1. Answer these questions about Alan Jackson's latest album, Good Time, for ten points each.

1. This lead single from Good Time pays tribute to Jackson's forbears and provides the overview of the life of a title character, a father of five who "bowed his head to Jesus and stood for Uncle Sam."
   Answer: Small Town Southern Man
2. This acoustic ballad is dedicated to a housekeeper of Jackson's, Leslie Fitzgerald, who died in a motorcycle accident, whom Jackson hopes "flew up to heaven on wings of angels."
   Answer: Sissy's Song
3. This fourth single is Jackson's ode to downscale lunchmeat and simple pleasures despite admissions by Jackson that he owns a laptop and a cell phone.
   Answer: I Still Like Bologna

2. For ten points each, name the school that has won the most conference championship games in the history of the following leagues:

1. Southeast Conference
   Answer: University of Florida
2. Big XII
   Answer: University of Oklahoma
3. Mid American Conference
   Answer: Marshall University

3. Answer these questions about a card game for ten points each.

1. Invented by Hollywood screenwriter C. Graham Baker and his father, it evolved from an earlier game named Whiskey Poker.
   Answer: Gin Rummy
2. In gin rummy, the object is to meld your cards into sets or runs; cards left unmelded at the end of the game are known as this.
   Answer: Deadwood
3. If you end the game before melding all of your cards, your opponent has a chance to beat you by having fewer deadwood points than you do, a feat known as this.
   Answer: Undercutting or Underknocking

4. For ten points each, name these journalists who write fiction:

1. This New York Daily News columnist and occasional ESPN talking head has written children's books like Travel Team and Heat and mysteries starring cable reporter Peter Finley such as Dead Air and Extra Credits.
   Answer: Mike Lupica
2. The winner of a Pulitzer for his St. Paul Pioneer Press series about a Minnesota farm family during an economic crisis, he writes about detective Lucas Davenport in his series that began with Rules of Prey.
   Answer: John Sandford or John Roswell Camp
3. While covering business for The New York Times, he has made his employer's list for The Faithful Spy and other novels featuring CIA agent John Wells.
   Answer: Alex Berenson

5. For ten points each, name these active NBA players born in the Philadelphia area:

1. Clearly the most successful player fitting that definition is this player who has been an 11-time All-Star and two-time scoring leader in 13 seasons. He was the 2008 league MVP.
   Answer: Kobe Bryant
2. One Philly-born player to have played for the '76ers was this swing-man who was traded on draft day to Philadelphia as part of a package for Speedy Claxon. In 2009 he was sent with Brad Miller from Sacramento to Chicago as part of a trade deadline deal.
   Answer: John Salmons
3. Born in the Philadelphia suburb Chester, he starred in the area at St. Joseph's University, where he won the 2004 Naismith and Wooden awards.
   Answer: Jameer Nelson

6. For ten points each, name these authors who won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel:

1. He won for A Kiss Before Dying. Other novels of his turned into films include The Stepford Wives and Rosemary's Baby.
   Answer: Ira Levin
2. He won for his first novel to star investigative journalist Irwin Maurice Fletcher, aka "Fletch."
   Answer: Gregory Mcdonald
3. He won for the first of his novels to feature Rabbi David Small, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late.
   Answer: Harry Kemelman

7. For ten points each, name these celebs that got all trendy over the last year by catching the H1N1 virus.

1. This actor from the Harry Potter series of films caught the virus, but said that it was much like any other flu.
   Answer: Rupert Grint
2. This soccer player, a member of the US men's national team, discovered he had the flu the day after a 2-1 loss to Mexico in World Cup qualifying. He would continue to play for the LA Galaxy during his recovery.
   Answer: Landon Donovan
3. While not a celebrity in the usual sense, Oscar Arias, the president of this Central American country, also caught the flu.
   Answer: Costa Rica

8. Just go ahead now and answer these questions about the short-lived mass fame of the Spin Doctors, for ten points each.

