Oops! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Batman

Batman starred Adam West in the lead role with Burt Ward as his sidekick, Robin. Each of the 120 episodes featured words superimposed over the screen during the fight scenes with Batman's arch villain. Do you want to know bat fight talk? Well, here goes!

"Aieee! Aiieee! Arrgh! Awk! Awkkkkkk! Bam! Bang! Bang-Eth! Biff! Bloop! Blurp! Boff! Bonk! Clank! Clank-Est! Clash! Clunk! Clunk-Eth! Crraack! Crash! Crraack! Crunch! Crunch-Eth! Eee-Yow! Flrbbbbb! Glipp! Glurpp! Kapow! Kayo! Ker-Sploosh! Kerplop! Klonk! Klunk! Krunch! Oooff! Ooooff! Ouch! Ouch-Eth! Owww! Ow-Eth Pam! Plop! Pow! Powie! Qunckkk! Rakkk! Rip! Slosh! Sock! Splats! Splatt! Sploosh! Swaap! Swish! Swoosh! Thunk! Thwack! Thwacke! Thwape! Thwapp! Uggh! Urkkk! Vronk! Whack! Whack-Eth! Wham-Eth! Whamm! Whammm! Whap! Z-Zwap! Zam! Zamm! Zammm! Zap! Zap-Eth! Zgruppp! Zlonk! Zlopp! Zlott! Zok! Zowie! Zwapp! Zzwap! Zzzzwap! Zzzzzwap!"

"Kaboom!" is an interjection word that is meant to sound like an explosion. If you want to make the boom larger and more explosive then add additional zero's to make it look like "Kabooooooooom!. "Holy atomic pile, Batman!"

Answer: Gee whiz!

Gee whiz! Felice and Boudleaux Bryant were an American couple who wrote many hit songs for the Everly Brothers. These also included "Bye Bye, Love" (1957), "Wake Up, Little Susie" (1957) and their tear jerker, "Love Hurts" (1960). Don and Phil Everly took their popular song "All I Have to Do Is Dream" to the top of the singles chart in many countries including the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.

"Gee whiz!" is an interjection used to express wide-eyed surprise, either positively or negatively. An example would be "Gee whiz! You just gave me a great idea for a quiz".

Answer: Rats

"Nineteen Eighty-Four" was a book written by George Orwell and first published in 1949. The main character was Winston Smith. He was captured by the "thought police" and forced to betray his girlfriend after a cage full of rats was placed over his head. "Willard" was a film which starred American actor Crispin Glover in the lead role. Willard lived with a colony of rats and had a fixation with two in particular called Socrates and Ben. His favourite Socrates was killed by Willard's boss at work which led Ben and other rats to avenge his death. Ratatouille was a 2007 Pixar/Disney collaboration which featured a rat called Remy who dreamt of being a chef.

"Rats!" is an interjection used to express disappointment. An example would be "Rats! I only scored nine out of ten in this quiz".

Answer: Scientists

"Eureka" was a town in the state of Oregon. President Harry S. Truman and Albert Einstein initially came up with the idea of creating a top secret township inhabited by geniuses and brilliant scientists where they could develop inventions in a research environment. In the pilot episode, U.S. Marshal Jack Carter came across the town by accident, when at the same time, scientists were trying to solve a problem caused by an accelerator which was set to alter time and space. The problem sorted, Jack Carter was promoted as the new town sheriff. Sheriff Carter was played by Canadian actor Colin Ferguson, most noted for his TV work and made for TV films.

"Eureka!" is an interjection made famous by Greek mathematician Archimedes after he stepped out of a bath and discovered the principal of water displacement. An example would be "Eureka, I found the bath plug!".

Answer: Kate Bush

Wow! Kate Bush had phenomenal success with her mixture of art rock, progressive rock, alternative rock and baroque pop style of music from the mid 1970s onwards. She became a household name with her 1978 song, "Wuthering Heights", which was followed by "Babooshka" (1980), "Running Up That Hill" (1985) and "King of the Mountain" (2005). The song "Wow!" was taken from her 1978 album "Lionheart".

"Wow!" is an interjection used as an exclamation of thrill, wonder or enjoyment. An example would be "Wow!" Kate Bush once quoted "I think quotes are very dangerous things"".

Answer: Balderdash

Balderdash, Absolute Balderdash and Beyond Balderdash are all board games for 4, 5 or 6 players. The game includes a die, set of definition cards, game board, coloured tokens, spinner and bluffing pad. The aim of the game is to win as many points by bluffing other players into believing you have the correct definition of a word or acronym. The categories include words, people, initials, movies or law.

"Balderdash!" is an interjection which means nonsense, rubbish, drivel or baloney. An example would be "Balderdash! There is no way that M.A.D.D. is the acronym for Mothers Against Drunk Driving". Well yes actually, it is!

Answer: Dog

Penrod "Penry" Pooch was a canine janitor at a police station. Unbeknownst to the other people who worked in the same building, he turned into a super hero at any sign of trouble. His alter ego was called "Hong Kong Phooey", a martial arts expert who drove a Phooeymobile and was accompanied by his cat, Spot. The voice behind "Hong Kong Phooey" was Scatman Crothers. He was also a voiceover artist in "Harlem Globetrotters", another Hanna-Barbera cartoon which featured on a Saturday morning show in the early seventies.

"Phooey!" is an interjection used as an exclamation of disbelief or contempt. An example would be "Phooey!" You don't expect me to believe that dogs can do Kung Fu?".

Answer: Jinx

Pierce Brosnan starred in the 20th James Bond film where he met the National Security Agency agent, Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson, in Cuba. Together they stopped the main instigator, Gustav Graves, from creating a new satellite called Icarus. Madonna wrote and sung the title song and also played a cameo role in the film as a fencing instructor.

"Jinx" is an interjection that represents bad luck. It is also used when two people say the same word at the same time, similar to the word "snap!".

Answer: Magazines

"Yes!" is a quarterly published and online American magazine which talks about current issues ranging from social, political, and environmental concerns. "Hello" and "OK" are both weekly magazines published in the UK which specialise in celebrity news and lifestyle. "Bon Appétit!" is an American monthly food and entertainment magazine which also has an online site that gives useful tips and tasty recipes.

"Yes!", "Hello!", "OK!" and "Bon Appétit!" are all interjections used by millions of people every day. There is no better way to advertise a magazine than have a title which is punchy, captivating, and will grab a person's interest as soon as they see the cover.

Answer: 17

There are a total of 18 words in the phonetic alphabet with two syllables. We already know Bravo is one of them and here is a list of the others: Alpha, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Hotel, Kilo, Lima, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Tango, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee and Zulu.

Golf and Mike have only one syllable.
India, Juliet, November, Romeo, Sierra and Uniform all have three syllables.

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