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This player’s older brother was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident where he hit a 70-year-old woman with his car; that player is Duane Washington. An attempt to replace this player as NBPA President lead to the ouster of Billy Hunter as that group’s executive director. Due to his daughter’s retinoblastoma, he was released by the Utah Jazz in 2007, allowing him to rejoin the team that drafted him out of Arkansas-Little Rock in 1996. For 10 points, name this point guard, currently with the Thunder but best known for his play on the Lakers teams of the 2000s with Kobe and Shaq. ANSWER: Derek Lamar Fisher Songs like “Cuckoo Cocoon” and “The Carpet Crawlers” appear on their concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. One music video by this band features a puppet parody of Ronald Reagan accidentally hitting the wrong button while trying to call his nurse, leading to the launch of a nuclear weapon. If you’re anything like Patrick Bateman, you think that the best work of this band of “Land of Confusion” is their album Invisible Touch. For 10 points, name this band that included at various points Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins. ANSWER: Genesis At one point in the game he appears in, it’s revealed that he has a deep love of Incan gold. At one point, he is instructed to search for Yelmrib, and at another a cyberdwarf. He is very proud of the vidcon knowledge of his son, Hoopz. The game this character is featured in ends in Neo New York after he performs a Chaos Dunk. For 10 points, name this protagonist of a game entitled in part Shut up and Jam: Gaiden. ANSWER: Charles Barkley The 2nd NBA player ever from this school is the father of Kiki Vandeweghe. In addition to Ernie, this school’s NBA products included a five-time All Star who was later a player- coach for the Knicks over 1959 to 1961. This team’s two NCAA March Madness appearances came in 1995 and ’96, both times as a 16 seed. This school’s best known and most recent NBA player somehow turned a career of never averaging 6 PPG into a $42 million contract from Golden State. For 20 points, name this New York-based University, a member of the Patriot League and the one-time home of Carl Braun and Adonal Foyle. ANSWER: Colgate University Raiders

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This player’s older brother was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident where he hit a 70-year-old woman with his car; that player is Duane Washington. An attempt to replace this player as NBPA President lead to the ouster of Billy Hunter as that group’s executive director. Due to his daughter’s retinoblastoma, he was released by the Utah Jazz in 2007, allowing him to rejoin the team that drafted him out of Arkansas-Little Rock in 1996. For 10 points, name this point guard, currently with the Thunder but best known for his play on the Lakers teams of the 2000s with Kobe and Shaq.

ANSWER: Derek Lamar Fisher

Songs like “Cuckoo Cocoon” and “The Carpet Crawlers” appear on their concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. One music video by this band features a puppet parody of Ronald Reagan accidentally hitting the wrong button while trying to call his nurse, leading to the launch of a nuclear weapon. If you’re anything like Patrick Bateman, you think that the best work of this band of “Land of Confusion” is their album Invisible Touch. For 10 points, name this band that included at various points Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins.

ANSWER: Genesis

At one point in the game he appears in, it’s revealed that he has a deep love of Incan gold. At one point, he is instructed to search for Yelmrib, and at another a cyberdwarf. He is very proud of the vidcon knowledge of his son, Hoopz. The game this character is featured in ends in Neo New York after he performs a Chaos Dunk. For 10 points, name this protagonist of a game entitled in part Shut up and Jam: Gaiden.

ANSWER: Charles Barkley

The 2nd NBA player ever from this school is the father of Kiki Vandeweghe. In addition to Ernie, this school’s NBA products included a five-time All Star who was later a player-coach for the Knicks over 1959 to 1961. This team’s two NCAA March Madness appearances came in 1995 and ’96, both times as a 16 seed. This school’s best known and most recent NBA player somehow turned a career of never averaging 6 PPG into a $42 million contract from Golden State. For 20 points, name this New York-based University, a member of the Patriot League and the one-time home of Carl Braun and Adonal Foyle.

