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As Wild Thing, Rina Logan is an alternate reality superhero
whose powers are a hybrid of her parents'. Who are they?
a. Batman and Batgirl
b. Superman and Supergirl
c. Black Panther and Storm
d. Wolverine and Elektra
Wolverine and Elektra - Sais came out of her hands as 'psychic claws'.
In both Date Night and The Out-of-Towners, a couple find
themselves having a very bad night in what city?
a. Detroit
b. Los Angeles
c. New York City
d. Chicago
New York City - A man finds himself in similar straights in After Hours.
Ads for what Egyptian cheese became an international web
sensation, since it featured a bad-tempered man in an animal suit?
a. Panda
b. Bull
c. Rhino
d. Elephant
Panda - A giant panda would smash up rooms when people declined Panda Cheese.
Surprisingly few movies pass the Bechdel Test, named for
cartoonist Alison Bechdel. What question(s) must have a movie pass for the test?
a. Are there two or more women in it that have names?
b. Both of these
c. Neither of these
d. Do they talk to each other about something other than a man?
Both of these - She introduced the test in the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For.
Taking aim at Wall Street, the government and the economy,
Bruce Springsteen released what new album in 2012?
a. Magic
b. Working on a Dream
c. The Rising
d. Wrecking Ball
Wrecking Ball - Released March 5, 2012, Wrecking Ball is Bruce Springsteen's seventeenth studio album.
What old time Old West star died in 1940 when an aluminum
suitcase shattered his skull as his car slid into a gully on Arizona State Route 79?
a. Tex Ritter
b. Roy Rogers
c. Tom Mix
d. Gene Autry
Tom Mix - He may have been speeding or drunk. Either way, he couldn't break in time.
All the way! So intense man, full on! Paul Vasqyez, aka
Hungrybear9562 on YouTube, freaked out in 2010 when what loveliness appeared outside his Yosemite home?
a. A single blue rose
b. A topless 20-year-old girl
c. A deer giving birth
d. A double rainbow
A double rainbow - He had been an LA firefighter and took up cagefighting, but seemed to have turned
into a hippie. All the way, full on! So intense!
What director just about always has a post-credits scene in his
films, starting with the 1994 film in which Jay says, "Noinch, noinch, noinch, shmokin' weed, shmokin' weed"?
a. Kevin Smith
b. Spike Lee
c. Quentin Tarantino
d. Jim Jaramusch
Kevin Smith - Clerks nearly ended with an armed robber killing Dante and grabbing the cash from his
register, mostly because the director was stumped for a better ending.
Who is the only artist to chart seven consecutive No. 1
Billboard Hot 100 hits?
a. Madonna
b. Janet Jackson
c. Elton John
d. Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston - Houston's 1985 debut album 'Whitney Houston' was named Rolling Stone's best album of
1986.
The 2010 Emma Stone movie "Easy A" was loosely based on what
great work of literature?
a. Pride and Prejudice
b. The Scarlet Letter
c. Madame Bovary
d. Romeo and Juliet
The Scarlet Letter - A high school girl pretends to lose her virginity and wears a scarlet A as she
starts a business pretending to have sex with other boys.
In the original Star Wars, this character shot first and killed
Greedo. Then George Lucas got his grubby paws on the CGI and now Greedo fires first. At who?
a. Han Solo
b. Lando
c. Luke Skywalker
d. Yoda
Han Solo - Fans to this day insist that 'Han shot first'.
Guinness credited Helen Wagner for the longest run playing a
single character, thanks to her 54 years as Nancy Hughes on what soap opera?
a. Guiding Light
b. As the World Turns
c. Coronation Street
d. Days of Our Lives
As the World Turns - She played Nancy Hughes from the show's debut in April 1956 until her death in May
2010. Her performance was interrupted by Cronkite when JFK was killed.
Saved by the Bell's Zack Morris was Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who
went on to become John Clarke on what TV show?
a. My So-Called Life
b. Beverly Hills, 90210
c. ER
d. NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue - He replaced another child star, Rick Schroeder from Silver Spoons.
Reality contestants Jordan and Jeff met and started dating
while contestants on the eleventh season of what reality series?
a. Survivor
b. Amazing Race
c. The Real World
d. Big Brother
Big Brother - They did, though, go on to compete in The Amazing Race.
Which supermarket manager used to beg customers, "Please don’t
squeeze the Charmin"?
a. Mr. Whipple
b. Jeeves
c. Sarah Tucker
d. Aunt Jemima
Mr. Whipple - Mr. Whipple was played by Dick Wilson.
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