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| Number | 1 |
| Realm | Starting Off Classy |
| Subrealm | Trivia Slashfic NSFW |
| Question | Sven walked through the empty halls of CERN, heartbroken now that Victor and Benjamin's project had been completed and his lovers had left. Suddenly he heard those familiar strides. Blood rushing to his now tumescent test tube of love, he turned and collided with his lovers. In trivia, their meeting could be termed a what? |
| Answer | Return of the Large Hardon Colliders |
| Song | Harder, better, faster, stronger |
| Artist | Daft Punk |
| Number | 2 |
| Realm | Awesome women |
| Subrealm | And even better speeches |
| Question | In 1950, Republican Margaret Chase Smith, then the only female senator in the United States Congress, famously spoke out against red-baiting and character assassination by Senator Joseph McCarthy. What did she identify as the "Four Horsemen of Calumny" that would destroy the American political process? |
| Answer | Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear. |
| Song | Black Horse and the Cherry Tree |
| Artist | KT Tunstall |
| Number | 3 |
| Realm | Things not to do in Missouri |
| Subrealm | Like your neighbor's wife |
| Question | This plant, illegal in Missouri due to its narcotic properties, is used daily by around 80% of the men in Yemen. What is it? |
| Answer | Khat. It's a chewable leaf found ubiquitously in Yemen. |
| Song | Because I Got High |
| Artist | Afroman |
| Number | 4 |
| Realm | The Holy Trinity |
| Subrealm | Of lawn guy land. |
| Question | The largest outdoor film screening since 1919 occured this past August at New York's CitiField. The film shown was a documentary chronicalling the lives of what three famous (and extremely important) Long Island entities? |
| Answer | The Mets, Shea Stadium, and Billy Joel |
| Song | The Entertainer |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Number | 5 |
| Realm | Really fierce vikings |
| Subrealm | with very odd Yuletide predelictions |
| Question | Today is December 24 and from your comfy couch in Gotenborg, Sweden, you turn on the television and join over a third of your fellow citizens in watching this television show. What are you watching? |
| Answer | Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar God Jul ("Donald Duck and his friends wish you a Merry Christmas.") In the scene "Santa's Workshop" a black doll crying "Mammy" has been censored in the U.S. but not in Sweden. |
| Song | Duck Tales Theme |
| Artist | (none needed) |
| Number | 6 |
| Realm | You want a yeast infection? |
| Subrealm | Go here. |
| Question | Austria's Starkenberger Brewery (and adjoining castle) is a magical place to drink beer… and exfoliate? The brewery features this attraction, the only one of its kind in the world, which they claim can help heal open wounds and psoriasis. What is it? |
| Answer | They have a beer pool. |
| Song | In Too Deep |
| Artist | Sum 41 |
| Number | 7 |
| Realm | FOOOOOOOUUUR |
| Subrealm | … different awards. |
| Question | They say you can't win 'em all, but these people have! No, we're not talking about Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer. Only 10 people in history have won the Showbiz Award Grand Slam. Who was the first person to complete half of it in one year? |
| Answer | Whoopi Goldberg. She won the Emmy and the Tony in the same year. |
| Song | Whoomp (There It Is) |
| Artist | Tag Team |
| Number | 8 |
| Realm | Multiculturalism |
| Subrealm | and accidental offense |
| Question | Suppose you receive a Kenyan guest and wish to offer him a nice fruit drink. You offer to take him to Jamba Juice. Why is he likely to laugh in your face? |
| Answer | Jamba means fart in Swahili. |
| Song | Blowin' in the Wind |
| Artist | Bob Dylan |
| Number | 9 |
| Realm | A very manly question |
| Subrealm | Regarding very manly things |
| Question | In the final game of the 2006 season, the Patriots' backup quarterback won the award for special teams player of the week for being the first person since 1941 to successfully do what? |
| Answer | Doug Flutie converted a drop kick in his final game against the Miami Dolphins. |
| Song | I'm Shipping up to Boston |
| Artist | Dropkick Murphys |
| Number | 10 |
| Realm | Pioneer camp |
| Subrealm | No, it's not where you learn to drive a covered wagon |
| Question | Samantha Smith famously visited the Soviet pioneer camp Artek after being personally invited to the USSR by Yuri Andropov in 1983 because of a letter she wrote to him. What television show did she star in a few years after returning from this notable trip? |
| Answer | Lime Street |
| Song | Lime in the Coconut |
| Artist | The Muppets |
| Number | 11 |
| Realm | Law and Order |
| Subrealm | Minus the [sound: doink doink] |
| Question | Great Scott! The Mayor of Munchkin City (in the county of the Land of Oz) has been murdered by a bloodthirsty local gang - the Lollipop Guild. Name three of the eight criteria that must be fulfilled before the coroner will verify that the late Mayor is legally dead. Bonus point: name all eight. |
| Answer | He must be morally, ethically, spiritually, physically, positively, absolutely, undeniably, and reliably… dead. |
| Song | Short People |
| Artist | Randy Newman |
| Number | 12 |
| Realm | Real estate |
| Subrealm | Of cheese-eating surrender monkeys. |
| Question | The Allied cemeteries overlooking Omaha Beach at Colleville-sur-Mer are internationally recognizable by their neat rows of bright marble crosses. Less frequently recognized are the nearby cemeteries where German soldiers who died during the war are buried. What is particularly notable about the crosses in La Cambe, the largest German cemetery in France, as compared to the Allied cemetary? |
| Answer | The headstones in the German cemeteries are black and made of granite, a direct and deliberate contrast to the white headstones near Omaha Beach. |
| Song | Men In Black |
| Artist | Will Smith |
| Number | 13 |
| Realm | Screaming, fighting, and breaking instruments |
| Subrealm | No, it's not Thanksgiving dinner |
| Question | "Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith took the stage for 3 1/2 hours in the final set played at which famous NY music club before it closed for good in October 2008? |
| Answer | CBGB [OMFUG] |
| Song | Gloria |
| Artist | Them |
| Note | Actual date of the final concert was October 15, 2006. |
| Number | 14 |
| Realm | I once had an uncle who used to put his right hand in a lion's mouth |
| Subrealm | We called him "Lefty." |
| Question | For years, it was said that this man never used his left hand for anything other than shooting, until someone eventually realized that the only available picture of him was in reverse. Who is he? |
| Answer | Billy the Kid, William Bonney. |
| Song | Hoedown |
| Artist | Aaron Copeland |
| Number | 15 |
| Realm | Have any trivia contests ever been rickrolled? |
| Subrealm | (play song) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU… oh. |
