Time to figure out titles. This week, all the answers are Alliterative Titles, meaning titles that start with the same letter. These can be book titles, film titles, or other media titles.
I’m your hopelessly humble host, Brian Rollins and this is episode 346 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy trivia podcast.
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Useless Etymology
Did you know that an “astronaut” is literally a “star sailor,” that a thesaurus is, in fact, a “treasure
trove” of words, and that someone who is “sinister” is actually just “left-handed”?
Have you ever wondered why English isn’t considered a Romance language if 60% of our
words are Latin-derived?
Did Shakespeare really invent 1,700 words, and if not, why the heck do we say that he did?
Why is the English language stuffed with so many synonyms?
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Time to figure out titles. This week, all the answers are Alliterative Titles, meaning titles that start with the same letter. These can be book titles, film titles, or other media titles.
It’s three rounds of ten questions each. Each round (dorky, geeky, and nerdy respectively) is harder than the last. Want to learn more about the show? Visit DorkyGeekyNerdy.com.
I’m your hopelessly humble host, Brian Rollins and this is episode 346 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy trivia podcast.
Shall we start the show?
The Dorky Round
- The classic tale of a boy who never grew up by J.M. Barrie
a. Peter Pan - Either the 1933 classic or the 2005 remake from Peter Jackson
a. King Kong - A 1997 Jim Carrey movie about a lawyer who can only tell the truth
a. Liar Liar - A 1979 George Miller movie starring a young Mel Gibson
a. Mad Max - Broadway musical (and later movie) based on the songs by Abba
a. Mamma Mia! - A 2012 movie starring Anna Kendrick that popularized the “Cup Song”, When I’m Gone?
a. Pitch Perfect - Starring Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi, what was the first SNL movie?
a. The Blues Brothers - The movie that taught us all the importance of “Wax on, Wax off”
a. The Karate Kid - Jim Henson’s creations made their big screen debut in what 1979 film?
a. The Muppet Movie - M. Night Shyamalan wowed audiences with a huge twist in what 1999 movie?
a. The Sixth Sense
The Geeky Round
- The first book in a Series of Unfortunate Events?
a. The Bad Beginning - Any one of the movies that starred Rex Harrison, Eddie Murphy, or Robert Downey Jr.
a. Doctor Doolittle - A thriller by Gillian Flynn that was adapted into a film starring Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck
a. Gone Girl - 1995 Liam Neeson movie about a Scottish rebel
a. Rob Roy - A 2012 Snow White adaptation starring Julia Roberts
a. Mirror Mirror - The Akira Kurosawa film that inspired numerous knockoffs, including The Magnificent Seven
a. Seven Samurai - Inspector Clouseau hunted down a jewel thief in what 1963 Peter Sellers movie?
a. The Pink Panther - A Channing Tatum movie about his early days as a male stripper
a. Magic Mike - What 1992 movie is the highest-grossing movie based on SNL characters?
a. Wayne’s World - Either the 1965 Western TV series or the 1999 remake with Will Smith and Kevin Kline
a. Wild Wild West
The Nerdy Round
- The Rachel Carson book that brought to light the dangers of DDT and other pollutants
a. Silent Spring - The first book (and the series name) for the Mars-based Pierce Brown book
a. Red Rising - A Neil Simon play about his time in Basic Training in Mississippi and a Matthew Broderick film
a. Biloxi Blues - A 1957 Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire movie
a. Funny Face - A 1991 box office bomb that starred Bruce Willis
a. Hudson Hawk - 1972 Robert Redford film about a hermit that’s the source of a meme gif
a. Jeremiah Johnson - What 1967 WW2 movie features twelve soldiers sent on a suicide mission?
a. The Dirty Dozen - A 1982 cross-dressing comedy starring Julie Andrews
a. Victor/Victoria - An 1838 Charles Dickens story about a young man that must support his mother and sister. Most recently adapted in 2002 with Charlie Hunnam as the title character
a. Nicholas Nickleby - A 1999 superhero spoof starring Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo
a. Mystery Men
Episode Conclusion
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I’ll be back here next week with music trivia. Here’s a clue:
What English rock band was the first to release an album billed as a “rock opera”?
You shouldn’t need to call up the CSI team to figure this one out. Until then, relax your neck, take a deep breath, and do that thing you’ve been putting off. It’ll help, I bet. See you again on Wednesday.
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