August 2, 2000
In what movie does James Cagney explain the "Variety" headline
STIX NIX HIX PIX to a group of teenagers?
A: YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
August 3, 2001:
In 1967, which airline became the first all-jet airline?
A: TWA
August 4, 2000
What song was a top ten hit in 1948 for 3 different performers --
Frankie Carle, Francis Craig, and Larry Green?
A: BEG YOUR PARDON
August 7, 2001:
In what year was the Daytona 500 auto race shortened to the
Daytona 50?
A: 1974, during the oil embargo
August 8, 2001:
What actress was married to Ronald Colman and George Sanders?
A: BENITA HUME
August 9, 2000
Who is the last man on the right in Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last
Supper"?
A: SIMON
August 14, 2000
What TV game show host was born Eugene Rubessa?
A: GENE RAYBURN of "Match Game" fame.
August 15, 2000
What pop band made a comeback in 1987 with the album "Pool It"?
A: THE MONKEES
August 16, 2000
What was the last '60s film to pair up Annette Funicello with Frankie
Avalon?
A: FIREBALL 500. Okay, they were both in THUNDER ALLEY too,
but Avalon had little more than a glorified cameo, so they
weren't really a pair. That's my semantics and I'm stickin'
to it.
August 17, 2000
Virgil, Goofy, Goliath and Bluebeard were chimpanzees in what movie?
A: PROJECT X
August 18, 2000
Members of what country band
appeared as Rodney Dangerfield's backup band when he sang "Twist
and Shout" in the movie "Back to School"?
A: HIGHWAY 101
August 21, 2000
What title was shared by #1 songs
from the Eagles and the Emotions?
A: BEST OF MY LOVE
August 22, 2000
What TV character was the mother
of daughters named Rachel and Zoey?
A: CYBILL SHERIDAN.
August 23, 2000
The members of what rock group all
dyed their hair blond for an appearance in a 1978 Wrigley's chewing
gum commercial?
A: THE POLICE
August 24, 2000
Award-winning songwriter Diane Warren wrote four songs -- "But I
Do Love You," "Right Kind of Wrong," "Please Remember," and
"Can't Fight the Moonlight" -- for what movie?
A: COYOTE UGLY
August 25, 2000
Who was the youngest golfer to ever win the PGA Championship?
A: GENE SARAZEN, in 1922 at age 20 (3 years younger than Tiger
Woods)
August 28, 2000
In what U.S. city would you find a downtown business area called the
"Golden Triangle"?
A: PITTSBURGH or DENVER. It appears that several other
cities also have "Golden Triangles," but only these two
are in downtown business districts as far as I can tell.
August 29, 2000
Whose radio theme song included the lines: "Who's that little
chatterbox / The one with pretty auburn locks"?
A: LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE
August 30, 2000
After Harvey Korman left "The Carol Burnett Show," what actor was
his immediate successor?
A: DICK VAN DYKE
August 31, 2000
What tennis player was both the youngest and oldest man to win the
Australian Open?
A: KEN ROSEWELL, at age 18 in 1953 and age 37 in 1972.
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