Baby's Alive, but Baby's Alone
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1. One song in this musical declares “Baby’s alive, but baby’s alone”, and “Trusting to luck, that’s only for fools, I play in a game, where I make the rules”. That song from this musical, which was left out of the film adaptation, is “My Own Best Friend”. One character in this musical claims that if Jesus Christ had five thousand dollars and came to him, “things would have turned out differently.” That character from this musical talks about how he doesn’t care for wearing (*) silk cravats, ruby studs and satin spats, in a song where he declares that all he cares about is love. This musical features a performance by the “six merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail” where they repeatedly declare “he had it comin’” and “he only had himself to blame”. For 10 points, “Cell Block Tango” appears in which musical focusing on the murder trial of Roxie Hart? ANSWER: Chicago 2. Alex D. Linz starred as a boy in the third movie in this series, which featured four people working for a North Korean terrorist group. In a movie in this series, a picture of Buzz’s girlfriend, who is supposed to be very ugly, is actually a crew member’s son to avoid having a girl feel bad. While filming a movie in this series, Daniel Stern improvised the line “why the hell are you dressed like a (*) chicken”. A fictional movie within a movie in this series, inspired by an actual James Cagney film, is called Angels with Filthy Souls. The second movie in this series is subtitled Lost in New York, which saw the return of the Wet Bandits played by Stern and Joe Pesci who try to rob a house protected by Kevin McCallister. For 10 points, name this movie series starring Macaulay Culkin about a boy defending his house from robbers with elaborate traps. ANSWER: Home Alone 3. Megalyn Echikunwoke voices a character in a show within this franchise who receives her family’s Tantu Totem, allowing her to channel the spirits of animals. Other animated content in this franchise includes The Ray, which premiered on the streaming service Seed. One show in this franchise originally aired on CBS for its first season and features (*) Calista Flockhart as Cat Grant and Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers. In December 2019, this shared universe was revealed to include the TV shows Lucifer, Black Lightning, and Smallville during the annual crossover event “Crisis on Infinite Earths”. For 10 points, name this multiverse of CW-produced content including Supergirl and The Flash, named after a 2012 TV show starring Stephen Amell as a green-hooded archer. ANSWER: Arrowverse [prompt on anything mentioning CW superhero shows] 4. A perturbation of these constructs to an inverse-cube dependence results in a pattern named for Cotes. Low-energy examples of these constructs are only guaranteed to give rise to periodic motion for exponents -2 and 1 by Bertrand’s Theorem. These constructs obey the conservation of a quantity equal to momentum cross angular momentum, minus mass times k times the unit position vector; that is the (*) Laplace-Runge- Lenz Vector. Whether or not the total energy of these constructs is greater than zero determines if they are bounded or unbounded. The time needed to traverse a closed one of these constructs is proportional to the length of the semi- major axis, raised to the 3/2 power according to an empirical law. For 10 points, name these constructs that obey Kepler’s three laws. ANSWER: orbits [accept orbital motion; accept anything involving inverse-square or Kepler and the notion of orbiting or motion] 5. Thomas Babington Macaulay responded to John Wilson Croker’s updated edition of a book in this genre by calling it “ill compiled, ill arranged, ill written, and ill printed”. It’s not a folktale, but the most famous book of John Aubrey is a compilation of several short pieces in this genre. The [emphasize] precursor to one book in this genre was The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. William Hazlitt compiled several entries of this type into (*) The Spirit of the Age. Lytton Strachey largely revitalized this genre with the publication of his Eminent Victorians. A hagiographic account of a dictionary’s compilation appears in a book of this type by James Boswell. For 10 points, name this descriptive genre of literature exemplified by The Life of Samuel Johnson. ANSWER: biography 6. The main character of this show mistakenly leads on a gay man when he claims the views in his apartment are even better from his bedroom. The main characters of this show pretend they are Jewish on Christmas Eve after a blind date is set up by Helen Moskowitz. On