BigFlax.com Trivia Challenge
These are the bonuses used in the match between Drew and Chris on Saturday, October 13. Only nine of them were actually used (the first nine, of course), but oh well. To see which were used where, you can look at the scoresheet and just count, since they don't directly match up with the tossups of the same number. Again, the parts underlined are what were necessary to get it right.
1. Mr. Mullin, Columbia High School TV teacher, left a lot of amusing messages (at least for those of us who know him) on Flax’s friend’s answering machine. For ten points each:
10. What
is Mr. Mullin’s “favorite non-English word” as described by Flax?
Answer: bueno
10. Who
did Mr. Mullin say he was when responding to the Britney Spears message?
Answer: Ricky
Martin
10. What
type of equipment did Mr. Mullin get the “wrong ones” of, sending him into a
panic?
Answer: power cords
2. You may be familiar with the Simpsons fanscript that Flax wrote. Let’s see if you can answer the following questions about it.
5.
According to the chalkboard sequence, what is the golden rule?
Answer: You
Do Not Talk About Fight Club
10. What
office supply does Lisa use as a puppet, which she names Sandy?
Answer: staple
remover
15. What
is the comic that mesmerizes Bart and Homer before they come across the Action Guy #4?
Answer: “Nymphomaniac Girl”
3. Of the first three people to have signed Flax’s guestbook, only one is really a friend of his. Answer these questions for ten points each.
10.
Actually Flax’s friend, she was the second entry in the guestbook, in which she says
that Flax has “wonderfully large hands.”
Answer: Gabby
10. The
first entry in the guestbook was from this guy, who took AP Computer Science with Flax and
whose only other immortalization on the site comes on the C++ Comments page.
Answer: Ezra
10. He
calls the page the “most pathetic piece of garbage ever” but then thanks Flax
for linking to his page before putting it down as well.
His page, featuring ramblings from his friend Viren, is linked to from Flax’s
page on Gilbert.
Answer: Jeff
4. Day Three of the trip was the first one spent largely in New Zealand. Answer the following questions about what Flax wrote from that day.
5. Where
did the tour group have breakfast that morning, where Flax described getting “pancakes
that didn’t make me want to vomit?”
Answer: McDonald’s
10. Flax
watched a rugby show in the hotel. Which
Blink 182 song did the show use to come out of a commercial break?
Answer: All
the Small Things
15. How
many Flaxmans did Flax find listed in the Auckland phone book?
Answer: four
5. Answer the following questions about the origins of Flax’s beard.
5. Give
the month and year in which Flax first grew the beard in.
Answer: July
1998
10. What
was the name of the camp at which Flax began to grow it in?
Answer: ACE
Computer Camp
15. What
were the names of the two campers who encouraged Flax to grow it in?
Answer: Andy Baum and Alan Dupré
6. Flax’s longest and arguably most boring rant was on baseball cards. For ten points each:
10. Whose
rookie card, the most valuable in the set, did Flax find in the first pack of 1990 Donruss
he opened?
Answer:
Sammy Sosa
10. Whose
rookie card, featuring a reversed negative and the second-most valuable in the set, did
Flax find in the second pack of 1990 Donruss he opened?
Answer:
Juan Gonzalez
10. Whose
rookie card, currently worth about a nickel even in mint condition, did Flax use as a
pretty bad example (because you couldn’t really tell how bad a shape it was in) of a
card in “good” or “very good” condition?
Answer: Gregg Jefferies
7. We’re all familiar with the quotes page. But can you identify which of Flax’s professors said each of the following lines?
5. “My
mother turned 65 yesterday, and she’s like, ‘I can’t wait to retire, so I
can start getting Social Security.’ And
I’m like, ‘Damn you! Those are my
tax dollars!’”
Answer:
Mark Witte
10. “Maybe
Hitchcock is in obvious cinema, but maybe Brian DePalma is in excessively obvious
cinema.”
Answer:
Scott Curtis
15. “We
are going to talk about the peasant revolts, which I love… we are going to talk about
the Black Death, which I also love…”
Answer: Ethan Shagan
8. Identify the following Quiz Bowlers for the stated number of points.
5. She
goes to University of Chicago and has demanded a shrine on Flax’s site.
Answer: Leah
Williams
10. Flax
currently links to his page. He was also on
the team that went to NAQT Nationals last year.
Answer: Jan
Zasowski
15. Also
one of Flax’s WNUR “apprentice buddies” last fall, he was on Flax’s
team during the 2000 New Student Week tournament.
Answer: Sam King
9. Identify the following people whom Flax could not stand on the Australia trip.
5. Flax
referred to her at one point as a “refugee from an 80s mall,” and said that he
decided she was the most irritating female on earth when she begin to sing “What’s
My Age Again” (whose tune he would later borrow for a song detailing his extreme
dislike of her) out of tune.
Answer: Lauren
Sass
10. You
can tell Flax spent most of the trip pissed at this kid, because all of his entries are
more infuriated than clever – they pretty much all say “I’d kick his ass if
I got the chance.”
Answer: Marcus
15. Flax
calls him a pretty good contender for the title of “Worst Human Being I Have Ever
Met.” Flax didn’t have much
interaction with this guy on the trip, but based on his few experiences you can tell he
didn’t really care to have any more.
