Ohio Players
May 13-14, 2011
On-Air Questions and Songs
| Number | 1 |
| Realm | Good Evening! |
| Subrealm | The Ohio Players will ROCK YOUR WORLD for the next 8 hours! |
| Question | This band formed in Dayton, Ohio as the Ohio Untouchables before changing their name. They have had such members as Wes Boatman, Junie Morrison, Pee Wee Middlebrooks, Satch Satchell, and Diamond Williams. They had two big #1 songs in the 1970s. Who are these Midwest masters of funk? |
| Answer | The Ohio Players! |
| Song | Fire |
| Artist | The Ohio Players |
| Number | 2 |
| Realm | Not Masters Of Funk |
| Subrealm | Just Midwest |
| Question | What popular early-2000s TV show featured not one, not two, not 108, but THREE main actors who were all from Dayton, Ohio? |
| Answer | The West Wing. (The Daytonites are Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, and Rob Lowe) |
| Song | Yummy Yummy Yummy |
| Artist | The Ohio Express |
| Number | 3 |
| Realm | Ohio |
| Subrealm | Players |
| Question | Before home games, the Ohio State band always marches in the famed "Script Ohio" formation, which unsurprisingly forms the word "Ohio". The player of what instrument traditionally dots the "I" in "Ohio"? |
| Answer | The sousaphone. |
| Song | Vehicle |
| Artist | Ides of March |
| Number | 4 |
| Realm | Ohio |
| Subrealm | Is not mentioned in this question |
| Question | On April 15, 1940, composer Igor Stravinsky used an unconventional major seventh chord in his arrangement of the Star-Spangled Banner that was performed in Boston. What was the unexpected result of his reinterpretation? |
| Answer | He was arrested by Boston police (for violating a federal law that prohibited the reharmonization of the National Anthem). |
| Song | The Anthem |
| Artist | Good Charlotte |
| Number | 5 |
| Realm | One-Hit Wonders |
| Subrealm | Unlike the Ohio Players |
| Question | "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse, "Beach Baby" by The First Class, "My Baby Loves Lovin" by White Plains and "United We Stand" by The Brotherhood Of Man all were hits in the early 1970s. What other common element did they all share? |
| Answer | They all have the same lead singer (Tony Burrows). |
| Song | Me, Myself, and I |
| Artist | De La Soul |
| Number | 6 |
| Realm | Punch |
| Subrealm | It In |
| Question | Joe Louis was not the first black heavyweight champion. But he WAS the first African-American to achieve another sporting first. What was it? |
| Answer | He was the first African-American man to play in a PGA Tour event. |
| Song | Driver 8 |
| Artist | R.E.M. |
| Number | 7 |
| Realm | Music |
| Subrealm | Music That Won't Be Played Tonight |
| Question | We were sorting through some of our albums recently, including Nada Surf's "If I Had a Hi-Fi," Santana's "Aoxomoxoa," and Soundgarden's "Satan, Oscillate My Metallic Sonatas," as well as lesser-known bands like Milk's "So Many Dynamos," Eastern Seaboard's "Won't Lovers Revolt Now?" and the Kabeedies' "Ten Animals I Slam in a Net." Suddenly, a realization occurred to us. No, not about our terrible taste in music. It's that all of those albums have something in common. But what? |
| Answer | All the album titles are palindromes. |
| Song | S.O.S. |
| Artist | ABBA |
| Number | 8 |
| Realm | Mountains Near Williamstown |
| Subrealm | Quite A Hike |
| Question | What American record is held by Mount Monadnock, in southwestern New Hampshire? |
| Answer | It's the most hiked mountain in the US ("climbed" is acceptable as well). |
| Song | You'll Never Walk Alone |
| Artist | Perry Como |
| Number | 9 |
| Realm | Valuable Viking finds |
| Subrealm | Other Than Brett Favre's texts |
| Question | Described by one scientist as "in its own way, it's as valuable as the Crown Jewels", this one-of-a-kind item was discovered by archaeologists excavating a Viking settlement near York, England in 1972. Since then, it's been on display, quote, "delighting generations of awestruck children". While on display, some clumsy oaf dropped this priceless artifact and broke it into three pieces! What am I talking about? |
| Answer | The Lloyds Bank Coprolite, the largest piece of fossilized human feces ever discovered. (The actual quote by Andrew Jones, who appraised the coprolite for insurance purposes, was "This is the most exciting piece of excrement I've ever seen. In its own way, it's as valuable as the Crown Jewels.") |
| Song | Pick Up the Pieces |
| Artist | Average White Band |
| Number | 10 |
| Realm | Presidents From Ohio |
| Subrealm | Don't Blink Or You'll Miss Him |
| Question | The glorious 28-week Presidency of James Garfield was first class all the way. His assassin Charles Guiteau put tremendous thought into selecting the precise firearm he would use to shoot the President: a .44 Webley British Bulldog with an elegant silver handle. Why was Guiteau so careful about choosing his weapon? |
| Answer | He wanted it to look nice when they put it in a museum. |
| Song | Major Tom |
| Artist | Shiny Toy Guns |
| Number | 11 |
| Realm | War Is Hell |
| Subrealm | It's Unbearable |
| Question | In October 2010, a monument to Polish World War 2 hero "Private Wojtek" was dedicated in Edinburgh. Why did "Private Wojtek" uniquely merit such an honor? |
| Answer | He was a brown bear who helped the Polish Army fight Nazis by unload artillery shells at the Battle of Cassino in 1944. (After the war, he retired to the Edinburgh zoo.) (Note: battle and year not needed for answer.) |
| Song | Last Song |
| Artist | Edward Bear |
| Number | 12 |
| Realm | Children's Literature |
| Subrealm | Lame Plot Twists |
| Question | In the eighth book of a beloved children's series, a formerly mute character begins talking. The explanation? He just hadn't felt like talking before. Who is it? |
| Answer | Toto (from "The Wizard of Oz"). |
| Song | Bark At The Moon |
| Artist | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Number | 13 |
| Realm | Shirt And Shoes Required, Teeth Optional |
| Subrealm | NASCAR |
| Question | NASCAR driver Brian Conz has a unique sponsor for his Busch Series car. Who is it? |
| Answer | The Freemasons. (also accept Scottish Rite or Masons) |
| Song | Turn To Stone |
| Artist | ELO |
