AXD 2005
Tossups for A Single Atom of Jumbonium/Insert Witty Team Name Here
by Mike Davies, Mike Baker, Jason McCullough, Bob Kilner and John Presloid
The Ann B. Davis 2005
Questions by A Single Atom of Jumbonium
(Mike Davies, Mike Baker, Jason McCullough)
FIRST PERIOD – Fifty-or-nothing bonuses in effect
Tossups
1.For its 9th and final episode, this show was moved to a different timeslot, thus conflicting with the finales of Big Brother and The Amazing Race. Episode 3 saw Ruth’s first encounter with sharks and (*) body piercing. In episode 8, Jonas confronted Ariel after her tirade about milking machines, called Reese a ""pansy"" when he refused to shovel manure, and got his GED in order to possibly leave his Old Order community. For 10 points -- For 10 points--what UPN show was the first reality show about rumspringa?
Answer: Answer:Amish in the City
2.J. Frank Parnell staggers around trying to explain a government conspiracy involving three alien corpses which emit a blinding (*) light that reduces people to empty shoes. . The protagonist enters the titular role as the victim of a half-assed con involving Harry Dean Stanton’s seemingly invisible wife. . Known for its classic punk soundtrack, --FTPFor 10 points -- for 10 points--name this 1984 movie starring Emilio Estevez as a Los Angeles kid who becomes a de facto car thief.
Answer:Answer: Answer:Repo Man
3.When flying over the mountains a small plane's pilot suffers a heart attack and smashes into the cockpit of the Columbia Airlines 747. The flight engineer and co-pilot are killed, leaving a blinded captain (*), and the head stewardess, played by Karen Black, at the helm. . Then the radio goes out, necessitating a daring airplane-to-airplane jump by air controller Alan Murdock, played by Charlton Heston. This is the plot of, For 10 points -- --for 10 points--what sequel to Airport?
Answer: Answer:Airport 1975 (do not accept anything else)
4.ProtegéesProtégés of Emmylou Harris, they won 1985's national Wrangler Country Showdown and were signed to Columbia. ""Since I Found You"" was the first hit for both them and for songwriters Foster & Lloyd, and other top 5 country hits included ""Midnight Girl/Sunset Town"" (*), ""Chains of Gold"", and ""Satisfy You"". For 10 points -- For 10 points--name this duo of Janis Gill and Kristine Arnold, who took their nse name comes from the 1968 collaboration between Gram Parsons and the Byrds.
Answer: Answer:Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Jeremy Davies plays a sarcastic Dr. Snow in 2002 compared to Jüri Järvet's Dr. Snaut in the 1972 version, which also has a more classically decorated, less sci-fi-looking(*) station. Both film treatments focus on the initial bewilderment of a psychologist and how he acclimates himself to the husk of a research station. FTP give the common name of these movies directed by Andrei Tartovsky and Steven Soderbergh, adaptations of a classic novel by Stanislaw Lem.
Answer: Solaris
5.2 TWO answers required. Although the northern team holds a 38-30 lead in this border rivalry, the southern team has won the last three, led by quarterbacks Nathan Chandler, Brad Banks and Drew Tate (*). Every year since 1935 these teams compete for the ""Floyd of Rosedale”", a bronze replica of a pig lost in a wager between governors Clyde Herring and Floyd B. Olson. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points-- name these Big Ten schools whose mascots are the Hawkeyes and the Golden Gophers.
Answers: :University of Iowa and University of Minnesota
6.Pittsburghers might know this song as Rob Mackowiak's odd choice of at-bat music. In the remix, Jay-Z claims to be ""not Ralph Tresvant, not Ronnie Romance"" (*), while in the Grammy-nominated video Trina says ""I'm looking for a man to make me say GOD!"" Featuring a cameo in which Ludacris claims to ""balance and rotate all tires"", this is—for 10 points--what 2001 hit single from the album Miss E...So Addictivewhich sees Missy Elliot decrying the titular inadequate lover?
