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TPQ Thursday

In honor of Daphne.

Category: Fads
Question: What adjective was bestowed on Nuprin pain reliever by a 1980s ad campaign, along with "little," "better" and "different"?

Geographically Challenged

Doing trivia with my co-workers yesterday. Conversation went like this:

Me: What US state gives jam-band fans their annual Woodstock at the Bonnaroo Music Festival?
Guy 1: Sounds like the South. I'll say Georgia.
Guy 2: Yeah, Georgia.
Guy 3: I don't know... Seattle.
Guy 1: That's not a state.
Guy 3: Fine. Oregon.
All but Guy 3: [Laughter. Hearty, hearty laughter.]

Define "Problem"

Category: Science & Nature
Question: What fraction of Americans believe they have a flatulence problem, according to a Johnson & Johnson survey?

TPQ Wednesday

Category: History
Question: What novelty song was the fastest-selling single of the 1950s, at 3.5 million per week?

TPQ: Wednesday

Let's "dust" off this feature for a sci-fi special...

Category: Science & Nature
Question: What was ground into dust and dropped by stage to make Star Trek transporters "glitter"?

I think that's supposed to be "by stage hands".

TPQ Tuesday

Category: People & Places
Question: What European capital city resorted to motorized vacuums and a "Teach him the gutter" campaign to clean up its 11 tons of daily dog wastes?

TPQ Thursday

In honor of David & Danny. And the guys of Sigma (and Laura!) for our run-in with the law in college.

Category: People & Places
Question: What former South American capital city made it legal to run red lights between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., to avoid being carjacked?

TPQ Tuesday

In honor of Mike & Keith.

Category: Wild Card
Question: What did John Harris Jr. insist on renaming the Susquehanna town of Louisborg, before selling the land it was on, in the 1780s?

Matchmaker

Match each item in the left column to its partner on the right.

Goo goo g’joob Koo koo k’choo Shebopaloobop Awopbopaloobop Sockitome sockitome Kitchykitchy yahyahyeeyah

Cyndi Lauper Little Richard Patti LaBelle Aretha Franklin The Beatles Simon & Garfunkel

Thanks to Cranium Cosmo. And Jeff Parker.

TPQ Monday

Category: Science and Nature
Question: What archipelago in the Southern Hemisphere is the only home of the flightless cormorant?