Monday, September 30, 2013

Prize Packages for the Recent FFT Contest in September

Here are the prize packages which are going to the winners of the recent month-long Friday Funday Trivia contest:

3rd place winner Teresa gets the following:
  • Fork in the Road by Neil Young
  • Paper Airplane by Alison Krauss & Union Station
  • Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur by Blur
  • The Deluxe Edition of Seven and the Ragged Tiger by Duran Duran
  • Working on a Dream by Bruce Springsteen
  • Back to Now by Labelle
  • The audio CD version of the book "John Lennon: The Life"
2nd place winner Rich gets the following:
  • Obsessed with Hollywood: Test Your Knowledge of the Silver Screen
  • Standard Guide to Golden Age Comics
  • "The Kids in the Hall: Season 4" DVD
  • 3 DVD set "Gorehouse Greats Collection"
  • Icon by The Scorpions
  • Back on Top by Van Morrison
  • Sly & the Family Stone's Greatest Hits
  • 2 disc Collector's Editions of "Pablo Honey" and "Amnesiac" by Radiohead 
  • Playlist: The Very Best of Steve Vai
1st place winner Michelle gets the following:
  • "And the Grammy Goes to..." by David Wild
  • The photography book "The Police: 1978-1983"
  • Obsessed with TV: Test Your Knowledge of Every Channel
  • "Crash: The Complete First Season"
  •  A promo DVD screener containing 3 episodes of "Community"
  • Icon by Barry White
  • The Deluxe Edition of "I Am... Sasha Fierce" by Beyonce
  • CD copy of Christmas with the Rat Pack
  • The Best of Bob Dylan
  • Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics by India.Arie
  • The Essential Modern Records Collection by Etta James
  • The Remix Suite by Michael Jackson
  • The Best of the Great American Songbook by Rod Stewart
  • Accelerate by R.E.M.
  • One More Love by David Guetta
  • Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by The Beastie Boys
Congratulations again to the three of you and I hope you enjoy your prizes!

Answers to Friday Funday Trivia: 15 of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s


 

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

1st place- Michelle: 52 pts... impressive job!
2nd place- Rich: 50 pts each
3rd place- Becky: 36  pts 

Here are the top 3 finishers for the September contest:

Michelle: 197 pts
Rich: 186 pts
Teresa: 152 pts

Congratulations to the three of you and thanks to everyone who played. I will announce the prize packages in a separate post later tonight when I get home from work. Thanks for your patience. 

 1-5

1. 2 pts- Whip It by Devo
2. 2 pts- (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) by The Beastie Boys. If you didn't get the title exactly right, you still got full credit as long as you got "Fight for Your Right" in there. In this video, which one of the band members gets hit in the face with a pie?  3 bonus pts- Adam Yauch (aka MCA)
3. 2 pts- Mickey by Toni Basil
4. 2 pts- Faith by George Michael
5. 2 pts- Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer

6-10

6. 3 pts- Our Lips Are Sealed by The Go-Gos
7. 2 pts- In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins This song was featured in the pilot episode of what iconic 80s TV series? 3 bonus pts- Miami Vice
8. 2 pts- How Will I Know by Whitney Houston
9. 2 pts- I Ran (So Far Away) by A Flock of Seagulls
10. 4 pts- Nasty by Janet Jackson (As some of you recalled, Paula Abdul made a cameo appearance in the video)

11-15

11. 3 pts- Down Under by Men at Work
12. 4 pts- Don't You Want Me by The Human League (Rich was the only player to get this correct)
13. 2 pts- When Doves Cry by Prince. How many combined weeks did this song spend at #1 on the Billboard Pop and R&B charts? 4 bonus pts- If no one gets this correct, the person or people closest to the right answer will get 2 bonus pts- 13 weeks (5 pop and 8 R&B)
14. 2 pts- Like a Virgin by Madonna
15. 6 pts- I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner (Michelle was the only player to get this correct)

Friday, September 27, 2013

Friday Funday Trivia: 15 of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s


 

Recently, I found a list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s. Below are 3 montages containing screenshots from the videos of 15 of those songs. You have to correctly identify the song. To enlarge the montages, click on them.  Below the montages are the point values for each photo (40 pts total). Along with thevalues for each photo, there are 3 bonus questions as well totaling 10 pts. 

Also, if you can correctly identify the lowest ranked song among these 15, you can earn 5 bonus pts.  Please note this doesn't necessarily mean the song in question is ranked #100. It just means it's the lowest ranked of these 15 songs on the list. 
 
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 (9/29) at 11:59 PM EST. The answers will be posted on Monday, September 30th.

