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Trivia

My bank of sick and twisted trivia questions (break in case of emergency).

If you are a friend of mine irl, please be cool and don't look at the answers.

Animals in Pop Culture:

1. In the hit animated movie Megamind, Megamind says "Oh, I'm shaking in my custom baby ____ leather boots!"
2. Name the titular tiger character in Bill Watterson's famous newspaper comic.
3. What breed of dog is The Peanuts' Snoopy?
4. Michael Jackson had a pet ____ that reportedly slept in a crib in his room. Jackson insisted that the pet be present for the recording of Bad, and would often travel and talk with it. (+1 bonus point for naming the pet)
5. Legendary voice actor Mel Blanc is known as "The man of 1,000 voices," but his most popular and iconic role is also said to have rescued from a coma. Name the cartoon character.

Back from the Dead (in movies):

1. Not one but two characters are back from the dead in this entry of the MCU: the main character's immediate superior, and their childhood best friend.
2. This character is back with a costume and a name change after being presumed dead: From Grey to White.
3. This character and his father are both undead by the end of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy- they also share a name. (+1 bonus points for naming both actors, OR +1 bonus point for naming the father character's nickname)
4. Anakin Skywalker returns as Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back. The line that reveals his identity is often misquoted- What is the misquoted line and what is the actual line? (0.5 points for each)
5. In this Disney animated movie, the main character's brother tragically dies while attempting to rescue is mentor from a burning building. Both are presumed dead, but the mentor is revealed to have survived as the movie's twist villain.

Scandal!

1. This suffix refers to the building where an infamous US political scandal took place, but is now applied libarally to variety of words to indicate scandal, controversy or conspiracy.
2. This aircraft manufacturer neglected to advise new training modules for pilots flying the 737 MAX-8, resulting in 2 crashes and the temporary grounding for the aircraft.
3. Elizabeth Holmes founded this company at only 19 years old, but was later convicted of fraud- Claims that the company's flagship product could run accurate blood tests on a single drop of blood were falsified.
4. In 2021 a class action lawsuit was brought against this restaurant chain, with the claim that the menu's tuna salad was "a mixture of various concoctions" containing "anything but tuna."
5. This olympian won gold in the 100 m dash in 1988, and was the first Canadian to do so since 1928. However, they were disqualified after they were discovered to be using steroids.