[See the Brainbuster thread for more info.]
Round 1
1 'Tears of a Clown' was a top hit for Smokey Robinson and the:
1 Pips
2 Vaselines
3 Miracles
* 4 Starliters
5 Travelers
Not star struck
No time for travel
Mira Sorvino
FYI, Smokey's real first name is William.
2 In the 1960's, Alan S. Boyd was the Secretary of Transportation in the cabinet of:
1 John F. Kennedy
2 Richard Nixon
3 Lyndon B. Johnson
* 4 Dwight D. Eisenhower
5 Jimmy Carter
Didn't get rich
Not Jimmy
Go for Lyndon
At 4-feet-10, he was just small enough to fit in the cabinet.
3 In the 1960 movie 'Psycho,' Janet Leigh's character is murdered by what actor?
1 Anthony Perkins
* 2 Cary Grant
3 Rod Sterling [sic]
4 William Conrad
5 Orson Welles
Not well
No sterling silver
Perk some coffee
Perkins was upset that she was using too much of the complimentary soap.
4 We spend our leisure time differently thanks to this 1968 book by Dr. Kenneth Cooper:
1 The Greening of America
2 Aerobics
* 3 I Want My MTV
4 The Sensitive Man
5 Jogging
Don't make sens
Don't jog the memory
Aero-space
With a strong belief in ungainly rhythmic movement, he also fathered line dancing.
5 Annette Funicello played an exchange student named Gina for one season on:
1 My Favorite Martian
2 My Three Sons
3 The Danny Thomas Show
* 4 Petticoat Junction
5 The Donna Reed Show
No petti compllaint
Don't play favorites
Oh Danny boy
She was on foreign exchange from the exotic country of Disneyland
Round 2
6 Which world leader halted oil sales to the United States in 1979?
1 Leonid Brezhnev
2 Saddam Hussein
3 King Faisal
4 Ayatollah Khomeini
* 5 Ferdinand Marcos
Not Ferdinand the Bull
Not a king's ransom
Khome and get it
'You didn't believe I'd do it,' he said, 'but ayatollah you I was serious.'
7 In 1964, she assumed the role of Dolly Levi in the musical 'Hello Dolly!':
1 Julie Andrews
2 Janis Joplin
3 Ethel Merman
4 Barbra Streisand
5 Carol Channing
* No mermaid
No Barbie doll
Christmas carol
Channing cultivated her raspy voice by gargling with whiskey and cigar butts.
8 All of these things made their first appearance in 1964 except:
1 Shea Stadium
2 Lucky Charms cereal
3 Kennedy half-dollar
4 Pop-tarts
5 Crest toothpaste
* Not in charm school
No stadium seating
Toot your horn
By 1964, Crest was already long in the tooth.
9 The 1968 book 'The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test' was written by:
1 Tom Wolfe
* 2 Joseph Heller
3 Terry Southern
4 Everett Dirksen
5 Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Not a kurt reply
Don't go south
Cry wolfe
After writing this LSD journal, he became known as a Wolfe in tie-dyed clothing.
10 What young actor played the title role in TV's 'The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters' in 1963?
1 Micky Dolenz
2 Jerry Mathers
3 Ron Howard
4 Kurt Russell
* 5 Bruce Willis
No math test
Don't pick Mick
Kurtsey
McPheeters later lent his name to a brand of McDonald's pig feet popular in the south.
Round 3
11 In 1974, this country's rulers were removed by a military coup called the Captains' Revolution:
1 Portugal
* 2 Chile
3 Italy
4 Jamaica
5 Greece
No chile beans
No jar of jam
Bottle of port
Tennille denied any connection with the coup.
12 Who played 'Dracula' in the 1979 version of the Bram Stoker novel?
1 Peter O'Toole
2 Chris Sarandon
3 Christopher Lee
4 Frank Langella
* 5 Jack Palance
No Lee jeans
No toole for the job
Frankly speaking
It was Langella's closest brush with horror until dating Whoopi Goldberg.
13 This album by Bob Dylan was among the top sellers of 1975:
1 Magical Mystery Tour
2 Electric Ladyland
3 Waiting for the Sun
4 Blood on the Tracks
* 5 The Graduate soundtrack
Don't solve mystery
No graduating class
About bloody time
Someone had obviously been looking at Keith Richards' arms.
14 In what sport did Amy Alcott enjoy success during the 1970's and 1980's?
1 Gymnastics
2 Golf
* 3 Bowling
4 Figure skating
5 Tennis
Can't figure her out
No sugar bowl
Amy on golf
She also had success in the 1960's and 1990's, but she didn't enjoy that as much.
15 A _____ named Max Yasgur allowed the use of his property for the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
1 Real estate agent
2 Dairy farmer
* 3 Country lawyer
4 Recent Israeli immigrant
5 Talent agent
Not law-abiding
No summer estate
I dair you
Accustomed to milking things for all they were worth, he charged rent and admission as well.
Top 20 sites
Code:
Rank Site City State Score
1 STADIUM CA DALLAS TX 14007
2 MOVADO PRE WINNIPEG MB 13971
3 INTHE ZONE TAMPA FL 13640
4 BOCCAVINO CALGARY AB 13317
5 PB BAR & G SAN DIEGO CA 13262
6 ADAMS MILL MANCHESTER CT 13247
7 DAMON'S WILMINGTON OH 13180
8 MAEVES RES STUDIO CIT CA 13175
9 SRO OT HOUSTON TX 13110
10 HENRY HUDS OKLAHOMA C OK 13051
11 LACLEDE ST SAINT LOUI MO 12890
12 CONCERT PU HOUSTON TX 12762
13 TEASER'S CHICAGO IL 12716
14 JOHNNY'S OVERLAND P KS 12598
15 BLACKSHEEP YARMOUTH P MA 12576
16 BUFFALO WI STILLWATER OK 12570
17 MAD RIVER NEW YORK NY 12497
18 HEROES WICHITA KS 12296
19 BARGOS CNTERVILLE OH 12260
20 NEW EDIN. OTTAWA ON 12198
Top 20 players
Code:
Rank Handle Site Score
1 HAFNER WOW CAFÉ R 15000
2 POX MOVADO PRE 14793
3 RAN D INTHE ZONE 14516
4 MADDOG BOCCAVINO 14119
5 DAVE STADIUM CA 14100
6 BOGGIE FOUR CORNE 13991
7 SERF MAEVES RES 13990
8 BUNING ADAMS MILL 13740
9 ARTHUR BUFWLDWNGS 13716
10 FMXOT OLIVERS 13600
11 HYRAX BLARNEY ST 13592
12 CHIEF BUFFALO WI 13538
13 LMFAO HEROES 13532
14 AARDVK SRO OT 13525
15 QQQ JOHNNY'S 13513
16 GRISOM PB BAR & G 13494
17 LUNGER SPORTS PEP 13471
18 BORIS SPORTS CIT 13420
19 BETH TAILGATE 13391
20 SCOT BOSTONVILL 13384