A Hodgepodge of Questions Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in November 1978 for the fiftieth anniversary of "Steamboat Willie". His girlfriend, Minnie, received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in January 2018, marking the ninetieth anniversary of her first movie.

Answer: Bus

Sandra Bullock played Annie who had to keep a bus full of people over fifty miles an hour or the bus would explode. The 1994 movie grossed $350.4 million dollars and was considered a hit in the box office. "Speed" won nineteen awards and is a part of the AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills.

Answer: Every Breath You Take

"Every Breath You Take" was first released in 1983 by The Police and written by Sting. It is commonly referred to as the stalker's anthem because of the song lyrics. Sting was quoted as saying "I think it's a nasty little song, really rather evil. It's about jealousy, and surveillance and ownership".

Answer: Slash

A spare in bowling indicates that all ten pins have been knocked down on the second ball. On a bowling score sheet, a slash represents a spare. A spare is worth ten points in bowling.

Answer: Thelma and Louise

Thelma and Louise were the titular female duo in the 1991 comedy-drama. The women start out to take a vacation that goes terribly wrong when Louise (Susan Sarandon) shoots a man that was attacking Thelma (Geena Davis) in a parking lot. Bad goes to worse when the woman decide to drive off the Grand Canyon rather than be caught by the police.

Answer: Queen

Queen first released "Bohemian Rhapsody" in 1975. It was written by Freddie Mercury and used for the album, "A Night at the Opera". In 2018, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was released as a movie about Freddie Mercury's life.

Answer: Five

The NATO phonetic alphabet was developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization. A word was assigned for each of the twenty-six letters in the alphabet. There are five men's names in the phonetic alphabet: (C)harlie, (M)ike, (O)scar, (R)omeo, (V)ictor.

Answer: Owls

Owls deliver the invitation to Harry Potter's house in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and then are seen in the rest of the series delivering packages and notes to the students and teachers at Hogwarts. Harry's pet that he takes with him to Hogwarts is an owl named Hedgwig. Harry's owl dies in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" while protecting Harry.

Answer: Roy Orbison

The Traveling Wilburys were a musical group made up of Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. Roy Orbison died in 1988 before the second album for Traveling Wilburys was released.

Answer: Rolo

"Do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo" was the British commercial ad slogan for this candy. The commercial began with an artist drawing a boy and girl sitting on a bench. The boy mentioned he loved Rolos and the girl admitted it was her last one.

The ad first began in 1980. In 1990, the boy flew away in a paper airplane to end the hand drawn ads. Color ads for Rol's began that same year without the slogan.