Princeton University presents: Jersey Trash 2003
Round 1, packet by Maryland.
Tossups
1. Infamous events associated with this squad include a sex scandal involving two of the team's forwards, the manager injuring his star midfielder when he kicked a shoe into the player after a FA cup loss to Arsenal , and a flying kick performed by one Eric Cantona against an opposing team's fan. The team's greatest season came in 1998-1999, when they won the treble and their manager Sir Alex Ferguson was knighted. For ten points, name this English Premier League side with famous players like Ryan Giggs and David Beckham.
ANSWER: Manchester United or Man U (prompt on “United”)
2. Sixty-four miles in length, its first section opened in 1961. It was completed and dedicated in 1964, when J. Millard Tawes called it “a road of opportunity.” Now completely eight lanes except for a portion between the two branches of I-270 and at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, close to 300,000 vehicles use its Springfield interchange each day. Today its name is used derisively to refer to the politics of federal insiders. For ten points, name this highway that runs through Maryland and Virginia, encircling our nation’s capital, designated I-495.
ANSWER: Capital Beltway
3. When he meets the main character in an interview, he claims he came to America to “smack clam, munch rug, dine at just one American pink taco stand,” and to learn “the great American art of muff diving.” Although he is not successful in bed with Naomi, he is successful in fundraising to keep the main character at Coolidge College. For ten points, name this Indian character played by Kal Penn who serves as the title character’s personal assistant in National Lampoon’s “Van Wilder.”
ANSWER: Taj Mahal Badalandabad
4. Ancient Greek women used something similar to this beauty product and the Kama Sutra included a recipe for it, which guaranteed to make the user "look lovely". The very first instance of the modern product was sold by a T.L. Williams, who watched his sister applying makeup and adopted for sale for the mass market. In fact, the first brand was eventually named for his sister Mabel. For ten points, name this beauty product that is used on the eyelashes.
ANSWER: Mascara
5. Apparently trying to change her image, she has been photographed by paparazzi smoking a cigarette and sunbathing in a thong bikini with her boyfriend Steven Johnson, and “The Sun” reported she has recorded a hip-hop track. Born in Cardiff, Wales, she was singing karaoke by age 5 and became an overnight sensation at age 12 with the release of her first album in 1998. She has performed duets with artists including Wyclef Jean, Billy Gilman and Placido Domingo. For ten points, name this singer whose classical crossover albums include "Dream a Dream,” "Enchantment,” and "Voice of an Angel.”
ANSWER: Charlotte Church
6. Dave Stewart became the first man in history to win two games in both the League Championship Series and World Series in the same season in this game. Helped by five home runs, including two by Dave Henderson, Oakland won the game 13-7. However, this game at Candlestick Park is best known to the general public because it was delayed ten days. For ten points, name the year and game of the World Series postponed due to the Loma Prieta earthquake.
ANSWER: 1989 World Series Game Three (prompt on “1989 World Series”)
7. This Los Angeles location was so-named because developer A.W. Ross turned 18 empty acres into a prestigious shopping and business district. The 1988 movie of the same name stars Anthony Edwards who, after meeting Mare Winningham at the La Brea Tar Pits on the titular street, misses their first date and answers a ringing pay phone to find out that a nuclear attack has been launched. For ten points, give this two word alliterative name for the stretch of Wilshire Boulevard between La Brea and Fairfax Avenue, not to be confused with a similarly-named section of Chicago’s Michigan Avenue.
ANSWER: Miracle Mile
8. Born in Plainview, TX, his first country hit was 1953's "Bummin' Around.” This success first led him to TV, where he hosted country music shows on both CBS and ABC. His subsequent country hits include "The Cajun Queen,” "PT 109,” and "I.O.U.,” and he made his movie debut as the real Willard Whyte in the Bond flick "Diamonds Are Forever.” However, knowing that fame could be fleeting, he invested in 1968 in an industry he knew from his impoverished youth - hog products. For ten points, name this singer and actor, whose biggest hit was 1961's "Big Bad John,” and who founded an eponymous sausage company.
