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Super ACRONYM 2 - Round 8 1. In 1938, then-rookie Andy Farkas became the first NFL player to perform this general type of ​ action, doing so on an opening kickoff. The 1984 Iron Bowl is nicknamed for this type of action, in reference to an incident in which Bo Jackson supposedly did it on a fourth-and-goal play, though Jackson did it without the ball. A play of this type is the defining moment in the career of (*) Roy ​ Riegels, who did it in a loss in the 1929 Rose Bowl. In a 1964 game in San Francisco, one of these actions occurred following a Billy Kilmer fumble despite the pleas of Carl Eller and his fellow Purple People Eaters. The otherwise excellent Jim Marshall came to be best known for taking, for 10 points, what counter-productive way of moving with a football? ANSWER: running the wrong way (accept similar answers describing moving in the wrong direction or ​ ​ ​ ​ running towards your own end zone; prompt on "losing yards" or similar answers that don't describe the ​ ​ action itself) <Nelson> 2. This man sends a "commonplace attorney called Robinson" to the Old Starre Inn to present a ​ contract that eventually forces a Learned Society to disband. This man's "past and present and future" are foretold by a tattooed fortune teller whose tarot cards all turn into the card The Emperor. ​ ​ An assassination attempt against this man fails when the bullet hits his servant, (*) Childermass ​ [CHILL-der-mass]. This man dooms Lady Pole to endless nights dancing in Lost-Hope after he resurrects her by contacting the Man with the Thistle-Down Hair. In a 2004 novel, a gentleman from Shropshire is inspired to become a magician after meeting, for 10 points, what man who mentors Jonathan Strange in the debut novel by Susanna Clark? ANSWER: Mr. Norrell (or Gilbert Norrell) <Vopava> ​ ​ ​ ​ 3. The creator and star of this TV series drew inspiration from his time playing Starbuck in an ​ Orson Welles play about a production of Moby Dick. The 2017 film In My Mind documented the ​ ​ ​ ​ making of both this series and a docudrama about it titled Six Into One. A young Hayley Atwell ​ ​ appeared in an ill-conceived remake of this series featuring (*) Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen. An ​ antagonist on this series, who administrates the show's seemingly idyllic setting, was played by a different actor in nearly every episode. The Rover, a device resembling a white weather balloon, takes people to "The Village" in, for 10 points, what 1960s sci-fi series starring Patrick McGoohan as "Number Six," the show's the title captive? ANSWER: The Prisoner <Nelson> ​ ​ 4. A man played by Wayne Knight hands this character a chicken as a reward for being "such a ​ good sport." This character says "I thought you said he was a real M.D.!" while watching a girl suffer from a back-alley abortion; later, the slimeball waiter who knocked up Penny aims to take the virginity of Lisa, this character's sister. In a scene set to (*) "Love Is Strange" by Mickey & Silva, ​ this woman moves behind a dressing screen and playfully lipsyncs the lyric "lover boy." In a show at the Kellerman's resort, this woman is lifted by the instructor Johnny Castle while the song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" plays. For 10 points, name this Jennifer Grey character from Dirty Dancing, whom nobody puts ​ ​ in a corner. ANSWER: Baby (or Frances Houseman) <Vopava> ​ ​ ​ ​ Super ACRONYM 2 - Round 8 5. This event is the last of three similar acts depicted in the film The Other Side of the Mirror. During ​ ​ ​ a brief break in this event, an unidentified woman shouted "Bring Back Cousin Emmy!". A group including Theodore Bikel ordered Joe Boyd to interfere in this event, but was stopped by Peter Yarrow. (*) After realizing he lacked one in the right tuning, the central figure of this event made a call for, ​ and was pelted with, numerous harmonicas. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band took part in this event, which Pete Seeger allegedly tried to stop using an axe. A rousing performance of "Maggie's Farm" began, for 10 points, what event at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival that marked a dramatic change in a certain folk singer's sound? ANSWER: Bob Dylan going electric (accept reasonably descriptive answers that give both Bob Dylan (or ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Robert Allen Zimmerman) and the word electric; accept Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ before "1965"; prompt on "Newport Folk Festival" or similarly incomplete answers) <Nelson> 6. A duel between Smith and a holder of this title ended in a draw at an iteration of the Picori ​ Festival. One holder of this post employed a purple-robed Magician who died instantly