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| Number | 1 |
| Realm | Biology |
| Subrealm | Of the interstellar variety |
| Question | What do you call super amorphous amphibious mammals of the subfamily Lutrinae who live in the vacuum surrounding the star system closest to our own? |
| Answer | The Ubernebulous Space Otters of Alpha Centauri! |
| Song | Space Oddity |
| Artist | David Bowie |
| Number | 2 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | Wow, that's hard to do |
| Question | Pro golfer Steve Stricker was just named the PGA Tour's Comeback Player of the Year for 2007. Good for Steve! But what is so unusual about him winning this award this year? |
| Answer | He won the Comeback Player of the Year award last year, too |
| Song | Wavelength |
| Artist | Van Morrison |
| Number | 3 |
| Realm | To confuse you all the Moor |
| Subrealm | Fruit of the groom |
| Question | Which food's status as an aphrodisiac may be due to a misunderstanding of the French phrase "Pomme de Maure"? |
| Answer | The tomato |
| Song | Let's Call the Whole Thing Off |
| Artist | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong |
| Number | 4 |
| Realm | Dating that computer geek from down the hall. |
| Subrealm | He's certainly not my type... |
| Question | What is the longest word that can be typed using only one row of the standard keyboard? |
| Answer | Typewriter |
| Song | Ghostwriter theme |
| Artist | (None required) |
| Number | 5 |
| Realm | Planning For the Future |
| Subrealm | Apocalyptic Back-up Plans |
| Question | On what Arctic Island is a vault containing thousands of seeds to be constructed in case of nuclear war or disastrous environmental changes? |
| Answer | Spitsbergen (NOT Svalbard; Svalbard is the archipelago) |
| Song | So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III) |
| Artist | Tom Lehrer |
| Number | 6 |
| Realm | History |
| Subrealm | current events |
| Question | How many American presidents are not buried in the United States? |
| Answer | Four: Jimmy (James) Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton, George W. Bush |
| Song | Hail to the Chief |
| Artist | (None required) |
| Number | 7 |
| Realm | Frankenstein and Igor |
| Subrealm | Or is that Fronkensteen and Eye-gor? |
| Question | According to urban legends, there is a reason that the horses in Young Frankenstein whinny after the mention of a certain name. What is it? |
| Answer | It says that Blucher is German for "glue". |
| Song | Santa Claus Got Stuck in the Chimney by Alvin and the Chipmunks |
| Number | 8 |
| Realm | Comics gone Wild |
| Subrealm | Moments |
| Question | (sung) New shoes, new shoo-hoo-ooh-hoo-oes. Name the tv series and episode. |
| Answer | The Boondocks, "Grandad's Fight" |
| Song | Eye of the Tiger |
| Artist | Survivor |
| Number | 9 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | Yeah, but he's no Hank Steinbrenner |
| Question | Theo Epstein is not the first celebrity in his family tree. What famous work was co-authored by his grandfather? |
| Answer | The Screenplay for Casablanca |
| Song | It Had to be You |
| Artist | Dooley Wilson |
| Number | 10 |
| Realm | The love of liberty brought us here |
| Subrealm | and we're not talking about the Pilgrims |
| Question | What country began as several colonies founded by private societies for free blacks from the US? |
| Answer | Liberia |
| Song | Tennessee |
| Artist | Arrested Development |
| Number | 11 |
| Realm | Cartoons |
| Subrealm | Tricking children into proper nutrition since 1968 |
| Question | Flintstones Vitamins have been providing children valuable nutrients under a dangerous candy-like disguise for the last forty years. Until 1995, the full leading cast list was not in vitamin form. Replacing the Flintmobile, what character was added to the vitamins in order to complete the full set of major characters? |
| Answer | Betty Rubble |
| Song | From the Ritz to the Rubble |
| Artist | The Arctic Monkeys |
| Number | 12 |
| Realm | Mathematics |
| Subrealm | Blatantly Incorrect Mathematics |
| Question | From what novel comes a mathematical statement whose proof requires, according to a particular t-shirt, "extremely large values of two"? |
| Answer | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
| Answer | Radiohead |
| Song | 2+2=5 |
| Number | 13 |
| Realm | Children's Authors |
| Subrealm | ...don't usually start out that way |
| Question | What children's book author and illustrator first found fame by drawing cartoons for a much more adult audience-the readers of Playboy magazine? |
| Answer | Shel Silverstein. |
| Song | Centerfold |
| Artist | J. Geils Band |
| Number | 14 |
| Realm | Classical Pianists |
| Subrealm | Color Art |
| Question | This pop artist was formally trained in classical styles at the Royal College of Music until emotional trauma sent him on a solo trip reminiscent of influential artists Prince and Harry Nilsson. |
| Answer | Mika |
| Song | Somebody to Love |
| Artist | Queen |
| Number | 15 |
| Realm | TV |
| Subrealm | Go Go |
