ONLINE QUIZ LEAGUE POP SOLOS Packet by De Stijl, For use as OFFICIAL MATCH during Week 7 of Season 1 3/8/2021 Scorer at https://wikiquiz.org/Quiz_Scorer_App.html (use the link on quizcentral.net/matches.php) Correct as of 3/4/2021 Round 1 1a In Season 6 of what series is it revealed that Megan Draper, the wife of the main character, has become a star on the soap opera "To Have MAD MEN and To Hold" after leaving her ad agency job? 1b To pass the Bechdel Test, a film must have two named woman characters who talk to each other about something other than a man. GRAVITY By virtue of largely having Sandra Bullock’s astronaut as the only character onscreen , what 2013 film fails the Bechdel Test? 1c Mike Tyson was fined three million dollars and suspended from boxing after a 1997 fight in which he bit an entire inch of cartilage out Evander HOLYFIELD of which opponent's ear? 2a Which fast food chain has announced perplexing versions of its flame- grilled signature burger as April Fools' jokes on several occasions, BURGER KING (prompt on including a "Left-Handed" version in 1998 and a Chocolate version in "Whopper") 2018? 2b Not long before his untimely death from coronavirus in spring 2020, Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger wrote the musical version of which comedian's memoir "The Bedwetter"? She had a viral video on Sarah SILVERMAN then-boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel's show involving her having a fun, sexy time with Matt Damon. 2c Margo Howard, Emily Yoffe, and Danny Lavery are the three people to DEAR PRUDENCE (prompt on just have given advice on which long-running Slate.com column, named "Prudence") for a Beatles song? 3a The first major rhythm game created by Harmonix, which game series's installments have included Legends of Rock, World Tour, and GUITAR HERO a 2015 "Live" version that let players shred before simulated crowds? 3b The 1996 album "El Producto" by Walt Mink is mostly notable as the first recording ever to receive a 10.0 rating from which notoriously PITCHFORK cranky website, originally focusing on Midwestern indie rock and now owned by Conde Nast? 3c The song "Notes on a Conditional Form" by the band called The 1975 begins with a voiceover from which activist, a Nobel Peace Prize Greta THUNBERG nominee and recent TIME Magazine Person of the Year? 4a Which filmmaker won a Student Academy Award for his NYU film, "Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads"? He filmed his debut Spike (Shelton) LEE feature, "She's Gotta Have It", for a mere $175,000. 4b In April 2020, which actor became the fifth person to host "Saturday Night Live" ten times or more? He hosted the show's first "at-home" Tom HANKS episode near the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. 4c In 2020, which Major League Baseball franchise hired Kim Ng (pr. ANG) as their new General Manager? They are the first "Big Four" MIAMI MARLINS (accept either) men's sports franchise in North America to hire a woman as their GM. Round 2 1a While Bob Dylan insists it's primarily about Anton Chekhov, pretty much everyone else considers which 1975 album to be a meditation BLOOD ON THE TRACKS on Dylan's separation from his then-wife Sara? The album's most successful single was "Tangled Up in Blue". 1b In 2008, a YouTube April Fool's Day prank redirected every link on their front page to the video for which 1987 #1 hit, which was about "NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP" as predictable as an internet prank got in 2008? 1c "I had never seen a shooting star before" begins a legendarily effusive review of which 2000 album by Radiohead, which received a rare 10.0 KID A from Pitchfork? "Idioteque," "Everything In Its Right Place," and "The National Anthem" are some of the tracks singled out for praise. 2a What term names a sweetened whipped cream, often containing some vanilla, used in French patisserie (pah-TEE-sir-ree)? It is named Creme CHANTILLY/CHANTILLY for a city in Picardy, France, that is also famous as a center of lace- cream making. 2b GOB (pr. JOHB) Bluth attempts to punch out his girlfriend Marta's presumed lover on the set of the Spanish-language soap opera "El Amor Prohibido", but is knocked unconscious when it turns out his ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT adversary had trained as a boxer to play Oscar de la Hoya. This happens on an episode of which sitcom? 2c Prolific jazz musician Stacey Kent's album "Breakfast on the Morning Tram" features several songs with lyrics penned by which Nobel Kazuo ISHIGURO literature laureate? His novel "Never Let Me Go" was the basis for the 2010 film of the same name. 3a The "historical" American Girl doll introduced in 2020 is a video game enthusiast whose stories are set in the long-ago time of 1986. What is COURTNEY (Moore) her first name, which she shares with a "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" actor and a 1990s alt-rock frontwoman? 