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2005 TRASHionals Round 14
Bonuses
1. The flop a.k.a. Pablo is most known as a vehicle for comic Paul Rodriguez. For ten points each, name these other cast members:
1. Pablo's nephew Tomas was an early role for this actor best known for playing A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell. ANSWER: Mario Lopez 2. Pablo's agent was played by this actor who won an Emmy as Dr. Phillip Watters, the chief of staff on Chicago Hope. ANSWER: Hector Elizondo 3. Pablo's mother was played by this actress whose role as Spencer Tracy's wife in Broken Lance led to the first Oscar nomination for a Mexican actress. Other roles include Karl Malden's wife in One Eyed Jacks, the love interest of future husband Ernest Borgnine in The Badlanders, and the saloon owner and ex-lover of Gary Cooper in High Noon. ANSWER: Katy Jurado
2. They have both won three straight French Open titles. For the stated number of points:
1. For five points each, name the Spaniard and Belgian who are the reigning men's and women's champions. ANSWER: Rafael Nadal, Justine Henin 2. Henin's streak matches the modern tournament record, set, for ten points, by this naturalized American who won from 1990 to 1992. ANSWER: Monica Seles 3. Nadal will need one more win to equal the record set, for ten points, by this Swede with wins from 1978 to 1981. ANSWER: Bjorn Borg
3. Don't want to use your own name to make music? Do what these people do and come up with a band name, for ten points each
1. Atlanta native Chan Marshall records and tours under this band name. Her 2006 disc The Greatest on Matador Records received high praise from Spin, salon.com, and VH1's Bill Flanigan. ANSWER: Cat Power 2. Former British nursery school teacher Natasha Khan records under this name. Her disc Fur and
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Gold was nominated for a Mercury Prize, and she was included in mtv's Freshman Five in Summer 2007 receiving airplay for "Prescilla." ANSWER: Bat for Lashes 3. Los Angeles singer-songwriter John Ondrasik has scored big hits with Superman (It's Not Easy) and 100 Years under this band name. ANSWER: Five For Fighting
4. For ten points each, name these non-Law & Order shows created by Dick Wolf:
1. Michael DeLorenzo and Malik Yoba played a pair of Big Apple cops on this show that had a solid mid-'90s run on Fox. ANSWER: New York Undercover 2. S. Epatha Merkeson's Law & Order role was preceded by her role on this show as the superior of a human cop played by David Andrews who is reluctantly partnered with an android played by Yancy Butler. ANSWER: Mann & Machine 3. Lili Taylor and Bebe Neuwirth were part of this failed effort of Dick Wolf to step outside of the cop genre with this show starring Oliver Platt as a journalism professor and reporter at the New York Ledger. ANSWER: Deadline
5. Answer these questions about one of rock's great genre-hoppers, Neil Young, for 10 points each.
1. Young's first taste of commercial success came as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist for this 1960s band, where he first worked with Stephen Stills as well as Jim Messina. Young's Mr. Soul was a minor hit for them. ANSWER: Buffalo Springfield. 2. Neil is often called the "Godfather of Grunge" due to a series of records made with this backing band, which was originally led by Danny Whitten until his untimely 1972 death. Exemplars include Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, and Zuma. ANSWER: Crazy Horse 3. To mainstream pop radio listeners, Young's best known album was this 1972 country rock effort, which produced two hit singles, Old Man and chart topper Heart of Gold. ANSWER: Harvest
6. For ten points each, name these baseball players with off-season mishaps:
1. After playing coy about the cause, this oft-injured outfielder admitted that he broke his hand on
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his yacht in the Bahamas while wrestling with his children. ANSWER: Ken Griffey Jr. 2. In December 2006, this outfielder broke his leg while playing for the Oriente Caribbeans in a winter-league game in his native Venezuela. ANSWER: Juan Rivera 3. This former Rockies and Reds pitcher was not in the majors in 2006. This cousin of Juan Marichal helped Ãguilas Cibaeas win the Caribbean World Series and earned a non-roster invitation to spring training with the Orioles, but his 2007 season ended with a February motorcycle crash in his native Dominican Republic. ANSWER: Jose Acevedo
7. Daredevil has really bad luck in girlfriends: they keep trying to kill him. Name these murderous exes for ten points each.
