Monday, October 22, 2007

Answers to last week's Secret Theme rounds

Ray's:

The theme was The Clash.


1) What NBA franchise changed its name over fear of promoting urban violence? Washington Bullets / "Washington Bullets" was a song on the Sandinista! triple album
2) What catchphrase of Warner Brothers cartoon character Pepe le Pew was a spoof of a line spoken by the character Pepe le Moko in trailers for the 1938 film Algiers? "Come with me to the casbah"/ "Rock the Casbah"

3) As regards international politics, what is the group FSLN better known as? Sandinistas/ Sandinista!
4) What trio of films from the late 1930s/early 1940s featured Roland Young as a solver of mysteries with the help of ghosts? The Topper series/ Clash drummer Topper Headon
5) What 1970 film starred Peter Boyle as a bigoted hardhat? Joe / Joe Strummer

6) What's the most populous city in the European Union (within city bounds as opposed to metro area)? London / Several references; the band was from London and the city was the subject of numerous Clash songs and appears in the album title London Calling
7) What character did Keisha Knight Pulliam portray on The Cosby Show?
Rudy Huxtable/ "Rudie Can't Fail" and the film Rude Boy
8) Which US Army division is known as the Screaming Eagles? 101st Airborne / The 101ers
9) What British singer, who had a minor hit with "Witches' Brew" in the '60s, is better known for her 1973 arrest as a madam? Janie Jones / "Janie Jones"
10) What guitarist, songwriter and sought-after rock producer co-founded Foreigner in 1976? Mick Jones / The other Mick Jones

Frank's:

The theme was generals.

1) "Electric Avenue" was a #2 hit on the pop charts in 1983 for what singer? Eddy Grant/ Ulysses S. Grant

2) Which one of the 13 original colonies was administrated as two separate British colonies, East ____ and West _________, 1674-1702? New Jersey/ New Jersey Generals
3) What novel was serialized in the American literary journal The Little Review 1918-1920 and wasn't published in book form until 1922, in Paris? Ulysses/ Ulysses S. Grant again
4) What British pub/punk rock band was active from 1977-80, featured members of Ducks Deluxe and Bram Tchaikovsky, and is best remembered for the songs "Airport" and "Dancing the Night Away"? The Motors/ General Motors
5) What series of medium range ballistic missiles, built by Martin Marietta, did the US station in Western Europe 1960-1988? Pershing / General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing
6) Who played the character Colt Seavers on TV 1981-86? The show was The Fall Guy and the actor Lee Majors/ General Robert E. Lee and/or the rank Major General
7) What 1978 disco hit for Donna Summer was a cover of a 1968 pop hit for Richard Harris? "MacArthur Park"/ General Douglas MacArthur
8) In which US state will you find the Palouse grasslands region? Washington/ General George Washington
9) Who played TV's George Jefferson? Sherman Hemsley / General William Tecumseh Sherman
10) What band formed in 1983 with members of The (English) Beat, Dexy's Midnight Runners and, at least for their debut album, a founding member of The Clash? General Public

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