Michael Arnold and Susan Ferrari

Paul Goodman Memorial Open – July 25, 2010

Michael Arnold and Susan Ferrari

Round 9

1. This team’s current goalie has been exhorted by opposing fans to “spin like a ballerina,” a request YouTube suggests he’s often granted. That man currently sits ahead of backups like Alexander Pechurski and John Curry, getting the time denied him in 2004 by this team’s then-coach Ed Olczyk. Currently starting in front of Brent Johnson, that goalie took over for Ty Conklin in the middle of this team’s 2007-08 season on the orders of coach Michel Therrien, who was replaced by Dan Bylsma, That goalie for this team dived to stop a Nicklas Lindstrom shot before being mobbed by teammates like Jordan Staal and Max Talbot. With a roster featuring goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and Evgeni Malkin, that mobbing came as this team defeated the Red Wings in the 2009 Stanley Cup. FTP, identify this hockey team owned by Mario Lemieux that has Sidney Crosby.

ANSWER: Pittsburgh Penguins (accept either)

2. Dwayne Johnson performed this song during a 2009 appearance on The Tonight Show, and its title was parodied by a song whose lyrics include "Our little scene is getting smaller by the day, it's a human zoo." After its artist was poached by "Bumps" Blackwell, the release of this song on the Keen label caused its artist's former label, Specialty Records, to rush out another of his songs, "I'll Come Running Back to You" to capitalize on this song's number one place on the charts. Simultaneously released by its most famous performer and Teresa Brewer, this song's singer expresses a desire to "marry you and take you home," claiming that the title action happens whenever "you hold me" or "you kiss me." Released as the B-side to "Summertime", it was one of the earliest secular recordings of its artist, who had previously performed with the Soul Stirrers. FTP, name this soul standard written and first performed by Sam Cooke.

ANSWER: "You Send Me" (do not accept "You Don't Send Me Anymore," which is the title of the Belle and Sebastian song)

3. Buzz Bissinger speculated that this person’s next public appearance would be “public coitus” with Ted Nugent for $100,000, while Louis C.K.’s Twitter has regularly featured jokes about her crossing the road and expressing the desire to defecate in this person’s mouth. Eminem invokes this person after requesting his “venom, an inhaler and two Xenadrine.” In the video for that song “We Made You,” that line is accompanied by a cameo by a woman who also played this woman opposite Mike Horner, Nina Hartley, and Guy DiSilva. Other actresses parodying her include Sara Benincasa on 23/6 and Nicole Parker on MADtv, though Lisa Ann’s pornographic appearance is only marginally less famous than Tina Fey playing this woman alongside Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton. FTP, identify this frequent parody target, a former governor of Alaska.

ANSWER: Sarah Palin

4. According to the Facebook group "I Know Subash Maddipoti is Real," every time someone watches one of this person's movies, a Subash gets his wings. This man is currently casting a film set at Seven Oaks College about Suicide Prevention Center volunteers Heather, Rose, and Violet, though he has failed to complete other recent projects, including an adaptation of Anchee Min's biography, Red Azalea. In one of this man's films, a member of the SFRP falls in love with a self-described Fourierist after reading his letters to his ex-girlfriend Serena Slocum. In another of this man's films, an editor at Riley Publishing clinches a one-night stand by proclaiming, "There's something really sexy about Scrooge McDuck"; that character, Alice, shares an apartment with Kate Beckinsdale's character Charlotte and is played by Chloe Sevigny. This man's "Doomed-Bourgeois-in-Love series", comprising his entire film output, was released between 1990 and 1998 and includes the tale of Ted and Fred Boynton's romantic adventures in Spain, Barcelona. FTP, name this director of Metropolitan and The Last Days of Disco.

ANSWER: Whit Stillman (or John Whitney Stillman)

5. Some strange episodes of this show have occurred around Thanksgiving, with a 2007 show at Williams and 2008 trip to Florida A&M. One “contributor” was mercilessly booed while on a ledge hundreds of feet above a crowd after his feature about freshmen forced to sing. Nick Lachey’s abortive stint on this show came in 2005, when the current Big & Rich theme song debuted. One host of this show hosted Scholastic Sports America, while some of the signs targeting another host include “it burns when [this man] pees,” “[this man] wears a merkin,” and “[this man] has a baby arm.” That host was a former coach at Indiana, while other hosts include a John Cooper-coached QB and the 1991 Heisman Trophy winner. FTP, name this Saturday morning show hosted by Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard about the day’s college football.

