Something Is "Rank" around Here! Quiz

Answer: Colonel Mustard

Colonel Mustard is a fictional character in the game of Clue (Cluedo in the United Kingdom). He is considered to be quite dignified yet dangerous. This thirty-to-forty-year-old military man was originally called Colonel Yellow but his name was changed just before the first edition of Clue was released in 1949. Colonel Mustard's character, portrayed on a card, started out portrayed as a great white hunter and also as an imperialist. The board game is a crime fiction game involving the murder of Mr. Boddy ("Dr. Black" in the United Kingdom). Players must take turns moving around the game board as they try to fit clues together. As the game progresses someone will be able to determine who the murderer was, in which room the murder happened and which weapon was used. The game consists of cards and tokens. One card from the suspect cards, one card from the room cards and one card from the weapon cards are placed in an envelope. These cards are the final answer to the clues.
The film "Clue" (1985) is a comedy based on the board game. Actor Martin Mull played the role of Colonel Mustard. Eileen Brennan as Mrs. Peacock, Madeline Kahn as Mrs. White, Christopher Lloyd a Professor Plum, Michael McKean as Mr. Green and Lesley Ann Warren as Miss Scarlet starred as the remaining cast of suspects.

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Answer: Corn

Cap'n Crunch is a Quaker Oats product and was introduced over 50 years ago--1963, to be exact. The original ads for the cereal proclaimed, "It's got corn for crunch, oats for punch and it stays crunchy, even in milk." In its 50+ years, the cereal has had many variations, including Choco Crunch, Peanut Butter Crunch, Crunch Berries, Halloween Crunch (green crunch berries shaped like ghosts), Christmas Crunch (red and green crunch berries) and Home Run Crunch (with marshmallows shaped like gloves, caps and home plate).
Someone recently noticed that Cap'n Crunch (whose full name, apparently, is Horatio Magellan Crunch) only has three stripes on his sleeves indicating he is a commander, not a captain. A naval captain has four stripes. I consider that oat-rageous.

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Answer: Private Parts

Stern was born in 1954. His father owned a recording studio so he was exposed to many talented people in his youth. Later he attended Boston University where he developed his interest in radio. He found that he could build his audience by being outrageous and peppering his patter with high sexual content. During his career he has been fined over 2.5 million dollars for FCC violations.

In 1993 "Private Parts" became a best seller, partly due to the fact that it was banned by some outlets. Also, it received daily publicity on his radio show. In 1997 the film adaptation came to the screen. But who was to play Stern? Stern, of course. He received awards as both the worst and best actor for his performance. Over all, the film got positive reviews by the major film critics and got an 80% from Rotten Tomatoes.

Stern has retreated to satellite radio, partly to reduce FCC fines, but still makes television appearances.

Stern reflects on his childhood in "Private Parts":

"I grew up the only white man in a black neighborhood in Roosevelt, Long Island, a pawn in my mother's little social experiment in integration."

"I didn't go to baseball games; my father's favorite sport was yelling."

"I'm an obsessive-compulsive, anal-retentive, miserable neurotic because I was raised by a woman who ran her household with the intensity of Hitler."

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Answer: Secretary of the Navy

The Commandant of the Marine Corps is the latest addition to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having joined the JCS in 1978. He reports to the Secretary of the Navy because the Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy and is in service to the Navy as well as being part of the Naval budget. The Joint Chiefs advise the Secretary of Defense, Homeland Security, the National Security Council and the President on military matters.

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Answer: Muskrat Love

"And they whirled and they twirled and they tango
Singin' and jinglin' a jangle
Floatin' like the heavens above
Looks like muskrat love"

"Muskrat Love" reached #4 on the US Billboard charts in 1976. The song was written and recorded in 1972 by Willis Alan Ramsey under the title "Muskrat Candlelight". America recorded a version a year later before Captain and Tennille made it a hit.
They had another hit with "Love Will Keep Us Together" (1975). Or will it? Tennille filed for divorce from Dragon in early 2014 after 39 years of marriage.

