SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2004
An Tobar Pub Quiz 4.17.04
Animal Rollins D-Menace Trivia 04.17.04
Round I
1. Who
is known as "the hardest working man in show business" and "the
godfather of soul"?
2.
Prior to Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, what was the only sequel to win
an Oscar for best picture?
3. What
is the name of Eminem’s band?
4. Who
is British soccer star David Beckham’s wife?
5.
Spell the word "rhinoceros".
6. What
was so special about the otherwise meaningless Jets-Dolphins game aired on December
20, 1980?
7.
Pancuronium bromide, sodium thiopental, and potassium chloride are all drugs
used by the government for what?
8. In
Norse mythology, a pair of what kind of birds sits on Odin’s shoulders?
9. A gaggle
is a flock of what (not in flight)?
10. In
what year did the TV show Friends debut? (history is like an amusement park,
except instead of rides, you have dates to memorize)
Round II
1. If
one million zeros can be written on the front and back of a sheet of paper, how
many sheets of paper would it take to write out a googol in standard form?
2.
Former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara has a very odd middle name, what
is it?
3. The
website www.lol.li is a website for what country?
4. What
is the capital of Haiti?
5. What
Elzie Segar comic strip celebrated its 75th Anniversary this year (2004)?
6.
Suggesting it be called "the love or sweetness of Venus" what part of
the human anatomy did Renaldus Columbus get credit for discovering in 1559?
7. Who
painted Woman with a Pearl Necklace?
8. In
what John Knowles novel did character Gene Forrester break his friend Phineas’s
leg by shaking him off of a tree branch?
9.
Ergophobia is the fear of _____.
10. In
Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country, what beverage did Captain Kirk note was
"no longer to be served at diplomatic functions"?
Round III
1. What
new entry to the Oxford English Dictionary is defined as "An
unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, esp. one created by the
expansion of the service sector"[as in fast-food restaurants]?
2. I
what movie did Orson Welles’s character, Harry Lime, say, "In Italy for 30 years under the
Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced
Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had
brotherly love — they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that
produce? The cuckoo clock."
3. Who
holds the U.S. record for number of convictions for murders by a serial killer?
(I’ll take his name or his nickname)
4. What
musical features the songs Empty Chairs
at Empty Tables, Javert’s Suicide,
and, most notably, Drink With Me?
5. What
were the ancient thieves Dismas and Gestas best-known for?
6.
Rosalind Ave in Orlando was named after a character from what Shakespeare play
where Orlando was in love with Rosalind?
7.
According to Guinness, how tall was the tallest man ever to live? (in feet and
inches, please)
8. What
Latin American country makes baseballs for the major leagues?
9. Who
was the last U.S. president elected who wore a mustache?
10.
What ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of
1918?
Bonus Round
1. What
is the highest-ranking piece in the board game Stratego?
2. Who
were the winners of seasons one and two of American Idol?
3. Prior
to Jay Leno, who were the three permanent hosts of the Tonight Show?
4.
Which teams currently have the highest payrolls in each of the four major
sports (Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Hockey)?
5.
Which five U.S. states do not use the word evolution in their science
curricula?
Tiebreaker
1.
Complete this analogy from literature: Hester Prynne : Arthur Dimmesdale ::
Lulu Baines : __
2. Who
wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in 1892?
3. What
team won the CFL’s Grey Cup in 2003?
4. What
car (give make and model, please) has an internet ad featuring a cat getting
decapitated when its sunroof closes?
5. What
is formed when the solar wind strikes the cloudy head of an approaching comet?
Tiebreaker’s tiebreaker (closest
to the pin):
According
to the UK’s Office for National Statistics what is the dollar value of the
whole, entire United Kingdom (as of April 2001)?
Round I Answers
1.
James Brown
2.
Godfather II
3. D-12
4.
Victoria, or Posh Spice
5.
r-h-i-n-o-c-e-r-o-s
6. The
TV broadcast had no announcers
7. lethal
injection
8.
Ravens (Huginn and Mumminn)
9. geese
10.
1994
Round II Answers
1. One
[there are 100 zeros in a googol, so as large as that number is, it would
easily fit on one page given the assumption]
2.
Strange
3. Liechtenstein
4.
Port-au-Prince
5.
Popeye
6. the
clitoris (that’s right Columbus discovered not America, but the clitoris)
7.
Johannes Vermeer
8. A
Separate Peace
9. work
10.
Romulan Ale
Round III Answers
1. McJob
2. The
Third Man
3. Gary
Ridgway or the Green River Killer
4. Les
Miserables
5.
Being crucified alongside Jesus
6. As
You Like It
7.
8'11"
8.
Costa Rica
9.
William Howard Taft
10.
World War I
Bonus Round Answers
1.
Marshall
2. Kelly
Clarkson and Ruben Studdard
3. Jack
Paar, Steve Allen, and Johnny Carson
4. New
York Yankees, New Orleans Saints, New York Knicks, and New York Rangers
5. Florida,
Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Alaska [In June 2005 Alaska's state board
of education was pressured by scientists, teachers and concerned citizens to
add evolution to science standards that had avoided the topic.]
[Georgia
has this disclaimer: "This textbook contains material on evolution.
Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This
material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and
critically considered."]
Tiebreaker Answers
1.
Elmer Gantry
2.
Francis Bellamy
3. Edmonton
Eskimos
4. Ford
SportKa
5. The
comet’s tail
Tiebreaker’s tiebreaker Answer (closest
to the pin):
$8,919,570,000,000
