Side Tournament Redemption
Questions by Eric Douglass
Note: Bold=superpowers; Underlined=regular powers
In a the pilot for one series, this character attempts to purchase sleeping pills for a suicide attempt but ultimately befriends a drug store clerk played by Victoria Jackson.In an episode of the show for which this character is most famous, he attempts to impress the sophisticated Louise Anderson by saying “That’s highly significant!” and “Ahhh Bach!” He goes home following the death of his Uncle Ed, and he enjoys caring for rabbits. He is the namesake of a gift from Mr. Hooper that has a red ribbon tied around his neck on Sesame Street, and this character's favorite drink is Nehi grape soda. This character gained his nickname due to his ability to hear incoming choppers before anyone else in the 4077. For 10 points, name this character played by Gary Burghoff, a meek bespectacled corporal on TV’s M*A*S*H*.
ANSWER: Walter “Radar” O’Reiley [accept any of the three names]
One project of this man attempted to create a “breathing” glass wall. A project this man designed at Pessac was denied water for six years by local authorities, and he designed Weissenhof in Stuttgart. This man claimed that Charles L’Eplattenier was his only teacher, and he founded L’Esprit Nouveau with Paul Dermee. One of the builings he designed is the location of the Sert Gallery and was meant to create a “synthesis of the arts.” This man designed the Carpenter Center at Harvard and the Salvation Army Hostel in Paris, and in one book, this man wrote that, “A house is a machine for living in.” For 10 points, name this architect who designed the Villa Savoye and wrote Towards a New Architecture.
ANSWER: Le Courbusier [or whatever his real name is]
A song by this man samples the line “What are we talking about here....” from Ghostbusters and the line “I revolve around science” from Ghostface Killa’s vocals from Raekwon’s “Criminology.” That song by this man asks “Why did one straw break the camel’s back?” and answers “....the million other straws underneath it.” In addition to “Mathematics,” this man played the corrupt cop Lt. Miller in the MTV movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera. He played a character who tries to save a building in which Fats Waller was supposedly born, and he also played Chuck Berry in another movie. In addition to his roles in Be Kind Rewind and Cadillac Records, he plays Brother Sam in Dexter and sang “Sex, Love, & Money.” For 10 points, name this rapper whose albums include The Ecstatic and Black on Both Sides.
ANSWER: Mos Def [or Yasliin Bey]
A wrestling manager who used this surname was given this surname by Don Jardine to irritate French separatist fans in the Quebec circuit. That manager of this surname saw his wrestler defeated by the One Man Gang when his charge Bam Bam Bigelow was counted out in Wrestlemania IV. In addition to Sir Oliver,a singer of this name had a number 1 hit in the UK with his cover of “Release Me.” A composer of this name created a work with Peter the broom maker and the Sandman, and a character with this surname was threatened to be left with his ears after a mutilation so that he could hear women say, “Dear God, what is that horrible thing?” and once employed Miracle Max. For 10 points, give this name of the composer of Hansel and Gretel and the prince who married Princess Buttercup in The Princess Bride.
ANSWER: Humperdin(c)k
The spoken word intro to one song on this album says that it “shows you what the power of love can do” and notes that “You can take love and kindness sometimes for weakness.” On the shortest song on this album, the title figure is contrasted with “The other woman got me doing wrong.” One tune on this album was a cover of a song by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, and another is a cover of a Jimmy Webb song. A song on this album states that “Foolish pride is all that I have left” and asks to “let me hide the tears and sadness you gave me.” Another song ends with the line “She just didn’t know I would really go.” This album also has a song entitled “Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic.” This album includes a highly orchestral cover of “Walk on By” as well as an eighteen minute cover of “By the Time I Get to Phoenix.” For 10 points, name this soul album by Isaac Hayes.
ANSWER: Hot Buttered Soul
A newspaper published by this man included favorable coverage of a pogrom instigated by the priest John Creagh, and this man helped negotiate a treaty with Frederick Edwin Smith. This man promoted a potential dual monarchy in his tract The Resurrection of Hungary, which was a bone of contention at an Ard Fheis. A party founded by this man held that the “Constitution of 1782” was still valid and grew out of an earlier organization founded by this man, the Cumann na nGaedheal. This man founded the Irish Volunteers to counteract the violent proclivities of the Ulster Volunteers, and he notably did not take part in the Easter Rising. He became president following the resignation of Eamon de Valera. For 10 points, name this Irish nationalist who founded Sinn Fein.
ANSWER: Arthur Griffith
One building designed this man was based on the unrealized plans of Claude-Nicolas Ledoux and is the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston. Another building designed by this man has a top that was meant to resemble a Chippendale cabinet. With his frequent collaborator, this man designed Pittsburgh’s PPG Place. This designed of the AT&T Building also designed a building that was the location of the weekly Hour of Power hosted by Reverend Robert Schuller, the Crystal Cathedral. For 10 points name this architect who, with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, designed the Seagram Building and who also designed the Glass House.
