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GLORY DAZE Game Questions & Answers, Tue. March 10, 2020
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Author:  REACH [ Fri Mar 13, 2020 12:04 am ]
Post subject:  GLORY DAZE Game Questions & Answers, Tue. March 10, 2020

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

1. Which athlete nearly drowned during a "Superstars" competition in 1973?_________________________
[Choices: Joe Frazier, Reggie Jackson, Julius Erving, Roger Staubach, Pete Rose ]

2. "Peyton Place", the notorious sex novel of the 1950's, is set in a:_________________________.
[Choices: Midwestern community, Small New England town, Large Southern city, California beach resort, Hippie commune ]

3. Mehmet Ali Agca became infamous in 1981 for:_____________________________.
[Choices: Selling junk bonds, Trying to kill the Pope, Shooting Ronald Reagan, Hijacking a cruise ship, Lebanon embassy bombing ]

4. In 1968, Julie Nixon, daughter of Richard, married a man from this political family:________________________.
[Choices: Eisenhower, Johnson, Truman, Roosevelt, Kennedy ]

5. Curly hair was a distinguishing trait of this "Gong Show" host:_____________________________.
[Choices: Gene Rayburn, Bob Eubanks, Walter Mondale, Chuck Barris, Dick Clark ]

6. A bus driver and a sewer worker were the central characters in this TV comedy:____________________________.
[Choices: All in the Family, The Honeymooners, Barney Miller, Sanford & Son, Leave It to Beaver ]

7. This TV hero of the Glory Days flew a Cessna called "The Songbird":_______________________.
[Choices: The Cisco Kid, Johnny Hazard, The Shadow, Red Ryder, Sky King ]

8. A 1950's instrumental version of "The Poor People of ___________________ " was a big hit for Les Baxter.
[Choices: Walla Walla, Paris, Rome, Peru, Amsterdam ]

9. What musical group did Maurice White start up in Chicago in 1969?__________________________
[Choices: Bee Gees; The Band; The Eagles; The O'Jays; Earth, Wind & Fire ]

10. What TV game show was played entirely in the "Trading Area"?_____________________
[Choices Not Available due to battery change on my camcorder....]

11. All of these products were introduced in the 1950's except:______________________.
[Choices: Instant Iced Tea, Nike shoes, Frozen TV dinners, Play-Doh, Corvette sports car ]

12. The 1975 disaster flick "The Towering Inferno" stars Steve McQueen as a:______________________.
[Choices: U.S. Senator, Building contractor, Security guard, Fire chief, Wedding planner ]

13. LBJ's 1964 ad that depicted Barry Goldwater as nuke-happy was known as the "_________________ Campaign".
[Choices: Daisy, Sandbox, Crib, Barbie, Kitty ]

14. "What, Me Dead?" was the obituary headline when the publisher of this magazine died:______________________.
[Choices: National Lampoon, Spy, Penthouse, Mad, Rolling Stone ]

15. Which company introduced its Slip 'N Slide toy in 1961?________________________
[Choices: Bostitch, WHAM-O, Playskool, Interstate, Fisher Price ]






Answers:

1. Joe Frazier [see https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2013/0 ... -ago-today ]

2. Small New England town [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton_Place_(novel) ]

3. Trying to kill the Pope [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Ali_Agca ]

4. Eisenhower [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eisenhower ]

5. Chuck Barris [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Barris ]

6. The Honeymooners [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honeymooners ]

7. Sky King [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_King . Note: the Cessna was called "Songbird", not "The Songbird". ]

8. Paris [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poor_People_of_Paris ]

9. Earth, Wind & Fire [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_White ]

10. Let's Make a Deal [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Make_a_Deal ]

11. Nike shoes [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc. ]

12. Fire chief [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Towering_Inferno ]

13. Daisy [see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4QVXcPDgjI ]

14. Mad [see the end of the article at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301362/bio and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaines ]

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