F.O.G.H.A.T. 2001: A Bass Odyssey
Missouri-Rolla, October 21, 2001
Packet #7: Written by Jeremy White and Ben Lea (Toss-ups 12 & 18)
Toss-ups
1. She took her clothes off in the office while borrowing a co-workers laptop to have an Internet-based “meaningful conversation” with some guy in Brazil. Then-boyfriend Mark became extremely jealous because she sweated profusely when newcomer Jackson Duper joined Cage and Fish. She continues to work her day job despite presumably continuing to reap financial benefits from infomercial sales of the face bra. For ten points, name this Ally McBeal character played by Jane Krakowski.
_Elaine_ Vassal
2. A Miami court recently dropped charges against him for allegedly illegally changing lanes on a scooter, but a Long Island judge fined him $350 for cutting down protected vegetation. Robert Thompson, Natania Reuben, Julius Jones, Wardel Fenderson, Michael Bergos and Roger Mills all filed massive civil suits against him in 2001. No wonder he had to plead “not guilty” in his “Let’s Get It” video. For ten points, name this mogul of Bad Boy Records and hip-artist that David Letterman recently called “J. Lonely.”
_P. Diddy_ or _Puff Daddy_ or Sean “Puffy” _Combs_
3. On April 4th, he went out for the season to have surgery on his right elbow after completing only 2/3 of an inning in 2001. This former Oklahoma State right-hander was effective after Jack McKeon converted him to a starting pitcher for 10 games in 2000 only a year after he had replaced Rob Nenn on the National League All-Star team as a reliever. For ten points, name this Cincinatti Reds player who won the National League Rookie of the Year award in 1999.
Scott _Williamson_
4. He tells Ives that he earned tuition money by competing in county fair motorcycle races and he presumably used his collegiate engineering training to help Hendley turn potatoes into moonshine for a 4th of July celebration. After his 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st breakout attempts he ends up back in solitary confinement with his glove and ball. For ten points, name this character portrayed by Steve McQueen in The Great Escape.
Virgil _Hilts_ or The _Cooler King_
5. The perennial villain of this game series is Umbrella Corporation whose experiments always go horribly wrong. In the fourth installment, subtitled Code Veronica, players can control either Claire or Chris Redfield as they investigate Umbrella’s activities abroad and try and stop a repeat of the tragedy of Raccoon City. For ten points, name this Capcom game, the most successful of the adventure horror genre, which requires players to combat mutant creatures and zombies.
_Resident Evil_
6. Claus Norreen, Rene Dif, Lene Grawford Nystrom and Soren Rasted are members of this band that was originally called Joyspeed. Their first single on the Universal Music label, “Roses Are Red” went platinum and their next single “My Oh My” went gold in six days. They did not find much success outside of Scandinavia, however, until recording a single about a title character that was both plastic and fantastic. For ten points, name this Danish group that hit the charts in the US with “Barbie Girl.”
_Aqua_
7. On June 8th, Dwayne Kellum and Kenneth Reeves were charged with mail fraud for attempting to cash this man’s 160-thousand dollar state income tax refund check. Without that check, he might not have been able to make his basketball team’s payroll, which grew larger in the off-season when General Manager Mitch Kupchak signed free agents Samaki Walker and Mitch Richmond. For ten points, name this owner of the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers.
Dr. Jerry _Buss_
8. One of the most controversial plots in this series’ history was the one involving Ellen Holly’s portrayal of Carla Benari, a black woman posing as a white woman. A more recent key plot involved Lindsay’s use of a drug to eliminate the memory of Nora, former wife of Bo. For ten points, name this long running soap opera that covers life of the Buchannans and other citizens of Llanview every weekday on ABC.
_One Life to Live_
9. This 1964 film is a remake of the Deanna Durbin flick It Started With Eve. Its plot begins in earnest when ailing millionaire Phillip Dulaine insists that he cannot die happy unless daughter Cynthia gets married. A young professional played by Robert Goulet fills in as instant fiancée, but Cynthia really wants to marry Warren Palmer. For ten points, name this comedy starring Sandra Dee, Andy Williams and Maurice Chevalier.
