2006 TRASH Regionals Round 01 Tossups
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2006 TRASH Regionals Round 01 Tossups 1. A three-sport star at Putnam County High School, he began his coaching career at Southern Mississippi in 1975. In 1983, he was named head coach of Appalachian State. After one season there, he served as Barry Switzer’s offensive coordinator at Oklahoma. In 1985, he became head coach at Tulane, where he remained for three years before taking over the North Carolina program. He led the Tar Heels to six straight bowl games before moving to Austin in 1998. For ten points, name this head coach of the reigning national champion Longhorns. Answer: Mack Brown 2. (AUDIO) Two answers required. For ten points, both name the 21st century hit and its artist. (Track 02) Answer: “Survivor” by Destiny’s Child 3. The Lumi´eresmade the first film of this type, The Arrival of the Train, in 1903. The first color feature to use it, Bwana Devil, came out in 1953. Two “Three Stooges” shorts, Spooks and Pardon My Backfire, used it, while 1953’s Kiss Me Kate was promoted as the first movie musical using this technique. The French Line, a Jane Russell pic filmed this way, had a tag line boasting that it would “knock both of your eyes out,” an allusion to Russell’s famous figure. For ten points, name this film gimmick best appreciated through a pair of stereoscopic glasses. Answer: 3D 4. It was released as Mother 2 in Japan; its long-awaited sequel, Mother 3, hit Japanese stores on April 20. In the US it was not commercially successful, despite a marketing blitz in Nintendo Power that famously included scratch-and-sniff stickers. It nevertheless developed a cult following, prompting Nintendo to put two of its locations, Onett and Fourside cities, in Super Smash Brothers: Melee. Melee and the original Super Smash Brothers also featured the game’s main character, a telekinetic preteen. For ten points, name the Super NES game which gave the world Dr. Saturn, Paula, Poo and Ness. Answer: Earthbound 5. Donated to the Smithsonian in 2004, a miniature replica of it was included in the show’s seasons 5 and 6 DVD set. The brain-child of a designer named Leslie, it is worn publicly during a Today show segment plugging a Goodwill benefit that will support clothing the homeless. The wearer was originally unaware he promised to don it due to Leslie being a “low talker” whose conversation is barely audible. Created to kick-start a trend of dressing like a pirate, identify, for ten points, this item of clothing reluctantly donned by Jerry Seinfeld, named for the effect of its many ruffles. Answer: the Puffy Shirt 6. In 2006, this author will release Under Orders, his first novel since the 2000 death of his wife, Mary Margaret Benchly. A Spitfire and Lancaster fighter pilot during World War Two, he won more than 350 British National Hunt events in the 1940s and 50s before two serious falls forced him into retirement. His autobiography, The Sport of Queens, was released in 1957, but he is better known for his fiction beginning with the 1962 novel Dead Cert. For ten points, name this prolific British mystery writer whose 30-plus books generally feature horse racing. Answer: Dick Francis 7. It was founded by a Mr. Coulombe, who said its target audience was “the educated customer.” Originally founded in 1958 as Pronto Market, it underwent re-branding in an attempt to differentiate from convenience stores. Now more upscale, it has become a place for shoppers seeking kosher, vegetarian, and organic products. The recent nationwide expansion out of its southern California base has been fueled in part by using Charles Shaw wine as a loss leader. For ten points, name this specialty grocer whose friendly staff wear Hawaiian shirts. Answer: Trader Joe’s 8. It lends its name to Yale’s undergraduate folk singing group and to one of the books in Joan Vinge’s “Snow Queen” series. The song was inspired by its writer’s art studies with David Raeburn, and is intended to resemble a painting in its nonlinear narrative structure. Geographically, too, it meanders from the north woods, where the narrator worked as a cook, to New Orleans, where he meets his ex working at a strip club, and Brooklyn, where he mentions living on Montague Street. One of Bob Dylan’s most personal songs, it depicts his relationship with his first wife. Shamelessly cribbed by Hootie and the Blowfish in “Only Wanna Be With You,” this is, for ten points, what opening song from Blood On The Tracks? Answer: “Tangled Up In Blue” 1 2006 TRASH Regionals Round 01 Tossups 9. Jane Blalock won the initial title in 1972 after Judy Rankin faded