This week's Fun Quiz

Each week our e-newsletter, the GM Ski Club Update, features a Fun Quiz.  The answers to this quiz are found here.  Enjoy!! 

1. What 1968 movie features this quote: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"?
   1. Easy Rider
   2. Dr. Strangelove
   3. 2001: A Space Odyssey: Spoken by HAL the computer to actor Keir Dullea. "Easy Rider" was released in 1969, "Dr. Strangelove" in 1964 and "Dave" in 1993.  And Hey.. Have you ever wondered how the computer HAL got its name??  Here's a hint.  Simply add 1 to each letter.  For example, the the 'H' becomes and 'I', etc.  Hmmmmmmm.........  Could it be secret Kubrick code for... "IBM"??  Nah..........
   4. Dave
2. Do you remember when cigarettes were advertised on television? Which brand, targeted to women, had a jingle that began with the phrase: "You've come a long way, baby, to get where you've got to today"?
   1. Virginia Slims: The rest of the verse is: "You've got your own cigarette now, baby. You've come a long, long way." Tennis great Billie Jean King credits Virginia Slims' sponsorship of the first women's professional tennis tour for the success of the sport.
   2. Marlboro Lites
   3. Benson and Hedges 101s
   4. Kools
3. Which television series was the only one to top the Nielson Ratings for three consecutive years in the 1960s? (Hint: Hop Sing)
   1. Rowan & Martin's Laugh In
   2. Bewitched
   3. Bonanza: Hop Sing was the Chinese immigrant who was the cook for Cartwrights on "Bonanza." "Laugh In" had one year at the top of the ratings in 1969. "Gunsmoke" had a four-year run as the nation's #1 show from 1958 - 1961. "Bewitched" wasn't ever #1 in the Nielson ratings but was tops in my childhood heart.
   4. Gunsmoke
4. Name the American band that formed in 1966 with these members: Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Dewey Martin and Bruce Palmer.
   1. Cream
   2. The Byrds
   3. Buffalo Springfield was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. The Byrds consisted of David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark and Michael Clarke. John Sebastian, Steve Boone, Joe Butler and Zal Yanovsky were the members of The Lovin' Spoonful. The British band Cream formed with Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce.
   4. The Lovin' Spoonful
5. Who got married May 1, 1967 at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas? (hint: the bride had really big hair)
   1. Sonny and Cher
   2. Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow
   3. Elvis and Priscilla Presley: In the pictures from her wedding to Elvis, Priscilla was shown with a black beehive and dramatic eye make-up. Mia Farrow was famous for her pixie hair cut at the time of her 1966 marriage to Old Blue Eyes. Cher had notoriously long straight hair for most of her career including in 1964 when she married Sonny Bono. The Jaggers were wed in 1971 at a Catholic church in St. Tropez, France.
   4. Mick and Bianca Jagger
6. Which soap opera that debuted in 1963 launched the acting careers of Ricky Martin, Rick Springfield, Mark Hamill and Demi Moore?
   1. General Hospital: Who doesn't remember Demi's portrayal of tenacious reporter Jackie Templeton in the early 80s? Springfield was Dr. Noah Drake from 1981-83 and reprised the role in 2005. Martin played bartender turned singer (surprise!) Miguel Morez from 1994-95 and Mark Hamill played Kent Murray from 1972-73.
   2. The Young and the Restless
   3. Days of Our Lives
   4. All My Children

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