ANSWER: Philip Johnson
In one role, this man played the oilman Harry Darkwater in a movie about murders surrounding oil rights. In addition to The Money Jungle, this man played a carnival barker who tries to exploit Dr. Xavier in X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes. In one role, this actor said of the title character that, “Somebody had to get the blame and he got picked.” In another turn, this man played Mr. Hamilton, a theater manager whose career was ruined when his employees showed the movie Men in Black (Who Like to Have Sex with Each Other). He played Staff Sergeant Crapgame in Kelly’s Heroes, and in another role he complained about having to babysit Princess Drool. For 10 points, name this actor who was the voice of Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story movies who is perhaps best known for his insult comedy.
ANSWER: Don Rickles
The third movement of one of his works is described as “Subtle colours merged soft contours” and includes the “Eclipse Eroico.” A preacher sings “I Used to Come Here When This Place Was a Crypt” in one section of a work by this composer, which also includes voice parts for Mary Dee and Miss Inkley. “Hall of Dance,” and “Imprisonment” are movements in this man’s ballet in which the Earth Kingdom threatens the titular Ocean’s Kingdom, and this man also composed Standing Stone. This man composed “Nova” for the tribute album A Garland for Linda, and he also composed The Liverpool Oratorio. For 10 points, the above are works of classical music by what musician who is probably more famous for his work with Wings and The Beatles.
ANSWER: Paul McCartney (note: the preceding tossup was solely for use in Triacontakaipentagon and in no way endorses having Paul McCartney included in the classical music distribution)
In one timeline, a character in this position fathered Alandra, Bret, and Sidney with his wife Leah Brahms. One character in this position lost his sister in a Xindi attack and became the first pregnant human male. One character who held this position made a cameo in Loaded Weapon I in which he tried to fix a cappuccino machine. That holder of this position shot Colonel West during the Khitomer assassination attempt and later crashed into a Dyson sphere. Trip Tucker was the first person to have this job, and another person with this position could see infrared and ultraviolet light with his VISOR. For 10 points, Montgomery Scott and Geordi Laforge held what position in which they tried to keep the warp core working properly.
ANSWER: Engineers aboard the Starship Enterprise
The title character was known for his ability to dance the Maxixe and the Castle Walk, and early in this work, the main character gets clothing at the Chesapeake Dry Goods Company. While training in Camp Mosby, the main character of this work was sent home after showing his commission to a colonel.The narrator of this work notes that the main character’s parents were fifty years ahead of the times when they decided to have their child in a hospital, an event which traumatized Dr. Keene. Towards the end of this work, the main character is quoted as saying, “Elyphant, elyphant, elyphant,” to his nurse Nana, and the title character had earlier been married to Hildegarde before growing bored of her. For 10 points, name this F. Scott Fitzgerald short story in which the title character was born as a seventy year old man and proceeds to age backwards.
ANSWER: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
One person who held this position was the subject of the documentary Boogie Man and, while serving in this position, said of an opponent that he would “rip the bark off the little bastard.” As a boy, that holder of this position witnessed his younger brother die after a fryer of hot grease fell on him. One man who held this position promoted an anti-homosexual agenda in this capacity and later came out as gay. In addition to Lee Atwater and Ken Mehlman, Mark Hannah is considered one of the first modern ones of these individuals in his work with William McKinley, and the term “It’s the economy, stupid” was coined by James Carville while he served as this for Bill Clinton. For 10 points, name this position which is responsible for getting a candidate elected.
ANSWER: Campaign Manager [accept “presidential campaign managers”; accept republican campaign managers until It’s the economy stupid comes up; don’t accept “Chairman of Republic National Committee or similar stuff since that is not the same thing]
In one movie, a character played by Craig Warnock notes that the Greeks had 44 styles of unarmed combat while his parents observed one of these things. Success at one of these things results in Audrey being separated from her boyfriend Jack in another movie, in which one of these things employs Kent Winkdale. In another movie, Jimmy Gator works for one of these things. The movie Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is about a person who worked for one of these things while also working as a spy, Chuck Barris. Gloria Clemente attempts to learn about foods that begin with “Q” in order to be on a program of this type in White Men Can’t Jump. For 10 points, name these types of television shows, one of which was the subject of Quiz Show.
