mighty fine trivia by James Callan

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Keeping Up with the Joneses

1) What unusual flavor did Jones Soda first bring to market in November 2003, and re-release every year since at about the same time?
2) Before switching to track and field, Marion Jones attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a scholarship in what sport?
3) Which current presidential candidate wrote the book Kids Who Kill, inspired by the 1998 school shootings in Jonesboro, Arkansas?
4) What full name do the American Revolution and Led Zeppelin have in common?
5) Bob Jones, Sr., of Christian college fame declared that what evangelist was “doing more harm in the cause of Jesus Christ than any living man” because he was leading “foolish and untaught Christians … into disobedience to the Word of God”?
6) The title characters of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling and Bridget Jones’s Diary share the last name Jones. What what last name do their authors share?
7) Who was fired as the editor of Mother Jones magazine in 1986 and used his wrongful termination settlement to partially fund his 1989 debut film?
8) Bob Dylan tells Mr. Jones — rather than Mr. or Mrs. Charles — that “something is happening here, but you don’t know what it is” in what song?
9) They always warn you “Don’t drink the Kool Aid,” but if you were in Jonestown, your poisoned grape drink would actually be what competing product?
10) On May 22 next year, you can see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of what?

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Quiz: Answers in the Form of a Question

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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