Realm: Great British Television
Subrealm:
Red Dwarf
Question: In the episode Confidence &
Paranoia, Lister and his Confidence go outside the ship in search of the
hologrammatic discs. Lister complains that it's hot in his suit, so his
confidence tells him to take his helmet off. Lister's reply is "I can't
take it off, I need the Oxygen!" What is his confidence's response?
Answer: Oxygen is for Losers
Song: Fresh Air -
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Realm: Movies
Subrealm: UHF
Question:
Who is billed as "Whipped Cream Eater" in the credits of the Movie
UHF?
Answer: Dr. Demento
Song: Good Enough
For Now - Weird Al Yankovic
Realm: Music Trivia
Subrealm: The
Monkees
Question: Who was the opening act for the Monkees
1967 Summer Tour?
Answer: Jimi Hendrix.
Song:
Guitarzan - Ray Stevens
Realm: Famous Firsts
Subrealm:
Washington
Question: President Chester A. Arthur is known
for very little. There is one thing, however, which he did that no other
President has ever done. What was it?
Answer: He held a
garage sale on the White House lawn
Song: Handbags &
Gladrags - Rod Stewart
Realm: Toys
Subrealm: Toys you're
embarrassed to remember or admit owning
Question: Who was
Stretch Armstrong's arch foe?
Answer: Stretch Monster
Song: Short People -
Randy Newman
Realm: Awards
Subrealm: Science Fiction?
Question: In 1968, a special Hugo award was given out. Who
received it, and what for?
Answer: The Apollo 11 team for
"Best Moon Landing Ever"
Song: Joy - Apollo 100 Featuring
Tom Parker
Realm: Film Classics
Subrealm: Casting
calls
Question: During the entire filming process of GONE
WITH THE WIND, Margaret Mitchell made only one casting sugestion. What
was it?
Answer: Groucho Marx as Rhett Butler.
Song:
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - Sugarloaf
Realm: Music
Subrealm: Rolling Stones
Question: What was unusual about the original version of the
"Sticky Fingers" album cover?
Answer: It featured a
working zipper.
Song: Highfly (John Miles)
Realm: Colleges
Question: Williams used
to be one, but presently there are only 3 all male liberal arts colleges
in the nation. What are they?
Answer: Morehouse College
(Atl, GA), Hampden-Sydney College (VA), Wabash College (IN)
Song:
Macho Man - Village People
THREE POINT PLAY
Realm: TV
Subrealm:
Please state your name for the court.
Question: 1)
What was the name Night Court's Dan Fielding was given at birth, and
what significance, if any, does this name bear?
Answer:
Reinhold Fielding Elmore (Reinhold is the first name of series creator
and producer R. Weege)
Song: What's Your Name - Depeche
Mode
Realm: Beer
Subrealm: Famous flops
Question: In 1970 the Lone Star Brewing Company introduced
three new types of beer, which promptly flopped. What were they?
Answer: Cola-flavored, lemon-lime-flavored, and
grapefruit-flavored.
Song: Cool Aid - Paul Humphrey and
his Cool Aid Chemists
Realm: Weird Scottish practices
Subrealm:
Early women's lib
Question: What were maidens
allowed to do in leap years in ancient Scotland?
Answer:
Ask a man to be her husband: refusal cost him a pound!
Song:
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - ABBA
Realm: Jim Henson's First Greatest Achievement
Subrealm: Odd and unusual personalities
Question:
Who was guest star when The Muppet Show ran way over their special
effects budget?
Answer: Alice Cooper
Song:
Heavy Metal (Takin' a ride) - Don Felder
Realm: Politics
Subrealm: Saturday Night
Live
Question: Who won the 1984 National Phone in Democratic
Primary?
Answer: ZZ Top
Song: Rock & Roll Part 2 (Gary
Glitter)
Realm: Fashion
Subrealm: Not likely to
be found at the Berkshire Mall
Question: What is unusual
item is made by the Franksville Specialty Company?
