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GLORY DAZE Game Questions & Answers, Tue. February 11, 2020
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Author:  REACH [ Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:48 am ]
Post subject:  GLORY DAZE Game Questions & Answers, Tue. February 11, 2020
15 Questions, 1000 Points each, Points decrease rapidly from 4 to 20 seconds after appearance of Question & Choices, and with 3 Clues:

1. Paul Simon captures the pace of a big city on "Me and ____________ Down by the Schoolyard."
[Choices: Julio, Tony, Herbie, Leroy, Doc ]

2. Who wrote the screenplay for and novelized the 1974 Charles Bronson film "Mr. Majestyk"?________________________
[Choices: Larry McMurtry, Mickey Spillane, James Michener, Harold Robbins, Elmore Leonard ]

3. In 1954, President Eisenhower modified The Pledge of Allegiance to add this term:_______________________.
[Choices: Play ball, Liberty, Justice for the People, Republic, Under God ]

4. Frankie Valli was the lead singer for which musical group?________________________
[Choices: The Byrds, The Four Seasons, The Kingston Trio, The Miracles, The Beach Boys ]

5. It gained independence from France on March 2, 1956:_____________________________.
[Choices: Belize, Jordan, Morocco, Mozambique, Andorra ]

6. What director was shot in 1968 by an actress he hired for his movie?_______________________
[Choices: Andy Warhol, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Redford, Sam Peckinpah, Peter Sellers ]

7. He shook the fashion world in 1965 with his white boots, miniskirts and angular dresses:__________________________.
[Choices: Oscar de la Renta, Pierre Cardin, Yves St. Laurent, Nelson Rockefeller, Andre Courreges ]

8. Which famous musician's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" was banned by the BBC?________________________
[Choices: John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Hank Williams Sr. ]

9. A simulated ______________________ game invented in 1958 was the ancestor of the first available video game.
[Choices: Auto racing, Basketball, Dart, Golf, Table tennis ]

10. This eight-minute Led Zeppelin effort is considered their signature song:____________________________.
[Choices: Fool in the Rain, I'm Gonna Crawl, Achilles' Last Stand, Get Ready, Stairway to Heaven ]

11. In 1961, U Thant succeeded _________________________ as U.N. Secretary-General.
[Choices: Dag Hammarskjold, Willy Brandt, Frankie Avalon, Kurt Waldheim, Le Duc Tho ]

12. Which term was coined by Selman Waksman, the discoverer of Streptomycin?__________________________
[Choices: Schizophrenia, Insomnia, Rabies, Antibiotic, Hallucination ]

13. Who has a bad case of puppy love in the 1957 hit "A Teenager's Romance"?________________________
[Choices: Brenda Lee, Ricky Nelson, Paul Anka, Frankie Avalon, Cathy Carr ]

14. What famous dancer appeared in the 1973 film "Don Quixote"?______________________
[Choices: Rudolf Nureyev, Evel Knievel, George Balanchine, Ivan Kirov, Mikhail Baryshnikov ]

15. Which "Love Boat" character is incorrectly matched with their job?_____________________
[Choices: Merrill Stubing - Captain; Julie - Cruise director; Gopher Smith - Chef; Adam Bricker - Doctor; Isaac - Bartender ]






Answers:

1. Julio [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VrKro8djw ]

2. Elmore Leonard [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Majestyk ]

3. Under God [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance ]

4. The Four Seasons [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Valli ]

5. Morocco [see the section "French and Spanish protectorates: 1912 to 1956" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco ]

6. Andy Warhol [see the section "Attempted murder (1968)" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol ]

7. Andre Courreges [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Courreges and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-go_boot ]

8. Paul McCartney [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5il1gXFmEY ]

9. Table tennis [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_for_Two (and see the oscilloscope with a reproduced version of the game, showing curved trajectories of the ball, much more sophisticated than Pong!!!) ]

10. Stairway to Heaven [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_Heaven and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ioyEvdggk ]

11. Dag Hammarskjold [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Thant ]

12. Antibiotic [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selman_Waksman ]

13. Ricky Nelson [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Teenager's_Romance and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZZzVJ-WRSw ]

14. Rudolf Nureyev [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote_(1973_film) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcxhk1Y2Q0o ]

15. Gopher Smith - Chef [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Boat ]
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