Trivia 11/07/07

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1. What were the first names of explorers Lewis and Clark?
   Meriwether and William
2. Who began their acting career with a role in the original Halloween movie?
   Jamie Lee Curtis
   Due to a shoestring budget, the prop department had to use the cheapest mask that they could find in the costume store, which they spray painted white and teased out the hair. This now infamous mask was originally a mask of whom?
   Captain Kirk (William Shatner)
3. Vanport City was hastily constructed in 1943 as the largest public housing project in the nation to provide residence for what regional industry?
   (wartime) ship building
4. An underground coal fire began in 1962 in what Pennsylvania town that continues to burn today?
   Centralia, PA
5. In the genius 1989 film Heathers, JD tells Veronica it's okay, it won't hurt to shoot the jocks because these are "Ich Luge" bullets which "only pierce the skin." "Ich luge" is German for what?
   "I'm lying."
6. What was the name of the nemesis organization to the Superfriends? (in the Saturday morning cartoon Challenge of the Super Friends, 1978–79)
   Legion of Doom
   Name 3 of the villains in that organization.
   Black Manta, Giganta, Toyman, Riddler, Bizarro, Scarecrow, Lex Luthor, Captain Cold, Cheetah, Solomon Grundy, Gorilla Grodd, Brainiac, and Sinestro.
7. Roger Ebert wrote screenplays for three [completed] movies by what cult film director?
   Russ Meyer
8. In episode 12 of Southpark, "Roshambo" is a variant of what game?
   Rock, paper, scissors
   Name the four celebrities in this episode who turn into giant monsters?
   Sydney Poitier, Barbara Streisand, Leonard Maltin, Robert Smith
9. The song and lyrics for "Auld Lang Syne" are attributed to what man, widely regarded as Scotland's national poet?
   Robert Burns
10. The lines "By the pricking of my thumbs,/ something wicked this way comes." belong to what Shakespeare play?
    Macbeth
    Name the two authors with novels corresponding to these two lines.
    Agatha Christie (1968), Ray Bradbury (1962)
11. What is the codename of the new Mac OS X (10.5) operating system released October 26, 2007?
    Leopard
    Name at least 2 of the last 5 versions from 10.0 to 10.4? (1pt each)
    Cheetah (10.0), Puma (10.1), Jaguar (10.2), Panther (10.3), Tiger (10.4)
12. In Western medieval legend, a succubus is a demon who seduces men. What is the male form of such a demon?
    Incubus
13. In the movie Stark Trek II, the story themes and the characters of Khan and Kirk parallel the protagonists of what two classic novels? [hints… "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." and "From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee."]
    A Tale of Two Cities and Moby Dick
    What is the name of the battle simulation that opens the film, an intentionally no-win situation designed to test the character of Starfleet Academy officers-in-training?
    Kobayashi Maru Test
14. Since 1989, Burma has been known as what?
    Myanmar
15. What is the name of the hero of the 8th century Old English epic poem, who battles three monster antagonists?
    Beowulf
    What/who are the three monsters?
    Grendel, Grendel's mother, the dragon

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