Jeff Goldblum Memorial Trash Tournament 2010 - Must Go Fastererer
Questions by Tom Minard and Nat McLaren

Tossups

1. Opening the 65th Venice International Film Festival, this film was listed on 23 critic’s top 10 lists, and took the number 1 spot on 5 of those. Written by Jenny Lumet, this film was once tentatively titled Dancing with Shiva. The film holds an 86% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and does not include any pre-recorded soundtrack as all music heard in the film was performed live on set. Featuring Broadway mainstay Bill Irwin as well as Debra Winger in her first nominated film role since 1993’s Shadowlands, this film deals with themes of drug addiction and family dysfunction. Starring Anne Hathaway, who lost the Best Actress Academy Award to Kate Winslet for The Reader, for 10 points, name this film directed by Jonathan Demme.
ANSWER: Rachel Getting Married

2. In addition to his own series, this character has been playable in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds, LittleBigPlanet, ModNation Racers and Soul Caliber: Broken Destiny. Voiced by TC Carson, he kills a particularly unlucky boat captain three times, participates in a trio of playable threesomes, and accidentally slaughters his own wife and daughter after being tricked by Ares. Their ashes cover his body, earning him the nickname “Ghost of Sparta.” Name FTP this deicidal video game character, first introduced by Linda Hunt as he “cast himself of the highest mountain in all of Greece” in God of War.
ANSWER: Kratos

3. Growing up in Heerenveen, Netherlands, this speed skater is the first in history to win 4 consecutive world all-round championships, and 8 consecutive international all-round championships. In 2004 he won the Dutch All-round Championships at just 18 years of age. Brother of Brecht, and son of Yep (*) this speed skater is second only to Shani Davis in the Adelskalender and shares the world record for Team Pursuit with Wouter Olde Heuvel and Erben Wennemars. He is the current world record holder of the 5,000m and 10,000m as well as the current Dutch, European and World all-round Champion. For 10 points, name this speed skater who, at the 2010 Winter Olympics, was disqualified from the 10,000m finals for an improper lane change at the direction of his longtime coach, George Kemkers. 
ANSWER: Sven Kramer [prompt on "Kramer" before Yep is mentioned and accept afterwards]

4. Bonus tracks for this album include a cover medley of Kids by MGMT and Lady Gaga’s Poker Face and a live cover of Should I Stay or Should I Go? while Love is the Answer was previously recorded by Sugar Ray for their 2009 album Music for Cougars. A band-centric Snuggie (*) is also being sold alongside this album, whose cover features a leaping dog and whose title was suggested to lead singer Rivers Cuomo by actor Rainn Wilson. Featuring Lil Wayne on the track Can’t Stop Partying name FTP this Weezer album featuring the hit singles I’m Your Daddy and (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To.
ANSWER: Raditude

5. This man does not work at the Brand/Leland office, but does own a business specializing in Latex, and is also an obscure beatnik author whose crowning achievement is Venetian Blinds. He encountered Kel Varnsen and H.E. Pennypacker (*) at an open house for a New York apartment on Puerto Rican Day when he was looking for a bathroom to wash his ink-stained hands. An importer of chips and long matches, and exporter of diapers, he contemplated focussing on just the importing, to the dismay of his girlfriend, Elaine. Also a judge in the Good Samaritan case, name FTP, this pseudonym frequently employed by George Costanza on Seinfeld.
ANSWER: Art Vandelay

6. This player was selected immediately following Fabian Washington and immediately preceding Jason Campbell in a draft in which the 49ers took Alex Smith first overall, though he would spend his first three seasons as a backup. Mark Tauscher protects the blind side for this player, who in his first season as an NFL starter, threw for over 4,000 yards (*) and 28 touchdowns, though this player’s team finished with only a 6-10 (“6 and 10”) record. His team did significantly better the next season, earning a 10-6 (“10 and 6”) record and a number 5 seed, but his team would be eliminated in the highest-scoring NFL playoff game ever by the Arizona Cardinals. He is the first quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards in each of his first two seasons, but he may be best known as the guy who usurped some guy named Brett Favre. FTP, name this current starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.
ANSWER: Aaron Rodgers