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- In this video, which one of the band members gets hit in the face with a pie?  3 bonus pts
3. 2 pts
4. 2 pts
5. 2 pts

6-10

6. 3 pts
7. 2 pts- This song was featured in the pilot episode of what iconic 80s TV series? 3 bonus pts
8. 2 pts
9. 2 pts
10. 4 pts

11-15

11. 3 pts
12. 4 pts
13. 2 pts- How many combined weeks did this song spend at #1 on the Billboard Pop and R&B charts? 4 bonus pts- If no one gets this correct, the person or people closest to the right answer will get 2 bonus pts
14. 2 pts
15. 6 pts

Monday, September 23, 2013

Answers to Friday Funday Trivia: Eddie Murphy Films... No Sequels

 

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

1st place- Michelle: 51 pts... awesome job!
2nd place- Rich and Teresa: 38 pts each
3rd place- Nate: 36  pts 

Going into the final week of the September contest, here are the standings so far:

Michelle: 145 pts
Rich: 136 pts
Teresa: 122 pts
Nate: 101 pts
Becky: 87 pts
Jenna: 86pts
 1-5

1. 2 pts- Beverly Hills Cop
2. 2 pts- Coming to America. This character gets a job working at what local fast food restaurant?  3 bonus pts- McDowell's
3. 2 pts- Trading Places
4. 2 pts- Vampire in Brooklyn
5. 2 pts- Boomerang

6-10

6. 3 pts- Tower Heist
7. 2 pts- Dr. Doolittle. To date, this film has generated how many sequels? 3 bonus pts- Believe it or not, there have been 4 sequels (Dr. Doolittle 2, Dr. Doolittle 3, Dr. Doolittle: Tail to the Chief, and Dr. Doolittle: Million Dollar Mutts). The first sequel is the only one to star Eddie Murphy. The other 3 sequels (all of which were direct-to-video releases) featured Kyla Pratt (Maya Doolittle) as the lead character.
8. 2 pts- The Distinguished Gentleman
9. 2 pts- Shrek
10. 4 pts- The Golden Child

11-15

11. 3 pts- Showtime
12. 4 pts- Life (the screenshot is from the "Boom Boom Room" fantasy sequence scene)- Nobody got this correct
13. 2 pts- 48 Hours In this film, what brand of candy bar was this character given as his dinner? 4 bonus pts- Zagnut (I was impressed at the number of people who got this correct)
14. 2 pts- The Nutty Professor
15. 6 pts- Bowfinger- Michelle was the only player to get this correct. You can watch the scene that contains the screenshot here.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Friday Funday Trivia: Eddie Murphy Films... No Sequels

 

For the 3rd quiz of the month-long contest, I've featured 3 montages containing 15 photos from Eddie Murphy movies. You have to correctly identify the Eddie Murphy film. 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 finalanswers 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 (9/22) at 11:59 PM EST. The answers will be posted on Monday, September 23rd.

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, good luck and don't fall for the banana in the tailpipe gag!

 1-5

1. 2 pts
2. 2 pts- This character gets a job working at what local fast food restaurant?  3 bonus pts
3. 2 pts
4. 2 pts
5. 2 pts

6-10

6. 3 pts
7. 2 pts- To date, this film has generated how many sequels? 3 bonus pts
8. 2 pts
9. 2 pts
10. 4 pts

11-15

11. 3 pts
12. 4 pts
13. 2 pts- In this film, what brand of candy bar was this character given as his dinner? 4 bonus pts
14. 2 pts
15. 6 pts

Monday, September 16, 2013

Answers to Friday Funday Trivia: Before & After 5: For Fighting


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

1st place- Rich: 50 pts ... excellent job!
2nd place- Michelle: 44 pts 
3rd place- Teresa: 36 pts

For the September contest, here are the people in the running:

Rich: 98 pts
Michelle: 94 pts
Teresa: 84 pts
Jenna: 73 pts
Nate: 65 pts
Becky: 63 pts

 1-5

1. 2 pts- movie/real person- Batman & Robin Thicke
2. 2 pts- real/fictional person- Steve Perry White (Laurence Fishburne played Clark Kent's boss in the 2013 film Man of Steel)
3. 2 pts- movie/real- There's Something About Mary J. Blige
4. 2 pts- real/real- Johnny Carson Daly From 1998-2002, the man on the bottom hosted what MTV program? 3 bonus pts- TRL
5. 2 pts- movie/real- A Fish Called Wanda Sykes

6-10

6. 3 pts- real person/movie- Jill Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
7. 2 pts- real/real- Rachel Ray Charles
8. 2 pts- TV show/movie- Charlie's Angels in the Outfield In the top photo, which character/actress remained with this show as a regular for its entire run? 3 bonus pts (Just to be clear, either the character's name or the actress who played her is acceptable)- Jaclyn Smith (aka Kelly Garrett)
9. 2 pts- TV show/fictional- Ugly Betty Boop
10. 4 pts- TV show/real- What About Joan Jett. What About Joan? is a sitcom that ran on ABC from March to October 2001 and starred Joan Cusack and Kyle Chandler

