Jeff Goldblum Memorial Trash Tournament 2010 - Must Go Fastererer
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1. Levels in this game's story mode include outrunning the titular dinosaur in "Securi-T-Rex," ridding a haunted mansion of ghosts and fighting a giant octopus with a band of pirates.  Poor performance in this game does not lead to failure like in previous incarnations, but simply a loss of currency, or (*) studs, which can be used to customize roadies, stage crew and a "rock den" using this game's namesake branding.  Other features in this game include a super-easy difficulty setting as well as a family-friendly setlist that includes songs like Europe's The Final Countdown and Rascal Flatts' cover of Life Is A Highway.  For 10 points, name this game that combines a Harmonix rhythm title with a popular line of children's building blocks.
ANSWER:  Lego Rock Band [do not accept or prompt on "Rock Band"]

2. This song was the only #1 hit on an album that included the songs Miss Gradenko and Murder By Numbers, this song's B-Side.  The video for this song opens and closes with a smoking cigarette in an ashtray that is also seen smoking in the head of a guitar.  Other scenes in this song's (*) black and white video include a bright light that streams through an opening window as the singer of this song notes that "since you've gone I've been lost without a trace//I dream at night I can only see your face."  Earlier in this song, the singer promises that he will perform a certain action during the titular periods of time as well as with "every claim you stake," "every vow you break" and "every move you make."  For 10 points, name this 1983 hit by The Police where Sting repeatedly states that "I'll be watching you."
ANSWER:  Every Breath You Take

3. This action occurred on three consecutive opportunities by Terrence Green of Plano East against John Tyler in a memorable 1994 high school football game.  In the NFL, a Bobby April-developed strategy popularly used by a certain team for this action was effectively banned by a 2009 (*) rule change; that strategy was the Bills’ so-called "bunching" formation. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin controversially called Jeff Reid to perform this action while leading against the Packers in week 15 of the 2009-10 season.  In Super Bowl 44, Saints punter Thomas Morstead started the second half by performing this action, the first time it had been done outside the fourth quarter in a Super Bowl.  For 10 points, name this action which involves deliberately underkicking the ball in order to give the kicking team a chance to retain posession.
ANSWER:  Onside Kick [prompt on partial answers]

4. This woman was the original host of a Style Network show currently hosted by Yoanna House, The Look For Less.  This woman's other appearances include judging the 2001 Miss Teen USA pageant with Krista Stegall, another personality from the genre that launched her career.  On May 5, 2010, this woman tearfully apologized to (*) Erin Andrews for saying that her stalker could have avoided jail by simply waiting to see Andrews "wearing next to nothing" on Dancing With The Stars.  This woman's breakout appearance saw her befriend a farmer nicknamed "Kentucky Joe" and fashion a homemade "immunity headdress" and this woman is the youngest host on her current show at about ten years junior to Sherri Shephard.  For 10 points, name this 4th place finisher on Survivor: The Australian Outback and notably conservative co-host on The View.
ANSWER:  Elisabeth Hasselbeck [or Elisabeth DelPadre Filarski]

5. The credits of this film feature a Kevin Renick song described as "a statement about uncertainty and having a certain amount of anxiety" in an answering machine message.  One character in this film drunkenly sings Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time after stealing a nametag belonging to a Jennifer Chu; that character later interacts with a man named Brewster (*) Samuels using a technology that she hopes will allow CTC to go "glocal."  Zach Galifianakis has a cameo as Steve at the beginning of this film, which sees Natalie Keener accompany this film's main character as he achieves a personal goal of accumulating ten million frequent flier miles while doing his job and romancing the married Alex Goran, played by Vera Farmiga.  For 10 points, name this 2009 film starring George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, who travels around the country to fire employees.
ANSWER:  Up In The Air

