So, Fluffer Nutter, comes in 3rd out of 44 teams at the Showtime trivia Season 25 championship on 2/25.  We won $250. It was a great team accomplishment!  Season 26 starts next week.

Answers to female celebrity original names:

A.10  B.3  C.8  D.1  E.4  F.9  G.7  H.5  I.2  J.11 K.6

So how did you do with that one?

So how about some Oscars trivia?  I did watch the Academy Awards on Sunday and thought the whole show lacked a little pizzazz!  The memoriam section was way too laid back and did not pay proper tribute to those that have passed away in the last year.  Why couldn't they show clips of everyone so we could remember them as we knew them!  Huh, what's up? A DVR comes in real handy when you can skip the speeches and the commercials though.

Here is Oscar trivia:
In the following years, the best movie also won director and 1 other major categorie( actor, actress, sup. actor, sup. actress)(The other 3 categories going to other movies). I will give the year and winning director.  You name the movie and the other major category winner.

1.   1945, Billy Wilder                       2. 1974, Francis Ford Coppola       
3. 1971,William Friedkin                  4.   1941, John Ford
5. 1970, Franklin Shaffner                6.  1980,Robert Redford
7.   2010, Tom Hooper                      8.  1984, Milos Forman
9. 1996, Anthony Minghella           10. 1964, George Cukor 
11. 1947, Elia Kazan                       12. 1957, David Lean
13. 1999, Sam Mendes                    14. 2007,Joel & Ethan Coen
15. 1988, Barry Levinson                16. 1992, Clint Eastwood
17. 1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz     18. 2001, Ron Howard
19. 1994, Robert Zemeckis             20.  1966, Fred Zinnemann
21. 1955, Delbert Mann                  22. 2011, Michel Hazanavicius

In fact, I believe that is all of the movies that won best picture, director and one other of the major categories. ( Remember that the year coincides with when the movie was released, even though the awards were given early the following year, meaning that the 2011 awards were just awarded last Sunday night.)

Good Luck!

Any suggestions for the trivia team name for Season 26? 
Don't forget to check out Showtimetrivia.com        

Finished Season 25 at Cobblestone and we came in first for the season. Fluffr Nutr beat out Cobblestone Crawlers by 1 point.  We didn't do very well but there wasn't enough of a gap between our scores on the last night that the Crawlers had to get the final question correct to beat us and fortunately, of course, they anwered incorrectly. The championship is on Feb 25 at Padonia Station.  Tomorrow night we will make a try at coming in first at Frisco's.  We are in third place going into the final night of Season 25.  Only 15 points separate 1st and 4th place, so it's up for grabs. I know that we have already qualified for the championship but we are going to for broke.

Answers to male celebrity original names:
A.6  B.7  C.8  D.2  E.3  F.10  G.9  H.4  I.1  J.11  K.5

How well did you do?

Now female celebrity original names:

A. Chaka Khan                                             1.  Eleanora Fagan                   
B. Veronica Lake                                         2.  Kathryn Hudson
C.  Whoopi Goldberg                                   3.  Constance Ockleman
D.  Billie Holiday                                         4.  Eileen Regina Edwards
E.  Shania Twain                                          5.  Annie Mae Bullock
F.  Twiggy                                                    6.  Christina Ciminella
G.  Bo Derek                                                 7.  Mary Cathleen Collins
H.  Tina Turner                                             8.  Caryn Johnson
I.   Katy Perry                                               9.  Lesley Homby
J.   Jane Seymour                                         10. Yvette Stevens
K.  Wynonna Judd                                       11. Joyce Frankenberg

Good Luck!  And Good Luck to "There's No Crying In Trivia" at Frisco's. ( That's our team name at that location)

I know that it's been awhile since my last post.  Almost 2 months in fact.  Been playing a lot of trivia.
We are already in Week 6 of 7 in season 25.  At Cobblestone, we are in first place by 29.5 points. ( not a very large margin) .  At Frisco's we are in 3rd place, behind by 37 points. Can we do it?  We falter alot when we are in first place near the end. If you aren't in first when before the final then you have nothing to lose by going all out.

The answers to the last blog questions are:  The Grinch pole is 39 1/2 feet long.  Burl Ives supplies the voice of Sam the Snowman.  "Jingle All The Way" premiered in 1996.  The 3 Wise Men were Balthasar, Melchior and Jaspar.  And the shepherd boy says to the mighty king, "Do you know what I know?".

How about a little matching?  Here is a list of celebrities ( we'll do the guys first ) . Match the celebrity name with their original name.

A. Babyface                                                1.  Reginald Dwight
B. Moby                                                      2.  James Todd Smith
C. Jay-Z                                                      3.  Jeffrey Atkins
D. L.L.Cool J                                              4.  Marion Morrison
E. Ja Rule                                                    5.  Marshall Mathers
F. Tony Curtis                                             6.  Kenneth Edmonds
G. Meat Loaf                                               7.  Richard Melville Hall
H. John Wayne                                            8.  Shawn Carter
I.   Elton John                                              9.  Marvin Lee Aday
J.  Alice Cooper                                          10. Bernard Schwartz
K. Eminem                                                  11. Vincent Furnier

Good Luck?  I'll do the ladies next.