FunTrivia Entertainment Mix: Vol 7 Quiz

Answer: Murdoch

80-year-old Rupert and his son James Murdoch faced questions for over an hour. Murdoch also owns the The Times and the Sunday Times in the UK, BSkyB broadcasting, New York Post, Fox Broadcasting/Movies and Dow Jones International.

Question by player teflon_kid

Answer: Hopscotch

Double Dutch is a jump rope game; Cat's Cradle is played using string or yarn; many slingshots use a rubber band. For Hopscotch, you need some chalk.

Question by player aurorerio

Answer: Thumper

The novel, "Bambi, a Life in the Woods", was written by Austrian author, Felix Salten, and was first published in 1923. However unlike Disney's animated adaptation, Salten's novel did not include the energetic, grey rabbit, Thumper, though it did include a very minor, unnamed friend hare. Walt Disney felt that some light relief was needed in his version of the story, and so Thumper was created, in order to make the film less adult-oriented.

Question by player poshprice

Answer: Accordion

"Rock Band", created by Harmonix and released in 2007, was made as a competitor to Activision's "Guitar Hero" (and by the same developers no less!). Complete with a microphone, drums, guitar, and bass and allowing for up to four players it was regarded as one of the most comprehensive music games on the market. Several add-ons and sequels were created as well as five years of downloadable content (additional songs).

When "Rock Band 3" was released, the developers added two additional microphones (for harmonies) and a keyboard to the line-up, allowing for up to seven players in the band.

Question by player kyleisalive

Answer: Blue (from "Blue's Clues")

Blue is the title dog from "Blue's Clues", an educational television show for kids.

Spyro the Dragon is from the "Spyro" video game series, Crash Bandicoot is from the "Crash" series, and Daxter is a character from the "Jak and Daxter" video game series.

Question by player salami_swami

Answer: 'CBS Radio Mystery Theater'

'CBS Radio Mystery Theater' ran from 1974 to 1982 and was produced by Himan Brown, one of the biggest radio producers of the 1930s-50s. Each episode opened with a door creaking and E.G. Marshall's voice beckoning, "Come in." Although 'CBSRMT' targeted older listeners, it became popular among younger listeners, thanks to the 1950s nostalgia craze.

Many stars, veteran and new, appeared on the show, including Jerry Orbach, Sarah Jessica Parker, Agnes Moorehead, and John Lithgow.

Question by player gracious1

Answer: Charmander

Charmander is one of the original Pokemon featured in the first games of the Nintendo "Pokemon" franchise. A fire lizard, it harnesses the power of fire attacks to battle foes. It is weak to water and can, in some cases, be your very first Pokemon.
The other answers are various objects-- calipers are used to measure body fat, a colander is used to strain water, and chrysanthemums are flowers.

Question by player kyleisalive

Answer: Gromit

In Nick Park's claymation series of films, the human Wallace is best friends with is anthropomorphic beagle Gromit. Gromit does not speak but the pair interact remarkably. The corpus includes four short films; "A Grand Day Out" (1989), "The Wrong Trousers" (1993) and "A Close Shave" (1995), and one feature-length film: "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (2005). "Wrong Trousers," "Close Shave" and "Were-Rabbit" all earned Academy Awards. Gromit's birthday is 12 February, the same as Abraham Lincoln and Louis Renault.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Professor Layton

Professor Layton is the main character in his own series of video games. However, Bowser, Luigi, Toad, Wario, Waluigi, Princess Peach, Bowser Junior and many other characters all appear in at least one of the Mario games such as "Mario Kart", "Mario Party" and "Super Mario Bros".

Question by player AdamM7

Answer: 99% Invisible

Roman Mars's '99% Invisible' covered a diverse range of subjects, such as the concrete bubble houses of Wallace Neff and the strange world of radio stations that only broadcast numbers.

The name comes from a quote by the polymath Richard Buckminster Fuller: "Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable".

Question by player Upstart3