TOSSUPS – LIFE AS A GERBILTRASHMASTERS 2001 – UT-CHATTANOOGA
Questions by Mark Coen, Greg Sorenson, Shawn DeVeau, and Chris Rosenberg
1. "Three thirty in the morning/ Not a soul in sight/ The city's looking like a ghost town/ On a moonlit summer night." "Raindrops on the windshield/ There's a storm moving in./ He's heading back from somewhere/ That he never should have been." And, FTP, what, according to the song about infidelity and weather by Garth Brooks?
Answer: The THUNDER ROLLS
2. He was The Sporting News's player of the year in 1930, his second full year in the majors. At the age of 26, he was named player-manager of the Washington Senators, and took the team to the World Series in 1933. A broken leg forced him to retire in 1945, but he continued to manage and then serve as GM for the Red Sox, where he is still the all time winningest manager. In 1959 he became the American League president, serving until 1973. Name, FTP, this Hall of Famer, whose number 4 is retired by the Red Sox.
Answer: Joe CRONIN
3. His widow, Mary, is serving a 12 year prison term for his contract killing. The trigger man, Chris Wyant, got 27 years, while his stepson, Harry Glenn Newman III, aka "The Human Blockhead," got life. His son is now trying to capture notariety based on the same deformities caused by ectrodactyly. He got what he gave, in some sense, when he was only given probation for killing Jack Layne, his daughter Donna's intended, in 1978. With a real name of Grady Stiles, Jr., this is some of the life and death of, FTP, what sideshow freak whose deformed hands and feet made him the logical successor to his dad, Lobster Man?
Answer: LOBSTER BOY
4. Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf in Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part 4. Udo Kier in The 8th Day. Sandra Bernhard in One Hell of a Guy. Gabriel Casseus in the remake of Bedazzled. Ralph Richardson in Time Bandits. Graham Chapman in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Donald Hayne and Cecil B. DeMille in The Ten Commandments. All of these people have either portrayed or voiced, FTP, what deity also played by Alanis Morrisette in Dogma and George Burns in a series of films?
Answer: GOD
5. Its own creator claims that it's devoid of artistic integrity, and rips off "every successful cartooning technique" except for good artwork. Intended as a spinoff from a more successful strip, it's been shelved because "this isn't a good time to launch a comic featuring people who look like the Taliban," but 20 installments are online. The title character's lack of body hair makes him an outcast in his homeland, where even women and babies have full beards. FTP, name this Scott Adams comic strip, subtitled "The Hairless Elbonian," which may remind you of Alka-Seltzer.
Answer: PLOP
(writer's note: the strip can be found at:
6. This chain was founded in 1950 by William Rosenberg, who turned to retail after the success of his factory-focused Industrial Luncheon Services. Its first franchise opened in Worcester (wuss-TER), Massachusetts, five years later. The first foreign one opened in Japan in 1970. 1994 saw the start of a menu expansion that included flavored coffee, low fat muffins, and bagels. Now with over 5000 outlets, it's the largest chain of its kind in the world. Name, FTP, this purveyor of coffee and baked goods, represented in ads by the early rising Fred the Baker from 1982 to 1997.
Answer: DUNKIN' DONUTS
7. Amanda Peet, Robin Wright, Olivia Williams, Bonnie Bedelia, Maria de Medeiras, Jennifer Aniston, Chelsea Field, Natasha Henstridge, Milla Jovovich, Melanie Griffith, Nicole Kidman, Andie MacDowell, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jane March. FTP, all these actresses have been the love interests of what actor, who appeared with real-life love interest Demi Moore only in voice-overs in Beavis & Butthead Do America.
Answer: Bruce WILLIS
8. "Listen, I've got this whole high school thing psyched out. It all breaks down into cliques." "Cliques?" "Yeah, you know, in-groups of different kids. All we have to do is click with the right clique and we can finally have a social life that's worthy of us." "No way, not even with cleavage." "I told you - this year we're going to be popular." "Yeah?" "Yeah, even if it kills us." This dialogue between Lauren Hutchinson and Patty Greene opens each episode, and provides the premise of, FTP, what CBS sitcom that provided Sarah Jessica Parker her first screen role?
Answer: SQUARE PEGS
9. A new gated development in Vallejo, California called The Village is based on this man's work, and features home styles named for his four daughters. In 1989 he stopped selling his original work, deciding he could "engulf as many hearts as possible with art" by selling only limited-edition reproductions. Today he has 350 Signature Galleries, offering Studio Proofs, Renaissance Editions, and Masters Editions, the latter highlighted by the artist himself. FTP, name this painter, billed as the country's most successful and most-collected living artist, and who has trademarked the term "Painter of Light."
Answer: Thomas KINKADE
10. Rule 66 notes that if another one of these appears during play, play continues until change of possession. Rule 82 states that if it hits an official, there is no stoppage of play, but any scoring as a result of it hitting an official is not counted. Rule 59 says only one player is allowed to close their hand around it, and even then for less than 3 seconds unless he's being checked. These are some of the NHL rules involving, FTP, what object that Rule 24 states must be one inch thick, three inches in diameter, and five and a half to six ounces in weight?
