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| Number | 1 |
| Realm | First Question |
| Subrealm | You Know The Answer |
| Question | If Andrew Lloyd Weber followed in the grand tradition of Van Wilder 2:The Rise of Taj, Bring it On Again, and other sequels that share neither main characters nor locations of the original, and additionally took inspiration from some really bad fan fiction, what would be the result? |
| Answer | Laymen JC Superstars: Take Me Caiaphas! |
| Song | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Artist | The cast of Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Hint | The running team's name |
| Number | 2 |
| Realm | Children's Lit |
| Subrealm | That isn't Harry Potter |
| Question | Which children's series, later turned into a movie, featured Kristy, the tomboy, Mary Anne, the shy one, Stacey, the sophisticated one, and Claudia, the artistic one? |
| Answer | The Baby-sitters Club |
| Song | Stacey's Mom |
| Artist | Fountains of Wayne |
| Hint | The series is set in Connecticut. |
| Number | 3 |
| Realm | More Children's Literature |
| Subrealm | Still Not Harry Potter |
| Question | It came to our attention that certain of your male trivia masters who shall remain nameless, were fans of the American Girl Series in their youth. Name one American Girl that couldn't speak English at the beginning of the series. |
| Answer | Kirsten or Kaia or Josefina |
| Song | American Woman |
| Artist | The Guess Who |
| Number | 4 |
| Realm | The News |
| Subrealm | Big News |
| Question | This was the most heated and debated question of the 2007 news cycle. Now it has finally been answered. Who was Anna Nicole Smith's Baby's daddy? |
| Answer | Larry Birkhead |
| Song | Who's Your Daddy? |
| Artist | Toby Keith |
| Number | 5 |
| Realm | Clerks |
| Subrealm | Not the movie |
| Question | Governor's Councilor Marilyn P. Devaney allegedly hurled what object at a Waltham store clerk after the store refused to take her personal check? |
| Answer | a curling iron |
| Song | Beauty School Drop Out |
| Artist | The cast of Grease |
| Hint | At least it wasn't hot. |
| Number | 6 |
| Realm | Canadians |
| Subrealm | I'm squishing your head |
| Question | Which 90s television show featured the following recurring characters: Cabbage Head, the Chicken Lady, the King of Empty Promises, Sir Simon Milligan, and two clearly insane people? |
| Answer | The Kids in the Hall |
| Song | All the Kids are Right |
| Artist | Local H |
| Hint | The show aired on comedy central |
| Number | 7 |
| Realm | Theme Dinners |
| Subrealm | But not at Dodd |
| Question | In the movie "Better off Dead", Lane's mother makes a dinner in honor of the French foreign exchange student, Monique. She says she is serving "French bread, French dressing, French fries", and what drink? |
| Answer | Peru (prompt on Perrier) |
| Song | Black Water |
| Artist | The Doobie Brothers |
| Hint | It is also the name of a South American country |
| Number | 8 |
| Realm | Name Changes |
| Subrealm | And their consequences |
| Question | Karen Dobos of Virginia Beach wants a new name but she's chosen a strange way of deciding what that new name will be. What is the unusual step she's taking? |
| Answer | She's auctioning off the privilege of choosing her new surname |
| Song | Say My Name |
| Artist | Destiny's Child |
| Number | 9 |
| Realm | The Olympics |
| Subrealm | Firsts |
| Question | Margaret Abbot came in first place in swimming in the Olympics, but 20 years later Ethelda Bleibtry was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. How can this be true? |
| Answer | Margaret was awarded a porcelain bowl, not a medal |
| Song | 1985 |
| Artist | Bowling for Soup |
| Number | 10 |
| Realm | They came from outer space |
| Subrealm | We swear |
| Question | A seed from a European rush was super-glued onto the Orgueil meteorite in a hoax to support what theory? |
| Answer | panspermia |
| Song | We are the Earth Intruders |
| Artist | Björk |
| Number | 11 |
| Realm | Shows Your Grandmother Watches |
| Subrealm | Not the Golden Girls |
| Question | When an actress on this tv show decided to have a facelift, instead of going on leave and having a stand in, she had it written into the script that her character also get a facelift, complete with hospitalization and recovery. |
| Answer | The Young and the Restless |
| Song | Nadia's Theme (The Young and the Restless theme song) |
| Artist | (None required) |
| Number | 12 |
| Realm | Aliens |
| Subrealm | From the planet Melmac |
| Question | Gordon Shumway, also known as Alf., loved eating cats. What was the name of the Tanner family's cat, which Alf never was able to eat? |
| Answer | Lucky |
| Song | Lucky Star |
| Artist | Madonna |
| Number | 13 |
| Realm | Celebrity fashion |
| Subrealm | Staples |
