An Tobar Pub Quiz 9.19.04

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2004

 An Tobar Pub Quiz 9.19.04

Round One

1. If there's something strange in your neighborhood…If there's something weird and it don't look good…Who you gonna call?

2. Invented by John "Ol’ Chumbucket" Baur and Mark "Cap’n Slap Happy" Summers in 1995, today’s national holiday became what international holiday when Australia learned about it from a Dave Barry column in 2002?

3. Which speaker at the last Republican National Convention said the objective of a good life is, "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!"

4. What continent spans all twenty-four time zones?

5. What celebrity will be the first to be featured topless in Madame Tussaud's (too-sows’) wax museum?

6. Peanuts, along with beans and peas, belong to what plant family?

7. Beginning June 1st, the U.S. hurricane season extends to the end of what month?

8. In the Bible, is the Book of Hebrews in the Old Testament or the New Testament?

9. Who is the Miami Dolphins’ all-time leading rusher?

10. What is Florida’s largest lake? (in surface area)

Round Two

1. What kind of aftershave is on my shirt?

2. True of False. The Koala Bear is really a marsupial?

3. What country artist’s jinglistic jingoisms suggest American enemies take “a boot up the ass” courtesy of the red, white and blue?

4. Who wrote the book Crossing Over and has a TV talk show of the same name?

5. In what year was the original Manchurian Candidate movie released? (2 points for correct year; 1 point for being off by one year either way)

6. What will be Shaquille O’Neal’s jersey number for the Miami Heat?

7. Which Italian family ruled Florence during Renaissance times?

8. Who portrayed the artist Jackson Pollock in the 2000 movie Pollock?

9. Viagra was originally invented by the U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer as a treatment for what condition?

10. Which is the brightest star in the night sky?

Round Three

1. What is currently the longest-running program on U.S. network TV?

2. Who coined the phrase, “never got a dinner''? Was it Red Barber, Red Buttons, or Red Skeleton?

3. According to Ulf Erlingsson’s upcoming book called Atlantis from a Geographer's Perspective: Mapping the Fairy Land, What myth probably originated from the fate the Dogger Bank--an isolated shoal in the North Sea near Ireland?

4. In the TV show I Dream of Jeannie, what was name of Jeannie’s dog?

5. Who was John Q. Adams vice president, forming the only “John and John” President-V.P combo?

6. Here’s an “Amazing Richard” Legacy Question: In what country are Altoids made?

7. Winning a Grammy for best new artist of 1976, What number one hit did The Starland Vocal Band have in July of that year? (hint: this band was definitely a one-hit wonder)

8. In 1938, What pilot was supposed to fly from New York to Los Angeles but flew to Ireland instead?

9. In what U.S. state would you find persons called "Yoopers" and "Trolls"?

Seuss or Shady: Write the three-word answer to one of these questions.

10. Seuss: BOOM BOOM SPLATT SPLATT TICK TICK TOCK

SIZZLE SIZZLE BLURP BLURP _____ _____ _____

Shady: the FCC won’t let me be or let me be me so let me see they tried to shut me down on MTV but it feels so _____ _____ _____ empty

Bonus

1. Who was the only U.S. first lady not born in America?

2. What two NFL teams have helmets in their helmet insignia?

3. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, after English and Spanish, what are the three most common languages used by households at home?

4. How many teams are there in each of the four major sports: NFL, MLB, NBA, and the NHL? (In the NBA count the Charlotte Bobcats, in the NHL, assume the league still exists)(Give the answers in the order I asked the question or specify NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL)

5. List five of the affirmative responses a person can get from a Magic Eightball. Write down only five; exact wording will be necessary for answers to be correct.

Round One Answers

1. Ghostbusters!

2. Talk Like a Pirate Day

3. Arnold Schwarzenegger

4. Antarctica

5. Brad Pitt

6. (Leguminosae) legume

7. November

8. New Testament

9. Larry Csonka (6,737 yards)

10. Lake Okeechobee

Round Two Answers

1. Old Spice

2. True

3. Toby Keith

4. John (or Jonathan) Edwards

5. 1962

6. 32

7. The Medici

8. Ed Harris

9. High blood pressure

10. Sirius

Round Three Answers

1. Meet the Press (1947)

2. Red Buttons

3. Atlantis

4. Djinn-Djinn

5. John C. Calhoun

6. Britain

7. Afternoon Delight

8. Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan

9. Michigan

DR10. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK (Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?)

MM10. without me (Without Me)

Bonus Round Answers

1. Louisa Adams

2. Miami and Oakland

3. Chinese, French, German

4. 32, 30, 30, 30

5. Outlook Good; You May Rely On It; Most Likely; Yes; Yes Definitely; It Is Certain; It Is Decidedly So; Signs Point to Yes; Without a Doubt; As I See It, Yes;