2006 TRASH Regionals Round 12 Bonuses
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2006 TRASH Regionals Round 12 Bonuses 1. Somewhere up in heaven, Peter Tomarken is hosting a game show. For ten points each (a) Although Tomarken hosted Press Your Luck, he lost out in auditions for Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck to this man, who also hosted Hollywood Showdown for GSN. Answer: Todd Newton (b) In 1999, Tomarken appeared in a commercial for this online day trading company, which was part of a series of memorable ads featuring Stuart, the philosopher-king office boy. Answer: Ameritrade (c) Tomarken tried to capitalize on the big-money game craze of several years ago with this Fox Family quiz in which a contestant tried to eliminate three players competing via satellite for the chance to win one million dollars. NTN provided an enhanced TV version of said game. Answer: Paranoia 2. For ten points each, answer the following questions about video games with some of the least video-gamey topics ever. (a) This series of games, including It’s a Wonderful Life and Save the Homeland, includes a heart-stopping farming simulation. Answer: Harvest Moon (b) In this 2004 PS2 game, answering trivia questions can get you dates with eight smokin’ cheerleaders, whose outfits become more revealing the better you do. Answer: The Guy Game (c) This first game in the Tamagotchi Connection series, a combination between a business sim and a late ’90s toy craze, is this Nintendo DS game, in which practicing dentistry and haircutting can get you ... um, furniture for your Tamagotchi. No word on whether Tjinder (JIN-der) Singh has played it. Answer: Corner Shop 3. He has a tan, and he was on Dancing With the Stars. But is George Hamilton actually famous for something? Answer the following about Hamilton’s career for ten points each. (a) Hamilton received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a comedy for his work as Count Dracula in this 1979 romantic comedy, also starring Susan St. James. Answer: Love at First Bite (b) In 1964, Hamilton starred as this country music icon in the biopic Your Cheatin’ Heart. Answer: Hiriam “Hank” Williams (Sr.) (c) On the 1985-86 season of this show, Hamilton played Joel Abrigore, who kidnapped and later fell in love with Krystle Carrington. Answer: Dynasty 4. The 1972 Miami Dolphins have had to sweat it out from time to time, but they’re still undefeated. Given an NFL squad that threatened to match the 1972 Dolphins, as well as the week they finally lost, name the team that spoiled their perfect season, for ten points each. (a) 2005 Indianapolis Colts, Week 15 Answer: San Diego Chargers (accept either) (b) 1998 Denver Broncos, Week 15 Answer: New York Giants (prompt on “New York”) (c) 1985 Chicago Bears, Week 13 Answer: Miami Dolphins (accept either) 1 2006 TRASH Regionals Round 12 Bonuses 5. (AUDIO) For five points each, two answers per part, given a snippet of song, name the artist and the album from which the song comes: (a) (Track 47) Answer: Radiohead, Hail to the Thief [The song is “2+2=5”] (b) (Track 48) Answer: The Strokes, Room on Fire [The song is “12:51”] (c) (Track 49) Answer: Weezer, Maladroit (The song is “Keep Fishin”’) 6. The title location is where you would be if you took “the wrong fork at the junction of Aylesbury pike just beyond Dean’s Corners.” For ten points each: (a) Name this H.P. Lovecraft short story in which Wilbur Whateley and his grandfather keep in their farmhouse a creature which turns out to be Wilbur’s twin brother. Answer: “The Dunwich Horror” (b) “The Dunwich Horror” includes Wilbur’s attempts to gain an unadulterated copy of this book. Answer: Necronomicon (c) In the end, Wilbur and his twin are revealed as the songs of this Outer God who is infinite, existing in all times and all places while being locked out of our universe, and who is the co-ruler of Azathoth. Answer: Yog-Sothoth 7. For ten points each, name these Sunnydale High classmates of Buffy Summers. (a) This former protege of Cordelia Chase became a vampire after “Graduation Day,” but is still petty and fairly dim. She holds the record for a character appearing in the Buffyverse, as she was in the unaired Buffy pilot and on the last episode of Angel. Answer: Harmony Kendall (b) This Sunnydale High football player comes out to Xander, thinking that Xander is also gay. He later came out for good, but was one of the students killed on graduation day. Answer: Larry Blaisdell (c) He sent Winged Monkey Demons to interrupt a Sunnydale High production of Romeo and Juliet. He used his demon- summoning powers as a member of The Trio, and