TRASH by MIT edited by Chris Morse (from 7 to 8 in the morning) BONUS 1 Answer the following meta-questions about Beaver Bonspiel III, FTPE. 1) Which modern world figure appeared in more submitted packs than any other? Answer: Aleksandr Ivanovich _LEBED_ (5 times) 2) According to one submitted pack, who painted "The Raft of the Medusa?" Answer: Eugene _DELACROIX_ 3) According to another submitted pack, what composer was responsible for "Peter and the Wolf?" Answer: Igor _STRAVINSKY_ BONUS 2 Now it's time to answer questions about the best movie Joe Don Baker has ever been in, "Fletch". 1. Baker played Chief Karlin in the movie. Who, according to Fletch, helped him decorate his office? Answer: _MRS. CHIEF OF POLICE_ 2. What's the most effective way to filter out the fluorocarbons when driving down the freeway? Answer: chewing _GUM_ 3. This was name of the lawyer for the former Mrs. Irwin M. Fletcher in the original movie (although he was referred to in Fletch Lives as Gilette), as well as the name of the victorious team from MIT at last year's Lemur Bowl. Answer _ARNOLD T. PANTS, ESQUIRE_ BONUS 3 Given the title of a recent paperback best seller, supply the author FTPE. a) Melody Answer: V. C. _Andrews_ b) Morning, Noon & Midnight Answer: Sidney _Sheldon_ c) The First Wives Club Answer: Olivia _Goldsmith_ BONUS 4 Everyone knows the Chipmunks are Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. However, for ten points each, can you name the three female Chippettes who joined the original cartoon trio in 1988. Answer: _Brittany_, _Eleanor_, and _Jeannette_ BONUS 5 Only five managers in baseball history have lead teams to over 20 world series victories. Each of these managers went to at least 7 World Series. FFPE, name them with a bonus of 5 for all correct. Answer: Casey _Stengel_, Joe _McCarthy_, John _McGraw_, Connie _Mack_, and Walter _Alston_ BONUS 6 FTP each, name the American state given a description of one of its sex laws, and its state bird. 1. The age of consent here is 13, the lowest of any state, and its state bird is the roadrunner. Answer: _NEW MEXICO_ 2. In this state, ordinary extramarital sex is officially a felony; and its state bird is a red bird named after the state. Answer: _RHODE ISLAND_ 3. This state specifically prohibits bestiality between humans and birds; and its state bird is the common loon. Answer: _MINNESOTA_ BONUS 7 (Omit if team has only one player.) To the two team members sitting at opposite ends: Please get up and go to the blackboard. If there are blackboards on separate walls, go to separate walls. If only one wall has a blackboard, please stand at opposite ends of it. Take a piece of chalk. Now: This is an ESP bonus. Each of you two should write down four signs of the zodiac. You'll get 10 points for every correct match, EXCEPT that if all four match, then you must have been cheating, so you'll get NO points. In order to get points, you must use exactly the same names for the zodiac signs, including the same spelling. Conferring is not allowed. Begin. [probabilities of getting 0,1,2,3,4 matches are in ratio 70:224:168:32:1. The average number of points expected is 13.] BONUS 8 Answer these questions about Back to the Future for the stated point value: 5) What is the device that enables time travel? Ans: THE _FLUX CAPACITOR_ 10) What is the name of the dance where George and Lorraine McFly fall in love? Also acceptable is the name that Marty's sister calls it. Ans: THE _ENCHANTMENT UNDER THE SEA_ DANCE Accept: THE _FISH UNDER THE SEA_ DANCE 15) Exactly, what did Doc Brown sell to the Libyans that made them hunt him down in their Vanagon of death? Ans: A SHODDY _BOMB CASING_ FILLED WITH USED _PINBALL MACHINE PARTS_ BONUS 9 As trivia buffs, one of our favorite TV shows is _Jeopardy!_. For 10 points each, parrot back each of these parts of the spiel repeated at the end of each show: 1. "_Jeopardy!_ is a production of" BLANK BLANK BLANK Answer: _MERV GRIFFIN ENTERPRISES_ 2. "produced by" BLANK BLANK BLANK Answer: _COLUMBIA TRISTAR PICTURES_ 3. "distributed by" BLANK Answer: _KINGWORLD_ BONUS 10 While Dan Akroyd and Chevy Chase are fine comedians on their own, when the two of them get together, the results can be frightening. FTPE, name the movie starring the duo given a brief description. 