7. This actress’s first credited role was on TV’s The Doris Day Show and her first film role was the TV movie Menace on the Mountain. She graduated magna cum laude from Yale University after taking a year due to the assassination attempt of (*) President Reagan in 1984. She made nearly 50 film and TV appearances before she attended college, including hosting SNL at age 14, making her the youngest host until Drew Barrymore. She is referenced in the Family Guy episode Sibling Rivalry, in which the shows High School gym teacher and her lesbian partner request a “vial of sperm and an applicator shaped like [this actress’] knuckles”. For 10 points, name this winner of 2 Best Actress Oscars and star of the original Freaky Friday film.
ANSWER: Jodie Foster

8. This Australian politician has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993-1996, and again since 1998, representing the Division of Lilley, Queensland for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). After his re-election in 1998, he served as the Shadow Minister for Family and Community Services (*) until 2001 when he became Manager of Opposition Business in the House. He supported Kim Beazley for the leadership of ALP in the 2003 leadership contests. In the wake of the 2004 election loss to John Howard’s government, he was appointed Shadow Treasurer. After the ALP’s win of the 2007 federal election he was appointed Treasurer of Australia under Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. For 10 points, name this current Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and 38th Treasurer of Australia, who attended the G20 summit in Toronto this year in the stead of newly minted Prime Minister Julia Gillard. 
ANSWER: Wayne Swan

9. Originally released as a B-side to the unsuccessful single Hello Melinda Goodbye, this song achieved greater success when it was re-released in 1971 as a single from Good-byes and Butterflies. It was covered with added profanities by (*) Tesla in 1990 and sampled by Fatboy Slim for his song Don’t Let the Man Get You Down off of 2004’s Palookaville. The latter sampled only the opening line where one of the titular objects "said Long-haired freaky people need not apply.” Name, for ten points, this classic rock protest song, the biggest hit for Five Man Electrical Band.
ANSWER: Signs

10. This character has looked after Chase’s baby, slept with her subordinate Spenser Wolff, scolded her ex-husband for arming nuclear bombs for terrorists, and survived a nerve gas attack that killed her friend Edgar Stiles. She is targeted for (*) assassination along with Michelle Dessler, David Palmer and Tony Almeida, but manages to escape. More recently, she was promoted to head of CTU after the removal of Brian Hastings. Played by Mary Lynn Rajskub (Rice Cub), name FTP this socially awkward computer analyst, Jack Bauer’s most trusted ally and confidant, who recently spoke the series-ending words “Shut it down” on 24.
ANSWER: Chloe O’Brian (accept either underlined answer)

11. It is likely that Sheb Wooley, singer of The Purple People Eater, was the voice actor that originally provided this effect for 1951’s Distant Drums. A flame-thrower toting bad guy in Lethal Weapon 4, Mola Ram, and Buzz Lightyear are among the many characters to utilize this effect. Named for a character from The Charge at Feather River (*) who gets shot in the leg with an arrow, sound designer Ben Burtt popularized this effect in Star Wars when a stormtrooper gets shot and falls a great height. Name, FTP this often-used shriek that George Lucas adds to many of his movies, now a common cinematic audio cliché.
ANSWER: Wilhelm Scream [accept clear knowledge equivalents that include the word "Wilhelm"]

12. In one game, a certain man states that this character "couldn't be much worse than Ocelot's old torture device" after being told to "be careful" of this character.  In that game's story mode, this character first appears in a cut scene in the Research Facility level being tortured inside a generator.  One of the first Game Boy games to use the rumble pak had an element called "[this character's] kickback", where this character could save a player who had fully charged the (*) lightning meter by hitting a spinner on the right side of the pinball table.  In its video game premiere, this character is first encountered in Viridian Forest and this was the only character besides Eevee that uses a thunder stone to evolve.  For ten points, name this character that notably can be made to follow Ash Ketchum around in Pokemon Yellow.
ANSWER:  Pikachu

13. Early releases by this band include an EP titled Crime and two eponymous ones. Bassist Dustin Fridkin was replaced by Andrew Seward after their first full length album, Reinventing Axl Rose, was released on No Idea Records. They signed to Fat Wreck Chords in 2003 and released The Eternal Cowboy and Searching for a Former Clarity (*) before switching to Sire Records in 2007 for the Butch Vig-produced New Wave, which spawned the single Thrash Unreal. FTP, name this Tom Gabel fronted punk rock band from Gainesville, Florida whose 2010 album White Crosses is currently enjoying success due to the hit single I Was a Teenage Anarchist.
ANSWER: Against Me!

