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Harpo Marx played the harp.
Chico Marx played the piano.
What instrument did Groucho play?

[DarthDem]

1. Harmonica?

[red dog 1]

18. Nope

[mercuryblues]

2. Pure guess based on the clue

guitar

[red dog 1]

19. WinnerWinnerChicken Dinner!

[ProfessorGAC]

70. We See Him Playing It...

...in Go West.
Not sure he played in any other movie. Perhaps, but I only remember Go West.

[larwdem]

3. I think

he played jaw bone harp

[red dog 1]

20. He played guitar

[consider_this]

4. ocarina?

totally spitballing.

[red dog 1]

21. What is an "ocarina"?

[consider_this]

23. here's an example

[red dog 1]

25. Thanks for that

[uriel1972]

5. the buffoon?

[Mister Ed]

6. I do know that Groucho played guitar in "Horse Feathers".

He owned a very nice pair of Gibson L5 guitars. Beautiful instruments. He's seen playing one of them in the canoe scene in Horse Feathers, but the one that he throws into the water is an inexpensive substitute.

[red dog 1]

22. WinnerWinnerChicken Dinner!

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(He never played guitar very well, but he did play it)

[ProfessorGAC]

71. I Stand Corrected

I only remember the guitar in Go West.
Thanks for the reminder!

[Mister Ed]

7. Okay. Question: What was Elton John's given name?

And for bonus points: how about, say, Elvis Costello's?

[consider_this]

8. re Elton

I think it was Reginald somethingorother

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. Reginald Dwight

[DarthDem]

12. Elvis Costello is

Declan McManus.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. And Declan's dad was bandleader Ross McManus

[DarthDem]

16. Never knew that, thanks!

[FiveGoodMen]

26. I'm going with

Reginald Dwight
and
Declan Patrick McManus

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. Groucho played the Guitar n/t

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. TV actor John Laroquette was the narrator of which classic horror film?

[DarthDem]

13. Rocky Horror?

I actually have never seen it.

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. Nope. This film was a 70s low budget slasher film

Rocky Horror was an offbeat musical.

[DarthDem]

17. Ah, right

I only know what I've heard and read about RHPS so I wasn't sure how to describe it. I did think it had a narrator, though, and JL (very talented guy) seemed to fit the time frame. Hmm.

[gratuitous]

28. Don't know, but . . .

I remember Laroquette's four stages of an actor's career:
"John Who?"
"Get me John Laroquette!"
"Get me a young John Laroquette!"
"John Who?"

[TexasBushwhacker]

29. Hint - John is from New Orleans

He didn't have to travel too far for the gig.

[Spider Jerusalem]

76. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (n/t)

[TexasBushwhacker]

80. Congratulations!

[red dog 1]

24. What was the cause of Bobby Darin's death?

(Hint: Something he was supposed to do, but didn't)

[VOX]

153. Darin's heart was a mess from childhood onward. Rheumatic fever, artificial valves, etc.

His fatal foul-up came when he neglected to pre-medicate with antibiotics prior to a dental appointment. Bacteria and subsequent infection went to his heart, then his entire system was overtaken by sepsis.

Darin’s death stuck in my head as I had a cousin who shared the same fate.

[red dog 1]

27. What was Bobby Darin's birth name?

[TexasBushwhacker]

30. I know he's Italian n/t

[red dog 1]

31. What was the last film Robert Altman directed?

[uriel1972]

48. Was he the director of "Pret a Porter" I can't remember exactly

[red dog 1]

56. That's not the last film he directed

[red dog 1]

34. What was Groucho Marx's birth name?

[Wolf Frankula]

37. Julius Henry Marx.

Where was Donald tRump born?

Wolf

[red dog 1]

38. You got it, Wolf!

Wasn't he born in Queens, NY?

[Wolf Frankula]

40. Donald tRump was born in the Orangutan House in the Bronx Zoo.

Anybody who says he wasn't born in New York City is wrong. Of course no. 45 may not be the original Donald tRump.

