Monday, May 20, 2013

Answers to Friday Funday Trivia: Before They Were On SNL



 

Before getting to the answers, here are the names of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers this week. 

1st place- Becky: 58 pts... superb job!
2nd place- David  and Teresa: 49 pts each
3rd place- Jon: 46 pts

Congratulations to those who made it to the podium and thanks to everyone who played.


 1-5

1. 2 pts- John Belushi 
2. 2 pts- Tina Fey
3. 2 pts- Chris Rock-  In a  1991 sketch which featured this performer as militant talk show host Nat X, Kevin Bacon appeared as what rapper?  2 bonus pts- Vanilla Ice
4. 2 pts- Adam Sandler
5. 2 pts- Maya Rudolph- On a 2004 episode in which Janet Jackson was the host and musical guest, the performer above played two characters in one skit... which was a spoof of what 70s sitcom? 2 bonus pts. Good Times. 1 bonus pt each if you can also name the two characters she played in the skit. Maya played Thelma and Willona. 

When Maya pulled double duty in the Good Times skit, it was yet another example of her tremendous talent. Unfortunately, it also put a spotlight on a problem that's plagued SNL for years... it's lack of ethnic diversity. The preceding commentary was brought to you courtesy of the National Federation of Soapbox Makers.

6-10

6. 3 pts- Chris Farley
7. 2 pts- Dana Carvey Enid Strict, the above performer's pious talk show host character, is better known as The __ __. 2 bonus pts- The Church Lady
8. 2 pts- Bill Murray
9. 2 pts- Kristen Wiig- On the above performer's final SNL appearance as a regular in 2012, what rock legend was the host and musical guest? 3 bonus pts- Mick Jagger
10. 4 pts- Al Franken
11-15

11. 3 pts- Ben Stiller
12. 4 pts- Harry Shearer
13.  2 pts- Amy Poehler
14.  2 pts- Eddie MurphyOn December 11, 1982, this performer became the only SNL cast member to do what while still a regular? 4 bonus pts- Eddie hosted the show (filling in for an ill Nick Nolte)
15. 6 pts- Robert Downey Jr.- Robert was a regular on SNL from 1985-1986. Becky was the only player to get this correct.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Friday Funday Trivia: Before They Were On SNL



 

For this week's FFT, I've included 3 montages containing 15 photos of performers before they became regulars on SNL.  You have to correctly identify the performer. 

To enlarge the montages, click on them.  Below the montages are the point values for each photo (40 pts total). Along with the values for each photo, there are 5 bonus questions as well totaling 15 pts.
 
If you are a Friday Funday Trivia virgin about to be touched for the very first time, please read the following rules before playing:


* The game is pub style so looking up the answers, using friends/family/co-workers, etc. for help,  is not allowed.

If you are the only player to correctly identify a photo/photo set, you earn 5 bonus points. The first player to submit their final answers to me will earn 2 bonus points.

* Please do not post your answers in the comments section. Instead, send them to ultfan@gmail.com no later than Sunday night (5/19) at 11:59 PM EST. The answers will be posted on Monday, May 20th.

Not an official rule: If you have no clue, feel free to come up with an intentionally funny answer. Although you won't get credit for a correct answer, you'll get a thumbs up from me for originality,execution, and showmanship. What can I say, I love to be entertained and I'll take it any way I can get it!

Have fun and good luck!

 1-5

1. 2 pts
2. 2 pts
3. 2 pts- In a 1991 SNL sketch which featured this performer as militant talk show host Nat X, Kevin Bacon appeared as what rapper?  2 bonus pts
4. 2 pts
5. 2 pts- On a 2004 episode of SNL in which Janet Jackson was the host and musical guest, the performer above played two characters in a skit which was a spoof of what 70s sitcom? 2 bonus pts... 1 bonus pt each if you can also name the two characters she played in the skit. 

