2006 TRASH Regionals Round 12 Tossups
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2006 TRASH Regionals Round 12 Tossups 1. This occupation will once again become available in 2006 at The Palms in Las Vegas, the first time it has been available in the U.S. since 1988 in Lansing, Michigan. The first were hired in Chicago in 1960, and the job has been held by failed attorney general nominee Kimba Wood, actress Sherilyn Fenn, model Lauren Hutton, and musician Deborah Harry, while Gloria Steinem once took it to write a magazine expos´e.A collar, cuffs, corset, and ears were part of the uniform of, for ten points, what servers in clubs that were part of Hugh Hefner’s empire? Answer: Playboy Bunny 2. He created a Velcro-string contraption to teach his sons to shoot without using their left hand. A star at Archbishop Molloy High School and then Providence, he played pro ball in Belgium before becoming a head coach at American International and then as an assistant at Virginia. He led Bowling Green to three NIT appearances in 11 years before taking his current job in 1997. He has led his current school to three NCAA tournaments, including an improbable Final Four in 2006. For ten points, name the head coach at George Mason. Answer: Jim Larranaga 3. Luis Buuel’s son Juan has a cameo as a publisher in this film where two of the characters go to see the Buuel film Un chien andalou, while Gary Oldman has a bit part under the stage name Maurice Escargot. Kevin Spacey also has a bit part in this Philip Kauffman movie set in 1930s Paris which centers on a love triangle between Maria de Medeiros, Uma Thurman, and Fred Ward. For ten points, name this tale of Anas Nin, an American writer, and his wife, the first film to be rated NC-17. Answer: Henry & June 4. Named for his creator’s typewriter, he was originally to be named Dexter and was not from his current homeland. A grade 37 bureaucrat, he has a wife named LaBarbara and a son named Dwight. An uptight, workaholic Jamaican, he represented his homeland in limbo, but left the sport when a child broke his back trying to be like him. He returned to the Olympics in 3004, but was beaten by his nemesis, Barbados Slim. Voiced by Phil LaMarr, name, for ten points, this office manager of Planet Express on Futurama. Answer: Hermes Conrad 5. It eventually turns out that she is not really the daughter of Frex. She attended Shiz University, where she aided in the experiments of Dr. Dillamond, a talking goat. At Shiz, she has an affair with Fiyero, a Winkie prince in Vinkus who may be the father of Liir, while her roommate is Galinda Upland, later known as Glinda the Good. It is later revealed that her green skin may result from the magic elixir used by the Wizard to seduce her mother. For ten points, name this main character in Gregory Maguire’s revision of the The Wizard of Oz. Answer: Elphaba Thropp or the Wicked Witch of the West 6. Its predecessor, with the name of Wooster, was founded in 1920 as a maker of toy balloons. It created a dustpan in 1934 and a dishpan in 1955, but things really got going with the safety bath mat in the 1950s. Voted America’s most admired company in 1994, it was bought by Newell in 1999 and the resulting combined named company recently set up headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia. For ten points, name this purveyor of a wide variety of houseware and storage products, some of which are made of vulcanized products. Answer: Newell Rubbermaid 7. His mother worked for Sesame Street Magazine, and in a 1996 issue worked his name and a homophone of his most well- known band into The Count’s “Number of the Month” section. He has worked as a guitarist for at least 14 bands, including Bivouac, with whom he composed “Slave to the Traffic Light” and “The Divided Sky.” In recent years, he’s veered towards jazz, especially since his first official side project, Surrender to the Air, which included Marc Ribot and John Medeski. He also arranged his song “Guyute” for the Vermont Youth Orchestra. Currently a solo artist whose albums include Shine and the instrumental Seis de Mayo, his first self-titled solo album won the 2002 Jammy for Best Studio Album. For ten points, name this guitarist best known for his work with Phish. Answer: Trey Anastasio 1 2006 TRASH Regionals Round 12 Tossups 8. He graduated from North Carolina’s Dudley High in 1997, the same year as the NBA’s Brendan Haywood, but only applied to attend Harvard as a freshman in 2005, getting rejected in the process. He has a solid