1. Laser Rocket Arm
   Member

   Standings:
   
   1. Gag Me With a Smurf, 66, $90
   2. South Carolina Beauty Queens, 60, $40
   3. Fuckin A's, 58, $20
   4. The Wide Squatters, 57
   5. Each Matlock May Be Our Last, 53
   6. Team Goldblum, 52
   7. Hair Follicles, 51
   8. Viva La Raza!, 50
   9. Mad Martigans, 49
   T-10. Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gins, 45
   T-10. Oh My God It's the Government Run E.T. Run, 45
   12. Hot For Teacher, 44
   13. Master of Your Domain, 39
   14. The Mathletes, 38
   15. Suck It Trebek, 36, swag
   
   Questions:
   
   Round 1: Canadian Geography
   
   1. Toronto’s CN Tower is the tallest building in Canada. What type of business is CN?
   2. What community on Washington’s mainland, just south of the 49th parallel, can only be reached by car by traveling through British Columbia?
   3. Pile-O-Bones was the original name for the settlement that grew up to be what capital of Saskatchewan?
   4. What tributary of the St. Lawrence River, that shares its name with a city on its banks, forms much of the border between Ontario and Quebec?
   5. The towns of Dildo, Come-by-Chance, and Cox’s Cove are all found on what island?
   6. Ogopogo is a Loch Ness-type monster that, according to local legend, lives in what lake in interior British Columbia that shares its name with Washington’s largest county by area?
   7. The Northwest Territories and Nunavut are the only two jurisdictions in North America to have non-rectangular license plates. Instead, their plates are in the shape of what animal?
   8. Canada is currently in a dispute with what nation over the status of Hans Island, an uninhabited half square mile island at 81 degrees north latitude?
   9. Doughnut chain Tim Horton’s currently has locations in three countries. Two are Canada and the U.S. What other country has a Tim Horton’s in order to supply “a taste of home” to Canadian soldiers abroad?
   10. The Lion’s Gate Bridge connects Vancouver’s North Shore with what 1,000 acre park that is home to the Vancouver aquarium?
   
   Round 2: Regrets, I’ve Had a Few
   
   1. This science fiction author regretted selling her bestselling Earthsea Series to the Sci-Fi channel after producers cast primarily white actors in multi-ethnic roles.
   2. In his 1995 book In Retrospect and in the Errol Morris documentary The Fog of War this former Secretary of Defense expresses regret for his role in escalating the Vietnam War.
   3. This former counsel to Richard Nixon was sentenced to 1-4 years in federal prison for his role in the Watergate scandal, which he wrote about in his book Blind Ambition.
   4. The “Very Sorry” song was once used in the playing of this game, whose only rule is that you can never play the same way twice.
   5. The game play to Parker Brothers’ Sorry! is quite similar to that of this supposed “Royal Game of India,” though this game uses dice instead of cards.
   6. George Clooney has stated he will personally refund the money of anyone who paid to see this 1997 bomb.
   7. This Italian politician was forced to apologize publicly to his wife in the pages of La Repubblica after he reportedly refused to apologize privately for insensitive remarks he made in January 2007.
   8. This airline’s CEO David Neeleman made a public apology on February 19 for several incidents in which passengers had been stranded on planes for upwards of nine hours.
   9. In February 1988, this televangelist famously and tearfully told his audience “I have sinned,” after photos of him entering and leaving a hotel room with a prostitute were released.
   10. Mars, Inc. surely regrets declining Steven Spielberg’s offer to use M&Ms in E.T., allowing this recently launched candy by Hershey to become the Extraterrestrial’s favorite.
   
   Round 3: The Onion
   
   1. Onion columnist Gorzo the Mighty bears a close resemblance to this adversary of Flash Gordon, who was played in the 1980 movie by Max von Sydow.
   2. What 3 letter headline of September 3, 1939 was in a font so large, that the third letter had to be continued on page 2?
   3. Columnist Larry Groznic once skipped a friend’s wedding to watch a marathon of this sci-fi series starring Patrick McGoohan as Number Six.
   4. In 1956 President Eisenhower ordered this actor to gain 250 pounds, claiming that his sexuality was too dangerous at his present weight.
   5. This appetizer served by Outback Steakhouse has 2,210 calories and 134 grams of fat.
   6. According to The Onion 2056, what current 15 year old will be the mayor of Seattle in addition to being the wife of Haley Joel Osment?
   7. Frequent columnist Jean Teasdale is a fan of this comic strip by Kim Grove, which Homer Simpson aptly describes as being about two naked eight year olds who are married.
   8. According to the article “Harry Potter Books Spark Rise in Satanism Among Children,” J.K. Rowling taught a six-year-old girl that this figure died because he was “weak and stupid.”
   9. In 1982, the Falkland Islands sent a puffin brigade to this Caribbean island nation, which was invaded by US troops the following year.
   10. Yeah, yeah, another Larry Groznic question. Groznic asserts that dressing your dog up as this bounty hunter is something you have to devote an entire weekend to.
   
