1. Before the market collapsed from counterfeiting and overproduction, this outfielder's 1980 Topps rookie card was priced in the 1989 Beckett's guide for 900 dollars. In 1990 he won the American League MVP award after being the runner-up in 1981 and finishing third in 1985, his first season with the Yankees. In each of those years he led the AL in runs scored on his way to compiling the major league career record. Delivering a surprisingly humble induction speech in August 2009, for ten points, name this speedy Gold Glove left-fielder whose career spanned four decades and eight teams including two stops in San Diego and three stops in his hometown of Oakland.

2. References to it are found in video games from the Dungeon Keeper, Everquest, and Guild Wars series. A version that deletes a famous 56-second instrumental break from the song's middle section became the group's highest-charting hit in 1976, though the original version, found on the album Agents of Fortune, is better known today. Supposedly the favorite song of Adam Sandler's character in I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry, its writer and singer, Donald Roeser, better known as Buck Dharma, has repeatedly insisted the song is about deep romantic love rather than a murder-suicide pact. Its lyrics were quoted by Stephen King in The Stand , and is played over the opening credits of its TV movie adaptation; it became ever more popular thanks to Christopher Walken insisting that an early version of the song needed more cowbell. For ten points, name this best known song by Blue Oyster Cult.

3. Anyone could rate another player as untrustworthy, leading to shakedowns by a "reputation mafia" who could render a character unplayable. Cities included East Jerome, Mount Fuji, and Alphaville, where the Alphaville Herald covered rampant prostitution and scamming of newbies. Working in the robot factory or DJing were typical jobs, while "cooking" and "body" were core skills. Launched in 2002, in 2008 it was briefly re-launched as EA-Land before shutting down entirely. For ten points, name this MMRPG version of a Will Wright game.

4. This man had an early role as Roy Jenkins on Coronation Street and film-debuted as Royale in Fear Is the Key. Onstage, he did a one-man show as Edmund Kean and portrayed one of Kean's famous parts, Othello, as an Arab. His film appearances range from The Hood in Thunderbirds and O'Ryan in Suspect Zero to more respectable turns as a cuckolded publisher in Pinter's Betrayal and Bruce Pandolfini in Searching for Bobby Fischer. He asked a henchman to kill his friend as Cosmo in Sneakers and is targeted by a torture victim as Dr. Miranda in Death and the Maiden, while Oscar nods came as gangsters Don Logan and Meyer Lansky and Iranian ex-officer Massoud Amir Behrani. For ten points, name this star of Bugsy, Sexy Beast, and House of Sand and Fog who played Itzhak Stern in Schindler's List and the title role of Gandhi.

5. It was created in 1934 in a Fullerton, California garage when three men were trying to concoct a tropical-flavored syrup for their ice cream topping business. It was not available as a retail product until the late 1940s, and first appeared in 46-ounce cans in 1950. While Donny and Marie Osmond were its first real-life spokespeople, the character most associated with it debuted in 1961, paired with a character called both Opie and Oaf, who was on the receiving end of the main character's roundhouses. Named for the territory where its original ingredients were acquired, name, for ten points, this drink brand whose original version is bright red and features seven fruit flavors.

6. A former press secretary for Eugene McCarthy, she's #80 on the list of 100 People Who are Screwing Up America. Fired from the Washington Post for excessive note-taking, her first book was The Glamour Spas. Frank Sinatra's father was a back-alley abortionist, Laura Bush was "the go-to girl for dime bags of marijuana" in college, W. snorted coke with his brothers, and Nancy Reagan beat her daughter with a hairbrush, according to her later work. Poison Pen by Thomas Carpozi gives her a dose of her own medicine. For ten points, name this self-titled "Queen of Sleaze" and author of His Way, Jackie Oh!, and The Family.

7. Though they have released only three studio albums, the latest one self-titled, they have released four live albums, the last from their home town of Montreal. Founded by members of a band called Reset, the MTV program Damage Control used their song "Me Against The World" from their album Still Not Getting Any as its theme and was hosted by its lead singer Pierre Bouvier. For ten points name this pop-punk band whose hits include "Perfect" and "Welcome To My Life."

