October 4, 1999
What cast member of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" wrote the
song "Rum and Coca-Cola," originally recorded by the
Andrews Sisters?
A: MOREY AMSTERDAM
October 6, 1999
What actor killed Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) with a blow from
a silver-handled cane in the 1941 movie "The Wolf Man"?
A: CLAUDE RAINS, who played Talbot's father
October 7, 1999
According to his theme song, who cuts the hair of "Freakazoid"?
A: FLOYD THE BARBER
October 8, 1999
It's the play Bill Buckner would love to forget. In the 10th inning
of game 6 of the 1986 World Series, the arthritic Buckner watched
a hit by Mookie Wilson skip right between his legs giving the
Mets a victory. What actor paid $93,500 to own this baseball?
A: CHARLIE SHEEN
October 11, 1999
Who was the first sitting U.S. President with a brother in the U.S.
Senate?
A: JOHN F KENNEDY. Brother Ted filled in JFK's vacant Senate seat.
October 12, 1999
What 1983 comedy film was paired in movie theaters with the
short "The Crimson Permanent Assurance"?
A: MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE
October 13, 1999
What actress posed for "Playboy" magazine in January 1995,
8 months before her mother did likewise?
A: DREW BARRYMORE
October 14, 1999
Commercials for what product are spoofed in the Foo Fighters'
music video for "Big Me"?
A: MENTOS
October 15, 1999
What cartoon character was represented on a patch worn by the
late racer Alan Kulwicki on his driving suit?
A: MIGHTY MOUSE
October 18, 1999
What professional golfer was nearly killed when his car collided
with a Greyhound bus near the small town of Van Horn, Texas in
1949?
A: BEN HOGAN
October 19, 1999
What '60s singer was born Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco?
A: LOU CHRISTIE
October 20, 1999
On the cartoon series "Rocko's Modern Life," what kind of animal
is Rocko?
A: WALLABY
October 21, 1999
What former cast member of "The White Shadow" TV series
directed the debut episode of the Showtime basketball series
"The Hoop Life"?
A: KEVIN HOOKS
October 22, 1999
Time for some one-hit wonder math. Find the number mentioned
in the titles of the single top 40 hit on the Billboard pop charts
from the following groups or artists:
A = Zager and Evans
B = Pete Wingfield
C = Paul Nicholas
D = Dave Dudley
E = Tommy Dee
F = William Bell
Insert the numbers into this formula: ((A/(B+C))-D)/(E+F) = X
The number represented by X was the title of a hit song by a one-hit wonder. The only answer you need is the name of this performer.
A: PAUL HARDCASTLE
A= 2525 ("In The Year 2525")
B= 18 ("18 With a Bullet")
C= 7 ("Heaven on the 7th Floor")
D= 6 ("Six Days on the Road")
E= 3 ("Three Stars")
F= 2 ("Trying To Love 2")
Putting the numbers into the formula results in the solution of X = 19. "19" was a 1985 hit for Paul Hardcastle.
October 25, 1999
What current TV show features a main character who is a former
employee of the Grand Empire Insurance Co.?
A: NOW AND AGAIN
October 26, 1999
What title TV character was an insurance investigator for the
Great Pacific Casualty Company?
A: MIKE LONGSTREET
October 27, 1999
What American poet was the vice-president of a Hartford, CT
insurance company during the last 20 years of his life?
A: WALLACE STEVENS
October 28, 1999
What movie ends with Rock Hudson being dragged away by an
obstetrician and a nurse who are convinced that Rock is going to
have a baby?
A: PILLOW TALK
October 29, 1999
What famous horror actor was born with the first name Leonidas?
A: LON CHANEY SR.
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