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   Pop Culture Trivia Questions XXXIXFree Trivia Questions - Printable
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  What 80s action hero became the star of a cartoon in which he
     fought General Warhawk's SAVAGE crime empire, but without killing anybody? 
 
 
    a. Mr Tb. Rambo
 c. Fonzie
 d. James Bond
 
    Rambo - He'd simply talk the bad guys into surrendering instead of machine-gunning them down.
 
 
  Which celebrity appeared in the 2007 Guinness World Records
     book as the world's "Most Overrated Celebrity"? 
 
 
    a. Emma Watsonb. Paris Hilton
 c. Britney Spears
 d. Lindsay Lohan
 
    Paris Hilton - An audio recording of Hilton making derogatory comments about gay people appeared on the
    Internet in September of 2012.
 
 
  The Aussie cartoon and web meme Beached Az is about a beached
     whale with what place's strong accent? 
 
 
    a. New Zealandb. Atlantic Canada
 c. US South
 d. South Africa
 
    New Zealand - ABC Television picked it up after it had been on YouTube.
 
 
  Robin was wrong about Ted proposing to her. The ring actually
     belonged to an extra, and the take you saw on TV was his real-life proposal. What show? 
 
 
    a. How I Met Your Motherb. The Office
 c. Cougar Town
 d. According to Jim
 
    How I Met Your Mother - She said yes, by the way, which is the take you see on TV.
 
 
  What 1957 experimental film, subtitled A Chess Sonata in 8
     Movements, was directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp and Jean Cocteau? 
 
 
    a. 8 x 8b. 16 x 16
 c. 10 x 10
 d. 12 x 12
 
    8 x 8 - The name comes from the chessboard grid.
 
 
  Who did a parody cameo as Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder, then
     opened the 2010 MTV Movie Awards in that same fat suit? 
 
 
    a. Tom Hanksb. Robert Downey Jr.
 c. Mike Myers
 d. Tom Cruise
 
    Tom Cruise - He has a dancing scene at the end of the movie and a dance scene with Jennifer Lopez at the
    award show.
 
 
  Which of the following 2013 Billboard number one songs was
     recorded by Baauer? 
 
 
    a. Thrift Shopb. Just Give Me a Reason
 c. Harlem Shake
 d. Locked Out of Heaven
 
    Harlem Shake - Baauer made his debut in 2012 with a three-track EP entitled Dum Dum.
 
 
  What did Drew Struzan contribute to all the films in the
     Indiana Jones, Back to the Future and Star Wars film series? 
 
 
    a. Designed the postersb. Cast the stars
 c. Wrote the novelizations
 d. Wrote the theme music
 
    Designed the posters - He also had designed the album cover artwork for Alice Cooper's Welcome to My
    Nightmare, which Rolling Stone named one of the Top 100 Album Covers of All Time.
 
 
  In Jamestown, New York, they throw an annual grape-stomping
     contest, in honor of what 1950s TV star? 
 
 
    a. Lucille Ballb. Milton Berle
 c. Jack Paar
 d. Sid Caesar
 
    Lucille Ball - The city also built a museum dedicated to her in the building that once housed the shop
    where she bought her first hair dye.
 
 
  After Married with Children, who had a recurring role on Lost,
     played a biker chick on Sons of Anarchy and voiced a one-eyed mutant? 
 
 
    a. David Faustinob. Katey Sagal
 c. Ed O'Neill
 d. Christina Applegate
 
    Katey Sagal - Sons of Anarchy was created by her husband Kurt Sutter. She was also on 8 Simple Rules.
 
 
  Which of these celebrities did not host the first (and usually
     only) season of a reality show? 
 
 
    a. Sylvester Stalloneb. Newt Gingrich
 c. Richard Branson
 d. Tommy Hilfiger
 
    Newt Gingrich - For The Contender, Stallone and Sugar Ray Leonard ran a boxing tournament.
 
 
  The 1953 novel Five Roundabouts to Heaven by John Bingham
     inspired a 2007 movie called Married Life, as well as a 1962 episode of what TV series? 
 
 
    a. The Lucy Showb. The Virginian
 c. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
 d. The Untouchables
 
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The movie starred Patricia Clarkson, Chris Cooper, and Rachel McAdams and
    Pierce Brosnan.
 
 
  Which country star recorded a version of Led Zeppelin's song
     Stairway to Heaven? 
 
 
    a. Dolly Partonb. Linda Ronstadt
 c. Loretta Lynn
 d. Emmylou Harris
 
    Dolly Parton - Robert Plant spoke highly of Parton's version of the song.
 
 
  Leave everything to me! Whose favorite superhero was breakfast
     cereal pitchman Powdered Toast Man, even though the cereal tasted like sawdust? 
 
 
    a. The South Park kidsb. Beavis and Butthead
 c. Ren and Stimpy
 d. Peter Griffin
 
    Ren and Stimpy - Thanks to Vitamin F, he can use his flatulence to fly, or he can launch himself from a
    toaster.
 
 
  What 2007 Brett Tietjen YouTube video made fun of guidos from
     Staten Island and Jersey, to the beat of Corey Hart's "I Wear My Sunglasses at Night"? 
 
 
    a. My New Haircutb. My New Ed Hardy Shirt
 c. My New Corolla Speakers
 d. My New Buddies at the Gym
 
    My New Haircut - The video turned out to have been 'inspired by' My New Striped Shirt, in reference to
    the striped shirts wore in the famous shot of douche bags with spiked haircuts.
 
 
 
 
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