By Eric Reinagel
Meadville Tribune
September 23, 2006 12:01 am
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The following are the answers to the quiz that accompanied last week’s Pop Culture Quiz story.
Answer each question to the best of your ability. Leave no question blank. Take a guess if you need to.
Name the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
1. Raphael
2. Donatello
3. Leonardo
4. Michelangelo
Who sang “Hammer Time”?
MC Hammer
What are Garbage Pail Kids?
Garbage Pail Kids is a series of humorous trading cards produced by The Topps Co. The cards doubled as stickers and featured humorous, wordplay-rich character names.
What are Cabbage Patch Kids?
Dolls with giant rubber heads.
Where did the Fraggles live?
Fraggle Rock, which was also the name of the Jim Hensen-created television series.
How did they end GI Joe episodes?
They would teach a safety lesson before telling kids, “And knowing is half the battle.”
What is the Transformer slogan?
“More than meets the eyes” or “Robots in Disguise”
Who is Scrooge McDuck?
Also known as Uncle Scrooge, he was originally a comic book character, but gained his greatest popularity during the animated series DuckTales where he watched over his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck.
What was Ronald/Nancy Reagan’s anti-drug campaign slogan?
“Just Say No”
Is it impolite for a Care Bear to stare at you? Why?
Of course not. The Care Bear stare is only used for good.
What band were kings during the grunge movement? And what is grunge?
Nirvana. Grunge is a genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal and indie rock.
What is a Wonderwall anyway?
An Oasis song.
What band sang that they looked just like Buddy Holly?
Weezer
What is a Lite-brite?
A toy that allows you to create a glowing picture by placing little multi-colored translucent plastic pegs through opaque black paper.
What is Vanilla Ice?
A rapper best known for “Ice, Ice Baby”
Where did we learn the French called a quarter pounder a Royale with cheese?
Pulp Fiction
Describe a glow worm?
A doll that has a green body and glowing head.
What is a pogo ball?
A ball that had platforms surrounding it so you could hop.
Who is Alf?
A character from a 1980s television show about Gordon Shumway, the last known survivor from the planet Melmac, who crash-landed his ship into a suburban neighborhood. He was also known as ALF, alien life form.
Name two Molly Ringwald movies:
The big three are “Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles.”
Write something like you’re talking like a smurf:
Just use the word smurf.
What is Ultimate Fighting?
Ultimate Fighting Championship is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization. Often violent and brutal with minimal rules, the UFC’s brand of vale tudo, initially known as no-holds-barred fighting, has been banned in some states.
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