The Daily Teaser — 7-3-2014: Parody

Phew … ! 

An early night … 

Which is what I had, night, it has to be said.

I have to say, the course is proving very useful: but being up at five in the morning to get the bus … ?

Well, it’s fun.

But exhausting.

Oy veh … !

~≈Œ≈~

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting in her answers: and scoring ten out of ten.

Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License, and video† … 

Q1) 7th March, 1994, saw the US Supreme Court rule that parodies were Fair Use, under US law.   Who released a parody version of Michæl Jackson’s Beat It: called Eat It … ?

Q2) More to the point, which song — released internationally on 7th March, 1985 — was parodied by the Spitting Image team as We’re Scared Of Bob … ?

Q3) BBC sitcom, ’Allo ’Allo! took the mickey out of which rather more serious BBC series?

Q4) Classic Spanish work, Don Quixote, parodies medieval romances.   Who wrote Don Quixote … ?

Q5) Which Monty Python film parodies the tales of King Arthur … ?

Q6) Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift, was a parody of travelers tales popular in the 18th Century.   What’s the book’s full name … ?

Q7) Who, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was the first person to use the word, parody, in English … ?

Q8) Which parody religious belief is organized by the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster … ?

Q9) Who co-wrote and directed the Star Wars parody, Space Balls … ?

Q10) Finally … Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator, parodied who … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 6th March saw Aspirin registered as a trademark.   In which year of the 1890s … ?

A1) 1899.

Q2) More to the point, what was the name of the company that registered it: Schwarz, Bayer or GlaxoSmithKline … ?

A2) Bayer.

Q3) Aspirin famously is supposed to help act as what: an anti-inflammatory, an anti-pyretic (reducing fever) or an analgesic (reducing pain) … ?

A3) Actually, all three.

Q4) The company that registered Aspirin is headquartered in which German city: Dusseldorf, Leverkusen or Cologne … ?

A4) Leverkusen.

Q5) That company also marketed Heroin: in the run up to which World War … ?

A5) World War 1.

Q6) Equally, they marketed Heroin as completely non what … ?

A6) Non-addictive.   (How wrong can you be … ?)

Q7) While we’re on the subject: Heroin is a stronger version of which drug: morphine, cocaine or ecstasy … ?

A7) Morphine.

Q8) Heroin — and its associated drugs — are all made from a version of which flower … ?

A8) The poppy.

Q9) Aspirin ultimately comes from the bark of which tree … ?

A9) The Willow.

Q10) In the film version of The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, which character says “Now I’ve got a headache …!” … ?

A10) Marvin the Paranoid Android.

I’ll leave you with this thought from the late Larry Hagman …

“After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it.”

Larry Hagman.

And, as we’re in parody mode, this tune … 

Have a good day.

*        Actually, since you mention it, Debbi‡, did you know Chicken Tikka Masala’s supposed to have been invented in Glasgow … ?   Which makes it as Indian as the deep-fried Mars Bar … !

†        Actually, today’s Teaser video includes a bad pun: that’s if you work out who that song’s by … 

‡        As you’ve mentioned Marvin, Debbi …