EPIC II: Snape Kills Dumbledore
Packet #9 (TOSSUP-ONLY ALL-STAR ROUND)
Questions by Gautam Kandlikar, Trevor Davis, Colin O’Donnell, Sam Daub, Andrew Hart, Rob Carson, Kirk Walton, Bernadette Spencer, Mike Bentley, Jonathan Magin, Quentin Roper, Parry Cadwallader, Michael Wright, Anant Shah, Gaurav Kandlikar, and Robin Heinonen
TOSSUPS
1. <Davis
Andrew Hart gave this movie as a graduation present in 2007. One character in this movie is named for a 19th century ballet dancer and another for a plane crash. A third character requires as payment a new caravan for his ma and knocks out Gorgeous George. Criminals such as Frankie Four Fingers, Boris the Blade, and Bullet Tooth Tony die in various hilarious ways, while boxing promoters Tommy and Turkish attempt to get out of debt to Brick Top with the help of Mickey the Irish pikey, who is played by Brad Pitt. FTP, name this movie often noted for its similarities to Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, a 2000 Guy Ritchie heist film featuring a giant diamond.
ANSWER: Snatch
2. <Daub/Carson>
According to Wikipedia, the anime starring this character features episodes titled “Being Completely Nude Everywhere” and “That was considerably heavy”. Video games about this character see him learn to cook from Cheep Cheep and take driving lessons from Instructor Mooselini. Late in one game, he and his crush go on a date which ends with a showdown between him and MC King Kong Mushi.In the first level of the game in which he’s introduced, he’s overshadowed by Joe Chin and decides to take kung-fu lessons from Chop Chop Master Onion.Motivated by his crush on Sunny Funny, FTP name this puppy, busting sweet rhymes on a PlayStation near you.
ANSWER: PaRappa the Rapper
3. <Kandlikar>
A Mandarin parody of this song is titled "Bu Pa Bu Pa" and discusses the singer's fear of cockroaches, while it features with Japanese hits "Banzai" and "Chihuahua" in Maeda Ken's medley. Its English version makes a reference to "words of love" painted and sprayed "on every wall" by Picasso, (*) while its best known interpretation was recorded by Gary Brolsma's webcam and inspired the moves for "Allo! Salut!" FTP, identify this song by Moldovan band O-Zone, the basis of the Numa Numa dance.
ANSWER: "Dragostea Din Tei" [Drahg-Os-ta Din Tay] (accept "Numa Numa Song" until (*); prompt on "Ma Ya Hi")
4. <Wright>
It is replaced by The Crusader the day the title character is taken away from his parents by Walter Parks Thatcher.In the film's final scene, Jerry Thompson calls it"just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle" that the title character is unable to find. Thompson says this before it is thrown into a furnace and burned, and it's first mentioned before the title character drops a snow globe and dies. In the end, it turns out to be the childhoodsled of Charles Foster Kane. For 10 points, identify this mysterious floralphrase of Citizen Kane.
ANSWER: Rosebud
5. <Kandlikar/Davis>
In a Honda commercial, this song is started on a car radio by a Rude Goldberg machine, and in an episode of Scrubs, Turk receives an alarm clock that plays this song. The singer compares "the beat without a sound" to "a rainy day that is not wet" and has "a color TV" so he "can see the Knicks play Basketball." It was notably sung by Ellen Dow at the end of The Wedding Singer, and more famous lyrics include "Gonna gonna get some spankin' drive off in a def OJ" and "ho-tel mo-tel Holiday Inn." FTP, identify this song that features the line "I said a hip, hop, the hippie to the hippie the hip hip hop, a you dont stop," the most famous work of The Sugarhill Gang.
ANSWER: "Rapper's Delight"
6. <Walton>
One player with this last name signed a four-year deal as a restricted free agent with the Saints after starting 16 games at cornerback for the Colts in 2006. A player with this first name had nearly 1600 yards receiving for the Cardinals in his Pro Bowl 2001 season, but was a bust when he signed with the Chargers. Another player with this first name was the first overall pick in 2002, and started 2007 as Jake Delhomme's backup for Carolina, while another quarterback with this first name had the fewest interceptions in the NFL in 2007 after beating out Byron Leftwich for the Jaguars' starting job. For 10 points, give this first name also shared by receiver Tyree, whose amazing catch helped Eli Manning and the Giants win the Super Bowl.
ANSWER: David
7. <Davis
He wrote the song “The Night that Davey Hit the Train” about Daniel Pollock, who costarred in the movie containing this man’s first starring role, Bumper Stomper, and on television he was revealed as the man inside Shirty the Slightly Aggressive Bear. He was awarded his first Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Jeffrey Wigand, who becomes a whistleblower after being fired from Brown & Williamson, and recently he has played the role of an Elmore Leonard character, Ben Wade, as well as narcotics investigator Richie Roberts. FTP, name this actor who appeared in The Insider, 3:10 to Yuma, and American Gangster, but is better known for portraying mathematician John Nash in A Beautiful Mind and Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator.
