Madman Pack 3: Revolutions

1. A character on this show’s reaction to be told by another he “used too much sauce” has been made into a This Is Sparta remix. One character shifts into maximum overdrive, often edited to read maximum why. An art critic on this show says a painting titled Bold and Brash belongs in the trash. A character from this show is depicted in one meme with a blurred background of people staring to express confusion. One character from this show admits that “I only cried for twenty minutes”. One meme that depicts a character from this show as a caveman, adding -gar to his name, is used to demonstrate opposition to a quote or sudden anger and surprise. A character on this show suggests pushing an entire town away from an Alaska Bull Worm and has trouble comprehending how exactly a phone conversation representing a restaurant works, answering “no this is Patrick”. For ten points, identify this Nickelodeon show responsible for memes featuring Patrick Star and the title yellow fry cock.

ANSWER: Spongebob Squarepants

2. One song by this band called One World (Not Three) features the lyrics “by pretending they’re a different world then me, I shun my responsibility”. Another song by this band, Hungry For You, is sung partially in French and repeats the line “Mais non pouvons faire ce que nous voulons”. Another song by this band starts with the lyrics “there is no political solution, to our troubled evolution” and claims “we are spirits in the material world”. The lead singer of this band also recorded the successful solo album Fields of Gold. A song by this band was heavily sampled by P Diddy in a song recorded after Notorious B.I.G. was killed. The title character of a song by this band does not have to “put on the red light”. For ten points, identify this English band behind songs like Every Breath You Take and Roxanne.

ANSWER: The Police

3. A song named for this character begins with the lyrics “I woke up today, woke up wide awake, in an empty bed”. One song about the improvement this character made to the singer’s life includes the lyrics “maybe I was wrong for trying to pick a fight” and that being with this character “is so dysfunctional”. A song named after this character includes the lyrics “I can breathe for the first time” and “now I get what I want”. In another song about this character lists “I never stray too far from the sidewalk” and “I learn to play on the safe side so I don’t get hurt” because of the character’s actions. For ten points, identify this character that Kelly Clarkson has recorded several songs about, including “Because Of” this character and “Since” this character “Been Gone”.

ANSWER: You

4. In a text inspired by narcissist and solipsist thought, a thinker from this city hypothesized that he owned everything, including a mailbox, a trigonal sign, a blue balloon, and even the month of June. That thinker, Stingy, even believed that everyone else’s feelings were “mine” according to that text. An early text from a thinker of this city espouses pro-piracy views, stating “being a pirate is alright to me” and that “a pirate is free”. A text from several thinkers of this city that tasks such as cooking should closely follow written precedent, called plainly “the book”. Another thinker from this city posited that a truly evil person must be diligently in pursuit of “a superhero on the run”. However, that thinker prefaces that statement by telling the reader “here

is a little lesson in trickery”, and thinks his writing will go down in history. For ten points, identify this home city of thinker Robbie Rotten, whose seminal work We Are Number One has seen enormous popularity online.

ANSWER: Lazytown

5. Description acceptable. An early post on this site, titled Drinks, tells how the writer “Met up with some of the rugby lads from Blackheath last night” and notes “None of them mentioned my leg”. Another post on this website, “A strange meeting”, tells how Mike Stamford introduced the writer to someone who was “certainly arrogant and really quite rude”; in the comments the writer clarifies “I’m not gay. He might be. I don’t know. It doesn’t matter”. In a post on this website titled “The Woman”, the writer admits they cannot say much because of the Official Secrets Act. The last post on this website, The Sign of Three, reads “Wow!!!!!!!!! What a day!!!!!! That was the best wedding ever!!!!!!”. This website’s About me section reads “I am an experienced medical doctor recently returned from Afghanistan” next to a picture of Martin Freeman. For ten points, identify this real website inspired by a fictional site from BBC’s Sherlock.

