62 WHEN "Blast from the Past" Trivia Answers
1. Oops! Who left
that stinky dead fish in the Call for Action Offices? Who removed it?
Ans. (C) The "gift" fish was given to J.B. Louis who
promptly put it in the Call for Action Offices for safe keeping overnight...then forgot
about it. Chief Engineer, Roy Taylor, rescued our mistress in distress, Marion Shaw,
the next morning by removing it. Fresh fish anyone?!
2. What two characters once
locked Joe Gallagher out of his studio and comandeered WHEN's airwaves for some 30 minutes
before order was finally restored... without one shot ever being fired?
Ans. (C) None other than the irrepressible Marge and
Wrinkles. Surely a station out of control...when two old biddies are able to
trick a grown man (Joe Gallagher) into going out in the hall...then immediately locking
him out of his studio.. Anybody have an aircheck of this wild time?
3. Which WHEN air personality's wife called the Y-94 "Shove It" Line?
Ans. (C) Ray Diorio's
4. Which WHEN air personality won Foreigner tickets on Y-94 with Big Mike and also had his car towed the night of the concert?
Ans. (A) Peter King
5. Shortly after the incident in question 4, which WHEN air personality was introduced at McArthur Stadium (P&C Stadium) while sitting in the WSYR box seats with Big Mike?
Ans. (C) Joe Gallagher
6. Who became airsick while filling in for Captain Scott King? (Fortunately they weren't flying the plane.)
Ans. (D) All of the Above. Who said it was easy doing air traffic in Syracuse?
7. Which WHEN DJ once asked the question, "Whatever happened to Mama Cass?" and referred to singer Chris Rea's sister named "Di"
Ans. (B) Vic Johnson
8. Who was the only WHEN personality to have a star on his "Dressing Room" (a.k.a. The Bomb Shelter)?
Ans. (C) Weekender Dick Helfer
9. Which WRRB (WHEN sister station) personality is best remembered for throwing up at a Hotel Syracuse Christmas Party?
Ans. (C) Bob Paris
10. This WHEN employee was known as "Mr. Amway", and also specialized in real estate, with no money down.
Ans. (D) Bruce Siegel
11. SHE GOT A NOSE JOB was a "hit" during the Summer of '80. Can you name the group that recorded this piece of Syracuse musical history?
Ans. (D) Boogaloo Brucie and The Barflies
12. Who caused the "No Impromtu Impressions in the Hallways" Memo?
Ans. (C) Then WHEN sales executive, Mike Frazier
13. Who was it that Peter King's then girlfriend, Lori, identified by voice while blindfolded in "Guess The Real Peter King" Contest?
Ans. (B) Mike Frazier
14. Which WHEN Personality had 2 porno stars on his show as on-air guests?
Ans. (C) Jay Flannery - One guest was the infamous Annie Sprinkle. The interview was halted before its conclusion by General Manager, Bob Carolin. After the first commercial break in the interview, Jay was directed by Bruce Siegel, then Operations Manager, that the interview was over. The guests were promptly escorted from the studio and not a word was ever uttered on-air about why the interview had ended so abruptly or why they had simply vanished.
15. The two WHEN GP Basebreakers to discover running water in the far outfield were...
Ans. (D) Joe "wee wee" Gallagher and Vic Johnson gave new meaning to the expression, "You're all wet."
16. Who is the only person ever known to have won the Joe Gallagher MVP Award?
Ans. (A-B-C-D) Who else? Joe Gallagher
17. What female Newswatch 62 Reporter was sent out to a motel to look for striking truckers?
Ans. - We don't know for sure! Every good quiz has a trick question. This was a trick question.
18. That catchy tune "She Had Freckles on Her Butt" sung by politically incorrect male staffers at the time often embarrassed this young maiden...
Ans. (C) Cathy Miller
19. Which WHEN newsperson helped give "JoyGerm Joan" national exposure?
Ans. (C) Bill Carey Go to the front of the class and get your smiley face, Bill.
20 Who was Jules Coleman's "favorite" D.A.?
Ans. (B) John Holcomb --- Jules committed a major faux paus one evening when he left a recorded story for newswoman Rhenda Kimble to use during her nightly news broadcast. While recording the report, Jules made a mistake and as was often the case, removed the tape cartridge from the machine and used another "clean" (erased) tape. When Jules made his initial verbal mistake, he had continued recording the story, injecting a few choice expletives and using them to jokingly refer to the subject of the report, Mr. Holcomb. At the conclusion of Jules' recording of a number of taped reports that evening, he labeled the tape cartridges --- obviously not playing them back to see if they were okay --- and inadvertently must have labeled the wrong report (the one containing the expletives). Rhenda Kimble played that tape later in one of her hourly news reports. Upon receiving a number of listener complaints the following day, Jules was suspended for 3 days for his mistake. Allegedly without pay. The tape of that recorded story still exist today.
21. What Prizes! What fun!
Ans. (D) We gave away all that great stuff. You're probably buying it at garage sales today.
22. Who was it that was loaded for bear...and equipped with all that "stuff"?
Ans. (E) Bob Swahn
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