#1
Realm: Some of the sexiest people on Earth
Subrealm: Have laughed at us
Question: Following in the vein of the descriptions given by travelers to the New World of the strange flora and fauna, a hybrid creature was born one fateful night last May. Like those centuries-old accounts, the components of this beast's anatomy seem disparate at best, horrifying at worst. What is this thing, which combines the body of an Elder God with the frozen, psychotic grin of an immature baby meercat?
Answer: Cthulhu Matata.
Song: "Devil Inside," by INXS
#2
Realm: I'm too sexy for this question.
Subrealm: So sexy it hurts.
Question: You all know how the famous madrigal composer Carlo Gesualdo paid servants to whip him daily, how he was suspected of being demonically possessed, how he killed his wife and her lover while they were in bed together, and how he composed a song about how impressed he was with death and had a group sing it while he swung his infant son to death. You might not know that a different woman, rumored to be another of his wives, had two previous husbands who died of what was called an excess of conjugal bliss. Of course, he probably killed her too. For what, other than being obviously too hot to handle, is this woman known?
Answer: She was the model for the Mona Lisa.
Song: "Young Love," by Gary O
#3
Realm: Archaeology
Subrealm: Shriveled dead people
Question: Everyone's heard of the famous Java Man and Piltdown Man, but the 3,000-year-old "Charchan Man" gets no respect. While he's not the oldest preserved human being ever discovered, what is his more modest distinction?
Answer: He wears the world's oldest pair of pants!
Song: "I Love A Man In Uniform," by Gang Of Four
#4
Realm: This question wouldn't have happened if he didn't suck
Subrealm: And they said Drew was obscure...
Question: As far as all school assemblies go, Williams doesn't exactly have High School beat. Recently, there was one shining moment, though, when Cthulhu Matata member Mike Veloso took the stage and became the first student to play an original composition at a Williams convocation. What was it called?
Answer: "Three Portraits for Solo Piano."
Song: "Kiss," by Art of Noise
#5
Realm: What's long and hard and filled with semen?
Subrealm: Torpedo ain't nothing but sex misspelled
Question: The 30's and 40's actress Hedy Lamarr, and George Antheil, a composer of the same period, co-invented a device for torpedo frequency-hopping guidance. Frequency hopping involves the transmitter and receiver rapidly changing radio frequencies to prevent jamming or interception. What did their device use to synchronize this change in frequencies?
Answer: The slotted paper rolls from a player piano.
Song: Some Joplin? Nancccrnon? Probably not....; Radio Head," by Talking Heads; I Send A Message," by INXS
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Dialogues for 2 Pianos and Loudspeaker," by Wendy (or Walter) Carlos.)
#6
Realm: No more Mr. Passive Instance!
Subrealm: Now don't make me use this!
Question: What innovation in crowd control was unveiled by the chief of police of Jakarta, Indonesia last January to quell opposition party demonstrations?
Answer: Police officers waving cobras at the assembled masses.
Song: "Snakejuice," by Monkeyspank
#7
Realm: Bruderhofer Becky Vanderhoof
Subrealm: We just wanted to say her name one more time
Question: Earlier this year, children of the reclusive, Amish-like Bruderhof sect of New York state attempted to travel to Cuba as a gesture of goodwill. What justification for this endeavor was offered by 13-year old Bruderhofer Becky Vanderhoof?
Answer: "We live in communism, too. Ours just happens to be voluntary....."
Song: "Paradise," by The Ronettes
#8
Realm: Stocking Stuffers
Subrealm: Something to bring home to mama
Question: "Oosiks" are commonly found in Alaskan gift shops. What are they?
Answer: Walrus penis bones.
Song: "That's Entertainment," by Modern Romance
#9
Realm: Sharp Dressed Man
Subrealm: And they beat their chests, too!
Question: What is considered well dressed for a Yanamamo/Yanamami adult male?
Answer: A cotton band with the foreskin of his penis tied to it. (note--they are uncircumcised.)
Song: "Foreskin 500," by Twister 500
#10
Realm: Murder
Subrealm: Not that there's anything wrong with that
Question: In 1979, a San Francisco employee named Dan White went on a rampage, killing two prominent politicians. His case seemed unwinnable, but his attorney came up with a palatable defense, and the jury convicted White of voluntary manslaughter instead of murder. What was the defense's case?
Answer: White had eaten too many Twinkies, and the high sugar content resulted in; diminished mental capacity."
Song: "Cold Sweat," by The Sugarcubes
Realm: Fire the PR person NOW!
Subrealm: I'm sold!
Question: The Children's Society of England wanted a slogan to alert Brits that child sex abuse wasn't restricted to foreign countries. What brilliant line did they come up with?
Answer: "Why travel 6,000 miles to have sex with children when you can do it in Bournemouth?" [be lenient with credit here, guys]
Song: "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," by The Crystals
#12
Realm: Foreshadow or Fetish?
Subrealm: It's gotta be a penis thing
Question: What well-known symbol appears in every episode of Seinfeld?
Answer: A Superman.
Song: "Take the Long Way Home," by Supertramp
#13
Realm: Dissidents
Subrealm: Not exactly Gandhi
Question: An Austrian man fined $357 for mooning Chancellor Helmut Kohl has filed an appeal, demanding that Kohl appear at his hearing. Why does he want Kohl to be be there?
Answer: He wants Kohl to look at his bare bottom to certify that it was he who mooned him.
Song: "Black Pearl," by Sonny Charles and the Checkmates
#14
Realm: Politics 11
Subrealm: Where's Helmut Kohl
Question: "I guess sometimes in these little itty-bitty towns... things get dropped between the cracks." That was the explanation offered by Baconton, Georgia city attorney Tommy Coleman for what oversight on the part of city officials?
Answer: They forgot to hold elections last November.
Song: "I Fought the Law and the Law Won," by Mary's Danish
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "It'll Probably Make me Cry," by Mary's Danish.)
#15
Realm: Donkey Kong
Subrealm: What was that about the monkey?
