OK, I'm really bored at work - Stump me with difficult trivia questions.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

And yes, I will google the answers and try and pass them off as my own.

On edit - Some of you guys can answer some of these, there's way too many for my puny mind.

[catzies]

1. GWTW - what's Ashley's full name?

It wasn't mentioned at all in the movie, and in the book only once.

*cue Jeopardy theme*

[Screaming Lord Byron]

4. Ashley Girlyname.

[NuckinFutz]

6. Ashley...

Wilkes

[catzies]

77. Nope.

Ashley isn't his first name. It's his middle name.

[Bertha Venation]

2. who is the only handless actor to win an Oscar?

who is the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying a member of the opposite sex?

what films have won all five "big" Oscars: best actor, actress, screenplay, director, picture?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. The handless guy was in a war movie.

Did Julie Andrews win for Victor/Victoria?

[Bertha Venation]

8. war movie -- dunno, don't even remember the guy's name

but I think it was a war movie.

Julie Andrews -- no. And it wasn't a masquerading character; the actor actually portrayed a character of opposite gender.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. Hang on....Are you talking about The Crying Game?

[Bertha Venation]

11. Nnnnope.

Haven't even seen that one. (I know, they're gonna take away my HHQ card.)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

12. Then I am stumped.

[Bertha Venation]

17. the answer is . . .

Linda Hunt, "The Year of Living Dangerously."

How about the "big five" winners?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

20. The Godfather?

[Bertha Venation]

28. oh, heavens no...

Now I wish I knew more than just Oscar trivia.

Hints:

one movie's from the 30s, one from the 70s, one from the 90s -- And "American Beauty" would've been the fourth if it weren't for the performance of Hilary Swank.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

34. Give clues!

[Bertha Venation]

53. clues by naming ONE actor in each film:

the 30s movie: Clark Gable

the 70s movie: Jack Nicholson

the 90s movie: Scott Glenn

[Screaming Lord Byron]

54. GWTW, Cuckoos's Nest, ?

[Bertha Venation]

69. Cuckcoo's nest is one of them, GWTW is not. eom

[Parrcrow]

the three films winning the big five are

It happened One Night
One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest
The Silence of the Lambs

[Bertha Venation]

70. winnah!

:bounce:

[LastKnight]

117. so is the handless guy... lol nt

[NuckinFutz]

13. The handless guy

I can't remember his name either, but I think the movie he was in was "The Best Years of Our Lives"

On the gender thing..do you mean a man playing a woman or a woman playing a man?

[Bertha Venation]

21. woman playing a man eom

[Warren Stuart]

25. My left foot? nt

[SiobhanClancy]

14. The Best Years of Our Lives

was the movie. Harold Russell was the actor.

[fudge stripe cookays]

48. The war vet in "The Best Years of Our Lives"

I think his name was Harold somebody. Lost both hands I believe. His scenes made me cry. A beautiful film.

[SiobhanClancy]

55. Harold Russell...

as I answered above:)

[fudge stripe cookays]

111. Sorry....missed the full thread. n/t

[mndemocrat_29]

82. The answers

1. Harrold Russell

2. Linda Hunt

3. It Happened One Night, The Silence of the Lambs, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[StlMo]

3. What is the airborne velocity of a laden swallow?

http://www.google.com/search?q="What+is+the+airborne+velocity+of+a+laden+swallow%3F"

[Screaming Lord Byron]

7. It varies.

[ironflange]

16. Sorry, the correct response is:

African or European?

[StlMo]

29. IronFlange scores the point

:bounce:

[ironflange]

46. Well, that puts me ahead of SLB

:evilgrin:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

50. Hey, this isn't blowing up in my face! No Way!

Hey, are you working downtown?

[ironflange]

98. No, sorry.

I'm self-employed, but I still have an asshole for a boss. I do come downtown the odd time, though. Wanna do lunch sometime?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

Sure. I'm on eighth.

[ironflange]

114. OK. Can't be next week, it's a busy one

I'll keep in touch. :)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

119. Sure. PM me whenever.

Maybe we should try and track down CanuckAgainstBush sometime, he's somewhere in my neighbourhood.

[NightTrain]

10. Music trivia question

Which #1 hit returned to the Billboard Hot 100 more than a year after its initial chart run, only to rise to #1 all over again?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

18. Gonna need a clue there, NT.

[NightTrain]

24. OK, some clues.

The original version was written and recorded by Hank Ballard in late 1958. The two-time #1 hit, by another artist, first charted in 1960.

[Fenris]

30. You fool!

It's in white below; highlight it! That's easy!

The Twist!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

33. Ha! Cheers.

[rsdsharp]

31. The...

TWIST!

[Birthmark]

15. What force prevents the gravitational collapse...

...of white dwarf stars?

[StlMo]

40. High Self-Esteem? Electron Degeneracy?

:)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

44. The PLO?

[Birthmark]

115. I think that it's the second one. lol

[ironflange]

19. What is my middle name?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

22. Charlotte.

Yeah, I know. You're a guy.

[HFishbine]

27. That's easy

Ron.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

23. Ronnie Raymond + Martin Stein = ?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

32. Comic writers?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

41. No. The answer is a fictional character.

Yes, "a" fictional character. Think fusion.

[jpgray]

26. Why did Robert Wyatt name his new band Matching Mole?

Pretty easy, but at least the band is obscure.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

37. Because he had to find a name weirder than Soft Machine?

and they all had matching moles?

