Death by Chocolate: Charles Guiteau
January 28-29, 2022
On-Air Questions and Songs
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| Number | 1 |
| Realm | Assassins, Eat Dessert First! |
| Subrealm | The Answer to the First Question is Usually The Running Team's Name |
| Question | This is a question for which a two-part answer is required. Suppose you are on your way to assassinate President Garfield. Suppose further that you somehow decide to stop at Bennigan's, a restaurant that doesn't exist yet, to enjoy a dessert dish with a name that Bennigan's will eventually copyright. What dish, that promises to be fatal but rarely is, will you order? And, what is your name? |
| Answer | Death By Chocolate: Charles Guiteau. |
| Song | I Will Survive |
| Artist | Cake |
| Number | 2 |
| Realm | The Oscars |
| Subrealm | Chadwick Boseman Didn't Win Last Year? Really? |
| Question | We've seen some major Oscar controversies in recent years. But the very first Oscars may have had the most shocking one of all; the rules were changed while the Best Actor votes were being counted to prevent the top vote-getter from winning! Who got so thoroughly screwed by the Academy that they wouldn't let him win? |
| Answer | Rin Tin Tin. (The rule change required the award to go to a human.) |
| Song | Blue On Black |
| Artist | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band |
| Note | This story is apparently a myth, according to Bruce Davis, former executive director of the Academy. Rin Tin Tin was arguably Warner Bros. biggest star at the time, having already made 16 pictures. The legend that he won the voting originated with Warner executive David Zanuck, who promised, as a joke, to vote for the dog if and when the first Oscar ballots were issued. But Davis, who apparently examined the signed ballots in the Academy's library, says that the only actual vote for Rin Tin Tin was from Zanuck's boss, Jack Warner. |
| Number | 3 |
| Realm | Scouting For...Um, "Acting" Talent |
| Subrealm | Maury Povich |
| Question | In 2016, a woman named Searcy Hayes was hired to do a porn scene after she appeared on the Maury Povich Show. She earned $10,000 for the scene, all thanks to her resemblance to what famous person? |
| Answer | Ted Cruz! |
| Song | Zodiacs |
| Artist | Roberta Kelly |
| Note | She really looks a lot like him. |
| Number | 4 |
| Realm | NCAA Football |
| Subrealm | Teams Way Better Than The Ephs |
| Question | USC student Jake Olson appeared in a football game as a long snapper in September 2017. In doing so, he became the first NCAA college football player to have what specific issue? |
| Answer | Blindness. (Despite his handicap, he executed a perfect long snap leading to an extra point in a blowout win.) |
| Song | Don't Look Back In Anger |
| Artist | Oasis |
| Number | 5 |
| Realm | Shania Twain |
| Subrealm | Man! I Feel Like A Question |
| Question | Shania Twain followed up her huge album "Come On Over" with a far less huge album, "Up!" Like many artists working on the followup to a giant hit album (cough cough <Green Day> cough), Shania made "Up!" with a gimmick. She released it in three different colors, each with the same songs in a different musical style. The red disc was the pop version, and the green disc was the country version. In what style was the blue disc recorded? |
| Answer | Bollywood. |
| Song | 2 Become 1 |
| Artist | the Spice Girls |
| Number | 6 |
| Realm | Gallons of Lubricant Everywhere! |
| Subrealm | In And Out, Quickly |
| Question | After some Jiffy Lube stores in California were caught upselling unnecessary and unperformed services to reporters on hidden cameras, Jiffy Lube promised to retrain their staff so it wouldn't happen in the future. What training did Jiffy Lube give to their staff to prevent further issues? |
| Answer | They trained their staff on how to recognize undercover reporters. |
| Song | Take A Picture |
| Artist | Filter |
| Number | 7 |
| Realm | Some NBAers Have Big Ones |
| Subrealm | And Things Are Looking Up |
| Question | At nearly double that of the man in second place, Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan holds the record for the biggest one in NBA history. The biggest what? |
| Answer | Retired number. (Jerry Sloan was a coach, and the Utah Jazz retired 1223, his number of wins as a coach for the team. The next highest ones are Red Holzman (the Knicks retired 613), Bobby Leonard (the Pacers retired 529), and Doug Moe (the Nuggets retired 432). |
| Song | You Win Again |
| Artist | the Bee Gees |
| Number | 8 |
| Realm | Huge - um - Hockey Fans? |
| Subrealm | Not A Double Entendre |
| Question | The first fan to be hit by a puck in the current Carolina Hurricanes arena, who was also the first fan to be hit twice, was someone you have heard of - unlike the entire roster of the Hurricanes. Who is it? |
| Answer | Ariana Grande. |
| Song | thank u, next |
| Artist | Ariana Grande |
| Note | It was in the Florida Panthers arena that Grande, a big fan of the Panthers, was hit by pucks on the wrist twice by the age of 5. She also got to ride the Zamboni. |
| Number | 9 |
| Realm | Huge - er- mistakes? |
| Subrealm | Like being named "Wally Conron" |
| Question | Wally Conron now calls what he created in 1988 his "life's regret" and that he "opened a Pandora's Box and created Frankenstein's monster". Let's ignore his mixed metaphors and ask - what sort of eldritch horror did he unleash upon the world? |
| Answer | The labradoodle. |
| Song | Cannonball |
| Artist | The Breeders |
| Note | Mr. Conron bred the first labradoodle to be a guide dog for a blind woman whose husband was allergic to dog hair. He irked labradoodle fans when he said, "I find that the biggest majority are either crazy or have a hereditary problem." |
| Number | 10 |
| Realm | Huge - uh - payrolls? |
| Subrealm | The Yankees |
| Question | When Miguel Yajure recently played in a game with the Yankees, he was the first player in MLB history to wear #89. What other mark was set as a first occurrence in the MLB? |
| Answer | Every number from 0 to 99 has now been worn by a Major League Baseball player. |
| Song | Jersey Girl |
| Artist | Bruce Springsteen |
