Manly Musings
Small Screen Papas
Well, My Dad Could Beat Up Your Dad
You're not my "dad"
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me Dad
100
“I don't know who you are, I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you...”
Taken (Liam Neeson)
100
What was this TV dad's character's name?
Danny Tanner
100
My name is Reuben. My father had 12 sons, including me, and we became leaders of the 12 tribes of Israel. What is his name?
Jacob
100
Crawdad
100
There are two fathers and two sons going on a fishing trip. Each person catches one fish. In total, there were only three fish caught. How is that possible?
They were a grandpa, his son, and his grandson.
200
"You can't handle the truth!"
A Few Good Men (Jack Nicholson)
200
What was this TV father figure's name (on the right)?
Philip Banks (aka Uncle Phil)
200
My name is Archelaus. My father was a powerful king but the birth of an infant whom he feared caused him to be responsible for "The Massacre of the Innocents." Do you know the name of my father who ordered this heinous act?
King Herod
200
What is the informal term often used to describe a small, often insignificant object or gadget whose name is either unknown or forgotten, also referred to as a "thingamajig" or "whatchamacallit"?
Doodad
200
What relation would your mother's sister's brother-in-law be to you?
Your dad!
300
“One time I wrestled a giraffe to the ground with my bare hands.”
Step Brothers (John C. Reilly)
300
What was this TV dad's character's name?
Jack Pearson
300
I am called Gershom. God spoke "face-to-face" to other fathers of the Bible but not only did He do this to my father, He also spoke to him as a friend. Do you know the name of my privileged dad?
Moses
300
What colloquial term, meaning to leave hurriedly or in a sudden rush, is often used to describe a quick and hasty departure, often associated with a sense of fleeing or escaping?
Skedaddle
300
A man wished to leave his fortune to one of his three children. But first, he wanted to know that his fortune would be in wise hands. He stipulated that his estate would go to the child who would sing him half as many songs as days that he had left to live. The eldest son said he couldn't because he didn't know how many days his father had left to live, and so did the second son. The man ended up leaving his money to his third child, a daughter. What did his daughter do?
Every other day, the daughter sang her father a song.
400
"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."
The Big Lebowski (Jeff Bridges)
400
Name the show with TV dad Adam Braverman (seen in the middle)?
Parenthood
400
My name is Belshazzar. My father was a very boastful king and God humbled him into living like an animal for seven years until he acknowledged that God was the most high and not him. Do you know the name of my father, the king who had this humiliating experience?
King Nebuchadnezzar
400
Which art movement, known for its unconventional and nonsensical approach, emerged in the early 20th century as a reaction against rationalism and embraced irrationality, chaos, and the rejection of traditional artistic norms?
Dadaism
400
A man started to town with a fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. He came to a stream, which he had to cross in a tiny boat. He could only take one across at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose, or the goose alone with the corn. How did he get them all safely over the stream?
The man took the goose across the stream first, and he came back. Then, he took the fox across and brought the goose back. Next, he took the corn across while leaving the goose behind. He came back alone and took the goose across the stream again.
500
"Now I can’t make you do it. You got to look at the guy next to you. Look into his eyes! Now I think you’re gonna see a guy who will go that inch with you. You're gonna see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team because he knows, when it comes down to it, you’re gonna do the same for him!"
Any Given Sunday (Al Pacino)
500
Name this TV show with TV dad Alan Thicke (seen on the right)?
Growing Pains
500
My name is Phinehas. My father was a faithful high priest but he did not correct my brother and me for our wrongdoing and so we were disobedient to God and to him. Do you know the name of our dad who allowed us to do as we pleased?
Eli
500
The actress in the middle, pictured next to the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, in San Andreas, also starred in the Percy Jackson movies, and appeared in TV shows True Detective and New Girl.
Alexandra Daddario
500
A man walks into an art museum and stares at a painting. A guard walks up and asks him why he is so interested in the painting. The man responded with: "brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is the man in the painting?
His Son