An Tobar Trivia 8.10.14

An Tobar Trivia 8.10.14

Round One

1. War, huh, yeah, what is it good for?

2. One Percent milk contains 1% milk fat. 2% milk contains 2% milk fat. What percentage of fat does whole milk contain?

3. According to an often-cited Yale study, what is the most recognizable scent in the world?

4. What well-known comic book, TV, and movie superhero was characterized by comedian John Fugelsang as a space alien who thinks he can make a living working for a newspaper?

5. Who is older, Tori Amos or Sarah McLachlan?

6. Which of these dinosaurs never really existed?

Bambiraptor 

Brontosaurus 

Gasosaurus

Irritator

7. Which of the following countries is not served by the Peace Corps?

Fiji 

France

Jamaica

South Africa

8. "Ancient Chinese secret" was the catchphrase of a 1970s commercial for what water softener?

9. What is the largest lake in South America?

10. Also referred to as the "brofist," "respect knuckles," and "bumping the rock," what gesture has been deemed by August issue of The American Journal of Infection Control as more sanitary than handshaking or high-fiving?

Round Two

1. What's the plastic thing in the middle of a pizza box called?

2. Who was the last U.S. President to be elected by all-male voters?

3. The softcover of this fiction book is now number one on the New York times best-seller list after its hardcover spent 28 weeks at number one in 2012.

4. What is the best-selling pinup poster of all-time?

5.  Which 1984 baseball movie contained the following line, "I boned it so it wouldn't chip"?

6. Seuss or Shady: Complete this Dr. Suess book title, Please Try to Remember the First of ________ -or- In Eminem's rap titled Business, how does he rhyme the word "orange?"

7. What is the most populated state without a major professional sports team? (major means NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL)

8. Which is the brainiest breed of dog?

9. Which singer's fans are known as "Little Monsters"?

10. A 1952 team led by food scientist Edwin Traisman developed what pasteurized yellow topping designed for corn chips and hotdogs which Kraft foods Web site describes as having a unique tangy flavor with zing?

Harry Potter Questions

1. What was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone called in Britain?

2. Why did James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius Black learn to be Animagi?

3. Prior to Voldemort, who was the most dangerous dark wizard of all-time?

4. Name the three deathly hallows. Must correctly name all three to earn one point.

5. Before he died Snape took an action to make sure Harry knew the truth. What magical devise did Harry use to see what Snape had to tell him?

Round Three

1. Invented in 1869, The Whirlwind was an early model of which household appliance?

2. Name Jumble (2 first and last name):

U-R-I-N-E-J-E-S-T-B-I-B

Hint: fought Legolas

^Tennis3. Who was the most recent American to win Tennis's U.S. Open? And for a bonus, who was the most recent American to win the Men's U.S. Open in tennis? (2 pts.)

^Antlions4. Because of the designs they make in the sand, what is an Antlion larva often called in North America?

5. Which one of the following is not famous for playing soccer, and for a bonus, what sport did he play? (2 pts)

Ricardo Kaká

Christiano Ronaldo

Luis Suárez

Sachin Tendulkar

6. Featured in an A&E reality-TV series from 2009 to 2013 which mental disorder first appeared in psychology's The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , or DSM, in 2013?

7. On July 23, 2014 ISIS¹ (or IS², not ISIL³) militants blew up a mosque in Mosul that was reported to be the burial place of what Old Testament and Islamic prophet? Hint: Mosul is near the remains of the ancient city of Nineveh.

8. Currently being portrayed by John Lithgow in New York's Central Park's Delacourte Theater, Which Shakespeare character said this, "Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, that thou mayst shake the superflux to them, and show the heavens more just."?

9. Who was the "king of swing" and for a second point, which band released "The Sultans of Swing" in 1978 and 1979 (2 pts)?

10. What is the ulnar nerve in the elbow is better known as?

Bonus Round

1. Its pantheon includes Wes Anderson films, the movie Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and artist Deschanel, this artistic youth movement has been described by its critics as "a kind of fetishization of the nerd, the geek, the dork, and the virgin"?