| Number | 11 |
| Realm | Not The Yankees |
| Subrealm | Technically Not The NBA, Either |
| Question | Before the Golden State Warriors moved to California, they were in Philadelphia. And before the Philadelphia Warriors joined the NBA, they were in the BAA. And before THAT, they were known as the Sphas (pronounced Spas). S.P.H.A. is an acronym - what does it stand for? |
| Answer | South Philadelphia Hebrew Association. (For a time, the Sphas didn't have their own court; they were, of course, then called the Wandering Jews!) |
| Song | When You're In Love, The Whole World Is Jewish |
| Artist | various artists; no artist needed for the point. |
| Number | 12 |
| Realm | These Guys |
| Subrealm | Pop |
| Question | What do these musicians have in common: Brian Wilson, Brandon Flowers of The Killers, Glenn Frey, Will Smith, and Michael Jackson? |
| Answer | They each have had namesakes in either MLB or the NFL. (Scorers: Accept major sports leagues or anything similar) |
| Song | Steppin' Out |
| Artist | Joe Jackson (note - not Shoeless Joe Jackson) |
| Number | 13 |
| Realm | More College Football |
| Subrealm | The Best At Sports, Overall |
| Question | Which well-known sports icon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2019? They have covered over 2,000 games since their first, the 1955 Rose Bowl. |
| Answer | The Goodyear Blimp. |
| Song | Wheel In the Sky |
| Artist | Journey |
| Number | 14 |
| Realm | Baseball |
| Subrealm | The Best At The Most In Sports |
| Question | In 2019, MLB player Edwin Encarnacion broke the all-time single season record with 3. 3 what? |
| Answer | Continents on which he played regular season games. |
| Song | Here, There and Everywhere |
| Artist | The Beatles |
| Note | Encarnacion started the season with the Mariners, who played their season opener in Japan. He was traded to the Yankees during the season, and the Yankees played the Red Sox in a series in London. |
| Number | 15 |
| Realm | Football |
| Subrealm | We're Almost Done With The Sports Questions |
| Question | Running back Steven Jackson, who has not played in the NFL since 2015, signed a ceremonial one-day contract with LA so he could officially retire as a Ram. What did he receive from the NFL upon signing? |
| Answer | Notification that he had been selected to take a random drug test. |
| Song | See You Again |
| Artist | Wiz Khalifa |
| Note | All NFL players are subject to testing |
| Number | 16 |
| Realm | Kiting |
| Subrealm | Not Checks |
| Question | What is the real name of the DC supervillain Kite Man? As the name suggests, he specializes in kite-based weapons. |
| Answer | Charles Brown! |
| Song | Feed the Tree |
| Artist | Belly |
| Number | 17 |
| Realm | none |
| Subrealm | none |
| Question | In 2019, Jimmy Kimmel was made honorary mayor of a small town in Newfoundland and Labrador. What's the town's name? |
| Answer | Dildo. |
| Song | Peg |
| Artist | Steely Dan |
| Note | According to Wikipedia: 'The place name "Dildo" is attested in this area since at least 1711, though how this came to be is unknown. The origin of the word "dildo" itself is obscure. It was once used to reference a phallus-shaped pin stuck in the edging of a row boat to act as a pivot for the oar (also known as a "thole pin" or "dole pin"). It was used as early as the 16th century for a cylindrical object such as a dildo glass (test tube), for a phallus-shaped sex toy, as an insult for a "contemptuous or reviling" male, and as a refrain in ballads. The name, then written as "Dildoe", was first applied to Dildo Island, located offshore from the present-day community of Dildo. This use was recorded in 1711 and 1775, and the name was thereafter applied to the Dildo Arm of Trinity Bay and other local physical features. Social scientist William Baillie Hamilton notes that Captain James Cook and his assistant Michael Lane, who mapped Newfoundland in the 1760s, often displayed a sense of humour in the place names they chose, and were not above selecting names that might offend over-sensitive readers. Regardless of the origin, the name has brought the town of Dildo a measure of notoriety. In the 20th century there were several campaigns to change the name, though all failed.' In return for being named honorary mayor, Jimmy Kimmel donated a sign to the town, in the style of the famous Hollywood sign. |
| Number | 18 |
| Realm | Leave The Gun |
| Subrealm | Take The Hainanese Chicken |
| Question | There are reportedly 18 gangs in Singapore that battle for territory. The biggest and most dominant is the Bishan family, but other major gangs include the Zouk, Marina, Siglap, Yishun, Pasir Ris, and Bedok families. Other than their gang membership, what unexpected feature do all the gang members share? |
| Answer | They're otters. |
| Song | Otherside |
| Artist | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Note | According to the Washington Post: 'Pollution and deforestation drove away Singapore’s otter population in the 1970s. But as the country cleaned up its waters and reforested land in recent years, otters came back in full force, integrating into urban spaces and learning to navigate one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities.' |
| Number | 19 |
| Realm | Jazz |
| Subrealm | And Not Jazz |
| Question | Which other musician is the godson of jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon? |
| Answer | Lars Ulrich. |
| Song | Don't Download This Song |
| Artist | "Weird Al" Yankovic |
| Note | Lars Ulrich (who would go on to be the drummer for Metallica) was born in Germany, and his father was a tennis player and jazz critic. His father befriended Dexter Gordon when Gordon was living in Copenhagen, and asked him to be Lars's godfather. |
| Number | 20 |
| Realm | Twitter Suspensions |
| Subrealm | Not That One |
| Question | Earlier this month, Twitter users were slapped with a 12-hour suspension if they posted a tweet that contained the "M-word". Thank goodness decency prevails over... wait, what? Which "M-word" brought automatic banishment? |
| Answer | Memphis. |
| Song | Suspicious Minds |
| Artist | Elvis Presley. |