| Question | In 2004, Jerry Seinfeld donated a particular item to the Museum of American History that was to be displayed along with Kermit the frog and Dorothy's ruby slippers. What was the name of the Seinfeld episode in which this item made its debut? |
| Answer | "The Puffy Shirt" |
| Song | The Fitted Shirt |
| Artist | Spoon |
| Number | 14 |
| Realm | Hollywood does Shakespeare |
| Subrealm | And he's spinning in his grave |
| Question | In 10 Things I Hate About You, Kat Stratford's father is furious after she crashes her car. What does he say their auto insurance doesn't cover? |
| Answer | PMS |
| Song | Bitch |
| Artist | Meredith Brooks |
| Hint | Maybe their health insurance will |
| Number | 15 |
| Realm | All roads lead to Rome |
| Subrealm | Finding Nemo (all drains lead to the ocean) |
| Question | In the 1950s, scientists noticed that a major U.S. river feeding into a port city was being "captured" by something called the Atchafalaya. To prevent this, the Army Corps of Engineers built the Old River Control Structure, which they still maintain. What is the Atchafalaya and what river is it running away with? |
| Answer | The Atchafalaya is a river, it is capturing the Mississippi River |
| Song | The Battle of New Orleans |
| Artist | Jimmy Driftwood |
| Hint | Morgan City, site of the 1917 Tarzan film, sits on the Atchafalaya |
| Number | 16 |
| Realm | Irish Men |
| Subrealm | Not in James Joyce |
| Question | Although he was popular in the 1980's, Uncle O'Grimacey never became as well known as his nephew. Who is his famous nephew? |
| Answer | Grimace, from McDonalds |
| Song | Violet |
| Artist | Hole |
| Number | 17 |
| Realm | Beauty and the Geek |
| Subrealm | A Dangerous Geek (dramatic emphasis) |
| Question | This man attempted an assassination to impress Jodi Foster- the Oscars were delayed a day as a result. Who was the assassin and who was the target? |
| Answer | assassin = John Hinckley and victim = Ronald Reagan |
| Song | Unworthy of Your Love |
| Artist | Assassins |
| Hint | The victim received a state funeral upon his later death. |
| Number | 18 |
| Realm | Life After College |
| Subrealm | It's not what it's cracked up to be |
| Question | The actor who played Louis Skolnick, everyone's favorite Tri-Lam, in 1984s Revenge of the Nerds had a steady role on what recent Disney Channel series? |
| Answer | Lizzie McGuire |
| Song | Come Clean |
| Artist | Hilary Duff |
| Number | 19 |
| Realm | The History of Fruits |
| Subrealm | Not Oscar Wilde |
| Question | This fruit was officially introduced to the American public at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. Name this fruit that was wrapped in foil and sold for 10 cents. |
| Answer | Banana |
| Song | Philadelphia Freedom |
| Artist | Elton John |
| Number | 20 |
| Realm | Oopsies |
| Subrealm | Big Oopsies |
| Question | Two major North American lakes are nearing record low levels set in the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. While some people think this is due to natural fluctuations, the Georgian Bay Association contends that the lakes are emptying into the ocean because the Army Corps of Engineers did what? Bonus: Name the lakes |
| Answer | "poked a hole" in the bottom of the lakes (when they dredged the St. Clair River in the 1960s) Lake Michigan and Lake Huron |
| Song | Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald |
| Artist | Gordon Lightfoot |
| Hint | The two lakes are actually connected by a waterway |
| Number | 21 |
| Realm | Bringing People Together |
| Subrealm | And keeping them apart |
| Question | The Golden State Fence Company was contracted to build the fence between the U.S. and Mexico. What was its owner, Melvin Kay, sentenced to six months of house arrest for this spring? |
| Answer | employing illegal immigrants |
| Song | The Immigrant Song |
| Artist | Led Zeppelin |
| *** PLUG YOUR EARS!!! HORRIBLE SONG QUARTET #1 *** | |
| Number | 22 |
| Realm | Guys and Dolls |
| Subrealm | Dolls |
| Question | What name are the 19 year-old Ashley Nicole Miller and Heather Lyn Johnston better known as? |
| Answer | The Barbie Bandits/Bug Eyed Bandits |
| Song | Tsiti Barbi |
| Artist | (None required) |
| Number | 23 |
| Realm | Skynet |
| Subrealm | I'll Be Back |
| Question | Although Arnold Schwarzenegger has moved on to become the Governator, this does not mean that the Terminator story is over. This year, Fox intends to launch a pilot of a TV show based on the Terminator franchise, featuring Summer Glau (who played River in Firefly) as a Terminator. What is this planned series' name? |
| Answer | The Sarah Connor Chronicles |
| Song | Don't Tell Me Your Name |
| Artist | Euromotion |
| Number | 24 |
| Realm | Not Today |
| Subrealm | Not on Rex Manning Day |
