QUESTION OF THE DAY ARCHIVE -- June 2000

Copyright 2000 Ray Hamel

June 1, 2000
When Phil Collins released the single "Sussudio," he was criticized by the press for sounding too much like Prince. This came as no surprise to Collins since he borrowed the tempo from what Prince song to record "Sussudio"?
A: 1999

June 2, 2001
What TV series on the FOX network in the 1980s came out of Johnny Carson's production company?
A: MR. PRESIDENT

June 5, 2000
What cartoon character had a girlfriend named Trixie and a little brother named Spridle?
A: Go, SPEED RACER, Go!

June 6, 2000
What movie studio's history began with the 1935 movie "Westward Ho" and ended with the 1959 movie "Plunderers of Painted Flats"?
A: REPUBLIC PICTURES

June 7, 2001
As a teenager, what pop star was a presenter on the British music show "Razzamatazz"?
A: LISA STANSFIELD

June 19, 2000
In what movie does George Hamilton grumble "How would you like to spend 400 years dressed like a headwaiter"?
A: LOVE AT FIRST BITE

June 20, 2000
What rock group released two albums simultaneously in 1991, and watched them land in the #1 and #2 spots on the Billboard pop album chart?
A: GUNS 'N ROSES. The albums were "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II."

June 21, 2000
Actor Jean Hersholt lost 27 pounds while filming the final scene in Death Valley for what silent film classic?
A: GREED

June 22, 2000
What Judy Garland musical was set in the frontier town of Sand Rock?
A: THE HARVEY GIRLS

June 23, 2000
What singing actress was caricatured in the Warner Brothers cartoons "Malibu Beach Party" and "The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos"?
A: DEANNA DURBIN

June 26, 2000
What was the first movie that featured Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy as a married couple?
A: WOMAN OF THE YEAR, their first film together.

June 27, 2000
What TV hero was billed as "O. Henry's Robin Hood of the Old West"?
A: THE CISCO KID

June 28, 2000
The Woodsy-Wee Circus, Woodsy-Wee Zoo, and Woodsy-Wee Pets were among the first toys issued by what toy company?
A: FISHER-PRICE, in 1931

June 29, 2000
The 4,500-mile long Great Wall of China is located in China. (Now there's a $100 "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" question for you!) In what country would you find the 73-mile long Hadrian's Wall?
A: ENGLAND or GREAT BRITAIN

June 30, 2000
What was the name of the maid in the comic strip "The Gumps"?
A: TILDA


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