| Note | The blocks happened on March 14th, 2021. The next day Twitter's official support account said: "A number of accounts that tweeted the word 'Memphis' were temporarily limited due to a bug. It's been fixed and the accounts have now been restored. We're sorry this happened." No more information has been forthcoming. |
| Number | 21 |
| Realm | Scandalous Sports Behavior |
| Subrealm | That May Scar You For Life |
| Question | In 2021, what sports icon not only posed for an official portrait during a game their team was playing, but posed for it in the nude? |
| Answer | Gritty (the Philadelphia Flyers mascot). |
| Song | 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) |
| Artist | Bruce Springsteen |
| Note | Gritty posed nude on February 3rd, 2021, during a game between the Flyers and the Boston Bruins. Artist Benjamin Davis painted Gritty lounging on a couch in the style that Kate Winslett referred to as "like one of your French girls" in Titanic. |
| Number | 22 |
| Realm | Dynamic |
| Subrealm | Ribbon |
| Question | You've probably encountered a dynamic ribbon device many times in your life. Where? |
| Answer | The dynamic ribbon device is the official name of the white stripe underneath the Coca-Cola logo. |
| Song | The Hardest Button To Button |
| Artist | the White Stripes |
| Number | 23 |
| Realm | We Lied |
| Subrealm | More Baseball |
| Question | What Major League Baseball first was accomplished by the entire Toronto Blue Jays infield at the start of their July 24, 2020 game? |
| Answer | The entire infield was made up of sons of MLB players. |
| Song | Come Together |
| Artist | Gary Clark, Jr. |
| Note | The infield was: 1st Base - Vladimir Guerro Jr., son of hall of famer Vladimir Guerro Sr.; 2nd base - Cavan Biggio, son of hall of famer Craig Biggio; Shortstop - Bo Bichette, son of 4-time all-star Dante Bichette; and 3rd base - Travis Shaw, son of 2-time all-star Jeff Shaw. |
| Number | 24 |
| Realm | Spider-Man |
| Subrealm | No Spoilers |
| Question | In the 2005 comic book series Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Spidey actually managed to beat the Hulk! What did he use to do this? |
| Answer | A knock-knock joke. Hulk was so surprised he changed back to Banner. |
| Song | Mama Said Knock You Out |
| Artist | LL Cool J |
| Number | 25 |
| Realm | Palau |
| Subrealm | Sorry, No Tonga Yet |
| Question | What did the following countries, or former countries, have in common, last year: South Vietnam, Iran, Tibet, the country of Georgia, Australia, Israel, Canada, India, and Palau? |
| Answer | Their flags were among those flown at the Capitol by insurrectionists during the January 6th riot. |
| Song | My War |
| Artist | Black Flag |
| Number | 26 |
| Realm | Gutenberg |
| Subrealm | Never Meant For This To Happen |
| Question | About 100 million copies of the Bible are printed each year. That puts it second to what other book, of which over 200 million copies are printed annually? |
| Answer | The IKEA catalog. |
| Song | Building a Mystery |
| Artist | Sarah McLachlan |
| Number | 27 |
| Realm | Charles Brown |
| Subrealm | Not Kite-Man |
| Question | The Peanuts comic strip of November 8, 1964 was the only one in the strip's history that showed what item? |
| Answer | An adult. |
| Song | Wah-Wah |
| Artist | George Harrison |
| Note | The adult is a doctor who appears in a cartoon that Linus is drawing. So he doesn't really count. |
| Number | 28 |
| Realm | Watching People Act Like Maniacs |
| Subrealm | The Price Is Right |
| Question | In the 1970s, The Price Is Right tried a game called The Shower Game, in which contestants would pick one of several shower stalls and pull a cord; one stall would drop a message saying they'd won a car, while the others would shower the contestant with confetti, or with $100 in $1 bills. Why was the game dropped? |
| Answer | Jewish viewers said it was reminiscent of Auschwitz. |
| Song | Shower The People |
| Artist | James Taylor |
| Number | 29 |
| Realm | Annoying Earworms |
| Subrealm | We Didn't Start The Fire |
| Question | This is a THREE-POINT PLAY! Excluding the two surviving Beatles, who fall under the "Beatlemania" umbrella, there are five living people mentioned in "We Didn't Start the Fire". Name four for one point, or all five for two points. |
| Answer | Queen Elizabeth II, Bob Dylan, Chubby Checker, Brigitte Bardot, and Bernie Goetz. |
| Song | Get Started, Start a Fire |
| Artist | Graham Parker |
| Number | 30 |
| Realm | Colleges |
| Subrealm | With Sillier Names Than Williams |
| Question | Arcadia University in Pennsylvania is the current name of a school that changed its name in 2001. What was the college's name before the change, and why did they change the name? |
| Answer | It was initially called Beaver University; search engines wouldn't list it. |
| Song | The Search Is Over |
| Artist | Survivor |
| Number | 31 |
| Realm | All-Time Great Comedies |
| Subrealm | Galaxy Quest |
| Question | In the movie Galaxy Quest, the ship The Protector has the serial number NTE 3120. What does NTE stand for? |
| Answer | Not The Enterprise. |
| Song | Has Been |
| Artist | William Shatner |
| Number | 32 |
| Realm | At Last |
| Subrealm | A Question About Chicago Restaurants |
| Question | Odds are you've never heard of Victor Walker, the son of one of the founders of the Chicago-area chain Walker Bros. Original Pancake House. However, he served as the inspiration for a song that hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the '70s. What song was it? |
| Answer | "Rich Girl" by Hall and Oates. |
| Song | If I Were A Rich Man |
| Artist | from Fiddler on the Roof (also accept Topol for the artist) |
| Note | Walker was an ex-boyfriend of songwriter Sara Allen, who was in a long-lasting relationship with Daryl Hall. Hall & Oates's firs hit single, "Sara Smile" was written about her, and she contributed to a number of their hits. |
| Number | 33 |
| Realm | Cris Collinsworth Is Overrated |
| Subrealm | But Al Michaels Still Rules |
| Question | Q: To get the rights to sign Al Michaels to do Sunday Night Football in 2006, NBC traded the rights for whom to ABC? |
| Answer | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. (He's the precursor to Mickey Mouse.) |
