Burns Tournament 2004 – Muck Masters Remix
Questions byMark Coen
Tossups
1. The first recorded instance of this came in 1872, when Candy Cummings accomplished it for the New York Mutuals of the National Association. Jim Britt was the first to do it twice, back to back in 1872 and 1873 for the Brooklyn Atlantics. While Baseball Reference.com lists 500 occurrences, it’s only happened 11 times in the last 30 years and just twice in the last 25 years. One of those was in 1980, when Brian Kingman did it for the Oakland A’s. Name, FTP, this measure of pitching futility most recently achieved by Mike Maroth of the Detroit Tigers.
Answer:lose 20 games
2. First appearing in 1936, he may be a combination of “Little Esky,” an Esquire magazine mascot, and a character from salesman Albert Richardson’s calling cards. He has nephews Randy, Sandy, and Andy, wife Marge and a recidivist doppelganger named Jake. He didn’t get his name until 1946, when a stock-trading game used it. In 1999, though, he was given a more generic name based on research showing his original name wasn’t memorable. FTP, name this well-dressed man now known as Mr. Monopoly.
Answer:Rich Uncle Pennybags (accept Mr. Monopoly until given in question)
3. Of its eight tracks, one is a cover of the Isley Brothers “If You Were There” and another is the lamentable “Credit Card Baby.” It scored no Grammy nods and only one AMA nod, though it reached number 1 on the Billboard 200 and launched 4 songs into the top 3 of the Hot 100, three number ones and the number 3 “Freedom.” FTP, name this album which also gave us “Careless Whisper” and “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” the second album from Wham!
Answer:Make it Big
4. The current husband of actress Lela Rochon, he directed videos for Prince’s “Most Beautiful Girl in the World” and Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” before moving to movies. One of his releases this year is Lightning in a Bottle, a documentary on the blues. He’s directed Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino and directed an Oscar-winning performance by Denzel Washington in Training Day. Name, FTP, this director of movies such as The Replacement Killers, Tears of the Sun, and this summer’s King Arthur.
Answer:Antoine Fuqua
5. It debuted January 3, 1983, the same day as the game shows Just Men!, Hit Man, and Sale of the Century. Its first contestant won $6500. In the most recent season, with the middle spot worth twice its original value, the average contestant won $6667. The highest amount ever won is $23,000, though for show purposes the game isn’t won unless someone racks up the maximum total of $50,000. With 9 spaces marked from zero to $10,000, this is, FTP, what pegboard game from The Price is Right?
Answer:Plinko
6.Based in the company founded by Jules Bel in 1865, his son Leon founded this brand in 1921. The first original cheese brand named through the French patent office, it is found in over 90 countries, with more than 10 million portions eaten daily. It is best known for its spokes-animal, noted for her earrings made out of the product she sells and her red color. Name, FTP, this food whose chuckling bovine is an international icon.
Answer:The Laughing Cow or La Vache Qui Rit
7.Hailing from Commercial Point, Ohio, this driver spent most of the 1990s driving quarter-midgets, go-karts, and winged outlaw sprint cars before moving into ARCA and USAC events in 1998. A start at Texas at the end of the 1999 season made this driver the youngest ever to start an IRL race. More recent highlights include a second at Miami-Homestead in 2001 and taking the pole for the 2002 Belterra Casino Indy 300. Driving the number 39 Bryant car, name, FTP, this only current female IRL driver.
Answer:Sarah Fisher
8. Set during World War I, a suicidal plan to take the Ant Hill leads several men of the French 701st Infantry Regiment to not make the charge. A livid General Mireau orders Colonel Dax to have three men court martialed for what he calls the company’s cowardice. Dax defends the men, but even a revelation about Mireau to commanding general Broulard can’t save them. So goes, FTP, what 1957 Stanley Kubrick film featuring Adolphe Menjou as Broulard and Kirk Douglas as Dax?
Answer:Paths to Glory
9. She’s apparently impatient to get married, as she’s expected to “jump and holler” when she learns at the Hungry House Café that her man has saved two dollars so they can go find the preacher and get hitched. With eyes that look like heaven and eyes like sherry wine, she does inspire strong feelings in her future husband, as she “makes his little light shine” and gives him “a funny feelin’ up and down my spine.” The singer’s heart is on fire, FTP, for what title woman of a 1981 Oak Ridge Boys song?
Answer:Elvira
10. Born in London, she made her Broadway debut at age 9 in Leonard Kushner’s Slavs! and has appeared in movies including The Sixth Sense and Notting Hill. She spent a year playing Betty Ann Bongo on Kablam! and didn’t return to TV until 2001, when she played Katie Singer on Once and Again. She’s gained her most notice for playing a Californian girl next door, a role that earned her two Teen Choice Award nods. Name, FTP, this actress who plays Marissa Cooper on Fox’s The O.C.
