Beautiful Human Submarines
May 12-13, 2017
On-Air Questions and Songs
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| Number | 1 |
| Realm | Unusual Euphemisms |
| Subrealm | From Unlikely Celebrities |
| Question | This phrase was given to us, somewhat unintentionally, by famous-for-15-seconds Ken Bone as a term to describe attractive pregnant women - or trivia champions. |
| Answer | Beautiful Human Submarines |
| Song | Yellow Submarine |
| Artist | The Beatles |
| Hint | Remember your hosts |
| Note | Ken Bone was a man who wore a red sweater. He was selected to ask a question of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during their second debate in October, 2016. He was initially hailed as a hero for his unpretentious look, and because at that time everyone was completely sick of the election but unable to turn their eyes away. But then it came out that he had a little bit of a past on the internet... |
| Number | 2 |
| Realm | Sports |
| Subrealm | Fake Sports |
| Question | This WWE Hall of Famer, described in his Hall of Fame bio as one of the most famous men in the world. Perhaps his most famous in-ring moment included shaving CEO Vince McMahon's head before recieving a Stone Cold Stunner from Steve Austin |
| Answer | Donald Trump |
| Song | The Time is Now |
| Artist | John Cena |
| Hint | He has moved on to a more glamorous job |
| Number | 3 |
| Realm | Potent Potables |
| Subrealm | Just Kidding - Famous Germans |
| Question | 2017 College Jeopardy champion Lilly Chin gave what winning question to the answer "Astronomer who began his epitaph, "I used to measure the heavens, now I shall measure the shadows of Earth" |
| Answer | Who is the Spiciest Memelord? |
| Song | I Lost on Jeopardy |
| Artist | Weird Al Yankovic |
| Hint | It was a run-away and she ignored the question |
| Note | Lilly Chin was a senior at MIT at the time, and that was her answer in the final Final Jeopardy of the tournament. She already had a runaway victory, so the answer didn't matter. She told Alex Trebek the answer was a shoutout to her friends at home who watch meme videos all the time. |
| Number | 4 |
| Realm | Mr. President |
| Subrealm | Get Down! |
| Question | Many speculated what Barack Obama might be up to after his Presidency ended. One streaming service stepped up to offer the POTUS what new role? |
| Answer | President of Playlists |
| Song | Funky President |
| Artist | James Brown |
| Hint | Spotify never got an answer. |
| Note | The job listing said "A Nobel Prize and 'experience in programming playlists at a federal level' are big pluses for the gig." |
| Number | 5 |
| Realm | Times of Trouble |
| Subrealm | Mother Russia Comforts Me |
| Question | This Tsar was cannonized... sort of. After ascending the throne as an imposter, he was sent back to Poland in a hurry. |
| Answer | False Dmitri I |
| Song | Ra-Ra-Rapsutin |
| Artist | Boney M. |
| Hint | Different kind of cannonization... |
| Note | The man known as False Dmitri I was probably named Grigoriy Otrepyev, and he became tsar by pretending to be the son of Ivan the Terrible. The son had probably died. False Dmitry may have been the illegitimate son of the Polish king. He was tsar for 11 months before being killed by an angry mob. His body was cremated and then allegedly shot from a cannon toward Poland. |
| Number | 6 |
| Realm | Pickup lines |
| Subrealm | For My Honey |
| Question | Film buffs might recall this pickup line that Barry Benson utters, but ultimately does not use, on Vanessa Bloome. |
| Answer | Ya like Jazz? |
| Song | Imma Be |
| Artist | The Black Eyed Peas |
| Hint | Picture Jerry Seinfeld but more yellow |
| Note | The characters are from The Bee Movie starring Jerry Seinfeld. |
| Number | 7 |
| Realm | Codenames |
| Subrealm | for Yesterday |
| Question | If A is for Alex, D is for Dean, M is for Matty, and R is for Ruth, what is L for? |
| Answer | Lajoie |
| Song | Ichiro's Theme |
| Artist | Ben Gibbard |
| Hint | Y is for Young - The magnificent Cy |
| Note | These are lyrics from the poem Line-Up For Yesterday, written by Ogden Nash in 1949. |
| Number | 8 |
| Realm | Not The Hero We Need |
| Subrealm | The Hero We Deserve |
| Question | Over the past year, he has made headlines for a number of things, stopping to pet cats during a police chase, hacking a bank and trying to steal several billion dollars because "Jesus wanted [him] to be rich", and stealing a gumball machine under the guise of a gumball repairman - all of which led to his arrest. |
| Answer | Florida man |
| Song | Green Light |
| Artist | Pitbull ft. Flo Rida |
| Hint | He's actually a few people in one place |
| Note | Florida Man is a twitter handle which regularly dispenses news about sordid and ridiculous crimes in the Sunshine State. |
| Number | 9 |
| Realm | Williams Superiorty |
| Subrealm | In Things That Matter |
| Question | Three-Point-Play - name the Williams faculty member who is reading this question. Every year, the math departments of Williams and Middlebury compete for this esteemed object that the winners hold for a year. |
| Answer | Answer: Green Chicken. Reader: Professor Mihai Stoiciu |
| Song | The Chicken Song |
| Artist | The Chicken Song |
| Note | The Green Chicken is a ceramic soup tureen that has served as a trophy for the Williams-Middlebury math competition since 1977. Your archivist had the honor of being presented the chicken by Williams president Frank Oakley at halftime of the Williams-Middlebury football game in the fall of 1987. |
| Number | 10 |
| Realm | Mantras |
| Subrealm | Of the Forlorn |
| Question | Supporters of Chu Chu Maduabum, J.P. Tokoto, Willy Hernangomez, and Sam Hinkie rallied under this motto of faith and patience. |
| Answer | Trust the Process |
| Song | Philadelphia Freedom |
| Artist | Elton John |
| Hint | Ask someone in the 215 area code |
| Note | The Philadelphia 76ers achieved a comeback by intentionally failing for 3 seasons, in order to gain high draft picks. That was "the process". |
| Number | 11 |
| Realm | Milk's Favorite Cookie |
| Subrealm | And Its Side-Effects |
| Question | Oreo's made headlines lately after a new novelty flavor had some unsual effects on customers. What surprising effect befell those who ate spring's seasonal offering? |
| Answer | Their poo turned pink |
| Song | Raise Your Glass |
| Artist | P!nk |
| Hint | It's as gross as you think. |
| Number | 12 |
| Realm | American Rulers |
| Subrealm | And Mexican Protectors |
| Question | Some may refer to Donald Trump as the "God Emperor", but the U.S. did once have an emperor who was recognized by Congress. What is the name of this legendary leader of our country? |
