TOSSUPS – BLIND ROUND #1ACF DETOX 2004 – UTC
Questions by James Washick with a little help from the Gerbils
1. In his first 2 films, Hollywood Hotel and Love Is In The Air, he plays a radio personality, appropriate since he started as a sportscaster for a Des Moines radio station. Though he often played the romantic lead in his early films, his final film role was as a brutal crime kingpin in the 1964 film The Killers, ironically apropos to some considering his later career. In his better-known films, he played one of Bette Davis’ suitors in Dark Victory, starred opposite his wife in Hellcats of the Navy, and opposite a chimp in Bedtime For Bonzo. FTP, name this actor, turned governor, turned president.
Answer:RonaldReagan
2.After a 15-year career, his last match came as a loss to Fernando Gonzales. He had won 34 ATP titles but lost the 1995 French Open finals and the 1996 Australian and US Opens. His one Grand Slam win, a victory over Stephan Edberg in the 1989 French Open, made him the first American male to win the tournament since 1955 and the youngest French Open Champion ever at age 17. FTP, name this Asian American tennis player who retired in 2003.
Answer:Michael Chang
3.This award was first given to Y. Frank Freeman and most recently given to Arthur Hiller in 2002, while previous winners have included Bob Hope, Audrey Hepburn, and Quincy Jones. The man for whom the award is named was an uncle of Leslie Nielsen and had appeared with Shirley Temple in Heidi and played the lovable Dr. Christian in a series of films. Since the actor’s death in 1956, the award has been given to members of the motion picture industry, not for their work on-screen but for charitable work off-screen. FTP, name this infrequently bestowed Humanitarian award.
Answer: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
4.Originally from New Orleans, he was a star football player in high school in 1974 before being drafted into the Army and missing his senior year. A loophole allowed him to play one more game decades later to preserve his place in the record books and his hero status. His despair after his wife left him led him to cross dress for a while, but since then he has dated former Texas governor Ann Richards and Leoma Souphanousinphone. FTP, name this army barber and friend of Hank Hill.
Answer: Bill Dauterive[accept either]
5.Though she started out in competitive barrel racing like her father, she soon switched to music, recording such albums as Out of a Dream and Feel The Fire. More recently she took a four-year break from recording to focus on acting. Her first role was as survivalist Heather Gummer, which she followed by playing Burgundy Jones in the 4th installment of the Gambler series. In 2001 she replaced Cheryl Ladd in Broadway production of Annie Get Your Gun and now has her own series where she plays a soccer mom whose husband ran off with the dental hygienist. FTP, name this redheaded country singer whose hits include “Whoever’s In New England” and “Fancy.”
Answer: Reba McEntire
EDITOR’S NOTE: Your genial quizmaster feels compelled to note that “Fancy” was a cover of a Bobbie Gentry original.
6.Launched in 1999, it is an online community whose encyclopedic nature includes articles on making a plastic bag bra, goldfish in dorms, Near Earth Objects, and belly button fluff. After the founding company TDV ceased operations, the BBC took over in February 2001, the intermission between being called “Rupert.” Fittingly, the website describes itself as "an unconventional guide to life, the universe and everything.” FTP, name this web-based compendium inspired by Douglas Adams.
Answer:H2G2.com (prompt on Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy)
7.Nominated for a Grammy in 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998, as well as one in 1960, she had never won. An actress as well as singer, her recent acting roles included Anna in Radioland Murders and the singing Alzheimer’s patient Mary Cavanaugh on “ER.” When this singer was nominated posthumously for a Grammy in 2004, Bette Midler opted to withdraw her own name from contention as Midler’s nomination was for singing this woman’s standards. FTP, name this singer known for her role in White Christmas and for her song “Mambo Italiano.”
Answer:RosemaryClooney
8.Located at 42nd Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan, it was built by a paper company as a high-rise industrial site with 24 foot ceilings. The building was leased out, though the top five floors were limited to access by solenoid activators, with a reception area on the 30th floor. Its top three floors had once been destroyed by Terrax the Tamer, and the building had been sent into space twice before it was obliterated and eventually replaced by a newer building with the same name. FTP, name this past and present home of the Fantastic Four.
Answer:The Baxter Building
9.Ashley Drane now plays Muffy on That’s So Raven, Daniele Gaither is a regular on Mad TV and has appeared on Reno 911, as has Paul Vogt, thus proving that this show didn’t kill everyone’s career. Episode One featured Keith trying to make Karen jealous by using his own sister as a date for his party and Arnold trying to impress Lurleen who is in love with Arnold’s brother. Paul Vogt played Mrs. Garret in the latter segment and reprised the role when the show parodied the “Shoplifting” episode of The Fact of Life. FTP, name this short-lived show which reprised vintage episodes word-for-word though with new comic effect.
Answer: The Rerun Show
10. The film is a reversal of the plot of the 1951 Dick Powell film You Can Never Tell. A PI named Browning is stabbed to death when he stumbles upon a murder. Told in heaven that he is marginal material, he is sent back to prove himself by solving his own murder. The only pairing of Omar Sharif and Chevy Chase, the film features the reincarnated Chase ogling an English writer played by Jane Seymour. FTP name this 1980 film where Chase provides the voice for Benji.
