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ONLINE QUIZ LEAGUE POP SOLOS Packet by [k], For use as OFFICIAL MATCH during Week 8 of Season 1 3/16/2021

Scorer at https://wikiquiz.org/Quiz_Scorer_App.html (use the link on quizcentral.net/matches.php) Correct as of 3/12/2021

Round 1 1a In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, what MTV reality show that is based on a 2010 documentary film had cohosts Nev [NEEV] Schulman CATFISH: The TV Show and Kamie [KAMM EE] Crawford video conferencing with episode participants? 1b What future Oscar-winner for Best Supporting Actress starred alongside Tom Petty in the 1993 music video for "Mary Jane's Last Kim BASINGER Dance"? She is the beautiful corpse taken home by a morgue assistant. 1c What celebrity, in collaboration with Elizabeth Arden, has six fragrance lines and nearly thirty individual fragrances, the first of Britney SPEARS which, Curious, was released in 2004?

2a What party game initially billed itself as "the game for your whole CRANIUM brain"? 2b and portrayed best friends in what 1997 ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH movie? SCHOOL REUNION 2c The elder was a Cleveland Browns linebacker who once intercepted a key fourth-quarter pass in a 1990 playoff game. The younger, known for his long, blond hair, was a linebacker for the Packers and won a CLAY MATTHEWS Super Bowl ring during the same season he set the team record for most sacks in a single postseason. What is the shared name, first and last, of these father/son NFL defensive players?

3a For six seasons beginning in 1996, R&B singer Brandy starred as the MOESHA title character of what UPN sitcom? 3b The "World Famed Tiger Marching Band," which performed in Super GRAMBLING State University Bowls I and II, hails from what historically Black university? 3c The galaxy on Orion's belt is the MacGuffin of what 1997 film? MEN IN BLACK

4a Three notes played over one beat is called a triplet, and though such triplets have been around for centuries, mainstream rap frequently MIGOS attributes the triplet flow to what Lawrenceville, Georgia hip-hop trio, who popularized them in their 2013 debut single? 4b , , and Maverick are roller coasters found in which northern Ohio amusement park—the country's second-oldest amusement park that is still in operation? 4c MR. POPEIL [Fun fact: the backing What 1984 "Weird Al" style parody of the B-52s sound is a tribute to vocals are performed by Ron Ronco-branded gadgets? Popeil's sister, Lisa.]

Round 2

1a Though she is second to Charli D'Amelio in number of followers, what personality was named by as TikTok's highest- earning content creator? In the summer of 2020, she launched Addison RAE both a beauty line called Item Beauty and a weekly podcast with her mom entitled Mama Knows Best. 1b What game bills itself as "the 3 minute word search game"? BOGGLE 1c Orville Redenbacher once played tuba for what midwestern university's "All-American" Marching Band? The band's PURDUE University performances feature a twirler known as the Golden Girl.

2a Whose 2011 memoir is entitled Is Everyone Hanging Out Mindy KALING Without Me (And Other Concerns)? 2b As reported in Backstage, the BET show Sistas was the first scripted TV series to film an entire season during the COVID pandemic, thanks to a "quarantine bubble" protocol enacted by what prolific writer, director, actor, and producer at his namesake Atlanta studios? 2c The Heart of Te Fiti is the MacGuffin of what 2016 film? MOANA

3a Considering the number of musicians it featured, it's not surprising that AllMusic.com has called The Adventures of Pete accept any one of The and Pete "the greatest children's show ever." Name any one of MAGNETIC FIELDS, The 6THS, the three bands established by that have and featured in The Adventures of Pete and Pete. 3b In what 1989 song did Chuck D use a mixed triplet flow in the bars "I'm Black and I'm proud, I'm ready and hyped plus I'm FIGHT THE POWER amped / Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps"? 3c What Oscar-winning actress appears in the Gothika-inspired music video for Limp Bizkit's 2003 cover of “Behind Blue Eyes”?

