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ONLINE QUIZ LEAGUE POP SOLOS Packet by (k), For use as OFFICIAL MATCH during Week 4 of Season 1 2/15/2021

Scorer at https://wikiquiz.org/Quiz_Scorer_App.html (use the link on quizcentral.net/matches.php) Correct as of 2/10/21

Round 1 1a The for the song "Ashes to Ashes"—in 1980, the most expensive music video ever made—uses solarized video DAVID BOWIE effects and features what musician in a Pierrot costume, marching in front of a bulldozer and singing about Major Tom? 1b A 2002 Hong Kong crime film with the English title Infernal Affairs was remade as what 2006 Oscar-winning Martin THE DEPARTED Scorsese movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon? 1c had a hit with the theme song to DAWSON'S CREEK what TV show that ran on the WB?

2a Quarterbacked by Dan Fouts, what team was on the losing end of the Holy Roller, a September 1978 game-winning play that San Diego CHARGERS saw Oakland Raiders tight end Dave Casper recover Ken Stabler's in the end zone? 2b What artist's 2013 Tiny Desk Concert set list included the songs "Made to Love," "Move," and "All of Me"? 2c What perpetual third-grader appeared to be more than five apples in height when she showed up at the Stock HELLO KITTY (accept Kitty Exchange to celebrate Sanrio's fiftieth anniversary by ringing the WHITE) closing bell?

3a Robot Unicorn Attack and Amateur Surgeon were Flash games ADULT SWIM (prompt on offered by the video game publishing division of what cable TV "Cartoon Network") programming block? 3b Randy Rainbow's "Seasons of Trump" parodied a song from what Best Musical Tony winner that opened on Broadway in RENT 1996? 3c Popular Visa commercial pitchman Morgan Freeman narrated what 2005 nature film that won the Oscar for best feature- MARCH OF THE PENGUINS length documentary?

4a Released in 2005, the first specialty bar developed by Tokyo pastry chef Yasumasa Takagi for Kit Kat featured the flavor of a PASSION FRUIT tropical fruit known as liliko'i in Hawaiian and by what other, more religious name in English? 4b Don McLean inspired Lori Lieberman's lyrics for what early-'70s KILLING ME SOFTLY with His song? The song was not a hit for Lieberman, but it did win Song (allow"Killing Me Softly") Grammys for two different artists who covered it. 4c In 1993, what German golfer—currently the oldest player to make the Masters cut—was the last person to win the Masters Bernhard LANGER Tournament using a persimmon driver?

Round 2

1a The Chiodo [kee OH doh] Brothers, a trio of special-effects artists, created the claymation version of what truck driver from LARGE MARGE Pee-Wee's Big Adventure who died "ten years ago tonight . . . in a dense fog . . . [in] the worst accident I ever seen"? 1b Quarterbacked by Danny White, what team was on the losing end of The Catch, a January 1982 game-winning play that saw DALLAS COWBOYS (city or team 49ers wide make a leaping acceptable) grab to complete a pass thrown by ? 1c Randy Rainbow's "Gee, Anthony Fauci" parodied a song from what Best Musical Tony nominee (later an Oscar-winning film) WEST SIDE STORY that first opened on Broadway in 1957?

2a According to Jon Stewart, The Daily Show's worst guest was what actor, whose 1995 hiring of sex worker Divine Brown had Hugh GRANT once prompted Jay Leno to ask him, "What the hell were you thinking?" 2b What group's 1984 music video for "The Wild Boys"—at the time, the most expensive ever made—features members of the DURAN DURAN band including Nick Rhodes undergoing various forms of imprisonment on a set reminiscent of Mad Max 2? 2c Popular Waze voice Morgan Freeman read quotes from Frederick Douglass and John Boston for what 1990 PBS THE CIVIL WAR miniseries that won an Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series?

3a Since the episode "Attack of the Killer Apps" aired in 2010, a meme featuring Futurama's Philip J. Fry holding a wad of cash in SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY his outstretched arm is typically overlaid with what six-word quote from the episode? 3b The limited-edition beni-imo Kit Kat bar features the flavor of a purple-fleshed sweet potato whose English name typically OKINAWA includes what location—a Southern Japanese island known to much of Gen-X as the primary setting of Karate Kid II? 3c A 1997 Spanish sci-fi drama called Abre los ojos, or "Open Your Eyes," was remade as what 2001 Cemeron Crowe movie starring VANILLA SKY Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz, who reprised her role from the original film?

