Pub Quiz (January 15, 2025 Episode)

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1.  On January 9, 2025, CBS broadcast a new version of the game show “Hollywood Squares,” a game similar to tic-tac-toe with celebrities occupying each of the spaces on a 3-story game board. The center square was the most coveted of all the squares. Which celebrity occupied the center square on the very first aired episode on October 17, 1966?

a.  Rose Marie

b.  Vincent Price

c.  Paul Lynde

d.  Ernest Borgnine

e.  George Gobel

BONUS: In the new, 2025 version, who debuted in the center square?

2.  In 1904, Elizabeth Magie invented a game which would eventually be known as “Monopoly”, one of the most popular board games in history. What was this original game known as?

a.  The Landlord’s Game

b.  Property Masters

c.  Build Your Empire

d.  The Escrow Game

e.  Debt Collectors

3.  Everyone loves Charades, a game Anthony and Lucinda played often while living in L.A. The game was so popular that several TV shows were based on the game. Anthony and Lucinda participated in an unaired pilot of one of these shows, hosted by Vicki Lawrence.  The show was retooled several times but never made it on the air. What was the name of this fun but terrible game show? 

a.  Body Language 

b.  Body Talk 

c.  Celebrity Charades 

d.  The Party Game 

e.  Give Us A Clue

4.  In the board game "Clue", the object of the game is to solve a murder by determining who the murderer was, where the crime was committed, and the weapon used.  In the version released in the US, there are six possible suspects. Name as many as you can and get a point for each!

1.  Children’s television was very popular in the early days of TV. Which of the following did not host a children’s TV show?

a.  Soupy Sales 

b.  Willard Scott

c.  Sandra Hart 

d.  Uncle Miltie (Milton Berle) 

e.  Pinto Colvig 

2.  "Batman" was a live action series in the 1960’s starring Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. But Batman and Robin were alter egos. When they weren’t fighting crime, Batman’s real name was Bruce Wayne. What was Robin’s real name?

a.  Donny Wild

b.  Don Gable

c.  Danny Lockwood 

d.  Dick Gable

e.  Dick Grayson

3.  It’s breakfast time! Cereal manufacturers all invented products to sweeten up kids in the 60s, 70’s and 80s. Lucky Charms was very popular with its marshmallow pieces. Which company first came up with Lucky Charms?

a.  General Mills

b.  Kellogg's

c.  Post

d.  Quaker Oats

e.  Ralston – Purina

Bonus #1: On what date did the product come out?

Bonus #2: Name the marshmallow shapes (not the cereal pieces) in the first box and get a point for each. Hint: There were four shapes in the first box.

1.  On "The Andy Griffith Show", Sheriff Taylor and Barney Fife had one local who was a repeat offender, spending many episodes locked up. What was the name of this lovable lush?

a.  Briscoe Darling

b.  Otis Campbell

c.  Earnest T. Bass

d.  Helen Crump

e.  Goober Pyle

Bonus point: Name the actor who played the role. 

2.  Everyone knows that James Bond took his martinis shaken not stirred. In the movie “The Thin Man,” starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, how did Nick take his martini? 

Bonus point: What was the name of Nick and Nora’s dog?

3.  The Cosmopolitan became popular in the late 1990s and has had a significant impact on cocktail culture. You might remember it as a favorite of the gals in the TV show "Sex and the City". The drink is made with vodka, cranberry juice, triple sec or Cointreau, and fresh lime juice. Toby Cecchini is usually credited with inventing the Cosmo in the ‘80’s. But before that in 1968, Ocean Spray printed a recipe for a Cosmopolitan cocktail on the side of every carton of cranberry juice. What was the name of the cocktail on the Ocean Spray carton?

a.  The Mrs. Hemingway

b.  The Pink Lady

c.  The Harpoon 

d.  The Clover Club

e.  The Stingray

4.  What was the character’s name of the bartender on "The Love Boat"?

a.  Isaiah Thomas

b.  Ishmail Jefferson

c.  Jonas Johnson

d.  Issac Washington

e.  Martin “Martini” Jones

Bonus point if you can name the actor!