4a Launched in 1994, the fragrances Grass, Earth, Day, and Heaven The GAP were the first branded scents offered by what clothing chain? 4b Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson portrayed best friends in GHOST WORLD what 2001 movie? 4c Senior is the only player in MLB history to hit two grand slams in the same inning. Junior, currently a shortstop with the San Diego Padres, is the cover athlete of MLB The Show 21. What is FERNANDO TATÍS the shared name, first and last, of these father/son baseball players?

Round 3

1a "Man I'm the macho like Randy / The choppa go Oscar for Grammy" are bars from what track that was a Billboard Hot 100 PANDA #1 hit for Desiigner in 2016? 1b (prompt on Whose 2017 memoir is entitled The Last Black Unicorn? "") 1c Per the title of her comedy series that premiered on Comedy AWKWAFINA (accept "Nora Central in January 2020, what rapper is Nora from Queens? LUM")

2a Lightning Rod, Thunderhead, and are roller coasters found in which Tennessee amusement park—the state's most popular? 2b While at Washington University in St. Louis, Morgan DeBaun conceived what portmanteau that, in 2014, became the name of BLAVITY the website she cofounded as a platform and news source for the Black millennial community? 2c Launched in 1998, Happy was the first fragrance from what CLINIQUE manufacturer of high-end department store cosmetics?

3a Who hosted most of the 2020 season of his weekly HBO late- night news program remotely, in a space he commonly John OLIVER referred to as "the white void"? 3b Diane Keaton, , and portrayed best FIRST WIVES CLUB friends in what 1996 movie? 3c A "Weird Al" style parody of The Beach Boys and Jan and Dean on Straight Outta Lynwood has Yankovic rhapsodizing what PANCREAS human organ?

4a The Boombox Classic includes a showdown between 's marching band, known as the "Human Jukebox," JACKSON STATE University and what Southwestern Athletic Conference school whose marching band is known as the "Sonic Boom of the South"? 4b In The Adventures of Pete and Pete, substitute math teacher Mr. Zank was portrayed by Gordon Gano, who is better known as VIOLENT FEMMES the vocalist and guitarist of what band with a 1983 self-titled debut ? 4c What actor starred alongside Danny Glover in the 2017 music Mahershala ALI (accept video for Jay-Z's "Adnis" just months after winning the first of Mahershalalhashbaz GILMORE his two Oscars for Best Supporting Actor? or Mahershalalhashbaz ALI)

Round 4

1a Mako [MAY koh], Manta, and are thematically appropriate roller coasters found in which Florida amusement SEA WORLD Orlando park? 1b Senior was a five-time NBA All-Star whose number "10" was retired by the Miami Heat, but surprisingly not the Golden State Warriors. Junior currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks and is TIM HARDAWAY known for memorializing deceased friends and family members by writing their names on his shoes. What is the shared name, first and last, of these father/son basketball players? 1c , Gabby Glaser, , and make up what band that performed at the school dance in the LUSCIOUS JACKSON "Dance Fever" episode of The Adventures of Pete and Pete?

2a What winner of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar starred in the Christopher WALKEN music video for Fatboy Slim's 2001 song "Weapon of Choice"? 2b For five seasons beginning in 1993, starred in LIVING SINGLE what sitcom on the Fox network? 2c Of what "Weird Al" style parody—a title track—did 's say, "I was in shock. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard. He sort of re-sculpted that song into something else and... I hate him for it, basically"?

3a Once billed as "the game of global domination," what board RISK game now bills itself as "the game of strategic conquest"? 3b What 1982 Guy Laroche [ghee luh ROHSH] fragrance is such a fan of, he had the image of its iconic black bottle DRAKKAR Noir tattooed onto his shoulder? 3c In 2020, 's on Facebook Watch Gloria ESTEFAN (accept "Gloria spun off to a second Red Table series featuring what Grammy- FAJARDO García"; prompt on winning musician and her family? "García")

4a Leeloo is the MacGuffin of what 1997 film? The FIFTH ELEMENT 4b What ABC show, the spin-off of a revival, is the first broadcast The CONNERS ("Roseanne" is sitcom to resume on-set production—in Burbank, presumably, incorrect.) and not in Lanford, Illinois? 4c Whose 2016 memoir is entitled The Princess Diarist? Carrie FISHER

Round 5

1a and Beanie Feldstein [FEHLD steen] portrayed best friends in what 2019 movie? 1b INDIANA JONES AND THE The Sankara Stones are the MacGuffin of what 1984 film? TEMPLE OF DOOM (accept "Temple of Doom") 1c A San Diego band called The Rugburns—and in particular, their song "Dick's Automotive"—inspired an 11-minute and 23- ALBUQUERQUE second-long "Weird Al" style parody about a little place called what?

