2525 - Fortnight 3 - Annum 10 (Finale)
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 9:15 pm
2525 - Fortnight 3 - Annum 10
This is the final annum of this fortnight!!!
In the year...
Follow the instructions after each event listed below. Two points for each correct answer:
Friday Frenzy...
E1 - In the latest installment in the series about a British Secret Service agent, the agent must outwit and outgun a powerful tycoon to prevent him from executing a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox.
Name the movie.
Name the main character's name.
Name the leading actor.
Is he dead or alive?
Name the director.
How many movies in this series did he direct?
Get greedy and name as many other movies in the series that he directed (remember: zero total points for any incorrect answer)
Is the director dead or alive?
E2 - A soul legend, whose self-titled debut album was released six years earlier, is murdered in a western state.
Name the soul legend.
Name the city in which he was killed.
E3 - The US president signs a landmark law outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Name the new law.
Name the president who signed it into law.
E4 - An American car manufacturer's newest model, a highly styled line of sporty coupes and convertibles, debuts at the NY World’s Fair, and sells over 400,000 units in its first year. It is the first of the so-called "pony cars" and is still manufactured today.
Name the car.
Name the car manufacturer.
How many generations of this car have there been (+/-2)?
E5 - An animated TV series debuts, about the young son of scientist, who embarks on global adventures alongside his father, bodyguard, best friend, and pet bulldog, all the while encountering spies, monsters, mummies, and mad scientists.
Name each of the following:
- The main character/title.
- The father.
- The bodyguard.
- The best friend.
- The dog.
E6 - A broadway musical that centers on a milkman in the village of Anatevka, who attempts to maintain his Jewish traditions as outside influences encroach upon his family's lives, opens.
Name the musical.
What is the name of the milkman character.
Which actor portrayed the milkman in the original broadway run?
Which actor portrayed the milkman in the movie version a few years later?
E7 - A National League pitcher wins games one, four and seven in the World Series, going the distance in all three victories.
Name the pitcher.
Name the winning team.
Name the losing team (boo hoo).
E8 - A race car driver from North Carolina, statistically the most accomplished driver in the history of NASCAR, wins his first Daytona 500.
Name the driver.
Name the make of race car he traditionally drove.
How many Daytona 500 races did he win in his career? (3, 5, 7, or 10)
Is he dead or alive?
E9 - Many famous people were born this year. Identify these three each by a short clue:
- Eventual First Lady
- Amazon founder
- Dancing in the Dark video chick
E10 - A children's book follows the lives of an apple tree and a boy, who develop a relationship with each other as the boy ages into a teenager, a young man, a middle-aged man, and finally an elderly man.
Name the book.
Name the author.
Is he dead or alive?
E11 - An American engineer invents an electronic musical instrument, typically operated by a keyboard, producing a wide variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies.
Name the instrument
Name the inventor.
Is he dead or alive?
What year did events E1 thru E11 take place? (Five points)
Total points: 89-ish
We hope you enjoyed this fortnight of 2525. We will be back later this year with Fortnight 4
This is the final annum of this fortnight!!!
In the year...
Follow the instructions after each event listed below. Two points for each correct answer:
Friday Frenzy...
E1 - In the latest installment in the series about a British Secret Service agent, the agent must outwit and outgun a powerful tycoon to prevent him from executing a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox.
Name the movie.
Name the main character's name.
Name the leading actor.
Is he dead or alive?
Name the director.
How many movies in this series did he direct?
Get greedy and name as many other movies in the series that he directed (remember: zero total points for any incorrect answer)
Is the director dead or alive?
E2 - A soul legend, whose self-titled debut album was released six years earlier, is murdered in a western state.
Name the soul legend.
Name the city in which he was killed.
E3 - The US president signs a landmark law outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Name the new law.
Name the president who signed it into law.
E4 - An American car manufacturer's newest model, a highly styled line of sporty coupes and convertibles, debuts at the NY World’s Fair, and sells over 400,000 units in its first year. It is the first of the so-called "pony cars" and is still manufactured today.
Name the car.
Name the car manufacturer.
How many generations of this car have there been (+/-2)?
E5 - An animated TV series debuts, about the young son of scientist, who embarks on global adventures alongside his father, bodyguard, best friend, and pet bulldog, all the while encountering spies, monsters, mummies, and mad scientists.
Name each of the following:
- The main character/title.
- The father.
- The bodyguard.
- The best friend.
- The dog.
E6 - A broadway musical that centers on a milkman in the village of Anatevka, who attempts to maintain his Jewish traditions as outside influences encroach upon his family's lives, opens.
Name the musical.
What is the name of the milkman character.
Which actor portrayed the milkman in the original broadway run?
Which actor portrayed the milkman in the movie version a few years later?
E7 - A National League pitcher wins games one, four and seven in the World Series, going the distance in all three victories.
Name the pitcher.
Name the winning team.
Name the losing team (boo hoo).
E8 - A race car driver from North Carolina, statistically the most accomplished driver in the history of NASCAR, wins his first Daytona 500.
Name the driver.
Name the make of race car he traditionally drove.
How many Daytona 500 races did he win in his career? (3, 5, 7, or 10)
Is he dead or alive?
E9 - Many famous people were born this year. Identify these three each by a short clue:
- Eventual First Lady
- Amazon founder
- Dancing in the Dark video chick
E10 - A children's book follows the lives of an apple tree and a boy, who develop a relationship with each other as the boy ages into a teenager, a young man, a middle-aged man, and finally an elderly man.
Name the book.
Name the author.
Is he dead or alive?
E11 - An American engineer invents an electronic musical instrument, typically operated by a keyboard, producing a wide variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies.
Name the instrument
Name the inventor.
Is he dead or alive?
What year did events E1 thru E11 take place? (Five points)
Total points: 89-ish
We hope you enjoyed this fortnight of 2525. We will be back later this year with Fortnight 4
