Each week, quiz obsessives and Only Connect champions
Jamie Karran (@NoDrNo) and Michael Wallace (@statacake) take on the pub quizzes of the world.
Find out every Friday if you could have helped with the questions they got wrong.
Thursday 14 April 2016
Mickey Mouse was the first fictional character to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Your targets this week:
We won this week, but could you have done even better?
The attendees 1) The statistician 2) The doctor 3) The secret German 4) The metallurgist 5) The rich-person otherkin
The ones that got away 1) His final film attempt, Bruce Lee died during the making of what 1972 martial arts film? (To clarify: this question concerns a film directed, written, and produced by Lee, in contrast to Enter the Dragon in which he makes his last appearance.) 2) Which of these is not a real Donald Trump business venture? a) Donald Trump's Real Estate Tycoon (a video game); b) Trump Ice Cream Parlour; c) GoTrump search engine; d) Trump Up Gas Station; e) Trump Vodka 3) In the movie 8 Mile, Eminem's character has the nickname B-Rabbit. What is the nickname of his rapping chum played by Mekhi Phifer? 4) The movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit is based on a book from a series about the character. Which of the following is not a real book from that series? a) Who Censored Roger Rabbit?; b) Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit?; c) Who Wacked Roger Rabbit?; d) Who Remembers Roger Rabbit? 5)2 Point Question: Name the 2 Stanley Kubrick movies with one-word (or one-name) titles. You need both for the 2 points (no partial credit).
The answers
1) Game of Death 2) Trump Up Gas Station 3) Future 4) Who Remembers Roger Rabbit? 5) Lolita, Spartacus
The doctor's excuses
1) I was, like, 90% sure it was The Big Boss. This was completely wrong. I really can't easily account for why I was so wrong. Game of Death (the correct answer) is where the distinctive "yellow with a black stripe down either side" jumpsuit is from, though. So at least we all learned something today. 2) My dislike of multiple choice quiz questions is a matter of public record. However it turns out that my previous animosity was ignoring the fact that a dislikeable question format could be coupled to a dislikeable person. MAXIMUM DISLIKE! We basically thought Ice-Cream might seem a bit nice and gentle for a [poop emoji] like Trump. But we were wrong, anyway who cares. (Bernie 4 lyfe!). 3) Yeah, no, despite trying to "learn rap music" (for both personal and quizzical reasons) I had no idea. We just went with Wolf, because that seemed to fit with the animal theme going on (with Eminem's character) and thought it was better than a blank space (not the Taylor Swift song). 4) Remember how I said I didn't like multiple choice questions... well that's still true! Ok, can I think of literally anything else to say? Well our rationale for P-P-P-Plugged being wrong was because it was basically "the odd one out", which basically shows how multi choice Qs are proper gash. Like, it often just ends up coming down to "do you think the odd one out is the wrong one or do you think it's one of the others" idk. I just hate it, mang. (Although I appreciate other people maybe do? It's not like I'm the God of Quiz. Yet.) 5) We thought of Lolita pretty fast, but were pretty stuck on the rest of Kubrick's one-word oeuvre. I think we went with Patton because "the bit where he stands in front of the flag seems a bit Kubrick-y". Patton, is of course by Franklin J. Schaffner... so, I guess you know that now. I hope you're happy.
How did you do? Would you have beaten us (1 or more point)? Let the world know with the poll below, then read on for my alternative questions (loosely) inspired by this week's Ones That Got Away!
Our alternative questions
Question 1
1) Master Shifu (pictured), from the Kung Fu Panda franchise, is supposedly what type of animal? 2) A number of fictional characters have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Donald Trump also has one but, alas, is ostensibly non-fictional). Of these, which 2 - one a fairy, the other a bear - were created by British authors? 1 point for each! 3) The name 'D12' - an American hip hop group of which Emimen is a member - is an abbreviation/initialism of what phrase? 4) A bit of a quizzing chestnut: what item of clothing does Bugs Bunny (almost) always wear? 5) Required trivia knowledge is that the characters in A Clockwork Orange use a fictional 'language' called nadsat. In this setting, to what does 'polyclef' refer? Hint: a burglar might find such an item very useful!
The answers
1) Red panda 2) Tinker Bell, Winnie the Pooh 3) The Dirty Dozen 4) Gloves 5) Skeleton key (via 'many keys')
How did you do on my alternative questions? Have another poll!
I play roleplaying games. D12 could only be a 12-sided die, tough frankly this seemed unlikely for a rap group. The Dirty Dozen makes sense but if I ever see or hear D12, I'm going to think of my dice first.
I play roleplaying games. D12 could only be a 12-sided die, tough frankly this seemed unlikely for a rap group. The Dirty Dozen makes sense but if I ever see or hear D12, I'm going to think of my dice first.
ReplyDeleteOh man, this definitely falls into the category of "better than the real answer" :D
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