2a In the episode "On Golden Pete," Park Ranger Thorsen is portrayed by David Johansen, who had a Billboard Hot 100 hit in Buster POINDEXTER 1987 as what alter ego? 2b Though it was originally built for the University of , where it was radioactively contaminated during testing conducted as part of the Project, the giant drum University of TEXAS, Austin known as "Big Bertha" is now part of the marching band of what Big 12 school? 2c What artist's 2017 song "DNA" includes the bars "This is my heritage, all I'm inheritin' / Money and power, the Mecca of Kendrick LAMAR marriages"?

3a El Toro, Nitro, and Kingda Ka are roller coasters found at Six NEW JERSEY Flags Great Adventure amusement park in which US state? 3b Senior was a WBC welterweight who was occasionally called the "poet laureate of boxing." Junior is considered the WBC's most accurate puncher since the existence of CompuBox and retired FLOYD MAYWEATHER in 2017 with an undefeated record. What is the shared name, first and last, of these father/son boxers? 3c Whose 2016 autobiography is entitled The Girl with the Lower Amy SCHUMER Back Tattoo?

4a Architectural writer Kate Wagner, who has been published in Architectural Digest and The Atlantic, runs what blog-driven MCMANSION HELL website focused on humorous critiques of mass-produced homes? 4b For six seasons beginning in 2001, what country singer and REBA MCENTIRE (accept either occasional Colonel Sanders starred as the title character of a WB "Reba" or "McEntire") (and later, CW) sitcom? 4c What party game bills itself as "the game of unspeakable fun"? TABOO

Tie breaker round. Ask all players tied for SECOND 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. Remember that both first and second make it to the final, so that’s the only tie that needs breaking.

Please message Steve Bahnaman ([email protected], or on Facebook) basic results of broken ties.

1a Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie make up what comedy folk musical duo? 1b In what 2010 film does an energy drink called Chernobly power HOT TUB TIME MACHINE the titular device? (prompt on "time machine") 1c What advertising mascot that first appeared in 1986 was largely retired in 1995? It was retired shortly after the suicide of a man with what last name, who, in 1989, had held employees of a NOID chain restaurant hostage while claiming he was being persecuted by Tom Monaghan.

2a "Dog on Fire," the song used as the theme song to , was originally written by what alt-rocker for his 1996 self- titled solo album? 2b Though he has since invested in companies like Reddit and SNOOP DOGG (accept Snoop GameOn, what rapper and venture capitalist started Casa Verde Lion or Calvin BROADUS Jr. from Capital to invest in such marijuana-centric start-ups as Eaze? the show-offs) 2c In March 2020, ESPN2 spent a day as ESPN8: The Ocho and provided coverage of racing, hosted by Jelle's [YELL uhz], of MARBLE what type of object? TB According to James Heller, the manager in charge of the burial, 1 how many Atari cartridges (including—but not exclusively—E.T.: 728,000 The Extra-Terrestrial) were buried in an Alamogordo, New Mexico landfill in 1983?

Spare Questions 1 In a tacked-on romance involving a tacked-on character, which dwarf KILI played by Aidan Turner has a large number of moments with Evangeline Lilly’s elf character Tauriel in the Hobbit trilogy? 2 “How To Save A Life” by The Fray was the far-too-literal theme song GREY’S ANATOMY for what long-running TV series? 3 The virtual/disguised brand Pasqually’s Pizza and Wings evolved CHUCK E CHEESE during the COVID pandemic to sell food typically found at what restaurant, whose main business model definitely took a hit.