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14.This Canadian series was entirely a series of circus acts (and host segments)
16.Which television network used to be the home for Hockey Night in Canada (initials okay if you don’t know how to spell it out)
17.Which television network used to be the home for The Littlest Hobo (initials okay if you don’t know how to spell it out)
14. Cirque de Soleil
16. CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corperation
17. CTV, no actual meaning but generally accepted as Canadian Television
(Also, I had answered #12 in the previous quiz)
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Sorry about the error. I also didn't know about Cique du Soleil having their own series, so revised question 14:
This *1980s* Canadian series was entirely a series of circus acts (and host segments).
Others are correct.
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Calling a day on the following:
4.Troma did a DVD release of some episodes of this British claymation series
9.Slim Goodbody was a segment on this children’s show
10.Which game show hosted by Jim Perry began with the letter C?
11.This early cartoon series was infamous for its limited animation
13.Candid Camera bits that were too hot for network TV (female nudity) were released on VHS under what name?
14.This 1980s Canadian series was entirely a series of circus acts (and host segments)
15.Who was the lead singer in Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!?
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15 Captain California of Hero High?
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15 is correct, during the live action segments with the same actors as the voice actors.
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Remaining answers:
4.Troma did a DVD release of some episodes of this British claymation series
Crapston Villas
9.Slim Goodbody was a segment on this children’s show
Captain Kangaroo
10.Which game show hosted by Jim Perry began with the letter C?
Card Sharks
11.This early cartoon series was infamous for its limited animation
Clutch Cargo
13.Candid Camera bits that were too hot for network TV (female nudity) were released on VHS under what name?
Candid Candid Camera
14.This 1980s Canadian series was entirely a series of circus acts (and host segments)
Circus
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This being Election Day in the US, all questions are on US Presidents and related characters. That said, because he likely has both supporters and opponents on this board, none of the questions below are on Trump.
1.Which two actors known for other sci-fi shows have played a President on Supergirl?
2.In the 1970s, a prominent British reporter conducted a series of interviews with a former US President, that were later the subject of a movie. Name the reporter and President
3.Which two President clones were main characters on the original (because the show is set for a revival) Clone High?
4.Which sitcom about a real life President poked fun at sitcoms more than politics, and who played the President?
5.Who was the President in the second season of 24?
6.Which president was a villain in the fifth season of 24?
7.The continuity of the Arrowverse Earth-1 suggests that this President who served two terms in the real world served only one on Earth-1, or at least did not complete his second term
8.Which then-future President gave the Checkers speech on TV?
9.Who was the President on The West Wing?
10. On Dream On, the main character sometimes flashed back to which president, from a time before the latter became President?
11.Which President was the source of pratfall comedy on Saturday Night Live and who played him?
12.In a Saturday Night Live spoof of Marilyn Monroe’s Happy Birthday, Mr. President, which president was substituted, and who played him?
13.Which HBO mockumentary series covered the 1988 US election, and one candidate’s bid of presidency?
14. Which First Lady guest starred on Diff’rent Strokes?
15.Who played the two candidates for President on the final season of the West Wing, and for which parties?
16.This cartoon series was subtitled Resident of the United States
17.Which short lived series was about the childhood of a future President
18.This fictional President (from which show on Netflix) was succeeded by his wife
19.Which President assassinated himself on Red Dwarf?
20.Which cartoon series was about a super-powered President?
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1 Bruce Boxleitner and Lynda Carter.
2. David Frost, Richard Nixon
14 Nancy Reagan
19 JFK
20 Super President
And not related to the questions, but related to both superheroes and politics: From the book "How to be a Superhero", in the section discussing possible choices for your secret identity:
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Those are all correct.
1.Carter's character had to resign because she was literally an illegal alien and was replaced by Boxleitner's character.
14.This is probably the episode that most inspired parodies of "very special" episodes on TV.
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9 Jed Bartlett (Martin Sheen)
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18 House of Cards - Frank and Claire Underwood
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Those two are correct as well. House of Cards was of course based on a British series but I didn't want to try too hard to work that into the question.
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4.Which sitcom about a real life President poked fun at sitcoms more than politics, and who played the President?
8.Which then-future President gave the Checkers speech on TV?
10. On Dream On, the main character sometimes flashed back to which president, from a time before the latter became President?
11.Which President was the source of pratfall comedy on Saturday Night Live and who played him?
12.In a Saturday Night Live spoof of Marilyn Monroe’s Happy Birthday, Mr. President, which president was substituted, and who played him?
13.Which HBO mockumentary series covered the 1988 US election, and one candidate’s bid of presidency?
15.Who played the two candidates for President on the final season of the West Wing, and for which parties?
4. That's My Bush, Timothy Hutton?
8. Richard Nixon
10. Ronald Reagan?
11. Gerald Ford, Chevy Chase
12. Bill Clinton, Phil Hartman?
13. Tanner '88
15. Jimmy Smits (D), Alan Alda (R)?
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3.Which two President clones were main characters on the original (because the show is set for a revival) Clone High?
Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
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Most of those are correct (both recent posts) except that 4 has a different surname which does sound similar. Since Hutton is a different actor I can't accept that answer as close enough.
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Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
Most of those are correct (both recent posts) except that 4 has a different surname which does sound similar. Since Hutton is a different actor I can't accept that answer as close enough.
Timothy Bottoms
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Calling a half day give or take on the following:
5.Who was the President in the second season of 24?
6.Which president was a villain in the fifth season of 24?
7.The continuity of the Arrowverse Earth-1 suggests that this President who served two terms in the real world served only one on Earth-1, or at least did not complete his second term
16.This cartoon series was subtitled Resident of the United States
17.Which short lived series was about the childhood of a future President
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5.Who was the President in the second season of 24?
David Palmer
6.Which president was a villain in the fifth season of 24?
Charles Logan
7.The continuity of the Arrowverse Earth-1 suggests that this President who served two terms in the real world served only one on Earth-1, or at least did not complete his second term
8. Barack Obama. The first season of Arrow established him as President and later (from their perspective) the Legends met him prior to becoming President. However, during the invasion of 2016, a different President was assassinated.
16.This cartoon series was subtitled Resident of the United States
Li'l Bush
17.Which short lived series was about the childhood of a future President
Jack & Bobby, with Bobby being the future President
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Questions are devoted to the letter D (usual rules)
1. Which series warned viewers, "They're here, they're hostile..."
2. Who played Captain Cold in the 1990-1991 Flash series?
3. The show Dexter was based on which novel?
4. This old lady is known for her sex advice in talk shows and similar projects (use her onscreen nickname)
5. The first episode of this popular sci-fi series correctly predicted that British currency would eventually go decimal
6. Alan Thicke sang (but did not star in) the theme to this popular 1980s sitcom
7. This short lived (and highly underrated) series was about a cop who found himself repeating the same day thoughout the series.
8. The episode of Disneyland about the opening of the theme park unfortunately had who cheerfully singing about shooting Native Americans with his gun?
9.What is the actual name of the series known in the US as Secret Agent?
10. Which Saturday Night Live actor portrayed Church Lady?
11. Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer appeared in this performing arts series
12. Lucille Ball was a co-founder of this production company
13. Who played the lead role in The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
14. This 1980s reality series was about the polygraph machine
15. Who succeeded Bob Parker as host of The Price is Right?
16. This Canadian series starred Donnelly Rhodes as a crime fighting marine biologist (the show was actually worse than it sounds)
17. This series about a precog was based on a Stephen King novel
18. This series was about a group of grim reapers
19. This suburbian comedy soap opera was narrated by a dead person
20. The Colbert Report was a spin-off of which series?
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3. Darkly Dreaming Dexter
4. Dr Ruth
5. Doctor Who.
8. Davy Crockett?
9. Dangerman
12. Desilu
17. Dead Zone
18. Dead Like Me
19. Desperate Housewives
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10. Which Saturday Night Live actor portrayed Church Lady?
11. Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer appeared in this performing arts series
13. Who played the lead role in The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
15. Who succeeded Bob Parker as host of The Price is Right?
20. The Colbert Report was a spin-off of which series?
10. Dana Carvey
11. Dancing with the Stars
13. Dan Haggerty?
15. Drew Carey
20. The Daily Show
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6 Diff'rent Strokes?
7 Day Break
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16 is correct.
Re: 14. I'm not sure what I was thinking because it doesn't really fit the theme, so I'm going to call this quiz over and leave that question for another round as all the other questions are taken.
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This round's questions are on the various Super Friends shows
1. Who was the voice of Superman?
2. Who was the voice of Batman except in the last two seasons?
3. When he was replaced by Adam West, who did the voice actorin question 2 take over?
4. What was the second season of Super Friends called?
5. This series of Super Friends had for part of each episode the team up against a team of villains (and what was the name of the latter team)?
6. Who voiced DeSaad?
7. What was the name of the second last season?
8. Which superhero joined the team in the season described in question 7?
9. What was the name of the final season?
10. Which superhero joined the team in the season described in question 9, and who voiced him?
11. Who were the original youth and pet trainees?
12. Who (again youth and pet trainees) replaced the characters in question 3?
13. Which two DC superheroes only appeared in the first season?
14. Who was the Hispanic (at least in code name and garb) member of the Super Friends?
15. Who was the Native American member of the Super Friends and which super-villain was his origin connected to?
16. Who was the Asian member of the Super Friends?
17. Who was the African American member of the Super Friends and which superhero did he replace when they couldn't get the rights?
18. Who was the voice of Robin?
19. What was the name of the headquarters, and which specific live action superhero series depicted this headquarters in 2020?
20. Which member of the team had an origin story in the final season (and who was the villain in that story's present day sequences)?
21. Which network did Super Friends air?
22. What was a common colouring error on Batman's costume?
23. How did the youth from question 12 trigger their powers and which powers did each of them have?
24. For one season, which character was depicted as still a member of the team in the opening theme even though they never appeared in any episodes that season?
25. The final two seasons were partly intended to sell toys from which company?