8. This man directed the music videos for Divinyls' "I Touch Myself" and three singles from Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell II, as well as the Aaron Burr "Got Milk?" commercial. Producer of the remakes The Amityville Horror and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, he is financing the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street through his Platinum Dunes production company. His feature directorial debut centered on cops Marcus Burnett and Mark Lowrey, while his lone box office disappointment, in which Lincoln and Jordan escape from the title futuristic facility, was accused of ripping off Parts: The Clonus Horror. The target of a Cracked spoof about an adaptation of The Great Gatsby, this is, for ten points, what director of The Island and Bad Boys, best known for the Transformers movies?

9. Among the turmoil this team faced in 2009 was the loss of its coach three games into the season to pursue a job in the NBA, a season-ending injury to star post player Plenette Pierson, and a season-ending injury in late August to guard Katie Smith that kept her from the playoffs. Despite beating Atlanta in the first round, this team was swept by the Indiana Fever in round two, ending their chance to defend their 2008 title and join the Comets as four-time champs. Worse yet in October Palace Management announced the move of the team to Tulsa where Nolan Richardson will become coach. For ten points, name this former WNBA team that saw Rick Mahorn replace Bill Laimbeer for their final season.

10. She was deemed the most likely to move to New York and become Lou Reed's reluctant muse. While she hasn't yet, she did run away to go live with her mother in California, a stunt which landed her in Catholic school. Her romantic entanglements included Casey and Randy, although she was most often involved with the boy who proposed to her at a water tower. For ten points, name this Point Place resident who is the best friend of Jackie Burkhart and girlfriend of neighbor Eric Forman.

11. Founded in 1925 by Jack Linsky, it was based in Long Island City, New York before the head office was relocated to Lincolnshire, Illinois after it was purchased in 1987 by ACCO Brands. Taking its current name in 1956 after stints as Speed Products and the Parrot Speed Fastener Company, it has branched out from fasteners to include lines of punches and paper trimmers, with all three represented by its Optima series. It may be best known for the 747 model, which now comes in red after being popularized by the character Milton Waddams in a 1999 movie. The first company to produce a model whose top opened so anyone could refill it, name, for ten points, this leading producer of staplers.

12. Inspired by the singer and co-writer being sexually harassed on her way into the recording studio, its musical track was primarily written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Considered an early exemplar of the "new jack swing" sound in R&B music, in it the singer asks her would-be suitor to "be a gentleman" and not to think thoughts described by the titular adjective. Background singer Lisa Keith sang a version with altered lyrics as the theme to a similarly-titled 1990 police drama starring Benjamin Bratt and Dennis Franz, a name also associated with the acclaimed relief pitching corps of the Cincinnati Reds of that same season. For ten points name this 1986 smash hit with a one-word title from the album Control, in which the singer reveals her name, which isn't "baby," but Janet Jackson.

13. Founded in 1635 by Captain John Logerquist and named for a village of "wise fools," it was later occupied by the British. The architect Cyrus Pinkney is responsible for its "style," which resembles that of a 1989 film. Newspapers include the Gazette and the Globe, and it is served by the Archie Goodwin International Airport. The Clench led to the events of Contagion, while it was cut off from the outside world in No Man's Land. Early protectors included Alan Scott, while Cyrus Gold's murder in Slaughter Swamp was the origin of Solomon Grundy. Notable locations include Crime Alley and Arkham Asylum. For ten points, name this city that also holds stately Wayne Manor.

14. The latest episode of this hour-long program featured the proprietors of an extravagant haunted house in Iowa and a Florida family devoted to training their teens for competitive swimming. The October 2008 season opener featured a child-proofing businessman's family, the Martels, and a storm-chasing family from Colorado, the Heenes. That episode was declined by Lifetime cable channel for re-airing in light of the Colorado Balloon Hoax. For ten points, name this ABC program where the moms in the family exchange homes for ten days.