| Question | Which of the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers has died in the time following their stint on the series? |
| Answer | Trini, the Yellow Ranger (Real name: Thuy Trang) |
| Song | Yellow |
| Artist | Coldplay |
| Number | 16 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | Some of the best trades are the ones you don't make |
| Question | Back in 2002, the Red Sox were looking for a new General Manager, and set their sights on Billy Beane of the Oakland A's, of Moneyball fame. Beane was still under contract, so the A's demanded player compensation. They settled on a player and were about to announce the deal, when Beane backed out. Theo Epstein was named the new GM and the rest is history. What we want to know is ... who was the player involved in the deal that never happened? |
| Answer | None other than 2007 playoff hero Kevin Youkilis |
| Song | Give my Love to Kevin |
| Artist | George Best Plus |
| Number | 17 |
| Realm | some DNA |
| Subrealm | does weird things to your brain |
| Question | Seeds from this plant contain the highest percentage of fatty acids that cannot be constructed within an organism from other components by any known chemical pathways in the entire plant kingdom. |
| Answer | Hemp (contains the highest Essential Fatty Acids) |
| Song | Because I Got High |
| Artist | Afroman |
| Number | 18 |
| Realm | Cookie anatomy |
| Subrealm | Using too much flower. |
| Question | In addition to containing baking flour, many cookies have contained images of the other kind of flower. What popular cookie features 24 nondescript four-leaved flowers? |
| Answer | The Oreo cookie |
| Song | Stuck in the Middle With You |
| Artist | Stealers Wheel |
| Number | 19 |
| Realm | Good Ideas |
| Subrealm | And Bad Outcomes |
| Question | The proof of what mathematical fact allegedly resulted in an ancient Greek mathematician being drowned? |
| Answer | That the square root of 2 is irrational (also accept "that irrational numbers exist") |
| Song | Song #2 |
| Artist | Blur |
| Number | 20 |
| Realm | Geography |
| Subrealm | of the inland kind |
| Question | How many landlocked nations are members of the International Whaling Commission? (Bonus point if you can name them all.) |
| Answer | Eleven: Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Laos, Luxembourg, Mali, Mongolia, San Marino, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, and Switzerland. |
| Song | To the Last Whale |
| Artist | Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
| Number | 21 |
| Realm | Literature |
| Subrealm | loosely defined |
| Question | What is Bucky Katt's mother's maiden name? |
| Answer | Tricky Woo |
| Song | It's Tricky |
| Artist | Run DMC |
| Number | 22 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | Nothing is ever simple about Barry Bonds |
| Question | Let's not talk about Barry Bonds and steroids and home runs, but go back to when Bonds was a tiny little man. Bonds got his first official major league hit on April 20, 1986, shortly before he was called up to the majors for the very first time on May 30, 1986. How can this be? |
| Answer | Bonds entered a suspended game that was started on April 20, when he was in the minors, but finished in August 11 after he was called up. He got a hit in the 17th inning when the game resumed, which, since the game is counted as having been officially played on April 20, is his official first hit. |
| Song | Before my Time |
| Artist | Moses Soulfish |
| Number | 23 |
| Realm | Stranger than fiction |
| Subrealm | Just like that book by Nabokov |
| Question | A Backstreet Boy claimed on the Howard Stern Show that he lost his virginity to this infamous reading teacher. Name the teacher, and the Backstreet Boy |
| Answer | Nick Carter, Debra LaFave |
| Song | Debra |
| Artist | Beck |
| Number | 24 |
| Realm | People putting their foot down on popstar antics |
| Subrealm | Britney Spears would be proud |
| Question | In 2005, the former president of Turkmenistan outlawed a common practice among musical artists , citing "a negative effect on the development of musical art". What is the practice that he banned? |
| Answer | Lip syncing |
| Song | Funkytown |
| Artist | Lipps Inc. |
| Number | 25 |
| Realm | Silver and Gold |
| Subrealm | Gold |
| Question | What mythological red element was believed by alchemists to amplify transmutations and help in the creation of gold? |
| Answer | Carmot |
| Song | What's Golden by Jurassic 5 |
| Number | 26 |
| Realm | Literature |
| Subrealm | Harry Potter |
| Question | The Hufflepuff common room is the only one not described in the Harry Potter series. J.K. Rowling has described it though. How do the Hufflepuff students travel from their common room to their dormitories? |
| Answer | Through underground tunnels with round doors. |
| Song | Tunnel of Love |
| Artist | Dire Straits |
| Number | 27 |
| Realm | Being a slave to the keyboard |
| Subrealm | A complete rehashing of another stupid typing question. |