2. Who topped Forbes' 2014 list of the highest-earning actress between June 2013 and June 2014 and who was the highest-earning actor?

3. Name the three classical liberal arts that constitute the trivium.

4. What are the top-four beer-selling companies to U.S. consumers, controlling between  74–90% of U.S. beer sales?

5. BRICS, spelled B-R-I-C-S (no "k"), is an acronym for the association of what five nations with emerging economies accounting for 25% of global GDP and 40% of the world’s population?

Answers....

Round One

1.  Absolutely nothing

2. 4% (minimum fat content of 3.5% fat)

3. coffee

4. Superman

5. Tori Amos (51 August 22) [Sarah McLachlan 46]

6. Brontosaurus *has changed since http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brontosaurus-is-back1/

7. France

8. Calgon

9. Lake Titicaca (surface area 3,232 sq mi) (Lake Maracaibo has a larger surface area, but it is considered to be a large brackish bay due to its direct connection with the sea.)

10. fist bumping

Round Two

1. pizza saver, package saver, or pizza table

2. Woodrow Wilson

3. Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James) (beginning 8.10.14) [The softcover was published with a bonus 51st shade of grey.]

4. Farrah Fawcett in a one piece swimsuit

5. The Natural

6. Octember; Puts "orange" in the plural and rhymes it with "syringes"

7. Virginia (12th most populated state at little over 8 million)

8. border collie (source: the 2014 Guinness Book of World Records—Keep in mind after Homer used the Duff Book of World Records to settle a bar dispute, Lenny said: Oh.  Geez, I was wrong. But I ain't angry. and Carl said: And I'm magnanimous in victory. 13^th season, Sweets and Sour Marge)

9. Lady Gaga

10. Cheez Wiz

Harry Potter Questions

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2. So they could be with their friend Lupin when he turned into a werewolf

3. Gellert Grindelwald

4. the elder wand, the resurrection stone, and the cloak of invisibility

5. a Pensieve

Round Three

1. The vacuum cleaner

2. Justin Bieber

3. Serena Williams (2013) Andy Roddick (2003)

4. Doodlebug

5. Sachin Tendulkar; cricket

6. compulsive hoarding

7. Jonah or Younis ¹Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS); ²Islamic State ³Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

8. King Lear

9. Benny Goodman; Dire Straits

10. the funny bone

Bonus Round

1. Twee (or Indie pop)

2. Sandra Bullock ($51 million); Robert Downey, Jr. ($75 million)

3. Grammar, rhetoric, and logic [or dialectic] (The other four are: Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, and Astronomy [or cosmology])

4. ABInBev or Anheuser-Busch;

SABMiller or MillerCoors & Molson;

Modelo (Crown Imports a division of Constellation brand) or Corona (Extra);

Heineken

5. Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

An Tobar 7.13.14

An Tobar 7.13.14

This was the last day of Nadaam in Mongolia, so that prevented the nearly 3 million Mongoloids from attending.

Round One

1. Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew
 cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two?

the candy man

2. Who did the voice of Shaggy on the original cartoon series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!?

Casey Kasem

3. Which is larger in area, Brazil or the contiguous United States?

Brazil (3,287,357 mi²; contiguous-U.S. 3,119,884.69 mi²)

4. Which country has McDonald's McRib sandwiches year-round?

Australia

France

Germany

Japan

5. When petroleum refiners invented a process to turn oil into kerosene, what lucrative by-product did they initially discard?

gasoline

6. In public swimming pools, how are the highest percentages of trichloramine and cyanogen chloride commonly formed?

by peeing in them

7. Who is the richest man in the world again?

Bill Gates

8. After keeping its ingredients secret for decades, what major brewery finally disclosed its simple recipe for its top-selling beer of water, barley malt, rice, yeast, and hops after 40,000 petitioners demanded it do so in June?

