The new trivia thread.

[jost]

What musical artist was the first to have a "Greatest Hits" album?

Al Jolson?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

The chemicals indole and skatole, which help to account for the particular smell of human feces, are used as ingredients in .............................what?

Answer :

Perfume.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

What is the state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S.?

Answer : Michigan

 

[nondescriptive]

Al Jolson?

Not Jolson

 

[nondescriptive]

Who he?

 

[jost]

Not Jolson

Bing Crosby?

 

[bobistheowl]

In baseball jargon, who is a Slumpbuster?

A Slumpbuster is an extremely ugly woman, usually fat, with poor hygienic habits. Baseball superstitions recommend that a player should have sex with such a woman to help end a prolonged hitting or pitching slump. It can also be applied to guys who haven't had sex for an extended period. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=slumpbuster

 

[bobistheowl]

Which song references Albert Einstein, Knute Rockne, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Rona Barrett, The original Charlie's Angels, Babe Ruth, O J Simpson, Anwar Sadat, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, John Travolta, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Pete Maravich, Joe DiMaggio, Fidel Catro, Mick Jagger, Friedrich Nietzsche, Virginia Wade, Leonid Brezhnev, Dizzy Dean, Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, Linda Ronstadt, Rod Stewart, Getrude Stein, Idi Amin Dada, and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, (the last Shah of Iran), among others?

I Do the Rock by Tim Curry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUsQj_ha0zU

 

[shack]

The Black actor, Albert Popwell, he has played a bank robber, a pimp, a gang leader and a cop.

Good call. I think he was the "punk" that Harry bluffed with "Do you feel lucky?"

I was reminded of this when I saw him while watching Coogan's Bluff last night.

 

[shack]

Who is this sexy young lady's mother?

Susan Sarandon.

Actually, I had no idea until I clicked "reply with quote" and her name popped up. I was going to say I had no idea but she has great tits.

 

[nondescriptive]

Bing Crosby?

not him either, its actually Johnny Mathis.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

What is the name of the musical that Clint Eastwood was in?

 

[shack]

Paint Your Wagon. Also had Lee Marvin.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. what did they take of the conquered enemies as trophies.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Their heads?

Close but no cigar! hint

 

[seth gecko]

Paint Your Wagon..........

.....with blood, I bet. Hehehe!

Also had Lee Marvin.

.......thank God. He's always drunk and violent!

 

[seth gecko]

Close but no cigar! hint

Their cigars????

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Their cigars????

When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.

 

[seth gecko]

When the Egyptians destroyed Libya in the 13th century B.C. they took 13,230 penises of the conquered enemies as trophies.

Then why did you hint to Livluvlaf that it was cigars? You should have said "close, but no penis hint".

 

[Brill]

This song was played at Joe Strummer's funeral, it topped the charts in the UK in 1970 keeping the Beatles "Let It Be" at #2.

Name that tune!