6-10

6. 3 pts
7. 2 pts- Enid Strict, the above performer's pious talk show host character, is better known as The __ __. 2 bonus pts
8. 2 pts
9. 2 pts- On the above performer's final SNL appearance as a regular in 2012, what rock legend was the host and musical guest? 3 bonus pts 
10. 4 pts
11-15

11. 3 pts
12. 4 pts
13.  2 pts
14.  2 pts- On December 11, 1982, this performer became the only SNL cast member to do what while still a regular? 4 bonus pts
15. 6 pts

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Retro Mix Playlist for 5/11/13


Show theme: 65th birthday tribute to Steve Winwood


6 pm hour

Gimme Some Lovin’- The Spencer Davis Group
Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush- Traffic
Keep on Running- The Spencer Davis Group
Stranger to Himself- Traffic
Dimples- The Spencer Davis Group
Coloured Rain- Traffic
Can’t Find My Way Home- Blind Faith
Winner/Loser- Stomu Yamashta’s Go
I’m a Man- The Spencer Davis Group

In Concert:
Under My Thumb- Blind Faith (rec. live at London’s Hyde Park on 6/7/69)

Paper Sun- Traffic
Smiling Phases- Traffic
Every Little Bit Hurts- The Spencer Davis Group
Sea of Joy- Blind Faith
I Can’t Stand It- The Spencer Davis Group

7 pm hour

Dear Mr. Fantasy- Traffic
Crossroads- Eric Clapton & the Powerhouse
Presence of the Lord- Blind Faith
Something New- Traffic
Sleeping in the Ground- Blind Faith
Strong Love- The Spencer Davis Group
While You See a Chance- Steve Winwood
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys- Traffic
No Face, No Name, No Number- Traffic
Arc of a Diver- Steve Winwood
Empty Pages-Traffic

8 pm hour

Higher Love- Steve Winwood
Shanghai Noodle Factory- Traffic
Talking Back to the Night- Steve Winwood
Back in the High Life Again- Steve Winwood
Freedom Rider- Traffic
Medicated Goo- Traffic
The Finer Things- Steve Winwood
Happy Vibes- Winwood/Kebaka/Amao
Don’t You Know What the Night Can Do- Steve Winwood
Holdin’ On- Steve Winwood
Somebody Help Me-The Spencer Davis Group
Roll With It- Steve Winwood

The Retro Mix Video of the Week: Dear Mr. Fantasy by Traffic

Monday, May 13, 2013

Answers to Friday Funday Trivia: Who's Your Mama, Pt. II




 


Before getting to the answers, here are the names of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers this week. The race for #1 was close and it came down to the bonus question for ID'ing the #1 quote. 

1st place- Michelle: 47 pts... excellent job!
2nd place- Teresa: 44 pts
3rd place- Pjazzy: 39 pts

Congratulations to those who made it to the podium and thanks to everyone who played.

 1-5

1. 2 pts- Lois Griffin A running theme throughout the series on which this character appears is that he wants to do what to his mother? 3 bonus pts- kill her
2. 2 pts- Roseanne Conner
3. 2 pts- Lily Munster
4. 2 pts- Edith Bunker
5. 2 pts- Clair Huxtable

6-10

6. 3 pts- Claire Dunphy, from the ABC series Modern Family
7. 2 pts- Miss Ellie Ewing, from the drama DallasWhich Oscar-winning actress played this character's mother? 3 bonus pts- Donna Reed (who won the Best Supp. Actress Oscar for her role in From Here to Eternity) briefly replaced Barbara Bel Geddes for the 1984-1985 season.  Although an acclaimed actress, Barbara never won an Oscar. 
8. 2 pts- Lois Wilkerson (their last name was only revealed a couple of times over the course of the series)
9. 2 pts- Wilma Flinstone
10. 4 pts- Norma Bates from the A&E series Bates Motel
11-15

11. 3 pts- Harriet Winslow, from the sitcom Family Matters
12. 4 pts- Frankie Heck, from the ABC comedy The Middle
13.  2 pts- Sophia Petrillo. This character's mother often refers to her by what pet name? 4 bonus pts- Sophia often called Dorothy "Pussycat"
14.  2 pts- June Cleaver
15. 6 pts- Erica Kane. Before she went off to Sunnydale to slay vampires, Sarah Michelle Gellar originated the role of Erica Kane's long-lost daughter Kendall Hart on All My Children from 1993-1995. In her last year as a regular on the show, Sarah won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series. On 9/21/2001 2011, during the final days of AMC's run on ABC, Sarah made a brief return to the series (which you can watch in the clip below). Her unnamed character even makes a reference to Sarah's most famous role.  

Friday, May 10, 2013

Friday Funday Trivia: Who's Your Mama Pt. II



 

For this week's FFT, I've included 3 montages containing 15 photos of TV characters.  You have to correctly provide the name of the character's mom.  If you only know the mother's last name (for example, Mrs. Brady), you earn half credit. However, if you only know her first name, you still get full credit. 

