Muck Masters 2005 Round 8
Questions by Jason Keller (with a smidge of help from David Moore and John Kilby)
1.Two birds in a Far Side cartoon, the cover of a Time Magazine, an NBC 10 News crew, a sign near the intersection of I-87 and I-90, a McDonald's sign, a Subway sign, the Chick-Fil-A spokescows, an incomplete puzzle on Wheel of Fortune and multiple blue screens of death all say, for 10 points, what seven-word phrase thanks to a hackneyed flash animation based on a dialogue from the video game Xerowing?
ANS:All Your Base Are Belong To Us
2.She fails to become a firefighter because she pays too much attention to her boyfriend. Later she becomes a flight attendant for jetBlue and dates pilot Jack Smith, who is twice her age. Most recently we saw her pregnant and married to Carlos, a man her family once helped return to New York for Christmas, but since then, she has left him and given up custody of her son. For 10 points, name this oldest daughter of the Camden family, played by Jessica Biel on 7th Heaven.
ANS:Mary Camden(-Rivera)
3.The plot is set in motion by a copy of the New York Post, whose front cover shows one of the title characters saving animals from a fire. Ira Grushinsky, an emissary from Slovetzia, mistakenly believes that Joy Miller is a science teacher and offers her a job teaching the children of autocrat Boris Pochenko in, for 10 points, what romantic comedy starring Timothy Dalton and Fran Drescher?
ANS:Beautician and the Beast
(NOTE: Moderator is encouraged to end the tossup in their best impersonation of a Fran Drescher nasal laugh.)
4.AUDIO TOSS-UP! FTP, identify the title of this song. (Moderator, play track 31.)
ANS:“Hold Me Now” by The Thompson Twins
5.This club's only silverware this season was the 2005 Total Cup, which it won by drawing with Moroka Swallows and defeating its African satellite franchise. Currently managed by Danny Blind, it won its last eight games to qualify for the Champions League, which it won in 1995 with the support of Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Kluivert. For 10 points, name this Amsterdam-based Eredivisie club which finished second to PSV Eindhoven in league this year.
ANS:AFC Ajax Amsterdam
6.It ends with the protagonist finding a mute girl on the street from whom he had stolen a lollipop earlier in life. Then he was a common thug who also attempted to steal from the Pig Sty while posing as a member of the Axe Gang, only to discover that some of its residents have special powers. For 10 points, name this film which Stephen Chow wrote, directed, and starred in, a parody of movies featuring a certain Chinese martial art.
ANS:Kung Fu Hustle (also accept Gong fu)
7.Among its contents are the balcony speech from Romeo and Juliet and a transition from Hamlet's famous soliloquy to “It Was a Very Good Year.” More famous may be the combination of a speech from Cyrano de Bergerac with “Mr. Tambourine Man” and a reading of “Spleen” inexplicably melded with “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” For 10 points, name this 1968 album which includes dramatic readings of popular drama and music as interpreted by William Shatner.
ANS:The Transformed Man
8.The winning pitcher of the 1987 All-Star Game, he was drafted by the Cubs in 1975, and spent his first eight Major League seasons with them, sharing time with Willie Hernandez before becoming the primary closer in 1983. Though he also spent time with six other teams, his stint with the Cardinals may be most memorable as he broke records set by Bruce Sutter and Jeff Reardon. For 10 points, name this reliever, the all-time career leader in saves with 478.
ANS:Lee Smith
9.The Angela Foundation, named for its founders’ daughter, was started by this chain, which started in 1988 as a farmer’s market concession stand in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Now with more than 850 locations worldwide, among its offerings are Old-fashioned Lemonade, Dutch Ice, and Smart Bites, its most famous product in bite-size form. For 10 points, name this Beiler family-owned purveyor of hand-rolled pretzels.
