In the early ’80s, Wayne Isham was the lucky guy who had to scrape up all the wax after the video shoot for what song?
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What country’s police force is known as the Garda?
What song comes between “Straight Outta Compton” and “Gangsta Gangsta” on the album Straight Outta Compton, and shares its name with a refrain in the song “Cop Killer”?
What comedy team appeared with Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle in the silent era, but didn’t meet Abbott and Costello until 1955?
If Noah, famous nice guy and ark-builder, had an iPod, what would he listen to?
Here are short clips of 11 songs that all – if you think about them right – have something to do with Noah. Name the title and the artist of each song for full credit.
Music quiz: Noah’s ark playlist by scarequotes
How’d you do?
My final regular hosting gig at the Old Pequliar (“Seattle’s Brainiest Trivia Night”) was January 3, and was my annual year-in-review quiz. Here’s a selection of questions adapted from that quiz – were you on my wavelength in 2011?
The Year in Twitter
- In early May, Sohaib Athar  tweeted “Go away helicopter, before I take out my giant swatter.†What city does he live in?
Show ▼ - What company denied negotiating with Jason Castillo for his twitter handle, stating that they were not yet “getting into the minutiae of marketingâ€?
Show ▼ - Who joined Twitter in June, saying in his first tweet: “Dear friends, I just launched News.va. Praised be our lord Jesus Christ!â€
Show ▼ - Who received a firestorm of criticism after he tweeted, in response to Ryan Dunn’s death, that “friends don’t let jackasses drink and driveâ€?
Show ▼ - When David Wiggs complained that a White House briefing was dull, the White House responded with a link to what popular destination?
Show ▼
What unusual circumstance do these people have in common?
- Will Arnett
- Steve Carell
- Billy Connolly
- Nikki Cox
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Donna Dixon
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Elisabeth Moss
- Gene Wilder
Q: What character visits the land of the Soviets, the Congo, America, the Moon, and Tibet, and uncovers the secret of the Unicorn?
Theme: Johnny Two Times. The answer repeats a word or syllable. Continue reading
Q: What Catch-22 character resembles Henry Fonda, and thanks to an IBM computer with a sense of humor, outranks Captain Aardvark but is outranked by Lieutenant Colonel Korn?
Theme: Johnny Two Times. The answer repeats a word or phrase.
Q: What Dutch company marketed its products in the US with the slogan “the number one-one GPS-S in the world-world”?
Theme: Johnny Two Times. The answer repeats a word or phrase.