Monday, September 24, 2007

Answers to last week's theme rounds

Ray's:

One team, unsurprisingly the winning one, figured out that the theme was chicken(s).

1) The British soul group The Foundations had their biggest chart hit in the US (#3) in 1968; name the song. "Build Me Up Buttercup"/ Buttercup is a breed of chicken
2) Los Angeles is the largest city in population in California; which one is second? San Diego, as in the San Diego Chicken
3) Which US state is indirectly named after an Englishman named Thomas West? Delaware, a chicken breed as well as being the home of the Blue Hens
4) What language is the most commonly spoken of the Western Slavic language family? Polish, a breed of chicken
5) What endangered European language is called Kernewek by speakers? Cornish, as in the game hens
6) What southern province of Spain has its capital at Seville? Andalusia, also a chicken breed
7) What Mexican fast-food chain, mostly located in the West and Midwest, is owned and operated by Denny's? El Pollo Loco, pollo being Spanish for "chicken"
8) What Warner Brothers cartoon character, who has a nemesis named George P. Dog, was introduced in 1946 in a short titled Walky Talky Hawky? Foghorn Leghorn
9) What is the four-letter stock abbreviation for software giant Sun Microsystems, Inc. (it has nothing to do with the name of the company, it's one of their products)? JAVA, a chicken breed also
10) What American historical relic was broken in half accidently by a team led by Col. Theophilus Cotton in 1774? Plymouth Rock, also a chicken breed

Frank's:

A few teams figured out the theme; Alfred Hitchcock movies.

1) What was The Hollies' first Top 40 single in the US (1966)? "Look Through Any Window"/ Rear Window
2) What was comedian Jack Benny's perpetually claimed age? 39/The 39 Steps
3) Which astrological sign uses the goat as a symbol? Capricorn/Under Capricorn
4) What musical figure's real name was Christopher Wallace? Notorious B.I.G./ Notorious
5) What fictional character's "real" name (the character was referred to as something else more commonly in a seried of stories) is Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy, KCMG? "M" from the James Bond stories/ Dial M for Murder
6) What number was worn by both Wilt Chamberlain and Dan Marino? 13/Number 13
7) What respected university has campuses at Evanston, IL and in Chicago? Northwestern University/ North by Northwest
8) Fawn Hall had 15 minutes of fame in 1987 for being someone's secretary, whose? Lt.Col. Oliver North / North by Northwest
9) What European country has been led by the House of Grimaldi since 1297? Monaco, as in Princess Grace (Kelly), star of a few Hitchcock films
10) What band, active 1964-1973, had Roger McGuinn as the only consistent member? The Byrds / The Birds

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