Pop Culture Wake-Up Call

Music Wake-Up Call for 11/23/05

2005-11-23T19:27:00.000-08:00

Not So Original

The following 20 pairs of artists/bands each had a song with the same title (no covers). Name the song title they share.

1. Art Garfunkel and Beach Boys
2. Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello
3. Kinks and Beatles
4. Fleetwood Mac and The Cranberries
5. Radiohead and TLC
6. Johnny Mathis and Blondie
7. Laura Brannigan and Them
8. Frankie Avalon and Shocking Blue
9. Grand Funk Railroad and Led Zeppelin
10. Simple Plan and Patsy Cline
11. Badfinger and Wilson Phillips
12. Huey Lewis and the News and Celene Dion
13. Modern Talking and Hot Chocolate
14. Beatles and Jody Watley
15. Peter Cetara and BB King
16. Bobby Brown and Elvis Presley
17. Mariah Carey and David Crosby
18. Housemartins and Naked Eyes
19. U2 and Michael Jackson
20. Dave Clark Five and Lionel Ritchie

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 11/22/05

2005-11-22T04:28:00.000-08:00

FIRST Quiz About TV FIRSTS!

1. What was the first network TV mini-series?
2. On what TV program did Marilyn Monroe make her first talk show appearance?
3. On what TV drama did the first lesbian kiss occur?
4. In what year was the first sports event televised?
5. Who were the two teams playing?
6. Who announced the game?
7. What was the first prime time program to have an abortion storyline?
8. What was the first soap opera to have an abortion storyline?
9. In what year was the first telethon?
10. Who hosted it?
11. In what city did the first “Morning Wake-up Program” debut?
12. Who was the host?
13. Which Super Bowl was the first to be nationally televised?
14. Who was the first female news anchor on network TV?
15. What was the first network sitcom to say the word “condom” on air?
16. What company was advertised in the first commercial?
17. What was the first TV theme song to reach #1 on the pop charts?
18. What was the name of the band/artist who recorded that theme song?
19. Who was the first African-American news anchor on network TV?
20. In what year was the Miss America Beauty Pageant first nationally televised?

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 11/14/05

2005-11-22T04:26:00.000-08:00

Speaking Roles

The following are 20 countries. For each country, tell me the official language in that country.

1. Kuwait
2. Zimbabwe
3. Morocco
4. Honduras
5. Angola
6. Sierra Leone
7. Fiji
8. Costa Rica
9. Jordan
10. Latvia
11. Ethiopia
12. Belize
13. Kenya
14. Lebanon
15. Niger
16. Ghana
17. Somalia
18. Lithuania
19. Guinea
20. Senegal

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 11/2/05

2005-11-22T04:22:00.000-08:00

Stitch In Time II

The following are 19 popular songs that were all released in the same year. For each song, tell me which artist/band performed the song in question. At the end, for Question #20, say what year all the songs were recorded in.

1. Poor Little Fool
2. Since I Don't Have You
3. To Know Him Is To Love Him
4. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
5. It's Only Make Believe
6. Sea Cruise
7. Do You Want To Dance
8. Tequila
9. High School Confidential
10. Hard Headed Woman
11. For Your Precious Love
12. Yakety Yak
13. What Am I Living For
14. It's So Easy
15. Chantilly Lace
16. Summertime Blues
17. Willie And The Hand Jive
18. Queen Of The Hop
19. Carol
20. What year?

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 10/25/05

2005-11-22T04:18:00.000-08:00

The Missing Link

The following are groups of TV siblings. Each group is missing ONE of their siblings. Fill in the missing sibling.

1. Bridget, Kerry and ____
2. David Jacob, Becky and _____
3. Kevin, Heather and ______
4. Jeff, Trisha and ____
5. Grace, Kyle and ____
6. Elizabeth, Patrick and ____
7. George, Lindsay, Byron and _____
8. Robin, Casey and ______
9. Bradley, Randall and _____
10. Margaret, Grace and ____
11. Michael, Ally and _____
12. Donna Jo, Michelle and _______
13. Terry, Linda and ___
14. Cory, Morgan and _____
15. Alex, Andrew, Jennifer and _______
16. Jordan, Bryana and ____
17. Michael, Thelma and _____
18. Anthony, Joey and _____
19. Karen, Kevin and ______
20. Mike, Ben, Chrissy and ______

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 11/21/05

2005-11-21T04:28:00.000-08:00

Slogans! Get your slogans!

The following are 20 notable advertising slogans. Name the company who belongs to each slogan.

1. Smart. Very Smart.
2. Unwrap a smile
3. Does she or doesn't she?
4. Something special in the air
5. The Choice of a New Generation
6. When you care enough to send the very best
7. A Diamond is Forever
8. We answer to a higher authority
9. We'll leave a light on for you
10. That frosty mug sensation
11. Betcha can't eat just one.
12. For people who share a taste for excitement.
13. See America at see level.
14. Food, Folks and Fun
15. Once you POP, you can't STOP!
16. Grapes, like children, need love and affection
17. The Un-Cola
18. Nothing comes closer to home.
19. Reach out and touch someone
20. Because life is not a spectator sport

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 11/18/05

2005-11-18T04:27:00.000-08:00

Memoirs of a Non-Geisha

Sometimes, films use real people's memoirs to make a movie. The following are 20 people whose memoirs were turned into films. For each person, name the film that they made based on that person's memoirs.

1. Phoolan Devi
2. Kathyrn Forbes
3. Frank Harris
4. Gerry Conlon
5. Mikal Gilmore
6. Celeste Albaret
7. John Bayley
8. Susanna Kaysen
9. Elizabeth Kenny
10. Frank McCourt
11. Xaciera Hollander
12. Anais Nin
13. Tobias Wolff
14. Jim Carroll
15. Elinor Randall Stewart
16. Christina Crawford
17. John Phillip Sousa
18. Barbara Skelton
19. Wlandyslaw Szpilman
20. Cynthia Payne

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 11/17/05

2005-11-17T04:27:00.000-08:00

Masters of Evil

During the Under Siege storyline in the Avengers, Baron Zemo collected about 14 villains to attack the Avengers. That was the largest collection of Masters of Evil to that point in time. In fact, the first THREE Masters of Evil teams only had a TOTAL of 20 members (counting members who served more than once twice).

Give me the roll call of the first THREE Masters of Evil, circa Avengers #6, Avengers #54 and Avengers #222 (and note that I do not count Dane Whitman in the second group, as he was undercover. Same with Jarvis, as he was hypnotized).

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Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 11/16/05

2005-11-16T04:26:00.000-08:00

90s Were Not A Waste

The following are notable rock songs from the 90s. Give the name of the band who performed each song.

1. Cut Your Hair
2. She Don't Use Jelly
3. Killing In The Name
4. Big Empty
5. Aenema
6. Steel Rain
7. Stash
8. Hey Man, Nice Shot
9. Kool Thing
10. Floods
11. Say Hello To Heaven
12. Cherub Rock
13. Spiders
14. Jesus Christ Pose
15. Self Esteem
16. Under A Glass Moon
17. Blue On Black
18. Black
19. Hunger Strike
20. Nutshell

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 11/15/05

2005-11-15T04:26:00.000-08:00

All The News That Fits, We Print

The following 20 news anchors work[ed] for one of the three big networks. For each newsperson, tell me what channel they do/did the news for.

1. Roger Mudd
2. John Charles Daly
3. Elizabeth Vargas
4. Max Robinson
5. Bob Schieffer
6. Frank McGee
7. Connie Chung
8. Howard K. Smith
9. Chet Huntley
10. Barbara Walters
11. John Cameron Swayze
12. Sam Donaldson
13. Harry Reasoner
14. Jane Pauley
15. Frank Reynolds
16. John Chancellor
17. Charles Gibson
18. Douglas Edwards
19. Diane Sawyer
20. David Brinkley

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 11/11/05

2005-11-11T04:25:00.000-08:00

Like that classical song

What planets are the following characters/places from?

1. Princess Vespa
2. Wedge Antilles
3. The bad guys in Stargate
4. Where Lando had Cloud City
5. Imam
6. Anakin Skywalker
7. Emperor Ming
8. The bad guys in Wing Commander
9. The planet the cruise space ship visits in The Fifth Element
10. Han Solo
11. Centauri
12. The moon that the space ship encounters the alien in Alien
13. Dark Helmet
14. Padmé Amidala
15. The bad guys in Starship Troopers
16. Ewoks
17. The planet Khan was stuck on
18. Richard B. Riddick
19. The planet Yoda was hiding on
20. The “Forbidden Planet” in Forbidden Planet

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 11/10/05

2005-11-10T04:24:00.000-08:00

Soul Asylum

During DC's Underworld Unleashed, a number of characters made deals with Neron for their soul. Which characters sold their souls for the following reasons?

1. For renewed vitality and a new, non-decrepit and dying, body
2. To be able to cause SOLID illusions, not just ephemeral ones
3. Sold one of his descendant’s soul in return for stopping an assassin sent to kill him and his crew
4. To be able to cause “butterfly effect” events
5. For a box of cigars
6. To restore his sanity
7. To become famous
8. To become younger and more agile (and bendy) than ever
9. To gain a trident that gave him much more power
10. To get rid of his split personality
11. To gain REAL magical powers
12. To gain control of the multitude of souls in his body
13. To rid himself of his “joke” image, he would gain much greater control over his powers
14. To have his “offspring” never turn back
15. To gain more power beyond just what was contained in his suit
16. To break free of its host
17. To gain better control of his dangerous touch
18. To gain back his intelligence while retaining his super strength
19. To never again be separated from his robotic body
20. To become a REAL monster

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 11/9/05

2005-11-09T04:24:00.000-08:00

States of the Union

The following song titles are missing one thing from each one - the name of a United State. For each song, provide the missing state name.

1. Grateful Dead’s “______Getaway”
2. Deep Purple’s “______ Woman”
3. Jim Croce’s “_____’s Not My Home”
4. Dead Kennedys – “____ Uber Alles”
5. Concrete Blonde’s “ Ghost Of A ____ Ladies Man”
6. Alabama’s “If You’re Gonna Play in ____”
7. Roy Orbison’s “____ Blue”
8. Dolly Parton’s “My ________ Mountain Home”
9. Eric Clapton’s “Mainline ______“
10. Jackson Browne’s “Bound for ______”
11. Billy Bragg’s “____ Stars”
12. Bob Dylan’s “Talking _____”
13. Jim Croce’s “_____ Rain”
14. Randy Newman’s “______Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father”
15. Cheap Trick’s “____ Man”
16. Waylon Jennings’ “Luckenbach ____”
17. Simon & Garfunkel’s “A Heart in _____”
18. Public Enemy’s “By the Time I Get to ______”
19. New Found Glory’s “It Never Snows in _____”
20. Bruce Springsteen’s “Mary Queen of ______”

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 11/8/05

2005-11-08T04:24:00.000-08:00

Look 'em up in the book!

The following are 20 addresses of TV characters. For each address, tell me what TV show the address is from. One show appears twice.

1. 527 Alta Road
Glenoak, CA
2. c/o Susan B. Anthony Hotel
Apartment 312
New York City, NY
3. 742 Evergreen Terrace
Springfield, USA
4. 704 Hauser Street
New York, NY
5. 3344 Oak Hills Drive
Fairfield, CT
6. Apartment 5A
129 West 81st Street
New York, NY
7. 148 Bonnie Meadow Road
New Rochelle, NY
8. 1020 Palm Drive
Cocoa Beach FL
9. 720 Sedgwick Street
Cleveland, Ohio
10. c/o Robin's Nest
11435 18th Avenue
Oahu, HI
11. 15 Robin Hood Lane
Huntington, Long Island, NY
12. c/o Building 52419
Camp Singleton
Oceanside, CA
13. Apartment 11-D
51 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
14. 697 Park Avenue
30th Floor Penthouse
New York City, NY
15. 200 Spring Valley Road
Pittsburgh, PA
16. 840 Crescent Drive
Oak Park, Chicago, IL.
17. 565 North Clinton Drive
Milwaukee, WI
18. 4222 Clinton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
19. Apartment 2-G
16 W. 75th Street
New York City, NY
20. c/o Houseboat at 2167 Pacific Circle
San Diego, CA 91209

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 11/7/05

2005-11-07T04:23:00.000-08:00

Presidential Pedigree

Below are colleges attended by future US Presidents. For each college, tell me the US President who attended the school (undergrad only).

1. Kenyon College
2. Southwest Texas State Teachers College
3. Dickinson College
4. Georgetown University
5. Whittier College
6. Bowdoin College
7. Hiram College
8. US Naval Academy
9. Union College
10. Stanford
11. Davidson College
12. Amherst
13. Miami University of Ohio
14. University of North Carolina
15. Eureka College
16. University of Michigan
17. Hampden-Syndney College
18. Allegheny College
19. Ohio Central College
20. How many presidents graduated from Harvard?