6. This series spawned a pair of spinoff puzzle books that included a logic puzzle regarding a "Great Watermelon Drop" and refer to a certain type of "arithmetic from [this series]."  Each book in this series ends with a two-word sentence that sees everyone perform a given action, such as "ooh-ing" upon learning that Wendy Nogard is in love with a (*) yard supervisor or mooing after the ringing of a cowbell leads to a cattle stampede.  Characters in this series include three inappropriately-nicknamed characters named Eric, the always-smiling DJ, and 26 other students of Mrs. Jewls, who works on the top floor of the titular structure built 30 floors high instead of 30 classrooms wide.  For 10 points, name this trilogy of novels by Louis Sachar whose first book focused on Sideways Stories from the titular place.
ANSWER: The Sideways Stories From Wayside School Series

7. This year has the distinction of being the first year that DHs were used in the All-Star Game.  Starting with their first round, twelfth overall pick of Jeff Juden, the Houston Astros would end up picking a total of 89 players in this year's draft, which also saw the Red Sox draft (*) Jeff Bagwell and the Blue Jays draft John Olerud.  Other notable events in this year included the submission of the Dowd Report regarding the past actions of a former player and Reds coach, while MVP Dave Stewart led the As to a four-game sweep in this year's World Series that notably saw a ten-day delay before game three at Candlestick Park.  For 10 points, name this year that saw Pete Rose banned from baseball and the "Battle of the Bay" World Series interrupted by the Loma Prieta Earthquake.
ANSWER:  1989

8. This singer and Martina McBride covered Johnny Cash's I Still Miss Someone for McBride's 2006 album Timeless, while this singer's last #1 hit in her genre saw her sing harmony on 2005s When I Get Where I'm Going.  Another #1 hit from this singer is about a woman "with flaming locks of auburn hair" as well as "ivory skin and eyes of (*) emerald green" who this singer is "begging you please don't take my man."  This singer sang about collaborator Porter Wagoner in a 1974 song beginning "If I should stay, I would only be in your way" that owes much of its popularity to a 1992 Whitney Houston cover, while Pras' Ghetto Supastar borrows its chorus melody from a duet by this singer and Kenny Rogers.  For 10 points, name this busty country singer behind I Will Always Love You  and Islands In The Stream.
ANSWER:  Dolly Parton

9. In this character's first spoken line, he mistakenly assumes that another character got to second base with Mary Lou Milligan after that character tells him "I played chess."  In one episode, this character reveals that he had been given a locked box by his father and, after running it over with his tricycle, discovered it contained only the key to the box itself inside.  Both this character's father (*) Vito and his mother left him as a child, causing him to rent the attic apartment of his best friend's family, which was presumably vacated by that friend's brother Chuck.  That friend and this character are also commonly seen at Arnold Takahashi's drive-in, where this character would often start the jukebox by striking it with his fist.  For 10 points, name this leather jacket wearing character played by Henry Winkler on Happy Days, known for his catchphrase "ehhhhhh!"
ANSWER: Arthur Fonzarelli [accept either, also accept The Fonz or Fonzie]

10. This director's first project was a short film revolving around a girl's obsession with the novel Flowers In The Attic and her plan to poison the boys in her school, 1998's Lick the Star.  Non-film projects from this director includes one featuring a woman who buys a bright pink dress, goes shopping for candy and eventually floats away with a bunch of balloons in a commercial for (*) Christian Dior.  This director also directed two films starring Kirsten Dunst, first as the isolated Lux Lisbon and then as the wife of Louis XVI.  In addition to Marie Antoinette and The Virgin Suicides, this director directed a 2003 film where Bob Harris travels to Japan to film an ad for Suntory, a film that made her the third female director to receive an Oscar nomination.  For 10 points, name this director of Lost In Translation, the daughter of director Francis Ford.
ANSWER:  Sofia Coppola [prompt on partial answer]

11. One scene in this film sees a character stuck in his bathroom after discovering a note on his toilet paper reading "Boom, you're dead."  Other characters in this film include the love interest, a Dutch secretary played by Patsy Kensit, as well as a money laundering accountant whose clients work out of a house on (*) stilts; those characters are Rika Van Den Haas and Leo Getz.  The main characters in this film learn that a scheme is being hatched involving a ship called the Alba Varden.  They discover this after one of the main characters pretends to support a "Free South Africa" protest.  The climactic scene of this film sees its antagonist hold up a badge and claim "diplomatic immunity!" immediately before being shot and told "it's just been revoked."  For 10 points, name this 1989 action comedy film, the first sequel to a film about LAPD partners Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh.
ANSWER:  Lethal Weapon 2

