# Trivia of all trivia! The holy grail!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401 "2005-02-10T15:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AllisonPeipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@AllisonPeipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllisonPeipus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/1 "2005-02-10T15:22:08Z")
Good morning! I am imploring every last person out there in this wonderful thing we call cyber land to lend me your “cerebral hands” I am trying to identify these images for a free trivia contest this weekend, and I find myself and my team coming up short. So if you are able please anything can help - even just a glimmer of recognition. [Click for the pics](http://community.webshots.com/user/dltrooperjn) Thanks for all your help! ~Allison p.s. this was up before my stupid brother got booted off so please repost all your brilliance! ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/2 "2005-02-10T16:06:16Z")
Ok, you’re gonna have to tell me what this contest is and why I should help you and what happened to the previous post before I even THINK about answering this one again. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/3 "2005-02-10T16:20:41Z")
Well, #6 is a picture of Eartha Kitt dressed as Catwoman, from the third season of the 1960s Batman. The other pictures I’m not sure about. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/4 "2005-02-10T16:22:59Z")
Okay, here goes: #16, wanted posters from _Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego_ #3, various incarnations of Betty Crocker #6, Eartha Kitt as Catwoman #9, an array of LEGO pieces #14, the inner cover of some editions of the _Hardy Boys_ series ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/5 "2005-02-10T16:25:04Z")
This is just a guess, but #3 looks to me like the varying images for the “Betty Crocker” logo. Wouldn’t bet my life on it though. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/6 "2005-02-10T16:44:36Z")
#16 is the criminal cards from the game Stop Thief. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/7 "2005-02-10T17:01:20Z")
> [@Just Some Guy](#): > > #16 is the criminal cards from the game Stop Thief. Yes! Thank you! It’s been killing me - that’s exactly what that is. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/8 "2005-02-10T17:14:13Z")
#11 _might_ be Chris Barron, the lead singer from the Spin Doctors. ---
**Author:** ![AllisonPeipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@AllisonPeipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllisonPeipus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/9 "2005-02-10T18:43:18Z")
> [@Phnord Prephect](#): > > Ok, you’re gonna have to tell me what this contest is and why I should help you and what happened to the previous post before I even THINK about answering this one again. This is a yearly contest put on every year by the good people at the college radio station at St. Cloud State in Minnesota. It’s 50 hours of trivia straight through the weekend and is a purely for bragging rights contest. The previous post was pulled out because my brother is an idiot and got revoked. Thank you very much for all your input everyone - I hope to hear some more great ideas! ~Ali ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/10 "2005-02-10T18:47:12Z")
I believe the previous post was deleted and the poster banned due to spamming. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/11 "2005-02-10T19:32:39Z")
#10 looks kinda of like some emergency ladders i have seen firemen use. Its like a plastic or some such material with holes in it used kind of like a rope ladder. It appears that it is a brick wall behind it, so that is my guess. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/12 "2005-02-10T20:16:33Z")
#7 is, I think, an old McDonald’s ad in which the characters (Grimace, Mayor McCheese, etc.) are being held up by Hamburglar, though I’m not sure why the characters themselves are removed. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/13 "2005-02-10T21:53:39Z")
> [@AllisonPeipus](#): > > The previous post was pulled out because my brother is an idiot and got revoked. OK, I assume your brother was **dltrooper**? The problem was that posted the same post (esssentially) and the same link in about four different forums. We intepreted that as “spamming”, so we removed them and banned his username. If he’s a legitimate poster, who just made a bone-head mistake in over-posting, then have him email an Administrator and we can restore his privileges, if he’d like to stay with us. I’ll leave this thread in place – one thread on the topic is plenty. OK? And welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, **Allison** ---
**Author:** ![TheInterruptingCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@TheInterruptingCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInterruptingCow)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/14 "2005-02-10T22:14:43Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > #11 _might_ be Chris Barron, the lead singer from the Spin Doctors. Nope. I posted a bunch of clues in the other thread. He’s a well-known musician, record producer, and actor (well, not so much as an actor). He was the white male half of the first male-female racially integrated pop duo. He’s produced over 200 blues reissues. He used to be the band leader on a short-lived late-night talk show. He played Pinky Carruthers in “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai”. He sings the theme song from “King of Queens”. He’s very, very good. He also appeared last Saturday on Santa Monica Pier at [Rusty’s Surf Ranch](http://www.rustyssurfranch.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/15 "2005-02-10T22:58:44Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > #7 is, I think, an old McDonald’s ad in which the characters (Grimace, Mayor McCheese, etc.) are being held up by Hamburglar, though I’m not sure why the characters themselves are removed. Probably because this image is an answer key. There was likely a puzzle asking you to identify each character in a group drawing. The trivia image has each character outlined and numbered, and presumably there was a list identifying each one. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/16 "2005-02-10T23:14:06Z")
#4 looks like Gordon Jackson, most famous for his role as Bartlett’s right-hand man in **The Great Escape**. #14 is definitely artwork from the Hardy Boys books. I distinctly recognize the one of them in the boat (the one at 4 o’clock) from The House On The Cliff. ---
**Author:** ![AllisonPeipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@AllisonPeipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllisonPeipus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/17 "2005-02-11T08:28:36Z")
These are all great answers guys!! But I’ve still got a few left - still completely perplexed about Exhibit 5 and 7. 11, 12, 13 will also be haunting my nightmares for a while. Any other guesses? ---
**Author:** ![Odeon\_Bypass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Odeon\_Bypass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odeon_Bypass)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/18 "2005-02-11T08:51:50Z")
> [@AllisonPeipus](#): > > These are all great answers guys!! But I’ve still got a few left - still completely perplexed about Exhibit 5 and 7. 11, 12, 13 will also be haunting my nightmares for a while. > > Any other guesses? #11 is Billy Vera > **[BILLY VERA](https://billyvera.com/)** > > BILLY VERA. MUSICIAN, MUSIC HISTORIAN, GRAMMY WINNER, RECIPIENT OF STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME – AND MORE. BILLY VERA’S BIG BAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND BILLY VERA & THE BEATERS PLAY GIGS ON A REGULAR BASIS. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/19 "2005-02-11T16:17:09Z")
> [@AllisonPeipus](#): > > This is a yearly contest put on every year by the good people at the college radio station at St. Cloud State in Minnesota. It’s 50 hours of trivia straight through the weekend and is a purely for bragging rights contest. The previous post was pulled out because my brother is an idiot and got revoked. Many of us are from Minnesota and have boneheaded brothers. As for fighting tooth and claw for bragging rights in a trivia contest, I think everybody on this board can relate to that or else we’d be doing something else. ---
**Author:** ![AllisonPeipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@AllisonPeipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllisonPeipus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401/20 "2005-02-11T17:14:17Z")
Only six hours left! Please everyone look here! ~Ali [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-of-all-trivia-the-holy-grail/289401.md?page=2)