GPB T.R.A.S.H. Packet – Paul Bailey for Viva Trash Vegas 15May03
Tossups
Q1. The brand name is featured in a recent television commercial, which starts off in a restaurant, where a comely lass walks by a group of guys and drops a crumpled napkin. Cut to a lush area in the Colorado mountains where the guy that picked up the napkin has driven his vehicle. The text on the napkin is revealed as latitude and longitude coordinates. The guy has evidently driven off road to get there in what brand of vehicle, originally introduced in World War 2 as “General Purpose”
A1. Jeep (originally from “G.P.”)
Source: Commercial + http://www.coloradofilm.org/recent.html
Local Boy Brings Home the Bacon
Klaus Obermeyer -- overnight star, as Creativity Magazine says in naming him one of America's top 100 directors -- was back in his Roaring Fork Valley neighborhood shooting two commercials this June for Flying Tiger Films. One was for Chrysler/Daimler using those really cool Glenwood Canyon bridges and tunnels. The other spot was for Jeep, filmed high above Ashcroft near Aspen. (This is the 7th Jeep commercial either shot or scouted for in Colorado in the last few months.) Thanks for bringing some work home, Klaus!
Q2. Humans once spoke an estimated 15,000 languages. That number has dwindled to about 6,000. Forces are now converging that will stamp out half of the world's remaining languages in the next 100 years. Yet, metropolitan Multnomah County, where Portland Oregon is located, in May 2003 felt that it had to advertise for a translator of a language that may be the only one that some mental-health patients speak. The language was designed to have a consistent grammar, syntax and vocabulary, yet it was created for works of science fiction associated with several television series produced by the Paramount entertainment group. So, if you are an Oregon Mental patient and want to go to the “Star Trek Experience” at the Las Vegas Hilton and speak to Lieutenant Worf in his native tongue, what language should you use?
A2: Klingon
Source: Mental patients need Klingon translator
Sunday, May 11, 2003 By The Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. — Position Available: Interpreter, must be fluent in Klingon.
Also: http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/01/012501_vocabulary.jhtml for “left turn” language stats.
Q3. This letter of the alphabet does not appear in any of the abbreviations for elements in the periodic table. It is the letter used to represent and imaginary number representing the square root of negative one. In a graph, it is the vector on the Y axis, having a length of one unit. It is the abbreviation for the meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy. The pronunciation of the word representing this letter of the alphabet also can be the first name of a popular late night television host, or that of a bird, one used as a mascot for the major league baseball team of Toronto Canada.
A3: J
Source: www.webelements.com and Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language
Q4. This song plays on the soundtrack of the 1994 film “Get Shorty” as the character Chili Palmer, played by John Travolta, scopes out the airport locker location of some stashed drug money. The song peaked at #3 on the Billboard charts in September 1963, and the song also was part of the soundtrack of the 1980 film “The Blues Brothers”. Al Jackson, an original member of the group that recorded the instrumental tune died in 1975, but Steve Cropper and Donald “Duck” Dunn appeared as part of the band supporting John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. The namesake of the band that recorded the song is Booker T. Jones, and the name of the song is a color and variety of plant genus Allium harvested immature before the bulb has formed. Both the colored leaves and white bulbs are used raw or cooked for their mild but still pronounced flavor. This food is also known as scallions.
A4: “Green Onions” (by Booker T and the MG’s)
Source: www.imdb.com and http://www.cooking.com/advice/adgloss.asp?GlossType=ingr&Item=Green+onions
Q5. The Fury, Force, Rampage, and Storm, the Avengers Rattlers, Desperados, Gladiators and Destroyers, with Cobras, Dragons, Firebirds, Sabercats, and Predators, as well as the Rush and Crush are the nicknames of teams from the 2003 season of what professional sports league?