Answer:Answer: Answer:""One Minute Man""
7.A good friend of Morbo, he once lured every robot on Earth to the Galapagos Islands as part of an anti-global warming strategy. He relied on the robot vote (*) to defeat Jack Johnson and John Jackson as a third-party candidate in the 3000 election. Not a fiscal conservative, he spent all of Earth's money on a bad-ass gravity pump and once sent everyone on Earth a $300 check. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points-- name this President of Earth on Futurama, who was also the President of the USA from 1969 to 1973.
Answer:Answer: Answer:Richard M.Nixon
SECOND PERIOD – Unlimited guessing on completed tossups
8.The New Republic's #1 Most Ridiculous Addition to the American Lexicon in 2004, this phrase has been mentioned 478 times on CNN.com and become the title of a Vivid DVD starring Briana Banks and Violet Blue (*). A less famous notorious example involved Tara Reid at P.Diddy's birthday party. Parodied in an SNL skit about a Condoleezza Rice press conference, , this is--FTPFor 10 points -- for 10 points--what is this phrase, coined by Justin Timberlake in an apology just after Super Bowl XXXVIII [38]?
Answer:Answer: Answer:“"wardrobe malfunction”"
9.After weighing less than 5 pounds at birth, she was diagnosed with polio at age 4, leaving her left leg in a brace until age 12. Over time she won a full scholarship to TennesseeState, a bronze (*) medal in Melbourne, and three gold medals at the Rome Olympics. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points--name this woman who won the 100- and 200-meter sprints and anchored the winning 400-meter relay team, in 1960 becoming the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medalss.
Answer:Answer: Answer:Wilma Rudolph
10.At the beginning, Dobbs and Curtin get screwed out of their wages by a crooked buisnessmanbusinessman in Mexico, and run into MacLane, a grizzled old prospector (*) who insists that he can lead them to gold and riches. Once they find gold the group becomes increasingly paranoid, until Dobbs shoots Curtin on their way back to Tampico, Mexico. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points--name this 1948 John Huston film about the greed in men's hearts, starring Humphrey Bogart.
Answer:Answer: Answer:The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
11.They include Gully Foyle at the end of The Stars My Destination, Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse 5, Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, (*) and Duke Nukem in Zero Hour. Some stories tell of Merlin as one, and H.G. Wells wrote a novel about one. Doctor Who, Quantum Leap, and Tru Calling center around them. Technically all of us are, albeit only in one direction. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points--, what phrase describes all these people, referring to their journeys in the fourth dimension?
Answer:Answer: Answer:time travelers (accept equivalents)
12.His first album since dissociating from Ludacris, four tracks feature his Get It Boyz posse. Other guests include Janet Jackson on ""Don't Worry"", Lil' Wayne on ""26es"" (*), and Nate Dogg on ""All The Way to St. Lou”". On the cover, Howard Bailey is surrounded by three women, two cars, and eight dollar signs, while wearing a shirt with his picture on it. Featuring ""Balla Baby"", --FTPFor 10 points -- for 10 points-- what is Chingy’s 2004 follow-up to Jackpot?
Answer:Answer: Answer:Powerballin'
13.He attended every Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1946 to 1952, and since 1996 has collaborated on six albums with Mormon composer Janice Kapp Perry. His song ""America Rocks"" was on the Rat Race (*) soundtrack, and his ""Souls Along the Way"", written for the anniversary of his frequent rival Ted Kennedy, is heard during the wedding party scene in Ocean's Twelve. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points--, the title track on Jaci Velasquez' new album Unspoken was written by what senior senator from Utah?
Answer:Answer: Answer:Orrin Hatch
14.The only friendly one was Link’s friend Dimitri in the Oracle games for Game Boy Color, although in Oracle of Time he is also the fire-breathing boss of(*) Level 2. In Ocarina of Time he is the dragonlike guardian of the Death Mountain dungeon, while in the original NES game he is a rhinocerine creature whom you defeat by putting bombs in his mouth. FTP name this monster in the Legend of Zelda games, famous for “disliking smoke”.