ANSWER: Colgate University Raiders

During a season where his team lost Chuck Person for the entire season, he started his NBA coaching career after firing Bob Hill and taking over that man’s post in 1996-97. This coach notably gives sideline reporters crap every time they try to interview him, including Craig Sager. This coach’s team was fined a quarter million dollars because he opted to not send four players, including Danny Green, to play a game against the Heat in 2012. For 10 points, name this current coach of the San Antonio Spurs.

ANSWER: Gregg Charles Popovich (or Pop)

After this wrestler was fired, his manager started a managing another wrestler who threatened to make Jesus tap out. This wrestler’s habit of interrupting the promos of others with his theme song became a minor Internet meme. He was essentially killed on screen after The Undertaker did a Last Ride powerbomb to him through the entrance stage. That happened after an angle on Smackdown

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where he and five men in ski masks attacked the Undertaker aired on the same day as the 2005 London Bombings. For 15 points, name this professional wrestler, an attempt to exploit post-9/11 backlash against people of Arab descent.

ANSWER: Muhammad Hassan

One basketball player with this surname was a three-time All Star for the Hawks and set a record for personal fouls with 366 in 1967-68 until Bill Robinzine surpassed it. In addition to that player with the first name Bill, this surname belongs to an actor who played Frank Baker in The Fabulous Baker Boys. A third person with this last name played Duane Jackson in The Last Picture Show and the title character in Wild Bill. For 10 points, give this surname shared by Beau with the actor who portrayed Jeff Lebowski.

ANSWER: Bridges

According to Wikipedia, this athlete started the voting for Eurovision 2008. The documentary Once Brothers explores this player’s relationship with Drazen Petrovic. This player was traded to the Charlotte Hornets for the player chosen 13th in the 1996 draft and formed a front court on a team that failed to make the 2002 Finals with Chris Webber. For 10 points, name this Serbian center who loved flopping while he played for the Lakers and Kings.

ANSWER: Vlade Divac

iMDB’s goofs section helpfully points out that in this series, one character portrayed by John Hawkes pointing out to another that your “fly is down” would not have been possible, as the time period did not have pants with zippers. In this series, Jack McCall shoots someone from behind while that victim was playing poker, and Doc Cochran treats Sofia Metz with the help of Calamity Jane. For 10 points, name this HBO series that I’ve watched the first three or four episodes of and have loved so far, which centers on Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.

ANSWER: Deadwood

In 2003, a Martin County player posted about her coach getting chewed out for calling someone this word. Charlie Dees was accused of trying to be one of these during a discussion about moderating speed at a PACE NSC. In one film, Royal Tenenbaum is told he isn’t thought of as one of these, but instead as “kind of a son of a bitch.” Jay-Z encourages you to kiss “(his) whole” this in “99 Problems.” For ten points, name this somewhat vulgar team for a body part, which Denis Leary declares he is in a song.

ANSWER: asshole

An attempt by this group to watch a movie that only “uncultured swine” wouldn’t call “hentai,” Smegma Princess, leads to the installation of the virus killallnerds.exe. One attempt by this group at a mass suicide fails when driving into the ocean fails because their drinks were all poisoned, though the local newspaper headline asks if this act was a “gay boy suicide pact?” This group of Clyde, Dave, Mark and Mort debuted on gunshowcomic.com. For 20 points, name this subject of a series of KC Green comics that might also describe a group that Kirk Jing would join.

ANSWER: The Anime Club

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According to Wikipedia, the most famous player of this name was physically “lucky to be playing any sport at all.” The not nearly as good player with this name set a record for most NBA teams played for in a single season with five during the 2007-08 season. The better player with this name made 8 straight All-Defensive teams from ’76 to ’84 as a forward, most of those with a team that nearly went “fo’ fo’ fo’.” This UNC product won the Sixth Man of the Year award for the team that won the 1983 NBA Championship. For 10 points, give this name that belongs to a forward who mainly played for the 76ers in the 80s.