| Number | 14 |
| Realm | We Hate Censorship |
| Subrealm | All Mention of It Should Be Banned |
| Question | In 2010, the Menifee Union School District in California pulled all copies of a certain book from classrooms, because it had come to the attention of school officials that it contained "age-inappropriate" words and phrases. What was the offending book? |
| Answer | Merriam-Webster's Dictionary. (Webster's Dictionary is acceptable) |
| Song | Words |
| Artist | Missing Persons |
| Number | 15 |
| Realm | The Governator |
| Subrealm | He Should Have Outlawed Bad Impressions Of His Accent |
| Question | At the 2004 Republican National Convention, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said that it was while watching the 1968 Presidential debate between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey that he first realized he was a Republican. Which specific moment from the debate made the strongest impression on a young Arnold? |
| Answer | None; Nixon and Humphrey never debated. |
| Song | Whatever Became of Hubert? |
| Artist | Tom Lehrer |
| Number | 16 |
| Realm | Hollywood |
| Subrealm | Deaths |
| Question | What unique, death-related Hollywood record is held by actor Bill Paxton? |
| Answer | He's the only actor to be killed by a Terminator, a Predator, and an Alien. |
| Song | Die, Die, Die |
| Artist | The Avett Brothers |
| Number | 17 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | Hated Rivals |
| Question | In January 1971, at the University of Tennessee, a basketball team won a thrilling game by a score of 100-99. They left the court to tumultuous booing, and their coach agreed, "It was like killing Santa Claus." What unpopular team won the game? |
| Answer | The Washington Generals. (It's the last time they beat the Harlem Globetrotters.) |
| Song | Finally |
| Artist | CeCe Peniston |
| Number | 18 |
| Realm | Jobs |
| Subrealm | Nice Work If You Can Get it |
| Question | A contract with the Washington Generals. The starring role in a porn film. The general manager's job directing the wrestlers on "Monday Night Raw." A service job at Mrs. Fields Cookies. A sidekick slot on a morning zoo radio show in Fargo, North Dakota. A show on the Jewish Life TV network. A one-episode guest spot as an IRA terrorist. An internship at CrunchGear.com. And they say it's a bad job market. What do all these positions have in common? |
| Answer | They're job offers made to Conan O'Brien after NBC ended his "Tonight Show" run. |
| Song | Supermodel (You Better Work) |
| Artist | RuPaul |
| Number | 19 |
| Realm | Cover Your Toddler's Eyes |
| Subrealm | Here be Monsters! |
| Question | In 2007, the first seasons of a certain show were released in England on DVD, complete with a warning label that read: ""These early episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child." Which child-scarring show was this? |
| Answer | Sesame Street. (The label was used because of Cookie Monster's cookie addiction, and Oscar The Grouch's obvious depression). |
| Song | Mean Street |
| Artist | Van Halen |
| Number | 20 |
| Realm | Congress |
| Subrealm | Everybody Loves C-SPAN |
| Question | Whose 2002 Congressional testimony before the Education Appropriations Subcommittee received the most media coverage? |
| Answer | Elmo. |
| Song | Slap And Tickle |
| Artist | Squeeze |
| Number | 21 |
| Realm | Mr. Coffee |
| Subrealm | Say It Ain't So, Joe |
| Question | We know about Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak. But the bum blew it. How did Joe throw away $10,000 by being unable to extend his hitting streak for one more game? |
| Answer | Heinz had promised him a bonus if he could reach 57 games, so they could use the milestone to promote "Heinz 57". |
| Song | Message In A Bottle |
| Artist | The Police |
| Number | 22 |
| Realm | Authors |
| Subrealm | They Shore Are Interesting |
| Question | The following is an excerpt from a 2011 novel: "He had an okay body. Not fat at all. And naturally toned abs. She could pour a shot of tequila down his belly and slurp it out of his navel without getting splashed in the face." Please name the accomplished author of this prose. |
| Answer | Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi (Also accept just "Snooki"). It's from her magnum opus "A Shore Thing". |
| Song | Stupid Girl |
| Artist | Garbage |
| Number | 23 |
| Realm | Airports |
| Subrealm | Tarmac Shakur |
| Question | Seen from the air, what shape is formed by the runways at Denver International Airport? |
| Answer | A swastika. |
| Song | Airplanes |
| Artist | B.o.B. |
| Number | 24 |
| Realm | California |
| Subrealm | So, what's shakin'? |
| Question | During the 1994 Los Angeles earthquake, authorities and emergency organizations received hundreds of phone calls asking about a strange silver cloud and whether it had played any role in causing the quake. In fact, it had not. What was this troubling silver cloud? |
| Answer | The Milky Way. (Residents were seeing it because their power had gone out.) |
| Song | Might be Stars |
| Artist | The Wannadies |
| Number | 25 |
| Realm | Unfair Taxes |
| Subrealm | I'd Drink Too If I Lived In Pennsylvania |
| Question | For over 70 years, Pennsylvania lushes have been stuck with an 18% tax, on all alcohol, that was originally 10% and was supposed to be a temporary tax to pay for this. What? |
| Answer | Damage from the Johnstown Flood. |
| Song | Damn, I Wish I Was your Lover |
| Artist | Sophie B. Hawkins |
| Number | 26 |
| Realm | This Is Why We'd Drink If We Lived In Pennsylvania |
| Subrealm | Sorry, No Miners Admitted |
| Question | An underground fire struck a mining town in central Pennsylvania in 1962. How did firemen put the fire out? |
| Answer | They didn't; the fire in Centralia, PA is still burning today. |
| Song | Fire Down Below |
| Artist | Bob Seger |
| Number | 27 |
| Realm | Check It Out |
| Subrealm | Studying For Our Boards |
| Question | The 2009 class for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame included one honoree that never played amateur or pro hockey. Who is this person? |
| Answer | Frank Zamboni, inventor of the machine that resurfaces ice rinks. |
| Song | Freeze Frame |
| Artist | The J. Geils Band |
| Number | 28 |
| Realm | I'm Steely Dan |
| Subrealm | But You're Not |
| Question | Before they formed Steely Dan, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen went to Bard College and fronted two college bands, The Bad Rock Group and The Leather Canary. Who was their drummer in these two bands? |
| Answer | Chevy Chase. |
| Song | Vacation |
| Artist | The Go-Go's |
| Number | 29 |
| Realm | Nevada Politics |
| Subrealm | Where Everyone's A Prostitute |
| Question | In Nevada's 1976 Republican House primary, the winning candidate got 47% of the vote. Unfortunately, they were unable to run for the seat in November. Who was the winner? |
| Answer | "None of These Candidates." (Nevada state law includes this ballot option.) |
| Song | Who Do You Love |
| Artist | George Thorogood |
| Number | 30 |
| Realm | Running Afoul Of the Law |
| Subrealm | A Hit And Run Crime |
| Question | Although this is OK now, it was considered illegal all the way up to 1921, when Ruben Berman was arrested and held overnight for refusing to give this item back to its legal owner at the time. After a court case, Ruben was exonerated and it became not only legal, but traditional, to keep this item if captured. What item? |
| Answer | A foul ball at a Major League game. |
| Song | Pop |
| Artist | N'Sync |
| Number | 31 |
| Realm | Clean socks? |
| Subrealm | Count us out! |
| Question | Where would you find all of these together: "Clean socks", "Swiss Army knife", "Bowling Ball", "Cast Iron Skillet", "Do cardio", and "Bounty paper towels"? |
| Answer | These are some of the 33 rules followed by "Columbus" in the movie Zombieland. |
| Song | Re: Your Brains |
| Artist | Jonathan Coulton |
| Number | 32 |
| Realm | Getting Presidential |
| Subrealm | Vote For Trivia! |
| Question | The first 15 Presidents were elected without having this. The 16th was, too, but he acquired it before being sworn in. Then, nine out of the next ten Presidential elections were won by men who had it... and so did Chester A. Arthur, who became President without winning an election himself. However, following that streak, not a single President has had it since 1913. What? |
| Answer | Facial hair. |
| Song | I've Just Seen A Face |
| Artist | The Beatles |
| Number | 33 |
| Realm | Jews |
| Subrealm | Serving As Trivia Answers for the last 5,771 years |
| Question | Moment magazine recently published a list of the "Top Ten Non-Jews Often Misidentified as Jews". THIS IS A THREE POINT PLAY! Be a mensch and identify any three goyim for one point, or any five for two points, bubala! |
| Answer | Bruce Springsteen; Charlie Chaplin; Alan Alda; Milton Hershey; Ringo Starr; Rupert Murdoch; Ethel Merman; Mike Myers; "Weird Al" Yankovic; Joy Behar. |
| Song | You Won't Succeed On Broadway If You Don't Have Any Jews |
| Artist | Spamalot! |
| Number | 34 |
| Realm | Sports Videogames |
| Subrealm | Sorry, We Were Busy Playing Madden 2011 |
| Question | Who is the only athlete to be included in three different videogames in three different sports? |
| Answer | Brock Lesnar (NFL football, WWE wrestling, UFC mixed martial arts). |
| Song | Shout At The Devil |
| Artist | Mötley Crüe |
| Note | This is Brock's current UFC entrance music |
| Number | 35 |
| Realm | ESPN |
| Subrealm | Your sports network, except when they're not |
| Question | We're not saying that ESPN2 is a dumping ground for unwatchable programming. We're just saying that the worldwide leader in sports actually broadcast these hard-hitting championship tournaments for three years' running, from 1998 to 2000. Name the, um, sport? |
| Answer | Magic: The Gathering. |
| Song | The Wizard |
| Artist | Black Sabbath |
| Number | 36 |
| Realm | Not that surprising... |
| Subrealm | After all, his dad WAS President |
| Question | According to a poll conducted by Public Policy Polling in March 2011, Sarah Palin trails what currently undeclared Presidential candidate for the 2012 election by 41-36 percent among independent voters? |
| Answer | Charlie Sheen. |
| Song | Winning |
| Artist | Santana |
| Number | 37 |
| Realm | Our Future President |
| Subrealm | Winning, duh! |
| Question | In the comedy classic "Major League", in an effort to drive attendance down in order to excuse moving the team, evil owner Rachel Phelps acquires the worst collection of has-beens and never-weres ever assembled on a fictional baseball diamond. What league did "Wild Thing" Ricky Vaughn play in before coming to the Indians? |
| Answer | California Penal. |
| Song | Folsom Prison Blues |
| Artist | Johnny Cash |
| Number | 38 |
| Realm | Musicans Get All The Ladies |
| Subrealm | Well, Usually |
| Question | If the stories are true--and for the purposes of this question, we will assume they are--the band Nothing Painted Blue holds a unique place in music history. They never sold a million albums, and they never had a Top Ten hit, but another mathematical distinction is reportedly theirs. What? |
| Answer | Every member of the band had a perfect SAT score. |
| Song | Sat In Your Lap |
| Artist | Kate Bush |
| Number | 39 |
| Realm | Ronald |
| Subrealm | McDonaldowitz |
| Question | Only two countries in the world have kosher McDonalds restaurants. THIS IS A TWO-POINT PLAY! In the spirit of generosity, we will give you ZERO points to name one of the countries, and ONE point for the other! |
| Answer | For zero points: Israel. For one point: Argentina (it's in Buenos Aires). |
| Song | Pork And Beans |
| Artist | Weezer |
| Number | 40 |
| Realm | Lean Mean Fighting Machine |
| Subrealm | Except On Shabbos |
| Question | In March 2010, the Israeli military suddenly called off a planned attack on a West Bank village. Why? |
| Answer | An Israeli soldier had posted details of the raid on his Facebook page. |
| Song | I Like It |
| Artist | Enrique Iglesias |
| Number | 41 |
| Realm | Online Agreements |
| Subrealm | Maybe You Should Read Them |
| Question | On April Fool's Day, 2010, video game website GameStation added a clause to their usual terms and conditions for online buyers. What item did the buyers grant to the game company? |
| Answer | Their immortal soul. |
