Trivia 3/25/08

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1. What celebrity's real name is George Alan O'Dowd?
   Boy George
   Bonus: Whose real name is Brian Warner?
   Marilyn Manson
2. What is this typographical mark called ~?
   tilde
3. A coin toss in 1845 decided the name of the city of Portland. Had the coin landed the other way, what would our city be named?
   Boston
   Bonus: The coin toss was between whom?
   Asa Lovejoy and Francis W. Pettygrove
4. What liqueur, a Japanese product, was launched in the U.S.A. at Studio 54, and is associated with the movie Saturday Night Fever?
   Midori
5. On Feb 28 a research student in California's Tahoe National Forest inadvertently captured a photograph of what animal not seen in the Sierra area since 1922?
   a wolverine
6. Which of the following ranks the highest on VH1's 40 Least Metal Moments?
   Extreme's Gary Cherone becomes Van Halen's singer - rank #11
   Vince Neil leads giant chicken dance - rank #1
   Jethro Tull wins the first ever metal Grammy - rank #6
   Alice Cooper trades in his bad habits for golfing - rank #18
   Headbanger's Ball cancelled - rank #4
   (Note: Your trivia host does not agree with these rankings.)
   
7. What is the name of the clothing line begun in 1972 based on the idea that children could match outfits by matching the illustrations on the tags?
   Garanimals
8. What is a common name for the substance cerumen?
   ear wax
9. In the 1980s cartoon and action figure toys, who is GI Joe's enemy?
   COBRA ("a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world!")
   Bonus: A public service announcement following each episode featured with what two phrases?
   "Now I know." "And knowing is half the battle."
10. What is the name of the new Oregon State Park located 31 miles west of Portland, off of Hwy 26?
    L.L. Stub Stewart State Park
11. What is the final resting place of the most Holy Grail in the Monty Python movie?
    Castle Aaaaaaaaaaaaa
12. What does CBGB's stand for?
    Country, Blue Grass, and Blues
    Bonus: Who performed the final concert there Oct 15, 2006?
    Patti Smith
13. What is the name of the influencial 1891 short story featuring a "flash forward", [wherein a Confederate sympathizer escapes a hanging and pursuant Union soldiers, travels thirty miles to his plantation home and the arms of his lovely wife — only to realize that he imagined his escape as the rope snaps his neck]?
    An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge
    Bonus: Who is the author of this short story [American journalist and satirist who wrote The Cynic's Word Book (later The Devil's Dictionary) and disappeared in Mexico in 1914]?
    Ambrose Bierce
    Bonus2 : Name one major movie by at least three of these directors that include a "flash forward"?
    David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Terry Gilliam, M. Night Shayamalan, Jacob's Ladder
    Lost Highway (David Lynch), Last Temptation of Christ (Martin Scorsese), Brazil (Terry Gilliam), The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shayamalan), Jacob's Ladder (Adrian Lyne)
14. What are the instructions for assembling "Dick in a Box?"
    1. Cut a hole in a box
    2. Put your junk in that box
    3. Make her open that box
15. How many of the nine (federally recognized) Native American tribes in Oregon have reservation lands?
    seven
16. What boxing class is heaviest — flyweight, bantam weight or feather weight?
    feather weight
17. The new video, "Run", from R&B group Gnarls Barkley has been banned from MTV for failing the Harding Test. What is the Harding Test a set of guidelines/criteria for?
    Determining the likelyhood of video material triggering epileptic seizures
18. In a bizarre ongoing case, the third what in six months washed ashore of the Gulf Islands on February 15, 2008 (north of Vancouver Island)?
    right foot in a sneaker
19. In the movie 2001: A Space Odessey, what song does HAL sing as he is shut down? (Also the first song ever "sung" by a computer, a IBM 7094 computer at Bell Labs in 1961.) RIP, Arthur C. Clarke 1917–2008
    "Daisy Bell" ("A Bicycle Built for Two")
    Though there was no Academy Award for Best Make-up in 1968 [until 1981], Stanley Kubrick's 2001 lost an honorary make-up award to what other movie?
    Planet of the Apes
20. What early photographic process involved the image's exposure directly onto a mirror-polished surface of silver, and offered no duplicate images?
    daguerreotypy (daguerreotype)
21. In what three ways did the drummers of Spinal Tap's band perish?
    "bizarre gardening accident"
    "choked on vomit"
    "spontaneous human combustion"
22. Name the two major patented electric currents and their inventors.
    Thomas Edison - DC
    Nikola Tesla - AC
23. To whose memory is the "I'm fucking Ben Affleck" music video dedicated?
    Norman Mailer
24. What is the name of the company who builds the replicants in Blade Runner?
    Tyrell Corporation
    What is the name of the company in the Alien movies?
    Weyland-Yutani
25. What is I-5 off ramp exit #105 (Lacey, WA)?
    Sleater-Kinney Road
26. What typewriter brand was invented by a man whose father made a well-known flintlock rifle?
    Remington
27. Match the vehicle with the title of the guy-vehicle crimefighter duo TV show.
    Streethawk - motorcycle
    Blue Thunder - helicopter
    Knight Rider - car
    Bonus: What two ex-football players starred in the Blue Thunder TV series?
    Bubba Smith, Dick Butkus
28. How many lbs are in a British stone?
    14
    Bonus: How many lbs are in a British tonne?
    2,240
29. What type of shark has a long caudal fin that is approx 1/3 its total length?
    thresher shark
    Bonus: What type of shark has a long trowel-shaped, beak-like snout?
    goblin shark
30. Give the title's to Weird Al's parodies of these classic songs:
    Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" - "Another One Rides the Bus"
    The Kinks' "Lola" - "Yoda"
    Michael Jackson's "Bad" - "Fat"
    James Brown's "Living in America" - "Living with a Hernia"
    Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" - "Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch"

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