ANSWER: The personal blog of Dr. John H. Watson

6. As an infant, this character is awoken from a nap by Kamek, who later magically enlarges him. In a different game, this character is defeated by baiting him into smashing bricks that will lead him off the bottom of the screen. This character’s valley is accessed after exploring the Sunken Ghost Ship. During a fight with this character from that game, he pilots a helicopter-like contraption with a smiling clown face, from which he throws wind-up dolls at the player. In one game, this character inhales his two chief rivals, who then assist him in defeating Fawful by fighting enemies he also inhales. In his first appearance, this character is defeated by dodging his fireballs and jumping onto a axe after traversing his castle. For ten points, identify this villain of the Super Mario series who usually begins games by kidnapping Princess Peach.

ANSWER: Bowser (accept Baby Bowser)

7. In the movie A Good Year, a character played by this actor inherits a chateau and vineyard in Provence and meets Gemma played by Archie Panjabi. In another role, this actor plays a detective who investigates the title character played by Denzel Washington, who he claims in one scene is “above the mafia”. Alongside several actors from a 2010 film where he played the title outlaw, this actor appeared on an episode of the show Republic of Doyle. This actor played Captain Jack Aubrey in the film adaptation of the Master and Commander series. This actor played a Biblical character married to Naameh, played by Jennifer Connolly, in a 2014 blockbuster. In another film directed by Ridley Scott, this actor plays a historical character who yells “are you not entertained” while wielding a sword. For ten points, identify this actor who portrayed Noah in the 2014 film of the same name and the title slave in Gladiator.

ANSWER: Russel Crowe

8. A prequel to this anime revolves around a character named Beyond Birthday in Los Angeles. A minor character in this anime named Matsuda is associated with the colour yellow in monologue scenes normally reserved for the main characters. In an episode of this anime, two characters play a game of tennis while elaborately thinking about their opponent’s motives and actions. A character in this anime who works for the CIA, Ray Penber,

follows the protagonist on a bus. The title object of this anime is first used after watching a news report about a hostage situation at a school. In a famous scene from this anime, the protagonist hides a TV in a chip bag so he can write in the title book while under surveillance. For ten points, identify this anime that follows Light Yagami as he finds and uses the title book that kills people.

ANSWER: Death Note or Desu Noto

9. Description acceptable. This event was filmed at 69 Montgomery Road. Before a visit with the victim of this event, one character recognizes that she needs to “suck all the poison out of my life” like you suck out poison after a snake bite. Before this event, it is revealed that one character was receiving foot cream instead of face wash. The victim of this event recovers to become an excellent field hockey player. Before this event, one character calls another “a home-schooled jungle freak who is a less hot version of me”. That character then tells another to “take that fake apology and shove it up your hairy” before she is interrupted. For ten points, identify this vehicular event that occurs after Janis Ian reveals the major deceit of Mean Girls.

ANSWER: Regina George hit by a bus

10. Property and thing required. In one song, Gucci Mane compares charcoal, fruit loops, and seagram gin to this quality of this possession. A song by Young Jeezy that compares Barack Obama to this quality of one of these possessions begins with the admission “Yeah, be the realest shit I never wrote”. On Mercy, 2 Chainz compares mayonnaise to this quality. Another song that describes this quality of a possession inspired by the artist’s hometown repeats “you know what is is/everything I do, yeah, I do it big”. Another song about this quality of a possession compares it to a phantom and the title Chinese animal, and begins with the famous line “I got broads in Atlanta”. For ten points, identify this quality of a major possession that rappers have described in songs like My President, Black and Yellow, and Panda.

ANSWER: The colour of their car

BONUSES

1. You are an unoriginal moron in the 2000s who wishes to join the already derivative post-punk revival movement. Answer some questions about bands of questionable quality that released music tailored towards Rolling Stone critics suffering from a midlife crisis, FTPE:

[10] You might copy this band and write simple songs similar to Last Nite and Reptilia and record them to sound as bland as possible. You might also imitate the heavy fuzz that this band’s singer Julian Casablancas uses to hide the fact that you aren’t even that good at singing.