Answer:Mischa Barton
11.He blamed a former GM for not getting elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972, and declined the invitation to the induction ceremony when he made it the next year. He was traded by that GM, Frank Selke, to the Rangers in 1961, likely for his work in organizing the player’s union. A 12-time All Star, he won 6 Stanley Cups with his original team, which he captained after Maurice Richard. Name, FTP, this Canadiens blue-liner best known for his seven Norris Trophies.
Answer:Doug Harvey
12.Terri Flores is sailing up the Amazon seeking to film a documentary on the People of the Mist. They come across Paul Sarone, a river rat who says he can lead them to the tribe. When the boat’s captain and the expedition’s leader, an anthropologist played by Eric Stoltz, are incapacitated, Sarone takes over and reveals his true agenda – hunting the river’s largest, most deadly snake. A predictable body count then follows in, FTP, what 1997 movie starring Jon Voight as Sarone and Jennifer Lopez as Flores?
Answer:Anaconda
13. The first, Francine Barker, got the nickname from her genteel manner. The lead singer of the Sweet Things, she would quit the duo due to the rigors of the business. Marlene Mack, among others, took the name until her partner quit to join the Washington, DC police. When the duo regrouped in 1976, Linda Greene took the name, while it’s been held by other women since. Name, FTP, this female duo member who recorded songs like “Shake Your Groove Thing” and “Reuinited” with Herb Fame.
Answer:Peaches
14. While working as a crew member aboard the world’s most exact half-scale replica of the Cutty Sark, he was discovered by an agent and became the world’s first super-hand model. As a veterenarian in Turkey, he helped eradicate a domestic feline plague. A former student of the Tobago International College, he has a penchant for haberdashery and is fluent in six languages, including Braille. His current fame is tied to a fast food menu addition which shares his name. FTP, who is this man currently seen pitching Burger King’s latest beef on a bun sandwich?
Answer:Dr. Angus
15.Its first regular inhabitant was 1947’s Eye Witness, while Treasury Men in Action was the first to last more than one season. Bachelor Father, Stacatto, and Dragnet all aired here before it was subsumed into hour-long programming for most of the ‘60s and ‘70s. A Different World went five seasons here, the most since 1980, while the show that became its greatest counter-point debuted here in 1994. Name, FTP, this network and time slot, which got its loser reputation having to follow up Friends.
Answer:NBC Thursday 8:30 pm
16. The first one, held in 1984, was won by Providence. Duke has won three times (and never lost a game here), while Syracuse and Michigan have won two each. In 1987 the entire Iowa team was named MVP, while more recent winners include Indiana’s Bracey Wright and Dayton’s Keith Waleskowski. The host school, only 4-54, founded the event based on an historic 1982 upset. Held at the Lahaina Civic Center, name, FTP, this EA Sports-sponsored hoops tournament hosted by Chaminade University.
Answer:Maui Invitational (accept Maui Classic up to sponsor clue)
17. His original sidekick, born Roy Harper, fought drug addiction and later became Arsenal, who led the Teen Titans for a time. First appearing in More Fun Comics #73, he developed his skills when stranded on Star Fish Island, and used them to capture drug smugglers who were using the island. He was thought to have died saving Metropolis from a mutagenic bombing by the Eden Corps, but Hal Jordan saved his life, allowing him to return to Star City and take his identity back from Connor Hawke. Name, FTP, this DC super-hero born Oliver Queen, a sort of modern day Robin Hood.
Answer:Green Arrow
18. According to a 1999 song, you would be one of these if you “don’t have a car and you’re walking,” if you “live at home wit’ your mama,” or “if you have a shorty that you don’t show love.” Also known as a buster, individual ones are “always talkin’ about what he wants/ and just sits on his broke ass.” They also erroneously think that they’re fly and tend to get their Fila’s stomped by hip-hop trios. Name, FTP, this type of undesirable man dissed in a song by TLC.
Answer:scrubs
19. A drifter winds up in the Dakota territory town of Jackson, and tries to organize mine workers against the town boss. The miner’s camp is destroyed in retaliation, leaving 25 children orphaned. The drifter decides to pose as a priest to keep the kids together. He opens the Gold Hill School and teaches them along with Mae Woodward, his future wife. Created by Michael Landon, this is the basic premise of, FTP, what 1981-1984 series with Merlin Olson in the title role?
Answer:Father Murphy
20. The first, held in 1992, recognized Terminator 2: Judgement Day as best film, one of six wins. John Singleton was hailed as best new filmmaker. A Transatlantic Breakthrough Award was added in 2003, the first one going to Colin Farrell. Common categories include best fight and best kiss, most notably going to Selma Blair and Sarah Michelle Gellar for their lip-lock in Cruel Intentions. Name, FTP, this cinematic award given by a cable channel better known for short videos than features.
Answer:MTV Movie Awards
21. Nord Lafferty hires the main character to help his daugher, Reba, adjust after spending 2 years in prison. This seems easy – until Reba starts hooking up with Alan Beckwith, the man who sent her up the river. Turns out the feds want Reba to help do the same to Alan, which she agrees to – though in a way that may have a high body count - when she learns Alan is two-timing her. Such is the basic plot of, FTP, what latest Kinsey Milhone novel by Sue Grafton, named for a bullet bounce?