Answer: DodongoAfter 15 years in jail, he is fortunate to have access to only 1980’s-themed weaponry. . He also apparently has access to a pocket universe, because he can't run (*) with his M4 assault rifle out, but can render it invisible and move as if unburdened. He gets set up in a drug deal gone awry with the help of Lance and crooked lawyer Ken Rosenberg. For 10 points -- For 10 points--, who is this former Mafia hit man and main character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City?
Answer: Answer:Tommy Vercetti
THIRD PERIOD – No special rules in effect
15.Ossie Davis plays the disapproving father of Pam Grier's musician character Kit. Eric Mabius plays Tim, who disapproves of his fiancee'sfiancée falling in love with Marina, the (*) owner of the Planet Cafe, where this show's characters gather. Subaru gradually agrees to sponsor Dana on the pro tennis tour, while Tina and Bette are starting a family after 7 years together. These things all happened in during the first season of—for 10 points-- what Showtime drama about lesbians?
Answer:Answer: Answer:The L Word
16.Since 1983, its commissioner has been Thomas C. Hansen. From 1959 to 1968, it was the AAWU, and before that, it was the PCC (*). AlhoughAlthough its teams won the 2003-2004 NCAA championship in 8 women’s sports, men’s golf, men’s water polo, and rugby, it is at its historical nadir in men’s basketball, as on January 5th, its only teams ranked in the ESPN coaches’ poll were #13 Arizona and #14 Washington. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points--, what conference also contains UCLA, USC, and Oregon StateStanford?
Answer:Answer: Answer:Pacific-10
17.Jeremy Davies plays a sarcastic Dr. Snow in 2002 compared to Jüri Järvet's Dr. Snaut in the 1972 version, which also has a more classically decorated, less sci-fi-looking (*) station. . Both film treatments focus on the initial bewilderment of a psychologist and how he acclimates himself to the husk of a research station. For 10 points -- For 10 points--give the common name of these movies directed by Andrei Tartovsky and Steven Soderbergh, adaptations of a classic novel by Stanislaw Lem.
Answer: Answer:SolarisDuring a pogrom against the Chinese, this man dispersed a mob by standing in their path and bowing his head in silent prayer. Born in 1819, he grew up in Cape Town and lost his fortune in an attempt to corner the rice market. He issued proclamations in(*) Bay Area newspapers, one of which dissolved the U.S. Congress and ordered them to reconvene in San Francisco. FTP name this man who in 1860 proclamed himself Emperor of the United States of America.
Joshua Abraham Norton I
18.In Ghostbusters 2, Egon explains that the ghost-detecting dancing toaster loves this singer. A Detroit Gold Gloves champion, he joined Billy Ward & the Dominoes at age 17 and died in 1984 after an 8-year coma (*) resulting from an on-stage heart attack. Although he recorded for Brunswick, several of his hits were written by Motown's Berry Gordy, including ""Reet Petite"" and ""Lonely Teardrops"". FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points-- name this soul singer, who'sse last pop hit was 1967's ""Higher and Higher"".
Answer:Answer: Answer:Jackie Wilson
19.At one point in this book, the author describes the 1975 voodoo ceremony he attended where a woman bit the head off of a live chicken (*). Its vivid depictions of his younger days include giant watermelons, BB gun standoffs, and the time his stepfather shot at his mother, but then becomes a laundry list of meetings, events, and the vast right wing conspiracy’s machinations against him. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points-- name this autobiography, released in June 2004, by Bill Clinton.
Answer: Answer:My Life
20.After playing Dick Bender in Doctor, You Can’t Be Serious, he starred in Clambake and Speedway. A frequent panelist on Match GamePassword and Hollywood Squares, he was in the middle of his second season directing Blossom (*) when he died of prostate cancer in 1993. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points--name this actor who played the human in My Favorite Martian, Eddie’s father in The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, and Dr. Bruce Banner in five Incredible Hulk movies.
