The Breakin’ Big Hair Brawl – Round 1 – Results Edition

Monday January 5, 2009 | 16 comments (now closed)

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[UPDATE:   The answers have been appended to the questions below. At the very bottom you'll find the current Leaderboard. Round 2 Questions will be up tomorrow morning - Wednesday January 7th 2009 - by 8:00 a.m. EST]

Here we are… Round 1 of The Breakin’ Big Hair Brawl. Many of you participated in the Ho Ho Ho Throwdown so you should know the rules but just in case all that egg nog fried your brain or you’re new to the game, here goes.

First, the contest is open to anyone.

Every other business day, starting today, I will post a round of 14 Eighties-themed Pop Culture trivia questions. Anyone who wants to participate can send their answers to me (don’t post them on the site) at theedzone@gmail.com. All answers must be received by 6:00 a.m. EST the following day. I will then compile the results and post the answers and a Leaderboard.

We’ll continue this through 6 rounds (3 per week) until we crown three winners who will walk away with some useless 80′s Pop Culture trinket and all the bragging rights in the world.

Now – because we are not staring each other down face-to-face, I need you on your honor. No Googling the answers. Just fire through them off the top of your head. C’mon – if you cheat, then you are dead to us. 

Plus you’ll go to Hell. Or wherever the hell it is that Tangina warned Carol Anne to stay away from.

All right – with that out of the way, let’s get on with the game. Everyone has until 6:00 a.m. EST Tuesday January 6th to get me their answers.

Good luck.

Round 1 – FIGHT 

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1.   Which one of these actors was NOT a Saturday Night Live cast member?
a.   Julia Louis-Dreyfus
b.   Anthony Michael Hall
c.   Michael Richards
d.   Chris Elliot
Answer:   C, Michael Richards (He was on Fridays – an SNL clone)

Correct:   George, Kurt, Kerry, Melissa, Leigh, Gwen, Stacy, Jamie, Tracy M, Sean, Justin, Joe, Kelly, Alissa, Sharon, Chris, Matt, Rob, Suzanne, Brian P, Brian C, Stephen 
Incorrect:   Tom, Tracy R, Dan, Scott, Alex

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2.   What is “Conjunction Junction’s function”?
Answer:   “Hooking up words, phrases and clauses.” (That’s the next line in the song, “Conjunction Junction, What’s your function?” I was a little loose in what I allowed (i.e. you had to have words, phrases and clauses in your answer.) 

Correct:   Kerry, Leigh, Gwen, Tracy M, Joe, Alissa, Alex, Rob, Brian C, Stephen 
Incorrect:   George, Kurt, Melissa, Tom, Tracy R,  Stacy, Jamie, Dan, Sean, Justin, Kelly, Sharon, Chris, Scott, Matt, Suzanne, Brian P

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3.   Which children’s show did Alanis Morissette get her start on?
Answer:   You Can’t Do That on Television

Correct:   George, Melissa, Leigh, Stacy, Jamie, Tracy M, Dan, Sean, Joe, Kelly, Alissa, Sharon, Matt, Rob, Brian P, Stephen
Incorrect:   Kurt, Kerry, Tom, Tracy R, Gwen, Justin, Chris, Scott, Alex, Suzanne, Brian C 

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4.   What is a C.H.U.D. (i.e. what does that stand for)?
Answer:   Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers

Correct:   Kurt, Gwen, Tracy M, Sean, Joe, Chris, Matt, Rob
Incorrect:   George, Kerry, Melissa, Tom, Tracy R, Leigh, Stacy, Jamie, Dan, Justin, Kelly, Alissa, Sharon, Scott, Alex, Suzanne, Brian P, Brian C, Stephenmtv1 

5.   What was the first video played on MTV?
Answer:   Video Killed the Radio Star

Correct:   George, Kurt, Kerry, Melissa, Leigh, Stacy, Jamie, Tracy M, Dan, Sean, Justin, Joe, Kelly, Alissa, Sharon, Chris, Scott, Matt, Alex, Rob, Suzanne, Brian P, Brian C, Stephen 
Incorrect:   Tom, Tracy R, Gwen

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6.   Which Love Boat character was successfully voted into public office in real life?
a.   Isaac
b.   Captain Stubing
c.   Gopher
d.   Doc
Answer:   C, Gopher

Correct:   Kurt, Kerry, Melissa, Tom, Tracy R, Leigh, Stacy, Jamie, Tracy M, Dan, Sean, Justin, Joe, Kelly, Alissa, Sharon, Chris, Matt, Alex, Rob, Suzanne, Stephen 
Incorrect:   George, Gwen, Scott, Brian P, Brian C 

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7.   Who composed the theme to Miami Vice?
Answer:   Jan Hammer

