January 18, 2022: YellowBelly A to Z Trivia

The YellowBelly A to Z Trivia Quiz got picked up for another week, for Season 3, Episode 2. With 30 teams last week, we feel we can keep this going until Dr. Fitz tells us to give it up.

Each answer begins with a different letter of the alphabet. So, once a letter is gone, there's no turning back. Unless you made a mistake. Then you should turn back. Email your answers to YellowBellyTrivia@gmail.com by 8:30pm NDT on January 18, 2022. We had a few tips last week, so thanks for that. Tip jar remains...OPEN! Feel free to e-transfer to the same email above if you see fit. Now, on with the show.

Let's start off with three music montages hosted on Soundcloud - songs may play out of order, so pay attention to that:

1. Music 1 The six songs in this montage share a very simple common bond. Name it.

2. Music 2 There are six clips in this montage. The name of the song is played in many of them, so that's not the connection - we are looking for a two-word quirk they all share.

3. Music 3 There are four clips in this montage, and they share a four-letter common bond. What is the connection?

4. Last summer, he set a new world record in his specialty – a record that had stood for almost 30 years. A month later on a larger stage, he shattered his own record by a larger margin than anyone in the previous 60 years. He won the race by a wide margin, but the silver medalist also easily beat the old record. Give his last name.

5. They all have something specific in common. Can you name what it is?

6. A Scrabble question for the second week in a row! If proper names were allowed, but all other game rules normal, this capital city would score the most of any capital to start a game of Scrabble, with a whopping 86 points! Name the capital city.

7. This is the name of an endangered species of an animal. The name derived from a misspelling of an African town on a shipping container in the early 20th century. It is estimated that there are less than 50,000 left in the wild – all located in one of the larger African countries. Its name also starts with the name of a very famous person. Fun Facts: it is also the name of a musician and a couple of obscure films. Name the animal.

8. This rare sports occurrence has happened only four times in televised competitions - the most recent last year, but had not been seen on TV for 30 years previous. It happened in a sport that has a few common variations, and pretty much everyone has played it at some time in their lives. The rarity in question has a nickname that is found in many other sports. Hope you figure it out, Dude. Name the sports occurrence.

9. The images above, clockwise, should make you think of what?

10. Hopefully this question will make you smile. In Argentina, the word is whiskey. In Sweden, it’s omelette. In Denmark it’s orange; in Morocco, it’s bread; in Bulgaria, it’s cabbage. And in most English speaking countries (including Canada) and many other non-English-speaking countries, it is this word.

11. Findings by a commissioned research study by this company more than 20 years ago found that the equivalent of a little more than $500,000 worth of their flagship product (more than 20,000 gallons) was lost in facial hair each year. Name the company.

13. Named for a scientific term, I am also:

• An African bank

• An electronics manufacturer

• A former motorcycle manufacturer

• A watchmaker

• An insurance company

• A former film and TV company
• The name of at least 8 US Communities

What am I?

14. Looking at all the pictures in the above montage, what word is implied?

15. These two people have many similarities. 

• Born a year apart.

• Unique similar sounding first names with one letter different. 

• From same country and were on the same World Cup winning side. 

• Both played on the National Team more than 100 times. 

• Both were their country’s player of the year (2 years apart)

• Both are the current managers for the teams they started their careers with. 

• Both appear on many top 100 all-time world best player lists for their position. 

Give their first names that both start with the same letter.

16. Looking for a word to connect the components of the image above.

17. These five images above, in this exact order, are associated with what (it is a four word answer)?

18. Someone has been an incredible award-winning partner for all of the people above. Give the person's surname. 

19. This character has been portrayed in film and television for more than half a century. The character was not even given a first name for more than 15 years, and the name was not mentioned on screen for another 25 years. Translated from its origin, it appropriately means Star Freedom. Give the character's surname.

20. Ok this is a little tricky - there is a bit of logic to uncover. The five images above are in reverse order. Based on that order, which ONE of the following names comes next in the sequence?

• Victor

• Echo

• Rocky

• Juliette

• Georgia

21. This is the one-word name of two Romantic Era poems, both written in the same year – one by a very famous poet and one by a lesser known contemporary. It is also the title of an episode of two different TV shows (26 years apart). It is Greek in origin. Name the poems.

22. The TV show 24, and each of the films 12 Angry Men, Before Sunset, Phone Booth, and United 93 all happened in ____ ____. Fill in the blanks.

24. What 12-letter word connects all of the people above?

25. This performer is known by a one-word stage name.

• His stage name sounds like something that is bizarre.
• The first half of his stage name is the same as the beginning of the name of his most recent album.
• The second half of his stage name is inspired by his real first name.
• He has played a main role in an extremely successful film franchise. 

What is his stage name?

26. The 8 countries above are part of a group with 9 full-time members of an official regional organization (there are also 2 observer countries and 1 associate country, NOT INCLUDED HERE). Name the missing country?