A5: The Arena Football League
Source: www.arenafootball.com
Q6. “ARRIVAL”, “CHIMES OF BIG BEN”, “A, B &
C”,
“FREE FOR ALL”, “THE SCHIZOID MAN”, “THE GENERAL”,
“MANY HAPPY RETURNS”, “DANCE OF THE DEAD”, “CHECKMATE”, “HAMMER INTO ANVIL”,
“IT'S YOUR FUNERAL”,
“A CHANGE OF MIND”, “DO NOT FORSAKE ME”,
“LIVING IN HARMONY”, “GIRL WHO WAS DEATH”,
“ONCE UPON A TIME”, and “FALLOUT” are titles of the seventeen episodes that
comprise what late 1960’s television series starring Patrick McGoohan as the
title character, the series name which can be found within the title of the
third book in the popular Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling?
A6: “The Prisoner”
Source: http://www.the-prisoner-6.freeserve.co.uk/prisoner_updates.htm and www.amazon.com
Q7. After some fits and starts, he recited his work “The Gift Outright” at the inauguration of US President John F. Kennedy. His other works include the poems “A Hundred Collars”, “After Apple-Picking”, “Bond and Free”, “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Road Not Taken” with it’s famous stanza:
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Name this American icon.
A7: Robert Frost
Source: http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=r_frost and book of selected poems ISBN 0-517-07245-9
Q8. “So what do you do? Oh yeah I wait tables too. No I haven’t heard your band, ‘cause you guys are pretty new,
but if you dig on vegan food, well come over to my work
and I'll have em cook you something that you really love.” Is a stanza from the song “Bohemian Like You” by a band who’s name evokes a sense of Yankee Doodle and the Artist that said we all have 15 minutes of fame
A8: “The Dandy Warhols”
Source: http://www.absolutelyric.com/a/view/Warhols%20Dandy/Bohemian%20Like%20You/
Q9. Reportedly Benito Mussolini’s favorite cartoon character, this Disney creation, with a middle name of Fauntleroy, was first seen in 1934 in “The Wise Little Hen”. In Italy he is known as Paolino Paperino, and in China his name is Tang Lao Ya. In english, his girlfriend’s name is Daisy, he has three nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, and an uncle named Scrooge.
A9: “Donald Duck”
Source: Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into history ISBN 1-57145-697 p449 http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/chars/donald.html, http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Duck
Q10. Jan Zelezny took the Gold in this Olympic athletic event at the 1996 and 2000 games for the Czech Republic, and in the 1992 games for Czechoslovakia. Other men’s champions in this event since 1968 include Yanis Lusis, Klaus Wolfermann, Miklos Nemeth, Dainis Kula, Arto Harkonen, and Tapio Korjus. The American Motors Corporation introduced a muscle car in 1968 with the same name as what piercing field event?
A10: Javelin
Source: http://www.musclecarplanet.com/History/AMC_68-70.htm and http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp#DISCIPLINE
Q11. “Eyes melt skin explodes everybody dead. It's so immoral working on the thing it can drive you mad. That's what happened to this friend of mine. So he had a lobotomy. Now he's well again.” – a line spoken by the character J. Frank Parnell, played by Fox Harris, to the character Otto Maddox, played by Emilio Estevez, in what cult favorite comedy sci-fi film from 1984, where Otto finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue concerning a bounty on a 1964 Chevy Malabu driven by the lunatic government scientist Parnell, with a Top Secret cargo in the trunk? In the film, Otto is recruited to the Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation, and into a vocation that is also the title of the film.
A11: “Repo Man”
Source: http://us.imdb.com/Plot?0087995 & http://users.erols.com/bobcan/repo/script.html
Q12. From its beginning in 1956, until 1967, there was only one Cy Young award in Major League Baseball to cover both leagues. The player that won the award the most in this era was the winner in 1963, 1965, and 1966, which was also his final season. Willie Stargell once likened hitting against this pitcher to "trying to drink coffee with a fork”. He compiled a career record of 165-87, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. He posted a 0.95 ERA in four career World Series, helping the Dodgers to three championships. His fastball and devastating curve enabled him to pitch no-hitters in four consecutive seasons, culminating with a perfect game in 1965. In the Book “A Lefty’s Legacy” sportswriter Jane Leavy's interest in the pitcher’s Jewish heritage at times seems to border on the obsessive. Name him.
