ACRONYM 12 - Round 7
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ACRONYM 12 - Round 7 1. A character in this film tells its protagonist that she may use any sauce for the chicken nuggets he has made, as he enjoys all of them equally. Enya's "Orinoco Flow" plays as a girl scrolls through social media in this film, in which that protagonist resents being unable to follow the advice of her own (*) motivational YouTube channel. Elsie Fisher stars in this film as Kayla, who makes a time capsule for when she graduates in four years. Bo Burnham wrote and directed, for 10 points, what 2018 film about a girl's last week of middle school? ANSWER: Eighth Grade <Quinn> 2. Due to a carpentry accident, this TV personality was missing part of his left index finger. Hoot the Owl and Peapod the Pocket Squirrel were occasionally seen in a TV show hosted by this man. This man entered television after retiring as an Air Force master sergeant stationed in Alaska. In 2015, Twitch streamed a (*) nine-day marathon of this man's show, in which he sported a light blue shirt and a large, permed hairstyle. Mistakes were often deemed "happy little accidents" by, for 10 points, what host of the long-running PBS show The Joy of Painting? ANSWER: Bob Ross (or Robert Norman Ross) <Golden> 3. A song titled for being "Caught in" this place laments "I can't think of getting old" and appears on Paramore's album After Laughter. Bipolar Sunshine promises to "build a world for two" in a DJ Snake song titled for this place. A "little girl" is told (*) "it just takes some time" in a song titled for this figurative place by Jimmy Eat World. A 2018 hit claims "I'm losing my mind just a little" and pleads "why don't you meet me" in this place. Grey, Maren Morris, and Zedd collaborated on a song titled after, for 10 points, what metaphorically central location? ANSWER: the middle (accept Caught in the Middle) <Nelson> 4. This college clinched a 2018 Sweet Sixteen birth on an acrobatic buzzer beater by Jordan Poole. Before the 2018-19 season, this team lost stars Duncan Robinson and the German-born Moritz Wagner. The Ed Martin scandal led to this school being stripped of its 1992 Final Four appearance, (*) in which they featured a Chris Webber-led group known as the Fab Five. John Beilein coaches this team, who lost the 2018 championship game to Villanova. Maize and blue are the colors of, for 10 points, what Big 10 school nicknamed the Wolverines? ANSWER: University of Michigan (prompt on "Wolverines" before it's mentioned) <Nelson> 5. A young one of these animals made from diamonds is owned by Handsome Jack, the villain of Borderlands 2. The protagonist of the hack-and-slash series Darksiders is accompanied by one of these animals. Another of these animals named Agro is the companion of the giant-slaying protagonist of (*) Shadow of the Colossus. These animals are used by Arthur Morgan and other members of the Van Der Linde gang in a 2018 Rockstar game. The Zelda series' Epona is an example of, for 10 points, what animals also used for transportation in Red Dead Redemption II? ANSWER: horses (accept pony or ponies before "Darksiders") <Nelson> ACRONYM 12 - Round 7 6. A character on this TV show cheats at the made-up game Ball Ball, leading to a fight on Thanksgiving. Formica King, a rival to the furniture store Ottoman Empire, is owned by a father in this series. Rick Mellor, a gym coach and recurring character on this show, is central to its spinoff (*) Schooled. Patton Oswalt voices the adult version of this show's protagonist, who often uses a VHS camcorder, which in this series is a new technology. A Jewish boy named Adam is part of the title family in, for 10 points, what 80s-centric sitcom? ANSWER: The Goldbergs <Nelson> 7. The word for this type of person is claimed to have been first used to name a creature in Dr. Seuss's If I Ran the Zoo. A 1980s film character named Ogre becomes violently angry when encountering people of this type. A group partially named for these people employs the title character of (*) Chuck."Lemon" is a 2017 hit by a hip hop group named for this type of person, which also describes an "angry" web series host that plays and ridicules bad NES games. Nestle sells a fruit flavored candy named after, for 10 points, what awkward people? ANSWER: nerds (accept N.E.R.D. or nerdy or Revenge of the Nerds or Angry Video Game Nerd) <Nelson> 8. A 2017 Instagram post by this athlete concerned a rude airline passenger who cut him off and then watched Parental Guidance, a movie