Must Capture Moose and Squirrel!
January 11-12, 2013
On-Air Questions and Songs
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| Number | 1 |
| Realm | Welcome to Williams Trivia! |
| Subrealm | It's possible that the answer to the first question will be the name of the most recent winning team... |
| Question | Although he is the pride of the state of Washington and the first one-man winning team in Williams Trivia history, what statement should you NOT make about the winner of the May 2012 contest anywhere near airport security? |
| Answer | "Jack Is da Bomb". |
| Song | Hit the Road Jack |
| Artist | Ray Charles (George, please edit this to be 3+ minutes) |
| Number | 2 |
| Realm | Sloppy Seconds |
| Subrealm | The team that finished second in May, but has graciously agreed to present tonight's contest... |
| Question | On The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, what exact phrase was probably never uttered by either Boris or Natasha? |
| Answer | "Must capture Moose and Squirrel!" |
| Song | Hell |
| Artist | Squirrel Nut Zippers |
| Number | 3 |
| Realm | Baby |
| Subrealm | One More Time |
| Question | Bode Dockal did something twice by the age of 13 months that very few people will ever do in their lives. What? |
| Answer | Attend a perfect game. (The first two baseball games his dad brought him to were Phil Humber's and Felix Hernandez's perfectos.) |
| Song | Nothing's Too Good for My Baby |
| Artist | Stevie Wonder |
| Note | Despite being more than 60 years older than Bode Dockal, Stevie Wonder has never seen a perfect game. |
| Number | 4 |
| Realm | Kneel before Zod! |
| Subrealm | Oops, sorry...I meant Neil Armstrong |
| Question | Only the most conspiracy-minded among us actually believe that the Apollo moon landings were staged. But, in a 2005 interview, Neil Armstrong revealed an equally-upsetting space cover-up. What is this long-running NASA secret? |
| Answer | The astronauts didn't actually drink Tang. |
| Song | All Mixed Up |
| Artist | 311 |
| Number | 5 |
| Realm | TV Stars |
| Subrealm | Picky About Their Roles |
| Question | What long-running television star made his debut in the 1973 movie "The Long Goodbye", playing the same role he would later take to the small screen? |
| Answer | Morris the Cat. |
| Song | Nine Lives |
| Artist | Aerosmith |
| Number | 6 |
| Realm | All-time great actresses |
| Subrealm | Are not even vaguely involved in this question |
| Question | What accomplished actress "starred" in the following movies: Belly Dancers from Bali-Bali; The Bird People Meet the Chicken-Pluckers; The Hula Girl and the Fullback; Mohawk Over the Moon; The Rain Dancers of Rango-Rango; San Quentin Blues; Sing a Song of Sing-Sing; Housewives from Mars; and Dracula's Women? |
| Answer | Ginger Grant, best known as one of the castaways from Gilligan's Island. |
| Song | Ship of Fools |
| Artist | World Party |
| Number | 7 |
| Realm | All-time great actresses |
| Subrealm | ARE involved in this question |
| Question | Five famous actors and actresses have been nominated for at least 10 Oscars for acting. THIS IS A THREE-POINT PLAY! For one point, name four of them. For two points, name all five. |
| Answer | Bette Davis; Katherine Hepburn; Jack Nicholson; Lawrence Olivier; Meryl Streep. |
| Song | Stacked Actors |
| Artist | Foo Fighters |
| Number | 8 |
| Realm | All-time great actresses |
| Subrealm | Wear no clothes |
| Question | Mr. Skin, frequent Howard Stern guest and expert on movies where famous actresses appear naked, gives out an award for each year's best nude scene. What's the name of this "honor"? |
| Answer | The Anatomy Award. |
| Song | Swallowed |
| Artist | Bush |
| Number | 9 |
| Realm | Silly Walks |
| Subrealm | Fawlty Towers |
| Question | Sadly, John Cleese was not on that list of actors who were nominated for 10 Oscars. But he's better than that hack Olivier anyway. What was the Cleese family surname before John's father changed it upon joining the British Army during World War I? |
| Answer | Cheese. |
| Song | Cream |
| Artist | Prince |
| Number | 10 |
| Realm | Roller Coasters and Hot Dogs |
| Subrealm | Coney Island |
| Question | Starting in 1903, Coney Island featured "hatcheries" where you could pay a dime to watch these little creatures grow to full size. What were they? |
| Answer | Premature babies. |
| Song | Watching Scotty Grow |
| Artist | Bobby Goldsboro |
| Number | 11 |
| Realm | The Undeniable Excitement |
| Subrealm | Of Bureaucracy |
| Question | Where can you find Forms 29827281-12, 55551-5, and 55551-6? |
| Answer | At the end of the video game Portal (they're the forms GLaDOS "fills out" while singing "Still Alive") |
| Song | I Will Survive |
| Artist | Cake |
| Number | 12 |
| Realm | Hey, your Airport SUX |
| Subrealm | So Sioux Me! |
| Question | The Sioux City Gateway Airport is stuck with the unfortunate aviation designation code "SUX." Naturally, airport authorities petitioned for a new code. Which code did the FAA offer them as a replacement? |
| Answer | GAY. (They turned it down, and the airport stuck with SUX.) |
| Song | YYZ |
| Artist | Rush ("YYZ" is the aviation designation code for Pearson International Airport in Toronto.) |
| Note | According to Wikipedia: The airport designator "SUX" has been contentious. Sioux City Mayor Craig Berenstein in 2002 described SUX as an "embarrassment" to the city. After petitioning the FAA for a changed airport identifier in 1998 and 2002, authorities found the alternatives offered - GWU, GYO, GYT, SGV, and GAY - to be unappealing, and elected to stay with SUX. In October 2007, airport board member Dave Bernstein proposed embracing the identifier, saying "Let's make the best of it. I think we have the opportunity to turn it into a positive." and noting "I've got buddies that I went to college with in different cities that can't even remember their own birthdays, but they all know the Sioux City designator - SUX." The airport now sells merchandise with the words "Fly SUX". |
