Super Mega Answer: Oh, Happy Days!

Back from vacation (or at least en route). Last week's Super Mega Ultra Hard Question has been answered, and the correct response is…

(Richie was played by Ron Howard. Richie's dad's name was Howard Cunningham. I cannot begin to recall how/why this popped into my head.)

Congratulations to Greg of Strippers for Stephen Hawking, who got it right and won the drawing for free admission. As a bonus, Greg posed to me the following question.

What first and last name combination is shared by a character on one TV series and an actor on another?

He also says "the shows are linked in two different ways." Any guesses? I'm stumped, but I'm probably not trying that hard. Though I do suspect that there's more than one valid answer.

As another bonus, the extended version of the Happy Days theme song (the post–"Rock Around the Clock" one). Cheesilicious goodness:

The BQT in the BKLYN

Here's something amazing…in the six-plus years of the Big Quiz Thing, no version of the game has ever been been performed in an NYC borough other than Manhattan. We've been to California, New Orleans, Minnesota, a barn in rural Pennsylvania, but never the outerboroughs. Fuckin' snobs.

This is changing: Friday night, January 9, Quizmaster Noah (me, of course) will be making an appearance at Sound Fix, Williamsburg's hybrid record store/performance venue, as part of the comedy show Doris Yeltsin. It's cohosted by Claudia Cogan, BQT regular and erstwhile guest sidekick, and I appear to be the only man involved in this event. Stunning.

Details here, but know that it's 8pm and it's free, and I will be giving away prizes. The plan is to revive an old favorite special round, "TV Themes Retranslated." I've done a handful of these things—a little quiz as part of a variety/comedy show—and it's always been oodles of laughs. I'm hoping to do more in 2009, so feel free to hook me up through your copious connections.

CORRECTION: The Don't Touch Me There comedy troupe, also on the bill, is mostly men. My testosterone will not be alone.

Also, here's the flyer: