Trivia night: pretend

Another night of trivia. Nothing too exciting to write about. Our team finished in the middle of the pack both times with scores of 13 and 15 correct. The winning team each time got 18 and 19 correct respectively.

Since the same team (the lawyers) won each contest, the second contest had a tie breaker question between the two teams tied for second place. The team that won the tie breaker question was a first time winning team and most everyone applauded - unlike earlier when the lawyers won yet again.

Between the lawyers team and the Moonpies team made up of college professors, the rest of us don't have much of a chance. My team is: construction worker, postman, retired engineer, cop / teacher, rancher, and Indian princess.

Neither Rod nor Al attended this night. I joined Darrel, Mona, Jeff, and Marvin on the 3 Dog Night team. I am starting to remember more people's names, now I just need to remember Jeff's wife's name.

One member of the Moonpies team always gives crazy and funny answers to the quarters questions. Tonight he surprised everyone by giving the correct answer to the question:

"In 1934, who invented the board game, Monopoly?"

Charles B. Darrow - though this is in dispute. See here.

I wonder if the winner surprised himself as he didn't select any prize. After looking them over he came back pretending to carry something carefully in both hands. Everyone laughed.

Mona won the final quarters question of the night and won the amount in the bucket, eleven dollars and change.

Karaoke has been moved to Wednesday nights so no more karaoke to hear after the trivia contests are over. Still we all sat and chatted for a while afterwards as the group is fairly funny, interesting, and have good stories to tell.

Questions:

1. What is the world's largest island?
2. Who married Thelma Catherine Ryan?
3. Which artist's last 78 record included "I Got Stung"?
4. Which Wright Brother was the first to fly?
5. What was the mongoose's name in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book?
6. What was Clark Gable's and Marilyn Monroe's last movie?
7. Which famous actress starred in the movie, "Black Shield of Falworth" with her husband, Tony Curtis?
8. Which late comedian had the license plate: KILLER?
9. Which singer and TV host had the license plate: DRUNKEE
10. Give the nickname of a presidential wife originally called Claudia Alta Taylor?

Answers:

1. Greenland
2. Richard Nixon
3. Elvis Presley. "I Got Stung" was the flip side of "One Night" (more info on the record here)
4. Orville
5. Rikki Tikki Tavi
6. The Misfits
7. Janet Leigh
8. Flip Wilson
9. Dean Martin
10. Lady Bird Johnson