CAHLFS Packet 6
1. One scene in this film sees one character unveil a room full of collectibles that were bought at an auction through a proxy bidder. Earlier, that character orders another character to buy his wife a pearl necklace “to make it up to her,” before he puts a paw print and “woof!” on a picture. The two main characters in this film fail to see each other during the screening of a final scene of a man falling through quicksand. The main male and female characters meet when she (*) bumps into him, causing headlines in the paper. He later gives her a fake mole, claiming that to have success “one must have something nobody else does,” after they dance on a movie set. Those characters, Peppy Miller and George Valentin, are played by Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin. For 10 points, name this most recent Academy Award Best Picture, a French silent film. ANSWER: The Artist [or L’Artiste]
2. This school’s soccer team was the only school to finish the 2010 season undefeated after the regular season, and their football team once won seven straight conference title under coach Tony Hinkle. While this is not Indiana, they compete annually for the Hoosier Helmet trophy, and athletes who attended this school include former point guard A.J. Graves and current Wizards point guard (*) Shelvin Mack. This school’s basketball team defeated Pittsburgh in the second round of the 2011 NCAA tournament, and they defeated VCU to advance to the championship game. For 10 points, name this school whose basketball team is coached by Brad Stevens, and featured forward Gordon Hayward who missed a buzzer beater in the first of their two consecutive NCAA championship losses. ANSWER: Butler University
3. This man requested a role in the second X-Men movie X2, but was ignored by the directors. While lacking many starring roles, this actor has had multiple roles in films playing himself like Freddy Got Fingered and another film in which the employees of the titular burger joint rush to deliver him a burger during a post- game interview. That movie is (*) Good Burger. In another film where he plays himself, he is trapped in a room with Dr. Phil and must make a free throw to release a saw that will be used to escape the death trap that parodies Saw. In one of his most famous starring role, his character, a genie, is unleashed after Max frees him from a magic boom box. For 10 points, name this actor and retired, massive professional basketball player who played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat and appeared in Scary Movie 4 and Kazaam. ANSWER: Shaquille O’Neal [accept either]
4. The first occurrence of this type of commercial was in 1998; in it, a chicken wins a game of pool against a professional and Louie the Lizard tries and fails to electrocute frogs. In a more famous commercial of this type, Hank is rejected from the titular company, but, inspired by Rocky's theme music, he trains vigorously and eventually receives a job next year. Another one of these commercials, titled “Hack Job”, had a contractor put the central (*) beverage on a kitchen table, successfully renovating the kitchen. In last year's installment of this type of commercial, the main character had a dog named "We Go". For 10 points, name this type of commercial, many of which feature Clydesdales, which play during the NFL Championship and advertise a certain beer. ANSWER: Budweiser Super Bowl Commercials [accept Bud Light Super Bowl Commercials, prompt on Budweiser Commercials or Super Bowl Commercials]
5. The protagonist of this movie aids in making a sandwich while pretending to be a dishwasher and accuses guidebook writers of being “lazy good-for-nothings” while working as a tour guide, and a blind child is able to recognize Benjamin Franklin on a hundred dollar bill. In one scene, the protagonist jumps into a pile of feces in order to obtain the autograph of his favorite actor, an autograph which his (*) brother later sells for profit. This movie ends as the protagonist can’t name the third musketeer, but finds his lost love Latika after using his phone-a-friend lifeline. For 10 points, name this movie starring Dev Patel in which Jamal is interrogated after winning the titular amount on an Indian analogue of a certain game show. ANSWER: Slumdog Millionaire 6. One member of this family defeated Argilac the Arrogant to win their current home; that man was named Orys. Vassals to this family include the Houses Penrose, Estermont, and Connington, and a member of this house named Steffon was married to Princess Rhaelle Targaryen. One member of this house has a severe affliction of grayscale and is the companion of the fool Patchface. That girl, (*) Shireen, is the daughter of the first member of this family to rule over Dragonstone. That man lost the Battle of the Blackwater soon after the death of his brother, Renly. For 10 points, name this house with the motto “Ours Is the Fury,” which rules from Storm’s End and contains Westerosi royalty such as Stannis and the Usurper, King Robert, a major family from A Game of Thrones. ANSWER: House Baratheon
7. Originally, this group was called Girl’s Tyme and featured sisters Nikki and Nina Taylor. They released a Christmas album called 8 Days of Christmas which featured a 6-song medley. This group wrote a song featured in Men in Black, “Killing Time”, as well as the theme song for Charlie’s Angels, (*) “Independent Woman Part 1”. They got their more well-known name from a passage in Isaiah, after which they recorded their best-selling album Writing’s on the Wall that featured the songs “Bills, Bills, Bills” and “Jumpin, Jumpin”. Glee performed a mashup of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” and “Survivor” which was recorded by, for 10 points, what R&B group featuring Michelle Williams, Kelly Rowland, and Beyonce who released the songs “Bootylicious” and “Say My Name”? Answer: Destiny’s Child
