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ACRONYM 11 - Round 1 1. Players' health slowly deteriorates if this object is stolen from them by Swipin' Stu, a ​ denizen of Pinna Park. Before joining Rosalina at the Comet Observatory, Luma steals this thing at the end of a 2010 platformer. An impossibly frustrating monkey named Ukiki tries to steal this object on (*) Tall, Tall Mountain, a level from a certain Nintendo 64 game; that ​ ​ ​ game features Metal, Vanish, and Wing variations of this object. For 10 points, name this red garment that unusually has eyes and a name in Super Mario Odyssey. ​ ​ ANSWER: Mario's hat (or Mario's cap; accept Cappy after "eyes and a name"; prompt on ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ answers that don't identify Mario) <Vopava> 2. An old woman in this series uses a pendant to allegedly determine that another character ​ was having twins, and claims to know that because of "gypsy blood." On this series, the terms "thicker than blood" and "more precious than oil" are used to describe the maple (*) syrup produced by the Blossom family. In a season finale of this series, a father played by ​ Luke Perry is shot in an armed robbery and Cheryl is stopped from drowning herself in a certain body of water. Cole Sprouse plays Jughead Jones in, for 10 points, what CW series based on Archie Comics characters? ANSWER: Riverdale <Nelson> ​ ​ 3. One of these occurrences starts "from my bed" in Oasis's "Don't Look Back in Anger." ​ A track from Green Day's album ¡Tré! calls for 99 of these events, which named Green ​ ​ Day’s 2013 tour. According to a hit by T. Rex, "You won't fool the children of" this event. The New Power Generation succeeded a band named for this type of event as (*) Prince's ​ backing band. "You say you want" one of these events in a Beatles song that relevantly notes "We all want to change the world." For 10 points, name this kind of societal upheaval. ANSWER: revolution(s) (accept 99 Revolutions or Prince and the Revolution) <Vopava> ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 4. This sport is the subject of the early Robert De Niro film Bang the Drum Slowly. A 2014 ​ ​ ​ film starring Jon Hamm concerns an agent recruiting athletes to play this sport in India. Geena Davis and Rosie O'Donnell appeared in a 1992 film based on the true story of women in this sport. Kevin Costner (*) has starred in multiple films about this sport, including ​ For Love of the Game, Bull Durham, and a film in which he plays an Iowa farmer told by spirits ​ ​ ​ that "if you build it, they will come." For 10 points, name this sport depicted in Field of Dreams. ​ ​ ANSWER: baseball <Nelson> ​ ​ ACRONYM 11 - Round 1 5. Oklahoma State basketball player Bob Kurland is likely the first player to regularly take ​ this action in competition. The "East Bay Funk" variety of this action was debuted in a 1994 event by Isaiah Rider. A former collegiate rule banning this type of action was sometimes called the "Lew Alcindor rule." In 2012, (*) Liz Cambage became the first woman ​ to perform this action at the Olympics, while Lisa Leslie was the first to do it in the WNBA. An arm rotation is made in the "windmill" variety of, for 10 points, what exciting basketball shot? ANSWER: dunking (accept slam dunking or other clear synonyms) <Nelson> ​ ​ ​ ​ 6. In 2000, this man called "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters his favorite song after he ​ returned to TV following quintuple bypass surgery. This man interviewed Barack Obama in the first episode of his 2018 Netflix series My Next (*) Guest Needs No Introduction, in ​ ​ ​ which he sports a large, white beard. Recurring segments of another show hosted by this man included Stupid Pet Tricks and Top Ten Lists. After this man was passed over as host of The ​ Tonight Show, he developed a rivalry with Jay Leno. For 10 points, name this former host of ​ CBS's The Late Show. ​ ​ ANSWER: David (Michael) Letterman <Golden> ​ ​ 7. This man sampled David Bowie's "Shake It" for his repetitive but catchy debut 2006 ​ single, "Acceptable in the 80s." All eight singles off this man's 2012 album 18 Months ​ charted in the Top 10 in Britain, while his first major hit in the U.S. was the Florence Welch collaboration (*) "Sweet Nothing." In a 2017 single by this man, Pharrell asks "Do you ​ mind if I steal a kiss?" and Katy Perry warns "don't be afraid to catch" the title emotions. "Feels" and "This Is What You Came For" are hits by, for 10 points, what highest paid DJ in the world? ANSWER: Calvin Harris (or Adam Richard Wiles) <Vopava> ​ ​ ​ ​ 8. In an early role, this actress played the henchwoman of a Spanish arms dealer in the ​ 2010 film Knight and Day. This actress appeared in a 2015 flop in