From: hamel@primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: WEEKLY QUIZ #15 -- ANSWERS
Date: 21 Aug 92 13:57:55 GMT
Organization: UW-Madison Primate Center


WEEKLY QUIZ #15 --
          There was another theme to this quiz which several players
picked up on -- all answers had the initials "B.B."  
 
 
SCORES:
4      Amy J. McCormack <libajm@gsusgi2.gsu.edu>
4      Stacie Baumgartner <gtephx!baumgartners@enuucp.eas.asu.edu>
3      David Stumme <das@sunsrvr1.cci.com>
3      Stephen Joel Adelson <gt7118b@prism.gatech.edu>
3      James A Berninger <berninge@ecn.purdue.edu>
3      Jim Hulsey <dbsun!hulsey@wupost.wustl.edu>
2      Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu> 
2      William Lamonaca <wlamonac@handel.helios.nd.edu> 
2      Harald Tempelman <tempelma@prl.philips.nl>
2      Lisa Koh <cdc017.austin.ibm.com!lkoh@ibmpa>
2      Wes Morgan <morgan@ms.uky.edu> 
2      Carl Poellnitz <carlos@chopin.udel.edu> 
2      Arthur S Kamlet <ask@cblph.att.com> 
2      Peter Taylor <Peter.Taylor@canada.sun.com>
2      New Wave Dave <damatt01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> 
2      Mark Held <markh+@andrew.cmu.edu> 
1      Steve Hammond <hammond@css.itd.umich.edu> 
1      Misti Jordan <jordan@rex.cs.tulane.edu> 
1      Greg Barnes <greg@cs.washington.edu>
1      Michael F. Booth <mfb@po.cwru.edu>
1      Jeff Wilkinson <jeff.wilkinson@norway.inst.medtronic.com> 
1      Daniel I. Matt <TABN3@isuvax.iastate.edu> 
1      Jeffrey Turner <jturner@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu>
1      Ron Echeverri <echeverr%girtab.usc.edu@usc.edu>
1      David Gibbs <dagibbs@quantum.qnx.com>
 
AVERAGE SCORE:  1.92
 
 
WEEKLY QUIZ #15  
          (Answers followed by the # of correct answers received from
25 players.)
 
#1)  What detective of radio and tv had a sidekick named Shorty
on the radio, and a sidekick called The Runt in the movies?
                              (BOSTON BLACKIE - 3)
 
#2)  The idea for what cartoon character was said to have
originated in a scene from "It Happened One Night" in which Clark
Gable eats a carrot?
                              (BUGS BUNNY - 24)
 
#3)  What employee for WHIZ radio was the secret identity of
comic book hero Captain Marvel?
                              (BILLY BATSON - 12)
 
#4)  Who was the first unseeded player to ever win the men's
tennis tournament at Wimbledon?
                              (BORIS BECKER - 10)
 
#5)  What was the title of the only U.S. top ten song released by
the British studio group First Class?
                              (BEACH BABY - 1, a #4 hit in 1974)
 
