MO VANITY TRASH: Get the Tables

MO VANITY TRASH: Get the Tables Round Four Questions by Czar Alexander II’s Irish Setter

Tossups

1. One of the pioneers of using this object was Edwin Davis, who was criticized for his “awful spectacle” he put on with William Kemmler. This specific object was the subject of the Supreme Court case Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber. On August 8, 1942, the participants in the failed Nazi sabotage plan “Operation Pastorius” used one of these objects. An infamous New York Daily News photograph pictured Ruth Snyder using one of these objects. These were designed by Fred A. Leuchter Jr., the protagonist of an Errol Morris film focusing on his Holocaust denial. In Florida, one of these objects brutally killed Allen Lee Davis and Jesse Tafero and was known as “Old Sparky.” This object was responsible for killing such people as Ted Bundy and Sacco and Vanzetti. For 10 points, name these objects used in prisons to shock people to death. ANSWER: electric chairs

2. At one point in this story, a man accuses the title character of making a “grating sound” with his teeth which is explained away as a parrot at the window. The antagonist “would have preferred Rabelais’ Gargantua to the Zadig of Voltaire” and is said “to live only for joking.” This story’s protagonist suggests the removal of a chandelier, allowing him to use a chain to trap his enemies while stating “I can soon tell who they are.” The title character convinces a group of eight to put on tar and flax as part of a diversion to frighten women. This story ends with the protagonist running off with Trippetta after proclaiming he has made his “last jest.” The title character is a dwarf who convinces a boorish king and his friends to dress up like orangutans only to incinerate them all. For 10 points, name this Edgar Allan Poe story about the title vengeance-seeking jester. ANSWER: “Hop-Frog”

3. A fictional character on this non-animated show is the secretary Constance Goodheart, who is taken captive by the fiendish Satan’s Robot. The chief authority figure occasionally received advice from the John Rhys-Davies played Leonardo da Vinci. One character on this show was born with the name Annika Hansen and befriended the child Naomi Wildman. Another character used such aliases as “Schweitzer” before ultimately choosing “Joe” as his real name; that character wrote the novel Photons Be Free. Early villains on this show were the Kazon. This series begins during a pursuit of a Maquis ship, an event that results in the title craft becoming stranded in the Delta Quadrant. Its notable characters include a holographic doctor and the Jeri Ryan played Seven of Nine. For 10 points, name this series set aboard the title Starfleet vessel captained by Kathryn Janeway. ANSWER: Star Trek: Voyager [prompt on Star Trek]

4. A Teresa Brewer song about this man says he “drives me batty every spring.” He once thought about quitting as a youngster only for his father to tell him “I thought I raised a man. I see I raised a coward instead.” This deceased man was once placed on the “permanently ineligible” list by Bowie Kuhn after working as a greeter at an Atlantic City casino. During one World Series game, he caught his cleats on a drainage cover in the outfield grass, badly injuring his right knee. This man notoriously hit his 535th career homer on an intentionally easy pitch thrown by Denny McLain. At his 1995 funeral, this man was eulogized by Bob Costas as the “fragile hero.” Known as the Commerce Comet, he hit 54 home runs in 1961 to finish behind teammate Roger Maris. For 10 points, name this beloved New York Yankees center fielder who succeeded Joe DiMaggio at that position. ANSWER: Mickey Charles Mantle

5. In one game in this series, the villain starts RoboCy Corporation and hires Dr. Dahm to make robot versions of city officials. In the first game, if you choose to accept the bad guy’s offer, the caption “You Became the Boss! You are Great!” appears followed by “BAD END.” The head villain in this series had a chief henchman named Shiva and a controversial homosexual stereotype henchman named Ash, who was cut out the U.S. version. In the third game, which featured the cyborg character Dr. Zan, the players could obtain for their team a fighting kangaroo named Roo. The main villain in this series was “Mr. X,” who employs fire-breathing fat henchmen and is opposed by Max Thunder. While other characters included the youthful “Skate,” the main characters in each game were the female Blaze and the fighter Axel Stone. For 10 points, name this series of beat ‘em up games for the Sega Genesis. ANSWER: Streets of Rage [accept Bare Knuckle]