To enlarge the montages, click on them.  Below the montages are the point values for each photo (40 pts total). Along with the values for each photo, there are 3 bonus questions as well totaling 10 pts.
 
If you are a Friday Funday Trivia virgin about to be touched for the very first time, please read the following rules before playing:


* The game is pub style so looking up the answers, using friends/family/co-workers, etc. for help,  is not allowed.

If you are the only player to correctly identify a photo/photo set, you earn 5 bonus points. The first player to submit their final answers to me will earn 2 bonus points.

* Please do not post your answers in the comments section. Instead, send them to ultfan@gmail.com no later than Sunday night (5/12) at 11:59 PM EST. The answers will be posted on Monday, May 13th.

Not an official rule: If you have no clue, feel free to come up with an intentionally funny answer. Although you won't get credit for a correct answer, you'll get a thumbs up from me for originality,execution, and showmanship. What can I say, I love to be entertained and I'll take it any way I can get it!


Also, if you missed it, feel free to take last year's Who's Your Mama quiz.

Have fun, good luck, and have yourself an enjoyable Mother's Day weekend!  

 1-5

1. 2 pts- A running theme throughout the series on which this character appears is that he wants to do what to his mother? 3 bonus pts
2. 2 pts
3. 2 pts
4. 2 pts
5. 2 pts

6-10

6. 3 pts
7. 2 pts- Which Oscar-winning actress played this character's mother? 3 bonus pts 
8. 2 pts
9. 2 pts
10. 4 pts
11-15

11. 3 pts
12. 4 pts
13.  2 pts- This character's mother often refers to her by what pet name? 4 bonus pts
14.  2 pts
15. 6 pts

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The Retro Mix Playlist for 5/4/13


Show Theme: Story Songs


6 pm hour

The Night Chicago Died- Paper Lace
Love Vigilantes- New Order
Don’t You Want Me- The Human League
Take a Letter Maria- R.B. Greaves
Sylvia’s Mother- Dr. Hook
Come Dancing- The Kinks
Stagger Lee- Lloyd Price
Sophisticated Boom-Boom- The Shangri-Las

Tribute to the late Chris Kelly (aka “Mac Daddy”)
I Missed the Bus- Kriss Kross

In the Ghetto- Elvis Presley
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)- Rupert Holmes
The Swiss Maid- Del Shannon
Dead Man’s Curve- Jan & Dean
You’re So Vain- Carly Simon
Living for the City- Stevie Wonder
The Great Airplane Strike- Paul Revere & the Raiders

7 pm hour

Sk8er Boi- Avril Lavigne
Ghetto Life- Rick James
Palisades Park- Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon
The Diary of Horace Wimp- ELO
Cats in the Cradle- Harry Chapin
Dark Lady- Cher
Cherry Bomb- John Cougar Mellencamp
Our House- Madness

On the Flip Side:
The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man- The Rolling Stones (B-side to “Satisfaction”)

No Particular Place to Go- Chuck Berry
Twenty Flight Rock- Eddie Cochran
Brother Louie- Stories
Fast Car- Tracy Chapman
Harper Valley P.T.A.- Jeannie C. Riley
I Met Her in Church- The Box Tops

8 pm hour

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown- Jim Croce
Monterey- Eric Burdon & the Animals
Maggie May- Rod Stewart
Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne- Josie Cotton
Ode to Billie Joe- Bobbie Gentry
Ghetto Child- The Spinners
America- Simon & Garfunkel
Brenda’s Got a Baby- 2Pac
Lady Marmalade- Labelle
The Ballad of Bonnie Clyde- Georgie Fame
Billy, Don’t Be a Hero- Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
The Nights Went Out in Georgia- Vicki Lawrence
What Am I Doin’ Hangin’ ‘Round- The Monkees
The All American Boy- Bill Parsons
Glory Days- Bruce Springsteen

The Retro Mix Video of the Week: I Missed the Bus by Kriss Kross

Monday, May 6, 2013

Answers to Friday Funday Trivia: Famous Movie Quotes




 


Before getting to the answers, here are the names of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers this week. The race for #1 was close and it came down to the bonus question for ID'ing the #1 quote. 

1st place- Pjazzy: 56 pts... outstanding job!
2nd place- Rich: 55 pts
3rd place- Becky: 46 pts

Congratulations to those who made it to the podium and thanks to everyone who played.

Following each quote is its rank on the AFI list.