| Song | You Belong To Me |
| Artist | Carly Simon |
| Number | 42 |
| Realm | Old-Time Hockey |
| Subrealm | All The Excitement, Twice The Dentures |
| Question | Travel with us now, through the mists of sports history, to Madison Square Garden and the deciding game of the 1938 Stanley Cup semi-finals between the Chicago Blackhawks and the New York Americans. With the game tied in the third period, Chicago defenseman Alex Levinsky scored the go-ahead goal that would win the series... or did he? Because the red light that indicates a goal did not light up. Why not? |
| Answer | Fans were restraining the goal judge's hands, so he couldn't turn the light on. |
| Song | The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia |
| Artist | Vicki Lawrence |
| Number | 43 |
| Realm | Artistic License |
| Subrealm | Is a Slippery Slope |
| Question | Creator Ric Silver is upset that his grand creation is being violated by amateurs who do it incorrectly, especially on weekends. He's so upset he has filed DMCA takedown notices against YouTube users, and has taken other legal actions to preserve the artistic integrity of his creation. What did he invent? |
| Answer | The Electric Slide. |
| Song | Gimme Three Steps |
| Artist | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Number | 44 |
| Realm | Disgruntled Frenchmen |
| Subrealm | ...but I Repeat Myself |
| Question | Noted writer Guy de Maupassant called the Eiffel Tower "a giant and disgraceful skeleton... an unavoidable and horrid nightmare." And yet he ate regularly at the Tower's restaurant. Why? |
| Answer | It was the only place in Paris where he couldn't see the Eiffel Tower. |
| Song | Don't Look Back in Anger |
| Artist | Oasis |
| Number | 45 |
| Realm | The most magical phrase in the English language |
| Subrealm | Great Googly Moogly! |
| Question | In a famous Snickers ad, a football stadium groundskeeper has just finished painting the end zone, when it is brought to his attention that he's misspelled the team's name, leading him to utter the immortal phrase, "Great Googly Moogly!" What did the end zone writing spell out, and what was it SUPPOSED TO spell out? |
| Answer | Chefs, and Chiefs. |
| Song | Don't You (Forget About Me) |
| Artist | David Cook |
| Number | 46 |
| Realm | Great Googly Moogly! |
| Subrealm | Somebody stop me! |
| Question | The immortal phrase "Great Googly Moogly!" is also the catchphrase of what animated denizen of Nowhere Land? |
| Answer | The Ferocious Beast (from Maggie and the Ferocious Beast) |
| Song | Maggie May |
| Artist | Rod Stewart |
| Number | 47 |
| Realm | Beast Catchphrases , Part Deux |
| Subrealm | Alas, the answer is not "Great Googly Moogly!" |
| Question | As we previously learned, the catchphrase of The Ferocious Beast is "Great Googly Moogly!" However, the Marvel comics character The Beast (of Avengers and X-Men fame) has a different favorite catchphrase ... what is it? |
| Answer | "Oh, my stars and garters!" |
| Song | White Rabbit |
| Artist | Blue Man Group |
| Number | 48 |
| Realm | Spanning the Globe |
| Subrealm | To bring you the constant variety of trivia |
| Question | What starts at Boston, and includes such far flung locales as San Francisco, Death Valley and Toledo, before finally reaching Honolulu? |
| Answer | They are the cities listed on the signpost at the 4077th MASH unit. |
| Song | Like A Surgeon |
| Artist | "Weird Al" Yankovic |
| Number | 49 |
| Realm | Tsu, What's New? |
| Subrealm | Yama Don't Want To Know |
| Question | The next time you think you're having a bad week, we want you to think of Tsutomu Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi had a really bad week in August 1945. Tell us how. |
| Answer | He survived the atomic bomb blast at Hiroshima. Then he went back to his hometown: Nagasaki. (He said that two of his co-workers had the same experience, but Japan only recognizes Yamaguchi.) |
| Song | Boom Boom |
| Artist | John Lee Hooker |
| Number | 50 |
| Realm | Question for my Holmeboys |
| Subrealm | Play It Again, Sam |
| Question | What well-known literary phrase first appeared in the P.G. Wodehouse novel P. Smith, Journalist in 1915? |
| Answer | "Elementary, my dear Watson". (The exact phrase never appears in any of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.) |
| Song | Baker Street |
| Artist | Gerry Rafferty |
| Number | 51 |
| Realm | OK, this guy never was famous |
| Subrealm | But I'll bet you've seen him before |
| Question | Who is Sean McCartin, and why was his career choice of preacher oddly appropriate? |
| Answer | He was the "lucky boy" in Animal House who shouted "Thank you, God!" when the woman gets thrown into his bedroom during the final parade scene. |
| Song | She Came In Through The Bathroom Window |
| Artist | Joe Cocker |
| Number | 52 |
| Realm | Here come da judge! |
| Subrealm | Somebody block him! |
| Question | Alan Page, Hall of Fame defensive tackle with the great Minnesota Vikings teams of the 1970's, has had equally stellar post-football success in the field of law, rising to the position of Associate Justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court. He also has one unique connection to the Pro Football Hall of Fame itself that no other member can claim. Name it. |
| Answer | He worked on its construction while still in high school in Canton, OH |
| Song | Build Me Up Buttercup |
| Artist | The Foundations |
| Number | 53 |
| Realm | Such descriptive language! |
| Subrealm | It must be a high class product! |
| Question | This product is described in a 2007 Chicago Tribune article thusly: "It is amber-colored and translucent, with tiny bubbles. The texture is soft and sturdy, pliable and complex, with ridges of multihued solid chunks looking like a jagged lunar landscape. Colored bits of foam the size of coarse bread crumbs are added, in red, yellow, 'natural,' and two shades of brown." Wow! What item are they describing so lushly? |
| Answer | Fake vomit. (The person creating the mixture is called the vomitmaster!) |
| Song | Here You Come Again |
| Artist | Dolly Parton |
| Number | 54 |
| Realm | Musical Instruments |
| Subrealm | Hands Up! |
| Question | What 20th century weapon was named after a musical instrument? |
