Everything You Know is Wrong:
The Firesign Theatre Trivia Quiz, Part Four

by Richard Arnold

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Part Four: Questions from the album
I THINK WE'RE ALL BOZOS ON THIS BUS

81 points total

  1. Complete this phrase: "Fighting's out of style, _______________________" (1)
  2. How did Clem describe his seat on his bus? (1)
  3. What was Fudd's First Law of Opposition? (1)
  4. Why does the longhair cross the road? (1)
  5. What question did Clem ask of Dr. Memory that "broke the President?" (1)
  6. What was Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law? (1)
  7. After whom was The Motor-Operated Pushover named? (1)
  8. What instruction about the future does Clem's clone give Dr. Memory that destroys the Future Fair? (1)
  9. When he left the bus, where did Barney say he was going? (2)
  10. In the Wall of Science exhibit, what was the mythological origin of the Sun and the Moon? (2)
  11. How did Clem describe his mother? (2)
  12. What substance did Clive and Chester use to test the Model Government? (2)
  13. In what age did fish become obnoxious? (2)
  14. Clem's clone is referred to by Dr. Memory with what term? (2)
  15. In what year did Tom Teslacle and Dick Beddoes invent the Motor-Operated Pushover? (2)
  16. In what city did Sidney Fudd live? (2)
  17. Who's future was being foretold by the Gypsy? (2)
  18. On what street did Clem and Barney board the bus to the Future Fair? (3)
  19. What other term did Clive and Chester use to describe the President? (3)
  20. What time were the Chinese Fireworks scheduled to begin? (3)
  21. Springhead was based on what famous person? (3)
  22. The ride that features Springhead was inspired by what real-life exhibit, and where is it located? (3)
  23. How long had Dr. Memory been "awake" when Clem first accessed it? (3)
  24. When Clem said he gave up his shoes, to what previous Firesign work was he referring? (3)
  25. How do we know that Clem confronted Deputy Dan? (3)
  26. What was Clem's motivation for his actions at the Future Fair (as can only be determined by listening to "I Think We're All Bozos on This Bus?") (3)
  27. Mark Time appears in what other recorded work written by a member of the Firesign Theatre? (4)
  28. Lonesome Beet's advice to Clem that he could "Cut ‘em off at the past" was a reference to what other Firesign Theatre work? (4)
  29. When the announcer said "(Here is) where Robot's Rules Don't Apply," she was referring to a series of stories by what writer? (4)
  30. What were the first words that were spoken over the bus' loudspeaker, and to what was it a reference? (4)
  31. According to Phil Proctor, what was the purported source of the statement in Fudd's letter, "Quid Malmborg in Plano?" (4)
  32. Two famous World Fairs provided much of the inspiration for the Future Fair: in what cities did these World Fairs appear, and in what year? (4)
  33. Dr. Memory was based on what famous program developed in the early 1970s? (4)

The answers will be posted in August, 1996.

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