| Question | In late 2007, internet imageboard 4chan invented the "rickroll" by posting a video it claimed to be a mirror for the first trailer of Grand Theft Auto IV, but which instead led to a video of 1980s pop star Rick Astley. By 2008, the phenomenon of "rickrolling" had spread around the world. What 2008, nationally-televised event was "rickrolled" by none other than the real Rick Astley himself? |
| Answer | The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, during Cartoon Network's "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" performance of "Best Friend." |
| Song | Thank You |
| Artist | Alanis Morissette |
| Number | 16 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | In the USA! |
| Question | Another question for you sports fans! Besides being sports teams, what do the Baltimore Orioles, the New York Giants, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Cleveland Browns all have in common? |
| Answer | They relocated to other cities. (The Orioles moved to NY in 1902 becoming the NY Highlanders, then the Yankees, The Giants(baseball) moved to San Francisco, the Cardinals (football) moved to Arizona, and the Browns moved to Baltimore becoming the Ravens) |
| Song | Move Along |
| Artist | All American Rejects |
| Number | 17 |
| Realm | Hold me closer |
| Subrealm | Not too close |
| Question | Schopenhauer and Freud each used this critter to describe the phenomenon whereby people want to become close to each other but the dangers implicit in drawing closer force them to maintain their distance. Of what animal did they both write? |
| Answer | The hedgehog |
| Song | Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog theme song |
| Artist | (none needed) |
| Number | 18 |
| Realm | Nom nom |
| Subrealm | Nom nom nom |
| Question | This food brand, which was first sold under its current name in 1928, was originally sold in tin cans with a turn-key and reclosable lid, switched to glass jars due to metal shortages during WWII. In 1988 it became the first of its competitors to use plastic jars. What is this iconic product? |
| Answer | Peter Pan peanut butter |
| Song | Bed Intruder Song |
| Artist | Antoine Dodson |
| Number | 19 |
| Realm | Oh say can you seee… |
| Subrealm | blaaah blah blah blaaaah blaaah blaaaah |
| Question | As a patriotic American, it is your duty (and pleasure) to have memorized all of the words to our national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner." Feel fortunate. There are two countries in the world that have two official national anthems of equal status and were you a citizen, you would need to know both. Denmark is one, which is the other? |
| Answer | New Zealand |
| Song | She's So Hot… BOOM! |
| Artist | Flight of the Conchords |
| Number | 20 |
| Realm | Don't sleep in the subway, darling |
| Subrealm | Next to a guy who is holding this. |
| Question | Stink, stank, stunk! Described alternatively as smelling of camembert, turpentine, avocado, gym socks, or putrefied wild animal, what southeast Asian fruit has been banned on Singaporean subways due to its strong, unpleasant odor? |
| Answer | the Durian |
| Song | That Smell |
| Artist | Lynyrd Skynard |
| Number | 21 |
| Realm | To be or not to be |
| Subrealm | is not the question here |
| Question | Here ye, here ye! After one burned down in 1613, and another closed in 1642, the Globe Theatre lay dormant for three hundred years until reconstruction began. Which one of Shakespeare's plays was first to be performed in the opening season of the reconstructed Globe in summer, 1997? |
| Answer | Henry V |
| Song | Makes Me Wonder |
| Artist | Maroon Five |
| Number | 22 |
| Realm | Es-ca-pay! |
| Subrealm | Funny, that's spelled the same way as escape! |
| Question | During WWII, Bill Goldfinch and Jack Best were two British soldiers who had the misfortune of ending up in a German POW camp. These two men planned an innovative escape but never got to implement it as the camp was liberated before they could execute their plan. How did they plan to escape? |
| Answer | By Glider, they had been building one in the attic for quite some time. |
| Song | Pretty Fly for a White Guy |
| Artist | The Offspring |
| Number | 23 |
| Realm | Questionable Advertising |
| Subrealm | Or consciousness-raising? |
| Question | In 1992, a picture of a man, David Kirby, dying of AIDS was featured in a controversial ad for this clothing store, prompting AIDS activist organization ACTUP to stage die-ins in their stores. Which clothing store used the photograph in its controversial campaign? |
| Answer | United Colors of Bennetton |
| Song | The Last Song |
| Artist | Elton John |
| Number | 24 |
| Realm | Tennis |
| Subrealm | The menace! |
| Question | Maria Sharapova clocks in at 101. Serena Williams offers a respectable 88.9. Kim Clijsters pulls a fair 75. What statistic are we giving you for these tennis greats? |
| Answer | The decibel reading of their grunts. At 101, Maria Sharapova's grunt is the one of the loudest in tennis, coming just below that of a lion's roar (110). |
| Song | Let's Get Loud |
| Artist | Jennifer Lopez |
| Number | 25 |
| Realm | Unrelated items |
| Subrealm | That have something special in common |
| Question | What do a naked body covered in morning dew, a chest with twenty mirrors, a giant steel grasshopper, a smoke filled globe, a body slathered in bull's blood, an iron platform and a magnet, and the tides all have in common? |
| Answer | Methods of space travel devised by Cyrano de Bergerac in the play by Edmond Rostand. |
| Song | Walkin' on the Sun |
| Artist | Smash Mouth |
| Number | 26 |
| Realm | Christmas Movies |
| Subrealm | With huge body counts |
| Question | Perhaps to better appeal to the local audience (or to offend them less), in the German dubbed version of this cheery "holiday" film, the names of certain unsavory characters were anglicized. Hans became Jack, Karl became Charlie, and Heinrich became Henry. What movie are we talking about? |
| Answer | Die Hard. The song "Christmas in Hollis" is introduced to our hero, John McClane, by driver Argyle on the way to Nakatomi Plaza. |
| Song | Christmas in Hollis |
| Artist | Run DMC |
| Number | 27 |
| Realm | 18 million cracks in the Italian glass ceiling… |
| Subrealm | … and this is all they got? |
| Question | This iconic Italian profession, traditionally passed from father to son, saw its first female ever granted a license this past August. What is the profession? |
| Answer | Gondolier pilot (Giorgia Boscolo) |
| Song | That's Amore |
| Artist | Dean Martin |
| Number | 28 |
| Realm | Russia |
| Subrealm | Having excellent taste |
| Question | Bulgarian President Boyko Borisov gave Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin a gift. What was the gift and what did the Russian people name it? |
| Answer | Buffy the Bulgarian shepherd dog |
| Song | Buffy theme song |
| Artist | Nerf Herder |
| Number | 29 |
| Realm | Extending the franchise |
| Subrealm | And confusing the pollworkers |
| Question | Brooke Greenberg turned 18 on the eighth, but she probably won't be able to vote in the next election. Why is this? |