ANS:Auntie Anne’s
10.Tom Everett Scott played Matthew, the title character’s first son whom she gave up for adoption. Quentin, when played by Jon Paul Steuer, often gets into fights, and when played Sam Horrigan, gets mad when he has to return to Victory, Missouri after spending a summer with his father Jimmy. Daughter Libby is once told that “Republican” is a bad word on, for 10 points, what ABC sitcom about the Kelly family starring Brett Butler?
ANS:Grace Under Fire
11.Though it begins with music from The Marriage of Figaro, one of the main characters has tickets for La Boheme, which police find on his person along with PCP. The drugs have been planted by Clarence Beeks, who is responsible for delivering insider information about orange crops to the Duke brothers, who are also trying to settle a $1 bet on nature versus nurture. Louis Winthorpe, and Billy Ray Valentine, whom the Dukes use to settle their bet, later turn the tables in, for 10 points, what movie, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy?
ANS:Trading Places
12.In 1951, George Steinbrenner guaranteed one school’s victory, as editor of its newspaper. The rival school has only won twice since 1990, though 1995 saw a 0-0 tie for the first time since 1904, which was also notable as the last tie in NCAA football history. For 10 points, name this “Biggest Little Game in America” which took place for the 119th time this year between two Massachusetts Division III colleges.
ANS:Amherst-Williams football game (accept reasonable equivalents)
13.In theaters he was voiced by David Eigenberg, while Desiree Goyette was responsible for his TV voice. First appearing in print on September 3, 1979, he is once instrumental in capturing a tiger which escaped from a local zoo, though he usually appears unannounced, brags about his looks and youth, and gets sent by mail to Abu Dhabi. For 10 points, name this self-proclaimed "World's Cutest Kitten" and nemesis of Garfield.
ANS:Nermal
14.This actor pretends to be a zombie in 1945's Zombies on Broadway. Also cast twice as Ygor in Frankenstein movies, he got to play the monster in 1943's Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. He appears as his most famous character in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and sort-of reprised that role posthumously in Plan 9 from Outer Space. For 10 points, name this actor best known for starring in 1931's Dracula.
ANS:Bela Lugosi
15.“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to have a good memory.” “Life is not a dress rehearsal, you only go around once.” “Who made you the morality monitor?” “Put a period on it and move on.” “I’m speaking, and you’re not receiving.” “Baloney!” For 10 points, these are all sayings, along with “Beauty fades, dumb is forever,” and “Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining,” one might hear from what television courtroom personality?
ANS:Judge JudySheindlin (accept either)
16.In 1987, he tied Ernie DiGregorio’s single game record for assists by a rookie, with 25. Spending all 12 of his NBA seasons with the same team, he holds a franchise record for playoff appearances, with 98, and in 1999, he had his number 10 retired, his jersey joining those of Fred Brown, Jack Sikma, and Lenny Wilkens in the rafters of Key Arena. For 10 points, name this former point guard and coach of the Seattle Supersonics, who was recently hired to coach the Portland Trailblazers.
ANS:Nate McMillan
17.Formed in 1965, this group’s early hits included “The Ten Commandments of Love” and “Let’s Fall In Love.” Its popularity waned after Francine Barker left in 1967, and it vanished after another member quit suddenly in 1970 to join the Washington, DC police department. Resurfacing in 1976, it enjoyed its biggest success after Detective Fame returned with Linda Greene. For 10 points, name this “duo,” most famous for “Reunited” and “Shake Your Groove Thing.”
ANS:Peaches and Herb
18.Also the name of a Fredericton, New Brunswick punk band, it commonly refers to beings with whom evolution was so disgusted that it wrote them off as a terrible mistake. You can get a drink out of them if you stick your finger down one of their throats, though you are more likely to get the third-worst poetry in the universe out of them. For 10 points, name this alien race responsible for destroying the Earth in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
ANS:Vogons
19.The optimal winning strategy for it involves binary search. To make up for the value of the prizes now included, winners are given either a $1000 bonus on the daytime version or a $5000 bonus on nighttime specials. In previous editions, contestants could win cars, but were often confused by being given the first digit in the price of prizes worth at least $1000. For 10 points, name this Price is Right pricing game, which contestants win by guessing the retail price of two prizes in under thirty seconds.