| Question | In the movie Empire Records, Marc tells AJ that Cory is going to a college filled with blonde men who eat ivy and row boats. He isn't talking about Williams, so which college is he referring to? |
| Answer | Harvard University |
| Song | Tip Top |
| Artist | Tip Top |
| Hint | It isn't in our league. |
| Number | 25 |
| Realm | Bad Euro Pop |
| Subrealm | With a Mission! |
| Question | This Swedish musician, who performed here in Goodrich last night, and hopes to build an empire of love, says these are the four main things in his life. What are they? |
| Answer | Champagne, Glamour, Sex, and Respect |
| Song | Tra La La |
| Artist | Gunther |
| *** SWEET RELIEF!!! HORRIBLE SONG QUARTET #1 HAS COME TO AN END *** | |
| Number | 26 |
| Realm | Kids Today |
| Subrealm | Oh Gunther what have you done? |
| Question | In late March, 4 fifth grade students, age 11 to 13 faced potential criminal charges after doing what when their teacher left the room? |
| Answer | Having sex in front of their classmates |
| Song | Uhn tiss uhn tiss uhn tiss |
| Artist | The Bloodhound Gang |
| Hint | And you thought kissing a boy/girl would give you cooties... |
| Number | 27 |
| Realm | Dopplegangers |
| Subrealm | Look behind you |
| Question | Dr. Miles Bennet, the protagonist of the 1956 film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" discovers the invasion of the 'Pod People' after encountering a large number of cases of people fearing their loved ones have been replaced by impostors. While there is no evidence yet for 'Pod People' on earth, the belief that loved ones have been replaced by impostors is a well described neurological syndrome. For one point, please give the name of this delusion. |
| Answer | Capgras delusion, Capgras syndrome |
| Song | Alright |
| Artist | Supergrass |
| Number | 28 |
| Realm | Snakes on a Plane |
| Subrealm | Ripley's Believe It or Not |
| Question | What happened to pilot Hank Dempsey at 2,500 feet in the air when he went to check on a rattling noise in his airplane? |
| Answer | He fell out the door but caught himself on the stairs and hung on (for 25 min.) until his co-pilot landed the plane. |
| Song | Fallin' |
| Artist | Alicia Keys |
| Hint | He should have kept his seat belt on. |
| Number | 29 |
| Realm | Places that you've never been |
| Subrealm | and you'll never want to go |
| Question | There is only one town in the United States that is named "Beach". In which state is it located? |
| Answer | (land-locked) North Dakota |
| Song | Surfin' USA |
| Artist | The Beach Boys |
| Hint | It is also home to the Badlands. |
| Number | 30 |
| Realm | Save the Chimpanzee, Save the World |
| Subrealm | Get these motherfucking chimps off this motherfucking planet! |
| Question | In Escape from the Planet of the Apes, the third portion of the epic five-part movie series, the race of intelligent apes is saved from elimination by the generosity of the most unlikeliest of men. Who is this man who thus unwittingly sealed the fate of humanity? |
| Answer | Armando -or- Ricardo Montalban -or- (for a secret three point play) KHAAAAN! |
| Song | Through the Looking Glass |
| Artist | The Monkees |
| Number | 31 |
| Realm | English History |
| Subrealm | Great Kings |
| Question | Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and eventually also Duke of Normandy met his untimely end how? |
| Answer | Food poisoning from eating 'a surfeit of lampreys' |
| Song | Too Many Fish in the Sea |
| Artist | The Marvalettes |
| Number | 32 |
| Realm | Producers |
| Subrealm | Not the Musical |
| Question | This film was originally to be titled "King of the Jungle" until producers realized the main characters therein do not actually live in the jungle. What film is this? |
| Answer | The Lion King |
| Song | King Without a Crown |
| Artist | Matisyahu |
| Hint | It was probably a defining experience in your childhood. |
| Number | 33 |
| Realm | We're Going to the Chapel |
| Subrealm | And We're Not Getting Married |
| Question | On March 29th, 2006 a gigantic "diamond" ring appeared in Brazil. Where did this ring come from? |
| Answer | it was the ring from a solar eclipse |
| Song | Black Hole Sun |
| Artist | Soundgarden |
| Number | 34 |
| Realm | Death before dishonor |
| Subrealm | If you're not careful |
| Question | Hundreds of years before Viagra and Cialis came along what simple procedure that you can still try at home was used to treat erectile dysfunction? |
| Answer | Autoerotic Asphyxiation |
| Song | Barely Breathing |
| Artist | Duncan Sheik |
| Number | 35 |
| Realm | 80's Bands |
| Subrealm | and their terrible fashion sense |
| Question | In the Tears for Fears music video for "Head over Heels", set in a library, the band members assume different personas. The singer is a nerdy student in love with a librarian, while the keyboard player and drummer are a biker and an Amish man, and a random mokey donned a red sox uniform. What is Curt Smith, the bassist, dressed as? |
