TRASH Midwest Regionals at U of I, 11.10.02

Results: Mostly Circus Animals, Some Filler (Northwestern A)
(Colby Burnett, Robert Flaxman, Tyler Johnson, Andy Seputis)

    TRASH Regionals this year was a little disappointing.   We tied for second place, but could easily have gone undefeated (and thus "won") as we lost our three matches by a total of 60 points.  And that's with having lost one by 40.  In addition, I don't think any of us played that great... I managed to finish seventh in overall scoring despite going for just 28.33 ppg.   I definitely don't play TRASH as well as Trash.  It's just the way the questions skew.
    Favorite Tossup: As with all Trash, there were a few.   I'll say Tuesday Morning Quarterback, Leonard Nimoy, 0:01, Tom Glavine, Mille Bornes, and John Ratzenberger.
    Favorite Bonus: Two I wrote down - supporting characters from The Birdcage (Christine Baranski, Dianne Wiest, and Hank Azaria), which was all me, and Muppets appearing in Weezer's "Keep Fishin'" video (Animal, Pepe, Penguins).
    Worst Neg: Most of my negs were very frustrating because I would have gotten them on the next word in a couple of cases and in one just got jacked - "Pluto Nash" vs. "The Adventures of Pluto Nash."   Rough.  Also "Clerks" for "Army of Darkness" (they both have alternate endings, okay?), "Jeffrey Maier and Derek Jeter" for "Jeffrey Maier and Tony Tarasco," and "Sam Raimi" for "Peter Jackson" (yes, they both put the same car in a lot of their films).  The farthest off one would probably be "catcher's mitt" for "duckpin."   I don't even know what duckpin is - apparently it's some half-assed bowling substitute - but I maintain this was fair as they talked about it first being used at Wilbert Robinson and John McGraw's camp.  Robinson was a catcher.  Apparently you can know too much for your own good.
    Reading CNN Pays Off: I got "red hair" based on a question about people with it needing more anesthesia, something I randomly read in the health section on CNN.com.
    I Swear, I Like Girls: I got a tossup on Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, which I assure you I have never seen.  (Hey, I never saw Murder By Numbers or Captain Corelli's Mandolin and I got those too.)  This is like at TRASHionals 2001, when there was a Kiss Me Guido tossup in the finals I knew on the first sentence.  (It had to do with someone looking for a new roommate and thinking "GWM" in the personals meant "guy with money.")  At least that time I wasn't playing so I could sit in the audience secure that I didn't have to embarrass myself.  Of course, now I've just revealed it.  (By the way, I haven't seen that movie either.)
    More Big-Time Comebacks: It wasn't quite like the game against Shelby Foote last year, but in the last game we were down 120-30 through 7 tossups to Indiana - and also 100-0, I believe - and then outscored them 310-40 the rest of the way.

Preliminary Rounds (Wek Bracket)

Round One: BYE
Round Two: BYE
Round Three: Illinois A 215, Mostly Circus Animals, Some Filler 200
Round Four: Mostly Circus Animals, Some Filler 325, Loyola 25
Round Five: Mostly Circus Animals, Some Filler 325, Shelby Foote Soldiers (Iowa) Hollywood 195
Round Six: Mostly Circus Animals, Some Filler 445, DePauw B 20
Round Seven: Mostly Circus Animals, Some Filler 350, Monmouth 105

Preliminary Rounds: 4-1, tied for first, Wek (B) Bracket

Playoff Rounds

Round One: Mostly Circus Animals, Some Filler 425, Shelby Foote Soldiers (Iowa) Wolfpack 160
Round Two: Missouri 245, Mostly Circus Animals, Some Filler 240
Round Three: One Gimp, Two Gimp, Red Gimp, Blue Gimp (Wash U) 215, Mostly Circus Animals, Some Filler 175
Round Four: Mostly Circus Animals, Some Filler 340, Indiana 160

Overall: 6-3; tied for second (out of 13)

Personal Stats: Questions Answered

   No one's asking you to care about it.  Powers would be in bold if they were used, neg-5s are in italics with the real answer following.  Anything in plain text was just ten.

Round Three
"Bulldog" Briscoe
Tuesday Morning Quarterback
Roger Ebert (really Peter Bogdanovich)
Mr. Mxyzptlk

Round Four
Six (from "Blossom")
Tom Cruise
Captain Corelli
Leonard Nimoy

Round Five
Diane Warren
Clerks (really Army of Darkness)

Round Six
Jeffrey Maier and Derek Jeter (really Jeffrey Maier and Tony Tarasco)
Catcher's mitt (really duckpin)
Jeremiah Ecks
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

Round Seven
Red hair
Grimace
Kazuhisa Ishii
Corbin Bernsen
0:01

Prelims PPG: 26.00

Playoff Round One
Sam Raimi (really Peter Jackson)
The Salmon of Doubt
Pluto Nash (really The Adventures of Pluto Nash)
Mille Bornes
Selznick
Baha Men

Playoff Round Two
VoiceStream
Murder By Numbers
John LeClair
Sting (really Glamdring)

Playoff Round Three
Mel Kiper Jr.
Tom Glavine
Mountain Dew

Playoff Round Four
Sorority Boys
Skee-Ball
John Ratzenberger
Al Michaels

Playoff PPG: 31.25

Overall PPG: 28.33