1. Dan and Chevy star as bumbling civil servants who're used as decoy intelligence operatives by the folks at the Ace Tomato Company. Answer: _SPIES LIKE US_ 2. Chevy reprises his role as a layabout golf-course playboy from the original movie and Dan is an ex-Special Forces officer with a frightening unnatural voice. Answer: _CADDY SHACK II_ 3. Chevy runs a finance newspaper and Dan is a decrepit judge in this truly horrible movie also starring Digital Underground and Demi Moore. Answer: _NOTHING BUT TROUBLE_ BONUS 11 Answer the following questions about Godzilla's opponents for ten points each. a) Controlled by tiny telepathic twin princesses, this beastie boasts sonic booms and constrictive spittle. Answer: _MOTHRA_ b) A grenade-spitting cockroach, it is controlled by an undersea kingdom. Answer: _MEGALON_ c) The king of the evil monsters, this three-headed dragon comes from Planet X. Answer: _GHIDERAH_ or _GHIDRAH_ or _MONSTER ZERO_ BONUS 12 The Superbowl takes place in various stadiums from year to year. Given a superbowl and the winner, name the stadium where the Super Bowl took place, FTPE. Superbowl 29, 49ers _Joe Robie Stadium_ Superbowl 26, Redskins Hubert H. Humphrey _Metrodome_ Superbowl 20, Bears Louisiana _Superdome_ BONUS 13 A few months ago a satirical "Christian Olympics" was posted to alt.atheism describing a ficticious decathlon of competitions based on Biblical passages starring, among others, Pat Robertson, The Pope, and Jesse Jackson and an atheist. Given a brief description of the event, name the book of the Bible upon which it's based FTPE. 1) The first event, foreskin collecting, was based on the tale of David falling in love with King Saul's daughter, Michal. Upon being unable to pay the dowry, Saul commanded David that "The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines". David brought back 200. Asnwer: _I SAMUEL_ 2) The fourth event, mountain moving (which was surprisingly won by the athiest) took it's inspiration from one of the Gospels, "And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." Answer: _MATTHEW_ 3) Snake juggling comprised the seventh event, taking its cue from another Gospel's telling of Jesus's claim that those who followed him would be able to take up serpents (among other things) without harm, something Paul himself did in Acts 28. Answer: _MARK_ BONUS 14 "No soup for you!" Answer these questions about the now-infamous Seinfeld episode. 1. Recently a company has sought to popularize on the Seinfeld episode by starting a soon-to-be chain of soup kitchens modeled on the one in the episode. For ten points, name this new York City start-up whose name comes almost directly from the episode. ANSWER: the _SOUP NUTSY_ 2. For ten points apiece, name the actual chef and his restaurant that the Seinfeld episode was based on. ANSWER: Ali "Al" _YEGANEH_ AND the _INTERNATIONAL SOUP KITCHEN_ BONUS 15 That high, lonesome tenor voice is unmistakably Bluegrass. Here is a question to honor Bill Monroe: For 5 points, what instrument did he play? Ans: _Mandolin_ For 10 points, a cover of what Bill Monroe song was Elvis' first recording? Ans: "Blue Moon of Kentucky" For 15, give the name of Monroe's uncle and inspiration who was also a master fiddler. Ans: Uncle _Pen_ Vandiver BONUS 16 As Will Rogers once said, "Well, all I know is just what I read in the papers." For 10 points each, give the 2-word cliche that journalists seem to have agreed to use in all their reports to describe each of the following: 1. Ross Perot Answer: _TEXAS BILLIONAIRE_ (or _TEXAN BILLIONAIRE_) 2. Rodney King Answer: _BLACK MOTORIST_ 3. Slovenia and Croatia in 1991, and Chechnya for the past couple of years. Answer: _BREAKAWAY REPUBLIC_s BONUS 17 Triple Five, a development company owned by the Iranian-Canadian Ghermezian brothers, built the world's largest shopping center in the early 1980s, and the largest shopping center in the U.S. in the early '90s. FTPE, in what specific cities would you find these two mega-malls? Answers: West _EDMONTON_, Alberta, Canada (West Edmonton Mall) _BLOOMINGTON_, Minnesota (the Mall of America) (Do not accept Minneapolis) For 10 more points, name the major amusement park and shopping center now being built by Triple Five in Silver Spring, Maryland, just outside Washington. Answer: _AMERICAN DREAM_, Town Center BONUS 18 Kevin Smith's _Clerks_ is broken into segments, each of which is prefaced by a word you might run into on the GRE or a character's name. Answer the following questions about these section titles for the specified number of points. 1) For 10 points for 2 and 15 points for all four, name the four characters whose names are used as section titles. Answer(s): _DANTE_, _JAY_, _SILENT BOB_, and _RANDAL_ 2) For 5 points each, name any three of the other 14 words used as section titles. Answer(s): _VILIFICATION_, _SYNTAX_, _VAGARY_, _PURGATION_, _MALAISE_, _HARBINGER_, _PERSPICACITY_, _PARADIGM_, _WHIMSY_, _QUANDRY_, _LAMENTATION_, _JUXTAPOSITION_, _CATHARSIS_, _DENOUMENT_ BONUS 19 Given a weapon wielded by a God, give, for five points each, the type of weapon it was and, for ten points, the deity who wielded it. a) Gungnir Answer: SPEAR, ODIN or WOTAN b) Mjolnir Answer: HAMMER, THOR or DONAR BONUS 20 In honor of the World Series, answer the following questions about the Japanese equivalent, for the stated number of points. 1. For ten points, what is the playoff between Japan's two professional baseball leagues called? ANSWER: the _JAPAN SERIES_ OR the _NIHON_ or _NIPPON_ _SHIRIZU_ 2. Now for ten points each, what are Japan's two professional baseball leagues? ANSWER: the _CENTRAL_ League OR _SENTORARU RIGU_ AND the _PACIFIC_ League OR ?????