Packet 1: Tossup 14

In the 2000s, this actor hosted Splat Attack, a series of events aimed at making paintball mainstream. Due to a curse placed upon this actor by people who criticized his pronunciation, he destroyed every copy of his film Incubus, which was (15[1])the second feature to be filmed (15[1])in (15[1])Esperanto. (15[3])This actor played an opportunist (15[1])orator who aims to incite a race riot in a Southern town in the only one of Roger Corman’s (15[1])films to ever lose money, The Intruder. Ben Folds got Joe Jackson to sing guest vocals on this actor’s (15[1])2004 cover of (*) Pulp’s “Common People,” for which he used (10[1])his usual (10[1])spoken-word style delivery. (10[3])This actor, who is often erroneously credited with taking (10[1])part in the first interracial kiss on TV, holds the record for oldest (10[1])person to fly (10[1])in space. For 10 points, what Canadian star of the Twilight Zone episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” played Captain Kirk? ■END■

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