which she is suspected by ​ ​ her neighbors of being a secret agent. In another role, this co-star of Keeping Up (*) With ​ ​ the Joneses played the drug trafficker Gisele Yashar, who dies to save Han in Fast and Furious ​ ​ 6. A 2017 film starring this woman depicts her rescuing Steve Trevor after his plane crashes off ​ the coast of Themiscyra. For 10 points, name this Israeli star of Wonder Woman. ​ ​ ANSWER: Gal Gadot [guh-DOHT] (or Gal Gadot-Varsano) <Nelson> ​ ​ ​ ​ ACRONYM 11 - Round 1 9. An unseen man with this first name was voiced by John Forsythe in a 1970s TV series. ​ Peter Ostrum's only film role was in 1971 as a boy with this first name; that character was later played by Freddie Highmore in 2005. A girl known by this name is the second youngest child in the Duncan family and is the (*) title character of a Disney Channel sitcom. ​ In 2011 an actor with this first name popularized the hashtag #winning and boasted he had "tiger blood." For 10 points, give the preferred name of that erratic son of Martin Sheen. ANSWER: Charlie (do not accept or prompt on "Charles"; accept Charlie Bucket or Charlie ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ and the Chocolate Factory or or Charlie Sheen or Good Luck Charlie) <Vopava> ​ ​ ​ ​ 10. This athlete played just eight games for the Indianapolis Racers before they sold him ​ and promptly folded. The skier Nancy Green passed a torch to this man at the opening ceremonies of a recent Olympics. ESPN’s first 30 for 30 film concerns a trade of this player ​ ​ and is titled (*) Kings Ransom. In the 2000s, this man owned and briefly coached the Phoenix ​ ​ ​ Coyotes. This player won a record nine Hart Trophies, as well as four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers. The number 99 was worn by, for 10 points, what greatest hockey player? ANSWER: Wayne (Douglas) Gretzky <Nelson> ​ ​ 11. One film from this country depicts a widower whose friend helps him find a wife by ​ holding a fake casting call. An action film from this country depicts the passage of the BR Act, which aims to curb unruly youth. Animated films from this country include Castle (*) ​ in the Sky, the disturbing Grave of the Fireflies, and a 1988 film about a youth biker gang that ​ ​ ​ encounters children with god-like psychic powers. Akira [AH-kee-rah] is from, for 10 points, ​ ​ what Asian country, where Spirited Away was made by Hayao Miyazaki ["HIGH"-ow ​ ​ mee-uh-ZAH-kee]? ANSWER: Japan (or Nihon or Nippon) <Vopava> ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 12. A training facility for these people is named for the biblical figures Rachel and Leah. In ​ a season finale, one of these people enters a black van and leaves the Waterfords' house on the advice of Nick. Much in the way that Marthas wear green, people of this type wear (*) red. Alexis Bledel plays a quiet one of these people, who are selected for their fertility. Elisabeth Moss portrays another of these people, who all have names beginning with the word "of." For 10 points, name these women depicted in a Hulu series based on a novel by Margaret Atwood. ANSWER: handmaids <Golden> ​ ​ ACRONYM 11 - Round 1 13. In his first appearance, this character gives a friend a case of pencils that are labeled ​ "HB." This boy reassures his best friend by telling him "you are braver than you believe" and "smarter than you think." In one book, this character comes to "an enchanted place," and implies that he is leaving for (*) school. This boy, who says goodbye to his friends in a ​ novel set at a "house" on a certain corner, was named for his creator's young son. A "silly old bear" is a best friend of for 10 points, what human companion of Winnie the Pooh? ANSWER: Christopher Robin (prompt on "Robin"; do not accept or prompt on "Christopher ​ ​ (Robin) Milne") <Nelson> 14. In a controversial live performance of this song in July 2017, one of its singers replaced ​ much of its chorus with the words "blah blah blah." Official remixes of this song include an "urban" one by Sky and another by by DJ MOSKA and Major Lazer. A version of this song matched "One Sweet (*) Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men by spending 16 weeks ​ atop the Billboard Hot 100 and featured Daddy Yankee. "Slowly" is the English translation of the title of, for 10 points, what song featuring Justin Bieber and recorded by Luis Fonsi? ANSWER: Despacito <Nelson> ​ ​ 15. This MLB team’s minor league affiliates include the amazingly named Binghamton ​ Rumble Ponies. In a 2017 game, the portrayer of this baseball team's mascot was replaced after he flipped off a fan. Since 2016, this team's minor league system has employed former NFL quarterback (*) Tim Tebow.

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