| Answer | The bazooka. (It's an African horn.) |
| Song | Chew Chew Chew (Your Bubble Gum) |
| Artist | Ella Fitzgerald |
| Number | 55 |
| Realm | Cat Scans |
| Subrealm | Stop staring at me, Garfield! |
| Question | Sir Godfrey Hounsfield was able to get funding that enabled him to invent the CT Scanner, and win the 1979 Nobel Prize for Medicine, largely thanks to the efforts of one group of people. Which group? |
| Answer | The Beatles. (Their success enabled EMI Records to invest in Hounsfield's work.) |
| Song | Photograph |
| Artist | Ringo Starr |
| Number | 56 |
| Realm | Timeless Film Classics |
| Subrealm | Yep, Cartoons |
| Question | What highly unusual thing happens at the end of the cartoon "Soup or Sonic"? |
| Answer | Wile E. Coyote catches the Road Runner. (Alas, poor Wile has been shrunk down to pea size.) |
| Song | At Last |
| Artist | Etta James |
| Number | 57 |
| Realm | Number Sequences |
| Subrealm | Decide If You Like This Question |
| Question | It went from 6 to 7 to 9 to 10 to 9 to 8 to the current 9. What is it? |
| Answer | The Supreme Court. |
| Song | The Man in Black |
| Artist | Johnny Cash |
| Number | 58 |
| Realm | More Supreme Court Trivia |
| Subrealm | Anita Hill Votes Nay To This Question |
| Question | Why was February 22, 2006 a significant date in the career of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas? |
| Answer | It is the most recent date that he asked a question during an oral argument. |
| Song | Enjoy the Silence |
| Artist | Depeche Mode |
| Number | 59 |
| Realm | TV Spinoffs |
| Subrealm | Coming Soon To This Network - Question 59, The Early Years! |
| Question | In television, imitation is the sincerest form of programming. Hence the spinoff. From "Melrose Place" to "Angel," from "The Colbert Report" to "Baywatch Nights", they have been comfortingly familiar. But only one spinoff has a title which is an anagram for the TV series it came from. Name those two shows. |
| Answer | "Torchwood," which came from "Doctor Who." |
| Song | Substitute |
| Artist | The Who |
| Number | 60 |
| Realm | Here it is! The SAMOA question! |
| Subrealm | Wait ... what do you mean it's supposed to be about Tonga? |
| Question | The Girl Scouts of America use two different baking companies to produce their cookies, each of whom has their own set of names for the standard Girl Scout brands. The cookies known as "Samoas" by one company are called what by the other? |
| Answer | Caramel De-lights |
| Song | Groove Is In The Heart |
| Artist | Dee-lite |
| Number | 61 |
| Realm | Books |
| Subrealm | Unpopular Books |
| Question | Writer Christopher Hitchens called this "the single worst review any novelist has ever had." What was it? |
| Answer | The Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa declaration against Salman Rushdie. |
| Song | I Ran (So Far Away) |
| Artist | A Flock Of Seagulls |
| Number | 62 |
| Realm | I'm Chip |
| Subrealm | You're Chipper |
| Question | What does writer and Harvard graduate Jerome Vered have in common with a cluster of ninety IBM Power 750 servers that run 2880 POWER7 processor cores using a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system, and no one or nothing else? |
| Answer | They are the only two Jeopardy! contestants to have played in a game against both Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter (the "cluster", of course, is Watson the supercomputer.) |
| Song | Play The Game |
| Artist | Queen |
| Number | 63 |
| Realm | Watson |
| Subrealm | I, for one, welcome our new computer overlords |
| Question | Watson, the Jeopardy!-playin' supercomputer, uses an avatar which is a picture of a globe with a bunch of thought lines that activate when he is "thinking" about a question. How many thought lines are on the avatar, and why that number? |
| Answer | There are 42 lines, as a tribute to Douglas Adams. |
| Song | So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish |
| Artist | The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy |
| Number | 64 |
| Realm | Science Geniuses |
| Subrealm | Drop An Apple On His Head |
| Question | Sir Isaac Newton described the laws of motion, explained how gravitation guides planetary motion, built the first reflecting telescope, and led the development of calculus. His work is of incalculable value to humanity. But he also did something nice for kitty cats. What? |
| Answer | He is credited with inventing the swinging cat door. |
| Song | Inside Out |
| Artist | Phil Collins |
| Number | 65 |
| Realm | Joe Quesada |
| Subrealm | Is An Evil Doofus |
| Question | Mary Jane Watson dies in the series "Spider-Man: Reign." What is the cause? |
| Answer | She gets cancer from Peter Parker's radioactive sperm. |
| Song | Don't Come Around Here No More |
| Artist | Tom Petty |
| Number | 66 |
| Realm | iPhone and iPad? |
| Subrealm | iDont care! |
| Question | The Chinese company that produces iPhones and iPads for Apple has a worker agreement that forbids employees to do this. Do what? |
| Answer | Commit suicide. |
| Song | Hanginaround |
| Artist | Counting Crows |
| Number | 67 |
| Realm | Movie trivia |
| Subrealm | Don't yell out the answer |
| Question | In the long-forgotten 1951 movie Distant Drums, a group of soldiers is wading through a swamp, when suddenly one of them is bitten and dragged underwater by an alligator. What did that soldier do that has affected moviemaking ever since? |
| Answer | The soldier's scream (known as the "Wilhelm Scream") has since been used in over 200 movies. |
| Song | I Put A Spell On You |
| Artist | Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
| Number | 68 |
| Realm | Logic Problems |
| Subrealm | At This Time Of Night, We'd All Fail Them |
| Question | The Tufts Psychology Department conducted a series of experiments in which participants were tested on logic problems. The study showed that making one physical change to the test-taking environment resulted in higher scores. It's something that you might also see in comic strips. What was the brain-improving change? |
| Answer | Adding a lightbulb over the subjects' heads. |
| Song | Switch |
| Artist | Will Smith |
