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posted: Mar. 06, 2025

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Round One: Movies of 1999

1) This actor costarred with Edward Norton as Tyler Durden in Fight Club and had an uncredited role in Being John Malkovich.

2) This actor starred in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut with his then wife Nicole Kidman, and also, in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia.

3) In Galaxy Quest, this actor proclaims, "I'm not even supposed to be here. I'm just 'Crewman Number Six.' I'm expendable. I'm the guy in the episode who dies to prove how serious the situation is. I've gotta get outta here!" The same year, he appeared as a much more sinister character in The Green Mile.

4) This beloved British actor also appeared in Galaxy Quest as a British actor annoyed at being typecast as an alien. He also appeared as Metatron in Kevin Smith's Dogma.

5) Moneyball Question: Brenden Fraser starred in three movies in 1999: as the title character in the second live-action adaptation of a Jay Ward cartoon, having played the title character in the first, as swashbuckling adventurer Rick O'Connell in a summer blockbuster with Rachel Weisz, and in a comedy with Alicia Silverstone as a man who spent 35 years in a nuclear bomb shelter. Name the three movies.

Round Three: February 4th - The Day in History

1) In 1932 the Winter Olympics opened in what US location that hosted the games again in 1980?

2) In 1938, the first feature length animated film was released. What film was it?

3) The musician, born Vincent Damon Furnier in 1948, whose macabre stage shows, earned him the title, amongst rock journalists, as the Godfather of Shock Rock, goes by what stage name?

4) In 2007, who became the first African American coach to win the Super Bowl?

5) Moneyball Question: In 2004, Facebook was launched by Mark Zuckerberg and what other person, who was then his business partner?

Round Four: Connections

1) In the Pixar superhero movies written and directed by Brad Bird, Spencer Fox voices what middle child in the 2004 film, who is voiced by Huck Milner in the 2018 sequel?

2) In America, we call them suspenders. In Britain, they call them this, as to the Brits, suspenders refer to a garter belt.

3) What lower part of your gastrointestinal tract hosts trillions of microorganisms?

4) In 2009, Time magazine named this Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame musician runner-up to Jimi Hendrix on its list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players." In addition to his original band, he's played with Michael Jackson, Scott Weiland, Bob Dylan, Lenny Kravitz, Carole King, and Mark Knopfler among others. He was born Saul Hudson, but is known by this stage name.

5) Moneyball Question: What category do the previous four answers all fall under?

Round Five: Palindromes

1) In May, you'll definitely see this on the 2-and-a-half-mile oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

2) This Christopher Nolan film starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson might have been a box office hit had Warner Brothers not released it during the height of the pandemic in September 2020.

3) This Japanese compact model has become one of the best-selling automobiles in the world, selling more than 28 million cars since its introduction in 1972.

4) Though he tried learning English while in captivity on Saint Helena, this European leader never uttered the phrase "Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba."

5) Moneyball Question: This Seattle punk band with the songs "Bridge to Hawaii" and "Crimson Wave" formed in 2007 and took its name from a palindrome for a Tex Mex loving family pet.

Round Six: Song Titles Not Appearing in Lyrics

1) Commonly known as "Teenage Wasteland," the lead track on The Who's 1971 album Who's Next? was titled by guitarist Pete Townshend in tribute to two men who inspired him: one an Indian guru and the other an American composer.

2) While the full title to this 1979 Talking Heads' song contains the lyric "This Ain't No Party. . . This Ain't No Disco. . . This Ain't No Foolin' Around," the main title does not. What is the title?

3) From "Black Dog" to "D'yer Mak'er" to "Immigrant Song," Led Zeppelin was notorious for song titles that didn't appear in the lyrics. Lead singer Robert Plant continued this with the first single from his solo album The Principle of Moments, with lyrics that begin "My love is in league with the freeway."

4) Harry Styles sings two songs with titles that don't appear in the lyrics: "Kiwi" and "Cherry." Name his big 2019 hit where the title is definitely in the chorus and also has a fruit in the title.

5) Moneyball Question: In a 1971 movie that spawned four sequels, a San Francisco Police Inspector tracks down the Scorpio Killer. The Gorillaz' 2001 debut album features what song whose title is the actor's name, and the band's 2005 follow-up Demon Days features what song with the name of that same movie which is named for the title character.

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