mighty fine trivia by James Callan

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TODAY’S QUESTION

What ’90s blockbuster included chapters called “The Bonnie Situation” and “The Gold Watch”?

Answer (or guess) in the comments. Your prize? Public glory (over there to the right).
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That question, again: What popular toy line got its start with the 1948 release of the model of a steamroller made by Aveling-Barford?

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Special simulpost with Seattlest.com! If you’re in Seattle and play the quiz at the Old Pequliar tonight, you can win free beer for answering this question. (Otherwise, the usual bragging rights apply.)

What do these people have in common?
Stephen Colbert, Robert Cormier, Beyoncé Knowles, Richard Matheson, Leonard Nimoy, and Tom Wolfe

To qualify for the free beer, email your answer to james at seattlest dot com. Otherwise, make your guess in the comments and check back tomorrow for the answer.

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That question, again: What classic children’s film is divided into chapters, including “When Childhood Ends…,” “Crime and Punishment,” and “The Way Things Are”?

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TODAY’S QUESTION

What classic children’s film is divided into chapters, including”When Childhood Ends…,” “Crime and Punishment,” and “The Way Things Are”?

Answer (or guess) in the comments. Your prize? Public glory.

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That question, again: In the classic Year Without a Santa Claus, what’s the Heat Miser’s brother’s name? And who’s their mom?

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What recent blockbuster featured a performance by the software program MacinTalk as the villain?

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That question, again: The 2006 documentary loudQUIETloud is a film about what alternative band?

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TODAY’S QUESTION

The 2006 documentary loudQUIETloud is a film about what alternative band?

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That question, again: Rudy Vallee received a birthday greeting on July 28, 1933, delivered in an unusual fashion that went on to become a major source of revenue for Western Union. How was his message delivered?

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What 2000 comedy has spawned four sequels (so far!), with subtitles including All or Nothing, In It to Win It, and Fight to the Finish?

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That question, again: What game are you playing —probably online — if you stumble across patterns including Spaceship, Puffer Train, Glider, Methuselah, and Garden of Eden?

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Let’s lower the brow a little:

In the movie version of The Shining, Jack Nicholson goes after his family (and Scatman Crothers) with an axe. But not in the book. What piece of sporting equipment is his weapon of choice in the Stephen King novel?

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That question, again: What line from the poem “Sacred Emily” is ten words long, but contains just three different words used several times each?

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What author created the fictional family that gave the Urban Legends Reference Pages their popular nickname?

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That question, again: What 2007 movie had its world premiere in a small town in Vermont, rather than Massachusetts, Missouri, Illinois, or any of 9 other states?

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TODAY’S QUESTION

What 2007 movie had its world premiere in a small town in Vermont, rather than Massachusetts, Missouri, Illinois, or any of 9 other states?

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That question, again: What website takes its name from a Mandarin word that means both “a gourd that holds precious things” and “interactive recording”?

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