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It’s 2:00 AM on January 27th and I have to be at the airport in 4 hours for my flight to Austin and Geek Bowl VI.  So what better time to get Round 5 out for your consumption.  Let’s make this round due by next Sunday night at midnight.  Have fun!

Barack Obama did it before [...]0January 27, 2012

    QL3 – Round 5

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That one must have been tougher than I thought.  Not many teams even bothered with it.


If Pete is #1 and 5 and 6 might be mistaken as short for Miriam Margolyes and Timothy Spall characters, what is 7?

On the Table of Resin Codes, PETE is number 1.  Number 5 is PP (Peter Pettigrew) and 6 [...]1January 16, 2012

    Round Four Answers

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Welcome back, solvers. I hope everyone had a good 2011.
Here is Round Four. Answers are due by midnight Sunday, Jan 15. Bonus point to the first set of answers received at russ@springfieldtrivia.com. Good luck!
For those of you who are new to this, feel free to use Google, or whatever else you need to solve these.


If [...]1January 6, 2012

    QL3 – Round Four

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Good job, players. Only one question went unanswered – and just barely. Congrats to the Couch Potato Zombies for their win this round. They aced everything except for one artist (The Kinks) in the music question.

John becomes a Senator. Tim becomes a doctor in California. Stephen becomes a trainer in Ohio. Nobody knows where Bruce [...]0December 29, 2011

    QL3 – Round 3 Answers

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The Christmas season can be boring when you’re finished shopping and wrapping.  Instead of sitting around eating fruit cake all week, here’s another round to keep you busy until after the mess is cleaned up.  Answers are due by next Wednesday, Dec. 28 at 10PM Central.  One bonus point this week to anyone who recruits [...]1December 19, 2011

    QL3 – Round Three

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There are more than 20 of them.  2 are dead (Patrick Swayze and John Kennedy Jr.).  2 played Bond (Pierce Brosnan and Sean Connery).  1 is African American (Denzel Washington). 1 is Canadian (Ryan Reynolds).  There’s a Tom (Cruise), a Dick (Richard Gere) and a Harry (Hamlin).  Who came first?

Mel Gibson – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_(magazine)#Sexiest_Man_Alive

Who are these [...]3December 8, 2011

    QL3 – Round Two Answers

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Here’s the second round of the season, players. Please spread the word, and if we get a few more to try the quiz, I’ll keep it going. Answers for this round are due by Midnight on Wednesday, December 7. One bonus point for the first submission. Email your answers to russ@springfieldtrivia.com when you’re ready.

There are [...]2November 30, 2011

    QL3 – Round Two!

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My friend Charles sent me this code (from beyond the grave), but I can’t read the last 5 letters. Please help!


Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was better known as Lewis Carroll.  His poem “Jabberwocky” starts with the stanza, “Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths [...]0November 18, 2011

    QL3 – Round One Answers & Scores

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Welcome back, solvers. And if this is your first time taking a swing at the Quiz League, welcome – and good luck. You may want to go have a look at the previous two seasons before you get started so you’ll have an idea what to expect from the questions. You’ll also want to join [...]1November 7, 2011

    Quiz League 3 – ROUND ONE

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UPDATE:  Congrats to Torrie Buchanan for being the first to figure out that the title is just one long mashup of all of the songs in the mix…
“So What Kind of Fool Am I Want You to Want Me and You Are My Lady in Red Rain King of Rock of Life in a Northern [...]0July 20, 2011

    Who wants to win a TV?

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I admit, some of these were tough.  But the number of perfect scores in recent rounds had me determined to stump everyone with at least one question.  I succeeded.
Here are the answers to the tenth and final round of this season of the Quiz League:

The scenes that I painstakingly captured from that stack of DVDs [...]0July 6, 2011

    Round Ten Answers

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Ok, here it is. The final round in this season of the quiz league. I hope you’ve had some fun with this, or at least lost a little sleep.
As always, when you’re finished email your answers to russ@springfieldtrivia.com. Since I’ll need to have these scored before I leave for Vegas, the deadline is going to [...]1June 29, 2011

    ROUND TEN

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1.) Ready To Start by Arcade Fire
2.) Big Me by Foo Fighters
3.) Hard Lovin Man by Deep Purple
4.) I Be (High) by Kid Cudi
5.) Hey Pretty by Poe
6.) Close by Rascal Flatts
7.) Over the Hills and Far Away by Led Zepplin
8.) Ugly by The Exies
9.) Low by Cracker
10.) Let Me Down Easy by Billy Currington
11.) In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning by Frank Sinatra
12.) [...]1June 23, 2011

    Round Nine Answers

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The penultimate round.  Look it up.
I’m not sure if this is easy or hard.  I can’t tell anymore.  I do know that it’s getting harder and harder to stump you maniacs.  All I can hope for is that you’re losing at least one night’s worth of sleep each round.  Enjoy [...]0June 16, 2011

    QL2 – Round NINE!

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Why Can’t This Be Love by Van Halen
Because of You by Kelly Clarkson
Where Are You Going by Dave Matthews Band
Going Back to Cali by LL Cool J
Who Wants to be a Millionaire by the Thompson Twins
I Wanna Be Rich by Calloway
Who Am I (What’s My Name?) by Snoop Dogg
My Name is Jonas by Weezer
You and [...]2June 13, 2011

    Round 8 Answers

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Here’s Round 8.  I went a little heavier on the visual clues this time.  Bonus point goes to the early bird.  Email your answers to russ@springfieldtrivia.com by next Friday, June 10 at Noon.

Name the title and artist of each song for a half point each:  (8 possible points)
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When Leroy [...]0June 1, 2011

    QL2 – Round 8

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That’s the old Tyne Brewery in Newcastle, England.  That might key you in on what was produced there, until 2005.  Newcastle is now brewed in Tadcaster, and is still delicious.
San Francisco and San Diego both hosted World’s Fairs in 1915.
That was a screenshot from the 1972 Tarkovskiy version of Solaris, remade in 2002 by Steven [...]2May 28, 2011

    Round Seven Answers

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Time for Round Seven.  Send your answers to russ@springfieldtrivia.com when you’re ready.  The deadline for this round is Wednesday, May 25 by NOON.  One bonus point this round for everybody who gets someone from outside the state you live in to submit a set of answers.  Good luck!
UPDATE:  YOU MIGHT NOTICE [...]1May 17, 2011

    Round Seven

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Round 7 will be coming soon…and it will be a doozie.  For updates and/or to be notified when it’s live and ready to go, be sure to JOIN the Facebook page!

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    Standby for Round 7

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1.  The word I was looking for was “porter”.  (Porter Airlines,  Porter Waggoner,  Fitz John Porter,  Cole Porter,  Porter style beer, Porter-Cable tools logo,  PPG Porter Paint, Train porter,  Pret-a-Porter movie poster)
2.    The cowbell clips came from the following songs…
Mississippi Queen – Mountain
King of Rock – Run DMC
We’re an American Band – Grand Funk
Hey Ladies – Beastie Boys
Hair of [...]0May 11, 2011

    Round Six Answers & Scores

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