| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A Hallmark film adapted from one of this author’s works stars Alfre Woodard and Charles Dutton as Berniece Charles and Boy Willie. Another adaptation of this author’s work earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Viola Davis. A film based on this author’s works earned a Best Actor nomination for Chadwick Boseman. For the point, identify this playwright of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Fences. | August Wilson |
| This team lost in the Round of 16 in the 2018 World Cup, the same year their winger Xerdan [[ZER-don]] Shaqiri [[shuh-KEER-ee]] was fined for making a 'Double Eagle' gesture referencing his Albanian heritage. This team scored two late goals in a knockout match of the 2020 Euros to defeat the reigning champions, France. For the point, identify this country led by Granit Xhaka [[SHA-KUH]], where the International Olympic Committee is headquartered on Lake Geneva. | Switzerland (accept Swiss Confederation; accept Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft; accept Confederation Suisse; accept Confederazione Svizzera; accept Confederaziun Svizra; accept Confoederatio Helvetica) |
| A secret ending to this game is titled "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," and that mission features the enemies Arasaka and Adam Smasher. Watson and Heywood are two of the regions in this game's main setting, Night City. Technological implants in this game can be purchased from characters known as ripperdocs. For the point, identify this notoriously glitchy 2020 video game starring the mercenary V. | Cyberpunk 2077 (prompt on partial answer) |
| This game began as a mod for the expansion pack “The Frozen Throne” and its gameplay is based on the Aeon of Strife map from StarCraft. In this game, players can take the role of either the Sentinel or the Scourge. For this game's sequel, its developer created a lucrative tournament called The International. For the point, identify this multiplayer online battle arena game produced by Valve. | Defense of the Ancients (or DotA; accept DotA 2) |
| At the 2010 U.S. Championships, this figure skater became the youngest novice champion. This skater is the first person to land five types of quad jumps in a competition, a feat he repeated during a 2022 run in which he set the international record for scoring in the men's short program. For the point, identify this American figure skater who won the men's gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. | Nathan Chen |
| This woman starred as Frances Ha in a film directed by her partner, Noah Baumbach. Timothée Chalamet plays a phony-intellectual teen in one of this director’s films that gave actress Saoirse [[SUR-SHA]] Ronan her second Best Actress nomination; her third was for this director’s adaptation of a novel by Louisa May Alcott. For the point, identify this director of the films Lady Bird and Little Women. | Greta Gerwig |
| This former leader of The Commodores joined Katy Perry and Luke Bryan as a judge on American Idol. This singer hit #1 with a duet with Diana Ross titled “Endless Love” and released the album Can’t Slow Down, which features “All Night Long” and another song that asks “is it me you’re looking for?” For the point, identify this singer of “Say You, Say Me” and “Hello.” | Lionel Richie |
| This manager was hired after Joe Girardi was let go following a 91-71 season in 2017. As a player, this person hit a game-winning home run off Tim Wakefield in the 2003 ALCS. This manager led his team to a second place finish in the AL East in 2020, though his team later suffered a third straight exit in the Division Series against the Rays. For the point, identify this manager of the New York Yankees. | Aaron Boone |
| This performer sings “Make your own biscuits and life will be gravy” on a single off the album Pageant Material. This singer released another album that included breakout hits like “Follow Your Arrow.” This singer describes her family’s vices in “Merry Go Round” and won Album of the Year at the 2019 Grammy Awards. For the point, identify this country singer of “Rainbow,” “Golden Hour,” and “Slow Burn.” | Kacey Musgraves |
| “Challenge kits” are additional rules for this game whose most recent spinoff is subtitled Hot Zone – North America. Players in this game take on roles such as Dispatcher and Contingency Planner, and gameplay begins in Atlanta. Matt Leacock designed this game, whose card types include “event” and “infection.” For the point, identify this table-top game in which players race to stop the spread of a deadly disease. | Pandemic (accept Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America) |
| In 2017, this club became the first in Serie A [[SEH-ree-uh AH]] history to secure six straight titles. Gianluigi Buffon made over 500 appearances for this club that lost the 2017 Champions League Final to Real Madrid 4-1. This club introduced Andrea Pirlo as manager and won the 2021 Copa Italia. Weston McKennie is a midfielder on, for the point, what black and white Italian club named for the Latin word for 'Youth?' | Juventus Football Club (accept Juve [[JOO-vay]]) |