6. This actor played a nightclub performer who is attacked by the mob, causing him to become a comedian. In another film, he played a man who is put in a prison of war camp \and receives the insulting nickname “von Ryan.” This actor played the title heroin addict in The Man with the Golden Arm, while another of his characters is called a “tough monkey” and then killed by the racist Sergeant Fatso Judson. In one role, he shouts “how did the old ladies turn into Russians?” while fighting a Chinese agent. This man won an Oscar for playing Maggio in From Here to Eternity and was the inspiration for the character of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather. He was the original actor to play Danny Ocean on film. For 10 points, name this actor and singer who made many movies with “Rat Pack” co-stars Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. ANSWER: Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra

7. This man’s alleged pursuit of a woman engaged to Alex von Furstenburg may have resulted in a banner reading “STOP PURSUING MARRIED WOMEN” to be flown over Malibu. The subject of the documentary Winning Time, this man’s selection as the 1987 first round pick was booed by fans wanting the hometown hero Steve Alford. One of his top moments came when he stole an inbounds pass from Anthony Mason and tied the game seconds after scoring on a pass from Mark Jackson. In the 2004 playoffs, this man’s attempt at a game-tying layup was blocked by a scrambling Tayshaun Prince. During the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, he infamously gave the “choke sign” at Madison Square Garden to his frequent nemesis, Spike Lee. The brother of a gold medalist and basketball Hall of Famer, this man only trails Ray Allen for the most career three pointers. For 10 points, name this shooting guard, the career leader in most stats for the Indiana Pacers. ANSWER: Reginald Wayne “Reggie” Miller

8. This man reportedly joked “Oh, you make cement shoes!” after meeting an Italian construction company owner. This governor’s Attorney General had twelve speeding tickets and four bench warrants issued for her arrest and is named Zulima Farber. In 2007, he suffered broken bones after his motorcade’s SUV, while going over 90 miles per hour, was hit by a truck. This politician had an affair with union president Carla Katz and in the 2000 and 2005 elections, he spent over 100 million dollars. The final CEO of MF Global, he was replaced in 1999 by Henry Paulson as CEO of Goldman Sachs. As governor, his state suffered a 2006 shutdown in which 36,000 casino workers were given leave. This man tried to earn money by leasing the Garden State Parkway. For 10 points, name this former Governor of New Jersey who was succeeded by Chris Christie. ANSWER: Jon Stevens Corzine

9. As a child, this character owned a teddy bear named Osito, which has a hole in his back to hold a knife. This man’s father is Edmund Dorrance, a British mercenary known as “King Snake.” He was served by men named Trogg, Zombie, and Bird, and was born in a prison in the Caribbean Republic of Santa Prisca. In the “Veritas Liberat” storyline, he thinks he might share a father with his arch enemy, while in a more famous storyline, he is responsible for Jean-Paul Valley assuming a superheroic identity. Given superhuman strength by the drug known as Venom, this character is hired in a film by John Daggett for a hostile takeover but reveals that he actually plans to use a nuclear weapon to destroy a city on the behest of the League of Shadows. In his first major storyline, he ends up breaking his enemy’s back in the Knightfall arc. For 10 points, name this masked Batman villain, recently played by Tom Hardy in The Dark Knight Rises. ANSWER: Bane [accept Dorrance until mentioned]

10. In this character’s last appearance, he is confronted by the obnoxious David Pritchard, who ends up drowning in a pond. Along with two Englishmen, he recruits the disturbed Bernard Tufts in a plan to fake the paintings of Philip Derwatt. Married to a woman named Heloise, he uses an oar to beat to death a companion during a holiday in Italy. He later uses an ashtray to murder Freddie Miles and ends his first appearance by wondering if he is “going to see policemen waiting for him on every pier that he ever approached.” This character appears in novels in which he is “Under Ground” and “Under Water.” In his first appearance, he is paid to go to Italy to bring back Dickie Greenleaf before using his gifts of impersonation to kill Greenleaf and pose as him. For 10 points, name this Patricia Highsmith character, a “talented” con man played on film by Matt Damon. ANSWER: Thomas “Tom” Ripley [accept any part]