resume, as this former junior national inline skating champ headed off to Zambia with Johan Olav Koss as part of the Right to Play charity, to which he donated his bonuses from his success at the Turin Games. For ten points, name this U.S. Olympic speedskater who won silver in the 1,000 meters and gold in the 500 meters in 2006. Answer: Joey Cheek 9. If you’re inclined to cheat in the latest version of this game franchise, “dh5zeus” generates lightning, “dh5leaves” causes leaves to blow around, “dh5water” summons rain, and “dh5truck” – surprise! – jumps you back to the truck. If you’re going to play the old-fashioned way, though, you’ll need things like rye, corn and wheat; a journal; a drip bag and a cover scent so you can traipse around settings like Spruce, Michigan; Orofino, Idaho; or Hardin, Montana, looking for that monster buck. For ten points, name this game franchise in which you stalk the most moderately dangerous game. Answer: Deer Hunter 10. Although not a Seinfeld character, he once co-wrote a coffee table book about coffee tables. A graduate of both Stanford and UCLA, his masters thesis, The Passion of Martin, was screened at Sundance. A childhood neighbor of Warren Buffett, he first met long-time collaborator Jim Taylor in 1991. With Taylor, he co-wrote the script for Citizen Ruth, which he also directed. For ten points, name this director also responsible for Election Day, About Schmidt and Sideways. Answer: (Constantine) Alexander Payne 11. He has worked on a book with his cousin Mose entitled Sell This: How to Literally Kill the Competition. With Mose, he lives on a 60-acre beet farm in a house with nine bedrooms and no indoor toilet. His interests include muscle cars, playing the guitar and recorder, and TV shows like the new Battlestar Galactica. His sales acumen led to his addressing a regional convention, using material from the speeches of Benito Mussolini. He accidentally outed Oscar – but didn’t realize it – and is dating Angela Martin on the sly. Name, for ten points, this assistant regional manager – or assistant to the regional manager – of the Scranton branch of Dunder-Mifflin on The Office. Answer: Dwight Shrode 12. Bob Harras suggested that he be named Quinn, while Louise Simonson suggested Commander X. Originally conceived of as a mysterious older man using the ship Greymalkin and futuristic weapons by Rob Liefeld, this character who first appeared in New Mutants #87 was later given a convoluted back-story in which he was raised in the future by the Askani clan after being infected with a techo-organic virus in the present. Now starring in a book with Deadpool, this is, for ten points, what son of a clone of Jean Grey and Cyclops whose destiny was to kill Apocalypse? Answer: Cable 13. Andre Nickatina’s “Crack Raider Razor” says they’re “like microphone cops.” “Fett’s Vette,” by MC Chris, says that all of them “can call me sire.” “New Kids On The Block,” by the band of the same name, touts itself as “a rhyme with class and plenty of clout” to show all of them “what it’s all about.” On the outro to “Blueberry” by Snoop Dogg, he says it’s their “barbecue cookout.” Mystikal’s “It Burns” describes them as the people he hates. Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” was the first song to mention them, and says when they “try to chump my style, I let them know I’m versatile.” For ten points, name this class of inferior rappers that shares their name with Run-DMC’s first single. Answer: sucka MCs (accept “sucker MCs” but look askance at anyone who gives that answer) 14. In Australian Rules play, a variation of this is called the daisy-cutter. In Canada, Earl Winfield once did this out of frustration after muffing a punt, resulting in a change of possession. Northern Iowa’s Brian Mitchell successfully did this a record 44 times over two years in Arena Football. Legal under NFL Rule 3, Section 8, Scooter McLean successfully did this in the 1941 NFL championship. For ten points, name this play that involves booting a football after it bounces, which Doug Flutie successfully performed in 2005. Answer: Drop Kick 15. (AUDIO) For ten points, name the 1990s film. (Track 46) Answer: I Know What You Did Last Summer 16. This song beat out tracks like “Wonderwall” by Oasis and “Cry Love” by John Hiatt to win a Grammy for Best Rock Song. A #1 hit in 1996, its singer claims to be “too old to go chasing you around,” despite having a “youthful heart” that can “give you what you need. It professes that ”I don’t want to leave you lonely.