Wolf

[red dog 1]

35. Who "discovered" John Prine?

[Boomerproud]

122. Roger Ebert.

nt

[red dog 1]

36. What actor was very disappointed because he didn't get to play Vincent Vega in "Pulp Fiction"?

[red dog 1]

39. Jimmy Carter served in the U.S. Navy....What rank did he achieve?

[Mendocino]

60. Lieutenant

[red dog 1]

63. Yep

[Mendocino]

64. Who was the only actor

to reach the rank of brigadier general?

[lastlib]

85. Jimmy Stewart?

I have a memory that he was a B-52 pilot. Air Force Reserves?

[red dog 1]

41. How much time in jail did Robert Mitchum spend after he was arrested for possession of

marijuana?

[red dog 1]

42. What was the only reported case of violence at Woodstock?

(Hint: It took place on stage)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

139. Pete Townshend of The Who kicking Abbie Hoffman in the nuts

for attempting to interrupt his set??? (GOD I'M OLD AND I WASN'T EVEN THERE!)

[red dog 1]

147. I heard that Townshend hit Hoffman over the head with his guitar, knocking him off the stage

[red dog 1]

43. What movie did Tom Hanks make his film debut in?

(Hint: it was a slasher movie)

[red dog 1]

44. Why did Jerry Garcia's mother take him out of high school in San Francisco and move 90 miles

north to western Sonoma County?

[red dog 1]

45. What was the name of Gram Parsons' first band?

[Mendocino]

59. International Submarine Band

[red dog 1]

62. Correctamundo!

[Tikki]

46. Music type trivia: Why would Theo Zhykharyev name his SYNTH-punk band "Powerplant"?

Tikki

[jmowreader]

47. Could it possibly be...

...because one of the most important synth bands is named Powerplant, but in German?

[Tikki]

49. Yes. Yes...you are brilliant.

The German word for Powerplant is Kraftwerk.

Tikki

[jmowreader]

50. What killed Steve McQueen?

[LeftInTX]

51. Mesothelioma

(Although they just called it lung cancer back then)

[jmowreader]

52. Something besides that

Hint: He had to go to Mexico to get it.

[LeftInTX]

53. Laetrile

[jmowreader]

54. Exactly.

[red dog 1]

55. What famous doo-wop singer played a role in Lethal Weapon (1987)

[jmowreader]

65. Darlene Love was Trish Murtaugh, Roger's wife

[red dog 1]

66. Correct!

"He's a Rebel" was her first time singing lead on a Phil Spector recording.
She sang over a Phil Spector group's recording of the song by The Blossoms"
However, "The Crystals" were credited with it.
The "ghost" release of the song came as a complete surprise to The Crystals, who were an experienced and well-traveled girl harmony group in their own right.

[red dog 1]

57. How old was Eddie Cochran when he died?

[Harker]

188. 22?

[red dog 1]

201. Close enough

He died about 5 months short of his 22nd birthday

[Harker]

203. Cheap, but I'll gratefully take it. n/t

[red dog 1]

58. How old was Helen Keller when she died?

(give or take 5 years)

[mucifer]

68. 80

[red dog 1]

69. Close enough

She died a few days short of her 88th birthday.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

140. 1880-1968.

Read about her in grade school, and I was in junior high (middle school whatever) when she died. From Tuscumbia, Alabama.

[red dog 1]

61. Within 5 years or so, how old was Roy Rogers when he died?

[Wolf Frankula]

102. Roy Ogers was a fictional person.

Leonard Slye, (his real name) was 87.

Wolf

[red dog 1]

103. Leonard Slye was given the stage name Roy Rogers by Republic Pictures

and afterwards became a matinee idol.

You're right, Wolf, he was 87 when he died.

[red dog 1]

67. What was the name of the co-founder of The Grateful Dead who died very young?

(He played piano, organ and harmonica and didn't do psychedelic drugs)

[pfitz59]

124. who was

Pig Pen

[red dog 1]

133. You got it!

Are we playing "Jeopardy"?