14. As a senior in high school, this player notably scored 61 points before pulling himself out of a game as a tribute to his late grandfather, who had been murdered at the age of 61 a few days prior. This fourth overall draft pick out of Wake Forest was drafted in the same class as Danny Granger, David Lee, and Monta [Mon-TAY] Ellis, and followed Emeka [Uh-MEE-kuh] Okafor and preceded Brandon Roy (*) as winner of the Rookie of the Year award, leading all rookies in Points, Steals, Assists, and Minutes during his rookie season in 2005. He has a friendly on-court rivalry with Deron Williams, who was picked one slot ahead of this player, which dates back to their days in college. A member of the 2008 gold-medal winning Olympic Men’s Basketball team, this player is notable for holding an NBA record for having at least one steal in 108 consecutive games. The league leader in assists and steals for both the 07-08 and 08-09 seasons, FTP, name this all-star point guard for the New Orleans Hornets. 
ANSWER: Chris Paul

15. This man’s stand-up comedy and humorous song performances prompted him to open at music festivals for Frank Zappa and Bruce Springsteen. His first notable role was as twins Garth and Barth Gimble on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. He played Roseanne’s boss, Leon Carp, for 4 seasons on Roseanne, has an elementary school named after him in Family Guy, (*) appeared in Arrested Development as the unorthodox private investigator Gene Parmesan, and was center square for the final season of the Tom Bergeron hosted Hollywood Squares. FTP, name this comedic actor best known for portraying Colonel Mustard in Clue and principal Willard Craft in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.
ANSWER: Martin Mull

16. Early Smith, Kate Moore and Horace Spring have all been killed in the line of duty as this man’s partner. After defeating Scorpio in his first film appearance, he hurls his inspector’s badge into a nearby lake, only to appear again as an inspector in the very next film,(*) Magnum Force. He fired six shots from the most powerful handgun in the world during a bank robbery, and doesn’t get his day made at a diner in Sudden Impact. FTP, name this ruthless San Francisco police inspector as played in five films by Clint Eastwood.
ANSWER: “Dirty” Harry Callahan [accept either]

17. At age 15, this musical prodigy had already played with Yo-Yo Ma, the National Academy Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, L’Orchestre Symphonique du Quebec, and Sinfonia Varsovia at venues ranging from the MIDEM Classical Awards in Cannes, Rideau Hall in Ottawa, and Carnegie Hall in New York City. Born to Polish (*) parents in Calgary, Alberta he was selected to open the Year of Chopin in Warsaw by performing at midnight on January 1st, 2010. He is the youngest in history to win the Canadian Music Festival in August 2008 at just 13 years of age. As well as being an accomplished pianist, he is also a composer and one of his compositions won at the 2006 National Finals of the Canada Music Week Writing Competition. For 10 points, name this pianist who played Aria from Bach’s Goldberg Variations for Queen Elizabeth II at Parliament Hill on July 1st, 2010.
ANSWER: Jan Lisiecki

18. Harry Howell is the only person to skate for this team to be elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. In one of the most lopsided deals in NHL history, this team traded draft picks with the Canadiens in 1970, selecting Chris Oddleifson with the pick they received; the Canadiens used their pick to draft Guy LaFleur. Playing their home games at what is now Oracle Arena, (*) this team failed to have a winning season after their introduction during the 1967 NHL expansion. This poor play, combined with low revenues forced the team to relocate to Cleveland in 1976, becoming the Barons, who promptly merged with the Minnesota North Stars after 2 seasons. FTP, name this now-defunct NHL franchise who played in the San Francisco Bay Area for their short existence. 
ANSWER: California Golden Seals [accept either, also accept Oakland Seals]

