Quiz League – Round Eight

Here are your next ten. Send your answers to russ@springfieldtrivia.com by midnight on Sunday, July 4th.

  1. Explain how the man on the left can be connected to the men on the right? (2 pts)
  2. What legendary performer has been immortalized in song, dance, film, and sculpture, shared his nickname with the name of a fast food chain – and even held an athletic world record for nearly 50 years? (3 pts)
  3. Dude, what kind of car is this? (2 pts)
  4. It begins with a perennial plant with sword shaped flowers, and most recently added a device for measuring properties of the circulatory system.  It has also included a sled – which was fortunate for Daniel.  What is it?  (3 pts)
  5. I recently did a Google Image Search for a single word.  Take a look at some of the images that were in the results and tell me what the word was.  (2 pts)
  6. What HGTV employee’s nom de plume became a verb in the early 2000′s after the end of her former career?  (3 pts)
  7. Listen to the following clip and name the TV show that used it as its theme.  (3 pts)

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  8. Only 69 men (including 2 Americans) have ever reached the horizontal rope.  What is their sport?  (2 pts)
  9. Name the city:  (3 pts)
  10. What movie does Ben say is the worst idea since Mr. Blake initiating a gunfight (of sorts)?  (2 pts)
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