Since my feeble attempt at a humorous mock contest in my thousandth post, I’ve decided to go all out for my thousand-and-first post. This also neatly coincides with the date of my birthday, October 1st. And since Bricker has been so scarce, I’ve felt an absence of good positive-reinforcement trivia-for-booze exercises. So, I’ve combined them all, and without any further ado, I present to you, my esteemed Doper colleagues, the following contest.
Here are the rules.
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[li]1. Cheat all you want. I don’t really care. Steal other people’s answers, search the Net, read tea leaves, use divining rods, beat up the brainy kids, whatever.[/li][li]2. First set of correct answers posted to the thread win. Obviously, I’ll be using the date/time stamp on the boards. The contest will end at 9:00 PM CDT on October 3rd. If no one’s answered all the questions correctly at that point, whoever’s got the most right will win.[/li][li]3. There’s no accounting for taste. I thought up all these questions (or cribbed them from someone else), so if I don’t like it, I probably won’t ask about it. You want to ask questions about particle physics in Star Trek, you write your own list. Also, I tried to make them hard, because I think you guys can swing it and I hate weenie questions.[/li][li]4. Prizes will be set up in the following manner. I’m giving a few options, so take your pick. You can choose any of the following: a) alcohol-cost less than or equaling $10.01 (and I’m expecting all the under-21 Dopers to be good people and not try to get ol’ Flyp a nice Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor charge for his birthday); b) candy-cost less than or equaling $10.01; c) my sworn promise that I’ll buy you a horseshoe at the next Spiffled gathering, should you choose to attend-cost less than or equaling $10.01.[/li][li]5. My online schedule has pretty much reversed itself lately. Therefore, I’ll probably only be able to post scores and such in the evenings and weekends. Please don’t be impatient; I’ll post as soon as I can.[/li][li]6. One request-please don’t quote every question in your response. Just put the number before the answer, and I’ll take it from there.[/li][/ul]
The Questions
- Name the Sweet Haven eatery where Cole and Castor Oyl chowed down their burgers.
- Ralph, Ricky, Ronnie, Johnnie, Bobby, Michael. Name the group.
- How did Brodie and Randal’s cousin Walter die?
- If I add cyan, magenta, and yellow lights together, what color light will result?
- What arcade game, a first of its kind, featured a nailbiting duel between Dirk the Daring and the Lizard King?
- “Shave and a haircut…”. Complete the line.
- King Philip Called On Fifty Good Soldiers is a mnemonic device used for remembering what?
- Which Dr. Seuss character could’ve stocked a hatter’s shop all by himself?
- Seymour and Audrey worked for this cantankerous florist on Skid Row.
- Barbarian, Illusionist, Cavalier, Ranger, Magician, Acrobat. Name their Saturday morning archnemesis.
- In the plural, an alternative band. In the singular, the freaky-ass neighbor who lived next door to Atticus, Jem, and Scout.
- Chester, Harry, and Tucker all try to save a floundering New York newsstand in what children’s book?
- If I’m heading west on the MLK Jr. Memorial Bridge, the Eads Bridge, or the Poplar St. Bridge, what city am I heading into?
- Baravelli won’t let Professor Wagstaff in unless the Professor guesses the password. What was the password (and no, it isn’t Mary)?
- Who was Eros’ lover, in Greek mythology?
- 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights. Name the family who lived there.
- Amelia Earhart’s last radio transmission was received by which US Coast Guard ship?
- The bottleneck of Interstates 290, 294, and 88 is a dubious Chicago “landmark” known by what name?
- The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company took the lives of how many people?
- Rapper Tupac Shakur released his last album under a pseudonym, which proponents of the theory he faked his death use as evidence to support their claims. What was the name?
- How many men comprised Eliot Ness’ Untouchables?
- CU-SeeMe, software that allows video to be passed over IP, was developed at what university?
- A friend tells me the Chicago Bears have beaten the Minnesota Vikings by a score of 21 to 1. I automatically know he’s a big fat liar. Why?
- What was the one thing about living in Santa Carla that Grandpa never could stomach?
- Toody and Muldoon were TV cops. What was the number of their squad car?
- What was the score when Casey went to bat?
- Chunk befriended which Fratelli brother?
- In a famous photograph, a President-elect brandishes a copy of the Chicago Tribune that incorrectly states he lost the election. What was the headline?
- In a 4 player game of Hearts, what is the maximum total of points that can be given in a round?
- Name the universities that comprise the Big Ten conference.
- The Duke and the Dauphin harassed what river rat?
- “No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater than” what, according to Azrael?
- What’s the name for that little piece of skin that holds your tongue to the bottom of your mouth?
- Name the beer-guzzling Canadian brothers who hosted The Great White North.
- We all know Achilles’ heel was his downfall. It’s where his mother held him when she dipped him into what?
- Eighty-eight lines. How many women?
- Jonathan Winters, Peter Falk, Sid Caesar, Phil Silvers, Ethel Merman, Buddy Hackett, and Spencer Tracy all looked for Smiler Grogan’s money in It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. How much had Grogan stashed?
- One more from the Greeks-the seeds of what fruit are responsible for winter?
- Who killed Billy Carl Hanson in Mercer House?
- What 2-digit number is used to signify the end of wire reports and news copy?
- According to the Barenaked Ladies, if I had a million dollars, what’s the last thing I’d buy you? Haven’t you always wanted one?
- The Flash’s enemies were known collectively by what two-word phrase?
- Name the date Marty McFly went back to 1985.
- What is the study of caves called?
- Name the youngest Van Pelt in the Peanuts comic strip.
- What MASH unit were Hawkeye Pierce and Col. Henry Blake assigned to?
- According to the Shirk Brothers, how long was it supposed to take to finish the Money Pit?
- Area = the square root of s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c) is better known as what?
- The fear of doctors is known as what?
- The Manciple, the Summoner, the Yeoman, the Knight and the Wife of Bath are all characters in what uncompleted work?
Well, that’s it, folks. Good luck.