Answer:
Brassieres for cows (which, by the way, only come in brown)
Song:
I.L.B.T.'s - Joe Walsh
Realm: Law
Subrealm: Honor thy Father
and thy Mother...
Question: Around 1650 in Massachusetts, what was the punishment
for children over 16 acting stubborn or rebellious?
Answer:
Death, according to a 1649 Massachusetts law
Song:
Run, Joey, Run - David Geddes
Realm: Williamsiana
Subrealm: Metatrivia
Question: What house won the first-ever Trivia contest?
Answer: Garfield
Song: House at Pooh Corner - Loggins & Messina
Realm: TV
Subrealm: Really Bad TV
Question: What was the first American entertainment program
ever shown in China?
Answer: The Man From Atlantis
Song: On TV -
Buggles
Realm: World Records
Subrealm:
Everybody wants to be a hero
Question: In what category
does Guinness most frequently reject would-be record claims?
Answer:
Longest paper-clip chain.
Song: Greatest American Hero Theme - Joey Scarbury
Realm: TV
Subrealm: So are they ALL
nuts?
Question: According to the road sign in the opening
credits, what is the population of Twin Peaks?
Answer: 51,
201
Song: My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) - Chilliwack
Realm: Bachelors
Subrealm: Those crazy
Greeks
Question: In ancient Sparta, what was the penalty
for remaining a bachelor?
Answer: The unmarried men were not allowed to witness the
gymnastic exercises of the maidens
Song: Stand By - Roman
Holiday
Realm: Advertising
Subrealm: Where no
man has gone before
Question: What are the Official
Marshmallows of the Starship Enterprise?
Answer: Kraft
Jet-puffed
Song: Spock Rap - Neural Paralyzers
Realm: College mascots
Subrealm: You
think a cow is silly . . .
Question: What is the name of
the Yale Bulldog?
Answer: Handsome Dan.
Song:
Superbowl Shuffle (Instrumental) - The Chicago Bears Shufflin Crew
Realm: Williamsiana
Subrealm: This way
to the egress
Question: In which building on campus can you find a fire exit
sign on a door that leads into a bathroom?
Answer: The CDE
Song: Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Realm: Strange Laws
Subrealm: Nutrition
Question: What, according to a US Supreme Court ruling in
1893, was the difference between a fruit and a vegetable?
Answer:
Any plant or part thereof eaten during the main dish is a
vegetable. If it is eaten at any other part of the meal, it is a fruit.
Song: Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest
Realm: Music
Subrealm: Almost there
Question: What song spent the most consecutive weeks at no. 2
on the Billboard Hot 100, without going to #1?
Answer:
Waiting For a Girl Like You - Foreigner
Song: Cover of The
Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
Realm: Baseball
Subrealm: Statistics
Envy
Question: What record did San Francisco rookie
pitcher John Burkett set last year?
Answer: Most free
passes left for friends and family at a single baseball game (147)
Song: Really Want to Know You (Gary Wright)
Realm: Cultural differences
Subrealm:
Excruciatingly correct behavior
Question: What is the
proper way to make a toast in Scotland?
Answer: One foot
on the table, one on a chair
Song: Toast & Marmelade for Tea (Tin Tin)
Realm: Musical Personalities
Subrealm:
Famous Jazz Pianists
Question: What was jazz pianist
Thelonious Monk's middle name?
Answer: Sphere
Song: Lobachevsky - Tom Lehrer
THREE POINT PLAY
30) Realm: Childhood
Song: Colours
Question: For the first time since
their introduction in 1903, Crayola crayons retired eight colors this
year (1990). For one point name five. For two points, name all eight.
Answer: Blue grey, Green blue, Violet blue, Orange red, Orange
yellow, Lemon yellow, Maize, and Raw umber.
Song: Into
White - Cat Stevens
THREE POINT PLAY
Realm: Childhood
Subrealm: More Colours
Question: Eight colors
took the place of the ones just mentioned. For one point, name five. For
another point, name all eight.
