ASS II – Round 1 – That’s My Number – Page 11
ASS II
Round 1 – That’s My Number
Packet by Mike Bentley et al.
Theme: All of the answers in this packet will relate in some fashion to numbers, although numbers do not necessarily need to be in each answer.
TOSSUPS
1) Visitors to its website can learn how to give insults like "Go outside to see if I'm there" in French. The company that produces it also makes the Bohemia and Indio brands, and the Flash intro to its website talks about a man who doesn't order his salad dressing on the side and who once punched a magician. Its original name derived from the impending arrival of the 20th century and was created by Wilhelm Hasse. Recent commercials have featured a man who includes his beard on his organ donor card, the Most Interesting Man in the World. That South American aristocrat usually ends the commercial by saying he doesn't always drink beer, but prefers this beer when he does. With a slogan of "Stay Thirsty, My Friends", FTP, name this beer brewed by the Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery, a Mexican beer that isn't Corona.
ANSWER: Dos Equis
2) His namesake foundation is planning to build the Baseball in Literature Museum and Research Library and he also lends his name to an award given to MLB players who best exemplify "civic awareness, willingness to lead younger players, and positive influence in their club’s community". The Terre Haute Texaco station he owned became a semi-museum after he retired. After being traded to the Reds, he went a disappointing 11-12, so he moved on to manage St. Louis in the Federal League. This man's relief of Jack Pfiester helped the Cubs clinch the 1908 pennant, and he wrote an instruction manual titled How To Pitch Curves. He finished his career with a 2.06 ERA, gained in part thanks to the poor setting of his middle finger following an accident with a farm chopper. FTP, identify this early baseball player known for lacking some digits.
ANSWER: Mordecai Peter Centennial "Three-Fingered" Brown
3) Its video contains scenes from a movie starring Mary Stuart Masterson and Johnny Depp since it was featured on the Benny & Joon soundtrack, and it was originally released some five years earlier as the first track on 1988's Sunshine on Leith. Its satirical moniker as a national anthem is helped by it being played after home goals are scored at Hampden Park and it's definitely the unofficial anthem of the Hibernian Club. The singer in this song pledges to "pass almost every penny on to you" and desires to "dream about the time I'm with you". Along with "I'm on My Way" and "Letter from America", it was one of the biggest hits by a Scottish band comprising twins Charlie and Craig Reid. FTP, name this hit by The Proclaimers that talks about walking the titular distance to be at your door.
ANSWER: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (accept either underlined answer; do not accept "I Would Walk 500 Miles", that's not the song's title)
4) After deftly killing a fly, one of this group claims that a few years earlier he would’ve gotten three. Another reveals his mixed Irish and Hispanic heritage to the group of children he befriends. A pair of them meet while killing five men trying to block the burial of an Indian in town limits. The stoic one, Britt, reluctantly kills a loudmouth in a duel before becoming one of the four casualties, but unlike the group on which they were based, the youngest, Chico, marries the farmer’s daughter he fell in love with after vanquishing Calvera’s bandits. Also including Steve McQueen’s Vin and Yul Brynner’s Chris Adams, name, FTP, this slightly lamer, Westernized version of The Seven Samurai.
ANSWER: The Magnificent Seven
5) A distribution deal with Williams resulted in it never being released for a home console in the United States, and power-ups in this game are given by ships that alternate colors between red, blue and green. The boss of the Bellon level is commonly referred to as a Floating Heart, while a "big purple alien" rules over Natols, its first level. A big raisin winks at you if you beat this game three times in a row, a signature of games made by Toaplan. You pilot a Zig fighter and face a nefarious enemy known as Cats. Its opening narration sets the stage by stating "In A.D. 2101, war was beginning." FTP, identify this game best remembered today for Engrish {sic} lines like "What you say!" and "All your base are belong to us".
