McMaster trash tournament
Questions by: Ben Smith
Tossups
1. This actress’ first appearance on TV was in a movie adaptation of Hans Christen Andersen’s The Little Match Girl. As a 15-year-old, she played Annie in a few episodes of the 3-2-1 Contact science series. She made a couple of one-time appearances on children’s series, including “princess” Suzanne in the Afterschool Special “The Almost Royal Family” and the narrator of the Cinderella story for Stories from My Childhood. TV series she had regular roles in include: * lawyer Jo-Ann Harris in Equal Justice, a precursor to The Practice; a hippie married to a straight-laced son of a businessman in A Year in the Life; and lead teenager Patty Greene in Square Pegs. All of these series were short-lived compared to her HBO series set in New York that spawned a 2008 film. For ten points, name this actress that played Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City.
Answer: Sarah Jessica Parker
2. The B-side of this single had “Everyone but You”, and the follow-up single “Ghost of Love” didn’t chart in the top 40 anywhere. A number 1 hit in Switzerland from the album Throw the Warped Wheel Out, this song reached the top 10 in 1984 in lead singer Kevin Patterson’s native country, the UK. The music video for this one-hit wonder includes flashback scenes of two young girls playing in a forest, and concludes with the band sitting in church pews with Patterson singing * the title and the back-up vocals saying “[it] is closer, [it] is closer”. The one hit from the Scottish group Fiction Factory, for ten points, name this sad song referring to the afterlife that has recently been unearthed for a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercial that suggests that the candy is like the title.
Answer: “(Feels Like) Heaven”
3. Harold Reynolds in 1987 was the only person to interrupt this man’s run of 13 seasons as the leader in a statistic in his league. He was traded for Steve Karsay and Jose Herrara to go to a championship-bound team, but after that season, he returned – for a third time – to the team that he started his career with in 1979. He holds records for the most * leadoff walks to start a game and inning, but, unlike Barry Bonds, he was not a home run leader and few of his many walks were intentional. Upon retirement in 2003, he was the career leader in runs scored, accomplished with several teams including the Mets, Yankees, Blue Jays, and Oakland A’s. Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009, for ten points, name this base-running specialist who dominated the stolen base records.
Answer: Rickey Henderson
4. The titular character of this novel owns a green Porsche that is notably with manual transmission, and the car was needed to pick up the puppy Madelaine from the vet. The protagonist of this book managed to get that Porsche after forging the title character’s signature, but that character knew the protagonist would be driving it. Holder of the job * “a millions girls would die for”, she is caught out in the rain in Paris and calls up someone in New York to find a driver for her. That assistant, Andrea, was also given other mindless tasks like finding the latest Harry Potter book and fetching coffee for Miranda Priestley. Inspired by an internship under Anna Wintour at Vogue magazine, for ten points, name this novel by Lauren Weisberger about a young assistant frustrated with the antics and demands of her upscale fashion boss.
Answer: The Devil Wears Prada
5. The few living people seen in this film include: executives Thompson and Overmyers via television screens; Eve, who receives a long-distance call asking for her dead mother Tess; the rescue crew at the end of the film; and the main character. A small cast was all that this film, which fared well at the 2009 Sundance festival, could afford, bucking the trend of * sci-fi films with huge budgets. Actor Robin Chalk and some trick photography was needed to fulfill one plot twist, while another twist had the Kevin Spacey-voiced robot GERTY changing its attitude toward the solo character in the base, in an homage to HAL from 2001. Released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of a major space event, for ten points, name this directorial debut of Duncan Jones that stars Sam Rockwell as the sole operator of a lunar mining post.
Answer: Moon
6. This team’s founding coincided with the construction of Empire Stadium, and this team played there for most of the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s. Dave Skrien was coach when this team won their first championship in 1964, while in 2000 under Steve Buratto, this team unusually won the championship despite a losing record in the regular season. Also winning titles under * Dave Ritchie and Don Matthews, this team only won titles in finals over Hamilton or the Montreal/Baltimore franchises. The sole team of Hall of Fame kicker Lui Passaglia, current quarterbacks for this team are Travis Lulay, Jarious Jackson, and Buck Pierce. Winners of the 2006 Grey Cup under head coach Wally Buono [“bwah-no”], for ten points, name this Canadian football team based in Vancouver.
Answer: BC Lions (accept “BC” before “Vancouver” is read)
7. In an episode of Sesame Street, Bert established a “National Association” for the lovers of this letter. One of the first appearances by Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street was a lecture about this letter, which was of course interrupted by Cookie Monster eating it. Yet another early episode had a Dragnet spoof where this letter eludes Detective Thursday by * turning upside-down. Larry King had a special interview with a Muppet version of this letter where he asked callers to give their favourite words, but it turned into a “Who’s On First”-like routine with the questions. Currently the logo of a Canadian cable network founded in the 1990s for women, for ten points, name this letter that begins the call signs of most American radio and TV stations east of the Mississippi, such as the one in Cincinatti.
