Who-Ville Trivia Quiz

Answer: Africa

Libreville is the capital city of Gabon. Its name can be roughly translated to "Free Town", as it actually comprises two languages ("Libre" is Spanish for "Free", and "Ville" is French for "Town"). It is located at the northwest of the country, on the Atlantic Coast.

Its neighbor, the Congo Republic, has Brazzaville as its capital. The name of the city honors its founder, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. It is located on the shore of the Congo River, and directly opposite from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the river being the boundary between both countries.

Answer: Louisville, KY

Louisville is the largest and most populated city in Kentucky. As well as being the venue for the annual Kentucky Derby, and home to the headquarters of Kentucky Fried Chicken, among other landmarks, it also houses a cultural center and an international airport named after Ali, one of the most notable sportsmen born in the city.

Before being called "The Greatest", Ali was known as "The Louisville Lip", due to his frequent trash-talking towards his rivals.

Coincidentally, there were three more heavyweight boxing champions who were also born in Louisville: Marvin Hart, Jimmy Ellis and Greg Page.

Answer: Amityville

"The Amityville Horror" is based on the real story of the Lutz family, who moved into the house where Ronald DeFeo Jr. had killed several members of his family in 1974. After almost a month of residing there, the Lutzes abandoned the house, after being victims of many paranormal phenomena.

However, disputes arose over the accuracy of many of the events told in the book, and are still discussed up to this day.

Answer: Shelbyville

A recurrent theme throughout the series, the rivalry between Springfield and Shelbyville dates back to their respective foundations.

Both Jebediah Springfield and Shelbyville Manhattan were part of a single group seeking to found a city on that place. The group split up after a disagreement over Shelbyville's idea that everyone should be able to marry their cousins, and led to the founding of both cities.

The other options are also names of towns in the show, but they aren't as relevant for the series as Shelbyville.

Answer: Alphaville

Formed in Munster in 1982, their big break came with their 1984 debut album, which included the aforementioned songs (their most famous hits), as well as the slightly less successful "Sounds Like A Melody".

The album was called "Forever Young", which was also the original name of the band. They changed their name to Alphaville after a 1965 French sci-fi film.

They are still active to date, with singer Marian Gold being the sole founding member remaining within the band. On September 2022, they released "Eternally Yours", containing symphonic versions of their songs.

Answer: Poison

Johannesson took the name of his favorite car, the Cadillac Coupe DeVille, shortened to C.C. DeVille, as his stage name.

He joined Poison after the departure of their original guitarist, Matt Smith, in 1985. Initially, he didn't get along with the rest of the band, with the most notable clash being his refusal to play the songs they gave him for the audition. He started jamming with his own guitar riff, that eventually made its way into one of their early hits, "Talk Dirty To Me". His talent ultimately won him the spot, and he continues in their lineup in the present.

Answer: Male

Ville is believed to have originated as a variant of Vilho, which is Finnish for William.
It became a popular name in the second half of the 20th century. Its name day is celebrated on April 6th.

Answer: Vaudeville

The term "Vaudeville" comes from French, although there is some obscurity regarding its origins. One of the most widely accepted sources explains the word as a derivation of "Voix de ville", meaning "Voice of the city", since the early form of these shows, back in the 17th century, involved comedic performances with the addition of melodies from popular songs of the time.

American Vaudeville, however, was a lot different from the French version. As stated in the question text, the comedic performance was part of a much bigger mix of other variety acts.

Vaudeville declined in the first decades of the 20th century, as the cinemas became the most popular attraction. Several of the earlier movie stars actually had their origins in Vaudeville shows.

Answer: Farmville

"Farmville" was released in 2009 by Zynga, one of the main app developers for Facebook back in that year. It quickly became the most popular game on the site, reaching 34,5 million daily active users at its peak. The game was criticized, however, due to its addictive nature.

From 2011 onwards, the number of active users went on a steady decline, and the game was discontinued at the end of 2020, as support for Flash Player was terminated on December 21st. There are two sequels, released in 2012 and 2021, the latter only based on mobile devices.

"Farmville" was also one of the first "freemium" games, meaning that, while most of the game could be played freely, some features and boosters where only available via purchases based on real-world currency.

Answer: Clarksville

"Last Train To Clarksville" was the first single released by The Monkees in 1966, and was included on their self-titled album of the same year. It is one of the band's most famous songs, and was featured on their TV series more times than any other of their tracks.