| Answer | Emperor Norton |
| Song | Empire State of Mind |
| Artist | Jay-Z |
| Hint | Don't say "Frisco" around him. |
| Note | Joshua Abraham Norton was a San Franciscan who declared himself emperor of the United States in 1859. |
| Number | 13 |
| Realm | Adventurers |
| Subrealm | of the 20th Century |
| Question | This man, voted most trusted man of his native counrty and a one-time travel companion of Neil Armstrong, is falsely believed to be the namesake of a former US Secretary of State. |
| Answer | Edmund Hillary |
| Song | Mountain Sound |
| Artist | Of Monsters and Men |
| Hint | Lock him up! |
| Note | Edmund Hillary and Neil Armstrong took a plane trip to the North Pole together in 1985. Hillary became the first man to stand at both poles and on top of Mt. Everest. |
| Number | 14 |
| Realm | Going Downhill |
| Subrealm | Better Than Your Peers |
| Question | With eight Olympic gold medals, 20 World Championship medals, and multiple national Sportsperson of the Year awards, we are living through the career of one of the greatest athletes in the history of his sport. Who is this impressive Norwegian? |
| Answer | Ole Einar Bjørndalen |
| Song | The Sun Always Shines on TV |
| Artist | a-ha |
| Hint | Just look at the medal table! |
| Note | Bjørndalen is known as "The King of Biathalon". He is the most medaled Winter Olympian in the history of the Olympic Games. |
| Number | 15 |
| Realm | Casting Calls |
| Subrealm | For Iconic Roles |
| Question | Before settling on the actor who finally played this role, other considerations included Bill Murray, Chirs Farley, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Nic Cage. |
| Answer | Shrek |
| Song | All Star |
| Artist | Smash Mouth |
| Hint | This question has layers. |
| Number | 16 |
| Realm | Defense |
| Subrealm | Wins Lance-ionships |
| Question | The Indiana Pacers employed an unorthodox method to slow down LeBron James in the 2014 NBA Playoffs. How did they try to distract LeBron? |
| Answer | Blowing into his ear |
| Song | In One Ear |
| Artist | Cage The Elephant |
| Hint | Song title is relevant |
| Note | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz3wvCNnF98 |
| Number | 17 |
| Realm | YouTube Celebrities |
| Subrealm | And Their Downfalls |
| Question | Recently, YouTube superstar PewDiePie got into hot water amidst claims of antisemitism in his videos. What Israeli-based cash-for-jobs website was at the heart of this scandal? |
| Answer | Fiverr |
| Song | Take Five |
| Artist | Dave Brubeck |
| Hint | App name is British slang, YouTuber is Swedish. |
| Note | As a "joke", Pewdiepie paid two Indian men on Fiverr to hold up a sign that read "Death To All Jews." It didn't go well for him after that. |
| Number | 18 |
| Realm | SNL Alums |
| Subrealm | Where Are They Now |
| Question | Comedy actor and SNL alumnus Dan Aykroyd now sells glass skulls full of diamond filtered what? |
| Answer | Vodka |
| Song | Soul Man |
| Artist | The Blues Brothers |
| Hint | Potent potables |
| Note | Crystal Head Vodka is quadruple-distilled and heptuple-filtered. It has won numerous awards. |
| Number | 19 |
| Realm | Big in Japan |
| Subrealm | Well, Technically Korea |
| Question | This American man has held a number of jobs including working as a brewer and as a mariner, but earned the monikor "God" when he worked abroad in South Korea. |
| Answer | Eric Thames |
| Song | What If God Was One of Us |
| Artist | Joan Osbourne |
| Hint | His primary job involves dealing with bats. |
| Note | Eric Thames is a baseball outfielder who has played for the Milwaukee Brewers and the Seattle Mariners, as well as the NC Dinos of the KBO League. |
| Number | 20 |
| Realm | Netflix |
| Subrealm | And Chill |
| Question | Netflix is becoming so ubitqitous that their CEO recently identified what, rather than cable TV, as the biggest competition to the product? |
| Answer | Sleep |
| Song | Lady Marmalade |
| Artist | La Belle |
| Hint | What goes with Netflix? |
| Number | 21 |
| Realm | Dying |
| Subrealm | While Doing What You Love |
| Question | A 67-year old man died last year at Marina Bay Sands station in Singapore immediately after accomplishing what feat? |
| Answer | Catching a Lapras on Pokemon Go |
| Song | Pallet Town |
| Artist | Pokemon |
| Hint | An impressive feat... for summer of 2016. |
| Note | The Pokemon Go craze swept the world in the summer of 2016. 67-year-old Liang Weiming was an avid Pokemon Go player who had a level 28 account and a collection of over 200 creatures. The Lapras is one of the rarest of all Pokemon, and according to Weiming's wife, the excitement of the catch caused him to have a heart attack right on the spot. |
| Number | 22 |
| Realm | Fake News |
| Subrealm | As A Lifelong Career |
| Question | Much maligned White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is no stranger to the White House spotlight. What PR job did Spicer hold, albeit briefly, in 2007 and 2008? |
| Answer | Easter Bunny at the Easter Egg Roll |
| Song | White Rabbit |
| Artist | Jefferson Airplane |
| Hint | It was a seasonal position... |
| Note | In 2017 Melissa McCarthy appeared as Spicer a number of times on Saturday Night Live, and in one skit he was the Easter Bunny. |
| Number | 23 |
| Realm | Arts and Sciences |
| Subrealm | May They Never Meet |
| Question | Three-Point-Play - name the Williams faculty member reading this question. In 1961, the IBM 704 became the first computer to sing, producing a synthesized voice to the tune of this song - a detail mirrored in 2001: A Space Odyssey. |
| Answer | Answer: Daisy Bell or "A Bicycle Built for Two". Reader: Professor Joe Cruz |
| Song | Also sprach Zarathustra |
| Artist | Richard Strauss |
| Number | 24 |
| Realm | Girls |
| Subrealm | Just Want to Have Fun |
| Question | A Jerusalem Rabbi recently decreed that this provocative activity would be banned for girls over 5 years old, noting that it could "cause serious damage to their modesty." |
| Answer | Riding a bike |
| Song | Bicycle Race |
| Artist | Queen |
| Hint | Song title is relevant |
| Note | The rabbi is an ultra-orthodox leader from the Jerusalem neighborhood of Nahloat. He said young girls riding bicycles could "cause serious damage to their modesty" and that bicycle seats caused young girls to sit in a way men found "provocative". |
| Number | 25 |
| Realm | Masculinity |
| Subrealm | Personified |
| Question | Teddy Roosevelt and Earnest Hemmingway, two men not exactly known for their chic fashion senses, were however known as frequent customers of which outlet? |
| Answer | Abercrombie & Fitch |
