BrownSuga's Sweet Spot: Is that your final answer?

In the movie Duets, Gwyneth Paltrow and five other characters dream of winning it big with…..KARAOKE. They travel around the United States competing in local karaoke bars with their final stop in Omaha, Nebraska home of the National Karaoke Competition. Now, I’m not really a fan of the movie, in fact I’ve never watched the whole thing. However, the idea of traveling around the country doing something you enjoy with the hopes of winning a huge monetary prize did catch my eye. So yours truly, figuring no one in their right mind would ever pay me to sing, has decided to take another secret love of mine and hope I can follow it to the national championship…TRIVIA.

Here in our little ole’ town of Boringville, every Monday night my siblings and I meet up at the local bowling alley to compete against the city’s elite (ok so that’s a stretch; in all honesty trivia is free and something to do on a Monday night so the elite equates to bored and cheap). When we’re feeling all big and bad we sometimes head to other spots throughout the city to play trivia on different nights. But our favorite will always be our original place; Brunswick Bowling Alley.

For us this is a great way to spend some much needed quality time together and learn a thing or two about random facts. This is how the game is played: there are 16 regular questions, the first 8 of those are worth 10 points, and the second 8 are worth 20 points, one half time question and one final question.

The half time question is always: name as many movies starring ____________ (and he names some actor or actress, you get 2 points per movie unless they feel it’s difficult then it increases to 5 points per movie). The final question (you must wager before hearing the question; think Final Jeopardy) always has multiple parts and you must get all parts right in order to get the points.

So MGF readers put on your thinking caps and see how well you fair to an average set of questions. But remember for each question we get approximately the length of a song to turn in our answer. So time yourselves lets agree for each question you have 3.5 minutes….GOOD LUCK!

1. (10 points Language) What do the letters ‘Z’, ‘I’ and ‘P’ stand for in zip code?

2. (10 points Presidential History) How many times during his 12 years as President did FDR use his veto power?

3. (10 points Arts & Literature) What is the first American novel to sell over a million copies?

4. (10 points Sports) How many World Series did Babe Ruth play during his 22 year baseball career?

5. (10 points T.V./Radio) How old was Clark Kent when he landed his job at the Daily Planet on the Superman TV series starring George Reeves?

6. (10 points American History) In what state can you find the towns of Romance, Sweet Home and Success?

7. (10 points Random Trivia) Who was featured in the Playboy centerfold when the magazine made its debut in 1953?

8. (10 points World Trivia) If you saw a daibutsu in Japan, what would you be looking at?

***Half time***

Name as many movies starring Johnny Depp in 5 minutes
Hint: there are 33 since 1984

9. (20 points Language) What ails you if you have a bilateral perorbital hematoma?

10. (20 points Movies) Who made a cameo appearance as a man who thinks he’s singer Ethel Merman in the 1980 film Airplane?

11. (20 points Science & Nature) Where in the world are you most likely to find lemurs in the wild?

12. (20 points Sports) Name the five events in the Modern Olympics.

13. (20 points War & Military) How long in days did the 1991 Persian Gulf War last?

14. (20 points Comics) Where was Snoopy born in Charles Schulz’ comic Peanuts?

15. (20 points Inventions) What did London blacksmith Charles Moncke invent?

16. (20 points Food) In what country did the beverage we know as ‘punch’ originate?

***FINAL QUESTION***

Presidential History

Name 4 out of the 5 US Presidents to have a full beard.

If you absolutely can't wait till next week to see how well you did you can e-mail me at BrownSuga to get the answers.