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| Number | 1 |
| Realm | An Appalling Dump-Heap, Overflowing with the Most Disgraceful Assortment of Deplorable Rubbish Imag-in-a-ble |
| Subrealm | Williams Trivia is Back! |
| Question | He's mean. He's green. He's our hero. Do you love Christmas a lot? Well, rest assured that the Grinch, who lives just north of Whoville, does NOT. The great poets of our age have tried, in vain, to convey the Grinch's malignant personality in its full odious glory. Sure, he's a bad banana. Yes, he's got garlic in his soul. And it's quite true that he's a three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce. Nonetheless, florid torrents of food-related abuse have failed to pinpoint the Grinch's fundamental nature. In fact, the Grinch's true essence is defined with just three well-chosen words. What are the three words that best describe him, as follows, and you must quote? |
| Answer | "Stink, Stank, Stunk!" |
| Song | That Smell |
| Artist | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Number | 2 |
| Realm | Hire the Handicapped |
| Subrealm | And Put Them in the Funnies |
| Question | By some estimates, it is the world's most widely-read comic strip. It began in 1954. Tragically, its title character is missing his right eye. Name the character, and you've named the strip. |
| Answer | Bazooka Joe. |
| Song | New Age Girl |
| Artist | Dead Eye Dick |
| Number | 3 |
| Realm | Tragic Death Scenes |
| Subrealm | Admit It, You Cried Like a Baby When Mr. Magorium Died |
| Question | The title character of this 1950s movie is killed by a slingshot and a young boy's shoe. Who? |
| Answer | The Red Balloon. |
| Song | Pop |
| Artist | 'N Sync |
| Number | 4 |
| Realm | Jodie Foster's #1 Fan |
| Subrealm | Should We Tell Him? |
| Question | When John Hinckley tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981, all of his shots missed the President. However, one bullet ricocheted, and caused all of Reagan's grievous injuries. What object did the bullet ricochet off of? |
| Answer | The bulletproof glass of Reagan's limo. |
| Song | Bouncin' Back |
| Artist | Mystikal |
| Number | 5 |
| Realm | 12-Step Programs |
| Subrealm | Step One: Not This! |
| Question | Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver bassist "Duff" McKagen devised his own cure to quit his addictions to vodka and cocaine. What was it? |
| Answer | He drank 20 bottles of wine a day. |
| Song | Rehab |
| Artist | Amy Winehouse |
| Number | 6 |
| Realm | Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows |
| Subrealm | And How |
| Question | Who is Barack Obama's most famous 11th cousin? |
| Answer | George W. Bush. |
| Song | Hymn 43 |
| Artist | Jethro Tull |
| Note | (They share the same great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents, from 17th-century Massachusetts.) |
| Number | 7 |
| Realm | Jim |
| Subrealm | Just Jim |
| Question | Jim Verraros, we hardly knew ye. And more than that, we didn't WANT to know ye! Jim was the first person to suffer what cruel fate? |
| Answer | Get voted off "American Idol." |
| Song | Simon Says |
| Artist | the 1910 Fruitgum Company |
| Number | 8 |
| Realm | (make squealy guitar sounds) |
| Subrealm | (make more guitar sounds) |
| Question | We don't want to say that Guitar Hero is all about boys stroking their own fingerboards. But the first three installments of Guitar Hero feature 219 songs. And only 211 of the bands that made the songs famous (or not) have male lead singers. THIS IS A THREE-POINT PLAY. Name two of the eight remaining feminine acts for one point, or four for 2 points. |
| Answer | Joan Jett (and the Blackhearts); The Donnas; Heart; The Pretenders; Pat Benatar; Freezepop; Lacuna Coil; Superbus. |
| Song | It's a Man's Man's Man's World |
| Artist | James Brown |
| Note | Post contest, Jeff Somers points out that Vagiant has a female lead singer and was featured in Guitar Hero 2, and that the third Guitar Hero was actually Guitar Hero 80s, which has a number of female-fronted acts. |
| Number | 9 |
| Realm | Former and Current #1 Movies |
| Subrealm | It's So Nice to Have It Back Where It Belongs |
| Question | Unexpectedly, the 1969 Barbra Streisand musical "Hello, Dolly!" found a new audience in 2008. It earned over $500 million at the box office, but in a slightly abbreviated version. Please explain. |
| Answer | It's WALL-E's favorite movie. |
| Song | #1 Crush |
| Artist | Garbage |
| Number | 10 |
| Realm | The Unforgettable 67 Olympics |
| Subrealm | As in the Year 67 |
| Question | Emperor Nero bribed the Olympic committee to add three rescheduled competitions to the 67 Olympics. Coincidentally, all of them were won by... wait for it... yes! Emperor Nero! Name any one of the three new athletic events suggested, and won, by Nero. |
| Answer | Singing; tragic acting; poetry reciting. |
| Song | Firestarter |
| Artist | The Prodigy |
| Number | 11 |
| Realm | Nero in the 67 Olympics |
| Subrealm | We've Got Nero Trivia for the Next Five Hours, and You'll Love It! |
| Question | Besides his glorious triumphs in singing, acting and poetry reading, Nero also won three previously scheduled events in the 211th Olympics. The most memorable was Nero's victory in the four-horse chariot race. THIS IS A THREE-POINT PLAY. For one point, tell us the small advantage that Nero was given over his competitors in the four-horse chariot race. And for a second point, tell us the small setback which Nero managed to overcome to win the race. |
| Answer | Small Advantage: Nero was allowed to have six extra horses-- ten in all. Small Setback: Nero fell out of his chariot during the race and failed to finish, but was declared the winner anyway. |
| Song | The General Specific |
| Artist | Band of Horses |
| Number | 12 |
| Realm | Daytime TV |
| Subrealm | Take Care of Yourself, and Each Other |
| Question | Many of TV's greatest shocks have come not on prime time, but in the morning or afternoon hours. We watched the Twin Towers fall on a Tuesday morning, and saw Lee Harvey Oswald's murder on a late Sunday morning. But perhaps the biggest, most unexpected daytime TV shock occurred at 11:01 Eastern Standard Time, on Thursday, October 15, 1987. What? |