Answer:R is for Ricochet
22. They got their start backing their father, who previously had been in a band with his brothers called The Falcones. Hailing from Snyder, Texas, they lived in Nashville for a while, but moved back to Texas before recording their first album at Willie Nelson’s Pedernales studio in Austin. Nelson even plays guitar on “La Contestacion,” the last song on their self-titled debut album. Comprised of Ringo Jr., Jojo and Henry Garza, this is, FTP, what group behind the recent hit “Heaven?”
Answer:Los Lonely Boys
23.Their lone loss this season came in week 6, when Ryan Van Dyne hit Carl Morris in the end zone with one second remaining in the game. While their offense was paced by the tandem of QB Rohan Davey and wideout Chas Gessner, running back Eric McCoo earned title game MVP honors with a record 167 rushing yards and a 69 yard TD scamper. Their 30-24 win over the Frankfurt Galaxy gave, FTP, what other German-based NFL Europe team their third title in four years?
Answer:Berlin Thunder
Burns Tournament 2004 – Muck Masters Remix
Questions byMark Coen
Boni
1. FTSNOP, answer these questions on third-party Presidential candidates.
(5) While the Meadow Party considered Barbara Jordan for its VP slot in 1984, they stayed within the Bloom County family and ran this ticket instead.
Answer:Bill the Cat, Opus the Penguin
(15)In 1996, they formed the Baseball Party. The VP candidate showed up in Dixville Notch, but it didn’t help them electorally. You’ll get 5 points for one running-mate, 15 for both.
Answer:Ken Griffey, Jr., Mariner Moose
(10)MTV got into the fray by having this hippie spokesperson, real name Jim Turner, run in 1988.
Answer:Randee of the Redwoods
2. While some consider rap and hip hop as urban poetry, in some cases… well, the poetry is more like Jewel than Keats. FTPE, answer these questions on odd rap lyrics.
(10) In “Jesus Walks,” Kanye West compares his need for Jesus to this woman’s need for her former talk show co-host.
Answer:Kathie Lee Gifford (accept first or last)
(10) While rapping the titular “21 Questions,” 50 Cent notes that his love for his woman is like a fat kid’s love for this.
Answer:cake
(10) When Puffy raps on Mario Winans’ song “I Don’t Wanna Know” one of the ways he showed his love to his woman was by getting her this, which must have been a very loving moment at the pizza parlor.
Answer:extra cheese
3. If you’re looking for international travel and a high body count, The Bourne Supremacy is for you. FTPE:
(10) The movie opens in this former Portuguese enclave, now part of India, where there’s only one death – one that sends Bourne back to Europe.
Answer:Goa
(10) Most of the bloodshed takes place in this Central European city, from the killing around a CIA file purchase gone wrong to Bourne remembering a violent episode from his past.
Answer:Berlin
(10) Bourne closes the loop on the opening death with a car chase-fueled death in this city, whose police cars are apparently able to take quite a pounding.
Answer:Moscow
4. FTPE, given a description name the competition from the first great reality program of the 1990s – American Gladiators.
(10) The contestant and the gladiator enter a raised circle; each gets hold of “the bone,” two triangles joined at a common point. The one who could “own the bone” by breaking the opponent’s grip and knocking them out of the circle won.
Answer:Whiplash
(10)Contestants and gladiator race along what looks like an inverted slot car course – the first to hit their sensor and get back to start wins.
Answer:Sky Track
(10)A 55 foot grid of rings is traversed by the challenger, who wins by getting to the gladiator’s platform. Just staying on the rings earns points, and in some seasons different colored rings earned different points.
Answer:Hang Tough
5. (VISUAL BONUS) Time to see if you’ve been sucked up into televised poker. On the sheet in front of you are five professional poker players. FTPE, name any three of them. Please match letter to player!
Answer:a. Andy Bloch, b. T. J. Cloutier, c. Howard Lederer, d. Jennifer Harman, e. Carlos Mortenson
6. FTPE, answer these questions on things that happened on August 7 in sports history.
(10) On this day in 1952, Sharp Note was driven by Bion Shively to a third heat victory in the 27th edition of this horse race, one of its kind’s triple crown races.
Answer:The Hambletonian Stakes
(10) On this day in 1972, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame along with seven other players. This first baseman spent 17 years with the Homestead Grays, the longest tenure of service of any player in the Negro Leagues.
Answer:Walter “Buck” Leonard
(10) On this day in 1984, this american became the first Olympic gold medalist in the women’s marathon, running a 2:24:52 in Los Angeles.
Answer: Joan Benoit Samuelson
7. FTPE, name the following cinematic schools.
(10)The Ramones join with rebellious students to fight an oppressive administration and form this school, as noted in this film’s 1979 title.