A12: Sandy Koufax
Source: www.baseballhalloffame.org and www.amazon.com
Q13. Identify the 1984-1989 television series occasionally starring Sheena Easton as Caitlin Davies and Martin Ferrero as Izzy Moreno, and with regulars that included Michael Talbott as Detective Stan Switek, Olivia Brown as Detective Trudy Joplin, Sandra Santiago as Detective Gina Navarro Calabrese, Phillip Michael Thomas as Detective Ricardo Tubbs, and Don Johnson as Detective James “Sonny” Crockett.
A13: “Miami Vice”
Source: The Complete Directory to Prime Tima Network and Cable TV Shows ISBN 0-345-39736-3 p674
Q14. Jack Jones at number 39 in 1967, Whispers at number 28 in 1980, The Little River Band at number 10 in 1979, Styx at number 6 in 1975, and Kenny Rogers at number 1 in 1980 all had hits on the Billboard charts with songs that have what single word title in common, a word which is also the first word in the title of the top hit by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink in 2000.
A14: “Lady”
Source: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits ISBN 0-8230-7520-6 & “Lady Marmalade”
Q15. Her dancing can be seen in nine Elvis Presley movies, but her first speaking role in motion pictures was in the 1968 feature “Head” (1968), starring The Monkees. She became well-established in television with appearances on "Star Trek" (1966), "It Takes a Thief" (1968), and "McCloud" (1971), and she became a semi-regular on "The Sonny and Cher Show" (1976) as Cher's friend Olivia. She also appeared with Dr. Ruth Westheimer as guests on the November 15th, 1983 episode of “Late Night With David Letterman” which won the emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program. Other major film roles include Caroline Butler in “Mr. Mom” (1983), Julie in “After Hours” (1985), Ronnie Neary in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977), Inga in “Young Frankenstein” (1974), and her Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Supporting Actress as Sandy in “Tootsie” (1982).
A15: Teri Garr
Source: www.imdb.com and The Complete Directory to Prime Tima Network and Cable TV Shows ISBN 0-345-39736-3
Q16. “I love you like a fat kid love cake ---
You know my style I say anything to make you smile”. A T.R.A.S.H. packet has 20 questions, but what musical artist has a hit song in 2003 titled “21 Questions”, with a name evoking the image of coins bearing the likeness of John F. Kennedy?
A16: 50 Cent (Featuring Nate Dogg)
Source: www.billboard.com
Q17. Stanley Yelnats the fourth is falsely accused of stealing Clyde 'Sweet Feet' Livingston's shoe donation to a local orphanage and will either go to jail or 'Camp Green Lake.' Stanley chooses Green Lake, where he is forced to work in the desert each day, by order of the mysterious Warden and her assistants Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski. But what the Warden is really trying to do is find a buried treasure that was cracked murderer Kissin' Kate Barlow's fortune long ago. But when Stanley and his friend Zero escape, things get really bad. Identify the name of this 2003 film which is similar in name to that of a band starring Courtney Love, and perhaps singularities that Steven Hawking might comment about.
A17: “Holes”
Source: http://us.imdb.com/Plot?0311289
Q18. He was born on December 30th, 1975 in Cypress, California, and his is given name is Eldrick. At the age of two, he appeared on the Mike Douglas Show along with Bob Hope. He began listening to subliminal tapes at age 6, featuring such messages as “I believe in me” and “My will moves mountains”. A gifted athlete, he has been a switch hitter in baseball, a shooting guard in basketball, and has played wide receiver in football. His ethnicity includes parts African-American, Thai, Chinese, and Indian. His nickname comes from father Earl’s Green Beret army past. In 2000, he won his 6th consecutive golf tournament, tying Ben Hogan for the second longest winning streak. Name him.