19. Dr. Carl Mortner, a villain in the 1985 Bond film A View to a Kill, wears this object, as does Amelia Bones during Harry’s trial in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In Cop Out, Tracy Morgan’s character believes that a mother-fucker wearing one of these is sleeping with his wife. Homer Simpson steals spa passes from a Bentley salesman (*) while wearing one of these and Futurama’s Bender puts one on after realizing how rich Fry is. Most famously worn by Colonel Klink of Hogan’s Heroes, Batman’s nemesis The Penguin and the Planters official mascot, Mr. Peanut, name, FTP, this corrective lens used to correct vision in only one eye.
ANSWER: Monocle

20. Bear McCreary gained his first Emmy nomintation for the main title music he composed for this series. McG is an executive producer on this show, which co-stars Chi McBride and Jackie Earle Haley as Winston and (*) Guerrero, respectively. Tricia Helfer guest stars in the pilot episode as a bullet train designer who is targeted for assassination. Starring Mark Valley in the titular role, name FTP this Fox series based on the DC comic of the same, which has the main character, Christopher Chance, integrating himself into a client’s life in order to protect them.
ANSWER: Human Target

Boni

1. That Scott Baio sure is dreamy. Answer some questions about his television appearances for ten points each:
[10] Baio is perhaps best known as this character on Happy Days. This character was also the focus of a Happy Days spinoff co-starring Erin Moran as Joanie.
ANSWER: Chachi Arcola [accept either]
[10] Following his success on Happy Days, Baio starred as a live-in babysitter who worked for room and board in this awful CBS comedy.
ANSWER: Charles in Charge
[10] More recently, Baio played this Bluth family attorney in season 3 of Arrested Development. This mouthful of a man lobs law bombs and even keeps his own law blog.
ANSWER: Bob Loblaw [prompt on patial answers]

2. Identify these games with a decidedly Japanese flavour FTP each:
[10] Beautiful, We Love and Damacy all appear in titles of games in this series that casts the player as the prince of the Hoshino family.  The main idea of these games is that the King Of All Cosmos has wiped out the stars, forcing the prince to replace them by rolling up objects from small animals to cars to rainbows into the titular giant balls.
ANSWER: The Katamari Series [accept any of Katamari Damacy, We Love Katamari, Me & My Katamari, Beautiful Katamari, I Love Katamari or Katamari Forever]
[10] Titles in this Taito series of games include Dinner With Friends and World Kitchen.  Players in this series of games are given instructions from the titular matriarch about how to prepare dishes, which may include stirring pots and cutting vegetables.
ANSWER:  Cooking Mama
[10] This bizarre Keita Takahashi title for the PS3 sees players control the titular worm-like character to maneuver him around obstacles and stretch him as far as possible.  This game features a super-cooperative online mode where players report their stretched distances to Girl, who will unlock new levels once the cumulative score is high enough.
ANSWER:  Nobi Nobi Boy

3. Answer the following questions about the members of current rock and roll supergroup, Them Crooked Vultures FTPE:
[10] This former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman returned to drumming with Them Crooked Vultures. A promotional video titled "Fresh Pots" was released, showing this man's addiction to everyone's favourite "super delicious hot beverage," coffee.
ANSWER: Dave Grohl
[10] This Led Zeppelin bassist plays bass guitar, keyboards, piano, keytar, lap steel guitar, mandolin and violin on TCV's debut album. 
ANSWER: John Paul Jones
[10] The founder of stoner metal band Kyuss, and leader of Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal, this man provides lead vocals and guitar for Them Crooked Vultures.
ANSWER: Josh Homme

4. Answer the following questions about James Bond's boss, M FTP each:
[10] This actress won an Oscar for her brief role as Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love. She has portrayed M since Pierce Brosnan's debut as 007 in 1995's Goldeneye.
ANSWER: Dame Judi Dench
[10] This man played M in the first 11 Bond films before his death in 1981. Out of respect, a new actor was not cast in the role for that year's For Your Eyes Only.
ANSWER: Bernard Lee
[10] After Lee's death, this man took over the title of M in 1983's Octopussy. It is unclear whether the character is meant to be the same man Lee played, or rather a new character promoted to M's position.
ANSWER: Robert Brown