| Number | 13 |
| Realm | Just Peachy |
| Subrealm | Georgia Schools |
| Question | Students in Bibb County, Georgia, are now being required to learn which foreign language? |
| Answer | Mandarin. |
| Song | Orange Crush |
| Artist | REM |
| Number | 14 |
| Realm | Everybody's Favorite Unlovable Losers |
| Subrealm | The Red Sox |
| Question | On August 8, 2005, the Boston Red Sox set the American League record with 3 of these in their lineup. 3 what? |
| Answer | Jews. That day, they started Gabe Kapler, Kevin Youkilis, and Adam Stern. The major league record remains 4, set by the 1941 New York Giants with Sid Gordon, Morrie Arnovich, Harry Feldman, and Harry Danning. |
| Song | Candlelight |
| Artist | The Maccabeats |
| Number | 15 |
| Realm | Two-letter abbreviations |
| Subrealm | That's not B.S. |
| Question | In 1963, the U.S. Postal Service adopted ZIP codes and two-letter state abbreviations. Since that time, only one state has changed its abbreviation. What state and why? |
| Answer | Nebraska used to be "NB" but Canada asked if they could use it for New Brunswick. |
| Song | Take Off |
| Artist | Bob and Doug McKenzie (and Geddy Lee; his name not needed) |
| Number | 16 |
| Realm | Take Off |
| Subrealm | To The Great White North |
| Question | The Bob and Doug MacKenzie comedy Strange Brew, which amazingly has a 70% "Fresh" rating on RottenTomatoes.com, was filmed using the second draft of the script. The first draft was rejected because it was basically a remake of what other, better known story? |
| Answer | Hamlet. |
| Song | I Fought The Law |
| Artist | Mary's Danish |
| Number | 17 |
| Realm | This Question Is Exciting |
| Subrealm | So Get Fired Up |
| Question | At a minimum of a million dollars per appearance, who is the world's highest-paid public speaker? |
| Answer | Sadly, it's Donald Trump. No word on how much for just the hairpiece. |
| Song | You Talk Too Much |
| Artist | Run-D.M.C. |
| Number | 18 |
| Realm | College Football |
| Subrealm | Teams That Williams Could Beat |
| Question | Oberlin College, near Cleveland, has seen some hard times on the football field, including a streak from 1990 through 2001 where they lost more games than any other team in the sport. Despite this, what feat did they accomplish in 1892 that has not been done since? |
| Answer | They were the last Ohio-based team to beat Ohio State. (John Heisman was their coach at the time.) |
| Song | Cleveland Rocks |
| Artist | Ian Hunter |
| Number | 19 |
| Realm | Batman Villains |
| Subrealm | Half This Question Is Great, While The Other Half Stinks |
| Question | As anyone who sat through the boring "hero DA" subplot of The Dark Knight to get to the good Joker scenes knows, Harvey Dent became Two-Face, Batman's enemy, for a whole 25 minutes. In the comics, Harvey Dent originally had a different last name. What was it, and why the change? |
| Answer | Harvey Kent. DC changed it to avoid any implication he was somehow related to Clark Kent's family. |
| Song | Both Sides, Now |
| Artist | Judy Collins |
| Number | 20 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | Dominated Sports |
| Question | 1992's Olympic "Dream Team" was unique in many ways - but the one we're after is not a statistic we've ever seen on a trophy. 12 victorious games equal 48 quarters defining the term "world-class basketball" in a way most would consider unmatched in the 13.5 billion year history of the universe. What we want to know is what did the Dream Team NOT do for all 48 of those spectacular quarters? |
| Answer | Call a time out. |
| Song | Stop To Love |
| Artist | Luther Vandross |
| Number | 21 |
| Realm | Teens Hanging Out In A Painted Stoner Van |
| Subrealm | Yep, Scooby-Doo |
| Question | The gang from Scooby-Doo was famous for all the guest stars they had on their shows. But they once returned the favor. The Scooby gang guest starred in an episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, helping Batman rescue whom from The Joker and The Penguin? |
| Answer | "Weird Al" Yankovic. |
| Song | Stairway To Heaven |
| Artist | Those Darn Accordions! |
| Number | 22 |
| Realm | TV |
| Subrealm | Is this a rerun? |
| Question | Two actors have each had four TV shows based on their real names. Please name both of these vain thespians. |
| Answer | Bill Cosby (The Bill Cosby Show, The Cosby Show, Cosby, and Cos); Bob Newhart (2 shows both named The Bob Newhart Show (one a variety show in the 60s, and the 70s sitcom), Newhart, and Bob). |
| Song | Billy, Don't Be a Hero |
| Artist | Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods |
| Number | 23 |
| Realm | The Grammys, the True Arbiter of Taste |
| Subrealm | As Proven by Winners like Debby Boone, the Starland Vocal Band, and Milli Vanilli |
| Question | What did the winners for the Grammy for Album of the Year in both 1961 and 1963 have in common, something that is unlikely to ever happen again? |
| Answer | They were comedy albums (1961's winner was The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, and 1963's was The First Family by Vaughn Meader). |
| Song | Smile |
| Artist | Uncle Kracker |
| Number | 24 |
| Realm | Free Hint! |
| Subrealm | The answer is NOT "Bob Newhart"! |
| Question | Who is the only actor to win acting Emmys for both a comedy series and for a dramatic series while playing the same character? |
| Answer | Ed Asner, for playing Lou Grant (on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and on Lou Grant) |
| Song | Baby Baby |
| Artist | Amy Grant |
