The Misplaced Mixture - (1) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Randy Newman

Randy Newman, who's hits include "I Love LA", "Short People" and the "Toy Story Soundtracks" is good friends with Steve Martin and is a contributing writer to Martin's movie: "Three Amigos" released in the 1980s.

Question Submitted by James Free.

Answer: 5

The movies were, in order; "Dirty Harry"-1971, "Magnum Force"-1973, "The Enforcer"-1976, "Sudden Impact"-1983, and "The Dead Pool"-1988.


Question submitted by nebwary.

Answer: Eddie Eagan

Eddie Eagan who won a Boxing gold medal in the Light-Heavyweight division at the 1920 summer games in Antwerp. He then won a gold medal as a member of the victorious Bobsleigh team at the 1932 Winter games in Lake Placid. Eddie competed for the USA and while he was not the first person to compete in both the Summer and Winter Olympics, he was the first to win gold medals at both.

Jacob Tullin Thams of Norway won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in 1924 for Ski Jumping at Chamonix and a silver medal at the Berlin Summer Games in 1936 in Sailing.

Christa Luding-Rothenburger won medals for Speed Skating at the Winter Games and for Cycling at the Aummer Olympics competing for (East)/Germany. She won a total five medals.

Clara Hughes from Canada won two bronze medals in Cycling at the Atlanta Games in 1996 then at the Winter Games, won a bronze medal at Salt Lake City in 2002, a gold and silver medal at Turin in 2006 and another bronze in Vancouver in 2010 all in Speed Skating. Clara's overall total of six medals is, as of 2023, the most by any athlete to have participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

Question submitted by Desimac.

Answer: A battered sausage

A battered sausage, or more correctly a saveloy, is a spicy sausage. The saveloy is dipped in batter and placed on a stick. The Pronto Pup is very popular at fairs and carnivals, and quite often in the summer vendors sell them at the beach.


Question submitted by Desimac.

Answer: On a 17th-century galleon

You would find them all on a 17th century galleon, they were all types of cannon.

Minion: The minion, whose name comes from the French for 'dainty', was a smooth bore cannon first in use during the 16th century. Francis Drake installed them on his ship, the Golden Hind.

Falconet: The falconet, a smaller version of the falcon, was developed in 15th century. Being lighter than other cannons, such as the saker and culverin, it was used by the aristocracy to defend their homes. The falconet gained popularity with the navy during 17th century when it was used during the English Civil War.

Saker: The saker weighed around 1,900 pounds (860 kg) and fired a 5.25 pound (2.38 kg) ball. The formidable cannon was favoured by Henry VIII who amassed them for his navy and because the ball was designed to bounce, causing maximum damage; it's been said it was the inspiration for Barnes Wallis' Bouncing Bomb of Dambuster fame.

Question submitted by Waitakere.

Answer: Someone who wastes money or is foolishly extravagant

Prodigal comes from Middle French and Latin "prōdigālis" - meaning wasteful, a spendthrift.

In the Bible, the younger son of a rich man demands his inheritance but squanders it. Shamefully returning home, he begs to be employed as a servant. Instead, his joyful father welcomes him, much to the disgust of the elder son who had worked hard.

The word 'prodigy' is from a different root.

Question submitted by Waitakere.

Answer: Johann Strauss Sr

Richard Strauss Sr composed the "Radetzky March".
Richard Strauss a modern German composer (1864-1949), composed "Also Sprach Zarathustra",(the theme from the movie, "2001 a Space Odyssey"). Johann Strauss Jr was the waltz king, "The Blue Danube", "Tales From the Vienna Woods" et al. Levi Strauss was the first manufacturer of riveted blue jeans.

Question submitted by dekeaunt.

Answer: Jay McCarroll

All the people named were winners of "Project Runway", but Jay McCarrol was the winner of the first season. He won $100,000 and a Banana Republic mentorship, although, he turned them down because there was a clause in the contract that would have given the production company 10% of all the revenue from all his professional work in perpetuity! That clause has since been dropped. McCarroll did accept the chance to show his work at New York fashion week. He now teaches at the Philadelphia University and has a fashion line, on the home shopping channel QVC.

Chloe Dao won season 2.
Jeffrey Sebelia won season 3.
Christian Siriano won season 4.

Question submitted by dekeaunt.

