Dozen Daily Trivia Answers Explained 10/18/24: Somebody call 911
TGIF Trivia Tribe! And to celebrate the arrival of the weekend, we’ve got a well written trivia quiz to ratchet up your recall of worthless knowledge before dedicating your time off to alcohol and TV sports.
How did you do, Frank? Missed one (damn hockey) Perfects for the year? One.
Here we go!
NFL: LeGarrette Blount, Jay Ajayi, and Corey Clement were the leading rushers on this Super Bowl-winning team during the 2010’s.
Answer: Philadelphia Eagles
Explained: You’re probably more familiar with the quarterback of that team. Nick Foles.
MLB: What former National League MVP hit a 3-run walk-off HR to help the Astros defeat the Cardinals in Games 5 of the 2004 NLCS?
Answer: Jeff Kent
Explained: You probably remember Kent from his time with the San Francisco Giants aka “The Slugout in the Dugout”
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NHL: This Eastern Conference has had the same Head Coach since 2013, the longest active tenure of any team in the NHL.
Answer: Tampa Bay Lightning
Explained: It’s hockey. I have no explanations.
Books: Later adapted into a 1987 film, Stephen King wrote this 1982 dystopian thriller about a man who enters a reality show where, to win money, he has to evade a team of hitmen sent to kill him.
Answer: The Running Man
Explained: And what a glorious movie it was. The crowd depressed by everyone of their “heroes” killed by a Schwarzenegger in his prime.
Celebrity Mashup Answer: Seth Meyers and Sarah Jessica Parker
Explained: You may miss Seth’s hair. But you’ll never forget Sarah’s eyes.
Beverages: Launched in 1933 and produced by Campbell’s since 1948, this brand of juice typically contains eight different vegetables or a combination of vegetables and fruits.
Answer: V8
Explained: Remember the commercials with the people walking diagonally because they weren’t balanced? “Should have had a V8”
Television: After appearing in the 2022 film The Batman, this Irish actor is once again playing Oswald Cobblepot, aka The Penguin, in the 2024 HBO Max series The Penguin.
Answer: Colin Farrell
Explained: Dude can act. He hates the Penguin make up. But he acts his tail off.
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Movies: Starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, and Steve Martin, this 1986 horror comedy musical followed a floral worker who discovers a sentient carnivorous plant that feeds on human blood.
Answer: Little Shop of Horrors
Explained: But did you see the episode of “Head of the Class” where they did a play about the movie?
Music: This Jamaican-American singer broke out with hits in the late 2000’s with “Beautiful Girls”, “Take You There”, and “Fire Burning”.
Answer: Sean Kingston
Explained: My post hint of the day. You remember the hook
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