Answer: PUCK
11. His gypsy birth gave him an interest in sorcery, and his scientific skills won him a full scholarship to State University in New York City. He had a son, Kristoff, who went mad when a transfer of his father's memories was terminated – this when he was found alive after apparently being killed by The Beyonder in the Secret Wars. His allies have included Namor, prince of Atlantis, who left him stranded on a meteor, and a count of the Drassen family, whom he tricked into helping him usurp the throne of Latveria. Name, FTP, this Marvel supervillain, best known for the armor he donned after a disfiguring explosion he blamed on classmate and archrival Reed Richards, later leader of the Fantastic Four.
Answer: DR. DOOM(Accept Victor Von Doom)
12. Among their albums is the collection of remixes The Ambient Collection and a world music experiment called Below the Waste. Their first album and EP included their name. The first that didn't, 1986's In Visible Silence, had a top ten hit in a remake of the Peter Gunn theme, featuring Duane Eddy on guitar. Co-founded by Trevor Horn, they were originally the house band for Horn's ZZT label. Name, FTP, this '80s group that used studio effects and tape splicing to create hits such as "Close (to the Edit)" and a cover of Prince's "Kiss" with Tom Jones on vocals.
Answer: The ART OF NOISE
13. WARNING: TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED. The winner stated in a People magazine interview that her message of change struck a chord with voters, and that she hadn't had time to call her opponent. The loser announced her intention to recount, given that New York, unlike the other 26 branches, used different voting rules, such as lengthening the voting period. It's another contested presidential election, but this time for the Screen Actors Guild. Name, FTP, the Little House on the Prairie star who apparenly won the election, and the title actress in Rhoda who is fighting her loss.
Answer: Melissa GILBERT and Valerie HARPER
14. Events held before this game included a pep rally along the Kemah Boardwalk, a visit to the Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital, and the Administaff kick-off luncheon. Founded by Bowl Series, Inc's Jerry Ippolitti, its title sponsor is a Houston-based Web retailer that uses the Look and Buy camera system to allow browsers to search their showroom floor for items that are delivered within 7 days. This all describes, FTP, what college football bowl game, whose inaugural 2000 run saw Eastern Carolina rout Texas Tech 40-27?
Answer: GALLERYFURNITURE.COM BOWL
15. In 1939 one of the title characters escapes occupied Czechoslovakia in a coffin containing the Golem of Prague. He journeys to Brooklyn where he meets the other title character, a cousin working at a third-rate publishing house. Together they create The Escapist, a costumed hero dedicated to freeing the oppressed from their chains, and Luna Moth, a character based on their lady friend, Rosa Saks. The lives and loves of these two cousins are chronicled in, FTP, what Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Chabon?
Answer: The AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY
16. A series of bizarre murders draws the Special Tactics and Rescue Squad to a forest outside the Midwestern town of Raccoon City. The first team to investigate was lost after their helicopter crashed. The second, including Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield, lands in the forest, but is attacked by monsters and undead dogs. After their pilot abandons them, they are forced to hide in an old mansion, where they find the monsters are genetic mutations caused by the T-Virus created by the Umbrella Corporation. This is FTP, the basic plot behind what Capcom arcade and video game, the first in a series?
Answer: RESIDENT EVIL
17. Roles in this film included James Earl Jones as the voice of the magic taco, Posh Spice as the Wise Nun, and Gina Gershon as the Man in the Iron Mask. The producers thanked the Film Board of Canada, the Philadelphia Flyers, Bob Guccione, and the makers of Whip Balm. In it, the title character forces the Scarlet Pimpernel to flee as a coward, restoring King Arthur to the throne, though Arthur abdicates for him. Name, FTP, this swashbuckling film that, indirectly, leads to the invention of ToMacco on The Simpsons.
Answer: The POKE OF ZORRO
18. It is the name of the liquid preparation and cold caplets sold by the Monticello Drug Company of Jacksonville, Florida. The name traces back to the 1900s, when a number off of an order tab became linked to cold medications and a quinine formula that proved popular during the construction of the Panama Canal. Questions about this name are countered by Monticello's community work and charitable donations, which hope to show that their products are not tools of Satan. Cross yourself and, FTP, give the three digit name of these health products.
Answer: 666
19. He was Stanley Kubrick's original choice for the role that Tom Cruise took 20 years later in Eyes Wide Shut. You can see him currently in Novocaine, where he plays a dentist drawn into drugs and murder by a female patient. In between he's done an intro segment to Fantasia 2000, the voice of Hotep in The Prince of Egypt, and won the National Society of Film Critics best actor award for Roxanne and All of Me. Name,
FTP, this actor/comedian best known for roles in comedies like Parenthood & Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
Answer: Steve MARTIN
20. In the 919 area code, it's a Raleigh-Durham travel agent. In 902, it's a student at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Dial it in 970 and you'll reach a pastor in Fort Morgan, Colorado. It's the number for Sharp Elementary School in Sharp, Michigan, in area code 586. Dial it in 615, and you'd be connected to Nashville's own Fezziwig's Antiques and Interiors. What area code you need to dial to reach Jenny is still a mystery, though. FTP, what Tommy Tutone song is still the bane of these poor phone victims' existences?