 
STANDINGS AFTER 15 QUIZZES:
1.   57   Amy J. McCormack <libajm@gsusgi2.gsu.edu>  (14)
2.   36   Jim Hulsey <dbsun!hulsey@wupost.wustl.edu>  (15)
3.   33   Pete Gayde <gayde@cbnewsc.att.com> (13)
4.   32   Stacie Baumgartner <baumgartners@asuvax.eas.asu.edu> (11)
5.   30   Doughboy <rajesh@longhair.cs.unlv.edu>  (11)
6.   27   Greg Barnes <greg@cs.washington.edu>  (14)
7.   21   Mark Prysant <ccrwest!map@ucsd.edu>  (6)
     21   David Weinstein <david@olympic.acuson.com>  (5)
9.   20   Debbie Minett <minett@seismo.css.gov>  (8)
10.  19   Peter Taylor <Peter.Taylor@canada.sun.com> (11)
     19   Mark Held <markh+@andrew.cmu.edu> (5)
     19   David Ewing <david.ewing@sandiegoca.ncr.com> (8)
     19   Bruce Buck <beb@pt.com>  (8)
14.  18   James A Berninger <berninge@ecn.purdue.edu>  (6)
15.  17   William Lamonaca <wlamonac@bach.helios.nd.edu> (6)
16.  16   Mike Bixenman <mikeb@macbeth.ocpt.ccur.com>  (6)
     16   Jeff Soesbe <yeff@apple.com>  (5)
18.  15   New Wave Dave <damatt01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> (11)
19.  13   Tom Magliery <mag@suna0.cs.uiuc.edu>  (6)
20.  13   Steve Hammond  <hammond@umich.edu> (8)
     13   Matt Telles <mattel@mattel.auto-trol.com>  (6)
     13   Laurie 8 <heard@franklin.cc.utas.edu.au>  (8)
23.  11   Wes Morgan <morgan@ms.uky.edu> (4)
     11   Mary Rose Campbell <mc3d+@andrew.cmu.edu>  (5)
     11   <dascoser.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>  (5)
26.  10   Mark Przybyszewski <V070N53B@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu> (3)
     10   Jeffrey Turner <jturner@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu>  (5)
     10   Arlene M Osborne <amo@mvuxd.att.com>  (4)
29.  9    Ron Echeverri <rone%chort.usc.edu@usc.edu>  (6)
     9    Joseph Hernandez <jtchern@ocf.berkeley.edu> (6)
     9    Jeff Wilkinson <jw7348@medtronic.com> (5)
     9    Daniel I. Matt <TABN3@isuvax.iastate.edu>  (5)
     9    Carl Poellnitz <carlos@chopin.udel.edu>  (5)
     9    Alice R. Ritter <arritter@madhatter.cber.nih.gov> (3)
35.  8    Stephen Joel Adelson <gt7118b@prism.gatech.edu>  (2)
     8    Russell I. Dyreng <bd670@cleveland.freenet.edu>  (5)
     8    Roberta Rheaume <rrheaume@emr1.emr.ca>  (2)
     8    Michael J. Malervy <mmalervy@sdcc13.ucsd.edu> (5)
     8    Matthew Ellis <matt@scrc.umanitoba.ca>  (3)
     8    Lisa Koh <lkoh@ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com>  (6)
41.  7    Blue Dragon <kablooey@control.spies.com>  (5)
     7    Anne Kight <kight@wash.rand.org>  (2)
43.  6    Timothy M Wright <tim@theory.lcs.mit.edu>  (2)
     6    Rai Weinberg <MCSWEINBERG@memstvx1.memst.edu> (5)
     6    Matt Courtois <matt@tara.sandiegoca.ncr.com>  (4)
     6    Gene Gotimer <gotimer@oasys.dt.navy.mil>  (2)
     6    David Stumme <das@sunsrvr1.cci.com>  (2)
     6    Arthur S Kamlet <ask@cblph.att.com>  (3)
49.  5    Tom Hillman <hillman@delfin.com>  (2)
     5    Scott McElfresh <samc@coos.dartmouth.edu>  (2)
     5    Nancy M. Winter <winter@ecn.purdue.edu>  (2)
     5    Michael F. Booth <mfb@po.cwru.edu>  (2)
     5    Mark Eckenwiler <eck@panix.com>  (2)
     5    Joseph H Presley <presley@whservd.att.com>  (2)
     5    Joanne Felci <jfelci@ssd.intel.com>  (2)
     5    Drew <drew@npg-sd.sandiegoca.ncr.com>  (2)
57.  4    Tom Smith <toms@utoday.com>  (2)
     4    Steve Hawley <hawley@mv.us.adobe.com>
     4    Stephen Pietrowicz <srp@travis.csd.harris.com>
     4    Mitch Silverman <mitch@novavax.nova.edu>
     4    Misti Jordan <jordan@rex.cs.tulane.edu>  (2)
     4    Mark Brader <msb@sq.com>
     4    Kenneth Lang <kalang@attmail.att.com> (4)
     4    Keith Piepho <KPIEPHO@vm1.cc.uakron.edu>
     4    John Bremer <jbremer@ruf.rice.edu>
     4    Gracious Network Hostess <belville@athena.mit.edu>  (2)