12. The play-by-play for this team is done by a man who uses the phrase "elevation sensation" to describe a high-flying dunk, while the pre and post-game shows for this NBA franchise are done by a man best-known for his "Oy oy oy!" soundclip while hosting Sportsphone 680. This team has not won an NBA championship since 1975, when they beat the Washington Bullets with a lineup that included Jamaal Wilkes and hall-of-famer (*) Rick Barry.  This team, which lost the 2006-07 Western Conference Semifinals to Utah in their only playoff appearance in the last 15 years, has retired numbers for players like Tom Menschery and Al Attles and is currently captained by Andris Biedrins and Monta Ellis.  For 10 points, name this team that plays their home games at Oracle Arena in Oakland.
ANSWER:  Golden State Warriors [accept either]

13. One song named after this trait contains the lyrics “hit up Prince Charming, tell him give me a call” before reconsidering with "never mind screw him" and is the last track on Christina Aguilera’s album Bionic.  A 1993 song about a man with this trait appears after the title track on the album Serenity; that song hears Jay Supreme note that you can (*) “call me what you like as long as you call me time and again” and a chorus asking to “call me mister raider” and “call me mister wrong.”  A third song about a man with this trait was a 1972 hit about a subject who "walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht" and made "all the girls dream that they'd be your partner" despite having "one eye in the mirror." For 10 points, name this trait in the title of a Carly Simon song about a man who "probably thinks this song is about you."
ANSWER:  Vanity [accept word forms but not equivalents]

14. This actress' October 17, 2008 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live attracted internet attention likely due to her confession that she was a World Of Warcraft fanatic.  This actress, who got her start playing bit parts on two episodes of Baywatch, spent the late 90s playing recurring roles on the WB such as Class President Anna Maria Del Bono on (*) Nick Freno: Licenced Teacher and Ashley, a girl idolized by Lucy Camden on 7th Heaven.  This actress replaced Lacey Chabert in her current role voicing an unattractive student at James Woods High who is hated by her family but is best-known for another FOX series where her character debuted as the girlfriend of Ashton Kutcher's character Michael Kelso.  For 10 points, name this actress who voices Meg Griffin on Family Guy and played Jackie Burkhart on That 70s Show.
ANSWER:  Mila Kunis

15. Tournament rankings for this game are managed by the COSSY system and the 2009 World Championships in this game were won by Singapore's Benjamin Hong Hwee Tan.  Most tournaments in this game use the advanced format whose forbidden list includes Graceful Charity and (*) Change of Heart.  Alternate win conditions in this game include the card Final Countdown, which wins the game in 20 turns, and assembling five pieces of an entity known as "The Forbidden One."  However, this game is usually won by attacking your opponent with monsters to deplete their 8000 life points while using spell and trap cards to prevent your opponent from doing the same.  For 10 points, name this Konami trading card game based on Duel Monsters, a fictional card game played in its namesake Kazuki Takahashi manga.
ANSWER:  Yu-Gi-Oh!

16. Live performances by this band sometimes feature a song that ends with the lyrics "you and me had such wonderful times when I'm all by myself;" a hidden track on their breakout album.  Another album by this band contains a single that saw them "on a roll with no self control" and "blowing off steam with methanphetamine" as well as a single often paired with the song (*) Jaded.  Besides the 1995 album Insomniac, a song on this band's latest album asks "do you know what you're fighting for" before requesting that the listener "lay down your arms" and refers to a salute by the titular objects.  Another album by this band inspired a 2009 rock musical and contains a track beginning as the group "walks a lonely road the only one that I have ever known."  For ten points, name this band whose single Boulevard Of Broken Dreams comes from their album American Idiot.
ANSWER:  Green Day

