An Tobar Irish Pub Trivia 11.9.14

An Tobar Irish Pub Trivia 11.9.14

"The best trivia at the best venue"

Round One

1. Where have all the flowers gone?

2. Connect these words: Family, Tree, General

3. Who is the patron saint of lost causes?

4. After week 9 of the football season, what team has the best record in the NFL?

5. After her comic book creator died in 1947, what superhero began to feature big breasts more than her magic lasso?

6. Founded in 1964 as the Blue Ribbon Sports Company, what shoemaker reportedly had its motto inspired by serial killer Gary Gilmore's last words before his execution in 1977?

7. Which of the following is was never a cable TV show?

Amish Mafia

Amish Paradise

Breaking Amish  

Return to Amish

8. Is a gecko a reptile or an amphibian?

9. What famous barrier was removed on this date [11/9] in 1989?

10. In which hellacious river was the infant Achilles incompletely immersed?

Round Two

1. What is the most well-known brand of beer brewed by Jim Koch's company Boston Beer?

2. Andromeda, Sombrero, and Whirlpool are all examples of what astronomical systems?

3. What product's TV advertisement would typically begin with a celebrity asking, "Do you know me?" Followed by the celebrity pitching for the product and telling the viewers, "Don't leave home without it."

4. The Big Head Ant has replaced what stinging ant in many parts of the state of Florida?

5. According to legend, and Wikipedia, Cronkite Award-winning journalist Ronan Farrow's legal father is Woody Allen, but who may be his biological father?

6. What was Oscar the Grouch's original color?

7. Originally built for the judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics, what was the name of the Tokyo arena where Cheap Trick performed a concert on April 28, 1978?

8. Which is sweeter tasting a yam or a sweet potato?

9. John Wayne, Billy Bob Thornton, and Fess Parker all portrayed what frontier king and one-time Tennessee Congressman?

10. Which word came to mean "excellent" first, radical or awesome?

Harry Potter

1. What was Dumbledore's Phoenix's name?

2. Who finally fixed Harry Potter's wand at the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?

3. Who were the only two people to leave permanent, physical scars on Harry Potter's body?

4. What were the first names of Harry and Ginny Potter's three children?

5. What was Neville Longbottom's grandmother's name?

Round Three

1. According to the annual preseason survey of NBA general managers, which team will be most improved in 2014-15?

2. What role will Johnny Depp be playing in the upcoming film, based on the Broadway musical, Into the Woods?

3. The Swiss retailer Migros apologized for selling packets featuring the faces of what two fascists on the side of its packages of coffee creamers? (2 pts)

4. Which came first, Taylor Swift was born or My Cousin Vinny was released in theatres?

5. Who did Dan Akroyd introduce as "every biker's dream ride," before she performed at the 1984 MTV Awards?

6. What does McDonald's call the Egg McMuffin without the yolk?

7. Matt Bissonnette and Rob O’Neill are both claiming to have killed whom on May 2, 2011?

^{Waynes World}8. In the movie Wayne's World, what woman did Wayne and Garth refer to as, "a babe, a robo babe, Babia Major, and Babraham Lincoln?" (I will accept either the actress's name who played the character, or her character's name during Wayne's World.)

^{FSU football}9. What team picked FSU Heisman-trophy winning Quarterback Charlie Ward 26th overall in the first round of the 1994 draft?

^{"Uniformed branches of the federal government"}10. Memorial Day honors whom, and Veteran's Day honors whom? Be specific. (2 pts.)

Bonus Round

1. Who took the alias Alek James Hidell in 1962?

2. On TV's Dukes of Hazard, what were the full first names of Bo and Luke Duke?

3. According to researchers who developed the interactive game Hooked on Music, the three most easily recognizable UK hit singles of all-time where performed by The Spice Girls, Lou Bega, and Survivor. Name the titles of these three songs.

4. What do the S, T, E, and M stand for in the academic disciplines referred to by the acronym "STEM?"

5. List the five airports people from West Africa are required to arrive at when entering the United States? (I am looking for the cities where the airports are located, but would also accept the airport's names instead.)

Round One Answers

1. Young girls have picked them everyone.

2. Dollar

3. Saint Jude

4. Arizona Cardinals

5. Wonder Woman

6. Nike

7. Amish Paradise

8. reptile (lizard)

9. The Berlin Wall

10. Styx

Round Two Answers

1. Sam Adams

2. galaxies

3. American Express Card

4. The Fire Ant

5. Frank Sinatra

6. orange

7. Budokan

8. sweet potato

9. Davy Crockett

10. radical (1964 vs. A: 1980)

http://time.com/3204259/when-did-everything-become-epic/

Harry Potter Answers

1. Fawkes

2. Harry Potter

3. Lord Voldemort and Dolores Umbridge

4. James, Lily, and Albus

5. Augusta Longbottom

Round Three Answers

1. Cleveland Cavaliers

http://www.nba.com/news/features/john_schuhmann/nba-com-2014-15-gm-survey/

2. the wolf

3. Hitler and Mussolini

4. Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989; MCV March 13, 1992

5. Madonna

6. Egg White Delight

7. Osama bin Laden

8. Tia Carrere or Cassandra

9. The New York Knicks

10. Those who died serving in the military; all who have served in the military

Bonus Round Answers

1. Lee Harvey Oswald

2. Beuregard and Lukas

3. Wannabe, Mambo No. 5, Eye of the Tiger

4. Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

5. JFK International Airport in New York, Newark International Airport in New Jersey, Dulles International Airport outside Washington, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, or O’Hare Internal Airport in Chicago