| Number | 25 |
| Realm | The Middle East |
| Subrealm | Is Cooler Than You Think |
| Question | King Abdullah of Jordan is building a park in Aqaba called the "Red Sea Astrarium" that will feature a particular theme. What will be the park's theme when it opens next year? |
| Answer | Star Trek. (King Abdullah is a devoted Trekkie, and once appeared in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager.) |
| Song | Time After Time |
| Artist | Brent Spiner |
| Number | 26 |
| Realm | Carlos May |
| Subrealm | Carlos May What? |
| Question | Former White Sox outfielder Carlos May is the only man in the history of Major League Baseball to have what written on the back of his uniform? |
| Answer | His birthday. (Born on May 17, he wore number 17, and - like all players on the team - had his last name written above his number.) |
| Song | Calendar Girl |
| Artist | Neil Sedaka |
| Number | 27 |
| Realm | Islands Northeast of Australia |
| Subrealm | No, not that one |
| Question | What was recently discovered about Sandy Island, a 60 square-mile island located between Australia and New Caledonia? |
| Answer | It doesn't exist (despite appearing on Google Maps and several other sources). |
| Song | I Can't Reach You |
| Artist | The Who |
| Number | 28 |
| Realm | Injecting deadly poison into your body |
| Subrealm | Just needs a cutesy name to sell it |
| Question | A doctor in Manhattan has started offering facial Botox injections to a new group of interested clients. Who is he attracting? |
| Answer | Poker players (who hope to eliminate "tells" from their poker face with the injections, which the doctor calls "Pokertox"). |
| Song | No Tell Lover |
| Artist | Chicago |
| Number | 29 |
| Realm | A Woman's Work |
| Subrealm | Is On The Screen |
| Question | In 2011, a new record was set for the worldwide highest grossing movie directed by a woman. THIS IS A THREE-POINT PLAY! For one point, give us the name of either the new record- setting movie, or the movie which had its box office record broken. For a second point, name both movies. |
| Answer | Kung Fu Panda 2, directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, grossed $665 million worldwide to surpass Mamma Mia!, the old record holder that was directed by Phyllida Lloyd and made a mere $610 million. |
| Song | She's The Boss |
| Artist | Mick Jagger |
| Number | 30 |
| Realm | Small City |
| Subrealm | Large Coffee |
| Question | Which fictional city originally had a population of 5120 until meddling TV executives added an extra number to the end, due to fears that the American public would not sympathize with a small industrial town? |
| Answer | Twin Peaks, Washington. (They added a "1" at the end to turn it into a medium city.) |
| Song | Mountain Song |
| Artist | Jane's Addiction |
| Number | 31 |
| Realm | Odd bods |
| Subrealm | A veritable Bonanza of trivia |
| Question | The actor Lorne Greene had an unusual physical characteristic. What is it, and how did he wind up with it? |
| Answer | He had only one nipple. The other one was bitten off (by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom." Lorne definitely did not have Twin Peaks. Just sayin'.) |
| Song | Love Bites |
| Artist | Def Leppard |
| Number | 32 |
| Realm | Lorne Greene |
| Subrealm | Gave Them Some Pointers |
| Question | What is the name of the Midland, Texas group of youthful victims of breast cancer? |
| Answer | "The Young and the Breastless". |
| Song | "Nadia's Theme" or "Theme from The Young and the Restless" |
| Artist | (none required) |
| Note | Phone People - either song title is acceptable; no artist needed for music point |
| Number | 33 |
| Realm | Lorne Greene |
| Subrealm | Didn't Sing Like This |
| Question | Whereas most men have two of these, Frank Sinatra had only one. One what? |
| Answer | Earlobe. (It was accidentally torn off by the obstetrician during childbirth. As far as we know, Frank didn't have him killed for this.) |
| Song | I Hear A Rhapsody |
| Artist | Frank Sinatra |
| Number | 34 |
| Realm | Spinoffs That Ruled |
| Subrealm | Angel |
| Question | On the show Angel, One of Angel's friends was Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan from the demonic dimension of Pylea. Despite having striking green skin, red eyes, and horns poking out of his forehead, he was one of the nicest demons, er, guys you'd ever want to meet. In this universe, he preferred to be known as "the Host" instead of his nickname. What was it? |
| Answer | Lorne Greene. |
| Song | Ringo |
| Artist | Lorne Greene |
| Number | 35 |
| Realm | The Gators? |
| Subrealm | Somebody warn Lorne Greene! |
| Question | What inappropriate object was featured on the 2003 football guidebook of the University of Florida Gators? |
| Answer | A crocodile. (It was obvious because American crocodiles have pointy snouts and are a light, olive-green color, while alligators have broad snouts and are nearly black.) |
| Song | It's Not Easy Being Green |
| Artist | Kermit the Frog |
| Number | 36 |
| Realm | Finally, A Lorne Greene-Free Question! |
| Subrealm | Oops, Guess Not! |
| Question | In March 2011, Conrad's Dairy Farm in Pittsfield, Ohio installed 240 of these in its cattle enclosure in order to increase the cows' comfort and, subsequently, the quality of their milk. What? |
| Answer | Waterbeds. |
| Song | Restless Cattle |
| Artist | Marty Robbins |
| Number | 37 |
| Realm | Another Free Hint |
| Subrealm | The Answer Is Not "Mouses" |
| Question | What is the rather unusual term for a group of mice? |
| Answer | A mischief. |
| Song | Miss Murder |
| Artist | A.F.I. |
| Note | Other sources say that a group of mice can also be called a nest, a trip, a colony, a harvest, or a horde. -Ed. |
| Number | 38 |
| Realm | Adam Sandler Films |