15. The most recent onscreen appearance of this character was a cameo by Nicolas Cage in Grindhouse. Glen Gordon portrayed him on a '50s TV show, while H. Agar Lyons took the role in several silent films, and in a 1932 classic co-starring Myrna Loy he was played by Boris Karloff. His "face," "brides," "vengeance," "blood," and "castle" titled a series starring Christopher Lee, while Peter Sellers' last performance was as both him and his nemesis Nayland Smith in a 1980 farce about his "fiendish plot." For ten points, name this Sax Rohmer-created personification of "yellow peril" who is usually shown with his trademark mustache.

16. Designed by Marvin Glass and Associates, it was originally produced by Marx Toys. In the United Kingdom, it was known as "Raving Bonkers." The GameBoy Advance version includes the Orange Oppressor and the Purple Pyro. Beavis added "nads" to his with raisins and glue, while Stephen Colbert defeated Garry Kasparov in a match using it in 2007. In the 1990s, the title objects were renamed "Bolt Crusher Bob" and "Gear Grinder Greg" and one was redesigned to look like RoboCop. For ten points, name this classic toy where opponents use joysticks to attempt to knock their rival's mechanical head off.

17. In 2002, it was a hit by Giants linebacker Brandon Short that caused a left hand injury putting him out of the first six games of the season. In 2004 it was a torn right rotator cuff that sidelined him for three games, and may not have healed properly, perhaps the reason for his suffering the same injury in 2005. A high ankle sprain knocked him out of the second game of 2007, but his poor play afterwards saw him benched for Kellen Clemens. He would rebound with a new team in 2008, but another shoulder injury suffered in week three against the Chargers saw him go out for the rest of 2009. Such is the injury history of, for ten points, what NFL quarterback whose stints with the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins also saw him win two NFL Comeback Player of the Year Awards?

18. This film's title derives from a 1944 book about a "Criminal Psychopath" by Dr. Robert Lindner. Get Smart's Ed Platt plays a sympathetic police officer named Ray, and a young Nick Adams and Dennis Hopper appear as members of Buzz's gang. Judy is slapped after kissing her father and runs out to witness a "Chickie Run" that leads to a death, while the main protagonist, first seen playing with a toy monkey in a gutter, takes the bullets from Plato's gun in Griffith Park Observatory in an unsuccessful attempt to protect him from the police and shouts "You're tearing me apart!" at his ineffectual parents. For ten points, name this 1955 Nicholas Ray drama starring Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood, and James Dean.

19. The name's the same. One was a 1994 Hallmark movie starring Sheilynn Fenn about the relationship between a riverboat captain and a young woman in Nebraska, based on a Willa Cather story. The other is based on an 1891 play of the same name by Frank Wedekend, and debuted on Broadway in 2006 with Glee's Lea Michelle in the role of Wendela. It garnered 11 Tony nominations and won eight, including Best Choreography for Bill T. Jones, Best Director for Michael Mayer, and Best Musical. Name, for ten points, this musical about youth and sexuality with music by Duncan Sheik.

20. He was working on the thesis "Magic and Technology in Contemporary Poetry and Prose" when he dropped out of the literature PhD program at Yale. He first appeared as a friend of Melanie Griffith in Working Girl and a weaselly clerk in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead before TV roles as narrator Jake Winters and cross-dressing DEA Agent Dennis Bryson on The Red Shoe Diaries and Twin Peaks, respectively. For ten points, name this actor now appearing as novelist Hank Moody on Showtime's Californication who remains best known as Fox Mulder.

21. This year's edition saw 22 teams in the tournament held on four separate fields, an increase from the 2008 tourney's 12-team draw. Unseasonably warm weather for a late October Vermont Sunday allowed for a quicker game and caused some players to ditch their capes, and the Rutland Herald reported that one player had his cape removed and was being taunted by the snitch like a matador. Host Middlebury College defeated Emerson to repeat as champions of the grounded version of, for ten points, what sport where participants run with a broom between their legs, and bludgers and quaffles are part of the field of play, inspired by J.K. Rowling?