| Number | 69 |
| Realm | The Desert |
| Subrealm | It's Hard Out Here For A Tree |
| Question | Located in the Sahara Desert, the Tree of Ténéré (ten-er-ray) was once the world's most isolated tree. No other tree grew within 250 miles in any direction. Why is the tree no longer there? |
| Answer | A truck driver crashed into it. |
| Song | Timber |
| Artist | Neko Case |
| Number | 70 |
| Realm | Highly Acclaimed Movies |
| Subrealm | With Naughty Bits |
| Question | Five X-rated movies have gotten Oscar nominations. Name four of them. |
| Answer | Midnight Cowboy, M*A*S*H, Last Tango in Paris, A Clockwork Orange, and Cabaret. (Only "A Clockwork Orange" retains its X rating today.) |
| Song | Dirrty |
| Artist | Christina Aguilera |
| Number | 71 |
| Realm | We Haven't Read It... |
| Subrealm | But We'd Bet It's Better Than Snooki's Book |
| Question | It's always important to appreciate those closest to you. To whom did Mark Wahlberg dedicate his 1992 memoir? |
| Answer | His penis. |
| Song | Ding Dong Ding Dong |
| Artist | George Harrison |
| Number | 72 |
| Realm | Comic Books |
| Subrealm | Not Yet Ruined By Joe Quesada |
| Question | Who was the first comic book superhero to have the power to fly? |
| Answer | The Sub-Mariner. |
| Song | Sugar, We're Goin' Down |
| Artist | Fall Out Boy |
| Number | 73 |
| Realm | Who Moved My Cheese? |
| Subrealm | The goggles - they do nothing! |
| Question | A Sardinian delicacy, the cheese known as "Casu Marzu" literally translates to "rotten cheese", and is considered the world's most dangerous cheese. It is recommended you wear eye protection when enjoying a piece - why? |
| Answer | The live maggots residing in the cheese are known to jump onto people's eyeballs. |
| Song | Fly |
| Artist | Sugar Ray |
| Number | 74 |
| Realm | All-Star Jewish Catchers Who Were Spies |
| Subrealm | Moe Berg |
| Question | Before he played in the major leagues, Moe Berg was the catcher for Princeton University's championship baseball team. Berg devised an ingenious way to openly pass along baserunning signals and other information without opposing teams being able to find out what they were. But he was unable to use this method in the majors. Describe Berg's method. |
| Answer | He just shouted directions out loud, but in Latin. |
| Song | Pictures of Matchstick Men |
| Artist | Status Quo |
| Number | 75 |
| Realm | Comic Strips |
| Subrealm | No Joe Quesada Insults Required... But He Still Stinks |
| Question | In "The Wizard of Id," the kingdom's most persistent criminal is the Lone Haranguer, who rides past the King's window shouting treasonous abuse. Specifically, what is the five-word phrase he shouts? |
| Answer | "The King is a fink!" |
| Song | Short People |
| Artist | Randy Newman |
| Number | 76 |
| Realm | Williams Trivia's Glorious Island Paradise |
| Subrealm | Yeah, we've never been there either |
| Question | On the beautiful islands of Tonga, education is a little different. All Tongan schools offer a class which is rarely available in American schools. However, the class is only for girl students. What is Tonga's all-female curriculum? |
| Answer | Juggling. |
| Song | Red Rubber Ball |
| Artist | The Cyrkle |
| Number | 77 |
| Realm | The Olympics |
| Subrealm | Modern Sportsmanship |
| Question | The Olympics are all about the triumph of the human spirit, as athletes push their bodies to the limit to overcome adversity. This... is not one of those stories. At the 1984 Olympics, Puerto Rico's Madeleine de Jesus badly injured herself in the long jump, but was due to run the second leg of the team's 4x400 relay. She just couldn't let her teammates down. How did she recover in time? |
| Answer | Madeleine's twin sister secretly took her place. (The Puerto Rican coach discovered the switch and pulled his team from the event.) |
| Song | Are We Ourselves? |
| Artist | The Fixx |
| Number | 78 |
| Realm | Modern Sportsmanship |
| Subrealm | Yeah, Right |
| Question | Throughout the years, athletes such as Mark McGwire, the 1919 Black Sox, Marion Jones, and Rosie Ruiz have brought shame on themselves and their sports through various cheating scandals. One such group of cheaters was uncovered by Spanish undercover reporter Carlos Ribagorda. What sports scandal did he reveal? |
| Answer | Ribagorda became an undercover member of the Spanish gold-medal winning basketball team at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney. Later, Ribagorda blew the whistle on the team for competing illegally, as no one on the team had any disability whatsoever. They were forced to surrender their medals. (Phone people: accept general idea of answer) |
| Song | It's A Sin To Tell A Lie |
| Artist | Brent Spiner |
| Number | 79 |
| Realm | Here's To The Winners |
| Subrealm | Time For Geim |
| Question | What did Andre Geim win in 2000, and what did he win in 2010? |
| Answer | The Ig Nobel Prize (in Physics), and the actual Nobel Prize (in Physics). |
| Song | Dynamite |
| Artist | Taio Cruz |
| Number | 80 |
| Realm | A Question About Nothing |
| Subrealm | Seinfeld |
| Question | In the episode titled "The Contest," Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine compete to see which of them can take a "hands-off" approach to their sexuality longer than the others. What specific new erotic temptation does each character face? |
| Answer | Jerry-- dating a virgin who is deciding whether to make Jerry her first; George-- watching a woman's silhouetted sponge baths at the hospital; Kramer-- seeing a naked woman in a window across the street; Elaine-- John F. Kennedy Jr. joins her gym class. |
| Song | I Can't Wait |
| Artist | Nu Shooz |
| Number | 81 |
| Realm | Not Part of "The Contest" Episode |
| Subrealm | Sex In A Box |
| Question | The company that produced this product was accused of selling "sex in a box." What was it? |
| Answer | Twister (the board game). |
| Song | Bent |
| Artist | Matchbox Twenty |
| Number | 82 |
| Realm | Short, Neurotic New Yorkers |
| Subrealm | Other Than Steve Homer |
| Question | Woody Allen's athletic career began in 1966. Woody Allen's athletic career ended less than 2 minutes later. Thankfully, Woody Allen's short but glorious athletic career was fully documented for television. In what sport did Woody compete, and who was his opponent? |
