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ONLINE QUIZ LEAGUE POP SOLOS Packet by The Station Agent, For use as OFFICIAL MATCH during Week 4 of Season 1 2/22/2021

Scorer at https://wikiquiz.org/Quiz_Scorer_App.html (use the link on quizcentral.net/matches.php) Correct as of 2/17/2021

Round 1 1a Heinz is the favoured brand for what part of a Full English Breakfast, though they do not sell the product widely in the USA? Brands in the BAKED BEANS USA that DO sell this non-breakfast canned food include Van Camp's. 1b "So put your best face on everybody / Pretend you know this song BANG! (accept accurate lyrics everybody." What song with an onamatopoeic title gave the brother including parts of the phrase "let's act AJR their first top 10 hit in 2021? go out with a bang") 1c Behind goals by Kevin de Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku, which European team knocked the US out of the 2014 Men's World Cup? The US was BELGIUM in this game only because of Tim Howard's heroics in goal.

2a The reverse of a knit stitch, what stitch in knitting will create a raised PURL bump or wavy horizontal line across the fabric? 2b What TV legend played Morgenstern on The Show and namesake spinoff Rhoda, before becoming an eponymous Valerie HARPER character on the show that turned into The Hogan Family when she left and was replaced by Sandy Duncan? 2c An ESPN ad campaign featured the fight song of Watersmeet Township High School, whose team was nicknamed for which Biblical NIMROD character, a "mighty hunter before the Lord"? His name now has a negative association.

3a What is the English name of the popular basic Normal-and-Fairy type Pokemon known in Japanese as "Purin," in French as "Rondoudou," JIGGLYPUFF and in German as "Pummeluff"? 3b Its name was a mild portmanteau of the nickname of its network and the night when it aired. What programming block from 1992-2005 SNICK (Saturday Night originally included such shows as Roundhouse and Are You Afraid of ) the Dark? 3c What filmmaker has earned a strong reputation as a director based on only seven films, beginning with 1986's Jumpin' Jack Flash and ending Penny MARSHALL with 2001's Riding In Cars With Boys?

4a It received no acting nominations, but what 1987 film won Oscars for 9 of its 9 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director for The LAST EMPEROR Bernardo Bertolucci? 4b Upon Tom Petty's death, what song went somewhat viral being sung by the 90,000 in attendance at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for a University I WON'T BACK DOWN of Florida football game? It contains the lyrics "Well I know what's right / I got just one life." This title does contain a pronoun. 4c The soundtrack to what women-led heist film of 1996 featured the Brandy-Tamia-Gladys Knight-Chaka Khan collaboration "Missing You" SET IT OFF and the more popular "Don't Let Go" by En Vogue?

Round 2

1a The originator of the role of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton at the Vassar workshop of the musical Hamilton, what actor Javier MUÑOZ replaced Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton in 2016, continuing in the role until 2018? 1b Crocheting gets its name from the French for what implement? HOOK 1c What sketch show, a Snick staple, debuted in 1994 with an original cast including Angelique Bates, Lori Beth Denberg, and Katrina Ann Johnson?

2a The top two Division I scorers in women's college basketball history have the last names Plum and Mitchell, and attended KELSEY Washington and Ohio State respectively. What is their shared first name? 2b Made from pork blood, what color "pudding" is often part of a BLACK pudding Full English Breakfast? 2c A remake of a 1947 film starring Cary Grant with a different title, what 1996 Penny Marshall film featured Whitney as The PREACHER'S WIFE the title character?

3a Swedish game publisher Paradox Interactive is known for their historical grand strategy computer games, including Europa HEARTS OF IRON Universalis, Crusader Kings, and what World War II-era game series with a metaphorical name? 3b It received no acting nominations, but what 1958 film won Oscars for 9 of its 9 nominations, including Best Picture, Best GIGI Director for Vincente Minnelli, and best song for Lerner and Loewe? 3c "They try to copy my swagger / I'm on that next *ish* now." What song with an onamatopoeic title was the lead single from BOOM BOOM POW the 2009 album "The E.N.D."?