| Question | To continue on the theme of typing and to appease our sinister audience members, what is the longest word that can be (traditionally) typed with the left hand? |
| Answer | Stewardesses |
| Song | Airline Amy |
| Artist | Weird Al Yankovic |
| Number | 28 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | |
| Question | This town, home to the oldest Scottish university, also gets credit for the creation a sport. Which sport is it? |
| Answer | Golf |
| Song | Eye of the Tiger |
| Artist | Survivor |
| Number | 29 |
| Realm | Heroes |
| Subrealm | Hiro Nakamura |
| Question | This supposed time traveler and internet cult object predicted things such as a new United States Civil War and World War Three back around the turn of the century. Who was this person? |
| Answer | John Titor |
| Song | Time Warp |
| Artist | Charles Gray (or The Rocky Horror Picture Show) |
| Number | 30 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur King |
| Question | What did Materazzi actually say to Zidane to precipitate the famous head-butting incident in the 2006 World Cup final? |
| Answer | Materazzi had been grabbing Zidane's jersey, Zidane said if he liked it so much, he would give it to him after the game, Materazzi then said he preferred to have Zidane's sister the whore. |
| Song | My Sister |
| Artist | Juliana Hatfield |
| Number | 31 |
| Realm | Movies |
| Subrealm | There are those who call me ... Tim ... |
| Question | In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, what are the three questions asked of the knights by the bridgekeeper? We just want the questions ... |
| Answer | To both Lancelot and Galahad: "What is your favorite color?" To Robin: "What is the capital of Asyrria?" To Arthur: "What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?" |
| Song | 96 Tears |
| Artist | Question Mark and the Mysterians |
| Number | 32 |
| Realm | More Monty Python |
| Subrealm | breaking the budget |
| Question | In Monty Python's rendition of the Blue Danube, a lot of explosives were used. How many times did they film that sequence? |
| Answer | Once |
| Song | The One |
| Artist | Elton John |
| Number | 33 |
| Realm | And now for something completely different |
| Subrealm | I'm a lumberjack, and I'm Okay |
| Question | This store was founded with the purpose of creating a more comfortable environment for men trying to buy lingerie |
| Answer | Victoria's Secret |
| Song | They |
| Artist | Jem |
| Number | 34 |
| Realm | Following the last question? |
| Subrealm | a more historical application |
| Question | When a woman in the 1920s applied red lipstick in a heart-shaped manner, what was she said to be putting on her mouth? |
| Answer | A Clara Bow |
| Song | Happy Farmer (or Jolly Peasant) |
| Artist | Robert Schumann |
| Number | 35 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | It's just a flesh wound |
| Question | The year is 2003 and the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry has reached a fever pitch during the AL Championship Series. Red Sox hurler Pedro Martinez throws a pitch behind Yankees' Karim Garcia's head, and Roger Clemens retaliates with an up and in pitch to Manny Ramirez. The benches clear, and what happens next? |
| Answer | 72-year-old Yankees coach Don Zimmer charges Pedro Martinez, and the 32-year-old pitcher catches him and hurls him to the ground |
| Song | The Old Man Down the Road |
| Artist | John Fogarty |
| Number | 36 |
| Realm | This would be a great name for a rock band |
| Subrealm | Rhymes with Crush |
| Question | Asya and Chloe originially named their band Smush, because they thought the name of what band "sounded cool"? |
| Answer | Smashmouth |
| Song | Free To Stay |
| Artist | Smoosh |
| Number | 37 |
| Realm | More things that go smoosh |
| Subrealm | the things we do for beauty |
| Question | Massaging an egg yolk into the scalp for one hour is said to be a cure for what? |
| Answer | Baldness |
| Song | The Way I Am |
| Artist | Ingrid Michaelson |
| Number | 38 |
| Realm | Needing a manly breakfast |
| Subrealm | Don't you just love the smell of napalm in the morning? |
| Question | In the book-turned-movie, Fight Club, the character of Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pitt, provides three recipes for homemade Napalm, each one being a mixture of gasoline and one other substance. Name at least two of the substances that complete the recipe. |
| Answer | Frozen Orange Juice concentrate, Cat Litter, or Diet Coke |
| Song | Rip it Up |
| Artist | Orange Juice |
| Number | 39 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Question | A three point play, there are six answers: One year the MVPs of the American League, the National League, the National Football League and the American Football League all had the same number. What was the number, what year was it, who were the players? Two points if you get four of the six, one point if you get two. |
| Answer | 1963, #32, Sandy Koufax (NL), Elston Howard (AL), Jimmy Brown (NFL), Cookie Gilchrist (AFL) |
| Song | 32 Flavors |
| Artist | Alana Davis |
| Number | 40 |
| Realm | Geography |
| Subrealm | Matrimonial Geography |