1. This Greek assassin went after DD with her sai before getting killed herself by Bullseye. ANSWER: Elektra Natchios 2. This Russian spy and seductress left Daredevil after she decided he was too weak in battle; later they clashed over baby Karen. ANSWER: Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow 3. A former prostitute and pawn of the Kingpin, this pyrokinetic and telekinetic martial artist pretended to be innocent "Mary Walker" to seduce the Daredevil. ANSWER: Typhoid Mary
8. For ten points each, answer these questions on similarly named people.
1. Evil Otto is the smiley face nemesis of the player of this 1980s arcade and Atari 2600 shooter game. ANSWER: Berzerk 2. Otto was the name of the inflatable autopilot in this 1980 film. ANSWER: Airplane! 3. Otto is the dog owned by Sgt. Snorkel in this military-themed comic strip. ANSWER: Beetle Bailey
9. Movie connections, for ten points each.
1. This 1996 film starred Bruce Willis as a gunfighter in Jericho, Texas, during Prohibition who plays the Strozzi and Doyle gangs off against each other. ANSWER: Last Man Standing
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2. This 1964 film starred Clint Eastwood as a gunfighter in San Miguel, Mexico, who plays the Rojo and Baxter families off against each other. ANSWER: A Fistful of Dollars or Per un pugno di dollari 3. Last Man Standing and A Fistful of Dollars were based on this Akira Kurosawa film in which a samurai plays a warring sake merchant and silk merchant off against each other. ANSWER: Yojimbo
10. For ten points each, name these CNBC "money honeys":
1. The original recipient of the epithet "Money Honey" is this former host of Market Wrap and Business Center who has hosted Closing Bell since 2002. ANSWER: Maria Bartiromo 2. According to a 2007 poll on Dealbreaker.com, the hottest financial news anchor is this co-anchor of Squawk on the Street and host of Street Signs who was recently mocked by Jon Stewart for calling China "our greatest friend." ANSWER: Erin Burnett 3. Coming second in that poll was this co-anchor of Squawk Box and Morning Call who had previously spent seven years at the Wall Street Journal. ANSWER: Becky Quick
11. Answer questions about a recently defunct magazine for ten points each
1. Despite getting Eva Mendes, Milla Jovovich and Emily van Camp to pose for a Clothes Off Our Backs charity campaign, this women's magazine folded after the pictorial appeared in the August 2007 issue. ANSWER: Jane 2. Jane magazine was founded by this former Sassy editor who put former paramour Drew Barrymore on the first cover in 1997 ANSWER: Jane Pratt 3. Conde Nast has redirected visitors to janemag.com to this sister magazine founded in the 1930's and currently edited by Cynthia Leive. ANSWER: Glamour
12. This question is about Magic, The Gathering. Here's your chance to lame it.
1. For ten points each, name either the first three Magic expansions to be released, or the latest three Magic expansions to be released. Pick one or the other. ANSWER: depends
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2. 1st three ANSWER: Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends 3. latest three ANSWER: Lorwyn, Future Sight, Planar Chaos
13. The American Comedy Awards were pretty good at predicting future successes in the late 1980's and early 1990's. For ten points each,
1. He won the award for best male comedy-club stand-up comic in 1988. The next year his now iconic self-titled show about nothing began running on NBC. ANSWER: Jerry Seinfeld 2. He had appeared on Star Search and one episode of Designing Women when he won the 1992 award for Funniest Male Stand-Up Comic. Since then he's had several hit albums as part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, including the recent "15 Degrees Off Cool". ANSWER: Bill Engvall 3. Her 1991 award for funniest female stand-up comic has been followed by her own sitcom in 1994, her own talk show beginning in 2001 and hosting duties for the 2007 Academy Awards. ANSWER: Ellen DeGeneres
14. Name these puzzle games available on the PSP for ten points each.
1. There are 40 all-new levels in this version of the classic puzzle game in which you assign tasks to the title creatures such as digging and building in an attempt to guide them through the level and to the exit. ANSWER: Lemmings 2. The hero of this game, Danny, must thwart insomnia by solving puzzles. The puzzles require both adjusting the camera angle and switching between 2D and 3D levels, a la Super Paper Mario. ANSWER: Crush 3. This Taito game has a sequel that has been released in Europe and Japan, but not in North America. The gameplay involves rescuing people trapped inside buildings by using the different characteristics of those people to navigate through obstacles that block the player's path. ANSWER: Exit
15. In addition to writing songs like "We've Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays," and "Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song," Paul Williams has had a great deal of involvement in the world of cinema. Answer these 5-10-20-30.
1. Williams and Barbra Streisand shared an Oscar for this classic love song from the 1976 remake
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of A Star Is Born. ANSWER: Evergreen 2. Williams starred as the villainous Swan and composed several original songs for this creative 1974 Brian De Palma horror spoof inspired by a Gaston Leroux character. ANSWER: Phantom of the Paradise 3. In a reference to his musical career, Williams' character in this 2004 sequel starring Anne Hathaway was called Lord Harmony. ANSWER: The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 4. Perhaps Williams' most famous cinematic song is "The Rainbow Connection," about "the lovers, the dreamers, and me," from this 1979 hit film. ANSWER: The Muppet Movie
16. Here's one for all the sucka MCs out there. For ten points each, answer these questions on the musical career of LL Cool J.
