FourOreos Away from Paradise
May 10-11, 2019
On-Air Questions and Songs
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| Number | 1 |
| Realm | Television |
| Subrealm | Mother Forking Shirt Balls |
| Question | The NBC comedy The Good Place revolves around a quirky view of the afterlife. During the first season our heroes Eleanor, Chidi, Jason, and Tahani, find themselves dead, and living now in a beautiful neighborhood with many frozen yogurt shops. They believe they are in "The Good Place," only to find out, at the end of the season, that no, they are actually being tortured in The Bad Place. (The frozen yogurt was a clue.) Since then, they have been pinballing around all over the cosmos, trying to get into the real Good Place. At one point this year they got as close as the Good Place's mail room, where only a two-inch thick door stood between them and eternal happiness. How did Eleanor poetically describe their position? |
| Answer | Four Oreos Away from Paradise |
| Song | Spirit in the Sky |
| Artist | Norman Greenbaum |
| Hint | T: An oreo is, indeed, about half an inch thick. |
| Number | 2 |
| Realm | Star Trek |
| Subrealm | Old Friends |
| Question | In the 1967 Star Trek episode Space Seed, we learn that Kirk's future nemesis is named Khan Noonien Singh. Later, in the 1987 episode Datalore, we learn that Data's creator was named Noonian Soong. Why did Gene Roddenberry make the two names so similar? |
| Answer | Roddenberry had an old friend named Noonien Wang, with whom he had lost touch. He gave the name to Khan in hopes of hearing from his friend, and when that didn't work in the 60s, he tried again in the 80s. But to no avail. |
| Song | Bilbo Baggins |
| Artist | Leonard Nimoy |
| Hint | T: The two characters are not related by blood. |
| Note | Noonien Wang was a pilot with Roddenberry in World War II. |
| Number | 3 |
| Realm | Alcohol |
| Subrealm | Potatoes |
| Question | In the 1950s, most vodka was made from potatoes, which gave it a somewhat oily texture. How did that cement itself into pop culture? |
| Answer | James Bond's imperative that his martinis be "shaken, not stirred". |
| Song | Shake It |
| Artist | Metro Station |
| Hint | T: Vodka is now made from grain. Pure grain. |
| Note | Shaking a martini spreads the oil around, making the drink less unpleasant. Most vodka is now made from grain, so shaking is obsolete. |
| Number | 4 |
| Realm | Law Enforcement |
| Subrealm | Precedent |
| Question | On a particular night in 1872, police officer William West observed a horse-drawn carriage speeding through the streets of his city. When stopped, the driver promised it would not happen again, and he was let off with a warning. However, the very next day Officer West observed the same carriage speeding again, and this time the driver was arrested. Why are we talking about this incident 147 years later? |
| Answer | The driver was president Ulysses S. Grant, and a precedent was set that yes, a president can be arrested when he commits a crime. |
| Song | The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down |
| Artist | The Band |
| Hint | T:The driver had a reputation for drinking whiskey as well as driving fast. |
| Number | 5 |
| Realm | Literature |
| Subrealm | Choices |
| Question | Who said this, and what was the question to which it was an answer? "The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense." |
| Answer | Douglas Adams' answer to the question "Why did you make 42 the answer to life, the universe, and everything?" |
| Song | Vote Beeblebrox |
| Artist | The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Movie |
| Hint | The question is harder to find than the answer. |
| Number | 6 |
| Realm | Mysteries |
| Subrealm | French Mysteries |
| Question | A thirty-year mystery in Northern France was recently solved when an environmental activist got a tip that a broken shipping container was wedged deep inside a cave on the Brittany Coast. What had been gradually leaking out of the container since the mid-1980s? |
| Answer | Parts of Garfield telephones. They are yellow and shaped like Garfield the cat. The container apparently fell off a ship in about 1985, and hundreds of parts are still being found on the beaches each year. |
| Song | Telephone |
| Artist | Lady GaGa feat. Beyoncé |
| Hint | The item is obsolete now, but its inspiration lives on. |
| Number | 7 |
| Realm | Movies |
| Subrealm | Mad Skillz |
| Question | The producers of "The 40-year-old Virgin" hired an actress for a bit part in the movie based on a skill she put on her resume. It turned out that she wasn't very good at it, though, and Steve Carell paid the price. What was the skill she didn't quite have? |
| Answer | Body waxing. The scene where Steve Carell has his chest waxed was real, and very painful. |
| Song | Heat of the Moment |
| Artist | Asia |
| Hint | This practice is estimated to have originated in 1150 BC Egypt. |
| Note | If you watch closely, you can see the other actors in the scene cracking up, and you can also see some blood seeping from Carell's chest wound. |
| Number | 8 |
| Realm | News |
| Subrealm | Unsolved Thievery |
| Question | A jewlery store owner was surprised to find a number of valuable earings missing from his shop this past year, yet upon reviewing the security cameras decided NOT to prosecute, and was in fact thankful. Who took the treasure, and why is this a good thing? |
| Answer | Because the earings were stolen by a rat, which the man believes to be a reincarnation of the goddess Parvati. The man was honored to be chosen, and if found will bring the earings to the temple. |
| Song | Round and Round |
| Artist | Ratt |
| Note | https://www.ndtv.com/patna-news/diamond-earrings-stolen-from-patna-jewellery-shop-owner-says-thief-a-rat-2004338 |
| Number | 9 |
| Realm | Things that don't float |
