Welcome to A Little More, which is our weekly look at some of our favorite questions from last week at Sporcle Events pub quiz shows. And because we love these questions so much, we give you a little more (get it?) info about them and include a related quiz for you to play at home. Check back next week for even more.
This Week’s Questions
- Cree Summer, Vanessa Williams, and Amber Ruffin all voice woman characters in advertising for what product?
- Which U.S. president is the most recent to have been inaugurated at a location other than the U.S. Capitol?
- Jameela Jamil and Manny Jacinto are two of the six performers who are credited on every episode of what sitcom?
- Following the 2023–24 regular season, the Arizona Coyotes franchise suspended operations, with its staff and players moving to which U.S. state as an expansion franchise that will begin play during the 2024–25 season?
- The Orange County, California, cities of Garden Grove and Westminster share a district with what two-word name that reflects its Vietnamese American population?
- What instrument was jazz musician Count Basie best known for playing?
- What actress’s film roles include Poison Ivy in a 1997 film, Emma Peel in a 1998 film, and G-Girl in a 2006 film?
Answers and A Little More
Q: Cree Summer, Vanessa Williams, and Amber Ruffin all voice woman characters in advertising for what product?
A: M&M’s
A Little More – They voice the green M&M, the brown M&M, and the purple M&M, respectively. In January 2022, Mars announced plans to alter the design of the M&Ms characters. The company announced that the aim of this change was to make their characters more representative of a broader array of human personalities and personal backgrounds. Among these changes is the adoption of more casual clothing for the Green and Brown M&Ms, both of which are generally interpreted to be female characters.In September 2022, they introduced a new Purple M&M voiced byAmber Ruffinwho first appeared in a commercial singing “I’m Just Gonna Be Me”.
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Q: Which U.S. president is the most recent to have been inaugurated at a location other than the U.S. Capitol?
A: Gerald Ford
A Little More – Ford was sworn in at the White House on August 9, 1974, as part of the most recent non-scheduled, extraordinary inauguration. Prior to him, Lyndon B. Johnson’s first inauguration in 1963 was at Dallas Love Field, and, in 1945, both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman were inaugurated at the White House.
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Q: Jameela Jamil and Manny Jacinto are two of the six performers who are credited on every episode of what sitcom?
A: The Good Place
A Little More – British actress Jameela Jamil played wealthy philantropist Tahani Al-Jamil, while Canadian Manny Jacinto stars as drug dealer Jason Mendoza. Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, D’Arcy Carden, and Ted Danson are also credited in every episode.
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Q: Following the 2023–24 regular season, the Arizona Coyotes franchise suspended operations, with its staff and players moving to which U.S. state as an expansion franchise that will begin play during the 2024–25 season?
A: Utah
A Little More – The Utah NHL team (as of yet unnamed) will function as an expansion franchise, with the franchise history of the Coyotes remaining in Arizona, where the team has until 2029 to reactivate. Fans can vote for the new franchise name. Caribou, Yeti, Venom, Squall, Ice, HC, and Mammoth are among many options to choose from.
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Q: The Orange County, California, cities of Garden Grove and Westminster share a district with what two-word name that reflects its Vietnamese American population?
A: Little Saigon
A Little More – More than half of Vietnamese Americans live in either California or Texas. The Vietnamese population of the U.S. as a whole was minimal until after the Vietnam War. There are approximately2.3 millionpeople of Vietnamese descent residing in the U.S. as of 2023.
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Q: What instrument was jazz musician Count Basie best known for playing?
A: Piano
A Little More – William James“Count”Basie was jazz pianist, organist and bandleader. Both of his parents had some type of musical background. His father played themellophone, and his mother played thepiano; in fact, she gave Basie his first piano lessons. Though a natural at the piano, Basie preferred drums. Discouraged by the obvious talents ofSonny Greer, who also lived in Red Bank and becameDuke Ellington’s drummer in 1919, Basie switched to piano exclusively at age 15.
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Q: What actress’s film roles include Poison Ivy in a 1997 film, Emma Peel in a 1998 film, and G-Girl in a 2006 film?
A: Uma Thurman
A Little More – Uma Thurmanhasn’t played asuperhero since the unheralded My Super Ex-Girlfriendwhere she played G-Girl, but she is set to join Charlize Theron in the upcoming Netflix’s movie TheOld Guard 2, directed by Victoria Mahoney.
Try This Quiz – Uma Thurman Movies
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