Question: Despite the protests of Atari, Native American groups, and NOW, American multiple Industries released three games for play on the Atari VCS, which were explicitly pornographic in nature. The first involved a nearly nude cavalry officer and his pixellated erection assaulting a Native American woman tied to a pole. Its first sequel was a shameless rip-off of Breakout, and its second sequel, involving various orifices and bodily fluids, ripped-off Kaboom. For one point, name the first, pioneering game-- and for another, name its two sequels.
Answer: "Custer's Revenge" was the first game. Its sequels are "Bachelor Party" and "Beat 'Em and Eat 'Em."
Song: "I Want You," by Utah Saints
#16
Realm: Itlan
Subrealm: Oh, you mean THOSE Aztecs! Q. According to Torquemada, the ancient Aztecs were so duty-bound to pay tribute to their king Alonzo de Ojeda that even the poor felt obligated to give something. What was the customary gift from the poor?
Answer: Bags of lice.
Song: "I Want to Disturb You," by Paganeaster
#17
Realm: Many will hate this question
Subrealm: But the answer is just so cool
Question: In episode 5, season 1 of "Friends," Ross attempts to impress Rachel with his virility by using a particular kind of laundry soap. What is the (fictitious) brand name of the detergent?
Answer: Uberweiss. (It's new! It's German! It's extra-tough!) The title of the episode was in fact "The One With the East German Laundry Detergent."
Song: "Shock den Affen," by Peter Gabriel
#18
Realm: Stuffed Animals
Subrealm: Dead Stuffed Animals
Question: Walter Potter of West Sussex, England, founded a museum based entirely upon his profession-- taxidermy. That's macabre to begin with, but Potter added a twist that pushes the whole museum into the bizarre. What makes his taxidermy different from most others?
Answer: He dressed up the animals and arranged them in little scenes-- kittens at a tea party, etc.
Song: "Dead Puppies" by ?; See Emily Play," by Pink Floyd, or David Bowie's covere thereof; The Model" by Kraftwerk; Guessing Games," by Taxxi
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Still in Love," by Taxxi.)
#19
Realm: They're not gay, damn it!
Subrealm: They are too gay, stupid!
Question: How did "Sesame Street" characters Bert and Ernie get their names?
Answer: The "Sesame Street" characters Bert and Ernie were named for Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's classic film, "It's A Wonderful Life."
Song: "Dead Souls," by Joy Division
#20
Realm: Criminals
Subrealm: "It's that Jungian thing, sir!"
Question: In December, 1996, police in Boynton Beach, Florida charged 21-year-old Kevin Carter and 26-year-old Michael Harrison with murder and armed robbery. What was the motive behind their crime spree?
Answer: Raising money to attend the police academy.
Song: "F*** the Police," by NWA?; Fuck the Security guards," by NWH; Smooth Criminal," by Michael Jackson
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Thin Line Between Law and Rape," by Public Enemy.)
#21
Realm: You want this, don't you
Subrealm: And it's not Uranus!
Question: What did Apollo astronaut Russell Schweickart say was one of the most beautiful sights he had ever seen?
Answer: A urine dump at sunset.
Song: "River Deep, Mountain High," by Ike and Tina Turner
#22
Realm: Clark Gable had sex with a man once
Subrealm: Clark Cable had no teeth
Question: What was the original title for "Gone With The Wind"?
Answer: "Ba! Ba! Black Sheep."
Song: "For We Like Sheep," Handel (Messiah)
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Sheep on Drugs" by WCFM (?).)
#23
Realm: Last wills and testaments
Subrealm: At least he didn't leave her his dirty laundry
Question: Francis R. Lord of Australia left his wife exactly one shilling when he died, with specific instructions on what to do with that shilling. What were these instructions?
Answer: It was "for tram fare so she can go somewhere and drown herself."
Song: "Deep Blue Day," by Brian Eno
#24
Realm: Bizarre artists
Subrealm: Even Planters ain't got no nuts like these
Question: A historical society in Garden City, Kansas thought it had the largest of these objects, at 37 inches around, but Mike Canchola of Sterling, Colorado has since found a 43.3-incher. What are these objects, which Canchola's colleague Frank Alcala paints with faces or scenery and sells for $50 each?
Answer: Cow hairballs.
Song: "U Stink But I Love You," by Billy and the Boingers
#25
Realm: The hands of the Elder Gods at work
Subrealm: Infernal intervention with whiteout
Question: What makes the "Wicked Bible" wicked?
Answer: A version of the bible, printed in 1631, in which the word "not" was mistakenly omitted from the seventh commandment, making it "Thou shall commit adultery". The resulting fine of 300 pounds helped to ruin the printer.
Song: "Jesus Built My Hotrod," by Ministry
#26
Realm: Better Living Through 'Cosmopolitan'
Subrealm: I'll have what she's having
Question: In the November 1997 issue of Cosmopolitan, we find an.... interesting advertisement. Lady Calston of Buffalo, NY offers "tickling panties" designed for "orgasms, anytime, anywhere." These panties come in two kinds:; comfortable Brazilian" and one other. Name the other style.
Answer: "Attractive Tonga" (just need Tonga to get the point).
#27
Realm: Someday My Prince Will Come
Subrealm: And He'd Better Clean It Up Afterwards
Question: Neil Gaiman turned the Snow White legend on its ear with his short story; Snow, Glass, Apples." In it, the queen is unscrupulous but not evil, the dwarves are dingy, misshapen half-wits, and Snow White herself is a vampire (or pretty close to it). What is unusual about the handsome prince?
Answer: He's a necrophiliac.
Song: "Do You Think I'm Sexy," by The Revolting Cocks
#28
Realm: Who's your daddy?
Subrealm: Scientists unlikely to find popular support
Question: In the December 1996 issue of the astronomical journal The Observatory, Dr. Andrei Arkhipov of the Institute of Radio Astronomy in Kharkov, Ukraine, posited an interesting theory concerning the origins of life on Earth. What was the theory?
Answer: The theory stated that life on Earth began with microbes that entered the atmosphere as lumps of alien excretions.
Song: "Picture This," by Blondie
#29
Realm: Nakedness
Subrealm: Did we say "nakedness"? We meant "nudity".
Question: In March of 1996, 47-year old Peter Archer was arrested for running naked down a street in Melbourne, Ireland, but was later released due to mitigating circumstances surrounding his crime. What were these circumstances?
