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The mystery hour bonus. Put down your guess at the title when you are done. The correct title is worth 1 point.

(the correct title was "Fat Men")

  1. Who speaks the first word in "Citizen Kane"? What word was it?
    Orson Welles; unsurprisingly, it's "Rosebud."

  2. Who was Pauline Wayne? (Hint: she was important during Taft's administration.)
    She was Taft's pet cow, who often grazed on the White House lawn.

  3. What Broadway musical star played "Big Babe" Lazich in the 1950 version of "The Enforcer"?
    Zero Mostel.

  4. We all know where Santa Claus lives, but on what date did his alter-ego Saint Nicholas die?
    December 6, 343..... or 1,645 years and 3 days before this contest.

  5. Name the song, composed by Henry VIII, that was performed on the Williams campus last week.
    Difficult to say for sure now, but some possibilities include: "Pastime with Good Company," "Consorts XXIV" or "VI," "Taunder Naken," "Whereto Should I Express," "Helas Madame," "Gentil Prince de Renom," or "En Vray Amoure.")

  6. Name the character played by Sydney Greenstreet in "The Mask of Dimitrios."
    Mr. Peters.

  7. In "The Adventures of Robin Hood," with Errol Flynn, who played Little John?
    Alan Hale.

  8. Alfred Hitchcock was famous for cameo roles in all his own films; describe when and where he appeared in each of the following films. Be specific as possible; bonus for the date of the movie.

Silly Me's "Mystery Topic" Hour Bonus contained a separate mini-audio section, apparently having nothing to do with the secret topic, "Fat Men." (None of the musicians below were particularly chunky.) Each song clip featured part of a live performance, and teams had to name both the artist and the live venue in which the performance was recorded. Here is the answer key.

  1. X-- "At the Whiskey a Go Go on the Fabulous Sunset Strip
  2. Beatles-- "At the Hollywood Bowl"
  3. Cheap Trick-- "at Budokan"
  4. Bob Dylan-- "at Budokan"
  5. Velvet Underground-- "at Max's Kansas City"
  6. Simon and Garfunkel-- "in Central Park"
  7. Sam Cooke-- "at the Harlem Square Club, 1963"
  8. Jimi Hendrix-- "at the Isle of Wight"
  9. Jimi Hendrix-- "at the San Diego Sports Arena"
  10. Ike and Tina Turner-- "at Carnegie Hall"