New Scaratings

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

1. A sensation of the 1950's, this Cuban bandleader was dubbed "The King of the Mambo":_________________.
[Choices: Hugo Montenegro, Jose Feliciano, Desi Arnaz, Xavier Cugat, Perez Prado ]

2. Which comedian is known for his skit about "A Place for My Stuff"?_____________________
[Choices: Robin Williams, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Steve Martin ]

3. The 1960's brought a more pop-sounding style to country music that was called:________________.
[Choices: The Nashville Sound, Texas Swing, Southern Rock, The Bakersfield Sound, Country Rock ]

4. What sport made Carol Heiss famous in the 1950's and 1960's?__________________
[Choices: Track and Field, Tennis, Swimming, Figure Skating, Golf ]

5. The LP "Dark Side of the Moon" was a mega-hit for this band:_________________.
[Choices: Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Moody Blues, Alan Parsons Project, Steely Dan ]

6. The U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice when the 1966 Miranda v. Arizona case was decided was:________________.
[Choices: Nelson A. Rockefeller, William H. Rehnquist, Harlan F. Stone, Earl Warren, Allen Dulles ]

7. Terence Stamp kidnaps art student Samantha Eggar in this 1965 film:__________________.
[Choices: Repulsion, Mad Max, In Cold Blood, The Collector, Blowup ]

8. Kato is the sidekick of which superhero?_____________________
[Choices: Green Hornet, Spider-Man, Flash Gordon, Batman, Captain Marvel ]

9. Which was the first band for rockers Joan Jett and Lita Ford?__________________
[Choices: The Go-Go's, The Runaways, The Nuns, Girlschool, Vixen ]

10. The Art Institute of Chicago is home to the massive painting "Sky Above Clouds IV" by:____________________.
[Choices: Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Arthur Fonzarelli, Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe ]

11. In the original film version of "Assault on Precinct 13", the title precinct is in:_________________.
[Choices: Huber Heights, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago ]

12. In 1962, Uganda gained independence from ______________ rule.
[Choices: Canadian, German, Portuguese, Dutch, British ]

13. The 1950's Bunny Hop craze was a product of this TV show:___________________.
[Choices: American Bandstand, Your Hit Parade, The Dinah Shore Show, Talent Scouts, The Ed Sullivan Show ]

14. What company brought TV remote control to the market in 1950?__________________
[Choices: Thiokol, Zenith, Warner-Lambert, Motorola, Xerox ]

15. All of these things came into being during the 1960's except:____________________.
[Choices: Computer mouse, Op Art, Smurfs, The Super Bowl, Rolling Stone magazine ]






Answers:

1. Perez Prado [I(REACH, LESTER) wrongly pre-called Xavier Cugat who was based in Cuba and followed many trends including mambo; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perez_Prado and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Cugat . So rather than getting about 200 Points after the 3rd Clue, we three players at Buster's Bar, Ottawa ON ended up with zero. Perez Prado to me was a band leader with pop hits "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White" (1955) and "Patricia" (1958); see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q4ywIHLAcQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtQKHYo4DGs ]

2. George Carlin [Chris (CEEZED, KAYZED) pre-called this one; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLoge6QzcGY (5:10).]

3. Nashville Sound [Chris (2x1000 Points) and REACH guessed right; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_sound ]

4. Figure skating [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Heiss , and for her performance at the 1960 U.S. National Championship, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpKNkVpDORs ]

5. Pink Floyd [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon which is enhanced when listening on headphones in a dark room (the sound zooms back and forth through your skull, even without drugs).]

6. Earl Warren [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona ]

7. The Collector [I pre-called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collector_(1965_film) ]

8. Green Hornet [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_(The_Green_Hornet) . For Bruce Lee as Kato kicking ass, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG1Z02Szev0 . Similarly with the TV series "Kung Fu" starring David Carradine (instead of Bruce Lee), we had to wait through 48 minutes of pacifist philosophy before the grown Grasshopper kicked some bad guy's ass. ]

9. Runaways [I called this one, so I and Dave (YELDOR, TULADI) got most of the Points; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Jett ]

10. Georgia O'Keeffe [Despite a call for Jackson Pollock, I split my tablets and went with O'Keeffe as REACH because of the subject matter; see https://www.georgiaokeeffe.net/sky-above-clouds-iv.jsp ]

11. Los Angeles [We wrongly guessed New York, then Chicago, before getting about 400 Points after the 3rd Clue; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_o ... (1976_film) ]

12. British [see the section "Independence (1962 to 1965) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda ]

13. American Bandstand [I called this one; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_hop_(dance) , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Anthony and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RajWqQaq5dE for Ray Anthony's 1952 recording. From p. 62 of "Rock 'n' Roll Dances of the 1950s" by Lisa Jo Sagolla, "From it's [sic] earliest days, Bandstand spawned dance crazes, the first of which was inspired by Ray Anthony's "Bunny Hop", a bouncy novelty tune..." (for the link, Google "ray Anthony the bunny hop American bandstand").]

14. Zenith [I wrongly called "Motorola" (which produced the first cell phone) before switching after the 3rd Clue for about 330 Points for REACH and CEEZED. See the section "Television remote controls" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_control ]

15. Smurfs [I called this one, since I knew that they were created in Belgium in the 1950s; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smurfs ]