_I’d Rather Be Rich_
10. The three books based on this comic strip drawn by Jeffrey Darlington are Mating Call of the North American Computer Geek, Gone with the Windows and And the Geek Shall Inherit the Earth. Characters include sentient slime molds, Professor Wisebottom, Ki, Trudy and Nick. For ten points, name this Internet-based comic about the goings-on at GPF software.
_General Protection Fault_ prompt on _GPF_ before it is read in the toss-up
11. She has been a staff writer for South Park since March of 1998 and her first screenplay, The Sweetest Thing, has been filmed with Cameron Diaz in the lead role and is slated for March 2002 release. She is best known for her on-screen TV gig that began airing on September 11, 2000 when the torch was passed to her by Jimmy Kimmel. For ten points, name this co-host of Win Ben’s Stein Money.
Nancy _Pimental_
12. Straight sets against Fredrik Jonsson. Four sets over Carlos Moya. Four sets over Andy Roddick. Then a relatively easy straight-sets win over Greg Rusedski. A 4-set win over Marat Safin in the quarterfinals, followed by a 5-set win in the semis against local hero Tim Henman. For 10 points, name this man, who won his first Grand Slam title in a 5-set victory over Patrick Rafter at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.
Goran _Ivanisevic_
13. On May 16, 2001, this exclusive list included Power Salad’s “Cellphone on the Highway”, Eric Schwartz’s “Stoned People” and “Napster Rap”, Tom Tuerff’s “First House” and Barnes and Barnes’ “Fish Heads”, which was ranked #1 for the 58th time. For ten points, name this weekly countdown of the hottest and the coolest tapes of the week that is calculated from requests to the Dr. Demento Show.
_Funny Five_
14. He served in an administrative capacity with the US pentathlon team at the 1996 Olympics perhaps in part because his Thor Pictures produced a thriller called Pentathlon in 1994. He made his film debut in A View to a Kill and one of his more memorable recent roles was as a street preacher in Johnny Mnemonic. For ten points, name this actor who you may know better as The Punisher, He-Man or Russian boxer and Rocky opponent Ivan Drago.
Dolph _Lundgren_
15. According to legend, his greatest achievement in his day job was figuring out how to make powdered sugar stick to doughnuts. He is better known for literature, however, and he finished his first book in 1919. He was not published until Amazing Stories paid him 125 dollars to serialize that book, Skylark of Space. For ten points, name this author credited as the founder of space opera who is best remembered for the Lensman series.
Edward E. “Doc” _Smith_
16. According to a Muppets Tonight episode, she was a Frogiteer at age 14. She fought Janeane Garofalo on Celebrity Deathmatch. On Veronica’s Closet, Bryce took her to Ronnie’s charity event. She played the turncoat Venusian Mascha in a two-part 3rd Rock from the Sun episode. A much-hyped 1998 TV special promised Sex with her. For ten points, name this television celebrity who was the original host of MTV’s House of Style.
Cindy _Crawford_
17. Roger Rueff based this film’s script on his play Hospitality Suite. The setting is a Wichita convention and title character is Dick Fuller, president of the Midwest’s largest industrial lubricants buyer. The main characters are middle-aged account manager, Phil, the rookie R&D man Bob and the confrontational salesman Larry. For ten points, name this film about corporate sales starring Peter Facinelli, Danny DeVito and Kevin Spacey.
The _Big Kahuna_
18. Name's the same, first and last. The left-handed pitcher played for Milwaukee, Seattle, and the Mets from 1990-1992, throwing 63 2/3 innings for the Brewers in 91 with a 5.51 ERA. The catcher has kicked around since 96, but only got serious playing time in 98, catching 52 games and hitting .264 for the Blue Jays. The right-handed pitcher also came up with Texas, but in 1986, eventually winning 21 games in 92, before becoming the traveling man: Baltimore in 95, Florida from 96 to 97 (for whom he lost two games in the World Series), San Diego in 98 (for whom he lost one game in the World Series), and Los Angeles from 99 to the present. For 10 points, give the common first and last name for these players, the last of whom is the defending NL ERA champion.
Kevin _Brown_
19. The Times of India on January 8, 2001 reported that Muslim cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad called this company’s flagship product’s logo "sacrilegious," saying that in a mirror it reads “There is no prophet, no Mecca.” Current CEO Douglas Ivester has faced several international crises since the death of the renowned Roberto Goizuetta. One such crisis was the recall of 2.5 million units in France, which Atlanta analysts blamed on faulty carbon dioxide. For ten points, name this company that sells its cola in devilish red cans.