| Song | Pumped Up Kicks |
| Artist | Foster The People |
| Hint | What did these two guys like to buy? |
| Note | Before they changed their business model to selling highly sexualized clothing for college students, Abercrombie & Fitch made their name selling camping equipment, fishing rods, and hunting rifles for the elite. Every president from Roosevelt to Gerald Ford bought something there. |
| Number | 26 |
| Realm | Dress |
| Subrealm | To Kill |
| Question | According to some possibly apocryphal tales, an eighteenth century haberdasher caused quite a scene when this accessory was first worn in public, causing women to faint, dogs to yelp, and a young boy to break his arm. |
| Answer | A tophat |
| Song | Sharp Dressed Man |
| Artist | ZZ Top |
| Hint | They called him Baberaham Lincoln for a reason |
| Note | The probably-fictional haberdasher was named John Hetherington, and the supposed date of the riot was January 15, 1797. The story first appeared in the Hatter's Gazette in the late 1890s. |
| Number | 27 |
| Realm | All That Glitters |
| Subrealm | Should Be Sold |
| Question | These aesthetic installments caused quite a stir at Williams College over the past year, prompting some students to argue for them to be sold in order to hire more psychological services staff members. |
| Answer | Marble Slabs |
| Song | Jenny From the Block |
| Artist | Jennifer Lopez |
| Hint | Couldn't we have just got linoleum? |
| Note | The marble slabs in question are on the quad outside the new Sawyer Library. They cost an estimated $10,000 apiece. The installation prompted a change.org petition that has received over 500 supporters. |
| Number | 28 |
| Realm | More Famous People |
| Subrealm | Still None From My Kitchen |
| Question | Drew Carey, Chairman Mao's third wife Jiang Ching, and former Rolaids Reliever of the Year Antonio Alfonseca are united by what distintion? |
| Answer | Six toes on one foot |
| Song | Mambo Number 5 |
| Artist | Lou Bega |
| Hint | Alfonseca is sometimes called "El Pulpo" |
| Note | The realm (and the realm of questions 49 and 80) refers to the iconic episode of Cheers in which Cliff appears on Jeopardy, and his Final Jeopardy response to the prompt "Archibald Leach, Bernard Schwartz and Lucille LeSueur" is "Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?". He then gets in a fight with Alex Trebek, arguing that his answer is technically correct. |
| Number | 29 |
| Realm | City of Lights |
| Subrealm | And Cities of Blight |
| Question | In Gallic-Rome, the city currently known as Paris was called Lutetia. What present-day English city has a name that shares a meaning with Lutetia? |
| Answer | Slough |
| Song | Handbags and Gladrags (the Office Theme Song) |
| Artist | Big George |
| Hint | It's like Scranton, but more English. |
| Note | There is some disagreement over the origins of the name Lutetia, but the Celtic root luto- or luteuo- means "marsh" or "swamp", as does slough. |
| Number | 30 |
| Realm | Are You My Mother? |
| Subrealm | Would You Like to Be? |
| Question | Japan has one of the world's highest adoption rates in the world - what is unusual about the large majority of Japanese adoptees? |
| Answer | They are adult men |
| Song | Discovering Japan |
| Artist | Graham Parker |
| Hint | Think of an adoptee. Now think of the opposite. |
| Note | Japanese adult adoption was developed as a mechanism for families to extend their family name, estate and ancestry without an unwieldy reliance on blood lines. It first became common in the Edo period, which began around 1600. |
| Number | 31 |
| Realm | Power Brokers |
| Subrealm | And the Powers they Broker |
| Question | Andrea Aritoli has been a contact and beneficiary to luminaries including Putin, Obama, Saddam Hussein, and Pope John Paul II. On what important matter have all these figures contracted Aritoli's services? |
| Answer | Shoes |
| Song | We Didn't Start the Fire |
| Artist | Billy Joel |
| Hint | Bush had some experience dodging this topic as well. |
| Note | Artioli is "Shoemaker to the Stars". The hint refers to the time that George W. Bush gave a press conference in Iraq, and had to dodge out of the way when an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at the president. |
| Number | 32 |
| Realm | Famous Residences |
| Subrealm | And Their Famous Residents |
| Question | The Tower of London has served many roles over the years. In the 19th century, it was briefly the home to Old Martin, a companion of George III. Who was Old Martin? |
| Answer | A grizzly bear |
| Song | Two Weeks |
| Artist | Grizzly Bear |
| Hint | Betsy DeVos and Stephen Colbert would have you know that this is a threat. |
| Note | The hint refers to the fact that billionaire charter school advocate Betsy DeVos, in her confirmation hearing to become Secretary of Education, refused to say that guns should be kept out of schools. She cited the example of a school in Wyoming that had erected a fence to keep out wildlife. "I think probably there, I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies," DeVos said. One of the recurring bits on the Colbert Report was the "Threat Down", where Stephen's character told everyone what he was currently afraid of. It was a running gag that while most of the threats were political, the last item was usually something about bears. |
| Number | 33 |
| Realm | Dream On |
| Subrealm | Dream On |
| Question | Selling over 3.5 million copies, this late-career venture was the biggest moneymaker in Aerosmith's career. |
| Answer | Guitar Hero: Aerosmith |
| Song | Dream On |
| Artist | Aerosmith |
| Hint | The guitar sounded like it was made of cheap plastic and played by a 10 year old. |
| Note | The video game was released in 2008. The player uses a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the playing of rock music by playing in-time to scrolling notes on-screen. It is the first game in the series to primarily focus on the work of one rock band, with Aerosmith songs comprising approximately 70% of the soundtrack, while the remaining songs are from bands that have been influenced by or opened for Aerosmith. |
| Number | 34 |
| Realm | This Is Your Stewardess Speaking |
| Subrealm | Can Anyone Onboard Fly a Plane? |
| Question | UK-based airline Astraeus which ceased operations in 2011 might best be remembered by its patrons as the airline they were flying when Bruce Dickinson was their pilot. Why would one have Dickinson's flights be memorable? |
| Answer | He's the lead singer of Iron Maiden |
| Song | The Trooper |
| Artist | Iron Maiden |
| Hint | I wonder if every flight is #666... |