| Subrealm | Churches |
| Question | In light of the recent Notre Dame fire, some are theorizing that an unlikely, yet painstaking two year recreation of the cathedral may be used as a reference for rebuilding the real thing. Where is that recreation from? |
| Answer | Assassin's Creed: Unity |
| Song | Everybody's Got the Right |
| Artist | Stephen Sondheim |
| Hint | T: Arno Dorian is the main character in this recreation. |
| Number | 10 |
| Realm | Music |
| Subrealm | How the magic is made |
| Question | What do the hits Candy Man by Sammie Davis Jr., Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys, I Was Made To Love Her by Stevie Wonder and The World We Knew by Frank SInatra all have in common? |
| Answer | Carol Kaye, widely considered to be one of the best record bassists in the world, played on all of their studio recordings. |
| Song | Feelin' Alright |
| Artist | Joe Cocker |
| Hint | Listen to the bass. |
| Number | 11 |
| Realm | Movies |
| Subrealm | That we never got to see |
| Question | In 1974, the cult movie director Alejandro Jodorowsky was set to produce a Dune movie with an all-star, occasionally surprising, cast. Unfortunately the movie never went forward because no studio would produce it with Jodorowsky at the helm. Who had agreed to play Feyd-Rautha? |
| Answer | Mick Jagger |
| Song | Moves Like Jagger |
| Artist | Maroon 5 |
| Hint | Sting was definitely a downgrade when the actual film came around a decade later |
| Number | 12 |
| Realm | Baseball |
| Subrealm | If you watch it long enough, you€™ll see everything |
| Question | Tigers at White Sox, April 26, 2019, bottom of the 7th, runners on 1st and 3rd. Batter Jose Abreu hits the ball over the outfield wall. The two lead runners score. But after umpire review, Abreu is out and his hit is ruled a single. What happened? |
| Answer | As Abreu ran, he was watching the ball go out, and didn€™t notice that the runner on first had waited at the base in case the ball was caught, and Abreu ran past him. Passing a preceding runner is against the rules, and the batter is called out if he does it. |
| Song | Don't Run Too Far |
| Artist | Golden Earring |
| Number | 13 |
| Realm | Animals |
| Subrealm | Tracking |
| Question | What do cow noses, mouse ears, and zebra stripes all have in common? |
| Answer | They all contain unique patterns (like fingerprints) that can be used to identify individuals. |
| Song | The Myth of Fingerprints |
| Artist | Paul Simon |
| Number | 14 |
| Realm | Cold War Relics |
| Subrealm | From Russia without Love |
| Question | In 2001, a group of investors flew to Russia in an attempt to purchase ICBMs, but they were rebuffed and even spat on. No, they weren't North Koreans. What was born of the failed purchase? |
| Answer | SpaceX. The lead investor was Elon Musk, and he realized he could make rockets cheaper than buying them. |
| Song | Rocket 88 |
| Artist | Ike Turner / Jackie Brenston |
| Number | 15 |
| Realm | Music |
| Subrealm | In Stereo |
| Question | Neil Young once took Graham Nash out in a boat onto a lake in order to listen to Young's new album. Young's house and barn were both next to the lake, and when they got to the middle the music started, with the left channel blasting from a huge speaker in the house and the right channel blasting from a huge speaker in the barn. Afterward, Young's producer came to the shore and asked how it sounded, and Young yelled... What? |
| Answer | "More Barn!" (He said it sounded a little "House heavy.") |
| Song | Harvest |
| Artist | Neil Young |
| Number | 16 |
| Realm | Trivia |
| Subrealm | Music |
| Question | This is a THREE POINT PLAY. Over the last 27 Williams Trivia contests, there have been 11 artists whose songs have been played 10 or more times on the air. For one point, name 5 of them, and for 2 points, name all 11. |
| Answer | David Bowie, Billy Joel, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Elton John, The Who, REM, Weird Al Yankovic, Queen, The Beatles |
| Song | Bohemian Polka |
| Artist | Weird Al Yankovic |
| Note | And the winner is.. The Beatles, played 39 times, way out in front of Queen's 21, in second place. (For the MUSIC: Accept Bohemian Rhapsody as an answer, since the lyrics are identical.) |
| Number | 17 |
| Realm | Television |
| Subrealm | Cooking |
| Question | In the premier episode of Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party, Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg make fried chicken that may or may not have marijuana in it. And over dinner Martha reveals that something has happened to her three times in her life. What is it? |
| Answer | She has been struck by lightning three times. |
| Song | This Is What You Came For |
| Artist | Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna |
| Hint | lightning strikes every time she moves |
| Number | 18 |
| Realm | Politics |
| Subrealm | Heroes |
| Question | Whose face does Trump associate Roger Stone have tattooed on his back? |
| Answer | Richard Nixon |
| Song | Dickie's Such An Asshole |
| Artist | Frank Zappa |
| Hint | This person made a cameo on the comedy show, "Laugh In" |
| Note | €œWomen love it,€ according to Stone. |
| Number | 19 |
| Realm | Television |
| Subrealm | Theme Songs |
| Question | The moment has arrived! Very shortly, your host will be posting a phone number into your chat room. We would like you to use that to call up and sing us one or more television theme songs. Here are your choices: Sponge Bob Squarepants, Hannah Montana, Fresh Prince of Bel Aire, Jimmy Neutron, Phinean & Ferb, The Addams Family, The Flintstones, or Red Dwarf. This is a THREE-POINT PLAY. One point for one song, two points for two songs. Applause for more than two songs. |
| Answer | Be Generous! |
| Song | Paradise by the Dashboard Light |
| Artist | Meatloaf |