| Question | The entirety of what small country is available to be rented out for weddings, business conferences, etc.? |
| Answer | Lichtenstein |
| Song | I'm Not Crazy |
| Artist | Thomas Howard Lichtenstein |
| Number | 41 |
| Realm | People with big shoes |
| Subrealm | No. REALLY BIG SHOES |
| Question | This production marks one of the first projects after the merger between software companies Square and Enix. What is it? |
| Answer | Kingdom Hearts |
| Song | I'm Gonna Lock My Heart |
| Artist | Etta Jones |
| Number | 42 |
| Realm | More people with big feet |
| Subrealm | Literally |
| Question | With a height of 7' 7.25" (seven feet, seven-and-a-quarter inches), Sandy Allen might be expected to wear a large shoe size. What is it, and from where does she get her shoes? |
| Answer | Size 22. She gets her shoes as hand-me-downs from NBA players. |
| Song | Your Feet's Too Big |
| Artist | Fats Waller |
| Number | 43 |
| Realm | Heartthrobs |
| Subrealm | Esoteric Love Visions |
| Question | This male-sung pop-rock, jazz-fusion ballad depicts its singer driving slow as his lover rests her bones with him. What is the song and artist? |
| Answer | Sunday by Bloc Party |
| Song | Sunday Morning |
| Artist | Maroon 5 |
| Number | 44 |
| Realm | Pyschology |
| Subrealm | What the last question might lead to... |
| Question | According to Freud's theory of psychoanalysis, these describe unconscious fears, desires, and drives |
| Answer | Fantasies |
| Song | Fantasy |
| Artist | Mariah Carey |
| Number | 45 |
| Realm | Not so warm and fuzzy |
| Subrealm | as befitting a Civil War general, perhaps... |
| Question | Ulysses S. Grant was not born with the name he used later in life. Why did he change his original name? |
| Answer | His given name was Hiram Ulysses Grant: He didn't like that his initials spelt HUG. |
| Song | Barney's on Fire |
| Artist | Weird Al Yankovic |
| Number | 46 |
| Realm | Kaboom! |
| Subrealm | All's fair in love and war... |
| Question | In an episode of Family Guy, Stewie tries to bait his swimming rival, Brad, toward an explosion with which food item? |
| Answer | Marzipan |
| Song | Homestar Runner Theme |
| Artist | The Brothers Chaps (aka Matthew and Michael Chapman aka the creators of Homestar Runner) |
| Number | 47 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | They do scouting a little differently in Canada |
| Question | How come Canadian Football League draft picks James Eggink and Derrell Robertson never made much of a splash in the league? |
| Answer | They were actually both dead at the time of the draft, a fact that obviously slipped by their teams' scouts. |
| Song | I'm Looking Through You |
| Artist | The Beatles |
| Number | 48 |
| Realm | The law |
| Subrealm | has a tendency to put its foot in its mouth |
| Question | In Indiana it is illegal for a man with a moustache to habitually do this to human beings. |
| Answer | Kiss |
| Song | Kiss Kiss |
| Artist | Chris Brown |
| Number | 49 |
| Realm | Movies |
| Subrealm | stuff that should actually BE illegal |
| Question | This classic film, released in 1954, was in part inspired by the murder cases of Patrick Mahon and Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, both of whom killed and dismembered their wives. |
| Answer | Rear Window |
| Song | Grace Kelly |
| Artist | Mika |
| Number | 50 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | Well, I never thought I'd actually win ... |
| Question | In September 1996, a fan named Allen Adams won a field goal kicking contest at halftime of a Steelers-Ravens game. Why did this not turn out to be such a good thing for him? |
| Answer | A warrant was out for his arrest and a police officer recognized him and had him arrested immediately. |
| Song | It Ain't Me, Babe |
| Artist | Bob Dylan |
| Number | 51 |
| Realm | Feel the force, Luke! |
| Subrealm | not just for Jedi |
| Question | Hindu philosopher Kanada's statement, "Weight causes falling; it is imperceptible and known by inference" is one of the earliest explanations of what phenomenon? |
| Answer | Gravity |
| Song | Gravity |
| Artist | Sara Bareilles |
| Number | 52 |
| Realm | Music |
| Subrealm | If you're going to pick just one |
| Question | Bruce Springsteen has put out eight studio albums with all-new material with the E Street Band, containing a total of 90 songs. The drummers on all of these songs were either the band's first drummer, Vini Lopez, or the current and longtime drummer, Max Weinberg. That is, all except one song. One song and only one song had a different drummer. Which song (and for an extra point, who was the drummer on that song)? |
| Answer | "Born to Run" was the song, and Ernest "Boom" Carter was the drummer |
| Song | One Song Glory |
| Artist | the soundtrack for Rent |
| Number | 53 |
| Realm | Lost |
| Subrealm | TV shows that aren't Lost |
| Question | In the third season finale of Grey's Anatomy, Christina knows Burke is gone because six items are missing from their apartment. Name three of the six items. |
