New Scaratings

15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly with time (4 to 20 seconds) and 3 Clues:

1. Who stars in the 1978 remake of the horror classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"?___________________
[Choices: Donald Sutherland, Sean Connery, Nick Nolte, Clint Eastwood, Richard Gere ]

2. Which event in modern Chinese history took place between 1958 and 1960?____________________
[Choices: Great Leap Forward, Death of Mao, Trial of Gang of Four, Tiananmen Square protest, Cultural Revolution ]

3. Pink Floyd's 1975 song "Wish You Were Here" begins, "So, so you think you can tell __________________."
[Choices: A chime from a bell, That's me in a nutshell, That I'm not very well, Heaven from Hell, A whisper from a yell ]

4. Jan Miner first appeared in a long-running series of commercials for _________________ in 1965.
[Choices: Charmin, Maxwell House, Budweiser, Palmolive, Post Cereals ]

5. The 1967 final episode of _________________ was advertised as "The Day the Running Stopped".
[Choices: Secret Agent, The Fugitive, Peyton Place, The Mod Squad, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ]

6. Joan Sutherland and Nellie Melba were made Dames of the British Empire for their:___________________.
[Choices: Historical writings, Contributions to music, Philanthropic work, Efforts as educators, Work in wartime ]

7. What singer recorded a popular cover of Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame" in 1955?___________________
[Choices: Tab Hunter, Pat Boone, Bobby Vinton, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin ]

8. Apple co-founder Steven Jobs designed video games for this company during the 1970's:___________________.
[Choices: Mattel, General Electric, Atari, Texas Instruments, Hasbro ]

9. Richard Gere's 1979 film "Yanks" takes place during:____________________.
[Choices: The War of 1812, The Spanish-American War, Lincoln's Presidency, World War II, The Salem Witch Trials ]

10. In 1980, this stock car driver won his first of seven NASCAR Cup championships:_________________.
[Choices: Richard Petty, Mario Andretti, Robert Plant, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip ]

11. The Rolling Stones wrote the song "Angie" for:___________________.
[Choices: A groupie named Angie, Bill Wyman's daughter, Mick Jagger's girlfriend, David Bowie's wife, Activist Angela Davis ]

12. From 1969 to 1974, Emilio Garrastazu Medici was the military dictator of:___________________.
[Choices: The Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Italy ]

13. Which legendary TV performer was famous for saying "And awa-a-aay we go"?____________________
[Choices: Milton Berle, Ernie Kovacs, Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton ]

14. This doll, introduced in 1958, was sealed in a time capsule containing social memorabilia:__________________.
[Choices: Barbie, Betsy Wetsy, Cabbage Patch Kid, G.I. Joe, Shirley Temple doll ]

15. Which 1960's-70's British band was led by Roy Wood?____________________
[Choices: The Move, Slade, Thunderclap Newman, Procol Harum, Small Faces ]





Answers:

1. Donald Sutherland [We at Buster's Bar in Ottawa ON all knew this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_ ... (1978_film) ]

2. Great Leap Forward [Guest Dorothy (RADFEM) rom Big Guys in Winnipeg MB and I (REACH) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Leap_Forward ]

3. Heaven from Hell [Jean (LESTER) called this one; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tGO1Y4FGpI .]

4. Palmolive [I called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Miner ]

5. The Fugitive [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fugitive_(TV_series) ]

6. Contribution to music [I pre-called "Opera singing"; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Sutherland and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Melba ]

7. Pat Boone [I pre-called this one; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8dx0oE--VI and Comments ]

8. Atari [Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) or Patrick (MRRED) may have called this one; see https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-j ... ari-2014-8 ]

9. WWII [Dave (YELDOR, BLADOR) called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanks ]

10. Dale Earnhardt [We got all or most of the Points for this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Earnhardt ]

11. David Bowie's wife [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angie_(song) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angie_Bowie and for photos of David Bowie's first wife, Google "angie bowie" ]

12. Brazil [Only Dave (YELDOR, BLADOR) got the full 1000 Points, Dorothy got 860, Andrew C (GRYFON) 626, and the rest of us got confused and lost most of the Points; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Garrastazu_Medici ]

13. Jackie Gleason [I pre-called this one; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAhGAdeyOTw ]

14. Barbie [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie ; the article says 1959 instead of 1958, but this was close enough for us to get this right ]

15. The Move [We all lost about 800 Points each on this one, having no idea; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Wood , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Move and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkZdSFjzTEY for "Tonight" (3:18) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXCUldUFyEk for "California Man" (3:30) .]