| Song | Dizz Knee Land |
| Artist | Dada |
| Note | Walt Disney designed Oswald in 1927, and his company produced Oswald cartoons for Universal. They were a hit, and Universal took full control of Oswald in 1929, eventually producing 194 Oswald films. Meanwhile Disney created Mickey Mouse (who looks remarkably similar), and the rest is history. So the repartiation of Oswald to Disney (which owned ABC in 2006) was 77 years in the making. |
| Number | 34 |
| Realm | Yeah Yeah |
| Subrealm | Yeah Yeah |
| Question | The word "yeah" appears 56 times in R.E.M.'s "Man On The Moon". Why is it repeated so often? |
| Answer | It's repeated in order to one-up "Lithium" by Nirvana, where it appears 55 times. |
| Song | Manic Depression |
| Artist | the Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| Number | 35 |
| Realm | Vexillology |
| Subrealm | Meets Capitalism |
| Question | The Diba Parcham flag factory produces up to 2000 flags per month, but the flags are of just 2 different countries. Which countries, and why? |
| Answer | Diba Parcham is in Iran. The flags are US and Israeli, and they are made to be burned by protesters! |
| Song | My Own Worst Enemy |
| Artist | Lit |
| Number | 36 |
| Realm | Armageddon |
| Subrealm | In The Bookstore |
| Question | In the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen III: Century comic book series, what famous literary and movie character is revealed to be the Antichrist? And which literary and movie character, unrelated except for country of origin, turns out to be God, and kills the Antichrist? |
| Answer | Harry Potter; Mary Poppins. |
| Song | Umbrella |
| Artist | Rihanna |
| Note | The comic was written by Alan Moore. Harry Potter is a psychopathic teenager, and Mary Poppins is a lot more like the strict Mary Poppins in P.L. Travers's books than the Disney version. |
| Number | 37 |
| Realm | I'm Getting Hungry |
| Subrealm | Time For Some Turkey |
| Question | In October of 2013, the nation of Turkey passed a "democratization package" that, among other legislation, legalized three things that had been banned in 1928. What were they? |
| Answer | The letters Q, X, and Z. |
| Song | I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide |
| Artist | ZZ Top (triple match!) |
| Note | It was actually Q, W, and X that were banned. The ban imposed in 1928 was part of Romanizing the Turkish language, but it also had the effect of making it nearly impossible to publish anything written in Kurdish, since Q, W, and X figure prominently in that language and in Kurdish names. |
| Number | 38 |
| Realm | Hope |
| Subrealm | And The Popes |
| Question | Q: What do the following people have in common: Henry Kissinger, Bob Hope, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Whoopi Goldberg, Nelson Mandela, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Pope John Paul II, Jesse Jackson, Pope Francis, and Robin Roberts? |
| Answer | They're all honorary Harlem Globetrotters. |
| Song | Around the World |
| Artist | Daft Punk |
| Note | “I’m not too good at the fast break, but I’m strong on defense, and despite my height, I’m a pretty good rebounder,” Kissinger said. “It is an honor to be associated with a group whose won-and-lost record was certainly better than my own. My only worry is how I will look in short pants.” |
| Number | 39 |
| Realm | Positively No Pochahontas Jokes |
| Subrealm | Liz Warren |
| Question | When Elizabeth Warren was running for the Democratic Presidential nomination but was stuck in DC for the first impeachment trial, which loyal underling did she send to Iowa in her stead for campaign appearances and selfies? |
| Answer | Bailey, her golden retriever. |
| Song | Golden Slumbers |
| Artist | The Beatles |
| Note | Bailey was a fixture on the campaign trail. According to Wikipedia: Shortly after his owner announced the end of her presidential campaign on March 5, 2020, Bailey was filmed stealing a burrito presumed to belong to a Warren campaign staffer or press aid. The video of the incident went viral, attracting over 180,000 likes on Twitter. Many of Warren and Bailey's supporters jumped to his defense, maintaining that Bailey was "stress eating", and looking for "comfort food". |
| Number | 40 |
| Realm | Useful Science |
| Subrealm | Useless Americans |
| Question | Q: According to a poll taken by Useful Science, 56% of Americans think what very useful math items should not be taught in American schools? |
| Answer | Arabic numerals. |
| Song | The Humpty Dance |
| Artist | Digital Underground |
| Number | 41 |
| Realm | These Are All Arabic Numerals |
| Subrealm | Jeopardy |
| Question | There are five forbidden wager amounts on Jeopardy! What are they? |
| Answer | 69, 666, 14, 88, and 1488. (The first due to sex, the second due to Satan, and the last three due to white supremacy.) |
| Song | Don't Bet Money Honey |
| Artist | Linda Scott |
| Number | 42 |
| Realm | Gypsy |
| Subrealm | With Funny Hair In Chicago |
| Question | Besides becoming movies, what do the following Broadway musicals have in common: West Side Story, Gypsy, Funny Girl, Hair, Pippin, Chicago, and Dreamgirls? |
| Answer | None of them won the Best Musical Tony. |
| Song | Rags To Riches |
| Artist | Tony Bennett |
| Number | 43 |
| Realm | A Sports Question |
| Subrealm | Except Not Really |
| Question | Mark Jackson was a decent player in the NBA, but not a superstar. However, his 1990-91 NBA Hoops card, which was practically worthless for years, has been the most valuable card in the set since someone noticed something on the front picture in 2018. What's on the card? |
| Answer | The Menendez Brothers are in the background, watching him play. |
| Song | Parents Just Don't Understand |
| Artist | DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince |
| Note | Eric and Lyle Menendez were convicted of murdering their parents in a highly-publicized trial in the 1980s. The roommate of the former girlfriend of your archivist once dated Lyle memndez when they were students together at Princeton. |
| Number | 44 |
| Realm | Great Danes |
| Subrealm | Not Hamlet |