ANSWER: Zero Wing
6) A song with this name by Fallout Boy has a chorus where the singer keeps telling himself he's not the desperate type, a song subtitled "Atavan Halen". It takes place in the "Fear Strikes Out" episode of Boy Meets World, which ends with Cory and Topanga going on a double date to a poetry reading. The 1985 teen movie with this name stars Billy Wirth as baseball player Zoo Knudsen and Jennifer Connelly as Natalie Becker. As a result of this game, Jenna was prevented from joining the Six Chicks and had a falling out with Tom in 13 Going On 30, while on King of the Hill the kids were forced to play Pin the Tail on the Donkey after Hank found Bobby playing it with Jordan. On the OC, it's how Ryan and Taylor first hook up in the episode, "The Summer Bummer". FTP, name this game where teenagers make out in a closet for the title time duration.
ANSWER: Seven Minutes in Heaven
7) Locarno has apparently written great fic based on this game, including "The Will to Survive" and "The Will To Power". Characters in this game include Nero Vipus, who dies in the Istavaan III incident and is a member of the Luna Wolves. While a fifth edition of this game is slated to come out in July, the most recent fourth edition was published along with a Battle For Macragge boxset and also contained a Cities of Death expansion pack. One of its fields of battle is sometimes known as the Sea of Souls or the Realm of Chaos, although it's more frequently called The Warp and is a counterpart to Materium. Factions in this game include the Eldar, the Imperial Guard and the Space Marines. Developed by Games Workshop, FTP, identify this sci-fi tabletop game played with small figurines.
ANSWER: Warhammer 40000 (or Warhammer 40K; prompt on "W40K" or "WH4K" or "40K")
8) The protagonist of this film faces added pressure when police investigating his former hideout, led by Delroy Lindo's character Roland Castlebeck, discover a list written in invisible ink on the wall. The primary plot in the movie is precipitated by Giovanni Ribisi's character, Kip, failing to deliver items like an Azure and a DB7 to Calitri, played by Christopher Eccleston. Among those who assist in helping Kip out are The Sphinx and Sway, as well as Robert Duvall's character, Otto, and protagonist Randall "Memphis" Raines hooks up with Angelina Jolie late in this film. One scene involves the protagonists planning how to obtain "computer chip keys" from a car dealership. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and containing the idiotic line, "What do you think is more exciting, having sex or stealing cars?", FTP, identify this remake of a 1974 film starring reformed car thief Nicholas Cage.
ANSWER: Gone in 60 Seconds
9) In later adventures, this character attempted to unleash the Planet Killer virus in a story subtitled Before Dishonor. This character served as something of a surrogate mother to Icheb, and after much prodding played a game of kadis-kot with Naomi Wildman. She was the object of a plot by the Think Tank and was instrumental in thwarting the Omega molecules. Her parents, Erin and Magnus, were exobiologists who eventually fell prey to an ion storm causing the shields of The Raven to go offline. She initially spurned the advances of Harry Kim, and later had a relationship with Chakotay. Essentially replacing Kes, FTP, name this character played by Jeri Ryan on Star Trek Voyager.
ANSWER: Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero-One (prompt on "Seven" and "Annika Hansen"; anyone who gives "Seven of the One" is officially too lame to be at this tournament and should be summarily thrown out)
10) During the 1982 NFC Championship Game, Dwight Clark caught The Catch on third down and this many yards, and in the 1988 AFC Championship Game, Earnest Byner of the the Cleveland Browns fumbled at this yard line. The Kansas City Chiefs retired this jersey number in honor of placekicker Jan Stenerud, and in the 1986 Draft, Jim Everett was drafted with this number pick, as was Barry Sanders in 1989. The victorious New England Patriots scored this many points in the 1982 Snowplow Game, and prior to the Super Bowl of this number, Jets quarterback Joe Namath guaranteed a victory over the Baltimore Colts. FTP, identify this number, which is also how many points a field goal is worth.
ANSWER: three
11) Number's the same. A mathcore band who has released albums like Put on Your Rosy Red Glasses is named [this number] Looks Like You, while this many people allegedly sat on a "Majestic" committee established by President Truman to investigate the Roswell incident in 1947. Hitting the function key of this number in Max Payne brings up the cheat console, and a Street Fighter character of this name has appeared exclusively in 3rd Strike and speaks only in binary. The driver of the NASCAR car of this number drives a Dodge, was the Raybestos Rookie of the Year in 2002 and placed 2nd at last year's Subway 500, one Ryan Newman. FTP, Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt stared in a Terry Gilliam film about how many monkeys?
