The Cafe Society Quiz

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#17: Not sure if this is what you’re looking for, but J-Lo started out as one of the “Fly Girls” on In Living Color.

[BrotherCadfael]

@Tangent

I’m guessing #3 has to do with baseball. “Home” being home plate. So, a 502- foot home run? The batter would be charged with the crime and the pitcher charged for aiding and abetting.

There’s a red seat among all the green seats in the outfield bleachers at Fenway. I believe Ted Williams hit a towering home run to this seat, beaning the occupant.

Am I right?

[lno]

@Mullinator

3. You always hear that most injuries and deaths occur at home. I can think of one in the ‘40s that could have occurred 502 feet from home if someone hadn’t been paying attention. Who could have been arrested for this “crime”. Who would have faced charges for aiding and abetting this?

Ted Williams hit a 502-ft home run into section 42, row 37, seat 21 of Fenway Park off of Ted Hutchinson of Detroit.

What, it’s not like I lived a quarter mile from Fenway for four years …

[JavaMaven1]

@Mullinator

12. Who is the Hard-hearted harbinger of haggis? Partially answered with “The Axe Murderer wife”, but I was looking for a name and she is technically not the Axe Murderer wife, rather the sister of the Axe Murderer.

Harriet! Sweet Harriet!
Hard-hearted harbinger of haggis!

17. You walk into a room and notice that Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, and Jessica Simpson are all strapped to the floor. You also notice how nice each one of them smells. All of a sudden, 1,000 flies are released into the room. Which person are they most likely to land on, and why?

Jessica Simpson. Her fragrance/cosmetic line is called “Dessert”

[Thrillhouse15]

These are all off the top of my head

@Mullinator

4. Mystery person #1 may be large, but he’s no dumb cookie. Mystery person #2 is smooth as a chocolate swirl. Mystery person #3 can’t dance but can throw the pill. Along with a few friends, what might they be doing?

I believe Mystery person #1 is the Rookie, William Perry. Mystery person #2 is Walter Payton. And mystery person #3 is The Punky QB known as McMahon. And in addition to doing the Superbowl Shuffle, they’re strutting their stuff for everyone. And they’re not looking for trouble, either.

@Mullinator

7. “I’m so excited, I’m so excited, I’m so, I’m so… scared!” What might cause someone to say this?

Bad writing and/or too many caffeine pills.

@Mullinator

9. I fondly remember when Saturday morning actually meant cartoons like “Garfield and Friends”. Who were the friends? (the generic name of the cartoon, if you can actually name all of them I bow down to you.)

U.S. Acres. I don’t remember the names of the characters, but I do remember owning a US Acres book as a kid.

@Mullinator

13. Who said: “My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable and I’m just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat your children. Praise be to Allah.”

That would be Mike Tyson, shortly before he decided to just fade into Bolivian

@Mullinator

14. Name the first team from the ABA to win an NBA championship (and the year they won it.)

The San Antonio Spurs in 1999 (and again in 2003). Incidently, I believe the Indiana Pacers were the first ABA team to make it to the NBA Finals, in 2000.

@Mullinator

16. Of the regulars at Moe’s Tavern, who has the most children?

I’ll probably get this one wrong, but since I wouldn’t consider Apu a regular, I’d have to go with Homer. I don’t think Barney or Lenny have any kids, Carl may have a kid or two, and the Barflies probably don’t have any kids. So Homer’s three would be the most.

@Mullinator

18. This is the first school to win both the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball championships in the same year.

I think that’s the University of Connecticut, in 2004

@Mullinator

19. Who was really responsible for the magic loogie?

Keith Hernandez, although it was Jerry Seinfeld who named it the “magic loogie.”

[Thrillhouse15]

@Thrillhouse15

Keith Hernandez, although it was Jerry Seinfeld who named it the “magic loogie.”

Wait, scratch that, it wasn’t Hernandez. I can’t remember that one.

[Murcielago]

Though Hernandez was the long time suspect, it was in fact Roger McDowell who lauched the loogie.

[carterba]

VORP - Value Over Replacement Player. The number of wins (or runs?) a baseball player contributes compared to the “replacement level” for his position. “Replacement level” is defined as the expected performance you could get out of a minimum wage minor-league callup.

“Barry Bonds has a lot of VORP.”

[Gangster_Octopus]

@Mullinator

6. Describe VORP. Use it in a sentence.

Calue-OVer-Replacement-Player (VORP): A run based measure in baseball of how much a player contributes to his team over some average (or replacement) player.

Barry Bonds VOR increased dramatically once he started using herbal supplements.

[Gangster_Octopus]

Dagnabbit!!

[Mullinator]

Sorry for the answering delay, real life got in the way.

