Thursday, November 29, 2007

Can you figure out this week's Secret Themes?

Each group of 10 otherwise unrelated questions has a theme running through their answers. Can you answer the questions and figure out the theme? Answers will be posted early next week.

Ray's Happy Birthday Bar:

1) Which US state is the Beaver State?
2) Johnny Roventini (1910-1998) had a catchphrase in a classic popular radio and TV ad from several decades ago. What product did he push?
3) The Oakland A's retired the number 9. Whose number was that?
4) In 1889 this became the 42nd US state. Which one is it?
5) For what 1994 Mike Nichols-directed movie was Jack Nicholson not nominated for any award?
6) Her 2000 album I Wanna Be with You, which went gold, was a remix of her 1999 album So Real. Who is it?
7) What English borough is home to 0 degrees longitude?
8) Who played new homeowner Delia Deetz in the 1988 movie Beetlejuice?
9) What American socialist journalist wrote Ten Days That Shook the World, his account of the Soviet Revolution, published in 1919? He's buried at the Kremlin.
10) What religious group was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in the 19th century?

... and what theme links the 10 answers?

Dirty Frank's:

1) What 16th century English dramatist, considered the father of tragedy in the English language, was perhaps appropriately killed in a bar brawl at the age of 29?
2) What disease is caused by the toxins emitted by group A Streptococcus bacteria?

3) What unkind nickname has been given by tabloids to radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza, based in his disability?
4) Who wrote the 17th century poem "To His Coy Mistress," which you likely read in high school?
5) In what Michigan city did most of the documentary "Roger & Me" take place?
6) What soft rock trio, two Americans and a Brit, had 11 Top 40 hits on the US pop charts 1972-1983, 7 of which went Top 10 and one of those #1?
7) What classic American TV show had a theme song based upon the 1891 music hall song "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-Day"?
8) For what 2003 film did Renee Zellweger win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar?
9) What famous 5-word phrase was spoken by Richard Nixon in his address to the nation the night of November 17, 1973?
10) What 19th century British satirist wrote "Nightmare Abbey" and "Crotchet Castle"?

... and what theme links the 10 answers?

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