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[Pub quiz] Movies

12-July-09 / James Callan

Featured as round 7 at the Old Pequliar on June 2, 2009

1) Jennifer Jason Leigh rerecorded over an hour of dialogue as the title character of what 1994 biopic after festival audiences declared her too slurry to understand?

2) The posters for what 1985 Catholic school comedy said “The Brothers preached against vice, lust and disrespect. But that never stopped these guys”?

3) What 1980 drama opens with Burt Lancaster (and the audience) watching Susan Sarandon squeeze fresh lemon juice over her breasts?

4) What 1979 Woody Allen film includes the line “I’m older than her father, can you believe that? I’m dating a girl, wherein, I can beat up her father”?

5) What 1994 drama, the final film directed by Louis Malle, brings a famous Chekhov play to New York?

6) What 1995 teen comedy debuted as a TV series in 1996, featuring Rachel Blanchard as the lead?

7) What 1995 animated blockbuster featured a script polish by Joss Whedon and a lead character once known as Lunar Larry?

8) Bravo’s 50th funniest movie and the AFI’s 88th greatest love story is what 1987 comedy based on a William Goldman novel?

9) “I wouldn’t put on an electric blanket for any reason. … That kind of comfort just separates you from reality in a very direct way,” argues one of the title characters as his companion sips wine in what 1981 drama?

10) Who appeared in all nine of these movies?

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Quiz: Britney Spears

9-July-08 / James Callan

Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on July 1, 2008.
Average score: 6.94/10 (17 teams who know quite a bit about Ms. Spears)

1) The Daniel Edwards sculpture “Monument to Pro-Life” depicts Britney doing what?
2) Spears won a Worst Supporting Actress Razzie for her appearance in what documentary, where she encouraged us to “trust our president in every decision he makes” and “be faithful in what happens”?
3) Rumor has it that Justin Timberlake sang about Britney cheating on him in what 2004 Grammy-winning song? (Arthur Hamilton’s 1953 song does not involve Ms. Spears, however)
4) “My baby is my religion,” declared Britney in 2006, adding that she no longer studied what practice that she was introduced to by Madonna?
5) Before she became a Mouseketeer, Britney competed as a singer on what television series?
6) Britney’s first two albums include what punctuation mark in their titles?
7) Curious, Fantasy, and Believe are the names of three of Britney Spears’ what?
8) Newsstand sales for what 150-year-old magazine took a nosedive when they put Britney on the cover of their April 2008 issue?
9) Britney took two of her favorite places and combined the abbreviations for them to create what four-letter name for what Manhattan restaurant that she opened in 2002?
10) “Easy, boy,” says what Viagra spokesman, calming down his dog at the climax of a commercial where Britney sings an ode to the joy of Pepsi?

Geography

9-January-08 / James Callan

1) The combined area of all Wal-Marts in the world is approximately equal to the area of which of these islands: Manhattan, Maui, Nantucket, or Vancouver Island?
2) Name one of the two states that border a record 8 other states.
3) Paris is the most populous French-speaking city in the world. What’s the second-largest?
4) What present-day country is home to most of the territory of the ancient Etruscan civilization?
5) Multiple choice: which of these distances is the longest: Moscow, Idaho to Moscow, Russia; San Juan Island to San Juan, Puerto Rico; Sun City, AZ to Sun City, South Africa; or Toledo, OH, to Toledo Spain?
6) What Pacific Ocean country is the most linguistically diverse in the world, home to over 820 languages?
7) Angola, East Timor, Macau, and Mozambique are all former colonies of what European country?
8) What country has the world’s second-largest sheep population, but is the world’s largest exporter of wool?
9) What’s the largest city located within the Mojave Desert?
10) What building was the tallest in Seattle for 48 years, from its construction to when the Space Needle was built?

Quiz: Geography

27-June-07 / James Callan

1) What country is the world’s leading producer of mangoes?
2) The smallest county by area in the continental US, New York County, is better known by what name?
3) What city is the oldest state capital in the US?
4) Which country has recorded South America’s record high and record low temperatures, in Rivadavia and Sarmiento, respectively?
5) Canadians who use the busiest border crossing into the US wind up in what city?
6) Which of these language families has the most native speakers: Germanic, Romance, Semitic, or Balto-Slavic?
7) Hitler established Germany’s Third Reich. By his reckoning, what nation, founded in 800 by Charlemagne, was the First Reich?
8) Upon winning the Spanish-American War, the United States was given sovereignty over two islands and an archipelago. Name two of these territories.
9) What Atlantic island nation is both the most populous and oldest remaining British overseas territory?
10) The American Institute of Architects recently released a list of Americans’ 150 favorite buildings. Two buildings from Seattle made the list. For 1 point each, name them. Hint: there’s no Space Needle to be found.
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