Monday, April 18, 2011

Trivia Category 9: I Am A Rock

I Am A Rock




Joe & Lynne run a rock climbing facility, The Silo, in downtown Rochester. This category involves people & things with the word “rock” in their names.

1. In the Madagascar movies, Chris Rock provides the voice of Marty. What type of animal is Marty?

2. James Garner portrayed private investigator Jim Rockford. What make & model of car did Rockford drive?

3. In the movie Rocky, Rocky has a pair of pets named Cuff & Link. What type of animal are they?

4. In the 1996 movie, The Rock, a federal prisoner portrayed by Sean Connery & a chemical weapons expert portrayed by Nicolas Cage team up to infiltrate Alcatraz. What actor portrayed the leader of the rogue Marines that had seized control of Alcatraz?

5. Who provided the voice of “Mister Ed”, the talking horse?

6. Who said in 1985, "I am not happy that I am sick. I am not happy that I have AIDS. But if that is helping others, I can at least know that my own misfortune has had some positive worth."?

7. What Montreal Expo was the runner-up for the 1981 National League Rookie of the Year award?

8. Kid Rock scored big with the hit song “All Summer Long”. What is Kid Rock’s given name?

9. In the 1980s, Fraggle Rock was a hit show for HBO. In the show, tiny green characters were frequently shown running construction machinery. What were these characters called?

10. In the type of rock climbing called top-roping (which is considered the safest), rope goes through an anchor, with one end tied to the climber and the other tied to a person that tightens the rope, letting go slowly when the climber wants to come down. What is the technical term for the person in control of the rope?

And the answers are...


1. Zebra

2. Pontiac Firebird

3. Turtles

4. Ed Harris

5. Rocky Lane

6. Rock Hudson

7. Tim “Rock” Raines

8. Bob Ritchie or Robert Ritchie

9. Doozers

10. Belayer

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