_Coca-Cola_
20. According to Joshua Jackson’s monologue, this band played on SNL the night Horschach hosted. David Spade wore a T-shirt with this band’s logo to an XFL game. Jim Carrey once asked MTV if it would kill them to play a little of this band’s music. They are still touring and playing their hits off of albums like Boogie Motel and Nightshift even after the death of founder “Lonesome” Dave Peverett. For ten points, name these legends who keep the boogie rolling by playing immortal songs like “Fool for the City” and “Slowride”.
_Foghat_
Exhibition Question (Read this to the teams after the packet, but not for points.)
Funny-five favorites Power Salad wrote a song about doing it. Ellen Holly, Al Harazin, Goran Ivanisevic, Scott Willimason and Jane Krakowski all saw one of their parents doing it. Aqua’s Claus Norreen, Kevin Brown, Cindy Crawford, GPF artist Jeff Darlington and Virgil Hilts all started to learn to do it in college and Dolph Lundgren did learn how to do it. Bob Goulet’s character in I’d Rather Be Rich, Umbrella Corporation researchers, Nancy Pimental, P. Diddy accuser Robert Thompson, Big Kahuna screenwriter Roger Reuff, “Doc” Smith, late Coke-CEO Roberto Goizueta, Lakers owner Jerry Buss and the tournament director of FOGHAT have all done it to make a living. For ten points, name this noble profession that employs the principles of heat transfer, mass transfer and chemistry in solving real world problems.
_chemical engineering_ accept _chemical engineer_ or _Chem E_.
21. Her eponymous show is in its ninth season in syndication by Tri Star Television and includes signature recurring show topics like “Walk a Day”, “Lie Detector,” “DNA Evidence” and “First Time.” Lately she has been seen as the sister of the lead character on The King of Queens. For ten points, name this actress and talk show hostess who lost over one hundred pounds since John Waters cast her in Hairspray.
Ricki _Lake_
[Author’s note: Lake has nothing to do with Chem E’s, but the bonuses had a lake theme so it worked.]
FOGHAT 2001: A Bass Odyssey
Packet #7: Written by Jeremy White and Ben Lea (Toss-ups 12 & 18)
Bonus
1. The 1964 TV special Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer introduced viewers to several classic characters. Santa will put ten points in your stocking for each one you can identify from a short description.
a. After his failure to gain inclusion in reindeer recreational activities becomes apparent, Rudolph meets up with what other North Pole reject, an elf who would rather become a dentist than make toys?
_Hermey_ or _Herbie_
b. This affable prospector joins Rudolph on his journeys.
_Yukon Cornelius_
c. Voiced by Burl Ives, this plaid-clad snowman narrates the special.
_Sam_ the Snowman
2. Name these women of film who were born in Nicaragua for ten points each.
a. This ex-model specializes in playing purely decorative roles as exotic seductresses, the most prominent examples of which are her lone season on Dallas as Anjelica Nero and her turn as Fatima Blush in Never Say Never Again.
Barbara _Carerra_
b. She played Martini, the wife of one of the Rutles and was the sheik’s sister in Cannonball Run, but is far better known for once being married to a Rolling Stone.
_Bianca Jagger_ (prompt on Jagger) or Bianca Perez _Morena_
c. Okay, fine, Jeremy stretched a little on this one, but this woman who was president of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1996 is featured in The Genie Award winning documentary The World is Watching.
Violeta _Chamorro_
3. Name these sports teams associated in some way with the Winnipeg, Manitoba for ten points each.
a. What is the current name of the NHL franchise formerly known as the Winnipeg Jets?
_Phoenix_ and/or _Coyotes_
b. What is the name of Winnipeg’s CFL team?
_Blue Bombers_
c. The Winnipeg Goldeyes are a member of what baseball minor league that includes the Schaumburg Flyers, the Lincoln Salt Dogs and the St. Paul Saints.
_Northern_ League
4. For ten points, name these music acts that have recorded songs named “Victoria.”
a. In December of 1969, this band released a single named “Victoria” that would be followed up six months later with the much bigger hit “Lola.”
The _Kinks_
b. A track called “Victoria” can be found on the album The Snake by what former vocalist of The Pogues?