Answer:Answer: Answer:Bill Bixby
21.He missed his entire second season after knee surgery, but returned in 2003-2004 to finish sixth in the NBA with 189 blocks after replacing Derrick Coleman (*). . After two years at Seton Hall, where he is the school’s all-time leader in blocked shots, he became famous for leaping out of the audience to shake hands with David Stern when he was chosen in the 2001 draft. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points-- name this native of Haiti and center for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Answer:Answer: Answer:Samuel Dalembert
EXTRAS
22.Known for taking over 10 seconds to produce his ornate autograph, he holds the record for most wins in a season with 27, most consecutive Winston Cup (*) races with 513, and was the NASCAR Rookie of the Year in 1959. He now owns the number 42, 43, and 44 cars along with the number 45 and 50 trucks. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points-- name this son of Lee, father of Kyle and grandfather of Adam.
Answer:Answer: Answer:Richard Petty
23.For its 9th and final episode, this show was moved to a different timeslot, thus conflicting with the finales of Big Brother and The Amazing Race. Episode 3 saw Ruth’s first encounter with sharks and(*) body piercing. In episode 8 Jonas confronted Ariel after her tirade about milking machines, called Reese a "pansy" when he refused to shovel manure, and got his GED in order to possibly leave his Old Order community. FTP what UPN show was the first reality show about rumspringa?
Answer: Amish in the City
24.When flying over the mountains a small plane's pilot suffers a heart attack and smashes into the cockpit of the Columbia Airlines 747. The flight engineer and co-pilot are killed, leaving a blinded captain(*), and the head stewardess, played by Karen Black, at the helm. Then the radio goes out, necessitating a daring airplane-to-airplane jump by air controller Alan Murdock, played by Charlton Heston. This is the plot of, FTP, what sequel to Airport?
Answer: Airport 1975
253.Albums he has produced include the Von Bondies' Pawn Shoppe Heartand 3 of Live's first 4 albums. The original keyboardist for Jonathan Richman's Modern Lovers, he (*) spent three years in the band but left before their first album was released. His albums include 1987's Casual Gods and 1981's The Red and the Black, but he was never as successful a solo artist as David Byrne or the Tom Tom Club. FTPFor 10 points -- For 10 points-- who was the keyboardist and lead guitarist for the Talking Heads?
Answer:Answer: Answer:Jerry Harrison
2624.Most episodes were sponsored by Nabisco and Peter Pan peanut butter. The protagonists lived on the Flying Crown Ranch near Grover, Arizona, and frequently took to the air (*) to search for criminals, rescue lost hikers, or protect the nearby military base. With characters often limited to Penny, Clipper, their titular uncle Uncle Schuyler, and his twin-engine Cessna Songbird, --fFTPFor 10 points -- or 10 points-- name this radio and TV show of the 1950’s, starring Kirby Grant.
Answer:Answer: Answer:Sky King
27.Protegées of Emmylou Harris, they won 1985's national Wrangler Country Showdown and were signed to Columbia. "Since I Found You" was the first hit for them and for songwriters Foster & Lloyd, and other top 5 country hits included "Midnight Girl/Sunset Town"(*), "Chains of Gold", and "Satisfy You". FTP name this duo of Janis Gill and Kristine Arnold, who took their name from the 1968 collaboration between Gram Parsons and the Byrds.
Answer: Sweethearts of the Rodeo
28.After 15 years in jail, he is fortunate to have access to only 80’s-themed weaponry. He also apparently has access to a pocket universe, because he can't run(*) with his M4 assault rifle out, but can render it invisible and move as if unburdened. He gets set up in a drug deal gone awry with the help of Lance and crooked lawyer Ken Rosenberg. FTP, who is this former Mafia hit man and main character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City?
Answer: Tommy Vercetti
AXD 2005
Bonuses for A Single Atom of Jumbonium/Insert Witty Team Name Here
by Mike Davies, Mike Baker, Jason McCullough, Bob Kilner and John Presloid
1.Golden Age comics, for the stated.
(5/5)For five 5 points each, give the two creators of Superman.
Answers: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
(10)For 10 points--Tthis hero created by Jack Cole has the power to stretch and bend at will.
Answer: Answer:Plastic Man (not “"rubber man”" or “"elastic man”")