1. LL Cool J dropped out of high school to record this, his 1985 debut album. Notable tracks from it include "Rock the Bells" and a remix of his underground hit "I Need a Beat." ANSWER: Radio 2. J took on a tougher image with this 1991 album, whose title track opened by saying "Don't call it a comeback/ I've been here for years." J would win his first Grammy for the song. ANSWER: Mama Said Knock You Out 3. This single from Phenomenon was notable for its sparking a feud between J and Canibus, whose reference to a microphone tattoo of J's was seen as a slight. Canibus dropped his line, but J didn't, which caused problems when unedited versions of the song got out. ANSWER: 4, 3, 2, 1
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17. You'll be rewarded for your knowledge about the Whole Wide World, for ten points each
1. Will Farrell sings a hesitant version of Whole Wide World to Maggie Gyllenhall in this 2006 movie about a compulsive IRS auditor whose life is taken over by a blocked author. ANSWER: Stranger Than Fiction 2. Whole Wide World was included on the Monkees' 1987 comeback album, Pool It, on the suggestion of this drummer who worked in England as a TV director at the time of the song's first success in 1978. ANSWER: Micky Dolenz 3. Helped by contemporaries Nick Lowe and Ian Dury, this originator of Whole Wide World had a hit in the UK with the song, but failed with most of his follow-ups. He now shares a website and touring dates with girlfriend Amy Rigby of Diary of a Mod Housewife fame. ANSWER: Wreckless Eric (Eric Goulden)
18. For ten points each, name the fabrics from a description.
1. Its name derives from the Persian word for dust or ashes. British forces in India dyed their white uniforms to match the local uniform color, and today generally refers to a cotton fabric of a tan color. ANSWER: khaki 2. This knitted cousin of velvet is often used in theater curtains, dancewear, and as upholstery in higher end cars. ANSWER: velour 3. This weaved fabric is smooth on one side and diagonally ribbed on the other. A common suit fabric, it is traditionally woolen but can also be made of cotton or synthetics. Invented by Thomas Burberry, it is named after a long overgarment that is usually belted at the waist. ANSWER: gabardine
19. Answer the following about members of the original Dream Team, for ten points each.
1. Upon Michael Jordan's unexpected retirement from the NBA in 1993, this small Chicago Bulls forward had an incredible season, leading the league in steals and shooting 49.1% from the field. ANSWER: Scottie Pippen 2. Having coached the Detroit Pistons to consecutive NBA championships in 1989 and 1990, this man nicknamed "Daddy Rich" coached the Dream Team to gold. ANSWER: Chuck Daly 3. Only two players on the Dream Team were not named among the NBA's 50 Greatest Players. One of them was Chris Mullen, the other was this Duke player who shot an amazing buzzer-beater
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against Kentucky in the 1992 NCAA Tournament. ANSWER: Christian Laettner
20. Answer the following about the movies based on an author's works for ten points each.
1. Among the movies based on this author's works over the last 60 years are the forthcoming Cry of the Owl, German versions of The Storyteller and The Tremor of Forgery, a French version of This Sweet Sickness, and The Glass Cell. ANSWER: Patricia Highsmith 2. While it's been filmed in 1960 as Purple Noon and in 1956 as an episode of Studio One, the most famous adaptation of this novel about a smooth-talking and dangerous imposter was in 1999. ANSWER: The Talented Mr. Ripley 3. This novel, in which Bruno murders Guy's unfaithful wife and Guy murders Bruno's father, was semi-faithfully adapted by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. ANSWER: Strangers on a Train
21. Name these department store chains, for ten points each.
1. Their 2005 purchase of May Department Stores means that what were formerly Hecht's, Foley's, L.S. Ayres', Kauffman's, or Marshall Field's are now this New York based department store. ANSWER: Macy's 2. Starting out as a Wisconsin supermarket chain, this department store has rapidly expanded since 1986 and has a namesake who's a current U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. ANSWER: Kohl's 3. This upscale Dallas-based department store has only 39 stores, but may be more famous for its fantasy gifts' in its annual Christmas catalog ANSWER: Neiman Marcus
22. Hail to the chief, she's the one we all say hail to. She? For ten points each, answer these questions on women Presidents on TV.
1. Veteran stage actress Cherry Jones will play the President of the US on the seventh season of this Fox program. ANSWER: 24 2. This follows on the heels of this cancelled ABC drama where Geena Davis played VP-turned-President Mackenzie Allen. ANSWER: Commander in Chief
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3. Laura Roslin, played by Mary McDonnell, is the sitting President on this Sci-Fi original series. Just not the sitting President of the U.S. ANSWER: Battlestar Galactica
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