4a Behind a goal by Asamoah Gyan, which African team and very frequent rival at the Men's World Cup knocked the US out of the GHANA 2010 iteration? 4b What TV legend played Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show before occupying the captain's chair on The Love Gavin MACLEOD Boat as Merrill Stubing? 4c A dachshund is the physical manifestation of Frankfort, Indiana's HOT DOGs (prompt on "dogs," high school mascot, which is what logical American name for a prompt on word forms) product?

Round 3

1a A number of films to win for both or all their Oscar nominations have won a particular film category and WHICH OTHER OSCAR? Best Original SONG These include An Inconvenient Truth, Coco, and Frozen. 1b Improbably, the Delta Devils from the city of Itta Bena have players in the top ten for both men's and women's career MISSISSIPPI (Mississippi Valley scoring in college basketball. In what state will you find this State) historically black university? 1c It evolves into Hypno; what is the English name of the Pokemon DROWZEE known in German as "Traumato" and in French as "Soporifik"?

2a "I Won't Back Down" was the lead single from what 1989 album, Tom Petty's first without the Heartbreakers? The title may be a FULL MOON FEVER reference to lycanthropy. 2b Javier Muñoz also replaced Miranda in what lead role in In the USNAVI de la VEGA (accept Heights, as the owner of a bodega? He got his name from what either name) his parents saw on the side of a ship. 2c A goal by Ballack and an unseen handball by Frings helped usher the US out of the 2002 Men's World Cup in the quarterfinals, at GERMANY the hands of what team?

3a Americans would call them "sausage links," but what slightly more exciting name is applied by Brits to that part of a Full BANGERS English Breakfast? As a dinner item, they may be paired with "mash." 3b What TV legend played Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show before later major roles as Rose Nylund and Elka Ostrovsky? 3c Babyface Edmonds produced the soundtrack to what 1992 romcom, including Boyz II Men's "End of the Road" and his own BOOMERANG collaboration with Toni Braxton, "Give U My Heart"?

4a Larisa Oleynik starred as what superpowered title character on the show which replaced in the Snick ALEX MACK (The Secret World lineup? Character's first and last name are required, but the full of Alex Mack) show title is not. 4b The most recent in the Total War series of historical games was set in what specific historical period? The game publisher Koei THREE KINGDOMS has also made fourteen strategy games in a series titled for this period, which also spun off Dynasty Warriors. 4c "And now the dudes are linin' up cause they hear we got swagger." What song with an onamatopoeic title was the lead TIK TOK single from the 2009 album Animal?

Round 4

1a Backing vocals on "I Won't Back Down" are performed by George Harrison and what other Traveling Wilbury, Tom Petty's Jeff LYNN main songwriting partner on the album? He is best known as the leader of Electric Light Orchestra. 1b The high school in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota has what two- word rhyming nickname for its sports teams? This phrase was most frequently encountered on a Chili's menu, as their brand AWESOME BLOSSOMs name for an appetizer more closely associated with Outback Steakhouse. 1c The most recent in a series, what historic strategy game has two full-fledged expansion packs, including: "Rise and Fall," covering the cyclical nature of history; and "The Gathering Storm," CIVILIZATION VI (SIX) covering environment and climate? Your answer should include a number.

2a "Why don't you kick yourself out / you're an immigrant too." What song with an (at least half) onamatopoeic title was the ICKY THUMP title track from the sixth and last album by the White Stripes? 2b What is the English name of the basic Poison-type Pokemon known in Japanese as "Dogars," in German as "Smogon," and in KOFFING French as "Smogo"? 2c "Not Gon' Cry" by Mary J. Blige, "Sittin' Up In My Room" by Brandy, and a title song written by Babyface and recorded by WAITING TO EXHALE the star drove sales of the septuple-platinum soundtrack to what 1995 film directed by Forest Whitaker?

3a In both knitting and weaving, what word also heard in science fiction is the opposite of the term "weft"? Weft means WARP horizontal or transverse and this word means vertical or lengthwise. 3b What team knocked the hosting Americans out of the 1994 Men's World Cup? The US has beaten this alleged hemispheric BRAZIL rival only once, in February 1998, and has lost to them 18 times with zero draws. 3c The originator of the role of Alexander Hamilton on the Chicago stage, what actor took over the Broadway version in March Miguel CERVANTES 2020 just before lockdown? He shares his whole name with an eminent Spaniard.