| Note | At least 5 members of Four Oreos treated everyone to their rendition of the Sponge Bob theme song after the question was over. |
| Number | 20 |
| Realm | Go big or go home |
| Subrealm | Can you really see it from space? |
| Question | What supersize celebrity's TV appearances include an ad for the reality show Bringing Up Bates, Jimmy Kimmel Live, an ad featuring the Seattle Children's Hospital and Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, and an episode of Big Bang Theory? |
| Answer | The giant 93" Costco teddy bear |
| Song | Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear |
| Artist | Elvis Presley |
| Note | The bear is manufactured by Hugfun International and sold primarily in Costco stores. |
| Number | 21 |
| Realm | Space |
| Subrealm | Food |
| Question | Before the Gemini 3 launch on March 23, 1965 Astronaut Wally Schirra purchased something for fellow astronaut John Young to take into space. What was it? |
| Answer | A Corned Beef Sandwich |
| Song | Fly Me To The Moon |
| Artist | Frank Sinatra |
| Note | Command pilot Gus Grissoolm said later, "After the flight our superiors at NASA let us know in no uncertain terms that non-man-rated corned beef sandwiches were out for future space missions. But John's deadpan offer of this strictly non-regulation goodie remains one of the highlights of our flight for me." |
| Number | 22 |
| Realm | Food |
| Subrealm | Art! |
| Question | In October of 2016, as part of the 100-year anniversary celebration of the Bodo Glimt football club, Norwegian chefs broke the world record for the largest mosaic of its kind with 20,647 individual "tiles." What were the tiles? |
| Answer | Pieces of sushi |
| Song | Turning Japanese |
| Artist | The Vapors |
| Note | The count of 20,647 was actually from an earlier record set 2 years before. The Norwegian mosaic was 56.50 square meters in area, and included 800 kg salmon, 400 kg rice, 200 l rice vinegar, 480 kg cucumber and 10 kg chives. |
| Number | 23 |
| Realm | Food |
| Subrealm | For the elite |
| Question | What tasty but not particularly elitist treat costs more per ounce than filet mignon? |
| Answer | Movie theatre popcorn |
| Song | Popcorn |
| Artist | Gershon Kingsley |
| Number | 24 |
| Realm | Public service |
| Subrealm | Celebrity edition |
| Question | Angelina Jolie, Steven Spielberg, Bob Hope, Bill & Melinda Gates, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Dwight Eisenhower, Rudy Giuliani, Walter Annenberg, Billy Graham, and James Watson all have something in common besides being notable Americans. It's something they share with not many other Americans. What is it? |
| Answer | They have all been granted honorary Knighthoods/Damehoods of the British Empire |
| Song | London Calling |
| Artist | The Clash |
| Number | 25 |
| Realm | Politicians |
| Subrealm | Claims to fame |
| Question | What politician, who was a former fugitive, kept a wanted poster with his name on it in his office? |
| Answer | Winston Churchill |
| Song | Rule Brittania! |
| Artist | James Thomson |
| Note | Winston Churchill was a prisoner of war in South Africa when he was a young man. He escaped, and was hunted as a fugitive until he managed to get out of the country. |
| Number | 26 |
| Realm | Celebrities |
| Subrealm | Awards |
| Question | What honor was bestowed upon Josh Hutcherson, Johnny Depp, Ashley Judd, Elvis Presley, Barry Manilow, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Muhammad Ali for their noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to the community, state, or the nation. |
| Answer | The lifelong title of Kentucky Colonel. |
| Song | If You're Ever Gonna Love Me |
| Artist | The New Kentucky Colonels |
| Number | 27 |
| Realm | American History |
| Subrealm | Food |
| Question | Whom do Americans have to thank for introduing the nation to mac and cheese, ice cream, and french fries? |
| Answer | Thomas Jefferson |
| Song | What'd I Miss |
| Artist | Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) |
| Number | 28 |
| Realm | Brains |
| Subrealm | Brains |
| Question | You just found out about x, but now x is here, and x is there and x is everywhere and you can't stop seeing x... What is the name of this effect? |
| Answer | Baader-Meinhoff Effect |
| Song | Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting |
| Artist | Elton John |
| Hint | T: This question brought to you by the Rote Armee Fraktion |
| Note | The version of the song played was a remix created by Four Oreos' own Jacob Moga. |
| Number | 29 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | Kentucky Derby |
| Question | Many are calling the 145th Kentucky Derby the most controversial in the histroy of the event, what is the source of the controversy? |
| Answer | Maximum Security, the horse that took first place, was disqualified for interfering with the other horses by drifting into their paths. |
| Song | Sabotage |
| Artist | Beastie Boys |
| Number | 30 |
| Realm | Movies |
| Subrealm | Marvel Movies |
| Question | According to Infinity War director Joe Russo, "He got snapped in the middle of a game. He was seconds away from his all-time high score... He's gone." What character from the first Avengers movie suffered this horrible fate? |
| Answer | "Galaga Guy", the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent whom Tony Stark caught playing Galaga on the bridge of the aircraft carrier. |
| Song | Popcorn |
| Artist | Hot Butter |
| Number | 31 |
| Realm | Historical Pursuits |
| Subrealm | Archaeology |
| Question | In April, 2014, archaeologists began digging at a site near Alamagordo, New Mexico, and uncovered thousands of artifacts. What did they find? |
| Answer | Thousands of cartridges from Atari games dumped when the company was struggling to stay in business. Most especially the E.T. video game, which was legendarily bad and didn't sell at all. |