11. This man’s father was an opera composer who named him after the protagonist of one of his operas, Amen. The Harry Turtledove novel The Man with the Iron Heart features this man as the title character. This man’s engagement to Lina von Osten resulted in him being dismissed from the navy by Admiral Erich Raeder. One theory claims he died from botulism as a grenade thrown at him was modified to contain botulinum toxin, and he was killed by the group Out Distance while riding in an open-top Mercedes near the suburb of Liben. After this chair of the Wannsee Conference was killed in Operation Anthropoid, the village of Lidice was razed to the ground. This man opened a meeting with men like Adolf Eichmann by discussing the “future final solution of the Jewish question.” For 10 points, name this architect of the Holocaust who was killed by a team of Czech operatives in 1942. ANSWER: Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich

12. The chorus to this song originally featured a reference to Humphrey Bogart and it arose out of an unused track called “The Law of the Jungle” for the album Partners in Crime. In the film The Sweetest Thing, Christina Applegate and Cameron Diaz sing it while taking off their clothes at a roadside stop. The speaker in this song knows one woman’s smile in an instant and the curve of her face. Played while the magic mirror introduces Princess Fiona in Shrek, this song features a figure who is not into yoga and likes making love at midnight in the dunes. The speaker schedules a rendezvous with a woman at a bar called O’Malley’s. The plot of this song involves a man putting out a classified ad to cheat on his partner, who herself answers the advertisement. For 10 points, name this most successful song of Rupert Holmes, which is popularly known by a title referring to a rum-based cocktail. ANSWER: “Escape” or “The Pina Colada Song” [accept either]

13. Name of episode or general description is okay. One joke in this episode involves a character continually gaining and losing weight until smoking a Navajo peace pipe. One of its last lines is a character saying “you really ought to wear more sweaters” to his wife. This episode features a young Lisa Kudrow as one of three talkative wives, who are shockingly told to be quiet by their husbands. This episode’s main plot involves the setting being sold to a Japanese tycoon and it seems to end with its protagonist getting hit in the head with a golf ball. In its last scenes, the studio audience gleefully responds to seeing Suzanne Pleshette as Emily in bed with the protagonist, who tries to explain such characters as Larry, Darryl, and Darryl. For 10 points, identify this episode which ended a sitcom about a Vermont innkeeper by revealing it to be all a dream of the star’s earlier character, Dr. Bob Hartley. ANSWER: The final episode of Newhart [accept “The Last Newhart,” accept general descriptions involving Newhart and dream until “dream is mentioned, do not accept “the final Bob Newhart Show” episode]

14. The film Return Engagement details this man’s tour and debate with former foe G. Gordon Liddy. This man’s writings include Start Your Own Religion and Design for Dying, written before his death due to prostate cancer. He is described as “outside looking in” in the opening lines to the Moody Blues song “Legend of a Mind,” while the Beatles song “Come Together” was inspired by his gubernatorial campaign. With his wife Rosemary, this man was smuggled out of the country by the Weathermen, who were paid $25,000 to do so. Along with Richard Alpert, this man supervised the Concord Prison and Marsh Chapel Experiments as part of his Harvard Psilocybin Project, with the latter featuring students trying to enter religious states through substance usage. For 10 points, name this psychologist and LSD advocate who popularized the phrase “turn on, tune in, drop out.” ANSWER: Timothy Francis Leary [accept G. Gordon Liddy until mentioned] 15. One man with this surname infamously said “That’s tradition, WCW! Bite this!” when he attacked Larry Zbyszko at Souled Out 1998 and revealed himself to be a New World Order member. Another wrestler with this surname made a series of apparently Christian promos sponsored by the group Evangelists Against Television, Movies, and Entertainment. One man with this surname was mocked by the naming of Ted DiBiase’s sidekick as “Virgil” and had a theme song with the lyric “He’s just a common man, working hard with his hands.” A current wrestler with this surname once wore a clear protective mask over his face during his “Dashing” gimmick. An older wrestler with this surname wore yellow polka dots and was known as the “American Dream.” The wrestler Goldust was a member of this family. For 10 points, name this family of wrestlers which includes current wrestler Cody and his father Dusty. ANSWER: Rhodes [accept Runnels]