| Question | What do the following dog breeds have in common, besides being named for places? Great Dane, American Eskimo, Australian Shepherd, French Bulldog, and Chinese Crested? |
| Answer | None of them originated in the countries referenced in their names. |
| Song | Hot Blooded |
| Artist | Foreigner |
| Note | Great Danes are also known as German Mastiffs, and come from Germany; The American Eskimo also originated in Germany as the German Spitz, though the breeds have since diverged; the Australian Shepherd was delevoped in California in the 19th century; French bulldogs did first appear in Paris, but they were the result of breeding English Toy Bulldogs with local Parisian ratters; Chinese Crested dogs are likely from Mexico or Africa. |
| Number | 45 |
| Realm | When Good 'Ol Boys Play Football |
| Subrealm | Terry Bradshaw |
| Question | In 1983, Terry Bradshaw checked himself into a hospital to undergo elbow surgery. He used a pseudonym when he checked in; what was it? |
| Answer | Tom Brady. |
| Song | 7 Rings |
| Artist | Ariana Grande |
| Note | Bradshaw confirmed the story. He apparently chose the name because it matches his initials. The real Tom Brady was a five-year-old fan of Joe Montana at the time. The surgery was supposed to be minor, but it ended Bradshaw's playing career. So maybe his mojo was transferred... |
| Number | 46 |
| Realm | An Aeroflot Question? |
| Subrealm | Must Be About Another Plane Crash |
| Question | On October 20th, 1986, Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed upon landing, killing 70 passengers plus the copilot. What caused this accident? |
| Answer | The copilot had bet the pilot that he couldn't fly blind. |
| Song | People Get Ready |
| Artist | The Blind Boys of Alabama |
| Note | "Blind" in this case meant that the windows were curtained, and the pilot acted on instrument readings alone. The pilot survived and spent 6 years in prison for negligence. |
| Number | 47 |
| Realm | Slinky Henrik Ibsen |
| Subrealm | Cthulu Nipples |
| Question | What do all of the following, and many more, have in common: Gravy, Peanuts, Nipples, Cthulu, Stalin, Henrik Ibsen, Slinky, and Google? |
| Answer | They are all names of characters played by Clint Howard (Ron's brother). |
| Song | He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother |
| Artist | The Hollies |
| Note | At the time of this contest, Ron and Clint had recently released a book about their life growing up in Hollywood as child actors. (If the question had included Commander Balok of the First Federation, Star Trek fans would have had a chance at this one!) |
| Number | 48 |
| Realm | Uruk |
| Subrealm | Pay Stub Trivia |
| Question | Archaeologists have found the earliest known example of a pay stub, in the Mesopotamian city of Uruk, dating to 3000 BC. According to the find, in what currency were the workers paid? |
| Answer | Beer! |
| Song | At the Hop |
| Artist | Danny and the Juniors |
| Note | The Egyptians who built the pyramids were paid in beer as well. |
| Number | 49 |
| Realm | The Best Trivia Location |
| Subrealm | Outside of Tonga |
| Question | We here at Death By Chocolate: Charles Guiteau are big fans of the city of Bellingham, Washington. And it's not just because of their awesome motto, "The City of Subdued Excitement." It's because they have the greatest nickname ever for the residents of their fair city. What is the demonym for Bellingham residents? |
| Answer | Bellinghamsters. |
| Song | Washington Bullets |
| Artist | The Clash |
| Number | 50 |
| Realm | Bad Actor |
| Subrealm | Decisions |
| Question | Will Smith famously turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix so he could do Wild Wild West instead. Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio also declined to take the role. What other A-lister also decided against playing Neo? |
| Answer | Sandra Bullock. |
| Song | Demolition Man |
| Artist | the Police |
| Number | 51 |
| Realm | I Want Money |
| Subrealm | That's What I Want |
| Question | In a 1978 game between the Nets and 76ers, guard Eric Money scored 23 points. What was unique about those points? |
| Answer | He scored 19 of the points for the Nets, and 4 for the Sixers. (The last 1 1/2 quarters were played as a do-over later in the season due to some technical foul snafus, and Money was traded between the teams in the interim.). (Scorers: just the idea is needed, not exact score breakdown) |
| Song | Thrash Unreal |
| Artist | Against Me! |
| Number | 52 |
| Realm | Football |
| Subrealm | Not That One |
| Question | In 2011, Dutch football club VVV-Venlo signed Baerke van der Meij for a ten-year contract, calling him "a right-footed player with a very good kicking technique." What was so odd about this deal? |
| Answer | van der Meij was 18 months old at the time. |
| Song | Time Loves A Hero |
| Artist | Little Feat |
| Note | Van der Meij, whose grandfather once played for VVV-Venlo, had previously become an internet sensation after his father filmed him kicking three soft balls in a row into a toy box. The kid's got game. |
| Number | 53 |
| Realm | Badly-Missed Late Night Hosts |
| Subrealm | David Letterman |
| Question | Outside of the house band, who was the first person to perform a song on an episode of the Late Show with David Letterman, and what song did they perform? |
| Answer | Bill Murray, singing "Physical." |
| Song | One Night In Bangkok |
| Artist | Murray Head |
| Note | Bill Murray was the first guest on both incarnations of Letterman's late night show, but it was on the first, Late Night with David Letterman, that he performed "Physical". The song, as sung by Olivia Newton John, had just recently finished its run of 10 weeks as the number one single in the country. |
| Number | 54 |
| Realm | Countries |
| Subrealm | In The News |
| Question | At a gaudy 63% - more than 20% higher than #2, what is the country with the highest percentage of citizens who are Mormons? |
| Answer | Tonga! (Samoa is the country with the second highest percentage.) |
| Song | Volcano Girls |
| Artist | Veruca Salt |
| Note | Side note: the country with the highest Mormon percentage that is not a Pacific island country is Chile at just over 3% |
| Number | 55 |
| Realm | Lady Gaga |