(Just kidding)

[red dog 1]

72. Steve Allen was the original host of The Tonight Show...Who was the Tonight Show's first announcer?

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[red dog 1]

73. What daytime soap opera did Richard Simmons often appear in?

[Wolf Frankula]

75. General Hospital.

Wolf

[red dog 1]

77. Yes!

[red dog 1]

74. How many films did Jerry Stiller appear in?

[red dog 1]

78. Why was Harlan Ellison expelled from Ohio State?

[red dog 1]

79. Were all the members of The Grateful Dead into psychedelic drugs?

[quaint]

87. No.

[red dog 1]

90. Name one who wasn't?

[quaint]

91. Pig

Questions: who do you consider part of GD (Bralove, Hunter?) and what do you mean by into (youth use doesn't always translate to adulthood, Bob, Donna?)

[red dog 1]

92. I should have made the question clearer.

I meant which member of the original band...not the band it morphed into.

By "into" I meant "doing psychedelic drugs like acid on a regular basis".

Pigpen preferred his Southern Comfort to drugs.

[quaint]

94. I should have included a smilie.

The thought blowing through my head...pot is psychedelic...so probably nobody never wasn't.

[red dog 1]

95. Yeah, pot is psychedelic, but except for Pigpen, the original band members did acid. mescaline

and other drugs on a regular basis, apart from pot.

Pigpen may have smoked a little weed, especially when they were The Warlocks, but he was never into the heavier psychedelics....He did a lot of alcohol instead, especially Southern Comfort, which he turned Janis Joplin on to.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

81. Who made the most money from the film M*A*S*H? n/t

[red dog 1]

82. Either Robert Altman,

or, his son, who wrote the theme song, which later became the theme for MASH the TV show, for which he got paid royalties every single time the show was run.

[Brother Buzz]

88. Altman's son wrote the lyrics and made a bucket of money

And I guess he was lucky for getting credit for co-writing the song because the lyrics were infrequently, or if ever, heard on the TV series. I wonder if the serious jingle was made when the song charted.

[red dog 1]

83. What college did Hillary Clinton attend before she went to law school?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

141. Wellesley.

[red dog 1]

148. You got it!

[red dog 1]

84. Which member of The Grateful Dead did Janis Joplin have an affair with?

[Mendocino]

86. Pigpen

[red dog 1]

89. WinnerWinnerChicken Dinner!

[red dog 1]

93. How tall is John Lithgow?

[red dog 1]

96. The day before he murdered John Lennon, Mark David Chapman "accosted" a famous musician

at the 72nd Street subway station.

Who was that musician?

[red dog 1]

97. What were the names of ventriloquist Paul Winchell's two dummies?

[trackfan]

115. Jerry Mahoney

and Knucklehead Smith?

[red dog 1]

121. Ding! Ding!

You got 'em both

[red dog 1]

98. What was the last film Harold Ramis directed?

[pfitz59]

126. As Good as it Gets?

he was in it

[red dog 1]

132. He was in "As Good as it Get"s. (I think he played Jack Nicholson's psychiatrist)

But James L. Brooks directed it.

(Hint: The last movie Harold Ramis directed was in 2009.
He wrote, produced & directed it).

[red dog 1]

99. How many times did Frank Sinatra get married?

(extra points for names of his wives)

[pfitz59]

127. I believe 4

His first wife. Then Ava Gardner, then Mia Farrow and finally Barbara Marx?

[red dog 1]

131. Well done!

(His was married to his first wife, Nancy Barbato, from 1939 to 1951)

[red dog 1]

100. What serious disease did Neil Young contract when he was 7-years-old?

[Mendocino]

216. Polio

Joni Mitchell contracted it during the same epidemic.

[red dog 1]

219. Yes!

[Mendocino]

220. Joni

had problems with her hands after polio. She developed alternative tunings to compensate.

[red dog 1]

101. What was the first film Billy Bob Thornton appeared in?

[red dog 1]

104. What famous playwright did Patti Smith date for a while?

[electric_blue68]

186. Sam Shepard

[red dog 1]

202. Yes

She dated him for weeks before she knew who he was (He told her his name was Slim)

[red dog 1]

105. Who co-wrote the song "Because the Night" with Patti Smith?

[trackfan]

116. Bruce Springsteen

[red dog 1]

120. Correctamundo!

(Truly great song)

[red dog 1]

106. Name the two female singers who had an affair with actor/playwright Sam Shepard?

[red dog 1]

107. Which character on "3rd Rock" is John Lithgow's son?

Another question: Which character is Dom DeLuise's son?