Answer: Wild strawberry,
Vivid tangerine, Teal blue, Royal purple, Jungle green, Fuchsia,
Dandelion, and Cerulean.
Song: Love is Blue - Paul Mauriat
Realm: TV
Subrealm: Big Numbers
Question:
We all hear about shows that hold records for most people tuned in.
But which show holds the record for greatest % of sets tuned in and in
which episode?
Answer: I Love Lucy - birth of little
Ricky
Song: Speak to the Sky - Rick Springfield
Realm: Corporations
Subrealm: Don't take
my Kodachrome away
Question: When George Eastman founded
the Kodak company, what was the origin of the name?
Answer:
It has no meaning. He just liked the letter K, and let things
"develop" from there
Song: Give it Up - KC
Realm: Williams Tuition
Subrealm:
Famous Quotes
Question: Who coined the term "Willing Suspension of
Disbelief"?
Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Song: Poetry Man
- Phoebe Snow
Realm: Famous ships
Subrealm:
Not-so-famous-ships
Question: What was so special about the S.S. Halliburton
crossing the Panama Canal?
Answer: The SS Halliburton was
Richard Halliburton who swam the canal. He dubbed himself the SS
Halliburton because they would only fill the locks for a ship.
Song:
Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim
Realm: Movie Trivia
Subrealm: Famous
Last words
Question: What was Orson Welles' last movie?
Answer:
Transformers, the movie
Song: Mousetrap - Buckner &
Garcia
Realm: Great German Innovations
Subrealm:
Bowling
Question: For many years in Germany, the standard form of
bowling involved only three pins. However, this was eventually replaced
by nine-pin bowling, thanks to the efforts of one man. Who?
Answer:
Martin Luther
Song: Fire on High - Electric Light
Orchestra
Realm: Death
Subrealm: Write his eulogy
Question: How did Li Po, considered China's greatest poet,
die?
Answer: He attempted to kiss the reflection of
moonlight on water, fell out of his boat, and drowned.
Song:
Born to be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
Realm: Music
Subrealm: But do they have
soul?
Question: What was the first white group signed by Motown?
Answer: Rare Earth
Song: Get Ready - Temptations
THREE POINT PLAY
40) Realm: Going out
into the real world
Subrealm: Unmentionable tests
Question: For one
pont, How many GRE exam dates are there? For two points, when is each of
them?
Answer: 5 (Oct 13, Dec 8, Feb 2, Apr 13, June 1)
Song: Come Saturday Morning - Sandpipers
Realm: Islands
Subrealm: Famous Trivia
Tiebreakers
Question: What country is also known as The Friendly Islands?
Answer: Tonga
Song: Everybody's Gotta Learn
Sometime
Realm: Literature
Subrealm: Great
Detectives?
Question: Who was Jonathan Small's sidekick?
Answer:
Tonga (Sherlock HolmeSong: Sign of Four)
Song: You
betta be sure -the Casvaleers
Realm: American Traditions
Subrealm:
Bring out the peach baskets
Question: When Dr. James
Naismith invented the game of basketball, he had a different name for
it. What did he want to call it?
Answer: Indoor Rugby
Song: Long Tall Glasses (I can Dance) - Leo Sayer
Realm: Presidential Advisers
Subrealm:
Foreigners
Question: Why, according to his brother, does Henry Kissinger
still have an accent?
Answer: "Henry never listens"
Song: Mr. Speaker gets the Word - Madness
Realm: Politics
Subrealm: Rebellious
Teenage Angst
Question: In 1842, Secretary of War Spencer's son was hanged.
What were the circumstances?
Answer: Midshipman Philip
Spencer had conspired to organize a mutiny and turn the USS Somers into
a pirate ship.
Song: Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean
Realm: Government
Subrealm: Symbols
Question: Other than the flag, what is the only official symbol
of US government authority?