Answer: He was released when it was discovered that he was fleeing from a mortuary where a doctor had officially pronounced him dead.
Song: "You Only Live Twice," by Soft Cell
#30
Realm: College Kids
Subrealm: Ever take a course on natural selection?
Question: A 19-year old student in Bowling Green, Ohio was injured when a Conrail train hit his head. What was his explanation to police of how the accident occurred?
Answer: He wanted to see how close to the speeding train he could put his head without getting hit.
Song: ??-Something train-related? Trainspotting soundtrack?; Grateful Dead - the song about the train ; Shouldn't Do That," by Kajagoogoo ; Undergoing Treatment," by Duran Duran
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing the Duran Duran song.)
#31
Realm: Peer Pressure
Subrealm: He can still kick your ass, so do what he says or he won't be your friend no more.
Question: The hilarious British film magazine Neon reported recently that Michael Caine may be single-handedly responsible for thousands of actors being made poorer than they already are. According to the rumor, what do you have to do to become Caine's friend, and what has this done to London-area actors?
Answer: He reportedly makes aspiring actors drive through London's busy West End while they're incredibly drunk. This has driven the insurance rates for London-area actors sky high.
Song: "The Crowd," by Roy Orbison ; Breakdown," by The Alan Parsons Project ; Chateau Lafitte '59 Boogie," by Foghat
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Games People Play," by the Alan Parsons Project.)
#32
Realm: A thousand points of light
Subrealm: (headlights, that is)
Question: Bob Dole was campaigning in Florida in front of this beautiful panorama of the sea his advance team had picked out the day before. Problem, what else was there and clearly visible within the camera shots?
Answer: A Hooters bar and some of the waitresses.
Song: "I Know What Boys Like," by The Waitresses; Touching the Untouchables," by Men At Work
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata played the second choice by Men At Work.)
#33
Realm: From soapbox
Subrealm: To bar of soap
Question: What unfortunate but prophetic choice of music did the Dole campaign staffers make for their candidate while he was stumping at one site during the campaign?
Answer: The band started playing the theme from "Mission: Impossible."
Song: "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered," by The Ronettes
#34
Realm: Durn Furriners
Subrealm: More specifically, commies.
Question: What would the significance be for a Russian bus passenger to receive a ticket in which the sum of the left three numbers equaled the sum of the right three numbers?
Answer: Were he to eat the ticket, he would get good luck!
Song: "Soviet Snow," by Shona Long
#35
Realm: We all scream
Subrealm: There's no accounting for taste
Question: Ben and Jerry's sends the waste from its ice cream operation to a local Vermont pig farmer to use as feed. The pigs love the stuff, except for one flavor. Which flavor?
Answer: Mint Oreo.
Song: "Nation," by Big Pig "Three Little Pigs," by Green Jelly
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing the Green Jelly song.)
#36
Realm: Military Intelligence
Subrealm: Missed it by that much
Question: The first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during WW II killed only one individual. Who was it?
Answer: The only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
Song: "No More Words," by Berlin
#37
Realm: Bruderhofer Becky Vanderhoof
Subrealm: Has little to do with this question
Question: What is comic strip character XP-39C(squared) better known as?
Answer: Ratbert.
Song: "E = MC2," by Big Audio Dynamite
#38
Realm: Polly wants a cracker
Subrealm: And a little bit of booty
Question: In the 1800's, British children bom at sea were often called by what phrase, due to the impossibility of determining the father, now a common English epithet?
Answer: "Son of a gun."
Song: "OPP," by Naughty By Nature; Gun Love," by ZZ Top; Rhymin' and Stealin'," by the Beastie Boys
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Packin' 25," by Porno For Pyros.)
#39
Realm: It ain't Clark Gable
Subrealm: This homie's got all his teeth!
Question: What 1920's movie star made 22 films, was once voted the #1 movie star in the U.S., and was personally insured for $250,000?
Answer: Rin Tin Tin.
Song: "I Gotcha," by Joe Tex (Reservoir Dogs soundtrack)
#40
Realm: Glen or Glenda?
Subrealm: l April Fools!
Question: Dr. Darrick Antell performed a special type of cosmetic surgery on two pairs of patients Iast month, and plans to do four more pairs in the coming months. What is the purpose of Dr. Antell's surgery?
Answer: To make identical twins look more alike.
Song: "2 Becomes 1," by the Spice GirIs and 'A Pussycat is Born to Be Whipped," by--
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Power of Two," by the Indigo Girls.)
#41
Realm: Strange signs of a strong economy
Subrealm: Or an economy, at least
Question: The total cost of these items is $55,086.26, an increase of only 1.12% from last year. What are these items, whose cost is calculated every year by PNC Bank Corp.?
Answer: The (364) gifts mentioned in "The 12 Days of Christmas."
Song: "R2D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas," by Brian Dewan
#42
Realm: Tools of the Elder Gods
Subrealm: In this case, Microsoft Word
Question: What "bug" has plagued the spellchecker in every version of Microsoft Word since 3.0?
Answer: The spellchecker offers "sex" as an alternative spelling of "zzzz".
Song: "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead," by XTC
#43
Realm: Science Rules
Subrealm: But PBS Couldn't Stand Him in Tights
Question: Before Bill Nye was the Science Guy, he was a member of a Seattle comedy show called "Almost Live!" In this show, he occasionally played a superhero. What was this superhero's name, and what was his super power?
Answer: "Speed Walker," and he could speed-walk down the fastest criminals.
Song: I have no idea but it would be cool if we could get the theme song to his show. Nobody knows who sings that, after all.; Kid Dynamo," by the Buggles; Mirror Man," by Human League; "He's A Runner," by Laura Nyro
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing the Laura Nyro song.)
#44
Realm: The devil is amongst us...
Subrealm: Stand back. This calls for divine intervention!
Question: Stephen Sinclair, who wrote the story of Peter Jackson's "Braindead" (aka; Dead Alive") did something a bit unusual as insurance against the funding dissipating before the film was completed. He wrote a stage musical, starring Fiona MacDonald, based on the film. What was the adline for the short-lived production?
