YellowBelly A to Z Week 11: June 9, 2020

Many people mark Pandemic time using the scale of how many A to Z Trivia quizzes there have been. The answer = 11. So you have been shut in for 11 weeks, minimum. 

Anyway, back to trivia. Please submit your answers to YellowBellyTrivia@gmail.com by 8:30pm on June 9, 2020. Use whatever tools you want, etc. etc.

How long will A to Z Trivia keep going? Who can say. We're here for now.

Here are our music questions hosted on SoundCloud - note they could play out of order, so match up the songs as best ya can... 
1. https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/odd-one-out-1-june-9 One of these four songs doesn’t belong. Which one?

2. https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/odd-one-out-2-june-9 Attention to detail, people: this is really trivial trivia but very interesting. One of the seven songs in the clip sort of doesn’t belong, and one REALLY doesn’t belong. Which one really doesn’t belong?

3. https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/what-else-belongs-june-9 There are five songs in this clip. Based on the theme, come up with a six-letter song that fits, using this clue: some people like to make a [mystery song name] that includes [band name who sings mystery song]. Name the mystery song. 

4. Each of the seven statements above is a clue to a common font, and the statements are written in that font. Take the starting letters of each font and rearrange them to form another seven-letter common font.

5. What specific nine-letter word do these characters all have in common (aside from arseholes)?

6. Acronyms are typically designed to do two things: (a) decrease the number of characters (for quicker typing), and (b) decrease the number of syllables (for quicker pronunciation). There is a well-known modern acronym that decreases the number of letters by a factor of 4, but increases the number of syllables by a factor of three. Give the acronym.

7. He was nominated for an acting Oscar, and has won awards for acting and writing (for one particular film he won or was nominated for at least 28 industry awards). He has done voice work on many animated films that have grossed more than $3 billion. Before he was 20, he adopted a stage name because his real name was the same as someone incredibly famous. What is the actor’s birth surname?

8. This film was conceived when a man woke from a disturbing dream and had a concept which he then crafted into a script. To better ensure that the script would become a film, he sold the rights for $1 (to someone he married years later). The movie made millions and he is now one of the wealthiest people in show business. Curiously, several years after the movie was released, he had a short-lived marriage to one of the main stars of the film. Name the movie.

9. Can you name the song that should come to mind from the image above?

10. The producers of a TV show knew how they wanted things to end if it became a long-running success, so they filmed the climactic scene for the series in season 1, fearing the actors would have aged too much if they filmed it later. This scene ran in the last episode of the series (season 9). The actors were sworn to secrecy. Name the show. 

11. The four pictures here suggest what short word?

12. There is a rogue comic villain, and his alter ego's name is made up of two first names (like Tim Thomas or Sue Sylvester). The character appeared in episodes of two live-action series, decades apart, and in several animated series and video games. In all of these instances, he was voiced by the same actor, known for playing a hero several times over a period of 40+ years. If you switch his alter ego names around (Tim Thomas becomes Thomas Tim, for example) you get the name of this historical real-life villain.

13. Above is a weird-ass three-legged symbol: There are TWO different islands, thousands of miles apart and with almost no shared history, and each saw this as so symbolic that it appears on their flag!  Name the island with the larger population.

14. Two TV shows are set primarily in schools, and these two schools are both named for the same obscurU.S. president. If you take the last word of show A, and insert a letter in the second spot, you get a word which describes real-life fans of show B. Name show B.

15. This person is known by a simple, exotic, and often mispronounced stage name, but her first name is actually the much less glamorous Helen. She got her stage name from the second half of her middle name. She was born in one country but moved to the UK at age 4. Once you figure out her stage name, you need to name the country she was born in (the COUNTRY OF BIRTH, not the person). 

16. If you consider these seven women as a group, what should they bring to mind? 

17. Imagine the group The Mamas and the Papas decided to keep releasing somewhat self-titled albums. Here are some examples: after their first album The Mamas and the Papas, they tried 2 Mamas 2 Papas, and followed it up with Mamas & Papas. Eight years later they released Mamas Five, and four years after that Papas 7. Next year, they are bringing us Mamas and Papas 9. Where did they get their inspiration? 

18. Given: a city bus + 1955 + a commemorative stamp = Rosa Parks

Then: a movie theatre + 1946 + a bank note = who?

19. These four pictures share a common feature. Based on that feature, name an actor who would also fit this group. His most well-known role is a sit-com character whose country of origin is never revealed.

20. There are more than 140 species of this fish. It is common in many cultures: used in Tapas, sauces, served fresh and pickled. Was historically used in a sauce as seasoning, and as an aphrodisiac and a cure for ulcers and dysentery. There is a Caribbean town named after the fish. In parts of Europe, the equivalent word for this fish is sometimes used to describe a particularly thin person. Name the fish. 

21. When you solve this equation, you get a president number. Name the associated president (surname).

22. A famous author of mostly children’s literature had a penchant for a few nonsense words appearing in his writing. He had one particular adjective that he used in many of his works, describing a hat, a cat, a goose, a wall, and most notably (and more than once), something used at mealtime. Though many dictionaries have tried to give a meaning to this word, it still does not have a clear definition. Name the nonsense word. 

23. This fictional character appears in ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese settings. The character interacts with others from mythology, and real historical figures, but is actually an invention of the 1990s, and not found in any ancient mythology, nor in real history. The character has interactions with Julius Caesar, Octavius, Lao Tzu, Sisyphus, Hercules, Callisto, and Mephistopheles. Name the character. 

24. This musician appears on national TV most days, is an adjunct instructor at a major university, was a producer of the album for a Tony winning musical, and was a producer for musicians including Elvis Costello, John Legend, Amy Winehouse, and Jay-Z. Oh, and a stylization of his name includes a piece of punctuation not usually found in a person’s name. Name the musician.

25. This university has graduated 5 US presidents, 247 Rhodes Scholars, 19 US Supreme Court justices, 10 international heads of state, numerous Oscar winners, more than 35 Pulitzer Prize winners, and more than 30 living billionaires. The university has been affiliated with 62 Nobel laureates.  The student enrolment is approximately 65% that of Memorial University, but annual tuition is approximately 100X that of Memorial (but MUN has no US Presidential grads).  The university motto is אורים ותמים. Name the university.

26. This world city has double-letter vowels that appear twice, and has two other vowels in its name. It was founded in the 17th century, and for many years it went by a 4 letter name (with 2 vowels). For more than a hundred years, it changed location almost 30 times before settling on its current location. Name the city.