ANSWER: Jimmy Dean
9. People killed on this TV show included Lord Byron and three of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. The show had watchers, although not of the “Buffy” variety, and it was never made clear what kind of power you got when you defeated your opponent, as the main character never gain any special abilities from cutting off many heads throughout the series. Featuring Adrian Paul as Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod, this is, for ten points, what television show that was a spin-off of a movie starring Christopher Lambert.
ANSWER: Highlander
10. One of his recent projects was writing the Spider-Man/Black Cat miniseries "The Evil That Men Do." He literally resurrected Oliver Queen as Green Arrow for DC Comics in the acclaimed "Quiver" arc. His eight-issue run at the start of a revived Daredevil series in 1998 saw the death of Daredevil's longtime girlfriend Karen Page at the hands of Bullseye, and he had a cameo in the Daredevil movie as lab assistant Jack Kirby. For ten points, name this writer, actor and director whose other comic book writing credits include his own creations "Bluntman and Chronic,” “Clerks” and "Jay and Silent Bob."
ANSWER: Kevin Smith
11. This song tells the story of a couple struggling to make it in life. The man is a dock- worker who plays the guitar but is currently not working due to a union strike. The woman is working at the diner to apparently support the both of them. The couple has “got to hold on to what we got, / it doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.” Tommy and Gina resolve to “give it a shot” in, for ten points, this song off the album Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi.
ANSWER: “Livin’ on a Prayer”
12. This women had a cameo in 2000 on “Arli$$.” As a senior at Newfield High School, she played in eight games for the boy’s hockey team. After graduating from SUNY Oswego, she moved to Long Island, becoming a sports anchor and reporter first on radio and then on television. After a stint at KIRO-TV in Seattle, during which she covered the 1990 Goodwill Games and 1991 NCAA West Regional, she moved to Bristol, where she has been for nine years. For ten points, name this SportsCenter anchor.
ANSWER: Linda Cohn
13. Headliners for their 2002 concert at Post-Gazette Pavilion near Pittsburgh included Drive By Truckers, Los Lonely Boys, Lee Ann Womack, Kid Rock and Dave Matthews. CMT carried six hours of coverage co-hosted by Matthew McConaughey. Created by Willie Nelson, John Mellancamp and Neil Young in 1985 to give back to their rural roots, FTP, name this series of fundraising concerts whose slogan is “Keep America Growing.”
ANSWER: Farm Aid
14. A sequel itself, this video game's own sequels included Gaplus and an "'88" version where you could shoot with three ships simultaneously. A famous trick involved not shooting the two left-most "bees" on the first level, and, after waiting 15 minutes, all the enemy ships would stop firing at you. It has seen a revival recently in arcades, with its release in a combination 20th anniversary "Class of 1981" unit with Ms. Pac-Man. For ten points, name this arcade classic, where you could get twice the firepower after rescuing one of your ships previously captured by a tractor beam, a sequel to Galaxian.
ANSWER: Galaga
15. Burl Ives as Senator Arthur Johnson; Sandy Duncan as Missy Anne Reynolds; George Hamilton as Stephen Bennett; Scatman Crothers as Mingo; O.J. Simpson as Kadi Touray; Leslie Uggams as Kizzy; Maya Angelou as Nyo Boto; Louis Gossett Jr. as Fiddler; and Ben Vereen as "Chicken" George Moore. These are some of the big-name stars in this 1977 TV event, whose final episode is the third highest rated show of all time. FTP, name this miniseries, starring LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte, based on an Alex Haley book.
ANSWER: Roots
16. There are several names for this game and everyone most likely plays with different rules. Popular activities to assign to the cards include "categories,” "waterfall,” “rhyme-time,” “truth-or-dare,” and the ever dangerous "Never have I ever”; one tends to avoid the last one if one does not want to find out about certain facts about their friends. Usually cards are laid in a round shape around a drinking implement, and when a king is drawn, the player pours part or all of their drink into the drinking implement. For ten points, name this popular drinking game using a deck of cards.