| Note | Astraeus was a charter airline that operated from 2002 to 2011, while Dickinson was active with Iron Maiden. The hint refers to Iron Maiden's album The Number of the Beast. |
| Number | 35 |
| Realm | Basketball |
| Subrealm | Beefs |
| Question | Basketball legend Tim Duncan is well known for his reserved personality, but in an infamous picture leaked from a Halloween party, he was very open in expressing his dislike for a certain individual. Who was Duncan targeting in the photo? |
| Answer | Joey Crawford |
| Song | Whistle |
| Artist | Flo Rida |
| Hint | If this question makes you smile, he might eject you from the game |
| Note | Joey Crawford is the NBA referee who ejected Tim Duncan for laughing at him in 2007. Crawford was suspended for the remainder of the season by the NBA commissioner as a result. The Halloween photo in question is from 2012, and it shows Duncan and his teammate Tony Parker pointing (hopefully toy) guns at a person wearing Crawford's jersey. |
| Number | 36 |
| Realm | Now I Look and Look Around |
| Subrealm | And There's So Many Kanyes |
| Question | While you can find Kanye West in California, where do you have to go to find Kanye North and Kanye South? |
| Answer | Botswana |
| Song | Kanye |
| Artist | The Chainsmokers |
| Hint | They're places, not people. |
| Note | Kanye is a town of 45,000 people in southern Botswana. The surrounding area is divided into two parliamentary constituencies, Kanye North and Kanye South. |
| Number | 37 |
| Realm | The Angle of the Dangle |
| Subrealm | And the Motion of the Ocean |
| Question | Fans of House MD will remember that this animal has the longest penis relative to its body size. |
| Answer | The barnacle |
| Song | Teardrop |
| Artist | Massive Attack |
| Hint | Think of the sea |
| Note | Charles Darwin was fascinated by the size of barnacle penises. They need to be long in order for the non-moving animals to reach one another. According to an article on Mental Floss, "In their resting state, barnacles are simultaneous hermaphrodites, meaning that they have both male and female parts. In many species, mating season begins when one barnacle's egg glands begin to swell, rendering it 'functionally female.' That barnacle releases chemicals into the water that tell its neighbors that it's time to get busy. In response, they become 'functional males,' unfurling their long, flexible penises into the water like party horns, questing for the right opening." |
| Number | 38 |
| Realm | This Day in History |
| Subrealm | That Probably Didn't Exist |
| Question | If you read the sports page or the police blotter in Los Angeles you might have been able to piece together the significane of January 20, 1992... or was it November 30, 1988? What might have been special about one of those date? |
| Answer | It is the likely real date of Ice Cube's Good Day |
| Song | Good Day |
| Artist | Ice Cube |
| Hint | Song is relevant |
| Note | Much internet scholarship has been devoted to deducing the real date of Ice Cube's Good Day, based on clues in the song. |
| Number | 39 |
| Realm | Filmed on Location |
| Subrealm | Before a Live Studio Audience |
| Question | Before landing a role on Fresh off the Boat, Randall Park appeared in a web melodrama filmed in what a bizarre location? |
| Answer | Ikea |
| Song | Waterloo |
| Artist | ABBA |
| Hint | When they wrote the show, a few parts were missing. |
| Note | The 2009-2010 show was called Ikea Heights, and it was shot in Ikea during business hours, without Ikea's knowledge. |
| Number | 40 |
| Realm | Single White |
| Subrealm | Rhinoceros |
| Question | Conservationists have recently turned to what unusual method to help the fertility hopes of Sudan, a rhino at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya? |
| Answer | Tinder |
| Song | I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) |
| Artist | Whitney Houston |
| Hint | Maybe the rhino is a millenial |
| Note | Sudan is the last male white rhino in the world. The Conservancy has partnered with dating app Tinder in order to raise money to save his species from extinction. Users who swipe right on Sudan's profile (which says, among other things, "I like to eat grass and chill in the mud. No problems performing under pressure. 6ft tall and 5,000lbs if it matters.") will be taken to a donations page. |
| Number | 41 |
| Realm | Surfin |
| Subrealm | Through the Six |
| Question | Sites like Jobs.to in Toronto like to use the novelty domain extension to celebrate the Canadian metro, but from what government do Toronto businesses have to buy those domains? |
| Answer | Tonga |
| Song | You & The Six |
| Artist | Drake |
| Hint | You didn't think we'd skip a question about this country did you? |
| Note | Some creative uses of the .to domain name include "go.to", "cr.yp.to", and "p.ota.to". |
| Number | 42 |
| Realm | Keep Your Hands and Feet |
| Subrealm | Just In General, Please Keep Them |
| Question | In the 2016 World Series, many subplots were dwarfed by the end of the Cubs 107-year title drought. One such subplot was the hand injury that cost Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer to miss some of his postseason. How did Bauer hurt himself? |
| Answer | Repairing his drone |
| Song | Cleveland Rocks |
| Artist | The Presidents of the United States of America |
| Hint | Even people who play games for a living also need toys. |
| Note | As Bauer plugged in his drone the night before he was scheduled to start game 2 of the 2016 ALCS, the propellers started turning at full speed and sliced his pinky finger. It looked pretty gross. |
| Number | 43 |
| Realm | 25 Easy Payments |
| Subrealm | Of 1.2 Million Dollars |
| Question | Bobby Bonilla last played for the Mets in 1999, but they will be paying his contract until 2035 due to an ill-advised buyout. Who is the investment advisor that was indirectly behind this deal? |
| Answer | Bernie Madoff |
| Song | New York New York |
| Artist | Liza Minelli |
| Hint | Who is the worst possible financial advisor you can think of? |
| Note | The Mets' owner, Fred Wilpon (after whom the University of Michigan's baseball complex is named) was one of Madoff's biggest investors, before Madoff's ponzi scheme was revealed. Bonilla offered to defer his salary for 11 years, and Wilpon thought he could make enough money from Madoff in that time to justify paying Bonilla for the next 25 years. Not so much, as it turned out. |
| Number | 44 |
| Realm | Unsafe |
| Subrealm | At Any Speed |
| Question | Mike Edwards, a founding member of ELO, died in 2010 when his vehicle was struck by what? |
| Answer | A bale of hay |
| Song | Mr. Blue Sky |