| Subrealm | That, Amazingly, Don't Suck |
| Question | In the film 50 First Dates, Drew Barrymore's character helps her father paint a room every single day. On the days in which she meets Adam Sandler's character, she sings a particular song while doing so. Name the song and its artist. |
| Answer | "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by The Beach Boys. |
| Song | Wouldn't It Be Good |
| Artist | Nik Kershaw |
| Number | 39 |
| Realm | According to Louis (pronounced Louie) C.K., how can you complain while flying? |
| Subrealm | You're sitting in a chair in the SKY! |
| Question | SkyMall Magazine is well-known for its unusual products. One such offering is a decoration for your lawn that purports to be from "Montclaire Moors". What is it? |
| Answer | A zombie. |
| Song | SkyMall |
| Artist | Jonathan Coulton |
| Note | According to SkyMall's description, "Not for the faint of heart, this gray-toned Zombie of Montclaire Moors statue features the most zombie-like eyes you've ever seen. Captured in meticulous detail in quality designer resin, this zombie garden statue brings the flesh-hungry undead to your daffodil bed!" |
| Number | 40 |
| Realm | Science Marches On |
| Subrealm | This Question Is Fitting |
| Question | At some embarrassing moment in our lives, each of us has slipped a particular body part into a Brannock device. Which body part? |
| Answer | The foot [in order to determine shoe size] |
| Song | Sugar Sugar |
| Artist | The Archies |
| Number | 41 |
| Realm | Hey, baby, what's your sign? |
| Subrealm | Um, 63rd Street? |
| Question | A building on the corner of 63rd Street and 1st Avenue in New York City is believed to have been the spot of the first singles bar, which opened in 1965. Please give us the name of this establishment. |
| Answer | T.G.I. Fridays (yes, the chain restaurant originated as a singles bar!) |
| Song | Working For The Weekend |
| Artist | Loverboy |
| Number | 42 |
| Realm | The Highest Record |
| Subrealm | You Ever Warsaw! |
| Question | In 1995, a Polish man set the highest record of this with 1.48%. What was it? |
| Answer | Blood alcohol content of a living person. |
| Song | Proof |
| Artist | Coldplay (1.48% is about 3 proof). |
| Number | 43 |
| Realm | Deliver Us the Answer |
| Subrealm | In 4 Minutes Or Less, Or The Points Are Free |
| Question | Pizza Hut Canada recently added a very limited-edition item to their menu. What new product, based on their hand-tossed dough, are they dabbling with as an experiment? |
| Answer | Perfume. (The new Pizza Hut fragrance boasts "top notes of freshly baked, hand-tossed dough".) |
| Song | Breathe |
| Artist | Faith Hill |
| Number | 44 |
| Realm | Bam! We're spicing up Trivia |
| Subrealm | By adding Curry |
| Question | Tim Curry has said that his favorite role that he played in a film was Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island. Why was that role his favorite? |
| Answer | He got to work with Miss Piggy. |
| Song | Who Knew |
| Artist | Pink |
| Number | 45 |
| Realm | There's no justice in the universe |
| Subrealm | John died, yet Jim lives on |
| Question | Which 1981 comedy film starred Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi? |
| Answer | Neighbors (if they say The Blues Brothers, hang up) |
| Song | The Suburbs |
| Artist | Arcade Fire (George: long song - fade out around 3:30) |
| Note | The Blues Brothers was released the previous year (1980). -Ed |
| Number | 46 |
| Realm | Made It, Ma! |
| Subrealm | Top Of The World! |
| Question | James Cagney was one of the true Hollywood tough guys. But his first acting role was not so tough. What did he play? |
| Answer | He played a female dancer in a chorus line (in the 1919 show Every Sailor). |
| Song | Pumped Up Kicks |
| Artist | Foster The People |
| Number | 47 |
| Realm | Stereotyped plumbers |
| Subrealm | Nintendo |
| Question | Gyromite and Stack-Up were the only two games that made use of which famous Nintendo peripheral? |
| Answer | R.O.B. |
| Song | C'est La Vie |
| Artist | Robbie Nevil |
| Note | R.O.B. stands for "Robotic Operating Buddy". |
| Number | 48 |
| Realm | I'll Drink To That! |
| Subrealm | Trivia Heroes |
| Question | What old Williams Trivia favorite claims he invented the Jell-O Shot as a means of circumventing liquor restrictions when he was assigned to work at the National Security Agency? |
| Answer | Tom Lehrer. |
| Song | Genius of Love |
| Artist | Tom Tom Club |
| Number | 49 |
| Realm | Smoke and mirrors |
| Subrealm | This question is en fuego |
| Question | The Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin killed the most people out of any fire in the United States. So why doesn't anyone remember it? |
| Answer | The Great Chicago Fire occurred on the exact same day. |
| Song | Fight Fire With Fire |
| Artist | Kansas |
| Number | 50 |
| Realm | Chinese Tourist Faux Pas |
| Subrealm | You Tibet Your Life |
| Question | In 1987, a Chinese soldier in Tibet tried to tear off a British woman's T-shirt depicting Phil Silvers as Sergeant Bilko. Why did he do this? |
| Answer | He mistook the picture of Phil Silvers for one of the Dalai Lama. |
| Song | Hello Dolly |
| Artist | Louis Armstrong |
| Number | 51 |
| Realm | The Most Interesting Question In The World |
| Subrealm | Stay Trivial, My Friends |
| Question | The actor in the Dos Equis "Most Interesting Man In The World" ads, Jonathan Goldsmith, is pretty interesting himself. When he appeared in the Star Trek original series episode "The Corbomite Maneuver", he did something usually thought impossible. What did he do? |
| Answer | He survived the entire episode, despite wearing a red shirt! |
| Song | Survivor |
| Artist | Destiny's Child |
| Number | 52 |