ANSWER: 12
12) He sang vocals on a short lived side project that produced the track "Vertigo", rejected for the Spiderman soundtrack. Besides Planet Us, his other minor collaborations have included teaming up with Neal Schon and Kenny Aaronson to record a cover of "White Shade of Pale" for the supergroup, H. S. A. S. He rose to fame in a band that produced the album Paper Money, penning such tunes as "Bad Motor Scooter". This one-time Montrose member lamented how "what used to take two hours now takes all day / it took me 16 hours to get to L.A." in a song protesting the enactment of a slower national speed limit. A compilation of his career appeared on The Essential Red Collection, in reference to his nickname as "The Red Rocker". With his best known band, he sang songs from the album 5150 like "Dream" and "Why Can't This Be Love?" FTP, identify this solo artist behind "I Can't Drive 55", a one time singer for Van Halen.
ANSWER: Sammy Hagar (prompt on "The Red Rocker" before mentioned)
13) It was briefly combined with another show in order to air six times a week, including a "Downtown" variety. One critic described its original episode as being a "Monty Python parody of a news show", an episode that contained a claymation version of Jimmy Carter singing "Georgia on My Mind" and Geraldo Rivera showing repeated clips of "greyhounds eviscerating jackrabbits". Stephen Hawking and other guests appeared on its hour long special, "Last Days on Earth", a special that has also aired on the History Channel. John Miller briefly hosted this show, while its original hosts were Harold Hayes and Robert Hughes. Its current male host has reported on "Myths, Lies and Downright Stupidity" and also does a "Give Me a Break" segment. Currently hosted by John Stossel and Elizabeth Vargas, FTP, identify this news program formerly hosted by Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters, which airs Friday nights on ABC.
ANSWER: 20/20 ["twenty twenty"]
14) One scene in this novel sees the protagonist punch his brother at his 17th birthday party after that brother, Joe, reveals to his parents that the protagonist was going to marry a girl he just hooked up with. In this book's epilogue we find out that a broken ride has reopened a year later under the new name of the Daredevil Drop. Dominguez takes over the protagonist's job in the Ruby Pier amusement park after his death, and at one point it's revealed that Micky Shea harassed the protagonist's mother. Other chapters center on the protagonist's former army captain and a girl named Tala whom the protagonist killed. It was written six years after the author's previous book, Tuesdays with Morrie. Seeing Eddie encounter people like the Blue Man, FTP, name this book by Mitch Albom about meeting up with some dudes in the afterlife.
ANSWER: The Five People You Meet In Heaven
15) Its most recent men's basketball championship was held in Boardwalk Hall, while previous championships have taken place in the Mullins Center at one of its schools. Its only associate member, the Golden Rams, hail from West Chester University. Tom and Sam Stith, along with Bob Lanier, helped lead one of the schools in this conference to a 1970 Final Four appearance, while other notable alums of this conference include Cuttino Mobley and Rasual Butler. The most geographically isolated school in this conference has a men's basketball team coached by Rick Majerus and was the school that Maurice Jeffers went to, St. Louis University. Smaller current members include La Salle University and St. Bonaventure in New York. Pitt was formerly in this conference, while nearby Duquesne University is still in it. FTP, identify this conference containing schools like Temple and Xavier.
ANSWER: Atlantic 10 Conference (or A-10 Conference)
16) A Warner Brothers A&R agent discovered her singing backup vocals for Gary Burr in the Bluebird Cafe, leading to a debut album that contained songs like "I've Got This Friend" and a cover of "Piece of My Heart". This artist has recently guest starred with Reba McEntire on "Sleeping with the Telephone" for that artist's Duets album, while she stated how "one is breaking into two" in her song "One" from a 2002 album that also featured "When the Lights Go Down". She released an international greatest hits album titled There You'll Be in 2001, while her must recent studio album Fireflies contained the tracks "The Lucky One" and "Mississippi Girl". Earlier, she found success with a duet with her husband, 1997's "It's Your Love". FTP, identify this country musician, the wife of Tim McGraw.
ANSWER: Faith Hill (or Audrey Faith Perry McGraw)