Budweiser

9. What happened to Cleveland's Cuyahoga River in 1936, 1952, and 1969?

It caught on fire.

10.  What name does actress and comedian Stephanie Courtney go by when she does commercials for Progressive Insurance?

Flo

Round Two

1. What was called "Adam's Ale" in old-time diner's lingo?

water

2. What late actor appeared in movies such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Magnificent Seven, Godfather III, and yet was probably best known to many for playing Mr. Freeze on TV's Batman?

Eli Wallach

3. Which is the largest kind of deer in North America, if not the world?

moose

4. What is the only on-the-field position not given in Abbott & Costello's bit "Who's on First?"

right field (First Base--Who; Second Base--What; Third Base--I Don't Know; Left field--Why; Center field--Because; Pitcher--Tomorrow; Catcher--Today; Shortstop--I Don't Care/I Don't Give a Darn/I Don't Give a Damn)

5. In which Shakespeare play would you find the phrase, "there's the rub?"

Hamlet

6. Being Swiss, Catholic, and at least 5’8” tall are requirements to join what small army?

The Swiss Guard

7. In what year did Seinfeld premier on NBC and The Simpsons debut on Fox?

1989

8. Who has won the most FIFA (Soccer) player of the year/Golden Ball [Ballon d'ors] awards?

Lionel Messi

9. What is the scientific term for a rain cloud?

nimbus

10. Queen Elizabeth II always has at least four of which type of dogs in her retinue and has owned more than a sum total of 30 of this kind of dog since 1952?

[Welsh] Corgis (She currently keeps two corgis and two Dorgis [corgi/dachshund cross])

Alternative Round Two Questions

Mad Men

1. Whose psychiatrist said of her, "she seems consumed with petty jealousies and overwhelmed with every day activities?

Betty Draper

2. After giving Don Draper a $2500 performance bonus [1960 dollars] Bert Cooper advised Don to take a $1.99 from it and buy what book?

Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged

3. What did Roger Sterling conclude from this Bert-Cooper anecdote: "Stop smoking so much! It's a sign of weakness! Do you know how Hitler got Chamberlain to give him everything at Munich? He held a conference at an old palace that forbids smoking. And after an hour and a half of not smoking, Neville Chamberlain would've given Hitler his mother as a dance partner.?"

All I can get from this story is that Hitler didn't smoke. And I do.

4. Why did Mad Men character Michael Ginsberg cut off his nipple and hand it to Peggy in a jewelry box?

so his feelings can flow for her or because the office's new IBM computer has a plan to "make us all homo" and/or he need's to procreate

5. In which season finale of Mad Men was Don Draper fired?

Season 3

Harry Potter Question (for chocolate)

What team defeated Bulgaria in the Quidditch World Cup that took place during The Goblet of Fire?

Ireland

Round Three

1. What word is defined by Grolier's Dictionary as, "The property or quality manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, response to stimulation, and reproduction."

Life

2. PHRASE JUMBLE (two words): A-L-A-R-G-E-B-E-L-L-Y (Hint: A 5-4 Supreme Court decision)

BARELY LEGAL

3. Which U.S. state consumes the least alcohol per capita, and for a bonus, which U.S. state consumes the most? (2 pts.)

Utah; New Hampshire (Florida ranks 13th nation wide)

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/blogs/the-list/os-drunkest-states-in-the-us-20140602,0,543792.post

4. Why is Sesame Steet's Count called "The Count"? And for a bonus, what is the name of the mental disorder that would account for his obsession with this? (2 pts.)

because he loves to count things; arithmomania

5. Who was known as avuncular and "Mr. Television" during TV's golden age?

Milton Berle

6. Who became the first female co-host of any network news or public affairs program in 1974?

Barbara Walters (Jessica Savage was the first female weekend new anchor)

7. Which actor made guest appearances as Professor Proton on TV's Big Bang Theory?

Bob Newhart

8. Monseigneur Georges Lemaître's 1927 "hypothesis of the primeval atom" soon thereafter became known as what?

the Big Bang Theory

^SF9. What is the only North American city to have one professional football team win a Grey Cup and another that won the Super bowl?

