Round One – ANSWERS!

Round One

1. In honor of Mothers’ Day, identify the mothers of these four famous people. (1 pt. each)
   
   Kate Hudson – Goldie Hawn
   Anderson Cooper – Gloria Vanderbilt
   Melanie Griffith – Tippi Hedren
   Sean Astin – Patty Duke
2. What do the following songs have in common: (2 points)
   • Love Story by Taylor Swift
   • Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
   • Fire by Bruce Springsteen
   • Love Kills by The Ramones

   They each include lyrics that mention Romeo and Juliet.

3. Complete this sequence: (2 points)
   • Catwoman
   • Dirty Love
   • Basic Instinct 2
   • I Know Who Killed Me
   • The Love Guru
   • ___________

   These are the Golden Raspberry Award winners for WORST picture, going back to 2004. The winner(?) of the 2009 award, and the film that completes this sequence is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

4. #21 fixed something #18 did 16 years before. What was it? (2 points)
   Most of you got this one right. Prohibition was enacted by the 18th Amendment, which was repealed by the 21st Amendment.
5. On July 8, 2005 Larry Walker did something in San Francisco that no other St. Louis Cardinal has ever done. What was this feat? (2 points)
   Walker is the only St. Louis Cardinal who has ever hit a ball into McCovey Cove on the fly. Only 17 non-Giant batters have pulled it off, and only 3 of those have done it more than once. Walker’s home run on that day was the 10th of the 15 he hit in his 17th and final season.
6. This photo was used on the cover of what controversial book, which was released in 2003? (3 points)
   
   A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
7. Where would you find Mae West, Bob Dylan, Marilyn Monroe, Lenny Bruce, and a Snow White figurine? (2 points)
   On the cover of The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
   Nobody missed this one.
8. If Holtsville, NY is the lowest and Ketchikan, Alaska is the highest, where is the average? (2 acceptable answers depending on how you round) (2 points)
   Holtsville (00501) and Ketchikan (99950) are the homes to the lowest and highest ZIP codes in the US. Averaging those two numbers gives you 50225.5. Depending on whether you round up or down, you could have gone with either Pleasantville (50225) or Polk City (50226), Iowa.
9. What brand’s product label tells consumers what is inside the container in English, German, Spanish, Italian, and French – in that order? (3 points)
   
   Budweiser (or AB/InBev)
10. This man’s name made numerous appearances in David Letterman’s Top 10 lists during the 1990s. Who is he? (3 points)
    
    I thought the UN flag, and the reference to the 1990′s might have given it away. This is Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the 6th Secretary General of the United Nations.

Round One Scores

1. 25 – The Joe Craven Experience
2. 24 – William St. Hilaire
3. 23 – Amy Reynolds *
4. 22 – Cat Auer
5. 22 – The Lowes
6. 21 – Dan Mounce
7. 21 – Matt Grecco
8. 20 – Nick Rogers
9. 20 – Dan Naumovich
10. 20 – Chris Wagner
11. 18 – Jodi Tabor
12. 17 – Malcolm Bondon
13. 15 – John Stearns
14. 14 – ELJ

* Round One Early Bird Point

These are all great scores, with every player within 2-3 questions of the top of the board. Now that you have a feel for the style of the game, you’ll have a better sense of how to solve these questions. Good luck with round 2!