4a Miranda Cosgrove and Drake Bell had a Billboard Hot 100 hit ICARLY with the theme song to what Nickelodeon TV show? 4b What artist's 2020 Tiny Desk Concert set list included the songs "Show Me Love," "Grammercy Park," "Underdog," and "Fallin'"? 4c On behalf of what fast-food chain did a chihuahua named Gidget jab the New York Stock Exchange's bell-ringing button TACO BELL with her paw?

Round 3

1a Among the Kit Kat Chocolatory's luxury flavors is what four- letter East Asian citrus fruit that is the hybrid of a mandarin YUZU orange and a papeda? 1b Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb agreed that the worst guest Frank SINATRA, JR. (prompt at they'd ever had on The Today Show was what second- "Sinatra"; the "Jr" should be in generation big-band crooner who may possibly have been the answer) Ronan Farrow's half-brother? 1c In December 2020—just days before Flash would no longer be supported by web browsers—what website founded by the HOMESTAR RUNNER Brothers Chaps released the tenth and final level of its 2005 Flash game Stinkoman 20X6 (20-x-ty-6)?

2a What rapper, who played a show at Brixton Academy in 2005, is NAS (prompt at "Mr. Jones") the subject of 's song "Me and Mr. Jones"? 2b Trey Parker and Matt Stone hired the Chiodo Brothers to create more than two hundred marionettes for what 2004 film in TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE which freedom costs a buck-oh-five? 2c Inner Circle had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with the reggae theme song to what documentary TV series that premiered on Fox but COPS is currently on the Paramount Network?

3a What 1989 music video—at the time, the most expensive ever made—features Madonna portraying both masculine and EXPRESS YOURSELF feminine personae on a set that was deeply inspired by Fritz Lang's Metropolis? 3b CHVRCHES (pronounced What band's 2014 Tiny Desk Concert set list included the songs "Churches," be generous on "Recover," "Gun," and "The Mother We Share"? that) 3c In 1992, what bespectacled Texas-born golfer, who has been called "the greatest short-iron player the game has seen," was Tom KITE, Jr. the last person to win the US Open using a persimmon driver?

4a Randy Rainbow's "Factchecker Factchecker" parodied a song from what Best Musical Tony winner that first opened on FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Broadway in 1964? 4b First used in 2016 as an internet reaction representing inner frustration, an image of the balled-up fist of a character wearing ARTHUR a yellow sweater and blue pants originated in a 1999 episode of what children's show? 4c A 1962 sci-fi featurette from France entitled La jetée, or "The Pier," was adapted as what 1995 Terry Gilliam movie starring 12 MONKEYS Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt?

Round 4

1a What U2 Rattle and Hum single was penned as an homage to ANGEL OF HARLEM ? 1b On February 25, 2010, the New York Stock Exchange's closing bell was rung by what commercial mascot who was, at that DUCK point, still being voiced by Gilbert Gottfried? 1c A reaction meme featuring tuxedo-clad Hannibal Buress asking "Why are you booing me? I'm right" originated from a 2012 The ERIC ANDRE Show episode of what surreal parody talk show?

2a The first theatrically released film of the Japanese horror franchise Ju-On was remade in the US in as what 2004 movie THE GRUDGE starring Sarah Michelle Gellar? The remake has since spawned three additional movies featuring the name. 2b What tile-matching puzzle game was initially created by PopCap BEJEWELED as a Flash game called Diamond Mine? 2c In 1992, what knighted English golfer—currently the lead golf analyst for CBS Sports—was the last person to win the British Sir Nicholas FALDO Open using a persimmon driver?

3a What defending Super Bowl champion team was on the losing end of The Catch II, a January 1998 game-winning play that saw (accept catch the ball either city or nickname) on the end-line, completing a pass thrown by ? 3b Al Jarreau had a Billboard Hot 100 hit with the theme song to what dramedy that aired on ABC? It features the lyrics "some MOONLIGHTING walk by night, some fly by day." 3c The Chiodo Brothers created the title characters for what comic sci-fi monster-movie franchise whose first installment, released in 1986, had Don Keith Opper, , and M Emmet Walsh fighting small, furry, man-eating aliens?

