mighty fine trivia by James Callan
If you’re looking for pad kee mao at your favorite Thai restaurant (and I recommend it), you’ll usually find it listed under what more colorful English name?
That question, again: In The Man With the Golden Gun, what does Bond receive from Q to help him simulate polythelia, the better to impersonate Scaramanga with?
In The Man With the Golden Gun, what does Bond receive from Q to help him simulate polythelia, the better to impersonate Scaramanga with?
That question, again: Kids these days aren’t learning much D’Nealian, Getty-Dubay, Spencerian, or Palmer Method. Those are all methods of teaching of what subject that’s disappearing from school curricula?
Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on June 3, 2008
Average score: 7.06/10 (16 teams)
1) The novel Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks, published last week, continues the adventures of what famous hero?
2) Gerald Posner’s book Killing the Dream argues that James Earl Ray acted on his own when he assassinated who?
3) Six US presidents have been named James. Which two served consecutively?
4) In the Brady Bunch episode “Bobby’s Hero,” Bobby unsettles his parents when he starts to idolize who?
5) A 1991 techno song by the group L.A. Style declared that what musical icon “Is Dead”, though he didn’t actually die until 2006?
6) What song, the only Billboard hit for the band James, begins “The bed is on fire with passionate love, the neighbors complain about the nosies above, but she only comes when she’s on top“?
7) In 2006, who became the first British artist since Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997” to achieve a Billboard #1 single with his song “You’re Beautiful”?
8) When he wrote the book Pragmatism in 1907, which American philosopher established himself as a leading proponent of the theory of pragmatism?
9) The poem “Disobedience,” about James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree, comes from the collection When We Were Very Young by what British author?
10) Who played a fictionalized version of reclusive author J.D. Salinger in the movie Field of Dreams?
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Round 5 at the Old Pequliar on April 1, 2008
Average score: 6.33/10 (21 teams)
example: a Roman goddess, a Canadian music award, and one of this year’s Best Picture nominees = Juno
1) something you might find on a map, part of a telegraph, and a Florida island
2) a fictional duck, a program used in computer networking, and a noise your car’s engine might make
3) something that can kill an unprepared hiker, magicians’ slang for revealing secrets to non-magicians, and something to keep in mind when you’re taking a picture
4) a symbol for heat, a James Bond character, and the fictional avenue where Gary Coleman lives
5) a shade of black, a musical gang member, and a hit song by Wings
6) a briefcase, Condé Nast’s business magazine, and a collection of your best work
7) a secret agent on TV, a Michael Jackson role, and an iconic local retail store
8) a John Coltrane tune, part of the NATO phonetic alphabet, and a country
9) a film studio mascot, a zodiac sign, and any of 13 popes
10) an Italian motorcycle, an R.E.M. album, and a common last name on Sesame Street
1) Because they couldn’t trademark a number, what brand name did Intel invent for their 80586 chip?
2) What 1967 film is the fifth James Bond film produced by EON productions?
3) What was the second group of the British Invasion to have a hit single, “Glad All Over,” in the US?
4) The National Maximum Speed Law, which capped speed limits nationwide at 55 mph, was signed into law by what president?
5) What’s the Greek name for Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, the first five books of the bible?
6) When it crosses into Canada, I-5 becomes British Columbia Regional Highway number what?
7) If you buy a fifth of liquor, how many milliliters do you get?
8) Cinco de Mayo celebrates the victory of Mexican forces in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. What country did the Mexican Army defeat?
9) In the classic children’s book The Five Chinese Brothers, the first brother can swallow the ocean. Name one of the other brothers’ special powers.
10) What reality series, hosted by Jerry Springer, is airing on King 5 right now?
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I’ll name a sequel, you tell me the name of the work that immediately preceded it.
1) Casino Royale (2006 film)
2) Prince Caspian (book — in publication order)
3) Hannibal (book and movie)
4) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (novel or movie)
5) Terminator III: Rise of the Machines (movie)
6) Through the Looking Glass (book)
7) Rambo (movie)
8) A Shot in the Dark (movie)
9) The Edge of Human (novel)
10) Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (movie)
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