QUESTION OF THE DAY ARCHIVE -- March 1998

Copyright 1998 Ray Hamel


March 2, 1998
What singer's first 3 #1 songs each had 8 words in the title: "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)," "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)," and "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"?
A: BILLY OCEAN


March 3, 1998
What movie featured a foot race with Dennis Christopher, Brad Davis and Ben Cross among the contestants?
A: CHARIOTS OF FIRE


March 4, 1998
NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace has a picture of what singer on the hood of his Ford Taurus race car?
A: ELVIS PRESLEY. See the car at The Rusty Wallace Homepage


March 5, 1998
According to his TV theme song, whose tricks include "a bulletproof coat, a cannon hat, a machine gun cane with a rat-a-tat-tat-tat"?
A: "What's his name? Shhhh! SECRET SQUIRREL."


March 6, 1998
On "The X-Files," young Fox Mulder's sister, Samantha, was abducted while he and she were playing what board game?
A: STRATEGO


March 9, 1998
What comedian is selling a brand of "Backyard Bar-B-Q Sauce" that comes in four flavors: Carolina Bourbon, Tangy Mustard, Original Redneck and Redneck Hot?
A: JEFF FOXWORTHY


March 10, 1998
Pearl Bailey provided the voice for Big Mama in Disney's "The Fox and the Hound." What kind of animal was Big Mama?
A: OWL


March 11, 1998
What creature did contestants try to avoid in the bonus round of the TV game show "Tic Tac Dough"?
A: DRAGON


March 12, 1998
On TV, who was the Dean of Boys at George S. Patton Vocational High School?
A: ARTHUR "FONZIE" FONZARELLI on "Happy Days"


March 13, 1998
The first dance-band record to sell a million copies featured the song "Dardanella." Name the composer of this song who was also the subject of the 1949 biopic "Oh, You Beautiful Doll."
A: FRED FISHER


March 16, 1998
What cartoon character often relied on his friend Phineas J. Whoopie to explain basic scientific principles?
A: TENNESSEE TUXEDO and his pal, Chumley, too.


March 17, 1998
What Irish writer's portrait appears on the front of the Irish 10-pound note?
A: JAMES JOYCE


March 18, 1998
After his involvement in a scandal, what actor continued in the film business using the alias "William Goodrich," although Charlie Chaplin suggested he use "Will B. Good"?
A: ROSCOE "FATTY" ARBUCKLE


March 20, 1998
Who wrote the hits "Something's Burning" for the First Edition, "Don't Cry Daddy" for Elvis Presley, and "Watching Scotty Grow" for Bobby Goldsboro?
A: MAC DAVIS


March 23, 1998
What big band leader called his orchestra the Royal Canadians?
A: GUY LOMBARDO


March 24, 1998
What actress died in a 1942 plane crash while on a tour to promote the sale of war bonds?
A: CAROLE LOMBARD


March 25, 1998
What was the full name of the high school that was the setting for the 1979 cult classic "Rock 'n' Roll High School"?
A: VINCE LOMBARDI HIGH SCHOOL


March 26, 1998
Which former "Star Trek" cast member was the author of the science-fiction novel "Saturn's Child"?
A: NICHELLE NICHOLS


March 27, 1998
What "prize" is awarded to the last musher to cross the finish line in the annual Iditarod dog sled race?
A: RED LANTERN


March 30, 1998
What singer went to the calendar for several hits including "Three Nights A Week," "Fell In Love On Monday," and "Blue Monday"?
A: FATS DOMINO


March 31, 1998
What was the first undefeated horse to win the Triple Crown?
A: SEATTLE SLEW


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