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 11/4/05

2005-11-04T04:23:00.000-08:00

Rank and File, Movie Style

The following are characters from notable war films. For each character, give me their rank in the movie (Private, Sergeant, Captain, Colonel, etc.).

1. Robert 'Prew' Prewitt
2. John M. Stryker
3. Angelo Maggio
4. Elias Grodin
5. Adrian Caparzo
6. Robert Gould Shaw
7. Timothy P. Upham
8. John Rawlins
9. Owen Thursday
10. Nicholson in River Kwai
11. Nathan Cutting Brittles
12. Rusty Ryan
13. Bill Walker
14. Joe Enders
15. John H. Miller
16. Bob Barnes
17. Trip
18. Kirby York
19. Milton Warden
20. Chris Taylor

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 11/3/05

2005-11-03T04:22:00.000-08:00

He's The Best At What He Does

The following are 20 mini-series or one shots starring Wolverine. For each description of the book, tell me the tagline for that particular comic book. There are some team-up books, don't bother telling me the character he teams up with, just the tagline. So not Wolverine/Hulk: Tagline, just give me the tagline.

1. Wolverine travels to the Himalyas, where there is a plot to get him to impregnate a lady to give her children healing powers.
2. Blackheart tries again to kill Mephisto and become king of hell, and Wolverine, Punisher and Ghost Rider get dragged into the plot.
3. Wolverine tries to protect a nanotechnologist from Hydra goons, but gets himself injected with nanotechs for his effort..
4. Wolverine and Silver Samurai team up to fight an ancient monster in Tibet
5. While trying to connect with his foster daughter, Wolverine instead ends up stuck on some mysterious island.
6. A cyborg former Punisher foe impersonates him and kills innocents, which causes Wolverine to go after the Punisher
7. Wolverine and the Hulk try to keep a kid from dying from a snake bite.
8. A Wolverine team-up during the period where Punisher was an avenging angel
9. Wolverine and Boom Boom team up to fight a tribe of anti-technologists who are trying to mess with the local nuclear power plant.
10. Wolverine and Nick Fury fight against Nick’s nephew, who blames Nick for his father’s death
11. Wolverine and Nick Fury team up to help Nick’s nephew, who has lost the ability to become Scorpio
12. Mariko’s spirit brings Wolverine to Japan, where is transported in time to feudal Japan.
13. Wolverine is mistaken for a modern day Jack the Ripper and must team-up with Gambit to clear his name
14. A Wolverine stared sequel to Days of Future Past
15. Wolverine fights against Apocalypse in the jungle
16. While visiting his foster daughter in Japan, Wolverine (through his friend Yukio) gets caught up in this ancient battle between two sisters - Souleater
17. Zombie story set in South America
18. Wolverine and Havok get caught up in political intrigue while on a Mexican vacation.
19. Blackheart tries to recruit Wolverine, Punisher and Ghost Rider to kill his father, Mephisto.
20. Wolverine is controlled by an evil wizard who tries to force him to kill Princess Rain of Geshem.

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 11/1/05

2005-11-01T04:22:00.000-08:00

Objection!

The following are 20 fictitious law firms. For each firm, tell me what TV show they come from.

1. Holt & Associates
2. Preston & Preston
3. Grey & Associates
4. Crane, Constable, McNeil & Montero
5. Wolfram and Hart
6. McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak
7. Hoberman, Spain, McPherson & O'Donnell
8. Donnell, Young, Dole and Frutt
9. Bob Loblaw, Attorney at Law
10. Firth, Wynn, & Meyer
11. Dawson, Metcalfe & Bach
12. Law Offices of Doucette and Stein
13. Fallin & Associates
14. Marshall & Marshall Attorneys At Law
15. Eli Levinson & Associates
16. Cage & Fish
17. Sebben & Sebben
18. Lyon, Lacrosse & Levine
19. Crane, Poole & Schmidt
20. Michaelson, Michaelson and Meyers

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 10/31/05

2005-10-31T04:21:00.000-08:00

Trick or Treat!

In 2004, the following 20 costumes were the most popular. Guess the costume by the description of it (the list is in order from most popular costume to least)

1. Comic Book Character
2. Karate Kid’s wife was one
3. Dream Girl’s sister was one
4. Starbreaker was an energy one of these
5. Charlize Theron movie
6. Cartoon character
7. Chris Farley role
8. The folks who compete in the Olympics
9. Patrick Swayze role
10. Japanese TV series
11. Former WB TV series
12. A gourd
13. Comic Book Character
14. Manga Character
15. True Bliss are the originals
16. Trina Robbins worked on this comic
17. Novel character
18. Polly Pringle is one
19. Bill Murray role in Quick Change
20. Fred Farell was one

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 10/28/05

2005-10-28T04:19:00.000-07:00

Physical Challenges in Film

Name the film where each of the following characters is either deaf or blind.

1. Nina Swan is blind
2. Mr. Will is blind
3. Belinda McDonald is deaf
4. Don Baker is blind
5. Susy Hendrix is blind
6. Sarah Norman is deaf
7. Emma Brody is blind
8. Cole Holland is deaf
9. John Durrance is blind
10. Helena Robertson is blind
11. John Singer is deaf
12. Frank Slade is blind
13. Carl Anderson is deaf
14. Wally Karue is blind
15. Dave Lyons is deaf
16. Alexis Winston is blind
17. Jillian Shanahan is deaf
18. Mandy Garland is deaf
19. Ivy Walker is blind
20. Virg Adamson is blind

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 10/27/05

2005-10-27T04:19:00.000-07:00

What's In A Name?

The following 20 comic characters have all changed their names. For each name listed, give me the name they used DIRECTLY preceding their name change (this is for those tricky folks who have had MULTIPLE name changes!)

1. Pulsar (Imperial Guard)
2. Pulsar (the other one)
3. Kymaera
4. Nomad I
5. Shapeshifter
6. Neutron
7. Red Star
8. Warpath
9. Warbird
10. Flashfire
11. Atom-Smasher
12. Archangel
13. Sentinel
14. The Captain
15. Justice
16. Meltdown
17. Blackheath
18. Charaxes
19. Amazon
20. Nightside

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 10/26/05

2005-10-26T04:19:00.000-07:00

Leader of the Pack

Each band needs one! A frontman, that is! Name the band each of the following 20 people front[ed].

1. Ian Astbury
2. James Labrie
3. Jonathan Davis
4. John K
5. Bon Scott
6. Shannon Hoon
7. David Draiman
8. Geoff Tate
9. Justin Hawkins
10. Justin Hayward
11. Ian Anderson
12. Peter Wolf
13. Bruce Dickinson
14. Mark Farner
15. Lemmy Kilmister
16. Alvin Lee
17. Corey Taylor
18. Klaus Meine
19. Zack De La Rocha
20. Tom Kiefer

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 10/24/05

2005-10-24T04:17:00.000-07:00

Home Run Kings

Exactly 20 men have hit over 500 home runs in their careers in the Major Leagues. Name the 20 players.

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Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 10/21/05

2005-10-21T04:17:00.000-07:00

NIGHTmares on Elm Street

The following actor pairs all starred together in a film with a title containing the word "night." For each pair, tell me the name of the film they starred in together with the word "night" in the title.

1. Gene Hackman and Jennifer Warren
2. Tony Shalhoub and Stanley Tucci
3. Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan
4. John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney
5. Bruce Willis and Jane March
6. Cary Grant and Alexis Smith
7. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert
8. Groucho Marx and Chico Marx
9. Rob Lowe and Demi Moore
10. Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger
11. Gena Rowlands and Winona Ryder
12. Matthew Broderick and Annabella Sciorra
13. Javier Bardem and Olivier Martinez
14. Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea
15. Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton
16. Nick Nolte and Sheryl Lee
17. Billy Bob Thornton and Lucas Black
18. Kenneth More and Ronald Allen
19. George Raft and Humphrey Bogart
20. Robert Mitchum and Lillian Gish

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 10/20/05

2005-10-20T04:16:00.000-07:00

Size Matters

Shawn Hoke has a really cool site where he reviews mini-comics. For this quiz, I have taken 20 mini-comics from his site and posted the titles here. For each mini-comic, tell me the creator of the comic (two of the books have a separate writer and artist, the rest are by a solo creator). After you finish the quiz, check out Shawn's site at http://shawnhoke.blogspot.com/

1. Three Very Small Comics
2. Three
3. Carl is The Awesome
4. Math
5. Mint On Your Pillow
6. Vengeance at Cackling Mountain
7. Flytrap
8. Bare Foot Rio
9. Tear Stained Makeup
10. See-Saw
11. Guessbook
12. King Cat
13. Volunteers
14. The Four Husbands
15. Hideous: A Monster Romance
16. Capacity
17. Punch
18. Mr. Big
19. Zirp
20. See How Pretty, See How Smart

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 10/19/05

2005-10-19T04:16:00.000-07:00

Stitch in Time

The following are 19 popular songs that were all released in the same year. For each song, tell me which artist/band performed the song in question. At the end, for Question #20, say what year all the songs were recorded in.

1. I Saw Her Again
2. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
3. But It's Alright
4. Little Girl
5. 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)
6. Walk Away Renee
7. Out Of Time
8. Talk Talk
9. Working My Way Back To You
10. Tell It Like It Is
11. Friday On My Mind
12. Cherish
13. Psychotic Reaction
14. Black Is Black
15. Wang Dang Doodle
16. I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
17. Shake Your Hips
18. Standing In The Shadows Of Love
19. River Deep, Mountain High
20. What year?

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 10/18/05

2005-10-18T04:15:00.000-07:00

Nine to Five

The following are businesses that TV characters have worked at over the years. For each business, tell me what show it is from.

1. Delvecchio’s Family Restaurant
2. Wainwright Publishing
3. Beacon Street Pizza
4. The Bower Agency
5. Shotz Brewery
6. St. Gregory Hotel
7. Pendant Publishing
8. Blue Moon Detective Agency
9. Winfred-Louder
10. Bronko’s Garage
11. Der Biergarten
12. Binford Power Tools
13. Phoenix Foundation
14. Shady Rest Hotel
15. WZUP
16. Blush Magazine
17. Chicago Chronicle
18. Strickland Propane
19. Sandpiper Air
20. Waterton Publishing Co.

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 10/17/05

2005-10-17T04:15:00.000-07:00

Maybe They Liked It Better That Way

The following countries/cities/etc. have been changed over the years. I have provided the old names. You tell me what they are called NOW.

1. Lvov
2. Ceylon
3. New Netherlands
4. Leningrad
5. Rangoon
6. Constantinople
7. Belgian Congo
8. Peking
9. Burma
10. Sverdlovsk
11. Tenochtitlán
12. Byelorussia
13. Siam
14. Persia
15. New Amsterdam
16. Gorky
17. British Honduras
18. Fort Dearborn
19. Republic of Fiji
20. Upper Volta

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 10/14/05

2005-10-14T04:14:00.000-07:00

Great Stories, Great Films

I recently read a cool book that was a collection of short stories that later inspired notable films. I took twenty of the stories from the collection, and listed them below you. For each story, tell me the film it inspired.

1. “The Basemant Room”
2. “In a Grave”
3. “The Sentinel”
4. “Cyclists”
5. “Babylon Revisited”
6. “Killings”
7. “Your Arkansas Traveler”
8. “Memento Mori”
9. “Spurs”
10. “Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story”
11. “Jerry and Molly and Sam”
12. “Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid”
13. “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona”
14. “A Reputation”
15. “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
16. “Supertoys Last All Summer Long”
17. “Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa”
18. “Stage to Lordsburg”
19. “Emergency”
20. “The Wisdom of Eve”

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 10/13/05

2005-10-13T04:13:00.000-07:00

Sharing Space

The following 20 comic characters all shared their first appearance with at least one OTHER notable character. For each of the following 20 characters, tell me the OTHER notable character (some you can choose from a couple!) that debuted in the same issue.

1. The Chameleon
2. Catwoman
3. Metallo
4. Alicia Masters
5. Vance Astro
6. Cosmic Boy
7. Green Arrow
8. Thanos
9. Crystal
10. Silver Surfer
11. Zatara the Magician
12. Sif
13. Scarlet Witch
14. Baron Mordo
15. Domino
16. Golden Age Flash
17. The Tinkerer
18. Lightray
19. Coldcast
20. Colossal Boy

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 10/12/05

2005-10-12T04:12:00.000-07:00

We Want the Funk

The following are 20 notable "funk" songs. For each song, tell me the artist who performed the song.

