Ok, things are going to be a little different this time. Since it's almost moving time, I'm probably not going to be able to update much. I figured why not try to make this week's Trivial Tuesday a little more time consuming to keep everyone entertained while I will be without net access and without the time to post anything for a bit.
The usual rules will apply with a couple of revisions: To get credit, you must answer all 21 of the questions correctly. Even if you don't know the answer to all of them, post as many as you do know, but the game is still open until someone posts a comment with all 21 answers. I normally don't implement the no google (or other versions of cheating) rule, but for this week it is in effect (hopefully that will help keep this going).
Yes, I realize that I just mentioned moving in the first paragraph and that I had promised earlier that I would talk about that. Sorry. Get used to disappointment.
Movies:
Actually, that last sentence is a good starting place. It was taken from the following exchange in a movie:
"I must know..."
"Get used to disappointment."
"Okay"
(1) What was the movie and who were the two actors involved in that scene?
Since I have referred to this as the Super Sized edition: (2) Who made the amusing and informative 2004 documentary "Super Size Me"?
Movie quote fill in the blank (3) "Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of Sun God robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing _____ at you?" "No..." "Why am I the only one who has that dream?"
Identify the movie by the quote (4): "When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!"
As you probably remember, Alfred Molina played Doc Ock in Spiderman 2. You may even remember that in my review, I discussed that he really needed to keep his shirt on throughout the movie. But do you know (5)what Alfred Molina's first credited movie role was?
Because you can never have enough Star Wars trivia, (6) George Lucas adopted many themes from this Akira Kurosawa film when making the original Star Wars, specifically in the portions of the Star Wars plot dealing with the two droids. Name the movie.
Television:
Joel McHale is the host of the always amusing television recap show "The Soup" on E! (7)Joel can also be seen in television commercials for what fast food franchise? (8)What former host of the previous incarnation of the show, "Talk Soup", went on to get an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor?
In the animated television show Futurama, a prominent politician plays himself, or rather he provides the voice for his head which has been preserved in a jar. (9)He did so because his daughter was a writer on the show. Who was this politician?
On Family Guy's not-as-amusing companion show, American Dad there is an alien living in their house. (10)Who served as the inspiration for the voice of Roger the alien?
(11)The mind behind such gameshows as "The Newlywed Game" "The Dating Game" and "The Gong Show", this man claimed to be a CIA operative and wrote the book (later made into a movie) "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind". Who is he?
Sports:
We all know that I have a fascination with amusing mascots for sports teams, so let's see how well you know some of them. (12)The University of California-Irvine has an interesting mascot for their athletic teams. What is it? (13)What about UC-Santa Barbara?
The all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball is Hank Aaron, followed by Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds. There have been prolific power hitters in other leagues who are not as well known. For example (14) there was a player in Japan who hit over 800 home runs. In addition, there was a (15) catcher in the Negro Leagues of the 1930's who is considered by many to have potentially been the greatest power hitter of all time; unfortunately, his life was cut short by a stroke a few months before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. Name these two non-MLB power hitters.
Music (Videos):
The video for Fat Boy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" was directed by (16) this man (who was married to (17) this fellow director) and starred (18) this actor, who may or may not be running for president according to a spoof website, dancing around in violation of the laws of physics.
Word Play:
It's looking like I'm going to have 21 questions in this Trivial Tuesday. Don't worry, I'm not even going to mention the appropriate 50 Cent song for fear it will get stuck in the heads of my readers.
What I just did has a name. (19)What is this word that means to bring attention to a subject by claiming not to mention it?
Despite appearances, (20) pantophobia does not mean a fear of Levi Strauss. So, what does it mean, then?
Final Question:
(21) Clowns: Funny, scary, creepy or secretly planning to kill us all and take over the world?
Good luck to you all.
Update: After a couple weeks, it's time to put this thing to bed. Most of the questions have been answered, but there are still a few open. Posted below are the answers to all of the questions.
1. The Princess Bride, Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes
2. Morgan Spurlock
3. Little Pickles
4. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
5. Raiders of the Lost Ark
6. Hidden Fortress
7. Burger King
8. Greg Kinnear
9. Al Gore
10. Paul Lynde
11. Chuck Barris
12. Anteaters
13. Gauchos
14. Sadaharu Oh
15. Josh Gibson
16. Spike Jonze
17. Sofia Coppola
18. Christopher Walken
19. Apophasis
20. The fear of everything
21. Any answer other than funny is acceptable.
Congratualtions to everyone who got one right. See the comments section to find out who answered what.
Until later...
8 comments:
Whew! I only knew half of them... Big kudos to the eventual winner!
The clowns are definitely planning to take over the world. I think I know the answer to the first one.
It's from the Princess Bride (one of my all time favorite movies) and the discussion takes place between Inigo (Mandy Patinkin) and Wesley/Dread Pirate Roberts (Cary Elwes). They are in the middle of a duel at the top of the Cliffs of Insanity where Wesley ends up winning and makes his way closer to Buttercup. The discussion happens when Inigo asks Wesley who he is.
While you are technically exempt based on the "no one who is related to me" rule, it was not originally intended for you. I had written the rules and was posting them before I realized you were out there reading.
Mostly, the rule was for the one who shares your first (and former last) name. Didn't want to be accused of playing favorites, y'know?
Go ahead and post whatever you have an answer for. I have a feeling it might take plenty of people and plenty of time to answer all of these.
Answers so far: #1 is correct. Princess Bride w/ Elwes and Patinkin conversing. #5 is correct Raiders of the Lost Ark.
#3: MH, it is from Real Genius and considering that you are the one who introduced me to that movie, I am disappointed that you can't finish the quote.
#20: nope. Nothing to do with breathing.
Okay, I'll try to answer a few.
I had #1 but someone answered it already.
Is #6 Seven Samurai?
#7 Greg Kinnear?
#11 Chuck Barris
#16 Spike Jonz
#17 Sofia Coppola
#20 Fear of Everything (haven't you seen Charlie Brown Christmas?)
#21 creepy to most people (though I loved Tim Curry's clown in IT)
I know 19 but I cannot recall the word for it. Duh
More updates:
#6 is not Seven Samurai. Star Wars was influenced by it, but not to the extent it was influenced by this other film.
#8: Yes, Greg Kinnear was the host of Talk Soup who was nominated for his role in As Good As It Gets
#11: The creator of the Newlywed Game and self-proclaimed CIA trained assasin is indeed Chuck Barris. (Played wonderfully by Sam Rockwell in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, by the way.)
16 and 17: Spike Jonze, who was married to Sofia Coppola directed the video, now we need the actor.
20: Yes, pantophobia is the fear of everything. Not to be confused with pantaphobia, which is the complete absence of fear.
Still waiting for 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, and 19.
2) Morgan Spurlock
3) "pickles"
4) I'm thinking it's one of Clint Eastwood's Sergio Leone westerns, but that would just be a guess. Sounds like him.
6) Hmmm... I have no idea.
7) McDonalds? Just a WAG. I don't follow his commercial career, or any other of his careers for that matter.
9) ?
10) Again: ?
12) Big: ?
13) Even bigger: ?
14) Freaking huge: ?
15) Unimaginable: ?
18) Chris Walken
19) Uh... yeah.
Even more updates on answers:
2. Yes, Morgan Spurlock
3. it's "little pickles" actually, but we'll call that close enough.
4. It is a Sergio Leone movie with Clint Eastwood in it. He is not the one who says this line, however.
7. Nope, not McD.
18. Yes, it was Christopher Walken.
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