ANSWER: Bobby Jones

American members of this group include Chris Whitney and Tony Massenburg. Though he only played 47 games for the team that made him a member of this group, Tyrone Corbin belongs to it. Another player from this group never played for the team that made him a member of it, but he spent 2007 through 2012 as the starting power forward for the Rockets, and another player from this group won the 2008 Sixth Man of the Year Award after being drafted from his native Argentina. For 10 points, name this group of players that includes Luis Scola and Manu Ginobili, high value picks for the team currently in the Western Finals against the Thunder.

ANSWER: 2nd round draft picks of the San Antonio Spurs

A Grantland article headline proclaimed Hal Douglas this for Trailer Voice-Overs after his death. Slate called Ken Jennings the this of trivia. Dana White said Fedor Emelianenko is far from the “this” of MMA. Kanye called himself the this of rapping. For 10 points, give this phrase that indicates that someone is roughly as proficient at their field as His Airness was at basketball, an idea for a tossup that didn’t work nearly as well as I had hoped it would but screw it, I’m stuck in Charlotte’s airport.

ANSWER: the Michael Jordan of something

This city was the site of a hunt for a mystical creature that resulted in someone shooting a plasterer, who he mistook for the Hammersmith Ghost. One gentleman of this city spent 1681 pulling up the dresses of women and spanking them while shouting “spanko!” In addition to the man known as Whipping Tom, this city was also home to a legendary figure who could possibly breath flames of white or blue but could definitely jump high. For ten points, name this really weird city of Spring-heeled Jack that was also the home of Jack the Ripper.

ANSWER: London

This song is the main sample for the backing for Big Daddy’s mash-up cover of “Ice Ice Baby.” This song’s title was parodied by the WCW ring name of the wrestler later known as Marc Mero. This song references “a log cabin made of earth and wood” “way back up in the woods among the evergreens.” This song is performed by Marty McFly in Back to the Future. For 10 points, name this Chuck Berry song about “a country boy” who could “play a guitar like ringing a bell.”

ANSWER: Johnny B. Goode

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In his final season, he played 3 minutes in one game for the 2005-06 Denver Nuggets. A 2006 trade involving him saw him traded with Earl Watson and a 2nd rounder in a four-team trade where the most notable player involved was probably… uh, Reggie Evans or Voshon Lenard? Picked out of Long Beach State University, he’s the 2nd most valuable 2nd rounder from the 1993 NBA Draft in terms of Win Shares behind Nick Van Exel. He’s most famous for an elbow jumper someone made over him after an alleged push off foul that went uncalled. For fifteen points, name this player most famous for being who Michael Jordan hit the series winning shot over in the 1998 NBA Finals.

ANSWER: Bryon Demetrise Russell

This song’s post-musical break shout of “ohhhh oh oh” is sampled in Girl Talk’s “Still Here.” This song’s singer threatens “I’ll hit the ceiling or else I’ll tear down this town” and addresses someone who is “playing so cool, obeying every rule.” Commands in this song include “Jack, get Mack, come on before we crack” and “kick off the Sunday shoes,” as well as “everybody get” the title condition. For 10 points, name this Kenny Loggins song, which shares its name with a 1984 film starring a dancing Kevin Bacon.

ANSWER: Footloose

He’s not Allen Iverson, Kevin Johnson, or Steve Smith, but he received one fifth place vote for the NBA MVP in 1996-97 after he averaged 20.6 points and 8.7 rebounds per game for the Minnesota Timberwolves. In 1994, this player was traded with three first round draft choices to Golden State for Chris Webber. He nearly died in 1999 when a sleep aid he was taking that contained GBL triggered a massive seizure shortly after he joined the Phoenix Suns. For 15 points, name this forward who was nicknamed “Googs.”