| This album holds the record for most weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. One song on this album mentions “moments that make up the dull days,” and cash registers provide the initial sounds on another song from this album that warns “get your hands off my stack.” For the point, identify this Pink Floyd album whose title describes a lightless part of Earth's natural satellite. | The Dark Side of the Moon |
| One player for this school scored 46 points in a triple overtime loss to Kansas that caused the opposing fans to give him a standing ovation. A player for this Big 12 school tied the NCAA record for assists in a game with 22. This team lost to Villanova in 2016 at the end of the college career of its second all-time leading scorer, Buddy Hield. For the point, identify this school, once home to Blake Griffin and Trae Young. | University of Oklahoma |
| This artist's pet ocelot inspired the animal character Babou on Archer. With Walt Disney, this artist created a film about a dancer and a baseball player called Destino. This artist later worked with Alfred Hitchcock for the dream sequence in Spellbound. For the point, identify this Spanish surrealist who depicted melting clocks in The Persistence of Memory. | Salvador Dalí |
| This team set the NFL record for fewest yards allowed in a playoff game during a 27- 16 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in 2015. A running back for this team equaled Roger Craig and Marshall Faulk in a 2019 season with 1,000 rushing and receiving yards. This team faced the Denver Broncos in the 2016 Super Bowl in which QB Cam Newton was sacked seven times. For the point, identify this football team based in Charlotte. | Carolina Panthers (accept either) |
| This artist's debut single urges the listener “to focus on communicating” and later says “I don’t need nothing else but you.” This artist who released the album American Teen collaborated with Ed Sheeran on the song "Beautiful People" and collaborated with Normani on "Love Lies." For the point, identify this artist of "Young, Dumb, and Broke" and "Location." | Khalid |
| One character in this film believes it’s good luck to eat the ‘ugly carrot’ found in each bag. The main character of this film is forced to close her bakery, Cake Baby. A group of characters in this film get food poisoning at a Brazilian steakhouse, resulting in public vomiting and diarrhea. For the point, identify this comedy starring Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy as a raucous wedding party. | Bridesmaids |
| This MLB team traded for Stephen Piscotty so he could be closer to his mother battling ALS. Sean Manaea threw a no-hitter for this team against the Red Sox in 2018. This team beat the White Sox in the 2020 postseason, but later lost to the Astros when Frankie Montas gave up five runs. For the point, identify this MLB team that plays at the Alameda Colosseum, the local rivals of the San Francisco Giants. | Oakland Athletics (accept either name) |
| The main setting of this series is identified on a map with a heart and the words “To Grow Old In.” Characters on this series are warned to not go past Ellis Avenue. One of the title characters of this series says “I can’t feel you” after visiting SWORD to reclaim the body of the other title character. For the point, name this Marvel series that imagines the Scarlet Witch and another hero in a variety of sitcoms. | WandaVision |
| This team won Game 3 of a Conference Final against the Blues in 2019, thanks to a hand pass by forward Timo Mier [[TEE-mo MY-er]]. This team is the primary home of the player who's played the most NHL games in history, Patrick Marleau. Erik Karlsson and Brent Burns play for, for the point, what NHL team that opens homes games by skating through the mouth of a marine predator? | San Jose Sharks (accept either name) |
| This state contains Camp Crystal Lake, the setting of the Friday the 13th films. The Cobra Kai dojo is located in this state on a Netflix series based on The Karate Kid. A television series set in this state featured recurring characters like the psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. That series followed a mob boss played by James Gandolfini. For the point, identify this state, the setting of The Sopranos. | New Jersey |
| Johnny Chan and Phil Ivey have each won this event ten times. Amateur player Chris Moneymaker helped to popularize this event, which attracts more than 8,500 entrants each year. This event first took place at Binion's Horseshoe and is always played in Las Vegas. For the point, identify this annual event in which amateurs and professionals play Texas hold 'em for a cash prize and championship bracelet. | World Series of Poker (or WSOP) |
| Andrew Lloyd Webber hit the UK charts with a remix of this video game’s theme song under the alias Dr. Spin. Players of this game use controls to interact with pieces called straight, square, and skew. Pentominoes inspired the creation of this game that was invented by Alexey Pajitnov. For the point, identify this video game in which the player arranges falling blocks and shapes to score points. | Tetris |
| This actor made their directorial debut with the 2007 film I Think I Love My Wife. This actor played Detective Ezekiel Banks in Spiral, a film in the Saw franchise. This comedian played Kurt in the film Grown Ups and voiced Marty the Zebra in Madagascar. For the point, identify this comedian who twice hosted the Academy Awards and created the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. | Chris Rock |