17.  Guest stars on this show include Wendy Fulton, the wife of one of the actors, as Kelly Stevens as well as Pat Sajak and Vanna White on an episode where a character wins a trip to Hawaii on Wheel Of Fortune but is kidnapped by fake CIA agents.  The last season of this show saw the main characters aided by special effects man (*) Dishman Santana after they are blackmailed into helping General Stockwell, who captures the main characters for supposedly going rogue and blowing up the Hanoi Bank.  One main character on this show is seen smoking a cigar while disguised as a dinosaur in the show's intro and is played by George Peppard.  Another character sports a mohawk and drives the titular group's signature red-striped van.  For 10 points, name this show whose titular group includes Hannibal Smith and B.A. Baracus, played by Mr. T.
ANSWER: The A-Team

18. It's not Ambrosia, but the recipe for a type of this item in The Sims 3 can only be learned from the recipe book by a Sim with maximum cooking skill.  The Playstation Network game Fat Princess sees players feed this item to the titular character to make it harder for the opposing team to rescue her.  A chicken named Cheep Cheep teaches the titular character how to make this item in (*) Parappa The Rapper using a song with instructions to "crack crack crack the egg into the bowl."  Bowser Jr. hides inside one of these items to capture Princess Peach in the intro to Super Mario Brothers Wii while a 2007 Valve game sees Chell promised one of these items by GLaDOS for completing test chambers.  For 10 points, name this food that supposedly "is a lie" in Portal.
ANSWER:  Cake [accept Baked Angel Food Cake on early buzz]

19. Early TV movie roles for this actor include playing a waiter on a train in Sinking Fish Move Sideways and a "madman" in a 1972 adaptation of The Dutchess of Malfi.  This actor appeared alongside Sylvester Stallone as Thornton Poole in the 1991 comedy Oscar, while a more recent role saw him play (*) Thurman Rice, a critic of Liam Neeson's title character in 2004's Kinsey.  This actor's other roles include a hotel clerk who discovers that Peter McAllister's credit card is stolen in Home Alone 2 and Wadsworth, who hosts guests played by Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, and others in 1985s Clue. His best-known role saw him play a transvestite doctor whose monstrous creation terrorizes Brad and Janet in a 1975 musical cult classic.  For 10 points, name this actor who portrayed Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
ANSWER:  Tim Curry

20. Dennis Wideman and this player were the only two players from this player's OHL team selected in this player's draft year.  This player's OHL career saw him win the Emms Family Award in 2000-01 on a team that was eliminated by the Erie Otters in the playoffs in both his years of play.  During the 2004-05 NHL lockout, this player joined Niklas Hagman and (*) Joe Thornton to lead HC Davos to the Spengler Cup.  The 2008-09 season saw this player captain his NHL team to their first-ever playoff appearance after replacing Adam Foote as captain a year earlier.  This player, who scored a goal 12 seconds into the 2008 All-Star game, also shared the 2002-03 Rocket Richard Trophy with Jerome Iginla and Ilya Kovalchuk at the age of 19 and is currently the youngest player to win the award.  For 10 points, name this right winger and captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
ANSWER:  Rick Nash

TB. Anthrax covered a Cheap Trick song of this name on the re-released version of their album Sound of White Noise; the original appeared on the album Heaven Tonight and ends with the lines “hari kari, kamakaze, suicide suicide suicide.”  When followed by the word “pet,” this phrase titles a 1980s British comedy series about Dennis Patterson and his group of construction workers that was revived on BBC One in 2002.  This phrase, along with its french and english equivalents, are the last to be sung in the musical Cabaret. In The Sound of Music, this phrase follows the titular phrase in the song sung at the soiree thrown by Captain Von Trapp.  This phrase was notably not said to Jay McCarroll, Chloe Dao, and six more designers on a series where it is commonly delivered with a double kiss from the wife of Seal.  For 10 points, name this two word phrase used by Heidi Klum to eliminate constants on Project Runway, the German for “goodbye.”
ANSWER:  Auf, Wiedersehen

