuts one of the heroes to seize control of her weapon. One non-original member of this team takes both male and female forms—both African-American—but is in reality a Skrull. Another of the members of this superhero team is fated to become the most powerful being on earth, in keeping with the wishes of his father (*) Ultron. Xavin and Victor are additions to a team who named themselves Bruiser, Talkback, Sister Grimm, and Arsenic, and whose leader Alex Wilder turned out to be a traitor. For ten points, name this Marvel series about adolescents Molly, Chase, Gert, and Nico who leave their supervillain parents.
ANS: (The) Runaways
14. This character celebrated a 50th birthday and toasts the next 50 in a 2008 film, and at various points on the show in which she appears she reminisces about Studio 54 and her two abortions. Her first serious relationship depicted on television is with a man named James who turns out to be “as small as a baby carrot.” One of this character’s friends jokes that she “probably just ran out of men” when she begins a relationship with (*) Maria, though she eventually does end up with an “Absolut Hunk” named Jerry Jerrod whose first name she changes to “Smith” as part of a PR move. The elder stateswoman to her friends Charlotte, Miranda, and Carrie, for ten points, name this liberated woman played by Kim Cattrall on Sex and the City.
ANS: Samantha Jones (Accept either name)
15. This character sings “back up in your ass with the resurrection” while dancing with two white colleagues while drunk, and in the opening sequence this character’s profanity-laced tirade includes the phrase “son of a ass mother-shitter.” He tells the main character “this is horrible, this idea” about his film’s main caper, drops downward heel-kicks onto a copier, and considers himself “also not a pussy.” (*) When asked what he would do with a million dollars, he says he would invest both halves, prompting his friend Michael Bolton to explain that he’s missing the point. With a last name that The Bobs pronounce as “Naga…Naga…not gonna work here anymore anyway,” for ten points, name this Initech employee, the Asian colleague of Peter in Office Space.
ANS: Samir Nagheenanajar (accept either name)
16. In the second game in which it appears, this item can deliver the Oath to Order and the Elegy of Emptiness. This item is obtained by the main character from a moat after talking to the King of the Gerudo. Combinations of buttons can use the Nocturne of Shadow and the (*) Requiem of Spirit to move the character to specific locations, and the main character is taught tunes by the Composer Brothers Flat and Sharp, and by Sheik. It is used to solve the game’s puzzles including raising and lowering levels in the Water Temple and drying up the well in Kakariko Village. Used to access the Sacred Realm by Link, for ten points, name this musical instrument given to him by Zelda which subtitles a game often known as “Zelda 64.”
ANS: the Ocarina of Time
17. The radio voice of this franchise is known for using words like triskaidekaphobia, and is president of the sport’s broadcasters’ association, which he has been since 1986. Owner Peter Karmanos prematurely moved them along with announcer Chuck Kaiton in 1996, and they had to play games 90 minutes away from their eventual home at the RBC Center. Martin (*) Gelinas and goalie Kevin Weekes helped them over the Maple Leafs into the 2002 Stanley Cup final, and their even more successful 2006 run won a Cup for last remaining Hartford Whaler Glen Wesley and was led by Cory Stillman and Rod Brind’Amour. Featuring Rod Brind’Amour and Eric Staal, for ten points, name this hockey team that shares its arena with some nearby Wolfpack.
ANS: Carolina Hurricanes (accept either name; accept “Canes,”; accept Hartford or Whalers before “RBC Center” is mentioned.)
18. In a negatively-viewed 1978 film, this character is voiced by Michael Hordern; in that animated adaptation this character has many scenes with a character voiced by Ian Holm. In another 1977 animated film, this character is voiced by John Huston and has no singing parts, but does deliver poetic lines during a song about the (*) Misty Mountains. In films in 2002 and 2003, this character was addressed as Stormcrow by Bernard Hill’s character and as Mithrandir by John Noble’s. The 2001 film earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination and a SAG award for this role for the portrayer of Magneto. Slated to be reprised in Guillermo del Toro’s prequels by Ian McKellen, for ten points, name this white and grey wizard from The Lord of the Rings.