16. In one appearance, this character recruits the detective “Colambo” to find one of his missing possessions. In the West Wing episode “Eppur Si Muove,” he sits down on a bench next to C.J. This character says the most remarkable word he has ever seen is the alphabet, not realizing it is not a word, and he sings a song about being too short called “Tall Enough.” This character goes to Japan in one appearance with the dog Barkley. In a 1985 film, he is exploited by the Sleaze Brothers who display him in a cage after he runs away from living with the Dodo family. This character owns a teddy bear named Radar and in one episode, had to be explained what the death of Mr. Hooper truly signified. During a 2012 debate, Mitt Romney said he loved this character but would still cut PBS funding. For 10 points, name this tall yellow avian featured on Sesame Street. ANSWER: Big Bird

17. The protagonist of this film jokes that a “prickly and hard to eradicate” shrub should be named after him. This movie ends with the protagonist and his friend playing a piece of music by Boccherini. Its main character takes inspiration from a stick insect in utilizing deception and inspires a group by asking if they want their children to sing “La Marseillaise.” One subplot in this film deals with the character of Hollom, who commits suicide after being labeled a Jonah figure. Another subplot in this movie involves a character determined to collect specimens at the Galapagos Islands. It begins with the protagonist and the crew of the Surprise dispatched to capture the Acheron. This movie is adapted from three novels in Patrick O’Brian’s series about the protagonist and his friend, Dr. Stephen Maturin. For 10 points, name this film in which Russell Crowe plays Captain Jack Aubrey. ANSWER: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

18. One governor of this state made it the first to adopt eugenics legislation with the 1907 Compulsory Sterilization Law. Another figure from here was convinced for the murder and rape of Madge Oberholtzer; that man, D.C. Stephenson, was the Grand Dragon of the KKK in this state. This was the home state of a politician who famously joked that “what this country needs is a really good five- cent cigar.” Besides being the home state of Vice-President Thomas Marshall, this state was the home of a man who gave a speech denouncing the “poverty of values” in the show Murphy Brown and who was also the subject of the Lloyd Bentsen zinger “you’re no Jack Kennedy.” This was the home state of George H.W. Bush’s Vice-President, Dan Quayle. For 10 points, name this Midwestern state known as the “Hoosier State.” ANSWER: Indiana

19. This film was the subject of a 1998 court case in which Murray Hill Publishing sued 20th Century Fox, claiming the studio ripped the idea off of a screenplay written by a high school teacher. A fictional villain in this film played by Richard Moll is called “Dementor,” and it is the only other film of note to feature infamous Phantom Menace actor Jake Lloyd. Secondary antagonists include the irate Officer Hummel, played by Robert Conrad; a counterfeiting Santa played by Jim Belushi; and the protagonist’s sleazy neighbor, “superdad” Ted, played by Phil Hartman. During 1996 filming at the Mall of America, it was the biggest production at the time to take place in Minneapolis. The protagonist constantly tries to fight off a Sinbad played postal worker to acquire a Turbo Man action figure. For 10 points, name this film in which Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character desperately tries to find a toy for his son. ANSWER: Jingle All the Way 20. One holder of this position was threatened with impeachment after talking about American “political prisoners in our prisons” to a French newspaper. Besides senator, this was the political position Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. served the longest in. One controversial holder of this position once joked that if a certain building “lost ten stories today, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference,” leading to a Democratic filibuster over that man’s appointment in 2005. Another man in this position said he was prepared to wait “until Hell freezes over” while chastising Valerian Zorin to not “wait for the translation” of his question about the Cuban missile crisis. John Bolton briefly held this position in 2005 and it was held by Adlai Stevenson during the Kennedy presidency. For 10 points, name this position whose occupants represent the United States on a certain world body’s Security Council meetings. ANSWER: United States Ambassador to the United Nations [accept obvious equivalents]