     4    Glenn Shirley <shirley@swanee.ee.uwa.oz.au>
     4    Debra Joyce <ddj@u.washington.edu>
     4    David Gibbs <dagibbs@quantum.qnx.com>  (2)
     4    Crunchy Frog <amorgan@cs.stanford.edu>
     4    Christopher G. Palacios <chrispy@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>  (5)
     4    Christopher M. Palmer <palmerc@abulafia.b21.ingr.com>
     4    Bruce Kukuch <kukuch@inland.com>
74.  3    Will Bell <bell@cs.tamu.edu>
     3    Susan Berube <mvsmb2@mvgpl.att.com>
     3    Steven Smith <sgs@u.washington.edu>
     3    R. Markey <markey@specxn.enet.dec.com>
     3    Mark Taranto <mtaranto@shearson.com>  
     3    Kevin John Griffith <kjgriffi@acs.ucalgary.ca>
     3    Joshua Saypol <jsaypol@dasher.cc.bellcore.com>  (2)
     3    Joseph H. Downing <M20069@mbvm.mitre.org> 
     3    John Snyder <snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu>
     3    Jeff Sandler <jsandler@encore.com>  (4)
     3    Harald Tempelman <tempelma@prl.philips.nl>  (2)
     3    Don Kirkby <dkirkby@pulmonary.ubc.ca>  (2)
     3    Don Bennett <punisher@iastate.edu>
     3    D Anton Sherwood <dasher@well.sf.ca.us>
     3    Curtis Desjardins <cadesjar@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>(3)
     3    Chris Kennedy <ckennedy@sleepy.helios.nd.edu> 
     3    Charles Jordan <jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu>
     3    B. Colburn <u6k75@lfkw7.bgm.link.com>
     3    A Kyle Berman <hyperion@cs.widener.edu>
93.  2    Timothy C. Worsley <tw1r+@andrew.cmu.edu> 
     2    The Phantom <MGGPW@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
     2    Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu> 
     2    Sendhil Revuluri <revu@midway.uchicago.edu>
     2    Robert Aaron Book <rbook@rice.edu>  
     2    Robert Henderson <robh@grex.ann-arbor.mi.us>
     2    Ralph Craig <craig@grad02.math.ncsu.edu>
     2    MaryLynn Orzechowski <i001460@disc.dla.mil>
     2    Et3 Sena <n911m@pnet16.cts.com>  (2)
     2    Dimitri Laurence II <d2lau@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> (2)
     2    D. A. Carney <carneyda@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu>  (2)
     2    C. Reid Harmon Jr. <crharmo@hubcap.clemson.edu>
     2    Brian Smith <bsmith@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
     2    Bill Wendling <wcw27974@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>  (2)
     2    Bill Bailey <daver!cypress.com!as10!wfb@mips.com>
     2    Benjamin C. Kite <ajax@judy.indstate.edu>
     2    A. Elly <A.D.C.Elly@bnr.co.uk>
     2    <ilanc@microsoft.com>
111. 1    Wongyu Cho <wgcho@gorai.kaist.ac.kr>
     1    Virgilio Velasco <vxv4@po.cwru.edu>
     1    Rod Currie <mks!rod@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
     1    Kaushik Banerjee <kbanerje@grad04.math.ncsu.edu>
     1    Jordan Mann <mannj@acf9.nyu.edu>
     1    Horatio Giordano <horatio@caticsuf.csufresno.edu>
     1    Greg Trotter <greg@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu
     1    G. Arkoff <lost addres>
     1    Charles E Gibbs <bz978@cleveland.freenet.edu>
     1    Brandy J. Ewing <bje27088@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>  
     1    <swalker@uts.edu.au> (4)
     1    <JMOLINARI@hamp.hampshire.edu>
     1    <gt1293c@prism.gatech.edu>
124. 0    Rusty Soots <happy@catt.ncsu.edu>  (2)
     0    Avatar of the Collective <wangc@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> 
 
TOP 5 AVERAGES (5 quiz minimum):
4.20  David Weinstein  (5)
4.07  Amy J. McCormack  (14)
3.80  Mark Held  (5)
3.50  Mark Prysant  (6)
3.20  Jeff Soesbe  (5)
 
 
Ray Hamel
University of Wisconsin
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia