The Collective Trivia Quiz #1 for 2010

Welcome to a whole new year of the Collective Trivia Quiz!

And while we stand for our National Anthem, here are the ever-important ...

The Rules of the Game:

1. You can use whatever source material you would like to for finding the answers: Google, Wikipedia, your own notes, books, or most anything else. Even the little gray cells.
   



2. DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS TO THE COMMENT SECTION OF THIS BLOG! Email them to vigilante407@gmail.com. Make sure you include your name with your answers so I know who you are and you can get your share of those big trivia points.
   



3. Answers are due in by Thursday, January 7th, 2010 (11:59pm) Eastern Standard Time, or by the time I check my email on Friday morning.
   



4. The game is scored on a pari-mutuel system, like the WWSP 90FM contest. Each question is worth 100 points, divided by the number of people who get it right. If you're the only one to get the answer, you get the whole 100 points for yourself. If five people get it right, the point value is down to 20 points.
   



5. After the quiz is over, you will receive an email with the correct answers, point values and final standings. You can also see the final standings on Facebook, posted on my profile.
   



6. Have fun with this! Don't be discouraged if you can't find every answer. Remember, we're doing this to keep in practice for the Big Show – the 54-hour long contest held by WWSP 90FM. Hopefully it will also sharpen your research skills for many a trivia contest out there as well.
   



7. And as always, remember ... only you can prevent Forrest Tucker.
   

And without further ado, here's this week's quiz. And like I said last month, this quiz is about a few of my favorite things. Dunno how much that'll help you though.

1. Say good night, Gracie! Jack Knight was forced to kill someone. Jack didn't want to do it, even though he would've been completely justified, but he was forced to defend himself. The person he killed was a relative of one of his father's enemies. What was the name of that enemy?

2. By Grannies and Oh Doggies! What was the correct first and last name of the person who was the best man at the wedding of Walter Ekland and Catherine Freneau?

3. Well, it seems I've been a baaaaad boy. Especially considering this question: What was the name of the team that placed 19th in the World's Largest Trivia Contest the year the theme of the contest was "Trivia Park"?

4. I've read, seen and listened to a lot of adventures in time and space told in future tense, but I still think of one with a particular sense of nostalgia. A rogue asteroid is on a collision course with Earth. A pair of squabbling former friends partner up to lead a mission to destroy it and save the world. In doing so, they inadvertently bring back a creature nearly kills them. What is the full name of this cinematic adventure that scared the beejeezus out of me way back when I watched it on the CBS Late Night Movie?

5. This fictional character was on vacation from his job at a factory when he was forced to marry his girlfriend. He had to take care of the couple's infant after his new wife went home to mother and ended up doing some rather horrible things to the child. That's not the way I heeeared it, but what was the first and last name of this fictional character, who had a very surreal nightmare that involved a pencil-making machine?

6. While it shouldn't take you sixty minutes of fun and music brought to you by the makers of Ipana Toothpaste and Sal Hepatica to finish this question, you should give it a little thought. What company produced a series of action figures in the seventies that included such luminaries as Batman, Spider-Man, King Arthur, Wild Bill Hickok, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Potsie Weber?

7. There's something about a train station … the way the P.A. system calls out the train's destinations, like "Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga!" What was the name of the engineer on the Western and Atlanta Flyer that made a stop in Marietta, Georgia in 1861?

8. I guess it's time to take you down to that little white cottage in Van Nuys, California and ask you what is the first and last name of the actor in the picture featured below?

9. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? No, not him. The fictional character I'm thinking of was the son of a sheriff that was killed by a gang of bandits. His son came home and brought the murderers to justice. He then returned to his career as a radio and movie singer and also continued to fight injustice using his six-guns. What is the name used by this fictional character when he was on the prowl for crime?

10. Well, being a very sneaky individual at times, this final question is about the other nine questions you answered. Each of the questions above is written in such a way that they each contain a popular catchphrase of an old-time radio show. Didja know I just love old-time radio shows? Well, the correct answer to this question is to name the nine radio shows, in order, that are referenced by those catchphrases.


And, of course, it's time for the Music Snippet. The first one of the year! We're going to do it up big this time, too. First, you have to download the snippet using the link below, and then play it in the mp3 player of your choice. You'll find an odd sounding mishmash of bits from ten different pieces of music or songs. Your job is to identify the songs in order. Each song is scored like a separate question.

For this snippet, to start the year off with an explosion of points, you can also identify the correct recording artists for each song to get additional points (scored like separate questions as well). So theoretically, the Music Snippet is worth 2000 points!

Download the Music Snippet by right-clicking here and selecting "Save as …"

Good luck! And please, no wagering.