Monday, September 10, 2007

Last week's Secret Theme

The theme was the World War II-era phonetic radio alphabet. Only the winning team figured that out at Frank's. I've put the key word in each answer in bold.
1) In what 1969 film does Peter Fonda play a character simply named Wyatt? Easy Rider
2) Who was inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 as part of a group, and used the platform to make an apparently drunken speech attacking Diana Ross, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger? Mike Love, whose first and last names both fit the category! The link is to the rant, which is rather uncomfortably entertaining.
3) What rock band's Greatest Hits album is the top-selling album of all time in the UK? (Hint: It's not The Beatles, Rolling Stones or Led Zep.) Queen
4) What round, white flour flatbread is an Indian restaurant menu fixture and a basic staple throughout South and Central Asia, the same word used in dozens of languages? Nan
5) What 17th century Englishman founded the Religious Society of Friends ("Quakers")? George Fox
6) What first-wave '70s London punk band recorded "The Day the World Turned Day-Glo," "Oh Bondage! (Up Yours)" and "Germ-Free Adolescents"? X-Ray Spex
7) Beatles' producer Sir George Martin was classically trained on the piano and what other instrument? Oboe
8) RCA Records was founded back in 1901 under a different name. What was the original name of the label?
Victor Talking Machine Company
9) What English actor played the fourth incarnation of the Doctor on Doctor Who, 1974-1981? He's best known for the long scarf he wore in the part, and more recently for narrating the BBC comedy Little Britain. Tom Baker
10) What world-famous entertainer's body was stolen for ransom from his grave in Switzerland in 1978? Charlie Chaplin

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