 1-5

1. 2 pts- May the force be with you. #8
2. 2 pts- Show me the money! #25  The character above plays what professional sport? football
3. 2 pts- Houston, we have a problem. #50
4. 2 pts- I'll be back. or Hasta la vista, baby. #37 and #76
5. 2 pts- I see dead people. #44

6-10

6. 3 pts- I'll have what she's having. #33 What incident took place in this movie to cause the character above  to utter her famous line? 2 bonus pts- At a restaurant, Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) demonstrated to Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) how she fakes orgasms.
7. 2 pts- Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. or There's no place like home. #4 and #23
8. 2 pts- Frankly my dear I don't give a damn. This was the #1 quote on the list
9. 2 pts- No wire hangers, ever!  #72- from the 1981 biopic Mommie Dearest
10. 4 pts- They call me Mister Tibbs! #16- from the 1967 mystery In the Heat of the NightThe character above is from what major eastern U.S. city? 3 bonus pts- Philadelphia

11-15

11. 3 pts- Snap out of it! #96- from the 1987 movie Moonstruck
12. 4 pts- Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night. #9- from the 1950 film All About EveAccording to the film's narrator, the character above made her first stage appearance in what Shakespeare play? 4 bonus pts- A Midsummer Night's Dream
13.  2 pts- What we've got here is failure to communicate. #11- from the 1967 chain gang flick Cool Hand Luke
14.  2 pts- You can't handle the truth! #29
15. 6 pts- One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know. #53- from the 1930 Marx Brothers classic Animal Crackers

Friday, May 3, 2013

Friday Funday Trivia: Famous Movie Quotes



 

For this week's FFT, I've included 3 montages containing 15 photos of movie characters.  You have to correctly identify the classic quote they uttered.  Every quote is from the "100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes" list compiled by the AFI (American Film Institute) in 2005. To help you out a bit, after each number I've put dashes to signify the number of words in each quote. I've also put in punctuation whenever possible (sorry, no apostrophes).  However, I will still give you guys some leeway. As long as you can convey the meaning of the quote, I won't penalize you if you don't get it word for word. Also, two of the movie characters featured here (#s 4 and 7) made the AFI list twice. This means if you can correctly identify both quotes by the character, you get double the points for that number. 

To enlarge the montages, click on them.  Below the montages are the point values for each photo (44 pts total).  Along with the values for each photo, there are 4 bonus questions as well totaling 11 pts.

Also, if you can correctly identify the movie character below who uttered the quote which was voted #1 on AFI's list, you earn 5 bonus pts. Note: You only get one guess. 
 
If you are a Friday Funday Trivia virgin about to be touched for the very first time, please read the following rules before playing:

* The game is pub style so looking up the answers, using friends/family/co-workers, etc. for help,  is not allowed.

If you are the only player to correctly identify a photo/photo set, you earn 5 bonus points. The first player to submit their final answers to me will earn 2 bonus points.

* Please do not post your answers in the comments section. Instead, send them to ultfan@gmail.com no later than Sunday night (5/5) at 11:59 PM EST. The answers will be posted on Monday, May 6th.

Not an official rule: If you have no clue, feel free to come up with an intentionally funny answer. Although you won't get credit for a correct answer, you'll get a thumbs up from me for originality,execution, and showmanship. What can I say, I love to be entertained and I'll take it any way I can get it!


Have fun and good luck


 1-5

1. 2 pts- __ __ __ __ __ __.
2. 2 pts- __ __ __ __! The character above plays what professional sport? 2 bonus pts
3. 2 pts- __, __ __ __ __.
4. 2 pts- __ __ __. or __ __ __, __.
5. 2 pts- __ __ __ __.

6-10

6. 3 pts- __ __ __ __ __. What incident took place in this movie to cause the character above  to utter her famous line? 2 bonus pts
7. 2 pts- __, __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. or __ __ __ __ __.
8. 2 pts- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __.
9. 2 pts- __ __ __, __!  
10. 4 pts- __ __ __ __ __! ? The character above is from what major eastern U.S. city? 3 bonus pts 
11-15

11. 3 pts- __ __ __ __! 
12. 4 pts- __ __ __. __ __ __ __ __ __ __. According to the film's narrator, the character above made her first stage appearance in what Shakespeare play? 4 bonus pts
13.  2 pts- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __.
14.  2 pts- __ __ __ __ __!
15. 6 pts- __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __. __ __ __ __ __ __, __ __ __.