Spring Trash 2014
Packet #9 by Bob Kilner, Dan Pechi, Kenji Golimlim, Colin McNamara and ShashankRaghavachari
1. In this story, the protagonist passes by the Bijon Theater, whose marquee advertises Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra. Near this story’s end, the title characters lament the escape of a policeman and a priest, who are called “Blue Man” and “false minister,” respectively. Ruth decides against burning a field in this story, whose title characters worship the entity “He Who (*) Walks Behind the Rows.” This story's title characters, who include Moses and Malachi, ambush a couple entering Gatlin, Nebraska and crucify Vicky. In this story, Burt dies after rows of the title crop trap him and a green, red-eyed monster emerges from a clearing. For 10 points, identify this Stephen King story.
ANSWER: “Children of the Corn”
Bonus: Answer the following about other Stephen King works, for 10 points each.
[10] This state, the location of the fictional towns of Castle Rock, Derry, and Jerusalem’s Lot, serves as the setting for several King novels.
ANSWER: Maine
[10] This King novel, whose protagonists are the Trenton and Camber families, sees the title St. Bernard driven to madness by a rabies infection.
ANSWER: Cujo
[10] In this King novel, the spirit of Roland LeBay torments Arnie Cunningham and Leigh Cabot by possessing the title vehicle, a 1958 Plymouth Fury, and committing a string of murders with it.
ANSWER: Christine
2. A small trophy presented to one man for a 15-year undefeated streak set up a heel turn that would come to a head at this event, which saw Aretha Franklin sing “America the Beautiful” at its opening. The second televised bout at this event was known as the “Full Nelson Challenge” (*) and a later match at this event sawKing Kong Bundy and two midgets take on Hillbilly Jim, who also employed the help of two little people. Another match at this event saw Ricky Steamboat and Randy Savage compete in what is generally agreed to be one of the greatest matches in wrestling history, and just a few minutes later, “Mean” Gene Okerlund announced that this event had set the then-world indoor attendance record of over 93,000 fans. Hulk Hogan met his former friend Andre the Giant for the WWF title at, for 10 points, what 1986 event held at the Pontiac Silverdome?
ANSWER: Wrestlemania III [prompt on “Wrestlemania” alone; accept Wrestlemania 1987; do not accept any other “Wrestlemania”]
Bonus: This man served as the color commentator for Wrestlemania III. For 10 points each:
[10] Identify this wrestler, commentator, politician and television host who served as the governor of Minnesota from 1999-2003.
ANSWER: Jesse “the Body” Ventura or James Janos
[10] Ventura appeared in the film-within-a-film titled “Black Hammer, White Lightning” along with the Omar Epps-played Willie Mays Hayes in this 1994 sequel to a 1989 film.
ANSWER: Major League II [do NOT accept “Major League”]
[10] Ventura served as a guest referee at SummerSlam when it was held in Minnesota and also did commentary for this short-lived football promotion owned by Vince McMahon.
ANSWER: XFL [do NOT accept “Extreme Football League” since it was made clear that was not what the abbreviation stood for]
3. One character in this show worries about a couple's relationship in the face of their mutual wealth, noting that only the poor have pleasure and asking "how can love survive?" That couple later breaks up because the man refuses to take the advice to "be wise, compromise." Ariane Rinehart made her television debut in this production with a role in which she asks what she knows of (*) "bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies." An Audra McDonald-played character asks "how do you solve a problem like" another character who tries ousting the thunder with the song "The Lonely Goatherd." For 10 points, name this modern television musical performance containing songs like "Do Re Mi" and "My Favorite Things" with the role of Maria played by Carrie Underwood.
ANSWER: The Sound of Music, Live [prompt on “The Sound of Music;” accept “The Sound of Music with Carrie Underwood” before mentioned; accept anything that differentiates it from the movie version (i.e., NBC's Sound of Music); accept the “Broadway performance of The Sound of Music” beforeAriane Rinehart.]
Bonus: Musicals are not the only reason to break out in song and dance. Identify these shows with musical episodes for 10 points each.
[10] In this show's episode "My Musical," a patient hears ordinary conversations as songs because of an aneurysm. When admitted to the hospital, she hears "Welcome to Sacred Heart," and she is asked for a stool sample in the song "Everything Comes Down to Poo."
ANSWER: Scrubs
[10] This show's "Brown Betty" episode was in response to Fox asking its shows to include musical elements one week. The “Brown Betty” episode of this show portrays Dr. Bishop as the inventor of “everything that is wonderful in the world” including hugs, rainbows, bubblegum and singing corpses.
ANSWER: Fringe
[10] Although the entire episode was not necessarily a musical, the “My Old Kentucky Home” episode of this show sees Joan sing “C’estMagnifique” while playing an accordion, Roger singing to his fiancee while wearing blackface and Pete and his wife dancing a lively Charleston.