| Subrealm | Should have covered "Ironic" |
| Question | Q: Lady Gaga sent an anti-pirating tweet on January 22, 2020. What problematic "error" occurred twice in the tweet? |
| Answer | She included two watermarked photos. |
| Song | Paparazzi |
| Artist | Lady Gaga |
| Number | 56 |
| Realm | Dick's Drive-In? |
| Subrealm | We Are Avoiding That Low-Hanging Fruit |
| Question | What otherwise-extinct food item, the original version of a still-popular food, can you get at Dick's Drive-In, in Spokane, Washington? |
| Answer | McDonald's fries fried in tallow. |
| Song | It Keeps You Running |
| Artist | Michael McDonald. |
| Note | McDonalds built its empire largely on the taste of its fries, which were fried in beef tallow. Under pressure to reduce fat, they switched to 100% vegetable oil in 1990. |
| Number | 57 |
| Realm | Elders |
| Subrealm | Musical Elders |
| Question | Seven women have had Billboard #1 songs at, or after, reaching the age of 40. We don't need the songs, but name four of the women for one point, and six for 2 points. |
| Answer | Cher, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Bette Midler, Sia |
| Song | 40 |
| Artist | U2 |
| Number | 58 |
| Realm | Pulsing Green Citrus |
| Subrealm | Also Low-Hanging Fruit |
| Question | What brand name has released a body spray, deodorant, and shower gel, all scented with the following description: "fresh scent of pulsing green citrus, top notes of kaffir lime and winter lemon, middle notes of mint and sage, and woody bottom notes of patchouli and clearwood". |
| Answer | Xbox. |
| Song | Controller |
| Artist | Oingo Boingo |
| Number | 59 |
| Realm | Mariah Carey, Movie Star |
| Subrealm | Or Not |
| Question | The movie Glitter received six Razzie nominations, including one for Worst Onscreen Couple. What iconic duo was nominated for this "award"? |
| Answer | Mariah Carey's boobs. |
| Song | Just The Two Of Us |
| Artist | Grover Washington, Jr. (Scorers: also accept Bill Withers) |
| Number | 60 |
| Realm | Baseball |
| Subrealm | Any Rebroadcast, Retransmissions, Pictures, Descriptions, or Accounts of This Question Without the Express Written Permission of Major League Baseball Is Prohibited |
| Question | What do the first two Angels players to win Rookie of the Year have in common? |
| Answer | Their surnames are types of fish. (Those players were Tim Salmon and Mike Trout.) |
| Song | Ocean Breathes Salty |
| Artist | Modest Mouse |
| Number | 61 |
| Realm | More Island trivia |
| Subrealm | Sorry, It's Iceland |
| Question | There's an Icelandic genealogy app called Islendinga-App that has a feature that, when you touch phones with another person, shows your relation to that person. What is the purpose of this feature? |
| Answer | Preventing incest. (The feature is called the Incest Spoiler.) |
| Song | Big Time Sensuality |
| Artist | Bjork |
| Number | 62 |
| Realm | The #3 Business In South Korea |
| Subrealm | BTS |
| Question | In Korean, the name of the boy band BTS is short for Bangtan Sonyeondan. In English, roughly what does that mean? |
| Answer | Bulletproof Boy Scouts. |
| Song | Be Prepared |
| Artist | from The Lion King |
| Number | 63 |
| Realm | Baseball |
| Subrealm | In The Old Country |
| Question | This is a THREE-POINT PLAY! At one of the London MLB games, possibly one of the ones in which Edwin Encarnacion played, there was an American-style mascot race. However, this race had four mascots used to represent the United Kingdom; name two for one point, or all four for two points. |
| Answer | Freddie Mercury, Winston Churchill, Henry VIII, and Nessie. |
| Song | Play The Game |
| Artist | Queen |
| Number | 64 |
| Realm | This Would Be Local Trivia |
| Subrealm | Except We're At the U Of Colorado |
| Question | If you give Williams College enough money, they'll name something on campus after you. What's named after Noah Smith-Drelich, class of 2007? |
| Answer | A toilet. (It's in Dodd.) |
| Song | Don't Sit Down On The Plexiglass Toilet |
| Artist | Styx |
| Note | WE APOLOGIZE FOR MAKING YOU LISTEN TO THAT STYX SONG. AT LEAST THERE HASN'T BEEN A HORRIBLE SONG QUARTET - SO FAR. BWAAA HA HA! |
| Number | 65 |
| Realm | An Angel And A Nun |
| Subrealm | And A Terminator |
| Question | What do the following celebrities have in common? Sally Field, Tom Selleck, Dusty Springfield, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Farrah Fawcett, and Steve Martin. |
| Answer | They were all contestants on The Dating Game. |
| Song | Take Me Out |
| Artist | Franz Ferdinand |
| Number | 66 |
| Realm | The Only Thing We Have To Fear |
| Subrealm | Is This Question |
| Question | Following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Time magazine hastily named Franklin D. Roosevelt as their Man of the Year. This replaced which taciturn first choice of theirs, who would have been given a different title? |
| Answer | Dumbo, who would have been named Mammal of the Year. |
| Song | In One Ear |
| Artist | Cage the Elephant |
| Number | 67 |
| Realm | FFF |
| Subrealm | Fffffffff |
| Question | In 2004, the non-profit FFF was founded in Norway with the goal of saving the rainforests. How does it raise money? |
| Answer | By selling porn. |
| Song | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) |
| Artist | The Beatles |
| Note | FFF stands for F--- For Forests. It is the world's first eco-porn organization. Its headquarters moved from Oslo to Berlin after its founders went on trial for having sex in public. |
| Number | 68 |
| Realm | We Might As Well Say it... |
| Subrealm | KHANNNNNNNN! |
| Question | In the 1970s, Ricardo Montalban famously did ads for the Chrysler Cordoba in which he extolled the interior's "rich Corinthian leather". From which geographic location does Corinthian leather originate? |
| Answer | New Jersey. |
| Song | That Smell |
| Artist | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Note | The term "Corinthian Leather" was made up by Chrysler's advertising firm. It was the same leather used in all Chryslers. Ricard Montalban also changed the pronounciation of the car's name. He found Chrysler's idea of CAR-do-BA unpleasant to the ears, so he asked if he could say "Car-DO-ba", and the name stuck. |
