YellowBelly Tuesday Trivia

Here are the answers to our Week 9 Quiz.  1. Hurt. The songs/artists are Styx, The Stones, I Want to Break Free, Little Bones, Say my Name, Never be the Same. Sticks and Stones with Break my Bones but Names will Never HURT me.  2. Meat Loaf. All other artists are fruit: Cranberries, Neneh Cherry, Blind Melon and Bananarama. 3. France. The decimals represent the national holiday (Day.Month) for each country. France is July 14. 4. Iraq. These are all of the “I” countries (Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Iran, India, Indonesia, Italy). Iraq is missing. Note Ivory Coast is not a country (Cote D’Ivoire) 5. Elvish. Elvish is a language, no? And Elvis is an entertainer. 6. Kutcher (Ashton). OK here we go: Eric Stoltz was replaced by Michael J. Fox (in Back to the Future). Fox got the Parkinson’s and was replaced by Charlie Sheen (Spin City). Sheen had some issues #dragonblood was replaced by Kutcher (2 and a half men). 7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. These are all ...

Nine weeks. Nine looong weeks. Imagine how unbearable this pandemic would have been without some A to Z Triv, wha'? Speaking of A to Z, we have 26 questions, each one has an answer that is a different letter of the alphabet. Use each letter only once, and submit answers to  YellowBellyTrivia@gmail.com  by 8:30pm on May 26.  Use what ever tools you need to communicate or research.  All right then, let's break it down with some music. These two files are hosted on Soundcloud and could play out of order, so make sure to match your answers up right.  1.  https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/johnny-cash-may-26 There are six songs in this clip that somehow tell some sort of story. What song by Johnny Cash could you add at the end to complete this? 2. https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/odd-one-out-may-26 There are five songs in this clip. Based on a particular specific theme, which ARTIST is the odd one out?  3. There's some...

1. Explosion. Each song suggests explosion: TNT, Boom Boom Pow, Dynamite, Cherry Bomb, Champagne Supernova 2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: They all have double words (Duran Duran, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Goo Goo Dolls, Mr. Mister, Ting Tings), but The Yeah Yeah yeahs took it to triple strength 3. Apostrophe (O’Connor, Sweet Child o’ Mine (G’N’R), Can’t Feel my Face, T’Pau, O’Siem, Des’ree, Don’t Stop Believin’) 4. OBGYN. How weird. It is an acronym for Obstetrics and Gynecology. But not OG, or ObGy. It’s O-B-G-Y-N (but, like the B doesn’t stand for anything). Why is that? 5. Gary. Larrys, Jerrys, Barrys, Carys, Harrys, Perrys are all on the outs too. Terry is hanging in there.    6. Victor/Victoria 7. Jediism. How did this happen? An elaborate prank? A mind trick? 8. Fleur-de-lys (Lily also seems acceptable) 9. Dublin. May be a RECORD. Guinness Record. Anyone? OK Chris wrote that. 10. Brigus. In The Heat of the Night, Rocky, Unforgiven, Green Book, Braveheart and Shake...

Alright, alright, alright, it's Week 8 of YellowBelly A to Z Trivia. Keep it clean boys and girls. One answer per letter x 26 answers, spell out numbers, use surnames unless otherwise stated. Use each letter only once, and submit answers to  YellowBellyTrivia@gmail.com  by 8:30pm on May 19.  Use comms tools like phones or Zoom; and research tools like Google, Bing, or Tribbiani.  Three music questions to kick us off: warning: they may play consecutively or out of order, so make sure to match your answers up properly. 1.  https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/common-bond-1-may-19 There are 5 songs in this clip. What one 9-letter word do they all connect to?  2.  https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/common-bond-2-may-19 There are 6 songs in this clip. All the artists have something in common, but one of them took things one step too far . Name that  artist . 3.  https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/commo...

1.      Oak Ridge Boys: The Songs are all sung by “Men” groups (Baha Men, Men without Hats, Men at Work), except Elvira by The Oak Ridge BOYS . 2.      Instrument: Each song title features a musical INSTRUMENT: All about That Bass, Trumpet, Yakety Sax, Mandolin Rain, Hell’s Bells. 3.      Song: Each is a “Song” Song: Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song), 59 th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy), Open Window (The Wedding Song), New Song, Monorail Song, Thong Song 4.      Hook: These are actors, all grown up, from the 1991 classic film Hook . 5.      X Ring: There are many stories about the St. Francis Xavier University Ring (X Ring) being among the 4 most recognized rings in the world after A. The Papal Ring, B. The Superbowl Ring and C. The One Ring. 6.      Electric Mayhem: As in, the Muppet band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. Pictured are Floyd (Patterson), ...

Can you believe it is Week 7 of YellowBelly A to Z Trivia?  Can you believe we are in a Pandemic? Sad trivia fact : Coronavirus is a straight up anagram of carnivorous . Rulz : One answer per letter x 26 answers, spell out numbers, use surnames unless otherwise stated. Submit answers to YellowBellyTrivia@gmail.com by 8:30pm on May 12. Googling answers is acceptable. Everyone says: phone, Zoom, Google Hangout, WebEx (nerds), Discord etc. add to the fun.  MUSIC Time. We are going to start off the hop with three music questions. Bear in mind these clips could play consecutively or our of order, so make sure to match your answer to the question number: 1.  https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/odd-one-out-may-12 There are clips from four songs. One of these clips definitely does not belong with the other three. Name the BAND singing the odd one out.  2.  https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/common-bond-may-12 For this clip there are fiv...

Here are the answers to YellowBelly A to Z Quiz, Week 6.  1. Shapes: The references are Starboy, Ice Cube, Kite, Heart, Bizarre Love Triangle and Circle of Life 2. Get Smart – The TV show (and movie). The songs are Crabbuckit by K-os, Hail to the Chief, 99 Red Balloons, and Control  3. Washington – George Washington was only in his early 60s when he died but he looks, like, old old in a lot of his portraits. He was ‘promoted’ to 6-star general almost 200 years later 4. Recipe – The stones make the symbol for Prescription, Rx, is Latin for recipe.  5. Kendrick – All the others are places to live: Trailer Park (Boys), (Marie) Kondo, (Taye) Diggs, (Gregory) House, Pigpen, Shaq, (Nick) Cave 6. Libero – the opposite jersey worn in volleyball.  7. Joker – Steve Miller Band’s The Joker was re-released over 16 years after its first release, to #1 in Europe. Joker is the nickname of men’s world #1 tennis player Novak Djokovic 8. Twenty-three – The lyric is fr...

It is Week #6 of YellowBelly A to Z Trivia. You must : follow protocols (one answer per letter, spell out numbers, surnames unless otherwise stated). You ought to : submit 26 answers to YellowBellyTrivia@gmail.com by 8:30pm on May 5th. You may : collaborate using the tech of your choice. Use Google as a research tool. You mustn't : hack our blog or burst our bubbles.  Let's start off with some music! These are hosted on Soundcloud, and the two clips may play consecutively. 1. https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/common-bond-may-5 There are 6 song clips in this question. What is the one-word theme that is connoted by the artists or titles of these songs? 2. https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/common-bond-2-may-5 There are 4 clips in this question. What do these four songs (artists or titles) suggest? 3. Pictures of me might lead you to believe that I lived to a ripe old age, but I actually died relatively young (by today’s standards anyway). Ther...