Boni

1. The 100th episode of this show featured Vicki Swenson, whose sister was murdered by an ex-boyfriend, and several families that had been helped in previous episodes.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this ABC show hosted by Ty Pennington, where deserving families have new houses built for them with help from volunteers and celebrities.
ANSWER:  Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
[10] Pennington is best-known as a carpenter on Trading Spaces, a TLC program hosted by this woman for five seasons.  Taking over from Alex McLeod, this bubbly time-stickler left the show in 2004 when it went without a host, but returned for its final season in 2008.
ANSWER:  Paige Davis
[10] While on Trading Spaces, Pennington most commonly alternated carpentry duties with this female carpenter.  She currently appears on shows on the DIY Network like Backyard Stadiums, which she co-hosts with ex-NFLer Michael Strahan.
ANSWER:  Amy Wynn Pastor

2. Captains for this team include Marc Tardif, who assumed the role during their first NHL season, and Joe Sakic, who was captain when this team moved.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this former Canadian NHL team that won the Stanley Cup in 1995-96, their first year as the newly christened Colorado Avalanche.
ANSWER:  Quebec Nordiques [accept either]
[10] Great players associated with the Nordiques include this five-time all star that they took with the first overall pick in 1990.  Currently an alternate for the Minnesota Wild, he is known for completing a hat trick at the 1997 All-Star game off a called shot on Dominic Hasek.
ANSWER:  Owen Nolan
[10] Other players who had short stints with the Nordiques include this Flyers goaltending great, who was sent to Quebec in the 1991 Eric Lindros deal but returned to Philly in 1994.  He is known for being the first goalie to physically score a goal in the NHL when he did so in 1987 against Boston.
ANSWER:  Ron Hextall

3. Cameos in this last film of The Red Curtain Trilogy include Kylie Minogue, who plays the green fairy.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this 2001 Baz Luhrman musical film where Ewan McGregor's Christian attempts to woo the prostitute Satine, played by Nicole Kidman.
ANSWER:  Moulin Rouge!
[10] Real-life characters in Moulin Rouge! include Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, who is played in the film by this actor.  This actor had previously worked with Luhrman playing Tybalt in his adaptation Romeo + Juliet.
ANSWER:  John Leguizamo
[10] As previously mentioned, Moulin Rouge! is a part of Luhrman's Red Curtain Trilogy, which began with this 1992 film.  It stars Paul Mercurio and Tara Morice as Scott and Fran and follows their exploits at the Pan-Pacific Grand Prix Dance Competition.
ANSWER:  Strictly Ballroom

4. Answer these questions about songs with something superficial in common for ten points each:
[10] Chants of "Bicycle!" begin the song Bicycle Race, a 1978 song by this group.  The song mentions this group's other hit Fat-Bottomed Girls and was penned by lead singer Freddie Mercury.
ANSWER:  Queen
[10] This biggest hit by Flobots sees its protagonist's power escalate from "keeping rhythm with no metronome" to "splitting the atoms of a molecule" to finally "ending the world in a Holocaust."  This song's title refers to the initial claim that "I can ride my bike" without the titular object.
ANSWER:  Handlebars
[10] This song by Katie Melua states that "the fact that I will love you 'til I die" is as undeniable as the fact that "there are" the titular number of titular objects "in Beijing."  This song also estimates the size of the universe by noting that "we are twelve billion light years from the edge."
ANSWER:  Nine Million Bicycles

5. Contributors to this game's signature soundtrack include Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly and Moby.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this 2010 X-Box Live Arcade puzzle game that is donating a majority of its proceeds to charity.  This game has players trying to fill a puzzle grid by placing pieces as a beat line travels across the screen and creates music.
ANSWER:  Chime
[10] Chime shares many elements with this Tetsuya Mizuguchi "puzzle fusion" game for the PSP. This Tetris-like game sees players drop blocks onto a puzzle field to make 2x2 squares as a time line sweeps by and removes them from the screen.
ANSWER:  Lumines [loo-min-ess]
[10] Other songs on the Chime soundtrack include Brazil, a piece by this 20th century American composer.  You may know him better for operas like Waiting For The Barbarians and Einstein On The Beach.
ANSWER: Philip Glass

