Category: Brain Teasers

Trivia: What rock band was the first to advertise an album on a billboard?

Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
The Doors
Pink Floyd

The correct answer is The Doors

So why is this answer correct? : In 1967, Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman signed an up-and-coming rock group known as the Doors. During Holzman’s commute down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, he noticed a string of billboards that seemed to advertise everything except music. He decided to promote his young rock outfit on a billboard, hoping that local disc jockeys would see it and get inspired to spin the band’s music. Spoiler alert: It worked.

The Quiz: We assembled a list of 15 monstrously scary museums across the US and included the location where Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother were brutally murdered in 1892, now a bed and breakfast. Guests who have spent the night report strange happenings, including the feeling that ___________.

1. someone is sitting on the edge of the bed
2. someone is breathing near the headboard
3. someone is under the bed
4. someone is moving the covers

The correct answer to this quiz is someone is sitting on the edge of the bed.

Trivia: Which duo sings “Start of Something New” in “High School Musical”?

Chad and Sharpay
Ryan and Taylor
Troy and Gabriella
Ryan and Sharpay

The correct answer is Troy and Gabriella

So why is this answer correct? : “High School Musical” (2006) was the first installment of the Disney Channel franchise, starring Zac Efron as basketball captain Troy and Vanessa Hudgens as scholastic decathlon team member Gabriella. The Disney musical includes many fun numbers, including aptly-titled “Start of Something New,” a duet between Gabriella and Troy at the beginning of the movie. The film was such a success that “High School Musical 2” and “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” were released shortly after. In 2019, Disney+ debuted its mockumentary “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” starring future pop star Olivia Rodrigo.

Trivia: What is the name on Fogell’s fake ID in “Superbad”?

Dr. Strange
Cool Dude
McLovin
Rex

The correct answer is McLovin

So why is this answer correct? : The last weeks of high school are full of big changes for the gang in “Superbad” (2007). Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) want to end high school cooler than they started by attending a house party with the popular students. In an attempt to get alcohol, their friend Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) gets a fake ID with the name “McLovin” on it. Their plan is foiled after the cops arrive at the party and take Fogell with them, leaving the friends scrambling in a hilarious turn of events.

Trivia: Who becomes class president in “Napoleon Dynamite”?

Pedro
Napoleon
Kip
Deb

The correct answer is Pedro

So why is this answer correct? : Vote for Pedro! The small town of Preston, Iowa is home to many quirky characters, including Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) and his new friends at Preston High, Deb (Tina Majorino) and Pedro (Efren Ramirez). In this 2004 quotable comedy (“Your mom goes to college!”), Napoleon decides to help Pedro run for class president. When Pedro suddenly needs a final skit during his campaign presentation, Napoleon steps up to perform a quirky dance to the song “Canned Heat” by Jamiroquai wearing a now-iconic “Vote for Pedro” t-shirt.

Trivia: What is the football team’s mascot in “Friday Night Lights”?

Tree Hill Ravens
West Canaan Coyotes
Permian Panthers
Blue Mountain State Goats

The correct answer is Permian Panthers

So why is this answer correct? : The 2004 film was based on the book “Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, a Dream” by H. G. Bissinger about the 1988 season of the Permian High School Panthers from Odessa, Texas. The movie shows the pressures and demands of a small town as seen from the perspectives of the players and their parents. The all-star cast included Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Britton, and Tim McGraw. In 2005, it won an ESPY award for Best Sports Movie. The book also serves as inspiration for the 2006 TV show “Friday Night Lights,” which ran for five seasons.

Trivia: Which film’s theme song was also used during multiple Olympic Games?

Superbad
Remember the Titans
Friday Night Lights
Accepted

The correct answer is Remember the Titans

So why is this answer correct? : “Remember the Titans” (2000) is based on the true story of the 1971 T. C. Williams High School football team in Alexandria, Virginia. Head coach Herman Boone (Denzel Williams) is hired to lead the desegregated team and ease racial tension. The film, including its soundtrack, was an instant classic. The movie’s instrumental theme song, “Titans Spirit,” also became popular in the sports world. It was played during the closing credits of the Olympic Games in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010.

Trivia: What does Ronald pay Cindy to do in “Can’t Buy Me Love”?

Tutor him
Be his girlfriend
Babysit his little sister
Date his best friend

The correct answer is Be his girlfriend

So why is this answer correct? : In 1983’s “Can’t Buy Me Love,” Ronald Miller (Patrick Dempsey) is a little bit nerdy. To up his cool factor, he pays popular head cheerleader Cindy Mancini (Amanda Peterson) $1,000 to be his girlfriend for the first month of school. Cindy agrees because she needs the cash to replace an expensive outfit of her mother’s that she ruined. Even though Cindy has a boyfriend, he’s off at college and she thinks she can handle the deal without any snags. Of course, things don’t go as planned and at the end of the movie, Cindy and Ronald share their first kiss and ride off … on his lawnmower.

Trivia: Which character in “The Outsiders” says, “Stay gold, Ponyboy”?

Johnny
Sodapop
Steve
Two-Bit

The correct answer is Johnny

So why is this answer correct? : The 1983 coming-of-age drama “The Outsiders,” tells the tale of two gangs — the Greasers and the Socs. While Greaser Johnny (Ralph Macchio) is in the hospital on his deathbed after saving young girls from a burning church, he tells his friend Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell) to “stay gold,” which confuses Ponyboy at the time. He then realizes the line is an indirect quote from the Robert Frost poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” The film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola of “The Godfather” fame, is an adaptation of the S. E. Hinton novel by the same name. The film also gave several young actors their big break, including Matt Dillon (Dallas), Patrick Swayze (Darrel), Rob Lowe (Sodapop), Emilio Estevez (Keith “Two-Bit”), and Tom Cruise (Steve).

Trivia: Which Shakespeare play is “10 Things I Hate About You” based on?

Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Hamlet
The Taming of the Shrew

The correct answer is The Taming of the Shrew

So why is this answer correct? : This 1999 film was adapted from Shakespeare’s comedy “The Taming of the Shrew.” Filmmakers even kept the names of the main characters, Katherine and Bianca, the same as in the Shakespeare play. Just as Bianca can’t marry until Katherine does in “The Taming of the Shrew,” Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) isn’t permitted to date until her older sister, Kat (Julia Stiles), does. In the play, Katherine is “tamed” by her husband Petruchio, but in the film, Patrick (Heath Ledger) sets out to woo Kat.