Bonuses

1. This team’s stadium during its only year was the entertainingly named Sick’s Stadium. For 10 points each: [10] Name this team which only existed during the 1969 baseball season. Chronicled by Jim Bouton during parts of Ball Four, this team was then bought by Bud Selig, who moved it and redubbed the team the Milwaukee Brewers. ANSWER: Seattle Pilots [accept either part] [10] During the expansion draft, the Pilots picked up this man, only to trade him to the Royals on April 1. He would win the Rookie of the Year with the Royals but is most famous for being a hot tempered manager, winning the 1990 World Series with the Reds and managing Ken Griffey Jr. during most of the latter’s time in Seattle. ANSWER: Louis Victor Piniella [10] A coach for the Pilots was this former pitcher, one of the few to play for all three, pre-Mets New York teams. Known as the “Barber,” he was noted for brushing back hitters and was the Dodgers pitcher opposing Don Larsen during the latter’s 1956 perfect game. ANSWER: Salvatore Anthony Maglie

2. This man was forced to resign as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces after the Gordon Riots. For 10 points each: [10] Name this man, best known for leading British forces to a 1760 seizing of Montreal which earned him an appointment as Governor-General of British North America. During a 1763 uprising, this man approved the plan of giving smallpox-infected blankets to American Indians. ANSWER: Jeffery Amherst [10] That rebellion was named for this Ottawa leader, who besieged Fort Detroit and defeated the British at the Battle of Bloody Run. ANSWER: Pontiac [or Obwandiyag] [10] Another unpopular British administrator in Canada was this man, General Wolfe’s second in command at the Battle of Quebec. This man is best remembered for executing Governor Charles Lawrence’s order to expel the Acadians from Nova Scotia. ANSWER: Robert Monckton

3. Answer the following about anti-Americanism within professional wrestling for 10 points each. [10] This formerly patriotic, military-themed wrestler and G.I. Joe character won the WWF championship in 1991 after declaring his support for Iraq in the Gulf War, a gimmick that reportedly earned him real-life death threats. ANSWER: Sergeant Slaughter [or Robert Remus] [10] The “Un-American” heel stable consisted of Canadians Lance Storm, Test, and Christian, as well as this British wrestler who currently works as a NXT announcer. Noted for his arrogant persona, he served as general manager of Raw for two years. ANSWER: William Regal [or Steven Regal, or Darren Kenneth Matthews] [10] This tag team entertainingly used the lyric “We’re not the Mounties” in their entrance theme because one of their members, Jacques Rougeau, had previously played the character the Mountie. Their manager, Johnny Polo, later became the wrestler Raven. ANSWER: The Quebecers [accept the Amazing French Canadians]

4. Answer the following about popular songs that won Oscars for Best Original Song, for 10 points each. [10] This song, which begins “east is east and west is west and the wrong one I have chose,” appeared in the Bob Hope film The Paleface. In the Frasier episode “Look Before You Leap,” Frasier forgets the lyrics to this song while singing it during a PBS fundraiser. ANSWER: “Buttons and Bows” [10] This man became the first rap artist to win Best Original Song after winning for the song “Lose Yourself,” which appeared in a film he starred in, 8 Mile. ANSWER: Eminem [accept Marshall Bruce Mathers III, accept Slim Shady] [10] This man recently picked up an Oscar for the song “Man or Muppet” in the movie The Muppets. He is best known for pairing with Jemaine Clement as part of a musical comedy duo. ANSWER: Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie

5. According to an early advertising line, this character is “hotter than Bond, cooler than Bullitt.” For 10 points each: [10] Name this detective created by author Ernest Tidyman, who was played on film by Richard Roundtree and Samuel L. Jackson. As his Isaac Hayes created theme song says, he’s the “black private dick who’s a sex machine to all the chicks.” ANSWER: John Shaft [accept either] [10] The 1971 film Shaft was followed by two sequels in the following two years. Name either of these films, both of which also starred Roundtree. ANSWER: Shaft’s Big Score or Shaft in Africa [accept either] [10] The 2000 film Shaft featured this actor as the murderous Walter Wade Jr. His earlier film roles include playing Laurie in the 1994 version of Little Women and “Cowboy” Kelly in the musical Newsies. ANSWER: Christian Charles Philip Bale

6. One character in this play would be seen again in the same author’s play, Bobby Gould in Hell. For 10 points each: [10] Name this play about Gould, the head of production at a movie studio. Gould is presented with a traditional film project by his associate Charlie Fox, while his temporary secretary tries to push him to accept a movie based on a book about radiation. ANSWER: Speed-the-Plow [10] Speed-the-Plow was written by this author of such profanity filled plays as Glengarry Glen Ross. ANSWER: David Alan Mamet [10] This Mamet play is about Carol, a female college student, who accuses her professor of sexual exploitation. It ends with the professor assaulting Carol after becoming incensed at her accusations. ANSWER: Oleanna

7. This event ended with the death of Jose Maria Pino Suarez. For 10 points each: [10] Name this February 1913 series of events in Mexico City which resulted in the death of Francisco Madero and the seizing of power by Victoriano Huerta. ANSWER: Ten Tragic Days [accept La Decena Tragica, prompt on Mexican Revolution] [10] American ambassador Henry Lane Wilson may have had some involvement in the Ten Tragic Days. He reported to this president, the noted corpulent successor to Teddy Roosevelt. ANSWER: William Howard Taft [10] During Taft’s time as Chief Justice, this 1923 case involving an institution in the District of Columbia ruled that federal minimum wage legislation for women was unconstitutional. It was later overturned by West Coast Hotel v. Parrish. ANSWER: Adkins v. Children’s Hospital [accept Adkins or in reverse order]

8. In 2002, this man called for a boycott of Pepsi as a protest of their spokesman, Ludacris. For 10 points each: [10] Name this conservative commentator called “Papa Bear” by Stephen Colbert. He hosts his namesake “factor” program on the Fox News Channel. ANSWER: William James “Bill” O’Reilly Jr. [10] O’Reilly previously hosted the show Inside Edition, replacing this veteran British reporter as host. This man was recently played on film by Michael Sheen, depicting his encounter with a Frank Langella played character. ANSWER: Sir David Paradine Frost [10] A famous clip of O’Reilly hosting Inside Edition features him screaming “Fucking thing sucks!” as he reacts to an apparently ill-worded promo describing this musician. ANSWER: Sting [accept Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner]

9. This game show’s final round is always preceded by a “rotating of the board” in which the contestants are briefly spun around. For 10 points each: [10] Name this fictional show featured on the British comedy series That Mitchell and Webb Look in which the contestants, almost always Simon and Julie, call off certain mathematical entities until they achieve the title concept. The name of this show is occasionally used on HSQB to ridicule computational math questions. ANSWER: Numberwang [10] A Mitchell and Webb sketch I enjoy more is a parody of 1970’s sitcoms, in which this character is always given tasks by his boss that end in disaster, mostly due to unclear directions and identically looking rooms. ANSWER: Montgomery Hennimore [accept either] [10] Mitchell and Webb recently voiced robots in the episode “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship,” an entry in this popular British sci-fi series whose title time-traveling character has been played by David Tennant and Matt Smith. ANSWER: Doctor Who

