alien – Quiz Quiz Bang Bang

Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on July 1, 2008.
Average score: 6.41/10 (17 teams)

Triangulation is my tip of the hat to Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages and those seldom-used tertiary and sub-tertiary definitions in the dictionary. I’ll give you three definitions, you tell me the word or phrase that fits them all.

Example: A Canadian music award, a Roman goddess, and Roger Ebert’s favorite film of 2007: Juno

1) a kind of wrench, something you can make from socks, and something you spank
2) a novel by Irvine Welsh, a byproduct of horses, and the opposite of rubber
3) a documentary by Diane Keaton, a place where nothing ever happens, and a place on earth
4) the author of The Bonesetter’s Daughter, a key on a calculator, and a George Hamilton accessory
5) the shipboard computer in a science fiction classic, a John Lennon song, and something that turns wine to vinegar
6) one third of a popular hip-hop trio, a product formed by the neutralization of an acid by a base, and what we talked about when we talked about nukes
7) something you’d see on a slot machine, a U2 song, and a name you’ll hear on Must-See Thursday
8) an Edith Wharton novel, a lake in Oregon, and a lifeguard on Baywatch
9) Christopher Martin’s hip-hop alias, the NY Times’ online sports magazine, and “the work of children”
10) a celebritot, a unit of Smurf measurement, and a Newtown Pippin

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1) From 1944 to 2001, Smokey Bear said “Only you can prevent forest fires.” Since April, 2001, Smokey says “only you can prevent” what?
2) If you dial 443-4567 in Seattle, you’ll hear Russ Leatherman say what five words?
3) “Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars,” urged Casey Kasem at the end of what radio show?
4) According to Simone de Beauvoir, “housework, with its endless repetition: the clean becomes soiled, the soiled is made clean, over and over, day after day” closely resembles the torment of what mythological figure?
5) What American actress remembered in 1984, “I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”
6) Steve Allen coined the question “Is it bigger than a breadbox?” in 1953 as a panelist on what long-running game show?
7) “In space, no one can hear you scream” was introduced as the advertising slogan for what movie?
8) According to New Yorker cartoonist Peter Steiner, “on the Internet, nobody knows” what?
9) Gloria Steinem said “a woman reading” what “feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual”?
10) Dirty Harry first says “Go ahead, make my day” in what sequel?
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