| Song | Surfin' Bird (aka Bird is the Word) |
| Artist | The Trashmen |
| Hint | Phone home |
| Number | 32 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | College Sports |
| Question | This is the only currently played co-ed college sport where you can score the most goals and still lose. |
| Answer | Quidditch |
| Song | Do You Believe in Magic |
| Artist | The Lovin' Spoonful |
| Hint | T: This sport is a *clean* version of rugby |
| Number | 33 |
| Realm | Literature |
| Subrealm | Tolkien |
| Question | Some people think that Gandalf should have come up with a better plan for the Fellowship of the Ring than just walking all the way to Mordor. And some people find an answer to that riddle in Gandalf's final words to his companions as he falls into the pit with the balrog. What did he say, and how could the company have taken the hint and been more efficient? |
| Answer | "Fly, you fools!" Some people think Gandalf's plan all along was for the Fellowship to make contact with the Eagles on the other side of the mountains, and be flown to Mt. Doom. |
| Song | Don't Bring Me Down |
| Artist | ELO |
| Hint | S: This song is from the album "Discovery" |
| Number | 34 |
| Realm | The Frozen Tundra |
| Subrealm | Good for some things, apparently |
| Question | The name €œGreen Bay, Wisconsin€ calls to mind images of deep snowdrifts and burly men dressed in green and yellow. However, the city is also known as the capital of the world for another commodity. What is it? |
| Answer | Toilet paper |
| Song | My Paper Heart |
| Artist | All American Rejects |
| Hint | When a person says "paper," the host can say "more specific than that." |
| Number | 35 |
| Realm | Big jobs |
| Subrealm | Even bigger when done right |
| Question | Painting this Michigan landmark normally takes about seven years, however the current project, begun in 1999, is only now nearing completion, due to the need to remove every flake of the old lead-based paint and dispose of it in landfills approved for hazardous materials. Name this landmark. |
| Answer | Mackinac Bridge |
| Song | London Bridge |
| Artist | Fergie |
| Number | 36 |
| Realm | Theater |
| Subrealm | Shakespeare |
| Question | How did theater techs at Shakespeare's Globe Theater simulate the sound of thunder? |
| Answer | They rolled cannonballs across the floor above the stage. |
| Song | Mercy, Mercy, Mercy |
| Artist | Cannonball Adderley Quintet |
| Number | 37 |
| Realm | Our Food Supply |
| Subrealm | Shrimp |
| Question | On May 1st, 2019, a study was published showing that 100% of samples of freshwater shrimp caught in Sufflok, UK contained what? |
| Answer | Cocaine, among other things. (But make them say cocaine.) |
| Song | Can't Feel My Face |
| Artist | The Weeknd |
| Note | Many pharmaceuticals wer found in addition to the illicit drugs. None were in large enough quantities to be harmful. |
| Number | 38 |
| Realm | Candy |
| Subrealm | German |
| Question | Which nostaligic candy gets its name from the German word for peppermint? |
| Answer | Pez |
| Song | Rock Me Amadeus |
| Artist | Falco |
| Note | PfeffErminZ |
| Number | 39 |
| Realm | Sea Travel |
| Subrealm | Jewelry |
| Question | Sailors and pirates wore silver or gold hoop earrings to indicate that they had previously crossed the equator on a voyage. What was the reason for using precious metals to commemorate this accomplishment? |
| Answer | Silver or gold earrings were valuable enough that they could be used to pay for a deceased sailor or pirate's funeral if their body washed up on shore. |
| Song | Dead! |
| Artist | My Chemical Romance |
| Number | 40 |
| Realm | American Culture |
| Subrealm | Jewelry |
| Question | When ear piercings gained popularity again in the late 1950s and early 1960s, many teenage girls held ear piercing parties in which they would pierce each others' ears because at the time there weren't many places to get the procedure done professionally . Which movie that is set in 1959 depicts one of these gatherings? |
| Answer | Grease |
| Song | Physical |
| Artist | Olivia Newton-John |
| Hint | T: The movie was released in 1978 |
| Number | 41 |
| Realm | State History |
| Subrealm | Iowa |
| Question | At one point in its history, Iowa had 23 different combinations of dates to designate what? |
| Answer | The beginning and end of Daylight Saving Time. |
| Song | Daylight |
| Artist | Matt and Kim |
| Number | 42 |
| Realm | TV |
| Subrealm | Netflix |
| Question | Netflix reportedly sent an email in December of 2017 to check in on a user after they watched the entirety of which TV series in a span of ten days? |
| Answer | The Office (US Version) |
| Song | My Strange Addiction |
| Artist | Billie Eilish |
| Hint | the song contains clips from the show |
| Number | 43 |
| Realm | Death |
| Subrealm | It helps to have friends |
| Question | When cancer overtook famous rock star Lemmy Kilmister and he was confined to his room as he died, what strange act of gratitude was undertaken by the owner of the Rainbow Bar & Grill which Lemmy was a daily fixture at during the last few decades of his life? |
| Answer | He brought the video arcade poker machine to Lemmys house where he was under medical care and unable to leave, so that he could continue to play it until he died. |
| Song | Ace of Spades |
| Artist | Motörhead |
| Hint | T: What fixture of the bar was Lemmy a fixture at? A: What band was Lemmy Kilmister in? |
| Number | 44 |
| Realm | History |
| Subrealm | The Royals |
| Question | Who is the first person born into the British Royal Family that is acknowledged to be of African descent. |
| Answer | Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan's baby boy, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. |
| Song | Let's Go Crazy |
| Artist | Prince |
| Hint | T: Also the youngest person in the British Royal Family |
