Help please

[Carol]

Ali wrote:
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> With music, maybe you can do a "Don't Forget the Lyrics" type thing?
Sing the chorus to a Top 40s song.  Hum the first few bars of the
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.  Something like that?

Carol responds:

I was thinking that the questions would be written on a card, with the
answers on the back (as in Trivial Pursuit). It would be rather hard
to do that for "a few bars of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3" or any
other piece of music. Sure, someone could copy the notes from a piece
of music in the public domain off the Internet and paste them onto the
back of the card, but unless the other players could sightread music
or were already familiar with the concerto, it would be hard to know
whether the hummed bars were "correct."

Similarly, I snipped the bit about the plot of the last "Lost"
episode, but how could a plot synopsis fit on a card (assumint that
Alla has that method in mind) and how much leeway would be allowed
between the official answer and the player's answer? I think that
simple answers (the title of a work, the name of an author or a
character or a place) would be much better than detailed answers that
could vary from the answer as written.

Ali: 
> I think, with pop culture, it's difficult to move beyond movies, tv,
and music (and still keep things accessible).  With the exception of
> things like Harry Potter, just what is a "pop culture" book? <snip>

Carol responds:

We could add videogames: "In the Super Mario Brothers games, what is
the name of Mario's brother [or the princess or the villain]?"

Also, I think pop culture includes the names of landmarks, national
parks, and other famous places: "Name the four U.S. presidents whose
faces are carved into Mount Rushmore." Everyone has also heard of,
say, the Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace, and the Golden Gate Bridge.

As for books, surely certain classic works, especially children's
classics such as "Little Women," "Treasure Island," and the Alice
books are familiar to most people--or were when I was young! Quick,
now: What is the name of the youngest March sister in "Little Women"?

Famous people who aren't authors, actors, or singers could also be
included--sports figures, politicians, reformers, etc. Every American
has heard of Helen Keller and Babe Ruth; every Englishperson (I did
that on purpose for Geoff!) has heard, I hope, of William the Conqueror.

By the way, Alla, do the questions have to be worded as questions as
in my first example, or is the "Name the _______" format of my second
example okay?

Carol, who could not have answered a single question that Ali proposed!