| Number | 69 |
| Realm | Pandemic Trivia? |
| Subrealm | You Should See All The Pandemic Questions We Rejected! |
| Question | Early on in the pandemic, British Columbia recommended that people use what specific, surprising devices to prevent spreading coronavirus? |
| Answer | Glory holes. |
| Song | I'm Gonna Love You Through It |
| Artist | Martina McBride |
| Note | The recommendation came directly from the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. |
| Number | 70 |
| Realm | For Even Better Mental Health |
| Subrealm | Don't Eat At Burger King |
| Question | In 2019, Burger King released a series of five Unhappy Meals for Mental Health Awareness Month. Please give us the names of any two of these meals. |
| Answer | Blue Meal, Salty Meal, Yaaas Meal, Pissed Meal, DGAF Meal. |
| Song | Emotional Rescue |
| Artist | the Rolling Stones |
| Note | “Burger King restaurants understands that no one is happy all the time. That’s why they’re asking guests to order a Whopper meal based on however they might be feeling,” an online release stated. |
| Number | 71 |
| Realm | Burger King |
| Subrealm | The Only Prize Better Than A Free Whopper Is No Free Whopper |
| Question | In 2009, Burger King gave people a free Whopper if they did what specific thing on Facebook? |
| Answer | Unfriended 10 people. |
| Song | Drop It Like It's Hot |
| Artist | Snoop Dogg |
| Note | The campaign worked through a Facebook app called "Whopper Sacrifice." The "sacrifices" would show up in your activity feed. So it would say, for example, "Caroline sacrificed Josh Lowensohn for a free Whopper." |
| Number | 72 |
| Realm | Unincorporated |
| Subrealm | Like Enron |
| Question | The West Virginian unincorporated community of Mountain changed its name. What was the old name of Mountain? |
| Answer | Mole Hill. |
| Song | I've Become A Cliche |
| Artist | NOFX |
| Note | The name change happened in 1949. Despite the name, there is no mountain in or even visible from the community. |
| Number | 73 |
| Realm | Ad Mascots |
| Subrealm | Who Are Definitely Not Ripoffs of "Kim Possible" |
| Question | Formerly, Esurance's mascot was a spy named Erin Esurance. However, they stopped producing advertisements featuring her in 2010 for two reasons. One was that people were putting pornographic fanart of her on the Internet. The other was that polls showed that she was less popular than what other icon? |
| Answer | Clippy (the Microsoft paper clip). |
| Song | I'll Take You There |
| Artist | the Staple Singers |
| Note | Clippy's official name is Clippit. |
| Number | 74 |
| Realm | Modern-Day Heroes |
| Subrealm | Usually Don't Appear in Williams Trivia Questions |
| Question | In a quote regarding an upcoming film, who was Daniel Kaluuya referring to when he said, "He was a ubiquitous figure in many of our childhoods, then he disappeared into the shadows, left misunderstood?" He also called the individual a "compelling modern-day hero." |
| Answer | Barney. |
| Song | Purple People Eater |
| Artist | Sheb Wooley |
| Note | Kaluuya is helping to produce a live-action Barney reboot. |
| Number | 75 |
| Realm | Americans Giving Advice |
| Subrealm | Pokemon |
| Question | According to the CEO of The Pokemon Company, when Pokemon was being readied for its initial U.S. release, American designers suggested a couple of small changes to Pikachu. What were the changes? |
| Answer | They suggested that Pikachu be changed into a tiger with huge breasts. |
| Song | Yellow Roses |
| Artist | Dolly Parton |
| Number | 76 |
| Realm | Chicken Soup |
| Subrealm | Not For The Soul |
| Question | Actors have done lots of crazy things for their craft. But who was forced to keep their weight under control with a daily diet of chicken soup, black coffee, and four packs of cigarettes a day, and for what movie? |
| Answer | Judy Garland, for the filming of The Wizard Of Oz. |
| Song | No More Tears |
| Artist | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Note | Judy Garland was 16 at the time. |
| Number | 77 |
| Realm | Literature |
| Subrealm | Not In A Small Boat |
| Question | In 2013, the Cheltenham Literature Festival promoted themselves with what surprisingly popular, yet questionable hashtag? |
| Answer | #clitfest. |
| Song | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For |
| Artist | U2 |
| Number | 78 |
| Realm | Dewey Cox |
| Subrealm | Did Not Appear At Clitfest |
| Question | What do the following individuals, real and fictional, have in common: actor Harrison Ford, Clay Davis from The Wire, Dewey Cox from Walk Hard, author Douglas Adams, and Slayer guitarist Kerry King? |
| Answer | Their first and last names are surnames of losers of US presidential elections. |
| Song | Just Lose It |
| Artist | Eminem |
| Number | 79 |
| Realm | Oxford Clock Echo |
| Subrealm | Miracle Hen |
| Question | What do the following things have in common: London, Oxford, palindrome, philosopher, echo, schoolmaster, clock, military, miracle, hen, drumroll, surprise? |
| Answer | They're all Haydn symphonies. |
| Song | Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin') |
| Artist | Little Richard |
| Number | 80 |
| Realm | We Almost |
| Subrealm | Took This Question Out |
| Question | The average for this was $4.66 in 2016, but it dropped to $3.70 in 2018 before reaching a new high of $4.70 in 2021. What is it? |
| Answer | The average amount left by the Tooth Fairy. |
| Song | Centuries |
| Artist | Fall Out Boy |
| Number | 81 |
| Realm | At The Aquarium |
| Subrealm | Canada |
| Question | Vets at the Vancouver Aquarium gave a one-eyed rockfish a fake eye. Why did he need it? |
| Answer | It was being bullied by the other fish. |
| Song | Take On Me |
| Artist | Reel Big Fish |
| Number | 82 |
| Realm | America's Attic |
| Subrealm | Canada |
| Question | In 2007, a bunch of prominent Canadians got together to make a list of the greatest Canadian Inventions. The telephone was #1, the pacemaker was #5, and poutine was #9, because Canada. What important technological breakthrough was the #4 greatest invention? |
| Answer | The Wonderbra. |
| Song | You Raise Me Up |
| Artist | Josh Groban |
