Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on July 1, 2008.
Average score: 6.94/10 (17 teams who know quite a bit about Ms. Spears)

1) The Daniel Edwards sculpture “Monument to Pro-Life” depicts Britney doing what?
2) Spears won a Worst Supporting Actress Razzie for her appearance in what documentary, where she encouraged us to “trust our president in every decision he makes” and “be faithful in what happens”?
3) Rumor has it that Justin Timberlake sang about Britney cheating on him in what 2004 Grammy-winning song? (Arthur Hamilton’s 1953 song does not involve Ms. Spears, however)
4) “My baby is my religion,” declared Britney in 2006, adding that she no longer studied what practice that she was introduced to by Madonna?
5) Before she became a Mouseketeer, Britney competed as a singer on what television series?
6) Britney’s first two albums include what punctuation mark in their titles?
7) Curious, Fantasy, and Believe are the names of three of Britney Spears’ what?
8) Newsstand sales for what 150-year-old magazine took a nosedive when they put Britney on the cover of their April 2008 issue?
9) Britney took two of her favorite places and combined the abbreviations for them to create what four-letter name for what Manhattan restaurant that she opened in 2002?
10) “Easy, boy,” says what Viagra spokesman, calming down his dog at the climax of a commercial where Britney sings an ode to the joy of Pepsi?

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Round 5 at the Old Pequliar on July 1, 2008.
Average score: 6.15/11 (17 teams)

Each of these songs was featured in a popular commercial. For a half point each, name the performing artist and the brand or product they were advertising. (If a song was used in multiple commercials, the correct answer is the earliest widespread example.)

Example: The correct answers for “Start Me Up” are the Rolling Stones and Microsoft (or Windows 95).

1) clip #1
2) clip #2
3) clip #3
4) clip #4
5) clip #5
6) clip #6
7) clip #7
8) clip #8
9) clip #9
10) clip #10 (Note: while this commercial is fairly well known, it’s also British. So yeah, this one’s hard.)
11) clip #11

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What do these songs have in common?

“Calendar Girl” (Neil Sedaka)
“Cherish” (Madonna)
“(Don’t Fear) the Reaper” (Blue Öyster Cult)
“Fever” (Peggy Lee)
“I Can Love You Like That” (John Michael Montgomery)
“My So-Called Life” (the Ataris)
“Round and Round” (Ratt)

1) Elizabeth Taylor won her second Best Actress Oscar for playing Martha in what 1966 film based on an Edward Albee play?
2) What soundtrack is the only album with a question for a title to win the Grammy for Album of the Year?
3) What 2000 buddy comedy inspired the title of Michael Moore’s 2003 followup to his book Stupid White Men?
4) Madonna had a #1 hit in 1987 with a song that shared its title with what 1983 top 40 hit by Eurythmics?
5) According to the movie Stripes, the answer to this riddle is “to get from the left to the right.”
6) What 1993 song by Haddaway had a second burst of popularity starting in 1996 when it was featured on Saturday Night Live?
7) What advertising slogan debuted in 1971 in a commercial featuring vocals by Ella Fitzgerald?
8) Turns out the answer to this Fox Television question was Darva Conger, but only for about two months.
9) The short film “True” inspired a series of Anheuser-Busch TV commercials centered around what catchphrase?
10) According to M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense was inspired by an episode of what 1990s horror anthology series?

Average score (21 teams): 6.67

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(The first in a probably long series of questions that just won’t work in a pub setting, for whatever reason.)

These four people, and only these four people, have something in common. What is it?

Fred Astaire
Marlon Brando
Marlene Dietrich
Marilyn Monroe

(I also posted this on Ken Jennings’ message board, and I stole the idea from one of his Tuesday Trivia quizzes.)

The answer:

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1) Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman spend three minutes nibbling on each other between bites of chicken in what Hitchcock movie?
2) At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna kissed Britney Spears and then what other woman?
3) When Prince performed “Kiss” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he changed “you don’t have to watch Dynasty” to “you don’t have to watch” what risque sitcom?
4) In the TV movie Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, which band member has super strength and the ability to breathe fire?
5) In 1994, in a controversial episode, Roseanne kisses what female guest star?
6) Some people hear “’scuse me while I kiss this guy,” but Jimi Hendrix actually sang “’scuse me while I” what?
7) Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famous photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse on VJ day was originally published in what magazine?
8) Hershey’s Kisses were all chocolate until 1990, when Hershey’s released kisses with what?
9) Brokeback Mountain, Hustle and Flow, Just Friends, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, or Sin City: which film won Best Kiss at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards?
10) The Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate is based on which Shakespeare play?

Average score among 13 teams: 7.23.

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