king arthur – Quiz Quiz Bang Bang

Featured as round 6 at the Old Pequliar on June 2, 2009

1) The name “Jennifer” is a Cornish version of what legendary queen’s name?

2) What TV star released her album BareNaked in 2002, but has yet to actually appear naked pretty much anywhere in public?

3) Phylicia Rashad, Valerie Bertinelli, Queen Latifah, and Monica Lewinsky have all been spokeswomen for what company?

4) What actress and model wrote the books Belly Laughs, Baby Laughs, Life Laughs, and Mother Warriors?

5) Who allegedly told director Ron Howard that the only role she’d want to play in Backdraft was the fire?

6) Who played The Bride in 1985 and now appears as Tim Roth’s ex-wife on Lie to Me?

7) What poker champion played Jim Carrey’s client in Liar, Liar?

8) Who won an Olympic Gold medal in 1992, was arrested for marijuana possession in 1994, and was ranked #1 player in the world four times in 2001-2002?

9) Who placed third after Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo during American Idol‘s third season?

10) What was the second hit by the group who first hit the charts in 1981 with the song “Angel Say No”?

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Round 2 at the Old Pequliar on March 3, 2009
Average score: 8.5/10 (14 teams)

1) In 2003 cafeterias in the House of Representatives changed the names of two menu items: French fries and what else?

2) In 2006, the French Minister of Culture awarded the LÃ©gion d’honneur to whom, calling him the “French people’s favourite clown”?

3) Although Inspector Clouseau is the star of the Pink Panther films, he’s not actually the Pink Panther. Who or what is?

4) What famous romantic stars in the Looney Tunes shorts “The Cats Bah,” “Odor-Able Kitty,” and “For Scent-imental Reasons”?

5) What fictional family claimed to come from Remulac, a small town in France?

6) What insult coined on The Simpsons and popular with the National Review crowd was dubbed as “singes mangeurs de fromage” on the French version of the show?

7) Immediately after a French taunter says “Fetchez la vache,” what is flung at King Arthur and his knights?

8) What 1974 song by Labelle had a cover version hit the charts in 2001, reviving a famous French come-on?

9) In Pulp Fiction, right before revealing what they call a Big Mac in France, Vincent also notes that in Paris you can buy what beverage at McDonald’s?

10) The French have a reputation for passion, so what do we call the thing they refer to as embrasser avec la langue or rouler une pelle?

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