1) Which of these is the only Muppet that wasn’t voiced by Jim Henson: Count Von Count, Ernie, Guy Smiley, or the Swedish Chef?
2) In The Monster at the End of This Book, what is the name of the monster at the end of the book?
3) Jim Henson sometimes claimed that “muppet” was a combination of “puppet” and what other word?
4) What media company bought the Muppets in 2004?
5) What long-running television show had a recurring feature in its first season devoted to Muppets in the Land of Gortch?
6) What Muppet series debuted on HBO on January 10, 1983?
7) What song, sung by Kermit, reached #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November, 1979?
8) As a Swedish Chef, the Swedish Chef likely put together many “sandwich tables” — the literal translation of what Swedish word?
9) Rumor had it that Jim Henson didn’t see a doctor when he contracted his fatal case of pneumonia because he was raised in what faith?
10) In 2004, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker were voted Britain’s favorite cinematic scientists, defeating what science fiction character?
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1) In the 1932 movie Freaks, a beautiful trapeze artist marries a sideshow freak for his money. What kind of freak is her husband?
2) What actresses play Annabel Andrews in the 1976 and 2003 versions of Freaky Friday?
3) Stephan Fatsis’ book Word Freak documents the competitive world of what game?
4) She’s a very kinky girl — the kind you don’t what?
5) What NBC series, which ran for 18 episodes, was about the high-school experience of Sam and Lindsay Weir?
6) What crime author wrote Freaky Deaky, as well as Get Shorty, Rum Punch, and Out of Sight?
7) What current comic strip’s title character takes his name from one of P.T. Barnum’s freak show exhibits?
8) A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything in what 2005 nonfiction best seller?
9) Grady Stiles, who had the deformity ectrodactyly, performed in sideshows under what stage name?
10) On December 9, 1979, what song by CHIC replaced “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart?
Average score, out of 16 teams: 6.63. Continue reading
1) Using a secret identity, Val Valentino hosted four specials on FOX revealing secrets of what profession?
2) Norma McCorvey is the real name of the plaintiff in what famous legal case?
3) What well-known Christmas poem, first published anonymously in 1823, begins with the line “‘Twas the night before Christmas”?
4) Comedian Murray Langston appeared on The Gong Show more than 150 times wearing a paper bag over his head and using what alias?
5) What book claiming to be the autobiography of a teenage drug addict took its name from the lyrics of a Jefferson Airplane song?
6) What is the most recent conflict represented by a soldier buried at Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknowns?
7) When he wrote the novel Primary Colors, Joe Klein was a political columnist for what magazine?
8) One Victorian erotic novel published by Anonymous in 1901 claimed to be the autobiography of what kind of insect?
9) Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay used the pseudonym Publius when they published what series of articles?
10) Anonymous Michigan band ? and the Mysterians had a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with what song?
Average score, out of 22 teams: 5.77.