ANSWER: Four Kings or Circle of Death or Around the World (accept equivalents)
17. The April 9th edition of this column, which features opinions on “Wall Street and the War,” features Michael Kingery, Melissa Arcero, Dean Reiss, Fred Lathon, Chris Cassell and Marjorie Block. The names of the persons delivering soundbites changes each week, but the pictures stay the same: old white male, middle-age white female, Indian guy, black guy, middle-aged white guy, and old white female. For ten points, name this regular feature of the Opinion section of The Onion.
ANSWER: What Do You Think?
18. This product contains a non-essential sulfur-containing amino acid that functions as a neuroinhibitory transmitter. While sitting at a bar, Dietrich Mateschitz used the idea of Asian “tonic drinks” to market a functional drink outside of Asia. Its namesake company was created in Austria in 1984, and over a billion eight-ounce cans are consumed in 70 countries each year. A string of competitors to this taurine-based beverage has arisen in recent years, such as Amp, 180 and KMX. For ten points, name this original energy drink that “vitalizes body and mind,” and as the commercials say, “gives you wings.”
ANSWER: Red Bull
19. This company’s logo began as letters on the side of a microphone, then into a xylophone with the G, E and C notes. In 1959, the network introduced “The Snake” at the end of programs, and it turned abstract in 1975 with a red and blue trapezoid. Its most familiar logo was used at the beginning of programs in 1956 to bring in the age of color. For ten points, name this network of these logos, where each news division is represented by one of six feathers on a peacock.
ANSWER: National Broadcasting Company
20. The website has a haiku section about the theme, and it also has a retro, sports, and celebrities section featuring the title phenomenon. The celebrity sections features such luminaries like Jillian Barberie, Lil Kim, Christina Aguilera. The phenomenon tends to occur when a person puts on a pair of pants that is too tight in the inseam area and causes a bulge in the female genitalia. For ten points, name this website whose title phenomenon has nothing to do with the appendage of a desert animal.
ANSWER: www.cameltoe.org
21. The British version of this magazine would seem to be a bit raunchier, with articles featuring woman talking about blowjobs, rating the 50 greatest porn DVDs ever, and a roving reporter whose job for an issue was to get free sex from a prostitute in Nevada. The US version for this month has stories on Sean William Scott, Bonnie Bernstein, and the cover features Kim Cattrall from “Sex and the City.” For ten points, name this men's magazine that claims it is the world's fastest growing men's magazine.
ANSWER: FHM
22. Caught during a failed diamond heist in the first episode, the title characters were given the choice of working for two FBI agents played by Robert Knepper and Tone Loc to recover items the government wanted retrieved, or go to jail. Johnny and Rita succeeded in stealing back a videotape of the president, a liver and a Degas painting among other items, but only for eight episodes before they were cancelled. For ten points, name this short-lived ABC series from 2001 starring Melissa George and John Stamos.
ANSWER: Thieves
Princeton University presents: Jersey Trash 2003
Round 1, packet by Maryland.
Bonuses
1. Given a subtitle from a “Friday the 13th” movie, identify it for ten points each.
A. (10) A New Beginning
ANSWER: Friday the 13th V
B. (10) The New Blood
ANSWER: Friday the 13th VII
C. (10) Jason Takes Manhattan
ANSWER: Friday the 13th VIII
2. Name the American Girl from the American Girls collection from a description from a website for ten points each.
A. (10) She is a young colonial girl. Growing up in the 1770's she just loves to ride her horse, Penny. She was living in Williamsburg, Virginia just before the American Revolution.
ANSWER: Felicity Merriman
B. (10) She had to rely on a lot of courage as she was determined to be free in the civil war during 1864. Her world is full of hope and wonderful friends and family.
ANSWER: Addy Walker
C. (10) She is an orphan living with her grandmother in New York in the early 1900's. She has many stories to share about a life of frills and finery during Victorian times.
ANSWER: Samantha Parkington
3. The WNBA made news in January 2003 when they announced the first franchise not co-owned with an NBA team would play its home games at a casino. Answer some questions about this move for ten points each.