upon completing a spell of eternal slumber. After being betrayed by Onkled [ONK-lid], another holder of this post issues a lenient punishment involving floor-scrubbing. Daphnes Nohansen is a late holder of this post who controls a dragon-headed (*) boat called the King of Red Lions. The ghost of a man ​ with this title gives his Paraglider to a hero who awakens from the Shrine of Resurrection in a 2017 Switch launch title, in which he also warns that his daughter is losing her power. For 10 points, give this title ostensibly held by the father of Zelda. ANSWER: King of Hyrule (prompt on "king" or on "Zelda's father" or similar) <Vopava> ​ ​ ​ ​ 7. In a bizarre 1979 animated film, this figure becomes jealous of an Olympic mascot and attempts ​ to usurp it. Andrea Martin voiced a version of this figure who is guarded by a giant skull voiced by Tim Curry in the 1999 Don Bluth film Bartok the Magnificent. A hacker and ex-con named Kurt ​ ​ likens the phasing woman Ghost to this figure in Ant-Man and the Wasp. The title character of the ​ ​ 2019 film Hellboy meets a disturbing version of this figure during a scene that accurately portrayed ​ ​ the (*) legs under this figure's home. Viggo Tarasov explains to his dumbass son that a man he angered was ​ once known by this nickname, and was the assassin John Wick. In the Hellboy comic series, the mother of ​ ​ Rasputin is, for 10 points, what witch in Slavic folklore? ANSWER: Baba Yaga <Nelson> ​ ​ 8. In a decisive 2002 playoff game, this player hit last-second shots to force two separate overtimes ​ against the top-seeded Nets, though his team ultimately lost the game. Michael Jordan's only suspension came following a fight with this player. This man claimed he developed his unusual shooting form while playing as a child against his (*) sister. Though Ray Allen has since passed him, ​ this player retired as the all-time leader in made 3-pointers. This man's steal of an Anthony Mason inbound pass in Game 1 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals was part of one of numerous times this player owned the Knicks. A remarkable run of 8 points in 9 seconds was made by, for 10 points, what TNT analyst and Indiana Pacers legend? ANSWER: Reggie Miller (or Reginald Wayne Miller) <Nelson> ​ ​ ​ ​ Super ACRONYM 2 - Round 8 9. In 2018 this band's lead singer released Boys Keep Swinging, a memoir about his disastrous ​ ​ ​ coming-out to his parents. Wal-Mart refused to stock this band's first album due to anti-conservative sentiment in the track "Tits on the Radio." One single by this band, whose logo is a certain household object wearing (*) heels, is bizarre and upbeat cover of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably ​ Numb." The title figure will get "jacked up on some cheap champagne" in a song by this band, in which the singer claims "we'll show her what it's all about." The album Ta-Dah, which featuers the hit "I Don't Feel ​ ​ Like Dancin'," is by, for 10 points, what American glam rock band behind "Take Your Mama," which is fronted by the appropriately named Jake Shears? ANSWER: Scissor Sisters <Vopava> ​ ​ 10. Writer Mike McMahan once noted how this TV character was initially planned to be an ​ anthropomorphic bullet lazily named Bullet Boy. This character's apartment contains a picture with the misspelled phrase "Guns Are'nt Fun," a nod to when this character was shot after asking for a porkchop. The gender reveal for this character's son involved a toilet-shaped piñata according to a photo album that also contains an image of him beating a (*) Gromflomite to death. In his first ​ appearance, this character is suspected of being an alien parasite, prompting him to be shot by Beth Smith. "Ooh-wee!" is the catchphrase of, for 10 points, what top-hat wearing character on Rick and Morty with a ​ ​ weirdly gross-sounding name? ANSWER: Mr. Poopybutthole (accept Mr. PBH) <Vitello> ​ ​ ​ ​ 11. A podcast of this name starring Catherine Keener and Oscar Isaac was adapted into a TV series ​ about Heidi Bergman, a caseworker who strangely cannot remember counseling the soldier Walter Cruz. The Oversoul appears in a five-book saga of this name written in the mid-1990s by Orson Scott Card. An acclaimed Netflix stand-up special by Hasan Minhaj is title for this type of (*) "King." Tyne Daly first entered the MCU in a 2017 film with this word as its subtitle. The incorporation of a full marching band is depicted in a 2019 concert film that charts the planning of a 2018 Coachella performance by Beyoncé. For 10 points, what word provides the subtitle for the first proper Tom Holland Spider-Man film? ​ ANSWER: Homecoming (accept Homecoming King or Spider-Man: Homecoming) <Vopava> ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 12.

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