Dankcmo's Random Quiz

Answer: Carlton Fisk

Fisk's dramatic homerun is one of the most well known moments in baseball. He seemed to will the ball to stay fair, waving his arms as he galloped down the first base line. The Red Sox went on to lose game 7 and the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, extending their championship drought, which was broken only in 2004 with a dramatic eight game winning streak after dropping the first three games of the American League Championship Series to their hated rivals, the New York Yankees.

Answer: Algeria

With the creation of South Sudan in July 2011 the largest country in Africa is now Algeria.

Answer: Edson Arantes do Nascimento

Manuel Francisco dos Santos was the real name of "Garrincha" a legend who pre-dated Pelé and suffered defeat only once in the 49 games he played for Brazil, including 11 "World Cup" matches. Garrincha is recognized as the best winger in the entire history of the the "World Cup". "Ronaldo" Luiz Nazario da Lima is the real name of the Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo who led Brazil to the finals of the 1998 "World Cup" at age 21. Jair Ventura Filho is the real name of "Jairzinho" who is the only man to have scored in every round of a "World Cup" competition.

He played on the 1970 "World Cup" championship team alongside Pelé.

Answer: Ice Nine

Ice Nine changed the molecular structure of water so that a single drop of it could change the oceans, rivers and all water on earth to ice almost instantaneously. En Sabah Nur is the alias of Apocalypse, one of the X-Men's toughest foes. Doomsday Serum is a minor factor in the game "Cobalt". Bokonon is the name of the religious leader in Cat's Cradle.

Answer: Johnny Cash

Although "The Man in Black" played with certain members of "The Traveling Wilburys", he never joined the group which also included George Harrison and Bob Dylan.

Answer: Strong Bad

Strong Bad is always good for a couple of laughs. Strong Sad and Strong Mad are his brothers and he is rarely seen without his trusty sidekick "the Cheat".

Answer: As a White Dwarf star

Although before becoming a White Dwarf our sun will become a Red Giant, it will die out as a White Dwarf. Stars around 5 times larger than our own will become Neutron stars after a supernova, and stars around 10 times the size of our sun will become black holes after a supernova, a process which creates a small dense mass that collapses into itself.

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Answer: Peter Sagal

Carl Kasell is the Official Judge and Scorekeeper for "Wait Wait... Don't tell me!" and winners can have him record their answering machine message. Michael Feldman is the host of "Whad'Ya Know?" another excellent program on NPR. Garrison Keillor is an author and host of "A Prairie Home Companion".

Answer: John Lovitz

Lovitz was a long-time "SNL" staple. Other "SCTV" alum include Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Harold Ramis, Dave Thomas and many other very funny folks.