This is your place for all things trivia, or at least all things about Jay Re Trivia. We'll always post the first question that will be asked at that week's game, thus giving you time to look it up and come prepared. We'll also post links to songs from previous audio rounds, expand on particularly interesting questions, and generally expand on useless but entertaining topics.
My apologies, we'v been falling down on the job a little bit posting the all important Question of the Week. Please accept this trivia extra with our love:
Tonight's trivia mentioned Darkwing Duck, the best known of the two Duck Tales spin off. The other?
Quack Pack! This animated series debuted in September 1996 and, unlike other Disney Afternoon shows, was aimed at teens aged 13 to 18. This did not work and the show only lasted for one season that comprised 39 episodes.
Quack Pack centers on Donald Duck and his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. The boys are shown as teenagers who speak in conventional (aka non duck) voices and participate in typical teenage activities.
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is a pangram or a phrase that contains all of the letters of the English alphabe). It has been used to test typewriters and computer keyboards, not to mention handwriting back when we did that sort of thing.
Due to its shortness and coherence, it has become widely known and is often used in visual arts.
Enjoy it all again, in convenient mash up form here!
By DJ Earwormm, this is the annual "United States Of Pop" megamash of 25 of the biggest hits of last year. It includes vocals and/or music from One Republic, Pink, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Madonna, Lil Wayne, Katy Perry, Alicia Keys, and many more.
Television * In The Simpsons episode "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington", Homer Simpson sings a portion of "Bad Moon Rising", after hearing Marge ask someone to perform CPR. Also, in the episode "Lisa the Beauty Queen" a portion of "Proud Mary" is performed. * "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" is used in "Unending", the final episode of TV Series Stargate SG-1. This was only the third time that a song not written by the crew of Stargate was used on the show. * On the TV show Gilmore Girls, the character Jackson Melville is a fan of CCR, and the show has frequently referenced them. In the episode "I Solemnly Swear", Jackson's wife puts on CCR's "Bad Moon Rising" before he realizes that she might have cheated on him; "CCR" gets mentioned six times within four lines of dialogue, which ends with Jackson's "You ruined Creedence for me!". In "Those are Strings, Pinocchio", Jackson offers to put some CCR music on. In "Raincoats and Recipes", Jackson sports a Creedence shirt that he says he got as an anniversary from his wife. * In the American sci-fi drama television series Supernatural, "Bad Moon Rising" is played in the Season 1 finale when a semi truck collides with Dean's '67 Chevy Impala. "Run Through the Jungle" is played in a Season 3 episode when Sam and Dean meet someone in a bar. * ESPN football analyst Chris Berman gave former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Andre Rison the nickname "Bad Moon Rison".
Books * In Nick Hornby's book "A Long Way Down", CCR is quoted as being the disease which one of the main characters is dying of. In reality, he is not dying, he is just too ashamed to admit his reasons for committing suicide. He cites CCR because they are one of his favourite bands. * In the book The Shining by Stephen King, there is a portion of the lyrics to "Bad Moon Rising". * In the Dark Tower series by Stephen King, several times, Eddie says how his brother used to pull out his Creedence records from time to time.
Movies * In Apocalypse Now, during the Playboy bunny scene, the band plays Suzie Q. * In the film The Big Lebowski, the main character, Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, lists "Creedence" as his favorite band. "Looking out My Back Door" and "Run Through the Jungle" can be heard during the course of the movie. * In the film Forrest Gump, when Forrest is in the helicopter going to Vietnam, the song "Fortunate Son" is playing. * In the film Evan Almighty, the song played at the start of the film is "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?". * "Bad Moon Rising" features during the werewolf transformation in An American Werewolf in London * In the film Remember The Titans "Up and Around the Bend" was used throughout a football scene. * In the film "We Are Marshall", the song "Lookin' Out My Back Door" is played. * "Born On The Bayou" opened the 1988 film Return of the Swamp Thing. * "Bad Moon Rising" is played in the film My Girl, while Vada and Thomas boundlessly play and run.
Other Appearances * Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana started a CCR cover band before starting Nirvana.
