mighty fine trivia by James Callan

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Quiz: Busy Bodies

Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on Feb. 3, 2009

For many celebrities, their trail of romantic conquests is as distinctive as a fingerprint. Given a string of romantic partners, either confirmed or frequently rumored, can you name the one person who’s … um … dated them all?

1) Pamela Anderson, Nicole Eggert, Melissa Gilbert, Liza Minelli, and Erin Moran

2) Richard Dean Anderson, Adam Duritz, David Spade, Kyle MacLachlan, and Jack Nicholson

3) Kathy Griffin, Sofia Coppola, Margaret Cho, Shar Jackson, and Mira Sorvino

4) Prince, Fred Durst, David Spade, Dennis Rodman, and Joan Jett

5) Sherilynn Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Kate Moss, Vanessa Paradis, and Winona Ryder

6) Matthew Perry, Liam Neeson, Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, and Lyle Lovett

7) Carly Simon, Diane Keaton, Natalie Wood, Barbra Streisand, and Madonna

8) Eddie Murphy, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Wesley Snipes, David Justice, and Spike Lee

9) Alison Eastwood, Neve Campbell, Rebecca Romijn, Minnie Driver, and Alexandra Kerry

10) Joey Lawrence, Carson Daly, Alec Baldwin, and John Mayer

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Quiz: Movies

Round 7 at the Old Pequliar on Dec. 2, 2008
Average score: 6.8/10 (15 teams)

1) Queen’s song “Keep Passing the Open Windows” was originally written for what 1984 movie, which featured Nastassja Kinski as a woman who dresses in a bear suit?

2) What 1998 thriller, directed by Tony Scott, stars Gene Hackman as a surveillance expert similar to the character he played in The Conversation?

3) What 1990 Christian Slater film about a mysterious high-school rebel won the Golden Space Needle award at SIFF, defeating Jesus of Montreal?

4) Billy Crystal originally wrote what 2001 comedy “about celebrity, family, and other forms of insanity,” so he could play the romantic lead, but ended up playing John Cusack’s publicist instead?

5) What 2001 comedy was the first film made featuring two African-American Oscar winners, specifically Whoopi Goldberg and Cuba Gooding, Jr.?

6) According to Salon.com’s critic Stephanie Zacharek, the real stars of what 2003 caper are the Mini Coopers involved in the chase scene?

7) What 1999 comedy/horror movie about a boy who accidentally kills his parents and best friends had its release date pushed back because of the Columbine massacre?

8) What 1998 big last-day-of-high-school party movie includes nine actors who appeared on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and four that appeared on Six Feet Under?

9) What 1997 movie features a British spy foiling the nefarious Project Vulcan, a subterranean delivery system for nuclear warheads?

10) What actor or actress appears in all nine of these movies?

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Quiz: Movies

1) John Cusack plays finders-keepers with $1.2 million dollars that fell off a truck in what 1993 dramedy?
2) Demi Moore has to choose between the justice system and her son’s life in what 1996 thriller?
3) Ultra-shiksa Melanie Griffith goes undercover as a Hasidic Jew in what 1992 Sidney Lumet crime drama?
4) What 2006 political drama was more faithful to the Robert Penn Warren novel it’s based on than the 1949 version that won an Oscar?
5) Quentin Tarantino did an uncredited script rewrite for what 1995 thriller, adding among other things a discussion about the Silver Surfer?
6) The 2005 film Be Cool was a sequel to what 1995 comedy?
7) Julia Roberts met Danny Moder, her husband-to-be, on the set of what 2001 romantic comedy-slash-road movie-slash-crime drama?
8) The lead in what 2001 neo-noir film wants to get rich by investing in a can’t-miss new technology called “dry cleaning”?
9) What 1993 crime thriller features a famous speech explaining the genetic history of the island of Sicily?
10) Who appeared in all nine of these films?
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