Answer: "A boy-- a girl-- a bloodbath!"
Song: Anything by the Headless Chickens (Fiona MacDonald is the ex-lead singer); Bleed Like A Craze, Dad," by David Bowie
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing the David Bowie song.)
#45
Realm: Murder most foul
Subrealm: Package Too Large For Box
Question: On San Miguel Island off the coast of California, 200 female sea lions were killed in the space of a few years. Originally, it was thought that fishermen were shooting them, but the real cause turned out to be much more interesting. What killed the sea lions?
Answer: A male sea lion weighing nearly three times as much as it should have had attempted to mate with them, crushing them in the process.
Song: Anything by Seal; Masturbation," by Otto's Chemical Lounge
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Bring It On," by Seal.)
#46
Realm: Naked armless women
Subrealm: Foreign naked armless women
Question: We can see a copy of Praxiteles' sculpture of Aphrodite, but the original (c. 340 B.C.) has been lost. However, we do know it was marble, not bronze. How do we know this?
Answer: A man snuck into the temple and masturbated against the statue, thus staining it. Marble, unlike bronze, does stain.
Song: "The Statue Got Me High," by They Might Be Giants.
#47 R: Worldwide Pornography Distribution Network
Subrealm: ....occasionally called "the internet"
Question: According at PlanetOut, what is the most popular gay male porn site on the web?
Answer: well.hung.net
Song: Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Pansy Division, Extra Fancy, etc., etc.; I'm in Love with a Lesbian," by Floydband
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Smalltown Boy," by Bronski Beat.)
#48
Realm: His mother didn't love him.
Subrealm: And neither do we.
Question: On Route 2, just past the Spoke as you are heading out of Williamstown, is a place we all have doubtless passed, but few have noted. The Nehemiah Smedley house was built as a farmhouse, and served as a tavern and inn around the Revolution. On May 6, 1776, what individual stayed there on his way to the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?
Answer: Benedict Arnold.
Song: Some song about betrayal, or something? (I Will Survive?); You Oughta Know," off the Cocktail album
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "You Oughta Know," by Jaymz B. and the Royal Jelly Orchestra.)
#49
Realm: Love Songs
Subrealm: Unless you're weird, it's not what you think.
Question: By whom and to whom were the following lines written?: "I've been searching all my life -- then you came into view. I was scared to trust my heart -- your eyes told me you knew... We are souls along the way -- in my heart you stay. You know my secrets, I have cried your pain. When the winding road takes us up and down -- we'll keep holding on, it's love we've found."
Answer: They were written by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) to Senator Ted Kennedy (D- MA).
Song: "Just Once in My Life," by The Righteous Brothers
#50
Realm: MESMER!
Subrealm: Strange pick up lines
Question: By 1991, Gary Arthur Medrow of Milwaukee had been arrested over 30 times for doing this, and was charged with 24 more counts in October of this year. What is Medrow's unusual crime?
Answer: He calls women and convinces them to pick up other women and carry them around the room.
Song: "She's a Brick House," by the Commodores?
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Women and Men," by They Might Be Giants.)
#51
Realm: I'm white. I'm white.
Subrealm: My butt is too tight.
Question: What work was called, in a review appearing in the Baltimore Afro- American, [quote], "the most libelous, the most degrading act that could possibly be perpetrated against the Negro people"?
Answer: George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess."
Song: "Too Many White People," by F Machine
#52
Realm: In the beginning, there was no Microsoft....
Subrealm: ....and it was good.
Question: One of the earliest word processors was written by a company named Lifetree Software. What was it called?
Answer: Volkswriter.
Song: "Goddamn I Hate Microsoft Word," by ??; Morning Walk," by Kraftwerk
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing the Kraftwerk song.)
#53
Realm: The Obligatory Hitchhiker's Guide Question
Subrealm: There was a plot?
Question: The original idea for the plot (sort of) of "Life, the Universe, and Everything" came from an earlier work that never got finished. What did Douglas Adams originally plan to do with the story of the Krikkitmen?
Answer: It was to be a "Dr. Who" episode: "Dr. Who and the Krikkitmen."
Song: "Doctorin' the Tardis," by The Timelords
#54
Realm: Legal Reform
Subrealm: The British Way
Question: Nicholas Lyell (sp?), Solicitor General of Britain in 1987, held some very interesting views on legal reform. What did he propose as a punishment for delinquents?
Answer: Painting theor noses green.
Song: I suppose "Painting the Roses Red" from Alice in Wonderland wouldn't quite work. Green something?; It's Not Easy Being Green"?; Criminal World," by David Bowie; Real Wild Child (Wild One)," by Iggy Pop
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing the Iggy Pop song.)
#55
Realm: Commodities
Subrealm: That should last about a week!
Question: One ton each of Chestnuts, grapes, and pears. Two tons of rice. Four tons of onions. A new Isuzu RV. A year's supply of sake. Collectively, what do all these things make up7
Answer: The prize given to the winner of the Japan Sumo Association's Autumn Tournament.
Song: "Kyoto Song," by the Cure Anything by Pizzicato Five or Shonen Knife; Move On," by David Bowie (includes line "Spend some nights in old Kyoto")
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing the Cure song.)
#56
Realm: Joseph Smith
Subrealm: When writing the word "Mormon," never forget the second 'm.'
Question: Everyone's favorite mad bomber and defrauder of the Church of Latter Day Saints, Mark Hofmann, was one of the most gifted and successful forgers we know of. His master stroke was a letter he created which pretended to be from Martin Harris to W. W. Phelps. How does this letter tell the story of Joseph Smith's discovery of the Golden Plates upon which were inscribed the Book of Mormon?
Answer: "This early letter recounted how a white salamander, guarding the plates, transformed itself into an 'old spirit,' struck Smith three times, and forbade him to take the ancient treasure." ["Salamander," bv Stilltoe and Roberts]
Song: "Salamandrina," by Einsturzende Neubaten; Cult," by Skinny Puppy; Telling Lies" or "Battle For Britain (The Letter)" by David Bowie; Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was a Fool)" by Foghat
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "New Houses Falling Down," by Einsturzende Neubaten.)