| Realm | Cities That Rhyme With Naughty Bits |
| Subrealm | Not "Delores" |
| Question | Before it was renamed "Regina" to honor then-reigning Queen Victoria, what was the capital of Saskatchewan called? |
| Answer | Pile-of-Bones (named for a stack of bison bones). |
| Song | Tha Crossroads |
| Artist | Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |
| Number | 53 |
| Realm | Movie Casting Directors |
| Subrealm | Our Unsung Heroes |
| Question | For this 1971 film, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, and Anthony Quinn turned down the lead role, while Frank Sinatra and Danny Kaye wanted this role but were turned down. Which role were we saved from seeing these actors ruin? |
| Answer | Tevye, in Fiddler On The Roof. |
| Song | Dancing On The Ceiling |
| Artist | Lionel Richie |
| Number | 54 |
| Realm | Great Moments In Censorship |
| Subrealm | China |
| Question | In 2011, the Chinese government banned any depiction of this in TV shows and movies, claiming it promoted feudalism, superstition, and fatalism, among other things. What did they ban? |
| Answer | Time travel. |
| Song | It's Time |
| Artist | Imagine Dragons |
| Number | 55 |
| Realm | Overpriced Crap on Every Corner |
| Subrealm | Walgreens |
| Question | In 1919, drug store chain Walgreens had 20 stores. By 1930, they had expanded to 397 stores. What was the main reason for the huge expansion? |
| Answer | During prohibition, they were permitted to sell whiskey for "medicinal purposes". |
| Song | We Are All On Drugs |
| Artist | Weezer |
| Number | 56 |
| Realm | Darth Vader and the Reverend |
| Subrealm | A Plaque On Both Their Houses |
| Question | When actor James Earl Jones was invited to speak at the Lauderhill, Florida 2002 Martin Luther King Day celebration, a plaque was ordered to commemorate the occasion. When it arrived, what was wrong with it? |
| Answer | It was made out to James Earl Ray, King's assassin. |
| Song | Trouble |
| Artist | Ray LaMontagne |
| Number | 57 |
| Realm | U.S. Government |
| Subrealm | At Ease! |
| Question | This military installation was opened in 1938, and its official name is "Naval Support Facility Thurmont". What do we know it better as? |
| Answer | Camp David. |
| Song | Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah |
| Artist | Allan Sherman |
| Number | 58 |
| Realm | U.S. Government |
| Subrealm | Eyewear |
| Question | This year, the military finally phased out the standard-issue eyeglasses that had been the only option for myopic soldiers since 1990. The S-9 model glasses, popularized by Drew Carey who continued to wear them even after leaving the Marines, were nicknamed BCGs. What does BCG stand for? |
| Answer | "Birth Control Glasses" (also accept "Birth Control Goggles"). |
| Song | Naked Eye |
| Artist | Luscious Jackson |
| Number | 59 |
| Realm | Universities |
| Subrealm | Nowhere Near Williams |
| Question | Pittsburg State University is located not in Pennsylvania, but in Kansas. It is also the only university to have its athletic teams bearing what nickname? |
| Answer | Gorillas. |
| Song | Swing Swing |
| Artist | All-American Rejects |
| Number | 60 |
| Realm | Put your ugly BCG glasses on |
| Subrealm | 3D movies |
| Question | House of Wax, starring Vincent Price, was the first color 3D movie to be made by a major studio. The director was Andre de Toth. Why was he an odd choice to direct this movie? |
| Answer | He only had one eye. He'd lost an eye as a child and thus couldn't see the 3D effect. |
| Song | I Can See Clearly Now |
| Artist | Johnny Nash |
| Number | 61 |
| Realm | Marcel Marceau |
| Subrealm | (say nothing) |
| Question | Believe it or not, Marcel Marceau once released an album, called "The Best of Marcel Marceau." Even more surprising, there is a sound on this record. What is this sound heard on the record? |
| Answer | Clapping [after 40 minutes of silence] |
| Song | The Sound of Silence |
| Artist | Simon & Garfunkel |
| Number | 62 |
| Realm | Charity |
| Subrealm | Not Tommy's Holiday Camp |
| Question | The band The Who sponsor a charity trust that provides specialized hospital facilities and research for teenagers fighting cancer. What's the name of this charity? |
| Answer | "Who Cares". |
| Song | We Care A Lot |
| Artist | Faith No More |
| Number | 63 |
| Realm | African tribes |
| Subrealm | Have a bone to pick with you |
| Question | Residing in the Zambezi Valley for at least the last 900 years, what witchcraft-practicing African tribe is also known as the "Three People" in their native Zambia? |
| Answer | The Tonga People. |
| Song | Witch Doctor |
| Artist | David Seville |
| Number | 64 |
| Realm | NFL Refs |
| Subrealm | With Flimsy Resumes |
| Question | During the NFL's 2012 lockout of referees, the league looked far and wide for their replacement refs. Some came from high school officiating; others from minor league football. But Craig Ochoa came from elsewhere. Which league was Ochoa's previous employer? |
| Answer | The Lingerie Football League. |
| Song | Victoria |
| Artist | The Kinks |
| Number | 65 |
| Realm | Harmful Hobbies Of The Very Rich |
| Subrealm | Aw, Frick |
| Question | The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, founded by 1800s millionaire Henry Clay Frick, was the group responsible for one of the worst disasters in US history. How so? |
| Answer | The dam altered to create their fishing pond gave way, causing the Johnstown flood of 1889. |
| Song | Love Is All Around |
| Artist | Wet Wet Wet |
| Number | 66 |
| Realm | TV Comedies |
| Subrealm | Does this question amuse you? |
| Question | In the 1960s, every Hollywood sitcom used Glen Glenn Sound to handle their audio post production. How did Glen Glenn manage to get this monopoly? |