11-15

11. 3 pts- real/fictional- Vivica (A.) Fox Mulder
12. 4 pts- real/real- Keith David Keith. Keith David has appeared in scores of films (including There's Something About Mary as the title character's dad). David Keith has also appeared in several movies and is perhaps best known for his role as Richard Gere's buddy in An Officer and a Gentleman
13. 2 pts- movie/real- Cool Hand Luke Wilson
14. 2 pts- real/movie- Bruno Mars Attacks What is this man's birth name? 4 bonus pts- Peter Gene Hernandez (If you only put Peter Hernandez, you still got full credit)- For an explanation of how Bruno got his stage name, click here.
15. 6 pts- real/real- Moe Howard Kaylan- The above picture is an "out of character" shot of the leader of the Three Stooges. The bottom pic is a recent one of the lead singer of The Turtles, who had a string of hits from 1965-69 (including their #1 hit Happy Together). Rich was the only player to get this correct

Friday, September 13, 2013

Friday Funday Trivia: Before & After 5: For Fighting


Back by "popular" demand is another "before and after" quiz. It features 3 montages of 30 photos real people, fictional characters, movies, and TV shows who are connected. The way they connect is that the last word in the person's name/TV show/movie  in the top photo is the same as the first word in the person's name TV show/movie in the bottom photo. For example: If there was a top photo of George Michael paired with a bottom photo of Michael Jackson, the correct answer will be George Michael Jackson.

Note: for each entry, it's all or nothing. For example, if you can only come up with the top photo but not the bottom photo for any particular set, you don't get any points for that one. If you know at least half of the set, there's a good chance you can talk your way into coming up with the other half. On the other hand, if you don't recognize either photo of any particular set, you're fucked! :-)

To enlarge the montages, click on them. Below the montages are the point values for each photo set (40 pts total). After each point value is a hint as to whether the photo is of a real/fictional person or movie/TV show. Am I not merciful?!

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 theirfinalanswers 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 (9/14) at 11:59 PM EST. The answers will be posted on Monday, September 15th.

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! Also, don't forget the September contest rolls on!

 1-5

1. 2 pts- movie/real person
2. 2 pts- real/fictional person
3. 2 pts- movie/real 
4. 2 pts- real/real- From 1998-2002, the man on the bottom hosted what MTV program? 3 bonus pts
5. 2 pts- movie/real 

6-10

6. 3 pts- real person/movie
7. 2 pts- real/real 
8. 2 pts- TV show/movie- In the top photo, which character/actress remained with this show as a regular for its entire run? 3 bonus pts (Just to be clear, either the character's name or the actress who played her is acceptable)
9. 2 pts- TV show/fictional
10. 4 pts- TV show/real 

11-15

11. 3 pts- real/fictional
12. 4 pts- real/real
13. 2 pts- movie/real
14. 2 pts- real/movie- What is this man's birth name? 4 bonus pts 
15. 6 pts- real/real

Monday, September 9, 2013

Answers to Friday Funday Trivia: Football Flicks

 

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

1st place- Jess and Michelle- 50 pts each... good job!
2nd place- Rich and Teresa: 48 pts each
3rd place- Nate: 40 pts

Due to the September contest, I've also included the next 3 scores...
Jenna: 39 pts
Becky: 28 pts
Jeff: 23 pts

 1-5

1. 2 pts- Remember the Titans. This movie was primarily set in what decade?  3 bonus pts- The 1970s
2. 2 pts- The Blind Side
3. 2 pts- Any Given Sunday
4. 2 pts- The Replacements
5. 2 pts- Brian's Song

6-10

6. 3 pts- Leatherheads
7. 2 pts- Varsity Blues
8. 2 pts- Rudy
9. 2 pts- All the Right Moves
10. 4 pts- The Longshots. The character on the right played what football position? 3 bonus pts- quarterback

11-15

11. 3 pts- Wildcats. This character's coach was played by what Oscar-winning performer? 4 bonus pts- Goldie Hawn (who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Cactus Flower)
12. 4 pts- Paper Lion- Based on a true story, this 1968 comedy stars Alan Alda as George Plimpton (a writer for Sports Illustrated who tried out for the Detroit Lions)
13. 2 pts- Air Bud: Golden Receiver (sorry, but Golden Retriever is unacceptable)
14. 2 pts- The Waterboy
15. 6 pts- Quarterback Princess. Based on a true story, this 1983 TV movie stars Helen Hunt in the title role. 

Becky was in rare form with her Best Intentionally Funny Answers of the Week. When I asked her for the subtitle for #13, these were some of her responses: Air Bud for the Extra Lick, Air Bud: Hump and Run Coverage, and Air Bud Ruffs the Passer.

For #15, her answer was Girls Just Want to Have Fumbles. Her answer is even funnier if you're familiar with this Helen Hunt film
 
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