Answer: 867-5309
21. This term is a combination of a word that means to cut a hole in something and another word meaning bucket. On ships, this meant a cask or barrel with a hole cut out to dip drinking cups. In modern times, it now refers to a drinking fountain on a ship or at a naval installation. Because this was a common gathering place, rumors and gossip was frequently exchanged here. FTP, what is this term, which eventually became synonymous with rumors in the navy?
Answer: SCUTTLEBUTT
22. Its first broadcast opened with the host in the control room, looking at monitors showing live shots of the Brooklyn and Golden Gate Bridges. The director sitting next to him was Don Hewitt, who later created 60 Minutes. It also featured Eric Sevareid from Washington, Howard K. Smith from Paris and Robert Pierpoint from Korea. Spun off from a radio show with a similar name, it is best remembered for a 1954 airing that showed the various inconsistencies in Senator Joseph McCarthy's crusade against Communism. Running from 1951 to 1958, this was, FTP, what first network newsmagazine, hosted by Edward R. Murrow?
Answer: SEE IT NOW
23. A cool September with little rainfall resulted in a product that bar owner Jacques Melac said includes the tastes of "banana, raspberry, a touch of blueberry, wild strawberry, and even peach." 2001 marks the 50th year that, on the third Thursday in November, it has been trumpeted with midnight tastings and overnight export to fans in Germany, the US, and Japan. It is made with Gamay grapes, which ferment faster, resulting in the opposite of the expected aging process for Burgundy and Bordeaux. Name, FTP, this youthful French wine.
Answer: BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU
BONI – LIFE AS A GERBILTRASHMASTERS 2001 – UT-CHATTANOOGA
Questions by Mark Coen, Greg Sorenson, Shawn DeVeau, and Chris Rosenberg
1. VISUAL BONUS. On the page you've been given, you see five license plates from the US and Canada. FTPE, name the state or province that uses any three of them. Please match letter to state or province!
READER: Hand out attached visual
Answer: a. NEBRASKA b. SASKATCHEWAN c. SOUTH CAROLINA
d. NEWFOUNDLAND e. WEST VIRGINIA
2. FTPE, name the player from their tenure in the ABA.
a. This Iowa product played a season each in Pittsburgh and Minnesota. He won the first ever ABA MVP award, which his team trumpeted on the back of his warmup jacket.
Answer: Connie HAWKINS
b. Nicknamed "Bad News" and "Movin'," he was the ABA's rookie of the year for 1974-75, and co-holds the record for most 2 point field goals in a game with 27. He wrote 2 poems for a "Beat the Nets" night, but his St. Louis team lost by 21.
Answer: Marvin BARNES
c. This Colonel and Pacer was said by Dr. J to be the highest jumper in the league. It didn't hurt that he had perhaps the biggest hair in hoops history. At the 1997 ABA reunion, he was voted as having the best Afro in league history
Answer: Darnell HILLMAN
3. FFPE, given song lyrics, name the song and for another 5 name the artist.
a. "And then I'll fuckin' fuck you discreetly. And then I'll fuckin' bone you completely. But then, I'm gonna fuck you hard."
Answer: FUCK HER GENTLY, TENACIOUS D
b. "Baby I got sick this morning/ A sea was storming inside of me/ Baby I think I'm capsizing/ The waves are rising and rising"
Answer: SEXUAL HEALING, Marvin GAYE
c. "Hey babe/ I'd like to talk to you/ How's about coming back to my room for a little boom boom."
Answer: BOOM BOOM BOOM (Let's Go Back to My Room), Paul LEKAKIS
4. Once a decade, Jeff Bridges does something that gets nominated. FTSNOP, answer these questions about such events.
5: Bridges nabbed Oscar, Golden Globe, and SAG Award nods for playing President Jackson Evans in this film.
Answer: The CONTENDER
10: Bridges got Oscar and Golden Globe nods for his job in this 1984 film [with location filming in and around Chattanooga], but only won the Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films.
Answer: STARMAN
15:, Bridges took an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and shared a Best First Feature nod for this 1992 film where he played Jack Kelson, an ex-con who tries to bond with his son, but can't resist his old ways.
Answer: AMERICAN HEART
5. You want synergy? A failing medical dot-com teamed with a drug company to give away a free month's worth of the weekly form of this drug, whose sales have dropped 80 percent since its standard-dose generic, fluoxetine, hit the market. FTPE:
a. Name the site that's making the offer and the anti-depressant they're giving away.
Answer: WEBMD, PROZAC
b. Name the company behind Prozac and its weekly variety.
Answer: Eli LILLY
6. 1982. Arcade games abound, and only cost a quarter per play. FTPE, name these classic games from that year.
a. Gottlieb brought us the antics of this character, who hopped around a pyramid trying to change the color of its cubes while avoiding Coily the snake.