F.O.G.H.A.T. 2011: Observing a Moment of “Slowride”
Packet #1
Written by Jeremy White
Toss-ups
1. A cover of this song closes Joe Goldmark’s album Strong Like Bull…But Sensitive Like Squirrel and Curtis Stigers covered it for The Bodyguard. Its original version opens an album entitled The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz. Sung by John Legend, Feist, Toby Keith and a bear in a 2008 Christmas special, its most famous recording was highlighted by Pete Thomas’ drum fills and closes the album Armed Forces. “Where are the strong”, “who are the trusted” and “where is the harmony” are, for ten points, questions asked in what song written by Nick Lowe and recorded by Elvis Costello and the Attractions?
Answer: (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
2. This person is the most recent left hander to play second base in a Major League game, but won nine Gold Gloves at a different position. In 2008, this person succeeded Mike Easler as the hitting coach of a team for which he still works. In 1987, this person broke Roy “Squirrel” Sievers’ American League record and tied Dale Long’s Major League record by hitting a home run in eight consecutive games. For ten points, name this person who won the 1985 AL MVP as first baseman for the New York Yankees before his current stint as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Answer: Donald Arthur “Don” Mattingly
3. This character surreptitiously purchased an e-reader after convincing two co-workers that lunchtime at a bookstore was the best place to meet women and was criticized for feeding a squirrel before a fun run. This character has taught someone phrases like “fluffy fingers” and “dinkin flicka” and taught the same character to sing the blues while driving a truck back from Nashua. This character turned down a spot in Sabre’s Print in All Colors minority management training program and asked for a raise when he had to pick up more work because one of his subordinates was fired for attacking Jim Halpert. For ten points, name this warehouse manager played by Craig Robinson on NBC’s The Office.
Answer: Darryl and/or Philbin
4. Early in this film, a stuffed toy scarlet tanninger is given to the main character’s lover. A character named Joan Fox calls her children “little squirrels” while enjoying the Japanese restaurant dinner won by Fox and the main character in a scavenger hunt. Ron Lemke’s death during autoerotic asphyxiation early in this film forces the main character to give Brown Star’s Two Diamonds award presentation at an ASMI meeting. At the meeting, the main character meets industry rivals nicknamed Deanzy and the Ronimal and befriends a prostitute portrayed by Alia Shawkat. For ten points, name this film in which Ed Helms goes to an insurance convention in the titular Iowa city.
Answer: Cedar Rapids
5. In one book, this author describes using LP sleeves depicting life-sized heads to scare finches as well as the process of buying a human skeleton for Hugh. Another book by this person describes educational experiences like taking guitar lessons from a midget. This person wrote plays like The Book of Liz with a sibling and Joe Mantello based a play on this person’s account of working at Macy’s, which is entitled The Santa Land Diaries. This person’s most recent work is Chipmunk Seeks Squirrel: A Modest Bestiary. For ten points, name this brother of the star of Strangers with Candy whose humor books include Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Me Talk Pretty One Day.
Answer: David Sedaris
6. The composer and singer of this song told Oprah that its title character was inspired by a classmate in a stained glass class. In The Chipmunks’ cover of it, the title character of this song became a squirrel. The singer of its original version included an acoustic version of it on the album Karma and its original version is the second track of Working Class Dog. The singer feels so dirty when they start talking cute and the title character is “loving him with that body.” For ten points, “Where can I find a woman like that” is a question repeatedly asked in what song by Rick Springfield?
Answer: “Jessie’s Girl”
7. This person was the first quarterback at his alma mater since Billy Wade to be taken in the first round of the NFL Draft. This person was once tossed in a swimming pool during a Peyton Manning-organized prank, an event that ruined his blood sugar monitor. Mike Florio wrote that this person was “treated like a squirrel carcass in an over-crowded kennel” after Aaron Ross, Barry Cofield, Jonathan Goff, Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora combined to sack him nine times in a half. This person was criticized for not using a headset to assist Caleb Hanie in the same playoff game that prompted some NFL players to question his toughness. For ten points, name this former Vanderbilt and Denver Bronco quarterback currently playing for the Chicago Bears.
