Info Triplets Trivia Quiz

Answer: Homer

Homer is the poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two great ancient Greek epics. Homer Simpson is the father of the family on "The Simpsons," a long-running animated television show on FOX, and Homer Hickam is the real-life NASA employee whose storied childhood was dramatized in his book "Rocket Boys" and the later film adaptation called "October Sky".

Answer: Regan

Regan is the second daughter of Lear in "King Lear," and one of the two who mistreat their father cruelly. Regan is the possessed child of historic horror movie "The Exorcist," "The Sweeney" is about policeman Jack Regan, who is a tough, no-nonsense cop.

Answer: Angels

"Angels in America" is an epic two-part play by Tony Kusher about the AIDS epidemic. "City of Angels" is a movie (and several other media adaptations) about an angel who decides to fall to earth to live with people. Also there are two "Angels in the Outfield" movies (one from 1951, starring Paul Douglas, and one from 1994 starring Danny Glover) about making deals with angels to help a baseball team.

Answer: Sound(s)

"Sound of Music" is a classic musical by Rogers and Hammerstein that was adapted into a similarly classic movie starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. "Sounds of Silence" is an album and title song of Simon and Garfunkel - the song peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. William Faulkner, of course, wrote "The Sound and the Fury," which had a title taken from "Macbeth" and featured the Compson family.

Answer: Prime

"Prime time" refers to the highest-traffic television-watching hours of the evening. "Prime numbers" are numbers divisible only by themselves and 1, and the "prime directive" is the Starfleet order stating that Starfleet captains and their crews may not interfere with the natural development of civilizations, particularly those without interstellar travel.

Answer: Twelfth/Twelve

"Twelfth Night" is a Shakespeare comedy featuring a love triangle in which Viola loves Duke Orsino, but Orsino pines for Olivia who falls in love with Viola's male disguise! "Twelve Angry Men" is a play (and later, film) that follows a 12-man jury as they discuss the evidence before them in a murder trial.

The Twelve Labors of Hercules were twelve tasks that the great hero of Greek mythology, Hercules, performed as penance for his crimes he committed while struck mad. It started as 10 but was increased to 12 when it was determined he'd gotten help on 2 of the original 10.

Answer: Roof

Tevye is the main character of "Fiddler on the Roof," the title of which is a symbol for the tenuous lifestyle of the villagers of Anatevka. "Up the Ladder to the Roof" is a 1970 song by The Supremes that peaked at 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Mount Everest and the Himalayas, the highest-altitude locations in the world, are rightly called "The Roof of the World" - it doesn't get higher!

Answer: Colonel

Colonel Harlan Sanders was the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, the successful fried chicken franchise. Colonel Mustard is a suspect in the murder mystery board game Clue/Cluedo (all suspects have color-related names like "Plum," "Scarlett," and others). Lt. Colonel Oliver North was the man who was widely considered to have taken the fall for the Iran Contra scandal of the Reagan administration where arms were sold to Iran to pay for the Contra uprising in Nicaragua - he was tried and convicted for his part in it.

Answer: Tragedy

"An American Tragedy" is a 1925 novel about a tortured man and his tragic life. "The Spanish Tragedy" is a 16th century play about a corrupted court of Spain, and "The tragedy of the commons" is about overuse of public space and resources that will economically result from certain setups.

Answer: Spoiler

Spoilers can refer to giving away plot details to people who haven't seen that part of the story yet, political candidates who may "spoil" the race for someone close to victory, even though they won't win themselves, and a "thrust spoiler" is the part of the automobile that reduces "air time" at high speeds.