ANSWER: Tom (Thomas James) Gugliotta (accept Googs before mention)

A song with a title that mentions this action includes the line “run down to Tramps, have a dance or two.” One song which mentions this action in its title has the lines “damn the ironic timing, the clouds and their lining.” In addition to the first song, by Harry Nilsson, and the second one by Ben Folds Five that says “Thank You” for doing it, one song that addresses this action says “you take the weight off me” and “honey, when you knocked on my door, I gave you my key.” For 10 points, name this act which Kiki Dee and Elton John requested you “don’t go” doing.

ANSWER: breaking my heart (accept “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” or “Thank You For Breaking My Heart” or “You’re Breaking My Heart”)

The final televised match for this promotion involved Christian York. One unreleased match from this promotion was a 60 minute long match involving Tully Blanchard that gained the nickname “The Fan Death Match.” XPW attempted an invasion of this group’s Heat Wave pay-per-view in 2000. The last World Championship title change for this group happened when Rhino defeated The Sandman at Guilty as Charged 2001. For 10 points, name this now defunct wrestling promotion of the 1990s run by Paul Heyman.

ANSWER: Extreme Championship Wrestling (accept Eastern Championship Wrestling)

A video game featuring this character available for the SNES and Genesis features a Greek Village level and power-ups like a hang glider and the ability to shot put. The Lost Media Wiki lists two pieces

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of missing media related to this character that are currently not widely available: a PC adventure game, (This character’s) Adventure and a cartoon entitled (This character’s) Quest for Olympic Gold. This blue character had lightning bolts for eyebrows. For 20 points, name this bizarre looking mascot for the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta.

ANSWER: Izzy (or Whatizit)

It’s not “Cry Me a River,” but this song was the first single issued from Mad Dogs & Englishmen when it was covered by Joe Cocker. While speaking to another person, the singer of this song says “listen, mister, can’t you see I got to get back to my baby once more?” The singer of this song “ain’t got time for a fast train.” For 15 points, name this song by The Box Tops that asks for “a ticket for an aeroplane.”

ANSWER: The Letter

This song is not by Cher, even though I think it is every time I hear it. The chorus of this song says “there won’t be any trumpets blowing come the judgment day,” and “go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.” This song was covered by Jinx Dawson and credited to her band Coven for the film Billy Jack. In this song, the Valley People massacre the Mountain People. For 15 points, name this preachy as hell song where the treasure fought for was the written message “peace on earth.”

ANSWER: One Tin Soldier

This periodical was the source of the review of a fake album by an alleged supergroup, The Masked Marauders. A song about the front of this magazine was performed by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. An article in this magazine lead to the resignation of Stanley McChrystal. For 10 points, name this music magazine that last actually meant something possibly in the 1990s and devoted a 2013 cover to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

ANSWER: Rolling Stone

Loudoun Wainwright III’s (“the third’s”) song titled “Ode to” this city says it was “smokestacked” and “laid in cobblestone.” This is the last city named in Talking Heads’ “Life During Wartime.” This city’s name is the subtitle of Springsteen’s song “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” A song whose title refers to colors associated with this city contains the lines “hear the haters talk but there’s nothing you can tell ‘em / just made a million, got another million on my schedule.” For 10 points, name this city referenced in the title of Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow.”

ANSWER: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Bruce Arthur uses this three-word phrase in one 2007 HSQB post to point out that Coke 2 was only sold in Quebec, American Samoa and Micronesia as of that time. This three-word phrase appears in the English language title of a Dutch documentary that features an interview with Andrew Keen. Emil Thomas Chuck once asked rhetorically about how appropriate it would be to start a question with this phrase. This phrase started a question earlier in this packet about Vlade Divac. For 10 points, name this three word phrase that cites information obtained from an online encyclopedia that anyone, even Chris Ray, can edit.

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ANSWER: according to Wikipedia

A robot version of this creature is used to interrupt a wedding at the Notre Dame cathedral involving Coco LaBouche. Enemies of this creature include Robosnail and Dactar. Tommy decides he wants cereal marketed by this character because it turns milk green. For 10 points, name this dinosaur from the cartoon Rugrats.

ANSWER: Reptar