home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   rec.games.trivia      Discussion about trivia games      32,813 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 31,302 of 32,813   
   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 2, Rounds 7-8 - duck   
   21 Feb 23 23:10:43   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Ducks in Pop Culture   
      
   > 1. This company has a duck in its logo.  They """are""" the largest   
   >    supplier of supplemental insurance in the USA, and life insurance   
   >    in Japan.  Gilbert Gottfried was fired in 2011 for insensitive   
   >    jokes about the Japanese tsunami that year.  Name the company.   
      
   AFLAC   
      
   > 3. Name the reality show featuring the Robertson family and their   
   >    business empire.  In December 2013 Phil Robertson made anti-gay   
   >    bigoted statements.   
      
   Duck Dynasty   
      
   > 4. Name the 1908 Beatrix Potter character: a duck who asks a fox   
   >    to help her keep her eggs safe.   
      
   Jemima Puddleduck   
      
   > 5. Name the 1843 Hans Christian Anderson story, about a family of   
   >    ducks who adopt another bird.   
      
   The Ugly Duckling   
      
   > 6. Give the nickname of Jon Cryer's character in the 1986 movie   
   >    "Pretty in Pink", a John Hughes Brat Pack movie.   
      
   Ducky   
      
   > 7. Name the song that was a novelty hit in 1976 for DJ Rick Dees,   
   >    reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.   
      
   Disco Duck   
      
   > 8. Name the duck character who plays basketball with Michael Jordan   
   >    and Bugs Bunny in the 1996 movie "Space Jam".   
      
   Daffy Duck   
      
   > 9. Name the title of the 1933 Marx brothers movie involving schemes   
   >    to take over a small country.   
      
   Duck Soup   
      
   > 10. Name the title of the 1992 Emilio Estevez movie where he   
   >    coaches a kids' hockey team.   
      
   The Mighty Ducks   
      
   > * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Eponymous Medical Conditions   
      
   > 1. Marfan syndrome.   
      
   connective tissue   
      
   > 2. Hansen's disease.   
      
   peripheral nervous system (causes lack of sensation)   
      
   > 3. M?ni?re's disease.   
      
   vestibular system (causes vertigo)   
      
   > 4. Raynaud's disease.   
      
   causes extreme sensitivity to cold in extremeties   
      
   > 5. Cushing's disease.   
      
   thyroid   
      
   --   
   _______________________________________________________________________   
   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca