Thursday, August 9, 2007

Answers to last week's Secret Theme rounds

Ray's:

The theme was former Philadelphia Eagles players. The Eagles player's name appears after each answer.

1) What civil rights leader coined the term "Black Power" in a 1967 speech?
Stokely Carmichael, not Malcolm X, who was killed in 1965. / Harold Carmichael
2) Which Pennsylvania county has the highest average household income?
Montgomery County/ Wilbert Montgomery
3) What highly successful 1975 movie is based upon a novel of the same title written by Peter Benchley?
Jaws/ Ron Jaworski
4) According to the classic rock band Cream, where do the shadows run from themselves? In the "White Room,"/ Reggie White
5) What TV advertising slogan is UPS currently using?
"What Can Brown Do for You?" / Jerome Brown
6) What character did Ron Howard play on Happy Days?
Richie Cunningham/ Randall Cunningham
7) Despite popular belief, what drug-related phrase never appears in any of the Sherlock Holmes stories written by creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
"Quick, Watson, the needle!" (read this excellent article!)/ Mike Quick
8) Who wrote Gone with the Wind?
Margaret Mitchell / Freddie Mitchell
9) What was a large portion of what came to be known as the State of Tennessee known as in the period 1784-1787?
Franklin / Tony Franklin, the 1980 Super Bowl team's barefooted kicker
10) Who published the abolitionist newspaper The North Star?
Frederick Douglass / Hugh Douglas

Frank's:

The theme was squares of the numbers 1-10. I accepted anything including "square numbers."

1) In 1971, the folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley had their only Top 40 hit with a song that went to #10 on the pop charts. Name it.
"One Toke Over the LIne" / 1 is 1 squared
2) What vocal group, formed in Newark, NJ in 1955, had 30 Top 40 hits in the period 1962-1976?
The Four Seasons / 4 is 2 squared
3) What band's 1989 debut album was titled Pretty Hate Machine?
Nine Inch Nails / 9 is 3 squared
4) What 1984 film stars Molly Ringwold as Sam Baker?
Sixteen Candles / 16 is 4 squared
5) What NFL star has the nickname "The President?"
New Orleans' Reggie Bush, #25 / 25 is 5 squared
6) What Philadelphia Eagles running back played his college ball at Villanova?
Brian Westbrook, #36 / 6 is 36 squared
7) What 1966 novel features the character Oedipa Maas?
The Crying of Lot 49 / 49 is 7 squared
8) What Beatles song makes reference to three children named Vera, Chuck and Dave?
"When I'm Sixty-Four" / 64 is 8 squared
9) What group is Ralph "Sonny" Barger famously associated with?
Hell's Angels; their site explains their use of "81" / 81 is 9 squared
10) In the US you dial "0" for the operator. What number do you dial in Britain?
100 / 100 is 10 squared

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