Round 3: Tossup 20

One of this actress’s characters asserts that “no man can resist sheets of Egyptian cotton.” California Pizza Kitchen rejected using one of their locations to film a scene in which this actress holds a curved phallic breadstick. In a video that predates Criterion’s Closet Picks by nearly a decade, MTV asked this actress to pick out her favorite films at a Blockbuster. A video essay by Yhara Zayd (“ee-ARR-uh zaid”) about this actress’s “forgotten legacy” discusses a scene in which her character rides in spinning teacups at (*) Coney Island along with a girl she nannies for. This actress played a girl who hides chicken dinners under her bed in an adaptation of a memoir by Susanna Keynan. This actress plays an analogue of Harriet Smith who receives a makeover from Cher Horowitz (10[1])in an Amy Heckerling film based on Emma. For 10 points, before her 2009 death at age 32, what actress played Daisy in Girl, Interrupted, Molly in Uptown (-5[1])Girls, and Tai in Clueless? ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Brittany Murphy [or Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack]
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
2025 Spec Script - Canada2025-06-21250%0%50%129.00
2025 Spec Script - Online 12025-06-2110100%0%10%127.60
2025 Spec Script - Online 22025-06-213100%0%0%111.67