Answer: Jay Christopher Cutler
8. This character, in flashbacks, discussed trying to impress a hot girl by eating squirrel at a Gettysburg re-enactment and wearing a wizard costume. A picture of the wizard costume was placed by a protester on The Arcadian, a building to be torn down due to this character’s GNB project. This character visited a grieving Marshall in Minnesota to avoid a date with that protestor, who is divorcing the Captain and is named Zoe. This character shares an apartment with ex-girlfriend Robin and drinks at McLaren’s with Barney Stinson. For ten points, name this inefficient storyteller who is played by Josh Radnor on screen and voiced by Bob Saget while telling two youngsters the titular tale of How I Met Your Mother.
Answer: Ted and/or Moesby
9. A commercial for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards featured Aziz Ansari and this actor’s heads superimposed on waterskiing squirrels. A Funny or Die video presented this actor’s pool party and a 2010 film featured this actor’s character taking the Splendid Splinter to victory in a sailing race. In other films, this actor has played a young man who is cast as Lucius in Julius Caesar; Link Larkin, a dancer on the Corny Collins Show; and a 17-year-old version of Matthew Perry. For ten points, name this actor who has starred in Me and Orson Welles and Charlie St. Cloud since playing basketball team captain Troy Bolton in High School Musical.
Answer: Zachary David “Zac” Efron
10. According to The Magnetic Fields, these people come on like squares, but get off like squirrels and are mean due to eating non food. The Rivieras’ biggest hit said these people are really the most. Gretchen Wilson criticized these people for having never heard of George Jones and having no meat on their bones. One song about these people was reportedly the result of its composer’s first acid trip and featured vocals by Bruce Johnston. Another song explains these people will melt your popsicle and are fine, fresh, fierce and undeniable. For ten points, name this group of women praised in song by a David Lee Roth cover of a song originally by the Beach Boys and by a 2010 hit for Katy Perry.
Answer: California Girls
11. The main characters of this television series took a trip to Camp High in the Wild where Dave hit a moose with a school bus and Michelle and Daisy met two gay Canadian stoners. In the same episode, Tea [pron. Tay-uh] rejected a kiss from Abbud, who is the equivalent to Anwar, a character played by Dev Patel in another series of the same name. An SNL parody of this series featured product placements for a Berlusconi website and squirrel skin condoms, which was in response to advertisers pulling spots from this series due to threatened child pornography investigations. For ten points, name this MTV series about teens, drugs and sex that is based on a BBC series of the same name.
Answer: Skins
12. One film of this name ends with the heroine making an unsuccessful visit to a Memphis Wild West show and has J. K. Simmons voicing the unseen Lawyer Daggett. Another film by this title features a cat named General Sterling Price and a character played by Glen Campbell who calls a Monarch boarding house customer “squirrel headed.” In both films, the heroine falls into a snake pit after shooting Tom Chaney, her father’s killer. Similarities between the two films of this name make sense since both are based on the same Charles Portis novel. For ten points, give the common name of a 2010 Coen Brothers film and the film for which John Wayne won an Oscar for playing Rooster Cogburn.
Answer: True Grit
13. This company’s CEO resigned in 2006 after false claims of having psychology and theology degrees from Heartland Baptist Bible College were discovered on his resume. This company sponsors a sports team that employs Markel Irizar and Ben Hermans and from 2002 to 2006, this company and Samsung co-sponsored the spring race at Texas Motor Speedway. British accented squirrels talk about “smarty phones” on a park bench in this company’s recent ads. For ten points, “Don’t just buy stuff, do stuff” and “You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers” have been ad taglines for what electronics retailer and title sponsor of a cycling team featuring Lance Armstrong.
