The Collective Trivia Quiz Goes to Monte Carlo

POSTED ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 10th, 2010

And now, please stand for our National Anthem, and The Rules of the Game:

• You can use any resource to find your answers: Google, Wikipedia, books, magazines, crystal balls, bribes ... it's all good to me. Especially the bribes bit.
  
• Points are scored on a pari-mutuel basis. Each question is worth 100 points, divided by the number of correct answers for that question (rounded up).
  
• Do not post your answers here to the comment section of this blog! People will steal your answers and laugh at you. EMAIL your answers to me at vigilante407@gmail.com. Please make sure you number your answers correctly to correspond with the questions. Also, please send all your answers together in one email! (Otherwise, only the answers in the first email I get will count.)
  
• You do not have to answer ALL the questions to enter. Feel free to answer as many as you know or just guess. You never know when you'll pull the proverbial flying monkey out yer butt and get it right!
  
• By the way, if you want to find out the answers, you've got to enter. The answers will be emailed to everyone who enters after the contest is over.
  
• The contest will end in seven days (one week) at 11:59pm on Saturday October 16th, 2010.
  
• And please remember that only you can prevent Forrest Tucker!
  

And here's this week's quiz:

1. Historically, what has the "M" in "Shazam!" stood for when the magic word was spoken by Mary Batson?
   
2. It's clobberin' time! The gentleman with the unfortunate skin condition in the picture below was featured on the poster for what low-budget science fiction/horror film?
   

   
   
   

3. Who was the first major league baseball pitcher to throw a no-hitter both during the regular season and during post-season play of the same season?
   
4. What was the name of the venue where the 20th anniversary party of big screen characters Fibber McGee and Molly was going to be held?
   
5. What was the title of the album that was the first spoken word recording released in the compact disc format?
   
6. If you were to see the following image on television, what is the name of the program you would be watching?
   

   
   
   
   
   

7. What is the name of the fictional character that is based on fictional character Katherine Beckett?
   
8. What was the first and last name of the fictional character who promoted Nerd-Care Bleaching Lotion (which came in pale, whiter shade of pale, and minty green)?
   
9. This comic book character had a very strange ability. Every time the character died, the character would be resurrected with a new and usually different super-power. For a while, the character also had a giant robot sidekick, but ended up working with two groups of almost-completely useless characters at the end of his career. What is the name of this fictional character? Please give the character's code-name, and not his given name.
   
10. What novel opens with the line "I'd been waiting for the vampire for years when he walked into the bar"?
    

Good luck to everyone! And may the Farce be with you!