ANSWER: The Strokes

[10] Perhaps you are more sensible, and will imitate this Scottish band named for a historical figure who died younger than this genre should have. Copying the angular guitar work used on songs like Take Me Out and Do You Want To may make your music half-decent.

ANSWER: Franz Ferdinand

[10] If you’re feeling really unoriginal, you could copy the generic hit song Ruby by this band. This band also polluted airwaves with songs like I Predict a Riot and Everyday I Love You Less and Less.

ANSWER: Kaiser Chiefs

2. Bread is an important part of world cuisine. Identify some breads from around the world, FTPE:

[10] This kind of Indian bread similar to a pita, often served with butter or ghee, is made in a tandoor oven. The intense heat from the oven gives this bread its signature bubbles.

ANSWER: Naan

[10] This spongy Ethiopian bread usually made from the teff grass is used to eat dishes like wat and tibs. This bread is used as a sort of table cloth on which stews are placed.

ANSWER: Injera

[10] This Italian flatbread, similar to pizza dough but almost unleavened, is usually topped with herbs or olive oil. This bread is used in sandwiches and is often served with rosemary.

ANSWER: Focaccia (fo-CATCH-a)

3. A recurring boss that opposes this character is Whispy Woods, a tree that blows air and causes apples to fall from the top of the screen, which can be inhaled and shot back. FTPE:[10] This character, a pink ball with feet, also frequently fights Meta Knight and gains powers by inhaling enemies.

ANSWER: Kirby

[10] Whispy Woods was first introduced in the first game of the series, which was set in this place. This kingdom is ruled by King Dedede and populated by Waddle Dees and is the setting of most Kirby games.

ANSWER: Dreamland

[10] This racing game for the Gamecube in the Kirby series is played mostly with the control stick and A button. Meta Knight does not use vehicles like the Warp Star, but instead flies, and the City Trial mode in this game focuses on upgradin your machine.

ANSWER: Kirby’s Air Ride

4. The scene in Star Wars Episode IV where Luke finds his aunt and uncle slain is an homage to a scene in this film, where a cattle raid acts as a distraction for an attack on the Edwards family. FTPE:

[10] The famous first and last shot of this film shows the protagonist, Ethan, through the same door frame. Ethan and Martin, the adopted son of the Edwards family, become the title group after the kidnapping of Debbie.

ANSWER: The Searchers

[10] Ethan is played by this actor, best known for his stoic cowboy characters in the films of John Ford, including Stagecoach.

ANSWER: John Wayne or Marion Robert (or Mitchell) Morrison

[10] Despite being set in Texas, The Searchers was shot in this area on the Utah-Arizona border. Stagecoach and eight other films directed by John Ford were shot in this area, known for tall sandstone buttes.

ANSWER: Monument Valley

5. The intellectuals of this show coined the term “grenade” to describe an unattractive woman. FTPE:

[10] This show followed the lives of Pauly D, Jwow, and Snooky in a seaside town in the title state.

ANSWER: Jersey Shore

[10] This phrase, usually said with arms spread out, was popularized by Ronnie to instigate a fight. On the internet, it has been used with images of Mel Gibson, a very small turtle, to Christo Redentor.

ANSWER: Come at me bro

[10] Jersey Shore inspired the idea for this similarly titled Canadian reality show that was never produced. Promotional videos for this show were controversial after they introduced people like Joey as “the Italian” and Anni Mei as “the Vietnamese”. The namesake street of this show stood in for a similarly named street in Chicago in the TV movie Raisin in the Sun starring P Diddy.

ANSWER: Lake Shore

6. Youtubers have been destroying things on camera since the beginning of its history. FTPE:

[10] This kind of tool was used by MrGear in the first video to cut a Coca Cola Bottle, which started steaming, to a tennis ball, soap and cheese. Some people get ASMR from listening to these objects cutting things, somehow.

ANSWER: Glowing 1000 Degree Knife

[10] An early Youtube phenomenon was an channel that asked “Would It” do this action in a common kitchen implement. It’s intro video explains how their central piece of equipment has an ultra-high speed motor. The first video destroys an iPod and dates back to December 2006.