1. Captain Fielding and Hudson Bay, correctly answered by Governor Quinn. I considered this one of the harder questions due to specificity and most people probably not remembering one random scene like this one.
2. The Traveling Wilburys, correctly answered by Murcielago
3. Ted Williams (batter) and Fred Hutchinson (pitcher). Answered touched on by tangent and BrotherCadfael, nailed by lno.
4. The Super Bowl Shuffle (William “Fridge” Perry, Willie Gault, and Jim McMahon), correctly answered by Enginerd
5. Norman Dale, partially correct by Sean Factotum, fully answered by Enginerd
6. Value Over Replacement Player, essentially a dorky baseball stat that falls under sabermetrics. Correctly answered and applied by carterba and Gangster Octopus
7. Caffeine pill addiction, correctly answered by bouv
8. Frankenberry, Boo Berry, Fruit Brute, Yummy Mummy, correctly answered by bouv
9. US Acres. Orson Pig, Wade Duck, Roy Rooster, Bo and Lanolin the sheep, Booker the chick and Sheldon, an unhatched egg, correctly answered by bouv. Well 5 out of 7, which is frighteningly good.
10. Professor Jerry Hathaway, correctly answered by Sean Factotum
11. Baby Fatso, correctly answered by Sean Factotum
12. Sweet Harriett, partially correctly answered by Sean Factotum, fully by JavaMaven1
13. Mike Tyson, correctly answered by Larry Borgia
14. San Antonio Spurs, 1998-1999, correctly answered by Murcielago
16. Barney Gumble (due to his various donations), correctly answered by bouv
17. Jessica Simpson, correcly answered by JavaMaven1, based on this page that mentions honey as an ingredient. I have no idea where I pulled this question from.
18. U Conn, 2004, correctly answered by Sean Factotum
19. Roger McDowell, correctly answered by fiddlesticks
20. Adjusts a picture of an Indian on the wall, which they viewed as a final tribute to Nicholas Colasanto, the man who played Coach, partially correct by Sean Factotum, completely correct by Moody Bastard

[Mullinator]

Near as I can tell that just leaves #15. Hint time I suppose. You would have had to watch the first season of this 80’s sitcom, because the character ended up fading away and was replaced by a former cross-dresser. The clothing bit is hinted at throughout the series, but really comes to the forefront in the series finale.

[Fiver]

15. Male.

[Wile_E]

15. Sweaters?

[Mullinator]

@Wile E

15. Sweaters?

Thus endeth the quiz. The original role was Kirk who ran the establishment next door, but he was replaced by Peter Scolari (from Bosom Buddies) for the remainder of the show. The sweaters refer to the outfits that Mary Frann always wore and were more prominently mentioned in the finale when Bob woke up next to Suzanne Pleshette and said she should wear more sweaters. Roundabout question, but better than a straight “Who is?” kind of thing.

[Wile_E]

@Mullinator

Thus endeth the quiz. The original role was Kirk who ran the establishment next door, but he was replaced by Peter Scolari (from Bosom Buddies) for the remainder of the show. The sweaters refer to the outfits that Mary Frann always wore and were more prominently mentioned in the finale when Bob woke up next to Suzanne Pleshette and said she should wear more sweaters. Roundabout question, but better than a straight “Who is?” kind of thing.

Whee! I can’t believe I answered one! Although I never would have figured it out without the clue.

[Kamino_Neko]

@Mullinator

1. Captain Fielding and Hudson Bay, correctly answered by Governor Quinn. I considered this one of the harder questions due to specificity and most people probably not remembering one random scene like this one.

Since I missed the chance to actually answer this one, I’ll add in some details.

The reason it was phrased like it was, was when the telegram guy delievered it, Bull insisted that it be a singing telegram.

[Fiver]

I call a yellow flag on your hint for #15, then. You said “the character ended up fading away and was replaced by a former cross-dresser.”

The clear implication there is that the first character (Kirk) was replaced by another character (Michael) who was a former cross-dresser.

But Peter Scolari’s character, Michael, was never a cross-dresser (that I’m aware of). Rather it was Scolari himself who cross-dressed, in his earlier role on the series Bosom Buddies.

[Askia]

No fair. I was out of town! I knew Baby Fatso! I knew the monster cereals! Who didn’t know the Tyson quote?

More! More! MooooOOOOooore!

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I am totally confused.

15. What is the preferred clothing choice of the wife of the owner of the establishment next to the Wisconse Inn?

I thought Dick and Joanna (Bob Newhart and Mary Frann) were the owners of the inn.

The establishment next to the inn is the Minute Man cafe, right? Which Kirk originally owned. So your clue seems to refer to his wife.

Hint time I suppose. You would have had to watch the first season of this 80’s sitcom, because the character ended up fading away and was replaced by a former cross-dresser.

Again, you’re referring to Kirk here, right? And after he left the show, Peter Scolari–who formerly played a cross-dresser on another show–joined the cast as Michael, Dick’s television producer.

Thus endeth the quiz. The original role was Kirk who ran the establishment next door, but he was replaced by Peter Scolari (from Bosom Buddies) for the remainder of the show. The sweaters refer to the outfits that Mary Frann always wore…

But, once again, Mary Frann played Dick’s wife, not Kirk’s.

So the original clue should have just read “What is the preferred clothing choice of the wife of the owner of the Wisconse Inn?”

Right? Or am I totally missing something here?