Answer: The mace of the House
of Representatives
Song: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Drury & the
Blockheads
Realm: Animals
Subrealm: At the sound of
the beep...
Question: Horses at Santa Anita Racetrack in California have to
be specially trained to preform a rather unusual action upon command.
What is this action?
Answer: To conform to a state law,
every horse running at the track must be able to urinate at the sound of
a whistle, so that they may pass post-race drug testing.
Song:
Don't Hold Back - Chanson
Realm: Politics
Subrealm: Ethics
Question: US President Millard Fillmore declined a degree from
Oxford University in 1855. What reason did he give?
Answer:
"No man should, in my judgment, accept a degree he cannot read."
Song: Cum Feel the Noise - Slade
Realm: Religion
Subrealm: Day jobs
Question: In the Todas sect of Southern India, what is one of
the most revered positions in the community?
Answer: The
holy milkman
Song: You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
THREE POINT PLAY
50) Realm: Success
Subrealm: Too much of a good thing?
Question: On
April 4th, 1964, the Beatles had all of the top five songs on
Billboard's rock charts. For one point, name three, for two points,
name all five.
Answer: In ordeRealm: Can't Buy Me Love,
Twist And Shout, She Loves You, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, and Please
Please Me.
Song: Clones (We're All) - Alice Cooper
Realm: Government
Subrealm: Odd
happenings
Question: One of the least well-known incidents
in JFK's administration did not concern a meeting in a boardroom, or a
policy decision. It happened on a golf course. What was it?
Answer:
President Kennedy accidently beaned a member of the Secret Service.
Song: Make My Day - T. G. Sheppard with Clint Eastwood
Realm: American Literature
Subrealm: The
note, please.
Question: According to popular theory, all of Emily Dickinson's
poems can be sung to the same tune. What tune is it?
Answer:
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Song: Say, Has Anybody Seen
My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
Realm: Politics and Technology
Subrealm:
Those crazy Turks
Question: In 1967 in Ankara,
Turkey, farmers made a demand to the American and Russian embassies for
compensation for flood damages. What was the basis of their claim?
Answer: That the floods were caused by Russian and American
spaceships, which had torn "holes in the sky".
Song:
Calling Occupants - Klaatu
Realm: History
Subrealm: Important
People
Question: What was Muckle John's claim to fame?
Answer: He was the last official royal fool of England
Song:
Everybody Plays the Fool - The Main Ingredient
Realm: Famous pilots
Subrealm: Where are
they now?
Question: After U-2 pilot Gary Powers was shot down, he didn't
give up flying. What occupation did he take up?
Answer:
He became an Eye in the Sky traffic reporter for a San Fernando Valley
radio station
Song: Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Realm: TV
Subrealm: Order in the court
Question: Judge Wapner is better known than any of the Supreme
court justices, but can you name the baliff & reporter for the Peoples
Court?
Answer: Rusty Burrell, Doug Llewellyn
Song:
Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
Realm: Authors
Subrealm: Superstitions
Question: What famous author always aimed his bed at the North
Pole in the belief that magnetic forces helped him to create?
Answer:
Charles Dickens
Song: Easy Livin' - Uriah Heep
Realm: Television
Subrealm: People who
should be shot
Question: What radio and TV producer originated the idea of the
rerun?
Answer: John Guedel
Song: Run, Run,
Run - Jo Jo Gunne
Realm: Films
Subrealm: At least he can
sing.
Question: In what film did Roy Orbison play a
singing spy for the Southern confederacy?
Answer: The
fastest Guitar Alive
Song: Nowhere Fast - Fire Inc.
THREE POINT PLAY
60) Realm: Space
Subrealm: Getting there
Question: Name the four
vehicles in the current Space Shuttle fleet. For a second point, name
the shuttle being built to replace Challenger.
Answer:
Enterprise, Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis
3pt Play: Endeavor
Song: Everyone's Gone to the Moon - Jonathan King
Realm: Safe Places
Subrealm: Silver and
Gold
Question: Everybody knows the US gold depository is
in Fort Knox, KY. Where is the US silver depository?
