1. In the 40′s, there was a song that advertised “Fryers, broilers and Detroit Barbecued Grits. What was the name of that eating establishment?
2. Westinghouse sponsored the TV show “Studio One” in the 50′s. They refused to air a Kipling classic due to the possible reflection on their product. What was the name of that Kiplng work?
3.  What was Johnny Odom’s nickname as an Oakland A’s pitcher?
4.  It was the weirdest movie of the late 70′s, directed by David Lynch and featuring Dennis Hopper as a hopped up Gangster. What was it?
5. What were the laws that existed in several states that did not allow alcohol to be dispensed on Sundays?
6. Speaking of Scotts Valley, who was the famous movie director who owned a house there that overlooked Monterey Bay?

January Answers:

1. Will Ferrell in “Elf”
2.  Hank Bauer
3.  Bob Dylan
4.  The tattooed man
5.  Orson Welles
6.  Arnold Johnson

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1. Who was the Oscar winning actor who played the killer in an unbilled part in “Seven?” (displayed as Se7en on the marquee)?
2. The most famous starting line in the late 30′s (they played both offense and defense in those days) was the Fordham line of 1939. One of their players was Vince Lombardi. What were they called?
3. Colossus of Rhodes and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon are members of what famous group?
4. “Seven, that’s the time we leave at seven” are lyrics from a Doris Day hit song. What is that song?
5. When do baseball fans take a stretch during a game?
6. What was the name of the misfit gunmen hired to save a Mexican town, led by Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen?

November Answers

1. Anaheim, Azusa and Cucomonga
2. Senator Claghorn
3. Edgar Bergen
4. Hudson High
5. Cecil B. DeMille
6. The Mystic Knights of the Sea

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1. Jack Benny would continually enter a train station. The train announcer would announce a train leaving on track 5 for which Southern California cities, which never seemed to get any passengers?
2.  Fred Allen would take a weekly trip up Allen’s Alley to chat with the occupants. The first stop was always at the home of a bombastic southern politician, who was the inspiration for the cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn. What was his name?
3. The most unusual star was Charlie McCarthy, a comic puppet. Can you imagine being amused by a ventriloquist that you could not see. Who was the ventriloquist?
4.  Jack Armstrong was the most famous daytime adventure show. What high school did Jack attend?
5. What famous movie director hosted “Lux Radio Theater,” which dramatized movies with many of the original stars?
6. The most popular radio show of the 30′s was “Amos and Andy>” What was the name of their lodge?

October Answers:

1.  Eliot Asinof
2.  Charkie Sheen
3. “Shoeless” Joe Jackson
4. Charles Comiskey
5.  Kenesaw Mountain Landis
6. One (2006)

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1. Who played Johnny Cash’s father in “I Walk the Line”?
2. Who hit the first walk-off homerun in World Series history?
3. What musical instrument did Chico Marx play?
4. Which US President made the first radio broadcast by a President?
5. What lodge did “Amos and Andy” of radio fame belong to?
6. What famous WWI air ace spent a week on a life raft in the Pacific Ocean during WWII?

August Answers

1. Jerome Cowan
2. Mike Andrews
3. Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg
4. Cesar Romero
5. James Stewart
6. Elian Gonzales

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1. Who played Miles Archer, Sam Spade’s murdered partner, in “The Maltese Falcon?”
2. Who was the second baseman Charles Finley attempted to fire after he made two errors in the 1973 World Series?
3. What songwriting team wrote “Over The Rainbow?”
4. Who played the Joker on the “Batman” TV series?
5. Who was the star of the radio show “Restless Gun?”
6. What was the name of the Cuban boy that had to be returned to his Cuban home under the Clinton administration?

JULY ANSWERS:

1. The chalice from the palace, the flagon with the dragon and vessel with the pestle
2. Todd Helton
3. Bob Oscar
4. Ira Gershwin lyrics, but not George Gershwin music
5. Jack Lemmon
6. Tom Lehrer

JULY WINNER:
SORRY, MR. NOBODY WINS AGAIN! 