Baltimore (Stallions 1995, Ravens 2001, 2013)

10. Which does not study osteopathic medicine, an M.D. or a D.O.?

Doctor of Medicine degree (M.D.)

[Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (D.O.)]

Bonus Round

1. Who was the first president born in the then newly independent United States of America?

Martin Van Buren

2. In reference to Friedrich Nietzsche's seminal work The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music, name the two Greek gods who formed the archetypal embodiments of reason and order and chaos and disorder respectively.

Apollo and Dionysus (Bacchus)

3. Name three golfers who have won multiple majors since Tiger Woods crashed his Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant outside his Lake Isleworth home at 2:30 AM on November 27, 2009?

Bubba Watson (Master's '12 and '14), Phil Mickelson (Master's '10, British Open '13), Rory McIlroy (U.S. Open '11, PGA Championship '12), and Martin Kaymer ('10 PGA Championship, '14 U.S. Open)

4. Name four members of the rock group KISS.

Paul Stanley – rhythm guitar, lead vocals

Gene Simmons – bass guitar, lead vocals

Ace Frehley – lead guitar, vocals

Peter Criss – drums, vocals

Tommy Thayer – lead guitar

Eric Singer – drums

Vinnie Vincent – guitar

Mark St. John – guitar

Bruce Kulick – guitar

Eric Carr – drums

5. Name 5 of the historical figures Bill & Ted abducted through time in the movie Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Any 5: Napoleon, Billy the Kid, Socrates, Freud, Genghis Khan, Joan of Arc, Abraham Lincoln, Beethoven

An Tobar Trivia 6.14.14

An Tobar Trivia 6.14.14
Round One

1. What was the occupation of the person who designed the current American flag?

Seamstress

Student

Marine

Producer for the Colbert Report

2. During the 1936 Olympics it was discovered that Lichtenstein and Haiti had the same what?

3. There is a patch of lily pads in a lake. The patch doubles in size every day. If it takes 16 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half the lake?

4. Which recently deceased poet said, "We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated," and, "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them?"

5. According to a new World Health Organization Report, Which of the following countries consumes the most alcohol per capita? (Belarus drinks the most alcohol per capita 17.5 liters)

Australia

Russia

South Africa

United States

6. If today [June 14] were your birthday, which [western] astrological sign would you be?

7. How many sides are there on a heptagon?

8. The words quixotic ["foolishly impractical in pursuit of ideals], Dulcinea ["mistress or sweetheart"], rosinante [an old, broken-down horse"] all come from a 17th-Century Spanish novel about what character?

9. "Ring around the collar" was an ad for what laundry detergent?

10. Are chimpanzees monkeys or apes?

Round Two

1. After ordering a vodka martini and being asked if he wanted it shaken or stirred, the James Bond portrayed by which actor replied, "Do I look like I give a damn?"

2. In what late-70s and early-80s highly-rated TV show did the coolest character wear leather and the other characters euphemistically tell each other to sit on things?

3. Which of the major gods of the Greek pantheon known as the Twelve Olympians has the same Greek and Roman name?

4. Which U.S. state was named after the mythical island of the Amazons?

5. How many of the Supreme Court's nine justices concurred in the Brown v. Board Education's ruling that separate but equal schools are unconstitutional?

6. What is the most common job in the U.S.?

7. Before he was an academy-award-winning actor, stand-up comedian Eric Bishop changed his name to this because he thought female comedians received preferential treatment?

8. Which medieval saint so identified with the poor that he legendarily gave all his possessions to his bishop then danced away naked down the street?

