September 4, 2001
What band took its name from a Talking Heads song on the
soundtrack of the movie "True Stories"?
A: RADIOHEAD
September 5, 2000
What popular singer's 1999 album features a title 90 words long?
A: FIONA APPLE. The full title of the album is: "When the Pawn Hits
the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the
Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing
'Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind
Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and
Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and if You Know
Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and if You Fall It
Won't Matter, 'Cuz You'll Know That You're Right."
September 6, 2000
What logo appeared on the tail of planes owned by New York Air?
A: APPLE. You can see a picture of a New York Air jet at:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/2366/pics/douglas/n_newyorkair_md80.jpg.
Septemebr 7, 2000
Kristy McNichol's first regular TV series work was on what family
show?
A: APPLE'S WAY
September 8, 2000
What Andrews Sisters song was originally known as "Anywhere the
Bluebird Goes"?
A: DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE
September 11, 2000
Who was the first graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West
Point to serve as President of the United States?
A: ULYSSES S. GRANT. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the second.
September 12, 2000
What Doris Day movie featured cameo appearances by Steve Allen,
Bill Cullen, Garry Moore, and Gene Rayburn?
A: IT HAPPENED TO JANE
September 13, 2000
What British rocker wrote the New Wave hits "What a Waste" and
"Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"?
A: IAN DURY
September 14, 2000
Elizabeth Hurley attended the premiere of the movie "Four Weddings
and a Funeral" wearing a dress held together by 24 gold safety pins.
Who was the designer of this provocative dress?
A: GIANNI VERSACE
September 15, 2000
What veteran of musical comedy videos directed Jeff Foxworthy's
first music video, "Redneck Stomp"?
A: WEIRD AL YANKOVIC
September 18, 2000
What title was shared by an Elvis Presley movie and a hit song for
Motley Crue?
A: GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS
September 19, 2000
What novel opens with the line "It is a truth universally
acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must
be in want of a wife"?
A: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen
September 20, 2000
According to book store owner Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) in the
movie "You've Got Mail," what book has she read at least 200 times?
A: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen (again)
September 22, 2000
What country-pop singer toured with the Lewis and Clarke Expedition
in 1967 as "Travis Lewis"?
A: MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY
September 25, 2000
Dudley Dursley is the spoiled, cruel cousin of what literary teen hero?
A: HARRY POTTER.
September 26, 2000
What globetrotting newscaster provided the voice for "Fox
Movietone" newsreels?
A: LOWELL THOMAS
September 27, 2000
What cartoon character was the secret identity of the guitar-wielding,
masked hero El Kabong?
A: QUICK DRAW McGRAW.
September 28, 2000
In the movies, what actress was married to Robin Williams, John
Goodman, and Beau Bridges?
A: SALLY FIELD in "Mrs. Doubtfire," "Punchline," and "Norma Rae,"
respectively.
September 30, 2000
What eccentric actress used to travel with a pet lion named Winston
Churchill?
A: TALLULAH BANKHEAD. You can find a picture of Winston at
http://www.tallulah.org/tvv413.htm.
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