   Round 4: Picture Round – Name the artists behind these albums that have been #1 on the Billboard 200 between September 1, 2006 and present.
   
   Round 5: Pac-10 Football: 10 Teams, 10 Questions – Isn’t that convenient?
   
   1. UW’s schedule has 13 games this year instead of the usual 12 because of the expenses involved in traveling to play what opponent on December 1?
   2. Washington State plays its home games in which stadium, currently undergoing a $70 million renovation?
   3. What puppy-loving former Oregon quarterback is first in line to replace Michael Vick as the Atlanta Falcons starter?
   4. Oregon State’s only Rose Bowl victory, in 1942, was not played in Pasadena due to World War II. OSU played what opponent in that opponent’s home stadium in Durham, North Carolina?
   5. Who was Stanford’s head coach in 1999, the last time they appeared in the Rose Bowl?
   6. At the end of “The Play” ending the 1982 Cal-Stanford game, Cal wide receiver Kevin Moen upended a member of the Stanford band playing what instrument?
   7. What Seahawks linebacker was a member of USC’s national championship teams in 2003 and 2004?
   8. What former UCLA running back has been inducted into the “Fantasy Football Hall of Fame” in ads for ESPN after his 13 touchdown performance as a rookie for Jacksonville in 2006?
   9. In what year did Arizona and Arizona State join the Pac-8, making it the Pac-10? You can be within four years either way.
   10. What conference were Arizona and Arizona State members of before joining the Pac-10 and, for a bonus point, what team won that conference’s title in the 2006 season?
   
   Round 6: Back 2 School
   
   1. The main character’s expulsion from Pencey Prep sets the plot of what 20th century American novel into motion?
   2. Michael Power-St. Joseph High School in Etobicoke, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, was the setting for what fictional school appearing in a namesake TV series from 1987-1989?
   3. In the movie PCU, what does PCU stand for?
   4. “Rock Around the Clock” became a hit in 1955 after appeared over the opening credits of what film set at a north Philadelphia high school?
   5. What new ABC Family series stars Kelsey Grammer’s daughter, Spencer, as a sorority member trying to become president of Zeta Beta Zeta?
   6. Which Seattle public high school, whose teams are named the “Rough Riders,” had the highest percentage of its students meeting 10th grade math standards on the 2006 Washington Assessment of Student Learning test?
   (Hint: Wikipedia reports that Sir Mix-A-Lot is an alumnus.)
   7. What fictional school was Bullwinkle J. Moose’s alma mater?
   8. What private school is the only school in Washington outside Seattle city limits to have an affiliated law school?
   9. At what platform at King’s Cross Station do students board the Hogwarts Express?
   10. Who is the current United States Secretary of Education?
   
   Round 7: the Movie Round
   
   1. This 1992 movie about a St. Bernard spawned 4 sequels, but producers neglected to subtitle the third movie Eroica.
   2. The filming rights to the book that this 1993 Julia Roberts movie were sold before the book was even written. Must be nice to be John Grisham.
   3. The Washington Post said of this Pauly Shore film about a man who prolongs a murder trail for free room and board is that it “belongs in that special category of bad that travels far beyond awfulness into genuine unpleasantness.”
   4. This 2002 movie based on a graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Raynor won a posthumous Best Cinematography Oscar for Conrad Hall.
   5. It is unknown if Iranian refugee Merhan Karimi Nasseri was compensated for this 2004 Steven Spielberg movie loosely based on his life.
   6. The costumes in this 2006 movie exceeded one million dollars in value, making it the most expensive wardrobe in movie history, though many costumes were donated.
   7. Continuing the tradition of Hilary Swank being in films that either totally suck or win her an Oscar, this 2003 science fiction film was described by one reviewer as a “big, dumb disaster aimed at anyone who thought Armageddon too deep.”
   8. Anjelica Huston’s Oscar for this 1985 film made the Huston family to be the first family to have three generations win an Academy Award.
   9. This 2002 film based on a Dave Barry novel originally had a release date of September 21, 2001, but was pushed back because of a plot that involved smuggling a nuclear weapon onto a plane.
   10. What actor or actress has appeared in all nine of these films?
   
   Round 8: Picture Round – Put on a Toccata in d and name these Worst People in the Wooooorrrrrllld!
   
   ANSWERS:
   
   The number in parentheses after each answer is the number of teams that answered the question correctly.
   
   Round 1: Canadian Geography
   
   1. railroad (or transportation or shipping or freight) (2)
   2. Point Roberts (5)
   3. Regina (7)
   4. Ottawa River (4)
   5. Newfoundland (1)
   6. Okanagan Lake (9)
   7. polar bear (9)
   8. Denmark Or Greenland (8)
   9. Afghanistan (4)
   10. Stanley Park (11)
   
   Round 2: Regrets, I’ve Had a Few
   
   1. Ursula K. LeGuin (11)
   2. Robert Strange McNamara (12)
   3. John Dean III (5)
   4. Calvinball (6)
   5. Parcheesi (12)
   6. Batman & Robin (9)
   7. Silvio Berlusconi (8)
   8. JetBlue (13)
   9. Jimmy Swaggart (8)
   10. Reese’s Pieces (15)
   
   Round 3: The Onion
   
   1. Emperor Ming the Merciless (8)
   2. WAR or WA- (15)
   3. The Prisoner (9)
   4. Marlon Brando (10)
   5. Bloomin’ Onion (14)
   6. Frances Bean Cobain (5)
   7. Love Is (6)
   8. Jesus Christ (7)
   9. Grenada (15)
   10. Boba Fett (8)
   
   Round 4: #1 Albums
   
   1. Fall Out Boy (3)
   2. Modest Mouse (11)
   3. Notorious B.I.G. (13)
   4. Michael Buble (12)
   5. Evanescence (13)
   6. Maroon 5 (12)
   7. Common (7)
   8. Tim McGraw (12)
   9. Ludacris (8)
   10. Jay-Z (14)
   
   Round 5: Pac-10 Football
   
   1. University of Hawai’i Warriors (11)
   2. Martin Stadium (4)
   3. Joey Harrington (9)
   4. Duke University Blue Devils (10)
   5. Tyrone Willingham (9)
   6. trombone (6)
   7. Lofa Tatupu (9)
   8. Maurice Jones-Drew (5)
   9. 1978 (accept 1974 through 1982) (8)
   10. Western Athletic Conference or WAC (9)
   Bonus Answer: Boise State University Broncos (6)
   
   Round 6: Back 2 School
   1. The Catcher in the Rye (14)
   2. Degrassi Junior High (13)
   3. Port Chester University (1)
   4. The Blackboard Jungle (4)
   5. Greek (10)
   6. Roosevelt High School (12)
   7. Wossamotta U. (9)
   8. Gonzaga University (10)
   9. Platform 9 3/4 (13)
   10. Margaret Spellings (2)
   
   Round 7: Movies
   1. Beethoven (15)
   2. The Pelican Brief (14)
   3. Jury Duty (12)
   4. The Road to Perdition (4)
   5. The Terminal (7)
   6. The Devil Wears Prada (1)
   7. The Core (9)
   8. Prizzi’s Honor (7)
   9. Big Trouble (11)
   10. Stanley Tucci (4)
   
   Round 8: Worst People in the Wooooorrrrrllld!
   
   1. Bill O’Reilly or Billo or Bill Orally (15)
   2. Keith Olbermann (15)
   3. Robert Novak (12)
   4. "Comedian" Rush Limbaugh (14)
   5. Ann Coulter (15)
   6. Roger Ailes (3)
   7. Roger Clemens (10)
   8. Ralph Fiennes (13)
   9. Sean Hannity (11)
   10. Paula Jones (12)

   Posted 3 years ago #

2. Erik
   QuizNight.net Staff

   I must have missed something in the news. Why is Ralph Fiennes among the "Worst People in the World" ?
   
   I google-newsed "Ralph Fiennes" and see that he's going to star in a "nazi drama". That sounds familiar. He's not playing the nazi this time though it appears. (He deserved an Oscar last time.)
   
   Anyway... what happened?

   Posted 3 years ago #

3. Laser Rocket Arm
   Member

   Ralph Fiennes was declared Worst Person in the World after he got in trouble for having sex with a flight attendant on a Qantas flight in February.
   
   http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=436846&in_page_id=1879&in_a_source=

   Posted 3 years ago #

4. Erik
   QuizNight.net Staff

   Laser Rocket Arm wrote:

   Ralph Fiennes was declared Worst Person in the World after he got in trouble for having sex with a flight attendant on a Qantas flight in February.
   
   http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=436846&in_page_id=1879&in_a_source=

   
   
   Heh. Ohhh kay.

   Posted 3 years ago #

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