| Answer | She doesn't grow (she's still essentially a toddler). |
| Song | Young Forever |
| Artist | Jay-Z featuring Mr. Hudson |
| Number | 30 |
| Realm | Finally, a question about Williams |
| Subrealm | Psych! It's about Northwestern |
| Question | According to campus tours, the Technological Institute on Northwestern's campus is impervious to unibombers. They also tell you that it is the second largest building in the US under 5 stories above ground. What is the largest office building in the United States that meet these criteria? |
| Answer | The Pentagon |
| Song | Seven Nation Army |
| Artist | The White Stripes |
| Number | 31 |
| Realm | Now you see me… |
| Subrealm | Now you don't. |
| Question | As head of the psychiatric ward at Bellevue, you are responsible for periodic evaluation of patients. A young man from Budapest named Erik Weisz has been brought to your attention as a troublemaker. Because of his brute strength and volatile temperment, you decide to subdue him with a straitjacket. It does not work. Why? |
| Answer | Naturally, the boy escapes. Erik Weisz was the birth name of magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, inventor of the legendary straitjacket escape. He was never actually in a psychiatric ward. |
| Song | Magic |
| Artist | Pilot |
| Number | 32 |
| Realm | I can see question #32 |
| Subrealm | from my house! |
| Question | You can tell that a company is first-rate when they state directly in their motto that they no longer poison rivers! According to Tina Fey's hit TV show "30 Rock," what is the direct parent company of NBC? |
| Answer | Sheinhardt Wig Company |
| Song | Whip My Hair |
| Artist | Willow Smith |
| Number | 33 |
| Realm | As if trivia weren't geeky enough |
| Subrealm | Well, it is. |
| Question | This seminal science fiction film (which was recently re-released with additional footage) inspired the design for the adorable, neurotic robot C-3PO in Star Wars. What is the name of the film? |
| Answer | Metropolis |
| Song | The Superman March |
| Artist | John Williams |
| Number | 34 |
| Realm | Excuse me, I believe that's my… |
| Subrealm | eye? |
| Question | One way to see someone's point of view is by walking a mile in their shoes, but what about through other organs? Somewhere in New York City, there are two women walking around with this actor's corneas. All around the New York City subway system, there are posters of the donor, known for his long career as an actor and singer of stage and screen. Name him. |
| Answer | Jerry Orbach |
| Song | Be Our Guest |
| Artist | Beauty and the Beast |
| Number | 35 |
| Realm | Our producer felt neglected |
| Subrealm | This'll make him feel better |
| Question | To the applause of mole people (uhh… theater techies) everywhere, this too-often underappreciated theatrical design category was finally given a Tony award slot in the year 2008. What was the design area? |
| Answer | Best Sound Design |
| Song | Listen |
| Artist | Beyonce Knowles |
| Number | 36 |
| Realm | The Milky Way |
| Subrealm | Our Solar System |
| Question | According to astronomers, there is only one known region in the solar system - conveniently located on our very own moon - where the sun never sets during a lunar summer, and would only set between 70 and 90% of the time during a lunar winter. What is this unique region called? |
| Answer | The area is called the "Peaks of Eternal Light". These peaks only descend into darkness during lunar eclipses. |
| Song | Blinded by the Light |
| Artist | Manfred Mann |
| Number | 37 |
| Realm | Women |
| Subrealm | In their rightful place! (We'll castrate the one wrote that later.) |
| Question | What would you do if you were stuck in your house for twenty years? This person used the time to cook her way to glory, overcoming severe agoraphobia to become one of the most famous Food Network Personalities. Who is she? |
| Answer | Paula Deen |
| Song | Popcorn |
| Artist | Hot Butter |
| Number | 38 |
| Realm | Mathmagic Land |
| Subrealm | Without Donald |
| Question | It's a cool summer night and cousin Jim Bob is sitting outside, chewing on hay and listening to the sounds of crickets chirping. You try to talk to him, but he demands 15 seconds of total silence so that he can concentrate. After the fifteen seconds and what looks like quick mental math, all he says is "55." What is he trying to tell you? |
| Answer | He's giving you the current temperature. If you count the number of common field cricket chirps in 15 seconds an add 40, you will find a quick and good approximation of the outside temperature. This calculation is based on Dolbear's Law, a formal equation of how to derive outside temperature from cricket chirps. |
| Song | Hot and Cold |
| Artist | Katy Perry |
| Number | 39 |
| Realm | White dudes |
| Subrealm | With accents |
| Question | One of these things is not like the other. In one of the most iconic images from the 1968 Mexico City Olympic games, two American runners on the medal stand pose with their fists raised. However, there is also a third man on the medal stand who hailed from a different nation. Who was he and where was he from? |
| Answer | Peter Norman, Australia |
| Song | A Land Down Under |
| Artist | Men at Work |
| Number | 40 |
| Realm | Guns |
| Subrealm | Are real, sometimes |
| Question | Cheryl Crane, daughter of movie star Lana Turner, became famous in her own right for killing her mother's boyfriend Johnny Stompanato in 1958. Stompanato was widely regarded as a not-so-great guy and once pointed a gun at what famous actor? |
| Answer | Sean Connery |
| Song | Goldfinger |
| Artist | Shirley Bassey |
| Number | 41 |
| Realm | Ho ho ho |
| Subrealm | Oh oh no! |
| Question | Douglas Fir? Colorado Blue Spruce? Every year, good Christians wonder what kind of tree they should buy to decorate their home for the season. Generally speaking, you don't get arrested for your Christmas tree. However, in 2010 a German man ended up in the clink for his untraditional "tree," festively decorated with lights and ornaments. What was illegal about this tannenbaum? |
| Answer | It was a six foot tall marijuana plant. |
| Song | Family Affair |
| Artist | Mary J. Blige |
| Number | 42 |
| Realm | Biology |
| Subrealm | Explained by 15-year-olds. |
| Question | According to Brittany, everyone's favorite blonde cheerleader from Glee, what is the critical difference between members of the Delphinidae family and members of the Lamnidae family? |
| Answer | Although she presumably has little scientific evidence with which to back up this claim, according to Brittany, "dolphins are just gay sharks." |
| Song | Raise Your Glass |
| Artist | Pink |
| Number | 43 |
| Realm | Medicine |
| Subrealm | Keeps getting curiouser and curiouser |
| Question | Imagine that you are a physician and a patient comes to you suffering from a perception problem. They continually see objects as larger, smaller, or distorted… even though their eyes are physiologically normal. What might they be suffering from? |
| Answer | Alice in Wonderland Syndrome |
| Song | White Rabbit |
| Artist | Jefferson Airplane |