down the stretch. Rankin would win her title in 1976. Annika Sorenstam, Betsy King and Amy Alcott have each won it a record three times, with Alcott starting the tradition of jumping into the lake after a victory in 1988. Played at Mission Hills Country Club and won in dramatic fashion by Karrie Webb in 2006, for ten points, name this tournament originally named for Dinah Shore and now named after a food conglomerate, the first LPGA major of the year. Answer: Kraft Nabisco Championship (accept Dinah Shore before mentioned, prompt on Nabisco) 10. He was teaching law in Beijing when CBS hired him as a translator during the Tianamen Square protests. Moving to journalism, he worked in Richmond and Phoenix before landing a job with his current network in Chicago. He was a Justice Department correspondent in the late 1990s, reported from Belgrade and Kosovo, and was embedded during the invasion of Iraq. The former anchor of World News Tonight Saturday, he made news on January 29th when he suffered a serious head injury from an explosion outside of Baghdad. Name, for ten points, this now-recovering co-anchor of ABC’s World News Tonight. Answer: Bob Woodruff 11. One parody of it requires you to tear it up after you use it. Another is a “Mox” hybrid from Unhinged that costs fifteen to “go infinite.” It is only legal in Vintage events, where it is restricted because of its abuse in combos like Channelball. Black- bordered versions of this Power Nine member from Alpha and Beta go for much more than Unlimited copies, which can occasionally be found for just under 1000 dollars. For ten points, name this most valuable card in Magic: The Gathering, which gives you three mana of any color at no cost to play. Answer: Black Lotus (Accept “Lotus” before “Vintage” is mentioned.) 12. Used by ECW as the entrance music of professional wrestler Raven, this song’s guitar riff was inspired by a Middle East trip. A #1 song on the modern rock chart despite being released on an independent album, it describes guns and gangs at schools, depicting a scenario in which “One goes to the morgue and the other to jail,” while claiming that “Your never- ending spree of death and violence and hate / Is gonna tie your own rope.” The biggest hit off the album Smash, this is, for ten points, which Offspring song with a refrain of “You gotta keep ’em separated”? Answer: “Come Out and Play (Keep ’Em Separated)” 13. Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones, this is the story of a young woman cursed by a witch. She takes a position with a local wizard, befriending Calcifer, the fire demon who powers the wizard’s domicile. This movie’s English version features voice talent by Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall and Jena Malone. For ten points, name this 2005 feature that brought Hayao Miyazaki out of retirement. Answer: Howl’s Moving Castle (or Hauru no ugoku shiro) 14. The first documented evidence of this sport dates back to 1887 in Switzerland, where contestants raced from St. Moritz to Celerina to win a bottle of champagne. Jennison Heaton won Olympic gold in 1928, while Italy’s Nino Bibbia won in 1948. Duff Gibson and Maya Pedersen won gold in 2006, while Jim Shea and Tristan Gale led a U.S. golden sweep in 2002. For ten points, name this Olympic sport which is nothing more than people going 80 miles an hour racing face-first, stomach-down on a sled. Answer: Skeleton 15. The Straight Dope claims that this six-letter word may come from the Yiddish for “little bird.” One is a millionaire with a jet plane in the un-edited lyrics of “Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits. Dan Savage once used it as a salutation in his column, while George Carlin claims that it had a different meaning in his youth, defining it as someone “who wouldn’t go downtown on Saturday night and help beat up queers.” For ten points, name this word that can refer to a bundle of sticks or, slangily, to a homosexual. Answer: faggot 16. The Scottish practice of deep frying this food item is referenced in a Grand Theft Auto: Vice City cheat code to fatten a character. Urban legend claims that Mick Jagger was once caught eating one of them out of Marianne Faithfull’s vagina. The U.S. version features plain nougat with whole almonds, while the rest of the world knows it as chocolate nougat topped with caramel and coated with chocolate. For ten points, name this candy bar whose international version is known in the U.S. as a Milky Way. Answer: Mars Bar 2 2006 TRASH Regionals Round 01 Tossups 17. According to Herman Zimmerman, most of their designs were inspired by Italian architect Carlo Scarpa.