4a Popular voice of God Morgan Freeman narrated 2010's The 16th Man, an ESPN 30-for-30 film about a 1995 sporting event in INVICTUS South Africa. One year earlier, Freeman had starred as Nelson Mandela in WHAT feature film on the same topic? 4b What mid-1995 music video—still the most expensive ever made—features occasionally weightless Michael and Janet SCREAM Jackson, dancing and smashing stuff aboard a shiny white spacecraft? 4c Chelsea Lately's worst guest, according to the host herself, was what rambunctious British comedian who received a Razzie Russell BRAND nomination for reprising Dudley Moore's role in the 2011 remake of Arthur?

Round 5

1a What artist's 2010 Tiny Desk Concert set list included original WEIRD AL YANKOVIC (accept songs "You Don't Love Me Anymore," "Good Old Days," and either half) "CNR"? 1b Popular Listerine user Morgan Freeman provided a 14-second voiceover gag for what Razzie-winning box-office bomb starring THE LOVE GURU Mike Myers and a bunch of fake Hindi terms? 1c In 1989, what American golfer known for his colorful clothing, including argyle socks and bright, patterned plus-fours, was the William Payne STEWART last person to win the PGA Championship using a persimmon driver?

2a A chyron reading "Giorgio A. Tsoukalos: Publisher, Legendary Times Magazine" shows up in some versions of the meme that ANCIENT ALIENS originated from a 2010 episode of what show? 2b Randy Rainbow's "Very Stable Gen-i-us" parodied a song from what musical that first opened on Broadway in eighteen The PIRATES OF PENZANCE seventy-nine and whose 1981 production won a Best Revival Tony? 2c In 2010, the most popular Kit Kat specialty flavor was shōyu, which is the Japanese word for a food item known in English as SOY SAUCE (accept Soya sauce) what?

3a Gwen Stefani wrote 2004's "Hollaback Girl" as a response to a Courtney LOVE (accept her birth derogatory comment made about her by what grunge musician? surname, "Harrison") 3b What toy, originally conceived by Hasbro in 1952 as a bucket of plastic parts that children could stick into its namesake MR. POTATO HEAD vegetable, rang the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell? 3c "He's not a storyteller, or very verbal," said Graham Norton of what big-name Oscar winner who once earned an Academy Award nomination for his role as a catatonic patient in the 1990 movie Awakenings?

4a For 2003's , the Chiodo brothers created the North Pole scene, including what character, voiced by Ray Harryhausen, MR. NARWHAL who pops up from the water to tell Buddy, "Hope you find your dad!"? 4b What animal can be found "in a Blender" in Joe Cartoon's interactive Flash animation short, and on Bug Mars in a Flash FROG game in which the player's score is given in fractions? 4c What team was on the losing end of the Music City Miracle, a January 2000 game-winning play that saw Tennessee Titans BUFFALO BILLS (accept city or tight end Frank Wychek throw a lateral pass to wide receiver nickname) Kevin Dyson, who ran it 75 yards for a touchdown?

Tie breaker round. Ask all players tied for first place the first three questions individually, usually by having them leave the room. If there are still at least one player tied, ask them the second set.

Please message Steve Bahnaman ([email protected], or on Facebook) results of broken ties. Only first-place ties need to be broken. 1a What magazine's 25th anniversary started an annual New Orleans festival that has become the largest Black cultural and ESSENCE music festival in the United States? 1b Following in the footsteps of Sonya Thomas, Molly Schuyler is a Competitive EATING leading American competitor in what activity? 1c One of the original nine Beanie Babies, what type of animal was a MOOSE the one named "Chocolate"?

2a Ray in the Sonic video game series is what type of two-word FLYING SQUIRREL animal, also the name of Richmond's double-A baseball team? 2b What Red Hot Chili Peppers album of 1995 is the only studio album of theirs to feature Dave Navarro? It included singles ONE HOT MINUTE "Aeroplane" and "My Friends." 2c The voice of Disney's Hercules, what curly-haired actor also Tate DONOVAN played Nancy Drew's father in the 2007 Emma Roberts movie? TB According to Drake, what was the budget for his "god's Plan" 1 video in US dollars? $996,631.90

Spare Questions 1 Wilford Brimley's fiftieth birthday took place while he was COCOON filming what movie that was released nine months and six days later? 2 From 1949 to 2010, the Saab logo featured the head of what GRIFFIN mythological animal? 3 In 1965, what British director write the Encyclopaedia Alfred HITCHCOCK Britannica's entry on "Motion Pictures: Film Production"?