| Answer | Trumpet, Eugene book collection, vinyls, cd's, grandmother's picture, lucky scrub cap |
| Song | Keep Breathing |
| Artist | Ingrid Michaelson |
| Number | 54 |
| Realm | Tatyana Ali |
| Subrealm | has nothing to do with this |
| Question | On Christmas Day 2007, a tiger escaped from her enclosure at the San Francisco zoo and attacked three young men. Her enclosure had a 12-and-a-half-foot-high moat wall. What is the minimum height recommended by the American Zoological Association? |
| Answer | Sixteen feet. |
| Song | I am the Tiger |
| Artist | ABBA |
| Number | 55 |
| Realm | Literature |
| Subrealm | WTF? |
| Question | They could not be removed by Nadd, nor by the father of Nadd, nor by the father of the father of Nadd, nor by anyone else in the kingdom of Didd. What were they? |
| Answer | The Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins |
| Song | I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) |
| Artist | The Proclaimers |
| Number | 56 |
| Realm | Historical significance |
| Subrealm | A little bird told me |
| Question | What significance did a small bird have in Germany on June 30, 1934? |
| Answer | On June 30, 1934, Hitler ordered the SS to conduct a massive purge of his potential political rivals in the SA (Sturmabteilung), including Ernst Roehm (head of the SA). Also murdered were hundreds of other perceived opponents, among them Kurt von Schleicher and Gregor Strasser. Hitler christened the day "Night of the Long Knives." The code word that started the purge: German for "hummingbird," Kolibri. |
| Song | The Last Day Of June 1934 |
| Artist | Al Stewart |
| Number | 57 |
| Realm | More historical bad guys |
| Subrealm | different continent, though |
| Question | Every year, Gibsland, Louisiana holds a festival to commemorate the ambush and end of this infamous duo. |
| Answer | Bonnie and Clyde |
| Song | Bad Boy Clyde |
| Artist | Esthero. |
| Number | 58 |
| Realm | Movies |
| Subrealm | I see dead people |
| Question | In the movie The Sixth Sense, Bruce Willis, who in real life is left-handed, writes with his right hand. Why? |
| Answer | He learned to write right-handed so he would not have to show the audience his left hand and reveal that he is no longer wearing his wedding ring, which would have been a clue to his actual non-living status |
| Song | This Diamond Ring |
| Artist | Gary Lewis and the Playboys |
| Number | 59 |
| Realm | To statehood, or not to statehood |
| Subrealm | or is it a commonwealth? |
| Question | In the United States, there are four states that officially designate themselves as Commonwealths. What are these four states? |
| Answer | Massachusetts, Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania |
| Song | Colony |
| Artist | Joy Division |
| Number | 60 |
| Realm | "Who thought that up?" |
| Subrealm | Useless Units |
| Question | What alliterative unit of speed is equal to 1.7 x 10^-4 meters per second or 6.5 x 10^-3 inches per second? |
| Answer | Furlong per Fortnight |
| Song | Fa Fa |
| Artist | Guster |
| Hint | Song and unit have the same alliteration |
| Number | 61 |
| Realm | Things in Common |
| Subrealm | People with things in common |
| Question | What do Joseph Baker, Robert Chevalier, Pierre Le Picard, Mitch Harris, and Edward Jordan all have in common? |
| Answer | They were all Canadian Pirates |
| Song | The Last Saskatchewan Pirate |
| Artist | The Arrogant Worms |
| Number | 62 |
| Realm | |
| Subrealm | |
| Question | Before making it big in a recent critically acclaimed indie film, this actress played in 8 episodes of the Sci-Fi television show "Regenesis". |
| Answer | Ellen Page |
| Song | All I Want is You |
| Artist | Barry Louis Polisar |
| Number | 63 |
| Realm | Movies |
| Subrealm | Making it the old-fashioned way |
| Question | In the movie Saving Private Ryan, what are Captain Miller's (that is, Tom Hanks') last words to Private Ryan (that is, Matt Damon)? |
| Answer | "Earn it." |
| Song | Earn Enough for Us |
| Artist | XTC |
| Number | 64 |
| Realm | Art |
| Subrealm | Ever so slightly unconventional art |
| Question | What form of art makes use of dye and of yak butter, and is used by Tibetan Buddhists for various religious celebrations? |
| Answer | Butter Sculpting |
| Song | Build Me Up Buttercup |
| Artist | The Temptations |
| Number | 65 |
| Realm | The Queen's English |
| Subrealm | but not the current Queen's |
| Question | Neither "to wot" nor "to ken" is used much nowadays. What verb do we use instead? |
| Answer | "to know" |
| Song | To Know Her is to Love Her |
| Artist | The Beatles |
| Number | 66 |
| Realm | Comics gone Wild |
| Subrealm | Moments |
| Question | (sung) New shoes, new shoo-hoo-ooh-hoo-oes. Name the tv series and episode. |
| Answer | The Boondocks, "Grandad's Fight" |
| Song | Boondocks theme |
| Artist | (None required) |
| Number | 67 |
| Realm | Epic |
| Subrealm | Where in the World |
| Question | This man has four biographies in a single binding, but his true identity has been an issue of content among scholars and devotees alike since the early 2nd century. Who is he? |
