July 2, 2003
While playing at Bob's Country Bunker, the Blues Brothers
performed the theme song from what TV show?
A: RAWHIDE
July 3, 2003
What piece of furniture ignored Neil Diamond as he sang "I
Am...I Said"?
A: THE CHAIR. ("No one heard at all, not even the chair")
July 7, 2003
What noted writer died in 1941 after he swallowed a toothpick?
A: SHERWOOD ANDERSON
July 8, 2003
In what movie did Bill Murray's real-life brother, John, play his
brother?
A: SCROOGED
July 9, 2003
Paracelsus was the name of a recurring villain on what TV series?
A: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
July 10, 2003
Whose singing voice is heard coming from characters at the end of
the animated features "Recess: School's Out" and "Toy Story 2"?
A: ROBERT GOULET
July 12, 2003
The 2002 movie "Adaptation" was based on the Susan Orlean
novel "The Orchid Thief," and even featured Orlean as a
fictionalized character played by Meryl Streep. What other film of
2002 was based on an article written by Susan Orlean?
A: BLUE CRUSH, the surfer girl movie
July 13, 2003
What basketball player temporarily changed his name to Mahdi
Abdul-Rahman after graduating from UCLA?
A: WALT HAZZARD
July 16, 2003
In the musical "Guys and Dolls," what is the real first name of
high-stakes gambler Sky Masterson?
A: OBADIAH
July 21, 2003
When Bob Barker began hosting "The New Price is Right" on
CBS in 1972, he was simultaneously hosting what TV game show
in syndication?
A: TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES
July 22, 2003
Which cigarette offered the "Micronite filter" that was later
discovered to contain asbestos?
A: KENT
July 23, 2003
What title cartoon character played drums for a rock band called
the Neptunes?
A: JABBERJAW (a cartoon shark)
July 24, 2003
What runway model has tried her hand at singing with the album
"Babywoman" and at writing with the novel "Swan"?
A: NAOMI CAMPBELL
July 26, 2003
What composer was mentioned in the lyrics of the original
rendition of "Thanks for the Memory" sung by Bob Hope and
Shirley Ross in "The Big Broadcast of 1938"?
A: SCHUBERT
July 29, 2003
In what movie was Bill Murray's favorite drink "Tanqueray and
Tab"?
A: KINGPIN
July 30, 2003
Who was the author of the syndicated humor column "At Wit's End"?
A: ERMA BOMBECK
July 31, 2003
What caused the death of Georgia Lass on the Showtime TV
series "Dead Like Me"?
A: SHE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF THE FALLING MIR SPACE STATION
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