ANS:The Clock Game
20.Currently coached by Peter Grutter and Cedric Monod, he lists Michelle Kwan and Nicole Bobek among his favorite skaters, but not Lucinda Ruh. He considers his fourth place showing at the 2002 European Championships in front of a home crowd and subsequent Olympic appearance as the most important moment in his skating career despite three international wins. For 10 points, name this Swiss skater who, in his most recent competitive skate, won the 2005 World Championship.
ANS:Stéphane Lambiel
21.In 1978 he released the single “She’s My Woman,” and his 1982 debut album reached few outside the Nashville Palace, where he also worked as a cook. Manager Lib Hatcher persuaded Warner Brothers to sign him in 1985, at which he point he took his current performing name. With 1986’s Storms of Life,he became the first country artist to go multi-platinum. For 10 points, name this popular singer of the late `80s whose hits include “Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart” and “No Place Like Home.”
ANS:Randy Travis
22.What little plot there is revolves around DJ Ashley Walker, who is trying to get an interview, but loses his press pass and is thwarted by a bodyguard played by Tom Oliver. More notable may be the dream sequence featuring “The Name of the Game” and live versions of “Tiger” and “Eagle.” For 10 points, name this documentary about the 1977 Australian concert tour taken by the performers of "Mamma Mia!" and "Dancing Queen."
ANS:ABBA: The Movie
1.Visual Bonus: Consumerism at its finest. Name these fine regional fast food establishments from their logo FFPE. There a re two acceptable answers for part C.
A. White Castle B. Wahoo’s Fish Tacos C. Hardee’s or Carl’s Jr. D. In and Out Burger
E. Dairy Queen F. Central Park
2.AUDIO BONUS! What hits you like a ton of bricks? WHAM! Identify the following WHAM tunes FTPE.
(10)Play track 28
ANS:“Everything She Wants”
(10)Play track 29
ANS:“Careless Whisper”
(10)Play track 30
ANS:“Last Christmas”
3.Name these MCs for 10 points each.
(10) Dropped MC from his stage name after releasing Too Legit to Quit, blah blah blah, “U Can’t Touch This.”
ANS:MC Hammer
(10) Holder of an economics degree from USC, this co-founder of Delicious Vinyl is best known for “Bust a Move.”
ANS:Young MC
(10) Michael Patterson decided to voice this MC, created for a 1989 music video, and gather a “stray mob” for an awful 1991 release.
ANS:MC Skat Kat
4.Forgettable New York Jets quarterbacks, 10 points each.
(10) In 1992, Bruce Coslet made the mistake of putting this Louisville grad under center. He threw 17 interceptions, compared with only 7 touchdowns.
ANS:Browning Nagle
(10) Nagle only played in one game in 1993, as the Jets acquired this former Bengal to start, but he never led them to the playoffs.
ANS:Norman “Boomer” Esiason
(10) In 1995, as a fill-in for Boomer Esiason, he had a shovel pass intercepted. He may be better remembered for starting all 16 games for the Steelers in 1990.
ANS:Walter Andrew “Bubby” Brister III
5.Name these Blondie songs from lyrics, 5-10-20-30.
(5) “I'll walk down the mall, stand over by the wall, where I can see it all, find out who ya call…”
ANS:One Way or Another
(5) “Seemed like the real thing, only to find mucho mistrust, love's gone behind…”
ANS:Heart of Glass
(x) “And you don’t stop. You keep on eating cars…”
ANS:Rapture
(x) “Latitude, longitude, satellite, solid substitute.”
ANS:Dragonfly
6.According to IMDb, he directed the short film “I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney.” For 10 points each…
(10)Name this actor who won an Oscar for his writing work on Good Will Hunting.