1. The phrase "just go ahead now" is heard repeatedly on this, probably the Spin Doctors' best known song.
   Answer: Two Princes
2. "Two Princes" and several songs that sound just like it occupy a large chunk of their studio debut album, which takes its name from a line in the chorus of the song "Jimmy Olsen's Blues," which is often mistakenly referred to by the album's title.
   Answer: Pocketful of Kryptonite
3. The most distinctive element of their sound was the white-boy scat-style vocals of this lead singer.
   Answer: Christopher Barron

9. Tyne Daly was a constant in the role of Mary Beth Lacey, but Christine Cagney was a bit more fluid. For ten points each:

1. She won multiple Emmys as Cagney during the TV series run.
   Answer: Sharon Gless
2. This actress played Cagney in the original TV movie, but was unable to get out of her MASH contract and star in the series.
   Answer: Loretta Swit
3. The role was recast as this actress for the series, but she was replaced after a handful of episodes because she was deemed "too hard" and not feminine enough.
   Answer: Meg Foster

10. For ten points each, name these acts that played at the 1968 Northern California Folk-Rock Festival.

1. This Indian musician is best known for his work with George Harrison and as the father of Norah Jones.
   Answer: Ravi Shankar
2. This group led by singer Eric Burdon is known for songs like "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "House of the Rising Sun."
   Answer: The Animals
3. Born Henry St. Clair Fredericks, his traditional blues albums like Natch'l Blues and Giant Step would give way towards a more world music approach to the blues, eventually leading to a 1997 Grammy for Senor Blues.
   Answer: Taj Mahal

11. One central character is Malcolm Tucker, a foul-mouthed Scotsman modeled on Alastair Campbell. For ten points each:

1. Name this 2009 satire about the British government's involvement with a Middle Eastern war, written and directed by Armando Ianucci, which borrows Tucker from Ianucci's earlier TV series The Thick of It.
   Answer: In the Loop
2. Tucker is played by Peter Capaldi, who made his film debut as the charmingly bumbling Danny Oldsen in this 1983 Scottish comedy about oil executives, the most famous film of Bill Forsyth.
   Answer: Local Hero
3. Capaldi won an Oscar for this 1994 short film, starring Richard E. Grant as the Czech creator of Gregor Samsa. As the title indicates, it is a combined homage to The Metamorphosis and a 1946 holiday classic starring Jimmy Stewart.
   Answer: Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

12. Richard Quick won 13 NCAA titles as a coach before dying in June 2009.

1. For ten points, name the sport which he coached.
   Answer: swimming
2. For five points for one, ten for two, and twenty for all three, name the three schools he won titles with, one each in the Pacific-10, Big 12, and SEC.
   Answer: Stanford University, University of Texas at Austin, Auburn University

13. Sometimes personal tragedy is coincidental to personal success; other times, not so much. Answer questions about tragedy and success for ten points each.

1. This former champion scored with a role in the hit The Hangover and a documentary by James Toback, but, was hurt by the accidental death of his 4-year-old daughter, Exodus, in May 2009
   Answer: Mike Tyson
2. Mr. Show pummeled this musician for the Grammy and chart success he scored after writing the song �Tears in Heaven� for the loss of his 4-year-old son Connor.
   Answer: Eric Clapton PAR: "We Love You, Call Collect" was a gold record for this TV kid�s show host that was released after the 1970 death of his daughter Diane. The darndest thing was that her suspected LSD-induced death was never proven to be drug related.
3. Answer: Art Linkletter

14. For ten points each, name these game and reality shows with celebrity apperances:

1. In a 2009 celebrity edition episode, George Takai and Brad Altman became the first gay pair on this show.
   Answer: The Newlywed Game
2. In 1978, Andy Kaufman appeared on this show as a contestant using the name Baji Kimran.
   Answer: The Dating Game
3. Former Celebrity Poker Showdown host Phil Gordon turned down some time in a hot tub with a lingerie model on this show.
   Answer: Blind Date

15. Name these movies featuring Ricky Gervais, for ten points each.

1. This 2009 release sees Gervais play Mark Bellison, a man who becomes the first person ever to not tell the truth. Jennifer Garner co-stars.
   Answer: The Invention of Lying
2. Gervais cameos as Ferdy the Fence in this 2007 fantasy based on Neil Gaiman's book. It also features Michelle Pfeiffer as an aging witch and Robert De Niro as a gay pirate.
   Answer: Stardust
3. Gervais appears in this Christopher Guest send-up of awards that shows how the lives of the cast and crew of the fictional film Home for Purim change when the movie starts getting Oscar buzz.
   Answer: For Your Consideration

