QUESTION OF THE DAY ARCHIVE -- March 2003

Copyright 2003 Ray Hamel

March 3, 2003
What U.S. President has been played in movies by Harry Morgan, Jason Robards, Donald Crisp and Kevin Kline?
A: ULYSSES S. GRANT. The movies were "How the West Was Won" (1962), "The Legend of the Lone Ranger" (1981), "Birth of a Nation" (1915) and "Wild Wild West" (1999), respectively.

March 4, 2003
What actress received $75,000 for acting in her big screen debut but also earned an additional $7,000 a day for scenes where she was ice skating?
A: SONJA HENIE for "One in a Million" (1936)

March 6, 2003
What fictional doctor was featured in the movies "Remedy for Riches, "Melody for Three" and "They Meet Again"?
A: DR. (PAUL) CHRISTIAN

March 7, 2003
The cover for the Electric Light Orchestra album "Eldorado" features a scene from what classic film?
A: THE WIZARD OF OZ. It shows the witch's hands being zapped as she tries to touch the ruby slippers on Dorothy's feet.

March 10, 2003
What actress starred opposite Fred Astaire in the musicals "You'll Never Get Rich" and "You Were Never Lovelier"?
A: RITA HAYWORTH

March 11, 2003
What actress has played a Romulan and Batgirl?
A: DINA MEYER played Batgirl on "Birds of Prey" and played Romulan Commander Donatra in the movie "Star Trek: Nemesis." Yvonne Craig who played Batgirl on the 1960s TV series "Batman" also appeared on the original "Star Trek" TV series. She played Marta, an Orion slave girl, in the episode "Whom Gods Destroy."

March 12, 2003
In 1998, Joyce Maynard published "At Home in the World," her memoir about a love affair with what novelist?
A: J.D. SALINGER

March 13, 2003
Who played Jennifer Love Hewitt's aspiring actress roommate on "Time of Your Life"?
A: JENNIFER GARNER

March 14, 2003
Who designed the Atlanta Falcons mascot called No. 1/2 and the giant walking pitcher seen in Kool-Aid TV commercials?
A: SID AND MARTY KROFFT

March 17, 2003
What actress has appeared in movies with Norman Bates and Hannibal Lecter?
A: JULIANNE MOORE in the 1998 remake of "Psycho" and "Hannibal."

March 18, 2003
What was the name of the Greek restaurant with the minimal menu run by Pete Dianasopolis in a recurring "Saturday Night Live" skit?
A: OLYMPIA RESTAURANT which sold only chee(se)burgers and Pepsi.

March 20, 2003
Fontella Bass and Madonna each hit the top ten with different songs that shared what title?
A: RESCUE ME

March 21, 2003
What 1940s film comedy was advertised with the line "The low-down story of a high-class gal!"?
A: ROXIE HART, which was remade into last night's Best Picture winner, "Chicago"

March 24, 2003
What indecisive title TV character had beaus named Ben and Noel?
A: FELICITY (PORTER)

March 25, 2003
A little trivial Tribond: What is the commonality among Mack Trucks, Sapper and Orel Hershiser?
A: BULLDOG. A bulldog is the logo for Mack Trucks; Sapper is the pseudonym used by the creator of Bulldog Drummond; pitcher Orel Hershiser is nicknamed "The Bulldog."

March 26, 2003
Who played Captain Kirk in the first "Star Trek" spoof on "Saturday Night Live"?
A: JOHN BELUSHI in May 1976

March 27, 2003
What actor, who once played Tarzan, appears with a white beard in a series of TV comercials as the Gorton's fisherman?
A: DENNY MILLER. Miller starred in the horrible 1959 movie "Tarzan, the Ape Man." He also guest starred as Tongo the ape man in an episode of "Gilligan's Island."

March 28, 2003
What film comedy was banned in Norway because a character tries to commit suicide while wrapped in the Norwegian flag?
A: WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT?

March 29, 2003
What actor worked with a dummy in "Mannequin" and with a corpse in "Weekend at Bernie's"?
A: ANDREW McCARTHY


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