ACRONYM 12 - Round 9 1. A 2006 game starring this character is set on Vibe Island and gives this character an emotion ​ meter. This character's real name was rarely used in the U.S. until it appeared in a written invitation seen at the beginning of a 1996 platformer, in which she claims to have baked a (*) cake. ​ In the first game in which she is playable, this character can float in mid-air, an ability she has in other games with the help of her parasol. In her first appearance, the phrase "in another castle" is used to describe the location of, for 10 points, what love interest of Mario? ANSWER: Princess Peach (accept Princess Toadstool; prompt on "Princess" or similar) <Nelson> ​ ​ ​ ​ 2. Certain inanimate objects in this work are always gently placed into red cloths and taken away. ​ This work references the Book of Revelation by way of a white horse ridden by a masked figure. Calvin the Second, a guitarist in this work, was mistakenly believed to be the father of (*) Trayvon ​ Martin. A shirtless performer in this video makes a pose resembling a Jim Crow drawing while shooting a man in the head. The gunning down of a church choir is among the symbolic images in, for 10 points, what music video for a Childish Gambino song? ANSWER: This Is America (accept answers like the This Is America music video) <Nelson> ​ ​ ​ ​ 3. In an interview, this man asked Mel B if Margaret Thatcher "utilized girl power" by funding ​ "illegal paramilitary death squads in Northern Ireland." This man played the laid back Mike Scaggs alongside Jay Baruchel on Man Seeking Woman. Recurring sketches starring this man ​ ​ include "Bird Up!" and one in which he walks around offering people (*) ranch. This man often ​ destroys his own set at the start of a show he hosts with Hannibal Burress. For 10 points, name this black comedian who hosts an absurdist talk show on Adult Swim. ANSWER: Eric (Samuel) André [AHN-dray] <Golden> ​ ​ 4. One film in this series ends with an Englishman creating an impromptu poem before throwing a ​ bullseye in a knife-throwing contest. A cauliflower-eared character in this series has the inexplicable name Toll Road and is played by Randy Couture. This series's third film introduced (*) Ronda Rousey as Luna and features Mel Gibson as Conrad Stonebanks, the co-founder of this ​ franchise's title group. Jet Li and Jason Statham also star in, for 10 points, what film series in which aging actions stars like Sylvester Stallone play mercenaries? ANSWER: The Expendables <Vopava> ​ ​ 5. This NFL team popularized the "Gatorade shower" during their 1986 season, in which they won ​ their first Super Bowl. Jeff Hostetler and Ottis Andersen led this team to a win in a Super Bowl that ended on a play known as "wide right." This team's opponent gave up a deliberate late touchdown to tailback (*) Ahmad Bradshaw in Super Bowl XLVI. David Tyree made an against-the-helmet catch for ​ this team in a Super Bowl win that ended a Patriots' bid for an undefeated season. For 10 points, name this team that won two titles with Eli Manning. ANSWER: New York Giants (prompt on "New York") <Nelson> ​ ​ ACRONYM 12 - Round 9 6. In 2016 HBO acquired a Vimeo series whose nameless protagonist, played by Ben Sinclair, is a ​ deliveryman specializing in this product. "Little Boxes" was the theme song for a show titled for this stuff and centered on the suburban widow Nancy Botwin. A rotating camera was used on (*) That 70's Show in scenes involving this stuff. In an episode of The Office, Michael pays $500 for a version of ​ ​ ​ this stuff that turns out to be a Caprese salad in a Ziploc bag. Mary-Louise Parker starred in a Showtime series in which she grows, for 10 points, what drug? ANSWER: marijuana (accept Weeds; accept obvious answers like pot or weed, you know what they are) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ <Vopava> 7. A Sharon Van Etten song titled for this number opens with a claim that "I know what you wanna ​ say / I think that you're all the same." S.Coups is the leader of a surprisingly large K-Pop group named for this number. Alessia Cara claimed she "couldn't wait" to be this (*) age and wishes she ​ could "freeze time" at it. Stevie Nicks sang about "The Edge" of this age, which is also the age of a "young and sweet" girl in ABBA's "Dancing Queen." A song from The Sound of Music is titled for being "16 Going ​ ​ on," for 10 points, what slightly higher age? ANSWER: seventeen (accept The Edge of Seventeen or Sixteen Going on Seventeen) <Nelson> ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 8. A 2011 Disney film stars Aimee Teegarden as a girl planning one of these events. The 1999 cult ​ comedy Jawbreaker culminates at another of these events. A gazebo is weirdly present at one