What ’80s anthology film features the only acting performance by horror novelist Joe Hill, as Billy?
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TODAY’S QUESTION
Kids these days aren’t learning much D’Nealian, Getty-Dubay, Spencerian, or Palmer Method. They’re all methods of teaching of what subject that’s disappearing from school curricula?
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That question, again: In the movie version of The Shining, Jack Nicholson goes after his family (and Scatman Crothers) with an axe. But not in the book. What piece of sporting equipment is his weapon of choice in the Stephen King novel?
TODAY’S QUESTION
Let’s lower the brow a little:
In the movie version of The Shining, Jack Nicholson goes after his family (and Scatman Crothers) with an axe. But not in the book. What piece of sporting equipment is his weapon of choice in the Stephen King novel?
PREVIOUSLY
That question, again: What line from the poem “Sacred Emily†is ten words long, but contains just three different words used several times each?
Round 7 at the Old Pequliar on Nov. 18, 2008
Average score: 4.2/10 (15 teams) — a little more difficult than I’d like
1) Stephen King wrote the miniseries Rose Red after he left working on what similar 1999 horror film based on a novel by Shirley Jackson?
2) What 2006 Robert Altman comedy is set at a farewell performance at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota?
3) John Grisham’s favorite adaptation from any of his novels is what 1997 Francis Ford Coppola film co-starring Danny DeVito?
4) What Rob Reiner movie dramatizes the 1994 trial of Byron de la Beckwith, the white supremacist accused of assassinating Medgar Evars in 1963?
5) According to the poster, what 1995 horror film that spawned four sequels features “an evil born in heaven … about to be unleashed on earth”?
6) Alan Smithee and Judas Booth are credited with directing and writing a longer cut of what David Lynch film, which he turned down Return of the Jedi to film?
7) Until this year’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, what 2006 thriller, set in Seattle, was the last Harrison Ford film in theaters ?
8) Mr. Skin’s favorite movie for seeing Jennifer Connelly naked (butt and breasts!) is what 1990 neo-noir directed by Dennis Hopper?
9) What 1992 horror film, inspired by the legend of Mary Worth, spawned two sequels, subtitled Farewell to the Flesh and Day of the Dead?
10) What actor or actress appears in all nine of these movies?
Round 5 at the Old Pequliar on October 7, 2008
Amazon identifies key phrases in many of the books it sells — distinctive phrases or proper names that appear in one book but not many others.
Given five key phrases, can you identify the novel they come from? (Additional clue: They were all first published within the last 100 years.)
1) tighter bomb pattern, more combat missions, stupid mouth, Henry Fonda, and Lieutenant Scheisskopf
2) feminist funeral, ball turret gunner, wrestling practice, Under Toad, and sexual suspect
3) three sénéchaux, seeded womb, corporal mortification, sacred feminine, and Opus Dei
4) grain barges, cell leader, laser drills, new catapult, and Free Luna
5) invisible doctors, banana company, insomnia plague, story about the capon, and siesta time
6) bun compartment, nucular bum, flannel nightshirt, hunting cap, and Patrolman Mancuso
7) keystream letters, Bletchley Park, making license plates, Bobby Shaftoe, and substitution alphabet
8) tennis academy, professional conversationalist, Hal Incandenza, new bong, and howling fantods
9) accused man, fishing gaff, strawberry land, Kabuo Miyamoto, and Island County
10) Las Vegas, rundown bootheels, happy crappy, Captain Trips, and dig your man
Round 5 at the Old Pequliar on May 6, 2008
Average score: 8.33/10 (12 teams)
My ode to Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages. Find the word that fits all three descriptions.
Example:
a planet, a candy bar, and a fictional Veronica: Mars
1) a Saturday Night Live character, something a baker does to a cake, and a unit of butter
2) a Stephen King novel, something Clara Bow had, and someone you try to avoid at recess
3) something done to stomachs, part of a traditional diet, and something that used to be common in Playmates
4) a pharmaceutical term, a shade of blue, and something you seek out at Whistler
5) a particular kind of fiction, something done to prices, and someone who played guitar for Michael Jackson
6) a Sondheim musical, a kind of taxi, and a resident of the Satellite of Love
7) an after dinner cocktail, one of the few kosher insects, and a pop cultural synonym for padawan
8) a resident of Narnia, something women wear, and a typewriter key
9) a chapter of the Qur’an, a Harvey Keitel movie, and something you do to salmon
10) someone who just doesn’t get jazz, a popular intersection in a city, and a carpenter’s tool
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1) What is actor Jaleel White’s most famous role, which he played from 1989-1998?
2) It’s been covered by Ringo Starr, Iron Butterfly, and Sheryl Crow, but the song “White Room” was originally a hit for what band?
3) Inspired by the United States’ conquest of the Philippines, what poet wrote “The White Man’s Burden” in 1899?
4) Which Stephen King novel deals with the unusual life of the White family?
5) What short, frequently cited writing guide was co-authored by E.B. White?
6) In 1963, the White Revolution kicked off a series of 19 reforms, eventually halted by a revolution in 1979, in what country?
7) Betty White met her future husband Allen Ludden when she appeared on what game show that he hosted?
8) Don DeLillo wanted to name his novel White Noise something else, a word derived from Greek and Latin meaning “all sound.” The word was already trademarked by the Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. What brand name is it?
9) In 1948, photographer Margaret Bourke-White became the last journalist to interview what world leader?
10) What’s the actual title of the Beatles’ album popularly known as The White Album?
Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on Sept. 4, 2007.
1) According to Christian tradition, which apostle wrote the Book of Revelation?
2) Which Stephen King novel was his self-described attempt to “do the Lord of the Rings with an American background”?
3) What bestselling series of novels, named after the first book in the series, includes Tribulation Force, Soul Harvest, The Indwelling, Armageddon, and Kingdom Come?
4) After writing his post-apocalyptic novel The Road, Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize and had his first television interview. Who interviewed him?
5) What movie ends with these lines: “You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!”
6) What 1983 foreign-language song did VH1 select as #10 on their list of the 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders?
7) R.E.M.’s song “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” mentions four famous people with the initials LB. Name two of them.
8) Henry Bemis had all the time he wanted to read — but now he’s “just a part of a smashed landscape, just a piece of the rubble, just a fragment of what man has deeded to himself.” What ironic thing happened to Henry Bemis that inspired these closing comments on The Twilight Zone?
9) “This is the way the world ends / not with a bang but a whimper” are the last lines of what TS Eliot poem?
10) In May of this year, CBS canceled Jericho. To protest, fans sent over 20 tons of what to CBS headquarters?
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I’ll name two things, you tell me what comes between them.
1) The geologic period between Triassic and Cretaceous
2) The US federal holiday between Labor Day and Veterans Day
3) The Stephen King novel published between The Shining and The Dead Zone
4) The Monopoly property between Atlantic Avenue and Marvin Gardens
5) Geena Davis’ husband between Richard Emmolo and Renny Harlin
6) The stage of grief between bargaining and acceptance
7) The scientific classification rank between family and species (not subfamily)
8) The US president between Grover Cleveland and Grover Cleveland
9) The Seattle Mariners manager between Lou Piniella and Mike Hargrove
10) From fall 1984 to spring 1986, the sitcom between Cheers and L.A. Law
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