2018 IHBB Sports & Entertainment History Bee - Round 1

1. Bill Murray was the first person to be interviewed during this show’s “Five Questions” segment. Early sketches on this show would include "This Day in Hasselhoff History" and "Last Weekend's Top-Grossing Films, Converted into Lira." It’s most famous host took over the lead role in 1999 from Craig Kilborn and helped launch the comedic careers of Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Steve Carrell before he quit in 2015 and handed off the reigns to its “Senior International Correspondent” from South Africa. For the point, name this satirical Comedy Central Show now hosted by Trevor Noah that tackles the news of the day.

Ans: The Daily Show

2. This city essentially boycotted The Sun newspaper for spreading false allegations about the Hillsborough disaster, in which 95 fans of a team from this city died in a crush during an FA Cup semifinal. The Quarrymen began playing in this city's Cavern Club in 1957. This city's two largest soccer clubs, Everton and a club whose anthem is "You'll Never Walk Alone," play the Merseyside Derby. Anfield is the home of "the Reds" in, for the point, what English industrial port city, the home city of the Beatles?

Ans: Liverpool

3. In this country in 2016, referee César Flores was shot and killed on the pitch by a player he'd sent off. A soccer club in this country plays home games in the La Bombonera; that team is the Boca Juniors. During a heated game in the 1986 World Cup, a midfielder who played for this country scored the "Hand of God" goal, shortly followed by the "Goal of the Century." For the point, name this country that lost the most recent World Cup Final to Germany and whose current roster includes Lionel Messi.

Ans: Argentina

4. In high school, this man led coach Jack Donahue's Power Memorial team to three straight New York City Catholic championships. In the summer of 1968, while attending UCLA, he converted to Sunni Islam, only later making his name change official. In the aforementioned film, he brought up dragging Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes to a child named Joey while flying an airplane in Airplane! For the point, name this record 6-time NBA MVP who played 20 seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers.

Ans: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (accept Ferdinand Lew Alcindor)

5. An early film version of this character had him as an assistant to Admiral Greer while the younger version has him as an assistant to William Cabot while at the CIA. In both cases, this character was trying to prevent WWIII involved a submarine and a nuclear bomb. For the point, name this CIA analyst from the Tom Clancy universe first portrayed by Alec Baldwin in “The Hunt for Red October,” Ben Affleck in “The Sum of All Fears.” and, most recently, Chris Pine as the titular “Shadow Recruit.”

Ans: Jack Ryan

6. Note to reader: read the guitar notes slowly. In an episode of “Two and a Half Men,” Jake Harper incessantly played this song’s D4 F4 G4 | D4 F4 G#4 [G-sharp 4] G4 opening riff during a fit of depression. The Leicester [“Lester”] City Tigers uses this song as its entry theme and it became a hit again in 1989 after its use in the Concert for Armenia. The song covers the moment “a gambling house” on the shore of Lake Geneva called the Montreux Casino, burned to the ground after a Frank Zappa concert. For the point name this 1971 rock hit from Deep Purple where the titular haze complemented the “fire in the sky.”

Ans: Smoke on the Water

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7. In 2018, Forbes valued this team at $1.8 billion, making them the 7th-most valuable franchise in MLB. Since 1926, this team has encountered a renaissance with eleven World Series titles and eighteen pennants. In 2010, this team controversially hired one its former players to be their hitting coach, despite his prior public admittance to using performance enhancing drugs. For the point, name the professional baseball team based in the Midwest whose current manager is Mike Matheny, and includes former players such as Dizzy Dean, Rogers Hornsby, and Stan Musial.

Ans: St. Louis Cardinals

8. The first person credited with this action was 7’ tall Bob Kurland from Oklahoma State. With a variant that gets its name for a French phrase meaning roughly “off you go,” Candance Parker has done this action twice professionally and Darryl Dawkins, while performing a variant of this maneuver, broke two backboards, leading to the development of the breakaway rim in 1981. For the point name this high-flying scoring maneuver that has its own side contest during NBA All-Star Weekend, won in 2018 by Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz.

