ACRONYM VIII - Tiebreakers
The person most associated with these characters sued Fernando Sosa for making figurines of them. Scott Myrick and David Gaw have both claimed to have portrayed one of these characters, as has a Tinder user named Garret, who did so several days before they debuted. These characters mouthed lyrics including “let’s run away and don’t ever look back”, and appeared alongside surfboards and beach balls. For 10 points, name these characters seen in a Katy Perry performance, the left-most of whom was notably out of sync.
Answer: Katy Perry’s dancing sharks (accept left shark, as well as reasonable equivalents; prompt on answers that are close but don’t specify sharks)
These characters were created by a namesake cartoonist named Charles and did not originally have names. One of these characters has a pet octopus named Aristotle. A 2010 musical about this family featured the song “One Normal Night” and starred Nathan Lane as its patriarch. This family employs a butler who ostensibly only asks “You rang?”, while another member of this family is completely covered in hair and is known as Cousin Itt. Wednesday and Uncle Fester are members of, for 10 points, what “creepy and kooky” family?
Answer: The Addams Family
Italy’s Eugenio Monti is a six-time Olympic medalist in this sport. The Stokes brothers competed in four Olympics together in this sport, whose first female Olympic champions were Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers. At the Sochi Olympics, the US won every bronze medal in this discipline, while Alexander Zubkov won two golds at as part of two teams of different sizes. Track and field star Lolo Jones also competes in, for 10 points, what group sport that, at Sochi, was held at the Sanki Sliding Center?
Answer: bobsleigh (accept bobsled or bobsledding)
On a 2014 tribute album, this group covered Elton John’s “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting”. This group sampled Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner” for a 2015 single. The Young Blood Chronicles consists of several of this band’s music videos, including “Young Volcanoes”. That song appears on this Patrick Stump-fronted group’s album Save Rock and Roll. For 10 points, name this rock band behind “Thnks Fr ThMmrs” and “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ‘Em Up)”.
Answer: Fall Out Boy
The Looq is a cheaper variety of these objects, whose other versions include the original model known as the QuikPod. Concert promoter AJ Maddah banned these objects from his shows, calling them the “ultimate expression of narcissism.” The Cleveland Museum of Art also banned the use of these objects, which occasionally come with remote shutters and are often seen attached to iPhones. For 10 points, name this device with a variable length used to assist people in taking pictures of themselves.
Answer: selfie sticks (accept reasonable descriptions)