Wikiquiz: Before & After #1

 

  1. A brand of soda with Code Red and Live Wire varieties // A classification system named for a librarian with the given name Melvil

ANSWER: Mountain Dewey Decimal System

2. The 33rd President of the United States // The author of “In Cold Blood”

ANSWER: Harry Truman Capote

3. The capital city of the state of Florida // The largest city by population in the state of Washington

ANSWER: Tallahasseattle

4. Three word nickname of pretender to the throne Charles Edward Stuart // Son of Martin Sheen who starred on the sitcom Two and a Half Men

ANSWER: Bonnie Prince Charlie Sheen

5. Speaker of the line “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” // Trophy won by the Colorado Avalanche in 2022

ANSWER: Henry Morton Stanley Cup

6. Coming of age novel by Nick Hornby, adapted into a 2002 film // Lead singer of Culture Club

ANSWER: About a Boy George

7. A painter of the Hudson River School known for his The Course of Empire series // A composer who wrote the music and lyrics for the musical “Kiss Me, Kate.”

ANSWER: Thomas Cole Porter

8. Author of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd // Model who appeared on three consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues from 1979-1981

ANSWER: Agatha Christie Brinkley

9. Soap in which William Roache has portrayed the character of Ken Barlow since 1960 // Combat video game distributed by Capcom featuring the character of Ryu

ANSWER: Coronation Street Fighter

10. Nobel-winning author of Arrowsmith and Elmer Gantry // A racer currently tied with Michael Schumacher for most World Drivers’ Championship titles

ANSWER: Sinclair Lewis Hamilton

11. The second largest city in Venezuela by population // A country bordered by Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile

ANSWER: Maracaibolivia 

12. British dish of potatoes and cabbage // Member of the Manson family born with given name Lynette

ANSWER: Bubble and Squeaky Fromme

13. Pulitzer-winning novel by Herman Wouk set in the Pacific Theater of World War II // Film about an uprising instigated by Fletcher Christian against Captain William Bligh

ANSWER: The Caine Mutiny on the Bounty

14. Member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men portrayed by Denholm Elliott in 1976’s Robin and Marian // Alter ego of Wanda Maximoff in the Marvel Comics universe

ANSWER: Will Scarlet Witch

15. Portrayer of “Hot Lips” Houlihan // The birth country of Bond girl Ursula Andress

ANSWER: Loretta Switzerland

16. Partner of K-Ci in an American R&B duo // Author of the Harry Hole novels

ANSWER: JoJo Nesbo

17. Boston Celtic from 1998-2013, nicknamed “The Truth” // Portrayer of the title character in series Remington Steele

ANSWER: Paul Pierce Brosnan

18. A Ghanian music genre // A 1985 sci-fi horror film directed by Tobe Hooper

ANSWER: HighLifeforce

19. 14th Chief Justice of the United States // Investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

ANSWER: Earl Warren Buffett

20. Planned city which replaced Rawalpindi as the capital of its country // German state with a capital at Stuttgart

ANSWER: IslamaBaden-Wurttemberg

21. Thought experiment proposed in 1935 involving an animal and a flask of poison // The curve that a hanging chain takes under its own weight

ANSWER: Schrodinger’s Catenary

22. A West Coast rapper shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996 // An ancient king of Lagash known for his legendary legal code (though the answer is not Hammurabi…)

ANSWER: Tupac ShakUrukagina

23. Memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert adapted into a Julia Roberts film // Novel about the romance between Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza

ANSWER: Ear Pray Love in the Time of Cholera

24. Borodin opera about the title ruler repelling the Polovtsian tribes in the mid 12th century // Composer of Petrushka and The Firebird

ANSWER: Prince Igor Stravinsky

25. Author known for her 2018 work “White Fragility” // Boxing trainer known for his work with Muhammad Ali

ANSWER: Robin DiAngelo Dundee

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