
Answers for Game #1
Monday
One Hit Wonders:
What wacky group taught us the finer aspects of doing "The Safety Dance"?
Answer: MEN WITHOUT HATS
Lyrics
ID this song: "I'm gonna make it to heaven... light up the sky like a flame.
I'm gonna live forever, baby remember my name."
Answer: FAME
Movies
What '87 thriller featured cinema's first boiled rabbit?
Answer: FATAL ATTRACTION
SOL Question
None.
Tuesday
Comedians
What funnyman said "If it weren't for pickpockets I'd have no sex life at
all"?
Answer: RODNEY DANGERFIELD
Ronald Reagan
Name the 1951 movie in which Ronald Reagan shared the screen with a chimp.
Answer: BEDTIME FOR BONZO
Movie Lines
Name the movie: "I know you are but what am I?"
Answer: PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
SOL Question
What two extremes do runners move between in the Hi-Tec Badwater Run?
Answer: DEATH VALLEY AND MOUNT WHITNEY
Wednesday
Home Computers
What was the first American computer with a pricetag under $100?
Answer: TIMEX SINCLAIR 1000
NOTE: Many of you put "Timex Sinclair ZX80". The Sinclair ZX80 did debut in Great Britain for under 100 British pounds, but when Timex was licensed to sell these computers in the United States they were sold as the Timex Sinclair 1000.
Disasters
In 1987, what disaster area did Mother Theresa want to build a mission near?
Answer: CHERNOBYL
Pseudo-Fashion
What surgical procedure is nicknamed "fat vacuuming?"
Answer: LIPOSUCTION
SOL Question
What carcinogen is presumed to be present in all buildings built before
1981?
Answer: ASBESTOS
Thursday
Actors
Who portrayed Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee?
Answer: PAUL HOGAN
The Olympics
Who was the first person to win five individual gold medals at one Olympiad?
Answer: ERIC HEIDEN
Fads
Who invented the Rubik's Cube?
Answer: ERNO RUBIK
SOL Question
What spacecraft was launched in October 1989 to study Jupiter?
Answer: GALILEO
Friday
Acronyms
What does the acronym AIDS stand for?
Answer: ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
Games
What was the brand name of the electronic Scrabble partner released in 1983?
Answer: MONTY
Movie Lines
Name the movie: "This is your receipt for your husband ... and this is my
receipt for your
receipt."
Answer: BRAZIL
SOL Question
What did George Michael write on his girlfriend in the video for "I Want
Your Sex"?
Answer: EXPLORE MONOGAMY
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