6. Name these actresses behind the ladies of the CW's Gossip Girl for ten points each:
[10] The series revolves around the life of Blair Waldorf, played by this actress.  She also starred in the 2007 tv movie The Haunting Of Sorority Row and launched her music career in 2009, releasing Somebody To Love with Robin Thicke and featuring on Cobra Starship's Good Girls Go Bad.
ANSWER:  Leighton Meester
[10] In season one, Waldorf has her queen bee status usurped by Jenny Humphrey, played by this actress.  She'll be taking time off from the upcoming season to tour with her band, The Pretty Reckless.
ANSWER:  Taylor Momsen
[10]  In season three, Jenny's brother Dan has a fling with Georgina Sparks, played by this actress.  She's not in a band, but you may know her from her former role as Dawn Summers on Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
ANSWER:  Michelle Trachtenberg

7. His solo work includes the 2008 album "Happy" In Galoshes which included the single Missing Cleveland.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this singer who performed vocals on tracks like Plush and Interstate Love Song in his most well-known band.
ANSWER:  Scott Weiland
[10] Besides fronting Stone Temple Pilots, Scott Weiland also sang vocals for this supergroup whose members included Slash of Guns N' Roses.  Their biggest hit was Slither off their 2004 album Contraband.
ANSWER:  Velvet Revolver
[10] Happy In Galoshes is actually Weiland's second solo album after this 1998 effort.  Weiland scored a few minor hits from this album like Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down, which also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1998 film adaptation of Great Expectations.
ANSWER:  Twelve-Bar Blues

8. The fourth and latest book of the Quirk Classics series revolves around a rebel group called the UnConSciya.  For ten points each:
 [10] Name this update of a literary classic “co-authored” by Ben H. Winters and Leo Tolstoy.  This novel chronicles the love story between the title character and Lord Vronsky in 19th century steampunk Russia.
 ANSWER:  Android Karenina
 [10] Android Karenina is the latest in a series of novels that began with this 2009 offering by Seth Graeme-Smith.  It follows the tumultuous love of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy in a time where the English are turning into undead.
 ANSWER:  Pride And Prejudice And Zombies
 [10] Pride And Prejudice And Zombies spawned a 2010 sequel with this subtitle.  Written by Steve Hockensmith, its characters include martial arts expert Master Hawksworth, who proves incompetent at fighting the zombie horde.
 ANSWER:  Pride And Prejudice And Zombies: Dawn Of The Dreadfuls

9. This institution was recently embroiled in a scandal where a decision by Provost Feridun Hamdullahpur affected many previously-uninvolved players like quarterback Luke Balch.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this Canadian University whose football program was suspended for the upcoming season after nine of its players were caught in a doping scandal.
ANSWER:  The University of Waterloo
[10] The scandal began when Nathan Zettler, a player at this position, was arrested for possessing and trafficking steroids.  Other players who played this position at Waterloo include Joshua Svec, who transferred to Western before briefly signing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2010.
ANSWER:  Wide Receiver
[10] In June 2010, this host of FAN 590's Prime Time Sports blasted the Waterloo administration for suspending the program.  This former writer of the Fadoo.ca blog suggested that Hamdullahpur and other adminstrators should be fired for the decision.
ANSWER:  Bob McCown

10. This character's father Billy is a wheelchair-bound tribe elder who is friends with Charlie Swan, the protagonist's father.  For ten points each:
[10] Identify this shapeshifting werewolf played by Taylor Lautner in the Twilight Saga films, the chief rival to Edward Cullen for the love of Bella Swan.
ANSWER:  Jacob Black [accept either]
[10] Jacob is a member of this Northwestern tribe of Native Americans.  In the Twlight Saga films, they have a deal with the Cullens wherein they will not fight them so long as the Cullens agree not to bite humans.
ANSWER:  Quileute [quil-yoot]
[10] In New Moon, Jacob saves Bella while on patrol for this vampire after Bella jumps off a cliff and accidently knocks herself unconcious. This antagonist of New Moon seeks revenge on Bella after Edward killed her mate, a tracker named James, in Twlight.
ANSWER:  Victoria 