16. Name these turn-based wargames for ten points each.

1. "Pretender Gods" duke it out in this Illwinter game, with sequels The Ascension Wars and The Awakening. The title zones are estabished through building temples.
   Answer: Dominions
2. Originally based on a map of Middle Earth with factions like Elvallie and the Orcs of Kor, this SSG and Ubisoft franchise has included Reign of Heroes and Heroes of Etheria, with a followup RTS Battlecry game.
   Answer: Warlords
3. This SSI game featured Barbarossa, Kharkov, and North Africa campaigns with the player taking the role of a German leader and retains a cult following 12 years after its 1997 release.
   Answer: Panzer General

17. Grapefruit-flavored soda. For ten points each:

1. Besides Fresca, those looking for grapefruit-flavored soda can turn to this Herb Bishop invention whose variations include the caffeinated Citrus Power and berry-flavored Ruby Red.
   Answer: Squirt
2. Introduced in 1983, Diet Squirt was the first American soft drink to use this artificial non-saccharide sweetener sold under such names as Equal and NutraSweet.
   Answer: Aspartame
3. Fans of this first national Mexican soft drink brand are able to find Grapefruit, as well as Tamarind, Mandarin and Guava flavored sodas.
   Answer: Jarritos

18. For ten points each, name these 21st century African-American sitcoms with rapper involvement:

1. Heavy D was part of the cast of this short-lived vehicle for a former SNL star as the owner of auto shop.
   Answer: The Tracy Morgan Show
2. Flavor Flav played a jailbird who moves in with his rich brother in this MyNetworkTV offering.
   Answer: Under One Roof
3. This UPN show featured a female rapper as a fashion designer. In real life, she has her Fetish clothing line.
   Answer: Eve

19. Answer the following about teh interwebs. For ten points each:

1. Adam Culbert, alias Sam Brown, runs this website wherein viewers submit short phrases from which he draws inspiration to create an illustration.
   Answer: explodingdog.com
2. Taking the user-submitted idea in a different direction, on this website Andrew will take ideas or text from you and turn it into a song
   Answer: Songs to wear pants to
3. Another online venue for amateur musicians is Song Fight!, which originally started out as a member of this webcomic alliance that includes Explodingdog, Diesel Sweeties, Scary Go Round and Goats.
   Answer: Dumbrella

20. For ten points each, name these rappers whose stage names sound like a normal first and last name:

1. As the title of his 2005 major label debut attests, this rapper claims to be "The People's Champ".
   Answer: Paul Wall or Paul Slayton
2. This member of G-Unit had his solo debut in 2004 with The Hunger for More.
   Answer: Lloyd Banks (or Christopher Charles Lloyd)
3. The Mind of this former Cash Money in-house producer resulted in "Conversation" and "Real Big".
   Answer: Mannie Fresh (or Byron Thomas)

21. For ten points each, answer these questions about sports teams and cinematic supernatural events.

1. In the original 1951 Angels in the Outfield, an angel makes a deal with this team's manager, helping them win the National League pennant.
   Answer: Pittsburgh Pirates
2. In this 1978 remake, Warren Beatty played Joe Pendleton, the accidentally dead quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams who keeps trying to get them to the Super Bowl even after being put in the body of a murdered millionaire.
   Answer: Heaven Can Wait
3. In 1997's The Sixth Man, Kadeem Hardison is a Washington Huskies basketball player who dies on the court and returns to help his teammates, including this youngest brother of an acting family, known for Requiem for a Dream and Scary Movie.
   Answer: Marlon Wayans (prompt on "Wayans")

22. For ten points each, name the TV shows which featured these plastic surgeons:

1. Dr. Sydney Hansen, who left Beverly Hills to return to her family and ends up running a free clinic.
   Answer: Providence
2. Dr. Sean McNamara, who co-owns a Miami plastic surgery clinic.
   Answer: Nip/Tuck
3. Dr. Mark Sloan, who moved west following his ex-lover who he had an affair with while she was married to his best friend.
   Answer: Grey's Anatomy