| Number | 44 |
| Realm | You're such a tease. |
| Subrealm | SATs… style question! |
| Question | Hypothetical situation: You are sailing on the Chicago River and you begin to wonder what date it is. You do not know what month or day it is, except that it is cold outside. You look over the side of the boat, and without seeing a calendar, any storefronts or any people, you are able to determine the date within a margin of error of a few days. How? |
| Answer | Each year, the Chicago River is dyed green for St. Patrick's Day. Thus, upon seeing that the river is green, you conclude that it is somewhere near March 17th. |
| Song | There's No One As Irish As Barack O'Bama |
| Artist | Corrigan Brothers |
| Number | 45 |
| Realm | Rich people |
| Subrealm | Doin' funny things |
| Question | Everything worthwhile is apparently European. On July 4th, 1905, tobacco mogul Abbot Kinney created a neighborhood project in California, now more famous for its stoners and boardwalk than for its European-inspired canals. What was the original name of this neighborhood? |
| Answer | Venice-of-America |
| Song | Tu Vuo Fa l'Americano |
| Artist | Puppini Sisters |
| Number | 46 |
| Realm | My philosophy on grades |
| Subrealm | C is for cookie, that's good enough for me |
| Question | Before he first tried cookies, Cookie Monster was known as something else. What was his name? |
| Answer | Sid |
| Song | Anarchy in the UK |
| Artist | Sex Pistols |
| Number | 47 |
| Realm | Dead languages |
| Subrealm | Finding life on the internet |
| Question | You've stumbled upon a website that begins with the phrase "lorem ipsum," but the site does not appear to have anything to do with Latin. What kind of site are you actually on? |
| Answer | One that doesn't have any content. "Lorem ipsum" is the beginning of commonly used, pseudo-Latin placeholder text put on new websites to show layout. It is an interpretation of a passage from Cicero. |
| Song | Supernothing |
| Artist | Catch 22 |
| Number | 48 |
| Realm | It's that time again! |
| Subrealm | THE TONGA QUESTION |
| Question | In October 2010, this American TV show paid a visit to Tonga, in an event the Tongan Ministry of Tourism called "an inspiration" for those in Tonga and across the world. Which show visited Trivia's favorite Pacific archipelago? |
| Answer | "The Biggest Loser." Former contestant Sione Fa, who is Tongan, gave the show a tour of her homeland. Over 80% of the Tongan population is considered overweight or obese. |
| Song | Baby Got Back |
| Artist | Sir Mix A Lot |
| Number | 49 |
| Realm | places you've never heard of |
| Subrealm | because they've been blown off the map |
| Question | In 1944, a massive naval munitions explosion - the size of a 5 kiloton bomb - erupted, resulting in the largest state-side military disaster of WWII. Where shouldn't you have worked in 1944, if you had wanted to avoid this firestorm? |
| Answer | Port Chicago, CA |
| Song | California Dreamin' |
| Artist | The Mamas and The Papas |
| Number | 50 |
| Realm | This is real meta. |
| Subrealm | No, seriously. |
| Question | Here's one that will screw with you. What is the full name of the fictitious person who lent her name to a neologistic term for fake entries in articles or reference books? |
| Answer | Lillian Virginia Mountweazel |
| Song | Meet Virginia |
| Artist | Train |
| Number | 51 |
| Realm | 90's television with ambiguous lesbian subtext |
| Subrealm | that wasn't ambiguous by the last season |
| Question | (spoken like opening theme) In a time of ancient gods, warlords, and kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena, a mighty princess forged in the heat of battle. The power, the passion, the danger. Her courage will change the world… That's all well and good, but what was the name of that spinny circle weapon she used to disable her enemies? |
| Answer | A chakram |
| Song | "The Warrior" |
| Artist | Scandal |
| Number | 52 |
| Realm | Things that are long. (sultrily) |
| Subrealm | Really. Long. |
| Question | Featuring the reading of a 4,080 page poem interjected by clips of heavy metal and porn, this 1987 film clocked in at a whopping eighty seven hours, making it the world's longest movie until 2006. What movie are we talking about? |
| Answer | The Cure for Insomnia |
| Song | Once Upon a Dream |
| Artist | Sleeping Beauty |
| Number | 53 |
| Realm | Everybody's heard |
| Subrealm | About the bird |
| Question | The 1942 Warner Bros cartoon "A Tale of Two Kitties" centers on two cats who are attempting to catch Tweety bird. One cat tells the other to give him the bird, to which the second cat replies that he would love to, but he can't because of this office's rules. What set of rules limited his ability to cheekily (and somewhat obscenely) respond? |
| Answer | The Hays Motion Picture Code |
| Song | Beep |
| Artist | Pussycat Dolls |
| Number | 54 |
| Realm | Grab your beignets and beads - |
| Subrealm | We're heading to Louisiana |
| Question | Rumored to be the first American cocktail, this drink was invented in the mid-1800s in swinging New Orleans. Though exact recipes vary, it is traditionally made with sugar, bitters, absinthe, whiskey, cognac and topped off with a lemon peel. What drink is it? |
| Answer | The Sazerac. By an act of the state legislature in 2008, it is now the "Official Cocktail of the City of New Orleans." |
| Song | City of New Orleans |
| Artist | Willie Nelson |
| Number | 55 |
| Realm | In Soviet Russia |
| Subrealm | Game hunts YOU! |
| Question | According to the National Park Service, this deer-relative kills and injures more people per year than bears. What animal is it? |
| Answer | The moose. |
| Song | Discovery Channel |
| Artist | Bloodhound Gang |
| Number | 56 |
| Realm | All the news |
| Subrealm | thats fit to reprint |
| Question | Ostensibly for copyright reasons, most TV shows and movies use prop newspapers instead of real newspapers. As noted in June 2010 by a Picasa user who compiled a collage of screenshots, a substantial number of them used the exact same prop newspaper featuring a picture of a woman with headline possibly referencing her luminescence. What headline has been seen in That 70's Show, Angel, Charmed, Desperate Housewives, Scrubs, and Remington Steele, among many others? |
| Answer | "The 3rd Brightest but Hard "Gal" to See" |
| Song | Shining Star |
| Artist | Earth, Wind and Fire |
| Number | 57 |
| Realm | Spitting |
| Subrealm | Popular with both men, baseball players and camels |
| Question | During the Dollars Trilogy, Clint Eastwood's character was known variously as Joe, Manco and Blondie. Give the name of the conspicuously named character who ritualistically spit tobacco [hitting scorpions and dogs in several instances] immediately before gunning down his enemies. |
| Answer | Josey Wales from The Outlaw Josey Wales |
| Song | Highwayman |
| Artist | The Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings) |
| Number | 58 |
| Realm | Rooby-Roo? |
| Subrealm | Ruh-roh. |
