2008 TRASH Regionals Round 14 Bonuses 1. in 2003, the Website

2008 TRASH Regionals Round 14 Bonuses 1. in 2003, the Website

2008 TRASH Regionals Round 14 Bonuses 1. In 2003, the website Metal Rules.com compiled a list of the Top 100 heavy metal albums of all time. Given two albums that made the list by the same band, name the band responsible, for ten points each. 1. Powerslave and The Number of the Beast Answer: Iron Maiden 2. Kill 'em All and Master of Puppets Answer: Metallica 3. British Steel and Screaming For Vengeance Answer: Judas Priest 2. A series doesn't need a single character to be successful. For ten points each, name these examples that proved this notion again in 2008. 1. A European named Niko Bellic arrives in Liberty City at the beginning of the latest installment in this always controversial series. Answer: Grand Theft Auto 2. Mattias Nilsson, Christopher Jacobs, and Jennifer Mui are back as the title characters in World in Flames, the second game in this series whose first entry was subtitled Playground of Destruction. Answer: Mercenaries 3. The first game in this series features the adventures of Jack Carver, but the recently-released sequel has the player fighting as one of nine different characters. Answer: Far Cry 3. For ten points each, name these supporting characters from The Sopranos. 1. This enforcer played by Federico Castelluccio had a great deal of sexual tension with Carmela, but - luckily for him - never acted on those feelings. Answer: Furio Giunta (accept either first or last name) 2. This Steve Schirripa-portrayed character rose from driver to capo. After his wife's death in a car accident, he eventually married Janice Soprano. Answer: Robert Baccalieri or "Bobby Bacala" 3. This character, who whacked Adriana in the episode "Long Term Parking," is the consigliere to Tony in the DiMeo crime family. Answer: Silvio Dante (accept either first or last name) 4. What do you know about Q-Tips? For ten points each: 1. Q-Tip was the alias of the leader of this hip-hop group whose albums included People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm and The Low End Theory. Answer: A Tribe Called Quest 2. Q-Tip was the nickname of one of the Marines of the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion in this novel-turned HBO miniseries by Evan Wright about the invasion of Iraq. Answer: Generation Kill 3. Q-Tips were invented by this man, who allegedly got the idea from watching his wife attach cotton to the ends of toothpicks; the science quad at Brandeis University is named after him for his donations. Answer: Leo Gerstenzang 5. After watching a marathon of this film series, you're left with one overriding thought: "Pa sure liked to hit that." for ten points each: 1. Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride starred as the titular couple in 8 of the 10 films in this popular Universal comedy franchise, which focused on a backwoods family with a small army of children. Answer: The Kettles (or Ma and Pa Kettle) (accept anything with "Kettle" in it) 2. Ma and Pa Kettle first appeared in this 1947 film based on a Betty MacDonald novel, which starred Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert as a young chicken-farming couple. It earned Main an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Answer: The Egg and I 3. Main and Kilbride also co-starred - though not as the Kettles - in the 1948 musical Feudin', Fussin', and A- Fightin', which starred this noted hoofer as a salesman kidnapped by a small town in order to run a race against their rival community. He is best known for singing "Make 'Em Laugh" as Cosmo in Singin' in the Rain. Answer: Donald O'Connor 6. For those of you playing on Sunday, November 16 (and even for those of you who aren't), name, for ten points each, these baseball players born on that day. 1. He looked like the shortstop of the future to both the Dodgers - who traded for him from Tampa Bay - and the Red Sox, who signed him to free agent deal in 2006. But an injury this year has seen him likely lose his starting spot for good to Jed Lowrie. Answer: Julio Lugo 2. Today is the 44th birthday for this Mets hurler, the 1984 NL Rookie of the Year and 1985 NL Cy Young Award winner. Answer: Dwight Gooden 3. This player barely qualifies, as he interrupted his long minor league career in 1997 to play for the Reds, making that, his name, and his penchant for crime - he was busted for dealing GBH to teammates in 2005 - things he shares with his better-known father. Answer: Pete Rose, Jr. 7. For ten points each, answer these questions about Asian Americans on early TV who weren't named "Sulu." 1. Among the Asian