Well, well. It’s been a few months now since the Big Show. WWSP’s The World’s Largest Trivia Contest has come and gone, we kinda rocked this year, and by now you should all be trivially rested by now. I think it’s time for a new quiz to make sure everyone’s still got their heads on straight and thinking about the important things in life: Namely, trivia.
We’ve got a couple of little changes for this quiz. First of all, you’ll notice we have fifteen questions instead of ten, so it’s a little bit longer. Secondly, instead of being a weekly quiz, this is going to be one that lasts a whole fortnight. That’s right, you have two weeks ... a mere fourteen (count ‘em, 14) days to finish this one. (Yeah, I know, actually you have about seventeen days with this one. I just decided to start it today after finishing the last question. So sue me.) And lastly, there’s going to be a prize for the winner. Yep, an honest-to-bogey physical prize for the winner. Whoever comes in first place for this quiz will get a DVD crammed full of cool movies. Well, at least I think they’re cool. The disc will be playable on your home computer or any Divx-compatible stand-alone DVD players. So now you at least got a little something to fight over.
And now, please stand for the National Anthem, and the Rules of the Game:
- You can use any source for your answers: Wikipedia, Google, notes, DVDs, your memory, your grandpa’s memory … anything goes. You can even use those archaic things I think they called “books” back in the day.
- Points are scored on a parimutuel basis. Each question being worth 100 points, divided by the number of correct answers for that question.
- 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.
- The contest will end at 11:59pm on Friday, August 13, 2010. So get your answers to me by then.
- And, of course, only you can prevent Forrest Tucker!
And awaaaay we go!1. This classic album cover features the artist standing in front of the French doors of a studio. There are several dancers stretching and preparing for a dance class in the same room with him. What is the title of this classic rock album?
2. Only a true Bronco fan would wear that hat. What is the full name of the person in the photograph below?
3. What comic book magazine would you be reading if you were following the adventures of a character nicknamed “the screwball o’ the hills”?
4. Perfect Tommy is, well, decidedly less-than-perfect in some ways. What was the name of the media personality that he initially believed Emilio Lizardo used to be?
5. In print advertising that challenged the consumer, a particular example of this product was advertised as having many features, including universal joint, two-speed adjustable transmission, shock absorber, rack and pinion steering system and crown gear turns rear axle. What was the name of this product? Please be specific.
6. What is the complete name of the motion picture in which you would find the following scene?
7. The only way to positively identify this animated character from the character’s evil twin is the fact that the evil twin sat on a waffle iron as a child. What is the name of this animated character?
8. The “firepower engine” was touted as the sensation of the year it debuted. What were the names of the two radio personalities who once touted the virtues of the firepower engine while eating moo goo gai pan and butterfly shrimp during the broadcast?
9. What television show features the following scene in its opening credit sequence?
10. The front cover of this legendary album features three photographs of the same man. Two images of the man are struggling in a tug of war, one being in a small waterway and the other in a chair in a fairly featureless room. The third has come out of his photograph and is watching the conflict. What is the complete title of this classic record album?
11. This fictional character was the coach of an informal athletic team. He once went down to his neighbor’s apartment to borrow an apple to give to his team captain for hitting a home run. He had run out of apples upstairs and also took two for himself, claiming he had hit a couple of home runs as well. His neighbor’s husband also had tickets to a theatrical production that had a title that had a baseball connotation. The character almost didn’t take the ticket he was offered, as he had been planning to watch a popular children’s show of the day. What was the first and last name of this fictional character?
12. Among the many roles taken by this versatile actor was one in which he was the special guest star on the premiere episode of a television show. In that role, his character was thrown out of a car and stabbed to death, practically before the show started. What was the first and last name of this actor?
13. What is rank and name of the valiant aviator pictured below?
14. This classic low-budget film begins at 2:45 AM, which was about two hours before an important event that occurred in Desert Rock, Nevada. What was the title of this movie?
15. This fictional character looks as though he is always wearing a tie and is a real go-getter in business. He has a great relationship with the women in the secretarial pool at the advertising agency where he works, who seem to just know he is going places. This character also single-handedly invented an important time-keeping device, which enraged people so much he was forced him to flee into the wilderness. What is the first and last name of this fictional character?
Good luck to everyone, and see you in two weeks!. And remember, many Bothan spies died to bring you this trivia quiz.