| Artist | ELO |
| Note | Edwards was an eccentric cellist who performed in bizarre outfits and ended his solos with his cello exploding. The hay bale was cylindrical, weighed 1300 pounds, and rolled down a hillside, colliding with the van Edwards was driving. |
| Number | 45 |
| Realm | 2016 |
| Subrealm | In Memorium |
| Question | Amid a rash of celebrity deaths in 2016, Robert Leo Hulseman's passing went largely unnoticed. What did Hulseman do in the 70s that indebted him to college students even today? |
| Answer | He invented the red Solo cup |
| Song | I Love College |
| Artist | Asher Roth |
| Hint | Let's have a party! |
| Note | The red solo cup is ubiquitous at college drinking parties. Hulseman also co-designed the Traveler Lid, which Starbucks employs to keep your latte from going up your nose. |
| Number | 46 |
| Realm | The Witching Hour |
| Subrealm | Or Rather, The Devlin' Hour |
| Question | This dance is thought to have originated among African American drag queens in Harlem and styled after Egyptian Hieroglyphiics as well as fashion magazine poses. |
| Answer | Voguing |
| Song | Five O'Clock World |
| Artist | The Vogues |
| Hint | Artist is relevant |
| Note | The precise origins of voguing are disputed. Although many cite the story in which Paris Dupree takes out a Vogue magazine and mimics the pose at the beat (and other queens subsequently following), there are other accounts that note voguing may have originated from black gay prison inmates of Rikers Island for the attention of other men and throwing shade. This question was asked out of its order here, in order to play the song at 5:00. |
| Number | 47 |
| Realm | Sustained Success |
| Subrealm | At the Third Highest Level |
| Question | Williams has captured the NACDA Director's cup 19 times in 21 years. Which two other schools have won the award? |
| Answer | UC - San Diego and Middlebury |
| Song | California Dreaming |
| Artist | The Mamas and the Papas |
| Hint | A NESCAC school and a slightly warmer school. |
| Note | The NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities in the United States with the most success in collegiate athletics. Division III awards began in 1995, and Williams has dominated throughout. |
| Number | 48 |
| Realm | Modern Runes |
| Subrealm | In Ancient Languages |
| Question | What was the last symbol given an official Morse Code representation by the International Telecommunication Union? |
| Answer | @ |
| Song | Western Union |
| Artist | Five Americans |
| Hint | Probably the newest symbol on your keyboard too |
| Note | @ is known as "commat" in the radio world, and its code is the code for A (dot-dash) followed by the code for C (dash-dot-dash-dot), with no space in between. The International Telecommunications Union voted to add it in 2003. Ham operators are still waiting for an exclamation point. |
| Number | 49 |
| Realm | Less Famous Figures |
| Subrealm | Who Have Still Not Appeared in my kitchen |
| Question | What distinction is shared by Tim Toone, Marty Moore, and Ryan Succop? |
| Answer | Mr. Irrelevant |
| Song | Teenage Dirtbag |
| Artist | Wheatus |
| Hint | Better late than never. |
| Note | Mr. Irrelevant is the monicker given to the last person selected in the NFL draft. Since the draft was cut to 7 rounds in 1994, a number of Mr. Irrelevants have made it into the league. 2009 winner Succop was the starting kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2009, and tied an NFL record for for highest field goal percentage by a rookie. |
| Number | 50 |
| Realm | Games |
| Subrealm | About Games |
| Question | Before there was Pong, there was this sports computer game invented by a Williams alum. |
| Answer | Tennis For Two |
| Song | Video Games |
| Artist | Boy George |
| Hint | Same sport, different game |
| Note | Tennis for Two was developed by physicist William Higginbotham '32 on a Donner Model 30 analog computer in 1958(!). Higginbotham had previously worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos during World War II. By some definitions, Tennis for Two is considered the first video game. |
| Number | 51 |
| Realm | Sibling Rivalries |
| Subrealm | Dominated by One Sibling |
| Question | Which Jackson sibling has had the fewest Billboard charting singles in their solo career? |
| Answer | Tito |
| Song | The Love You Save |
| Artist | Jackson 5 |
| Hint | One of the five! |
| Note | One of the 10 Jackson siblings died at birth, but the other 9 all became professional musicians. Tito had his first solo hit, "Get it Baby", in 2016. |
| Number | 52 |
| Realm | Digital Damsels |
| Subrealm | In Ape Related Distress |
| Question | Remember the original Donkey Kong arcade machine? What was the name of the princess that Mario was trying to save? |
| Answer | Pauline |
| Song | Donkey Kong Rap |
| Artist | Donkey Kong |
| Hint | Before Peach, she had a more normal first name. |
| Note | Pauline was Mario's orignal love interest, before Princess Peach was introduced. She may be named after Polly James, wife of Nintendo of America's warehouse manager, Don James. Or she might be named after the damsel-in-distress featured in the eponymous movie serial The Perils of Pauline. |
| Number | 53 |
| Realm | She Weighs the Same As a Duck |
| Subrealm | She's Made of Wood |
| Question | Among those executed in the Salem witch trials, what was the most common method of execution? |
| Answer | hanging |
| Song | Burn the Witch |
| Artist | Radiohead |
| Hint | It's not reserved for witches... |
| Note | 20 people were executed as a result of the Salem witch trials, all but one by hanging. Five others died in prison. |
| Number | 54 |
| Realm | Sports Stars |
| Subrealm | ESports Stars |
| Question | This professional Super Smash Bros. player is the only two-time Evo champion in Melee history. Pogchamp |
| Answer | mang0 |
| Song | Sex and Super Smash Bros. |
| Artist | Kyle |
| Note | Mang0's real name is Joseph Marquez. |
| Number | 55 |
| Realm | Guilty Pleasures |
| Subrealm | Tabloids |
| Question | This pop culture icon captured American attention, one grocery store visit at a time, as the most famous mascot of the Weekly World News. |
| Answer | Bat Boy |
| Song | Super Freak |
| Artist | Rick James |
| Note | Bat Boy first graced the cover of the Weekly World News on June 23, 1992. He was an instant hit and appeared in many more stories, becoming the tabloid's unofficial mascot. In 1997 the story of Bat Boy was turned into an Off-Broadway production, Bat Boy: The Musical. |
| Number | 56 |
| Realm | Memes |
| Subrealm | From Your Grandparent's Day |
