Shoeless Trivia: Episode 45 (Pudding on the Ritz)

45 should by all rights be a round on terrible Presidents, but I need to do another GWDesque round and those are better sans politics. So let’s answers some questions about desserts and crackers.

  1. Which quarterback won Super Bowls as a Colt and a Bronco, but was as a Volunteer when he faced and won the saltine challenge?
  2. What light and airy confection made of whipped egg whites and sugar can be baked and served on its own or used as a topping for other desserts, especially pies?
  3. A hidden track on Cracker’s 1993 album Kerosene Hat describes the pursuit of what “angel in black”? Despite the suggestion that this young lady might have some less than savory qualities, the narrator seeks her in a number of cities, including Paris, Barcelona, Athens, and Berlin.
  4. According to what cross dressing British comedian and aspiring politician, an inquisition run by the Church of England would be based on the not that threatening ultimatum “Cake or death?”
  5. In Ghostbusters, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man becomes the deceptively friendly face of what malevolent Sumerian god?
  6. What name is shared (give or take a repeated final consonant) by the mascot of Goldfish crackers, Ian Ziering’s sharknado battling badass, and Jake’s companion in the Land of Ooo?
  7. A Ben and Jerry’s franchise near what Ivy League university briefly marketed an Asian-theme flavor called “Taste the Lin-Sanity” in honor of basketball player Jeremy Lin?
  8. What’s the name of the cracker-like unleavened bread that is an integral part of the Jewish celebration of Passover?
Answers

  1. Peyton Manning
  2. meringue
  3. Euro-trash girl
  4. Eddie Izzard
  5. Gozer
  6. Fin(n)
  7. Harvard
  8. matzo

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