| Answer | A janitor |
| Song | Do it Clean |
| Artist | Echo and the Bunnymen |
| Number | 36 |
| Realm | Nations |
| Subrealm | Inconsequential Ties that Bind |
| Question | What do Bulgaria, Cyprus, England, Iran, Iraq, Korea, Luxembourg, Maldives, Romania, and Slovakia all have in common. |
| Answer | Their national flower is the rose |
| Song | Blood and Roses |
| Artist | The Smithereens |
| Number | 37 |
| Realm | Disney Divas |
| Subrealm | They do exist |
| Question | Julie Andrews refused to perform the song "The Eyes of Love" in the motion picture Marry Poppins. As a result, which song was substituted in its place? |
| Answer | "A Spoonful of Sugar" |
| Song | Summer in the City |
| Artist | The Lovin' Spoonful |
| Number | 38 |
| Realm | If at First You don't Succeed |
| Subrealm | Yeah Right |
| Question | In March 2004, during Ephraim Williams' annual birthday bash, Williams College tried to break the World Guinness Record for having the most people do what simultaneously? |
| Answer | Pop Balloons |
| Song | 99 Red Balloons (English version) |
| Artist | Nena |
| Hint | If you don't like loud noises, this isn't for you. |
| Number | 39 |
| Realm | Internet Pseudonyms |
| Subrealm | Not a 40 year old man in a basement |
| Question | In 2006, a YouTube video blogger purporting to be an American teenager home schooled by extremely religious parents was revealed to be 19-year-old New Zealand actress. What was her YouTube username and who was she in real life? |
| Answer | Lonelygirl15, Jessica Rose |
| Song | Lonely |
| Artist | Akon |
| Number | 40 |
| Realm | Fashion |
| Subrealm | Limited Supply |
| Question | On the show Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, Mr. Rogers is rarely seen without a sweater, although he did wear a Speedo bathing suit in one episode. Who knit most of his sweaters? |
| Answer | His mother |
| Song | Kids |
| Artist | Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue |
| Number | 41 |
| Realm | Marital Strife |
| Subrealm | At least she didn't pull a Loretta Bobbett |
| Question | Most marriages have their troubles. But hostilities between Rudolf Gibbs and his wife escalated to the point where she took him to court and he was given a six-month conditional discharge after pleading guilty. Why did his wife sue him? |
| Answer | He broke his wife's Rampant Rabbit vibrator. |
| Song | Coin Operated Boy |
| Artist | The Dresden Dolls |
| Number | 42 |
| Realm | LOST |
| Subrealm | They were there all along... really! |
| Question | This April, the ABC hit series LOST, ran an episode in which the creators provided the back-story of two characters that were spontaneously added in the third season and universally hated by fans. Who were these two, and how did they meet their demise? |
| Answer | Nicki and Paolo were inadvertently buried alive by the other survivors after they were paralyzed by a poisonous spider. |
| Song | Toxic |
| Artist | Britney Spears |
| Number | 43 |
| Realm | The Stars |
| Subrealm | Our Shiny Friends |
| Question | What is the only sign in the zodiac that is an inanimate object? |
| Answer | Libra-the scales |
| Song | Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In |
| Artist | The Fifth Dimension |
| Hint | Justice holds these. |
| Number | 44 |
| Realm | Death and Taxes |
| Subrealm | And You Think Your Job Sucks |
| Question | In April 2007, an IRS agent in Rankin County, Mississippi was just going about her business when what attacked her? |
| Answer | a pet monkey |
| Song | Tax Man |
| Artist | The Beatles |
| Hint | I might buy you one if had $1,000,000 |
| Number | 45 |
| Realm | Public Dangers in Boston |
| Subrealm | Beside the Mooninites |
| Question | What is the hazard to the environment and blight of the landscape that the Boston City Council is trying to ban? |
| Answer | Plastic Bags |
| Song | Teenage Dirtbag |
| Artist | Wheatus |
| Number | 46 |
| Realm | I vant to suck your blood! (Dramatc Voice) |
| Subrealm | But there's a candle! |
| Question | We all know to use citronella candles to get rid of mosquitoes, but what is it about citronella that bothers them? |
| Answer | it irritates their feet |
| Song | Drop Dead Legs |
| Artist | Van Halen |
| Number | 47 |
| Realm | It's not the Prom |
| Subrealm | It's not Queer Bash either |
| Question | July 13th and 14th 2007 will mark the tenth anniversary of an annual masquerade ball in honor of what 80s cult film? |
| Answer | Labyrinth |
| Song | Lady Stardust |
| Artist | David Bowie |
| Number | 48 |
| Realm | International Relations |
| Subrealm | Coalition of the Shilling |