Answer:
West Point, NY
Song: Wham Bam Shang-a-Lang - Silver
Realm: Famous bands
Subrealm: Have you
heard of this one?
Question: The band Led Zeppelin, under
threat of legal action from Eva Von Zeppelin, played under an alias when
they appeared in Copenhagen in 1970. What was the name the band used?
Answer: The Nobs
Song: Whole lot'a love - Dread
Zeppelin
Realm: Shakespeare
Subrealm: Quite a
mouthful
Question: Most people know that
"honorificabilitudinitatibus" is the longest word in any of Shakepeare's
work. However, what we wnat to know iSong: 1) what play does it come
from and 2) who says it.
Answer: Loves Labours Lost -
Costard
Song: Great Heart - Jimmy Buffett
Realm: Important Dates
Subrealm:
Punctuality Counts
Question: What is the significance of 9:00 am, Sunday, Oct.23,
4004 BC?
Answer: James Ussher claimed, in 1650, that the
Earth was created precisely then
Song: From The Beginning
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Realm: Movies
Subrealm: Armaments
Question: What were the names of the bombs in Major King Kong's
plane inÊDr. Strangelove?
Answer: "Dear John" and "Hi
There!"
Song: Up In a Puff of Smoke - Polly Brown
Realm: Classic Comics
Subrealm: Royal
Spats
Question: In Bloom County, Prince Charles sits down
to inform his newborn son of the duties and responsibilities of a modern
king. Upon finding out his duties consist of attending palace tea
parties and eating crumpets, what does the young prince threaten to do?
Answer: Become a punk rocker.
Song: Turn Up the
Radio - Autograph
Realm: Williamsiania
Sub-Realm: Have you
been listening?
Question: WCFM, the campus radio station,
currently broadcasts at a frequency of 91.9 MHz on your FM dial.
However, when it first began FM broadcasting it did so at a different
frequency. What was it?
AnsweRealm: 91.3 MHz
Song:
H.A.P.P.Y. Radio - Edwin Starr
Realm: Obscure Colleges
Subrealm:
Non-humans
Question: Who are the best-known graduates of
ÔDanhurst College'?
Answer: the Muppets, in The Muppets
take Manhattan
Song: Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr.
Realm: Medicine
Subrealm: Hallucination
Question: Everyone knows what fornication is. What is
formication?
Answer: the feeling that you are being eaten
by ants.
Song: Rock You Like A Hurricane (Scorpion)
Realm: Art
Subrealm: Modern Art
Question:
What is so unique about the bust of Plautilla, found in the Louvre?
Answer: It has detachable hair, so that the owner can use wigs
to keep it fashionable.
Song: Back When My Hair Was Short
- Gunhill Road
Realm: Cabinet members
Subrealm: Behind
closed doors
Question: What senior administration official admitted to
whistling Arlo Guthrie songs in the halls of the White House?
Answer:
Richard Darman
Song: Good Tradition - Tanita Tikaram
Realm: Military History
Subrealm: Say it
with Flowers
Question: In the Wars of the Roses in 15th century England, how
did Lord Somerset convey his dissatisfaction with Lord Wentworth's
prowess as a military commander?
Answer: He beat
Wentworth's brain out with an axe.
Song: I Hate You -
Christian death
Realm: Traditional German customs
Subrealm:
No wonder they lost the war
Question: Count
Hulsen-Haesder, chief of the German Military Cabinet, died in 1908 under
unusual circumstances. What were they?
Answer: He died of
heart failure just after dancing for Kaiser Wilhelm II in a pink ballet
shirt and a rose wreath.
Song: Twist & Shout - Mae West
Realm: Famous starts
Subrealm: It must
have been an interesting audition
Question: Charles
Bronson recieved his first screen acting role in the movie You're in The
Navy Now. Why was he given the part?