#57
Realm: Traffic violations
Subrealm: Teaching by example
Question: Dennis Dunn of Brookings, South Dakota was stopped by police for chasing at 85 mph a car driven by his stepson. What excuse did Dunn offer for his behavior?
Answer: He only wanted to catch his stepson so he could teach him not to speed.
Song: "I Can't Drive 55," by Sammy Hagar
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "The Distance," by Cake.)
#58
Realm: Politics
Subrealm: All politics is loco
Question: When Birger Neils Petersen recently ran for the City Council of Tornved, Denmark, he made some interesting campaign promises. What was the centerpiece of his platform?
Answer: To turn Tornved into an Elvis Presley theme city (the main street would be dubbed Elvis Presley Boulevard, and the City Hall renamed Graceland).
Song: "Code Word Elvis," by Eberhard Schoener
#59
Realm: Justice
Subrealm: Just cut off their hands or something
Question: Last July, Abdullah al-Umari, Asam Ismail, and Mustafa Khalil sued NASA in a Yemeni court. With what did they charge the Space Agency?
Answer: Trespassing on Mars (which they claim to have "inherited from our ancestors 3,000 years ago").
Song: "Ahab the Arab," by Ray Stevens
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Rock the Casbah," by the Clash.)
#60
Realm: 'Twas brillig
Subrealm: Gyre and gimble for me, baby Q: In "Through the Looking Glass," Humpty Dumpty explained to Alice what a slithy tove was. For one point: name the three things a tove is similar to; for a second point: tell us about their nesting and eating habits.
Answer: "Toves are something like badgers-- they're something like lizards- and they're something like corkscrews." B: They make their nests under sundials, and they live on cheese.
Song: "The Humpty Dance," by Digital Underground
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Hocus Pocus," by Digital Underground.)
#61
Realm: Communists
Subrealm: Can you eat confetti?
Question: The official North Korean news agency called it a cause for "jubilation," and reported that, to mark it, numerous pear and apricot trees had blossomed spontaneously. What was this amazing event?
Answer: Kim Jong-II was promoted from "Dear Leader" to "Great Leader."
Song: "Celebration," by Kool and the Gang
#62
Realm: It's good to be the king...
Subrealm: ...until you die!
Question: William the Conquerer was a pretty lucky guy. But, all good things must come to an end, and so did William. Only he wasn't so lucky at his funeral. On the 9th of September, 1087, what went horribly, horribly wrong at William's funeral?
Answer: His fat and bloated body exploded from the build up of gases as the attendants tried to stuff it into the sarcophagus, spreading a REALLY foul stench throughout church.
Song: "Spontaneous Human Combustion," by the Bobs; Dog Breath," by the Mothers; Kiss This World Goodbye," by Mtume
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Dog Breath," by the Mothers.)
#63
Realm: Religion
Subrealm: NOW how will I hide that beard they made me grow?
Question: Since seizing control of Afghanistan, the Moslem fundamentalist Taliban militia has instituted a number of new rules. Among them is a complete ban on paper bags. What is the Taliban's rationale behind this prohibition?
Answer: Paper bags might be made out of recycled copies of the Koran.
Song: "Paper on Fire," by John Mellencamp 64.
Realm: There's more members of this band than there are pages in the Pocket Earwig book!
Subrealm: At least these guys don't get to say it's lonely at the top, though.
Question: This is a three point play. Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas," which donated all proceeds to "assist famine relief in Ethiopia," has as its album cover a group photo of 37 musicians and one sleeve artist who were part of the band. On the back are listed the four remaining members who do not appear in the picture. You will get one point for naming seven musicians who are listed on the back as being part of Band Aid, and two points for twelve of them.
Answer: Adam Clayton; Phil Collins; Bob Geldof; Steve Norman; Chris Cross; John Taylor; Paul Young; Tony Hadley; Glenn Gregory; Simon Le Bon; Simon Crowe; Marilyn; Keren; Martin Kemp; Jody Watley; Bono; Paul Weller; James Taylor; Peter Blake (sleeve artist); George Michael; Midge Ure; Martin Ware; John Keeble; Gary Kemp; Roger Taylor; Sarah; Siobhan; Peter Briquette; Francis Rossi; Robert 'Kool' Bell; Dennis Thomas; Andy Taylor; Jon Moss; Sting; Rick Parfitt; Nick Rhodes; Johnny Fingers; David Bowie; Boy George; Holly; Paul McCartney
Song: "Feed the World," by Band Aid; Sound of the Crowd," by Human League
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing the "Do They Know It's Christmas" B-side, "Feed The World.")
#65
Realm: You may already be a winner!
Subrealm: Not from Ed McMahon Q: A 104-year old grandmother in Kansas recently received an unusual letter in the mail. What was it? A: A summons to report to kindergarten. (It was an early case of the Year 2000 bug showing up on a KS computer system).
Song: Schoolhouse Rock?; Amnesia," by Skinny Puppy; Repetition," by David Bowie; Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," by Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing the Skinny Puppy selection.)
#66
Realm: Avon calling
Subrealm: It's only skin deep
Question: Early lipstick was colored with the crushed corpses of insects, but in modem times we've gotten more advanced. An acid turns red as it burns into lips, and other chemicals do special tricks, but we still resort to animal products to get that glisten. Where does that shine come from?
Answer: Fish scales (leftover from canneries and soaked in ammonia)
Song: "Kiss Them For Me," by Siouxsie and the Banshees; Love My Way," by the Psychedelic Furs; Only For Love,' by Kajagoogoo; Pretty Colours," by The Celibate Rifles
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata settled on the Kajagoogoo song.)
#67
Realm: Tourism
Subrealm: Not exactly Epcot Center
Question: Where can you find the Shuffleboard Hall of Fame, the Tupperware Museum, Cranberry World, Poodle Dog Rock, Elvis-O-Rama, the Mecca of Albino Squirrels, and the Boll Weevil Monument?
Answer: In the song "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" by Weird Al Yankovic.
Song: "So Like Candy," by Elvis Costelllo
#68
Realm: That's what you get when you enforce cleavage
Subrealm: And stay down
Question: When Peter the Great found out his wife had a lover, he had the lover killed. What was her punishment?