| Answer | They owned the only laugh track equipment in Hollywood. |
| Song | The Sun Always Shines on TV |
| Artist | a-ha |
| Number | 67 |
| Realm | Star Search |
| Subrealm | Not the one that made Sinbad famous |
| Question | The Director of the Hayden Planetarium recently helped identify the solar system around star LHS 2520 as the specific location of something that has been missing since 1938. What is that system thought to contain? |
| Answer | It's the solar system of the planet Krypton, Superman's home. (In Action Comics Superman #14, Neil DeGrasse Tyson identifies LHS 2520, a real star, as the star around which Krypton orbits.) |
| Song | Take The Long Way Home |
| Artist | Supertramp |
| Number | 68 |
| Realm | Quiet, please |
| Subrealm | Disney movies |
| Question | Which Disney animated movie is the only one to feature a title character that doesn't speak? |
| Answer | Dumbo. |
| Song | Silent All These Years |
| Artist | Tori Amos |
| Number | 69 |
| Realm | Hot Women |
| Subrealm | Huh, huh, huh, Question 69 |
| Question | Maxim Magazine releases a list of its Top 100 hottest women in the world every year. Which popular television personality took the #69 spot in 2012? |
| Answer | Stephen Colbert |
| Song | Gold |
| Artist | John Stewart |
| Number | 70 |
| Realm | JANE! |
| Subrealm | STOP THIS CRAZY THING! |
| Question | Despite being an acronym, the treadmill on the International Space Station is the only piece of NASA-engineered equipment in space that is named after a living human being. What is its name? |
| Answer | The COLBERT (which stands for "Combined Operational Load-Bearing External Resistance Treadmill"). |
| Song | On And On |
| Artist | Stephen Bishop |
| Number | 71 |
| Realm | Only one reason to go to Brazil? |
| Subrealm | Nah, I got a Brazilian of them! |
| Question | Recently, the city of São Paulo, Brazil did something unusual in order to bring out the "natural beauty" of their little corner of the world. What was it? |
| Answer | They banned all outdoor advertising from the entire city. |
| Song | Signs |
| Artist | Five Man Electrical Band |
| Number | 72 |
| Realm | You have 10 Commandments? |
| Subrealm | They've got 282! |
| Question | Among the 282 laws in the Code of Hammurabi were rules for beer and beer parlors. What was the punishment for parlor owners that overcharged for beer? |
| Answer | They were to be drowned. |
| Song | In Too Deep |
| Artist | Sum 41 |
| Number | 73 |
| Realm | Holidays |
| Subrealm | I'm Glad It's Not Today |
| Question | We all know about the other holidays in early May, such as May Day and Cinco de Mayo. Which more casual holiday is celebrated on the first Friday of May? |
| Answer | No Pants Day. |
| Song | Forever In Blue Jeans |
| Artist | Neil Diamond |
| Number | 74 |
| Realm | We Are Not Amused |
| Subrealm | The Queen |
| Question | Although the actual coronation took place in London, in what highly unusual place was Queen Elizabeth located when her father died and she ascended to the throne? |
| Answer | Up a tree. (She was staying at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya, literally built in a tree, at the time). |
| Song | All Around Me |
| Artist | Flyleaf |
| Number | 75 |
| Realm | Figure |
| Subrealm | Eight |
| Question | Besides being states, what other thing do West Virginia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, California, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Maryland and Nevada have in common? |
| Answer | They were the 8 battleships in "Battleship Row" in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. |
| Song | Under The Sea |
| Artist | The Little Mermaid |
| Number | 76 |
| Realm | The thrill of triumph |
| Subrealm | Yes, even on this TV question |
| Question | Vinko Bogataj was probably one of the most famous people in all of television from about 1967 through 1997. Strangely enough, no one would ever recognize his face if they saw it, and you surely don't recognize his name. Why, then, can we make the claim that he's one of the most famous people in TV from that 30-year period? |
| Answer | He was the ski jumper in the opening sequence to ABC's Wide World of Sports that was seen crashing over the edge of the jump to the voice-over "the agony of defeat." |
| Song | I Believe I Can Fly |
| Artist | R. Kelly |
| Number | 77 |
| Realm | Talk Radio Blowhards |
| Subrealm | Take A Wild Guess |
| Question | When Rush Limbaugh heard that Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown was running for the U.S. Senate in 2006, what was his reaction? |
| Answer | "A black woman will never be elected statewide in Ohio!" (Phone people, paraphrasing is OK). Brown is a white man, and won. |
| Song | What's Your Favorite Color |
| Artist | Living Colour |
| Number | 78 |
| Realm | Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys |
| Subrealm | Freedom Fries |
| Question | When he was president of France, Jacques Chirac had all the usual awards and plaques you'd expect from a major head of state. He also had a certificate of commendation from Howard Johnson's. What was that for? |
| Answer | It was for his artistry in making banana splits. (He worked in a U.S. Howard Johnson's when he was 20.) |
| Song | Ice Cream |
| Artist | Sarah Maclachlan |
| Number | 79 |
| Realm | It's Five O'Clock, Des Devlin! |
| Subrealm | You Know What That Means! |
| Question | The legendary Washington, D.C. cartoonist Herblock used to caricature his political subjects by exaggerating their most pronounced physical characteristic. Hence Ronald Reagan's hair swooped ever higher, and Bill Clinton's cheeks swelled like balloons. But what WE want to know is, what feature of Richard Nixon's did Herblock lampoon? |
| Answer | His "five o'clock shadow" (which if you don't know means his unshaven shadow of a beard) |
