Remember a few weeks ago when I shared with you that a game of pub trivia had led to the shocking revelation that four of the world’s top 10 visited sites were Disney theme parks?
Well, at least that was a good trivia question, even if I found the answers outrageous. The question (“what were the top ten most visited sites in the world in 2007?”) was the kind of thing you could reason through, make educated guesses. Even if you didn’t get all 10, you probably would get a couple. It was the kind of question that gets you a range of answers, too (some teams will get only a few right, others will absolutely nail it) that helps you separate teams in a close contest.
Last night, we went back to trivia, and the bonus question absolutely blew goats. It was: “name 10 of the 15 main characters in Animal House.”
DUDE. That is a TERRIBLE question for the bonus round. Either you have seen the movie or you have not. If you have not, you have NO CHANCE of getting any points. At least with the “ten most visited” question, you could do some reasoning, and talk with your teammates to try to make educated guesses. With the Animal House question, if you’re me at least, you look around your table blankly, hoping someone, anyone, has seen Animal House. (One guy had, years ago, but didn’t remember much. Something about smoking something illicit that clouded his memory?)
So here, in no particular order, were our answers:
1. John Belushi’s character
2. That guy
3. That other guy
4. The one who wore a toga
5. The one who did a kegstand
6. The nerd who inexplicably gets the girl
7. The irritable school official
8. The cheerleader
9. The pledge
10. The frat house mascot
Needless to say, we did not win.
Before I get any comments to the effect of “what? You’ve never seen Animal House?!”, allow me to list for you some other movies I’ve never seen, all of which have come up in trivia contests at some point in my life (though, I will note, I have gotten some of the questions correct, even without seeing the movies):
- Ghostbusters
- Goonies
- Gremlins
- Adventures in Babysitting
- The Wizzard of Oz
- Star Wars
- Back to the Future
- Caddyshack
- Jaws
- ET
What can I say? We didn’t have a VCR until I was 12, and even then my mom held tight control over what we watched, and she doesn’t like adventure/fantasy/sci fi/any movies that might have swear words. I can’t be the only one with gaping holes in my movie watching history…can I?
I am so damn glad to find someone else who has not seen ET! That usually gets me horrified stares when I admit that fact. I’ve also never seen Goonies or Adventures in Babysitting, but I’ve seen all the other films on that list.
I’ve never seen Animal House, either! Isn’t there a guy named Booger in it? And Anthony Edwards is in it too, I think.
I’ve seen all the others on your list, but I do get that same reaction when I tell people I hate the music of the Beatles.
That IS a terrible question! All or nothing and they divide it into ten? OH COME ON.
I finally saw Animal house about 2 years ago and I can’t remember any of their names.
Oh, my. I’ve only seen two and a half of the movies you listed above (ET scared the you know what out of me as a kid and I never really watched the whole thing). And never Animal House.
I kind of feel like you’re a movie person or a tv person. I am a tv person. Movies are so long. They require a bit more commitment than I’m willing to accept. But, damn it, I know what happened on American Idol last night!!
I have seen Animal House – and all the ones on that list – but the only character I can remember is Otter. They all had animal nicknames, I believe, hence Animal House. I think the chubby pledge might have been penguin, but I wouldn’t bet money on it.
You didn’t miss much with Jaws. I think my husband and I are the only twisted people who are amused by “Shawk! Shawk in the pooond!” But I highly recommend Goonies. It’s still a fave of mine.
Okay, it was bugging me, so I checked out imdb and I am wrong. They aren’t all animals, though the chubby pledge was Flounder, not Penguin.
That really was a bad question.
Those are classics, my dear…you must Netflix them NOW
Especially Goonies, Gremlins, and Back to the Future!
Remember when you asked about the Netflix Roku? It’s helped me “improve my pop culture literacy” (ahem) by letting me catch up on all the 80s/90s movies I never watched–and their sequels: Karate Kid (1-4), Ghostbusters (1-3), Back to the Future (1-3 available, but I’ve only seen 1… so far), and, I admit rather shamefully, Top Gun.
What about Princess Bride? Please tell me you’ve seen that.
SOOOO with you on this. although i’ve seen a lot of the kids’ classics (ET, Wizard of Oz, Back to the Future) i am missing everything that came out after about the age of 12, or that was “inappropriate” for children when i was one. like dumb and dumber, the godfather(s), ace ventura, wayne’s world, dazed and confused, rocky(s), fast times at ridgemont high…. it goes on and on
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