| Question | The United States is generally known as the last bastion of the English system of units, against the onslaught of the evil Jacobin metric system. However, the United States is not alone in its struggle. Name the two other intrepid nations of the world that have resisted the tide of metrication: |
| Answer | Burma (Myanmar) and Liberia |
| Song | I'm Gonna Be (Five Hundred Miles) |
| Artist | The Proclaimers |
| Number | 49 |
| Realm | Samuel Huntington, eat your heart out. |
| Subrealm | Metric-style. |
| Question | Well... maybe we were wrong. Perhaps the US isn't as non-metric as we thought it was. As it turns out, there's an entire Interstate Highway that has its distances marked entirely in (gasp) meters and kilometers! What is this perfidious interstate? |
| Answer | I-19, between Nogales and Tuscon |
| Song | Get Back |
| Artist | The Beatles |
| Number | 50 |
| Realm | Under The Sea |
| Subrealm | Its Not Always Better down where it's wetter |
| Question | First identified in 1925,the first specimen recovered intact was caught on the surface of the Ross Sea in 2003. New Zealand fishermen captured a male specimen in February. What is this strange creature, indigenous to the deep oceans of Antarctica,? |
| Answer | Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni or the Colossal Squid |
| Song | Walk on the Ocean |
| Artist | Toad the Wet Sprocket |
| Hint | It's too big to fit on your dinner plate. |
| Number | 51 |
| Realm | Not a psychoactive substance |
| Subrealm | but still really really trippy |
| Question | In the 1970's Robert Harvey and Don Emery were ready to market a protein from a West African berry that makes anything acidic taste like candy... that is, until the FDA banned marketing citing years of expensive testing necessary to approve sales of a food additive. What is the name of this protein? |
| Answer | Miraculin |
| Song | Sugar Never Tasted So Good |
| Artist | The White Stripes |
| Number | 52 |
| Realm | Royalty |
| Subrealm | And their Descendants |
| Question | Many singers have stage names that are patently false. Prince was not a prince and you wouldn't want Dr. Dre operating on you. Which "royal" singer actually is related to a member of the Danish monarchy? |
| Answer | Queen Latifah |
| Song | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| Artist | Queen |
| Number | 53 |
| Realm | Royalty |
| Subrealm | Never ask a woman her age |
| Question | The queen of England recently paid a visit to the United States and got the royal treatment including trumpets, a 21-gun salute, and a white-tie dinner. During her welcoming ceremony on the White House Lawn though, Bush made one of his classic slips of the tongue. What event did Bush nearly say Queen Elizabeth was present for in the United States? |
| Answer | America's Bicentennial in "1776" |
| Song | Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon |
| Artist | Neil Diamond |
| Hint | Math was never his strong point... |
| Number | 54 |
| Realm | Children's nursery songs |
| Subrealm | Everything that money can buy |
| Question | In 1962, the old London Bridge that crossed the Thames was "falling down;" increased traffic flow was causing the stone bridge to literally sink into the mud. The bridge was put up for sale and was relocated by its new owner, Robert McCulloch, to what U.S. city? |
| Answer | Lake Havasu City, Arizona |
| Song | Ocean Front Property |
| Artist | George Strait |
| Hint | it's in the desert |
| Number | 55 |
| Realm | This is... TRIVIA |
| Subrealm | Tonight we dine in... TONGA |
| Question | The movie 300 caused an uproar in the international community. Why? |
| Answer | Allegedly Anti-Iranian propaganda |
| Song | Grease |
| Artist | Frankie Valli |
| Hint | And you thought the phrase "Axis of Evil" upset people. |
| Number | 56 |
| Realm | The Excesses of Capitalism |
| Subrealm | Take a bath, dirty pigs! |
| Question | Where is ten percent of total perfume sold in the United Kingdom purchased? |
| Answer | Heathrow Airport |
| Song | Airport Song |
| Artist | Guster |
| Hint | Scenes from "Love Actually" were set here. |
| Number | 57 |
| Realm | Orphans |
| Subrealm | Some People Don't Deserve Parents |
| Question | After Gilbert Blythe called Anne of Green Gables "Carrots", what did she do? |
| Answer | She hit him with her slate |
| Song | Kung Fu Fighting |
| Artist | Carl Douglas |
| Hint | they were in a schoolhouse |
| Number | 58 |
| Realm | Orphans |
| Subrealm | Some People Deserve Parents |
| Question | Running for two seasons on NBC until it was cancelled and produced for two more years by Columbia Pictures Television, what "Little Orphan Annie," -esque 1980's television show featured the antics of a young girl abandoned in a supermarket parking lot and adopted by an aging photographer? |
| Answer | Punky Brewster |
| Song | I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker |
| Artist | Sandi Thom |
| Number | 59 |
| Realm | Some kids live in cardboard boxes |
| Subrealm | Some kids live in boxcars |
| Question | What were the names of the four children in the Boxcar Mysteries series by Gertrude Chandler Warner? |
| Answer | Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny |
| Song | Midnight Train To Georgia |
| Artist | Gladys Knights |
| Hint | Two boys and two girls |
| Number | 60 |
| Realm | Siege Warfare |
| Subrealm | And you thought the Trojans were stupid... |
| Question | The infamous Harald Hardrada, one of the last of the Vikings, made his name fighting for-who else? the Byzantine Empire. In one notable instance, when faced with the task of taking a particularly tenacious city, he decided it to capture it by a particularly clever ruse. How did he pull it off? |
| Answer | Pretending to fall deathly ill, he asked for a Christian burial within the walls of the city as his last wish. They obliged, and his 'coffin' was carried into the city by Viking pallbearers. Once within the city walls, he popped out of the coffin and sacked the city. |
| Song | Six Feet Under |
| Artist | No Doubt |
| Number | 61 |
| Realm | You fight like a dairy farmer! |
| Subrealm | How appropriate... you fight like a cow. |
| Question | Despite his overall awesomeness, Harald Hardrada was not successful in his last adventure, his invasion of England. When the then-King of England, Harold II, was informed that Hardrada aimed to conquer all of England, what was his clever-and ultimately correct-retort? |
| Answer | "I will give him just six feet of English soil; or, since they say he is a tall man, I will give him seven feet!" (both clauses required) |
| Song | Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall |
| Artist | The Velvet Underground |
| *** PLUG YOUR EARS AGAIN, IT'S TIME FOR THE SECOND HORRIBLE SONG QUARTET OF THE NIGHT *** | |
| Number | 62 |
| Realm | Christmas Cheer |
| Subrealm | Or Not |
| Question | In the 1984 movie Gremlins, Kate Beringer has a deep-seated hatred of Christmas and near the end of the movie she explains to Billy Peltzer why this is so. Now tell us, why does Kate hate Christmas so much? |
| Answer | Her dad died after getting stuck in a chimney on Christmas Eve in an effort to surprise her. |
| Song | Last Christmas |
| Artist | Wham! |
| Number | 63 |
| Realm | Those Crazy Brits |
| Subrealm | Those Sexy Brits? |
| Question | In the film "Love Actually" we are met with a huge cast of good-looking actors. And then there is the character Colin who has no luck in the lady department. He decides to go to America to woo the ladies, because he has heard that American women love a British accent. To what bustling metropolis does his flight take him? |
| Answer | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Song | Christmas is all around us |
| Artist | Billy Mack |
| Number | 64 |
| Realm | Countdown With Keith Olbermann |
| Subrealm | He Trolls YouTube So We Don't Have To |
| Question | Last December, MSNBC newscaster Keith Olbermann introduced us to the first casualty of the War on Christmas by reproducing a hilarious Youtube video in his nightly newscast. In that video, how was Johnny Herlofsky of Minneapolis injured, and what does this have to do with Christmas? |
| Answer | He fell off of his roof onto his car while in a Santa suit. |
| Song | The Night Santa Went Crazy |
| Artist | Weird Al Yankovic |
| Number | 65 |
| Realm | Hicks |
| Subrealm | Hicks Jaywalking |
| Question | In the tv special based off of the following song, Santa was not the cause of the title character's injuries. What scheming relative framed Jolly Saint Nick? |
| Answer | Cousin Mel |
| Song | Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer |
| Artist | Elmo and Patsy |
| *** ALL'S CLEAR. THE SECOND HORRIBLE SONG QUARTET IS OVER. WE MAKE NO PROMISES AS TO WHETHER IT WAS THE LAST *** | |
| Number | 66 |
| Realm | Evil White People |
| Subrealm | Alive and not on your door |
| Question | When called to appear in front of the media, what one time "rapper" only admitted to being an avid stamp collector |
| Answer | Karl "MC" Rove |
| Song | Pretty Fly for a White Guy |
| Artist | The Offspring |
| Number | 67 |
| Realm | Modern Art |
| Subrealm | We Don't get it either |
| Question | German painter Georg Baselitz started off his career having two paintings seized by the police due to immorality. Nowadays his subject matter is not so controversial, but what is strange about his more recent paintings? |
| Answer | They are hung upside down |
| Song | Head Over Feet |
| Artist | Alanis Morissette |
| Number | 68 |
| Realm | Classical art |
| Subrealm | We should get it |
| Question | "What a slut!" said Geroge Moore, one of the founders of Analytic philosophy, in response to a woman depicted in which of Edgar Degas's paintings? |
