Time to announce the winners of our second annual trivial trivia giveaway! There was much work involved, and in the end, only three brave souls dared enter the squared circle we call the NerDome. (We do. Really. I didn't just make that up.) For those of you looking to expand your education, keep reading.
Tied for first place are Daisy and Kari, who worked their internets to the bone coming up with these answers.
Third place goes to Frank, and really, doesn't everyone win when bacon is involved?
For the curious among you, here are the preferred winning answers:
1) Name two films that featured two future state governors.
A) "Batman and Robin", "Predator" and "Running Man" all starred Jesse Ventura (MN) and Ahnuld Schwartzenegger (CA). "Predator" also starred Sonny Landham, who ran an unsuccessful campaign for governor of Kentucky, and there is currently a Facebook campaign to elect Carl "Apollo Creed" Weathers to a governorship just to make the 'Governor vs. Predator' argument.
2) Name another that featured one future governor and a chimp.
A) This could only be the Gipper. Ronald Reagan, then future governor of California co-starred with a monkey in "Bedtime for Bonzo".
3) Hal Holbrook has never been a governor. Hal Holbrook has never been president either, but he's played two on TV as well as helping to topple a third in film. Name two films where his good-guy role turns out to be a front, and he's exposed as the villain (Scooby-Doo style, if you will.)
A) I underestimated this one, as Hal Holbrook seems to become the villain more often than not. I was thinking of "Magnum Force" and "Fletch Lives", but I was also given "The Firm" as an option. Sure, it's just opinion, but somehow I doubt Hal's role in "All the president's men" changed from beginning to end of the film, and it seems that he was an asshole from the start in "Capricorn One".
4) Speaking of Scooby Doo (in an offhand sort of way), explain the significance of September 14, 1985 in music history. (It has to do, marginally, with the Pointer Sisters and one of their 'upbeat' songs, if that helps. It went to eleven.)
A) A day that will live in infamy, this was Casey Kasem's 'Snuggles' rant, about having to do a dedication to a dead dog coming out of the Pointer Sisters song. The rant was later edited into U2, a song by alternative band Negativland. One would hope you're not asking what this has to do with Scooby Doo. If you are, go check out Casey's IMDB page. I'm not giving you a link, that just encourages your laziness.
5) Also on that day, one of the greatest premieres in all of television occurred, that being "The Golden Girls". The theme song was originally released by Andrew Gold in 1978. Name two films to feature Gold's previous hit, 'Lonely Boy'.
A) Both "Boogie Nights" and "The Water Boy" included this tune on their soundtracks.
6) Now that you're all sexed up thinking about the television show mentioned above, maybe thinking about baseball would help. Who followed Jimmy Blake to the plate, possibly in Massachusetts but just as possibly in California, depending upon who you believe?
A) Jimmy Blake was second at bat, right before Casey in "Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888" by Ernest Thayer.
7 & 8) Speaking of geography, how far is Winnipeg from Montreal? Who told you that distance?
A) While driving distances would be 1470 or 1711 miles depending upon your route, we weren't talking about driving but actual geographic distance. Currently distance from airport to airport is 1136 miles. However, according to Mr. Memory, from Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps", the distance is actually 1148 miles.
9) Why is that distance in miles instead of kilometers? Burma! (Sorry, I panicked. I'm not Doctor bloody Bernofsky, you know.)
A) "The 39 Steps" was released in 1939. However, the metric system was not universally in use in Great Britain until 1965, and Canada until 1973. Presently only three nations worldwide have yet to complete 'Metrication': The United States of America, Liberia, and Burma.
10) What do they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in France?
A) Official spelling on the McDonalds website lists the 'Royal Cheese' as an offering in France. However, were you to be a Tarantino fan, you'd know this to be the 'Royale with Cheese' of "Pulp Fiction" fame, because thanks to the Metric system, the French don't know what a quarter pound is.
11) Finally, which actress was born on the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, and became a global sensation after starring in one of the late Blake Edwards' films?
A) Bo Derek starred in "Ten", and was the subject of my most popular blog post to date.
I'd like to thank everyone who participated, and I'm looking forward to far more entries on future give-aways.
And of course, what would Monday be without a movie quote to identify? No Googling or using any other search engines on this one, either you recognize the quote or you don't. Identify the original source of the quote, no movies within movies or characters quoting past films. Should you guess the quote correctly, you'll win the peoples' fame and ovation forever, along with the title of 'Iron Quote Guesser'.
The army couldn't afford drapes? I'll be up at the crack of dawn here!
Allez Guessing!
6 comments:
Hurray! Thanks Elliott! It was fun to play along. :D
Unfortunately, I do not know the answer to today's question, so I'll leave that one up to someone else.
Goldie Hawn in "Private Benjamin"?
I guess I picked a bad day to give up eating bacon.
Frank, there is never a good day to give up eating bacon.
I think Jim Gaffigan hits it on the head when he says bacon sounds like applause when it's frying.
Daisy, glad you enjoyed it.
Cali, you got it! Sadly, no bacon for the weekly contests until we get sponsorship. (Nueske's, Wright Brand, Patrick Cudahy, I'm looking at you...)
That's okay, I'm a vegetarian anyways. I'll take some kale instead.
I'd recommend NOT searching my blog for previously posted opinions on the subject of herbivores.
But I can send you seeds. (Unless, by CA law I'm not allowed.)
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