| Question | Nicknamed "The Informer" because walking him on long trips gave away the President's presence to any enemies in the area, this loyal pup was made an honorary private in the US Army after he made a $1 "contribution" to the war effort. Who is this beloved former first dog? |
| Answer | Fala, FDR's Scottish terrier. |
| Song | Who Let the Dogs Out |
| Artist | Baha Men |
| Number | 59 |
| Realm | So a guy walks into a bar. |
| Subrealm | Ouch. |
| Question | After overindulging during the holiday season, you decide to cut out all alcohol and fatty foods from your diet. At an office cocktail party, you say you just want water instead of a glass of wine. Before pouring, the bartender nonchalantly asks, "So, are you a friend of Bill W. and Dr. Bob?" What does the bartender actually want to know? |
| Answer | The bartender is asking if you are a recovering alcoholic. Bill W. (Bill Wilson) and Dr. Bob Smith are the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous, and members of AA use the code "Are you a friend of Bill W. and Dr. Bob?" to discreetly identify each other in social situations. |
| Song | Sittin' at the Bar |
| Artist | Rehab |
| Number | 60 |
| Realm | Funny phrases |
| Subrealm | And their mysterious origins |
| Question | Here's one for you cunning linguists! Commonly assigned to heads of lodges, orders, and organizations, this title originates in the town of Titipu. What is the title? |
| Answer | Grand High Poobah. From Gilbert and Sullivan's the Mikado. |
| Song | Three Little Maids from School |
| Artist | The Mikado |
| Number | 61 |
| Realm | Meat |
| Subrealm | And those who don't consume it. |
| Question | Ceramics, stoneware, and earthenware, oh my! If you've ever moved into a new apartment or gotten married, you are probably familiar with the dazzling panoply of dishware one can purchase. Two years ago, vegans Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi were married, and presumably, picked out dishes. Why, in all likelihood, did they NOT choose a pattern from iconic and ubiquitous Lenox China? |
| Answer | Lenox China is the only major bone ash china producer in the United States. Bone ash china ('bone china') is not vegan, as it is made from real bones (25-50% cattle bone ash). |
| Song | Walking on Broken Glass |
| Artist | Annie Lennox |
| Number | 62 |
| Realm | Famous crooked noses |
| Subrealm | Not on Owen Wilson. |
| Question | It probably sucked at the time, but it doesn't look like it hurt his career much. What master sculptor and painter was disfigured for life after a jealous rival artist allegedly hit him in the nose with a mallet in a fit of rage? |
| Answer | Michelangelo |
| Song | Ninja Rap |
| Artist | Vanilla Ice |
| Number | 63 |
| Realm | Music |
| Subrealm | and politics |
| Question | And they say you only get fifteen minutes of fame! The man who is best known for penning the 1930s song, Strange Fruit, made another notable - and controversial - contribution to society several decades later. What was it? |
| Answer | He adopted the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg |
| Song | Back in the USSR |
| Artist | The Beatles |
| Number | 64 |
| Realm | Soap |
| Subrealm | And places you shouldn't drop it. |
| Question | Congressman Leo Ryan is notable for not only traveling to Jonestown and interviewing members of the People's Temple, but also for going undercover for ten days in what notorious prison? |
| Answer | Folsom Prison |
| Song | Back on the Chain Gang |
| Artist | The Pretenders |
| Number | 65 |
| Realm | POL-I-TICS! POL-I-TICS! (a la Animal) |
| Subrealm | And questionable jurisdiction |
| Question | Created in 1931 as an exercise of power by a temporarily acting governor, what position possesses the authority to command all the officers, seamen, tadpoles, and goldfish of the particular landlocked state in which it is granted? |
| Answer | Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska |
| Song | I'm on a Boat |
| Artist | The Lonely Island |
| Number | 66 |
| Realm | Do you know the most interesting man in the world? |
| Subrealm | I'm his brother |
| Question | I'm on a boat. I have an oyster with two tickets to that thing you love. Look down. Now up. The tickets are now diamonds. I'm on a horse. Who am I? |
| Answer | The man your man could smell like: Isaiah Mustafa |
| Song | Macho Man |
| Artist | Village People |
| Number | 67 |
| Realm | He ain't heavy |
| Subrealm | He's my elephant |
| Question | The word "Jumbo" first entered the English language in 1882 as the name of a twelve foot African elephant owned by what entity? |
| Answer | Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth |
| Song | Karn Evil 9 Mvt II |
| Artist | Emerson, Lake and Palmer |
| Number | 68 |
| Realm | Things to do while in the waiting room |
| Subrealm | Other than reading magazines from 1993 |
| Question | Part physics, part strategy, all fun, this #1-selling game allows you to spend hours upon hours blowing up castles and searching for golden eggs on your iPhone or Android. What game should you download if you want to join over 50 million of your fellow countrymen in on-the-go gaming? |
| Answer | Angry Birds |
| Song | Birdhouse in Your Soul |
| Artist | They Might Be Giants |
| Number | 69 |
| Realm | Thinking caps |
| Subrealm | As seen on TV. |
| Question | Tom's mother has four children. Three of them are named Penny, Nickel and Dime. What is the name of the fourth? |
| Answer | Tom!! (Dumbass.) |
| Song | Sexbomb |
| Artist | Tom Jones |
| Number | 70 |
| Realm | Calendars |
| Subrealm | Not so esoteric ones |
| Question | Unlike the Chinese and Jewish calendars (which follow a fixed lunisolar year), or the Gregorian calendar (which follows a solar year), the Islam's Hijri calendar is a purely lunar calendar that follows twelve lunar months. Because of this, the months rarely fall within the same seasons each year. How frequently can one expect the order of winter-spring-summer-fall to occur? |
| Answer | Once every 33 years. |
| Song | Turn, Turn, Turn |
| Artist | The Byrds |
| Note | The Islamic calendar has many variations. All have a year of 12 months, each of which is either 29 or 30 days long. If you use the formulaic version, then the average year is 354 11/30 days long, about 11 days short of the solar year. That means that 34 lunar years is about 12048.5 days. A solar year, according to the Gregorian calendar, has 365.2425 days, so 33 solar years is 12053.0 days. Thus the sequence of seasons will approximately repeat every 33 years. But that doesn't mean that there won't be more that one Winter-Spring-Summer-Fall year in the the 33-year span. In fact, since the lunar year is only 11 days short of the solar year, the same sequence of seasons will occur for about 8 years in a row, before giving way to a new order. So about 25% of years actually have a Winter-Spring-Summer-Fall sequence. |
| Number | 71 |
| Realm | Hey, Emma Watson. |
| Subrealm | What's that in your drink? |
| Question | Described as similar to chocolate milk, but containing a different syrup, the writers of this contest are almost certain that this beverage is not consumed anywhere else but Rhode Island. What is Rhode Island's official state drink? |
