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Quiz: Busy Bodies

9-February-09 / James Callan

Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on Feb. 3, 2009

For many celebrities, their trail of romantic conquests is as distinctive as a fingerprint. Given a string of romantic partners, either confirmed or frequently rumored, can you name the one person who’s … um … dated them all?

1) Pamela Anderson, Nicole Eggert, Melissa Gilbert, Liza Minelli, and Erin Moran

2) Richard Dean Anderson, Adam Duritz, David Spade, Kyle MacLachlan, and Jack Nicholson

3) Kathy Griffin, Sofia Coppola, Margaret Cho, Shar Jackson, and Mira Sorvino

4) Prince, Fred Durst, David Spade, Dennis Rodman, and Joan Jett

5) Sherilynn Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Kate Moss, Vanessa Paradis, and Winona Ryder

6) Matthew Perry, Liam Neeson, Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, and Lyle Lovett

7) Carly Simon, Diane Keaton, Natalie Wood, Barbra Streisand, and Madonna

8) Eddie Murphy, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Wesley Snipes, David Justice, and Spike Lee

9) Alison Eastwood, Neve Campbell, Rebecca Romijn, Minnie Driver, and Alexandra Kerry

10) Joey Lawrence, Carson Daly, Alec Baldwin, and John Mayer

22-January-09 / James Callan

TODAY’S QUESTION:

In the mid-19th century, “The Great Blondin” became famous as what kind of performer?

YESTERDAY‘S ANSWER:

Theme: You’ll Figure It Out

8-April-08 / James Callan

Round 2 at the Old Pequliar on April 1, 2008
Average score: 6.48/10 (21 teams)

1) When members of U2 and R.E.M. played at Clinton’s inaugural festivities as Automatic Baby, what U2 song did they play?
2) China discovered it had a population of about 60 million people when its first-ever census concluded in what year? (Julian calendar)
3) According to the Greek poet Hesiod, how many gorgons were there before Medusa got her head lopped off?
4) In English, what’s the only number with a name spelled with exactly as many letters as the number itself?
5) How many pillars of Islam are there?
6) According to musical superstition, a composer will die shortly after completing how many symphonies?
7) What song was the biggest hit from Prince’s “love symbol” album?
8) If you’re raised Mormon, how old are you when you hit the age of accountability, when you know the difference between right and wrong in the eyes of God?
9) What Jimi Hendrix song, which turns a couple of numerals upside-down, was featured on the Easy Rider soundtrack?
10) What risquÃ© 1979 comedy was marketed as “a temptingly tasteful comedy for adults who can count”?

What do these songs have in common?

16-December-07 / James Callan

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)

Simply Red

7-November-07 / James Callan

Note: All answers contain the word “red.”

1) What Neil Diamond song became a #1 hit for UB40 in 1983 and 1988? Bonus hint: this may be my least favorite song in the history of recorded music.
2) On TV, her name was Heather, but Charles Schulz never named her in Peanuts. Who was the unrequited object of Charlie Brown’s affection?
3) What song was Prince’s first top-10 hit in the United States?
4) What city, known as the “bicycle capital of the Northwest,” is home to the only velodrome in Washington State?
5) What future sitcom star was a dishwasher in the 1940s at the speakeasy where Malcolm X waited tables?
6) What 1990s Showtime series featured David Duchovny running a personal ad asking for “stories of love, passion, or betrayal”?
7) The 1920s Yankees were Murderers’ Row. The 1930s Cardinals were the Gashouse Gang. What were the 1970s Cincinnati Reds?
8) What 1983 U2 album became the United Kingdom’s best-selling live recording ever?
9) What 1994 song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, which takes its name from the epic poem Paradise Lost, was featured in all three Scream movies?
10) Sam’s Tavern near the University District [in Seattle, out of towners] eventually became what restaurant, the first in a chain of 307 nationwide?

Average score, 17 teams: 8.00

Quiz: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

5-September-07 / James Callan

1) The first-ever Electric Boogaloo was a sequel to what film?

2) In 2003, what game was registered as an official sport in Norway, under the name “machine dancing”?

3) Fuse TV’s show Pants-Off Dance-Off was hosted during its second season by Jodie Sweetin, formerly a child actor on what sitcom?

4) What scantily-clad Prince protege and rumored romantic partner of Joan Jett released a series of aerobic striptease DVDs?

5) The phrase “it’s got a good beat and you can dance to it” came from the “Rate-A-Record” segment of what TV show?

6) The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack includes an instrumental disco version of what symphony?

7) David Rose’s instrumental “The Stripper,” along with a woman encouraging you to “take it off–take it all off,” was featured in a commercial for what kind of product?

8) According to a 1990 movie title, what is “the forbidden dance”?

9) What pop hit by the Spanish group Los Del Rio was originally choreographed as a rumba?

10) Former musician Jack Mackie is the mastermind behind what whimsical pieces of local public art?

Round 2 at the Old Pequilar on Sept. 4, 2007.

What do these musical artists have in common?

30-July-07 / James Callan

What do these artists have in common: Blur, Harry Connick, Jr., Dread Zeppelin, Jewel, Midnight Oil, Prince, Public Image Limited, Rush, Sugar Ray, The Temptations, Usher, Van Halen, Wire, and Yes?

(This is not an exhaustive list.)

Quiz: Kissing Booth

5-March-07 / James Callan

1) Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman spend three minutes nibbling on each other between bites of chicken in what Hitchcock movie?
2) At the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, Madonna kissed Britney Spears and then what other woman?
3) When Prince performed “Kiss” at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he changed “you don’t have to watch Dynasty” to “you don’t have to watch” what risque sitcom?
4) In the TV movie Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, which band member has super strength and the ability to breathe fire?
5) In 1994, in a controversial episode, Roseanne kisses what female guest star?
6) Some people hear “‘scuse me while I kiss this guy,” but Jimi Hendrix actually sang “‘scuse me while I” what?
7) Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famous photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse on VJ day was originally published in what magazine?
8) Hershey’s Kisses were all chocolate until 1990, when Hershey’s released kisses with what?
9) Brokeback Mountain, Hustle and Flow, Just Friends, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, or Sin City: which film won Best Kiss at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards?
10) The Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate is based on which Shakespeare play?

Average score among 13 teams: 7.23.