1. Rock Creek Park
2. Think (About It)
3. Doing it to Death
4. Cold Sweat
5. Fire
6. Give It to Me Baby
7. Cissy Strut
8. Dazz
9. Pick Up the Pieces
10. It's Your Thing
11. Living for the City
12. Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)
13. Mr. Big Stuff
14. For the Love of Money
15. Hollywood Singing
16. Chameleon
17. Car Wash
18. More Bounce to the Ounce Part I
19. You Sexy Thing
20. Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me?)

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 10/11/05

2005-10-11T04:11:00.000-07:00

Rank and File

The following are notable TV police characters. For each character, tell me their rank (Detective, Officer, Captain, etc.).

1. Columbo
2. Alf Chesley
3. Barney Miller
4. Leo Schnitz
5. Frank Luger
6. Arthur Fancy
7. Christine Cagney
8. Mary Beth Lacey
9. Janice Licalsi
10. Theo Kojak
11. John Clark, Jr.
12. Carl Levitt
13. Phil Esterhaus
14. Phil Fish
15. Tony Rodriguez
16. Dave Starsky
17. Adam Fuller
18. Frank Furillo
19. Tom Hanson
20. Bobby Crocker

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 10/10/05

2005-10-10T04:11:00.000-07:00

Mystery Topic

The following are 19 descriptions of famous people. For each description, tell me who the person is. Then answer Question #20.

1. Had a major hit (and won a Grammy) for her cover of “Both Sides Now”
2. Painted “The Yellow Christ”
3. Wrote the bestseller “Anticipations.”
4. Won Best Actress for Streetcar Named Desire
5. Had a influential gossip column for the Hearst line of newspapers
6. He was the seventh U.S. President
7. Wrote “Civil Disobedience”
8. Wrote the song “My Way,” which Sinatra had a big hit with.
9. Wrote the novel “Kidnapped.”
10. Wrote the play “The Vortex.”
11. Nominated for Best Actor for Mrs. Miniver
12. Won Gold Medals in all three Alpine Skiing events in the 1968 Winter Olympics
13. Won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 and the Noble Prize for Chemistry in 1911
14. Moved the Athletics from Kansas City to Oakland in 1968.
15. Got into trouble over a bit involving a “Water Closet”
16. He was the eighteenth U.S. president
17. Pen name for successful author Eric Arthur Blair
18. Wrote The Moon and Sixpence
19. Nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Friendly Persuasion.
20. What do these 19 people all have in common?

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 10/7/05

2005-10-07T04:10:00.000-07:00

Mystery Topic

The following are 19 descriptions of films. For each description, tell me the name of the film that it describes. Finally, answer question 20.

1. Stockbroker drops his lifestyle to devote his life to painting, and in the process, distances himself from humanity
2. A young teen leads a revolt against his British private school.
3. Two messed up people become lovers and serial killers, but find themselves sensationalized by the media
4. A chameleon-like man ends up working his way into many famous events of the 20th century.
5. A Louisiana District Attorney investigates the Kennedy assassination.
6. Documentary following a Madonna tour.
7. A creature who attacks children through their dreams finds a new generation of kids to torment, as his original victim passes on her ability to see him to a new girl.
8. A man and a woman fall in love in heaven, and try to reunite on Earth
9. A collection of somewhat related stories set in a moral cesspool of a city
10. A detective attempting to find out who a woman with amnesia is soon finds himself drawn to her romantically, while having visions of himself being involved with her in a former life
11. A young gang leader strives to meet the level of his older brother (also a gang leader), who presence exists almost a spectre over his younger brother’s life.
12. Biopic about the thirty-seventh US President.
13. A poor artist in New York strikes up an odd relationship with a young woman who wishes to buy one of his paintings.
14. A man uses his business to surreptitiously save a number of people during World War II.
15. The story of a woman and her three lovers, each of who wants her to commit to him.
16. Two men bond in South American prison.
17. A 17 year old who insists that he is a vampire moves to Pittsburgh to live with his uncle
18. Two young children travel through time chasing after a magical bird.
19. A programming night at an odd TV station, surrounding the airing of a goofy sci-fi movie.
20. What do all of these films have in common?

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 10/6/05

2005-10-06T04:10:00.000-07:00

Special Enhanced Quiz

The following are comic book issues that had "special" covers. For each issue, describe for me what the special cover was. If it was foil, tell me if it was anything but standard silver-colored foil.

1. Spectre #8
2. Uncanny X-Men #304
3. Green Lantern #50
4. Avengers #366
5. Superman: Man of Steel #30
6. Superman #83
7. Silver Surfer #100
8. X-Men #45
9. Uncanny X-Men #316
10. Avengers West Coast #100
11. Action Comics #695
12. Avengers #360
13. Wolverine #50
14. Flash #100
15. Uncanny X-Men #350
16. X-Men #50
17. Superman: Man of Steel #22
18. Silver Surfer #75
19. Flash #80
20. Uncanny X-Men #300

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 10/5/05

2005-10-05T04:09:00.000-07:00

Last Hurrah

The following are the last studio (except for one or two where the live album was a release of new material. For instance, if Rattle & Hum was the last U2 album, you'd count it as the last U2 album, right?) albums of 20 bands who broke up and/or artists who died. Name the artist/band who recorded each album.

1. Full Circle
2. Revelation Revolution ’69
3. Ain’t That Good News
4. We Too Are One
5. Camera Obscura
6. I Got a Name
7. Look at the Fool
8. Anodyne
9. Sentimentally Yours
10. Last Time Around
11. Pink Moon
12. Little Games
13. People Like Us
14. Goodbye
15. Nine
16. Music From the Edge of Heaven
17. Gunfight at Carnegie Hall
18. Rendezvous
19. Ooh La La
20. Made in Heaven

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 10/4/05

2005-10-04T04:09:00.000-07:00

Double Take

The following actors and actresses all appeared on TV series as recasted characters. For each actor/actress, tell me what character he/she was recasted as.

1. Emma Samms
2. Dana Sparks
3. Halle Hirsh
4. Cory Danziger
5. Carole Burnett
6. Alice Pierce
7. Ben Alexander
8. Mary Ann Mobley
9. Karen Cellini
10. Barney Martin
11. Dick Sargent
12. Jack Coleman
13. Daphne Reid
14. John Davey
15. Sarah Chalke
16. Jennifer Freeman
17. Jim Piddock
18. Mary Kay Adams
19. Lane Davies
20. Jane Sibbett

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 10/3/05

2005-10-03T04:08:00.000-07:00

Excelsior! And Others

The following are state mottos from 20 of these here United States. For each motto, tell me the state the motto is from.

1. Labor Conquers All Things
2. Under God, the people rule
3. By Valor and Arms
4. Equality before the law
5. We Dare Defend Our Rights
6. Virtue, liberty and independence
7. To the Stars Through Difficulties
8. State sovereignty, national union
9. Forward
10. God Enriches
11. The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness
12. Libert and Prosperity
13. Equal Rights
14. Wisdom, justice, and moderation
15. The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law
16. All for our country
17. Friendship
18. If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
19. Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable
20. United we stand, divided we shall fall

-Brian

Movie Wake-Up Call for 9/30/05

2005-09-30T04:08:00.000-07:00

Robbers

The following are notable film robbers (banks, kids, whatever). Name the films that they are each from.

1. Jack Foley
2. Grimm
3. Zed
4. Virgil Starkwell
5. Willis Newton
6. Doc McCoy
7. Chicamaw) Mobley
8. Neil McCauley
9. Pike Bishop
10. Robert Hightower
11. Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr
12. Sonny Wortzik
13. Martin Cahill
14. Pressure Maxwell
15. Clyde Barrow
16. Terry Lee Collins
17. Gabriel Shear
18. H.I. McDonnough
19. Diane Weston
20. Bodhi

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 9/29/05

2005-09-29T04:07:00.000-07:00

Imperial Guard of Superheroes

As you may know, the Imperial Guard is made up of analogues of the Legion of Superheroes. Over the years, some of the Imperial Guard has actually DUPLICATED Legionnaires. Match the following 20 Imperial Guard members with the Legionnaires they were inspired by. Remember, some have been inspired by multiple Legionnaires!

1. Smasher
2. Arc
3. Oracle l
4. Gladiator
5. Blimp
6. Nightshade
7. Tempest
8. Starbolt
9. Hobgoblin
10. Stuff
11. Mentor
12. G-Type
13. Astra
14. Quasar
15. Plutonia
16. Impulse
17. Schism
18. Fang
19. Fader
20. Titan

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 9/28/05

2005-09-28T04:07:00.000-07:00

Grammy-Schmammy

The following 20 songs are by artists/groups with one notable thing in common - NONE of them have ever won a Grammy! For each of the songs, just tell me who the non-Grammy winning singer/band who performs the song is.

1. “The Warmth of the Sun”
2. “Lost Paraguayos”
3. “Calcutta”
4. “She’s Got You”
5. “Crosseyed and Painless”
6. “Pennies From Heaven”
7. “I Don’t Know What You’ve Got (But It’s Got Me)”
8. “I’m Walking”
9. “Sing, Sing, Sing”
10. “That's the Way”
11. “Linda Paloma”
12. “Above and Beyond”
13. “Diamonds and Rust”
14. “Love Hangover”
15. “You Can’t Catch Me”
16. “Love Is Here and Now”
17. “Bring It On Home To Me”
18. “Burning of the Midnight Lamp”
19. “You Win Again”
20. “It Makes No Difference”

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 9/27/05

2005-09-27T03:01:00.000-07:00

It Keeps Going and Going and Going and Going...

When it ended its run this past season, Everybody Loves Raymond became the 27th TV sitcom to ever make it past 200 episodes. Name the twenty sitcoms that aired the MOST episodes! To give you an aid, I will give you the years each show ran.

1. 1952-1966
2. 1960-1972
3. 1989 – Present
4. 1953-1965
5. 1958-1966
6. 1982-1993
7. 1962-1971
8. 1993-2004
9. 1987-1997
10. 1972-1983
11. 1974-1984
12. 1975-1985
13. 1964-1972
14. 1960-1968
15. 1988-1998
16. 1994-2004
17. 1957-1963
18. 1995-2004
19. 1988-1997
20. 1989-1998

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 9/26/05

2005-09-26T01:44:00.000-07:00

At Least 20 Flavors

The following 20 descriptions are of ice cream flavors offered at Baskin-Robbins locations in the United States (some are seasonal, some are regional, some are even technically yogurt). For each description, tell me the name of the ice cream flavor it describes.

1. Cherry ice cream with cherry halves and a hint of rum flavor
2. Creamy and rich cream cheese ice cream
3. Vanilla ice cream with chocolate-covered rice "crunchies" and a caramel ribbon
4. White chocolate mousse ice cream swirled with milk chocolate ice cream
5. Chocolate ice cream with chewy brownie pieces, mini chocolate chips, and a red raspberry ribbon
6. Lowfat cheesecake yogurt with raspberry cheesecake pieces and graham cracker bits swirled with a raspberry ribbon
7. Lime ice blended with a splash of rum flavoring
8. European chocolate ice cream with chocolate chunks and chocolate truffle pieces
9. Lowfat strawberry and banana ice creams with chunks of strawberry
10. Milk chocolate mousse ice cream with chocolate flakes
11. Strawberry ice cream loaded with strawberries
12. Swirl of green apple, blue raspberry and fruit punch sherbets
13. Coconut ice cream loaded with almonds, pecans and walnuts
14. Vanilla and chocolate ice creams with a caramel ribbon
15. Rich vanilla ice cream made with egg yolks
16. Swiss chocolate ice cream with coconut, walnut pieces, milk chocolate brownie pieces and a caramel ribbon
17. Vanilla ice cream with Oreo® cookie pieces
18. Cheesecake ice cream loaded with chocolate chip cheesecake cubes and a dark fudge ribbon
19. Ice cream made from Baskin-Robbins own exclusive blend of coffee
20. Chocolate ice cream loaded with almonds and miniature marshmallows

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 9/23/05

2005-09-23T04:06:00.000-07:00

Cops

The following are notable police characters in films. For each character, tell me their rank in the film.

1. Scott Turner
2. David Mills
3. Frank Bullitt
4. Harry Callahan
5. Frank Serpico
6. Al Powell
7. John Moss
8. Frank Drebin
9. Jack Vincennes
10. Fred Abberline
11. Moe Tilden
12. Bud White
13. Alonzo Boyd
14. William Somerset
15. Nick Conklin
16. Popeye Doyle
17. Frank Bumstead
18. Vincent Hanna
19. Martin Brody
20. Frank Keller

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 9/22

2005-09-22T02:50:00.000-07:00

Oh Captain, My Captain

The following are the secret identities of super heroes and villains whose superhero/villain name begins with "Captain." For each name, tell me the superhero/villain name they use (you don't need to include Captain, as that is implied). For instance, if I listed Mar-Vell, you'd reply "Marvel." Some names DO repeat!