| Answer | Bob Barker stopped dyeing his hair. |
| Song | Ain't No Stopping Us Now |
| Artist | McFadden and Whitehead |
| Number | 13 |
| Realm | Renaissance Men |
| Subrealm | With Nuclear Hearts |
| Question | In the movie "Iron Man," Tony Stark is a brilliant engineer, a corporate titan and a munitions magnate. He also admits to a personal accomplishment in the field of publishing. What? |
| Answer | Having sex with each of the women on the last 12 covers of Maxim magazine. (Technically, he missed March, but December was twins.) |
| Song | Magazines |
| Artist | the Hold Steady |
| Number | 14 |
| Realm | Animation History |
| Subrealm | Cartoon Chatter |
| Question | Which animated character's voice was provided by the same one person for the longest uninterrupted run, ending only because of the speaker's death? And which current performer has voiced which animated character the longest? |
| Answer | Mel Blanc as Daffy Duck (52 years); Casey Kasem as Shaggy (39 years and counting). |
| Song | Blank Generation |
| Artist | Richard Hell |
| Number | 15 |
| Realm | The Throbbing Pink Worm of Love |
| Subrealm | No, Really |
| Question | When hermaphrodite flatworms mate, how do they decide who is the "man" and who is the "woman"? |
| Answer | They duel with their penises. The loser is impaled and impregnated by the winner. |
| Song | How Deep is Your Love |
| Artist | Take That |
| Note | (So please, follow the advice of Bob Barker, and be sure to have your hermaphrodite flatworms spayed or neutered.) |
| Number | 16 |
| Realm | A Puzzlement! |
| Subrealm | Shall We Ask? |
| Question | In "the King and I," Anna makes a personal promise to the King. What is it? |
| Answer | That she'll keep her head lower than the King's head at all times. |
| Song | Bent |
| Artist | Matchbox 20 |
| Number | 17 |
| Realm | Comic Book Continuity |
| Subrealm | Picky, Picky, Picky |
| Question | Comic book creator Keith Giffen was writing "Legion of Super-Heroes" when DC Comics fired the title's editor, without having a replacement editor ready. During this transitional phase, working with no editorial oversight, Giffen included a scene that caused a major continuity goof in the DC Universe. What was this unnoticed blooper? |
| Answer | He blew up the Earth. |
| Song | My World Fell Down |
| Artist | Sagittarius |
| Number | 18 |
| Realm | Comic Book Planets That Have Yet to Be Blown Up |
| Subrealm | (***sung like "Tomorrow" from "Annie"***) Bizarro, Bizarro... I Love Ya, Bizarro! |
| Question | Bizarro is the backwards version of Superman. He comes from a planet which is the exact opposite of Earth; for example, Bizarro street cleaners spread dirt and garbage all over the sidewalks. THIS IS A THREE-POINT PLAY! What is the most notable feature of the Bizarros' home planet? And what is the Bizarro planet's name? |
| Answer | It's a square cube. The name of the planet is Htrae. (That's "Earth" backwards.) |
| Song | What a Wonderful World |
| Artist | Joey Ramone |
| Number | 19 |
| Realm | Booooo!!! |
| Subrealm | Hissss!!! |
| Question | In one of their umpteen movie lists, AFI picked the 50 greatest villains in American film history. Of the 50 bad guys, 49 of them appeared onscreen. Who is the only AFI greatest villain who is never seen or heard? |
| Answer | The hunter ("Man"), from "Bambi." |
| Song | Dear Mama |
| Artist | 2Pac |
| Number | 20 |
| Realm | Trivia. |
| Subrealm | Williams Trivia. |
| Question | In the movie "Thunderball," what is the secret signal that all of the major governments have agreed to Blofeld's demands? |
| Answer | Big Ben will chime 7 times at 6 o'clock. |
| Song | Right Place Wrong Time |
| Artist | Dr. John |
| Number | 21 |
| Realm | Made It, Ma! |
| Subrealm | Top of the World! |
| Question | Sir Edmund Hillary said that when he reached the summit of Mount Everest, he felt compelled to do this on the peak. What? |
| Answer | Pee on it. |
| Song | Get Over It |
| Artist | OK Go |
| Number | 22 |
| Realm | Save the Planet |
| Subrealm | An Inconvenient Trivia |
| Question | In 2004, it was determined that 180 different species of mammals were "critically endangered." So too were 182 species of bird. But there were 438 "critically endangered" varieties of something else. What? |
| Answer | Languages. |
| Song | A Little Less Conversation |
| Artist | Elvis Presley |
| Note | (A language is officially declared "critically endangered" when it has fewer than 500 living speakers.) |
| Number | 23 |
| Realm | Action Trivia News |
| Subrealm | Serving the Community Since 1966 |
| Question | In "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," what is the name of the scent Brian uses when he really wants to attract women? |
| Answer | Sex Panther |
| Song | The Greatest |
| Artist | Cat Power |
| Number | 24 |
| Realm | Records Are Made to Be Broken |
| Subrealm | Into Tiny Little Bits and Pieces That Are Then Stomped Into Subatomic Oblivion |
| Question | When sports records are broken, usually they are done so only incrementally. But in 2008, a previous record time of about five hours, forty minutes was absolutely shattered, being extended to nearly forty-nine hours. What was that a record time for? |
| Answer | The longest World Series game, from the first pitch to the last. (The game was suspended due to rain.) |
| Song | Splish Splash |
| Artist | Bobby Darin |
| Number | 25 |
| Realm | Overpriced New England Colleges With Too Much Free Time |
| Subrealm | Present Company Excepted, Of Course |
| Question | In November, Middlebury College in Vermont won its second straight championship in which sport? |
| Answer | Quidditch. |
| Song | The Seeker |
| Artist | The Who |
| Number | 26 |
| Realm | Welsh Cuisine |
| Subrealm | Crunchy Frog Tastes Like Chicken |
| Question | The Black Mountains Smokery in Wales was forced to alter their "Welsh Dragon" spicy sausage product to meet government regulations. What about the sausages was unlawful? |
| Answer | The name... because they don't actually contain dragon. |
| Song | Don't Believe the Hype |
| Artist | Public Enemy |
| Note | (Note to self - don't buy baby food in Wales!) |
| DO YOU HEAR IT? IN THE BLACK OF THE NIGHT, DO YOU HEAR IT? THE GUTTERAL HOWL OF THE WOLF? THE REMORSELESS SCREECH OF THE BAT? THE FACELESS, NAMELESS DREAD THAT ENVELOPS US ALL? WELL, YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR IT. IT'S THE RETURN OF THE HORRIBLE SONG QUARTET! | |
| Number | 27 |
| Realm | Re-Re-Re-Re-Recurring Roles |
| Subrealm | Don't Cut Me, Mick |
| Question | Not counting the 30,000 flashbacks, just four characters appear in all six "Rocky" movies. Name them. (Hint: One of the four characters is really, really, really easy to guess.) |
| Answer | Rocky Balboa; Paulie; Duke (Apollo Creed's trainer); Stu (the ringside fight announcer). |
| Song | Sweet Transvestite |
| Artist | the Norwegian production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" |
| Number | 28 |
| Realm | The Most Important Meal of the Day |
| Subrealm | Table for One, Please |
| Question | Suggestion: DON'T make a breakfast date with Judge Richard L. Bohanon. Why not? |
| Answer | He's the only man to be present at both the Oklahoma City bombing, and the World Trade Center attacks. |
| Song | I Was There |
| Artist | Bob Holiday |
| THE HORRIBLE SONG QUARTET CONTINUES... | |
| Number | 29 |
| Realm | Lifelong Pals |
| Subrealm | But Which Life? |
| Question | They met in the Army. No, wait, actually they first met while serving jury duty. On second thought... er, we mean on third thought, they grew up as childhood friends. Who? |
| Answer | The Odd Couple. (The TV series had three different episodes claiming all three of these.) |
| Song | What the Hell Happened to Me? |
| Artist | Adam Sandler |
| Number | 30 |
| Realm | Job Creation the Hard Way |
| Subrealm | Hogwarts |
| Question | There were seven official Defense Against the Dark Arts professors in the "Harry Potter" series. Name them. And for an extra point, there were really eight. Or rather, one of the seven had a little issue, so name the eighth. |
| Answer | Quirrell, Lockhart, Lupin, Moody, Umbridge, Snape and Carrow were the "official" seven. But actually, Moody was impersonated by Barty Crouch, Jr. for his entire term as professor. |
| Song | Miss You |
| Artist | The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra |
| THANKFULLY, THAT CONCLUDES THE HORRIBLE SONG QUARTET. UM, WE THINK. WE'RE A PRETTY SMALL TEAM AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO KEEP COUNT. HMMM, WELL, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE OUR AUDIENCE, AND WE DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU TO FEEL CHEATED. SO, JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, WE NOW GIVE YOU TWO MORE HORRIBLE SONGS! | |
| Number | 31 |
| Realm | Multi-Tasking |
| Subrealm | Renaissance Men of Our Time |
| Question | He is a decorated U.S. Marine who captured Saddam Hussein. He has eluded and/or battled the police on numerous occasions. He graduated from a small liberal arts college. He regenerates body parts. He has ridden on top of a subway car. He once bit Santa Claus. He is a frequent visitor to the White House, and he will become President in 2028. Who is this busy individual? |
| Answer | Bat Boy. |
| Song | Batman |
| Artist | Sam Chalpin |
| Number | 32 |
| Realm | We Interrupt This Contest for a Word By Your Sponsor |
| Subrealm | Act Now! |
| Question | Great commercial spokemen include Tony the Tiger, the Pillsbury Dough Boy, and Chef Boy-Ar-Dee. But we have a special place in our... well, let's say in our heart... for Smilin' Bob. This happy fellow has a cheery attitude towards life. The reason for Smilin' Bob's attitude can be summed up with what three-word phrase? |
| Answer | Natural Male Enhancement. (Smilin' Bob is the face of Enzyte penis enlargement pills.) |
| Song | Can You Feel the Love Tonight? |
| Artist | William Hung |
| AND THAT'S THE END OF THE FIRST-EVER HORRIBLE SIX-SONG QUARTET! | |
| Number | 33 |
| Realm | Gadgets, Geegaws and Contraptions |
| Subrealm | With a Side Order of Doodad |
| Question | The creator of a particular musical instrument later used the same design principles to build a burglar alarm. What instrument? |
| Answer | The theremin. |
| Song | Good Vibrations |
| Artist | the Beach Boys |
| Number | 34 |
| Realm | Fire |
| Subrealm | Pretty, Pretty Fire |
| Question | Pie-O-My died in a fire. Poor Pie-O-My. What was the eventual repercussion of this tragedy? |
| Answer | Tony Soprano killed and decapitated Ralphie. |
| Song | When I Saw You |
| Artist | Mariah Carey |
| Note | (Ralph had killed Tony's horse, Pie-O-My, for the insurance.) |
| Number | 35 |
| Realm | Sneaky Creeps |
| Subrealm | Creepy Sneaks |
| Question | They try to kill Desmond Miles in "Assassin's Creed." In "Deus Ex," they help fight against the Gray Death. And in "Gabriel Knight 3," they protect the secret of the Languedoc. What is this very busy organization, which is apparently behind all video game plots? |
| Answer | The Knights Templar |
| Song | Pilgrimage |
| Artist | R.E.M. |
| Number | 36 |
| Realm | Silly Names |
| Subrealm | Dom Grillo Objects Most Strenuously to the Previous Realm |
| Question | Take Mr. Apollo C. Vermouth, and combine him with L'Angelo Misterioso, Ognir Rrats, and Dwarf McDougal. What do you have? |
| Answer | The Beatles. (Those are pseudonyms for Paul, George, Ringo, and John, respectively.) |
| Song | I Must Be in Love |
| Artist | the Rutles |
| Number | 37 |
| Realm | South Pacific Island Nations |
| Subrealm | Not Yet... Not Yet |
| Question | Which New Zealander is that country's highest-earning sportsman? |
| Answer | Steve Williams, Tiger Woods' caddy. (Accept "Tiger Woods' caddy.") |
| Song | I'll Stand By You |
| Artist | Carrie Underwood |
| Number | 38 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | Baseball Bias |
| Question | Baseball pitcher Eddie Klep faced racism and prejudice during his brief professional career, and was even barred from playing in Birmingham by that city's segregationist police department. Please describe Klep's pioneering role in baseball history. |
| Answer | He was the only white person ever to play in the Negro Leagues. |
| Song | Low |
| Artist | Cracker |