| Note | The baby was only given the name Archie Harrison on the day of the contest. |
| Number | 45 |
| Realm | Fantasy |
| Subrealm | Or maybe just delusion. |
| Question | What fantasy series, published in the late 1970s, chronicles the adventures of a man suffering from leprosy in a fantasy realm in which he is cured, and which he (mostly) does not believe exists outside his own delusions? |
| Answer | The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. ("Lord Foul's Bane", "The Illearth War", "The Power That Preserves") |
| Song | City of Delusion |
| Artist | Muse |
| Number | 46 |
| Realm | Fantasy |
| Subrealm | Sci-fi? |
| Question | In David Brin's "Uplift War" and related books, one recurring charactor is an Earthling named Fiben Bolger. What might a present day earthling reading the books find significant about this charactor? |
| Answer | Fiben is a neochimpanzee |
| Song | Hey Hey we're the monkees |
| Artist | The Monkees |
| Number | 47 |
| Realm | Current Sports Events |
| Subrealm | Terrible People |
| Question | Australian rugby player Israel Folau may have his contract terminated soon due to an Instagram post claiming that homosexuals, liars, and drunks have Hell awaiting them, which is a breach of his contract. The head coach of which nation's rugby team has unfortunately offered to take him in if his contract is terminated? |
| Answer | Tonga |
| Song | Raining Men |
| Artist | The Weather Girls |
| Number | 48 |
| Realm | Politics |
| Subrealm | Election intrigue |
| Question | What happened during Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign that caused accusations of abuse of executive power, but only when it was revealed decades later? |
| Answer | LBJ ordered the CIA to spy on the Goldwater campaign and steal speech talking points so as to preempt them in his own campaign events. |
| Song | crushcrushcrush |
| Artist | Paramore |
| Number | 49 |
| Realm | Literature |
| Subrealm | Business is Business |
| Question | In the novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, Milo Minderbender runs a business syndicate from the airbase that he serves at in the US Army Air Corps during WWII. What does he do out of desperation when he is running out of clients and needs to keep his underlings paid? |
| Answer | He accepts a cash offer from the Germans to bomb and machine gun his own airfield with his own aircraft, and then land at the same airfield when finished. |
| Song | Aeroplane |
| Artist | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Hint | You might wonder what happened to the underlings. |
| Number | 50 |
| Realm | Television |
| Subrealm | Science Fiction |
| Question | Captain Ed Mercer of the starship Orville always has two things on his desk. What are they? |
| Answer | A model of the Wright Brothers' plane, and Kermit the Frog |
| Song | Rainbow Connection |
| Artist | Weezer (feat. Hayley Williams) |
| Number | 51 |
| Realm | Pop Culture |
| Subrealm | Songs and Superheroes |
| Question | Which Marvel superhero gets namedropped as a lyric in a 1968 Beatles tune? |
| Answer | Captain Marvel. The entire line is "So Captain Marvel zapped him right between the eyes" from The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill. |
| Song | Come As You Are |
| Artist | Nirvana |
| Hint | The character's entrance into the Marvel CInematic Universe was highly anticipated. |
| Note | The is part of the sound track in Captain Marvel. |
| Number | 52 |
| Realm | Pokemon |
| Subrealm | Origins |
| Question | This is a three-point play! What is the first Pokemon? There are 4 possible answers: the first Pokemon drawn, the first in the Pokedex, the creator of the Pokemon universe, and the progenitor of all Pokemon. Answer two of these for one point, and all four for two points. |
| Answer | Rhydon was the first drawn, Bulbasaur is the first in the Pokedex, Arceus is the creator of the universe, and Mew is the ancestor of all Pokemon. |
| Song | Pokemon Theme Song (Gotta Catch 'em All) |
| Artist | Pokémon, Ben Dixon, John Loeffler & John Siegler |
| Number | 53 |
| Realm | Economics |
| Subrealm | Commodities |
| Question | What commodity caused a stock market bubble and crash in 1637? |
| Answer | Tulip bulbs |
| Song | Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips |
| Artist | Tiny Tim |
| Hint | Might be the most beautiful way to crash a stock market. |
| Note | There was a tulip mania in Amsterdam at the time. |
| Number | 54 |
| Realm | Food |
| Subrealm | Or is it a fashion statement? |
| Question | Nowadays, you can buy one for a few dollars in nearly any grocery store. But in eighteenth century England, they were so expensive that you could rent one by the hour to show off at parties. What are we talking about? |
| Answer | Pineapple |
| Song | I Know You Know (the theme from Psych) |
| Artist | The friendly indians |
| Hint | T: James Roday famously improvised a joke using this item in the TV show Psych A: the name of this band runs in direct contention with an old childrens game |
| Number | 55 |
| Realm | Origin Stories |
| Subrealm | The Internet |
| Question | What incident in early 2004 made Jawed Karim think that there really ought to be a central repository for internet videos, leading to the creation of YouTube? |
| Answer | Janet Jackson's warbrobe malfunction at the Super Bowl |
| Song | Dirty Diana |
| Artist | Michael Jackson |
| Hint | The person responsible starred in the sitcom Good Times for two seasons. |
| Note | Karim had a hard time finding a video of the incident online, so he found a solution. |
| Number | 56 |
| Realm | Economics |
| Subrealm | In unusual places |
| Question | In 2001, an economist named Edward Castronova published a paper claiming that a particular city with less than a million inhabitants had a currency stronger than the Japanese Yen. Where is the city? |
