The Seven Dwarfs: Dopey Trivia Quiz

Answer: Maroon

In this context, Bugs Bunny (voiced by Mel Blanc) is presumably confusing "maroon" with "moron", a more common insult. The Looney Tunes characters were always rather more wild and unruly than Disney's: one can't imagine Snow White referring to anyone as a "dope".

Answer: Killer Whale

Everyone presumes that "Dopey Dick" was a male, certainly 'he' enjoyed quite a bit of fame, with people travelling from far and wide to the City of Derry to see him. Because he could not find his own way out to sea, he was named, with typical Irish wit "Dopey Dick". The Foyle is one of the best salmon rivers in Ireland, and Dopey Dick was on the trail of a shoal of adult salmon returning to their birth places in the mountain streams of Counties Tyrone and Donegal to spawn.
This question was posted by darksplash, who has a picture of "Dopey Dick" on his office wall.

Answer: Dumb & Dumber

The 1994 movie "Dumb & Dumber" was directed by Peter Farrelly, master of bad-taste comedy, with Lloyd and Harry being played by Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels respectively. The film features their picaresque misadventures as they travel from Rhode Island to Colorado to return an accidentally abandoned briefcase.

(Question by stedman)

Answer: Allegro

"Allegro" opened in October of 1947, and ran for only 315 performances. It dealt with the life of one Joseph Taylor Jr., from his birth to age thirty-five, and his search for his own identity, happiness, and meaning. It was Hammerstein's most autobiographical show; Hammerstein had suffered a midlife crisis triggered by the knowledge of his first wife's infidelity, which is mirrored in the play. The show suffered from being in many respects ahead of its time, as well as having had one of the most disastrous opening nights in Broadway history. The young Stephen Sondheim was a production assistant for the premiere, and has recalled that the evening was plagued by falling scenery, a fire scare, and a badly injured dancer who was carried from the stage screaming in pain. Moreover, leading lady Lisa Kirk (who would later star in the much more successful Cole Porter musical "Kiss Me, Kate") tripped and fell into the orchestra pit upon her first entrance. Sondheim has nonetheless always had a great affection for the show, and emceed the 1994 "Encore" concert performance, which featured the late Christopher Reeve.

"The Gentleman is a Dope" is the best-known song from the show.. It features some of Hammerstein's most clever lyrics, starting out as a list of "the gentleman's" many flaws, during which the character's growing affection for the very man she is complaining about becomes increasingly apparent. It has been recorded by Dinah Shore, Ella Fitzgerald, Eydie Gorme, and Barbara Cook, among others.

Question submitted by Jouen58

Answer: plasma

The horse's blood is drawn and plasma separated using chromatography and and/or mass spectrometry. Due to the results of these illegal agents being an increase in volume of red blood cells (the cells that transport oxygen in the blood...the increase resulting in a stronger, faster athlete with more endurance), scientists look for unusual ratios of red blood cells.

Positive proof of doping results in the nullified results and track bans. Such a high price to pay for being a dope.

For more information on horse doping...
http://www.helium.com/items/1718842-an-overview-on-doping-in-horse-racing

Answer: A sauce or dip, to dip

The Dutch words originally referred to a sauce or dip, or to dip. When it was borrowed into English in the latter part of the nineteenth century (the first attestations are in the 1850's to 1860's), it took on the meaning of a thick liquid used as food or as a lubricant. From there the meaning narrowed to a kind of drug preparation, especially opiates, narcotics, and mind-altering drugs in general.

It was then applied to someone who was, or appeared to be, under the influence of such a substance.

The meaning of difficult to obtain or essential information is first attested in the early 1900's. Maybe it stemmed from the meaning the essence of something, like the active ingredient in a drug? Can we get the dope on this, please?

Answer: The Straight Dope

With the motto "Fighting ignorance since 1973 (it's taking longer than we thought)", "The Straight Dope" is primarily the work of the possibly pseudonymous Cecil Adams, with editor Ed Zotti and illustrator Slug Signorino. In magazines, book collections, and a capacious website, you can find well-researched and referenced answers to questions ranging from "Can a nuclear plant withstand a direct hit by a tornado?" (answer: yes, for some tornadoes) to "Is it true an elephant never forgets?" (answer: pretty much, but it takes almost forever to get them to learn). This is an excellent source for any trivia fan!

Question submitted by CellarDoor.

Answer: Use it to tighten and stiffen the fabric

Dope is a coating that shrinks the fabric and makes it stiff, to enable it to wrap tightly around the airframe. Some famous aircraft that used doped fabric included the Tiger Moth, Mosquito and even some early marks of Spitfire. Unfortunately, most early dopes used were based on nitrates and highly flammable - not a good thing in a warplane! Later dopes were made from butyrate. The highly resourceful prisoners of war who built the Colditz glider made a home-made dope by boiling millet. Not so Dopey!
Submitted by Quiz_Beagle.

Answer: Dunga

The official story is that the name was give to the young Carlos by his uncle, because he was unusually short as a child. As an adult, Mr Verri is not a giant, but, at 5 feet 9 and a half, he's not a dwarf either.

Answer: Baptise their baby

Doper means baptist or baptiser in Afrikaans. Afrikaans is mostly spoken in South Africa and Namibia, and was originally of Dutch origin, though it has quite a bit of English in it. Submitted by Quiz_Beagle.