ANSWER: Will it Blend

[10] Videos of mixing this candy with Diet Coke, causing it to explode, were very popular in the early days of Youtube. Modern videos try it with other sodas with mixed results.

ANSWER: Mentos

7. In this movie, the lead actress plays a teenager forced to work at a diner because of her mean stepmother. FTPE:

[10] This movie sees Samantha fall in love with a character played by Chad Michael Murray. Samantha and Austin talk online before meeting at a dance, and Sam drops her cell phone instead of a slipper.

ANSWER: A Cinderella Story

[10] This star of A Cinderella Story also played Lizzy MacGuire on a Disney show in the early 2000s.

ANSWER: Hillary Duff

[10] In A Cinderella Story, the evil stepmother mother Fiona is played by the same actress, Jennifer Coolidge, as this character. This character sleeps with Paul Finch and dates Noah Levenstein in a movie subtitled Reunion.

ANSWER: Stifler’s Mom or Jeanine Stifler

8. A song by this artist tells of a “chick on the side” who says “she got one on the way” before the artist admits “I don’t know what to do”. FTPE:

[10] Another song by this artist includes the lyrics “You won't believe all of the things she put me through, this is why I just can't get with you” in the song U Remind Me.

ANSWER: Usher or Usher Raymond

[10] This song by Usher describes a woman who has him “ready to blow” who he follows to the floor and ask “baby let’s go”. Lil Jon shouts “Ok” and the title word on this song.

ANSWER: Yeah

[10] In this song, a duet with Alicia Keys, Usher sings “and although we used to argue it’s alright” and “I don’t know about y’all but I know about us, it’s the only way we know how to rock”. A song by the same name by Ghost Town DJ’s includes the lyrics “At night, I think of you, I want, to be your lady, maybe”.

ANSWERL My Boo

9. Answer some questions about the world of internet forums and boards, FTPE.

[10] Perhaps the best known forum is this image board formerly run by moot, which includes boards like /pol/, /r9k/, and /b/ or “Random”. A CNN anchor believed that this website was a hacker, and the Anonymous organization was organized through this website.

ANSWER: 4chan

[10] While almost all users on 4chan are anonymous, posters on the boards of this video game website now owned by GameSpot had to be at least 13 years old to make accounts. The title of this website refers to the namesake guides it was created to host, and editing posts on this website’s boards was not possible for a long time to avoid tricking people to make it look like they were underage.

ANSWER: GameFAQs

[10] Because 4chan deletes threads after some time, it is impossible to revive an old thread by posting a new message, a practice referred to by this term. This term also applies to commenting on an old Facebook status.

ANSWER: Necroing

10. The title song on this album repeats the line “sometimes I can’t believe it, I’m moving past the feeling”. FTPE:[10] This album also includes songs like City With No Children and Modern Man, who waits his turn and thinks “the people behind me, they can’t understand”.

ANSWER: The Suburbs

[10] The Suburbs is an album by this Canadian rock band whose debut album Funeral includes songs like Wake Up and Rebellion (Lies).

ANSWER: Arcade Fire

[10] This song by Arcade Fire on their album Neon Bible includes the lyrics “I don’t wanna work in a building downtown” and “You know that I’m a God fearing man” and ends with the question “Oh tell me lord, am I the” title character.

ANSWER: Antichrist Television Blues

TOSSUPS PART 2

11. Show and quality required. (15) A GM executive on this show is revealed to have this quality after being arrested by an undercover cop, and is bailed out by another one character with this quality. That character on this show implies Minolo, the caretaker to the elderly Campbell matriarch, has this quality and then makes it clear he himself, Bob Benson, has this quality as well. Despite their surnames, the characters on this show Paul Kinsey and Michael Ginsberg do not have this quality, while a fire alarm in a hotel reveals to the protagonist that another character does. That character, Salvatore Romano, is hit on by the heir to the Lucky Strike company, which puts Don in a tricky position between firing Sal and losing a client. For fifteen points, identify this quality of characters on a HBO show that silently make up a large portion of the advertising industry.

ANSWER: Gay characters from Mad Men

We interrupt this regularly scheduled quizbowl tournament with a special announcement. Wake Up Sheeple, the sequel to [REDCATED], the Conspiracy Side Event, will be held after a major academic tournament in Fall 2017. Besides conspiracies, packs can include questions of pseudo-science, alchemy, religious heresies, cults, the occult, urban legends and myths, and other material that the mainstream media is trying to hide from you. Players will be asked to submit 10 or 20 tossups in packs shortly before

the tournament, but they will be unedited at the Ontario site. Like [REDACTED], packs will be made from the guerilla submissions and made available after some editing.

12. (15) These kind of creatures sing a song about sweet rutabaga pudding coming to their home, and include the large number 5 who wears overalls and a green number 4 who wears a blue hat with his number on it. Those seven title creatures live in a Second Empire house with a Polish babushka; that show is based on a non-Wild Things book by Maurice Sendak. In one show titled after one of these creatures, the protagonist’s sister practices witchcraft with Gorgool’s book. That show about a boy who would turn into these creatures after sneezing was called “by Mistake”. A show about a kind of these creatures, including Agumon, saw characters like Sora and Tai transported to another world; according to the theme song, the title creatures of that show are the champions. For fifteen points, identify these creatures whose digital variety competed with pocket types for the airwaves of kids TV.

ANSWER: Monsters (anti-prompt on Digimon)

13. (15) The Voëlvry (voo-el-ver-ee) movement in this country saw rock bands sing in their native language to protest the government. An album inspired by the music of this country and featuring artists from there includes the song Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes and I Know What I Know. That album was made by an American artist after being inspired by the “township” genre from this country, and features the title track about visiting an estate in Memphis, Tennessee. Ninja and Yolandi Visser are part of the most popular group in the Zef genre from this country. While finding little success in his home country of the U.S., Rodriguez became immensely popular in this country, a story explored in the documentary Searching for Sugar Man. For fifteen points, identify this home country to Die Antwoord and the Afrikaans language.

ANSWER: South Africa

14. (15) Note: Location and action required. In the film Alphaville, Lemmy Caution meets Professor von Braun while people are being executed in this action and location. The opening of Sunset Boulevard sees the police retrieve the body of a man who appears to have died in this action and location. After a failed attempt of electrocution, the monster in It Follows seems to have been defeated in this action and location. The end of the title character of a 1983 Robert de Palma film occurs in front of a statue reading “The World is Yours” in this way. Perhaps the most famous death in this action and location happens as the title character uses a feature of his home he had neglected all summer; that death happens after he misses an important phone call. For fifteen points, identify this fate that besets Scarface and the title character of a Bahz Luhrmann film that combines strong imagery of baptism and purification with ballistic lead.

ANSWER: Being shot in a pool or being shot and falling into a pool

15. (15) Bark Psychosis’ album Hex is an early example of this genre and some people consider Glenn Branca’s composition The Ascension a “proto-” predecessor of this genre. The band that had moderate success with their song It’s My Life, Talk Talk, recorded the seminal albums Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock in this genre before breaking up. The bands behind the album The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place is part of the “third wave” of this genre that some criticize as “crescendocore” because of its simplistic nature. An Icelandic band that plays this genre has created its own language,

Vonlenska, to sing in. A Canadian band in this genre included the tracks Sleep, Static, and Storm on their 2000 album Lift Yr. Skinny Fists. For fifteen points, identify this experimental rock genre known for long album names and songs that includes bands like Godspeed You Black Emperor! and Explosions in the Sky.

