Bamboree - Grand Finale
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Bamboree - Grand Finale
October 30, 2022
Decades salutes Bandstand
1970s
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Songs recorded by a female artist won song of the year and record of the year at the Grammys two consecutive years in the 1970s. The first was written by Ewan MacColl and the second by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel.
Name the recording artist. (three points)
Name the songs. (three points each)
BEFORE & AFTER
Many popular 70s bands changed their names before they became famous. Match the before band name to the after: (two points each)
After:
Black Sabbath
Blue Öyster Cult
Earth, Wind & Fire
Talking Heads
The Bee Gees
Before:
The Artistics
Polka Tulk Blues Band
Rattlesnakes
The Salty Peppers
Soft White Underbelly
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Matinee
Match these vampire movies to the year they were released. (three points each)
Blade
The Hunger
The Lost Boys
Twilight
2008
1998
1987
1983
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Timeline
Match these events to the month in which they occurred in 2021: (two points each)
- A condominium building in Surfside, Florida, partially collapses
- A judge ends the 13-year conservatorship controlling the life of pop star Britney Spears
- Hurricane Ida makes landfall as a category 4 storm
- Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th president
- The three-part documentary series The Beatles: Get Back, is released
- U.S. begins military withdrawals from Afghanistan
April
August
January
July
November
September
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Dead or Alive salutes Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Are the following former World Series heroes dead or alive?
Bill Mazeroski (1960 WS)
Joe Carter (1993 WS)
Johnny Podres (1955 WS)
Mickey Lolich (1968 WS)
Reggie Jackson (1977 WS)
(two points each)
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PrimeTime:
Match these 60 Minutes correspondents to the year they debuted on the show:
Bob Schieffer
Bob Simon
Connie Chung
Forrest Sawyer
Mike Wallace
1968
1973
1985
1990
1996
(three points each)
_____________________________________
Historical:
Name the US president under whom the following vice presidents served: (three points each)
Aaron Burr
George M. Dallas
Hannibal Hamlin
Levi P. Morton
John Nance Garner
_____________________________________
FIVE!
Match these FIVE artists/actors with their correct advanced degrees (one point each)
Brian May
Danica McKellar
Dolph Lundgren
Mayim Bialik
Rowan Atkinson
Bachelor’s in mathematics
Master’s in chemical engineering
Master’s in electrical engineering
Ph.D. in astrophysics
Ph.D. in neuroscience
Total point: 88
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October 30, 2022
Decades salutes Bandstand
1970s
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Songs recorded by a female artist won song of the year and record of the year at the Grammys two consecutive years in the 1970s. The first was written by Ewan MacColl and the second by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel.
Name the recording artist. (three points)
Name the songs. (three points each)
BEFORE & AFTER
Many popular 70s bands changed their names before they became famous. Match the before band name to the after: (two points each)
After:
Black Sabbath
Blue Öyster Cult
Earth, Wind & Fire
Talking Heads
The Bee Gees
Before:
The Artistics
Polka Tulk Blues Band
Rattlesnakes
The Salty Peppers
Soft White Underbelly
_____________________________________
Matinee
Match these vampire movies to the year they were released. (three points each)
Blade
The Hunger
The Lost Boys
Twilight
2008
1998
1987
1983
_____________________________________
Timeline
Match these events to the month in which they occurred in 2021: (two points each)
- A condominium building in Surfside, Florida, partially collapses
- A judge ends the 13-year conservatorship controlling the life of pop star Britney Spears
- Hurricane Ida makes landfall as a category 4 storm
- Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th president
- The three-part documentary series The Beatles: Get Back, is released
- U.S. begins military withdrawals from Afghanistan
April
August
January
July
November
September
_____________________________________
Dead or Alive salutes Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Are the following former World Series heroes dead or alive?
Bill Mazeroski (1960 WS)
Joe Carter (1993 WS)
Johnny Podres (1955 WS)
Mickey Lolich (1968 WS)
Reggie Jackson (1977 WS)
(two points each)
_____________________________________
PrimeTime:
Match these 60 Minutes correspondents to the year they debuted on the show:
Bob Schieffer
Bob Simon
Connie Chung
Forrest Sawyer
Mike Wallace
1968
1973
1985
1990
1996
(three points each)
_____________________________________
Historical:
Name the US president under whom the following vice presidents served: (three points each)
Aaron Burr
George M. Dallas
Hannibal Hamlin
Levi P. Morton
John Nance Garner
_____________________________________
FIVE!
Match these FIVE artists/actors with their correct advanced degrees (one point each)
Brian May
Danica McKellar
Dolph Lundgren
Mayim Bialik
Rowan Atkinson
Bachelor’s in mathematics
Master’s in chemical engineering
Master’s in electrical engineering
Ph.D. in astrophysics
Ph.D. in neuroscience
Total point: 88
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