3b While a film school classmate of Spike Lee, which future director served as assistant director on "Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop"? His own Ang LEE debut film was 1991's "Pushing Hands", the first film in his "Taiwanese trilogy" that ended with "Eat Drink Man Woman". 3c Thanks to scenes in which Anastasia Steele talks to friends and her mother about college graduation, which 2015 film based on a series of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY novels by E.L. James does pass the Bechdel Test? 4a Luis Suarez was ejected from the 2014 iteration of the FIFA World Cup for biting the shoulder of which country's defender, Giorgio Chiellini ITALY (KEY-eh-LEE-nee)? 4b "Waitress" was the first Broadway musical ever to debut with all four of its top creative roles held by women. The music and lyrics were Sara BAREILLES written by which musician, whose debut album "Careful Confessions" featured her first US hit, "Love Song"? 4c "Santorum" and "Saddlebacking" are neologisms defined by readers Dan SAVAGE (accept SAVAGE at the behest of which longtime sex columnist for Seattle's "The LOVE) Stranger" alt-weekly? Round 3 1a Which future director's NYU student films included "The Big Shave" and "It's Not Just You, Murray!"? While at NYU he met one of his most Martin SCORSESE influential long-term collaborators, the film editor Thelma Schoonmaker. 1b The dough for which type of sponge cake is unusual because it GENOISE sponge/cake (accept includes whole eggs and not just egg whites? The basis for desserts “Genoa” or “Genovese”) like Jaffa Cakes and jelly rolls, it is named for a city in Liguria, Italy. 1c After the success of "Guitar Hero", Harmonix developed which game that gave stand-alone expansions to The Beatles, Green Day, and ROCK BAND AC/DC? 2a Which actor has hosted "Saturday Night Live" seventeen times, more than anyone else? His last turn as host was in 2017, and he won an Alec BALDWIN Emmy award in that year for his work on the series. 2b The title of whose 1978 album "Here, My Dear" refers to the fact that royalties for the album were intended to comprise half of the singer's Marvin GAYE alimony payments to Anna Gordy, per their divorce settlement? 2c Which city's "Herald" newspaper bore the headline "Tree Bites Man" on April 25, 1983, after the Atlanta Hawks' Tree Rollins bit the finger BOSTON (be kind and prompt on of this city's Danny Ainge (AYNGE)? Ainge is now the GM of the team "Celtics") for which he played at the time of the incident. 3a "Prescription: Passion" was a fake soap opera featured on which medical drama? Its title character once kidnapped a star of the show and brought him to Princeton Plainsboro when he believe he spotted HOUSE (M.D.) signs of a serious medical condition based on the actor's performance on the show. It was not Lupus. 3b In 2020, Spike Lee released the film version of which musician's Broadway revue "American Utopia"? This musician's other Broadway works include "Here Lies Love", a Fatboy Slim collaboration about David BYRNE Imelda Marcos, and "The Catherine Wheel", music for a Twyla Tharp dance piece. 3c In December 2020, which longtime New York Liberty and San Antonio Stars point guard became the first woman to act as head coach during an NBA game? She was hired by the Spurs as an assistant in 2014 and Becky (Rebecca) HAMMON acted as head coach when Gregg Popovich was ejected against the Lakers. 4a Which Chicago-based band freely released their 2002 album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" on their website after being dropped from their label, WILCO before signing with Nonesuch Records for a formal album release? The album earned a 10.0 from Pitchfork. 4b One of the first three American Girl dolls released was a braided, bespectacled patriot on the home front during World War II. What is her first name, which she shares with one of the models who hosted MOLLY (McIntire) MTV's House of Style as well as a sitcom character played by Melissa McCarthy? 4c While this 1997 Quentin Tarantino movie fails the Bechdel Test, Alison Bechdel herself said in an interview that its title character, played by JACKIE BROWN Pam Grier, is "one of the strongest female protagonists I've ever seen in a Hollywood movie--it's an amazing feminist text". Which film? Round 4 1a Who is second to Alec Baldwin with fifteen "Saturday Night Live" hosting turns? While he appeared as one of the "wild and crazy" Festrunk brothers with Dan Aykroyd and famously performed Steve MARTIN his novelty hit "King Tut" on the show, he was, perhaps surprisingly, never an SNL cast member.