Fair Bragging Rights 4

Question 0

2. In what TV series did Gomer Pyle first appear?

A. Gomer Pyle USMC
B. Andy Griffith Show
C. Mayberry RFD

Answer 0

B. Andy Griffith Show

Question 1

1. What country boasts its own TV version of “keeping up with the Kardashians” called “the sisters”?

A. France
B. China
C. Lebanon

Answer 1

C. Lebanon. The sisters are Alice, Nadine and Farah Abdelaziz.

Question 2

3. Which Bob Hope movie includes a plot about a zombie?

A. Paleface
B. The ghost breakers
C. Never say die

Answer 2

B. The ghost breakers

Question 3

4. One of Buffalo Southtowns’ most famous sons, the late Jack Kemp, was a buffalo Bill, a US congressman, and secretary of housing and urban development under President George HW Bush. Where was Jack Kemp born?

A. New York City
B. Des Moines, Iowa
C. Los Angeles

Answer 3

C. Los Angeles

Question 4

5. What uniform number did Jack Kemp wear as quarterback for the Buffalo Bills?

A. 15
B. 12
C. 11

Answer 4

A. 15

Question 5

6. Another football question. What is the name of Peyton and Eli Manning’s father?

A. Cooper Manning
B. Charles Manning
C. Archie Manning

Answer 5

C. Archie Manning

Question 6

7. A question from WBBZ and MeTV – which of these TV series aired first?

A. Bonanza
B. Gunsmoke
C. The rifleman

Answer 6

B. Gunsmoke, in 1955

Question 7

8. Who plays the sorcerers apprentice in the Walt Disney movie Fantasia?

A. Donald Duck
B. Mickey Mouse
C. Pluto

Answer 7

B. Mickey Mouse

Question 8

9. What was Richard M Nixon’s middle name?

A. Milburn
B. Michael
C. Milhous

Answer 8

C. Milhous

Question 9

10. The Erie County fair ranks what number among the largest fairs in North America, ranked by attendance?

A. 5th
B. 10th
C. 15th

Answer 9

B. 10th

Question 10

11. And to get that ranking, how many people attended the fair in 2014?

A. 600,000
B. 900,000
C. 1.2 million

Answer 10

C. 1,220,101

Question 11

12. What’s the claim to fame of Platte River networks, a technology service company out of Denver Colorado?

A. Exclusively plays John Denver songs over its sound system.
B. Was the first company to offer medicinal marijuana in its employee health plan with no co-pay.
C. Hosts the Clinton personal email server.

Answer 11

C. The FBI has paid them a visit.

Question 12

13. Charlotte’s Web is the story of a spider and her friend Wilbur. What kind of animal is Wilbur?

A. Raccoon
B. Pig
C. Lamb

Answer 12

B. Pig

Question 13

14. What is a zombie bank?

A. Bank whose assets consist entirely of proceeds from estates of deceased people waiting to be distributed to their heirs.
B. A Mexican bank that only opens for the two weeks surrounding Halloween and the day of the dead.
C. A bank with no money that stays open because of government credit support.

Answer 13

C. The term was first used in the 1987 savings and loan crisis.

Question 14

15. Which of the following is both food and music?

A. Salsa
B. Sushi
C. Polka

Answer 14

A. Great with tap shoes or tortilla chips.

Question 15

16. In what year was Justin Bieber born?

A. 1992
B. 1994
C. 1996

Answer 15

B. Uh oh. The Biebster is legal!

Question 16

17. The snickers candy bar is made by…

A. Cadbury
B. Hershey
C. Mars

Answer 16

C. Mars

Question 17

18. What is the only New England state without a coastline?

A. Connecticut
B. Vermont
C. New Hampshire

Answer 17

B. Vermont

Question 18

19. What revolutionary era spy is the official state hero of Connecticut?

A. Nathan Hale
B. Aaron Burr
C. Benedict Arnold

Answer 18

A. Nathan Hale (he spied for the American Patriots)

Question 19

20. Who became a billionaire after founding the company Electronic data systems?

A. George Soros
B. Tom Golisano
C. Ross Perot

Answer 19

C. Perot