| Song | Five O'Clock World |
| Artist | the Vogues |
| Number | 80 |
| Realm | Spooks |
| Subrealm | Spy vs. Spy |
| Question | In the world of espionage, the term "mole," has come to mean an enemy double agent. Where did that usage come from? |
| Answer | It was coined by John La Carre in his spy novels. (Intelligence agents liked the word so much that it became a common term among them.) |
| Song | Undercover Angel |
| Artist | Alan O'Day |
| Number | 81 |
| Realm | Ouch! |
| Subrealm | I always knew he was a violent psychopath |
| Question | According to a doctor who reviewed footage of the "incidents", this pair should have suffered the following injuries: Blowout fracture to the skull; massive scar tissue and 3rd degree burns to the hand; a "full thickness" burn to the skull that would require a skull bone transplant; and fracturing of multiple facial bones. What pair should have spent weeks in the hospital, but were arrested instead? |
| Answer | The "Wet Bandits" from Home Alone. |
| Song | Come On-a My House |
| Artist | Rosemary Clooney |
| Number | 82 |
| Realm | Euro Out Of Luck |
| Subrealm | British Money |
| Question | Before Great Britain went to the decimal monetary system, what was the common abbreviation for pounds, shillings, and pence? |
| Answer | L.S.D. |
| Song | The Ghost In You |
| Artist | The Psychedelic Furs |
| Number | 83 |
| Realm | Pacific Islands |
| Subrealm | Don't worry, we already asked the Tonga question |
| Question | If you are in Hawaii and order some "Hawaiian Steak", what will you be served? |
| Answer | Spam. |
| Song | Delicious |
| Artist | Jim Backus (and Friend - "Friend" not needed, phone people) |
| Number | 84 |
| Realm | Mardi Gras? Meh. |
| Subrealm | Burning Man? Feh. |
| Question | America's greatest local celebration is surely Nederland, Colorado annual Frozen Dead Guy Days, in honor of a former resident who had his grandfather's body brought over from Norway and kept it on dry ice in his shed, where it reputedly remains. Some of the highlights of the festival include the Frozen Dead Guy Lookalike Contest and the Coffin Race, in which teams of costumed contestants carry specially-built and decorated coffins through an obstacle course. Other events include a tour of the Tuff Shed where Grandpa is still frozen; a "polar plunge" for those brave enough to go swimming in Colorado in early March; snow sculpture contests, and a dance. What is the name of this dance? |
| Answer | "Grandpa's Blue Ball". |
| Song | Out Of My Head |
| Artist | Fastball |
| Number | 85 |
| Realm | Commercial airlines |
| Subrealm | Literally |
| Question | What is the slogan of the fictional CKA Airlines? |
| Answer | "First class just got classier". |
| Song | The Cave |
| Artist | Mumford & Sons |
| Note | CKA is the airline featured on one of the billboards in one of the more famous Geico "Caveman" commercials (the one with the moving sidewalk in the airport). |
| Number | 86 |
| Realm | A Real American Idol |
| Subrealm | Lady Liberty |
| Question | The Statue of Liberty has been around for over 125 years now, almost as long as Des. As well recognized as Des' plaid pants (for the Trivia old-timers, anyway), Lady Liberty has a crown with seven points on it. What two things do these points represent? |
| Answer | The seven continents and the seven seas. |
| Song | Green-Eyed Lady |
| Artist | Sugarloaf |
| Number | 87 |
| Realm | A Real American Idol |
| Subrealm | Lady Day |
| Question | Billie Holliday's best known song was probably "Strange Fruit", written by Abel Meeropol. To what does the title "Strange Fruit" refer? |
| Answer | Black lynching victims hanging from trees. |
| Song | Strange Love |
| Artist | Depeche Mode |
| Number | 88 |
| Realm | A Real American Idol |
| Subrealm | To Nerds Everywhere |
| Question | Gene Roddenberry was often asked why there weren't more aliens in the crew of the Starship Enterprise. What was his response? |
| Answer | "There are very few of them in the Screen Actors Guild." |
| Song | Star Trekkin' |
| Artist | The Firm |
| Number | 89 |
| Realm | Name Changes |
| Subrealm | That Make Sense To Nigel Tufnel |
| Question | The classic Fellini movie 8 1/2 was made into a musical called Nine. What was the reason given for the name change? |
| Answer | "When you add music to the story, it's one half more". (Phone People, accept any general idea that's close.) |
| Song | Half Of My Heart |
| Artist | John Mayer |
| Number | 90 |
| Realm | A Question |
| Subrealm | An Inconvenient Question |
| Question | Who is the only person who has won both an Oscar and a Nobel Prize? |
| Answer | George Bernard Shaw. (Al Gore won a Nobel Peace Prize but not an Academy Award. The Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth went to producer Davis Guggenheim.) |
| Song | Love Me Two Times |
| Artist | The Doors |
| Number | 91 |
| Realm | Annoying Kids Who Never Grew Up |
| Subrealm | Not Counting The Entire Cast Of Jersey Shore |
| Question | Comic strip "Dennis The Menace", which is somehow still published despite having nobody care about it, debuted in U.S. newspapers on March 12, 1951. What British comic strip also debuted that same month? |
| Answer | "Dennis The Menace", an unrelated strip of the exact same name. |
| Song | Sunday Papers |
| Artist | Joe Jackson |
| Number | 92 |
| Realm | You know the answer |
| Subrealm | Think about it... |
| Question | What is the largest mausoleum in the U.S.? |
| Answer | Grant's Tomb. By the way, the correct answer to the old question "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb" is "no one", since both Grant and his wife are entombed and not buried. Please, feel free to send your bar bet winnings to us here at "Must Capture Moose and Squirrel"! |