10. This two word phrase originated in a Paul Meadlo interview with Mike Wallace. For 10 points each: [10] Name this phrase which appears in blood-red lettering on a namesake 1969 anti-Vietnam War poster showing the results of a March 1968 massacre perpetrated by U.S. troops. The poster was produced by the Art Workers Coalition. ANSWER: And babies [10] And babies used a photograph taken of this massacre, in which hundreds of South Vietnamese civilians were slain by U.S. troops. Only William Calley was convicted as a result of this incident. ANSWER: My Lai Massacre [accept Son My Massacre] [10] The Museum of Modern Art originally offered to circulate the poster, but quickly changed its mind after seeing it. One member of the Board of Trustees was this man, the longtime head of CBS. He shares his name with a proponent of the “watchmaker analogy” who wrote the book Natural Theology. ANSWER: William S. Paley

11. An animal on this show is the water monitor lizard “Mr. Kipling,” who is actually female. For 10 points each: [10] Name this Disney Channel series in which the title character works as a nanny for the Ross family and their mostly adopted children. The butler character on this show is named Bertram. ANSWER: Jessie [10] Jessie is the second major Disney Channel Original Series for star Debby Ryan, who previously played Bailey Pickett on a spin-off of a show featuring twins Cole and Dylan Sprouse as Zack and Cody. Name either that show or the spin-off, the latter of which took place on a ship and not a hotel. ANSWER: The Suite Life of Zack & Cody or The Suite Life on Deck [only need one] [10] The mother on Jessie is played by Christina Moore, who also replaced Lisa Robin Kelly on That ‘70s Show in this role, the promiscuous older sister of protagonist Eric Forman. ANSWER: Laurie Forman [accept Lauren Anne]

12. The protagonist of this play is encouraged in his action by his brother, a cabinet minister. For 10 points each: [10] Name this play in which Michael Ransom is a mountain climber sent to plant a flag on the world’s highest unclimbed mountain, which would be a major blow for Britain against rival Ostnia. ANSWER: The Ascent of F6: A Tragedy in Two Acts [10] The Ascent of F6 was written by Christopher Isherwood and this English poet. His well known poems include “Funeral Blues” and “September 1, 1939.” ANSWER: Wystan Hugh Auden [10] Isherwood created this fictional character, a singer who pretends to be a heiress. She became the protagonist in both the John Van Druten play I Am a Camera and the musical Cabaret. ANSWER: Sally Bowles [accept either part]

13. Name some fighting games for 10 points each. [10] This Midway series famously introduced the concept of “Fatality” to the video game world, featuring bloody finishing moves performed by characters such as Sub-Zero and Johnny Cage. ANSWER: Mortal Kombat [10] This Rare fighting game for the SNES featured wrestlers fighting in the title tournament organized by the megacorporation Ultratech. Characters in this game included Count Von Sabrewulf and Spinal the skeleton, who used “combo breakers” to counter enemy combo moves. ANSWER: Killer Instinct [10] Capcom sued Data East over this series, claiming it infringed on Street Fighter. This 1990’s series featured such characters as detective Ray McDougal and Japanese student Makoto Mizoguchi competing in the “Great Grapple” tournament. ANSWER: Fighters’ History [accept Karnov’s Revenge]

14. One character in this movie is the insane blacksmith Ygor, played by Bela Lugosi. For 10 points each: [10] Name this 1939 film in which the Basil Rathbone played title character is convinced by Ygor to revive a certain monster. It is noted for having the supporting character of the one-armed Inspector Krogh. ANSWER: Son of Frankenstein [10] The Kenneth Mars played Inspector Kemp also has a wooden arm in this comedy director’s film Young Frankenstein. He also directed Blazing Saddles. ANSWER: Mel Brooks [accept Melvin James Kaminsky] [10] The Frankenstein Monster also appears in the children’s horror film The Monster Squad, in which this fellow monster has the indignity of getting kicked in the “nards.” He was recently played on film by Benicio del Toro. ANSWER: The Wolf Man [prompt on werewolf]