| A hungover Max McGee came off this team's bench and recorded 138 yards and two touchdowns in a Super Bowl appearance. This team's safety LeRoy Butler received a lateral from a teammate in a 1993 game before running it back for a touchdown and completing the first instance of a now-iconic celebration, the Lambeau Leap. Randall Cobb was extended by, for the point, what NFC team led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers? | Green Bay Packers (accept either name) |
| One setting in the music video for this song is a basketball court with a dolphin logo. A line in this song describes a person who “bought a new car” and whose “career’s really takin’ off.” A repeated line in this song is “apathy’s like a wound in salt” and another line describes an ex behaving “like a damn sociopath.” For the point, identify this Olivia Rodrigo song about a former lover doing frustratingly well. | "good 4 u" |
| This NBA team hosted the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest, which was won by a local favorite, kicking off “Vinsanity.” This team was the only NBA team that could not play in its home city due to COVID-restrictions, instead settling in Tampa. The area outside this team's arena is known as 'Jurassic Park.' For the point, identify this team that won the 2019 NBA championship with Kawhi Leonard, the only one based in Canada. | Toronto Raptors (accept either name) |
| A conservationist from this country won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for The Silent World. The 2019 film Ford v Ferrari concerns the two rival companies competing in a 24 hour race in this country. This country’s directors were nominated for Best Picture with The Artist and Amour. For the point, identify this home country of Claudette Colbert, Marion Cotillard, and Jacques Cousteau. | France (or French Republic; or Republique Francaise) |
| This person played an astrophysicist who figures out a slingshot assist in The Martian. This actor later played a character who loses a game of sabacc that costs him the Millennium Falcon. This actor starred as Simba in 2019’s The Lion King, in addition to playing Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story. For the point, identify this actor and musician also known as Childish Gambino. | Donald Glover (accept Childish Gambino until mentioned) |
| In a song from this film, a character voiced by Jemaine Clement wants to “sparkle like a wealthy woman’s neck.” The song “Shiny” appears in this first movie ever dubbed for the Tahitian language that also features the pig Pua and the rooster Heihei [[HAY-HAY]]. For the point, identify this Disney film in which the title woman recovers the heart of Te Fiti [[teh FEE-TEE]] with the demigod Maui. | Moana |
| This actress played Queen Elizabeth I in Mary, Queen of Scots as well as Sharon Tate in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. This actress made her film debut in The Wolf of Wall Street, and her most recognizable character wears a choker that says PUDDIN. For the point, identify this Australian actress best known for playing Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey and Suicide Squad. | Margot Robbie |
| In one game, this character explores a site in Istanbul, eventually discovering Atlantis and slaying the Kraken. In a LEGO video game, this character will freeze with fear if they see a snake. Nazis are frequent adversaries of this character, who usually brawls with his fists, pistol, and bullwhip. For the point, identify this archaeologist played by Harrison Ford who first appeared in the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. | Indiana Jones (accept either name) |
| This player is one of only two players in MLB history to hit 30 or more home runs in 15 seasons. This player was a 20-time National League All Star and was once selected as an American League All Star after moving to the Brewers. This player's namesake award is given to the most outstanding offensive player in each league. For the point, identify this Atlanta slugger who blasted 755 home runs to beat Babe Ruth’s record. | Hank Aaron |
| This person makes a namesake style of nachos made of only cucumbers and cottage cheese. This character's first wife dreamed of opening the theme park Praiseland and died as the result of a "lethal barrage of t-shirts." This owner of The Leftorium once moved to Humbletown, Pennsylvania after leaving Springfield. For the point, identify this religious neighbor of Homer Simpson. | Ned Flanders (prompt on "Flanders") |
| This place is the setting of the only spin-off of the ABC series Once Upon a Time. A group of flowers in this location sing “All in the Golden Afternoon.” A character in this location lives in Tulgey Wood and declares “Most everyone’s mad here.” That character first appears in this location after singing lines from “Jabberwocky.” For the point, identify this home of the Cheshire Cat that was famously visited by Alice. | Wonderland |
| One film set in this city co-starred Giovanni Ribisi as a stalker obsessed with a sentient children’s toy. Ted and The Fighter are two Mark Wahlberg films set in this city. Jimmy Fallon plays a sports fan obsessed with a certain baseball team in this city in Fever Pitch. For the point, identify this city where Ben Affleck set The Town, a film about a heist at Fenway Park. | Boston |