11. Answer the following questions about the highest wall in the Major Leagues, the Green Monster, for ten points each:
[10] The Green Monster is a nickname for the high-standing left field wall at this major league ballpark, the home of the Boston Red Sox.
ANSWER:  Fenway Park
[10] The foot of The Green Monster used to contain an incline named Duffy's Cliff until it was removed by this longtime Red Sox owner.  Fenway Park now stands on a street named for this man.
ANSWER:  Tom Yawkey [or Tom Austin Yawkey]
[10] During a 2008 game against the Twins, then-Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez was comically spotted performing this action inside The Green Monster during a pitching change.  A more recent blooper saw a fan at a June 2010 Yankees-Mariners game get hit in the face by a ground rule double while performing this action.
ANSWER:  Talking on a cell phone [accept reasonable equivalents like "making or taking a cell phone call"]

12. It was the first single from the 1987 album Kick but is best known for its driving guitar riff.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this INXS song whose lyrics instruct the adressee to "slide over here and give me a moment" because "you're one of my kind."  This song's three word title is followed by the lines "cause I'm not sleeping" and "there's something about you girl that makes me sweat."
ANSWER:  Need You Tonight
[10] Like most INXS songs, lead vocals on Need You Tonight were performed by this singer.  He committed suicide in 1997, where he was found hanging from the door of a Sydney hotel room.
ANSWER: Michael Hutchence
[10] The guitar riff from Need You Tonight was sampled for the similarly titled I Need You Tonight, a 2010 UK hit for an English rapper named "Professor" this.  This word also names an REM album that contains the songs Stand and Orange Crush.
ANSWER:  Green

13.  His hosting gigs have included the 2000 revival of To Tell The Truth.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this actor who replaced Richard Karn as host of Family Feud in 2006 and will himself be replaced by Steve Harvey for the upcoming season.
ANSWER:  John O'Hurley
[10] O'Hurley is perhaps best known for playing the namesake operator of the J. Peterman company on this sitcom.  His employees have included Zach, a drug addict, a silent walker named Lou, and of course Elaine Benes.
ANSWER:  Seinfeld
[10] O'Hurley also appeared on the first season of Dancing With The Stars, where he finished second to this woman.  This woman is best known for her soap opera work, having played Livvie Locke Morley on Port Charles and Sam McCall on General Hospital.
ANSWER:  Kelly Monaco

14. It is well-known for its opening sequence, which famously makes use of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this 1968 Stanley Kubrick film also known for introducing audiences to Discovery astronaut Dave Bowman and the malfunctioning HAL 9000.
ANSWER:  2001: A Space Odyssey
[10] A climactic scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey sees HAL sing this song while Dave deactivates him.  You may give either the song name or its first line.
ANSWER:  Daisy Bell [also accept "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do"]
[10] Dr. Dave Bowman was played by Keir Dullea, whose other roles include Private Doll in this 1968 film about the battle of Guadalcanal.  Sean Penn and Nick Nolte starred in a 1998 remake of this film.
ANSWER:  The Thin Red Line

15. Its website describes its formula as a mix of ginseng, royal jelly, and gingko biloba and users visiting its website are greeted by the roar of its namesake animal. For ten points each:
[10] Name this Canadian-invented brand of energy drinks whose logo is a rather majestic-looking cat.
ANSWER:  Cheetah Power Surge
[10] In 2006, Cheetah got attention for a series of tongue in cheek ads featuring this disgraced Olympic sprinter.  In one ad, this man is asked "when you run, do you Cheetah?" to which he replies "I Cheetah all the time."
ANSWER:  Ben Johnson
[10] Cheetah Power Surge was founded by Frank D'Angelo, who also founded this now-defunct Ontario brewery.  Closed in early 2010, this brewery was also the namesake of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds' stadium before it was renamed the Essar Centre in 2008.
ANSWER:  Steelback Brewery

16. A successor to this vessel was built in a 1978 TV movie, but its broken compass led its users to travel back to a location where they found a plank belonging to the original.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this steamboat that trapped its users on a certain landform for 15 years after a storm disrupted their "three hour tour."
ANSWER:  S.S. Minnow
[10] In 1979's The Castaways On Gilligan's Island, this character constructs an airplane called the Minnow III.  In the episode Castaways Pictures Presents, this character also claims to be an avid scuba diver.
ANSWER:  The Professor or Roy Hinkley, Ph. D. [accept any underlined part]
[10] The Professor on Gilligan's Island was played by Russell Johnson, who also played George, a telephone company worker, in this 1953 sci-fi flick.  This film follows the discovery of aliens landing on earth by couple John Putnam and Ellen Fields.
ANSWER:  It Came From Outer Space

