Eight is Great Trivia Quiz

Answer: Eight is Enough

The television series "Eight is Enough" aired from from March 15, 1977 to August 29, 1981. The show centered around the life of a newspaper columnist named Tom Bradford, played by Dick Van Patten. Tom Bradford raised a family of eight children in the show.

Answer: 1919

The 1988 movie "Eight Men Out" was based on the 1919 World Series. That year the Chicago White Sox faced the Cincinnati Reds. Eight members of the White Sox team, nicknamed the Black Sox by some, were accused of intentionally losing the World Series in exchange for money from gamblers.

The eight players were were acquitted of their accusations in court but were banned for life from baseball.

Answer: cassette

The eight-track cassette was a popular method of playing music during the 1960s and 1970s. Eight-track cassette players were found in Ford Motor Company cars. Home and portable eight-track cassette players were developed during this time. Eight-track cassettes declined in popularity in the 1970s with the development and increased success of the compact audio cassette.

Answer: André the Giant

André the Giant was born André René Roussimoff in Grenoble, France. He was nicknamed "The Eighth Wonder of the World" due to his enormous size. André the Giant had a twenty-nine year career as a professional wrestler and starred in the 1987 film "The Princess Bride".

Answer: Eight Maids a-Milking

The song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is Christmas carol which list the gifts given by a "true love" during the twelve days of Christmas. On the eight day of Christmas, the "true love" gave the present of eight maids a-milking.
"Eight Maids a-Milking"

Answer: V8

The Campbell Soup Company introduce V8 juice in 1933. The original V8 juice contained concentrates of beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, spinach and tomatoes. The television jingle for V8 juice usually ended with a character stating the catchphrase "I should've had a V8".

Answer: Eight Days a Week

The song "Eight Days a Week" by the Beatles was released on December 4, 1964. The song hit number one in four different countries. The Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr conceived the title because he felt he so busy that he was working "eight days a week".

Answer: Gosselin

The reality television show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" premiered on April 4, 2007. The show revolved around the family of family of Jon and Kate Gosselin. Jon and Kate Gosselin divorced in 2009, thus the show was renamed "Kate Plus 8".

Answer: 8 Mile

The 2002 movie "8 Mile" was loosely based on the life of the rapper Eminem. The character Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith, Junior, played by Eminem, was attempting to work is way out of his family's mobile home in suburban Detroit. Jimmy works at an automobile factory and participates in rap battles at a club to be able to record his rap demo.

Answer: Wild Bill Hickock

The 1941 western film "The Badlands of Dakota" starred Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Frances Farmer, and Lon Chaney, Junior. The movie was about a sheriff and his girlfriend who crossed paths with outlaws Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane. During the movie, Wild Bill Hickock was killed at a poker table holding a "Dead Man's Hand".