# Super-Tough Trivia, Final Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 17, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708 "2004-02-17T21:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/1 "2004-02-17T21:21:28Z")
Here are the remaining 15 questions of my super-tough trivia challenge: 86. Who is **Shawn Eckhardt**? 1. In what college town will you find the (imho) greatest sandwich shop in the world, **Hoagie Haven**? 2. In what computer puzzle game do many of the levels involve, as their goal, getting **Mel** home? 3. Who’s first name (or perhaps middle name, it’s a bit vague) is “Cantabrigian”? 4. What classic computer RPG has its climax at “Base Cochise”? 5. What is **TMA-1**? 6. What’s the great controversy, with many scientists weighing in on both sides, in **James P. Hogan’s** scifi novel _Inherit the Stars_? 7. Who wrote _Bowling Alone_? 8. Who is **Sudsy Monchik**? 9. Who was the most succesful third party candidate in the 1980 presidential election? 10. What’s more powerful than **Madalto** , **Mahalito** and **Makanito**? So powerful, in fact, that its name is untranslatable? 11. What do the numbers 956, 8860, 8880, and 8448 have in common? 12. In _Back to the Future_, the street that **Doc** lives on in 1955 has what name in 1985? 13. After **Buffy** ’s pom-pom blew to bits, what happened to **Mitsy**? 14. Before **Drummer Hoff** fired it off, who brought the rammer? As-yet-unanswered questions from previous round (come on, someone on the dope has to know these things…): 1. What is the name of the scifi series whose first book is _The Breaking of Northwall_? 2. What is the significance of the following collection of names: Dave, Maxine, Herman, Bob, Johnson, Dennis? 3. After the network switch, what was **Peggy the Foul Mouthed Chambermaid** known as? [Additional info: shortly after moving to CBS, the character’s name was changed, at least for a while. It was later changed back. I’m looking for the name it was briefly changed to. And it was not the Bookmobile Lady, who was played by the same actress.] 4. According to the rules of **Hearts** used at the national championships held in Las Vegas in 1999, to what score is a game played? 5. When Brian asked Graham Chase for romantic advice, what did he pretend he was asking about? 6. J. Barkley Rosser, Sr., held what controversial post during the late '60s? And (this one requires either remembering every fact about myself that I’ve ever posted on the SDMB or some good guessing) why do I, personally, care? 7. What misreading of handwriting contributed to **Grace** ’s teacher being falsely accused of having an inappropriate relationship with her? 8. What is the name of the male cat in the _Cats_ who isn’t the subject of a specific song, but is one of the leaders of the **Jellicle Cats** , and fights **Macavity**? 9. One of the main characters in **SM Stirling** ’s excellent _Island in the Sea of Time_ was named after a real, but little-known, historical figure who was in many ways similar. (At least, I assume the naming was intentional… I doubt it’s just a coincidence). Name him. 10. What major, but fictional, contribution did **Pug Henry** make towards the US success in World War II? 11. Fill in the blank in this (paraphrased) quote from the controversial **Andrew Dice Clay** -hosted episode of _Saturday Night Live_: “…Jeers to SNL for its sexist employment agency skit, in which a woman is offered the job of hooker, while a man is offered the higher-paying job of lookout. What’s next, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?” 12. What is it that Wes Harrison said he’d always love to see happen involving a cop car? 13. What relatively well known type of animal has a little known variety called the “Pink Fairy”? 14. What is the “Frenet Trihedron”? 15. In what part of the thespian arts does **Mortimer** specialize? 16. Who misspelled “Conklin” as “Konklin”? 17. In _Carmina Burana_, there are two male soloists, one of whom sings a bunch of songs, and one of whom sings only one song. What is that one song about? 18. What arcade game featured characters such as **Pink Leopold** , **Don Pacos** and **Sheila the Thief**? 19. In the _Bio of a Space Tyrant_ series, who lived on earth? 20. What is the **Space Infrared Telescope Facility** now known as? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/2 "2004-02-17T21:36:13Z")
62 is the family _Dasyatidae_, specifically _Dasypus_, the armadillo. Is 85 the Very Large Array of Antennas, better known as the VLA? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/3 "2004-02-17T21:38:30Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > 62 is the family _Dasyatidae_, specifically _Dasypus_, the armadillo. > > Is 85 the Very Large Array of Antennas, better known as the VLA? Aaackk. Got my vertebrate classifications mixed up. Family _Dasypodidae_, genus _Dasypus_. _Dasyatidae_ are the skates and rays. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/4 "2004-02-17T21:39:11Z")
91 : TMA-1 is the monolith found on the moon in “2001 : A Space Odyssey” 99 : Mitsy’s head just did the splits. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/5 "2004-02-17T21:40:00Z")