5. Answer the following questions about the '60s era Boston Celtics dynasty FTPE:
[10] This Celtics center, along with point guard Bob Cousy, was the cornerstone of the dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 seasons. He won 5 regular season MVP awards and the NBA Finals MVP Award was recently named in his honour.
ANSWER: Bill Russell
[10] 1958 and 1967 were the only years between 1957 and 1969 that the Celtics failed to win the championship. Name either of the two teams that won in those years FTP. One team was led by center Bob Pettit, the other by Wilt Chamberlain.
ANSWER: St. Louis Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers [accept any underlined part]
[10] The Celtics of that era were led for 17 years by this head coach and later general manager and team president. The Coach of the Year Award was named after him in 1967; he died of a heart attack in 2006.
ANSWER: Red Auerbach

6. Answer some questions about The Presidents of the United States of America...the band that is.  FTP each:
[10] Perhaps The Presidents' biggest hit, the lyrics of this single off their debut album reference a man who plans to "move into the country, gonna eat a lot of" the titular fruits.
ANSWER: Peaches
[10] Other work by the Presidents include a cover of this 1967 cartoon theme song originally performed by Stan Worth and Sheldon Allman.  The cover was done for a 1997 film adaptation starring Brendan Fraser as the titular character, who the song notes is a "friend to you and me."
ANSWER: George Of The Jungle
[10] The Presidents also covered this song for the soundtrack to the Adam Sandler movie, The Wedding Singer.  In addition to being the only hit for The Buggles, a popular piece of trivia notes that its video was the first to be played on MTV.
ANSWER: Video Killed the Radio Star

7. James Cameron sure does play favourites. FTP each, answer the following questions about some of his most frequently casted actors.
[10] Best known for playing Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, including the James Cameron directed Aliens, this actress also portrays exobiologist Dr. Grace Augustine in Cameron's latest, Avatar.
ANSWER: Sigourney Weaver
[10] This man, who plays Kyle Reese in The Terminator also appeared in a deleted scene for Terminator 2, in addition to his work as Hicks in Aliens and a paranoid Lieutenant Coffey in The Abyss.
ANSWER: Michael Biehn
[10] He has appeared in half of James Cameron's films and is the only actor to play characters killed by a Terminator, Alien and Predator. He appears as a punk leader in The Terminator, a treasure hunter in Titanic, a sleazy car salesman in True Lies and as Private Hudson in Aliens. He currently stars in the HBO series Big Love.
ANSWER: Bill Paxton

8. The finale of the first season of this show revolved around the disappearance of Maya Plaskett and the murder of her sister Emma.  FTP each:
[10] Name this CBS show starring Simon Baker as Patrick Jane, a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation who solves crimes using his powerful observation skills.
ANSWER:  The Mentalist
[10] Other characters on The Mentalist include this primary antagonist who had murdered Jane's family before the beginning of the series.  This character is known for his calling card, a smiley face drawn in blood.
ANSWER:  Red John
[10] The Mentalist is produced by Bruno Heller, who also produced this historical HBO drama.  Characters on this series include soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, played by Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson.
ANSWER:  Rome

9. For some reason, South Africa seems to be pretty darn good at pumping out world class golfers. Name some of them for ten points each.
[10] Likely the most accomplished of South African golfers is this man, who is one of five players to win a career grand slam, and has 9 Major Championship victories to his name, all in the 60’s and 70’s. 
ANSWER: Gary Player
[10] Also hailing from South Africa is player who spent 250 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 2001 and 2007. This two time U.S. Open Championship winner and current 16th world ranked player also has two second place finishes at the Masters to his name. 
ANSWER: Retief Goosen
[10] Perhaps neither as well known nor as accomplished as Player and Goosen, this player with a rather fun to say name nonetheless won the 2010 British Open Championship in decisive fashion, posting a -16 score for the tournament and holding the lead through the final 36 holes.
ANSWER: Louis Oosthuizen 