1. Brian Braddock
2. Adam Blake
3. Kelsey Leigh
4. Rodney Rabbit
5. Billy Batson
6. Steve Rogers
7. Willie Fawcett
8. Genis-Vell
9. Richard Dare
10. Albrecht Krieger
11. George Harkness
12. Otto Kronsteig
13. Freddy Freeman
14. Nathaniel Adam
15. Len Snart
16. Don Wright
17. Lance Gallant
18. Monica Rambeau
19. Owen Mercer
20. Red Albright

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 9/21/05

2005-09-21T02:02:00.000-07:00

Three Is The Magic Number

The following 20 songs are by bands/artists whose names are acronyms, like, ELO for Electric Light Orchestra (ELO is not an answer ). Name the band/artist who performed each of the following songs!

1. “Creep”
2. “The Mayor of Simpleton”
3. “How to Be a Millionaire”
4. “I'm So into You”
5. “Youth of the Nation”
6. “Liquid Swords”
7. “Party Up (Up in Here)”
8. "Heart of Stone“
9. “Justified and Ancient”
10. “Around the World (La la la la La)”
11. “Express Yourself”
12. "Steal My Sunshine"
13. “Stay the Night”
14. “9 PM (Till I Come)”
15. “Summer Girls”
16. “The Writer”
17. “Morning Mood”
18. “Flesh Into Gear”
19. “Unbelievable”
20. “The One I Love”

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 9/20/05

2005-09-20T02:53:00.000-07:00

Who is running the show?

In TV parlance, the "show-runner" is the one person (sometimes more than one, but generally one) who is in charge of the creative vision of a show on a day to day basis. The showrunner has a massive influence upon the style of the show, and a change in showrunners generally marks a drastic change in the style of the show (note the differences in Buffy when Whedon was replaced by Marti Noxon, or the changes in Angel, which had multiple showrunners over its 5-year run). For each person, name the current TV program that they are the current showrunner for!

1. Anthony Zuiker
2. Christopher Chulack
3. Bill Lawrence
4. Brad Kern
5. Carol Mendelsohn
6. Neal Baer
7. Chuck Lorre
8. Ann Lewis Hamilton
9. Ann Donahue
10. Matthew Carlson
11. Ron Moore
12. John Wells
13. Tom Spezialy
14. Josh Schwartz
15. David Milch
16. Meredith Stiehm
17. Manny Coto
18. Mitchell Hurwitz
19. Alex Herschlag
20. Rene Balcer

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 9/19/05

2005-09-19T03:01:00.000-07:00

Count Chokfull of fun!

The following 20 characters are "spokespeople" for cereals. Name the cereal each character was the "spokesperson" of.

1. Dandy, Handy 'N Candy
2. Whoo, The Wizard Of Oatz
3. Sonny
4. Katy Kangaroo
5. Wally the Bear
6. Wendell, Bob and Quello
7. Snap, Crackle and Pop
8. Cornelius
9. Waldo the Wizard
10. Big Yella
11. Cheeri O'Leary
12. Shelly the Turtle
13. Linus the Lionhearted
14. Dig'em Frog
15. Big Otis
16. BuzzBee
17. King Ayummayumma
18. Swerdloc
19. Big Yella
20. Toucan Sam

Good luck, and have fun!!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 9/16/05

2005-09-16T00:07:00.000-07:00

Excuse Me, Don't I Know You?

An often used device in movies is mistaken identities. People claiming to be who they are not, whether by accident or on purpose. The following are people that characters in movies have PRETENDED to be. Tell me the movie that matches each scenario.

1. A high school boy to get a story
2. A high school senior to get a story
3. Isabella Parigi
4. A man who saved people from an airplane crash
5. A nun in a convent
6. Dickie Greenleaf
7. Clint Eastwood
8. Gay beauty pageant experts
9. Luke Trimble
10. Two priests in a small Canadian town
11. Comatose man’s fiancée
12. Nick Cassidy
13. A socialite staying at a fancy Manhattan hotel
14. Calvin Klein
15. The President
16. His children’s nanny
17. Ned Devine
18. Model standing in for radio host afraid her appearance isn’t nice enough
19. A Knight from Normandy to help overthrow the king
20. A black man to get a scholarship

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 9/15

2005-09-15T23:57:00.000-07:00

The Unknown Soldiers

The following are team members of some...lesser known teams of heroes and villains at DC and Marvel. For each group of heroes/villains, give me their team name.

1. Anatole, Bebeck and Cassiopeia
2. Crescent Moon, Harvest Moon and New Moon
3. Apocryphus, Deathunt 9000, Raa, Sir Raston, Ssith, Tyndar, Wildrun
4. Big Head, Big Ben, Big Wig, Big Bertha, Big Shot, Big Cheese and Big Deal
5. Superboy, Kaliber, Aura, Hero, Rex the Wonder Dog and Sparx
6. Cowled Commander, Eel, Plantman, Porcupine, Scarecrow, Viper
7. Crimson Dynamo, Radioactive Man and Titanium Man
8. Lady Liberty, Major Victory, Mayflower, Silent Majority and Sparkler
9. The Patriot, Lady Liberty, Captain Swift, The Bowman, Princess Power, Mr. Might and The Mermaid
10. Kro, Enigmo, El Toro Rojo, Tzabaoth, Karkas, Ransak the Reject, Dragona, Metabo, Blackwulf, Erishkigal
11. Snapper Carr, Dust Devil, Frag, Looking Glass, Jolt, Crackpot, Gunther and Churljenkins
12. Beta Ray Bill, Morfex, Quasar, Silver Surfer, Xenith
13. Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man
14. The Cyclone Kids, Dyna, Doiby Dickles, Merry the Gimmick Girl, Neptune Perkins and Sweep Second
15. Maser, Firehawk and Catalyst
16. Andros, Bramer, Lasher, Nardi
17. Commodore Murphy, J. P. Houston and Cecil Sunbeam
18. Black Widow, Medusa, Scarlet Witch, Wasp and Enchantress (posing as Valkyrie)
19. Captain Beta Tos, Ephyra, Jack Nebula, Nightshade and Shaar Q
20. Bora, The Painter, Spark

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 9/14/05

2005-09-14T23:42:00.000-07:00

Sample Size

The following 20 songs were all sampled for famous hit songs. Name the hit song that sampled each of the following tunes (you don't need to give the artist, as I presume that, if you know the song, you'll know the artist).

1. Herbie Hancock’s "Bring Down the Birds"
2. Bill Withers’ "Grandma's Hands" -
3. Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure”
4. The Police’s “Don’t Stand So Close to Me”
5. Patrice Rushen’s "Forget Me Nots"
6. Chic’s "Good Times"
7. Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir”
8. Loleatta Holloway’s "Love Sensation"
9. Nancy Sinatra’s “You Only Live Twice”
10. Dido’s “Thank You”
11. Sister Sledge’s "He's the Greatest Dancer"
12. Spandau Ballet’s “True”
13. The Police’s “Every Breath You Take”
14. Rick James’ “Super Freak”
15. Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love”
16. Erik Satie’s “Gymnopedie" No. 1
17. Stevie Nicks’s “Edge of Seventeen”
18. “Jeannie’s Theme” (the theme to I Dream of Jeannie)
19. Diana Ross’ "I'm Coming Out"
20. Staple Singers’ "I'll Take You There"

Good luck, and have fun!

Sorry this one is so tough...I didn't realize how tough it was until just now!

TV Wake-Up Call for 9/13/05

2005-09-13T05:02:00.000-07:00

Out-Ampersand-ing!!

The following TV show titles included an ampersand, which connected one name to another. I will give you ONE of the names, you tell me the other.

1. _____ & Leo
2. Hiller & _____
3. _____ & Molly
4. Hardcastle & _____
5. _____ & Eddie
6. Cagney & _____
7. _____ & Jill
8. Ned & _____
9. Laverne & _____
10. _____ & Alice
11. _____ & Faith
12. _____ & Gloria
13. Eisenhower & _____
14. _____ & Greg
15. Lewis & _____
16. Kate & _____
17. _____ & The Bean
18. Holmes & _____
19. _____ & Bobby
20. _____ & Margaret

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 9/12/05

2005-09-12T01:22:00.000-07:00

You Pay Their Salaries, But Do You Know Who They Are?

The following are 20 high positions in the federal governement. Name the person who currently holds each title.

1. Secretary of Health & Human Services
2. Secretary of Commerce
3. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
4. Secretary of Transportation
5. Attorney General
6. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
7. Secretary of Agriculture
8. Secretary of the Treasury
9. Secretary of Labor
10. National Security Advisor
11. Secretary of Education
12. Head of Office of National Drug Control Policy
13. Secretary of the Interior
14. Head of the Environmental Protection Agency
15. Secretary of State
16. Secretary of Energy
17. Secretary of Defense
18. Head of the Office of Management and Budget
19. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
20. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 9/9/05

2005-09-09T01:13:00.000-07:00

It’s My Wife And It’s My Life

The following 20 plot descriptions are of films involving, in some way, heroin. Name the title of each film that matches the description.

1. The life and career of a controversial comedian dealing with a heroin addiction.
2. Young New York basketball star gets caught up in the world of drugs.
3. Vietnam vet turns to heroin smuggling, but circumstances result in him being paired up with his friend’s wife on the run.
4. A man struggles to help his girlfriend’s son kick a heroin addiction.
5. Two New York cops stumble upon the biggest transatlantic heroin bust ever.
6. A secret agent must stop a heroin magnate that is aided by a psychic tarot card reader.
7. Local Texas cops go undercover in the drug trade, and end up getting hooked themselves.
8. The story of a guy named F**khead.
9. Rock star and his girlfriend go through twisted relationship while addicted to heroin, leading to a murder.
10. Two young heroin addicts fall in love against the backdrop of a New York City hangout for drug addicts.
11. We see the lives of four Brooklyn natives and their various states of addiction.
12. Mexican narcotics agent runs afoul of a drug deal while on his honeymoon in America.
13. A woman falls in love with her female photographer neighbor, who also happens to be a recovering heroin addict.
14. Vacationing tourists get caught with heroin in their bags, which does not belong to them.
15. A young man tried to get out of the whole drug scene in Scotland.
16. Thieves try to find a doll stuffed with heroin in a blind woman’s apartment.
17. A famous jazz musician deals with his heroin addiction.
18. A hitman must deal with a gangster’s wife overdosing on heroin on his watch.
19. Sitcom writer’s heroin addiction almost destroys him.
20. A politician involved in the “drug war” discovers that his own daughter is a heroin addict.

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 9/8

2005-09-08T00:16:00.000-07:00

Alias

The following 20 names are pseudonyms used by comic book writers and/or artists, for whatever reasons. As a joke or to hide the fact that they were working for one company from another company, it doesn't matter WHY, but just WHO each of the following 20 pseudonyms belong to. For each pseudonym, tell me the writer and/or artist who used that pseudonym.

1. Gary Michaels
2. Jed Corby
3. Robert Starr
4. Steven Mallory
5. Adam Austin
6. Al Stak
7. Sergio O'Shaugnessy
8. Farouk Ber Fakir
9. Floyd Kelly
10. Curtis Slarch
11. Herbert Fine
12. Frank Ray
13. Christian Volt
14. H. E. Arloff
15. Francis X. Bushmaster
16. Sam Meade
17. Steele Savage
18. Dutch Nireves
19. Lew Loger
20. Jay Noel

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 9/7/05

2005-09-07T00:49:00.000-07:00

Dance Dance Revolution

VH1 did one of those Top 100 lists awhile back for dance songs. So I picked 20 songs from their list, and ask you know to name the singer or group that performed each of the following 20 dance classics.

1. "Shotgun"
2. "Land Of 1,000 Dances"
3. "Fly Robin Fly"
4. "Cherchez La Femme"
5. "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"
6. "Ain't Nobody"
7. “Keep On Truckin'"
8. "Show Me Love"
9. "And The Beat Goes On"
10. "Flashlight"
11. "Take Your Time (Do It Right)"
12. "Disco Lady"
13. "Play That Funky Music"
14. "Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)"
15. "Thank You (Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"
16. "Shake Your Groove Thing"
17. "Boogie Oogie Oogie"
18. "Heartbeat"
19. "Doctor Love"
20. "Funkytown"

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 9/6/05

2005-09-06T16:24:00.000-07:00

They'll Be There For You

The following are 20 celebrities who made celebrity appearances on the TV show Friends. Name the character on the show (Ross, Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Chandler or Joey) who they were on the show for. For instance, if I were to say "Ralph Lauren," the answer would be "Rachel," as he played her boss on the show. If I were to say "Tate Donovan," the answer would also be "Rachel," because he played her boyfriend on the show.