Upon googling, I see that it is genus _Chlamyphorus_, not _Dasypus_. ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/6 "2004-02-17T21:53:12Z")
_In Back to the Future, the street that Doc lives on in 1955 has what name in 1985?_ Tannen Street? ---
**Author:** ![jeevwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jeevwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeevwoman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/7 "2004-02-17T22:16:24Z")
I really don’t know any of them, but points to you for including _My So-Called Life_ as a question. I think the answer to #27 is something about the wallpaper they were putting up in Angela’s parents’ bedroom. #31–damn me for not remembering! Something about her eyes–“you have the brownest eyes?” ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/8 "2004-02-17T22:35:52Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. In what college town will you find the (imho) greatest sandwich shop in the world, Hoagie Haven? Princeton, NJ > [@](#): > > 1. Who wrote Bowling Alone? Robert Putnam ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/9 "2004-02-17T22:40:09Z")
1. Wasteland. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/10 "2004-02-17T22:41:27Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Who is Sudsy Monchik? he is a professional racquetball player ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/11 "2004-02-18T00:50:54Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > 1. In _Carmina Burana_, there are two male soloists, one of whom sings a bunch of songs, and one of whom sings only one song. What is that one song about? The song is **Olim lacus colueram** (“once I dwelt on a lake”), and is sung by a swan being roasted on a spit. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/12 "2004-02-18T00:55:01Z")
_77. In the Bio of a Space Tyrant series, who lived on earth?_ India + everyone who didn’t fancy colonising a planet. (I assume that’s what you’re asking - or do I have to try to remember specific people.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_T.Conklin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_t.conklin/32/3307_2.png) [@John\_T.Conklin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_T.Conklin)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/13 "2004-02-18T05:00:06Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > 1. Before **Drummer Hoff** fired it off, who brought the rammer? Captain Bammer brought the rammer. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/14 "2004-02-18T05:29:54Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. In what computer puzzle game do many of the levels involve, as their goal, getting Mel home? That would be The Incredible Machine, by Dynamix. I remember one of the levels involved feeding five Mels to five alligators. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/15 "2004-02-18T05:39:55Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > 1. What classic computer RPG has its climax at “Base Cochise”? > > 2. What is the “Frenet Trihedron”? 1. Wasteland? (It’s been ages…) 2. It’s a nifty little spirally 3D curve. Don’t remeber much else… ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/16 "2004-02-18T05:42:04Z")
1. John Anderson Haj ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/17 "2004-02-18T06:10:04Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > 1. Who is **Shawn Eckhardt**? He’s the guy who was hired to whack Nancy Kerrigan on the knee. Coincidentally, 5 years earlier, the movie _Batman_features a crooked cop named Eckhardt, and the actor playing him bears a striking physical resemblance to Tonya Harding’s future hitman. > [@](#): > > 1. In _Carmina Burana_, there are two male soloists, one of whom sings a bunch of songs, and one of whom sings only one song. What is that one song about? Darn you **Antonius Block** , this was the only other one I knew! ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/18 "2004-02-19T20:26:30Z")
1. Anderson wasn;t a third-party candidate, was he? I don’t think he had a party; he was merely an independant. I’m going to guess either Gus Hall or Ronald Regan (on the assumption that Regan was also the nominee for some small statewide parties, like New York’s Conservative Party). 2. John F. Kennedy Street. Or maybe Blvd. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/19 "2004-02-19T23:00:59Z")
1. I think it’s John F. Kennedy Drive ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708/20 "2004-02-19T23:21:18Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Here are the remaining 15 questions of my super-tough trivia challenge: > 92. What’s the great controversy, with many scientists weighing in on both sides, in **James P. Hogan’s** scifi novel _Inherit the Stars_? > > 1. In _Back to the Future_, the street that **Doc** lives on in 1955 has what name in 1985? 1. An astronaut was discovered on the moon, an astronaut who’d obviously been dead for millennia. The controversy lay in the explanation: were there humanoids travelling in our solar system while Earth humans were still primitive? 2. His address is 1646 Riverside Drive, Hill Valley, California 95420 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tough-trivia-final-questions/229708.md?page=2)