Famous trios in pop culture
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Famous Trios in Pop Culture — Daily trivia Sunday, August 30, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Liberty Records bosses Al, Si and Ted lent their first names to which singing cartoon trio?
- AThe Gummi Bears
- BThe Chipmunks
- CThe Snorks
- DThe Wuzzles
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The Chipmunks
The Chipmunks. Al Bennett, Si Waronker and Ted Keep became Alvin, Simon and Theodore, and Liberty released 'The Chipmunk Song' in 1958.
Q 02Which animated trio's arch-enemy was once their creator's lab assistant?
- AThe Winx Club
- BThe Sailor Guardians
- CThe Powerpuff Girls
- DThe Crystal Gems
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The Powerpuff Girls
Mojo Jojo began as Jojo, Professor Utonium's lab chimp; the Chemical X spill that made The Powerpuff Girls also mutated his brain.
Q 03Hermione Granger's first name comes from which Shakespeare play?
- AThe Tempest
- BTwelfth Night
- CThe Winter's Tale
- DMuch Ado About Nothing
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The Winter's Tale
J.K. Rowling borrowed it from The Winter's Tale, where Hermione is Leontes's wronged queen; she chose a name so unusual no real girl would be teased for sharing it.
Q 04Which Stooge was Moe's real-life younger brother?
- ALarry
- BCurly
- CJoe Besser
- DJoe DeRita
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Curly
Curly, born Jerome Horwitz, was Moe's youngest brother; another brother, Shemp, was also a Stooge. Larry Fine was the classic trio's only non-Howard.
Q 05Three's Company was adapted from a sitcom from which country?
- AAustralia
- BBritain
- CCanada
- DIreland
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Britain
It remade Britain's Man About the House (1973); even its spin-offs The Ropers and Three's a Crowd copied the UK originals George and Mildred and Robin's Nest.
Q 06Which girl group's name came from the Book of Isaiah?
- AThe Supremes
- BDestiny's Child
- CSalt-N-Pepa
- DThe Pointer Sisters
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Destiny's Child
A passage in Isaiah mentioning 'Destiny' gave Destiny's Child its name; the lineup settled as Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams in 2000.
Q 07Which trio filed for bankruptcy despite selling millions of albums?
- ATLC
- BSWV
- CXscape
- DJade
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TLC
TLC filed for Chapter 11 in July 1995, blaming a lopsided contract, even as CrazySexyCool went on to be certified diamond in the US.
Q 08The real d'Artagnan, captain of Louis XIV's musketeers, was killed besieging which city?
- AAntwerp
- BMaastricht
- CStrasbourg
- DLille
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Maastricht
Maastricht. He died there in 1673, and Dumas also borrowed Athos, Porthos and Aramis from real musketeers Armand d'Athos, Isaac de Porthau and Henri d'Aramitz.
Q 09Which power trio recorded its debut album with a different drummer?
- AZZ Top
- BThe Police
- CCream
- DRush
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Rush
Rush's 1974 debut featured John Rutsey; Neil Peart replaced him weeks before the band's first US tour, and the lineup never changed again.
Q 10Which trio hunts buried Confederate gold in a Sergio Leone Western?
- AShane, Joe, and Wilson
- BBlondie, Angel Eyes, and Tuco
- CJosey Wales, Lone Watie, and Laura Lee
- DDjango, Sartana, and Ringo
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Blondie, Angel Eyes, and Tuco
Blondie, Angel Eyes, and Tuco are the Good, the Bad and the Ugly; the Italian title, Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, orders them Good, Ugly, Bad.
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