NCAA BASKETBALL MARCH MADNESS
MUSICAL BANDS WITH THEIR OWN TV SHOWS IN THE 60'S AND 70'S
THE AUTHOR WHO WROTE THESE BOOKS THAT BECAME POPULAR MOVIES
WALSH HUDACS WALSH FAMILY
RETRO GAMES WE PLAYED BACK IN THE DAY
100

WHAT NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM WON THE LAST 2 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS?

U CONN

100

THIS GROUP HAD A SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON TV SHOW IN 1972 PRODUCED BY RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS.  EACH EPISODE FEATURED THE GROUP IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION AROUND THE WORLD WITH THEIR PET DOG FUJI.  THEIR MOST POPULAR SONG WAS "ONE BAD APPLE".    

THE OSMONDS

100

HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE

J.K. ROWLING

100

HOW MANY SIBLINGS DID JULE WALSH HAVE?

SEVEN...MICHAEL, JOHN, MARY, HUBERT, HANNAH, MARGARET, AND BRIDGET.  JULE WAS THE BABY.

100

INVENTED IN 1931 BY NY ARCHITECT ALFRED BUTTS, IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED "LEXICO" AND "CRISSCROSS".  THIS BOARD GAME INCLUDES 100 TILES.

SCRABBLE

200

THIS PLAYER WORE #22 LAST YEAR FOR THE IOWA HAWKEYES AND ALSO WORE THE SAME NUMBER FOR THE PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM FROM INDIANA THIS YEAR.  THIS PLAYER IS ALSO THE NCAA DIVISION 1 ALL TIME SCORER.

CAITLIN CLARK

200

THIS POPULAR 4 MAN GROUP HAD AN ANIMATED TV SERIES THAT ORIGINALLY AIRED FROM 1965 TO 1967.  EACH OF THE 39 EPISODES WAS NAMED AFTER ONE OF THEIR SONGS WITH A PLOT BASED ON THEIR LYRICS. THIS SERIES WAS A HISTORICAL MILESTONE SINCE IT WAS THE FIRST WEEKLY TELEVISION SERIES TO FEATURE ANIMATED VERSIONS OF REAL, LIVING PEOPLE.

THE BEATLES

200

CARRIE

STEPHEN KING

200

BORN ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY, WHAT WAS BOBBY'S MIDDLE NAME?

CHARLES

200

WIKIPEDIA MENTIONS THAT THIS GAME IS A "MULTI-PLAYER ECONOMICS-THEMED BOARD GAME WHERE PLAYERS BUY AND TRADE PROPERTIES AND DEVELOP THEM WITH HOUSES AND HOTELS".  PLAYERS COLLECT RENT FROM THEIR OPPONENTS AND AIM TO DRIVE THEM INTO BANKRUPTCY. PARKER BROTHERS LICENSED THIS GAME IN 1936.

MONOPOLY

300

WHAT TEAM AND WHAT COACH HAVE WON THE MOST NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS?

UCLA - JOHN WOODEN

300

THIS GROUP HAD A MUSICAL SITCOM FROM 1966 TO 1968 THAT WON 2 EMMY AWARDS.  THEIR OPENING SONG TO EVERY SHOW INCLUDED THE WORDS "WE'RE THE YOUNG GENERATION, AND WE'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY".  

THE MONKEES

300

THE GODFATHER

MARIO PUZO

300

WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF JULE FLAHERTY WALSH'S PARENTS?

PATRICK AND MARY BURKE FLAHERTY

300

THIS POPULAR OUTDOOR GAME WAS SIMILAR TO "HORSESHOES".  IT INVOLVED THROWING OBJECTS WITH A WEIGHTED TIP ON ONE END INTO A CIRCULAR ROUND OBJECT.  UNFORTUNATELY, THIS GAME WAS BANNED IN 1988 DUE TO SEVERAL DEATHS AND MANY INJURIES. 

LAWN DARTS

400

ON MARCH 26, 1979, MICHIGAN STATE PLAYED INDIANA STATE FOR THE NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.  WHO WAS THE BEST PLAYER ON EACH TEAM?  BOTH ARE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNERS AND BOTH ARE IN THE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME.

LARRY BIRD AND MAGIC JOHNSON

400

THEIR TELEVISION SHOW WAS ON FROM 1970 TO 1974.  SOME OF THEIR MEMBERS INCLUDED SHIRLEY JONES, DAVID CASSIDY, AND SUSAN DEY.  TWO OF THEIR BIGGEST HITS WERE "I THINK I LOVE YOU", AND "C'MON GET HAPPY".

THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY

400

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

HARPER LEE

400

WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF FRANK A. WALSH'S PARENTS?

MICHAEL AND MARGARET (GILROY) WALSH

400

THIS IS A BATTERY-OPERATED GAME OF SKILL THAT TESTS PLAYERS HAND - EYE COORDINATION AND MOTOR SKILLS.  SOME OF THE "PIECES" IN THIS GAME INCLUDE: A "BROKEN HEART", A "WRENCHED" ANKLE, A "FUNNY BONE", A "WISH: BONE", AND, OF COURSE, "BUTTERFLIES IN THE STOMACH".

OPERATION

500

WHAT YEAR DID SYRACUSE (AND SCRANTON'S OWN GERRY MCNAMARA) WIN THE NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AND WHO DID THEY PLAY IN THAT GAME?

2003 - KANSAS

500

SOME MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP INCLUDE ANIMAL, DR. TEETH, JANICE, ZOOT, AND FLOYD PEPPER.  THEIR TV SHOW DEBUTED IN 2023.  THIS SHOW ONLY HAD TEN EPISODES AND WAS CANCELLED AFTER ONE YEAR.

MUPPETS MAYHEM

500

LOVE STORY

ERICH SEGAL

500

WHAT WAS JANIE'S MAIDEN NAME?

BARRETT

500

THIS GAME WON A PATENT IN 1969.  IT STARTED A CRAZE THAT SCANDALIZED THE PURITANICAL AND DROVE CHIROPRACTORS WILD WITH DELIGHT.

TWISTER