Answer: W (referring to WKRP in Cincinatti)
8. This man won the BAFTA Best Actor for roles in two 1969 films, one of them being a movie with Mia Farrow about the day after a one-night stand, John and Mary. His third Best Actor Oscar nomination came in 1975 for playing the titular stand-up comedian in *Lenny. He played Willy Loman in a 1985 adaptation of Death of a Salesman, while other literary roles he took were the amputated seafarer from a Barrie work and the good lawyer Rohr in John Grisham’s Runaway Jury. Recently providing the voice for Master Shifu in Kung Fu Panda, for ten points, what two-time Oscar winner played title roles in Hook, Marathon Man, Rain Man, Kramer vs. Kramer, and his breakout role in The Graduate?
Answer: Dustin Hoffman
9. In the Yukon Trail game, a person of this occupation recommends that you avoid carrying supplies on the ferry, and is named Golden. In The Oregon Trail 2, this profession is the next step up from doctor in terms of starting money, while in the first Oregon Trail, choosing this background means that you came from * Boston and that you get the lowest end-game score multiplier. In the board game Pol-economy, this person counts the votes for Prime Minister, but if he is elected, he must resign this position. In the Deal or No Deal board game, this position makes use of a prop phone. In Pay Day, Life, and other board games, one person is usually a player and this job concurrently. For ten points, what role is in charge of collecting and distributing money in Monopoly?
Answer: banker
10. The lyrics “We couldn’t change it if we tried,” this phrase, “goodbye” are found in a song Demi Lovato performed to fellow cast members in a special feature found on Disney’s Camp Rock DVD. Along with “Bed, Bed, Bed” and “John Lee Supertaster”, a song with this title phrase is a bonus downloadable track for They Might Be Giants’ second children’s album. This * four-word phrase is both the opening track and title of Rolling Stone member Ronnie Wood’s fourth album, and when the words are reversed, it precedes “Earth below us, drifting, falling” in the chorus of Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom”. Also opening the chorus of Pitbull’s “I Know You Want Me” with both the English and Spanish translations, for ten points, name this sequential phrase that titles a Plain White Tees song and that song by Feist on the iPod commercial.
Answer: “One, two three, four” (accept “one, two, three” in the first sentence)
11. On this show, the character of Linda Sykes appeared in the late 1990s, and had an unusual wedding to one of the main characters that saw the groom’s son propose to her during the ceremony. That son, Mark Redman, left the show after a second attempt at wooing Linda, but briefly returned during his father’s battle with * Alzheimer’s in 2006. 2008 saw the death of the grandmotherly Vera Duckworth, which was the most-watched episode that season, but pales in comparison to the ratings for the wedding of Deidre Langton – who later had an affair with Mike Baldwin – and Ken Barlow – who has been a character since the first episode. For ten points, name this ITV soap opera set in the fictional English town of Weatherfield.
Answer: Coronation Street
12. An early strip from this comic has the Donner party waiting to be seated at a restaurant, but they’re full after their party of four becomes three. A 5-set series from this comic follows a boy floating in a barrel who is eventually rescued by a * ferret. Other jokes that have appeared include: determining when Star Wars actors will die; frustration with Mario Kart; film spooled as a Mobius strip; and a man who does a prime factorization of the displayed time. The main female character is occasionally identified as Megan, and is distinguished from her boyfriend merely with long black hair. Often featuring jokes about math and programming, for ten points, name this Randall Munroe webcomic that features stick figure characters.
Answer: xkcd
13. In this computer game, Dwayne has a Dogs Playing Poker painting in his room, which is also where the protagonist needs to pick up a bottle of ink. Edna comes to an untimely demise as a result of a left-handed hammer, while across the hall from her, the protagonist pours the ink on a * stamp collection and is also able to play the original game on the computer. In this sequel, Laverne puts white-out on a black cat to disguise it as a skunk, but she is unable to flush the cat down the Chron-o-John. Hoagie rescues Laverne by getting George Washington to chop down the tree she is stuck in 400 years in the future. Featuring Bernard trying to stop Dr. Fred’s purple creation, for ten points, name this LucasArts adventure game that makes use of time travel and is the sequel to Maniac Mansion.
