New Scaratings

15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds after appearance of Question & 5 Choices, with 3 Clues:

1. This 1969 CCR hit is about privileged people who commit poor folk to fight their wars:______________________.
[Choices: Everyday People, White Room, Sunshine Superman, Fortunate Son, To Sir with Love ]

2. Jay Ward, of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame, created this Quaker cereal character in the 1960's:____________________.
[Choices: Cuckoo Bird, Cap'n Crunch, Toucan Sam, Tony the Tiger, Trix Rabbit ]

3. What series featured a pampered and spoiled couple named Michael and Stephanie Harris?__________________
[Choices: Cheers, Newhart, Battlestar Galactica, Murphy Brown, Empty Nest ]

4. In March 1979, the Soviet Union called this nation "The most serious threat to world peace":__________________.
[Choices: Cuba, North Korea, China, United States, Tuvalu ]

5. This group with keyboardist Garth Hudson was formed in Woodstock, New York, in 1967:__________________.
[Choices: The Grateful Dead, The Band, The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jefferson Airplane ]

6. Steve Bartkowski and Ricky Bell were big names in this sport in the 1970's:___________________.
[Choices: Basketball, Swimming, Soccer, Bowling, Football ]

7. The New York Times dubbed this movie "unspeakable, stupid, rotten, vile & insane":_________________.
[Choices: Midnight Cowboy, Easy Rider, Mary Poppins, Caligula, The Green Berets ]

8. "TIME" Magazine named __________________ its cover "Con Man of the Year" in a February 1972 issue.
[Choices: Richard Nixon, Clifford Irving, Burt Reynolds, Reverend Sun Myung Moon, Daniel Ellsberg ]

9. All of these were hit songs in 1958 except:__________________.
[Choices: Purple People Eater, Yummy Yummy Yummy, Lollipop, Short Shorts, The Chipmunk Song ]

10. A CB enthusiast's radio nickname was known as his:__________________.
[Choices: Handle, Banner, Grip, Slang, Cover ]

11. In 1972, George Peppard took the TV role of this insurance investigator:____________________.
[Choices: Columbo, Cannon, Kojak, Banacek, Mannix ]

12. What did the "O" stand for in the "TIROS" weather satellites of the 1960's?_________________
[Choices: Over, Observation, Orbiting, One, Operational ]

13. The 1960s band Gary Lewis and the __________________ came from Los Angeles.
[Choices: Playboys, Beau Brummels, Yardbirds, Belmonts, Dakotas ]

14. Ruth Eisemann-Schier achieved a female first in _________________ history in 1968.
[Choices: U.S. Army, Broadway, Olympic, Aviation, FBI ]

15. Who plays the charlatan evangelist in the 1960 movie "Elmer Gantry"?____________________
[Clues: Charlton Heston, Sinclair Lewis, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Robert Montgomery ]






Answers:

1. Fortunate Son [Patrick (MRRED) called this one at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JmEj0_aVM ]

2. Cap'n Crunch [Andrew C (GRYFON) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Ward ]

3. Newhart [see https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct- ... story.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newhart ]

4. China [We lost over 750 Points each on this one, requiring all 3 Clues. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Sovi ... r_conflict and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_split , the year was 1969, not 1979, unless the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan provoked China even more. ]

5. The Band [I (REACH, LESTER) pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Hudson ]

6. Football [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartkowski and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Bell_(running_back) ]

7. The Green Berets [Because it was "the failing New York Times" involved, I split my votes, getting 1000 Points as REACH, and only 238 Points as LESTER, with others getting even fewer. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Berets_(film) ]

8. Clifford Irving [I pre-called this one; see http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,1 ... 21,00.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Irving ]

9. Yummy Yummy Yummy [I called this one; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4aQiFaCod8 by the Ohio Express in 1968. ]

10. Handle [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CB_slang ]

11. Banacek [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banacek ]

12. Observation [I stupidly called "Orbiting" (satellites aren't that useful if they're not orbiting); Andrew C got 1000 Points for getting it right, but unfortunately I took the others down with me. My bad! See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIROS-1 ]

13. Playboys [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lewis_&_the_Playboys and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5V9KUcYneg for a performance of "This Diamond Ring". ]

14. FBI [We all lost over 750 Points on this one, requiring the 3rd Clue. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Eisemann-Shier ]

15. Burt Lancaster [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Gantry_(film) . Shirley Jones won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. When I mentioned that she played Lulu, a prostitute, Patrick, apparently shattered, moaned "Not Mrs. Partridge!" ]