Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 16:41:24 -0700
From: Peter
Subject: Round 38!!
You asked for it (ok, not really. But it's not Spam), you got it!
POTPOURRI FOR 500 ... PART 38
A random assortment of trivia questions, some multi-partm some with single
answers. All parts of an answer are worth 10 points, therefore if a question
has a 3 part answer, that would be worth a total of 30 points (total points
available per question are in parentheses above each question).
Total available points are 500 (hence the name of the quiz!)
To earn 10 points, first and last names are required.
First or last name only earns 5 points.
The deadline is 15 October.
As per usual:
The usual prizes hold:
3rd prize - Pride, 2nd prize - More Pride, 1st prize - Most Pride.
Anyone earning 200 points or more gets: A Sense of Accomplishment!
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Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 21:20:45 -0700
From: Peter
Subject: Answers & winners: Quiz 38
Answers & Winners for Round 38:
(40 points)
1. Thru 1994, 4 countries have played in more than 5 FIFA World Cup matches,
without ever winning a game, Name those countries.
ans South Korea, El Salvador, Bolivia
(40 points)
2. DARNED YANKEES! In the show Damn Yankees,
A) In what town did Meg Boyd live in,
B) What town was Lola from,
C) What town was Joe Hardy's team from, and
D) What was the name of the book the musical was based upon?
ans A) Chevy Chase,
B) Providence,
C) Washington,
D) The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant
(40 points)
3. Identify these Talk Soup icons:
A) Hand puppet,
B) Brand name of poultry byproduct,
C) Stage Manager,
D) Brand name of Canine prosthesis devices.
ans A) Senor Sock,
B) Grandma's Chicken Feet,
C) Tom McNamara,
D) Neuticles
(40 points)
4. Two position players have been traded, released, and become free agents
enough times to have had four different stints with the same major league
organization (not the same as each other). This does not include a player
being sent down. Also one non-pitcher played for one team on five
different occasions. Name these three players, as well as the nickname of
the one who retired second.
ans Buck Newsom, Steve Lyons, Rickey Henderson, Psycho.
(60 points)
5. SPORTS SHORTS:
A) Identify the kind of animal whose remains were found on a rafter of
the Boston Garden during it's demolition.
B) What former NFL tight end held the national high school javelin toss
record for many years between 1960 and 1980.
C) What unique feat did Pete Rose Jr, Jason Williams, Glenn Murray, and
Guillermo Garcia achieve (in that order) in 1998, and be specific!
D) Name the 1998 AL rookie whose grandfather was a heavyweight amateur
boxing champion,
E) Who was the first man to attempt to qualify for a Brickyard 400, in
Indianapolis?
ans A) Monkey,
B) Russ Francis,
C) 1 run homer, 2 run homer, 3 run homer, grandslam, all in same
inning,
D) Lou Merloni,
E) Burl Bailey
(20 points)
6. These were two of my favorite books with baseball as a theme as a child.
Name them from the plot synopses:
A) Kid can foul off every pitch, and always gets walks as a
result. In the big game, with the opposition having all the
fielders on the foul lines trying to catch his fouls, he hits
one fair for the crucial play.
B) Kids find a treasure map which leads them to hunt for treasure
on their ball field. This would be during the late 60's to mid
70's that I read the books.
ans A) The Kid who Batted 1.000,
B) Treasure at First Base
(20 points)
7. 2 US cities have names which are foreign translations of these two English
phrases. Identify those cities:
A) Red Stick,
B) Mouth of the Rat
ans A) Baton Rouge,
B) Boca Raton
(40 points)
8. Nantucket Nectars is my favorite juice drink brand (where's my $5?).
What are the full names of the 2 founders, where did they meet, and what
was the first beverage they made?
ans Tom First, Tom Scott, Brown University, Peach
(50 points)
9. NOT SO FRESH PRINCE: Apparantly this guy steals other folks' songs and
uses them as the music for his hits.