Americans in the cast of this long-running CBS police show were Al Harrington as Ben, Kam Fong as Chin Ho Kelly, and Zulu as Kono. Answer: Hawaii Five-O 2. The DuMont network's The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong was a 1951 vehicle for this woman, usually considered the first Asian American Hollywood star. Answer: Anna May Wong 3. Jo Anne Miya, best known for being featured in West Side Story's "I Feel Pretty" number, appeared as Janet Okada on this 1963-64 ABC series, which is remembered nowadays chiefly for being Dick Wolf's original inspiration to create Law & Order. Answer: Arrest and Trial 8. Given a description of a song title that itself describes a certain period or point in time, name the song for ten points each. If you need the artist or artists behind the track, you'll only get five points. 1. [10] There's no time for hesitating, because there is only this amount of time to save the world in this 2008 top three hit. [5] Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland Answer: "4 Minutes" 2. [10] It describes the time in a room that's "a place where thoughts can bloom." [5] Panic at The Disco Answer: "Nine in The Afternoon" 3. [10] Not much has changed in this year, except for the fact that everyone lives underwater and the band singing this song has had unprecedented success, even outselling Kelly Clarkson. [5] Jonas Brothers Answer: "Year 3000" 9. Funny first names didn't start with Penn Jillette or Jason Lee's kids. For ten points each, give the similar-sounding first names described: 1. Divorced from Gary Oldman and Ethan Hawke is this mother to daughter Maya and son Levon. Answer: Uma Thurman 2. This daughter of the playwright of The Iceman Cometh married the actor who played the Little Tramp. Answer: Oona O'Neill Chaplin 3. This multi-octave Peruvian lounge singer turned 86 in September and will now stay that age, as she died earlier this month. She was born as Zoila del Castillo, but changed her name to this when she came to New York in the 1950's. Answer: Yma Sumac (EE-ma SUE-mac) 10. Oprah loves actors for her Book Club. For ten points each: 1. She picked his The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography in 2007. Answer: Sidney Poitier 2. Three of this man's books, The Treasure Hunt, The Best Way to Play, and The Meanest Thing to Say were on the list in 1997. Answer: Bill Cosby 3. She had a brief cameo in the film version of her novel Tara Road, about an Irish woman and an American who swap houses, a 1999 selection. Answer: Maeve Binchy 11. For ten points each, name these largely forgettable FOX dramas with one-word titles. 1. Ron Livingston and Rosemarie DeWitt played hostage negotiators who had to balance work with their burgeoning romantic relationship on this clunker that lasted 18 episodes in the 2006-07 season. Answer: Standoff 2. A Masonic conspiracy involving the kidnapping of a US Senator's wife, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and an incredibly annoying journalist played by Rebecca Gayheart didn't catch on with viewers, causing this show to live up to its title after 13 episodes in 2006. Answer: Vanished 3. Proof that you can have too many lawyer shows on TV came in the form of this show, which moved to Vanished's Friday slot before getting the hook after 12 episodes. It followed the criminal defense firm of Trott, Nicholson, Tuller & Graves as they took on high-profile cases. Answer: Justice 12. For ten points each, name the Redeem Team player who... 1. Led the team in minutes played, blocks and steals, while finishing second in scoring. Answer: Lebron James 2. Finished first in scoring, averaging 16 points per game, and first in free throw attempts with 41. Answer: Dwayne Wade 3. First in rebounds with 6.1 per game, leading the team in defensive rebounds and second behind Dwight Howard in offensive boards. Answer: Chris Bosh 13. If you clicked on something and gone somewhere you weren't expecting, you'll pick up 5-10-20-30 for acknowledging the experience described. 1. You clicked on a Cheaters with Joey Greco link and instead saw this Jamaican-born singer who collaborated with Shaggy for the 2000 video hit, "It Wasn't Me." Answer: RikRok (you've been RickRok'd) 2. You clicked to see a video expose on the Miami drug trade and instead saw this double-dollar sign rapper with his video for "Hustlin" Answer: Rick Ross or Rick Ro$$ (you've been RickRoss'd) 3. You clicked on a gigantic floating pig, and you were sent to a video obit for this Pink Floyd keyboardist who died in September 2008 Answer: Rick Wright (you've been RickWright'd) 4.

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