A18: Tiger Woods
Source: People Almanac ISBN 1-929049-07-2
Q19. This television show has been on the air since 1969. Included in the credited cast over the years are Carroll Spinney, Kevin Clash, Frank Oz, Fran Brill, and the show is produced by Ann Burgund. The first show was sponsored by the letters W, S, and E, along with the numbers 2 and 3, and the letter C was involved in a skit. Jim Henson was intimately involved with the show until the time of his death in 1990, yet his “muppet” creations still inhabit what TV locale?
A19: “Sesame Street”
Source: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0063951 + KVSC Trivia anecdote
Q20. In one of the first examples of music video, the filming of this song, shows this artist standing in the street with some of the lyrics on cue cards. He tosses each one aside as the lyric is sung:
“You better duck down the alley way / Lookin' for a new friend / The man in the coon-skin cap / In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills / You only got ten”
That was a portion of the lyrics from the rap style song from 1965, “Subterranean Homesick Blues” which hit #39 on the Billboard chart, from the album “Bringing it all Back Home” by what artist, who also is known for his other top 10 Billboard hits such as “Lay Lady Lay” #7 in 1969, “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35”, #2 in 1966, “Positively 4th Street” #7 in 1966, and “Like a Rolling Stone”, #2 in 1965.
A20: Bob Dylan
Source: www.allmusic.com and http://bkramer.topcities.com/dylan.html
Bonus
Q1. Answer these questions about frequently
advertised toll free numbers for 10 points each
a.
What can you buy at 1-800-ABCDEFG?
A1a: “Hooked on Phonics”
b.
Paul Harvey frequently
plugs 1-800-282-2673 for what product for the home?
A1b: The Bose Acoustic Wave Radio
c. What refugee from Superbowl 34 ads can you see in
recent television ads for 1-800-BAR-NONE
A1c: The ex-Pets.com Sock Puppet
Source: http://www.hookedonphonics.com/ www.bose.com http://www.barnone.com/
Q2. I’ll give you a line of dialog from an
original “Star Trek” episode, and if you give me the title of the episode you
get 10 points. If you need more of a hint, the value is 5 points:
c. "Computer, compute to the last digit the value of pi"
<<<half value 5pts for hint: Scotty falsely accused of murder by the
entity Red Jack previously Jack the Ripper>>>
A2c: “Wolf in the Fold”
Source: http://www.sjacob.org/trek/quotes/S_TheOriginalSeries/
Q3. Identify the following famous Jay’s for 10 points each:
a. What actor is best known for
his character “Tonto” on television and film versions of “The Lone Ranger”?
A3a: Jay Silverheels
b.
This actor appeared
played the character Kikicho in the film “Living the Life” in 2000, the
character Carlos Nuñez in the film “Crazy, Beautiful” in 2001, and the
character Joaquin 'Wack' Campos in the film “The Rookie” in 2002.
A3b: Jay Hernandez
c.
He appeared as “Jay” in
the films “Clerks” in 1994, “Chasing Amy” in 1997, “Dogma” in 1999, and “Jay
and Silent Bob Strike Back” in 2001
A3c: Jason Mewes
Source: www.imdb.com
Q4. Now, identify these famous MG’s for 10 points
each
c. What two names does the contraction “MiG” represent for former Soviet Bloc
or current Russian Aircraft? (5 points for either name)
A4c: Mikoyan-Gurevich
Source: www.allmusic.com, http://www.snuffworks.com/MG.html www.janes.com
Q5.
The most famous quarterback to come from the Arena Football League and start in
the National Football League is Curt Warner, who played for the Iowa
Barnstormers and later led the St. Louis Rams to a championship as the MVP of
SuperBowl 34. Identify these other quarterbacks that started in Arena Football
for 10 points each:
a. A flop as a first-round NFL draft pick who
became an insurance salesman before resurrecting his career in Arena Football
with the New Jersey Red Dogs and the one-season XFL, where he led the Los
Angeles Xtreme to the only championship win, he played for Pittsburgh in 2003
and was named “NFL Comeback Player of the Year”
A5a: Tommy Maddox
b. He played in the Canadian Football league in
1982-1984, in the USFL in 1985, and in 1987 he led the Denver Dynamite to the
first championship in Arena football history, He later started for the New
Orleans Saints between 1987-1990.
