2008_09_03_Pub_Quiz

General Knowledge 1

Elwood P. Dowd, played by Jimmy Stewart, is the only one who can see a giant Pooka in what 1950 film? [ANSWER] Harvey
The Centzon Totochtin, 400 rabbits of drunkenness, feature prominently in what civilization's pantheon? [ANSWER] Aztec
What Georgian author penned the Uncle Remus stories that featured the trickster Br'er Rabbit? [ANSWER] Joel Chandler Harris
In the Chinese zodiac, the next year of the Rabbit begins on February 3 in what year? [ANSWER] 2011
Harry "Rabit" Angstrom is a character created by what author? [ANSWER] John Updike
In Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Eddie Valiant takes photographs of Jessica Rabbit and Marvin engaged in what activity? [ANSWER] Playing Pattycake
Leporidae and ochotonidae, the families of rabbits and pikas, respectively, make up what order of mammals? [ANSWER] Lagomorpha
In what nation would you find the rabbit-proof fence, the subject of a book by Doris Pilkington? [ANSWER] Australia
What founder of Ms. magazine infiltrated the New York Playboy Club in 1963 as a bunny? [ANSWER] Gloria Steinem
What painter of Marriage-a-la-Mode and the Rake's Progress also created an engraving of Mary Tofts giving birth to rabbits? [ANSWER] William Hogarth

[ANSWER] For he's gone and married yum yum (Arthur Sullivan - and Gilbert)
[ANSWER] Marriage of Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo da Ponte)
[ANSWER] White Wedding (Billy Idol aka William Michael Albert Broad)
[ANSWER] Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream (Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)
[ANSWER] Hotel Yorba (White Stripes - Jack and Meg White)
[ANSWER] Lohengrin (Richard Wagner)
[ANSWER] Madame Butterfly (Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini - and Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa)
[ANSWER] The Bartered Bride (Bedřich Smetana - and Karel Sabina)
[ANSWER] Liebeslied from The Three Penny Opera (Kurt Weil - and Bertoldt Brecht)
[ANSWER] Get Me to the Curch on Time (Frederick Loewe - and Alan Lerner)

Cricket [ANSWER] What elite military organization, initially comprised of non-Muslim conscripts, served as the standing army of the Ottoman Empire until 1826?
Lecompton Constitution [ANSWER] The opening lines of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" are written in what poetic meter?
Channel Islands [ANSWER] What piece of apparel is awarded to the best climber during the mountain stages of the Tour de France?
Odessa [ANSWER] What 1,350 mile long river which empties into the Indian Ocean bisects the nation of Myanmar?
Murasaki Shikibu [ANSWER] The 1991 music video for what Michael Jackson song marked one of the first mainstream uses of digital morphing effects?
Titus [ANSWER] Which actor provided the voice of Mr. Magoo?
Seven [ANSWER] What is the name of the military computer which challenges Matthew Broderick to a nice game of chess in the movie WarGames?
Quasimodo [ANSWER] Which American composer, who died in New York City in 1917, composed the opera Treemonisha?
Dukes of Hazard [ANSWER] What quantity, measured in kilogram-meters squared, is the rotational analog of mass?
Sulfur [ANSWER] What well-advertised over the counter homeopathic remedy produced by Miralus Healthcare consists of wax, potassium dichromate, and white bryony?

The Janissaries (Janissary corps) [ANSWER] Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct)
Dactylic tetrameter (Picture your self in a boat on a river with tangerine tree-ees and marmalade skii-ii-es.) [ANSWER] Faye Dunaway (Chinatown)
the polka dot jersey [ANSWER] Marlene Dietrich (Blue Angel)
Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River [ANSWER] Veronica Lake (This Gun for Hire)
Black or White [ANSWER] Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity)
Jim Backus [ANSWER] Linda Fiorentino (The Last Seduction)
Joshua OR WOPR (War Operation Plan Response) [ANSWER] Lana Turner (The Postman Always Rings Twice)
Scott Joplin [ANSWER] Mary Astor (Maltese Falcon)
Moment of Inertia [ANSWER] Kathleen Turner (Body Heat)
HeadOn [ANSWER] Rita Hayworth (Gilda)

The title character of what nursery rhyme shares her name with British customs house with a reputation for housing smugglers? [ANSWER] Little Bo Peep
Who was the eldest of Noah's three sons? [ANSWER] Ham
When astronomers Jocelyn Bell and Antony Hewish discovered the first pulsar in 1967, they initially referred to it as LGM-1. What did LGM stand for? [ANSWER] Little Green Men
In the Starcraft series of video games which of the three races relies upon overlords to maintain control over their forces? [ANSWER] Zerg
Which barbecue sauce manufactured by Kraft Foods comes in seven different varieties including Brown Sugar and Hickory, Guinness Blend, and Smokin' Chipotle? [ANSWER] Bull's Eye
Who sang "Talk With the Animals" in the Academy Award winning 1967 film, Doctor Dolittle? [ANSWER] Rex Harrison (Best Effects, Best Special Effects, and Best Song)
Which astronaut appeared in a 1986 episode of Punky Brewster to encourage the young girl not to give up her dreams of space flight in the wake of the Challenger explosion? [ANSWER] Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin
Which character on Saved by the Bell briefly struggled with an addiction to caffeine pills? [ANSWER] Jessica "Jessie" Spano
Which folk musician was famous for playing a guitar emblazoned with a sticker which said "This machine kills fascists."? [ANSWER] Woody Guthrie
THEME? [ANSWER] Toy Story Movies