the finale of this show, the main character’s father accidentally books a wedding two months before he was supposed to. The main character of this show frequently comes into conflict with his offensive co-worker Bob (*) “Bulldog” Briscoe. Peri Gilpin played the producer Roz Doyle on this show. The main character of this show, previously a regular at a bar in Boston, moves back to his hometown of Seattle to care for his retired policeman father, where he starts a radio show giving advice. For 10 points, name this show starring Kelsey Grammer as the title psychiatrist, a spin-off of Cheers. ANSWER: Frasier 7. Note to moderators: imitation of Lil Jon’s YEAH and OKAY are encouraged and not required. On one song, this artist raps “up in here kissing, hugging, squeezing, touching, up in the bathtub rub-a-dubbing”. On their biggest hit, which introduced techno-style synths to hip-hop, this artist raps “Yin Yang we done done again, and put it on the map”. This artist collaborated on the song “Culo” with Pitbull. This artist asks “now where my alcoholics? Let me see ya hands up” and shouts (*) “everybody” on LMFAO’s song “Shots”. The only lyrics in a song by this artist and DJ Snake besides the title question are the lines “fire up that loud, another round of shots”. For 10 points, name this hip-hop artist known for ad-libs like “YEAH” and “OKAY”, the father of crunk music behind “Get Low” and “Turn Down for What”. ANSWER: Lil Jon or Jonathan Smith 8. Organizations like MANSAM and the No to Oppression against Women Initiative took part in protests in this country, where a picture of Alaa Salah standing on a car in a white toub went viral. Over a hundred protestors were killed in this country in June 2019 after being fired upon by the Rapid Support Forces. The removal of this country’s president from power was called for by the Forces of Freedom and Change. (*) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan currently serves as the Chairman of this country’s Sovereignty Council, which began the transition to democracy in July 2019 but did not agree to extradite the former president for war crimes committed by the Janjaweed until February. For 10 points, name this country whose citizens recently deposed Omar Al-Bashir, a leader wanted for crimes against humanity committed in Darfur. ANSWER: Sudan 9. In 1994, this team made a record 58 point jump in the standings from the previous year under coach Kevin Constantine. This team traded Devin Setoguchi to the Minnesota Wild only a day after signing him to a new contract. In January 2020, this team became the first ever to score an empty net goal in the final minutes of regulation and still lose. A player for this team is the only athlete to be traded and win the Hart Trophy in the same season. That player with over 1000 career (*) assists is nicknamed “Jumbo.” In 2019, this team scored 4 goals in one 5-minute power play after a Cody Eakin cross-check on Joe Pavelski, eventually leading to a game 7 win over the Golden Knights. For 10 points, name this team with players like Brent Burns, Erik Karlsson, and Joe Thornton, which plays in a Bay Area “tank.” ANSWER: The San Jose Sharks [accept either underlined] 10. A president of this country was widely criticized for misuse of funds over a centennial exposition at this country’s Clark Air Base. An ongoing insurgency in this country was triggered by the 1968 Jabidah massacre, which occurred during this country’s secret preparations for an invasion of the Sabah region. The Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempted several coups in this country, most of which were quelled by chief-of-staff (*) Fidel Ramos. Much of this country’s southern region was put under martial law in 2017 as part of a continuing fight against the Moro National Liberation Front. A revolution encouraged by clergy like Jaime Sin occurred in this country three years after the assasination of Benigno Aquino and put his wife, Corazon, into power. For 10 points, name this country where the People Power Revolution deposed Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. ANSWER: the Philippines 11. In a game starring this character, a sentient tool they use is revealed to be originally a young man named Perry who transformed himself. In that game, the player can cycle between four emotions to unlock different abilities for this character as they seek out the Vibe Sceptre on Vibe Island. Along with Fox, this character was the “main” of Swedish player (*) Armada. At the start of one game, the protagonist receives a letter from this character promising him cake. This character’s ability to float in the air after jumping was introduced in an adaptation of Doki Doki Panic.