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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