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1. What were the 3 drinking cups referred to in the classic “poison pellet” routine in the Danny Kaye movie “The Court jester”?
2. Who was Tennessee University’s quarterback prior to Peyton Manning?
3. B.O. Plenty was a character in the Dick Tracy comic strip. What did B. O. stand for?
4. What was significant about the songs “The Man That Got Away” and “My Ship”?
5. Who played John Wilkes Booth on TV in 1955 in “The Day Lincoln Was Shot?
6. Now a university professor, who was the satirist who wrote and performed “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” in 1960′s?

June Answers

1. “Every time they play it, I have a bad game.”
2. “A Bridge Too Far” Laurence Olivier, Gene Hackamn, Maximilian Schell and Anthony Hopkins
3. PG Wodehouse
4. Hugh Laurie
5. The Jot em Down Store
6. Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn

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Here are this month’s questions:

1. When hearing the Star Spangled Banner being played before a game, why did famous baseball flake Rocky Bridges say “I hate that song”?
2. What 1977 war movie included in its cast 4 actors who were recipients at one time of Best Actor Oscars and who were they?
3. Who wrote the lyrics to “Bill,” the famous song from “Show Boat”? (Hint: It was not Oscar Hammerstein
4. Who played Vincente Minnelli in the TV movie “Life with Judy Garland-Me and My Shadows”?
5. What was the name of the store on the radio show “Lum and Abner”?
6. What famous couple bought the famous mansion Grey Gardens?

May answers

• Judy Garland
• “Happy” Felsch
• “Happy Days Are Here Again”
• Barbra Streisand
• “Happy” Chandler
• Garry Marshall

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1. Who did an immortal job of singing “Get Happy” in the movies “Summer Stock”?
2. Who was the center fielder for the infamous Chicago “Black Sox” in 1920?
3. What was FDR’s campaign song in 1932?
4. Who made a hit of this song in the early 60′s?
5. What ex-governor was the commissioner of baseball in the late 1940′s?
6. Who directed most of the chapters of “Happy Days”?

April Answers

1. Ruben Gomez
2. Mickey Rooney
3. Jean Stapleton
4. Peggy Lee
5. William Conrad
6. Thomas Eagleton

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1. Who was the opening day pitcher for the SF Giants in their inaugural game in San Francisco against the Dodgers in 1958?
2. Who played Audrey Hepburn’s excitable upstairs neighbor in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s?”
3. Who played Edith Bunker on “All in the Family?”
4. Who sang the Lieber and Stoller classic “Is That All There Is?”
5. Who played Matt Dillon on the radio version of “Gunsmoke?”
6. Who was the original choice by Eugene McCarthy to run as his Vice-president in 1968?

Answers to March’s Trivial Matters:

1. Ray Milland
2. Ruben Gomez
3. “South Pacific”
4. Spring Byington
5. Warm Springs
6. George Plimpton

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and family members of employees of ALIVE East Bay are not eligible.
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1. “It Happens Every Spring” was a very enjoyable baseball movie of 1950. Who was the star?
2. Who was the very first opening day pitcher for the SF Giants in their inaugural season of 1958?
3. In which stage musical was the song “Younger than Springtime” sung?
4. Who played the title role in the TV show “December Bride”?
5. At what Georgia health resort did FDR pass away in 1945?
6. Sports Illustrated perpetuated a great hoax 30 years ago in describing the pitching exploits of a baseball pitcher, Sidd Finch, who could throw 100 miles per hour and hit the ball 500 feet It was an April Fools Day gag created by a well-known writer. Who was the writer?

February Answers:
1. Ava Gardner 2. Dave Stewart 3. Al Michaels 4. Orson Welles 5. Kickapoo Joy Juice 6. Alan Shepherd

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