ANSWER: Gameshows [or reasonable equivalents]
The narrator of this work had attacks of autointoxication at the age of four, which were relieved with urination. The main character in this work admires a pictures of a knight before and after death but is disappointed to learn that the knight is Joan of Arc. The narrator of this work claims that he remembered his birth and his first bath, and he enjoys cross dressing as powerful women such as Cleopatra and Tenkatsu. The main character rejects the idea of marrying Sonoko and had earlier fallen in love with Omi. A key moment in this work occurs in which the main character observes Guido Reni’s painting of St. Sebastian, to which he masturbates. For 10 points, name this work about Kochan’s struggle with his homosexuality in Japanese society, a novel by Yukio Mishima.
ANSWER: Confessions of a Mask
This man sent a detachment to exterminate a group of Adamites known as the Picards. A splinter from a tree injured his good eye during the siege of Rabi Castle, and he supposedly asked that his skin be made into battle drums after his death. This man was the founder of a stronghold locate at a bend in the Luznice River, and he was known for his use of battle wagons. This man was a leader of a group that were coreligionists with the more moderate Ultraquists, and he was a follower of a man who was burne at the stake at the Council of Constance. For 10 points, name this one-eyed Bohemian military leader who led Hussite armies against his half-brother Sigismund and who introduced the concept of mobile artillery.
ANSWER: Jan Zizka
The author of this work stated that he utilized Henri Bergson’s time-telescoping effect in writing it. A scenario is described in which the central figure inserts herself into water like a needle and comes out to be handed a Coca-Cola. The central figure is described as shedding “....the long windsocks of her stockings” and her “absurd Brassiere.” The main figure’s clothes are described coming down over Kansas in this work, in which the central figure had earlier been in contact with “some sleeper next to/An engine” who was “groaning for coffee.” This poem is prefaced with an excerpt from the New York Times which noted that an emergency door sprang open and a body was found three hours after the accident. For 10 points, name this James Dickey poem about a flight attendant who was sucked out of her plane and proceeded to engage in the titular action.
ANSWER: “Falling”
Michael Nyman composed a 1986 opera based on one of his works, and he recounted his memories of a fire at the Crystal Palace in another work. He wrote an essay about a group of aphasiacs and agnosiacs listening to a speech by “the old charmer” entitled “The President’s Speech” and this man wrote the autobiography Uncle Tungsten. One of his books was the basis for the first episode of the British television show Discovery, and that book by this man described his work with survivors of the 1920s epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. That book by this man was made into a film starring Robert Deniro and Robin Williams, and he was supposedly the inspiration for Raleigh St. Clair, the Bill Murray character in The Royal Tenenbaums. For 10 points, name this British neurologist who wrote The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings.
ANSWER: Oliver Sacks
A faction of this group was founded by Judge T.H. Dewhirst, and its founders were influenced by James Jershom Jezreel. Its founders believed that they had bonded with the spirit of Shiloh to be the last messengers, and this group operated the Eden Springs Park and Zoo. It was located in Benton Harbor, Michigan and founded by Mary and Benjamin Purnell. One of its bands supposedly inspired the Harlem Globetrotters to adopt Sweet Georgia Brown as their theme song, and their most famous endeavor featured men such as Paul Mooney and Doc Talley. This group frequently employed the push bunt, supposedly invented the game of “pepper,” and at one point employed Satchel Paige on one of their circuit runs. For 10 points, name this religious cult whose members were known for their long hair and beards and for their prowess as a barnstorming baseball team.
ANSWER: House of David
This man wrote a novel about Irish immigrant Kevin O’Connell and his titular wife, Shannon. The composer of the jazz song “No Love,” this man also composed and choreographed a ballet dedicated to Martin Luther King. This man took the photograph Dinner Time at Mr. Hercules Brown’s Home, Somerville, Maine while working for the Standard Oil Photography Project, and another photograph of this man shows a janitorial worker holding a mop and broom in front of an American flag in his American Gothic: Washington, D.C. This man made a landmark directorial debut with the film The Learning Tree, which was based on his semi-autobiography, and he is also directed a film in which the title character tries to save the kidnapped daughter of the mobster Bumpy Jonas. For 10 points, name this man who directed Richard Roundtree as the titular character in Shaft.
ANSWER: Gordon Parks
He played the coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Whoopie Goldberg movie Eddie. This man was the director of player development for the Toronto Raptors from 2004 to 2011, and he was recently let go as one of the assistant coaches of the Sacramento Kings. He starred in a 1987 movie about as a Boston Celtic who, inspired by the actions of a little leaguer, resigns from professional basketball to protest nuclear weapons in Amazing Grace and Chuck. He is the second leading scorer in the history of the University of South Carolina, and he was the leading scorer in the NBA for the decade of the 1980s. He led his team to the 1985 Western Conference Finals, which Carmello Anthony would do for that franchise in 2009. For 10 points, name this all time leading scorer for the Denver Nuggets whose last name is the language in which this packet was more or less written.