9. The 2008 Detroit Lions finished 4-0 in NFL preseason. What was their final regular season record?

10. Where would you find the nearest hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

Round Three

1. How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man (According to Bob Dylan)?

2. Phrase Jumble: L-I-E-S-B-U-I-L-T-O-N-C-R-A-P clue: Samantha from Sex in the City had this occupation

3. Which beer began being brewed first, Guinness or Yuengling?

4. Who was considered the "King of Rock 'n Roll," and who was the "prime minister?" (2 pts.)

5. What dinosaur was on the cover of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park, and for a bonus, in which geologic period did it live? (2 pts.)

6. When two then-unknown assailants attacked journalist Dan Rather in New York City in 1986, what phrase did they keep repeating?

7. In what year was the original Japanese Godzilla released, and for a bonus, what group performed the Godzilla rock song released in 1977?

^TM8. The Frankish King Charles earned what nickname after the Battle of Tours in AD 732?

^AI9. What planet did Carl Sagan say is "Hell" in his book, Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective?

^TM10. What 1967 #1 Billboard hit rhymed "together" with "weather" in its waning verses?

  

Bonus Round

1. Horses with exceptionally large hearts such as Secretariat, which hearts enable them to pump more oxidized blood through their bodies and thus make them able to run faster are said to have the "x-factor." Why is this called the x-factor in horses?

2. In the movie The Matrix, what are the blue pill and red pill for respectively?

3. Name the top three greenhouse gases being emitted into the earth's atmosphere?

4. In this year's FIFA World Cup, what four country's soccer teams are in the so-called "Group of Death?"

5. Name the five largest cities in Florida in terms of population.

Sudden Death Overtime

Are the following five famous dead or alive:

1. Hank Aaron 

2. Carol Burnett 

3. Johnny Carson 

4. Larry King

5. Lawrence Welk

Closest to the pin

How many days after the moon landing was the first Manson family murder committed?

Answers:
Round One
1. Student* *Robert G. Heft, who originally received a B^– on the project
2. flag
3. 15 days
4.  Maya Angelou (not Ruby Dee)
5. Russia (15.1 Liters)
6. Gemini
7. seven
8. [The Ingenious Gentleman] Don Quixote [of La Mancha]
9.  Whisk
10. apes

Round Two
1. Daniel Craig
2. Happy Days
3. Apollo
4. California (Queen Calafia was the fictional warrior queen of this island written about in Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo's The Adventures of Esplandián)
5.  all 9
6.  retail sales person
7. Jamie Foxx
8.  St. Francis [CSB p. 71]
9.  0-16
10.  your ear (inner ear, from the Latin malleus, incus, and stapes)

Round Three
1.  The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind
2. PUBLIC RELATIONS
3. Guinness (1759) [Yuengling (1829)]
4. Elvis Presley; Chuck Berry
5.  Tyrannosaurus Rex; Cretaceous (which was part of the Mesozoic era, which was part of the Phanerozoic eon)
6. "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" ("What's the frequency Kenneth?" is also acceptable.)
7. 1954; Blue Oyster Cult
8. "Martel" or "the Hammer"
9.  Venus
10.  Happy Together

Bonus Round
1. the female X chromosome is responsible for the large hearts found in outstanding racehorses

2. The BLUE PILL would allow Neo to remain in the virtual reality of the Matrix, therefore living the often blissful "illusion of ignorance."

The RED PILL would lead to Neo's leaving the Matrix and living in the real world, thus having to face the sometimes painful "truth of reality."

3. Carbon Dioxide (CO₂), Methane (CH₄), Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) [the Fluorinated gases (Hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride) combined, rank fourth]

4. United States, Germany, Portugal, Ghana

5. Jacksonville (842,583), Miami (417,650), Tampa (352,957), Orlando (255,483), St. Petersburg (249,688)

Sudden Death Overtime
1. A (b. 1934)
2. A (b. 1933)
3. D (d. 2005)
4. A (b. 1933)
5. D (d. 1992)
Closest to the pin
7 (Moon Landing: 20 July 1969; Gary Hinman murdered 7 July 1969)