4a What is the name of the fortune-telling machine in Penny Marshall's film Big that turns Josh Baskin into the older, Tom ZOLTAR Hanks version of himself? 4b A piece of what meat in a Full English Breakfast is referred to as BACON a "rasher"? Americans might say a "piece" or "slice." 4c Lorri Bauman held the record for D1 women's college basketball scoring before the introduction of three-pointers. As a Bulldog University in Des Moines, what college did she play for?

Round 5

1a What TV legend won five Emmys for portraying the same character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and a more dramatic Ed ASNER spinoff? 1b In A League of Their Own, what creator of Happy Days plays Garry MARSHALL (Penny's baseball league owner Walter Harvey? brother) 1c What MTV staple, which later became the title track to the "REGULATE" (Warren G. f/ Nate album entitled "[BLANK]...G Funk Era," first appeared on the Dogg) Above the Rim soundtrack in 1992?

2a Set during the Sengoku period, a series of historic simulation games by Koei is titled for what important historical man's Oda NOBUNAGA ("Nobunaga's "Ambition"? Recent subtitles in the series include Taishi and Ambition") Sphere of Influence. 2b 1995-1996's all- version of SNICK saw the three original Nicktoons Doug, , and Ren and Stimpy joined by ROCKO'S MODERN LIFE what show about a wallaby? 2c Which 1999 film won all 4 Oscars it was nominated for, none of which were acting, screenplay, or directing? It also won Best The MATRIX Fight at the MTV Movie Awards, over The Phantom Menace's lightsaber battle.

3a What musician led off his album American III: Solitary Man with Johnny CASH a stripped down cover of "I Won't Back Down?" 3b A crew-cutted "Criminal" is the mascot of the oldest high school in what city of around 100,000 in the southwestern corner of YUMA Arizona? It lies a few miles from the border town of Los Algodones, Mexico. 3c What extremely accurate shooter from the University of Delaware, with a frequently mispronounced last name, needed Elena DELLE DONNE (Dell-A- only 114 career games to reach the top ten in scoring in 2013? Done) She has won the NBA MVP with both the Sky and Mystics since then.

4a What actor best known as Laurens and Philip in the original Broadway cast of Hamilton will play Usnavi in the film Anthony RAMOS adaptation of In the Heights? 4b In Japanese, it evolves into "Thunders," "Showers," and "Booster." In German, it evolves into "Aquana," "Blitza," and EEVEE "Flamara." What is this highly variable Pokemon? 4c What form of knotting art has a name from the Arabic for "striped towel" and uses square knots and half-hitches to make MACRAME ornamental items? The Cavandoli style of this craft is often used to make geometric patterns.

Tie breaker round. Ask all players tied for first place the first three questions individually, usually by having them leave the room. If there are still at least one player tied, ask them the second set.

Please message Steve Bahnaman ([email protected], or on ) results of broken ties. Only first-place ties need to be broken. 1a In which film featuring the essential 80s images of bullying William Zabka and drugged-out Robert Downey Jr., does Rodney BACK TO SCHOOL Dangerfield perform a dive known as the Triple Lindy? 1b What Olympic event differs from skeet shooting in that the clay TRAP shooting pigeons are fired from a single location, rather than two? 1c Movies (And Other Things), Basketball (And Other Things), and The Rap Yearbook are works by what Texan journalist and Shea SERRANO commentator?

2a Stella Artois, brewed in Belgium since 1926, is what type of beer PILSNER named for a city in Bohemia? 2b The godparents of Victoria and David Beckham's children include Elton John and what actress who appeared as the devil Elizabeth HURLEY in "Bedazzled"? 2c Kira Nerys and Ro Laren are both members of what species? The Deep Space Nine space station lies near their home BAJORan planet. Species or planet acceptable. TB One of the most expensive on the site, how many US dollars 1 does a custom celebrity video from Caitlyn Jenner cost on the $2500 site Cameo?

Spare Questions 1 What combination of pins – the back two – is the hardest to pick up 7-10 Split (accept either order) spare in bowling? 2 Forever tied to Serena Williams, what tennis standout won her fourth Naomi OSAKA career Grand Slam at this past weekend’s Australian Open? 3 “I want to love you, the bear said, the bear said I can’t” is a common HOLD MY HAND mishearing of the end of the refrain to what song by Hootie and the Blowfish?