A5b: John Fourcade
c. Selected by the Chicago Bears in the seventh
round of the 1991 NFL Draft, he spent entire season on Chicago practice squad. In 1993 he led the Arizona Rattlers in the
Arena Football League, then went to NFL Europe and for World League Frankfurt
Galaxy passed for a record 435 yards vs. the Barcelona Dragons and was named
MVP of World Bowl 1995. He later played for the NFL Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals
A5c: Paul Justin
Source: http://www.arenafootball.com/around_the_afl/afl_headlines/333931.html
Q6. I'll give you the given name of an animal actor on television. You give me the character name that animal played.
a. Bruno starred opposite Ron Howard's little brother, Clint.
A6a. Gentle Ben
b. Pal
A6b. The original Lassie
c. Suzy was on a wet set with human characters Bud and Sandy
A6c.
Flipper
Source: Mark Hotchkiss
Q7. I'll give you a beer company name. You give me the name of the city and state that the company locates its headquarters. Example – Coors = Golden, Colorado.
a. Stroh
A7a. Detroit, Michigan
b. Rolling
Rock
A7b. Latrobe, Pennsylvania
c. Leinenkugel
A7c. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Source: www.rollingrock.com, www.leinie.com, www.pabst.com
Q8. I'll give you the name of a song, artist, and a clue about who provided studio session work on the song. Give me the session artist's name for 10 points each.
a. "Money For Nothing", Dire Straits, background vocals on the intro.
A8a. Sting
b. "Teach Your Children", Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, pedal steel guitar.
A8b. Jerry Garcia
c. "The Word", The Beatles (Rubber Soul), Harmonium
A8c. George Martin (their producer)
Source: Mark Hotchkiss
Q9. I'll give you an exclamation usually used by a comic strip, comic book, or cartoon character. You give me the character name.
a. "Heavens to Murgatroid!"
A9a. Snaglepuss
b. "Suffering Succotash!"
A9b. Sylvester
c. "Great Caesar's ghost!"
A9c. Perry White, Editor of the Daily Planet(Superman)
Source: Mark Hotchkiss
Q10. Through Superbowl 36, in January 2003, identify the quarterbacks that have the most career passing attempts in Superbowl history in any order for 10 points each.
A10a. John
Elway, Denver, 5 games, 152 attempts
A10b. Jim Kelly, Buffalo, 4 games, 145 attempts
A10c. Joe Montana, San Francisco, 4 games, 122 att.
Source: http://www.superbowl.com/history/records/indiv/passing
Q11. I'll describe a movie that starred Peter Sellers. You give me the films' title for 10 points each.
a. You see him wondering around naked in a nudist colony, wearing a guitar, spying on Elke Sommer
A11a. "A Shot in the Dark"
b. He convinces Keynan Wynn to shoot at a pop machine to get the change out of it to be used to make a very important telephone call.
A11b.
"Dr. Strangelove" / for nitpiks
( O.H.I.L.T.S.W.A.L.T.B. )
c. He plays a Chinese detective who exclaims "Room full of empty people!", in a comedy almost single handedly ruined by the acting of Truman Capote.
A11c. Neil Simon's "Murder By Death"
Source: Mark Hotchkiss
Q12. Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmero have passed the 500 career home run mark in the 2003 season, and Barry Bonds is well over 600. Three pairs of players in the top 25 all time tied with the same amount of career home runs – I’ll name the amount, you name the players tied for 5 points each.
a. 475
A12a. Willie Stargell, Stan Musial
b. 512
A12b. Eddie Mathews, Ernie Banks
c. 521
A12c. Ted Williams, Willie McCovey
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/careerhr.htm
Q13. I'll give you the name of the TV show and you identify the coffee shop that one or more of the characters hang out in for 10 points each.
a. The coffee house on "Friends".
