Totally Random Trivia: 2022

5. Don Cheadle?

He's the only one I can think of with a horrible "English" accent in those movies.

4) the Lolita writer! I’m blanking right now.

Nabokov! I knew I’d remember.

Nabokov. You get the credit.

Lol, minds in sync for posting.

Answers to Wednesday, February 16

1. After its introduction in 1982, Diet Coke quickly replaced what soft drink as the Coca-Cola Company’s most popular diet cola?

TAB

2. In 1958, a British artist named Gerald Holtom combined the semaphore signals for “N” and “D”—for “Nuclear Disarmament”—and combined them to create… what?

THE PEACE SYMBOL

3. Which state gets its name from the plural of the Algonquin word for “at the great hill”?

MASSACHUSETTS

4. The Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard contains a cabinet of butterfly genitalia collected by what Russian, who, in addition to being one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th century, was also an accomplished lepidopterist, or butterfly collector?

VLADIMIR NABOKOV

5. Donald Duck’s voice is very specific, but in a 2018 episode of the “DuckTales” revival series, his familiar vocal affect is missing. What actor, known for his atrocious English accent in “Ocean’s Eleven,” voices Donald Duck in this episode?

DON CHEADLE

Theme Thursday, February 17

Today's theme is: The Dubbing Best. Five questions about dubbing, the practice of recording over a performer on film.

1. Marni Nixon dubbed many female singing parts in the 20th century, perhaps most famously Audrey Hepburn in what 1964, voice-focused musical?

2. What actor had all of his dialogue dubbed by an anonymous American in his debut film, “Hercules in New York,” where he was credited with the last name “Strong”?

3. During the ‘60s and ‘70s, voice actor Nikki van der Zyl provided the speaking voices for such characters as Vesper Lynd, Kissy Suzuki, and Honey Ryder in what film series?

4. Bill Lee dubbed Captain von Trapp’s singing voice in the 1965 film version of “The Sound of Music.” Captain von Trapp was portrayed by what recently-deceased actor?

5. What genre of music, which first emerged in South London in the late ‘90s, is generally characterized by sparse, syncopated rhythmic patterns with bass lines that contain prominent sub-bass frequencies?

1. My Fair Lady

5. Dubstep

4) Christopher Plummer

2) Arnold Schwarzenegger

3. James Bond

Answers to Theme Thursday, February 17

1. Marni Nixon dubbed many female singing parts in the 20th century, perhaps most famously Audrey Hepburn in what 1964, voice-focused musical?

“MY FAIR LADY”

2. What actor had all of his dialogue dubbed by an anonymous American in his debut film, “Hercules in New York,” where he was credited with the last name “Strong”?

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

3. During the ‘60s and ‘70s, voice actor Nikki van der Zyl provided the speaking voices for such characters as Vesper Lynd, Kissy Suzuki, and Honey Ryder in what film series?

JAMES BOND

(she dubbed over every Bond girl in this era)

4. Bill Lee dubbed Captain von Trapp’s singing voice in the 1965 film version of “The Sound of Music.” Captain von Trapp was portrayed by what recently-deceased actor?

CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

5. What genre of music, which first emerged in South London in the late ‘90s, is generally characterized by sparse, syncopated rhythmic patterns with bass lines that contain prominent sub-bass frequencies?

DUBSTEP

Friday, February 18

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday's email.

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Viewed from Earth, Mars is, on average, the fifth-brightest object in the night sky. Name as many of the four brighter objects as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong! And note: We’re talking about the night sky.

2. The mountain known as Pikes Peak, or Tavakiev in the indigenous Ute language, is a part of what mountain range?

3. What university, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, is named after the first Jewish Supreme Court justice, which explains why its athletics teams are called “the Judges”?

4. What two-word food additive and thickening agent, starting with an “X,” is secreted by the same bacteria that causes the plant disease known as “black rot”?

5. Today is February 17. Born on this day in 1942, what co-founder of the Black Panthers posthumously lends his name to one of the lead characters in Aaron McGruder’s “The Boondocks”?

1. Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Sirius

2. Rockies?

4. Xanthan gum

3. Brandeis

5. Huey Newton

2) Rockies? Yes. Front Range would be more specific.

I thought Saturn was brighter than Jupiter

Edit : guess not. I swore that was the case but I’m wrong according to Wikipedia

Jupiter is just so much closer, that it offsets the effect of the rings making Saturn slightly larger visually (very difficult to notice without a telescope, and the brightness difference tends to wash that out, even for the few people that have good enough eyesight to see it)

I might be wrong anyway. Now that I'm looking it up as well.

Pretty sure you have the list right. Mars can be way brighter than Sirius, but on average, it's dimmer.

