The Beatles, The Smashing Pumpkins, Morrissey
Bonus point: Can you figure out an artist who could come next?
Category: puzzler (Page 2 of 4)
One question that involves lateral thinking or combining knowledge, rather than the pure recall of a pub quiz question. Not really suitable for use on quiz night, frankly.
Berlin, Germany; Bristol, Virginia; Fukuoka, Japan; Hollywood, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; London, England; Munich, Germany; San Francisco, California; Stockholm, Sweden
Amsterdam
Barcelona
Houston, TX
Oslo
Paris
Pittsburgh, PA
Santa Fe, NM
St. Petersburg, FL
Need a hint? Try adding Stockbridge, Massachusetts to the list.
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)
What do these cities have in common?
Anaheim, CA
Baldwin Park, CA
Columbus, OH
Greenville, NC
Miami, FL
San Bernardino, CA
San Diego, CA
Wichita, KS
What do these songs have in common?
“Black or White” (Michael Jackson), “Buddy Holly” (Weezer), “Jack and Diane” (John Mellencamp), “Let’s Go Crazy” (Prince), “Live and Let Die” (Wings), and “You’re Beautiful” (James Blunt)
What unusual characteristic do these people have in common?
Warren Beatty, Mel Blanc, Jon Bon Jovi, Sam Cooke, William Faulkner, Zane Grey, Nathaniel Hawthorne, David Hume, Satchel Paige
There are others, which I can dribble out as clues if necessary.
What unusual characteristic do these three elements — and only these three elements — share?
cadmium, manganese, nobelium
Oliver Stone’s movie Wall Street shares an unusual characteristic with two current US TV series, one drama and one comedy. What are they?
Two hints:
From the movie perspective: The film’s most famous speech points at the answer, but not the most famous part of the famous speech.
From the TV perspective: Both shows are on one network.
Rita Coolidge
Jennifer Warnes and Kenny Vance
Sun Ra
Bette Midler
Andrew Gold and Andrae Crouch
(I’ll add a name to this each day until the sequence is complete or someone gets it.)
Hey, I should’ve been updating this — I forgot because someone on the Ken Jennings board cracked it straightaway.