ANSWER: Mad Men
4. This film is partially based on plot elements of the 1955 film Operation Petticoat and one character in this film is nicknamed “Stoneball” Jackson and ended up in his current position after blowing an easy layup during a game against Army. Another character in this film tells the protagonist that a certain ship is “held together by bird droppings” and that character later chews out Buckman for stacking pig lard on a lower shelf than the coffee. Lauren Holly plays (*) Lieutenant Lake in this film, whom the protagonist initially mistakes for a stripper and that protagonist is believed by Martin Pascal to have been given his own ship thanks to a tattoo he received in his private area while drunk. Kelsey Grammer is given the captainship of the decrepit SS Stingray in, for 10 points, what 1996 film also starring Rob Schneider?
ANSWER: Down Periscope
Bonus: Identify these other things about movies featuring Lauren Holly, for 10 points each.
[10] One of Lauren Holly’s first major roles was as Linda Emery, the eventual widow of a famous martial arts star, in Dragon: the story of this man.
ANSWER: Bruce Lee
[10] Holly played Cindy Rooney, the wife of Dennis Quaid’s quarterback character in this football film starring Al Pacino and Jamie Foxx.
ANSWER: Any Given Sunday
[10] In 2000, Holly played Gigi, the ex-wife of Mel Gibson’s character in this film. Gibson’s character gains the ability to read the minds of females after accidentally falling and shocking himself in the bathtub in this film.
ANSWER: What Women Want
5. This company is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas and its products are marketed under the Cappy label in Central Europe. Bing Crosby became the first pitchman for this company in 1949, the same year they changed their name from the Vacuum Foods Corporation to the name we’re familiar with today. Purchased by Coca-Cola in 1960, this company introduced the (*) Simply Orange product line in 2001, nearly 60 years after developing a process by which their products could be produced from concentrate. This rival of Tropicana is also known for product lines like Heartwise and Premium Blends. The namesake of the Houston Astros ballpark is, for 10 points, what company primarily known for their orange juice and lemonade products?
ANSWER: Minute Maid
Bonus: Another juice company that donates 100% of its profits to a namesake non-profit group was founded by this actor. For 10 points each:
[10] Identify this iconic American actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Color of Money and was nominated for the same award for playing the title character in Cool Hand Luke.
ANSWER: Paul Newman
[10] Newman was also nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award for playing Brick Pollitt in a screen adaptation of this Tennessee Williams play.
ANSWER: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
[10] From 1958 until his 2008 death, Paul Newman was married to this actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as the title characters in The Three Faces of Eve. She also starred as Sarah Beckett in Philadelphia.
ANSWER: Joanne Woodward
6. This man turned professional after shooting the lowest score by an amateur at the 1999 Masters Tournament and he first gained prominence for a back-and-forth duel with Tiger Woods that he eventually lost at the 1999 PGA Championship. That performance led him to become the youngest player to ever compete in the (*) Ryder Cup and in the 2006 event, he nearly became the first player to ever win all of his Ryder Cup matches, falling short in the last event to Stewart Cink. He blew a 3-shot lead and lost to Padraig Harrington at the 2007 Open Championship, but this player may be better known for pulling out of a tournament due to an acne outbreak and for his annoying habit of “waggling” his club sometimes over 20 times before swinging. For 10 points, identify this Spanish golfer who re-entered the world top 10 in January 2014 after a win at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.
ANSWER: Sergio Garcia Fernandez
Bonus: This resort will host both the men’s and women’s U.S. Open in 2014. For 10 points each:
[10] Identify this North Carolina course that previously hosted the U.S. Open in 2005 and in 1999, when Payne Stewart won his second title just months before dying in a plane crash.
ANSWER: Pinehurst
[10] The 2019 U.S. Open will return to this California course, which saw Tiger Woods win his first U.S. Open by a jaw-dropping fifteen strokes in 2000.
ANSWER: Pebble Beach Golf Links
[10] At the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, this Northern Irish golfer won the tournament, ending a drought of 40 years without a European champion at the event. He also finished 2nd at the 2012 event.
ANSWER: Graeme McDowell
7. One character in this show is extorted by a man who threatens to release a sex tape. The extortion ends when her mother, Jolene, kills the former manager and then dies of a drug overdose. An assassination attempt on a mayor instead kills his wife Peggy who had earlier faked a miscarriage. Another character on this show recovers from his depression over his brother’s death when his roommate takes him to play chicken with a train. That roommate, (*) Will Lexington, is a closeted gay man who masks his homosexuality by dating a rising star, Layla Grant. This show’s first season ended with a car crash that injured Deacon Claybourne’s hand and nearly took the singing voice of the “Queen of Country.” For 10 points, name this show about Rayna James and Juliette Barnes played by Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere, named after the country music capital, a Tennessee city.
ANSWER: Nashville
Bonus: Name these real-life locations related to country music found in the show Nashville, for 10 points each:
[10] This local watering hole is a frequent location for small concerts and gatherings. Characters like Scarlett O’Connor waitressed here and was discovered here. In real life, it hosts regular Open Mic nights, and Garth Brooks was discovered here.
