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23-January-12
by James Callan
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Quiz: Do you remember 2011?

My final regular hosting gig at the Old Pequliar (“Seattle’s Brainiest Trivia Night”) was January 3, and was my annual year-in-review quiz. Here’s a selection of questions adapted from that quiz – were you on my wavelength in 2011?

The Year in Twitter

  • In early May, Sohaib Athar  tweeted “Go away helicopter, before I take out my giant swatter.” What city does he live in?
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  • What company denied negotiating with Jason Castillo for his twitter handle, stating that they were not yet “getting into the minutiae of marketing”?
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  • Who joined Twitter in June, saying in his first tweet: “Dear friends, I just launched News.va. Praised be our lord Jesus Christ!”
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  • Who received a firestorm of criticism after he tweeted, in response to Ryan Dunn’s death, that “friends don’t let jackasses drink and drive”?
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  • When David Wiggs complained that a White House briefing was dull, the White House responded with a link to what popular destination?
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16-October-11
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Q: What character visits the land of the Soviets, the Congo, America, the Moon, and Tibet, and uncovers the secret of the Unicorn?

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15-October-11
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Q: What Catch-22 character resembles Henry Fonda, and thanks to an IBM computer with a sense of humor, outranks Captain Aardvark but is outranked by Lieutenant Colonel Korn?

Theme: Johnny Two Times. The answer repeats a word or phrase.

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14-October-11
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Q: What Dutch company marketed its products in the US with the slogan “the number one-one GPS-S in the world-world”?

Theme: Johnny Two Times. The answer repeats a word or phrase.

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13-October-11
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Q: Biz Markie and Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh make regular appearances on what TV show, currently airing on Nick Jr.?

Theme: Johnny Two Times. Each answer repeats a word or phrase.

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12-October-11
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Q: Since 1966, what invention has given guitarists the power to imitate a muted trumpet?

Theme: Johnny Two Times. The answer repeats a word or phrase.

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11-October-11
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Q: If you’re at In-N-Out and want two patties and two slices of cheese on a freshly baked bun, what should you order?

Theme: Johnny Two Times. The answer repeats a word or phrase.

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29-July-11
by James Callan
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Quiz: Name the novel from Amazon’s key phrases

Can you name the novel from the key phrases identified by Amazon?

1) tighter bomb pattern, more combat missions, stupid mouth, Henry Fonda, and Lieutenant Scheisskopf
2) feminist funeral, ball turret gunner, wrestling practice, Under Toad, and sexual suspect
3) three sénéchaux, seeded womb, corporal mortification, sacred feminine, and Opus Dei
4) grain barges, cell leader, laser drills, new catapult, and Free Luna
5) invisible doctors, banana company, insomnia plague, story about the capon, and siesta time
6) bun compartment, nucular bum, flannel nightshirt, hunting cap, and Patrolman Mancuso
7) keystream letters, Bletchley Park, making license plates, Bobby Shaftoe, and substitution alphabet
8) tennis academy, professional conversationalist, Hal Incandenza, new bong, and howling fantods
9) accused man, fishing gaff, strawberry land, Kabuo Miyamoto, and Island County
10) Las Vegas, rundown bootheels, happy crappy, Captain Trips, and dig your man

(NOTE: I first wrote this in 2008, and Amazon’s redone their keywords since then. Contemporary accuracy is not guaranteed.)