ANSWER: Post-rock

16. (15) An annual music festival with a name inspired by a song on this album was curated by top independent bands and took place in US, UK, and Australian locations. That song and another on this album were the first to feature the peculiar “ostrich guitar” tuning of the band’s leader. A song on this album describes a woman who “out on the streets again, she’s down on her knees, my friend”. The cover of this album on early copies included a peel-able sticker. A long song on this album dedicated to a dying poet describes “you made your wallpapers green, you wanna make love to the scene”. A song on this album features a torturous electric viola solo by John Cale and repeats the lines “and I guess that I just don’t know” as a chorus. The first song on this album, Sunday Morning, warns “watch out, the world’s behind you” and claims the title time of day “brings the dawning”. For ten points, identify this debut album by a band led by Lou Reed, a collaboration with a German pop singer that was produced by Andy Warhol.

ANSWER: The Velvet Underground & Nico (do not accept just The Velvet Underground)

17. (15) Characters created by this company are responsible for memetic phrases like “peace is what true warriors strive for”, “I wonder what’s for dinner” and “fireballs, yum!”. An memetic invitation to a fanclub read “so i herd u like” a character from this company’s products. Another executive of this company’s American branch introduced himself with the phrase “I’m about kickin’ ass, I’m about takin’ names” and claimed at a conference that his “body was ready”. Two executives of this company have been depicted smiling and holding one of their products and claiming “it prints money”. After the passing of another executive, who would hold the “Iwata Asks” interviews that lead to the “Sakurai: Laughs” meme, a rainbow appeared above the company’s headquarters which fans called the “Rainbow Road to Heaven”. For ten points, identify this company that employs Reggie Fils-Aime and Shigeru Miyamato.

ANSWER: Nintendo (accept The Pokemon Company or Phillips I guess)

18. (15) A song by the Minuteman is titled Political Song for this person To Sing and demands “so dig this big crux”. It’s not Michael Douglas, but a song by Das Racist pairs this person with “1 million dollars” and asks “you feel me”. Justice’s song D.A.N.C.E. is dedicated to this person, and references a pair of his songs when describing someone who is “catching all the lights”. A line on Through the Wire claims “they thought I was burnt up like Pepsi burned” this person, a reference to an accident while filming a commercial. A line on Slow Jams describes how two very different friends both look like this person. The opening lyrics of All of the Lights eulogizes this man, describing “something wrong, I hold my head” because this man is dead. For fifteen points, identify this King of Pop who recorded songs like P.Y.T. and Thriller.

ANSWER: Michael Jackson or MJ

19. (15) The last shots of this film depict the protagonist looking out on his parents by a lake, before dissolving to him smiling in bed. A gas station attendant in this film pays for the protagonist’s gas, telling him “there are some things that can’t be paid back”. A flashback sequence in this film sees the protagonist observe a male cousin flirt with a female cousin he has a crush on before lunch is called in the family cottage. That female cousin is played by Bibi Andersson, who also plays a young hitchhiker of the same name the protagonist picks up along with two young men who argue about religion. In a famous dream sequence, the protagonist of this film watches a coffin fall off a horse drawn carriage, which has a copy of himself inside it which grabs his arm. The protagonist of this film drives his son’s wife from Stockholm to Lund, where he is to be honored an honorary doctorate. For fifteen points, identify this Ingmar Bergman film about the elderly doctor Isak Borg titled after the fruits that Sara picks as a present.

ANSWER: Wild Strawberries or Smultronstället

20. (15) Description acceptable. One person describes that this character has been hit so many times that “violence is practically a normal state of affairs for him”, and that at the age of 10 he threw a rock at a teacher. A woman who claims to have seen this character supposedly sees him quickly through a running subway train. One character is uninterested in talking about what this character supposedly did because he has tickets to a Yankees game. A knife this character owns, which one man calls “very unusual”, is proven to be a common design after another character reveals he bought one very similar. That knife is purchased by Juror 8, who is unconvinced that this character is guilty and attempts to convince his peers. For ten points, identify this unseen character whose life is at risk in 12 Angry Men.

ANSWER: The offscreen defendant in 12 Angry Men (accept any answer indicating it’s the person accused of the murder)