| Answer | Coffee Milk, a creamy concoction of coffee syrup and milk. |
| Song | Milkshake |
| Artist | Kelis |
| Number | 72 |
| Realm | Another very manly question |
| Subrealm | From the other side of the pond |
| Question | Max Guazzini, the president of Paris's "Stade Francais" rugby club, is known for his innovative and daring marketing choices. From starting the "Dieux de Stade" rugby calendar to having remote control cars bring the kicker to the tee, some of his changes have been called "controversial." In 2005, one such choice caused a stir in the rather masculine rugby world. What was this change? |
| Answer | He introduced a pink "away" uniform. Pink is now one of the official colors of the Stade Francais rugby club. |
| Song | La Vie En Rose |
| Artist | Edith Piaf |
| Number | 73 |
| Realm | Activists |
| Subrealm | With a sense of humor |
| Question | During the lead up to the 1968 Democratic Convention, the Yippie Party - a group of political activists and pranksters - decided to run their own candidate for president. Who did they pick? |
| Answer | Pigasus (fun fact: there were two pigasus pigs) |
| Song | Chicago |
| Artist | Graham Nash |
| Number | 74 |
| Realm | You're so vain… |
| Subrealm | You probably think this question's about you. |
| Question | If you swim from 179 degrees East to 179 degrees West in longitude, you've crossed the international date line. If you drive from Tijuana to San Ysidro, you've crossed the border from Mexico to the United States. As of late 2007, if you take an escalator from the seventh floor to the eighth floor of 611 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY, what has changed about your location (besides your elevation)? |
| Answer | You are in a new zip code. The eighth floor of Saks Fifth Avenue, located at 611 Fifth, has its own vanity zip code: 10022-SHOE. This is the first vanity postal code recognized by the post office. Mail, addressed to 10022-SHOE, is delivered directly to the department. |
| Song | Move Your Feet |
| Artist | Junior Senior |
| Number | 75 |
| Realm | Canada |
| Subrealm | Being neglected, as usual. |
| Question | Poor Canada. Although it is the world's second largest country by total area, invented the baseball glove, and is one of the top ten largest economies in the world, until 2010, no international news station had a bureau there. Which international news network finally opened a bureau in Toronto last year? |
| Answer | Al Jazeera English |
| Song | Let's Go to the Mall |
| Artist | Robin Sparkles |
| Number | 76 |
| Realm | Brooklyn Hipsters |
| Subrealm | doing nerdy things in warehouses |
| Question | The funniest things happen in Bed-Stuy. One resident, Mark Suppes, Web Developer for Gucci, spent nearly $40,000 creating this item. He became only the thirty-eighth amateur worldwide to create one. What did he make? |
| Answer | A homemade nuclear fusion reactor. |
| Song | Chemicals React |
| Artist | Aly and AJ |
| Number | 77 |
| Realm | Are you the Doctor? |
| Subrealm | Doctor Who? |
| Question | Bigger on the inside than it is on the outside, shaped like a police box, and capable of traveling through both time and space, the Tardis is an integral part of the magic (uhhh… science) that is Dr. Who. What does TARDIS stand for? |
| Answer | Time And Relative Dimension in Space |
| Song | Space Jam |
| Artist | Quad City DJs |
| Number | 78 |
| Realm | Better living |
| Subrealm | through international shaming. |
| Question | Though it has participated in the ultra-fabulous Eurovision Song Contest forty-four times, this country has always done notoriously badly. Indeed, it has finished in last place nine times and has scored "nul" points three times. Which country has done so poorly at what is arguably the most important international contest in the western hemisphere? |
| Answer | Finland. The song you just heard was their 2006 entry, "Hard Rock Hallelujah," by monster-metal band Lordi, which not only won the contest (restoring Finland's reputation as a musical powerhouse across the continent), but broke all previous scoring records. |
| Song | Hard Rock Hallelujah |
| Artist | Lordi |
| Number | 79 |
| Realm | Cruel and unusual punishment |
| Subrealm | You'll get it when you find out the answer. |
| Question | US forces famously used heavy metal music as a form of coercion in the pursuit of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. In the war in Iraq, with what did they supplement their musical arsenal? |
| Answer | Barney and Sesame Street |
| Song | Mercy |
| Artist | Duffy |
| Number | 80 |
| Realm | Electile Disfunction |
| Subrealm | There's a pill for that? |
| Question | The 1979 San Francisco mayoral election saw this amateur but musical politician finish fourth. He had a tenuous connection to a famous New England political family through his band. Who was this unlikely candidate? |
| Answer | Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys |
| Song | Holiday in Cambodia |
| Artist | Dead Kennedys |
| Number | 81 |
| Realm | Back… |
| Subrealm | … to the present! |
| Question | He's little, he's Canadian, and he's lived through the 1980s, the 1950s, and the 1880's. What does the "J" in Michael J. Fox stand for? |
| Answer | Nothing OR "Jenius" |
| Song | 99 Problems |
| Artist | Jay-Z |
| Note | Michael J. Fox was born Michael Andrew Fox. In 1979, when he joined the Screen Actors Guild, he found that a veteran charater actor was already registered with the the name Michael Fox. He chose the new middle initial as a tribute to actor Michael J. Pollard. When asked, he often says that it stands for "Jenius" or "Jenuinely Jenius". |
| Number | 82 |
| Realm | Do you have a flag? (a la Eddie Izzard) |
| Subrealm | How about six? |
| Question | This is also a NO-GOOGLE question. As many of you may know from Great Adventure, Great America, Magic Mountain and Great Escape (among many others), six flags have flown over Texas since Cortes first explored the region in 1519. Name all six. And remember, no googling! |
| Answer | Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, the Confederacy, and the United States of America. |
| Song | Texas in 1880 |
| Artist | Pat Green and Radney Foster |
| Number | 83 |
| Realm | Now 83 |
| Subrealm | That's what I call dedication |
| Question | Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Such reads the inscription on the James Farley Post Office in New York City. Some government agents go above and beyond to complete their duties. According to a section added to their training manual in 1989, what government "couriers" must still complete their mundane (and often reviled) duties in the event of a nuclear attack? |
| Answer | IRS agents |
| Song | Mo' Money Mo' Problems |
| Artist | Notorious BIG |
| Number | 84 |
| Realm | Football (read in a spanish accent) |
| Subrealm | The kind you play with your hands |
| Question | Under rather shady circumstances, what legal maneuver was used by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to settle a dispute between the Jets and Giants over who would have home-field advantage in the first ever game held at the new Meadowlands Stadium? |