Answer: His
astonishing ability to belch on cue.
Song: You're so Vain
- Carly Simon
Realm: Roman Lifestyles
Subrealm: Cover
yourself!
Question: In one of the central intersections of Pompeii,
archaeologists found a replica, made of cobblestones, of the male
reproductive organs. What was it pointing to?
Answer: The
local whorehouse
Song: Where do the boys go? - Men without
Hats
Realm: Folklore
Subrealm: Big animals
Question: According to legend, what did Paul Bunyun's blue
ox, Babe, measure between his horns?
Answer: 42 axe
handles, and a plug of chewing tocacco.
Song: Got to be
Real - Cheryl Lynn
Realm: Politics
Subrealm: Nepotism?
Question: Name the only person ever to be both President and
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (not at the same time)?
AnsweRealm: William H. Taft
Song: My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford
Realm: Famous Last Words
Subrealm: Just
clowning around
Question: Who was the clown on Howdy Doody and what were the
only words the clown ever said?
Answer: Clarabell; the
words were "Goodbye, Kids" since it was the last show.
Song:
I Can't Hear You No More - Helen Reddy
)Realm: Movies
Subrealm: Jim Henson
Question: in The Muppet Movie, How did Dr. Teeth and the band
find the lost Kermit and Fozzie?
Answer: They read the
movie script.
Song: Wynken, Blynken & Nod - Doobie
Brothers
Realm: Greeks
Subrealm: What a way to
go!
Question: According to legend, how was Aeschylus, the
famed Greek poet killed?
Answer: A tortoise fell out of the sky and killed him
Song:
Skippin Stones - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Realm: Soda
Subrealm: How about just a
glass of water?
Question: What was 7-Up originally known as?
Answer:
Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda.
Song: Rubber
Biscuit - Blues Brothers
Realm: Odd Greek Practices
Subrealm:
Alexander the Great
Question: Why did Alexander insist
that his entire army be clean-shaven?
Answer: So that the
enemy couldn't grab their beards and shishkebab them on their swords
Song: Hair of my Chinny Chin Chin - Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs
Realm: Peoples of the world
Subrealm:
There's no place like home
Question: Where is the highest
concentration of Basque people outside of their native land?
Answer:
Boise, Idaho
Song: What's Your Name - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Realm: Mall Crawling
Subrealm: Famous
Firsts
Question: What was the name of the first-ever
department store?
Answer: Zion's Cooperative Mercantile
Institution, in Salt Lake City (store was founded by Brigham Young)
Song: Deep Purple - Donnie & Marie Osmond
Realm: Movies
Subrealm: Wierd Cults
Question: What does the sign on the Church at the beginning of
the Rocky Horror Picture Show say?
Answer: Trust and Fear
Not.
Song: I want to do Something Freaky to You - Leon
Haywood
Realm: TV
Subrealm: Tall Tales
Question:
We should all remember the old classic "Land of the Lost". It had
those really neat green creatures, the Sleestack. Well, three of the
actors who played them later went on to fame in the NBA. Who are they?
Answer: David Greenwood, John Lambert, Bill Laimbeer
Song:
Take me Home - Cher
Realm: Going to great lengths
Subrealm:
Just give me a hug
Question: According to an Act of
Parliament, what was "the length of a swain's arms around the object of
his affections"
Answer: A fathom
Song: You
can't outrun the long arm of the law - Kenny Rodgers
Realm: History
Subrealm: Aside from
that, how did you like the play?
Question: John Wilkes
Booth, while assassinating President Lincoln, broke his leg. How?
Answer: He tripped over an American Flag.
Song: I
ain't marching any more - Phil Ochs
Realm: Music Appreciation
Subrealm:
Excessive Fandom
Question: Raschala, Austria has a monument named "Mozart's
Pinkelstein". What does this commemorate?
Answer: In 1787,
on a journey to Prague, Mozart stopped a Raschala to take a piss.
