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 Stout Black -- Answer 451: Entertainment & Food
 

a) Champagne

The two-layered drink was Otto von Bismarck's favorite.

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 Stout Black -- Question 451: Entertainment & Food
 

What type of alcohol is poured on top of Guinness stout to make a Black Velvet?

a) Champagne
b) Gin
c) Rum
d) Vodka

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 Battle of the Band Names - Random Trivia Answers
 

  • A1) Wang Chung. Their 1982 debut album was Huang Chung, the original spelling of the name, but the group later claimed it was the sound of a guitar on American Bandstand.
  • A2) Orville Richard Burrell. His nickname comes from the Scooby-Doo's best friend, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers.
  • A3) C.S. Lewis. The book Mere Christianity included his 1943 chats on BBC radio.
  • A4) John Ondrasik. The ice hockey phrase is short for "five-minute major penalty for fighting".
  • A5) Spandau Ballet. Spandau, a borough of Berlin, formerly housed a prison for war criminals.
  • A6) The Guess Who. The Canadian band was covering British classics and wanted to appear British, so a record was shipped out labeled "Guess Who?". A few years later the band became Bachman Turner Overdrive, for the members' names and a trucker magazine.
  • A7) Wild Cherry. The group reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with "Play That Funky Music" on September 18, 1976.
  • A8) Steamroller. The band was called Herd until the road in front of the house they were rehearsing in got repaved.
  • A9) The Kooks. After selling over a million albums in the U.K., the band began a U.S. tour and currently has "Naive" climbing the Billboard Modern Rock chart.
  • A10) Nickelback. He would often tell customers, "Here's your nickel back".
  • A11) Timithy Abdole Quagmire. His grandfather nicknamed him Tip, but the Southern singer confused fans by pronouncing it like "Chip", so he spelled it out as "T.I.P." and later dropped the 'P'.
  • A12) Fallout Boy. When a fan recommended the name at a concert, the band didn't know where it came from, but they stuck with it and haven't been sued.
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 Battle of the Band Names - Random Trivia Questions
 

Every music group has a story to tell about how it came up with its name. Sometimes just trying to understand what the name means is complicated. The following dozen questions about singer and band names span the decades all the way back to the 1960s.

  • Q1) What 1980s British pop group's name means "yellow bell"?
  • Q2) What was the given name of the D.J. and singer known as Shaggy?
  • Q3) What writer's words did Sixpence None the Richer borrow for their name?
  • Q4) What singer named his band Five for Fighting?
  • Q5) What 1980s band originally called itself The Makers but changed its name after visiting Germany?
  • Q6) What 1960s and 1970s band started as Chad Allen and the Expressions but was renamed during a publicity stunt?
  • Q7) What 1970s band did Rob Parissi name for a box of cough drops?
  • Q8) A sign on what type of construction equipment led to Buffalo Springfield's name?
  • Q9) What English rock band named itself for a song on David Bowie's album Hunky Dory?
  • Q10) What Canadian band is named for a phrase from Mike Kroeger's brother's coffee shop job?
  • Q11) What name was rapper T.I. born with?
  • Q12) What band took its name from superhero Radioactive Man's sidekick on the The Simpsons cartoon?
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 Not Knot -- Quiz Quilt 75 Puzzle
 

Category Questions:

History
&
Government
What was the birth name of the current duchess of York?
Math
&
Science
What computer scientist proposed a test in 1950 to see if a computer could answer questions like a human?
Literature
&
Arts
What author wrote The Grass Harp and In Cold Blood?
Sports
&
Games
What Buffalo Bills quarterback was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year for the 1998-99 season?
Geography
&
Nature
What is the deepest lake in the U.S.?
Entertainment
&
Food
What seafood is called calamari in Italian?

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