A13a. Central Perk
b. The cafe on "Seinfeld".
A13b. Monk's Restaurant
c. The coffee shop on "Frasier"
A13c. Cafe Nervosa
Source: Mark Hotchkiss
Q14. Bass guitar players almost never make it famous. I'll name a bass musician from a notable band. You give me the name of the band for 10 points each
a. Paul Kantner
A14a. Jefferson Airplane (or Starship)
b. Roger Waters
A14b. Pink Floyd
c. Tina Weymouth
A14c. Talking Heads
Source: Mark Hotchkiss
Q15. Ray and Tom Mariazzi are two car mechanics (and MIT graduates) that host "Car Talk" on National Public Radio every weekend. People call them up and explain their various experiences with cars and ask for answers. Answer the following questions about their show for 10 points each
a. How do the two brothers refer to themselves on the show?
A15a. Click
and Clack, The Tappet Brothers
(only 5 points for Click and Clack)
b. They refer to the place that they broadcast from as "our fair city". What city is this?
A15b. Cambridge, Massachusetts
c. What classic comedy name for a law firm do they credit for producing their show?
A15c. Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe.
Source: Mark Hotchkiss
Q16. Frank Zappa produced countless albums in his fine career and certainly made his mark in American culture. Answer these questions about the late great musical genius for 10 points each.
a. A popular poster of the 60's & 70's displayed him seated on a toilet. What was the caption on the poster?
A16a. Phi Zappa Crappa
b. What 1971 film that starred Ringo Starr and Kieth Moon did Frank produce?
A16b. 200 Motels
c. Probably his most famous song dealt with dreams of becoming a tycoon in Montana reaping benefits from what commodity?
A16c. Dental floss
Source: Mark Hotchkiss
Q17. I'll give you the name of an actor and the movie they played a character that had an unusual character name. You give me the name for 10 points each.
a. Donald Sutherland in "Kelly's Heroes", 1970
A17a. Oddball
b. Harold Sakata in "Goldfinger", 1964
A17b. Oddjob
c. Torbin Meyer in "The Viking", 1927
A17c. Odd
Source: www.imdb.com
Q18. Identify these LPGA golfers based upon being the first to reach the following career money winnings plateaus for 10 points each:
a. $1 Million in a career on July 26, 1981
A18a. Kathy Whitworth
b. $4 Million in a career on Sept 22, 1991
A18b. Pat Bradley
c. $9 Million in a career on May 19, 2002
A18c. Anika Sorenstam
Source: http://www.lpga.com/photos/Alltimerecords.pdf
Q19. Monty Python sketches are now legendary. I'll ask something about a classic Python sketch or scene from either their television series Flying Circus
a. John Cleese returns a parrot that he bought from pet shop owner Michael Palin because it is dead. Palin insists it is only resting. What does he claim the specific variety of parrot is?
A19a. Norwegian Blue (pining for the fjords)
b. Eric Idle invented a great barroom character who loves to discuss ribaldry with strange men. He always asked about the man's wife and whether she "goes". What phrase is he known for finishing sentences with?
A19b. ..wink wink, nudge, nudge..... or ....say no more, say no more.... or ..know what I mean, ..know what I mean
c. When they couldn't think of any sort of smooth transition to the next sketch in Flying Circus, which was the case most of the time, John Cleese was seen sitting at a desk with a microphone and would speak what words?
A19c. And now for something completely different.
Source: Mark Hotchkiss
Q20. I'll give you a pair of song titles either written or covered by The Beatles. You give me the album title that both songs first appeared on. (American album releases only.)
a. "Getting Better" and "Good Morning, Good Morning"
A20a. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
b. "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow Submarine"
A20b. Revolver
c. "Ticket To Ride" and "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"
A20c. Help!
Source:
Mark Hotchkiss