1. Brooke Shields
2. Christina Applegate
3. Tom Selleck
4. Marlo Thomas
5. Charlie Sheen
6. Ben Stiller
7. Teri Garr
8. Jill Goodacre
9. Kathleen Turner
10. Elle Macpherson
11. Jason Alexander
12. Reese Witherspoon
13. Chrissie Hynde
14. Morgan Fairchild
15. Penn Jillette
16. Julia Roberts
17. Michael Rappaport
18. Paul Rudd
19. Susan Sarandon
20. Winona Ryder

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 9/5/05

2005-09-05T02:51:00.000-07:00

Working For The Man

In honor of Labor Day, I decided to make up a quiz based on the companies that employ the most people in the United States (not counting those companies whose founder's name was IN the name, like Ford Motor). So name the company that was founded by each of the following twenty men.

1. Frederick W. Smith
2. Frederick A. DeLuca
3. Davre Davidson.
4. George Draper Dayton
5. Ingvar Kamprad
6. Dr Thomas Frist
7. Les Vadasz
8. William Crapo Durant s
9. Howard Schultz
10. Bernard L. Marcus
11. Jim Casey
12. Leonard Riggio
13. Thomas Alva Edison
14. Wes Kussmaul
15. Ray Croc
16. Joseph Wilson
17. Thomas J. Watson
18. Asa Griggs Candler
19. Sebastian S. Kresge
20. Caleb Bradham

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 9/2/05

2005-09-02T02:23:00.000-07:00

Back.....to the Future

The following 20 film descriptions involve time travel. Name the film title that matches each description.

1. A young teen is sent back to help King Arthur.
2. Man is taken to the future right before he was to die, so that his body could be used for a dying rich man.
3. A woman faints at a high school reunion, and when she wakes up, she realizes she has been given the chance to relive her high school days.
4. A man is visited by himself as an eight-year-old.
5. Man is sent back in time to stop the release of a virus that has destroyed the world.
6. A couple travel back in time to find evidence to prove she did not kill her father.
7. A young boy travels through times with a bunch of dwarves, stealing things in whichever time they end up in.
8. A French knight travels to modern day.
9. A young boy is sent eight years into the future by an alien spaceship.
10. Two men on a Naval Destroyer are sent forty years into the future.
11. Beings from the future decide to go back to ask America’s founders for advice, but find themselves in 1976 instead.
12. Man is sent to the past and has to fight a lot of dead bad guys.
13. A man from the 1800s travels to the present and finds himself falling for a woman who MIGHT be his ancestor.
14. Security agent gets caught up in an evil Senator’s plan to become President through time travel.
15. Cop comes from the future to hunt down an evil hypnotist.
16. A starship has to travel to the past to retrieve whales.
17. A modern aircraft carrier is sent back to the past…right before Pearl Harbor.
18. Two teens use a time machine for their history project.
19. An inventor of a time machine in the 19the century must chase a serial killer who has used his device to transport himself to the present.
20. A time-displaced secret agent must travel to the past to stop his nemesis from bedeviling him in the 1960s.

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 9/1

2005-09-01T03:14:00.000-07:00

Aqualung

The Aquaman Rogues Gallery is often neglected. The following are descriptions of twenty Aquaman rogues (and I mean specifically Aquaman, not villains he inherited from other villains, like Major Disaster). Name me the villain(s) who match each description.

1. He killed Aquaman’s dolphin mother.
2. Evil double of Aquaman from another dimension.
3. The villain who caused Aquaman to lose his hand (his FIRST name)
4. Evil scientist who takes over Atlantis with the aid of a water-breathing gorilla and eagle.
5. Villain who uses gimmicks like exploding lures, a fishing rod attached to his belt, stuff like that.
6. This villain’s gimmick was that he could survive underwater AND fly!
7. A hunter who hunts superheroes. Aquaman saves Animal Man from him.
8. The name of this trio of villains : Torpedo-Man, Magneto, and Claw.
9. Evil female alien lizard/dragon being
10. He is Aquaman’s half brother
11. This evil pirate was Aquaman’s biggest recurring enemy during the 40s.
12. Bad guy who can control any sea animal that breathes air.
13. A villain with a lightning rod mounted on his head, to charge him so that no one could touch him.
14. Iranian who uses the Sun Stone to become a super villain.
15. Scaly bad guy with a sword for a hand
16. He killed Aquaman’s son
17. Evil uncle of Tempest.
18. Mechanical genius villain who eventually turned good and helped out Aquaman.
19. Underwater lava beings
20. Son of Poseidon who hates Aquaman

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 8/31/05

2005-08-31T15:49:00.000-07:00

Desperados Under the Eaves

Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon were great friends during the mid-70s in Los Angeles. The following are 10 descriptions that match Zevon songs and 10 descriptions that match Browne songs (Like, "Mackenzie, Brackmen Chaney and Kusak, Gatlings & Twenty Bucks" would be "Lawyers, Guns & Money")

1. David Boreanaz's wardrobe
2. Characters played in a movie by Colin Farrell and Gabriel Macht
3. Dr. Wilfred Glendon and David Kessler
4. Hail
5. Lorenzo Lamas TV show
6. Red Sox pitcher who was an All-Star in 1973
7. The third-largest state in Mexico
8. Boxer who accidentally killed a South Korean boxer in 1982 in a match
9. Fletcher Christian
10. 1995 Andy Garcia film
11. Villain in recent Outsiders arc (#26 & 27)
12. Bobby Donnell and Lindsey Dole
13. Comic written and drawn by Art Thibert
14. Bounty spokesperson
15. Sunset is one
16. 1988 Judd Hirsch/River Phoenix film
17. An upside-down pear
18. Michael T. Weiss TV show
19. Julie Brown Nickname
20. Spaghetti Western director

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 8/30/05

2005-08-30T02:29:00.000-07:00

TV Knows So Much

The following are 20 quotes from notable TV sitcoms. Name the show each quote is from.

1. “I'm reminded of a story, you've probably all heard it. The king and queen of this country were playing golf with five clubs. Their son Jack remarked how strange it was that they only had two hearts between them. And just then his sister Little Deucy and her dog Tre started singing "Four Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend"; whereupon the whole family beat her to death and buried her with two spades.”
2. “A no-sex pact? I have one... with every woman in America.”
3. “This is the dumbest thing Brian's ever done, and he once painted me blue.”
4. “We used to make money around here, you know. 'Course, that was back in the days when music was music, and men were men, and fish were fish. Now I don't know what the hell's going on.”
5. “I'm an experienced woman. I've been around... Well, all right, I might not've been around, but I've been... nearby.”
6. “You know what I like best about you, Umbrielle? You find me fascinating, even when I'm not claiming to be a jewel thief or a lion tamer.”
7. “I am your father. I brought you in this world, and I'll take you out.”
8. “We're having lasagna. There is a recipe in the back of a Rice Krispies box.
9. “It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear.”
10. “You see clowns. I see your tuition at Harvard. You see your dad as a ringmaster. I see you going to grad school. You see a chimpanzee in a tutu. Okay, that just makes me laugh.”
11. “You can lead a herring to water, but you have to walk really fast or they die.”
12. “There's an incredible piece of scientific equipment known as the Tunneling Electron Microscope. Now, this microscope is so powerful that by firing electrons you can actually see images of the atom, the infinitesimally minute building block of our universe. If I were using that microscope right now, I still wouldn't be able to locate my interest in your problem.”
13. “Oh, good morning, my little worker ants! That's just a figure of speech; I would never compare you to insects. At least not after that sensitivity training seminar those maggots at the network forced me to attend!”
14. “Violence doesn't solve anything? World War I. World War II. Star Wars. Every Super Bowl. Who says violence doesn't solve anything?!”
15. “Look, it's only a birthday present! It just means I'm glad you didn't die partway through the year.”
16. “The sea was angry that day, my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.”
17. “Real men don't use instructions, Son. Besides, this is just the manufacturer's opinion of how to put this together.”
18. “Those articles that say married couples have sex every month are just sensationalistic lies perpetrated on the public to sell magazines. It's hooey I tell you, hooey.”
19. “Women, can't live with them... end of sentence.”
20. “Denial is not just a river in England.”

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 8/29/05

2005-08-29T18:12:00.000-07:00

Ones to Grow On

The following are 20 notable quotes by 20 notable writers. For each quote, name the writer who said/wrote it.

1. How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.
2. If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
3. The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
4. Fortune favors the brave.
5. The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
6. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
7. It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
8. Lack of money is the root of all evil.
9. In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
10. Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
11. Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn't become a monster.
12. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
13. Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
14. Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
15. If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
16. The end excuses any evil.
17. The gods help them that help themselves.
18. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.
19. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
20. If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 8/26/05

2005-08-26T16:44:00.000-07:00

Can't Help Falling In Love With Hugh

Hugh Grant often gets accused of basically playing the same character in each film. Well, here are 20 characters that Hugh Grant played in films. Name the film that each character is from.

1. Child Psychologist
2. Minister
3. Lord Byron
4. Cartographer
5. Prime Minister
6. Lord trying to kill a big worm.
7. ER Doctor
8. Art dealer
9. A journalist writing about Neo-Nazis
10. Man living off his father’s royalties
11. British theatre director
12. Real Estate Developer
13. Frederic Chopin
14. Journalist visting his rich uncle
15. A wealthy British nobleman looking for a wife
16. Book publisher
17. British man on a cruise to India.
18. 17th century painter
19. Befuddled auctioneer
20. Befuddled bookstore owner

Good luck, and I hope you have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 8/25/05

2005-08-25T18:14:00.000-07:00

Win, Lose or Draw!!

Just like last week, when I asked who WROTE 20 comics that followed, this week I am asking you who PENCILLED the following 20 comics!

1. All-Star Squadron #1
2. Web of Spider-Man #1
3. Sandman #1 (1989)
4. Marvel Two-in-One #1
5. Howard the Duck #1
6. Hellblazer #1
7. New Warriors #1 (1999) t
8. The Secret Society of Super-Villains
9. Atari Force #1
10. Primal Force #1
11. Shogun Warriors #1
12. The New Adventures of Superboy
13. Mister Miracle #1 (1989)
14. Marvel Team-Up #1 (1972)
15. Rising Stars #1
16. Night Thrasher #1
17. Claw the Unconquered #1
18. Human Torch #1 (2003)
19. Titans #1
20. Team America #1

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 8/24/05

2005-08-24T03:37:00.000-07:00

Love Me Two Times

Continuing the theme from last week, the following artists each had exactly TWO #1 hits on the pop charts. I provide for you ONE of the hits, you name me the other (duets count if you're a solo artist).

1. Steve Winwood “Higher Love”
2. Men At Work “Down Under”
3. Human League “"Don't You Want Me"
4. Deniece Williams “Let’s Hear It For the Boy”
5. Billy Preston “Nothing From Nothing”
6. Tiffany “I Think We’re Alone Now”
7. Jim Croce “Time In a Bottle”
8. Leo Sayer “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing”
9. Kenny Rogers “Islands In The Stream”
10. Mister Mister “Kyrie”
11. Debbie Gibson “Lost In Your Eyes”
12. Peter Cetera “Next Time I Fall In Love”
13. Color Me Badd “I Adore Mi Amour”
14. REO Speedwagon “I Can’t Fight This Feeling”
15. Rick Astley “Together Forever”
16. Nancy Sinatra “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’”
17. Fine Young Cannibals “She Drives Me Crazy”
18. James Ingram “I Don’t Have the Heart”
19. Ray Stevens “The Streak”
20. BJ Thomas “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head”

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 8/23/05

2005-08-23T01:46:00.000-07:00

You're Not the Boss of Me!...Oh Wait...Yes You Are

The following are 20 notable TV characters. For each character(s), name me their boss.

1. Susan Keane Browne (Seasons 1-3)
2. Remington Steele
3. Mary Richards
4. Roc Emerson
5. Nell Harper
6. Elaine Benes (at Pendant Publishing)
7. Roseanne Conner (at Rodbell's Diner)
8. Edna Garrett (at Eastland School for Girls)
9. Darrin Stephens
10. All the cabbies (and the dispatcher) at the Sunshine Cab Company
11. Thomas Magnum
12. George Costanza (at Kruger Industrial Smoothing)
13. Fran Fine
14. Tony Micelli
15. Rob Petrie
16. Larry and Balki
17. Drew Carey
18. Scarecrow and Mrs. King
19. Lucy Carter
20. Henry Desmond and Kip Wilson (at Livingston, Gentry & Mishkin)

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 8/22/05

2005-08-22T01:54:00.000-07:00

Hey, Isn't That...?