10. One song in this musical, There!  Right There!, debates whether a character is gay or simply European.  For ten points each:
[10] Name this 2007 Broadway musical based on a namesake Amanda Brown novel and accompanying 2001 film.  It tells the story of sorority sister Elle Woods and her journey to Harvard Law school.
ANSWER: Legally Blonde
[10] Characters common to both the musical Legally Blonde and the film include Professor Callahan, who was played in the film by this actor. This actor, who recently guest-starred as author Garrison Steel on Republic of Doyle, may be better known for playing Jack Bristow on Alias.
ANSWER:  Victor Garber
[10] This actress starred as Elle Woods in the original Broadway run of Legally Blonde: The Musical.  Since then, she has broken into country music, scoring a minor hit in 2010 with the song Giddy On Up from her album Achin' And Shakin'.
ANSWER:  Laura Bell Bundy

11. For each of the following birth names, give the corresponding name of the celebrity with which we are all familiar.
[10] Cherilyn Sarkisian
ANSWER: Cher
[10] Carlos Ray
ANSWER: Chuck Norris
[10] Alphonso D’Abruzzo
ANSWER: Alan Alda

12. It begins with L'il Wayne mentioning that the subject has "got that good good" but is also "Michael Jackson bad."  FTP each:
[10] Name this 2009 single by Young Money whose chorus sees Lloyd asking the listener to "call me Mr. Flintstone" since he has the ability to cause the titular phenomenon.
ANSWER:  Bedrock
[10] The members of Young Money that appear on Bedrock include this female rapper whose verse appears before Drake.  This rapper also appeared on Usher's song L'il Freak and sampled Annie Lennox's No More I Love Yous on her single Your Love.
ANSWER: Nicki Minaj
[10] Prior to Your Love, Minaj also released the single Massive Attack, featuring this rapper.  His highest charting single saw him featured along with Gucci Mane on Mario's Break Up.
ANSWER:  Sean Garrett [or Garrett Hamler]

13. The most badass movie of all-time has recently been released, and it is know as The Expendables. Answer the following questions about the film’s muscular stars FTPE:
[10] Miami isn’t the only place you can find a Big Three. Name ALL of the three big-name ‘80’s action stars who appear together for the first time in a short, but much hyped scene set in a church. Collectively they have played 3 of the toughest John’s of all time: McClane, Rambo, and Matrix.
ANSWER: Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger
[10] This former NFL linebacker and co-star of Everybody Hates Chris stole the show with his exceedingly loud automatic shotgun that fired 250 rounds per minute, tore enemies in half and took down guard towers with its explosive ammunition.
ANSWER: Terry Crews
[10] This massive Swede played the hulking Gunnar in The Expendables. He is perhaps best known for portraying Russian boxer Ivan Drago in another Stallone film, Rocky IV.
ANSWER: Dolph Lundgren

14. Many countries are bidding to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup and FIFA is due to make their decision this year. For 10 points each name these bidding countries:
[10] This country is seeking to be the first Arab country to host the tournament and though the heat can exceed 40C, they have technology in place to lower that by 20C on the pitch
ANSWER: Qatar
[10] FIFA head Sepp Blatter suggested this country focus on the 2022 Cup, and not 2018, and their bid involved a promotional video featuring Nicole Kidman
ANSWER: Australia
[10] This country put in a joint bid with Belgium and the city of Eindhoven would function as the ‘Capital City’ of the World Cup for the duration of the tournament.
ANSWER: The Netherlands [or Holland]

15. For 10 points each, answer these questions regarding the TV’s Mad Men.
[10] It is the first basic cable show to win an Emmy in this category.
ANSWER: Outstanding Drama Series [accept clear knowledge equivalents]
[10] This actress portrays Don Draper’s wife, Elizabeth, and she shares her first name with the first month of the year.
ANSWER: January Jones
[10] The series is initially set at Sterling Cooper advertising agency located on this famous avenue in New York City.
ANSWER: Madison Avenue

