mighty fine trivia by James Callan
Multi-question quizzes on a topic. Mostly pub quiz rounds, deployed against real live possibly drunk trivia fans.
Can you name this song?
I removed any mentions of its title, then ran the rest of the lyrics through Wordle. Can you name it?
Hint: This song was released in Show ▼
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What song is it?
Music quiz: Can you name this song?
As Rich B knew, it’s the Queen/David Bowie hit “Under Pressure.”
What do these actresses have in common?
Grace Kelly
Jodie Foster
Jennifer Aniston
Elisha Cuthbert
Deborah Foreman
Sienna Miller
Melanie Griffith
Note: Other actresses qualify for the list; I cherry-picked seven from a larger-but-still-not-all-that-large pool.
Answer (or guess) in the comments. Your prize? Public glory.
Come back tomorrow for the answer.
That question, again: A 1984 hit by Queen inspired the name of what contemporary chart-topping artist?
Getting this in under the wire, if like me you’re on the West Coast:
A 1984 hit by Queen inspired the name of what contemporary chart-topping artist?
That question, again: Because of sugar, flour, and butter shortages during World War II, Girl Scouts couldn’t sell cookies to raise money. What more practical product did they sell instead?
Featured as round 1 at the Old Pequliar on June 2, 2009
Trivia meets wordplay. I’ll give you three definitions. You tell me what word or term all three of them could define.
Example: Wonka’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
Featured as round 1 at the Old Pequliar on July 7, 2009
Every question has something to do with elephants.
1) What elephant, named by London zookeepers, probably got its name from the Swahili words for “hello” or “chief”?
2) For a half point each, name the two Dr. Seuss books starting Horton the elephant.
3) What song from the album Elephant was the White Stripes’ first #1 single in the US, and includes the line “I’m going to Wichita”?
4) In 1985, what talk show host visited Sesame Street to report on the first time grownups ever saw Mr. Snuffleupagus?
5) In the movie Animal Crackers, Groucho Marks claims to have shot an elephant where?
6) What animal do Pooh and Piglet decide to capture using a Clever Trap — specifically, honey at the bottom of a pit?
7) In 1903, Thomas Edison filmed the execution of the elephant Topsy. How was the elephant killed?
8) What general won the Battle of Ticinus in 218BC?
9) In the Rudyard Kipling story “The Elephant’s Child,” what does the title character get from the “Crocodile on the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River”?
10) Michael Jackson dances with the bones of the Elephant Man in his video for what song?
Featured as round 1 at the Old Pequliar on July 7, 2009
1) Get a look at the Transamerica Pyramid, drive the “crookedest street in the world,” and eat dessert in Ghirardelli Square in what city?
2) Tour the Molly Brown House Museum, Coors Brewery, and a branch of the US mint in what city?
3) To take in the Tech Museum, tour the Winchester Mystery House, and see the original state capitol of California, you need to go where?
4) SEE the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Historical Site! The original Erie Canal Harbor! And Niagara Falls! All when you visit what city?
5) You can catch a live show at First Avenue and 7th Street Entry, stop by the largest literary and book arts center in the US, and watch the North Star Roller Girls tear up the track in what city?
6) Where should you go to tour the World War II destroyer USS Kidd, visit the Shaw Center for the Arts, and see the tallest state capitol building in the US?
7) If you’ve toured historic Quapaw Quarter, see the Central High School National Historical Site, and stroll along President Clinton Avenue, where have you been?
8) If you want to see the Sedgwick County Zoo, the original Pizza Hut, and the birthplace of Cessna, were do you need to go?
9) If you want visit the western edge of the Great Basin to attend a hot air balloon race and see the birthplace of Harrah’s Entertainment, what city is your best bet?
10) Visit the Hayden Planetarium, the International Center of Photography, and Grant’s Tomb in what city?
Music quiz: Can you name this song?
I removed any mentions of its title, then ran the rest of the lyrics through Wordle. Can you name it?
Hint: This song was released in Show ▼
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Hint: The was included in Show ▼
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What song is it?
As cpdavey and uberfleche knew, it’s Paula Cole’s “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?”
Because of sugar, flour, and butter shortages during World War II, Girl Scouts couldn’t sell cookies to raise money. What more practical product did they sell instead?
That question, again: What kids’ book character finds and adopts the frisky (and skinny) mutt Ribsy?
What kids’ book character finds and adopts the frisky (and skinny) mutt Ribsy?
That question, again: What American tourist attraction was originally known as the island of the pelicans?
"Pelican," a photo by Zach Klein
TODAY’S QUESTION
What American tourist attraction was originally known as the island of the pelicans?
Answer (or guess) in the comments. Your prize? Public glory.
Come back tomorrow for the answer.
That question, again: What Bob Dylan album originally included a photo of Italian actress Claudia Cardinale in the gatefold art?
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