March 23, 2021: YellowBelly A to Z trivia
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Things got down to the wire today, so no cute introduction. If you are interested in fewer cute introductions, please let us know!
Email your 26 answers to YellowBellyTrivia@gmail.com. Or don't. That's cool.
Ok - on with the show...Season 2, Episode 6:
Here are our SoundCloud songs. They may play out of order or consecutively.
1. What do these six songs have in common (3 letters).
https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/common-bond-march-23-2021
2. Take the first song and subtract the second song. Take the third song and subtract the fourth. Take the fifth song and subtract the sixth. You are left with a seventh song - this one by a well-known rap artist. Name the song.
3. Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only two countries in the world that are what (it’s a hyphenated or two-word expression)?
4. Write-in question. Each of these pictures above is a depiction of something, and they all share this common bond. They are all __________.
5. One of the funniest things you will ever see on YouTube - many of you have seen this clip we think:
RD: looking for three letters. Bob: gives four letters.
Again, RD: looking for three letters. A different Bob: gives nine letters.
What is the nine-letter word given?
6. Most of us know lots about this singer, but maybe not her last name. She was played in a film by another famous singer. Her married surname is one of the most popular surnames from the country of her heritage, but her birth surname is much less common. She went by a single name as a performer, and she died too young. What is her uncommon birth surname?
8. Analogies time! Steve Borden is to Gordon Sumner as Adam Copeland is to _______. What surname is in the blank?
9. There is an actor. He has played a number of iconic characters. From a 70s sitcom star, to a well-known animated character, to a beloved TV dad, and many other characters. He has the unusual distinction of being born and dying in the same hospital. Name the actor (surname).
10. When you look at the above diagram, consider a particular well-known organization. Things progress from the left to the right from Level 1 to Level 4. What is the word in the purple blank at the beginning of Level 4?
12. There are two regions right next to each other, wedged in between two countries. They are both referred to as the same shape, though neither is that shape. One of the two is a region neither country lays claim to (and no one wants); the other is a region they both lay claim to. Name the shape.
13. There was a cabinet maker and wood turner, turned poet: mostly writing in his native West Germanic language variety. He is best known for this one particular three-word alliterative title which, in song form was the nickname for a former English King.
14. Earlier this month in an important competition, someone competed in two different events. When you add up his two results, they totalled 10.75. To win both events. On the same day! While this specific “total” stat is not normally recorded, it appears that his 10.75 is the greatest same-day total of all time. The person has an outrageously cool and unique first name. Give his first name.
15. Write-in question. What eight-letter word binds the five images in the above collage?
16. Something relevant to us in Newfoundland and Labrador: various types of this are referred to as sweet, sour, heavy, light, blend, and extra light. What short word are we referring to?
17. What word is next?
18. These gents have a common bond. When you figure it out, can you name the most noted person who is absent from this collage (last name)?
19. She is considered one of the greatest actresses to never win an Academy Award. She was a hat model before becoming an actress. She never married and retired before she was 40, following a ‘two-faced woman’s’ negative review. She was offered future roles, but turned them all down. Interestingly, both her birth name and her stage name would fit the letter for this question. Name the actress (surname).
20. Sports is full of zero to hero stories. One particularly comes to mind this week. Some years ago, a team was the recipient of the most overwhelming upset defeat – the first and only of its kind, ever. The next year, that same team won the top prize. What is the name of the team (based on its geographic location)?
21. The largest mosque in a country, and a major tourist attraction, is named for this former ruler from another country more than 3,000 km away, who gave a multi-million dollar grant for its construction. It was designed by an architect from a third country. This former ruler was in power for 10 years and his father was the founder of their country. Give his six-letter name.
22. When you look at these four pictures, in this order, it would suggest the last name of this cartoon doctor.
23. These cold-blooded, marauding, savage, reptilian, humanoid aliens prey on sources of heat; and have no known limits to how much meat they can eat! Following the intentional scorching of their home-planet, they travel the galaxy searching for heat. Their ships travel independently, but within communications range of a larger fleet. It is assumed that they breed animals, as seen from their stock of "goats". They communicate through hisses and growls. They appear in a book, film, and video game. In the video game, they are ruled by an enormous lizard king. They appeared in a multi-million dollar movie that broke even by only $100K. Name the alien race.
The answers to questions 24-26 have something very unusual in common, that may help you if you can find the bond and if you are, like, stuck stuck.
24. Navy officers wrote back to their country's home base about an island they had laid claim to. But their typewriter had a defective N. Because of this, the name of the territorial capital has a different spelling and pronunciation in the claiming country than what locals would call it. Name the capital.
25. Looking for the name of a toy that is also the name of a famous musician. The first letter and third letter of the word are the same letter. By swapping out those repeated first and third letters to different repeated letters, you will get a bunch of new words:
A snack
A dance
A synonym for average
A famous dog
A way to end a letter
A tech company
A Dr. Seuss character
A famous athlete’s first name
A faux pas
A monkey
A bird
So, what is the original word?
26. This city has several things in common with St. John's.
- Its population has pretty much doubled in the last 50-60 years
- Its current population is similar to St. John's
- It is a provincial capital (just not in Canada)
- It is close to an ocean
Of note, its name changed about 40 years ago: its old name had "John" in it, but in another language. And while it was warm in St. John's today, it went up to about 28 degrees there today. Name the city.
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