| Answer | The city is Norrath, in the online game Everquest |
| Song | Games Without Frontiers |
| Artist | Peter Gabriel |
| Hint | It wasn't World of Warcraft related. |
| Number | 57 |
| Realm | Space |
| Subrealm | Where it pays to be prepared |
| Question | In the mid 1970s the Soviet Union launched three Almaz space stations. As far as we know they are the only real manned spacecraft to have what in common with nearly every fictional manned spacecraft? |
| Answer | They were armed, with a 23mm Rapid-fire cannon |
| Song | Sapphire Bullets |
| Artist | They Might Be Giants |
| Hint | There are questions as to how effective this would actually be in space. |
| Note | Yes, you can fire guns in space, and they did actually fire one of the space station guns. They had to re-orient the whole station to do it. |
| Number | 58 |
| Realm | Language |
| Subrealm | Sometimes contagious |
| Question | In his book The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins coined what term for a unit of cultural transmission? |
| Answer | meme |
| Song | Invasion of the Gabber Robots |
| Artist | The Laziest Men On Mars |
| Hint | You've probably seen at least three today. |
| Number | 59 |
| Realm | Medicine |
| Subrealm | In the 19th century |
| Question | Surgeon Robert Liston was known for his speed, which was a valuable thing in the days before anesthesia. Before befinning an operation he would say to the spectators, "Time me gentlemen, time me." But on one occasion he managed to have the highest mortality rate for any surgery on record. What happened? |
| Answer | He swung his knife so fast that he cut off the fingers of his assistant, and then on the backswing he caught the coattails of another man who died of fright. Both the assistant and the patient died, making the mortality rate 300%. |
| Song | Butcher Pete |
| Artist | Roy Brown |
| Hint | S: The first word of this song, and the last name of the artist make an alliteration |
| Number | 60 |
| Realm | Toys |
| Subrealm | Classics |
| Question | To the delight of children and cats everywhere, what unusual object was added to the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2005 alongside other classic favorites the Candy Land and Jack-In-The-Box. |
| Answer | The Cardboard Box |
| Song | Heart Shaped Box |
| Artist | Nirvana |
| Hint | This and some imagination are all Spongebob needs. |
| Note | https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2005-11-12-cardboard-box_x.htm |
| Number | 61 |
| Realm | Industry |
| Subrealm | Secondary Industry |
| Question | What product and household brand was started by Henry Ford as an easy way to dispose of extra wood from the manufacture of the Model T automobile? |
| Answer | Kingsford Charcoal Briquets |
| Song | We Didn't Start The Fire |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Hint | T: Hank Hill despises this product |
| Note | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_(charcoal) |
| Number | 62 |
| Realm | The Internet |
| Subrealm | TLD(R)s |
| Question | What seeminlgy normal top-level domain name, similar to .org, .net and .com, has hit snags following objections by several countries over the conflict between the online world and the real world, and what was was the objection? |
| Answer | .amazon - It was applied for by Amazon the company, but Brazil and Peru and objected to on the grounds that Amazon the company would not allow for use of the domains in the public interest and related to the protection and promotion of the region. |
| Song | Welcome to the Jungle |
| Artist | Guns N' Roses |
| Hint | Bring bugspray. |
| Number | 63 |
| Realm | Names |
| Subrealm | Names That Begin With F |
| Question | F. Scott Fitzgerald was named after a famous relative. Who was that relative and what, therefore, was his full name? |
| Answer | Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was named after Francis Scott Key, the author of the Star Spangled Banner |
| Song | Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Any More |
| Artist | John Prine |
| Hint | T: D#, C, G# |
| Number | 64 |
| Realm | Names |
| Subrealm | Bestowed posthumously |
| Question | According to Mel Brooks, what was Hitler's middle name? |
| Answer | Elizabeth |
| Song | Springtime for Hitler |
| Artist | Mel Brooks |
| Hint | Mel Brooks wasn't just an actor. He also produced. |
| Note | This is from The Producers. |
| Number | 65 |
| Realm | The News |
| Subrealm | What's In It |
| Question | What was distinctive about the BBC's evening news bulletin on April 18, 1930? |
| Answer | They told the listeners that there was no news, and played piano music for 15 minutes instead. |
| Song | Piano Fighter |
| Artist | Warren Zevon |
| Number | 66 |
| Realm | Military |
| Subrealm | Women In |
| Question | Who was the first African-American woman to serve in the US military? |
| Answer | Cathay Williams enlisted in 1866. At the time, women were not allowed to serve, so she disguised herself as a man and called herself William Cathay. |
| Song | Lola |
| Artist | The Kinks |
| Number | 67 |
| Realm | Authors |
| Subrealm | Issues |
| Question | Patricia Highsmith, author of psychological thrillers such as The Talented Mr Ripley, was what some people might call a quirky person. What unusual pets did she once bring to a cocktail party? |
| Answer | She brought a gigantic handbag containing a head of lettuce and one hundred snails that she had bred herself. |
| Song | My Funny Valentine |
| Artist | Matt Damon |
| Hint | T: Except in exceptionally rare cases, these animals are "right-handed", but all of them have only one foot. |
| Number | 68 |
| Realm | Ancient Rome |
| Subrealm | Those Crazy Romans |
| Question | What civilizational amenity that we usually think of as modern did the ancient Romans in Pompeii also make use of? |
