Thursday, October 30, 2008

Trick or treat [Quiz #15]

Answers here

1. What does the term “trick” refer to in card games such as bridge and pinochle? What is another game in which tricks are used? [half point each]
2. What does the term “hat trick” usually signify, and to which sport did the term originally pertain in the 1800s? [half point each]
3. Which famous figure was dubbed “Tricky Dick” by one of his detractors in 1950?
4. Which rock band hit it big with the 1979 Live at Budokan album and songs such as “Surrender,” “I Want You to Want Me,” and “Dream Police,” and which “hot” song gave the band its biggest (and only #1) hit in 1988? [half point each]
5. Which popular animal TV segment debuted on a short-lived NBC morning show in 1980, and who was the show’s host (who found greater success in a different time slot)? [half point each]
6. According to the Kellogg’s web site, what two ingredients other than Rice Krispies are used to make Rice Krispies Treats?
7. What type of product is Tahitian Treat? [half point]
8. To what does the phrase “Dutch treat” refer? [half point]
9. Which actor won acclaim for his 1981 role in the movie Prince of the City and also starred in the 2002–2006 WB series Everwood?
10. Which medical condition are benzoyl peroxide, tretinoin and isotretinoin frequently used to treat?
11. Which radio host unintentionally “tricked” thousands of listeners, with an October 30, 1938, broadcast, into believing that a Martian invasion was taking place, and which H. G. Wells novel was being adapted during that broadcast seventy years ago ? [half point each]

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