ANS:Ben Affleck
(10) Despite Gigli and Paycheck, for some reason Affleck was chosen to direct and write the screenplay for this movie, an adaptation of a Dennis Lehane novel of the same name.
ANS:Gone, Baby, Gone
(10) Affleck also co-wrote this short-lived ABC miniseries about a federal agent searching for a lost million dollars.
ANS:Push, Nevada
7.Name these stars of cooking shows for 10 points each.
(10) In his most recent series, “[his name]: Quick and Easy,” he prepares Asian dishes quickly and easily in front of a studio audience. Most people attest to the fact that he can cook.
ANS:Martin Yan
(10) He recently completed a companion cookbook for his most recent PBS series, “Fast Food My Way.”
ANS:Jacques Pépin
(10) The owner of a specialty food store in the Hamptons, she is best known as the Food Network’s Barefoot Contessa.
ANS:Ina Garten
8.Given a recently released book, name the celebrity responsible for writing it for 10 points each.
(10) My Life So Far
ANS:Jane Fonda
(10) A Lotus Grows in the Mud
ANS:Goldie Hawn
(10) Down Came the Rain: My Journey through Post Partum Depression
ANS:Brooke Shields
9.40-30-20-10-1, name the musician.
(40) This musician is not David Hasselhoff.
(30) This contralto debuted as a vocalist for the Rochester Symphony Orchestra in 1985, and currently headlines An Evening of Great Love Songs.
(20) She wrote "The Way I Want To Touch You" about her husband, who discovered her during a performance of Mother Earth, a musical she wrote, in 1971.
(10) Another hit she penned about her husband, Daryl Dragon, was "Do That To Me One More Time."
(1) TV credits for this half of Captain and Tennille, who released the album Tennille Sings Big Band, include hosting the Toni Tennille Variety Talk Show.
ANS:Toni Tennille
10.Name these LPGA golfers who have played professional events against men for 10 points each.
(10) This winner of the 1998 U.S. Women's Open has struggled since finishing in 10th place at the Korean PGA tour's SBS Super Classic in 2003.
ANS:Se Ri Pak
(10) In 1992, this long hitter finished third in the Australian Skins behind Tom Watson and John Daly. In 2004, she had an astounding score of -13 at the ANZ Championship. Unfortunately, the scoring was modified Stableford.
ANS:Laura Davies
(10) She claims the greatest shot of her career was her first tee shot at Colonial. Since then she has won 19 LPGA tour events, including three straight LPGA Championships.
ANS:Annika Sörenstam
11.Answer these questions about Webster, 5-10-15.
(5) Name the actor who played Webster Long.
ANS:Emmanuel Lewis
(10) Webster lives with this ex-football player, played by Alex Karras, who was a teammate of his father’s in the `70s.
ANS:GeorgePapadopolous (accept either)
(15) Ben Vereen appears once as himself, but recurs as this surviving relative, who fights for Webster’s custody and loses.
ANS:Uncle Phillip
12.Answer these questions about a musician and his work, ten points each.
(10) Among his unreleased compositions are “Fanfare”, used for PGA Tour coverage on CBS, and “In Praise of Man”, the theme music for NBC’s US Open coverage.
ANS:Yanni
(10) “Rites of Passage”, “The Promise” and “Never Too Late” are compositions found on this 2003 Yanni album.
ANS:Ethnicity
(10) Name any song of Yanni’s which has appeared in the Pure Moods collection.
ANS:Nightingale, On Sacred Ground, One Man’s Dream
13.Ma Kelly is being supported by her two sons but her medical bills are piling up. For 10 points each…
(10) One of her sons, thus, takes a job from mob boss Jocko Dundee and hilarity ensues in what 1984 flick?
ANS:Johnny Dangerously
(10) Johnny Dangerously marked the screen debut of this then SNL cast member in the role of enemy crime boss Danny Vermin.