| Answer | A coin toss. (shady because it was done with neither team having a representative present, or even told that this would be the solution) |
| Song | Money Money Money |
| Artist | ABBA |
| Number | 85 |
| Realm | F1 |
| Subrealm | Hit! You've sunk my battleship! |
| Question | Listed alongside the Bumpit, Farmville, crinoline, and hair in a can as one of Time Magazine's "50 Worst Inventions", this anthropomorphic office supply irritated thousands of computer users by being perpetually concerned that they might be writing letters and could use some help. What is his official name? |
| Answer | Clippy (the Word 97 paper clip.) |
| Song | Word Up |
| Artist | Cameo |
| Note | The Office Assistant's official name was actually "Clippit". Clippy was a nickname. |
| Number | 86 |
| Realm | Answer this question |
| Subrealm | With all deliberate speed |
| Question | In April of 2010, CNN ran a study exploring children's attitudes towards people of different races, based in part on a 1947 study by Kenneth and Mamie Clark. What object was famously used in the original study? |
| Answer | Dolls |
| Song | Barbie Girl |
| Artist | Aqua |
| Number | 87 |
| Realm | Get to the toilet |
| Subrealm | It's the only safe place! |
| Question | After many months of hard work, you finally decide to take a vacation. While walking around the jungle in scenic Isla Nublar, you come across an enormous, hungry animal (possibly a reptile, but you're no expert) with two fingers on each hand. What do you do if you want to stay alive? |
| Answer | You stay still. As you are in Jurassic Park, and this animal is a T-Rex, and as we all know from the film and book, T-Rexes can only see movement. If you want to stay alive, you should stay perfectly still. |
| Song | I Like to Move It |
| Artist | Reel 2 Real |
| Number | 88 |
| Realm | Food, glorious food! |
| Subrealm | Comida! La comida gloriousa! |
| Question | Esther, Rose, Tootie and Agnes Smith just came back from a trip to New York City where they found the most delicious soup and sandwich chain with the most divine Asiago bread. They've been told that they can find the chain where they live, but under a different name. What is it this ubiquitous chain called in the Smith clan's hometown? |
| Answer | The St. Louis Bread Company. More commonly known as Panera Bread, it was founded in St. Louis as the "Saint Louis Bread Company." All restaurants within the St. Louis metropolitan area still use the old name. |
| Song | The Trolley Song |
| Artist | Judy Garland |
| Number | 89 |
| Realm | Chicks with muscles |
| Subrealm | Who aren't Linda Hamilton or Michelle Obama |
| Question | Contrary to popular belief, the famous "We Can Do It!" poster featuring a woman with a red polka-dotted bandana, blue work shirt, and a killer bicep, was not manufactured as wartime propaganda by the United States government. Who actually produced the poster? |
| Answer | Westinghouse Electric made the poster to motivate its workers. It is not the real Rosie the Riveter. Rosie the Riveter was invented by Norman Rockwell for the Saturday Evening Post. |
| Song | The Electric Boogie |
| Artist | Marcia Griffiths |
| Note | The model for the We Can Do It poster was Geraldine Doyle, a Michigan woman who worked for a brief time at the American Broach and Machine Company in Ann Arbor, where her picture was taken and later seen by artist J. Howard Miller, who worked for Westinghouse. Ms. Doyle died about a month before this contest. |
| Number | 90 |
| Realm | South Africa |
| Subrealm | Not the World Cup |
| Question | In June of 1976, this change to the South African school curriculum incited several massive demonstrations, one of which resulted in the death of 12-year-old Hector Pieterson in Soweto. What was the change? |
| Answer | The South African school system required all students to be taught in Afrikaans. |
| Song | Pass that Dutch |
| Artist | Missy Elliott |
| Hint | http://cronkite.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/305px-soweto_riots1.jpg (More people may recognize the iconic image) |
| Number | 91 |
| Realm | Very sad stories |
| Subrealm | That you should be aware of |
| Question | One famous member of "the Bang-Bang Club," a group of photojournalists who went to extreme lengths to capture the violence and misery in Africa, committed suicide in 1994, just weeks after winning the Pulitzer Prize for his famous and haunting photo of a vulture stalking a certain animal. What was this animal? |
| Answer | An emaciated young girl. |
| Song | Bang Bang |
| Artist | Cher |
| Number | 92 |
| Realm | Inventing |
| Subrealm | 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration |
| Question | Every December 21st the city of Farmington, Maine celebrates Chester Greenwood day. Chester Greenwood was 15 years old when he famously invented ear muffs - but he didn't stop inventing after this success. What other invention, patented in December of 1936, did he give the world? |
| Answer | The steel-tooth rake |
| Song | Peg |
| Artist | Steely Dan |
| Number | 93 |
| Realm | More Geek Trivia |
| Subrealm | The Geekiest |
| Question | The magic system in the original Dungeons and Dragons game was inspired by what futuristic Earth-based 1950s book series? |
| Answer | Dying Earth by Jack Vance |
| Song | White and Nerdy |
| Artist | Weird Al Yankovich |
| Number | 94 |
| Realm | Famous places in the South |
| Subrealm | That aren't associated with the Confederacy |
| Question | Located deep in the Great Smokey Mountains, this is the largest ticketed attraction in Tennessee. The largest! If you wanted to contribute to what is clearly the most important source of economic development in Tennessee, where would you go? |
| Answer | Dollywood. We'd also like it noted that Tennessee was on the Yankee Side during the War of Northern Aggression. |
| Song | Rag Doll |
| Artist | The Four Seasons |
| Number | 95 |
| Realm | Internet slang |
| Subrealm | As used by professionals |
| Question | Before the internet, instant messenger, and the need to shorten all descriptions of emotions to five letters or less, LOL (or "lawl") was medical slang used by doctors to describe a certain kind of patient. What did LOL stand for? |
| Answer | Little Old Ladies |
| Song | She's a Lady |
| Artist | Tom Jones |
| Number | 96 |
| Realm | Hey Baby |
| Subrealm | Hey what? Go wildcats! |
| Question | George Story was known as the "Life Baby" because his baby picture was in Life Magazine's first issue. What is ironic about the timing of his death? |
| Answer | He died shortly after the magazine announced it was folding. |
| Song | Circle of Life |
| Artist | Lion King |
| Number | 97 |
| Realm | Sipping once, sipping twice |
| Subrealm | … and a question that has nothing do with "Chicken Soup With Rice" |
| Question | Mister Chubby doesn't have a double chin, but he does have a double THIS. Chubby Checker's song "The Twist" is notable for being the only song to do what twice? |
| Answer | Reach #1 on the Billboard charts |