| Answer | Jesus |
| Song | The Underdog |
| Artist | Spoon |
| Number | 68 |
| Realm | Rather a different discipline than the above |
| Subrealm | |
| Question | What utopian socialist thinker described people's drive to attain a higher place in society as the "Hand of Greed"? |
| Answer | Saint Simon |
| Song | Saint Simon |
| Artist | The Shins |
| Number | 69 |
| Realm | The Young and the Restless |
| Subrealm | but not the soap opera |
| Question | He died when he was twenty-six, but that didn't stop him from being the subject of the first full-length feature film ever made. The movie was later remade in 1970, with Mick Jagger playing the role of what real-life character in what profession? |
| Answer | Australian outlaw Edward "Ned" Kelly |
| Song | Excitable Boy |
| Artist | Warren Zevon |
| Number | 70 |
| Realm | Bands |
| Subrealm | Very Odd Bands |
| Question | What band's website features a game in which the band members must be saved from Swedish nycleharpa players? |
| Answer | OK Go |
| Song | This Will Be Our Year |
| Artist | OK Go |
| Number | 71 |
| Realm | Movies |
| Subrealm | You can't handle the truth |
| Question | In "A Few Good Men", lawyer Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) famously induces Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson) to confess to ordering the "Code Red" for Private Santiago. Kaffee does this essentially by demanding an explanation for the contradictory nature of the two orders that Jessup testifies to having given to his men, both related to Private Santiago. What are those two orders? |
| Answer | One order was to not touch Santiago (do not give him a Code Red); the other order was to have Santiago transferred off the base for his own safety (a contradiction because, if Jessup had ordered his men to lay off Santiago, and Jessup's orders were always followed, then why would he need to have Santiago transferred for his own safety?) |
| Song | Code Red |
| Artist | DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (also accept Will Smith) |
| Number | 72 |
| Realm | Yes, we have no bananas |
| Subrealm | What a lie! |
| Question | How many pounds of bananas does the average American consume each year? |
| Answer | Twenty-eight |
| Song | 30,000 Pounds of Bananas |
| Artist | Harry Chapin |
| Number | 73 |
| Realm | 64 years |
| Subrealm | How do you measure |
| Question | You've received your appropriate tunic and wish to enter the volcano with haste. What do you play? |
| Answer | "Bolero of fire" |
| Song | Bolero |
| Artist | Ravel |
| Number | 74 |
| Realm | Movies |
| Subrealm | You must remember this |
| Question | In Casablanca, where does Rick hide the letters of transit that Ugarte (you-GAR-tee) gave him for safekeeping? |
| Answer | In Sam's piano |
| Song | Sam I Am |
| Artist | Sammy Hagar |
| Number | 75 |
| Realm | Television |
| Subrealm | Advertisements |
| Question | In a 2002 commercial for jeans, what object is retrieved from a sinking car? |
| Answer | A French dictionary |
| Song | Playground Love |
| Artist | Air |
| Number | 76 |
| Realm | Science |
| Subrealm | Specious SI units |
| Question | What is the name for the amount of beauty that can launch one ship, and who coined this term? |
| Answer | A milliHelen (also accept millihelen; abbr. mH). The term was coined by Isaac Asimov. |
| Song | Helen and Cassandra |
| Artist | Al Stewart |
| Number | 77 |
| Realm | Real units |
| Subrealm | but not SI, sorry |
| Question | Many English measuring units have their origins in the dimensions of the human body. The units based on the foot and the hand kept their names, but what's the unit based on the measurement from fingertip to fingertip, or a man's armspan? |
| Answer | The fathom. |
| Song | With Arms Wide Open |
| Artist | Creed |
| Number | 78 |
| Realm | US Geography |
| Subrealm | You once thought "three" was a crowd |
| Question | In the continental U.S., three states border at least seven others. Which three are these states? |
| Answer | Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee. |
| Song | Fifty Nifty United States |
| Artist | The Animaniacs |
| Number | 79 |
| Realm | Movies |
| Subrealm | Appearing, for the very first time, on our stage |
| Question | Two well-known actors made their film debuts in Animal House, and a then unknown but now noted blues player was the bass player in Otis Day and the Nights. Name all three. |
| Answer | Actor Kevin Bacon, actress Karen Allen, and bluesman Robert Cray |
| Song | Footloose |
| Artist | The Bacon Brothers |
| Number | 80 |
| Realm | Esoteric Video Games |
| Subrealm | Really, really esoteric video games |
| Question | A monarch inadvertently annihilates every star in the night sky, and a young regent must replace them all through the oddest mechanism imaginable. Name this videogame. |
| Answer | Katamari Damacy |
| Song | Let Me Roll Your Lemon |
| Artist | Bo Carter |
| Number | 81 |
| Realm | Gwarsh |
| Subrealm | Bawa-bawa |
| Question | What is the fruit of the plant after whom the Japanese poet, Basho, was named? |
| Answer | Banana |
