I’m going to go a little heavy on the images this week, since that’s what seems to present the biggest challenge to the Googling. Have fun, and get your answers to russ@springfieldtrivia.com by July 11th at 11:59 PM (CST).
Oh, and if you know any librarians or researchers please pass a link to this round along to them and see how they do.
- Here’s the cast of one of my favorite TV shows when I was a kid. What was the show, and what was the fledgling cable network that ran it in the US in the late 1970s and early ’80s? (3 pts)
- What is the missing number? 49 (2005), 54 (2006), 66 (2007), 59 (2008), 68 (2009), ______? (2 pts)
- Name the TV show with this theme song: (2 pts)
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- 115 years after it was incorporated by a William, it was honored in song by another William, and currently has a William serving as it’s Controller. Name the city. (2 pts)
- What ‘person’ is associated with each of these films? (3 pts)
- This actress was probably best known as a child, but went on to make a living in another field. Then she returned to play characters in that same field in two different films. Name her. (3 pts)
- France has 12. The US technically has 9 or 10 depending what you count, although you probably only think about 4. China, strangely only has one, and Russia lost 2 in March. What are they? (2 pts)
- Who filed this? (3 pts)
- Give either the real name or the nickname of this place: (2 pts)
- Who is the inventive man pictured below who changed the way things were done in his field? (3 pts)