in which this man appears. In 2018 this man teased a possible reboot of Boom Boom HuckJam, a touring exhibition he established in 2002. This man's son Riley appears in a 2015 release in a long-running (*) video game series named for this man, which also included American Wasteland. The first ever documented 900 on a vert ramp was performed at the 1999 X-Games by, for 10 points, what skateboarder? ANSWER: Tony Hawk (or Anthony Frank Hawk) <Vopava> 9. In an Oscar-winning role, this actor played an alcoholic screenwriter who drinks himself to death in Las Vegas. This man's stage name is taken from that of one of his favorite comic book characters. In 2018 this actor played a crossbow-wielding logger in the horror film (*) Mandy. This actor played a guy who has a thing placed on his head and is mercilessly stung by bees in The Wicker Man, and starred in another series as an adventurer who steals the Declaration of Independence. The Coppola family includes, for 10 points, what star of National Treasure? ANSWER: Nicolas Cage (or Nicolas Kim Coppola) <Nelson> 10. A horrendous made-for-TV movie sometimes called Attack of the Phantoms stars this rock band. A branded casket is among the extensive merchandise sold by this group, whose concerts open with the somewhat dubious claim, "You wanted the best, you got the best." This band's disco-influenced "I Was (*) Made for Lovin' You" was detested by its former guitarist, Ace Frehley, who used a persona called the "Spaceman." "Detroit Rock City" and "Rock and Roll All Nite" are by, for 10 points, what make-up wearing band fronted by Gene Simmons? ANSWER: Kiss <Golden> ACRONYM 12 - Round 7 11. One of these places is the primary setting of the 2016 mini-series The Night Of. The alias Kaniel Outis is used by Michael Scofield in a 2016 Fox revival set in, and named for, one of these places. Joyce Mitchell, an employee of one of these places, was played by Patricia Arquette in a 2018 mini-series created by (*) Ben Stiller. Lori Grimes dies during childbirth while in one of these places on The Walking Dead. The title location of the Showtime series Escape at Dannemora is, for 10 points, what setting of Orange Is The New Black? ANSWER: prisons (or jails or correctional facilities or similar; accept Prison Break) <Nelson> 12. One member of this family asks "We going to Jersey?" while riding to a restaurant in a car with Captain McCluskey in the back seat. Another member of this family savagely beats up Carlo in the street for abusing Connie, another member of this family. Apollonia marries into this family but is (*) killed by a car bomb in Sicily. The patriarch of this family insists he can change Jack Woltz's mind by making him "an offer he can't refuse." Fredo [FRAY-doh], Michael, and Don Vito belong to, for 10 points, what mafia family from The Godfather? ANSWER: Corleone (or the Corleones or Corleone family) <Vopava> 13. This baseball player earned the nickname "El Ministro de la Defensa" at the 2017 World Baseball Classic, where he was also robbed of a home run by a then teammate. The excellently named Zach Pop was one of five prospects traded for this man in July 2018, who likely deliberately (*) kicked Jesus Aguilar on a play at first in that year's NLCS, where he was criticized for a lack of hustle. Despite being a four-time all star, it took until February 2019 for a team to sign, for 10 points, what former Dodgers and Orioles infielder who now plays with the Padres? ANSWER: Manny Machado [muh-CHAH-doh] (or Manuel Arturo Machado) <Quinn> 14. Isom Innis became this band's bassist in 2017 after Cubbie Fink very unamicably quit in 2015. This band asked "Is it wrong to rock the booze?" in their 2017 single "Doing It for the Money." A single from this band's 2018 album (*) Sacred Hearts Club opens by noting, "it's over, it's over, I'm circling these vultures" and promises, "Just say the word and I'll pop a seat." Another hit by this group creepily alludes to a shooting against kids who'd "better run." "Sit Next to Me" is a recent hit by, for 10 points, what indie pop band behind "Pumped Up Kicks"? ANSWER: Foster the People <Vopava> 15. A Sesame Street monster named for having this quality teaches words from behind a brick wall. A boy with this physical property titles multiple songs on Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. The logo of video game studio Double Fine appropriately features a (*) flying being with this property. A multiplayer variant of Magic: The Gathering is titled for a giant with this property.