[jpgray]

38. Think 'machine molle' :-) (nt)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

42. Soft Machine!

[ihaveaquestion]

35. What's the Turkish word for 'dance'?

Hint - it's where the term 'bellydance' came from.

[NaderIsMyHero]

36. Only 3 people in the history of the Academy Awards

have won for written and acting in the same year...Chaplain and Orson Welles did it...you won't guess in a million years who is the 3rd(he doesn't belong in the same league as those screen immortals).

[Screaming Lord Byron]

39. Mel Gibson?

[Bertha Venation]

62. was the screenplay the winner wrote original or adapted? eom

[a_random_joel]

43. This artist hit #1 on US pop charts in 1988

and is revered by some members of a certain left leaning political forum as the second coming of Muad-Dib.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

45. Jason Donavan? Kylie Minogue? Jive Bunny? Our Lord Rick?

[a_random_joel]

47. Which Saturday Night Live alumnus reached success on Seinfeld?

[Fenris]

49. Julia Louis Dreyfuss

[ironflange]

52. I know!

Let's see if SLB knows.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

56. I have a shrine to that particular individual. I love her dancing.

[Fenris]

58. Do you also love "Witchay Woman"?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

61. Desperado

[Fenris]

65. "Why can't it be *our* song?"

[Screaming Lord Byron]

71. You know the answer to that Fenris.

Look to your avatar.

[ironflange]

95. Her dancing. . . heh

[a_random_joel]

51. What was the name of the bar on Three's Company?

[Fenris]

60. That's easy!

Written below in white.

The Regal Beagle

[a_random_joel]

64. I like the secret agent man stuff, fenris. Nice touch.

Thank goodness for small HTML miracles... eh?

[Fenris]

66. Yes. It also has allowed me to make rude comments

To some posters who said stuff to me I didn't find particularly witty.

Made you look!

[a_random_joel]

73. Move over Rick Astley, heeeere's Fenris!

[a_random_joel]

67. List every actor who has played James Bond

[Fenris]

72. David Niven. Sean Connery. George Lazenby. Roger Moore.

Timothy Dalton. Pierce Brosnan.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

74. Even the guy who played him on TV in the fifties?

Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
Woody Allen
Peter Sellers
The rest of the cast of Casino Royale

[muriel_volestrangler]

81. Who was the first actor to play James Bond?

And what gameshow did he present on British TV?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

84. I forgot David Niven, but he's not your man.

[muriel_volestrangler]

91. Clue - he played it on radio

[Screaming Lord Byron]

92. You call that a clue?

Hang on. He didn't die recently did he? Was he a comedian?

[muriel_volestrangler]

97. I thought it would cut down the Google options

If you're not familiar with 1980s British quiz shows (it was one of the biggest), you'll not get it without looking it up. Bit of a pointless question for you, I suppose.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

99. I happen to be from eighties Britain. What channel was it on?

Was it Blockbusters?

[muriel_volestrangler]

104. That's the one

[Screaming Lord Byron]

105. Bob Holness?

[muriel_volestrangler]

107. That's Blockbusters!

[BurtWorm]

57. Who was the voice of John Lennon in the Beatles cartoon show?

I'll give you points if you name another character (besides George Harrison) whom he voiced. (He didn't voice Ringo or Paul or Brian Epstein for that matter, so don't even go there!)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

59. Paul something.

[BurtWorm]

63. You're good!

Name another character he played and I'll give you his last name.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

75. Several seventies cartoon characters - Hanna Barbera stuff?

[BurtWorm]

89. He's better known for work with another studio.

But if you can name an H-B character he played, I'd give you his last name. How did you know his first name? Was that a wild guess?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

103. Vague memory from somewhere.

[Westegg]

68. Here's another clue for you all: The walrus was Paul

[StlMo]

76. Name every title in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.

Hint: It is increasingly inaccurately called a trilogy.


Don't Panic!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

78. Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy,

The Restauarant at the End of the Universe
Life The Universe And Everything
Mostly Harmless
The Salmon of Doubt

[StlMo]

79. You got most of them

Which are left?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

80. How the hell could I forget So Long and Thanks for all the Fish?

[StlMo]

85. Good question

:D

By the way, there is one more (short) story in the series.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

86. Starship Titanic?

I don't know.

[StlMo]

96. 6 points for you and 1 for muriel

The short story is:

"Young Zaphod Plays It Safe"

:dem:

[muriel_volestrangler]

90. Zaphod Plays it Safe

I've never read it - any good?

[StlMo]

101. You know your Hitchhiker

:thumbsup:

[bif]

83. What did Babe Ruth call all flowers?

[bif]

110. Stump ya?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

112. uh....

:shrug:

[bif]

116. Give up? I'm leaving work in a couple minutes...

[terrya]

87. What was Number 6's name in "The Prisoner"?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

88. The same as the character he played in Danger Man - John Drake.

[Az]

93. Name the virgin Mary's father

[Screaming Lord Byron]

94. Rick Astley

[Az]

100. Oddly enough

that does qualify.

[Az]

102. Shoot you now? Or wait till you get home?

[CBHagman]

109. That's Joachim.

I think. :-)

[terrya]

106. Who is buried in Grant's Tomb? It's been a long day and....

this question is the best I can come up with.

:-)

Terry

[Screaming Lord Byron]

108. An unknown soldier?

[Az]

113. Grant and his wife

People seem to forget about the wife.

[Snow]

118. All righty then.......(if you're still doing this)

Who was the last queen of Korea? (& is she still alive?)

Who was the last ruling queen of Korea?

these do exist out there on the net; have fun!