15. After illness, this man was replaced in the U.S. Senate by John Foster Dulles. For 10 points each: [10] Name this longtime New York Senator who is not Carter Glass, but did sponsor a 1937 housing act with Henry Steagall. He is more notable for sponsoring the 1935 National Labor Relations Act, which is also named for him. ANSWER: Robert Ferdinand Wagner [10] Wagner was chairman of the State Factory Investigating Committee formed after this 1911 industrial disaster that killed 146 people when a certain company’s factory caught on fire. ANSWER: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire [10] Wagner’s son, Robert Wagner Jr., was elected Mayor of New York thanks to the influence of this man, who became the youngest boss in the history of Tammany Hall in 1949. In 1961, he was ousted as leader, ending Tammany’s political influence. ANSWER: Carmine Gerard DeSapio

16. This university won Division II ICT the first time it was awarded in 1998. For 10 points each: [10] Name this university which has won Division II ICT the most times—three times. Its 1998 squad featured such members as Gautam Mukunda and David Farris. ANSWER: Harvard University [accept Crimson] [10] The DII title has been won twice by two schools, Chicago, and this university, the two-time defending ACF Nationals champions. ANSWER: Yale University [accept Bulldogs] [10] The chart at NAQT’s official website lists Harvard as winning the most ICT titles with 9 and Chicago next with 8. What school is third, with five? ANSWER: Valencia Community College

17. This character rides the horse Spirit, which also uses the name Swiftwind. For 10 points each: [10] Name this superheroine, whose real name is Adora. She fights such villains as Shadow Weaver and Catra and is the twin sister of Prince Adam, alias He-Man. ANSWER: She-Ra [10] This dickhead villain is the main antagonist on the She-Ra series. The former mentor of Skeletor, he has the power to turn his body into various weapons and devices. ANSWER: Hordak [10] Filmation, which produced She-Ra, also produced the animated adventures of Fat Albert, a character created by this comedian and Jell-O Pudding Pops enthusiast. ANSWER: William Henry “Bill” Cosby Jr.

18. The protagonists of this film are part of the “Flawless Four.” For 10 points each: [10] Name this movie starring Rose McGowan and Julie Benz as members of a clique who accidentally kill one of their members when she chokes to death on the title piece of candy. ANSWER: Jawbreaker [10] Both Rose McGowan and Jawbreaker co-star Rebecca Gayheart appeared in films in this highly self-referential series of slasher films created by Wes Craven, which features the Ghostface Killer and generally stars Neve Campbell and David Arquette. ANSWER: Scream [10] This actress has a key role in Jawbreaker as the school outcast Fern Mayo. She is probably best known for voicing Cheryl Tunt on Archer and for playing the weird secretary Kitty on Arrested Development. ANSWER: Judy Greer [accept Judith Laura Evans]

19. In the final game in this series, a key decision was letting Doug Drabek start the ninth and not removing him until the bases were loaded with no outs. For 10 points each: [10] Name this baseball series in which the Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games to reach their second straight World Series. Its signature moment was Sid Bream scoring the winning run. ANSWER: 1992 National League Championship Series [10] Bream scored when the throw by this Gold Glove Pirates outfielder was late. In the offseason, this man signed with San Francisco and would go on to become the majors’ career home run leader. ANSWER: Barry Lamar Bonds [10] This Braves player, the last position player on the roster, drove home the winning run. His major league career would end the following year. ANSWER: Francisco Cabrera

20. Due to his opposition to the Wilmot Proviso, this man was attacked by Judge Francis Cone. For 10 points each: [10] Name this Georgia politician, a small dude known as “The Little Pale Star from Georgia.” He is best known for serving as the Vice President of the Confederate States. ANSWER: Alexander Hamilton Stephens [10] The President of the Confederacy was this man, who, according to Wikipedia, lost support from the “Plain Folk of the Old South.” ANSWER: Jefferson Finis Davis [10] This March 1861 speech, delivered in Savannah, was Stephens’ attempt to explain the differences between the Confederate and United States Constitutions. Stephens defended the “great truth that the Negro is not equal to the white man.” ANSWER: Cornerstone Speech/Address