17. Answer some questions about Disney's 1989 classic, The Little Mermaid, for ten points each:
[10] The Little Mermaid won an Oscar for this song.  Sung by Sebastian the crab, he begins by noting that "the seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake" in an attempt to convince Ariel that life is better in the titular locale.
ANSWER: Under The Sea
[10] Characters in The Little Mermaid include this Buddy Hackett-voiced seagull.  This character repeatedly misinforms Ariel about the use of human items like a fork and pipe, which he calls a dinglehopper and snarfblatt.
ANSWER:  Scuttle
[10] This actress provided the voice of Ariel in The Little Mermaid and reprised the role in other media like the Kingdom Hearts video game series.  This actress' most recent role was as the voice of Barbie in Toy Story 3.
ANSWER:  Jodi Benson

18. New songs on a rereleased “Platinum Version” of this album include Superstar and The Other Side Of The Door.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this 2010 Grammy Album Of The Year by Taylor Swift, which included singles like Fifteen and You Belong With Me.
ANSWER: Fearless
[10] Other songs from Fearless include Breathe, which features this artist.  Her latest album was 2009s Breakthrough, which contained the single Fallin’ For You.
ANSWER: Colbie Caillat [cal-lay]
[10] Breathe earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Collaboration, but Caillat would actually win for collaborating on Lucky, a song from this album.  The name of this album, which also spawned the single Make It Mine, refers to the three previously released EPs that make up its track list.
ANSWER: We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

19. This game's action begins when its protagonist goes to visit Lucca at the Millenial Fair.  For ten points each:
[10] Identify this iconic Super Nintendo RPG that follows its namesake protagonist as he repeatedly uses Lucca's time machine to repair and improve the passage of time.
ANSWER:  Chrono Trigger
[10] The many allies of Crono in Chrono Trigger include this cavewoman who the protagonists discover in 65 million BC.  She is unable to use magic and does not wield a weapon, instead using bare-handed physical attacks.
ANSWER:  Ayla [or Eira]
[10] Major locales in Chrono Trigger include this kingdom of Schala and Janus that fell when its people attempted to summon Lavos.  This also names a paladin skill in Diablo II wherein the character makes up to five successive quick strikes.
ANSWER:  Zeal

20. This event got its name from the actions of Valentin Prokopov in its final minutes.  For ten points each:
[10] Give this violent nickname given to a semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics where Prokopov struck a Hungarian player in the face, causing him to bleed in the pool.
ANSWER:  The Blood In The Water match [or "The Bloodbath Match"]
[10] This man was the Hungarian target of Prokopov's wrath.  He scored two goals in the Blood In The Water Match but his injuries forced him to sit out the final against Yugoslavia.
ANSWER:  Ervin Zador
[10] The Blood In The Water match was chronicled in the 2006 film Freedom's Fury, which was narrated by this American swimmer.  A student of Zador, this man set a certain record at the 1972 Munich Olympics that was only recently broken by Michael Phelps 8 golds in Beijing.
ANSWER:  Mark Spitz

21. Now that it's been almost 15 years, let's see what you remember about the O.J. Simpson murder trial.  For ten points each:
[10] This woman was the lead prosecutor at the Simpson trial.  Along with author Teresa Carpenter, she penned the book Without A Doubt about the trial.
ANSWER:  Marcia Clark
[10] A major part of the case concerned a bloody one of these objects found at the crime scene.  Prosecutor Christopher Darden eventually asked Simpson to try it on, which led defense attorney Johnny Cochran to exclaim "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit."
ANSWER:  Glove
[10] As the bloody glove did not fit Simpson, the defense put forth the belief that it was planted by this LAPD detective.  They also alleged that he was a racist who had uttered slurs against Simpson, with Johnny Cochran comparing him to Adolf Hitler in his final summation.
ANSWER:  Mark Fuhrman