Pop Culture Hangouts Trivia and Crossword Puzzle
Do you know the cool kids’ hangouts?
Where do you can feel as “at home” as at home? Where do you hang out with friends and fully be yourself? Where do you know the menu and the staff, and they know you? Hangouts – haunts, stomping grounds – play an important role in contemporary society. They also populate our favorite TV shows and movies. How many of these gathering places do you know? Take our pop culture hangouts trivia quiz and crossword puzzle challenge to find out.
TRIVIA QUIZ
by Boomer Staff
1. Multiple choice: This spot was a go-to for teenagers Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard), Potsie (Anson Williams), Ralph (Don Most), and their idol, “The Fonz.”
a. The Max
b. Arnold’s Drive-In
c. The Lanford Lunchbox
d. Luke’s Diner
2. True or false: El Floridita, a Havana bar, gained fame as the birthplace of the daiquiri and a favorite hangout of Ernest Hemingway.
3. Multiple choice: The house pianist, Sam (played by Dooley Wilson), sings “As Time Goes By” at the Moroccan lounge owned by Humphrey Bogart’s character.
a. La Ilsa
b. Maiden’s Tower
c. Rick’s Café Américain
d. The Casablanca Café
4. Unscramble: Seating 1,000 people, 10 at a time, this Roanoke, Virginia, hole-in-the-wall has been serving hot dogs, chili, and other diner fare since 1930.
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5. Multiple choice: Eleven-year-old Doug spends a lot of his time with his best friend, Skeeter, and the love of his life, Patti Mayonnaise, at this shopping mall (which happens to be based on a Richmond, Virginia, venue, near where Doug’s creator grew up).
a. Mall of America
b. Four Leaf Clover Mall
c. The Shops at Azalea
d. Regents Triangle
Link to answers below, after crossword puzzle
POP CULTURE HANGOUTS TRIVIA – CROSSWORD PUZZLE
By Myles Mellor
Across
1 Hangout for Sam on TV
4 Simpsons’ tavern
7 “Put ___ Happy Face”
8 Walter Mitty’s wife, e.g.
9 The L Word hang-out, with The
11 ____ 66
12 Singer Alicia
14 Twofold
15 Hang out for Porky, perhaps
16 Dieter’s statistic
18 Sopranos hangout, 2 words
19 Southfork was her hangout in Dallas
21 Hangout for a Biblical serpent
24 Iconic NYC jazz club hangout closed in the 60s
27 One of 24 for pure gold
28 Gilligan’s Island signal
Down
1 Friends hangout, 2 words
2 Band that sang about the Hotel California hangout
3 Work out
4 Seinfeld diner
5 Penultimate word in a countdown
6 Put away
10 Ideal hangout for a boxing fan
12 Spongebob hangout, The Krusty ____
13 Quick affirmative reply
14 In The Graduate, he hung out with Mrs. Robinson
15 Two Guys and a Girl had a hangout on “Beacon Street” which served these
17 Goes with the good and the ugly
20 “__, myself and I”
22 Basketball org.
23 Texas Ranger bar
25 Most popular person, the ___ girl
26 J___, actress and singer
Myles Mellor has published more than 13,000 puzzles and 35 puzzle books, has written for more than 600 magazines and companies, and syndicates his work to more than 100 newspapers. MylesMellor.com
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