16. While Fantasy Football season looms large, thousands of Fantasy Baseball titles remain at stake. Buckle down and name some of these players who hopefully have led your teams to fantasy baseball glory this season:
[10] An injury-plagued 2009 pushed this Texas Rangers outfielder’s stock down on draft day this season, but he has rewarded owners with solid, all-around production, posting a ridiculous .350 batting average along with 29 home runs and 90 RBI thus far. If you don’t play fantasy baseball, you might remember his ridiculous showing at the Home Run derby at Yankees Stadium two seasons ago.
ANSWER: Josh Hamilton
[10] He’s been called the biggest surprise in fantasy baseball in 2010. Hopefully you acquired this Toronto Blue Jays outfielder before he hit most of his 40 home runs.
ANSWER: Jose Bautista
[10] It’s likely you’d never heard of this San Diego Padres pitcher prior to this season, but he has had a tremendous breakout season, striking out a batter an inning, while posting an ERA currently sitting at 2.33 and a sub-1.00 WHIP.
ANSWER: Mat Latos

17. Only 3 films have ever won the "Big 5” Academy Awards consisting of Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay (either adapted or original). Name them, based on the given clues, for 10 points each:
[10] This 1934 film was based on the novel Night Bus by Samuel Hopkins Adams and was directed by Frank Capra.
ANSWER: It Happened One Night
[10] The next movie to achieve the honour was based on a Ken Kesey novel and filmed at Oregon State Hospital; Michael Douglas won a Best Picture Oscar for producing it.
ANSWER: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
[10] The final film to fulfill the Big 5 criteria spawned a sequel and 2 prequels and had over 300 applicants for the lead female heroin, though it was offered to Michelle Pfeiffer who turned it down due to the subject matter.
ANSWER: The Silence of the Lambs

18. I feel the need. The need for speed. Answer the following questions about entries in EA's Need for Speed franchise FTP each:
[10] This 3rd Need for Speed game added cop and robbers style gameplay to the franchise, allowing the player to both run from the law and chase down speeders. A sequel was released in 2002, and another is currently in production for a November, 2010 release.
ANSWER: Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit [prompt on "Need For Speed III" I guess]
[10] This 2003 release shifted the focus of the series to street racing and introduced a story told through pre-rendered cutscenes along with 3 new race modes: Drag, Drift and Sprint.
ANSWER: Need for Speed: Underground
[10] This game released in 2009 was the first Need for Speed made exclusively for the Nintendo DS and Wii. It is also available as a social multiplayer game on Facebook.
ANSWER: Need for Speed: Nitro

19. Answer these questions about everyone’s favorite actor turned sometimes musician Christopher Walken, for 10 points each.
[10] He performed a dramatic reading of this artist’s song on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross’s Hallowe’en episode.
ANSWER: Lady Gaga [or Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta]
[10] Walken appeared on SNL proclaiming that the only prescription for his fever was this two-word phrase, unwittingly spawning an Internet meme.
ANSWER: More Cowbell
[10] Walken also appeared in the video for Fatboy Slim's Weapon Of Choice, which samples the song Into My Own Thing by this group.  That song appeared on this group's 1968 album Life.
ANSWER:  Sly & The Family Stone

20.Answer the following questions about the television offerings of Ryan Murphy FTP each:
[10] Murphy's creations include this FX series that starred Dylan Walsh as Sean McNamara.  In this show, McNamara runs a doubly-eponymous plastic surgery practice in Florida with Christian Troy.
ANSWER:  Nip/Tuck
[10] Murphy's most recent creation is, of course, Glee, whose characters include this baddie played by Jane Lynch.  When not leading the Cheerios to a national championship, this character always seems to find the time to antagonize Will Schuster, often about the care and attention he pays to his hair.
ANSWER:  Sue Sylvester [accept either]
[10] Viewers have often compared Sylvester's caustic one-liners to those of chemistry teacher Bobbi Glass, a character on this Ryan Murphy-created show.  This show, which aired for two seasons on the WB, followed new stepsisters Brooke McQueen and Sam McPherson as they navigated the halls and challenges of Kennedy High.
ANSWER: Popular