PETER'S TRIVIA! Day One and Two

I actually hate trivia, but I have been obsessed with the idea of writing trivia questions entirely from my existing knowledge (ie without research) (except to check that they're right). For the next 5 days I'm going to post 10 trivia questions - without googling or checking the responses, answer as many of these as you can. No cheating!

Entertainment:
1) Who is the current voice of Kermit the Frog?
2) What is the highest-grossing film directed by a woman?
3) Which is the only Pixar film that the Pizza Planet truck doesn't appear in?
4) Name two Rob Reiner films in which a character always reads the last page of a book before reading the rest.
5) Why was Beyonce's song "Drunk In Love" banned from several college radio stations?
6) For which song did Amanda Palmer request 4-syllable item suggestions from Twitter?
7) We had a spy on the inside. That's right:
8) Before hosting his own late night talk show, which TV series was Conan O'Brien a writer for?
9) Who was the youngest showrunner in TV history?
10) Which Australian TV series did Greg Daniels adapt for the US?

(I actually started this yesterday so I'm gonna post two days' worth today.)

History and Politics:
1) BLANK for America was consistently the lowest-polling candidate for the 2016 Republican Party presidential nomination. Who is BLANK?
2) Abbott and Costello are the surnames of which two prominent Australian politicians?
3) Which former mayor of Toowoomba led the campaign against treated sewage water during the drought?
4) What was Toronto's name before it was Toronto?
5) Why did Mark Hofmann start bombing Mormon document collectors?
6) In which year was Australia Federated?
7) It's crazy that the guy who comes in second gets to be Vice President. We can change that. You know why?
8) Why didn't the Ancient Egyptians ride horses?
9) Which was the first state to ratify the US Constitution?
10) Who was the youngest female convict on the First Fleet?

Fun game Peter, thanks for racking your brain for our amusement: 

Entertainment: 

1. Steve Whitmire 

2. I don't know any high-grossing movies: The Hurt Locker? 

3. Brave 

4. The Princess Bride, and don't know any other Rob Reiner films.

5.Couldn't begin to speculate. Some kind of language involved I expect. 

6. Don't know that artist, don't know that song. 

7. HERCULES MULLIGAN! 

8. The Simpsons (also Saturday Night Live I believe) 

9. Bill Lawrence for Spin City? I think he was under thirty at that time. 

10. I only know three Austrailian shows adapted for the U.S.: Wilfred, Thank God You're Here, and Review, and I don't think it's any of those. Thank God You're Here? 

Bad showing on that list I expect, let's hope I do better with History: 

1. Rick Scott? Hard to say without knowing how long the person was in the race for. 

2. Have no clue. 

3. Don't know. 

4. Cold Hill. (Don't know.) 

5. Irreconcible Grievances. (Don't know.) 

6. 1878 (Couldn't begin to say.) 

7. Because I'm the President. 

8. They didn't have horses and/or sand? 

9. Delaware, state bird: Blue Hen Chicken. 

10. ? 

Another rough round. Let's hope these Hamilton references keep coming so I can get on the board each day.

@Ario: Day One: 3/10!

Day Two: 2/10!

State motto: The First State

Perhaps more interesting, and definitely more dramatic: Caesar Rodney's Midnight Ride. 

http://www.theamericanview.com/the-midnight-ride-for-american-independence/

Anyone want to guess what state I grew up in?

8. Conan O'Brien was a writer for the Simpsons, during the golden age. Pretty sure he wrote the monorail episode, too.

Yep. He even did a live version of the monorail song. He made it because he is a big fan of The Music Man.

@bobbertoriley: 1/10!

History
7. Because running mates screws up the “top two” system. Specifically, Jefferson and his chosen VP deadlocked.

8. Wasn’t it because horses get freaked out by camels?

@Arcanist Lupus: 0/10!

Hmm. I suppose that I should actually answer the question asked. Why is not the same as how.

RICHARD'S TRIVIA!

I know the answer to none of these questions.

That’d be misters Costello and Abbott.

@Matchstickman, @Trajector: 0/10!

Fine -- Tony Abbott. Don't know Costello.

I feel like I should know the Pixar one, just because Pixar. Ario - it's not Brave because it's shown briefly as a wooden carving in the witch's hut (as is a carving of Sulley, I think in relief form). Ohh wait, now I think about it, I think the answer has to be The Good Dinosaur...

I will guess at the Ancient Egyptian answer as "because they had camels instead", but I'm not sure.

I have no idea on any of the rest, but it seems pretty American-centric (well, actually there seem to be quite a few Australian-focused questions there too now I read through them again...) so that may have something to do with it ;).

Entertainment:
1) idk
2) Idk
3) No, I know this. It's the Incredibles, right?
4) idk
5) Domestic violence
6)idk
7) Hercules Mulligan
8) Simpsons
9) Josh schwarts? (how long was that ago...Not too long, right?)
10) The office?

History and Politics:
1) Gilmore,
2) idk
3) idk
4) City of York? (If i get this, thank gods of asgard for history teachers)
5) idk
6) 189something? 1896?
7) 'cuz I'M the president
8) Because they didnt have them?
9) Delaware or maybe connecticut..Delaware
10) idk

@Ameena: 1/10!

I'm an Australian living in Canada, but most of my entertainment knowledge is American...simply because most entertainment is American.

@Lord Flash Fire: 4/10, 3/10!

Day 3 is up: https://greaterthangames.com/forum/topic/peters-trivia-day-three-9173

You're from Delaware?! My undergrad degree is from UD.