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 Post subject: Recap: 3-Mar-2010
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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


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