| Number | 39 |
| Realm | Philosophy |
| Subrealm | The Nice Kind |
| Question | Time has been powerless to put its kindly philosophy out of fashion. What? |
| Answer | "The Wizard of Oz." (According to the opening title of the movie.) |
| Song | I Wish It Could Be Xmas Every Day |
| Artist | Wizzard |
| Number | 41 |
| Realm | A-Hunting We Will Go |
| Subrealm | Very Endangered Species |
| Question | What rare mammal are you legally prohibited from hunting in Skamania County, Washington, under penalty of a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail? |
| Answer | Bigfoot. |
| Song | Do or Die |
| Artist | Super Furry Animals |
| Number | 42 |
| Realm | Hollywood Sluts |
| Subrealm | A Redundancy, We Admit |
| Question | In her second-ever movie in 1932, this future Hollywood star played a greedy prostitute. Who? |
| Answer | Shirley Temple. (At age 4.) |
| Song | Lady Picture Show |
| Artist | Stone Temple Pilots |
| Number | 43 |
| Realm | The Eternal Search |
| Subrealm | Help the Needy |
| Question | What does Cornholio need? |
| Answer | "T.P. for my bunghole." |
| Song | Skidmarks on My Heart |
| Artist | the Go-Go's |
| Number | 44 |
| Realm | Recurring Events |
| Subrealm | Heartwarming Ones |
| Question | It happens in the original 1953 "War of the Worlds," and in "The Great Race," and in "Mars Attacks," and in "Armageddon," and in "Team America: World Police," too. And it almost happens-- but not quite-- in "Superman 2." What? |
| Answer | The Eiffel Tower is destroyed. |
| Song | If I Fell |
| Artist | the Beatles |
| Number | 45 |
| Realm | The Sanctity of the Game |
| Subrealm | Ain't What It's Cracked Up to Be |
| Question | We are disgusted, just disgusted, by baseball superstars who cheat their way into the record books by using illicit substances. Of course, we're speaking of Babe Ruth. What performance enhancer did the Bambino ingest, which even today's sleazy sluggers might shy away from? |
| Answer | Sheep testicles. |
| Song | Black Betty |
| Artist | Ram Jam |
| Number | 46 |
| Realm | Wal-Mart |
| Subrealm | Always Low Tolerance |
| Question | Wal-Mart refused to stock this best-selling 2004 book, which was also briefly banned from some Mississippi libraries. Which book, and why? |
| Answer | The Daily Show's "America: The Book." Because of the image of 9 naked Supreme Court Justices. |
| Song | Give Me My Robe |
| Artist | Leontyne Price |
| Number | 47 |
| Realm | This Should Have Been Question #4077 |
| Subrealm | But We Don't Have All Week |
| Question | In the original film version of "M*A*S*H," when Trapper John first arrives in camp, he is carrying with him a particular foodstuff. What? |
| Answer | A jar of olives. |
| Song | Kelly's Heroes |
| Artist | Black Grape |
| Number | 48 |
| Realm | Secret Origins |
| Subrealm | Schmucky Origins |
| Question | Sometimes you become a superhero because your whole planet blows up. Sometimes you become a superhero because your whole family is killed. And sometimes it happens for much stupider reasons. What hero's origin began when he misplaced his wristwatch? |
| Answer | Dr. Manhattan (from "Watchmen"-- he leaves his watch inside a nuclear test chamber, then goes back to retrieve it). |
| Song | Blue |
| Artist | Leann Rimes |
| Number | 49 |
| Realm | Overendowed Mellons |
| Subrealm | No, the University |
| Question | When Andrew Carnegie bequeathed part of his fortune to found Carnegie-Mellon University, he required the school to always offer a certain major. Which major? |
| Answer | A major in bagpipes. |
| Song | Blowin' in the Wind |
| Artist | Peter, Paul and Mary |
| Hint | This major... isn't CRAP! |
| Number | 50 |
| Realm | The Place Where Logic Goes to Die |
| Subrealm | Tim Kring Says You're a Dummy |
| Question | On the increasingly hard-to-take show "Heroes," Hiro time-travels back to his own childhood, and encounters his father, Mr. Sulu. Because it's the past, Hiro's father does not recognize him. Instead, Dad tries to kill Hiro in the kitchen. Hiro holds his own against the expert swordsman, despite a comparative disadvantage in weapons. With what does Hiro successfully protect himself against a samurai sword? |
| Answer | A loaf of French bread. |
| Song | Weapon of Choice |
| Artist | Fatboy Slim |
| Number | 51 |
| Realm | My Blood Runs Cold |
| Subrealm | My Memory Has Just Been Sold |
| Question | The October 1970 issue of Playboy was the first to have twins in the naked centerfold. In April 1972, Cosmopolitan got Burt Reynolds to pose for the first nude centerfold for women. But the August 1977 issue of Hustler magazine broke new ground that perhaps should have been left unbroken. What publishing first did that elegant gent Larry Flynt bestow upon the world? |
| Answer | The first-ever scratch-and-sniff centerfold. |
| Song | Something Fishy |
| Artist | Dolly Parton |
| Number | 52 |
| Realm | First in War, First in Peace... |
| Subrealm | But Second, at First |
| Question | George Washington LOST his first public election, a race for the Virginia House of Burgesses. Even though George didn't change his basic platform for his second try, he won. His turnaround victory was credited to a change in tactics. How did Washington convince Virginia voters the second time around, thus beginning his political career? |
| Answer | He handed out free alcohol. |
| Song | Gulp Gulp |
| Artist | the Wiggles |
| Number | 53 |
| Realm | Williamsiana |
| Subrealm | Standing on Tradition |
| Question | What unique items can you find underneath the front steps of the Robert Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute? |
| Answer | Robert Sterling and Francine Clark. (They're buried there.) |
| Song | Trampled Under Foot |
| Artist | Led Zeppelin |
| Number | 54 |
| Realm | This Question is Realmed... for HER Pleasure |
| Subrealm | The Myth of the Female Orgasm |
| Question | George Taylor invented the first vibrator. Alas, it was 1869, and the first vibrator wasn't quite as convenient as the models that lucky women enjoy today. What was the primary structural difference that today's satisfied customers would notice about Taylor's original model? |