ANSWER: College Gameday

6. A woman played by Holland Taylor makes unwanted advances on this character in the Very Special Episode “Sexual Harassment in Chicago,” while this man finally gets his wish and marries Mary Ann in episodes aired after cancellation. More light-hearted episodes see this man making desserts that are prone to explode if made improperly and believing he’s Elvis after being hypnotized. In his first appearance, this character is allowed to fill in at Ritz Discount, though his naiveté leads to losses for Mr. Twinkacetti, played by Ernie Sabella. Celebrating fortuitous events with a “Dance of Joy,” this man appears with a sign saying “America or Burst” when he moves into the Chicago apartment owned by Larry Appleton, played by Mark Linn-Baker. This character is Larry’s distant cousin, though he has been living a very different life while working as a sheep farmer on Mypos. FTP, identify this foreigner played by Bronson Pinchot on Perfect Strangers.

ANSWER: Balki Bartokomous (accept either name)

7. Molly gets a doll, Eric gets a glove and Momma gets a camera in this band’s confrontational “Who Says There Ain't No Santa” from their Christmas album “It Won’t Be Christmas Without You.” On this group’s most recent #1 song, a woman expresses hatred of P. Diddy and references her shaved legs in issuing the title request to a DJ, while on their most recent top 5, the title character learns the title lesson after falling off a pony. Those songs are “Play Something Country” and their collaboration with Reba McEntire “Cowgirls Don’t Cry.” This band scored 5 No. 1s from their 1991 debut Brand New Man. “Ain’t Nothing But You” from Steers and Stripes and the title track from Red Dirt Road were the biggest mainstream hits from this duo. FTP, name this prolific country music duo with first names Kix and Ronnie respectively.

ANSWER: Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn

8. The movie of this name is sometimes given with an additional five-letter word in front of it. It depicts a Baja dirt-biking trip accompanied by Marilyn Manson’s “Sweet Dreams” and describes Lou Pai’s love of strippers. The book of this name has the epilogue “Isn’t Anybody Sorry?” and sections like “Ask Why, Asshole” and “Gaming California.” In the movie with this name, one man projects “a kazillion” dollars in profit using “HFV” or hypothetical future value, which satirizes the real practice of “mark to market” accounting described in both the book and movie of this name. Both works describe the actions of Sherron Watkins, while the book version is by Peter Elkind and Bethany McLean, the latter a reporter for Fortune who first raised suspicion about the company at the center of these works. Those viewing themselves as the titular people include Andrew Fastow, Jeffrey Skilling, and Kenneth Lay according to, FTP, this book and documentary about the collapse of Enron.

ANSWER: The Smartest Guys in the Room (accept Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and generously prompt on just Enron at any time)

9. One of this man's twin daughters ran over the citrus heir William van Arsdale, her fiance, after discovering his infidelity. This freakishly well-endowed character is the only man who can satisfy his sister's friend Lucy, who bears him a son named Vincent. Russ Hodges' commentary on the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" game plays in the background during this man's death. As a child, this man brought home a twelve-year-old Irish orphan with an eye infection who later entered his family's business. He informed his father that he wanted to start selling olive oil after witnessing the death of a member of the Black Hand, and he is prone to biting his fist in rage, such as when he hears that his sister has been beaten by her husband, Carlo Rizzi. In repayment for a favor granted at the wedding of his sister Connie, this man's corpse is dressed by Angelo Bonasera after Barzini's men obliterate him with tommyguns at a tollbooth. FTP, name this character portrayed by James Caan, the eldest son of Vito Corleone.