Answer: He had her lover's head put into a jar of alcohol, which she had to keep in her bedroom.
Song: "Push," by Moist
#69
Realm: Mouth watering treats
Subrealm: Suck on this
Question: One particular food can be made to exhibit the strange property of triboluminescence. Which food, and how does it occur?
Answer: Wintergreen life-savers; by biting them.
Song: "It's Not easy Being Green," by Jim Henson; l Want Candy," by Bow Wow Wow
(SONG NOTE: Bow Wow Wow it was.)
#70
Realm: How do you wind it?
Subrealm: You don't - it's digital
Question: This year, Interval Research, a California firm, invented a new type of wristwatch. What sets it apart from all previous designs?
Answer: It's implanted in the wrist under the skin (but close enough to the surface to read).
Song: "I've Got You Under My Skin," by Bono and Sinatra
#71
Realm: Ballet
Subrealm: Swan Lake it ain't
Question: The second ballet which Vaslav Nijinski choreographed for Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, entitled "Jeux" (Games), was originally concieved with a rather unusual ending, later omitted. How was the ballet planned to end?
Answer: An airplane would crash on the stage.
Song: "Dazed and Confused," by Led Zeppelin
#72
Realm: A question from Greg that's NOT about homosexuality
Subrealm: Well, sort of...
Question: What is extraordinary about the piano in Bernhard music center room 42 (Prof. M. Jennifer Bloxam's office)?
Answer: It once belonged to Cole Porter.
Song: Some bizarre Cole Porter cover-- like maybe "I've Got You Under My Skin," sung by Sinatra and U2's Bono...; Sentimental Fool," by Lloyd Cole
(SONG NOTE: No, Cthulhu Matata didn't play Sinatra/Bono twice in three songs... they chose the Lloyd Cole record.)
#73
Realm: Where are they now?
Subrealm: And why ever would they go there?
Question: The child who played Alia Atreides in David Lynch's "Dune" is now all grown up and appears weekly in a CBS sitcom. Name the show.
Answer: "Cybill." She plays Cybill's daughter Zoe.
Song: Something from the Dune soundtrack, which is by Toto?; Years Later," by Cactus World News
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata chose "Years Later," by Cactus World News.)
#74
Realm: Moral dilemmas
Subrealm: Do you want to win badly enough to admit you know it....
Question: Tell us the nicknames of all the Spice Girls.
Answer: Sporty Spice, Sexy Spice, Posh Spice, Baby Spice, & Scary Spice.
Song: Something by Toni Basil, Tim Curry, Sugarcubes (i.e. spice names); The End of the World is Coming," by David Hilder
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "Birds of a Feather," by Tim Curry.)
(TRIVIA NOTE: The fifth Spice Girl's nickname was not "Sexy Spice." It was; Ginger Spice." Of course, having quit the group for no particular reason, she is now known as "Welfare Cheese Spice.")
#75
Realm: The Modern British Army
Subrealm: Apart from the Marines, they're all dead butch.
Question: Earlier this year, British Royal Marines were banned from training on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. What incident prompted this change of policy?
Answer: Three Marines were arrested outside a local pub, naked, singing "God Save the Queen."
Song: Queen Latifah?; Friggin' in the Rigging," by the Sex Pistols; Corporal Clegg," by Pink Floyd
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata ended up playing "God Save the Queen," by the Sex Pistols.... or the Ginger Pistols, if you prefer.)
#76
Realm: Life
Subrealm: Well, Mainly Death
Question: Last February, Sylvester Briddell, Jr., a 26-year old Delaware man, killed himself by sticking a revolver containing four bullets into his mouth and pulling the trigger. Why did he take his life?
Answer: His friends had bet him that he wouldn't.
Song: "Walk Away," by Hub Moore and the Great Outdoors; Careful With That Axe, Eugene," by Pink Floyd; Get Outta My Head," by Cracker; Hey Man, Nice Shot," by Filter
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata chose the fourth song by Filter.)
#77
Realm: Music
Subrealm: Metallica, eat your heart out
Question: Jason Gorski uses 140-decibel, diesel powered Coast Guard foghoms to give; concerts" in San Francisco-area parks. Although local residents are upset, police are not able to require him to get a permit. Why not?
Answer: Because his music is technically "acoustic."
Song: "Prelude, Op 1 #1," by Henryk Goreci
#78
Realm: World War -0.5
Subrealm: Pearl Harbor 1.1
Question: In 1888, Otto von Bismarck sent a German naval fleet to Samoa to shell native villages, in the process destroying American property on the islands. The United States sent warships to protect Americans on Samoa. The two fleets faced each other in a Samoan harbor, ready to fire. What stopped a war between the two countries from occurring over this "incident"?
Answer: A hurricane.
Song: "Storms in Africa," by Enya; But Not Tonight" or "The Sun and The Rainfall," by Depeche Mode; Man Overboard," by Blondie; It's Raining Men," by the Weather Girls
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata chose Enya's "Storms in Africa.")
#79
Realm: Rudolph had a red nose
Subrealm: And liver, and spleen, and kidney
Question: We all know that the red M&Ms which were withdrawn from by Mars in the wake of the carcinogen scare were not actually using the dangerous dye Rhodamine 590 (it's also known as Rhodamine 6G). What is another use for the dye that kills?
Answer: It's used in tunable dye lasers, because when excited by laser light, it will lase at wavelengths around 590nm.
Song: "Blue Buddha," by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
#80
Realm: Pennsylvania transportation
Subrealm: Probably still under construction
Question: In the early 1800s, Josiah White owned a large coal mine in the Pennsylvania wilderness. In order to get his coal to a river where it could be shipped to Philadelphia, he became an unwitting pioneer. What device still in use today uses technology he developed?
Answer: The roller-coaster.
Song: "Johnny on the Monorail," by The Buggles ; Ride, Ride, Ride," by Foghat
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata chose "Johnny on the Monorail," by The Buggles.)
#81
Realm: Monty Python
Subrealm: Mrs. Scum Also Rises
Question: On the British television show "Monty Python's Flying Circus," there are two separate appearances of two different characters, both named Mrs. Scum. Name either appearance.