killed fellow Trio member Jonathan. He became comic relief in the later stages of the series. Answer: Andrew Wells 8. When it comes to auto models, words are out and letters are in. Name these carmakers or brands that have gone the letter route for ten points each. (a) This car brand is retiring Aviator as the name for its luxury crossover SUV with the head-scratching MKX. Answer: Lincoln (b) This car brand was the first brand to go the letter route, doing so in the early ’90s. Current models include the DTS, CTS and STS. Answer: Cadillac (c) FX 35, QX 56 and Q 45 are among the models produced by this luxury car brand. Answer: Infiniti 2 2006 TRASH Regionals Round 12 Bonuses 9. Boston in 2004. The White Sox in 2005. Could the Cubs be next to break the curse? Answer the following about the last Cubs team to win the World Series, for the stated number of points. (a) The Cubs won its second and final World Series in this year, beating Detroit in four games. Ten points for the year, five if you are within one. Answer: 1908 (1906-1907) (b) For ten points, the manager of the 1908 Cubs was this player-manager, a first baseman who completed what some considered the greatest double play combination ever. Answer: Frank Chance (Tinker to Evers to Chance) (c) For ten points, the top pitcher for the 1908 Cubs was this Hall of Famer, best known for a disfigurement in his pitching hand, who won 29 games in 1908. Answer: Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown 10. For ten points each, name these products of Todd McFarlane’s toy company: (a) McFarlane Toy’s first products were action figures based on this McFarlane comic book series. Answer: Spawn (b) This line includes figures of Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger. Answer: Movie Maniacs (c) This Weaveworld author designed the figures and wrote the accompanying novelette for the Tortured Souls series that include Venal Anatomica and Agonistes. Answer: Clive Barker 11. For ten points each, name these people linked to Charles Manson: (a) This Manson Family member failed in a 1975 assassination attempt on Gerald Ford. Answer: Lynette Alice “Squeaky” Fromme (frohm-mee) (b) This getaway driver in the murder of Sharon Tate was given immunity for her testimony in the ensuing trial. Answer: Linda Kasabian or Linda Drouin (c) Manson learned how to play guitar from this fellow inmate, a Canadian-born criminal who formed a gang with Fred Barker, son of Ma Barker. The last criminal to be captured while designated “Public Enemy Number 1,” he was also the inmate imprisoned the longest at Alcatraz. Answer: Alvin Karpis or Alvin Karpowicz 12. For ten points each, name the directors of these ’50s sci-fi classics: (a) The Thing from Another World Answer: Howard Hawks (b) On the Beach Answer: Stanley Kramer (c) Forbidden Planet Answer: Fred M. Wilcox 13. Most duets are between two individuals. Not these. For five points each, given a song, name the two groups that combined on that effort. (a) The 1993 hit “Whatta Man”. Answer: En Vogue and Salt-N-Pepa (b) The 1982 cover of a Jimmie Lunceford song “It Ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)”. Answer: The Fun Boy Three and Bananarama (c) A 1971 cover of “River Deep, Mountain High” when the two Motown groups were billed together as The Magnificent Seven. Answer: Four Tops and the Supremes (do not accept Diana Ross and the Supremes) 3 2006 TRASH Regionals Round 12 Bonuses 14. Does it seem like your bank has undergone several name changes due to mergers? If so, you might do well on this bonus. Given a bank that you may have had an account with in 1995, identify who your account would be with now, for ten points each. (a) Norwest Answer: Wells Fargo (b) Chemical Bank, founded in 1824 Answer: Chase Manhattan (accept JP Morgan Chase) (c) Bank of Boston Answer: Bank of America (after merging with Fleet) 15. 40-30-20-10-1, name the shared title. (a) 40 More than one item has this name. 30 This 1974 mid-season replacement series for CBS starred Gary Frank and Glynis O’Connor portraying what life was like for teens in 1950s California. 20 This 1991 mid-season replacement series for CBS starred Lucie Arnaz and chronicled the lives of the Oregon-based Hammersmith family. 10 This 2006 mid-season replacement series for ABC is executive produced by Lorne Michaels and is about the lives of an extended family seen through the eyes of Cameron, played by Fred Goss. 1 All of these shows would return hits if you searched IMDB for Sons and Daughters. Answer: Sons and Daughters 16. Things named after places can only be two things: crappy rock bands or James Michener novels.