Answer:Oh Heavenly Dog
11.In 1979, TSR released module T1, called “The Village of Hommlet,” an adventure set in a village with everyday people, some of whom hide dark secrets, including some concerning the nearby ruins. Supposedly the introduction to the never published T2 module, T1 was eventually incorporated in 1985 in a campaigning AD&D module released under this name. It thus became the first AD&D module set in the Greyhawk Universe and would become another first eighteen years later. FTP, name this 2003 Troika Games release, the first classic Greyhawk module turned into a PC game.
Answer:The Temple of Elemental Evil
12.Held March 29, 1987, it featured Aretha Franklin singing “America, The Beautiful.” In an eleven card event, Butch Reed defeated Koko B. Ware, both Billy Jack Haynes and Hercules Hernandez were disqualified, Rick Martel and Tom Zenk beat Bob Orton and the Magnificent Muraco, and Jacque and Raymond Rougeau lost to Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine. Ricky Steamboat won the WWF Intercontinental Title from Randy Savage, but the main event featured Bob Uecker as ring announcer and Mary Hart as time keeper. FTP, name this Silverdome event which boasted the largest indoor crowd in North American history, where Hulk Hogan pinned Andre the Giant.
Answer:Wrestlemania III (3)
13.Urban legends about this product abound. A kid died from drinking the liquid used for ballast in one promotion. The company will donate four days worth of profits to Israel to compensate for previous anti-Semitic practices. The cursive script depicts anti-Islamic messages when seen in a mirror. A tooth will dissolve if left in a can overnight. FTP, name this soft drink whose official policy says only two executives can know the formula which once did contain cocaine.
Answer:Coca-Cola (accept Coke)
14.Written by Scott English and Richard Kerr, its meaning is widely misunderstood thanks to something English said just before hanging up on a reporter who’d awakened him. Its original title was changed so that people wouldn’t confuse it with a song by Looking Glass. It was remade in 2003 by Westlife and was an important plot device in “Can’t Hardly Wait” which perpetuated the myth that it is about a dog. FTP, name this 1975 hit for Barry Manilow.
Answer:Mandy
15.In March 2003, he accomplished a feat which had not been done since Bob Fitzsimmons in 1897. He began boxing professionally in 1989, a year after losing to Si-Hun Park in the Seoul Olympics. His first title was the IBF Middleweight Title after defeating Bernard Hopkins in 1993. Within three years he had defeated James “Lights Out” Toney and Mike McCallum to take the IBF Super Middleweight and WBC Light Heavyweight titles, respectively. Defeating Lou Del Valle, Reggie Johnson and Eric Harding gave him the WBA, IBF, and IBO Light Heavyweight titles. FTP, name this boxer whose win over John Ruiz made him the first boxer in a century to hold both the middleweight and heavyweight titles.
Answer: Roy Jones Jr.
16.One of the first women to be a partner in the management consulting firm of Booz Allen Hamilton, she changed her name to Justine Rendal when she divorced and moved to London. Having recently completed two new novels, Dumping Billy and Casting Off, she underwent plastic surgery in Jan 2004 and went into a coma after being administered anesthesia, dying eight days later. FTP, name this author of Flavor of the Month, Switcheroo, and First Wives Club.
Answer:Olivia Goldsmith or Randy Goldfield (accept Justine Rendal before it is mentioned)
17.At age 18 he became a Christian Brothers monk, but he left the order at age 21 to become an actor. He has played fathers on film before, being Peter Gallagher’s dad in While You Were Sleeping, but in recent films he played father to William Hurt in Master Spy: The Robert Hansen Story and to Billy Bob Thornton in Monster’s Ball. FTP, name this actor whose best known patriarchal role is as Frank Barone on “Everybody Loves Raymond.”
Answer: Peter Boyle
18.In game one, Tim Teufel botched Rich Gedman’s grounder in the 7th inning to let the only run score. In game three, Dennis Boyd surrendered a home run to the first batter he faced, Lenny Dykstra, in a 7-1 loss. Despite walking six batters in seven innings, Ron Darling took the win in game four. Game seven was postponed due to rain, but Calvin Schiraldi took the loss by giving up the tie-breaking run to Ray Knight. FTP, name this World Series whose most memorable moment was a slow Mookie Wilson bouncer between Bill Buckner’s legs.
Answer:1986 World Series
19.This act was the first international success from its country since Split Enz when they reached the top 5 in that country as well as Canada, Australia, and the UK with a song described as a Polynesian/Urban blend. A full album was cut and released in the US in 1997 featuring the songs On the Run, Lingo with the Gringo, and the immensely popular title track, and the band shortened its name from the original tribute to the Auckland suburb Otara. FTP name the New Zealand group behind the hit song How Bizarre, originally known as Otara Millionaires Club.