| Answer | Takeout restaurants |
| Song | Take Me Out |
| Artist | Franz Ferdinand |
| Number | 69 |
| Realm | Australia |
| Subrealm | Pets |
| Question | Australia has a big invasive animals problem. As a result, what unusual pet licensing policy does Queensland maintain? |
| Answer | You may only keep a rabbit if you use it for stage magic or other forms of public entertainment. |
| Song | Percussion Gun |
| Artist | White Rabbits |
| Number | 70 |
| Realm | Household Tools |
| Subrealm | In Awkward Places |
| Question | Why did the British Library iron all their newspapers? |
| Answer | To ensure a clear image when they scanned them to microfilm |
| Song | I Can See Clearly Now |
| Artist | Johnny Nash |
| Hint | S: Rhyming considered, a ring of fire... |
| Number | 71 |
| Realm | Wood |
| Subrealm | But Not That Kind |
| Question | When Melbourne introduced an email-a-tree service, things didn't quite go as planned. What happened? |
| Answer | The trees received love letters instead of problem reports. |
| Song | I And Love And You |
| Artist | Avett Brothers |
| Hint | Are you looking for sexy singles in your area? |
| Number | 72 |
| Realm | Presidents |
| Subrealm | Dead Presidents |
| Question | Shortly after he retired from the presidency, George Washington ended up in an unexpected business venture. What was it? |
| Answer | He owned America's largest whiskey distillery at the time. |
| Song | Nancy Whiskey |
| Artist | Gaelic Storm |
| Hint | Try a few drops of water in your answer. |
| Number | 73 |
| Realm | Smells In The Morning |
| Subrealm | Not Napalm |
| Question | Why does freshly cut grass smell so nice? |
| Answer | The grass is releasing chemical distress signals. |
| Song | Help (The Beatles Cover) |
| Artist | Silverstein |
| Hint | Should vegans feel bad? |
| Number | 74 |
| Realm | Death by 1000 Cuts |
| Subrealm | Telemarketers |
| Question | One UK man was so desperately sick of telemarketers that he changed his name to something he thought should deter them on sight. What did he change his name to? |
| Answer | Tim Price changed his name to Tim Pppppppppprice (pronounced Per-per-per-per-per-per-per-per-per-per-rice), or Tim '10p' Price for short. |
| Song | The Price is Right (a cappella) |
| Artist | John McMahon and The Barkers |
| Hint | S: Who did Adam Sandler punch in Happy Gilmore? |
| Note | The title is enough for the music |
| Number | 75 |
| Realm | The Wonders of Nature |
| Subrealm | Horror Edition |
| Question | Besides the fact that it looks like the glacier is bleeding, what is remarkable, and scientifically significant, about Antarctica's Blood Falls, a waterfall that is bright red due to iron oxides in the water? |
| Answer | The water is full of extremophile bacteria found nowhere else on Earth. (This is because the source pool has been sealed in ice for about two million years.) |
| Song | River of Dreams |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Number | 76 |
| Realm | One Hit Wonders |
| Subrealm | Not Even |
| Question | Before Dan Brown published his novel Angels & Demons, he produced another creative work called Angels & Demons. What was it? |
| Answer | A musical album of his songs. (They were not good.) |
| Song | Believer |
| Artist | Imagine Dragons |
| Hint | T: It had absolutely nothing to do with the novel in form or theme. |
| Note | Four Oreos tried very hard to play a cut from that album with this question. But it is nowhere to be found. |
| Number | 77 |
| Realm | Movies and TV |
| Subrealm | Box Office Flops |
| Question | The Office star Rainn Wilson also played which superhero in a 2010 comedy drama about a depressed fry cook? |
| Answer | Crimson Bolt, the movie was called Super and was a box office flop |
| Song | Crimson and Clover |
| Artist | Tommy James & The Shondells |
| Hint | T: The movie was directed by James Gunn. |
| Number | 78 |
| Realm | Literature |
| Subrealm | Nicknames |
| Question | Eric Blair, an English writer who was active in the mid-20th century, is well-known for his commentary on social injustices. What pseduonym did he publish his works under? |
| Answer | George Orwell. Most notably he wrote Animal Farm and 1984. |
| Song | Holidays in the Sun |
| Artist | Sex Pistols |
| Note | The Sex Pistols also played under a pseudonym for a while because many venues in the UK banned them for playing due to their innappropriate name. |
| Number | 79 |
| Realm | Theater |
| Subrealm | Superstitions |
| Question | What is the origin of the tradition that it's bad luck to whistle in a theater? |
| Answer | Before modern communications, techs used coded whistles to communicate cues to each other. An innocent whistle could cause a tech to do something like change the lighting or lower a curtain at the wrong time. |
| Song | Whistling in the Dark |
| Artist | They Might Be Giants |
| Hint | I'd rather not give mixed messages about the trivia. |
| Number | 80 |
| Realm | History |
| Subrealm | Construction |
| Question | In the construction of structures like the Baths of Caracalla, Pont du Gard, and the Pantheon, the Romans pioneered which technology that is still widely used today? |
| Answer | Concrete |
| Song | Breezeblocks |
| Artist | Alt-J |
| Hint | T: What did Fred Flintstone accidentally create in the 1994 movie, The Flintstones? |
| Number | 81 |
| Realm | Shopping |
| Subrealm | International |
| Question | Which American retail chain shares its name and logo with a similar chain in Australia, despite being entirely separate companies? |
| Answer | Target |
| Song | Beautiful World |
| Artist | Devo |
| Hint | Don't get cocky, now let's blow this thing and get out of here. |
| Number | 82 |
| Realm | History |
| Subrealm | Candy |
| Question | What sweet treat that orginated in the Middle Ages and then was remade in the early twentieth century was named after a racehorse? |