A) What's his real name,
B) What song did he sample in "Summertime",
C) What song did he sample for MIB,
D) What song did he sample for "Getting Jiggy",
E) What was the real name of his original hitmaking partner?
ans A) Will Smith,
B) Kool and the Gang's Summer Madness,
C) Patrice Rushen's Forget Me Nots,
D) Sister Sledge's He's the Greatest Dancer, E) Jeff Townes
(30 points)
10. NYUCK NYUCK! What children's tune sets off Curly, What vacation
destination sets off Larry, and what children's tune is one of the Stooges
theme songs?
ans Pop Goes the Weasel, Niagra Falls, Three Blind Mice
(30 points)
11. A) Define this term: Pesky Pole.
B) This record album, which excerpted the song "The Impossible Dream", was
a best seller in New England in the late 1960's. What was the name of
the album, and what was it's subject?
ans A) Fenway Park's right field foul pole,
B) The Impossible Dream, the 1967 Red Sox
(50 points)
12. YOU DESERVE A BREAK TODAY:
A) What was the first movie that McDonalds' Happy Meals prizes
tied in with,
B) What new sandwich (at least in the US) are a group of
McDonalds' franchises in New York City experimenting with in
Spring/Summer '98,
C) What specialty sandwich was being advertised in New England
in Spring/Summer '98,
D) Who is the Mayor of McDonaldland,
E) Using the four standard sold sizes of Chicken McNuggets, what
is the largest number of nuggets you cannot buy -- ie:
You can get 17 with a nine pack and 2 four packs.
ans A) Star Trek - The Motion Picture,
B) Veggie Burger,
C) Lobster Roll,
D) Mayor McCheese,
E) 11
(10 points)
13. Name the only actor/actress who appeared in 7 of the American Film
Institute's list of the Best 100 movies.
ans Ward Bond
(10 points)
14. As of July 1, 1998, who was the last man to steal home in a MLB game to
give their team a 1-0 victory?
ans Jim Thome
(40 points)
15. Who were the first 4 men inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
ans Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose, Hank Williams, Roy Acuff
And those scores:
1 Pat 500
2 Howie & Alice 480
3 Delphi Trivia Club 410
4 Mr. Bean 250
5 Margo 245
6 Huey 245
7 HC Gang 240
8 MIchael Vanderpool 190
9 Max Crittendon 150
10 Lori Bailey 150
11 Mitch 145
12 Dave Naylor 140
13 Steve Silberberg 80
14 Kaberi Chakrabarty 75
15 Antlers 75
16 Gary Collard 65
17 Alex Bard 60
18 Adam Edsell 50
19 Anthony D 50
20 B & E 50
21 Adam Kenigsberg 45
22 Josh B 45
23 Betsc 45
24 Holly Jones 45
25 Heather D 40
26 Jason Cantwell 30
27 Nicole 25
28 Henree Girl 25
29 Nicole 2 25
30 Tatum 25
31 Jason Kieffer 25
32 Breno Bacci Fernandez 20
33 Walter Cox 20
34 Ines 20
35 Tasha 15
36 Laura 15
37 Jody 15
38 Carlie Baker 15
39 Danielle 15
40 Allison T 15
41 Cosette 10
42 Katie B 10
43 Anne 10
44 Bob 10
45 Kimberly 5
Overall thru the past 10 rounds . . .
1 Pat 4940
2 Howie and Alice 4910
3 Delphi Trivia Club 4630
4 Bert & Ernie 3715
5 Margo 2700
6 Michael Vanderpool 2487
7 Dave Naylor 2286
8 Max Crittenden 2165
9 Mike Welch 2130
10 Mr. Bean 1852
11 David Ewing 1825
12 Mitch 1680
13 Lori Bailey 1195
14 Kaberi Chakrabarty 965
15 The Antlers 915
16 Steve Silberberg 885
17 Joey D 840
18 Gary Collard 802
19 Anubis 725
20 Mark Coen 680
21 Becky Banfield 650
22 Myron Meyer 640
23 Fergus 630
24 Huey 575
25 HC Gang 475
26 Joanne Bradley 470
27 Bard Clan 455
28 Bill Wendling 450
29 Jason Cantwell 430
30 Jim Froeming 395
31 Aaron 365
32 Dave Antonoff 360
33 Razor 360
34 Marc Harris 355
35 Scott Vestnys 310
36 Joshua Gross 270
37 Phil Pangrac 260
38 Dave Rockoff 250
39 Allison Appiah 240
40 Phil Yates 235
41 Jay Shapiro 230
42 Andrea Paschal 230
43 Aaron 215
44 Betsc 195
45 Marc Dashevsky 190
46 Betty McMahon 190
47 Holly Jones 190
48 Nate M 180
49 Greg Simpson 177
50 Kris 170
51 Shawn Humphrey 170
52 Pirate Twin 160
53 Alan Lambert 150
54 Christine Green 150
55 Yolande 145
56 Bryan Shailer 140
57 Darren Stec 140
58 Mr. Kent 140
59 Brent Corwin 130
60 Arlo 130
61 Jeanette Dunning 130
62 John Wimmer 127
New one out shortly. Remember: Questions, comments, corrections,
contact me!
Peter
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