Answer: Mount Cook

Mount Cook, indigenous name Aoraki, at 12,218 feet/3,724 meters, is the tallest mountain in New Zealand.
It is located in the Southern Alps, which run along the South Island. According to Māori legend Aoraki was one of four brothers whose canoe got stranded on a reef and tipped them out. The brothers and canoe froze and turned to stone, with the canoe becoming the South Island and the brothers becoming the Southern Alps. Mount Cook is actually comprised of over 20 peaks and has glaciers, incredible lakes and forests. Due to its great distance from cities it's considered a prime spot for stargazing.

Mount Everest, at 29,032 feet/ 8,849 meters, is the tallest mountain on earth above sea level.

Mons Huygens, at 18,045 feet/ 5,500 meters, is the tallest mountain on the moon.

Mount Kosciuszko, at 7,310 feet/ 2,228 meters, is the tallest mountain in Australia.

Question submitted by dekeaunt.

Answer: Robert Ryan

Robert Ryan once explained to reporters his reluctance to act in a TV series this way. "The only money in TV is in the series, and I want to stay out of those. Sure, I might make a million or so in a series, but I'd wind up being 'Sidewinder Sam' for the rest of my life".

Broderick Crawford played Highway Patrol Chief Dan Matthews in "Highway Patrol". It ran for 156 episodes from 1955 - 1959.

Lee Marvin played Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger in "M Squad". It ran for 117 episodes from 1957 - 1960.

Robert Taylor played Detective Captain Matt Holbrook in "The Detectives". It ran for 97 episodes from 1959 - 1962.

Question submitted by shipyardbernie.

Answer: Louis L'Amour

Louis L'Amour created Hondo in a short story titled, "The Gift of Cochise". Mr L'Amour expanded the story to a full novel after the movie, "Hondo" starring John Wayne was released in 1953. In the novel, the screenwriter James Edward Grant is credited as some of his storyline is included in the expanded novel. "Hondo" was also made as television series in 1967, starring Ralph Taeger.
Louis L'Amour was a prolific author mainly in the Western genre and over 100 of his works are still in print. I am happy to say most of them are in my library.

Question submitted by Desimac.

Answer: Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon Was a congressman then a senator, vice president to Dwight D. Eisenhower and later the president himself, but never a governor.
George W Bush was governor of Texas 1995-2000 and president 2001-2009.
Spiro Agnew was governor of Maryland 1967-1969 and vice president 1969-1973.
Nelson Rockefeller was governor of New York and one the top twenty longest serving, governors of all time. He served as vice president to Gerald Ford 1974-1977.

Question submitted by Desimac.

Answer: Lawrence Bragg

All the options were Nobel Laureates for Physics.
The youngest however, was Lawrence Bragg, born William Lawrence Bragg in Adelaide, Australia. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915 at the age of 25. Lawrence shared the award with his father, William Henry Lawrence, for, and I quote from The Nobel Prize website, "For their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays". Lawrence Bragg was also an avid seashell collector.

Marie Curie (1903) was 36 at the time of her first award, shared with husband Pierre. She won her second in 1911 for Chemistry.
Guglielmo Marconi (1909) was 35.
Richard Feynman (1965) was 47.

Question submitted by Desimac.

Answer: Red Rum

Red Rum won the Grand National three times and was second twice. A record that may never be bettered.

Trained by Donald "Ginger" McCain in Southport, Lancashire, England, Red Rum won the Grand National in 1973 and 1974. He came second in 1975 and 1976 and won for the third time in 1977. He was due to make his sixth appearance in the race in 1978 but suffered a hairline fracture after a canter at Aintree racecourse the day before the race and was retired.

Red Rum died on 18 October, 1995, aged 30. In a survey 11 years after his death, people were asked to name a famous horse. Red Rum came first, being named by 45% of the people, with Black Beauty in second place with 33%.

Question submitted by shipyardbernie.

Answer: 14

On April 4, 1964. The Beatles had the top 5 records on the Billboard Hot 100.

1."Can't Buy Me love"
2."Twist And Shout"
3."She Loves You"
4."I Want To Hold Your Hand"
5."Please Please Me"

On April 11, 1964 they had 14 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.

1."Can't Buy Me Love"
2."Twist And Shout"
4."She Loves You"
7."I Want To Hold Your Hand"
9."Please Please Me"
14."Do You Want To Know A Secret"
38."I Saw Her Standing There"
48."You Can't Do That"
50."All My Loving"
52."From Me To You"
61."Thank You Girl"
74."There's A Place"
78."Roll Over Beethoven"
81."Love Me Do"

No one had dominated the Billboard Hot 100 like this before, and no one else equaled or surpassed it in the 20th century.

Question submitted by shipyardbernie.