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Oregon Trivia
5 Roles, 1 actor
100

Who was the best-selling female artist of the Decade?

Who is Madonna

100

"With or Without You"

Who is U2

100

Voice actor Elwood Edwards recorded the famous "You've got mail!" announcement (as well as "Welcome," File's done," and others) on a tape deck at home.  You'd know his voice if you had which Internet service provider in the 1990s?

What is AOL

100

According to its creator Matt Groening, what character on “The Simpsons” is named after Burnside Street and Montgomery Street in Portland, Oregon?

What is Mr. Burns

100

Peter Quill/Star Lord, Emmet Brickowski, Owen Grady, Garfield, Mario

Who is Chris Pratt

200

What ‘80s superstar portrayed Dr. Noah Drake on “General Hospital"?

Who is Rick Springfield
200

"Start me Up"

Who is the Rolling Stones

200

Quoting "you have died of dysentery" didn't come from "Grey's Anatomy" or "House, M.D." - it's a throwback to which computer lab pioneering game from your '90s childhood?

What is "The Oregon Trail"

200

What Ken Kesey novel, later turned into a movie, is set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital?

What is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

200

Aquiles, Cliff Booth, David Mills, Tristan Ludlow, Rick Dalton

Who is Brad Pitt

300

What was the first video played on MTV on Aug. 1, 1981?

What is "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. 

300

"Refugee"

Who is Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

300

In 2013, IBM created a computer that was able to understand clues from the quiz show 'Jeopardy!' and answer them with an automated voice.  It did so well, it beat legends of the show Ken Jennings and Brad Ritter in a match.  What six-letter name did IBM give this computer?

What is Watson

300

For such a beautiful state, it’s almost unbelievable that there’s only just ONE National Park in Oregon. What’s its name (which kinda makes it sound like it would be on the moon)?

What is Crater Lake

300

Samantha, Lucy, Major, Rosie, Natash Romanoff

Who is Scarlett Johansson

400

Which song by Rick Astley became an internet meme decades later?

What is "Never Gonna Give you up"

400

"In America"

Who is the Charlie Daniels Band

400

Supposedly pronounced as "wizziwig," what is the meaning of the acronym WYSIWYG?  The phrase largely means that the printer will print what you see on your monitor.

What is "What you see is what you get"

400

In 1887, Oregon became the first state in the U.S. to make it an official public holiday. Seven years later, there were 29 additional states with official celebrations. What is it?

What is Labor Day

400

Khan, Sherlock Holmes, Juliann Assange, Stephen Strange, Smaug

Who is Benedict Cumberbatch

500

What song spent the most weeks at no.1 and became the most successful song on the Billboard in the 1980s?

What is "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John. 

500

"Down Under"

Who is Men at Work

500

With an estimated $38 billion in damage caused, what 2004 computer virus has been ranked the worst of all time? NB: For the computer fans this was technically a worm, not a virus, but it appears on the virus lists.

What is Mydoom

500

A certain author's 1957 research trip to Florence, Oregon began as an attempt to write an article on environmental efforts to use grasses to slow the spread of beach sands. Though article was never written, the trip did inspire what appropriately named 1965 science fiction novel?

What is Dune

500

Madison Russell, Madison O'Donnell, Rachel Barnes, Enola Holmes, Eleven

Who is Millie Bobby Brown