Song: Different Germany - Ian Anderson
Realm: Great comics
Subrealm: secret
recipes
Question: The doughty Gauls of Asterix the Gaul
have a magic potion which makes them invincible. The ingredients are
kept a secret. However, one ingredient we know to be optional. What is
this ingredient and what purpose does it serve?
Answer: a
lobster - it adds flavour to the mixture.
Song: Don't Give
a Dose to the One you Love Most - Shel Sliverstein
Realm: The Great Communicator
Subrealm:
What'd you say your name was?
Question: Who did Ronald
Reagan once greet as Mr. Mayor?
Answer: Then secretary of
HUD Samuel Pierce
Song: The ballad of Ronald Reagan -
Austin Lounge Lizards
Realm: Movies
Subrealm: James Bond
Question: Name 7 actors who have played James Bond in the
movies.
Answer: Sean Connery, Roger Moore, George Lazenby,
Timothy Dalton, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Woody Allen. The film
"Casino Royale" featured 7 James Bonds.
Song: Casino
Royale - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Realm: The British
Subrealm: Question:
What was the distinction of the Earl of Leicester in the House of
Lords for 121 years?
Answer: Silence. The first and second
Earls never spoke, the third waited 22 years before speaking
Song:
Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
Realm: Doonesbury
Subrealm: Yes, they
went to Yale.
Question: The characters of Doonesbury never cease to amaze us
with their special skills. For example, what foreign language does B.D.
speak fluently?
Answer:: Vietnamese
Song: All
Fall Down - Standells
Realm: Comics
Subrealm: Peanuts
Question:
No one is really sure how many siblings Snoopy has. There are
conflicting reports. The names of 1 sister and 4 brothers have appeared
in the cartoon. What are they?
Answer: Belle, Spike, Olaf,
Markoff, Marbles
Song: Shannon - Henry Gross
Realm: Alchohol
Subrealm: Don't Believe
the Hype
Question: Note three misleading or untrue statements on a
bottle of Samuel Adams Beer.
Answer: Although it says
"Boston Brewing Company" it is made in Pittsburgh. Although the logo
under the picture of Sam Adams says "Brewer-Patriot," Sam Adams was
never a brewer. Sam Adams may be the only American beer sold in
Germany, but Christian Moerlein beer passed the German purity laws back
in the 1960's.
Song: Tarkio Road - Brewer & Shipley
Realm: The Beatles
Subrealm: Imitation
is the sincerest form of flattery
Question: What was the
first McCartney-Lennon tune to be covered by an American artist?
Answer: From Me to You (Del Shannon, 1963)
Song:
Keep Searchin (We'll Follow the Sun) - Del Shannon
Realm: Theatre
Subrealm: Familiar
names
Question: Who went by the psedonym "George Spelvin"
Answer: Any actor who played a double role - it was the name
traditionally given to the second one.
Song: Theme From
Pink Panther - Henry Mancini
Realm: Music
Subrealm: Top 40
Question:
What are the oldest lyrics ever to hit the Top 40?
Answer:
Turn, Turn, Turn - by the Byrds
Song: The Lord's
Prayer - Sister Janet Mead
Realm: Television
Subrealm: Great
technological innovations
Question: What was the first
sitcom to use a laugh track?
Answer: The Hank McClune Show
Song: Shaddup You Face - Joe Dolce
Realm: Comics
Subrealm: Broom Hilda
Question: We all love Irwin the Troll. But what is his real
name?
Answer: Albert Einstein Troll
Song:
Neanderthal Man - Hotlegs
Realm: National Flags
Subrealm:
International Literacy
Question: What lies in the middle of the flag of Rwanda?
Answer: The letter R
Song: The Letter - The
Arbors
Realm: Gymnastics
Subrealm: Kid's stuff
Question: How did the cartwheel start?
Answer:
In the 17th century, Johann Wilhelm got married, but the happy day
nearly was ruined when a wheel on the wedding coach started to give way.