Ans:

9. The mother of one member of this band is credited with inventing liquid paper AKA "white out." In February of 2018, two members from this band announced a tour subtitled "The Mike and Mickey Show" while a third member, Peter Tork, opted out of touring. The most famous member of this group, who died on Leap Day 2012, made a guest appearance on The Brady Bunch. For the point name this simian titled 60s rock band with hits such as "Last Train to Clarksville," "Daydream Believer," and "I'm a Believer."

Ans: The Monkees

10. The highest grossing single day take for “Titanic” was on this day, which conveniently fell on a Saturday in 1998 and earned the film $13 million. A 2010 film named after this day name was Taylor Swift’s film debut alongside Taylor Launter and Anne Hathaway. Another film made in 1967 starring Jason Robards as Al Capone covered events that took place at 2122 N Clark St. in Chicago. For the point, name this “holiday of love” on February 14th named for a Roman priest martyred for marrying early Christians.

Ans: Valentine’s Day (accept “Feb 14th” before “2010 film,” prompt afterwards, and do not accept it after it’s mentioned)

11. In 2005, this man defeated Mariano Puerta, who was later found to be doping, to win his first major. Several achievements of this man have merited the name "La Décima," because he has won at least ten times at tournaments such as Barcelona. This winner of the 2008 men's singles Olympic gold medal beat Bjorn Borg's record of winning 16 titles as a teenager and surpassed Borg's record at a tournament in Paris. For the point, name this Spanish tennis player, the "King of Clay."

Ans: Rafael Nadal

12. This athlete was driven to school by the playwright Samuel Beckett as he had the only car in the area big enough for him to ride in. By 1973, he was employed by Vincent J. McMahon and began an undefeated streak that would last until he was defeated in 1987 by Hulk Hogan. Also known for his role as Fessik in “The Princess Bride” and the subject of a recent HBO documentary, for the point, name this wrestling legend billed as the ¨Eighth Wonder of the World” due to his massive 7’4” 520 lb frame.

Ans. Andre the Giant (accept Andre Roussimoff)

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13. A cartoonish video game based on this board game includes a faction of cats led by Generalissimo Meow. In 1957, filmmaker Albert Lamorisse invented this boardgame, whose 1999 Napoleon-themed edition added fortresses. Italy and Spain are among the neutral zones in the "Castle" edition of this board game. Players can roll up to three red dice to start an attack in this game. The Australia strategy may be employed in, for the point, what strategic board game whose board contains 42 territories spread out across six continents?

Ans: Risk

14. Before joining the band this musician is best known for, he was a member of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. Since, he has performed with several groups known as this man’s All-Star Band. This musician starred as Mr. Conductor for the first season of the PBS show Shining Time Station before being replaced by George Carlin. He performed under the pseudonym Billy Shears as the vocalist on the Sgt. Peppers’ version of “With A Little Help from My Friends.” The successor to Pete Best and married to Barbara Bach, for the point, name recently knighted musician and long-time drummer for The Beatles.

Ans: Ringo Starr [or Richard Starkey]

15. A member of this profession sued Jackie Onassis Kennedy after Secret Service agents destroyed his property; that man is Ron Galella. A character played by Walter Santesso in La Dolce Vita inspired the name of this profession, which is referred to as the "puppy squad" in China. In 1997, a Mercedes S280 that was being driven away from members of this group crashed in a tunnel, killing Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana. A 2013 law was passed to protect children of celebrities from being harassed by, for the point, what notoriously aggressive type of photographer?

Ans: Paparazzi (accept paparazzo; prompt on photographer, journalist, or other generic terms before "photographer" is read)

16. A character in this film asks if eating oysters is moral and eating snails immoral. This film's opening narration speaks of a city "fatally stricken" with "human slavery" that is destined to fall to Christianity. John F. Kennedy crossed a picket line to view this Stanley Kubrick film, whose screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, had been blacklisted as a member of the Hollywood 10. When asked to identify their leader, rebels in this film rise to their feet and claim "I am" the title character. For the point, name this 1960 film about the title gladiator's fight against the Roman Republic.

Ans: Spartacus

17. These characters battled the Rank led by Dragonlord in one live-action incarnation that teamed them with a female counterpart. These sometimes rivals of Karai, the daughter of Oroku Saki, have allied with the rabbit samurai Usagi Yojimbo in all three animated series to feature them, and they were trained either by Hamato Yoshi himself or by his pet, better known as Master Splinter. Constantly antagonized by Shredder, for the point, name these four young, abnormal, reptilian martial artists.

Ans: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

19. One member of this band was injured after falling out of a palm tree in 2006 while another member of this band was namechecked in a 2010 hit by Maroon Five. This band’s successful tours have included Bridges to Babylon in the 1990’s and A Bigger Bang in the 21st century, and they have performed now for well over 50 years. Songs such as “Gimme Shelter” and “Brown Sugar” demonstrate the trademark blues-influenced hard rock sound of this band. For the point, name this rock band featuring Keith Richards and Mr. Jumping Jack Flash himself, Mick Jagger.

Ans: The Rolling Stones

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20. This athlete once allegedly showed his aversion to taking public political stances by claiming that Republicans need to buy sneakers too. At the height of this man’s success he took several years off from his main sport to play for the Birmingham Barons minor league baseball team. This man who starred in the film Space Jam with Bugs Bunny led his team to two separate three-peats in the 1990’s, defeating the Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns among others. For the point, name this man who wore #23 while wearing his trademarked Nike shoes in Chicago while playing for the Bulls.

Ans:

21. In one game with this name, Lord Mazdamundi is the leader of the Lizardmen while Sigmar Heldenhammer wields a weapon known as Ghal Maraz. Another game with this name includes races such as the Eldar and Orks and is often simply known as 40K. In that game, the Imperial Guard and Adeptus Astartes serve the Imperium of Man, which was founded by the God Emperor of Mankind. For the point, give this name shared by two popular tabletop wargames created by Games Workshop, a titular weapon.

Ans: Warhammer (Accept “Warhammer Fantasy Battle” before Eldar)

22. An attempt to destroy the object was launched from the Lucrehulk-class battleship Fortressa, and a prototype of this object was located in the Maw Installation. Officially known as the DS-1, it was internally known as Project Stardust and its key designers included Galen Erso and Orson Krennic. Han Solo famously said “That’s no moon” upon first sighting this object. For the point, name this massive space station which destroyed Alderaan with its superlaser.

Ans: First Death Star

23. This country hosted the UEFA (pr. YOU-ay-FAH) 2004 European Football Championships, and its team reached the finals before losing to pre-tournament 100 to 1 long shot Greece. A type of love song from this country is known as the fado, while one of its singers won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest leading the 2018 Eurovision to be held here. For the point, name this country whose soccer team finally won the 2016 European Championship over France, giving Christiano Ronaldo his first major international title and delighting fans in Lisbon.

Ans: Portugal

24. Baywatch star David Hasselfhoff is the focus of an offbeat museum in this city where Hasselhoff once claimed to have had an outsize influence on geopolitics. U2 recorded their album Achtung Baby in this city in 1990 shortly after a Leonard Bernstein concert here which saw the word “joy” replaced by the word “freedom” during a performance of Beethoven’s 9 th symphony. This city’s techno scene in the ‘90s led to hundreds of thousands of people dancing at its Love Parade festival. For the point, name this city where Sven the bouncer stands guard at the Berghain nightclub near where an international border once stood until 1990.

Ans: Berlin

25. At this event, Aleksandr Ovechkin’s team lost in the quarterfinals on home ice, causing an embarrassment to his country’s president. A doping scandal at this event was caused by officials from the host country’s Sports Ministry while the estimated cost of this event at $50 billion dollars was more expensive than any event of its type ever held, summer or winter. For the point, name these Winter Olympics, the first ever to be held in the Caucasus Mountains or anywhere else in Russia.

Ans: Sochi or the 2014 Winter Olympics (Olympics not needed in answer after mention of Olympics in the question)

2018 IHBB Sports & Entertainment History Bee - Round 1 Backup Question

A Super Bowl ad by this company, who paid $0 for the ad, was based on Twitter footage of Lauren May winning $11.38. During the Pyeongchang Olympics, its February 28th episode was co-hosted by Kristi Yamaguchi while Bert from Sesame Street co-hosted alongside main host Scott Rogowsky two weeks earlier. Also hosted by Sarah Pribus on occasion, this game’s cash prizes have recently been funded by venture capitalist Peter Thiel, a noted supporter of Donald Trump. For the point, name this app based trivia game show platform whose name is two letters that could be mistaken for a building full of generals.

Ans: HQ Trivia