Answer: Radio Shack
14. The 1999 edition of this event was held at Brookline and featured a controversial premature celebration that allegedly distracted Jose Olazabal. The 2010 version of this event at the Celtic Manor Resort gave rise to a Crasher-Squirrel-like Internet meme after a red-wig-and-Groucho-mustache-wearing man was seen standing behind Tiger Woods in a photo. Woods only qualified for the 2010 edition of this event, which is composed of foursomes, four ball and singles matches, as one of four picks made by US captain Corey Pavin. For ten points, name this biennial golf event that is a contest between American and European teams.
Answer: Ryder Cup
15. This is the profession of Isaac Clarke, a playable character in Dead Space, and Tali had this role on the Normandy in Mass Effect. In Team Fortress 2, this is the name of the class that can provide a sentry gun or a teleporter and one is needed to cut phone lines in The Godfather 2 game. In Civilization IV, building the the Hagia Sofia or the Three Gorges Dam increases the odds of producing a “Great” one of these and in Civilization II, these are a more advanced version of the Worker. A mechanical squirrel and motorcycles can be built by those practicing this profession in versions of World of Warcraft. For ten points, name this noble profession shared by comic strip co-workers Alice, Wally and Dilbert.
Answer: Engineer or Engineering
16. This character once purchased the Gem Theater with a friend named D.W. Griffith and later bought a mansion from Tony Stark for one dollar. This character relocated to Chicago to escape false accusations of having killed business partner Danny Rand and spent time in prison after Willis Stryker planted drugs in his apartment. Squirrel Girl was hired by this character and his wife Jessica to serve as a nanny to their daughter Danielle while he served as leader of a new incarnation of The Avengers. For ten points, name this Marvel character, an African American “Hero for Hire” also known as Power Man who acquired bulletproof skin and superhuman strength in a prison experiment.
Answer: Luke and/or Cage Accept Power Man before it is read
17. This character’s father’s gun case combination is the date that this character left home. A neighbor played by David Paymer once slept with this character’s mother. This character’s brother asked God to take his weight in squirrels instead when this character was hit by a car driven by Billie Cunningham, a nursing student played by Alyssa Milano who became this character’s third wife. This character had a son named Dodge with first wife, Joy, whose son named after this character was actually fathered by Crabman. For ten points, name this character who atoned for a list of past misdeeds and was the titular character of a former NBC series starring Jason Lee.
Answer: Earl Jehoshaphat Hickey
18. In a 2004 game against this team, Earl “the Squirrel” Boykins became the shortest player to score thirty points in an NBA game and Kareem Abdul Jabbar played his final NBA game against this team. In a February 2011 game against the 76ers, this team’s only reserve was Jason Maxiell because Austin Daye, Chris Wilcox and four other players had been disciplined for skipping practice. This team’s top draft pick in 2010 was Greg Monroe whose number ten was later retired in honor of a player who won Defensive Player of the Year for them in 1990 and 1991, namely Dennis Rodman. For ten points, name this NBA team that struggled in 2011 despite signing Tracy McGrady and having a roster with several players from its most recent championship, like Tayshaun Prince and Ben Wallace.
Answer: Detroit and/or Pistons
19. One possible title character of this film goes to see Belle Epoque on a date with the bartender he picked up by discussing plans to work head-body-head. Another possible title character of this film claims to have a squirrely style, impersonates a police officer to steal a car and is in prison when an HBO documentary is broadcast that depicts his crack addiction. The latter character was called The Pride of Lowell after knocking Sugar Ray Leonard down in a fight. For ten points, name this Best Picture nominee about two boxers played by Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale.
Answer: The Fighter
20. In 2010, the Country Music Hall of Fame displayed this person’s “squirrel sculpture” of a four-piece band and Time Life released this person’s recordings for Mother’s Best on CD. The best known line-up of this person’s backing band included bassist Hillous Butrum, steel guitarist Don Helms and fiddle player Jerry Rivers. “Please Make Up Your Mind” and “I Dreamed of Mama Last Night” are among the songs this person released as “Luke the Drifter.” One hit for this singer described a lovesick wooden Native American statue and another asks a dog to “move it on over.” For ten points each, name this country music legend behind hits like “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.”