[red dog 1]

108. What was the name of the first band Jimi Hendrix formed?

[red dog 1]

109. Chester Arthur Burnett was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player.

What name was he known by?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

142. T Bone Burnett.

[red dog 1]

145. Correctamundo!

[red dog 1]

110. Name a job Paul Robeson had before he became an actor-singer.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

143. Law student, college All-American football player, football coach.

[red dog 1]

146. Yes, one job he had was assistant football coach

[red dog 1]

111. What was Bobby Darin's birth name?

[red dog 1]

112. In what magazine does Jay Leno have a regular column in?

[red dog 1]

113. What country was Carroll O'Connor living in when Norman Lear approached him to play the lead

role in what would become "All in the Family"?

[red dog 1]

114. What was the name of the sit-com that launched Tom Hanks' career?

[trackfan]

117. Bosom Buddies

[red dog 1]

118. You got it!

Have you ever seen any episodes of Bosom Buddies?
(I loved that show)

[trackfan]

123. Yes - I remember watching it during its run.

[red dog 1]

129. It was a good show...

(Tom Hanks' character fell in love with Donna Dixon)

[red dog 1]

119. What was the name of the TV show that launched Billy Crystal's career?

[pfitz59]

125. Soap

he was the gay one

[red dog 1]

128. Yessiree!

[red dog 1]

130. What was Etta James' first big hit song?

[red dog 1]

134. In what film did Ben Affleck have his first starring role?

[red dog 1]

135. What was the first film Carl Reiner directed?

[Alacritous Crier]

231. Enter Laughing??

I think.

[red dog 1]

232. You got it!

Very funny movie, imo.

[red dog 1]

136. Which rock & roll superstar who has been performing for 25 years & is still performing is a Vegan?

[red dog 1]

137. In what city did Tom Hanks attend high school?

For extra points, what was the name of the high school?

[red dog 1]

138. How many children did Woody Guthrie have?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

144. Two well connected Hollywood ladies share an ex-husband.

One is the daughter of a very beautiful actress from the 40s and 50s, who is herself an actress. The other is the sister of a superstar director who directed an incredible worldwide box office smash before the year 2000. The ex-husband is a director.

[red dog 1]

149. What was the cause of Will Rogers' death?

[NoPasaran]

164. Plane crash

He and the famous aviator Wiley Post crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska.

[red dog 1]

165. You got it!

[red dog 1]

150. Name one of the bands Bob Dylan formed in high school

[red dog 1]

151. Steve McQueen turned down parts in many movies...Name one.

[Mendocino]

177. Butch Cassidy/Sundance Kid

Steve wanted top billing.

[red dog 1]

178. He did

[red dog 1]

152. How much is Ringo Starr worth?

[red dog 1]

154. What was Steve McQueen's last movie?

[Harker]

189. Tom Horn?

[red dog 1]

208. Nope

[Harker]

209. An Enemy of the People? n/t

[red dog 1]

155. What was the cause of Robert Mitchum's death?

[red dog 1]

156. What was the name of the band Alan Freed started in high school?

(He played trombone)

[red dog 1]

157. What was the cause of Friedrich Nietzsche's death?

[Wolf Frankula]

159. Tertiary Syphilis

Wolf

[red dog 1]

160. Wow, you knew that?

[red dog 1]

166. I didn't mean to imply that you "cheated," Wolf

(By using a search engine)

I just meant that it was not an easy question to answer.

[Wolf Frankula]

168. I've read a lot of Mencken, and he often referred to Nietzsche's Syphilis.

Wolf

[red dog 1]

169. Got it!

[red dog 1]

158. What was Lindsay Lohan's first movie?

[red dog 1]

161. Besides Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and John Lewis, can you name one or more of the other four

civil rights leaders who organized the 1963 March on Washington?

[They were known as the "Big Six"]

[electric_blue68]

185. My spelling will be off ...

Bayrand Rustin

Josea ______?


Ralph Abernathy?