Answer: One received the blow on the head as the grand prize in the "Spot the Brain Cell" game show; and one appeared as the love interest of Mr. Neutron.
Song: "Dirt," by Alice In Chains
#82
Realm: Wooden teeth
Subrealm: Tea for two
Question: What was the final resting place of Martha Washington's tea service set?
Answer: It was used as the source of the silver that went into the first U.S. coins.
Song: Silverchair?; Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)," by Dmitri Shostakovitch
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata chose the latter song.)
#83
Realm: I'm Batman
Subrealm: Don't quit your day job
Question: According to Al Capone's business card, what did he do for a living?
Answer: "Alphonse Capone, Furniture Dealer"
Song: "The Girl from Ipanema Wants to Kill Me," by Vinnie and the Starbusters
#84
Realm: The Little Gandhi that Could
Subrealm: Throw Gandhi from the train
Question: When Phillip Glass began writing his second opera, "Satyagraha" (about Ghandi), he originally planned the opening scene to depict an incident in which Gandhi gets thrown out of a train because of his race. Glass decided eventually to use a different opening scene instead. According to Glass, why did he decide against the first idea?
Answer: His first opera, "Einstein on the Beach," began with a train scene scene and he [quote] "didn't want people to to think [he] couldn't write an opera that didn't start on a train."
Song: "Casey Jones," by the Grateful Dead; Back on the Chain Gang," by The Pretenders
#84
Realm: Baseball
Subrealm: Feats not likely to get you into the Hall of Fame
Question: On June 12, 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis no-hit the San Diego Padres. What made this feat especially difficult for him?
Answer: He was on acid at the time.
Song: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," by The Beatles "Purple Haze," by Jimi Hendrix; She's On Drugs," by Benton and the Bentonites
#85
Realm: "I'm in charge! I'm in charge!"
Subrealm: Ohh, Haig, tough break.
Question: If President Clinton, Vice-President Al Gore, and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich all spontaneously combusted tomorrow, who would be President of the United States?
Answer: Senate President pro tempore Strom Thurmond (who just turned 94, I think).
Song: "The Rolling Kidney Stones," by the Capitol Steps; Spontaneous Human Combustion," by The Bobs
(SONG NOTE: Thanks to deliberate question wording, Cthulhu Matata matched it to "Spontaneous Human Combustion.")
#86
Realm: Core dump
Subrealm: ZOT!!!
Question: In this 1967 Walt Disney movie, an electrical accident dumps the contents of a computer's memory into the brain of a college student. Name it.
Answer: "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes."
Song: "Paranoimia," by Art of Noise with Max Headroom
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata chose "Life Is a Fantasy," by Vanilla Ice.)
#87
Realm: Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs
Subrealm: Part of an unbalanced breakfast
Question: This is a three point play. Everyone probably remembers the General Mills monster cereals created in the early '70s (Count Chocula, Frankenberry, Boo Berry, and the ubiquitous Fruit Brute for those of you who DON'T remember), but General Mills came out with another category of oh-so-sugary cereals in 1972. Name these two cereals. (Name one? Name both for one point each??? I dunno.)
Answer: Baron von Redberry and Sir Grapefellow.
Song: "Honey Honey," by ABBA; Things That Make You Go Hmmmm....." by C&C Music Factory
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata made the teams sweat by picking the latter song.)
#88
Realm: Sentimental Crap
Subrealm: Doggerel... almost
Question: In a 19th-century book of advice and verse, we find the poem "Lines Composed By Nancy Luce About Poor Little Ada Queetie, And Poor Little Beauty Linna, Both Deceased..." (the rest of the title is too long to go into). What was this poem truly about?
Answer: The poet's pet chickens.
Song: "I Used To Love Her, But I Had To Kill Her," bv Guns N Roses; The More You Live, the More You Love, by A Flock of Seagulls; Sally's Pigeons," by Cyndi Lauper
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata chose the A Flock of Seagulls song.)
#89
Realm: This is not your father's silent film
Subrealm: 'Cause your father probably thinks "silent film" refers to Mel Brooks or something...
Question: Filmmaker Robert David directed a silent short made in 1990, which was quite a remarkable little film. You see, it's a remake, using the exact same screenplay, of another film David never saw. What is the original film, and who produced it?
Answer: Thomas Edison's "Frankenstein."
Song: "Winding Me Up," by The Alan Parsons Project; Night Shift," by Foghat; Slumber Party," by Movieland
(SONG NOTE: Cthulhu Matata winded up their night shift by playing Song #3 by Movieland.)
(TRIVIA NOTE: Question #89 was the last one asked in the Winter 1997 contest.)
#90
Realm: Weapons.
Subrealm: Innovative methods of combat.
Question: An old weapon, weighing 4 pounds and bearing a 20-foot cord, and dating from the 16th century in the Philippines, still exists today; in fact, it was introduced in America by Louis Marx, in 1929. What is this deadly weapon called today?
Answer: The yo-yo.
Song: "Bouncing Round the Room," by Phish
#91
Realm: Hit me, monkey
Subrealm: It was probably a Freshman, too
Question: Adding insult to injury, what disaster struck San Fransisco one year after the great earthquake?
Answer: On May 27, 1907, bubonic plague hit San Francisco, one year after the nasty earthquake.
Song: "Tainted Love," by Soft Cell ; Medical Love Song," by Monty Python ; Some Kinda Fatigue," by Yo La Tengo
#92
Realm: A brilliant idea.
Subrealm: That's what we need: a brilliant idea.
Question: On July 13, 1835, John Ruggles recieved US Patent 1 for what invention?
Answer: A traction wheel used in locomotive steam engines.
Song: "Elwood Decker," by The Bobs; The Other Way of Stopping," by The Police ; Sid is Spinning," by Folklore Assassins
#93
Realm: Modern medicine
Subrealm: Liberal amounts of duct tape
Question: In the 1950's, Earl Bakken made the first battery-powered cardiac pacemaker. What did he scavenge the circuitry from?
Answer: An electric metronome.
