Trivia Contest! First to Answer Correctly Will See Cyndi Lauper Live at 92Y!
We are less than two weeks away from our September 24th Manhattan trivia night debut at the elegant Highline Ballroom with TrivWorks’ “Special Host” Pat Kiernan, featuring an all-NYC pop culture theme, and as announced earlier this week, we are holding a teaser trivia contest today with one of our “quintessential NYC experience” prize partners, the world-renown 92nd Street Y!
Given the theme of Pat’s upcoming event, as well as our prize, it is only fitting that today’s trivia contest focus on pop culture icon & NYC native Cyndi Lauper. Below you will find 5 fun trivia questions about Cyndi to puzzle over; the first person to answer correctly will receive 2 tickets to see Cyndi appear live next Wednesday, September 19th at 92Y!
Here are your 5 questions – good luck!
(Hint: you may want to watch the below “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” video first):
- 1. Which NYC borough does Cyndi Lauper hail from?
- 2. What was the name of Cyndi’s 1983 breakout album, featuring hit songs “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” Time After Time,” “All Through the Night” and “She Bop?”
- 3. In the “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” video, Cyndi’s mother plays herself; which 80s celebrity plays her father?
- 4. Also in the video, Cyndi & the girls can be seen emerging from a subway station with a train line culminating where?
- 5. Never released on any of her original albums, a 1985 hit Cyndi Lauper single can be found on which classic 80s movie soundtrack?
To submit your answer, please write in the “Leave a Reply” section below. Only 1 submission per person – you MUST answer all 5 questions, and they must ALL BE CORRECT!
The first person to correctly submit the answers to the above questions will win our prize!
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UPDATE: (6:40pm) Thank you everyone who participated in today’s trivia contest!
Correct answers are as follows:
1) Queens
2) “She’s So Unusual”
3) WWF’s “Captain” Lou Albano (if you put Danny Aiello, you were thinking of Madonna’s dad from the “Papa Don’t Preach” video!)
4) The sign states that the train terminates at South Ferry, Wall Street & and Brooklyn
5) “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough” can only be found on – you guessed it – “The Goonies” Soundtrack!
Congratulations Leah Biel, you were the 1st to get all 5 questions correct and are going to see Cyndi Lauper LIVE at 92Y next week! We have published other contributions who were very close – great work all!
1. Queens
2. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
3. Danny Aiello
4.Times Square
5. The Goonies are Good Enough
1. Queens
2. She’s So Unusual
3. Lou Albano
4. “A” train … ending up in Cyndi Lauper’s bedroom
5. The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough” in The Goonies soundtrack
I misread first question. First answer should be Lower East Side.
If not too late, please consider this set of answers:
1. Lower East Side
2. She’s So Unusual
3. Lou Albano
4. “A” train … ending up in Cyndi Lauper’s bedroom
5. The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough” in The Goonies soundtrack
Disregard last two. Correct responses should be:
1. Manhattan (Lower East Side)
2. She’s So Unusual
3. Lou Albano
4. “A” train … ending up in Cyndi Lauper’s bedroom
5. The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough” in The Goonies soundtrack
1. Queens
2. She’s So Unusual
3. Captain Lou Albano
4. Downtown Courthouse
5. Goonies R Good Enough
1. Queens
2. “She’s So Unusual”
3. Captain Lou Albano
4. South Ferry, Wall Street, and Brooklyn
5. “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough”
5. From “The Goonies”. The comment ate that part!