ANSWER: Russell Ira Crowe
8. <Hart>
A movie about this sport stars John Wayne as Johnny Hansen and Charles Brokaw as Jack Irwin. In addition to Idol of the Crowds, this sport is at the center of a 1986 film starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, which also features Rob Lowe as the title character, Youngblood. The Kevin Zegers-portrayed Steven Westover discovers that the title monkey can play this sport in the first Most Valuable Primate. One cinematic team of this sport is called the Charlestown Chiefs and features player/coach Reggie Dunlop, played by Paul Newman, while another cinematic team of this sport is captained by Charlie Conway and coached by the Emilio Estevez-played Gordon Bombay. For 10 points, name this sport depicted in film in The Mighty Ducks and Slap Shot.
ANSWER: ice hockey
9. <Bentley>
Claude Debussy's music showed up on the soundtrack in the fourth game in this series, a game which included the Blastolene Special and the Nike ONE. The much-hyped bleem! Dreamcast Emulator only ended up being able to support Metal Gear Solid, Tekken 3 and the second game in this series, a game that contained a cameo by Mark Martin and that was developed by Polyphony Digital. Various "Concept" and "Prologue" editions have been released, and the series is notable for not having a car damage model. FTP, identify this popular racing simulation for the Playstation consoles.
ANSWER: Gran Turismo
10. <Hart>
A Margaret Lofton-led proposal in Polk County, Florida was thwarted by his supporters. A book about his creator is partially subtitled "Jackpot for unemployed slot-machine engineer," and an as-yet unclaimed one million dollar prize has been offered to prove Jesus's decent from him. Those who revere this Bobby Henderson-created entity also believe that increased global temperatures are caused by a drop in the number of world pirates. For 10 points, name this deity that pastafarians claim touch them with His Noodly Appendage.
ANSWER: Flying Spaghetti Monster or Spaghedeity
11. <O'Donnell>
Its final song was inspired by Timothy Leary’s The Psychadelic Experience, while another song describes a character who is “a new and better man” and “helps you understand”. The American LP release dropped that song, “Docter Robert,” along with “I’m Only Sleeping” and “And Your Bird Can Sing,” but included such songs as “Good Day Sunshine” and “Taxman.” For 10 points, name this 1966 work better known for “Yellow Submarine” and “Eleanor Rigby,” a Beatles' album which followed Rubber Soul.
ANSWER: Revolver
12. <Daub>
He almost kissed Jack's ex-girlfriend while drunk, but they were interrupted by Deputy Doug and thrown in jail. His relationship with Natasha ended after she spent Christmas with his family, while he and Gretchen parted just before his highschool graduation. He and Eve were caught making out behind the curtain of his school auditorium, but she left him after discovering that she and Jen were biological sisters. He and his childhood sweetheart spend the night together, but Joey leaves after discovering he still has a girlfriend in California. FTP, what aspiring Capeside filmmaker and friend of Pacey Witter was the protagonist of a show about his titular creek?
ANSWER: DawsonLeery (accept either)
13. <Hart>
This artist appeared alongside Fat Joe, Sheek Louch, Cassidy, and Jim Jones on DJ Kay Slay's "In the Ghetto," and he rapped , "organism Twism / I'm full of trisim" in his featured role in Michael Jackson's "2 Bad." His own albums include "Respect," "You Can't Stop the Reign," and "Presents His Superfriends, Volume 1," which spawned singles like "Blaq Supaman" and "I'm Outstanding." In a horrible box-office flop, he portrayed John Henry Irons alongside Annabeth Gish in the comic book adaptation Steel. A recent reality TV show dubbed his "Big Challenge" saw adolescents motivated to lose wait, while he starred alongside Francis Capra in a film role as a genie. For 10 points, name this actor and rapper who starred in Kazaam in addition to playing some basketball games or something.
ANSWER: Shaquille O'Neill [accept either]
14. <Daub>
Although its background vocals were not sung by Diana Ross as originally rumored, its bass-line was provided by Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Richard Cheese performed it lounge-style for his Greatest Hits album, interrupting one of the verses with an announcement that he and his band perform at weddings. It was used to advertise Old Navy tunics, but perhaps even more notable was a spoken-word performance of it by William Shatner for a Priceline commercial. FTP, what Young MC song introduces itself as a "tale for all the fellas" and compels young men to perform the title action to gain favor with members of the opposite sex?
ANSWER: "Bust a Move"
15. <O'Donnell>
One of his kids owned a falcon named Mordecai as a child, letting him fly away to a cover of "Hey Jude," and laterspends a year sailing all around the world in a boat called the Cote d'Ivoire. Another is adopted andreceives a genius grant as a playwright and later marries the neurologist Raleigh St. Clair after secretly marrying a Jamaican musician. A third becomes paranoid for his family's safety after he loses his wife in a plane crash and dresses himself and his children in Adidas track suits. FTP, these are the children of Etheline and what Gene Hackman-portrayed Wes Anderson title character, aman who fakes stomach cancer in order to see his family.