| Song | Banana Pancakes |
| Artist | Jack Johnson |
| Number | 82 |
| Realm | Fun |
| Subrealm | Games |
| Question | In what game are the most valuable assets Zeta, Xi, Theta, and Psi? |
| Answer | Greek Scrabble. |
| Song | I Put A Spell On You |
| Artist | Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
| Number | 83 |
| Realm | Miles Davis |
| Subrealm | I can't wait |
| Question | This cartoon character started out as mild mannered street gang member who was then transformed by his gang-leader sensei to take revenge against mutated ninjas. What is the name and animal associated with this character? |
| Answer | Bebop |
| Song | Hakuna Matata |
| Artist | Lion King Soundtrack |
| Number | 84 |
| Realm | Movies |
| Subrealm | Of course there should be a sequel |
| Question | In Meet the Fockers, why was actress Alanna Ubach a particularly inappropriate choice to play Greg Focker's nanny? |
| Answer | Because she is actually ten years younger than Ben Stiller |
| Song | Baba O'Reilly |
| Artist | The Who |
| Number | 85 |
| Realm | Williamsiana |
| Subrealm | Harry Potter...? |
| Question | What is Griffin of Griffin Hall's middle name? |
| Answer | Dorr |
| Song | Light my Fire |
| Artist | The Doors |
| Number | 86 |
| Realm | Pop singers |
| Subrealm | Asian Pop Singers |
| Question | What Asian pop artist has a name that is pronounced as a Greek Letter in Japan, as an English letter in Korea, and as an English pronoun in China? |
| Answer | Rain (His name is pronounced "Pi" in Japan, "Bee" is Korea, and "Yu" in China). |
| Song | Make it Rain |
| Artist | Tom Waits |
| Number | 87 |
| Realm | Old Stuff |
| Subrealm | And we're off! |
| Question | This novel, written in 1900, features a young female protagonist who uses a golden cap to summon Winged Monkies. What is the book and author? |
| Answer | "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum |
| Song | One Short Day |
| Artist | the cast of Wicked |
| Number | 88 |
| Realm | Things as old as the hills |
| Subrealm | but not your mom |
| Question | A church dedicated to whom has existed on the same site in Rome since the fourth century A.D.? |
| Answer | Saint Peter. |
| Song | I Am a Rock |
| Artist | Simon and Garfunkel |
| Number | 89 |
| Realm | Action Bonuses |
| Subrealm | Shine |
| Question | I see the light! What is the mysterious magical aura, abandoned by 15th century artists Jan van Eyck and Robert Campin for other iconography? |
| Answer | halo |
| Song | Halo theme |
| Artist | Martin O'Donnell |
| Number | 90 |
| Realm | Babies |
| Subrealm | Get this Demon Seed Out of Here! |
| Question | In this 1968 film, the Woodhouses attempt to conceive a child until a demonic vision and unexpected pregnancy through halt their plans. What is the film? |
| Answer | Rosemary's Baby |
| Song | Evil |
| Artist | Interpol |
| Number | 91 |
| Realm | Film Soundtracks |
| Subrealm | Ripping off other films |
| Question | What 2002 film features a variation of Requiem for a Dream's theme music in its theatrical trailer? |
| Answer | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| Song | Two Princes |
| Artist | The Spin Doctors |
| Number | 92 |
| Realm | Economics |
| Subrealm | common currency, bah |
| Question | Many nations in the EU have willingly adopted the Euro. Some, however, refuse to use the new currency, instead keeping their traditional money. One holdout Scandinavian country held a referendum in 2003 to decide whether or not to adopt the Euro. The measure didn't pass, and the nation continues to use its traditional currency. What is this country, and what is its currency called? |
| Answer | Sweden; currency is the krona (also, Swedish krona or SEK). |
| Song | Money, Money, Money |
| Artist | ABBA |
| Number | 93 |
| Realm | Fish and Chips |
| Subrealm | etc. |
| Question | What do Ann Orson, Nancy Treadlight, and Tripe have in common? |
| Answer | They are all Elton John. |
| Song | The Bitch is Back |
| Artist | Elton John |
| Number | 94 |
| Realm | Williams College |
| Subrealm | Williams in movies (however subtly) |
| Question | The protagonist of what 1960s film can be seen wearing a Williams tie during an opening scene? |
| Answer | The Graduate |
| Song | Graduation |
| Artist | Vitamin C |
| Number | 95 |
| Realm | Classical Pianists |
| Subrealm | Color Art |
| Question | This pop artist was formally trained in classical styles at the Royal College of Music until emotional trauma sent him on a solo trip reminiscent of influential artists Prince and Harry Nilsson. |
| Answer | Mika |
| Song | Somebody to Love |
| Artist | Queen |
| Number | 96 |
| Realm | Intergalactic Conflict |
| Subrealm | Three-way struggles |
| Question | You've just infiltrated an alien holy city and are currently caught in the midst of their civil war. Who are you and how do you escape? |
| Answer | Master Chief, Halo 2 |
| Song | Blow Me Away |
| Artist | Breaking Benjamin |
| Number | 97 |
| Realm | What the Physics |
| Subrealm | Tortured Scientists |
| Question | The man pioneered the "multiple worlds" theory of quantum mechanics. Who is he? |