| Number | 83 |
| Realm | I Won Back In 2006 |
| Subrealm | So Did You |
| Question | The three youngest individual winners of Time's Person of the Year all have what commonality involving their names? |
| Answer | They all have surnames ending in "berg(h):" Charles Lindbergh, Mark Zuckerberg, and Greta Thunberg |
| Song | Lady In Red |
| Artist | Chris de Burgh |
| Number | 84 |
| Realm | Illuminati World Headquarters |
| Subrealm | Denver International Airport |
| Question | What did 73% of all noise complaints made to Denver International Airport in 2015 have in common? |
| Answer | They were all made by the same person. |
| Song | I Love it Loud |
| Artist | Kiss |
| Note | Michael Peterson lives in nearby Strasburg, Colorado. He complained 3,545 times in 2015 alone. |
| Number | 85 |
| Realm | Whoever Answers This Question |
| Subrealm | If She Be Worthy |
| Question | In Avengers: Endgame, we saw Captain America lift Thor's hammer Mjolnir. But in the comics, lots of characters have lifted Mjolnir, including 3 women. Two of them are Jane Foster and Storm; who is the third? |
| Answer | Wonder Woman (in a Marvel-DC crossover comic). |
| Song | Thunderstruck |
| Artist | AC/DC |
| Number | 86 |
| Realm | You can Guess The Answer |
| Subrealm | Or Can You? |
| Question | Currently at 65, who is the actor with the most on-screen deaths? |
| Answer | Danny Trejo. (Christopher Lee is second. Sean Bean isn't even in the top 10!) |
| Song | Machete |
| Artist | Moby |
| Number | 87 |
| Realm | Nerdy Hobbies |
| Subrealm | Baseball Cards |
| Question | The best-selling single print ToppsNow baseball card of all time was released in July 2020. What sports superstar is featured on this card? |
| Answer | Dr. Anthony Fauci. |
| Song | Big Shot |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Number | 88 |
| Realm | Non-Nerdy Hobbies |
| Subrealm | Erotic Novels |
| Question | In 1991, author Sally Quinn wrote a bestselling book called Happy Endings. It featured a dashing hotshot erotic hero named Michael Lanzer. He was modeled on a real-life person; who was it? |
| Answer | Dr. Anthony Fauci. |
| Song | Two Shots |
| Artist | John Denver |
| Number | 89 |
| Realm | Erotic Novels |
| Subrealm | Fortunately Not Featuring Anthony Fauci |
| Question | In Belgium, library copies of 50 Shades of Grey tested positive for which two substances? |
| Answer | Cocaine and herpes. |
| Song | Do You Realize |
| Artist | the Flaming Lips |
| Number | 90 |
| Realm | More Collectibles |
| Subrealm | No Fauci Here, Either |
| Question | Q: In 2014, a British company released commemorative mugs for the team the country put into the World Cup. What was wrong with the mug the company made in honor of player Chris Smalling? |
| Answer | It featured a picture of Barack Obama. |
| Song | No, It Isn't |
| Artist | +44 |
| Number | 91 |
| Realm | Insurance Trivia |
| Subrealm | Try To Contain Your Excitement |
| Question | The insurance company American Premier Underwriters started out as a different company in a completely different field. What was its prior name? |
| Answer | Pennsylvania Railroad. |
| Song | Atlantic City |
| Artist | Bruce Springsteen |
| Number | 92 |
| Realm | Nerdy Hobbies |
| Subrealm | Lord Of The Rings |
| Question | In 2019, entertainment website Screen Rant released their list of the strongest female characters in the Lord of the Rings films. The top two were understandably Eowyn and Arwen; who placed third? |
| Answer | Shelob, the spider. |
| Song | Crawl |
| Artist | Kings of Leon |
| Note | There aren't a lot of female characters in the Lord of the Rings. |
| Number | 93 |
| Realm | Sorry |
| Subrealm | More Covid Trivia |
| Question | In April of 2020, a curfew was put into effect in Crowley, Louisiana to try and fight the coronavirus. How did police officers in Crowley indicate that the curfew had begun? |
| Answer | They played the siren sound from The Purge. |
| Song | Hide Away |
| Artist | Hillary Duff |
| Number | 94 |
| Realm | At Last! |
| Subrealm | A Namibian Election Question |
| Question | A Namibian man with the last name Uunona recently won an election to be councillor of the nation's Ompundja district. What are his first and middle names? |
| Answer | Adolf Hitler. |
| Song | Du Hast |
| Artist | Rammstein |
| Number | 95 |
| Realm | The All-American Eagles |
| Subrealm | Except These Are Russian |
| Question | A Russian study on eagle migration, that placed trackers on the birds and followed their cellular signals, ran out of money due to an unexpected expense. What was it? |
| Answer | The eagles flew so far away that they rang up absurdly high data roaming charges. |
| Song | Wherever I May Roam |
| Artist | Metallica |
| Number | 96 |
| Realm | Inclusiveness |
| Subrealm | Comes To The Toy World |
| Question | In 2019, Mattel came out with disabled Barbie dolls. Besides offering a wheelchair and prosthetic legs, what other change was made to the Barbie lineup? |
| Answer | The Barbie Dream House was made ADA-compliant. |
| Song | Watching The Wheels |
| Artist | John Lennon |
| Number | 97 |
| Realm | Free Tibet |
| Subrealm | With Purchase Of Any Nepal |
| Question | Q: In 2007, China passed a law making it illegal for Tibetan monks to do what without government permission? |
| Answer | Reincarnate. |
| Song | Do It Again |
| Artist | Steely Dan |
| Number | 98 |
| Realm | The Real Question |
| Subrealm | Was It Made Of Orange Wax? |
| Question | Recently, San Antonio's Tussaud's Waxworks had to get rid of its Trump sculpture. Why? |
| Answer | People wouldn't stop punching it. |
| Song | Hook |
| Artist | Blues Traveler |
| Number | 99 |
| Realm | Painkiller Trivia |
| Subrealm | Tylenol |
| Question | According to a study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, what unexpected side effect does Tylenol have? |
| Answer | It makes you more willing to take risks. |
| Song | You Better You Bet |
| Artist | The Who |
| Number | 100 |
| Realm | Ladies |
| Subrealm | With A Monopoly |
| Question | Stephanie Shubat and Gail Karet are the sole source in the U.S. for what? |
| Answer | Generic names for pharmaceuticals. |
| Song | Just Like a Pill |
| Artist | P!nk |