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Quiz: Pop Seattle

Round 3 at Post on October 20, 2008

The third round of trivia for the Yes on Seattle Prop. 1 fundraiser focused on local pop culture. Some of these appeared in other quizzes, though much is new.

Special tip of the hat to Jen Koogler at Scarecrow Video for tracking down the info for the tiebreaker question this round. Merci!

1) For Hump! 4, this year’s amateur porn contest, filmmakers could get extra credit by including what political candidate in their movie?
2) The Coryell Court Apartments at 1820 E Thomas became famous because of what 1992 release?
3) KUOW alumnus and former Seattleite John Moe currently hosts what weekly radio program produced by American Public Media?
4) In September, local band Heart asked the McCain campaign to stop playing what song at their events?
5) The notorious Led Zeppelin “shark episode” took place during their 1969 stay at what local hotel?
6) “Songs From a Parallel Universe,” an album of cello compositions, was recorded in 2003 aboard what ferry, which is now located in Tacoma?
7) Chris Wedes is much better known in Seattle by what name?
8) What article of clothing, worn by Richard Hatch on Survivor: All Stars, was originally made from a pair of green military field pants?
9) Mistress Matisse, Shannon Kringen, Elisabeth Eaves, and Victoria Langley have all worked at what famed local landmark, originally known as the Sultan Theater?
10) What local band was originally named Mookie Blaylock until legal concerns forced a name change?
11) How many laserdiscs does Scarecrow Video still have in its rental inventory?

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Quiz: Sellouts (an audio round)

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


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2007 in Fluff in Review

1) What movie did Katherine Heigl say was “a little sexist. It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys”?
2) The surviving members of what band, plus one of their sons on drums, reunited on December 10 at the Ahmet Ertegun Benefit Concert in London?
3) Which popular novel starts with two quotes about death, one from ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus and one from American Quaker William Penn?
4) What reality series inspired legislators in New Mexico to close a loophole in their child labor laws?
5) In July, who won the job that George Hamilton, Ian Ziering, Mario Lopez, John O’Hurley, and Rosie O’Donnell all wanted?
6) In April, an Indian court issued an arrest warrant for Richard Gere because he did what to Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty?
7) Within a week of the HBO series John from Cincinnati‘s debut, what 1981 song briefly became the #1 download on iTunes?
8) Gossip-blogger Perez Hilton declared that the best sex tape of 2007 was the one featuring which socialite and reality TV star?
9) What brand-new gadget did designer Chip Kidd critique as “something that looks like a prop from Charlie’s Angels and has, are you ready, a whopping ONE typeface”?
10) What singer did Newsweek describe as a “perfect storm of sex kitten, raw talent, and poor impulse control”?
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Keeping Up with the Joneses

1) What unusual flavor did Jones Soda first bring to market in November 2003, and re-release every year since at about the same time?
2) Before switching to track and field, Marion Jones attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a scholarship in what sport?
3) Which current presidential candidate wrote the book Kids Who Kill, inspired by the 1998 school shootings in Jonesboro, Arkansas?
4) What full name do the American Revolution and Led Zeppelin have in common?
5) Bob Jones, Sr., of Christian college fame declared that what evangelist was “doing more harm in the cause of Jesus Christ than any living man” because he was leading “foolish and untaught Christians … into disobedience to the Word of God”?
6) The title characters of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling and Bridget Jones’s Diary share the last name Jones. What what last name do their authors share?
7) Who was fired as the editor of Mother Jones magazine in 1986 and used his wrongful termination settlement to partially fund his 1989 debut film?
8) Bob Dylan tells Mr. Jones — rather than Mr. or Mrs. Charles — that “something is happening here, but you don’t know what it is” in what song?
9) They always warn you “Don’t drink the Kool Aid,” but if you were in Jonestown, your poisoned grape drink would actually be what competing product?
10) On May 22 next year, you can see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of what?

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