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Answer: Andy Griffith

Andy Griffith later had his own highly successful TV show, cleverly titled "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-1968).
His portrayal of the perturbing private in "No Time for Sergeants" began with the show on the Great White Way. It ran for almost 800 performances at the Alvin Theater, from October 1955 to September 1957. Griffith reprised the role of Will Stockdale in the 1958 film of the same name, which co-starred Myron McCormick in the role of the hapless Sergeant King, (McCormick had also played that role on Broadway).

"No Time for Sergeants" originally began as a 1954 novel by Mac Hyman (the only novel of his published before he died at age 39). The play and the movie came about thanks to the adapted writing of Ira Levin ("Rosemary's Baby"). The TV series which began in 1964 lasted for just 34 episodes and starred Sammy Jackson in the lead role. The comic book series was available from 1958-1960.

Richard Dawson starred in "Hogan's Heroes, Alan Alda was a smash in "M*A*S*H, and Phil Silvers was the scheming Sergeant Ernest Bilko on "the Phil Silvers Show" (A.K.A. "You'll Never Get Rich").

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Answer: Buster Keaton

The title is somewhat misleading in that the 'General' is a locomotive. Buster has been rejected for military service because of his knowledge of steam engines. In short, through the course of the movie, he is pursued by both the Yankees and the Rebels. Though it lost money at first release, and perhaps caused Keaton his job, it has earned a permanent place on classic film lists.

Keaton did many of his own stunts. As director, he hired 500 extras and dressed them in Northern uniforms. The next day he had the same 500 men dress as confederates. Through clever film editing, he staged a battle.

Keaton moved the outdoor shooting to Cottage Grove, Oregon. There he staged the climatic train wreck on the bridge. When the filming was done, he left the wreckage in the canyon where it crashed. For over twenty years it was a tourist attraction until it was salvaged for scrap during World War Two.

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Answer: Strawberries

The mutiny was led by Lt. Steve Maryk (Van Johnson) and Lt. Tom Keefer (Fred McMurray). "The Caine Mutiny" received seven Oscar nominations, including Humphrey Bogart for his role of the deteriorating Queeg. Jose Ferrer brilliantly portrayed Lt. Barney Greenfield, a naval attorney charged with defending the mutineers at their Court-Martial.
Wouk's novel won him the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1951, and was a N.Y. Times number one bestseller.
When adapted as a Broadway show in 1954, it was titled "The Caine Mutiny Court- Martial", starred veteran actor Lloyd Nolan as Captain Queeg, and ran for 451 performances.

Interesting fact: When Humphrey Bogart was filming "The Caine Mutiny", he had already been diagnosed with the throat cancer that would claim his life three years later.

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Answer: Captain America

"Now I'm calling all citizens from all over the world
This is Captain America calling
I bailed you out when you were down on your knees
So will you catch me now I'm falling"

A North American resurgence in popularity was underway by the late 1970s for original British Invasion group The Kinks. Their profile was boosted by the 1978 Van Halen hit cover of their classic 'You Really Got Me'. 1979's 'Low Budget' was the Kinks third consecutive top 40 album, and featured two songs that name-checked famous superheroes, the minor hit 'Wish I Could Fly Like Superman', and 'Catch Me Now I'm Falling'.

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Answer: Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman revolutionized poetry with his publication of "Leaves of Grass" in 1855 by his use of 'free verse' which calculated on the image created by the words and not just rhyme. He was never satisfied with his work and continued to revise it until his death.

Whitman was deeply affected by the civil war and made his contribution by being a volunteer nurse in a hospital for the wounded. Although he led a low key life, his poetry and life style made him controversial. "O Captain, My Captain" is regarded as Lincoln's most remembered elegy. It has been a standard for high school text books.

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Answer: The Pirates of Penzance

The song is "The Major-General's Song", also known as "Modern Major-General's Song" from Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance". It is sung by Major-General Stanley upon his entrance in the comedic opera. The song is what is known as a "patter" song. A patter song is one with a lot of words, some of which are fairly long, sung at a rapid tempo. Patter songs require good enunciation ability. Danny Kaye was good at singing patter songs, such as "The Maladjusted Jester" from "The Court Jester" movie. Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues", Busta Rhyme's "Gimme Some More" and R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It" all have an element of the patter song in them. Auctioneers and square dance callers use patter as well.
Did you hear about the major-general who had an army of pigeons? He wanted to start a military coo.