| Song | Birdland |
| Artist | Manhattan Transfer |
| Number | 93 |
| Realm | Presidential Trivia |
| Subrealm | JFK |
| Question | President John F. Kennedy kept a particular coconut shell on the Oval Office desk. What was the significance of this shell? |
| Answer | It was the one on which he'd scratched a request for help after the sinking of PT-109. |
| Song | PT-109 |
| Artist | Jimmy Dean |
| Number | 94 |
| Realm | Big Families |
| Subrealm | JFK |
| Question | What did John F. Kennedy's brother, sister, son, and widow's stepson all have in common? |
| Answer | They all died in air crashes. |
| Song | Jet |
| Artist | Paul McCartney & Wings |
| Number | 95 |
| Realm | More Jimmy Dean |
| Subrealm | Muppets |
| Question | Which Muppet was the first to make regular appearances on national TV, on The Jimmy Dean Show, in 1963? |
| Answer | Rowlf the dog, who would perform duets with Dean. |
| Song | Rock On |
| Artist | David Essex |
| Number | 96 |
| Realm | Whither Canada? |
| Subrealm | Owl Stretching Time |
| Question | What group considered going by names including "Owl Stretching Time", "Whither Canada?" and "A Horse, a Spoon and a Bucket", before settling on their ultimate name? |
| Answer | Monty Python's Flying Circus. |
| Song | Fly |
| Artist | Sugar Ray |
| Number | 97 |
| Realm | TV shows |
| Subrealm | Unmemorable TV shows |
| Question | One was a spy show about a man whose brain was implanted into the body of a secret agent. The other was a soapy family drama, set in Illinois, about the romantic dalliances between a pair of single parents. They both premiered in the same week in 1999 and had confusingly similar names. What were the two TV shows? |
| Answer | Now and Again and Once and Again, respectively |
| Song | Again |
| Artist | Lenny Kravitz |
| Number | 98 |
| Realm | Anthropomorphic and sexy |
| Subrealm | Talking candy |
| Question | Blue, red, green, yellow, orange, and brown. Yes, yes, everyone knows these are the six current colors of the regular packs of M&M's. However, you need to tell us what the original six colors of M&Ms were. |
| Answer | Brown, yellow, orange, red, green, violet |
| Song | You Sexy Thing |
| Artist | Hot Chocolate |
| Number | 99 |
| Realm | Family Movies |
| Subrealm | No Broken Records |
| Question | The 2008 movie The Longshots, a story about a high school team with a girl at quarterback, was reviewed as "a likable enough Cinderella story, one whose heart is clearly in the right place, even if it winds up on its sleeve once too often." The one surprising thing about this otherwise predictable movie is the director. What soft-hearted musician directed this family-friendly flick? |
| Answer | Fred Durst, from Limp Bizkit. |
| Song | Freddie's Dead |
| Artist | Curtis Mayfield |
| Number | 100 |
| Realm | Locations everywhere! |
| Subrealm | Including in this question |
| Question | Starbucks did not always have the snappy, memorable name it does today. It was originally named after which famous ship? |
| Answer | The Pequod, from Moby-Dick; their first mate was named Starbuck, hence the restaurant's name today |
| Song | I'm Shipping Up To Boston |
| Artist | Dropkick Murphys |
| Number | 101 |
| Realm | Poison and tea |
| Subrealm | Not "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
| Question | What do the songs "Unskinny Bop" by Poison, "Song 2" by Blur, and "Tea for Two" from the musical No, No, Nanette have in common? |
| Answer | They never got real titles; all of them are known by their placeholders. |
| Song | Dumb Reminders |
| Artist | No Use For A Name |
| Number | 102 |
| Realm | The sun never sets on the British Empire |
| Subrealm | But it's about to rise here in Ohio! |
| Question | What was the first British Crown Colony to print postage stamps? |
| Answer | Mauritius. |
| Song | Enter Maurice |
| Artist | the Steve Miller Band |
| Number | 103 |
| Realm | Real Movies |
| Subrealm | Fake titles |
| Question | Which recent film had the fake working titles of Acadia, Darlings, and Wickham? |
| Answer | Super 8 |
| Song | Supermodel (You Better Work) |
| Artist | RuPaul |
| Number | 104 |
| Realm | Free Willy!* |
| Subrealm | *With purchase of Willy of equal or lesser value |
| Question | In his review of Free Willy, The Nostalgia Critic makes note of a man who can ruin any potentially happy scene just by performing a simple action. What is it exactly that this man does so evilly? |
| Answer | He eats a handful of popcorn. |
| Song | Popcorn |
| Artist | Hot Butter |
| Number | 105 |
| Realm | I Love Lucy |
| Subrealm | But I Hate Ethel |
| Question | William Frawley played Fred Mertz, among many other roles in a long Hollywood career. He had enough clout to put a condition into his work contracts that he did not have to work during a certain time period each year. Which one? |
| Answer | The World Series. |
| Song | Hate Me |
| Artist | Blue October |
| Number | 106 |
| Realm | Baseball players |
| Subrealm | Not seen by William Frawley |
| Question | What recently-retired baseball player is the only person to have played in the championship games of Little League World Series, a state high school tournament, the College World Series, and the Major League Baseball World Series, the Olympics, and the World Baseball Classic? |
| Answer | Former Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek. |
| Song | I Won't Give Up |
| Artist | Jason Mraz |
| Number | 107 |
| Realm | Riding Mower To Man Town |
| Subrealm | First Down, 2x4! |
| Question | What are Man Town, First Down, Riding Mower, and 2x4? |
| Answer | They are the four new scents of "men's candles" produced by Yankee Candle. |
| Song | Wicked Game |
| Artist | Chris Isaak (candle, wick, "wicked", get it? No? Sorry.) |