Answer: Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle (accept “Maniac Mansion 2” until the last two words)
14. In one film, this character’s son goes to college and tries to join the Gamma Mu Mu fraternity and compete in the X-Games, but this character ends up in the fraternity instead. This character had to go to college with his son to finish his last year, and meets love interest Sylvia in a direct-to-video sequel. In the feature film for this character, his son * Max wants to go to a Powerline concert during the summer, but is dragged along with his father on a fishing trip where he learns the Perfect Cast. First appearing in 1932 as “Dippy Dawg”, this animated character starred in many theatrical shorts voiced by Pinto Colvig, but didn’t get a feature film until 1995, unlike partners Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. For ten points, name this anthropomorphic Disney dog that acts awkwardly.
Answer: Goofy Goof
15. In 2005, he made a guest appearance as professor Waldie in the engineering faculty at Cal-Sci in NUMB3RS, after the writers of the show admitted that he was the primary influence for the show. This man responded by suggesting that the nerds on the show should have more romance. On the former variety show Almost Live, he made a couple of appearances as a * goofy superhero speedwalker who saves the day in Seattle. That show was also the place where he originally picked up his nickname, after he was brought in as a guest from Boeing. After his most famous show, he was an “expert” for Battlebots and currently hosts Stuff Happens. For ten points, name this mechanical engineer that makes many public appearances for scientific causes, often in his “Science Guy” persona.
Answer: Bill Nye
16. In the 1991 edition of this event, a new team picked up its first points thanks to a fifth place finish by Bertrand Gachot, who managed to pass another competitor who, while waving to the crowd en route to victory, stalled his engine. That race was lost by Nigel Mansell and gave Nelson Piquet his final win. The 1999 edition saw three incidents that led to a part of the location of this event being nicknamed the * “wall of champions”, while in 2005 Alex Wurz complained of groundhogs on the track. 2007 saw a catastrophic barrel roll by the 2008 winner, Robert Kubica, who picked up the first win for the BMW team. Cancelled for the 2009 season but proposed to return in 2010, for ten points, name the Formula One auto race set in Montreal.
Answer: Canadian Grand Prix (or Grand Prix du Canada)
17. This band has the dubious distinction of the most #2 hits on Billboard without any #1 singles; one of those many singles was the title track from their album Green River. Their last appearance on Billboard was a re-release of a cover of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”, which originally came from their multi-platinum album. That album had minor hits with * “Who’ll Stop the Rain” and “Up Around the Bend”, and was named Cosmo’s Factory. Stu Cook and Doug Clifford backed up this 1960s/70s band that also released “Fortunate Son”, “Have You Ever Seen the Rain”, and “Down on the Corner”. For ten points, named this short-lived but successful band that launched John Fogerty’s solo career and had a hit with “Bad Moon Rising”.
Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival
18. This action was reduced from a penalty to merely a faceoff starting in 2008 for NCAA hockey. Goaltenders in the NHL can receive this penalty if the action lasts for more than three seconds and the referee held the opinion that it was unnecessary, though rule 67.2 has almost never been called for goalies. When skaters perform this action, it usually occurs in situations where a penalty shot would be awarded rather than a minor penalty, such as by * Mike Mottau in 2009 helping in the absence of Martin Brodeur’s skills. Henrik Zetterberg allegedly did this in the Detroit crease in Game 1 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals, but no call was made. It is often not called because of the similarity to the swatting motion. For ten points, name this rare hockey penalty where a replay will show that the player bent their fingers around an object.
Answer: closing the hand on the puck (accept equivalents including “throwing”, but not “hand pass”)
19. It’s not a national anthem, but this song was performed by American Idol winners Jordin Sparks and David Cook during their respective runs: Jordin while in the top 6 and David for his audition. Despite the lead singer describing it as the group’s most “unique” song, it is referred to in later songs by the group like “Lie to Me” and “99 in the Shade”. Intended as a response to * Reagan-era economics, one character in the song has to give up his guitar for money while another “works the diner all day”. The two characters of this song reappear in “It’s My Life”, along with Richie Sambora on the talkbox. For ten points, “we’re halfway there” in what song about Tommy and Gina from the Slippery When Wet album by Bon Jovi?
Answer: “Livin’ on a Prayer”
20. The video game adaptation of this film adds the character Elizabeth Stark, who is kidnapped and rescued early in the game. The protagonist’s voice was supplied by the same actor as the film, even though this film was released 42 years earlier. The film itself has an interlude at a Gypsy camp that features a belly-dance and two girls literally * fighting over the protagonist. Kerim Bey knows a route to the Russian embassy through the underground waterways of Istanbul, while Red Grant hunts down the hero on the Orient Express in an attempt to get the Lektor decryption device. Also featuring henchwoman Rosa Klebb and the first appearance of Blofeld, the leader of SPECTRE, for ten points, name this early James Bond film whose title is a reference to the Soviet spy he escorts.