| Answer | He boxed a kangaroo. (YouTube it!) |
| Song | At the Hop |
| Artist | Danny and The Juniors |
| Number | 83 |
| Realm | Woody Allen |
| Subrealm | Yes, This Question Is Of Legal Age |
| Question | Everybody in every Woody Allen film has problems. But only Robin Williams' character in "Deconstructing Harry" suffers from this unusual condition. What? |
| Answer | He is out of focus. |
| Song | Girls And Boys |
| Artist | Blur |
| Number | 84 |
| Realm | British Spy Stories |
| Subrealm | Somebody Call John Le Carre |
| Question | MI9 was in charge of helping British POWs to escape prison camps during World War 2. They enlisted the printer John Waddington Ltd. to print secret maps on silk, and then get those maps to prisoners. How did they successfully sneak the maps into the German camps? |
| Answer | John Waddington Ltd. was also the British printer of Monopoly games. They hid them inside the boards. (The boards also included compasses, metal files, and genuine German currency hidden underneath the Monopoly money. Approximately 10,000 troops escaped using the doctored Monopoly games.) |
| Song | Under The Boardwalk |
| Artist | The Drifters |
| Note | DJ, play a PSA to add more time here |
| Number | 85 |
| Realm | What A Wonderful World |
| Subrealm | Especially If You're High |
| Question | Although he claimed otherwise, Louis Armstrong was misbehavin', at least according to federal drug smuggling laws. The well-travelled Satchmo was able to sneak some marijuana past airport security and customs by hiding it in a certain place, and getting somebody else to unwittingly carry it. Where did Pops hide his weed, and who was his bagman? |
| Answer | Inside his trumpet; Richard Nixon. |
| Song | It's Tricky |
| Artist | Run DMC |
| Number | 86 |
| Realm | And now for something completely different ... |
| Subrealm | Yes, it's a Python question |
| Question | If you're taking part in this contest, surely you must be fan of Monty Python! (Not necessarily, and don't call me Shirley ... wait, wrong comedy). Anyway, in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", King Arthur has many knights who serve him, one of whom is "Sir Not Appearing in this Film". However, he does appear, or at least a picture of him does. Who plays "Sir Not Appearing in this Film"? |
| Answer | The infant son of Michael Palin (William Palin, name not needed for answer) |
| Song | Sweet Child O' Mine |
| Artist | Sheryl Crow |
| Number | 87 |
| Realm | Fighting Nerds |
| Subrealm | Hit 'em with your slide rule! |
| Question | In March, the DC Comics blog was forced to discontinue their comments section after an online dispute got out of hand regarding what age-old debate? |
| Answer | Who would win a race between The Flash and Superman. |
| Song | The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny |
| Artist | Lemon Demon |
| Number | 88 |
| Realm | Deadbeat Outlaw Peril |
| Subrealm | Ricochet Corpse |
| Question | What is the literary connection of the following words: deadbeat, outlaw, peril, ricochet and corpse? |
| Answer | They are some of the words used in the titles of Sue Grafton's "alphabet mysteries". |
| Song | Building a Mystery |
| Artist | Sarah MacLachlan |
| Number | 89 |
| Realm | More Endless Book Series |
| Subrealm | Harry Potter |
| Question | In the sixth Harry Potter book, out of nowhere, J.K. Rowling suddenly pulled the idea of a horcrux out of her butt, to create false drama and drag out the story... er, we mean, it was at this point that the ultimate secret of the saga was revealed at last. We won't ask you to name the seven horcruxes; that would be far too straightforward. Instead, we ask you to name the seven characters who destroy each of the horcruxes. |
| Answer | Harry Potter; Hermione Granger; Ron Weasley, Albus Dumbledore; Lord Voldemort; Neville Longbottom; Vincent Crabbe. |
| Song | Search and Destroy |
| Artist | Iggy Pop (also accept The Stooges) |
| Number | 90 |
| Realm | Here come the Vikings! |
| Subrealm | Not the Minnesota variety this time |
| Question | Snorri Thorfinnsson, despite being named "Snorri" is not one of the Seven Dwarfs. He was, however, instrumental in introducing Christianity to Iceland, so he's got that going for him, which is nice. In addition to that historical feat, there is another reason that ol' Snorri has been remembered to the present day ... what is it? |
| Answer | Snorri Thorfinnsson was born in the Viking settlement of Vinland in the early 11th century, making him the first child born in the Americas of European parents. (phone people - only basic fact about first Euro-American birth needed) |
| Song | New World Man |
| Artist | Rush |
| Number | 91 |
| Realm | Championship Cities, Please Step Forward |
| Subrealm | Not So Fast There, Cleveland |
| Question | Ten North American cities have won more than 10 championships in the four major sports (that is, baseball, football, basketball and hockey). THIS IS A THREE-POINT PLAY! For 1 point, name five of the cities. For two points, name eight. |
| Answer | New York (53); Boston (36); Los Angeles (25); Montreal (24-- all hockey); Chicago (23); Detroit (22); Philadelphia (16); Toronto (15); Pittsburgh (14); St. Louis (12). |
| Song | Raise Your Glass |
| Artist | Pink |
| Number | 92 |
| Realm | Raunchy Teen Sex Comedies |
| Subrealm | Oscar Bait, For Sure! |
| Question | What teen comedy from the 1980's features, not one, not two, but three (count 'em ... THREE) future Best Actor Oscar-winners in early film roles? |
| Answer | Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Sean Penn, Forrest Whitaker, and Nicolas Cage, billed as Nicolas Coppola for the only time) |
| Song | Moving in Stereo |
| Artist | The Cars |
| Note | This song was prominently played during a famous scene in the movie |
| Number | 93 |
| Realm | People Who Won't Be Hosting Next Year's Golden Globes |
| Subrealm | Ricky Gervais |
| Question | In 2009, a group of thieves attempted to transfer hundreds of thousands of dollars from comedian Ricky Gervais' bank account. Fortunately, suspicions were aroused by a counterfeit passport. What tipped bank authorities off to the scam? |