Answer: David Badger
10. Answer the following questions about New Zealand.
10. The
city of Rotorua has this nickname among Kiwis, which, as Flax noted, “should
generally be taken as a bad sign.”
Answer:
“Stink City”
10. This
island, home to a bird sanctuary and not much else, was described by Flax as “picturesque
and mysterious from the water, but … boring as hell.”
Answer: Mokoia
Island
10. Flax
saw several instances of this American fast-food chain in New Zealand and, inexplicably,
every one was decorated like a 1950s soda shop.
Answer: Burger King
11. Identify the following poorly-reviewed movies at BigFlax.com.
10. Flax
gave it a D and said that the “twist” in which the ship is found seems like it
was concocted by two-year-olds who don’t like surprises.
Answer: Planet
of the Apes
10. Still
Flax’s least favorite movie, it was the first to receive an F. Flax called it “scary as a big fluffy pillow,”
mocking Peter Travers’ quote of “scary as hell.”
Answer: The
Blair Witch Project
10. Flax
summarized a large part of this 2001 summer film, which he gave a D+, by saying “Shit
blows up. Then more shit blows up.” He also called it “big, loud, and stupid.”
Answer: Swordfish
12. Answer the following about the trivia for “A Choice of Weapons.”
10. Where
were the jail scene and mortuary scene filmed?
Answer: Flax’s
basement
10.
Because footage showing a pill dropping into a bucket was accidentally taped over, the gas
shown in the gas chamber scene was actually what household cleaning product?
Answer: Pledge
10.
Because Flax did not need his glasses, who wore them instead?
Answer: Stefan Tannenbaum or Redd
13. Answer the following about “Flax’s Day in Court,” discussed in the rant of July 23, 2001.
10. Why
was Flax pulled over in the first place?
Answer: running
a red light
10. How
many points would Flax have had put on his license had he not pled guilty to a lesser
charge?
Answer: two
10.
Although “Unsafe Driving” is a no-points violation, it costs, within five
dollars, how much more than “Failure to Observe Signal?”
Answer: $22
14. Answer the following questions about the BigFlax.com store.
5. This
one’s easy: what does the mug say?
Answer:
“I’m Sorry, Do You Live in this Suite?”
10. What
“stirring non-film that won no Oscars” appears on the first shirt?
Answer: 85*
15. The
hat adorning the bag of oats on the second shirt is from what university?
Answer: Cornell
15. Have you clicked “View last month’s updates” until you could click no more? You’ll have had to if you want to answer this bonus.
10. Who
did Flax take a close-up picture of stuck to the wall on the Velcro Obstacle Course?
Answer: Gabby
10. Which
three Flax friends appear in the picture of the roulette wheel?
Answer: Redd,
Gabby, Owen
10. What
was used in the roulette wheel instead of an actual ball?
Answer: a peanut M+M (prompt on M+M)
16. Answer these questions about Flax’s last day in Australia.
5. Flax
went to see the main Olympic venue. What was
its name?
Answer: Homebush
Stadium
10. A sign
on the outside door of a bathroom stall directed people to discard these, which Flax found
bizarre.
Answer: used
syringes
15. This
song, which Flax calls already one of the worst songs ever, was being played in Muzak form
at the airport.
Answer: Achy-Breaky Heart
17. Answer
these questions about people on the Australia trip that Flax did get along with.
10. Marcus
followed him around for the first two and a half weeks, making him much more difficult to
hang out with than you’d expect. He also
appears in the picture Flax took of the bridge with the sign warning of a five-person
limit.
Answer: Dom
10. Lauren
did to him for a while what Marcus did to Dom, but he didn’t have much of a problem
blowing her off. He was also the third
person, with Dom and Flax, involved in the soap fight on the last night in Auckland.
Answer: Tyler
10. He was
the first friend Flax made on the trip, which makes sense since he was also from New
Jersey. He and Flax spent much of the trip
playing cards, a fortunate thing when you consider how able he is to inflict pain on
people due to his size and knowledge of martial arts.
Answer: Sean
18. Answer the following about the locations of quiz bowl tournaments.
10. The
first ever tournament Flax attended was NAQT regionals in November 2000, held at this Big
Ten university.
Answer: Wisconsin
10. Flax’s
trip to NAQT sectionals at this Big Ten school was marred by a side trip into a ditch due
to icy road conditions.
Answer: Iowa
10. Flax
actually attended two tournaments at this university: the Gateway Invitational and the
NAQT nationals.
Answer: Washington University in St. Louis
19. 30-20-10, name the person from quotes appearing on the C++ Comments page.
30. “What
the hell?”
20. “I
thought all the moons of Jupiter were named after women that Jupiter fucked.”
10. “You
want some orthonormal bases?”
Answer: Owen Baker
20. I hope you wasted your time watching the “My Name Is Frank Mullin” video, because you won’t be able to answer this bonus if you didn’t.
10. Which
way is the sideways hat on Flax’s head facing?
Answer: to
the right
10. In how
many different camera angles does “Rappin’ Flax” appear?
Answer: two
10. What
is the last line in the song?
Answer: “And where’s that good for nothing Redd?”