Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 15:33:48 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Coen
Subject: Trash Bash 90
Here's Trash Bash 90!
NEW SCHEDULE FOR 1998: As I've been unable to keep up with the quiz on
a weekly basis (more a problem of getting time to score and post the answers),
the quiz will now be biweekly, with roughly 10 days for sending in answers.
This should allow me to both catch up with results that I own you and stay
caught up in the future. Hopefully a return to a weekly schedule will come
about some time later this year.
Rules are same as always: 20 questions with a base value of 100 points
and a bonus with a base value of 200 points, with final points awarded being
the base value divided by the number of people with the correct answer.
The deadline is 11:59 PM (EST) Wednesday February 4, 1998! Good luck!
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:19:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Coen
Subject: Trash Bash 90 - ANSWERS
Here are the answers and results for Trash Bash 90:
1. What happens to Sherrie Bobbins when she flies away after trying to help
the Simpsons household run better?
A: SHE'S SUCKED INTO A JET ENGINE and turned into many little nanny
pieces. (10 points)
2. For the upcoming Grammy Awards, what nominee for Album of the Year is the
only one to have on it one of the nominees for Record of the Year?
A: THIS FIRE by Paula Cole, whose single "Where Have All the Cowyboys
Gone" is the other category's nominee. (12 points)
3. What geographic feature is known to locals as Chomolungma?
A: MOUNT EVEREST (6 points)
4. In what city do cinematic policemen Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey try to
keep the peace?
A: MIAMI, in the film _Bad Boys_ starring Will Smith and Martin
Lawrence. (10 points)
5. Who was the first defensive player named Super Bowl MVP?
A: Chuck HOWLEY of the Dallas Cowboys, who was also the first player
from a losing team named Super Bowl MVP. (10 points)
6. With what record executive did Elton John have a bit of a spat with when he
released "Candle in the Wind 1997" rather than put it on a tribute album
the executive's label was creating?
A: Richard BRANSON of Virgin, who must be getting some work in between
failed balloon flights. (25 points)
7. What actess became the first person to grace the cover of _Teen People_
magazine?
A: Jennifer LOVE-HEWITT, best known for her role as Sarah on Fox's
_Party of Five_. (8 points)
8. In _Blazing Saddles_, Sherrif Bart captures Mongo by sending him (but first
inventing) an explosive-laden what?
A: CANDYGRAM for Mongo! (8 points)
9. The PGA and pro golfer Casey Martin are currently at odds over the PGA's
refusal to allow what to be used by tour players?
A: a CART, which Martin needs due to a circulatory problem in his legs
which makes walking long distances impossible. Martin won his
lawsuit this week, the PGA plans to appeal. (5 points)
10. After what saint is the chuch named on _Nothing Sacred_?
A: ST. THOMAS (12 points)
11. Who topped Mr. Blackwell's list of the worst dressed women of 1997?
A: the SPICE GIRLS, for obvious reasons. (8 points)
12. John Steed:Ralph Fiennes :: Emma Peel : ?
A: Uma THURMAN, who co-stars with Fiennes in the upcoming big screen
film of the small screen classic series _The Avengers_. (6 points)
13. Claudia Poll, who set world records in the 200 meter and 400 meter
freestyle events at the recent FINA World Championships, hails from what
country?
A: COSTA RICA (9 points)
14. On an episode of _The Brady Bunch_, Bobby and Cindy attempt to break a
world's record for riding what piece of playground equipment?
A: TEETER-TOTTER. They fail to set a record, but they learn a valuable
lesson about life or something. (5 points)
15. _Close Up the Honky Tonks_, _Hearts On the Line_, and _The Gilded Palace of
Sin_ are all albums by what group?
A: THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS, which some of you even got without the
second line of the question! (11 points)
16. What is the name of Zoot's twin sister and fellow resident of Castle
Anthrax in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_?
A: DINGO, both played by Carol Cleveland. (6 points)
17. Who recently became the 20th coach in NCAA men's basketball to win 600
division I games in his careet?
A: Eddie SUTTON, who compiled those wins while coaching Creighton,
Arkansas, Kentucky, and his current team, Oklahoma State.
(20 points)
18. "Rogue Robots" and "The Intergalactic 147" are the titles of the first and
last episode of what animated TV series?
A: DANGER MOUSE (10 points)
19. Girls from where "really knock me out" according to the lyrics of "Back in
the USSR"?
A: UKRAINE (6 points)
20. Chinophobia is the fear of what?
A: SNOW, fittingly for those of us in northern climes. (10 points)
BONUS: In _The Commitments_, veteran trumpet player Joey "The Lips" Fagan tries
to get the group's young sax player to improve by telling him to think
of the instrument's reed as a woman's nipple. What actress' nipple does
the sax player choose to think about?
A: Kim BASINGER. Good going to the five who got the bonus: Bert &
Ernie, Delphi TC, Myron Meyer, Gareth Owen, and Dave Robinson.
(40 points)
27 entries this go:
Delphi TC 241 points (perfect score)
Bert & Ernie 229
Gareth Owen 196
Mike Welch 161
Ken Mayhew 151
Dave Robinson 151
Peter Greenberg 148
Matt Harper-Nixon 137
Myron Meyer 104
W. Scott Monty 93
Lori Bailey 89
Chris Morse 79
Ben Birge 67
Kyle Atwood 56
Jenn Sennot 48
Marc Dashevsky 42
Dave Goodman 42
Shawn DeVeau 32
Matt Bruce 25
Kaberi Chakrabarty 25
Nicole Principe 24
Julie Stahlhut 19
Todd Konkel 16
Jonathan Ankney 13
Romeo Arenzana 8
Linda Kojola 5
Scott Vestnys 5