F.O.G.H.A.T. 2004: Fifth Time I Was a Fool
Packet 3
§ Based on a theme by Jeremy White
§ Toss-ups by Jeremy White and Ben Lea (2, 11, 18)
§ Bonus by Jeremy White and Ben Lea (1, 8, 13, 18)
Toss-ups
1. Memorable lines spoken by this film’s title character include “Have you seen these toilets? They’re ginormous;” “I’m sorry I ruined your life and crammed eleven cookies into the VCR;” and “You sit on a throne of lies!” Such are the innocent statements of Buddy as he experiences New York and meets his biological father, Walter, played by James Caan. For ten points, name this movie in which Will Ferrell’s character relocates to the Big Apple from the North Pole.
Answer: Elf
2. This team may have eclipsed politics as the last refuge of the scoundrel. Their current wide receiver roster includes former Jaguar R. Jay Soward who was suspended by the NFL for failed drug tests and troubled Florida State alum Snoop Minnis. As if to give them a role model, in September they signed 19-time retiree Andre Rison. They sent a league-high six players, including Noel Prefontaine and Tony Miles, to the 2003 All-Star Game, but lost the East finals to the Alouettes. For ten points, name this Canadian Football League team, which plays its home games at the SkyDome.
Answer: Toronto and/or Argonauts
3. Their Complete B-Sides features David Lovering’s tribute to Debbie Gibson, “Make Believe” and “Dancing the Manta Ray” from the “Monkey Gone to Heaven” single. This year saw the release of a “best of”, Wave of Mutliation and a reunion tour some ten years after Black Francis disbanded them. For ten points, name this alternative group responsible for the albums Doolittle and Surfer Rosa.
Answer: Pixies
4. This series won a 1993 GLAAD media award for an episode featuring Richard Roundtree as the title character’s gay uncle. The third and final season featured the title character’s run for Baltimore city council and the series’ second season was entirely presented live. For ten points, name this early 90s Fox sitcom that told the story of a garbage man played by Charles Dutton.
Answer: Roc
5. This brand restaged its diet offering by adding “Zero” to its name and continues to expand its “Remix” line. It replaced Kobe Bryant as its primary spokesperson with the combo of LeBron James and a character named “Thirst.” These changes are in part inspired by increasingly intense competition from Sierra Mist. For ten points, name this Coca-Cola owned Lemon-Lime soft drink.
Answer: Sprite
6. At 6311 Lindbergh Avenue in St. Louis you can see the first one and the fifth and largest one at the parts business owned by its creator, Bob Chandler. Most are built from F-series extended cabs, but exceptions include the shuttle, a converted Aerostar, and the “Ms.” entry, a converted Ranger. In 1981, Chandler created a new sport with the first one when he tried driving it over a line of junk cars. For ten points, name this first and most famous line of monster trucks.
Answer: Big Foot
7. It spawned the sequels “The Revenge” and “The Rosetta Stone.” In the arcade version, Williams, Lopar and Abobo were among the bad guys players faced while fighting through a street, factory and jungle to the castle where Marian was held by the Shadow Warriors. For ten points, name this side-scrolling video game in which twins Billy Lee and Jimmy Lee defeat evil with their martial arts skills.
Answer: Double Dragon
8. The first is observed on the way to a beef chow mein dinner at Lee Ho Fook’s. The second was overheard in Mayfair after running amok in Kent. The last was seen sipping a pina colada at Trader Vic’s. They are blamed for a little old lady who got mutilated late last night and they can rip your lungs out, Jim. For ten points, name this dapper but dangerous title group of a Warren Zevon hit.
Answer: Werewolves of London
9. Residents of this planet “look forward” to National Backwards Day and a favorite domestic animal is the mop-head-like Nauger Chump. Citizens of this planet are at war with the Necotons whose Black Army Captain Nevana, played by Raquel Welch, attempted to capture its most famous interstellar explorer somewhere near Boulder, Colorado. Phrases in its official language include “Nimnul”, “Shazbot” and “Na-nu Na-nu.” For ten points, name this home planet of Mork.
