Weekly knowledge-off quiz: Hot Tubs
Oct 26, 2012, 1:02 PM | Updated: Oct 11, 2024, 1:02 pm
A new company has launched the first ever hot tub boat, so this week's quiz commemorates the floating soaker.(Image courtesy Hot Tub Boats, Seattle.)
(Image courtesy Hot Tub Boats, Seattle.)
In honor of Rachel Belle’s hard-hitting report on a new hot tub boat floating soakers around local waters, this week’s knowledge-off quiz is all about hot tubs.
1. The Jacuzzi brothers are credited with putting the first pumps into water for therapeutic purposes. But their backgrounds were not in plumbing. What was their career background?
A. Medicine
B. Aeronautics
C. Athletics
D. Television and VCR repair
2. In the film “Hot Tub Time Machine,” there’s a TV on in the ski lodge showing a Saturday Night Live skit. Who is the star of the skit?
A. Chevy Chase
B. Eddie Murphy
C. Steve Martin
D. Alec Baldwin
3. In the TV show Seinfeld, Kramer gets a hot tub with a fatal flaw. What is it?
A. The water is scalding hot
B. The water is freezing cold
C. The water isn’t really water
D. There’s no water in it
4. A hot tub party at the Playboy Mansion became legendary after what happened?
A. The Rolling Stones showed up
B. Federal authorities showed up
C. A bunch of guests got sick
D. A bunch of guests got pregnant
5. One of the finest hot tubs in cinema history appears in the movie Scarface. It’s also one of the most profane movies Andrew has ever seen. How many times is the “F” word used in the movie (yes, somebody actually counted it)?
A. 12
B. 33
C. 1,073
D. 226
Answers: 1. B, 2. B, 3. A and B (first it’s too hot, then too cold), 4. C, 5. D