A ten year old boy leaped to the rescue and attached himself to the
wheel as a human hub. In Duseldorf, it is now the symbol of the town in
commemoration of the event.
Song: Sausalido Summer Night - Diesel
Realm: Politics
Subrealm: Pornography
Question: In the first few days of the Iraq Crisis, an Italian
porn star and member of paraliament offerd to have sex with Saddam
Hussein in return for free passage for all foreigners out of Iraq and
Kuwait. Name her.
Answer: Illona Staller, aka Cicciolina
Song:
Telephone Man - Meri Wilson
Realm: History
Subrealm: Kaboom!!
Question: Everyone knows that Enola Gay dropped Little Boy on
Hiroshima, but what plane dropped Fat Man on Nagasaki?
Answer:
Boxcar.
Song: The Groove Line - Heatwave
Realm: Ancient Nuptials
Subrealm:
Attendants
Question: In ancient Scotland, what was the purpose of the best
man?
Answer: He helped the groom kidnap the bride
Song:
Rock & Roll Love Letter - Bay City Rollers
Realm: Tourism
Subrealm: Low altitudes
Question: Somewhere in America is a statue of Christ, 28 feet
below sea level. Where?
Answer: John Pennekamp Coral Reef
State park. The "Christ of the Deep", as it is called, is actually
underwater.
Song: Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison
Realm: Well-known children
Subrealm:
Weird names
Question: What was Dweezil Zappa's original name?
Answer:
Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa
Song: Trouble Child -
Joni Mitchell
Realm: Animation
Subrealm: Obscure
Disney
Question: What are the names of Mickey Mouse's
cousins?
Answer: Ferdy & Morty
Song: Oy,
Its so humid - 2 Live Jews
Realm: TV
Subrealm: Interruptions
Question: Commercials, commercials, they're everywhere. But
what was the first 60 second one?
Answer: The mean Joe
Greene Coke Ad
Song: Commercial Breakdown - Thomas Dolby
Realm: Advertising
Subrealm: Madison
Avenue gems
Question: What beverage, in 1908, coined the slogan "Good to
the last Drop"?
Answer: Coca-Cola
Song: A
Bottle in Front of me - Faster Pussycat
Realm: European History
Subrealm: Famous
Quotes
Question: Napoleon was supposed to have uttered the famous
palindromic phrase "Able was I ere I saw Elba" upon reaching his exile.
But, as one historian pointed out, this is absolute bunk. How did they
prove this?
Answer: Napoleon spoke French.
Song:
Don't Look Back - Cutting Crew
Realm: Office Trivia
Subrealm: Things we
all worry about
Question: What are the little bits of
paper punched out with a hole puncher called?
Answer: Chad
Song: Scatterings of Africa - Johnny Clegg
Realm: Television
Subrealm: Animation
Question: What famous cartoon premiered September 13, 1969?
Answer: Scooby Doo, Where are you?
Song:
Television Man - Talking Heads
Realm: The Great Dictator
Subrealm:
Please check your standard at the door.
Question: What was
the battle standard of Ghengis Khan?
Answer: A pole with
nine yak tails tied to it.
Song: Flim Flam Man - Laura Nyro
Realm: Career Changes
Subrealm: Art
History
Question: Many a freshman room is graced with an
impressionist art print. However, Woody Allen poses the question "What
if impressionists were not artists?" What alternative profession does he
give?
Answer: Dentists.
Song: How Do You Do
- Mouth & McNeal
Realm: Disney World
Subrealm: Where do
they come up with these things?
Question: What does the
word EPCOT stand for?
Answer: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
Song:
T.S.O.P. - MFSB Featuring the Three Degrees
Realm: Williams Alumni
Subrealm: Mating
rituals
Question: Drug Czar William Bennett, just after his appointment
to the exalted position, went on a blind date with someone else, at
least equally well known. Who was it?
Answer: Janis Joplin
Song: Playground in My Mind - Clint Holmes
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