Look Smart Trivia: Child Stars Rock
5There’s nothing rare about actors who try singing, or singers who try acting. But it’s much more unusual for child stars to grow up into recording artists with some kind of commercial or critical credibility. Here are five of them in their adorable larval stage. Be the first to name all five and you’ll score a $5 Meh coupon. Maybe if you’re cute enough, you can parlay that into pop stardom, too. Insert signoff catchphrase here!
It was a period of trivia war. @jrwofuga, striking from a hidden base, won a $5 Meh coupon by figuring out the Star Wars character names hidden in our Mystery Theme:
- Wicket, the cricket stumps / Wicket the Ewok
- Akbar & Jeff / Admiral Ackbar
- Boba tea / Boba Fett
- Bosc pears / Bossk the bounty hunter
- Solo cup / Han Solo
and 6. Luke from General Hospital / Luke Skywalker (posted by @jrwofuga)
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thanks. . I nearly didn’t post the picture in the same manner though.
2 are very easy. don’t know the others immediately.
I know 2 or 3 of them. That’s it.
@RiotDemon I know the first two.
@RiotDemon And #3.
@RiotDemon And #4.
Janet Jackson
Ricky Nelson
Drake
Micky Dolanz
Jenny Lewis
Tada
@therealjrn Congrats! I have never heard of Jenny Lewis. Should I have?
@sammydog01 I think she is more well known as a child/young actor, but the estrogen swamp that is my daughter’s and the grandgirl’s house apparently infused me somehow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lewis
@therealjrn impressive. . . 2 and 4 especially.
@therealjrn Nice. I still have no fucking clue who Jenny Lewis is, even after googling her.
@jrwofuga Strange, 2 & 4 were easy for me…of course it helps to have been alive for so long. lol
@therealjrn I was just about to insist that #5 was Lindsay Lohan but then I googled Jenny Lewis…
Congrats on your $5 coupon!
@jrwofuga @therealjrn Old farts FTW.
@sammydog01 @therealjrn @jrwofuga
@llangley I thought it was usually the pot calling the kettle.
@cinoclav yeah, this one was a little thought-provoking… I figured the “caller” is the pot since it has the phone? But is it calling a teapot or a tea kettle?? And is the stovetop pot actually a pot or a soup kettle??
This might should go in @carl669 thread
Where’s Danielle Brisebois?
@ojohn Um…I give up…Brooklyn?
@ojohn Or Taylor Momsen
An alert reader has pointed out an error in my submission. Here it is corrected:
Thank you, that is all.
@therealjrn There should be no penalty for spelling.
@jrwofuga Yeah…this was more of a “safety post” for completeness.
@therealjrn If I were going to be a d!ck and try to get you on a technicality, I would claim the correct answer is:
In all seriousness, this one was way to easy. I was late to the party, but I knew them all without even the briefest of hesitation.
@DrWorm Technically it says, “Be the first to name all five…” It doesn’t specify whether it should be their name at the age of the photo or currently. So, although you were simply being a bit sardonic, you still had no argument.