| Answer | The passport featured a cardboard photo of Gervais, which had been cut off the cover of "The Office" DVD. |
| Song | Stuck Like Glue |
| Artist | Sugarland |
| Number | 94 |
| Realm | Baseball Records |
| Subrealm | If You Know Bill James, Wake Him Up |
| Question | Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia has a career .248 batting average, with 23 lifetime home runs and 95 RBI heading into the 2011 season. Those are pretty mediocre statistics. But Jarrod does hold one all-time Major League record - what is it? |
| Answer | He has the longest last name in Major League Baseball history. |
| Song | Abc-Def-Ghi |
| Artist | Big Bird |
| Number | 95 |
| Realm | DC Comics |
| Subrealm | We Can't Blame Joe Quesada This Time |
| Question | In the long pantheon of crappy backup villains, DC Comics' Calendar Man stands out, but only for his stupid secret identity. Who is behind the mask of Calendar Man? |
| Answer | Julian Gregory Day. |
| Song | Valotte |
| Artist | Julian Lennon |
| Number | 96 |
| Realm | Roadside America |
| Subrealm | We saw a 53-foot one, huh huh huh! |
| Question | We here in the Midwest spend a lot of time on roads and highways. So we know that something seen every day on the highway has a standard length of 53 feet. Many of them even have the length written on them! What is this common 53-foot item? |
| Answer | A standard tractor-trailer. |
| Song | I'm Eighteen |
| Artist | Alice Cooper |
| Number | 97 |
| Realm | Censorship |
| Subrealm | It Really Bleeps |
| Question | Some right wing blogs that wanted to expose Barack Obama as a dangerous socialist found their accusations blocked by the WordPress content filter. Was this another liberal conspiracy to silence the truth? Well, sure. But what was the even bigger reason WordPress censored accounts of Obama's socialism? |
| Answer | Because the word "socialism contains the word "Cialis." |
| Song | Easy To Be Hard |
| Artist | Three Dog Night |
| Number | 98 |
| Realm | Censorship |
| Subrealm | This Question Has Been Redacted |
| Question | According to the American Library Association, what is the subject matter of the #1 most-banned book of 2009? |
| Answer | Gay penguins. ("And Tango Makes Three" tells the sexy true story of two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo.) |
| Song | Tuxedo Junction |
| Artist | Glenn Miller |
| Number | 99 |
| Realm | Red Sox Stars |
| Subrealm | Just Jackie Being Jackie |
| Question | Red Sox outfielder Jackie Jensen won back-to-back RBI titles, then retired. Why? |
| Answer | He was afraid of flying, and teams had begun using airplanes instead of trains. |
| Song | Grounded |
| Artist | Pavement |
| Number | 100 |
| Realm | I Wanna Rock! |
| Subrealm | Plymouth Rock |
| Question | The original Pilgrims did not arrive at their planned destination. What was the primary reason they decided to land at Plymouth Rock when they did? |
| Answer | They were running low on beer. |
| Song | Sober |
| Artist | Tool |
| Number | 101 |
| Realm | Hollywood |
| Subrealm | Quickies |
| Question | Actress Ellen Burstyn did something for 14 seconds in 2005. What happened to her afterwards? |
| Answer | She was nominated for an Outstanding Supporting Actress Emmy, for a role in which she had two lines of dialogue and 14 seconds of screen time. |
| Song | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
| Artist | Fred Astaire |
| Number | 102 |
| Realm | This Question Is Sufficient |
| Subrealm | But We're Deficient |
| Question | Deficiencies, efficiencies and sufficiencies are each two-time violators. Of what? |
| Answer | Each word breaks the "i before e except after c" rule... TWICE. |
| Song | Weird Science |
| Artist | Oingo Boingo |
| Number | 103 |
| Realm | Football Blowouts |
| Subrealm | Surprisingly, Not A Bengals Loss |
| Question | The most lopsided score in NFL history came in the 1940 championship game, when the Bears beat the Redskins 73-0. The score could have been 1 point higher, because after its 11th touchdown, the Bears decided not to kick the easy extra point. Why not? |
| Answer | They were running out of footballs. (The referees asked them to stop kicking balls into the stands.) |
| Song | Backfield In Motion |
| Artist | Mel and Tim |
| Number | 104 |
| Realm | Splattering Poop |
| Subrealm | Sexytime! |
| Question | We're going to have to try this during Winter Study. What animal attracts potential mates by violently urinating and defecating while twirling its tail like a propeller, thus splattering in all directions? |
| Answer | The hippopotamus. |
| Song | Angels On The Moon |
| Artist | Thriving Ivory |
| Number | 105 |
| Realm | The Royal Wedding |
| Subrealm | We Only Attend Tongan Ones |
| Question | William and Kate's guest list had quite a few surprising snubs on it. Former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were not invited, nor were President and Michelle Obama. But the guest list DID include one important actor, a close friend of Prince Charles. Who is this grand thespian? |
| Answer | Rowan Atkinson. |
| Song | All The Above |
| Artist | Beanie Sigel |
| Number | 106 |
| Realm | Summer's Coming |
| Subrealm | Time For Disco |
| Question | Donna Summer's #2 hit single "Love to Love You Baby" was a charting record that set a record, with 23 of these. 23 what? |
| Answer | Simulated orgasms. |
| Song | Make 'Em Say Uhh! |
| Artist | Master P |
| Number | 107 |
| Realm | Marvel |
| Subrealm | We Still Hate Joe Quesada |
| Question | Other than certain parts of fanboys' anatomies when Kitty Pryde hit puberty, what are officially the two hardest substances in the Marvel Universe? |
| Answer | #2: Wolverine's adamantium skeleton. Hardest: Captain America's shield. |
| Song | Tuff Enuff |
| Artist | the Fabulous Thunderbirds |
| Number | 108 |
| Realm | Final Question |
| Subrealm | Thanks For Playing! |
| Question | In 1842, the registrar general of Great Britain estimated that more than 10% of all childhood deaths were caused by this, something that rarely appears on death certificates these days. What? |
| Answer | Teething. |
| Song | Mouth |
| Artist | Bush |