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As I was going along, I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to make 50%. So 75% was a pleasant surprise.
Don’t Believe the Hyphenation Score: 75% (9 out of 12)
Where I whiffed it, after the jump …
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Round 7 at the Old Pequliar on April 1, 2008
Average score: 6.14/10 (21 teams)1) Robin Williams impersonates Desi Arnaz, John Wayne, and Bette Davis as a “brain-fried, electrified, infected and injectified” fruit bat in what 1992 children’s film?
2) In what 1989 comedy do Run-D.M.C. cover a song written and originally performed by Ray Parker Jr.?
3) The short John Grisham novel Skipping Christmas was the basis for what 2004 comedy, Roger Ebert’s second-worst film of the year?
4) What 1996 satire starring Samuel L. Jackson was inspired by the highly profitable interracial boxing match between Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney?
5) Legendary singer Bob Dylan stars as a legendary singer in what 2003 movie, which he also co-wrote and composed the soundtrack for?
6) What 2006 animated film, known as Wheelbarrows in Russia, climaxes at the 2005 Piston Cup races?
7) What 1996 horror film was the first movie George Clooney starred in after he was cast on ER?
8) Kevin Costner’s character declares that “when a defining moment comes along, you define the moment… or the moment defines you” in what 1996 sports comedy?
9) What 1978 cult comedy featuring a van made of marijuana, was banned by South Africa because “it might encourage the impressionable youth of South Africa to take up marijuana smoking”?
10) What actor or actress appeared in all 9 of these films?
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Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on April 1, 2008
Average score: 8.1/10 (21 teams)Simple enough: identify the speaker.
1) Who’s speaking?
2) Who’s speaking?
3) Who’s speaking?
4) Who’s speaking?
5) Who’s speaking?
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10) Who’s speaking?
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What unusual characteristic do these people have in common?
Warren Beatty, Mel Blanc, Jon Bon Jovi, Sam Cooke, William Faulkner, Zane Grey, Nathaniel Hawthorne, David Hume, Satchel PaigeThere are others, which I can dribble out as clues if necessary.
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Sidney Poitier, Al Pacino, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, ?
Hint: Here’s a longer sequence. Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson; Barbra Streisand; Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman; Jack Nicholson; Harrison Ford; Robert De Niro and Al Pacino; Sidney Poitier; Al Pacino; Sean Connery; Harrison Ford; ?
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What unusual distinction unites these artists (and some others)?
Tori Amos, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Erasure, Nanci Griffith, Guns N Roses, k.d. lang, Annie Lennox, Mandy Moore, Simple Minds, and Luther Vandross
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What do these artists have in common: Blur, Harry Connick, Jr., Dread Zeppelin, Jewel, Midnight Oil, Prince, Public Image Limited, Rush, Sugar Ray, The Temptations, Usher, Van Halen, Wire, and Yes?
(This is not an exhaustive list.)
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What unusual distinction unites these directors?
Mark Robson, Charles Walters, Phil Nebbelink and Simon Wells, Frank Oz, John Irvin, Glenn Gordon Caron, Larry Cohen, Steven Spielberg, Ingmar Bergman, and George Cukor.
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What common bond unites all of these people?
Steve Allen, James Brown, Johnny Carson, Bob Denver, John Entwistle, Stephen Jay Gould, George Harrison, Bob Hope, Linda McCartney, George Plimpton, Tito Puente, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Johnny Unitas, Barry White
(I won’t claim this list is comprehensive, but this definitely includes most of the available candidates.)
And guess where I cross-posted it?
7/7: Edited to add a couple of names.
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I’ll give you a baby’s first (and perhaps middle) name, you name at least one of his or her parents.
1) Apple Blythe
2) Zahara Marley
3) Moon Unit
4) Chastity Sun
5) Moxie CrimeFighter
6) Tallulah Belle
7) Kal-El (not the fictional character)
8) Pilot Inspektor
9) Zowie
10) George, George, George, George, George, and Georgette