| Question | This World War II era meme was a graffiti drawing of a bald head with a long nose hanging over a wall and the eponymos phrase written at its side. |
| Answer | Kilroy was here |
| Song | Mr. Roboto |
| Artist | Styx |
| Note | Kilroy Was Here is the most famous piece of graffiti of all time. Kilroy is also the nickname of Dennis DeYoung, the lead singer of Styx, and Kilroy Was Here is the name of the album on which Mr. Roboto appears. |
| Number | 57 |
| Realm | Notable Names |
| Subrealm | You Might Forget |
| Question | Who are My Own Brucie, Night Rocket, and Banana Joe? |
| Answer | Westminster Kennel Club Best in Show Winners |
| Song | Walking the Dog |
| Artist | Fun. |
| Note | They were a Cocker Spaniel, an Bedlington Terrier, and an Affenpinscher, respectively. |
| Number | 58 |
| Realm | Earworms |
| Subrealm | In Three Movements |
| Question | This well-known piece actually consists of three movements of 30", 2'23" and 1'40" respectively. All movements are in the same key and consisting of the same notes, and it has been performed by a multitude of differnet instruments and bands of many different sizes. |
| Answer | 4' 33" |
| Song | The Sound of Silence |
| Artist | Simon and Garfunkel |
| Note | 4'33" is the famous John Cage piece in which a group of musicians (of any instrumentation) appear on stage and then do not play their instruments. The music is the sound of the environment, which epitomizes Cage's idea that any sounds constitute music. |
| Number | 59 |
| Realm | Casus Belli |
| Subrealm | Absurdum |
| Question | This event actually occurred twice - once to a priest and then again about 200 years later to a couple of Catholic regents and their secretary. What was this event that twice portended war in Europe? |
| Answer | The Defenestration of Prague |
| Song | When It's Over |
| Artist | Sugar Ray |
| Note | The two events occurred in 1419 and 1618. In the first incident, the town council was thrown out a window and killed by an angry mob. In the second, two Catholic regents and a secretary were defenestrated by a group of Protestants, but survived. The Thirty Years' War followed soon after. |
| Number | 60 |
| Realm | Acts of Cowardice |
| Subrealm | Betrayal |
| Question | This Rocker is best remembered today for being the lesser of am iconic duo, eventually leading to his defenestration though a barbershop window. |
| Answer | Marty Janetty |
| Song | I'm Too Sexy |
| Artist | Right Said Fred |
| Note | Marty Janetty was half of the wrestling tag team The Rockers, with Shawn Michaels. The two had a (fake) fight after losing at Survivor Series in Detroit in 1991. They attempted to reconcile on Brutus Beefcake's interview segment "The Barbershop", but at thene end Michaels threw Janetty through the set's plate glass window. |
| Number | 61 |
| Realm | Sidekicks |
| Subrealm | Nobody Remembers Them |
| Question | Who, in her most famous outing, was joined by The Great Artiste and Neccessary Evil? |
| Answer | Enola Gay |
| Song | In an Aeroplane over the Sea |
| Artist | Neutral Milk Hotel |
| Note | The Great Artiste and Necessary Evil were B-29 Bombers that accompanied Enola Gay on the trip to Hiroshima. |
| Number | 62 |
| Realm | Secession |
| Subrealm | In the North |
| Question | Just before the Civil War, the mayor of New York proposed that the city exit the Union and become an independent city state by what name? |
| Answer | Tri-Insula |
| Song | 3 is a Magic Number |
| Artist | Blind Melon |
| Note | The proposal didn't generate much traction, even though the war proved unpopular with many New Yorkers. |
| Number | 63 |
| Realm | 1000 Ways To Die |
| Subrealm | That Didn't Work |
| Question | Among the myriad plots devised by the CIA to assassinate Fidel Castro, one of the most inspired ideas that never came to fruition was placing explosives under the sea hidden where? |
| Answer | In a conch shell |
| Song | Under the Sea |
| Artist | Little Mermaid Cast/Sebastian/Samuel E. Wright |
| Note | Fabián Escalante, a retired chief of Cuba's counterintelligence, who had been tasked with protecting Castro, estimated the number of assassination schemes or actual attempts by the Central Intelligence Agency to be 638. |
| Number | 64 |
| Realm | Cute Boys |
| Subrealm | Doing Aeorbics |
| Question | In the infamous Seinfeld episode "The Contest," Elaine's lot was made more difficult when what public figure joined her aerobics class? |
| Answer | John F. Kennedy Jr. |
| Song | California Über Alles |
| Artist | Dead Kennedys |
| Number | 65 |
| Realm | Fad Diets |
| Subrealm | That Kill People |
| Question | Stanley Burroughs was convicted of manslaughter for proscribing a diet based around salt-water, tea, and what? |
| Answer | Lemonade |
| Song | Formation |
| Artist | Beyonce |
| Note | The "Master Cleanse" is a diet that permits no food, only tea and lemonade made with maple syrup and cayenne pepper. It was developed by Burroughs in the 1940s, and revived in 1976. He was convicted in 1984 after a patient named Lee Swatsenbarg died during a 30-day treatment. |
| Number | 66 |
| Realm | More Memes |
| Subrealm | Your Grandparents Remember |
| Question | "If you don't know whose signs these are you haven't driven very far" boasted a series of 1960s billboards for what product? |
| Answer | Burma-Shave |
| Song | Signs |
| Artist | Five Man Electrical Band |
| Note | Burma-shave sign series appeared on roadsides all around the United States from 1926 to 1963. Each series was typically 6 red and white signs, with the last being the name of the product. |
| Number | 67 |
| Realm | 15 Minutes of Fame |
| Subrealm | And Then Another 15 Minutes |
| Question | One of the best Big Brother players ever, he is probably best remembered for staging his own funeral, though now he is known for playing video games on the internet. |
| Answer | Dan Gheesling |
| Song | Little Sister |
| Artist | Queens of the Stone Age |
| Note | Gheesling is a high school teacher and coach from Detroit. He won the 10th season of Big Brother, in 2008, and was a runner-up in season 14. He has a gaming YouTube channel. |
| Number | 68 |
| Realm | Flotsam |
| Subrealm | Or Is It Jetsam? |
| Question | Over the last decade, more than a dozen of these have mysterioulsy washed up in British Columbia and the state of Washington. |
| Answer | Human feet |
| Song | Message in a Bottle |
| Artist | The Police |
| Note | 20 feet washed ashore between 2007 and 2016. Most were found in shoes. Only a few have been identified, and theories abound. |
| Number | 69 |
| Realm | Psychological Disorders |
| Subrealm | Excluded from the DSM-V |
