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The Challenge Bonus

(NOTE: The questions in this bonus were submitted by the teams playing. "Challenge Trivia" was a regular feature of 1970s and early-1980s Trivia in which playing teams would get to ask one on-air question of the running team.

It's unclear whether teams submitted the following questions to Rule Six for inclusion, or whether these questions were taken from previous contests' on-air challenges. Probably the latter, though.)

  1. Who was the first man to play James Bond?

  2. From the movie "Diner," what are Fenwick's three smiles?

  3. Curious George swallowed something. What was it, and who takes him to the hospital?

  4. On what railroad line did Casey Jones die?

  5. Who are the only two Americans to be world class chess champions, and what other interesting fact do they have in common?

  6. From "The Little Rascals," the gang did their own version of "Romeo and Juliet." Who played Juliet?

  7. 142 air battalions clashed with 154 Russian platoons, to gain control over 69 Middle Eastern oil fields. Socially-conscious American enterprises squelched the conflict in 5 years by forming what?

  8. From "Animal Crackers," who are Groucho Marx's lawyers?

  9. Golfer Lee Trevino wears a band-aid every day. Why?

  10. From the only realm that matters. You are the captain of one of just 12 starships in the galaxy, and a thousand decisions must be made correctly by you. You're on a planet that's been contaminated by influence from an earth ship that landed before the days of General Order 4 prohibiting interference with native peoples. They left a strange book on the criminals of old Earth centuries ago, and now the inhabitants are perfectly mimicking Chicago gangs of the 20's: they're tough, ruthless, and forever rubbing each other out. You and Spock have been knocked out, stripped of weapons, embroiled in deadly conflict, double-crossed, put on ice, and forced to deal with prostitutes and children to gain the upper hand. Now several men hold heaters to your heads, and the only thing standing between you and death is the slim communicator you hold in your hand. And that could make all the difference. Miles above the planet, Scotty sits with itching palm above the controls that could unleash destruction unthinkable upon these primitives. With the phasers aboard the Enterprise, you could reduce anyone standing more than half a meter away from you to ash, thereby ending the conflicts, clearing the Federation of any guilt, and saving your own life as well as your best friend Spock. You've had it, and your back is to the wall. Just one word to Scotty. It would be so easy. You're the captain of one of only 12 ships in the galaxy, and this is one of your thousand decisions. What do you say?