Correct:   George, Kurt, Melissa, Leigh, Stacy, Jamie, Justin, Joe, Alissa, Chris, Matt, Rob, Brian P
Incorrect:   Kerry, Tom, Tracy R, Gwen, Tracy M, Dan, Sean, Kelly, Sharon, Scott, Alex,  Suzanne, Brian C, Stephen

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8.   Which of these future stars co-starred in the original Friday the 13th?
a.   Johnny Depp
b.   Kevin Bacon
c.   Matt Dillon
d.   Corey Feldman
Answer:   B, Kevin Bacon

Correct:   Tom, Leigh, Dan, Sean, Justin, Joe, Alissa, Chris, Matt, Alex, Rob, Suzanne, Brian P
Incorrect:   George, Kurt, Kerry, Melissa, Tracy R, Gwen, Stacy, Jamie, Tracy M, Kelly, Sharon, Scott, Brian C, Stephen

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9.   Who are Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde?
Answer:   The Ghosts in Pac-Man

Correct:   George, Kerry, Melissa, Tom, Tracy R, Leigh, Gwen, Stacy, Jamie, Dan, Sean, Justin, Joe, Kelly, Alissa, Sharon, Chris, Matt, Alex, Rob, Brian P, Brian C, Stephen 
Incorrect:   Kurt, Tracy M, Scott, Suzanne

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10.   Which of the following 80’s television shows did Heather Locklear NOT co-star in?
a.   T.J. Hooker
b.   The Fall Guy
c.   Dynasty
Answer:   B, The Fall Guy

Correct:   Kurt, Melissa, Tracy R, Gwen, Jamie, Tracy M, Dan, Sean, Justin, Joe, Kelly, Alissa, Sharon, Chris, Alex, Rob, Suzanne, Brian P, Stephen
Incorrect:   George, Kerry, Tom, Leigh, Stacy, Scott, Matt, Brian C

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11.   What city would you be driving in if you were suddenly hit by a turkey dropped from a helicopter by Les Nessman?
Answer:   Cincinnati

Correct:   George, Kurt, Kerry, Melissa, Tom, Tracy R, Leigh, Stacy, Jamie, Tracy M, Dan, Sean, Justin, Joe, Kelly, Alissa, Sharon, Chris, Matt, Alex, Rob, Suzanne, Brian C, Stephen
Incorrect:   Gwen, Scott, Brian P

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12.   What is the name of the war-mongering super computer in WarGames?
Answer:   W.O.P.R.   (Some of you threw Joshua at me which was the password to W.O.P.R. named after the inventor Falken’s dead son.)

Correct:   Leigh, Gwen, Sean, Justin, Joe, Alissa, Sharon, Chris, Rob, Brian C, Stephen
Incorrect:   George, Kurt, Kerry, Melissa, Tom, Tracy R, Stacy, Jamie, Tracy M, Dan, Kelly, Scott, Matt, Alex, Suzanne, Brian P

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13.   Which of these eighties supergroups had a lead singer who died of autoerotic-asphyxiation?
a.   Def Leppard
b.   Quiet Riot
c.   INXS
d.   Judas Priest
Answer:   C, INXS

Correct:   George, Kurt, Kerry, Melissa, Tom, Tracy R, Leigh, Gwen, Stacy, Jamie, Tracy M, Dan, Sean, Justin, Joe, Kelly, Alissa, Sharon, Chris, Scott, Matt, Alex, Rob, Suzanne, Brian P, Stephen
Incorrect:   Brian C. (Damn – For a minute there I thought we would go 27 for 27. Michael Hutchence will never be forgotten. And how could you be when you go out like that?)

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14.   Give me the character names of the Saved by the Bell star and the Welcome Back Kotter star that fought on Fox’s Celebrity Boxing.
Answer:   Screech and Horshack

Correct:   George, Melissa, Tom, Leigh, Stacy, Jamie, Tracy M, Sean, Justin, Joe, Kelly, Alissa, Sharon, Alex, Rob, Suzanne, Brian P, Brian C, Stephen
Incorrect:   Kurt, Kerry, Tracy R, Gwen, Dan, Chris, Scott, Matt

Leaderboard
1.   Joe/Rob   (14)
2.   Alissa   (13)
3.   Leigh/Sean   (12)
4.   Justin/Chris/Steven   (11)
5.   Melissa/Jamie/Tracy M/Sharon/Matt   (10)
6.   Stacy/Kelly/Alex/Brian P   (9)
7.   George/Kurt/Dan/Suzanne   (8)
8.   Kerry/Gwen/Brian C   (7)
9.   Tom   (6)
10.   Tracy R   (5)
11.   Scott   (2)