| Answer | It was operated by coal, and required two rooms to house (one for the steam engine). (It was used to provide medical treatments, euphemistically called "hysterical paroxysms.") |
| Song | On Top of Old Smoky |
| Artist | the Weavers |
| Number | 55 |
| Realm | All-Time Yankee Greats |
| Subrealm | Gots Ta Gets Paid |
| Question | For what was Joe DiMaggio paid $704,769? |
| Answer | His entire career. |
| Song | Take This Job and Shove It |
| Artist | Johnny Paycheck |
| Number | 56 |
| Realm | College Sports |
| Subrealm | College Sports for Fake Italians and Mutes |
| Question | In the Marx Brothers movie "Horse Feathers," the Huxley football team beats Darwin College on the very last play of the game. However, it's an unusual football play for many reasons. What are the two biggest? |
| Answer | 1. The winning run is made by a horse. 2. Harpo scores four touchdowns at once. |
| Song | Judy and the Dream of Horses |
| Artist | Belle and Sebastian |
| Number | 57 |
| Realm | Timmy is an Average Kid That No One Understands |
| Subrealm | Mom and Dad and Vicky Always Giving Him Commands |
| Question | On "Fairly Odd Parents," Timmy periodically goes inside his favorite comic book to see his favorite superhero. Who is this mighty protector of all that is good? |
| Answer | The Crimson Chin. |
| Song | Theme from 'Jaws' |
| Artist | John Williams |
| Number | 58 |
| Realm | Get Out of Jail Free |
| Subrealm | And Ride the GWB Railroad |
| Question | Last-minute business is a Presidential tradition. We'll find out about George W. Bush's last sleazy surprises in a few days. Bill Clinton pardoned some of his campaign contributors. George Bush Sr. pardoned the main players in the Iran-Contra secret arms deal. What did William Howard Taft do on his last day in office? |
| Answer | Created the Department of Labor. |
| Song | Work It |
| Artist | Missy Elliott |
| Number | 59 |
| Realm | Movies Lost in Translation |
| Subrealm | But Not the Boring One from Coppola's Kid |
| Question | In Italy, it was
Il mattino ha l' oro in bocca...In Spain, it was No por mucho madrugar amanece más temprano...In Germany, it was Was Du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf Morgen...What is it in English? |
| Answer | "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." |
| Song | Happiness Hotel |
| Artist | The Muppets |
| Note | (That's the phrase typed over and over in various versions of "The Shining." The English pages needed to be replaced by alternate text for foreign-language versions of the film.) |
| Note | Translations: Italian: "He who wakes up early meets a golden day." German: "Don't postpone something, that can be done today." Spanish: "Although one will rise early, it won't dawn sooner." |
| Number | 60 |
| Realm | Video Games and Drugs |
| Subrealm | Yeah... Those Were Seven Good Years |
| Question | What is the fictional drug in "Grand Theft Auto"? |
| Answer | SPANK. |
| Song | Smack That |
| Artist | Akon |
| Number | 61 |
| Realm | Black History Month |
| Subrealm | The Month from 700 Months Ago |
| Question | Who was the first black person to appear on a game show? |
| Answer | Jackie Robinson (in August 1950, as the Mystery Guest on "What's My Line?"). |
| Song | Jack the Lad |
| Artist | Dodgy |
| Number | 62 |
| Realm | Seeing Red |
| Subrealm | Celluloid Commie Claptrap |
| Question | The FBI considered this 1946 movie to be a subversive piece of Communist propaganda, because it vigorously smears good old American values such as wealth, free enterprise and a strong banking system. It glorifies the common man as honest and likeable, while demonizing the successful businessman as mean and dishonest. Comrade, which movie celebrates the proletariat so blatantly? |
| Answer | "It's A Wonderful Life". |
| Song | Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel |
| Artist | Tavares |
| Number | 63 |
| Realm | Miggs |
| Subrealm | Just Miggs |
| Question | Who lived next door to Miggs? |
| Answer | Hannibal Lecter. |
| Song | Won't You Be My Neighbor? |
| Artist | Mr. Rogers |
| Number | 64 |
| Realm | Hel-LO, Sailor! |
| Subrealm | You Taste Salty |
| Question | It's the year 200 B.C. You're a sailor visiting Pompeii, and you're looking for a good time. Unfortunately, you don't speak Latin, or Auruncan, or Volscian, or any of the other languages of the time. How do you find your way to the nearest brothel? |
| Answer | Just follow the penises and testicles engraved on the sidewalks. |
| Song | Concrete and Clay |
| Artist | the Unit 4 + 2 |
| Number | 65 |
| Realm | Threesomes |
| Subrealm | With Hats |
| Question | The first one wears a chef's hat. The second wears a red-striped stocking cap. The third has a military hat. They're an inseparable trio. Who? |
| Answer | Snap, Crackle, and Pop. |
| Song | Pop Goes The World |
| Artist | Men Without Hats |
| Number | 66 |
| Realm | Show Biz Shame |
| Subrealm | Narrowly Avoided |
| Question | In 2000, Brad Roberts was in a near-fatal car wreck. It would have been one of the most embarrassing deaths in entertainment history. Why? |
| Answer | He was the lead singer of the band Crash Test Dummies. |
| Song | Airbag |
| Artist | Radiohead |
| Number | 67 |
| Realm | Live! From Prospect! |
| Subrealm | It's Question #67! |
| Question | As part of its 25th anniversary, "Saturday Night Live" invited almost all of its past hosts to return for the prime time special. A few hosts didn't get the invite, but only because they were dead. Only one living SNL host was snubbed. Who? |
| Answer | O.J. Simpson. |
| Song | I Did It |
| Artist | the Dave Matthews Band |
| Number | 68 |
| Realm | Very Tall Animals |
| Subrealm | What Do YOU Think? |
| Question | We all know that the giraffe is the tallest land animal. We all know that the giraffe is an herbivore. And you can ask any 5-year-old and they'll tell you that the giraffe is an even-toed ungulate ruminant. But in June 2008, the world found out something else that a giraffe is. What? |
| Answer | Kosher. (Rabbi Shlomo Mahfous made the official call, based on university research.) |
| Song | Protect Ya Neck |
| Artist | the Wu-Tang Clan |
| Number | 69 |
| Realm | "I Love You, Claire Bear" |
