ONLINE QUIZ LEAGUE POP SOLOS Packet by Victoria, for Use As OFFICIAL MATCH During Week 3 of Season 1 2/8/2021
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ONLINE QUIZ LEAGUE POP SOLOS Packet by Victoria, For use as OFFICIAL MATCH during Week 3 of Season 1 2/8/2021 Scorer at https://wikiquiz.org/Quiz_Scorer_App.html (use the link on quizcentral.net/matches.php) Correct as of 1/27/2021 Round 1 1a Arguably one of the most successful winners in reality show history is what "Next Food Network Star" champion who went on to host "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives"? Guy FIERI (accept Guy FERRY) 1b In 2020, Kpop group Blackpink had their first top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Ice Cream". This song was a collaboration with which high-profile musician, a formerly ubiquitous presence on the Disney Channel whose most recent album "Rare" included her first-ever #1 hit, "Lose You to Love Me". Selena GOMEZ 1c Which Austrian-German automaker's first vehicle, known as the P1 or Egger-Lohner, was created in 1898 and is considered to be among the very first electric cars? More recently, the company named for him prototyped an electric version of their Boxster model in 2011, and began selling an electric vehicle called the Taycan this year. Ferdinand PORSCHE 2a In a 2014 Walk the Moon single, the woman who is the singer's destiny tells him to "shut up and"......WHAT? DANCE (with me) 2b The Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon made his debut in which 1993 film? The action of the movie was estimated in the original screenplay to last for 10,000 years, although the film's director later scaled that back to "thirty or forty years" in a 2009 interview. GROUNDHOG DAY 2c Which winner of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series is the son of the Dawsonville-born driver nicknamed "Awesome Bill" who won the Chase ELLIOTT (or William Clyde Winston Cup championship in 1988? Last name acceptable. ELLIOTT) 3a Which turquoise monster was the first Latina denizen of Sesame Street? Introduced in 1993, she comes from a large, close Mexican family. ROSITA 3b Who is often cited as the last actually successful player-coach in NBA history? He served in that role for both the Sonics and Blazers, and went on to become the all-time coaching wins leader in the NBA before being surpassed by Gregg Popovich and Don Nelson. Lenny WILKENS 3c Named for its founder and now owned by L'Oreal, what nail polish brand's Ballet Slippers shade has sold over ten million bottles? The shade's popularity has been buoyed by its being a verified favorite of Elizabeth II., ESSIE 4a Raphael Yakoby became a millionaire fifty times over within one year of inventing which tropical fruit-flavored liqueur? It has a distinctive teal color and can be mixed with Hennessey to create a rather disturbing cocktail called an Incredible Hulk. HPNOTIQ (“hypnotic”) 4b Which country singer released the 2005 single "Alcohol", a first-person ode to booze's power to cause breakups, births, Hemingway novels, and white people dancing? Brad PAISLEY 4c Which portmanteau-named aesthetic subculture is being described in the following quote from Architectural Digest? "You may even have partaken in some BLANK activities without even realizing it: dutifully maintaining a sourdough starter....[or] suddenly realizing that you need a Laura Ashley-esque floral print dress with ruffles." It can be confused with Grandmacore or Farmcore. COTTAGECORE Round 2 1a Which talk show host, also a former lawyer and politician, played Billy Flynn in a run of Chicago on both Broadway and the West End in 2009? Critic Ben Brantly described his performance as "usually on key". Jerry (Gerald) SPRINGER 1b Because her engine's ready to explode, explode, explode, in a 2008 single, Rihanna asks you to "shut up and"......WHAT? DRIVE 1c Which NFL head coach, who retired in 2003, was a player-coach in the 1970s for the Dallas Cowboys, where he spent his entire playing career? Like Lenny Wilkens, he holds his league's all-time record for coaching losses (in this coach's case, tied with Jeff Fisher). Dan REEVES 2a In Texas Hold 'Em, one of the many nicknames for pocket aces is that of which large company with a scissor-like eagle logo headquartered in Fort Worth? AMERICAN AIRLINES 2b In his youth, he was a prominent mountaineer and once crossed the north Atlantic in an open boat. which English adventurer is most famous stateside for hosting "Man vs. Wild" on the Discovery Channel? Bear (Edward) GRYLLS 2c Which blush product by high-end NARS, which claims to give a universally flattering natural glow, is the best-selling in the United States? NARS has spun off the popular shade into an eye/cheek/lip/body stick known, predictably, as The Multiple. ORGASM 3a Namechecked in a 1997 Cornershop song, which Indian playback singer is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the Asha BHOSLE (accept Asha most recorded artist in music history? MANGESHKAR) 3b GOLDSCHLAGER (note: Which originally-Swiss cinnamon schnapps (now sold by Diageo) is Goldwasser is neither Swiss nor named for the tiny flakes of precious metal that float in every bottle? sold by Diageo) 3c Blackpink's first high-profile collaboration was 2018's "Kiss and Make Up", with which British singer? Her 2020 album "Future Nostalgia" was the most streamed by a female artist on Spotify in that year, and included the singles "Physical" and "Don't Start Now". Dua LIPA 4a Which major automaker created what is generally considered to be the first modern-era electric car, the EV1, in 1996? They had previously experimented with electric vehicles in the mid-1960s, creating the Electrovair and Electrovette, based on existing gas-powered cars in GENERAL MOTORS (Prompt "less their lineup. specific" on Chevrolet, accept “GM”) 4b Based on the novel All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, which film features Tom Cruise as army major William Cage battling an army EDGE OF TOMORROW (accept of alien Mimics, and dying and resurrecting repeatedly in the process? LIVE DIE REPEAT) 4c Which prominent Indycar racing family is supposedly "cursed" in the Indy 500? The most recent two generations include Michael, who ranks fourth all-time in CART victories, and current driver Marco. ANDRETTI Round 3 1a Sharing its name with the pseudonym of French electronica musician Ludovic Navarre, which elderflower liqueur was nicknamed "Bartender's Ketchup" for its ubiquity in hipster cocktail bars during the mid-2010s? ST. GERMAIN 1b A king and ace in the hole in Texas Hold 'Em is sometimes nicknamed for which tennis player, because the hand looks good but never wins? Anna KOURNIKOVA 1c He is rarely seen without his floppy hat, perhaps because underneath it he has a serious case of male pattern baldness. Who is the saxophone-playing Muppet in Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem? ZOOT 2a The narrator of a Carrie Underwood single got a little frisky with the proud owner of a Ford Pinto after way too much Jose Cuervo. By the end of that song, WHAT does she no longer know about herself? her LAST NAME 2b Which Today Show personality made his Broadway debut in 2018, playing diner owner Old Joe in Waitress? The shockingly comprehensive WaitressWiki provides seven previous acting credits for him, five of which are Sharknado films. Al ROKER 2c Until surpassed in 2020 by the Tesla Model 3, which Nissan model was the best-selling electric car in history? It has sold about 500,000 units since its first release in 2010. LEAF 3a Which HGTV series about twins Drew and Jonathan Scott, a realtor and contractor who help families turn money pits into livable houses, inspired an SNL parody called "The Fliplets"? PROPERTY BROTHERS 3b Manni has twenty minutes to deliver 100,000 Deutschemarks to a gangster. Unfortunately, he left the bag on the train. This is the setup for WHAT 1999 FILM, which depicts three different attempts by Franka RUN, LOLA, RUN (or LOLA Potente's title character to get Manni the money. RENNT) 3c Ryan Taylor and Maria Teresa Negro [NEIGH-gro] were influential in popularizing which aesthetic subculture? All varieties of this subculture emphasize reading and nerdery, while the most popular variety also favors a broody color palate, fabrics like wool and tweed, and the look ACADEMIA (accept modifiers like of prep school films like Dead Poets Society. Its name also describes a "dark" or "light" so long as they general profession. include "academia") 4a In 1975, who became the first African-American manager in MLB history when he was named player-manager for Cleveland? After his playing days were over, his managerial career included an AL Manager of the Year Award for the Orioles in 1989. Frank ROBINSON 4b Although she was born in Kenya, the works of which film director of Indian descent often center around the South Asian diaspora in the UK, as with 2002's Bend It Like Beckham and 2019's Blinded by the Light? Gurinder CHADHA 4c Which rapper noted in interviews that she struggled to come up with a reasonably clean verse for her Blackpink collaboration "Bet You Wanna"? Three of her four Billboard #1 hits have been collaborations with other artists, including Maroon 5, Megan Thee Stallion, and Bad Bunny & J. Balvin. CARDI B (or Belcalis ALMANZAR) Round 4 1a Sam Hunt's 2020 single "Hard to Forget" is built around a sample of which classic Webb Pierce song about the first drink of the day, which spent twelve weeks at the top of the country charts in 1953? THERE STANDS THE GLASS 1b Two sons of which NASCAR Hall of Famer were both racers themselves who died young: Davey in a 1993 helicopter crash, and Clifford in a 1992 practice crash at a Busch series race? This racer is considered the founder of the "Alabama Gang".