8. In a special of this show, the main characters realize that 1 million Dong is not exactly worth as much as it seems, and in the same episode, attempt to describe a helmet to a Vietnamese metal shop worker. Something must have been lost in translation however, because they ended up buying strainers. In another episode, two of the hosts play darts using (*) cars and a large air cannon. In another installment, one of the hosts attempts to drive 14 miles from their warehouse just outside London to his house, in a 3 wheeled car, but ends up in a river after rolling over. One host, James May, proves that a certain pickup truck is indestructible, and another, Jeremy Clarkson, is a narrator in Forza Motorsport 4. For 10 points, name this British television show starring Richard Hammond which focuses on cars. ANSWER: Top Gear
9. This work was given a production time of only 10 minutes and was assisted by Ian Macmillan's use of a step-ladder. This item led to publicity for Tommy Nutter, due to his work being featured in it, and Paul Cole appears in the background of this work standing next to a black police car. This work replaced an image taken in the Himalayas, and details of this picture, such as a little girl on the back called Rita, a cracked s on a sign, a cigarette held in the right hand, and a certain person being (*) barefoot led to speculation that one man depicted was dead. The left-most figure does not wear a suit, but rather some sort of jean jacket, as he follows his three band members. For 10 points, name this picture of a certain road that serves as a Beatles album cover. ANSWER: The Beatles Crossing Abbey Road Album Cover
10. This team currently employs players J.D. Walton and Austin Sylvester on offense, while linebackers for this team include Joe Mays and D.J. Williams. This team’s backup quarterback is Caleb Hanie., and their first ever star from the mid-70’s was Floyd Little. This team got off to a 6-0 start in 2009 under head coach (*) Josh McDaniels, but that Kyle Orton-led team missed out on the playoffs, leading to the trade of Brandon Marshall. This team’s new quarterback sat out all of last season dealing with a neck injury and his predecessor now plays for Rex Ryan. For 10 points, name this team coached by John Fox, whose current quarterback is Peyton Manning and based in Colorado. ANSWER: Denver Broncos [accept either]
11. This band was formed under the guidance of their honorary “sixth” member, Randy Fitzsimmons, who is credited with writing all their songs. In 2006, they collaborated with Timbaland to record “Throw It On Me,” and this band’s members all have danger-related names, such as mustachioed bassist Dr. Matt Destruction and lead singer (*) Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist. They achieved international fame with their second album, Veni Vidi Vicious, which featured songs such as “Main Offender” and “Hate To Say I Told You So”. For 10 points, name this Swedish punk rock band notorious for always dressing in black and white suits and famous for their smash hit, “Tick Tick Boom.” ANSWER: The Hives 12. Upon this team’s inception in 1946, they were known as the Buffalo Bisons, but they soon moved to the Tri-Cities of Illinois and Iowa where they were renamed for an Indian tribe and coached by the legendary Red Auerbach. This team traded their all-time scoring leader for Danny Manning, who quickly left in free agency, and they won their only NBA Championship behind their star big man, (*) Bob Pettit. This team currently plays in the Philips Arena, and feature players like Ivan Johnson, Kirk Hinrich, and Jeff Teague. They drafted Pete Maravich after moving to their current city, and their center Dominique Wilkins was a two-time NBA Dunk champion. For 10 points, name this Southeast Division team featuring Josh Smith and Joe Johnson. ANSWER: Atlanta Hawks [accept either]
13. The music video for one of this man’s songs features a variety of steampunk creatures walking on a moon and states that “it makes no sense, but I’m desperate to connect.” That song, “Heart’s a Mess,” comes off his 2007 album Like Drawing Blood. One of this man’s other songs claims “But I don’t wanna live (*) that way / reading into every word you say” over a music video that features the nude singer being painted in stop motion animation. That song was released after the single “Eyes Wide Open” off this singer’s 2011 album Making Mirrors. Often compared to Sting because of his voice and singing style, this is, for 10 points, what musician who collaborated with Kimbra for the song “Somebody That I Used to Know?” ANSWER: Gotye [or Walter de Backer] (Tulane)
14. A “translated” one of these sees a participant accuses another of being a homosexual based off of Sigmund Freud’s theory of the unconscious; The original version of that one ends with Boost and Hydrogen in a fist fight. A participant in one of these is a wedding planner but loses after the (*) “pow” line. A different participant in one of these claims to have “split the union with a round-house kick”. That man is Chuck Norris, who delivers that line against his opponent, Abraham Lincoln. A participant in one of these informs his opponent that the number he gave he gave him is in fact the wrong number; that participant is Supa Hot Fire. For 10 points, name this musical confrontation in which the competitors spit rhymes to out perform their opponent. ANSWER: Youtube Videos of Rap Battles