This is the perfect potpourri question, as this could fit into TV or Music, but doesn't REALLY fir that well in EITHER, so it is Potpourri! Below are 20 music videos. Name me the famous actor or actress who makes an appearances in the music video (and I mean they actually showed up to film scenes FOR the music video, not just appearing in clips from a movie that the song is on the soundtrack for).

1. Couting Crows’ “Long December”
2. John Mellencamp’s "Key West Intermezzo"
3. Michael Bolton’s “Missing You Now”
4. Savage Garden’s “I Knew I Loved You”
5. Madonna’s “La Isla Bonita”
6. Sheryl Crow’s “Leaving Las Vegas”
7. Roy Orbisnon’s “I Drove All Night”
8. Melissa Etheridge’s “Come to My Window”
9. The Rolling Stones’ “Anybody Seen My Baby”
10. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’s “Last Dance With Mary Jane”
11. The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York”
12. The Foo Fighters’ “Breakout”
13. Cameo’s “Word Up”
14. Lenny Kravitz’ “If You Can't Say No”
15. The Dixie Chicks’ “Goodbye Earl”
16. Madonna’s "Papa Don't Preach"
17. Train’s “Meet Virgina”
18. Sixpence None The Richer’s “Kiss Me”
19. Stone Temple Pilots’ “Sour Girl”
20. The Lemonheads’ “It’s A Shame About Ray”

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 8/19/05

2005-08-19T18:08:00.000-07:00

Brothers and Sisters are as close as hands and feet

The following characters are brothers and sisters in movies that involved a brother and sister relationship central to the movie's plot (not all of them are ABOUT brothers and sisters, but nor are the characters going to be, like John Cusack and his sister in Say Anything..., they are going to be characters whose relationship is a part of the movie). Name the movie each brother and sister pair comes from.

1. Terry and Samantha Prescott
2. Elwood P. Dowd and Veta Louise Simmons
3. Nick and Amy Szalinski
4. Dashiell and Violet Parr
5. Mitch and Jodi Kramer
6. Antonio and Cesca Camonte
7. Brad and Stacy Hamilton
8. Sebastian Valmont and Kathryn Merteuil
9. Nicky and Gillian Holroyd
10. Jackie and Kathleen Flannery
11. Paul and Tammy Metzler
12. Adrian and Paulie
13. Walter and Alice Adams
14. Dominic and Mia Toretto
15. Grover and Stacy Beindorf
16. Elliott and Gertie
17. Robin and Susan Shelby
18. Tony and Tia Malone
19. Timmy and April Burns
20. David and Jennifer Wagner

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 8/18/05

2005-08-18T03:07:00.000-07:00

Love At First Sight

The following are 20 first issues of ongoing titles. Name me the person (or personS) who wrote the first issue. If a series has had more than one volume, I gave you the year that the issue came out in.

1. Huntress #1
2. Omega Men #1
3. Iron Fist #1 (1975)
4. Sleepwalker #1
5. Blue Devil #1
6. Silver Surfer #1 (1987)
7. West Coast Avengers #1
8. Flash #1 (1987 launch)
9. Punisher #1 (1987)
10. Tomb of Dracula #1
11. Darkhawk #1
12. Black Goliath #1
13. Omega the Unknown #1
14. Black Canary #1
15. Primal Force #1
16. Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 -
17. Ghost Rider #1 (1973)
18. Darkstars #1
19. Supergirl (1972) #1
20. The Sub-Mariner #1

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 8/17/05

2005-08-17T02:22:00.000-07:00

When's the next single? - 70s and 80s

The following are 20 one-hit wonders from the 1970s and 1980s. For each song, tell me the artist.

1. "Rock On"
2. "Fooled Around and Fell in Love"
3. "Genius Of Love"
4. "Black Betty"
5. "What About Me"
6. "Don't Close You Eyes"
7. "Respect Yourself"
8. "Easy Livin"
9. "I Wanna Be a Cowboy"
10. "Hot Child in the City"
11. "Beds are Burning"
12. “Cry”
13. "Got To Be Real"
14. "Pass the Dutchie"
15. "In the Summertime"
16. "A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing)"
17. "Afternoon Delight"
18. “I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)"
19. "Let's Go All the Way"
20. "Kung Fu Fighting"

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 8/16/05

2005-08-16T02:01:00.000-07:00

Jumping the Shark

How's this for a gimmick? If you are not already familiar with the concept of "jumping the shark," it is the moment where a TV show, in retrospect, was never as good as it was before some event occured. The name comes from such an event, the episode of Happy Days where Fonzie jumped over a shark. Well, going to Jon Hein's (who popularized the phrases) website, www.jumptheshark.com , it allows people to vote on what point certain TV shows jumped the shark.

Below are 20 TV series. Name the moment that was judged by the voters on the website (each show had at least 100 votes) as when the show jumped the shark (none of them are "Never jumped the shark" and none of them are "From Day 1").

1. Diff’rent Strokes
2. Bewitched
3. Moonlighting
4. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
5. Andy Griffith Show
6. Alice
7. Mad About You
8. Frasier
9. All in the Family
10. Married…with Children
11. Charlie’s Angels
12. Nanny
13. Family Ties
14. Beverly Hills 90210
15. Felicity
16. The Cosby Show
17. Facts of Life
18. Boston Public
19. Laverne & Shirley
20. Lois & Clark

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 8/15/05

2005-08-15T23:20:00.000-07:00

See You in the Funny Pages!

The following are comic strips or cartoon characters. Name the person who created each of the strips/characters.

1. Little Lulu
2. Bloom County
3. Yellow Kid
4. Gasoline Alley
5. Hazel
6. Nancy
7. Ziggy
8. Broom Hilda
9. Dennis the Menace
10. Katzenjammer Kids
11. Hi & Lois
12. Blondie
13. Marmaduke
14. Joe Palooka
15. Dick Tracy
16. The Gumps
17. BC
18. Popeye
19. Woody Woodpecker
20. Little Nemo

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 8/12/05

2005-08-12T03:30:00.000-07:00

The Great War

The following 20 plot descriptions are of films connected in plot to the first World War. Name each film.

1. The story of a famous married dancing duo, who are broken up by the war.
2. Two men, one rich and one poor, both fall in love with the same woman, and both go off to become fighter pilots in this film, winner of the very FIRST Oscar for Best Picture!
3. A British army patrol is crossing the desert when their leader (the only one who knows where they were headed) is killed. The remaining men find themselves in a dire situation, surrounded by Arab bandits.
4. An Irish woman and a British officer form a romance during the war on an Irish peninsula.
5. A young ambulance driver named Lt. Henry falls in love with a nurse in Italy during the war.
6. The story of a group of mostly New York Irish soldiers during the war, and one soldier in particular who feels the need to redeem himself.
7. A young ambulance driver named Hemingway falls in love with his nurse in Italy during the war.
8. A group of young German students are followed as they realize the horrors of war are more than they were expecting when they were driven by jingoistic teachers to enlist.
9. A novelist is sent to Switzerland on a mission to kill a general.
10. Three brothers head off to Europe for war while personal jealousies and suspensions between the men tug at their once taut brotherly bond.
11. The story of the daring 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps.
12. A young woman is sent to Paris to spy for Germany, but soon falls in love with the Major that she is spying on!
13. The story of two Australians sent to fight in Turkey.
14. A countryman who is a natural born pacifist becomes one of the greatest American heroes of the war.
15. A lazy rich man joins the army, and finds himself involved with a Frenchwoman before heading to the front lines.
16. A man returns to his fiancée from the war profoundly changed. He heads off to Nepal to find himself.
17. A man is wounded by a landmine, losing his arms, legs, and the ability to speak, smell and see. He deals with this situation.
18. A New York adman is sent back to the past to the middle of an air fight!
19. Two drastically different brothers both become pilots during the war.
20. A vaudeville entertainer intentionally wounds himself so he does not have to serve, but he ends up redeeming himself (he has to, otherwise, he couldn’t get the girl now, could he?)

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 8/11/05

2005-08-11T17:49:00.000-07:00

ETs, Phone Home

The following 20 comic books feature the first appearance of an alien race. Name the alien race that appeared for the first time in the given issue.

1. Action Comics #267
2. Thor #129
3. Showcase #17
4. Incredible Hulk #140
5. Fantastic Four #2 (Volume 1)
6. Uncanny X-Men #155
7. Action Comics #1
8. Uncanny X-Men # 97
9. Green Lantern #7 (Voume 2)
10. Fantastic Four #10 (Volume 1)
11. Adventure Comics #346
12. Rom #1
13. Iron Man #55 (Volume 1)
14. DC Comics Presents #26
15. Silver Surfer #2 (Volume 1)
16. Adventure Comics #467
17. Fantastic Four #64 (Volume 1)
18. Brave and the Bold #34
19. X-Men #65
20. Green Lantern #2 (Volume 2)

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 8/10/05

2005-08-10T03:20:00.000-07:00

No Jug Band music, just Rhythm and Blues

The following are 20 popular Rhythm and Blues songs. Name the artists who first performed each song.

1. One Mint Julep
2. Sweet Soul Music
3. Hold On, I'm Comin'
4. Honky Tonk
5. Work With Me Annie
6. Green Onions
7. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
8. Do You Love Me?
9. Shake, Rattle, & Roll
10. Ain't That A Shame
11. It's Your Thing
12. Chain Gang
13. Money Honey
14. Hearts Of Stone
15. Sixty Minute Man
16. Rocket 88
17. Shake A Hand
18. Jungle Boogie
19. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
20. Night Train

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 8/9/05

2005-08-09T03:50:00.000-07:00

The Car...Chicks Dig the Car

The following are famous TV cars and/or vans. Name the TV show each car and/or van is from.

1. Modified 1982 Pontiac TransAm.
2. 1967 Corvette
3. HEAVILY modified 1967 Pontiac GTO
4. 1976 Ford Mustang II Cobra
5. 1994 Dodge Viper
6. Modified 1966 Chrysler Imperial LeBaron
7. Customized 1958 Corvette
8. Modified 1968 Oldsmobile Toronado
9. 1983 GMC Van
10. 1957 Ford Thunderbird
11. 1968/1969 Dodge Charger
12. Volvo P1800
13. Modified 1955 Lincoln Futura
14. 1975 Pontiac Firebird Espirit
15. Ferrari 308i
16. 1976 Ford Gran Torino
17. Ferrari Testarossa
18. 1984 White Corvette
19. 1966 Ford Mustang
20. 1971 Hemi 'Cuda

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 8/8/05

2005-08-08T01:37:00.000-07:00

There She Is....

The following 20 descriptions are of women who were notable pageant winners over the past 60 years or so. For each description, tell me the name of the woman that it describes.

1. This 1959 winner of the Miss America pageant went on to star on Diff’rent Strokes.
2. The 1959 Miss Oklahoma (and runner-up to #1) went on to become a famous singer, but is known better for her views about homosexuality.
3. This 1990 Miss Illinois was the fourth runner-up in the 1980 Miss America pageant, and has since starred on TV, in shows like Dark Skies and Boston Public.
4. This second runner-up (she was Miss Kansas) in the 1948 Miss America pageant (although she DID win the swimsuit portion of the competition) later starred in Psycho and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
5. This 1973 Miss America winner has been a co-host of The 700 Club since 1993.
6. This 1948 Miss Chicago was third runner-up in the 1948 Miss America pageant, but has since gone on to do MANY movies and TV shows, garnering her five Emmies and one Oscar along the way, and she is still working!
7. This 1971 winner of the Miss America pageant became a popular TV personality and at one point was the wife of the Governor of Kentucky!
8. This 1955 Miss America winner appeared on many TV shows and films, such as Barnaby Jones and Batman.
9. This 1990 Miss Teen USA has appeared in many films, such as Billy Madison and Mortal Kombat.
10. This 1976 Junior Miss Georgia replaced Jane Pauley on Today.
11. This 1996 Miss USA hosted the TV show Spy TV. – Ali Landry 12. This 1969 Miss California (first runner-up for Miss America) winner had a Top 40 hit in 1980 with “Killin’ Time” and also starred in multiple TV series, most recently Baywatch.
13. This 1985 Miss Teen Ohio (and first runner-up to Miss Teen USA) has since gone on to become a successful actress, winning both an Emmy and an Oscar.
14. This 1970 Miss South Dakota made the news when her show took out a $2 million insurance policy on her legs.
15. This 1974 Miss Florida went on to become a successful TV actress, and marry one of the Simon & Simon stars.
16. This 1961 Junior Miss America winner went on to star on TV, in Days of Our Lives and Newhart.
17. This 1962 Junior Miss America winner went on to work for Richard Nixon, and then became a very successful news reporter.
18. This 1985 Miss Teen USA got her big acting break on the episode of Growing Pains where Mike falls for the girl on the trip to Hawaii.
19. This 1984 Miss New York won Miss America, but was stripped of her title because of some nude photos she had posed for earlier. She has since rebounded to be a success in film, in music and on the stage.
20. This 1970 Maryland Junior Miss was disqualified from the pageant for breaking a silly rule, but still went on to become a successful singer and TV personality.