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Answer: 4-star General

Regardless of his official rank, the Commandant of the Marine Corps serves as a 4-star general while a member of the Joint Chiefs; he reverts to his official rank at the conclusion of his 4-year term. His headquarters are at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C., "8th and I" (named after the street intersections), founded by President Thomas Jefferson and the 3rd Commandant of the Corps, also known as the "Oldest Post in the Corps".

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Answer: Corporal 'Radar' O'Reilly

Corporal Walter Eugene 'Radar' O'Reilly was an animal loving, soft spoken character played by Gary Burghoff. His nickname 'Radar' was his moniker due to his amazing ability to hear approaching helicopters, carrying the wounded, before anyone else heard them. He was able to finish his commander's sentences through, what some thought was, extra-sensory perception.

'Radar's' character, on television, started out as sneaky and as having mailed an entire Jeep, bit by bit, home. Not long after the pilot episode, many of the characters were transforming and so did the character of 'Radar' O'Reilly. He became more meek and shy, not liking cigars or strong liquor. He enjoyed grape soda and was responsible for being in charge of the camp PA (Public announcements) as well as the radio network at the M*A*S*H (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) base, wherever that might be.
Eventually, the character of 'Radar', was granted a hardship discharge due to his uncle's passing. He had to return home to help on the family's farm in season 8.

Gary Burghoff was born in Bristol, Connecticut, U.S. on May 24, 1943. He was born with only three fingers on his left hand but that never stopped him. He was a drummer and a tap dancer and began his acting experience with the Belfry Players of Williams Bay, Wisconsin. In the Off-Broadway production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" (1967), Gary played the role of Charlie Brown. With his diverse mixture of talents it is no wonder that Burghoff was nominated for six Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He won the Emmy in 1977.

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Answer: Gary Cooper

It was "Coop" who took home the Oscar for playing the Tennessee farm boy, who had initially sought to be exempted from the draft, since he was a conscientious objector. York's request was denied and he was inducted November 24, 1917. While still a Corporal, he led a heavily outnumbered band of American doughboys in defeating German forces, killing dozens and capturing over 130 German fighters in the November 1918 battle. York's actions earned him a promotion to Sergeant, as well as The Medal of Honor, America's highest military award.

Interesting fact: The Oscar for "Sergeant York" was the first of two Best Actor Awards that Gary Cooper won. He would claim his second for "High Noon" (1953).

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Answer: Forrest Gump

Tom Hanks won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Forrest Gump in the film "Forrest Gump" (1994). He also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. He was awarded the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.

In the film, at one point, Forrest joined the United States Army after he graduated from college in 1967. Forrest met Benjamin Buford Blue, nicknamed "Bubba", on the bus to boot camp. They became immediate friends. Forrest could assemble his M14 rifle in record time which set a new record. Forrest got deployed to Vietnam along with "Bubba". There they met their platoon leader Lieutenant Dan Taylor. Several months later their platoon was ambushed by the Viet Cong. In the confusion, brought about by the attack, Forrest was separated from "Bubba" but went back to find him very badly wounded. The wounds caused Benjamin Buford to die. Forrest had been shot in the buttocks and sent to Saigon to recover. For his bravery, while in Vietnam, the Medal of Honor was awarded to Forrest. Sergeant Forrest Gump, was honorably discharged after serving his time in the army.

After going through many things like running, ping pong, being a shrimp boat captain and much more, Forrest searched for his childhood friend Jenny, whom he'd seen from time to time over the years. When he found her he learned that she had a son. The boy was Forrest and Jenny's son. Forrest discovered that Jenny had an incurable virus. Jenny asked Forrest to marry her. They got married but within a year Jenny died and Forrest was left alone to raise little Forrest by himself.

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