[mention]Jupiter[/mention].....he's here, he's there, he's every :censored: where! :wave:

:lurk: :lurk:

what da hell... Why do I keep getting pulled in to this thread?

:biggrin2:

Gravitational force? :reading:

Answer to Friday, February 18, 2022

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Viewed from Earth, Mars is, on average, the fifth-brightest object in the night sky. Name as many of the four brighter objects as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong! And note: We’re talking about the night sky.

The Moon, Venus, Jupiter, The International Space Station

2. The mountain known as Pikes Peak, or Tavakiev in the Indigenous Ute language, is a part of what mountain range?

The Rockies

3. What university, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, is named after the first Jewish Supreme Court justice, which explains why its athletics teams are called “the Judges”?

Brandeis

4. What two-word food additive and thickening agent, starting with an “X,” is secreted by the same bacteria that causes the plant disease known as “black rot”?

Xanthan Gum

5. Today is February 17. Born on this day in 1942, what co-founder of the Black Panthers posthumously lends his name to one of the lead characters in Aaron McGruder’s “The Boondocks”?

Huey P. Newton

(Huey Freeman is named after him)

Questions for Monday, February 21, 2022

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. What “-ology” is the area of theology concerned with the end of times? It’s an 11-letter term that derives from the Greek for “study of the last.”

2. What is, worldwide, the highest-grossing movie of all time, not adjusted for inflation?

3. The final episode of “Breaking Bad” was called “Felina.” Fe, Li, and Na are the chemical symbols of three elements from the Periodic Table. Name all three elements.

4. According to an ancient prophecy, a great city was to be built on a site where an eagle was seen eating a rattlesnake atop a cactus. This prophecy was fulfilled in 1325. What city is currently located at that spot?

5. Singer/songwriter Linda Perry scored her first big hit with her band in 1993. The title she planned to give that song was already taken by Marvin Gaye in 1971. What did she call the song instead?

3. Iron (FE), Lithium (LI), and Sodium (NA)

5) What's Going On?

Educated guess since that the name of and title track of Gaye's monumental album in '71.

4. Mexico City

5. 'What's Going On" is the hook of the song, but the title is 'What's Up" by 4 Non-Blondes.

2. I’ve always thought it was Gone With the Wind. Not sure about worldwide though.

2. Guessing Titanic

I think it still is given it has 80 years of inflation to work with

My mistake. I misread the question

But it says NOT adjusted for inflation. So if tix sold for 25cents how could it be the highest grossing?

I obviously did too.

2) I’m pretty sure it’s Avatar.

I think the new Spiderman is the winner; if not, it's close.

If by "close" you mean "more than a billion dollars less than 1st place" then, sure.

Kelly Red is correct.

I looked it up. I saw it had been breaking records (for theatrical release only), so took a stab at it.

Answer to Monday, February 21, 2022

1. What “-ology” is the area of theology concerned with the end of times? It’s an 11-letter term that derives from the Greek for “study of the last.”

Eschatology

2. What is, worldwide, the highest-grossing movie of all time, not adjusted for inflation?

“Avatar”

3. The final episode of “Breaking Bad” was called "Felina." Fe, Li, and Na are the chemical symbols of three elements from the Periodic Table. Name all three elements.

Iron, Lithium, Sodium

4. According to an ancient prophecy, a great city was to be built on a site where an eagle was seen eating a rattlesnake atop a cactus. This prophecy was fulfilled in 1325. What city is currently located at that spot?

Mexico City

(or Tenochtitlan)

5. Singer/songwriter Linda Perry scored her first big hit with her band in 1993. The title she planned to give that song was already taken by Marvin Gaye in 1971. What did she call the song instead?

“What’s Up”

(by 4 Non Blondes; she wanted to call it “What’s Going On?”)

Questions for Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. What Nepalese mountaineer was, along with Edmund Hillary, one of the first two individuals known to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

2. Wallace Shawn voices the principal, Joey Lawrence voices the bully, and Tevin Campbell voices famous singer Powerline in what 1995 Disney movie?

3. Professional baseball’s first commissioner was a federal judge named Kenesaw Mountain Landis. His first action in that role was to permanently ban eight players from the game. All eight came from what team?

4. Which U.S. state gets its name from the Aleut language word meaning “mainland,” or more literally, “the object towards which the action of the sea is directed”?

5. Known for his "tenderness" as well as his tragic death in Madison, Wisconsin's Lake Monona in 1967, what singer is regarded as "The King of Soul"?

3) Chicago White Sox

3. Chicago Black (White) Sox

5. Otis Redding

Damnit GE!! Do you ever work? All you do every morning is sit around hitting refresh on this site so you can be first on the trivia, isn't it?

4. Alaska

4. Alaska

1) Tenzing Norgay