Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Thanks for all the Ghoti!






Trying to keep in simple for the holiday.


(If you missed the recap of last week's quiz, go here.)







Here's the quiz:

1. Now in the hands of Italy, Napoleon was sent into exile for the first time in 1814, to what then-French island?

2. Inspired by British bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, several South American bands such as Los Shakers and Los Mockers, skyrocketed to fame in their national neighbor, Argentina, in something known as the ________ Invasion.


3. What SPECIFIC type of poly-chromatic lizard clade did George Alan O'Dowd and his band sing about on the SECOND their 1983 album Colour by Numbers?

4. What fictional company, shown in the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, has the slogan "The future begins tomorrow!" and was originally created by novelist Thomas Pynchon and featured in his books V. and The Crying of Lot 49?

5. During World War Two, what common Italian male first name acquired a new meaning as a way to refer to the Axis powers, deriving from an acronymic portmanteau of their capital cities?

6. Along with his buddy Earl, what alien from the planet Funkotron, starred in several video games in the 1990s?

RULES:
Take the first letter of each answer above, and rearrange the letters to find the name of a trans-continental nation that, along with Hungary, has risen to special attention in the US in this month.

Tell me this country, in-person anytime after 7:00 for a prize.





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