| Song | Gimme All Your Lovin' |
| Artist | ZZ Top |
| Number | 98 |
| Realm | Dueling Honor Code |
| Subrealm | There's honor in dueling? |
| Question | Purposely missing on the first shot of a duel was forbidden by the Irish code duello. What is the proper name for this act? |
| Answer | Deloping |
| Song | Delovely |
| Artist | Robbie Williams |
| Number | 99 |
| Realm | Parenting |
| Subrealm | And those who should've probably passed on it. |
| Question | This author, famous for her vampire novels - and most recently her books about the life of christ - actually writes under a name she assumed in elementary school. What is this author's given and assumed name? |
| Answer | Howard Allen O'Brien (Anne Rice) |
| Song | Dude Looks Like a Lady |
| Artist | Aerosmith |
| Number | 100 |
| Realm | Travel |
| Subrealm | By people cooler than you. |
| Question | While in France, fierce investigative reporter Nellie Bly (perhaps most well known for her 10-day undercover stint in a mental institution) met with renowned author Jules Verne. What is significant about her trip and their meeting? |
| Answer | Inspired by his book "Around the World in 80 Days", Nellie Bly was midway through her attempt to go around the world in under that time. |
| Song | Roam |
| Artist | B52s |
| Number | 101 |
| Realm | The Department of Defense |
| Subrealm | … is run by 16-year-old boys. |
| Question | In late 2010 the US Department of Defense unveiled a supercomputer constructed completely from off-the-shelf commercial components, including 1,716 processors from a device you may very well have in your own home. What is this device? |
| Answer | Playstation 3 |
| Song | Replay |
| Artist | Iyaz |
| Number | 102 |
| Realm | She's no lady. |
| Subrealm | She's an animal |
| Question | The 2010 elections were a great year for funny nicknames for female Republicans. What did Sarah Palin dub the group of far-right-wing female candidates for office? (Two answers are acceptable.) |
| Answer | Either Mama Grizzlies or Pink Elephants |
| Song | I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar |
| Artist | Helen Reddy |
| Number | 103 |
| Realm | American leaders |
| Subrealm | You probably can't name |
| Question | This lesser known leader of the United States formally dissolved Congress in 1859. He issued a separate currency and resided in San Francisco. Who was this patriot? |
| Answer | Joshua Abraham Norton or His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I |
| Song | Star Wars Imperial March Again |
| Artist | John Williams |
| Number | 104 |
| Realm | The Upper Midwest |
| Subrealm | And other places we never should've settled. |
| Question | Idyllic and all-American, the name for this fictional literary town (where all the women are strong and the men are good looking) comes from an old Indian word meaning "Here we are!" or alternatively having to do with waiting all day in the rain. Of what town do we speak? |
| Answer | Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegon" Minnesota. He says that it means, "we waited all day in the rain for you!" |
| Song | Love like Woe |
| Artist | The Ready Set |
| Number | 105 |
| Realm | A very merry unbirthday |
| Subrealm | To the guy on the on $1 bill |
| Question | In 1968, the Federal holiday designated as "Washington's Birthday" was moved to the third Monday in February, thrilling schoolchildren and federal workers alike with the prospect of yet another three-day weekend. What is ironic about this date change and its relation to Washington's actual birthday? |
| Answer | The third Monday in February can never fall on February 22nd - Washington's actual date of birth. And yes, it is actually called "Washington's Birthday" according to the Executive order establishing it. "President's Day" doesn't legally exist. |
| Song | Day-O |
| Artist | Harry Belafonte |
| Number | 106 |
| Realm | Little old ladies |
| Subrealm | With butt kickin' hobbies. |
| Question | Diminutive and refreshingly frank psychosexual therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer is one adorable Jewish grandmother… that you wouldn't want to cross in the middle of a battle. Trained in the forerunner to the Israeli Defence Force, at what military art is she particularly skilled? |
| Answer | Sniping. She was a famously accurate sniper until her military career was cut short by serious injuries sustained from cannon fire to her university residence in Jerusalem. |
| Song | Hit me with your best shot |
| Artist | Pat Benetar |
| Number | 107 |
| Realm | Famous inventions |
| Subrealm | Made by not famous men |
| Question | A favorite for large gatherings, this invention was patented by Nathaniel Alexander in 1911. What was it? |
| Answer | the folding chair |
| Song | Sit Down |
| Artist | James |
| Number | 108 |
| Realm | Popularity |
| Subrealm | Or shall I say… pickleularity. |
| Question | Like tax credits and cotton underwear, it seems that everybody loves pickles! But just how popular are they? This year, one woman harnessed the power of Facebook to give the world a proper accounting of the fermented cucumber's cultural importance by asking: "Are pickles more popular than… a certain platinum-selling band." Which band lost the great battle for Facebook fans to a garden-variety champion? |
| Answer | Nickelback. Though the pickle page is no longer up, at the time of the contest, Pickleback beat Nickelback by over 500,000 fans. |
| Song | Chump Change |
| Artist | New Pornographers |
| Number | 109 |
| Realm | Reasons |
| Subrealm | To actually watch the airline safety video. |
| Question | While the cost for a seat on an airplane may appear to have decreased, most airlines simply shift the cost by smacking you with hidden fees for services that had previously been free. In 2009, one cheeky Pacific airline took their vow of full disclosure to a whole new level and created an ad campaign featuring crew members and pilots wearing an attention-grabbing version of their uniforms. What were the controversial uniforms made of? |
| Answer | Body paint. As part of their "Nothing to Hide" cost disclosure campaign, the pilots and crew members of Air New Zealand acted out their normal duties wearing nothing but body paint and some well-placed life preservers. |
| Song | Jacob and sons / Joseph's Coat |
| Artist | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Number | 110 |
| Realm | Pop cultural icons |
| Subrealm | from Yemen? |
| Question | When one thinks of countries that produce famous stand-up comedians, Yemen does not top the list. However, this comedian was born there, unlikely as it seems now considering his eccentric sense of style. |
| Answer | Eddie Izzard |
| Song | Sweet Transvestite |
| Artist | Tim Curry |
| Number | 111 |
| Realm | Art School |
| Subrealm | Who needs Art when you have Science? |
| Question | Renaissance artist, architect and engineer Fillippo Brunelleschi was the first to demonstrate perfectly geometric perspective through the clever use of what what commonly found optical device? |
| Answer | A mirror |
| Song | I'm Free |