It's a blast! We've been doing it for a little over 6 months and we have some very loyal teams.
Here's this weeks questions:
1. Archie Bunker
2. Al Bundy
3. Carl Winslow
4. Mike Brady
5. Ari Gold
6. Philip Banks
7. Rick Grimes
8. Stu Pickles
9. Jim Anderson
10. Monica Geller
Life Imitates Art
1. These were first used in 1983 when a judge in New Mexico,
who apparently spent his time between sentencing criminals to hard time reading
comic books, was flipping through an issue of Spiderman and saw a plot
involving a criminal avoiding jail by agreeing to wear one of these.
2. This 1968 song by the musical duo Zager and Evans
predicted test tube babies a decade before they were created.
3. In 2003, a man named Zhang, who worked on a motorcycle
assembly line in China, spent five years in prison after he was caught building
his bike while imitating this Johnny Cash song.
4. Taking a page from what 1980's film, James O'Hare and
David Daloia, of New York, NY, pushed the lifeless body of their friend
Virgilio Cintron to a check-cashing place so they could cash his check. The two
claim they had no idea their roomie was dead.
5. In 2007 two inmates in New Jersey broke out of prison
using a poster to cover up a hole they had dug in their jail cell reminding us
all to follow this movies' mantra; to "get busy living or get busy
dying".
6. Strangely enough, these manly societies opened up after
this 1999 film that reminds us that "Losing all hope is freedom".
7. In 1865 Jules Verne published this science fantasy novel
104 years before it actually happened. The event even occurred in the same state.
8. NASA's Ion propulsion system was credited with
inspiration from "this", as was Motorola's cell phone, the importance
of a personal computer and non-evasive medical imaging techniques.
9. These two are a prime example of life imitating art, as
they became an item by these names, as opposed to their character names; Jackie
and Kelso.
10. This author portrayed his own protagonist, Sherlock
Holmes, through proving the innocence of a young man and carefully deducing
that the crime was committed by a butcher’s son producing evidence in front of
the judge, which completely overturned the conviction.
Picture Round (Round 4 is always a hand-out)
Coming To A Theater Near You….(Before & After)
1. A cop that doesn't play by the rules
discovers that he's a wizard.
2. A registered sex offender is
released from prison and struggles to control his urge to molest the first baby
born on earth in almost 18 years.
3. A young man hires
a private detective to find his high school prom date, which turns out to be a
singing nanny.
4. A cowboy makes money by continually
turning in the same bounty until he grows up to realize he was a swan the whole
time.
5. Mankind's polluting ways cause
dramatic environmental shifts, leading to a new ice age, which is only a minor
inconvenience for 007.
6. A zombie outbreak traps a bunch of
people from all walks of life in a shopping mall, where an English professor
inspires them to go against the status quo.
7. A plucky young ant, tired of life in
the anthill, leaves the group in search of adventure; unfortunately, he's
captured by Nazis.
8. A group of scientists on an isolated
research facility become the bait as a trio of intelligent sharks and one
undersized racehorse capture the heart of the nation.
9. An aging mafia don's youngest son
returns from the military and ends up having to take over his father's duties
while at the same time dealing with his zany family as he tries to plan his
daughter's wedding.
10. An unruly frat lands in hot water when
two teenage couples end up as prisoners of their bizarre and sadistic family of
serial killers.
TRIVIA
REWIND!! (We keep track of the most-missed questions, and then re-ask them)
1. In 2001,
ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” named what Native American Athlete of the Century?
2. What was the first name of the capitalist war profiteer
“Daddy” Warbucks in the Little Orphan Annie comic strip?
3. In
1759, Arthur Guinness signed a lease for how long on the Guinness Brewery?
4. What
is Michael J Fox’s middle name?
5. Who
was the first athlete to appear on a Wheaties box?
6. Though
Wimbledon is a pretty big deal today; the very first tournament was scheduled
in 1877 as a fundraiser for what English-preferred sport of the day?
7. The
Western zodiac is divided into water, earth, air and fire signs. Name the 3 air
signs.
8. Sweet Vermouth on the rocks with a twist is an iconic
drink featured in what movie?
9. Legend says single women will dream of their future
husbands if they sleep with what under their pillow?
10. Who was originally the leader of the Rat Pack?
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