ANSWER: Santino Corleone or Sonny Corleone

10. This band’s song “The Devil Came From Kansas” was inspired by Randy Newman’s “The Beehive State.” Members of this band like David Knights were gradually replaced by members of The Paramounts, the lead singer’s previous band. In one song, the singer comes “to jeer” the title figure who has a “death mask face” and “armour-plated breast” while he “hoped for something to find but can see no place to unwind.” That song appears on this band’s eponymous debut alongside “Kaleidoscope” and “Repent Walpurgis.” Other albums by this band include Broken Barricades and A Salty Dog. Led by Keith Reid and Gary Brooker, this band’s best-known song speaks of “16 vestal virgins leaving for the coast,” opens with the line “we skipped the light fandango” and has a chorus that says the subject’s face was “at first just ghostly” before assuming the title hue. FTP, identify this 60s band of “Conquistador” and “A Whiter Shade of Pale.”

ANSWER: Procol Harum

11. This is the name of the Richard Mulligan-voiced Great Dane in Oliver and Company. A man with this last name portrays an oft-injured, white-clad oaf always accompanied by Fuji Hakayito. More recently, that comedian with this name plays a character fired by being told to look in a mirror by his boss, George Senior. Super Dave Osbourne and Larry Mittleman, the surrogate on Arrested Development, are portrayed by a comedian named Bob this. Blasted from 1:20 to 1:21 at the Twin Pines parking lot, this is the name of Doc Brown’s dog in Back to the Future. A line of products bearing this name was purchased by Disney in 2000, who issued “World Animals” and “World Music” DVDs, though studies indicate that language development among toddlers might actually be slowed by the line of products named, FTP, Baby this, a surname usually appended to anyone smart.

ANSWER: Einstein

12. The blog Bleacher Report considered this man in relation to C. Wright Mills, while Spike Lee was rumored to be making a movie of this man’s rise from his start as a Cherry Hill shoe salesman. Supposedly the uncle of Rip Hamilton, during the Malice at the Palace, this man protected Ron Artest from pepper spray and restrained Jermaine O’Neal. He moved into basketball circles thanks to his friendship with Milt Wagner, and much of the aura surrounding this man comes from his association with high-powered agent Leon Rose. Despite having no official role, this man has steered star recruits to John Calipari and is supposedly in the inner circle of Jay-Z, Michael Jordan and LeBron James. FTP, identify this NBA power-player better known as “World Wide Wes.”

ANSWER: William Wesley (accept “World Wide Wes” before mentioned)

13. After this figure travels to Utah to visit Henry van Statten's museum, he is briefly joined by Adam Mitchell. This man blocked the construction of a nuclear power plant by Lord Mayor Margaret Blaine, whom he had earlier met when her attempt to take over Parliament nearly led to the death of Harriet. His wife, who repeatedly called him "pretty boy" the first time he met her, ended up stranded with Miss Evangelista, Charlotte Lux, and Doctor Moon. His encounter with Dr. Yana was presaged by the warning of the Face of Boe, who indirectly warns him that his foe, the Master, has survived. This man complained about Emmeline Pankhurst upon meeting medical student Martha Jones, saying that she had stolen his laser spanner. His other companions have included Donna Noble and Rose Tyler, and this two-hearted alien, who usually carries a sonic screwdriver, travels through time in the Tardis. FTP, name this Time Lord who fights the Daleks and other foes in a long-running BBC franchise.

ANSWER: The Doctor (accept Doctor Who but be prepared for nerds to be like THAT'S NOT HIS NAME)

14. The Village Voice's Rosie Gray recently called for Gawker to stop addressing this subject after Gawker's posting of a document entitled "New Standards," which lauded Sperry Topsiders and "classic Cartier look" jewelry. Its founder was profiled in Claudine Ko's Jane article "Meet Your New Boss"; in that article, this company's founder described his personal style as "Eisenhower chic" and repeatedly masturbated in front of Ko. Its factories feature free ESL classes for workers, and its manufacturing side claims to offer the highest wages for a company of its type in the US. While its ads typically feature scantily clad employees and Helvetica type, this company was sued over a 2007 ad campaign that used, without permission, movie stills of Woody Allen. FTP, name this clothing chain known for selling overpriced T-shirts and gold spandex unitards, a company founded by Dov Charney.

ANSWER: American Apparel