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 8/5/05

2005-08-05T00:31:00.000-07:00

ROY G. BIV Goes to the Movies

The following 20 film titles include colors from the ROY G BIB acronym, specifically Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.

Okay, no Violet or Indigo, but the other colors.

1. The Big ___ One
2. The Big ____
3. A Patch of ___
4. ___ Dragon
5. ____ Chips
6. ___ Card
7. Electric Glide in ___
8. ____ County
9. ___ Corner
10. ___ Steel
11. The ____ Mile
12. ___ Car
13. She Wore a _____ Ribbon
14. The Man With One ___ Shoe
15. Soylent ____
16. ____ Crush
17. ___ Heat
18. ___ Rock West
19. The ____ Berets
20. Dancing at the ___ Iguana

Good luck, and have fun!!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 8/4/05

2005-08-04T01:42:00.000-07:00

Not Quite Ready for the Big Screen

The following are descriptions of lesser known Superman villains (you know, the ones that are unlikely to ever be in a Superman movie...hehe).

1. A murderer is cloned, and the clone can absorb the properties of things he touches.
2. A bad guy, who could control insects, which he used to attack Metropolis.
3. Childhood friend of Superman who grew up secretly hating Clark, finds out Clark is Superman, which drives him (naturally) quite insane.
4. A criminal with a flying plane that had a big magnet, which he would use to lift armored cars off the ground and carry them off!
5. A big-game hunter who decided to extort people, and if they do not pay him, he kills them!
6. A mob arsonist is turned into energy in an explosion. He is given a containment suit by Lexcorp, and he fights Superman.
7. Blue-skin, four arms, 20th level intelligence, this guy was a real problem.
8. A Vietnam-obsessed villain who can teleport an arsenal to his person to fight Superman
9. A woman who is obsessed with Superman finds an amulet that gives her powers.
10. A villain with a balloon-esque mask who can make three-dimension figures out of comic strips!
11. An astronaut who, along with his fellow space travelers, was irradiated with cosmic radiation. They died - he lived on to torment Superman.
12. An author who does the opposite of what the police think he will do, just to see if he could become a successful criminal.
13. The original leader of Intergang.
14. Sick monster who mutates children and gives them wings.
15. What Kryptonian villains U-Ban, Kizo and Mala were known as.
16. A very good prison maker apparently secretly hates Superman because the guy had a big crush on Lana Lang.
17. A former entomologist who became a strange insect-like monster.
18. A Golden Age villain who returns to Earth after forty years just to defeat Superman before he dies.
19. An alien warrior who liked to travel around from world to world to fight people. He used another alien to read people's minds, making it easier to fight them.
20. A man who could split himself up into separate bodies, but the process ultimately drove him mad.

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 8/3/05

2005-08-03T01:23:00.000-07:00

ROY G BIV Listens to Music

The following 20 song titles can be completed by one of the seven colors that make up the acronym Roy G. Biv (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet).

1. R.E.M.'s "_____ Crush"
2. Joni Mitchell's "Turbulent ____"
3. Danzig's "That ____ Fire"
4. Bobby Darin's "18 _____ Roses"
5. Aimee Mann's "____ Vines"
6. Ryan Adams' "When The Stars Go ____"
7. Pearl Jam's "____ Ledbetter"
8. Captain Beefheart's "____ Claw Hammer"
9. Chris Deburgh's "Satin ____ Shutters"
10. Des'ree's "___ Daisies"
11. Bob Dylan's "Tangled Up In ___"
12. 4 Non Blondes' "Pleasantly ____'"
13. Cranberries' "Forever _____ Skies"
14. Creedence Clearwater Revival's "_____ River"
15. Bob Dylan's "Under The ___ Sky"
16. Nine Inch Nails' "A _____ Fluid"
17. Prince's "____ The Organ Grinder"
18. Foreigner's "___ Morning, ____ Day"
19. Simon and Garfunkel's "The Big Bright ____ Pleasure Machine"
20. Chris De Burgh's "Lady in ____"

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 8/2/05

2005-08-02T00:32:00.000-07:00

Vacation...Gotta To Get Away!

Often, sitcoms take a break, and go on vacation (almost always, these episodes are filmed on location). Name the TV series that match the descriptions of each of these vacations.

1. Grand Canyon
2. Paris, where one of the family falls for a runaway princess.
3. Cruise for Disney commercial.
4. Relative’s dude ranch
5. Atlantic City for a business trip
6. California for a screen test
7. Mypos
8. London for a wedding.
9. Spain for the running of the bulls
10. Hawaii, where they run afoul of Professor Whitehead.
11. Hawaii, but some bad steering leaves the family seemingly lost.
12. Cruise for a relative’s wdding.
13. England, to remove a curse.
14. Russia for a trivia contest.
15. California, including a taping of a TV series!
16. Mexico, causing a character to lose his/her job
17. Italy, where a character falls for an Italian girl.
18. Hawaii, even though almost no one really wanted to go there.
19. Problems with spies in London.
20. Problems with jewel thieves in Australia

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 8/1/05

2005-08-01T03:10:00.000-07:00

It's Like the Pitchers, Only With Real Life People!

The following musicals starred actors who won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Name me the actor who corresponds with each play (note that some of the wins are for revivals, but in none of these cases does a play have TWO actors who have won Best Actor in a Musical Tonys).

1. Phantom of the Opera
2. Cabaret
3. Sweet Smell of Success
4. Shenandoah
5. Miss Saigon
6. The Boy from Oz
7. Chicago
8. Camelot
9. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
10. Little Me
11. The Music Man
12. Fiddler on the Roof
13. Jelly's Last Jam
14. Promises, Promises
15. Hairspray
16. Kiss of the Spider Woman--The Musical
17. Take Me Along
18. The Robber Bridegroom
19. South Pacific
20. She Loves Me

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 7/29/05

2005-07-29T16:58:00.000-07:00

Write What You Know

The following 20 movies are at least partially about a screenwriter. Name the title of the film that matches each plot description.

1. A young screenwriter finds it difficult to balance his morals and his more commercial instincts while filming a movie in a small New England town where everything seems to go wrong (and the script needs changing constantly).
2. A screenwriter in Mexico finds himself embroiled in an organ-harvesting scheme.
3. A movie producer is stalked and threatened by a screenwriter out for revenge.
4. A young screenwriter tries to sell a screenplay without abandoning his principles, in a modern-day retelling of “The Story of Job”
5. A screenwriter finds himself torn, for the first time, between his career and love, at the same time his two brothers also find themselves in difficult romantic situations.
6. A young woman travels to Hollywood to reunite with her screenwriter father, and perhaps to break into films.
7. A man hires a woman to inspire him when he hits a writer’s block, but the woman ends up inspiring more than just the writer.
8. A screenwriter and his wife are vacationing in a snowy cabin, when a stranger comes across the cabin, and they let him stay. Soon, they learn he has sinister motives.
9. A blacklisted screenwriter gets into an accident, and ends up in a small town, where everyone “mistakes” him for a returning war hero, thought to be dead.
10. Man has a difficult time turning a book into a movie.
11. A young woman goes through many sordid affairs trying to become a successful screenwriter, even ruining her marriage (as her screenwriter husband is jealous that her rewrites improved his screenplay).
12. A screenwriter loses the ability to tell between the real world and his fantasies, with horrific consequences.
13. A movie writer is writing a tenth anniversary horror film, but the monster he is writing about it actually influencing him, and is using the film to break into our world.
14. A man makes a bet that he could turn any director into a star just by using hype and promotion.
15. A screenwriter is accused of murder, but his neighbor provides him with an alibi, as she is sure he is innocent. As they grow closer to each other, she begins to have doubts. 16. Two screenwriters try to turn a waitress’ baby into a star.
17. A playwright agrees to write a wrestling picture in 1940s Hollywood, and finds himself tangled up in bizarre events due to his neighbor, who he become friends with.
18. Down on his luck screenwriter forms bizarre relationship with reclusive former star actress, as he writes her big comeback.
19. A group of blacklisted screenwriters use a cashier to pretend to be the one writing their work.
20. A man has to compromise his script to fit in roles for the mistresses of all his financial backers.

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 7/28/05

2005-07-28T00:45:00.000-07:00

Before Supermen Walked the Earth

After Superman's appearance, and subsequent popularity boom, the comic book market was drastically changed. Everyone had to create the next Superman. However, there were comics coming out from this company for years before Superman came around (okay, only about three years, but still...).

So name the features that the following plot descriptions, well, describe, from the pages of More Fun Comics, New/Adventure Comics, Detective Comics and Action Comics #1 (Just the first issue, as I figure they count, because they were obviously invented BEFORE the Superman boom).

1. A young man who excelled at many different sports.
2. A detective and his assistant fight crime, and end up going undercover a lot (as stuntmen, as teachers, etc.) to do so.
3. Member of the Inter-Planetary Police who fights against Martians.
4. The adventures of a federal harbor police agent.
5. Tales of an explorer who had adventures in the hidden world of Mikishawm
6. A ranch owner is killed in a range war. His son is sent to Wyoming, and returns grown up to avenge his father’s death and to fight crime in the West.
7. Sandy Kean fought crime with his police car…which had a radio in it!
8. A cowboy who fights Mexicans in Nogales.
9. An adventurer in France during the time of the Three Musketeers.
10. The alter ego of Brad Hendricks, who fought the Nazis in Europe during World War II with his plane.
11. Man travels around adventuring and making a profit at the same time, with the help of his “pals.”
12. A man and his fiancée match wits with the evil Olga Balinoff.
13. Fellow who fights crime with a whip as “Mr. America.”
14. A man and his compatriots fight the forces of evil on the faraway planet Saro
15. Backwards speaking magician.
16. British detective who uses disguises in his crime fighting tactics.
17. Steve Carson was the lead character in this feature.
18. Reporter for the Bulletin who routinely got mixed up in the news he was covering. 19. Adventures of the only female member of the US Bureau of Investigation
20. A young rich man tries to make a go of it as a private eye in Los Angeles, investigating some celebrity kidnappings.

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 7/27/05

2005-07-27T15:51:00.000-07:00

The Topic So Nice That I Used it Twice

I used this one for a movie quiz recently, but I liked it enough to use it for a music quiz as well. The following are 20 artists and a month. Name me the song title recorded by the following 20 artists that included the month listed next to their name.

1. Nat King Cole (April)
2. Counting Crows (December)
3. Foo Fighters (February)
4. Bob Dylan (August) (this is the only one that is a stretch, but I just could not help myself)
5. Morrisey (November)
6. Gilbert O’Sullivan (January)
7. Jesus and Mary Chain (April)
8. The Tempos (September)
9. Pat Boone (April)
10. Guns n’ Roses (November)
11. The Four Seasons (December)
12. Bruce Springsteen (July)
13. Simon & Garfunkel (April)
14. Pet Shop Boys (October)
15. Babyface (November)
16. A-Ha (July)
17. Bangles (September)
18. Dionne Warwick (April)
19. Lou Reed (February)
20. Wyclef Jean (November)

Good luck!

And have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 7/26/05

2005-07-26T22:23:00.000-07:00

Not Ready For the Big Screen

A standard ploy in TV history is to take a popular motion picture and make a small screen adaptation of the movie. However, one of the things you lose from the big screen to the small screen is your stars. Therefore, the roles have to played by different actors. Name the TV actor or actress who followed up the following actors and actresses in the following roles from big screen to the small screen.

1. James Caan’s role in Alien Nation
2. Michell Pfeiffer’s role in Dangerous Minds
3. Melanie Griffith’s role in Working Girl
4. Steve Martin’s role in Parenthood
5. Jane Fonda’s role in 9 to 5
6. John Lithgow’s role in Harry and the Hendersons
7. Ellen Burstyn’s role in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
8. Tatum O’Neal’s role in Paper Moon
9. Alicia Silverstone’s role in Clueless
10. Donald Sutherland’s role in M*A*S*H*
11. Sidney Poitier’s role in In The Heat of the Night
12. Jeff Bridges’ role in Starman
13. James Stewart’s role in Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
14. Ron Howard’s role in The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
15. Matthew Broderick’s role in Ferris Bueller
16. John Corbett’s role in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
17. Katharine Hepburn’s role in Adam’s Rib
18. Jennifer Grey’s role in Dirty Dancing
19. Yul Brynner’s role in Magnificent Seven
20. Peter Weller’s role in Robocop

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 7/25/05

2005-07-25T15:06:00.000-07:00

You Can Call Me Betty

The following are 20 famous baseball player nicknames. For each nickname, tell me the player whose nickname it is.