Answer:OMC
20.According to the Scott Paper Co., it is the average number of rolls of toilet paper used each day by the Pentagon. It is the sum of the squares of the first seven primes and the Dewey Decimal Classification for Ceramic and Allied Technologies. It was the phone prefix for Kentucky Mountain Bible College until March 2003 and the number of the U.S. Highway from Gallup, NM, to Monticello, UT, until June 2003. And it could be seen on the scalp of Damien Thorne in The Omen. FTP, give this number which, according to Revelation 13:18, is the mark of the beast.
Answer:666
21.Originally, the film was called Bogart Slept Here and had Robert De Niro as the male lead and Mike Nichols as director before both left a few weeks into production. Supposedly based on Dustin Hoffman’s life as struggling actor, it was recast with a new male lead who would be the youngest winner of the Best Actor Oscar until Adrien Brody’s 2002 win, largely thanks to his portrayal of a fey Richard III for an Off-Off Broadway production. FTP, name this 1977 Neil Simon film starring Marsha Mason and Richard Dreyfus recently remade with Patricia Heaton and Jeff Daniels.
Answer:The Goodbye Girl
22.Her first acting job was as the host on the children’s show The Polka Dot Door. In 1999 she left her best-known role and married music manager Wayne Isaak. After touring as a back-up singer in 2000, she returned to acting, playing Cecile Ste. Marie on Anne Rice’s The Feast of All Saints. Since then she has played Linda Fabrizzi, director of CIA counter terrorism unit, on the first season of the Agency and most recently, FBI Agent Brooke Haslett on 1-800-MISSING. FTP, name this actress best known for playing HIV-infected physician’s assistant Jeanie Boulet on ER.
Answer: Gloria Ruben
23.WARNING: Two Answers Required. He first saw her as she danced in the forest of Neldoreth. During a quest to win her hand in marriage, he was captured and imprisoned, but she and the great hound Huan freed him. He lost his right hand when the wolf Carcharoth bit it off and was later slain by the wolf. She died of grief, but her beauty and singing moved Mandos to pity, and they received a second life during which they had one son, Dior. FTP, name this man and this elf, the great-great-grandparents of Arwen.
Answers:Beren and Lúthien (or Tinúviel)
BONI – BLIND ROUND #1ACF DETOX 2004 – UTC
Questions by James Washick with a little help from the Gerbils
1.Skinheads, skinheads, roly-poly skinheads. Name the Neo-Nazi film from a description, FTPE.
a) Edward Norton plays former Neo-Nazi Derek Vinyard who is released from prison and tries to keep his younger brother from following the same path.
Answer:American History X
b) Ryan Gosling plays a young Jewish man, Danny Balint, who develops an anti-Semitic world view and joins a Neo-Nazi group.
Answer: The Believer
c) Russell Crowe plays Hando in this film where Nazi skinheads in Melbourne beat up and get beaten up by Asians.
Answer:Romper Stomper
2.Name the album from songs, 30-20-10-5-1
30) Mother, O My God, Walking In Your Footsteps
20) Tea in the Sahara, Miss Gradenko
10) Wrapped Around Your Finger, King of Pain
5) Every Breath You Take
1) Synchronicity I, Synchronicity II
Answer:Synchronicity
3.Name the author of the liberal rant, FTPE:
a) Dude, Where’s My Country
Answer:Michael Moore
b) Bushwhacked (with Lou Dubose)
Answer:Molly Ivins
c) Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
Answer:Al Franken
4.From a description, name the early member of the Legion of Substitute Super-Heroes, FTPE.
a) Founder and original leader of the Legion of Substitute Super-Heroes, this hero born Brekk Bannin could project intense cold as a means to battle the intense heat storms on his home plant Tharr.
Answer:Polar Boy
b) As Lydda Jath’s costumed moniker would suggest, this heroine’s strength would not work in the sunlight of day.
Answer:Night Girl
c) After Ral Benem fell into a tank of super-powerful plant-growing solution, he gained the power to make plants grow super-fast and super-large.
Answer:Chlorophyll Kid
5.Given managers, name the baseball team, FTPE. You receive five if you need more familiar managers.
a-10) Pinky Higgins, Eddie Kasko, Billy Carrigan
5) Jimy Williams, Don Zimmer, John McNamara
Answer: Boston Red Sox [accept either]
b-10) Lum Harris, Russ Nixon, Eddie Matthews
5) Joe Torre, Chuck Tanner, Bobby Cox
Answer: Atlanta Braves [accept either]
c-10) Mel Queen, Bobby Mattick, Roy Hartsfield
5) Jimy Williams, Bobby Cox, Cito Gaston
Answer: Toronto Blue Jays [accept either]
6.FTPE, given the person who played him or her, name the singer portrayed on American Dreams during the 2003-2004 season
a) Kelly Clarkson sang “Sweet Nothin’s” when she played this singer in the first episode of the second season.
Answer: Brenda Lee
b) In the second episode of the season, Monica performed “My Guy” while playing as this singer.
Answer: Mary Wells
c) That was indeed Jennifer Love Hewitt singing “These Boots Are Made For Walking” when she played this singer in episode 10