| Answer | Hugh Everett III |
| Song | Piano Man |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Number | 98 |
| Realm | |
| Subrealm | |
| Question | What do George Eliot, James King, and Robert Shurtleff have in common? |
| Answer | They are all women. |
| Song | Naked Eye |
| Artist | The Who |
| Number | 99 |
| Realm | Japan |
| Subrealm | Harro? |
| Question | This is a Closing theme song from a popular anime series. Quote: "Furi-kuri-furi-kura". |
| Answer | Ride on Shooting Star |
| Song | Rolling Star |
| Artist | Yui |
| Number | 100 |
| Realm | Boom |
| Subrealm | Holy Heartbreak Batman! |
| Question | A long-range missile first launched Jan. 7, 1960, that also appeared as a plot device in the 1968 movie, Batman. What is the missile's official name? |
| Answer | UGM-27 Polaris |
| Song | Polaris |
| Artist | Jimmy Eat World |
| Number | 101 |
| Realm | Break out the Tinfoil Hats |
| Subrealm | There's SOMEthing in the WATER! |
| Question | Which US city was the first to intentionally introduce fluoride into its water supply? |
| Answer | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Song | "Especially in Michigan" |
| Artist | The Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Hint | Grand Rapids is where the lead singer grew up |
| Number | 102 |
| Realm | Psychotic Periods |
| Subrealm | Picasso didn't have them, but this guy did |
| Question | Richard Dadd suffered from mental illness, believing that the Egyptian god Osiris told him to murder his father, the Pope, and the Austrian emperor. After succeeding in the first, he was arrested and committed to an insane asylum, where he completed the work he is best known for. What is it? |
| Answer | The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke, a very intricate painting that Dadd worked on for nine years. |
| Song | Crazy |
| Artist | Gnarls Barkley |
| Number | 103 |
| Realm | Sci-Fi? |
| Subrealm | sounds sketchy to me... |
| Question | In an episode of a popular British television show of yore, aliens from the planet Skyron in the galaxy of Andromeda invaded England one day. |
| Answer | Monty Python |
| Song | Always look on the bright side of life |
| Artist | Monty Python (cast of Spamalot?) |
| Number | 104 |
| Realm | Getting your just desserts |
| Subrealm | this actually does relate... |
| Question | Can blancmanges play tennis? More importantly, can they win Wimbledon? |
| Answer | (respectively) Yes and No. |
| Song | Sweet Escape |
| Artist | Gwen Stefani |
| Number | 105 |
| Realm | Great explorers |
| Subrealm | from Down Under |
| Question | Australia has what it considers its own Lewis and Clark. In the early 1860s, they embarked on an ill-fated search for an inland route to the North. Who were they? |
| Answer | Burke and Wills |
| Song | April Come She Will |
| Artist | Simon and Garfunkel |
| Number | 106 |
| Realm | More supposedly great Explorers |
| Subrealm | Further down Under |
| Question | Four famous Antarctic explorers: Roald Amundsen, Richard E. Byrd., Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton. Who made it to the South Pole first, and when? Bonus point if you're exceedingly exact with the date (to the hour). |
| Answer | Amundsen, Dec. 14, 1911 (3:00 p.m.) |
| Song | Antarctica |
| Artist | Al Stewart |
| Number | 107 |
| Realm | Kids these days |
| Subrealm | aren't all that bad |
| Question | What do Tatum O'Neal, Carl Friedrich Gauss, and H. P. Lovecraft have in common? |
| Answer | They're all childhood prodigies. |
| Song | Children and all that Jazz |
| Artist | Joan Baez |
| Number | 108 |
| Realm | It's an infestation! |
| Subrealm | or so some say... |
| Question | Between 2000 and 2006, an estimated 4.2 million of these entered this country. |
| Answer | Illegal immigrants |
| Song | Immigration Man |
| Artist | Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
| Number | 109 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Question | Charlie Williams and Dave May were on the other end of what major league baseball trades? |
| Answer | Williams was traded for Willie Mays, and May for Hank Aaron. |
| Answer | Whitney Houston |
| Song | I Have Nothing |
| Number | 110 |
| Realm | Unusual celebrity names |
| Subrealm | aren't a new phenomenon |
| Question | The host of what now off-the-air but once popular TV show is named after a certain New York City private school? Give the host and the show. |
| Answer | Regis Philbin, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
| Song | If I Had A Million Dollars |
| Artist | Bare Naked Ladies |
| 5 AM QUESTION!!!!! | |
| Number | 111 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | The good old day (games)..... |
| Question | The 1927 Yankees were just about the greatest team ever, featuring the Babe, Lou Gehrig and many other non-steriod megastars. Their trademark was mounting late inning rallies in the late afternoons at Yankee Stadium...a feat that had its own nickname....which was what? |
| Answer | Five O'clock Lightning |
| Song | Five O'Clock World |
| Artist | The Vogues |