1. Cobra
2. The Rocket
3. Rajah
4. Pops
5. The Say Hey Kid
6. The Georgia Peach
7. El Guapo
8. Iron Horse
9. The Hammer
10. Poison
11. Chairman of the Board
12. Boomer
13. The Big Hurt
14. The Big Unit
15. Mr. October
16. The Yankee Clipper
17. Crime Dog
18. The Flying Dutchman
19. The Splendid Splinter
20. Big Train

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 7/22/05

2005-07-22T23:57:00.000-07:00

Formerly Known As...

The following are 20 names of famous movie stars. Only the names are their ORIGINAL names. Give me their more famous stage names for each actor or actress.

1. Roy Scherer Jr.
2. Constance Ockleman
3. Lucille Le Sueur
4. Reginald Carey
5. Betty Joan Perske
6. Michael Shalhoub
7. Joan de Havilland
8. Frances Gumm
9. Maurice Micklewhite
10. Jerome Silberman
11. Lily Chauchoin
12. Joe Yule Jr.
13. Ella Geisman
14. Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
15. Issur Danielovitch
16. Arthur Andrew Gelien
17. Thomas Mapother IV
18. Kevin John Fowler
19. Walter Willison
20. Richard Walter Jenkins

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 7/21/05

2005-07-21T04:50:00.000-07:00

Following in their Footsteps

Name for me the person who followed the following 20 writers or artists on the title in question as the NEW regular writer or artist.

1. George Perez on New Teen Titans
2. Gerry Conway on Daredevil
3. Jackson Guice on Flash
4. John Byrne on Thing
5. Rich Veitch (Writer) on Swamp Thing
6. Greg Rucka on Detective Comics
7. Kevin Maguire on Justice League
8. Chuck Dixon on Robin
9. David Michelinie on Amazing Spider-Man
10. Greg Land on Nightwing
11. Denny O’Neil on Justice League America
12. Marv Wolfman on Amazing Spider-Man
13. Pat Broderick on Swamp Thing
14. Greg Capullo on X-Force
15. Ross Andru on Wonder Woman
16. John Byrne on Iron Man
17. John Ostrander on Magnus: Robot Fighter
18. JM DeMatteis on Defenders
19. Louise Simonson on Power Pack
20. Alan Grant on Demon

Good luck, and have fun!

Music Wake-Up Call for 7/20/05

2005-07-20T02:03:00.000-07:00

In The Beginning...

The following 20 lyrics are the beginnings of notable songs. Tell me the song title that matches each opening. You can toss in the artist as well, but you don't have to, as I think it is understood that if you know the song, you know the artist.

1. “She would never say where she came from/Yesterady don't matter if it's gone”
2. “What I feel, I can't say/But my love is there for you anytime of day”
3. “Stuck inside these four walls, sent inside forever”
4. “Close your eyes, make a wish/And blow out the candlelight”
5. “They put a parking lot on a piece of land/Where the supermarket used to stand.”
6. “Now i've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come”
7. “Don't want to discuss it/I think it's time for a change”
8. “I was alone, I took a ride/I didn't know what I would find there”
9. “I remember every little thing/As if it happened only yesterday”
10. “Now look at them yo-yo's/that's the way you do it.”
11. “I found a picture of you oh/What hijacked my world that night”
12. “I was tired of my lady/we'd been together too long”
13. “Awake/Shake dreams from your hair”
14. “Just an urchin living' under the street/I'm a hard case that's tough to beat”
15. “Over bridge of sighs to rest my eyes/In shades of green”
16. “Some things you never get used to/ Even though you're feeling like another man”
17. “Well Billy rapped all night about his suicide/How he kick it in the head when he was twenty-five”
18. “I got this graveyard woman, you know she keeps my kid.”
19. “Stay away from my window/Stay away from my back door too”
20. “I hear the drizzle of the rain/Like a memory it falls”

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 7/19/05

2005-07-19T15:57:00.000-07:00

Secretary Riot

The following 20 characters were secretaries and/or receptionists on notable TV series. Name the show that each character appeared on.

1. Bea Travis
2. Lenore Case
3. Carol Kester Bondurant
4. Peggy Fair
5. Chloe O'Brien
6. Lucy Hatcher
7. Betty Jones
8. Tina Rickles
9. Jennifer Marlowe
10. Kate Summers
11. Karen Walker
12. Marcy Hill
13. Dennis Finch
14. Suzanne Fabray
15. Della Street
16. Stacey Paterno
17. Elaine Vassal
18. Pam Beesley
19. Toby Pedalbee
20. Wendy McKay

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 7/18/05

2005-07-18T15:48:00.000-07:00

Sweet Tooth

Below are descriptions of 20 candy bars. Name the candy bar that each description, well, describes.

1. Hershey’s Milk Chocolate and Peanuts
2. Cookie, Caramel and Milk Chocolate
3. Hershey’s Milk Chocolate and Crispy Rice
4. Caramel and Milk Chocolate
5. Crunchy Peanut Butter and Coconut
6. Nestle’s Milk Chocolate and Crispy Rice
7. Caramel Fudge and Milk Chocolate
8. Hershey’s Crunchy Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate
9. Caramel, Peanuts, Almond Nougat and White Fudge
10. Caramel, Milk Chocolate and Crispy Rice
11. Coconut and Milk Chocolate
12. Pretzels, Caramel, Peanuts, Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate
13. Caramel, Chocolate, Nougat and Peanuts
14. Crispy wafers and Milk Chocolate
15. Nestle’s Crunchy Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate
16. Raisins, Peanuts and Milk Chocolate
17. Coconut, Almonds and Milk Chocolate
18. Peanuts, Peanut Butter, Caramel and Milk Chocolate
19. Toffee, Almonds and Milk Chocolate
20. Caramel, Crispy Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate

Good luck, and have fun!!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 7/15/05

2005-07-15T22:12:00.000-07:00

20th Century Foxes

The following 20 films were set during historical eras (NOT the time that the film was made). For each film, tell me what decade of the 20th century it was set in.

For example, "Eight Men Out" would be answered by "10s."

1. Bullets Over Broadway
2. Wet Hot American Summer
3. Barton Fink
4. The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
5. The Sandlot
6. Belle Epoque
7. An Everlasting Piece
8. Inventing the Abbotts
9. The Legend of Bagger Vance
10. Casino
11. The Winslow Boy
12. A River Runs Through It
13. Road to Perdition
14. Dogfight
15. Diner
16. Iron Will
17. Moonlight Mile
18. Fanny and Alexander
19. Badlands
20. Lost in Yonkers

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 7/14/05

2005-07-14T01:44:00.000-07:00

First Suicide Attempts

The following are comics that featured the first appearances of characters who would later go on to become members of the Suicide Squad (just Ostrander's Squad). Name the future member who made his or her first appearance in the listed issue.

1. Detective Comics #359
2. Justice League of America #12
3. More Fun Comics #73
4. Mister Miracle #6
5. Batman #181
6. Batman #59
7. Fury of Firestorm #28
8. Action Comics #521
9. Flash #117
10. Doom Patrol Vol. 2 #4
11. Strange Adventrues #187
12. Showcase #8
13. Green Lantern Vol. 2 #173
14. Fury of Firestorm #29
15. Brave & Bold #66
16. Doom Patrol Vol. 1 #98
17. Justice League of America #140
18. Batman & Outsiders Annual #1
19. World's Finest #251
20. Justice League of America #233

Good luck, and have fun!

-Brian

Music Wake-Up Call for 7/13/05

2005-07-13T12:22:00.000-07:00

Ladies Night

The following 20 albums are notable albums from female solo artists. Name the artist who performed each album.

1. Flying Cowboys
2. Crimes of Passion
3. Hounds of Love
4. Dry
5. Lovers Speak
6. Broken English
7. Solitude Standing
8. Car Wheels on A Gravel Road
9. New York Tendaberry
10. It's My Way
11. Big Science
12. Wrecking Ball
13. Nick of Time
14. A Few Small Repairs
15. Straight From the Heart
16. No Secrets
17. Exile In Guyville
18. Eli & the Thirteenth Confession
19. Homogenic
20. The Hissing of Summer Lawns

Good luck, and have fun!

TV Wake-Up Call for 7/12/05

2005-07-12T23:36:00.000-07:00

Made In England

Name the American title of the remake of each of these following British TV series.

1. Two's Company
2. The Grimleys
3. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
4. Billy Liar
5. Tripper's Day
6. Pig in the Middle
7. Man About the House
8. Nearest and Dearest
9. Keep It In the Family
10. Miss Jones and Son
11. Till Death Us Do Part
12. Not the Nine O'Clock News
13. On the Buses
14. Steptoe and Son
15. For the Love of Ada
16. Ballykissangel
17. One Foot in the Grave
18. Mind Your Language
19. Fawlty Towers
20. Agony

Good luck, and have fun!

Pop Culture Potpourri Wake-Up Call for 7/11/05

2005-07-11T23:57:00.000-07:00

They Write The Words...

The following 20 books are winners of the Pulitzer Prize for either Fiction or Novel (they stopped awarding a prize for Best Novel in 1947, after that, it was just Fiction).

Name the author of each book!

1. The Caine Mutiny
2. The Shipping News
3. One of Ours
4. Ironweed
5. Andersonville
6. So Big
7. A Confederacy of Dunces
8. Tales of the South Pacific
9. The Yearling
10. Years of Grace
11. The Color Purple
12. A Thousand Acres
13. The Executioner's Song
14. The Optimist's Daughter
15. Arrowsmith
16. Middlesex
17. Empire Falls
18. Alice Adams
19. Rabbit At Rest
20. A Bell for Adano

Good luck, and have fun!

Movie Wake-Up Call for 7/8/05

2005-07-08T02:48:00.000-07:00

It's Been A Long Time Comin'

The following 20 films all featured an actor or actress who was nominated for an Academy Award. Not just that, in this instance, the nomination was his or her FIRST Academy Award nomination since his or her previous nomination in at least TEN years. So, for each film, name the actor or actress who was nominated for an Academy Award after not being nominated for one since at least the previous ten years.

Example: On Golden Pond was Henry Fonda's first Acting Nomination in FORTY years!

1. Afterglow
2. A Streetcar Names Desire
3. Erin Brockovich
4. The Pawnborker
5. The Bold and the Brave
6. Airport
7. To Kill a Mockingbird
8. City Slickers
9. Educating Rita
10. The Apostle
11. Murder on the Orient Express
12. Awakenings
13. Mississippi Burning
14. The Turning Point
15. The Cider House Rules
16. Dick Tracy
17. The Black Stallion
18. Billy Elliot
19. Random Harvest
20. True Grit

Good luck, and have fun!

Comic Book Wake-Up Call for 7/7/05

2005-07-07T02:17:00.000-07:00

Not EVERYone is a Winner

The following are features in DC's try-out title, Showcase. They are the features who DIDN'T graduate to their own comic - at least not from Showcase. Years later, some of these features were leads in their own comic, but not due to their appearance in Showcase (or, in some cases, not for DC Comics).

1. The hero with the golden helmet!
2. Mike Sekowsky handled this tale of hero Mike Maxwell.
3. A man strives to meet up to his father’s reputation as a “smoke-eater.”
4. A man races against the gangster who killed his father to find his sister, who has the secret to bringing the gangster down.
5. One of the main characters from Our Army At War attempted a spin-off of his own.
6. The tales of Rex Tyler.
7. Stories about animals in nature.
8. Tales of a mod band.
9. King Faraday took center stage in this tale.
10. Story about the Navy Underwater Demolition Team.
11. This deadbeat detective turned up in a lot of books after his Showcase run was over, as a sort of “traveling hero.”
12. A certain British secret agent took his turn in Showcase with the adaptation of this novel.
13. J. Scott Pike, noted romantic comic creator, handled the creation of this female aquatic hero.
14. Licensed stories about an army man.
15. Three detectives hunt down criminals.
16. Rockstar Jim Rock tries to find his girlfriend in the crazy land of Myrra.
17. Tales of adventures inside the Earth.
18. Arnold Drake-penned space story starring a young “Planeteer.”
19. A man named Starker is a bounty hunter in the future.
20. This story was just an attempt to repackage old Western stories.

Good luck, and have fun!