Answer: RoyalTenenbaum (accept either)
16. <Daub>
An article on TheSpoof.com discusses the appearance of a "quantum" version of this man on the New York Times website. In a pamphlet titled Mises and Austrian Economics, he stated that the President Nixon's wage controls prompted him to run for Congress, and he won the 1976 election for representative of Texas’ 22nd district. Educated as a gynecologist, this man's profile on The Onion states that he prefers to use a blimp to get around, referring to the blimp his supporters sponsored for advertising his presidential campaign. For 10 points, identify this strict constitutionalist, a Libertarian candidate running for the Republican presidential nomination, often given the nickname “Dr. No.”
ANSWER: Ronald Ernest "I didn't write these newsletters" Paul
17. <Kandlikar>
The XKCD post #351 is about the central figure involved in it experiencing it himself, and Carson Daly did it to his audience on June 21, 2007. The Answers.com page about this phenomenon notes that more information about it can be found at internetisseriousbusiness.com, and warns that the user will not appreciate opening the link, and Brian Griffin sang the song associated with it at a dance in Peter and Lois' past on Family Guy. More benign than the 'Goatse' craze, FTP, identify this act common on online forums where a person is lured into watching a video of "Never Gonna Give You Up" performed by Rick Astley.
ANSWER: Rickroll (accept word forms)
18. <Roper>
His charge falls in love with his betrothed, Yaeko, driving him to join, instead of destroy, the army of White Beard, leaving that disciple, who he refers to as “carp”, to single-handedly defeat White Beard’s army and this man, who was presumed dead in the ensuing explosion. However, around 300 years later, he would co-found The Company with a group of people including Kaito, who, like Victoria Pratt, he would later kill. His blood would treat Nathan’s burns, and attempted to use Peter Petrelli, whom he would attempt to use to unleash Strain 138 of the Shanti virus. However, at the end of the season, this man would later be teleported into an empty grave by his former disciple, Hiro Nakamura. For ten points, name this “sword saint” Englishman, the primary antagonist of the second season of Heroes.
ANSWER: AdamMonroe [accept either, also accept Takezo Kensei]
19. <Hart>
Two answers required. Gary Sheffield claimed that he didn't know the cream and the clear were steroids because they didn't require this action in this location, while Jose Canseco claimed to have performed this action in this location upon Mark McGwire. A woman named Debbie was accused of undergoing this action in this location by both Brian McNamee and her husband, Roger Clemens, who claimed to have undergone this action only for vitamin B-12 and Lidocaine, but never HGH or steroids. For 10 points, name this action, the insertion of a needle into the gluteus maximus.
ANSWER: being injected in the butt [accept synonyms for both words; prompt on partial answers]
20. <Daub>
His rise to power was documented in both the "Assists" lecture and an unproduced screenplay entitled Revolt in the Stars. His empire consisted of 76 planets, including Coltice and Teegeeack, and his Galactic Confederacy suffered from crippling overpopulation. Supposedly conducting income tax inspections, he summoned billions of followers and tranquilized them with the help of his psychiatrists. The followers were then loaded onto spacecrafts strangely resembling Douglas DC-8's, dropped into major Earth volcanoes, and then destroyed with hydrogen bombs. FTP, what intergalactic overlord was introduced by OT III (oh-tee three) and forms the crux of Scientology's "space opera" doctrine?
ANSWER: Xenu (THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE)
21. <Magin>
This man warned against assuming the nonexistence of skills that cannot be measured as persistent in his essay “Underestimating the Fog.” This man described his proposal for a revamped Hall of Fame in The Politics of Glory, which also introduced his metric of similarity scores. Other stats that this man invented include runs created, Pythagorean win percentage, and win shares. Currently employed by the Red Sox, he first gained fame for his yearly Baseball Abstract. FTP, identify this notable sabermetrician.
ANSWER: (George William) Bill James
22. <Davis
It advocates replacing Match.com with the family photo album and proposes the sexual role-play of LeBron James and a can of Sprite in the chapter “Sex and Dating.” In the chapter on “Religion,” it presents the official win-loss record of the Judeo-Christian God and identifies Protestantism as "a variant form of Christianity, or 'heresy,'" due to its author’s belief in Roman Catholicism as the one true church. Its cover contains a “waning” of illegal copies being produced in “GloriousPeoplesRepublic of China” as well as a certificate of the author’s namesake award "for the literary excellence." FTP, name this book that also depicts its author slaying one of his sworn enemies, a bear, the literary output of one Stephen T. Colbert.
ANSWER: I Am America(And So Can You!)