| Answer | Lollipops |
| Song | Sucker |
| Artist | Jonas Brothers |
| Hint | The term lollipop may have derived from terms for "tongue" (lolly) and "slap" (pop). |
| Number | 83 |
| Realm | History |
| Subrealm | Revolutionary War |
| Question | During the Revolutionary War, the demand for coffee rose so much that dealers had to hoard their supplies and dramatically-increase prices as a result of what event? |
| Answer | After the Boston Tea Party there was reduced availability of tea and many American were also trying to avoid drinking tea. |
| Song | Sweet Caroline |
| Artist | Neil Diamond |
| Number | 84 |
| Realm | Current Events |
| Subrealm | The Royals |
| Question | A 30-year-old oil industry professional and mother, recently underwent six hours of surgery getting eight different procedures, including liposuction under her chin and on her tummy, hips and lower back; a Brazilian butt lift; and cheek contouring and filler to look like which 37 year-old former actress? |
| Answer | Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle |
| Song | Wrap Me in Plastic |
| Artist | CHROMANCE |
| Number | 85 |
| Realm | Current Events |
| Subrealm | Lawsuits |
| Question | An Indiana man recently made headlines after filing a lawsuit against his parents. His father claims he was doing his son a favor by destroying his collection of what, which was valued at $28,940.72? |
| Answer | Porn |
| Song | Violent Pornography |
| Artist | System of a Down |
| Hint | T: It's what the internet is for. |
| Note | Is this song too swear-heavy for trivia? |
| Number | 86 |
| Realm | Music |
| Subrealm | Kpop |
| Question | BTS is a Korean pop group that has quickly entered the Western pop scene and is led by a member named Kim Namjoon. Kim Namjoon taught himself how to speak English by watching which American sitcom? |
| Answer | Friends |
| Song | Blood Sweat & Tears |
| Artist | BTS |
| Hint | for the song: if you work really hard on something, it is said that you put this into your work |
| Number | 87 |
| Realm | American Culture |
| Subrealm | Holidays |
| Question | Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog that makes the predictions on Groundhog's Day, has been making these predictions since 1886. Consuming what has allowed Phil to live this long when the average lifespan of a groundhog is six years? |
| Answer | Punxsutawney Phil has been sustained by drinking "groundhog punch" and "elixir of life". |
| Song | Gooey |
| Artist | Glass Animals |
| Number | 88 |
| Realm | Films |
| Subrealm | Films That Kinda Suck |
| Question | In 2017, Netflix made a rather pointed statement about their userbase, claiming they'd consumed .5 billion hours of whose movies? |
| Answer | Adam Sandler |
| Song | Werewolves of London |
| Artist | Adam Sandler |
| Hint | T:You're not going to be happy about this one. Phone, Wallet, Keys |
| Number | 89 |
| Realm | Current Events |
| Subrealm | Lawsuits |
| Question | A man in India recently made headlines after filing a lawsuit against his parents. The lawsuit claims that his parents did not first seek his consent before doing what? |
| Answer | Giving birth to him. |
| Song | Meant to Live |
| Artist | Switchfoot |
| Hint | It would have been very difficult. |
| Note | https://www.foxnews.com/world/indian-man-to-sue-his-parents-for-giving-birth-to-him-without-his-consent-wants-to-be-paid-for-his-life |
| Number | 90 |
| Realm | Language |
| Subrealm | Origins |
| Question | What language did the phrase "throw the baby out with the bath water" originate in? |
| Answer | German |
| Song | Stolen Dance |
| Artist | Milky Chance |
| Hint | Milky Chance is a German group |
| Note | "das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten" |
| Number | 91 |
| Realm | Brotherhoods |
| Subrealm | In space |
| Question | What did the members of the Apollo 15 crew all have in common? |
| Answer | They all attended the University of Michigan |
| Song | Rocket Man |
| Artist | Elton John |
| Hint | T: Hopi Maize |
| Number | 92 |
| Realm | Entertainment |
| Subrealm | TV |
| Question | With the recent college admissions scandal, we learned that actress Lori Loughlin will go to great lengths to try and advance the future of her child. What are the names of the actors who played her sons in the hit TV show Full House in which she played Becky Katsopolis? |
| Answer | Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit played the twins Nicky and Alex Katsopolis. |
| Song | We Are Family |
| Artist | Sister Sledge |
| Number | 93 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | Soccer |
| Question | Manuel Estiarte, a retired Spanish athlete who was voted "World's Best Water Polo Player" for seven consecutive years, is now a member of the staff for which football club in the Premier League? |
| Answer | Manchester City. He is one of manager Pep Guardiola's closest confidants and best friends. |
| Song | I Hope, I Think, I Know |
| Artist | Oasis |
| Hint | The band originates from the same city that the club is based in. |
| Number | 94 |
| Realm | Buildings |
| Subrealm | Fancy Buildings |
| Question | What do the White House, Buckingham Palace, the Bolshoi Theater, and the New York Stock Exchange all have in common? |
| Answer | Their paint is all made by the same manufacturer, the German company Keim. |
| Song | Paint It Black |
| Artist | Inkubus Sukkubus |
| Hint | S: It ain't about color. |
| Number | 95 |
| Realm | History |
| Subrealm | Food |
| Question | Sylvester Graham was a Presbyterian minister, inventor of the Graham cracker, and co-founder of the American Vegetarian Society. His followers, who were devoted to vegetarianism, temperance, abstinence, and frequent bathing were called..... what? |
| Answer | Grahamites |
| Song | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Artist | Sweet |
| Hint | What's in a name? |