Americans Are Gearing up for the Year's Most Anticipated Sequel...TRIVIAL PURSUIT(R) DVD POP CULTURE 2; New Survey Hails Lord of the Rings Best Movie Sequel, Frasier Best TV ''Spin-Off''.EAST LONGMEADOW East Longmeadow, town (1990 pop. 13,367), Hampden co., SW Mass., a suburb of Springfield; settled c.1740, set off from Longmeadow and inc. 1894. It is chiefly residential, with some manufacturing industries. , Mass. -- Blockbuster sequels have become a summer tradition and, this June, HASBRO, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HAS) will launch TRIVIAL PURSUIT Trivial Pursuit is a board game where progress is determined by a player's ability to answer general knowledge, and popular culture questions. The game was made in 1979 by Scott Abbott, a sports editor for the Canadian Press, and Chris Haney, of Welland, Ontario, a photo (R) DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. POP CULTURE 2, a follow up to the original edition, one of the best-selling games of 2003. With more than 2,400 all new card and DVD questions in six categories - TV, Music, Movies, Sports/Games, Buzz and Fads - the newly designed game is bound to keep pop culture fans of all kinds on the edge of their seats. In keeping with the sequel "spirit" of the season, Trivial Pursuit set out to determine what Americans consider to be the "best movie sequel" and the "best TV 'spin-off" of all time via a survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. Aragorn trumps Don Vito - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was the highest regarded movie sequel (23 percent), edging out The Godfather II, which was a close second at 21 percent. Both films beat out popular sequels including The Empire Strikes Back (13%) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (11%), which finished third and fourth, respectively, in the survey. When it comes to TV "spin-offs," the doctor is in the house as Frasier received more than a quarter of the votes (26%) and beat out popular programs such as The Simpsons (21%), The Jeffersons (12%), Laverne & Shirley (11%), and A Different World (7%). Interestingly, Melrose Place  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , one of the most popular shows of the 1990s, received only 3% of respondent's votes. Other highlights from the survey include: Movie Sequels: Men prefer the underworld; women prefer fantasy world ... --One quarter of male respondents said they preferred The Godfather II (25%), while females surveyed connected most with Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (24%). --While 17% of females voted for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, only 4% of males selected the movie. TV "Spin-Offs": It's simple - men take their advice from Homer, women from Dr. Crane... --Men surveyed overwhelmingly cited The Simpsons as the best television show spin-off (30%), compared to females (13%). Overall women preferred Frasier (27%). --The Simpsons is the top spin off of choice among those ages 18-24, as 59% rated the show their favorite, followed by Frasier at 15%. Comparatively, 37% of respondents age 45-54 said Frasier was their favorite television show spin-off. Whether they cast their vote for Frasier or Homer, pop culture aficionados can put a wide array of "water cooler knowledge" to the test with TRIVIAL PURSUIT(R) DVD POP CULTURE 2. You will find questions like: --What did nine Piston fans boldly sit on for 93 minutes while wearing thongs, in a contest to win tickets to the 2004 NBA finals The NBA Finals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association. The team winning the Eastern Conference Finals earns one of the two berths in the championship round, with the other going to the team that wins the Western Conference Finals. ? (Blocks of ice) --What furnishings chain sponsored Britain's first national meatball eating competition, in 2002? (IKEA IKEA Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (Swedish home furnishings retailer founder's initials and location) ) --Which Eagles song has generations of listeners wondering what the "warm smell of colitis" was? (Hotel California) --What fast-food chain declared in 2004 that patrons who brought a live cow to a franchise on one hot August day would get a free frozen Moolatte? (Dairy Queen Dairy Queen (also known as DQ) is an ice-cream shop and fast-food restaurant franchise based in the United States and founded in 1940. For many years the franchise's slogan was "We treat you right!" In recent years, it has been changed to "DQ something different. ) Game play on TRIVIAL PURSUIT(R) DVD POP CULTURE 2, available for the approximate retail price of $34.99, remains the same as other TRIVIAL PURSUIT editions with two to four players or teams vying to collect all six wedges and trying to answer the final question. In addition, the new DVD brings trivia questions to life. About Hasbro Games: Hasbro Games manufacturers and markets games and puzzles under the brand names MILTON BRADLEY  This article or section is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article or section in an . and PARKER BROTHERS Parker Brothers is a toy and game manufacturer and brand. For almost 115 years the company published more than 1800 games;[1] among their best known products are Monopoly, Cluedo (known as Clue in North America), Risk . Included in its product line are some of the world's best-known games and puzzles including: CANDY LAND Candy Land is a simple racing board game. It has become a cultural icon in the U.S., where it is often the first board game played by children because it requires no ability to read and only minimal counting skills. , the MONOPOLY game, SCRABBLE Brand Crossword Game, the TRIVIAL PURSUIT game YAHTZEE, TWISTER, GAME OF LIFE, and BIG BEN Puzzles. The company also markets its games in three focused initiatives: MY FIRST GAMES (pre-school games), FAMILY GAME NIGHT (family games) and GET TOGETHER (adult games). About Hasbro: Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) is a worldwide leader in children's and family leisure time entertainment products and services, including the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys ranging from traditional to high-tech. Both internationally and in the U.S., its PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER, and WIZARDS OF THE COAST Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, they popularized the collectible card game genre with in brands and products provide the highest quality and most recognizable play experiences in the world. About Trivial Pursuit: TRIVIAL PURSUIT(R) is a registered trademark of Horn Abbot Ltd. For the games distributed under exclusive license to Hasbro, Inc. About the Survey: Key findings reflect the questions, answer categories, corresponding response data, and analysis of information pertaining to the results of the Hasbro Omnibus Survey conducted April 14-17, 2005. These findings are drawn from telephone interviews with 1,008 U.S. adults 18+ years of age, conducted by Opinion Research Corporation of Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey is located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Princeton University has been sited in the town since 1756. . The survey analysis was performed by Fleishman-Hillard Research of St. Louis, Missouri. The margin of error associated with a sample of this type is +/-3.1%. |
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