| Subrealm | We Can't Believe That One Didn't Make the List |
| Question | TV Land chose the top 100 catchphrases in TV history. The longest one is 11 words and it came from "The Incredible Hulk": "Don't make me angry... you wouldn't like me when I'm angry." Conversely, eight of the 100 catchphrases aren't really phrases at all, because they're just one word long. THIS IS A THREE POINT PLAY. Name any three of the one-word TV catchphrases for one point, or any five for two points: |
| Answer | "Aaaaay!" (Fonzie) "BAM!" (Emeril) "D'oh!" (Homer) "Dy-no-MITE!" (J.J.) "NORM!" (alcoholics) "SchWING!" (Wayne and Garth) "Stifle!" (Archie) "Whasssup!" (alcoholics). |
| Song | There! I've Said It Again |
| Artist | Bobby Vinton |
| Number | 70 |
| Realm | Football in the Movies |
| Subrealm | Non-Marx Brothers Division |
| Question | What is the top-grossing football movie of all time? |
| Answer | "The Waterboy." |
| Song | You Can Do It |
| Artist | Ice Cube |
| Number | 71 |
| Realm | The Iraq Occupation |
| Subrealm | Wartime is Playtime |
| Question | What kids' toy is currently helping soldiers in Iraq detect the nearly-invisible trip wires for bombs planted inside buildings? |
| Answer | Silly String. |
| Song | X Hits the Spot |
| Artist | the Strands |
| Note | (Soldiers squirt strands across the room. If they fall to the floor, no problem. If they hang in the air, it reveals the wires.) |
| Number | 72 |
| Realm | That Classic London Fog |
| Subrealm | Is Rich with Dangerous Toxins |
| Question | Environmental researchers from the University of Birmingham are trying to analyze the historic air quality of London's fogs and pollution. It's a tricky task, because pollution levels weren't routinely recorded over a century ago. However, by taking astronomical records, and comparing the solar positioning to contemporary visual evidence of the day, the researchers believe they've come up with accurate atmospheric readings. The visual sources being used date from 1903-1904; what are they? |
| Answer | Paintings by Claude Monet. (The ones depicting a series of light changes upon London's Parliament building.) |
| Song | Choice of Colors |
| Artist | the Impressions |
| Number | 73 |
| Realm | Academia |
| Subrealm | Bypassing the Honor Code |
| Question | The University of Oregon handbook on student conduct had a small problem. What was it? |
| Answer | The section that deals with plagiarism was copied (from the Stanford handbook). |
| Song | Baby I'm for Real |
| Artist | the Originals |
| Number | 74 |
| Realm | Anthropomorphic Desk Lamps |
| Subrealm | Pixar |
| Question | Pixar is a studio where new talent gets the chance to shine. 58 people got their first-ever Hollywood credit for "Wall-E." Sixty people got theirs for "Ratatouille." 57 people debuted with "The Incredibles." What specific screen credit has been shared by over 400 newcomers on Pixar films since 1995? |
| Answer | "Production Babies." (These are the babies born to the crew during the making of each film.) |
| Song | Young Folks |
| Artist | Peter, Bjorn and John |
| Number | 75 |
| Realm | The Thrill of Victory |
| Subrealm | The Agony of Scheduling |
| Question | During the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, what was the main logistical problem with the U.S. hockey team? |
| Answer | Two different teams showed up, each claiming the right to represent the United States. |
| Song | Us and Them |
| Artist | Pink Floyd |
| Number | 76 |
| Realm | This Trivia Question is a Hundred Years Old |
| Subrealm | Are You One!? Are You Two!? Are You Three!? Are You...!? |
| Question | Benjamin Foulois held a unique military distinction from 1909 to 1911. What? |
| Answer | He was the world's only air force. |
| Song | Magic |
| Artist | Pilot |
| Note | (*Foulois was trained by Orville Wright, flew the army's only airplane, and was the first person to add features such as a seatbelt, radio, and wheels.) |
| Number | 77 |
| Realm | Miscellaneous Miscellany |
| Subrealm | Random Randomness |
| Question | Lego pieces. Post-It notes. Cheese. Chalk. Ice. Catsup. Dominoes. A leg tattoo. Balloons. Bubblegum. An Etch-a-Sketch. Balloons. Sand. What aesthetic twist do all these things have in common? |
| Answer | They are media in which different artists have rendered portraits of the 'Late Show's Biff Henderson. |
| Song | The Way You Look Tonight |
| Artist | the Lettermen |
| Number | 78 |
| Realm | Death |
| Subrealm | Oh, That This Too Too Solid Flesh Should Melt! |
| Question | There's a cemetery in Waterbury, Vermont, that is unlike any other in the world. What unique items are buried there? |
| Answer | Retired Ben and Jerry's flavors. (The cemetery is behind their factory.) |
| Song | Sugar Magnolia |
| Artist | The Grateful Dead |
| Number | 79 |
| Realm | An Old Favorite |
| Subrealm | Dear Dear Tonga, We Stand On Guard For Thee |
| Question | What videogame's end credits allow you to wrench the island nation of Tonga up and out of the surface of the Earth? |
| Answer | Katamari Damacy. (Accept "We Love Katamari.") |
| Song | Hang Fire |
| Artist | the Rolling Stones |
| Number | 80 |
| Realm | Advertising |
| Subrealm | The Soft Sell is Preferred |
| Question | For quite a long while, an outdoor advertisement for FLAV-R-PAC, Oregon's Own Frozen Fresh Products, got limited attention. In May, 1991, that changed, thanks to the actions of one 28-year-old man. But the advertisement changed appearance due to those actions. What happened? |
| Answer | Rodney McCray is the baseball outfielder who ran through the yellow wall while chasing a fly ball, in a sports blooper played ever since. |
| Song | Break On Through (to the Other Side) |
| Artist | the Doors |
| Number | 81 |
| Realm | Free Michael Jackson! |
| Subrealm | He Has to Be On Set! |
| Question | We hope the announced 2009 Jackson Five reunion goes more smoothly than the last one did. When the brothers got together to film the video for their forgettable 1984 comeback song "Torture," Michael Jackson never showed up. Who replaced Michael in the music video? |
| Answer | A wax dummy of Michael Jackson (from Madame Tussaud's museum). |
| Song | Makes No Difference |
| Artist | Sum 41 |
| Number | 82 |
| Realm | College Sports Memorabilia |
| Subrealm | But Not Regulation |
| Question | The College Football Hall of Fame is located in South Bend, Indiana. It proudly displays a particular piece of equipment from the 1982 season, even though it is damaged, and even though it was never supposed to be used in a regulation college football game. What is it? |
| Answer | The dented trombone from the Stanford marching band, and the five-lateral Cal win. |
| Song | Band on the Run |
| Artist | Paul McCartney and Wings |
| Number | 83 |
| Realm | The High Price of Gas |
| Subrealm | It's Imperative That You Answer This |
| Question | "Have a Coke and a smile." "Always Coca-Cola." "It's the real thing." "Things go better with Coke." "The pause that refreshes." "I'd like to buy the world a Coke." In more than a century, the Coca-Cola company has used dozens of slogans, all of which were carefully crafted by the top copywriters in the business, and tested by major ad agencies. But the company's longest-lasting slogan was its first. What was Coca-Cola's original promotional slogan? |
| Answer | "Drink Coca-Cola." |
| Song | I Like It |
| Artist | Gerry and the Pacemakers |
| Number | 84 |
| Realm | Movie Time |
| Subrealm | Out of Time |
| Question | What movie character shoots himself less than one minute into the 1980s? |
| Answer | Little Bill (from "Boogie Nights"). |
| Song | Hello, I Must Be Going |
| Artist | Groucho Marx |
| Number | 85 |
| Realm | Culture |
| Subrealm | Sesame Street |
| Question | On the "Monsterpiece Theater" production of "The King and I," who played the two title characters? |
| Answer | The King was played by Grover. I was played by the letter I. |
| Song | I (Who Have Nothing) |
| Artist | Tom Jones |
| Number | 86 |
| Realm | One Role |
| Subrealm | Multiple Actors |
| Question | The role of James Bond has been played by many actors. However, they did it one at a time, in different movies. Which 1995 big screen title character was played in the same movie by 48 different actors? |
| Answer | Babe. |
| Song | Boys in Bars |
| Artist | the Bacon Brothers |
| Number | 87 |
| Realm | Movie Quotes |
| Subrealm | Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich |
| Question | What all-purpose excuse does Valmont use (and use, and re-use) in "Dangerous Liaisons"? |
| Answer | "It's beyond my control." |
| Song | I Can't Help Myself |
| Artist | The Four Tops |
| Number | 88 |
| Realm | The One Truly Fine Sport |
| Subrealm | Involving Boogeymen, Midgets and Transvestites |
| Question | In pro wrestling, there are hundreds of champions. And there are many Hall of Famers. But only a select few belong to a truly elite pantheon. What unique and exclusive membership links Shawn Michaels to Jim Ross, William Regal, Shane McMahon, Marty Jannetty, and Mick Foley? |
| Answer | They're members of Mr. McMahon's "Kiss My Ass" Club. |
| Song | Cheek to Cheek |
| Artist | Fred Astaire |
| Number | 89 |
| Realm | Politics |
| Subrealm | May The Best Man Win |
| Question | Some partisan, cynical people questioned Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's qualifications for high office, perhaps because of the less-than-comprehensive legal standard for eligibility. The same kind of unhappy controversy never cropped up during the 3rd-century reign of Roman Emperor Elagabalus. According to Edward Gibbon, author of "The Rise and Fall of the Roman Emperor," by what criteria did Elagabalus appoint his ministers? |
| Answer | Penis size. (Or as Edward Gibbon more classily put it, "enormitate membrorum.") |
| Song | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot |
| Artist | Paul Robeson |
| Number | 90 |
| Realm | We Like Ike |
| Subrealm | But Maybe Not This Much |
| Question | Dwight David Eisenhower has made over 2,700 non-speaking appearances on the same TV show since 1993. But there's a catch. We beg you to explain. |
| Answer | An Eisenhower coffee cup sits on Conan O'Brien's desk. |
| Song | Fingerpoppin |
| Artist | Ike and Tina Turner |
| Number | 91 |
| Realm | (***panting and breathing, as if running***) |
| Subrealm | It's! |
| Question | The very last time all six members of the Monty Python troupe appeared together in public, what were they doing? |
| Answer | Sitting silently inside a cupboard. (This occurred on a 20th anniversary TV special. Host Steve Martin opened a door to reveal them inside.) |
| Song | Zero |
| Artist | Smashing Pumpkins |
| Number | 92 |
| Realm | Virgin Births |
| Subrealm | We're Gonna Need More Myrrh |
| Question | A standard nativity scene includes the Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph, the Three Wise Men, and assorted animals and shepherds. But for a full and complete nativity in the Catalan culture in Southern Europe, you need to add the caganer (pronounced "ka-ya-NAY"). Who is the caganer, and what is he doing at the sacred birth of Christ? |
| Answer | "Caganer" means "pooper"; the figure has its pants down and is defecating. |
| Song | Big Log |
| Artist | Robert Plant |
| Number | 93 |
| Realm | It's Just Lines on Paper, Folks! |
| Subrealm | R. Crumb |
| Question | In 1993, the cartoonist Robert Crumb traded away six of his private sketchbooks. What did he get in return? |
| Answer | A house in France. |
| Song | Keep On Truckin' |
| Artist | Eddie Kendricks |
| Number | 94 |
| Realm | Computers |
| Subrealm | Dude, You're Getting a Question |
| Question | Nine-year-old Shea O'Gorman loves her iPod so much, she sent a letter to Apple president Steve Jobs suggesting some cool improvements. Apple responded right away. What did they send Little Shea? |
| Answer | A "cease and desist" letter threatening prosecution. (Accept anything along these lines.) |
| Song | Criminal |
| Artist | Fiona Apple |
| Number | 95 |
| Realm | Virtual Reality Vixens |
| Subrealm | Who Needs Real People? |
| Question | She supposedly represents aggressiveness, sensuality, and glamour, but it's not clear precisely who she is. In fact, her MySpace page merely invites you to text her with a guess as to her identity. Who is this strange, newly-created being? |