| Answer | L'Absinthe |
| Song | Absinthe party at the Fly Honey Warehouse |
| Artist | Minus the Bear |
| Number | 69 |
| Realm | Question 69 |
| Subrealm | Top or Bottom? |
| Question | Featuring unusually high production values for a pornographic film, what is the most expensive pornographic movie ever made? |
| Answer | Pirates |
| Song | He's a Pirate (Orchestral Remix) |
| Artist | Tiesto |
| Hint | Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp |
| Number | 70 |
| Realm | Household Pets |
| Subrealm | Not your typical dog or cat |
| Question | What animal did eccentric nineteenth century French poet Gerard de Nerval take for walks through the streets of Paris on a blue ribbon? |
| Answer | A lobster |
| Song | Les Poissons |
| Artist | The Little Mermaid? |
| Hint | Careful, he might bite/pinch. |
| Number | 71 |
| Realm | Governors |
| Subrealm | Your favorite one |
| Question | As a body builder and international movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger was the favorite child of his hometown Graz, Austria. What did the governator do to cause city officials to strip his name from the Arnold-Schwarzenegger soccer stadium? |
| Answer | He didn't pardon "Tookie" Williams from the death penalty |
| Song | O Death |
| Artist | Ralph Stanley |
| Number | 72 |
| Realm | Senses |
| Subrealm | There's only five, right? |
| Question | In M. Night Shyamalan's 'Sixth Sense', Haley Joel Osment has the ability to interact with dead people. While there is little scientific evidence such an ability is possible, recently attention has been drawn to a 'fifth sense' possessed by nearly everyone. In fact, the Japanese company Ajinomoto has been capitalizing on this 'fifth sense' since 1909, though the unique receptors responsible were not identified until the late 1990s. What is the Japanese name for this fifth sense? |
| Answer | umami- it is the fifth taste. |
| Song | My Stupid Mouth |
| Artist | John Mayer |
| Number | 73 |
| Realm | Great Detectives |
| Subrealm | ...Shouldn't Marry Their Watsons |
| Question | In September 2003, The Onion reported the death of the great detective responsible for Idaville, Florida's amazing "arrest-and-conviction-due-to-obscure-trivia" rate, the highest in the nation. He was survived by his childhood friend and wife until their 1986 divorce, Sally Kimball-Brown. Who was this detective, the star of an Edgar Award-winning series of mystery books? |
| Answer | Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown. ('Encyclopedia' required) |
| Song | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown |
| Artist | Jim Croce. |
| Number | 74 |
| Realm | John Cusack |
| Subrealm | With guns! |
| Question | One of our favorite movies here at Trivia Headquarters is Grosse Pointe Blank, the heartwarming story of a hit man played by John Cusack who goes back to his ten-year high school reunion in hopes of changing his life and reuniting with his high school sweetheart. At one point in the movie, Cusack mentions owning a cat, commenting [quote] "you don't know my cat, it's very demanding." as 'it'. He is teased for not even knowing his cat's gender. How does he respond? |
| Answer | "I respect its privacy." |
| Song | RESPECT |
| Artist | Aretha Franklin |
| Number | 75 |
| Realm | 80's cartoons |
| Subrealm | Carebears |
| Question | Which Care Bear is ironically best friends with Funshine Bear, despite Funshine Bear's caring mission of helping people have fun? |
| Answer | Grumpy Bear |
| Song | I am a Man of Constant Sorrow |
| Artist | The Soggy Bottom Boys |
| Number | 76 |
| Realm | Journalism |
| Subrealm | Pulitizer Prize Honorable Mention -- Editorial |
| Question | While the editorial board of The Williams Record might not think he's special. He was the first sitting US President to own a telephone as well as the first one to own a typewriter. His wife was the first "First Lady". Who was this great man? |
| Answer | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Song | Hero |
| Artist | Mariah Carey |
| Number | 77 |
| Realm | Proven Motivational Techniques |
| Subrealm | Too Good to Be True |
| Question | During Super Bowl XXXVII (37) in 2002, a commercial aired in which CEO Ron Felcher explained to the world how Felcher and Sons achieved its extremely high productivity. Who was the new hire Felcher claimed was responsible for the dramatic improvement, and what was his job? |
| Answer | Terrible Terry Tate, Office Linebacker. |
| Song | All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over For Monday Night Football |
| Artist | Hank Williams Jr. |
| Number | 78 |
| Realm | Popular Mechanics |
| Subrealm | Some things don't react well to bullets. |
| Question | One of the world's first submarines, the Flach, was recently discovered on the sea floor, nearly 150 years after she sank, taking her crew and her creator with her. For whose navy was this ill-fated submarine commissioned? |
| Answer | Chile |
| Song | Under Pressure |
| Artist | Queen and David Bowie |
| Number | 79 |
| Realm | Legendary Figures |
| Subrealm | Maybe not |
| Question | Although Johnny Appleseed is most know for planting apples, what tree did he actually plant more of? |
| Answer | Pear trees |
| Song | Feed the Tree |
| Artist | Belly |
| Number | 80 |
| Realm | Live Broadcasting |
| Subrealm | Without Teleprompters |
| Question | What will Craig Mello, Matthew Fox, Soledad O'Brien, Henry Paulson, Bill Clinton, James Baker, and Bradley Whitford all have in common next month? |
| Answer | Ivy League Class Day Speakers (allow just "class day speakers") |
| Song | Graduate |
| Artist | Third Eye Blind |
| Number | 81 |
| Realm | Decorative Household Items |
| Subrealm | The Founding Documents |
| Question | In March, a Washington insider told CNN that watching this person was like watching the "clubbing of a baby seal" |
| Answer | Alberto Gonzales |
| Song | Kissed by a Rose |
| Artist | Seal |
| Number | 82 |
| Realm | Prayers to God |
| Subrealm | People to Save |
| Question | Several prominent media outlets report that Kate's mom once said "toilet" as opposed to "lavoratoy" and "pleased to meet you" instead of "how do you do" to Kate's boyfriend's Grandma. With ridiculous stuff like this going on it's no surprise that the happy couple broke up. Who came to the defense of his poor, helpless grandma by ending things with his girlfriend of four years. |
| Answer | Prince William |
| Song | Royal Oil |
| Artist | Mighty Mighty Bosstones |
| Number | 83 |
| Realm | Advice from Whitney Houston |
| Subrealm | Crack is whack. |
| Question | Recently, Digg.com users revolted by posting the code to crack what medium all over the website? |
| Answer | HD DVD |
| Song | No Diggity |
| Artist | Blackstreet |
| Number | 84 |
| Realm | Repetition |
| Subrealm | Redundancy |
| Question | At a Press Conference on March 8, 2002. This word was said 15.5 times over the span of about 90 seconds? |
| Answer | Practice (Allen Iverson) |
| Song | Foolish Games |
| Artist | Jewel |
| Number | 85 |
| Realm | Massachusetts |
| Subrealm | Rhode Island |
| Question | In Family Guy, Peter Griffin's friend Cleveland is president of the Quahog Chamber of Commerce. These days, Cleveland owns a successful deli in downtown Quahog, but he used to have a much more exciting job before he had an unfortunate accident. What was the accident, and why did it force him into an early retirement? |
| Answer | He was an auctioneer, and got hit in the head by a totem pole at an auction. Afterwards, he could no longer talk quickly. |
| Song | Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick |
| Artist | Ian Dury and the Blockheads |
| Number | 86 |
| Realm | Nuts |
| Subrealm | Hot Nuts! |
| Question | What common nut, often found in cans of mixed nuts, is slightly radioactive, containing the element Radium? |
| Answer | Brazil Nuts |
| Song | Life, In a Nutshell |
| Artist | Barenaked Ladies |
| Number | 87 |
| Realm | MMORPGs that ruin lives |
| Subrealm | Sounds like World of warcraft to me |
| Question | Last week a female teacher in Texas was arrested for doing what in an online game involving multiple players? |
| Answer | Cybersex with an under-aged boy |
| Song | I love my computer |
| Artist | Bad Religion |
| Number | 88 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | field goooooooooooooal! |
| Question | What happened on October 2, 2005 in Estadio Azteca? |
| Answer | The Arizona Cardinals played the San Francisco 49ers in Mexico City in the first ever NFL game played outside the US. |
| Song | Where do the children play? |
| Artist | Cat Stevens |
| Number | 89 |
| Realm | More lesser-known social injustices. |
| Subrealm | Oh, academia! |
| Question | In the 'big cheese' episode of the West Wing, several characters must go and listen to the case made by "The Cartographers for Social Justice". By the end of the episode, all are amazed and convinced that something is unjust. What is it? |
| Answer | The Mercator projection |
| Song | Top of the World |
| Artist | The Carpenters |
| Number | 90 |
| Realm | Animal rights |
| Subrealm | Lesser-known animal rights |
| Question | On July 23, 1999, David Guthartz called into a radio show to complain about the state of ferret owners' rights in New York City. The show's host, exasperated with Guthartz, exploded into a minutes-long rant on how Guthartz's obsession with little weasels was unhealthy, and he should seek psychiatric help to overcome his weasel-related issues. Who was this mean, mean man? |
| Answer | Mayor Rudy Giuliani |
| Song | Crazy Train |
| Artist | Ozzy Osbourne |