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Trivia quiz: Triangulation

16-August-09 / James Callan

Featured as round 1 at the Old Pequliar on June 2, 2009

Trivia meets wordplay. Iâ€™ll give you three definitions. You tell me what word or term all three of them could define.

Example: Wonkaâ€™s successor, a kind of list, and something a walrus might have?
Bucket (Charlie Bucket, the bucket list, and the LOLcat walrus and his beloved bucket)

Got it? Good! Here we go:

1) a kind of poll, swine construction material, and where you might find a turkey

2) a single, a Nobel Prize-winning author, and Mr. Rogers

3) a kind of postage stamp, part of a Star Trek warp drive, and something mortal

4) an album by the Cure, a bone, and something that comes in threes

5) a variety of blues, to capture your opponent’s piece, and something crowds might yell

6) something you can do with a TV signal, to take off quickly, and Motocross

7) one way to sell, a vowel sound, and 8 oz. of espresso

8) a mille-feuille, a famous pig, and Pedro’s friend

9) a kind of touch, a metaphorical hand, and an asset not found in financial statements

10) a smidgen, to steal, and an emergency

ANSWERS (no peeking)

Quiz: Sellouts (an audio round)

8-July-08 / James Callan

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

“Love” Songs

18-April-08 / James Callan

Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on Feb. 5, 2008
Average score: 4.67/10 (9 teams)

Each correct answer has the word “love” in the title.

1) What 2001 song started as garage rock, but was covered by Joss Stone in a soul style and Richard Cheese in a lounge style?
2) What was Tina Turner’s first #1 single in her post-Ike career?
3) What chart-topping 1965 song by the Supremes includes an exclamation point in the title?
4) What 1989 hard rock song starts with a spoken intro called “Going Down”?
5) In 1975, what song written by Neil Sedaka became the first #1 hit for a popular husband and wife band?
6) As of right now, what 1992 song was the Cure’s last top 40 hit in the United States?
7) What Queen song did Taylor Hicks sing on American Idol?
8) What 1978 punk song by the Buzzcocks was inspired by a question one of the characters asks in the musical Guys and Dolls?
9) What song only reached #8 on the US Billboard singles chart in the ’80s, but hit #1 when it was sampled for a 2006 Rihanna song?
10) According to urban legend, what 1975 song from the album Honey includes the album’s cover model screaming as she was being murdered in the studio?