Song: "Fascination Rhythm," by Gershwin (done by?) ; Numbers," by Kraftwerk; The Heart's Filthy Lesson , by David Bowie ; Looking For New Hearts," by The Flys
#94
Realm: Porcelain Gods of the silver screen
Subrealm: Okay, maybe demi-gods
Question: What was the first television program which showed a toilet?
Answer: "Leave It to Beaver"
Song: Theme Song?; Sink or Swim," by Between Meals
#95
Realm: The Animal Kingdom - You know I never miss an episode
Subrealm: Yes, we know they're all animals...
Question: What do the ring-tailed cat, the crayfish, the firefly, and the glass snake have in common, aside from the basic features of life?
Answer: None are what its name implies. A ring-tailed cat is not a feline, but a raccoon-like critter; a crayfish is a crustacean; the firefly is a beetle relative; and a glass snake is a lizard.
Song: "Good Intentions," by The Brothers Kendall
#96
Realm: What I really wanted to be was...
Subrealm: A lumberjack
Question: In 1913, French cubist Marcel Duchamp abandoned painting for "ready-made sculpture". Later, he abandoned this for yet another pursuit which he avidly followed for the last forty years of his life. What was this pursuit?
Answer: Chess.
Song: "Da Da Da," by Trio
#97
Realm: Your tax dollars at work
Subrealm: Further proof that brains and politics don't mix
Question: What is Isaac Newton's only recorded utterance while he was a member of Parliament?
Answer: A request to open the window.
Song: Something by Parliament
#98
Realm: Kasparov couldn't get this either
Subrealm: Deep Blue could
Question: Where does the word "checkmate" come from?
Answer: The word comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead." (Need that it is from the Persian for "The King is Dead;" foreign phrase, though cool, is not needed for the point)
Song: "Nobody's Side," by Three Knights
#99
Realm: Golden Oldies
Subrealm: And Bits and bits and bits
Question: What is the name of the dog in Patti Page's 1953 hit "Doggie in the Window"?
Answer: Arfie.
Song: 3 Dog Night "If I die before I wake, feed Jake"
#100
Realm: Basketball
Subrealm: I thought the Generals were due!
Question: Only one time in their storied history have the Harlem Globetrotters played for an audience of one. Who was that one?
Answer: Pope Pius XI (note: they only need to get "The Pope").
Song: Some form of "Sweet Georgia Brown"? The Church?
#101
Realm: Cross-cultural borrowing
Subrealm: Sort of
Question: It is often observed that Puccini used several "authentic" Chinese melodies in his last opera, Turandot. It has been conclusively shown that Puccini got all of these melodies from only two sources. One was a brief pamphlet entitled "Chinese Music" published in 1884. What was the other?
Answer: A music box owned by his friend.
Song: "Music Box Dancer," by Frank Mills; Living In Oblivion," by Anything Box
#102
Realm: Hedgehogs
Subrealm: SEGA! (like in the commercial)
Question: Sega is now the dominant company in 16-bit video game units in the United States. The name Sega is an abbreviation. What does it stand for?
Answer: Service Games.
Song: "Pocket Calculator," by Kraftwerk ; Atari Teenage Riot," by Atari Teenage Riot ; The Man Machine," by Kraftwerk
#103
Realm: Imperialism
Subrealm: a la breve
Question: The shortest recorded war in history, lasting a paltry 38 minutes, occurred in 1896 between what two countries?
Answer: Zanzibar's Sultan Said Khalid surrendered to England after 38 minutes.
Song: "I Love A Man In Uniform," by Gang Of Four ; Rifle Range," by Blondie
#104
Realm: Nostalgia
Subrealm: On crack
Question: There's a park somewhere in Indiana that has kept a decrepit old monkey house intact and inhabited for the last thirty or so years for the sole reason that Vladimir Nabokov mentions it in passing in his novel "Lolita." Where can one find this monkey house?
Answer: At the Evansville Zoo, in Evansville, IN.
Song: "Once I Had A Love," by Blondie; Somebody to Love," by Jim Carrey ; In you more than you," by Clare Quilty
#105
Realm: Satanic Bureacracy
Subrealm: Underlings and Secretaries
Question: C. S. Lewis wrote a book of fictitious letters from an underlord of hell to his nephew, concerning how to carry out his task of bringing about the damnation of his assigned human being. The book was titled "The Screwtape Letters." What was the name of Uncle Screwtape's secretary?
Answer: Toadpipe.
Song: Devil in the Kitchen, by Ashley Maclsaac
#106
Realm: Eccentric Canadians
Subrealm: And the women who love them
Question: What does the significance of Steinway Grand Piano CD 318 have in classical music?
Answer: It was the number of the piano upon which Glenn Gould played.
Song: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," by Eric Schoenberg
#107
Realm: I've got your New World Order...
Subrealm: ....right here
Question: The nations of Iceland, Costa Rica and Liechtenstein have what in common?
Answer: They have no armed forces.
Song: "Peace Train" recorded by an obscure group ; Logic," by The Sisters of Mercy ; Clean," by Depeche Mode ; Saved by Zero," by The Fixx ; The Refugee," by U2
#108
Realm: Post-It notes
Subrealm: You look like the kind of guy who could use an adhesive note!
Question: 3M is the company that makes Post-It notes. What does 3M stand for?
Answer: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing.
Song: "Blue Sky Mine," by Midnight Oil ; X Offender," by Blondie
#109
Realm: Alexander Graham Bell
Subrealm: And his wonder dog, Speak!
Question: Forty years after the invention of the telephone, Bell and Watson re- enacted the famous inaugural phone call. Only this time, Bell was in New York, and Watson was in San Fransisco. When Bell said, "Watson, come here, I want you," what did Watson reply?
Answer: "It will take me five days to get there now!"
Song: "I Left My What... ?"; Once In A Lifetime," by Talking Heads ; See You," by Depeche Mode
#110
Realm: Government
Subrealm: We're paying them to do what?
Question: After almost a year of legislative battle, the Massachusetts state legislature passed a bill naming Boston cream pie as the state dessert. Eventually, they decided that the cream pie's only real competition for the honours wasn't really a dessert after all, but only a snack. What was it?
Answer: Tollhouse cookies.
Song: "Walk Like A Camel," by Ash Jason Healey