Trivia Challenge: Game I

[LordGiggles]

I'll put the source up when I get home. Funny that Texas Bands doesn't respond or load on my computer, but it works on everyone elses. I'll work on finding a new question for Round 3 as well.

[mbui]

  LordGiggles said:

Well it's been past the deadline. The only people to get it right was actualgirltrombone and Xenon.

 

The correct answer was: Sue-Ann Faulkner, Pit.

 

It seems that in this first game, the questions were of a difficult calibur. I'll make sure next time the game lasts longer, but that was the fear of some people such as Jag, claiming it would last for months.

 

Thanks for everyone who volunteered to play, thanks for getting this launched, I'll try to work out all the bugs next game.

Whoa, no wonder it was pretty much impossible to find.

 

The Sue-Ann Faulkner/Cavaliers lawsuit never happpen. It was a joke posted on RAMD. The person that posted the joke got the Sue-Ann Faulkner name from Shannon Faulkner who won a case when she sued the CITADEL for not letting her into the academy back in the mid 1990's. I found this just now on RAMD.....

Click here.

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A couple of years ago (actually, more like 4) I posted this parody

on RAMD, and also had it published in Drum Corps World. As I looked

through it the other day, I am sad to say that my crystal baritone was

obviously wrong:

 

DCI In the Year 2000

 

Through painful meditation positions and many a cup of Colombian

coffee, I have finally been able to gain insight into the future of drum

corps. After one long look into my trusty crystal baritone, I see many

things ahead, I alone hold the answers. Listen to my prophecies....

 

November 21, 1999: Cadets of Bergen County director George Hopkins

announces that the 2000 Cadets show will be entitled "The Undiscovered

Copland." When asked where the new, previously unheard of music came from,

Mr Hopkins claims to have found it in a compost heap near the late Mr

Copland's Florida home. Rumors have been swirling around, however, that

"Where the Wild Ones March" is George Hopkins' first attempt at composing.

When asked for comment, Mr Hopkins changed the subject.

 

[well, this could still happen! ]

 

December 24, 1999: Star of Indiana announces its return to the DCI

field. The show is entitled "Minimalistic Tendencies", but director Jim

Mason does not disclose the repertoire.

 

[ this too could still happen ]

 

March 3, 2000: In an incredibly offensive move, the Indianapolis

Colts of the NFL sue the Dubuque Colts for identity fraud. The corps is

forced to change their name to the Dubuque Calfs to avoid legal problems.

This year's show includes "Mrs O'Leary's Cow", "Moo-Town Blues", and

"Milk-It does a Body Good", all original compositions by staffer Dean

Musson. In a friendly gesture, Omaha Steaks Incorporated and Winn

Dixie-The Beef People announce their sponsorship of the corps.

 

[ darn those Indianapolis Colts! ]

 

March 4, 2000: The Velvet Knights announce that retired NFL

quarterback John Elway will be a part of their show entitled "A Night at

OJ's." Elway will play a white, slow-moving Bronco.

 

[ sadly, unless VK is on its way back right now, I fell short on this one]

 

April 14, 2000: SCV unveils their new show, "Not The Firebird".

The music will consist of John Phillip Sousa marches.

 

April 18, 2000: Facing severe budget constraints, the Glassmen

reluctantly accept a sponsorship from Windex.

 

June 10, 2000: The Cavaliers are shocked to learn that Shannon

Faulkner's younger sister is suing the corps to be a member of the

all-male ensemble. After winning a costly court battle, Sue-Ann Faulkner

drops out of the corps after three days of pre-tour rehearsals. "I gave it

my all" she is reported to have said. Sue-Ann was in the pit.

 

June 26, 2000: A stadium announcer is severely beaten by the

Dubuque Calfs' color guard after mistakenly refering to them as the

"cattle guard".

 

June 27, 2000" DEG instruments introduces the "Laser-Tone Two-

Thousand Euphonium", designed by former Euphonium terror Tim Gray. When

asked how he was told to approach the instrument, Tim had this to say:

"'Make it evil' they told me. 'Loud and evil. Make it totally clear that

this instrument has a right end and a wrong end. Make it absolutely clear

to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going very badly for

them. If that means sticking all sorts of spikes and needles and

blackened bits of liver, then so be it.' That's what they told me, that's

what they got."

 

Finals Week, 2000: Phantom Regiment, the perennial bridesmaid,

brings back the "crab-step" in an effort to boost their low visual

scores. Phantom moves up from 7th to 2nd between Quarters and Semis.

 

[ I'm glad I was wrong with this one ]

 

Finals Night, 2000: Star of Indiana wins the high brass trophy

playing an extended version of John Cage's "Four Minutes, Fifty-three

Seconds of Silence".

 

Finals Night, 2000: Phantom Regiment wins the high Visual award

but still comes in 2nd place, despite adding the now-famous "Shaggy Walk"

to their drill, inspired by late night reruns of Scooby-Doo on the Cartoon

Network.

 

Finals Night, 2000: Blue Devils win their eight title playing

"Pinneapple- Face Parole", an original work written by former Panamanian

dictator Manuel Noriega while in jail. Noriega, who attended Finals, had

nothing to say except "Todavia me deben dinero por las drogas!!!"

Translation is still unclear.

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So does Round 2 really count since the Sue-Ann/Cavaliers lawsuit never happened?

[Skippy]

**Edited by Dynasty** (Someone is having some technology issues, and isn't being rational )

[mbui]

Ohh, good point. I didn't see that.

 

(Dynasty: read above)

[LordGiggles]

I'll find a new question then, because then that was never really fair if it was just a joke. I must of overlooked that.

 

In any case, Round 2 is being redone and Mbui is back in.