15. A Julian Smith video about this substance sees it be mispronounced by two friends much to the frustration of the third and it ends with Julian Smith putting a cat in an oven after saying that the proposed sketch is too dark. In the Legend of Zelda series, this can be kept in a bottle and ingested to replenish up to five hearts. In a Tosh.0 web redemption, Tosh engages in a (*) challenge involving this substance alongside a man who puked on live television. One man with this surname was killed by Dan White and portrayed by Sean Penn in a film. A campaign related to this asks if you “got” this beverage and features celebrities and athletes posing with a mustache of it. Coming in varieties such as skim and whole, for 10 points, name this liquid produced from the mammary glands of cows. ANSWER: Milk
16. In the film Reign Over Me, Charlie plays this game to help cope with the deaths of his wife and children. Tracks from this game’s soundtrack include “The Opened Way” and “The Sunlit Earth.” Prizes that can be earned in the time attack mode of this game include the Cloth of Desperation and the Shaman’s Mask. In this game, eating (*) lizards increase one's stamina meter. To find the next boss in this game, one must follow the light reflected by the protagonist's sword. At the end of this game, the protagonist is reincarnated into a baby with horns. The only characters that speak in this game are the protagonist, Lord Emon, and Dormin. For 10 points, name this PlayStation 2 game in which Wander tries to bring Mono back to life by defeating the 16 titular giants. ANSWER: Shadow of the Colossus
17. In the movie The Rundown, Declan, played by Seann William Scott, has a leprechaun one of these in his plane and in A Goofy Movie, Goofy sees a blue light special on fishing ones of these, which leads to the “fishing trip” that he and Max embark on. Night at the Museum sees some of these objects state that the exact value of (*) pi is 3.1495265. Contained inside of a metal lunchbox, the collector's edition of Fallout 3 came with one of these, an item which also served as an in-game collectible and stat-booster. Sometimes depicted sitting on the dashboards of cars, answering in the affirmative in Pep Boys commercials, for 10 points, identify these objects which are frequently shown sitting on the desk of Dwight Schrute. Answer: Bobbleheads 18. This baseball player made an immediate splash by becoming just the fifth player in MLB history to hit four home runs within the first ten games of his career, doing so in 2006. This player’s combination of size and speed led Don Sutton to nickname him “The Bison,” and he became the first player since Hank Aaron to finish in the top 2 in both (*) home runs and steals last season. He currently plays his position alongside Juan Rivera, and many called for this man to receive NL MVP honors last year after Ryan Braun tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. For 10 points, name this five-tool player who was one home run away from joining the 40-40 club last year, the center fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. ANSWER: Matt Kemp
19. In this game, chili peppers are the only item one can use to defeat a boss inside a casino, and in another quest in this game, one must assist with a watermelon festival. In this game, one must race IL Piantissimo to a finish line at Noki Bay and Pianta Village. In "secret" levels of this game, the protagonist must go through the entire level without his main weapon, the (*) Flash Liquidising Ultra Dousing Device, better known as FLUDD. The final battle in this game occurs at Corona Mountain where you must defeat Koopa Kid and Bowser inside a giant hot tub in order to rescue Princess Peach. For 10 points, name this Gamecube game which sees Mario visit the fabulous Delfino Islands. ANSWER: Super Mario Sunshine [ accept Sūpā Mario Sanshain ]
20. This character is voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, and after getting hit in the head with a giant wrench, he asks, “Where’s the leak ma’am?” His parents, Herb and Margie, are not to be confused with his imposter parents Marty and Janet. This character once received a nose through plastic surgery, and his belly button is big, hairy, (*) pink, and not to be confused with an Alaskan Bull Worm. On one occasion, this character wonders whether mayonnaise is an instrument, and he flips over Mermaid Man’s belt to set it on “W” for “wumbo.” Living at 120 Conch Road in Bikini Bottom, for 10 points, name this echinoderm who lives under a rock and is the best friend of SpongeBob SquarePants. ANSWER: Patrick Star [accept either]
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TB. Vinny Testaverde was drafted by an NFL team in this city, and that team played their first season in the AFC West. This city’s arena football team is the Storm, and current players on this city’s hockey team include Victor Hedman, Ryan Malone, and Vincent Lecavalier while Nikolai Khabibulin helped lead this city’s team to their only Stanley Cup in 2004. Some current players on this city’s baseball team include Jeff Niemann, Jeff Keppinger, and (*) Ben Zobrist. Some former players for this city’s football team were Warren Sapp, Simeon Rice, and Mike Alstott, while some current players on this city’s football team include Arrelious Benn, Mike Williams, and LeGarrette Blount. For 10 points, name this city whose players include Steven Stamkos, Josh Freeman, and Evan Longoria, home to the Lightning, Rays, and the Buccaneers. ANSWER: Tampa Bay [yes, we know Tampa Bay is not a city.]