Introduction to The Smut Set
1. Who is the famous 17 foot tall naked guy holding a rock and sling that Michelangelo carved a masterpiece statue of in 1504?
2. What 1983 Miss America pageant winner lost her title after nude pictures of her were published in Penthouse magazine?
3. Who was Playboy magazine’s first centerfold in December 1953?
4. What actress do we, unfortunately, get to see naked in 2002’s About Schmidt?
5. What was missing from Prince’s pants in the 1983 video for Little Red Corvette?
1. What French explorer is often credited with discovering Canada in 1534?
2. What name did Shakespeare give to a record five different characters in his plays, including one title character?
3. What name is given to a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is attributed. Example: “That’s the last time I’ll stick my arm in a lion’s mouth,” the lion-tamer said off-handedly.
4. What mathematical symbol did math whiz Ferdinand von Lindemann determine to be a transcendental number in 1882?
5. What nation did Niger, Algeria, Laos, Haiti, Tunisia and the Congo all gain independence from?
1. Beach Boys – California Girls – “I dig a French bikini on a wild island coast by a palm tree in the sand”?
2. Pearl Jam – Daughter – “Alone, listless, breakfast table in an otherwise empty room. Young girl, violins, center of a rhodedendron”?
3. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – “Beelzebub has a devil for a son for me”?
4. Beck – Loser – “So, open the door, I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me”?
5. Manfred Mann – Blinded By The Light – “Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche, another runner in the night”?
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1. According to the 2005 Saturday Night Live digital short Lazy Sunday, starring Chris Parnell and Andy Sanberg, Mr. Pibb plus Red Vines equals what?
2. On what amazing Twitter site, which quotes a 73-year-old man, could you read “Here’s a strawberry, sorry for farting near you…Hey! Either take the strawberry and stop bitching, or no strawberry, that’s the deal.”?
3. Who stars alongside adorable, two-year-old Pearl McKay in The Landlord, a short comedy film voted “Most Viral Video” in the 2007 Guy’s Choice Awards, presented by Spike TV?
4. In the movie Airplane, Steve McCroskey, played by Lloyd Bridges, says on four occasions that he picked the wrong week to quit something. Two of these were smoking and drinking. What were the other two?
5. A standup routine called No Cure For Cancer is a Thanksgiving staple in my crew. The comedian was accused of plagiarizing comedian Bill Hicks, supposedly stealing not only his material but his persona and attitude. When asked about the comedian in question, Hicks told an interviewer: “I have a scoop for you. I stole his act. I camouflaged it with punchlines, and to really throw people off, I did it before he did.” Who are we talking about?
1. What deadly infectious disease, which most commonly affects the lungs, was in the past called Consumption, because it seemed to consume people from within with bloody cough, fever and pallor?
2. Alice in Wonderland syndrome, or micropsia, is a disorienting condition which affects which of the five human senses?
3. What is the condition that involves complex lateral and rotational curvature and deformity of the spine?
4. What disorder, which is the most common over-activity of thyroid hormone production, was Seahawks wide receiver Bobby Engram diagnosed with in October 2006?
5. Hodgkin’s is characterized clinically by the orderly spread of disease between clusters of what parts of the body, known for fighting bacteria and viruses?
1. Once the unofficial home to the Rat Pack, The Sands, which opened in 1952, was imploded in 1996 to make room for what new hotel and casino?
2. What is the name of the southern-most county in Nevada that contains the city of Las Vegas?
3. What is the name of the pedestrian mall and attraction in downtown Las Vegas that sports a 1500-foot-long LED display on it’s arched ceiling?
4. Opened in November of 1989, which hotel and casino was the first Megaresort built on the Las Vegas strip and from 1990 to 2003 was the venue for the Siegfried & Roy show?
5. With over 1300 slot machines, what is the name of the international airport that services Las Vegas and the surrounding areas?
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