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This poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed, until he shot at some bubblin' crude.
Jed Clampett [Inspired by Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies, parody of Money for Nothing by Dire Straits]
This most famous of physicists wrote to Max Born in 1926 regarding the randomness of quantum mechanics: "I am convinced...that He (god) does not play dice."
Albert Einstein
The hosers in this country legally protect bigfoot and actually think it's cool that they live in the birthplace of basketball and Hawaiian pizza.
Canada [Inspired by Canadian Idiot, parody of American Idiot by Green Day]
This ice cream flavor consists of a chocolate base swirled with nuts and marshmallows.
Rocky Road. [Inspired by I Love Rocky Road, parody of I Love Rock 'n' Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]
This parody artist is the inspiration for this trivia (you're welcome).
Weird Al Yankovic
Alex Trebek holds the Guinness World Record for hosting the most episodes of a single game show, for Jeopardy. This person is second on the list. (Don't forget to have your pet spayed or neutered.)
Bob Barker, The Price is Right
Paraphrasing: A lady met this fellow, and then there were so many stepchildren in one house that PornHub couldn't even keep track, in this late 60's / early 70's sitcom.
The Brady Bunch [Inspired by The Brady Bunch, parody of The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats]
This Danish physicist was famous for his model of the atom. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.
Niels Bohr.
Celebrate Christ's birth by eating KFC, in this Asian nation.
Japan [Inspired by Eat It, parody of Beat It by Michael Jackson]
This canned meat leant its name to unsolicited email, thanks in part to a skit by Monty Python where the name is repeated over and over.
[Inspired by Spam, parody of Stand by REM]
This Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist (including, of course, the accordion) is one of the two Johns in They Might Be Giants.
John Linnell
Most well known for playing a wizard, this English actor played Al in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and crushed it.
The theme song for this show about a Cuban bandleader and his crazy redheaded wife, was an instrumental.
I Love Lucy [Inspired by Ricky, parody of Mickey by Tony Basil]
Enrico Fermi led the team that achieved the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, under the bleachers of Stagg Field at this university.
U of Chicago.
The Amish church formed from a schism within a group of Mennonite Anabaptists in 1693, in this country. They don't just dabble in pacifism, and in fact you might say they're quite neutral.
Switzerland. [Inspired by Amish Paradise, parody of Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio]
Despite popular belief, it doesn't really matter whether the dull or shiny side of this metal product faces the food; It's merely a byproduct of the manufacturing process.
Aluminum Foil [Inspired by Foil, parody of Royals by Lourde]
That's just the way it is: This musician formed "The Range," starting in 1984, but played accordion and piano for some shows in 1988 and 1989 with Grateful Dead.
Bruce Hornsby
Sorta Daily Double: Try for last name only and get 600 (correct) or -600 (wrong); try for both and get 1200 (both correct) or -1200 (either or both wrong).
This actor was the first host of Jeopardy. He shares a last name with the discoverer of penicillin.
Art Fleming
In the theme for this cartoon, "Someday, Fred will win the fight / Then the cat will stay out for the night."
Flintstones [Inspired by Bedrock Anthem, parody of Under the Bridge and Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers]
J. Robert Oppenheimer, after the first atomic bomb test, famously said, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds," which is a paraphrase of this Hindu god, as quoted in the Bhagavad Gita.
Vishnu
Michael Fay was famously caned in 1994 in this country, after being convicted of vandalism.
Singapore [Inspired by Headline News, parody of Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies]
This American sausage derives its name from a northern Italian city where mortadella, its inspiration, originated. It's also a slang term for foolish talk or nonsense. You don't want to be accused of being, 'full of it.'
Bologna [Inspired by My Bologna, parody of My Sharona by The Knack]
This accordionist hosted his eponymous show from 1951 to 1982, featuring a family friendly, easy listening style. Wunnerful, wunnerful! Ah one, and ah two...
Lawrence Welk.
Weird Al's big break came with the support and mentorship of this bearded, top-hat wearing radio broadcaster of novelty songs.
Dr. Demento
This announcer for the Tonight Show from 1962-1992 was famous for his, "Here's Johnny!" Intro.
Ed McMahon [Inspired by Here's Johnny, parody of Who's Johnny by El DeBarge]
This American physicist was known for his personality, and his eponymous diagrams of subatomic particles. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics (jointly) in 1965.
Richard Feynman
The ninth largest country by land area, and largest landlocked country, this Asian nation has its capital in Astana.
Kazakhstan. [Inspired by Party in the CIA, parody of Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus]
This round bread roll originates from Austria, and features five symmetric radiating cuts resembling a crown.
Kaiser Roll [Inspired by The Rye or the Kaiser, parody of Eye of the Tiger by Survivor]
This musician, known as America's Polka King, shares a last name with Al, but is not related, though they did collaborate. (Need first name.)
Frankie Yankovic
Lynwood