Category: Cliff Clavin Wants You to Know…

Trivial Pursuit is Pretty Trivial

1. Who were the three actors who played the Apollo 13 astronauts?
2. What exploded on the space ship?
3. What director’s brother appeared in this and many of his other movies as well?
4. What movie was Apollo 13′s biggest threat at the Oscars?
5. Why couldn’t Gary Sinese go into space?
6. How many astronauts died during Ed Harris’ tenure as Operations director prior to Apollo 13?
7. What song was supposed to be played by the astronauts during their broadcast?

Cliff Clavin wants you to know that a man in zero gravity weighs just the same as he does on Earth but appears to float weightlessly because he’s just really dizzy from space flu.

Popularity: 50%

1: Name two of the three actors who voices the hyenas?

2: Rafiki the monkey was once know for being what Lt. Governor in sit-com land?

3: Who was the voice of Scar?

4: According to Timon, what a motto?

5: What do “they” call Pumbaa?
Bonus: What Tim “The Toolman” Taylor offspring was the voice of young Simba?

Cliff Clavin wants you to know that it’s a litte known fact that the Burmuda Triangle isn’t actual a triangle at all.  If anything, it’s shaped like the #29 bus route in Boston.

Popularity: 41%

1: How did The Jabberwocky make an appearance in the movie?

2: According to the Mad Hatter, Why is a raven like a writing desk?

3: The White Rabbit is always late… but late for what?

4: Name a character that did not appear in either of Lewis Carroll’s Alice stories, but does in the film.

Bonus:  What three “Cards” are caught painting the roses red?

Cliff Clavin Wants You to Know:  It’s a little known fact that the sea cucumber can turn itself inside out to disgust visiters at the aquariums.

Popularity: 36%

1: What was Prince Ah Boo-boo’s real name?

2: Who provided the voice of Iago?

3: What was at the top of Jafar’s staff?

4: According to the Genie, what was the downside to having all the power in the world?

Bonus:  Who voiced the Genie for the Aladdin TV series?

Popularity: 26%

1. What does Beetlejuice refer to Otho as when telling him to “stick around”?  (Round Boy)
2. Where does Beetlejuice claim to have attended school? (Juilaird)
3. How many times did Beetlejuice see “The Exorcist”?  (167 times… and it keeps gettin’ funnier every single time I see it!)
4. What killed Beetlejuice? (Sand worm)

Bonus:  What did Adam think “The Handbook for the Recently Deceased” was actually titled?  (The Handbook for the Recently Diseased)

Cliff Clavin’s little known fact of the day:  Kim Basinger has man hands.

Popularity: 24%

The following trivia questions all come from the movie “Mad Max”

1: What is Max’s last name?

2: According to Max, how long will it take to hack through your ankle vs handcuffs?

3: What does Max have a picture of in the center of his steering wheel of his black V8 Interceptor

4: (Bonus) What does Goose say after he crashes his motorcycle into a van and is asked “What happened?” by the driver?

Popularity: 25%