| Question | English physician Henry Stubbe blamed this condition on eating chocolate. Peggy Noonan reported that White House aides were affected by the condition, and Robinson Crusoe hallucinated due to it. What is this mental malady that you won't find in any modern pscyhology books? |
| Answer | The Vapours |
| Song | Turning Japanese |
| Artist | The Vapours |
| Hint | Artist is relevant. |
| Number | 70 |
| Realm | If You See Something |
| Subrealm | Say Something |
| Question | Track 61 of the New York MTA has a terminus at Grand Central Station. Where is Track 61 other terminus? |
| Answer | The Waldorf Astoria Hotel |
| Song | Crazy Train |
| Artist | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Note | Track 61 is a short spur off the main line that provided a private entrance to the Waldorf Astoria for General Pershing, FDR, and other VIPs. It may or may not still be used occasionally. |
| Number | 71 |
| Realm | The Batter Has a 2-1 Count |
| Subrealm | And the Catcher Has a Gun |
| Question | Casey Stengel called backup catcher Moe Berg "the strangest man ever to play baseball." Who did Berg once nearly assassinate? |
| Answer | Werner Heisenberg |
| Song | 99 Luftbaloons |
| Artist | Nena |
| Note | Berg was a Princeton graduate, a catcher for the Red Sox, and later an agent of the US Office of Strategic Services (the precursor to the CIA) during World War II. He brought a concealed pistol to a lecture by Heisenberg in Switzerland in December, 1944. He was there to figure out if Heisenberg was close to creating an atomic bomb for Hitler. He ultimately decided not to shoot. |
| Number | 72 |
| Realm | And Now |
| Subrealm | The Weather |
| Question | Where might the weather report sound something like this? |
| Answer | Welcome To Nightvale |
| Song | Bill and Annie |
| Artist | Chuck Brodsky |
| Hint | It's a competing radio show... |
| Note | Welcome To Nightvale is a podcast presented as a radio show for the fictional town of Night Vale. Every episode includes a piece of music as "the weather". The show has been described as "the news from Lake Wobegon as seen through the eyes of Stephen King" and "NPR meets The Mothman Prophecies". |
| Number | 73 |
| Realm | College Administration |
| Subrealm | With Dedication |
| Question | This benefactor of University College London has never missed a College Council meeting, but has always been recorded as "present but not voting" due to his being dead for most of the unversity's existence. |
| Answer | Jeremy Bentham |
| Song | Sky Full of Stars |
| Artist | Coldplay |
| Note | Bentham is the "spiritual founder" of University College London, and his preserved corpse resides at the University. The corpse occasionally attends th board meetings in person. |
| Number | 74 |
| Realm | Precious Gems |
| Subrealm | Right in Your Kitchen |
| Question | Scientists at the University of Bayreuth in Germany have successfully created synthetic diamonds by applying high pressure to what household substance? |
| Answer | Peanut Butter |
| Song | Diamonds |
| Artist | Rihanna |
| Note | Researcher Dan Frost compressed the peanut butter to 1.3 atmospheres to produce the diamonds. He is trying to understand conditions in the earth's mantle. |
| Number | 75 |
| Realm | Princes |
| Subrealm | of Polka |
| Question | This last name is shared by two of the most commercially succesful accordion players in America, though the two are not related. |
| Answer | Yankovic |
| Song | Squeeze Box |
| Artist | The Who |
| Note | Frankie Yankovic was known as "America's Polka King". Weird Al's parents may have bought him accordian lessons because "they figured there should be at least one more accordion-playing Yankovic in the world", but the two are indeed not related. |
| Number | 76 |
| Realm | Democracy |
| Subrealm | Only Works On Paper |
| Question | Many sci-fi and fantasy fans were delighted when Chuck Tingle counter-trolled this Gamergate-esque faction by publishing a story titled Slammed in the Butt by My Hugo Award Nomination. |
| Answer | Sad Puppies |
| Song | The Puppy Song |
| Artist | Harry Nilsson |
| Hint | Song title is relevant |
| Note | The Sad Puppies are a reactionary movement aimed at influencing the outcome of the Hugo Awrads, the most important fan-voted science fiction awards. Their campaigns, and subsequent counter-campaigns, have consumed fandom since 2013. |
| Number | 77 |
| Realm | Seth Myers |
| Subrealm | Larraine Newman |
| Question | Following Don Pardo's passing, he was replaced in his Sarturday Night Live announcing role by Darrell Hammond, but this was not the first time he was replaced. Back in the early days of SNL, who replaced Pardo for a season? |
| Answer | Mel Brandt |
| Song | I Just Had Sex |
| Artist | The Lonely Island ft. Akon |
| Note | Brandt replaced Pardo for the 1981-1982 season of SNL. |
| Number | 78 |
| Realm | Fast Cars |
| Subrealm | Going in Circles |
| Question | Long before Danica Patrick or recent entrant Pippa Mann, she was the first female race in the Indianapolis 500. |
| Answer | Janet Guthrie |
| Song | Jerry Was a Racecar Driver |
| Artist | Primus |
| Note | Janet Guthrie was an aerospace engineer when she graduated from the University of Michigan. She became a racecar driver in 1963, and competed in the 1977-1979 Indy 500s. She is also the first woman to compete in the Daytona 500. She was one of the first elected to the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. |
| Number | 79 |
| Realm | Sweets |
| Subrealm | Endorsed by the Government |
| Question | Along with sopapillas and strudel, this is the only other official state pastry, with a Norse name referring to its round shape. |
| Answer | Kringle |
| Song | Kriss Kringle |
| Artist | Jiminy Cricket/ Cliff Edwards |
| Hint | It's surprisingly not a Christmas-only food. |
| Note | The Kringle is the state pastry of Wisconsin. It is a Scandanavian version of a pretzel. |
| Number | 80 |
| Realm | Famous Figures |
| Subrealm | Who Have Never Been in My Kitchen |
| Question | What do W.C. Fields, H.G. Wells, T.E. Lawrence, and H. C. Westermann all share in common with the Hindu goddess Lakshmi? |
| Answer | All appear on the cover of Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| Song | Shoop |
| Artist | Salt n Pepa |
| Note | This contest was close to the 50th anniversary of the release of Sgt. Peppers, which some people call the most important event in the history of pop music. |
| Number | 81 |
| Realm | Important People |
| Subrealm | Who Deserve Awards |
