2525 - Fortnight 3 - Annum 5 (Friday Frenzy!)
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2025 9:36 pm
2525 - Fortnight 3 - Annum 5
Friday Frenzy! (So. Many. Points.)
In the year...
Follow the instructions after each event listed below. Two points for each correct answer:
E1 - In MLB, two AL East teams finish the regular season tied (99–63), so a one-game playoff is held to determine the title.
Name the two teams.
Where was it played?
Tell me which team won the game (ack!)
Tell me who hit the game winning HR? (His name is spelled with expletives around here even today.)
Is he dead or alive?
E2 - Many blockbuster movies were released this year. Identify these four each by a short clue or tagline:
- Toga! Toga! Toga!
- "You'll believe a man can fly"
- Pink Ladies
- "The night HE came home!"
E3 - A comic strip featuring a sarcastic, lasagna-loving cat debuts.
Name the cat.
Name the artist.
Is he dead or alive?
Name the strip's dog companion.
E4 - Two popular TV shows ended their initial runs this year. The first, a sitcom, centers on a Chicago psychologist, his work and his home life with supportive wife Emily. In the second, a crime drama set in LA, the audience sees the crime unfold at the beginning, knows the identity of the culprit and waits for a shrewd and exceptionally observant homicide detective to solve it.
Name the Chicago-based sitcom.
Is the titular actor dead or alive?
Name the actress who played Emily.
Is she dead or alive?
Name the network it aired on.
Name the shrewd detective.
Name the actor who played the role.
Name the network it aired on for the initial 7-season run.
Which young up-and-comer directed the first season episode "Murder by the Book"?
E5 - A US president brokers a peace deal between Israel and Egypt.
What were the signed peace treaties called? (_____ _____ Accords) (each blank is a word)
Name the US president.
Is he dead or alive?
Name the leaders of Israel and Egypt who signed the treaties.
E6 - Many famous people died this year. Identify these three each by a short clue:
- San Francisco Mayor
- The Who drummer
- American cultural anthropologist
E7 - For the third consecutive year, a European tennis player wins the major title played in London.
Name the player.
Name title.
Name his home country.
How many of these London-based titles did he eventually win (+/- 2)?
Is he dead or alive?
E8 - In one of the deadliest mass deaths in U.S. history, over 900 members of a religious movement die in a mass murder-suicide.
Name the religious movement.
Name the cult leader.
Name the country where it took place?
What is the common name for this event (the ____ Massacre)?
E9 - A video game in which the goal is to defeat waves of descending aliens with horizontally moving laser cannons is released outside the US, becoming the first with endless gameplay and the first fixed shooter, setting the template for the genre.
Name the video game.
Name the country where it was created and released (note: same country for both).
E10 - A naive freshman, who will grow up (-ish) to create better than average Bored challenges on a piece of cyberspace known as The Home For the Weary, arrives at a western US university to begin his less than stellar college career.
Name the BB.
Name the university.
How many novels has he had published (+/-2)
Bonus: What degree did this BB eventually obtain? (BS in ....) (5 points)
What year did events E1 thru E10 take place? (Five points)
Total points: 95 (wow!, I told you it was a Friday Frenzy!)
Friday Frenzy! (So. Many. Points.)
In the year...
Follow the instructions after each event listed below. Two points for each correct answer:
E1 - In MLB, two AL East teams finish the regular season tied (99–63), so a one-game playoff is held to determine the title.
Name the two teams.
Where was it played?
Tell me which team won the game (ack!)
Tell me who hit the game winning HR? (His name is spelled with expletives around here even today.)
Is he dead or alive?
E2 - Many blockbuster movies were released this year. Identify these four each by a short clue or tagline:
- Toga! Toga! Toga!
- "You'll believe a man can fly"
- Pink Ladies
- "The night HE came home!"
E3 - A comic strip featuring a sarcastic, lasagna-loving cat debuts.
Name the cat.
Name the artist.
Is he dead or alive?
Name the strip's dog companion.
E4 - Two popular TV shows ended their initial runs this year. The first, a sitcom, centers on a Chicago psychologist, his work and his home life with supportive wife Emily. In the second, a crime drama set in LA, the audience sees the crime unfold at the beginning, knows the identity of the culprit and waits for a shrewd and exceptionally observant homicide detective to solve it.
Name the Chicago-based sitcom.
Is the titular actor dead or alive?
Name the actress who played Emily.
Is she dead or alive?
Name the network it aired on.
Name the shrewd detective.
Name the actor who played the role.
Name the network it aired on for the initial 7-season run.
Which young up-and-comer directed the first season episode "Murder by the Book"?
E5 - A US president brokers a peace deal between Israel and Egypt.
What were the signed peace treaties called? (_____ _____ Accords) (each blank is a word)
Name the US president.
Is he dead or alive?
Name the leaders of Israel and Egypt who signed the treaties.
E6 - Many famous people died this year. Identify these three each by a short clue:
- San Francisco Mayor
- The Who drummer
- American cultural anthropologist
E7 - For the third consecutive year, a European tennis player wins the major title played in London.
Name the player.
Name title.
Name his home country.
How many of these London-based titles did he eventually win (+/- 2)?
Is he dead or alive?
E8 - In one of the deadliest mass deaths in U.S. history, over 900 members of a religious movement die in a mass murder-suicide.
Name the religious movement.
Name the cult leader.
Name the country where it took place?
What is the common name for this event (the ____ Massacre)?
E9 - A video game in which the goal is to defeat waves of descending aliens with horizontally moving laser cannons is released outside the US, becoming the first with endless gameplay and the first fixed shooter, setting the template for the genre.
Name the video game.
Name the country where it was created and released (note: same country for both).
E10 - A naive freshman, who will grow up (-ish) to create better than average Bored challenges on a piece of cyberspace known as The Home For the Weary, arrives at a western US university to begin his less than stellar college career.
Name the BB.
Name the university.
How many novels has he had published (+/-2)
Bonus: What degree did this BB eventually obtain? (BS in ....) (5 points)
What year did events E1 thru E10 take place? (Five points)
Total points: 95 (wow!, I told you it was a Friday Frenzy!)