Answer: Ork
10. This movie’s plot is set in motion when the Bishop of Sydney wants to prevent the unveiling of the The Crucified Venus, the latest painting by Norman Lindsay. Reverend Campion and wife Estella, played by Hugh Grant and Tara Fitzgerald, are dispatched to try to reason with Lindsay, but find themselves increasingly seduced by the sensuous life pursued by Lindsay and a bevy of nude models. For ten points, name this film probably best known for featuring a nude Elle Macpherson.
Answer: Sirens
11. If the NHL lockout really does bring the league to an end, this team’s last goal was scored by Krystofer Kolanos and assisted by Paul Mara and Derek Morris. Cale Hulse took their last penalty andBrian Boucher took the last win in goal. For ten points, name this team who presumably tallied these possible final stats in front of Managing Partner and Alternate Governor, Wayne Gretzky.
Answer: Phoenix and/or Coyotes
12. Self-centered talent agent Sammy Kanin rushes to Romania to tend to a teen actor client working in a period film. After a nasty car accident, Sammy wakes up in a monastery after being rescued by Max. Sammy takes Max to America to play a villain in a Steven Seagal flick, but ends up trying to hook Max up with lost love Lilliana. For ten points, name this film that assumed hilarity would ensue from a screen pairing of Billy Crystal and 7 foot 7 basketball player Gheorghe Muresan.
Answer: My Giant
13. His marriage to Madeline Prior produced a son, Nathan, but turned tragic when Mr. Sinister changed Prior into the Goblin queen. His unique powers resulted from a Shi’ar alien attack that also affected his younger brother Alex, better known as Havok. For ten points, name this member of the X-Men whose ruby quartz lenses control the concussive blasts he projects through his eyes.
Answer: Cyclops
14. This song’s lyrics are a jumbled Sanskrit translation of a single line from the Celtic poem, “Cad Goddeu.” Its music video debuted on MTV on May 3, 1999 and was the only video played by MTV that day for a song featuring vocals by the London Voices, music performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and conduction by John Williams. For ten points, name this piece of music played behind the three-lightsaber fight in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.
Answer: Duel of the Fates
15. She once left her husband and son to pursue an affair with Dr. Pascal, but broke it off after the year she spent with him in the Ecopod. She wrote the book Good Girls, Bad Boys while balancing her research workload at Boston General Hospital and airing her anti-Freudian views on Psychology Today. She eventually left her husband for good but still visited occasionally with son Frederick even after her ex moved to Seattle. For ten points, name this ex-wife of Frasier Crane.
Answer: Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane
16. During a Wayne’s World special on MTV, Wayne claimed that this film’s title character lurked behind all blurred music video images. Jennifer Aniston made her feature film debut in it as Tory, a spoiled North Dakota teen. Brian Trenchard-Smith directed three of its four sequels, the latter two of which took the title character to Space and in the Hood. For ten points, name this film that starred Warrick Davis as a murderous small creature trying to retrieve his stolen gold.
Answer: The Leprechaun
17. This band performed together with Café Tacuba during the 2004 Latin Grammy Awards. They have not won any Grammys, but their guitarist Mike Einzinger received a nomination for Non-Classical Engineer of the Year for their album Morning View. Their new album A Crow Left of Murder debuted at Number 2 on the album charts behind their single “Megalomaniac.” For ten points, name this rock band whose album Make Yourself launched their Top 10 single “Drive.”
Answer: Incubus
18. Since 1987, five years after he retired from the Cincinatti Bengals, he has served as assistant athletic director for his alma mater, overseeing fundraising, marketing, and promotional efforts. He was arguably more effective as a marketer for his school during his playing career as one assumes many people bought tickets to see him rush for 5,589 career yards and 26 touchdowns. He is still the only player to start in four Rose Bowls, a feat he completed in 1976. For ten points, name this former Ohio State running back, the only two-time winner of the Heisman Trophy.
Answer: Archie Griffin
19. Name’s the same. One was a character played by a feathered actor named Ace. The other made headlines on October 3, 2003. The appearance of the former always scares Derek Newcastle, the host of Last Chance for Love. The latter went beyond scaring his co-star in a show at the Mirage. For ten points, give this common name of the bird who delivered the Falcon Twist on Joe Schmo 2 and the tiger that bit Roy Horn.
Answer: Montecore
20. The man most associated with this two-word phrase said that its leading thinker was Marvin Olasky, in the introduction to the 2000 book outlining its traits. Stephen Goldsmith describes it as “providing help in such a way as to stimulate and reinforce self-governance.” On Weekend Update, Tina Fey, said the tally was 97 for the second word of this phrase and zero for the first. For ten points, name this phrase used by George W. Bush to describe his flavor of trickle-down economics.
Answer: Compassionate Conservatism or Compassionate Conservative
21. She conducted Hilary Clinton’s first nationally televised interview and John F. Kennedy Jr.’s last nationally televised interview. In 1989, she joined NBC as a deputy Pentagon correspondent and two years later she took the job she still holds today. She has won six Emmys and a Peabody award for her Confronting Colon Cancer report in which she underwent a colonoscopy on camera. For ten points, name this co-anchor of the Today Show.
Answer: Katie Couric
Bonus
1. Sadly, with so many wonderful possibilities, the Tennessee Titans simply chose to name their cheerleading squad “The Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders”. For ten points each, give the name of the cheerleaders for the following NFL teams.
a) Cincinnati
Answer: Ben-Gals
b) Buffalo
Answer: Jills
c) New Orleans
Answer: Saintsations
2. Given a list of one or more representative characters mentioned in Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit, name the race of those characters for ten points each.
a. Thorin, Nori, Oin
Answer: Dwarf
b. Bert, Tom, William
Answer: Troll
c. Smaug
Answer: Dragon
3. Answer these questions about artists who had success with songs written by Paul Anka for ten points each.
a. Anka himself had success with Anka compositions. He sold ten million copies of this second single, a song about desiring an older woman that he says he wrote about a former babysitter.
Answer: Diana
b. Tom Jones had the biggest hit of his career with this Anka tune about a character who is all you’ll ever want and the kind you’d like to flaunt and take to dinner.
Answer: She’s a Lady
c. This song became one of Frank Sinatra’s signature songs and resulted when Anka devised new words for the French song Comme d’Habitude.
Answer: My Way
4. Answer the following questions about a reality TV series for ten points each.
a. What series centered on Lisa Shannon’s attempt to find the perfect mate by auditioning suitors across the country and then dating ten finalists.
Answer: Cupid
b. Cupid is executive produced by what already established star of reality TV?
Answer: Simon Cowell
c. Which of the bachelor contestants was voted as Lisa’s ideal mate?
Answer: Hank
5. Answer these questions about casting decisions made for Interview with the Vampire.
a. Although she later wrote a letter of apology, author Anne Rice was very critical of Tom Cruise being cast as this lead character of Interview.
Answer: Lestat de Lioncourt
b. Stephen Rea was cast as Santiago, unsurprising since he has also appeared in The Butcher Boy and seven other films by this director of Interview with the Vampire.
Answer: Neil Jordan
c. Christian Slater played the interviewer after this already cast actor passed away prior to shooting.
Answer: River Phoenix
6. For ten points each, name the novel given information about its titular spy.
a. In this Stephen Coonts novel, Jake Grafton works to uncover the identity of the Soviet mole with this code name while overseeing development of a new stealth fighter.
Answer: The Minotaur
b. In this Tom Clancy novel, Russian defense department employee Mikhail Filitov provides valuable information on missile defense experiments in Afghanistan before he is discovered by the KGB requiring his extraction by John Clark.
Answer: The Cardinal of the Kremlin
c. In this John LeCarre novel, Jack Brotherhood hunts down recently disappeared British spy Marcus Pym, who is assumed traitorous after disappearing and writing a confessional letter to his son Tom.
Answer: The Perfect Spy
7. For ten points each, answer these questions about the fourth and final season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, which consists of the six episodes that just say “Monty Python” in the credits.
a. Which of the original six Pythons did not participate in the final season although he was credited with “additional blank verse” for the episode entitled “Hamlet?”