| Question | Time Magazine received some criticism for naming this person their Person of the Year, particularly given that their explanation included noting that this person "has that time and that energy and that passion" to make a movie starring their pet iguana, but we know that this person was deserving of the honor. Who was it? |
| Answer | You |
| Song | You're So Vain |
| Artist | Carly Simon |
| Hint | We think this person is really special. |
| Note | Instead of a picture, the cover featured a silvered mirror, showing "you". A lot of people thought it was pretty lame. |
| Number | 82 |
| Realm | Science |
| Subrealm | And Other Systems of Knowledge |
| Question | What interest was shared by Carl Jung, Isaac Newton, Pope John XXII, and Roger Bacon? |
| Answer | Alchemy |
| Song | Goldfinger |
| Artist | Shirley Bassey |
| Note | Pope John XXII issued a papal decretal in 1317 forbidding alchemy. In the same way that astrology may have led to real astronomy, alchemy may have eventually led to the development of chemistry. |
| Number | 83 |
| Realm | International Investigations |
| Subrealm | Of Criminal Activity |
| Question | Earlier this year, the government of Ireland investigated - but did not convict - beloved comedian Stephen Fry on what offense? |
| Answer | blasphemy |
| Song | Anarchy in the UK |
| Artist | Sex Pistols |
| Note | In an interview that aired on Irish television, Fry had described God as "capricious, mean-minded, stupid," and "an utter maniac." On May 8, 2017 the police closed the case, explaining they'd been "unable to find a substantial number of outraged people." |
| Number | 84 |
| Realm | The Seven Seas |
| Subrealm | Not My Freshman Year Transcript |
| Question | Home to a particular variety of seaweed and to loggerhead turtles, this sea is unique in that it does not have a coast. |
| Answer | Sargasso Sea |
| Song | Brandy |
| Artist | Looking Glass |
| Note | The Sargasso Sea is a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents that circulate around it. It is the only such region on Earth to which the name "Sea" has been given. |
| Number | 85 |
| Realm | Renaissance Men |
| Subrealm | Before the Renaissance |
| Question | The interval between two enharmonic notes, a small difference resulting from different tunings, is about a quarter of a semitone and named for this polymath who is better known for his contribution to a different field. |
| Answer | Pythagoras |
| Song | Oxford Comma |
| Artist | Vampire Weekend |
| Note | When tuning your instrument, you'd like notes that are one fifth (i.e. 7 halftones) apart to have a frequency ratio of 3 to 2. You'd also like notes that differ by an octave (12 half-tones) to have a frequency ratio of 2 to 1. You can pick one of those, and the other will be close but not exact. Pythagorean tuning chooses the fifths, which means notes 84 half-tones = 12 fifths apart have a frequency ratio of (3/2)^12. But equal temperment, which is most common today, chooses the other way, making notes 84 half-tones = 7 octaves apart have frequency ratio of 2^7. The ratio between the two, (3/2)^12 / 2^7, is called the Pythagorean Comma, and it represents the discrepancy between the two systems. |
| Number | 86 |
| Realm | Athletes |
| Subrealm | At the Highest Level |
| Question | Haverford College, a fellow small liberal arts school, boasts the only collegiate varsity team in the country in what sport? |
| Answer | Cricket |
| Song | That'll Be The Day |
| Artist | Buddy Holly & the Crickets |
| Note | Haverford's cricket team plays against various non-collegiate clubs. |
| Number | 87 |
| Realm | Transfer Window |
| Subrealm | Odd Valuations |
| Question | In 1979, Uraguayan soccer player Daniel Allende was transferred from Central Espanol to Rentistas. What price did Rentistas pay for their new player? |
| Answer | 550 steaks |
| Song | Don't Trust Me |
| Artist | 3Oh!3 |
| Number | 88 |
| Realm | The Silent Killer |
| Subrealm | Of French Kings |
| Question | Louis X of France died of a chill at age 26 after particpating in this activity. Charles VIII died afrer hitting his head on the way to participating in it. What is this dangerous activity that has taken out two French Kings? |
| Answer | Tennis |
| Song | Louie Louie |
| Artist | The Kingsmen |
| Number | 89 |
| Realm | The Best Medicine |
| Subrealm | Is Literally Any Medicine |
| Question | Anti-vaxxers have been around since nearly as long as vaccines. What term, which has come to have a different meaning in the past several decades, was given to these skeptics of avoiding infectious disease in Victorian times? |
| Answer | Concientious Objectors |
| Song | Shots |
| Artist | LMFAO ft. Lil' Jon |
| Number | 90 |
| Realm | Fads |
| Subrealm | In the Social Media Age |
| Question | YouTube and Instagram are now home to scores of videos of tweens mixing together glue and other household products to create what (other than a mess)? |
| Answer | Slime |
| Song | I'm the Slime |
| Artist | Frank Zappa |
| Number | 91 |
| Realm | Superstitions |
| Subrealm | From Other Cultures |
| Question | In South Korea, a prevailing superstition holds that sleeping with one of these in your room may lead to your death from hypothermia... no wait hyperthermia... or is it asphyxiation? |
| Answer | A Fan |
| Song | Harder to Breathe |
| Artist | Maroon 5 |
| Note | This is indeed a very common belief that is unique to Korea. |
| Number | 92 |
| Realm | American Wizards |
| Subrealm | And Where to Find Them |
| Question | American Harry Potter fans were delighted to learn that Ilvermorny, the Hogwarts of the States, is located on what mountain? |
| Answer | Mt. Greylock |
| Song | Magic |
| Artist | B.o.B. ft. Weezer |
| Note | It's true! J.K. Rowling said so! |
| Number | 93 |
| Realm | Mellifluous Constructions |
| Subrealm | Of the English Language |
| Question | H. L. Mencken, Dorothy Parker, J.R.R. Tolkien, and possibly Edgar Allen Poe all cited this two word phrase as one of the most beautiful in the English language. |
| Answer | Cellar door |
| Song | Love Shack |
| Artist | The B-52s |
| Number | 94 |
| Realm | Legal Battles |
| Subrealm | You Might Have Missed |
| Question | In 2016, longtime wrestling promoter Dixie Carter fought for control of TNA Impact wrestling with what 90s celebrity? |
| Answer | Billy Corgan |
| Song | We Came to Smash |
| Artist | Martin Solveig |
| Note | Billy Corgan is the lead singer of The Smashing Pumpkins. |
| Number | 95 |
| Realm | Slow and Steady |
| Subrealm | Still Counts as Exercise |
| Question | This living thing, native to Indonesia and Malaysia, is not known for its speed. In fact, one of these walks only about 40 centimeters in its lifetime |
| Answer | banana plants |
| Song | Walking With a Ghost |
| Artist | Teagan and Sara |