Many's the Long Cricket Night Trivia Quiz

Answer: Fun and Fancy Free

Jiminy Cricket enjoyed a role as significant as the main protagonist in Walt Disney's "Pinocchio", after which, without Pinocchio, he hosted cartoon segments in "Fun and Fancy Free" (hopefully you picked up on the allusion to alliteration in repetition of the 'F' consonant). He did appear in the television series "House of Mouse", but not as a character in "Pinocchio's" immediate predecessor, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves". Incidentally, his name was used as a polite euphemistic expletive in "Snow White".

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Answer: Paul McCartney

The Crickets began life in Lubbock, Texas in the mid-1950s and scored their first major hit in 1957 with the song "That'll Be the Day". The original line-up consisted of Buddy Holly on lead vocals and guitar, J.I. (Jerry) Allison playing the drums, and Joe B. Maudlin was brought in to play bass. They soon produced a string of hits, and when Buddy Holly moved to New York to develop his management skills in the industry, the band drafted in Sonny Curtis as his replacement. Whilst Holly is seen as the star within the group, the rest of the team were talented songwriters in their own right. Allison was the driving force behind "That'll Be the Day", "Peggy Sue", and "More Than I Can Say", while Maudlin was behind the pen for "Last Night", "I'm Gonna Love You Too", and "Well Alright".

The band recorded and performed for over five decades, released the album "Not Fade Away" in 1995, and was inducted into Rock & Roll's Hall of Fame in 2012.

(PS) A molly-dooker is a left hander.

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Answer: J Hudson & Co

J Hudson & Co started business in the 19th century and is better known as the Acme Whistle Company. The whistles made by the company in its Birmingham factory have featured in many sporting moments through history and some tragic moments as well, such as the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. The clicker was originally made to help time keeping in bands and orchestras but went on to be used by men of the US airborne forces as a signaling device during the airborne phase of the D-Day landings. In the 1962 movie "The Longest Day", John Wayne delivers a speech to his men before they take off for Normandy wherein he explains how their Crickets are to be used.

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Answer: Connie Stevens

Connie Stevens is arguably best known for playing Cricket. Though she followed this role with many other acting ventures, she was not very successful as a 'serious' actress. She was also well known for her singing, which included a stint as pitchwoman for Ace Hardware. Her voice featured in television commercials singing "Ace is the place of the helpful hardware man". She eventually melded her talents to star in Las Vegas productions and went on many USO shows with Bob Hope to entertain the troops. Her second husband, Eddie Fisher, is father to her two children, actress Joely Fisher and singer/actress Tricia Leigh Fisher.

"Hawaiian Eye" was added to the detective lineup of shows after the success of Hollywood-based "77 Sunset Strip". This show was well known for Kookie, who always was combing his hair before (and after) parking cars for clients of the detective agency. A popular song followed, called "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" sung by none other than Connie Stevens. "Hawaiian Eye" starred Anthony Eisley and Robert Conrad as detectives for a security agency linked to a hotel complex. They solved mysteries and protected clients of the hotel with the occasional photographic help of Cricket, who also sang at the hotel's bar. The success of these two shows led to other locational detective shows, "Bourbon Street Beat" set in New Orleans and Miami's "Surfside Six".

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Answer: It's unacceptable

A similar phrase to this is "It's just not on" and it is used to describe something that is unfair, dishonest, or morally lacking. For example, "Fooling around with somebody else's wife is just not cricket". In its earliest form cricket was played amongst the gentry and, whilst there were rules in place, there was an unwritten obligation amongst the players that they would conduct themselves in a gentlemanly and dignified manner. As an example, if a batsman were dismissed it was considered proper that he would "walk" (leave the playing arena) without waiting for the umpire's decision. Accordingly, conduct outside that norm was considered to be "not cricket".

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Answer: Hillman Avenger

The Cricket was introduced at a time when the American automotive industry was losing business to vehicles designed for foreign markets. So it was perhaps not unreasonable for Chrysler to source from its UK division. And, the VW Beetle had certainly enjoyed success, so why not jump on the bug-wagon? But alas, the Cricket was not everything Chrysler hoped it would be. It was technologically behind the times, and its build quality was terrible. Remarkably, the notoriously bad Ford Pinto and Chevy Vega looked like dream machines by comparison. By all accounts, it was a disaster, and the Cricket was squashed midway through 1973.

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Answer: Her 60th birthday

The "musicalette" was written to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 60th birthday. Cricket is a favorite past time of Rice and he even has a cricket field on the grounds of his home as well as his own cricket team. He and Webber wrote a 25-minute musical comedy that is entirely sung with no spoken words. It was first performed at Windsor Castle on June 18, 1986. It was performed two more times and then Webber used some of its songs in his musical "Aspects of Love" (1989), thus bringing an end to any possible revival or expansion of the original.

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Answer: Ambient temperature

The equation Dolbear developed became known as 'Dolbear's Law' and is as follows:
T = 50+[(N-40)/4]
T = temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit)
N = number of chirps per minute

Subsequently, it was observed that different species have different rates of chirping and the formula was modified for each of several main species of cricket. You just have to know what species you're listening to!

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Answer: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series

We are introduced to the planet Krikkit by Douglas Adams during the third book of the trilogy (that comes in five parts), "Life, the Universe and Everything". Krikkit is encircled by a dark dust cloud that keeps the inhabitants ignorant of the universe beyond it. When they discover a spaceship on their planet, they are able to reverse engineer it and then use it to journey outside their atmosphere. They discover the universe beyond that black cloud, don't take very kindly to its presence, and decide "it's got to go". And so began the Krikkit Wars that raged for some 2,000 years and resulted in something like two "grillion" casualties. The Krikkiters are finally defeated and their planet is placed in a Slo-Time Envelope. A single spaceship, however, managed to escape before the envelope was engaged and began a quest to gather the scattered components that would make up the Wikkit Gate that would free their planet. They are denied by Arthur Dent with the help of Trillian, Ford Prefect, Slartibartfast, and Marvin the Android. Arthur then decides to live on Krikkit for a period of three years where he continues to develop his newfound ability to fly and learn bird languages.

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Answer: 20

In this scenario, Player 1's opening throw produces four 20s, three of which are counted towards opening 20, and one which counts towards Player 1's score. Additionally, Player 1 hits two 15s and needs one more to open before scoring can begin. So Player 1 opens 20, and earns 20 points this round.

Let's now suppose that Player 2 follows with a triple 20, a double 20, and a triple 15. The 20s are closed and no additional scoring can occur. The 15s are opened to Player 2, who may begin scoring on 15 unless Player 1 closes in the next round. Player 2 closes 20, opens 15, and earns 0 points this round.

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