[red dog 1]

204. Bayard Rustin was one of them

(Ralph Abernathy and Hosea Williams weren't)

[electric_blue68]

211. Thanks for info

[red dog 1]

162. What was Johnny Cash's birth name?

[Mendocino]

181. J.R. Cash

[red dog 1]

183. Yep!

[red dog 1]

167. What musician released an album with a title that was a real person's name, but which was mispeled?

[red dog 1]

170. What was the name of the band Roy Orbison & some friends formed in high school?

[red dog 1]

171. What was Gram Parsons' birth name?

[red dog 1]

172. What was Gram Parsons' father's nick-name?

[red dog 1]

173. What was Buddy Holly's birth name?

[Harker]

187. Charles Hardin Holley.

Yep... Buddy Holly and Fawlty Towers, Red.

[red dog 1]

198. Buddy Holly & Fawlty Towers?

(I don't get it)

[Harker]

200. You were shaken by my knowing

Torquay was the setting, and I was born Feb. 9, 1959, a big Buddy Holly fan.

[red dog 1]

174. How much is Paul McCartney worth? (approximately)

[red dog 1]

175. What college did Lindsey Buckingham attend?

[red dog 1]

176. What was John Candy's final film?

[red dog 1]

179. What popular TV series did "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan write for?

[Mendocino]

180. X-Files

Bryan Cranston guest starred in an episode.

[red dog 1]

182. Didn't know that, thanks

[red dog 1]

184. What career did Clint Eastwood originally wish to pursue?

[Harker]

190. Boxing?

[red dog 1]

191. Nope, good guess though

[Harker]

192. My first thought was ballet, but it was tutu

far-fetched.

[red dog 1]

195. Corny to the max!

[Harker]

194. Dammit...

Jazz pianist! Just remembered.

[red dog 1]

196. That's it!

[Harker]

197. He played on screen in a couple films.

I think "Play Misty for Me" and "In the line of Fire."

[red dog 1]

199. Yeah, I think that he did that in "City Heat" too

[red dog 1]

193. What was the first major league baseball team that Satchel Paige played for?

[Harker]

205. Buddy Holly was killed in the crash of what type

of aircraft, and who was piloting it?

[Mendocino]

214. Beechcraft Bonanza

Robert Peterson...?

[Harker]

217. Roger.

The Bonanza was nicknamed "the doctor killer" because many wealthy professionals starting out as aviators found themselves outmatched by their complexities.

Good work, Mendocino.

[Mendocino]

223. The Bonanza was known

for the V shaped tail, though different variants had T tails.

[Harker]

224. My old man co-owned a vee tail.

I was an occasional passenger as a young lad.

I didn't know that there was a tee tail!

[Mendocino]

225. Flying a small craft is fun.

I flew in a DHC-2 Beaver on some fly-in trips in Canada. Once the pilot needed to take a leak, in a coffee can. He let me take the yoke. The Beavers yoke could flip from left to right.

[Harker]

226. That does sound good.

I recall being told, "there's nothing you can do that I can't undo", as I was allowed to control planes in flight.

Long ago.

[red dog 1]

206. What's the most Richard Simmons weighed when he was obese?

(give or take)

[red dog 1]

207. What was John C. Reilly's first film?

[red dog 1]

210. What U.S. senator did Kamala Harris intern for?

[red dog 1]

212. Where did Clint Eastwood live during his teenage years?

[red dog 1]

213. What was the nickname given by Elvis Presley to a group of friends, associates, employees and

cousins whose main functions were to accompany, protect and serve Elvis?

[Mendocino]

215. The Memphis Mafia?

[red dog 1]

218. Yes indeed!

[red dog 1]

221. Why was Harlan Ellison expelled from Ohio State?

[Mendocino]

222. This jazz drummer

born in 1923, known as Mr. Skin, played for what rock band?

[red dog 1]

227. What was the first feature film Mickey Rourke was in?

[red dog 1]

228. What famous punk rock singer's real name is Eric Reed Boucher?

[red dog 1]

229. What country does R. Crumb live in?

[red dog 1]

230. What was the first band Nicky Hopkins joined?