Monday, September 3, 2007

Answers to last week's Secret Theme rounds

Ray's:

The theme was the Ivy League.

1) Aside from the elaborate seal at its center, what are the only two colors on Haiti's flag? Red & Blue, the traditional colors and sometimes nickname of Penn's sports teams

2) According to popular historical legend, what was the name of Paul Revere's horse on his famous midnight ride? Brown Beauty/ Brown University
3) What's the brand name of Wrigley's cinnamon gum? Big Red, the Cornell nickname
4) What was the Apollo 11 command module's name? (The Eagle landed on the moon; I want to know the orbiting module.) Columbia
5) Richard "Night Train" Lane was a Pro-Bowl defensive back who set the NFL record with 14 interceptions in a season in 1952. Which team did he play for? Detroit Lions, also the name of Columbia's teams
6) What song was a #1 hit as an original for Tommy James & The Shondells in 1969, then a #9 hit as a cover for Joan Jett in 1982? "Crimson and Clover"/ Harvard Crimson
7) What animal is the mascot for the University of Missouri's teams? Tiger, also the mascot for Princeton
8) What's the title of the Pennsylvania state song (as of 1990)? Simply "Pennsylvania"
9) What 1995 Disney movie about a rag-tag kids' sports team starred Steve Guttenberg and Olivia d'Abo? The Big Green, also the name of Dartmouth's squads
10) What detective was created by Herman Cyril ("Sapper") McNeile in 1920? Bulldog Drummond / the bulldog is also the Yale mascot

Frank's:

The theme was royalty. All answers had a royal title in there somewhere.

1) What 1987 film won both the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars? The Last Emporer
2) What's the only world capital named after a ship? Port-au-Prince, Haiti
3) What vocal group consisted of Bob Shane, Dave Guard and Nick Reynolds? The Kingston Trio
4) In what movie does a ship named the Venture visit Skull Island? King Kong
5) Who is former MLB pitcher Randy Moffitt's much more famous sister? No, she's not known by the name "Moffitt..." Billie Jean King
6) In the original (1962) film The Manchurian Candidate, what card sends Laurence Harvey's character into a suggestable trance? Queen of Diamonds
7) What was the name of Blackbeard's pirate ship? Queen Anne's Revenge
8) On June 18, 1815, a man named Arthur Wellsley played a major role in changing world history. By what name do we know him better? Duke of Wellington; the date was the Battle of Waterloo
9) What California band had their only Top 40 hit (#5) in 1966 with the single "Psychotic Reaction"? The Count Five
10) Who was the only person in the 20th century to have a country named after them while still alive? King Ibn Saud of... three guesses? Saudi Arabia

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