| Answer | Sasha Fierce (Beyonce's new stage personality, of the album "I Am...Sasha Fierce") |
| Song | You Are My Destiny |
| Artist | Paul Anka |
| Number | 96 |
| Realm | Football |
| Subrealm | The Real Kind |
| Question | An all-time unbreakable sports record was set in the 2006 World Cup by Croatia's Josip Simunic, who did something three times in the same game. What? |
| Answer | Received a yellow card. |
| Song | I'll Stick Around |
| Artist | the Foo Fighters |
| Note | (By the rules, a player is ejected from a game if he gets 2 yellow cards. However, the referee failed to send Simunic out after the second, and subsequently issued a third.) |
| Number | 97 |
| Realm | Hollywood Wardrobes |
| Subrealm | Odd Ones |
| Question | The lead actor in this movie received an Oscar nomination for a performance in which he filmed several scenes wearing a shirt reading "KROY WEN". Name the movie, and the meaning behind the shirt. |
| Answer | Gary Cooper, "Pride of the Yankees." Lou Gehrig was lefthanded, so the righthanded Cooper wore a backwards "NEW YORK" uniform and the footage was reversed. |
| Song | Turn Around, Look at Me |
| Artist | the Vogues |
| Number | 98 |
| Realm | The Psychotic, Delusional Visions of Budding Juvenile Sociopaths |
| Subrealm | "Calvin and Hobbes" |
| Question | List any three of the four inventions made out of a cardboard box by Calvin. |
| Answer | Transmogrifier; the Duplicator; time machine; Cerebral Enhance-o-tron. |
| Song | Cry Like a Baby |
| Artist | the Box Tops |
| Number | 99 |
| Realm | Boom, Boom, Ain't It Great to Be Crazy? |
| Subrealm | No, Actually |
| Question | Before committing his mass murder at Columbine High School, Eric Harris had recently completed an elective class outside the school. What was the subject of the class? |
| Answer | Anger management. |
| Song | When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) |
| Artist | Perry Como |
| Number | 100 |
| Realm | Razzenfrazzen Fur-Bearin' Critters |
| Subrealm | Wascally Wabbits |
| Question | You are Bugs Bunny. While attending a boxing match, The Crusher takes offense to your heckling and chooses you as his opponent. A fake fainting spell buys you some time. But when the Crusher punches you with his brick-covered fist, it looks bad. Time for a little strag-ety. You wrap Crusher like a mummy. You cover your shoes with axle grease. And it's a good thing you brought that giant slingshot and boulder. Finally, in the 110th round, the Crusher ties you to the railroad tracks that go through the middle of the ring (did we mention those?). A speeding train barrels towards you. The ropes are too tight to escape. The train zooms closer... closer. How, Bugs Bunny, do you escape your fate? |
| Answer | By cutting the film with scissors. (Accept: "The film breaks.") |
| Song | I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight |
| Artist | Cutting Crew |
| Number | 101 |
| Realm | Air Travel |
| Subrealm | I Recognize That Cloud |
| Question | The Vatican has its own airline. But it's still subject to the war on terror. When its maiden flight returned in 2007, what item was confiscated from all the passengers? |
| Answer | Holy water from Lourdes. (The Madonna-shaped containers distributed by the Vatican held more than 3 ounces.) |
| Song | Girl on the Wing |
| Artist | the Shins |
| Number | 102 |
| Realm | The 2008 Election |
| Subrealm | The Geriatric Demographic |
| Question | During the campaign season, one group of Jewish Democrats started a movement whereby young, liberal Jews in Northern states went to Florida to convince their more conservative grandparents that it was okay to vote for a guy named "Barack Hussein Obama." What was the official name of this movement? |
| Answer | "The Great Schlep." |
| Song | You Won't Succeed On Broadway If You Don't Have Any Jews |
| Artist | Spamalot |
| Number | 103 |
| Realm | Fred |
| Subrealm | Just Fred |
| Question | In 1894, Fred Ott appeared in his first motion picture, "Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze." Later in 1894, Fred Ott appeared in his second and LAST motion picture, "Fred Ott Holding a Bird." By so doing, Ott achieved a rare, infinite number. What kind of number? |
| Answer | As the only performer in each of his only two films, Fred Ott can't be linked to Kevin Bacon. |
| Song | Invisible Man |
| Artist | 98 Degrees |
| Number | 104 |
| Realm | Google This! |
| Subrealm | Miss Spellings, Other Than Tori |
| Question | What is the public's most commonly misspelled word into internet search engines? |
| Answer | "Restaurant." |
| Song | It Isn't Right |
| Artist | The Platters |
| Number | 105 |
| Realm | Don't Litter |
| Subrealm | In Disneyland |
| Question | The Haunted Mansion is experiencing a major increase in people getting rid of a certain item while on the attraction. What is it that is getting dumped during the ride? |
| Answer | Cremation ashes. |
| Song | Blow Me Away |
| Artist | Breaking Benjamin |
| Note | No points for the song on this Q; the other phone/IM people had "Blow Away" by George Harrison for this question |
| Number | 106 |
| Realm | 24, Divided By Two And A Half, Times CSI, Into SVU |
| Subrealm | TV Salaries |
| Question | TV Guide recently revealed the top per-episode salaries for TV prime-time series. Charlie Sheen topped the list at $825,000 an episode, followed by William Petersen, Kiefer Sutherland, and Mariska Hargitay. The next five people on the list all work for the same show, and each earns $400,000 per episode. THIS IS A THREE-POINT PLAY! For the first point, name the show. For the extra point, name all five actors. |
| Answer | It's the top five voice actors for "The Simpsons." They are Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith and Hank Azaria. |
| Song | Lights and Sounds |
| Artist | Yellowcard |
| Number | 107 |
| Realm | Save Money. |
| Subrealm | Live Better. |
| Question | According to an economics study, what happens to the average local resident whenever a Wal-Mart or similar big box store is opened in their community? |
| Answer | They lose weight. |
| Song | Feed the Tree |
| Artist | Belly |
| Note | (The researchers aren't sure why.) |