mighty fine trivia by James Callan

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TODAY’S QUESTION:

Sticking with a music theme:

A cover of the Supremes’ “Where Did Our Love Go” hit the Billboard charts in 1982 as the B-side (and sometimes second half) of what song originally recorded by Gloria Jones that peaked at #8 on the hot 100?

YESTERDAY’S ANSWER:

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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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Quiz: Elizabethtown

Every question or answer features a name short for, derived from, or a variation on Elizabeth.

1) Elizabeth I of England was the last monarch in which dynasty?
2) Who played Lizzie McGuire on the 2001-2004 Disney Channel series?
3) In the book Little Women, what illness does Beth die from?
4) Nina Simone had her only top 40 US hit with a song from what George Gershwin opera?
5) Dave Stevens, who created the graphic novel The Rocketeer, modeled the hero’s girlfriend after what 1950s pin-up queen?
6) What computer program, written in 1966, is a chatterbot that mimics the behavior of a Rogerian psychotherapist?
7) What company’s stock ticker symbol is LIZ?
8) Which Apple computer was supposedly named after Steve Jobs’ daughter?
9) Isabel Archer is the main character in what Henry James novel?
10) What role do Giselle Loren, Kristy Swanson, and Sarah Michelle Gellar have in common?

Average score, among 13 teams: 7.00.

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