ANSWER: The Bluebird Cafe
[10] In Nashville, Juliette Barnes was inducted into this organization that sponsors weekly radio broadcasts. While technically not a location, it is described as “country’s most famous stage” and over the years has hosted a variety of acts from Hank Williams and Minnie Pearl to Dolly Parton and Old Crow Medicine Show.
ANSWER: Grand Ole Opry
[10] Prior to 1974, the Grand Ole Opry was hosted here. While this auditorium is too small to host the Grand Ole Opry during the tourist season, it is still the site of broadcasts during the off-season. This site was built as the Union Gospel Tabernacle, and the audience sits in pews in this “Mother Church of Country Music.”
ANSWER: Ryman Auditorium
8. This film’s protagonist finds a human’s tooth inside a flower after watching dead fish float to the top of a nearby pond. A scene in this film sees the title character’s family board the Tsimtsum. This film’s protagonist adopts a nickname after his given name, a tribute to a French (*) swimming pool, is turned into a slang term for urination by his classmates. The title character of this film abandons vegetarianism after a humpback whale’s breach sweeps away his food rations. This film’s title character witnesses a hyena killing an orangutan and an injured zebra, and miraculously survives 227 days at sea with a tiger named Richard Parker. For 10 points, identify this 2012 Ang Lee film based on a Man Booker Prize-winning novel by Yann Martel.
ANSWER: Life of Pi
Bonus: This character’s “face” originated when the protagonist of the film it appears in places his bloody hand on it. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this volleyball that accompanied Chuck for the majority of his time stranded on a remote Pacific island. It gets swept away during Chuck’s escape from the island.
ANSWER: Wilson
[10] Wilson appears in this film in which Tom Hanks portrays the FedEx employee Chuck Noland.
ANSWER: Cast Away
[10] In 1975, this actor starred as a different castaway, Robinson Crusoe, in the film Man Friday. He may be more famous for portraying T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia.
ANSWER: Peter (James) O’Toole
9. One band from this country described “the wrong guy, the wrong situation” in their only hit song “Roll To Me.” In addition to Del Amitri, this country is home to a band who created a song in which they offer the title character to “come live with us among the has-beens and the addicts.” That song, the first track on their debut album Costello Music, is “Henrietta.” This country is home to a band whose album (*) Only Revolutions contains the songs “Mountains” and “Many of Horror.” Another band from this country is best known for their 2004 song that declares “I’m just a crosshair, I’m just a shot away from you”; that song is “Take Me Out.” For 10 points, identify this subcountry, home to The Fratellis, Biffy Clyro, and Franz Ferdinand, who are based in cities like Glasgow.
ANSWER: Scotland [prompt on the United Kingdom or Great Britain; do not accept or prompt on “England”]
Bonus: On the seventh track off Franz Ferdinand’s album You Could Have It So Much Better, one character with this name is told to “Put Your Boots On.” For 10 points each:
[10] Give this name also shared by a character who wears “a face that she keeps in a jar by the door” in a song that starts “Ahh, look at all the lonely people.”
ANSWER: Eleanor [accept “Eleanor Rigby”]
[10] “Eleanor Rigby” appears on this 1966 Beatles album, which opens by attacking the policies of then-current Prime Minister Harold Wilson in “Taxman.”
ANSWER: Revolver
[10] This final track on Revolver makes use of a sped-up laughing sound effect to resemble a seagull call. It opens with the line “Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream.”
ANSWER: “Tomorrow Never Knows”
10. An advertisement for this game series sees Bobby Knight scream “Who are you callin’ pops?” at James Hetfield; an earlier advertisement saw Kobe Bryant, Tony Hawk, Alex Rodriguez, and Michael Phelps re-enact a notable scene from Risky Business. The Romantics sued one company behind this game series, since a cover of (*) “What I Like About You” that appeared on an 80’s-themed installment of this series sounded “virtually indistinguishable from the authentic version.” Megadeth wrote “Sudden Death” for this game series’ Warriors of Rock installment, and Tom Morello and Slash appeared in its third installment, subtitled Legends of Rock. For 10 points, identify this competitor of Rock Band, which also uses a plastic controller with five fret buttons and a strum bar.
ANSWER: Guitar Hero [accept any specific versions; do not accept “Rock Band” or any variant thereof]
Bonus: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock featured no celebrity cameos, and for good reason. Answer the following about Activision getting sued over Guitar Hero games, for 10 points each.
[10] Several prominent musical figures, including bandmatesKristNovoselic and Dave Grohl, objected to this Nirvana singer’s inclusion in Guitar Hero 5.
ANSWER: Kurt (Donald) Cobain
[10] Cobain’s former wife, Courtney Love, joined this band’s lawsuit against Activision, since this band’s characters in Band Hero could be used in songs other than “Don’t Speak” and “Just a Girl.”
ANSWER: No Doubt