The deadline has passed for the PK.com trivia contest to win two free tickets to the May 21 NYCBP.com booze cruise, and I want to thank everyone who participated in the name of New York sightseeing and ruining one's liver, two of my favorite activities.
While no one received extra-credit points for sending me a picture of them whizzing on Shea Stadium (which would have cemented victory), the top-place finishers not only proved knowledgeable on such familiar PK.com topics as hot dogs, hand jobs and Laverne & Shirley sidekicks, but slid to the front of the line simply by making cases, in varying degrees, that the boat would be more fun with them on it than with them off it.
I think some people got scared off thinking that the only way to win was by sending in evidence of involvement in a Japanese gang bang. That was not necessary ... at least for this contest.
As for the identity of the winner, I don't even know it yet. A couple of out-of-towners finished 1-2 and am confirming that the winner can actually use them. Otherwise, they go to a local third-place finisher.
To recap, the correct answers are in bold below, along with links to where the answers could have been found by performing a simple Google search.
And for those who did not win, I encourage you to buy your tickets at NYCBP.com soon before they sell out. If you need any motivation, one of the six great bartenders lined up is Tracy from Red Rock West (at your service Tuesdays and Thursdays). She's the one in the picture with the tight bod, shown whipping a guy in a fur coat.
ANSWERS TO THE PK.COM QUIZ
1. Which of these men was not on my list of greatest men of all time?
a. Wilt Chamberlain
b. Hugh Hefner
c. Gordon Jump
d. Rudy Giuliani
* Gordon Jump, while a great man indeed for his portrayals of WKRP's Arthur Carlson and the sleaze bag who photographed Arnold and Dudley shirtless in a tub on Diff'rent Strokes, was not among my list of greatest men of all time.
2. How many hot dogs did I eat after at least 12 beers and 12 shots on my 30th
birthday? (Remember, I did not puke.)
a. 4
b. 6
c. 8
d. 10
* In my 30th birthday recap, I recount a night of Coyote Ugly, Yogi's and Gray Papaya, where I downed eight hot dogs after going back in line not once but twice.
3. I once posted an audio clip of a former Cubs manager who said this about his
team's daytime fans: "Eighty-five percent of the fuckin' world is working.
The other fifteen percent come out here." Who was he?
a. Lee Elia
b. Don Baylor
c. Jim Riggleman
d. Jim Frey
* In my June 2002 post on funny audio post, I link to not only the audio clip but the transcript as well. The page got viewed thousands of times on the 20th anniversary of the tirade on April 30.
4. Who do I credit as being the greatest TV neighbor of all time?
a. Cosmo Kramer
b. Dwayne Schneider
c. Larry Dallas
d. Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman
* All of those characters were all-timers, but when I listed my favorite TV neighbors after Sanford & Son's Grady had died, Squiggy came out No. 1. (You may also remember that Whitman Mayo, who played Grady, also played an unsavory character on Diff'rent Strokes. I think he tried to steal the kids back from the Drummonds for money.)
5. Which of these sporting events have I seen in person?
a. Bill Buckner's error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series
b. Michael Jordan's 55-point return to Madison Square Garden
c. Jim Leyritz's 15th-inning HR in the 1995 MLB playoffs
d. All of them
* Mentions of Buckner's Game 6 error and Jordan's double-nickel have been made throughout PK.com's three years, so the answer is obviously all of them.
6. When I did a review of chick mags, which one suggested that women "declare a
series of hand-job-only nights so that all the amorous attention is on him?"
a. Redbook
b. Cosmopolitan
c. Marie Claire
d. O
* Long-live Cosmo's Sex University, whose course in Hot Handiwork got a mention when I reviewed chick mags.
7. Which Upper East Side watering hole do I call "The Dugout," because it's
where everyone goes after they strike out?
a. Dorrian's
b. Martell's
c. Trinity Pub
d. Mustang Grill
* I reviewed Trinity Pub in February 2003 and slapped that nickname on the joint. No one has challenged it yet.
8. The discovery of which magazine in a bathroom stall at work revolted me like
nothing else?
a. Herpes Weekly
b. Red Sox Magazine
c. Playgirl
d. Martha Stewart Living
* In my list of things I never want to see again, I recount a horrifying day at the office when the queen of interior design and insider stock trading was staring at me in the john.
9. I was accepted in the following four universities. Which one did I graduate
from in 1994?
a. University of Florida
b. Syracuse University
c. University of Southern California
d. University of Connecticut
* How would my life be different if I headed south or west for college? We'll never know. All but USC have won a football or basketball national title since I was accepted.
10. Which of the following terrible TV shows do I consider the worst of all time?
a. One Day at a Time
b. Mets baseball telecasts
c. Cop Rock
d. Revealed With Jules Asner
* The all made my list of the worst TV shows ever, but nothing says dead silence like a comedy about women's lib.
so, are you going to tell us who the people who won (even if they don't actually, go) are?
come on...i don't think i did THAT bad!
Posted by jen at May 13, 2003 8:27 AM