of ​ ​ these events at the end of Twilight. A group of single parents read text messages about the (*) ​ ​ aftermath of one of these events in the 2018 film Blockers. A prank involving pig's blood at one of these ​ ​ events causes the title character of Carrie to destroy her home town. The title of Pretty in Pink refers to a ​ ​ ​ ​ dress worn at, for 10 points, what formal dance? ANSWER: prom (prompt on "dance" or "school dance" or similar) <Nelson> ​ ​ 9. This is the name of a sheepish unicorn with hearts on his cheeks whom Woody meets at a tea ​ party in Toy Story 3. A woman with this name is the subject of a song by the Foundations that ​ ​ laments how "you told me time and again" that you'll "be over at ten" and demands to know "why do you (*) build me up?" This is the also name of the green-clad member of the Powerpuff Girls, who is ​ much more aggressive than her sisters Blossom and Bubbles. The title character of The Princess Bride has, for ​ ​ 10 points, what cute, flowery name? ANSWER: Buttercup (accept Build Me Up Buttercup or Giddyup Buttercup or Princess Buttercup) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ <Vopava> 10. According to a song by The Hooters, all of these things should hide their faces. A Tom Petty ​ song describes a girl who is dancing at a zoo for these beings. An English band named for these beings released the groundbreaking 1968 album Odessey and Oracle, which included the song (*) ​ ​ "Time of the Season." In 2018 Bad Wolves covered a song with this title by the Irish rock band The Cranberries, whose chorus repeats the phrase "in your head." For 10 points, name these creatures that dance with Michael Jackson in the music video for "Thriller." ANSWER: zombie(s) <Quinn> ​ ​ ACRONYM 12 - Round 9 11. Herlander Coimbra claimed that the members of this real-life group were in a "galaxy far, far ​ away." A member of this group caused controversy by claiming "I don't know anything about Angola, but I know they're in trouble." Due to his success at Duke, (*) Christian Laettner was named ​ the final member of this group. Shortly after this group's final game, Larry Bird retired. A vote by FIBA to allow professionals to compete at a certain event allowed for the existence of, for 10 points, what basketball team that dominated a major event in Barcelona? ANSWER: 1992 Dream Team (accept answers describing the 1992 olympics U.S. men's basketball ​ ​ ​ team or the men's basketball team at the Barcelona olympics before "Barcelona" but prompt on partial ​ ​ ​ answers thereof) <Nelson> 12. In its first season finale, a character on this show abruptly moves to Ireland to fulfill the wishes ​ of her mother, who died of Alzheimer's. Another character on this show, nicknamed "Chimney," somehow survives having a large piece of rebar in his head shortly after aiding children in a bouncy house that (*) fell off a cliff. For its second season, Jennifer Love Hewitt replaced Connie Britton in the ​ cast of this show, which stars Angela Bassett and Peter Krause as a police officer and firefighter. For 10 points, name this Fox series about emergency workers. ANSWER: 9-1-1 <Nelson> ​ ​ 13. A 2016 drama starring Nick Jonas titled for this animal concerns a horrifying frat initiation. ​ Thomasin ["TOM"-uh-sin] is temptingly asked "Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?" by one of these animals in the horror film The Witch. In Jurassic Park, a still-caged tyrannosaurus is fed an ​ ​ ​ ​ entire one of these animals. A bizarre 2009 comedy about a real-life (*) CIA project depicts men who ​ can make these animals faint by staring at them. The title monster of Krampus is a demon who resembles, for ​ ​ 10 points, what horned animal? ANSWER: goats (accept The Men Who Stare at Goats) <Vopava> ​ ​ ​ ​ 14. The highest difficulty rating among techniques used in this discipline is assigned to the Shirai ​ III, named for three-time world champion Kenzo Shirai. A 2019 viral video depicted Katelyn Ohashi performing this discipline for UCLA. In 2012 Aly Raisman (*) became the first American woman to ​ win a gold medal in this event. This discipline usually lasts 20 seconds longer for women than for men, and can include up to four tumbling runs. Women perform to music during, for 10 points, what gymnastics event performed on a namesake springed surface? ANSWER: floor exercise (or floor routine or similar; prompt on "gymnastic" or "tumbling") <Nelson> ​ ​ ​ ​ 15. This author's The Stars: A New Way to See Them introduced several now-accepted constellation ​ ​ ​ diagrams. This author illustrated Pretzel, a book about a dachshund written by his wife. A character ​ ​ created by this man is sent by Professor Wiseman to do a parachute jump from space, for which he is given a (*) medal.