An Tobar Trivia 9.14.14

An Tobar Trivia 9.14.14

Here are the questions from last month. If you read and think about them, the underlying theme was nostalgia. Nostalgia comes from the greek word nostos--"return home" and the Old English word genesan--"to survive." I don't live in the past, but I know the past was real. So my thoughts usually drift that direction rather than into the unknown future. I like to think this nature of mine makes me a better writer and trivia host. I feel both the pain and joys of the past, and if you want some fiction to more fully flesh out that feeling for yourself, let me recommend Mad Men Season 1, Episode 13, "The Wheel," (aka the Carousel) starting at the 35 minute mark. For science-fact to round it out fully, watch Episode 4 of the new Cosmos, "A Sky Full of Ghosts."

Round One

1. Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

2. Connect these words: nudity, lobotomy, assault

3. What NCAA Division-I football team has won the most games in Ireland?

4. According to Adam Rogers' book Proof: The Science of Booze, which of the following is a real cause of hangovers?

blood-sugar levels

dehydration

inflammation

mixing drinks

5. Which one of the following did not receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor:

George Carlin

Richard Pryor

Robin Williams

Steve Martin

6. Who was taller: The late Richard Kiel or Shaquille O'Neal (remember Mr. Kiel from James Bond movies but I remember him from his role as Samson in Burt Reynolds' version of The Longest Yard),?

7. According to Lauren Bacall in the movie To Have and Have Not, how do you whistle? Looking for a phrase here.

8. Who was officially designated as permanent guest host of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show from 1983–1986?

9. Where have more cases of Ebola been reported, West Africa or East Africa?

10. Which month's issue is traditionally the longest issue of Vogue magazine?

Round Two

1. A man originally born by the name Chaim Witz, recently said that rock and roll is finally dead. Who the hell is Chaim Witz?

2. What institution is known as "the nation's attic"?

3. What was the first state university in the US?

4. Robin Williams quoted its title character saying this in a Marlon Brando voice, which Shakespeare play contained the following line: "Is this a dagger which I see before me"?

5. Which player holds the major-league baseball record for most extra-base hits in a career?

6. "Shiver me timbers, " or "Shiver my timbers" was most famously popularized by the pirate Long John Silver in what 1883 book by Robert Louis Stevenson?

7. Now variously called sitting cross-legged, tailor-fashion, or criss-cross applesauce, this used to be called sitting how? (hint: the last word is a clue)

8. What do herpetologists study? Name the two taxonomic classes. (2 pts)

9. Movie Quote: What 1987 movie contained the following line: " Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something."?

10. According to a 1969 commercial by Anita Bryant, A breakfast without orange juice is like a day without what?

Harry Potter Back-to-school

1. The thestrals are only visible to people who have seen what?

2. From what train station platform number did the Hogwart's train leave?

3. What was the name of the train station where you would board the Hogwart's Express?

4. What was the occasion for first Neville and then Hermione meeting Harry and Ron on the train in the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?

5. Who was the original owner of the sorting hat?

Round Three

1. What extremely dense celestial object is believed to be formed from a collapsed star?

2. Word Jumble: A-L-O-N-G-S-A-T-I hint: homesick

3. After portraying a prominent historical figure being tortured and crucified in a 2004 film, what actor resurfaces in a 2014 film as a Catholic high-school football coach who has won 151 games in a row?

4. What did ISIS do to 8 moderates in Syria on June 28, 2014?

5. In which month is Patriot Day and in which month is Patriots' Day? (two points)

6. In what year was the Panama Canal completed, and for a bonus a billionaire from what nation is planning to start building a canal through Nicaragua in December of this present year? (2 pts)

7. Which Old Testament or Hebrew prophet cursed 42 children so that they were mauled by bears after the children teased him for being bald, Elijah or Elisha?

^Scotland8. Having been taken by King Edward I in 1296 and subsequently called by the British "The Coronation Stone," what "Stone of Destiny" was returned to Scotland in 1996 where it now resides in Edinburgh castle? [Hint and disclaimer: According to legend, and Wikipedia, It is also known as Jacob's Pillow Stone, or the Tanist Stone but these will not be accepted.]

^Simpsons9. Down from "two-alarm chili. Two-and-a-half, tops" in Simpsons Season 8, What did Ned Flanders say his "no alarm chili" tasted like near the end of Season 25?

^{70s disaster movies}10. What 1974 disaster film starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, and many others became one of the original attractions at Orlando's Universal Studios when that opened in 1990?

Bonus Round

1. According to The Guinness Book of World Records, what is the highest-rated TV show of all time (based on aggregate critical reviews, not shear number of viewers)? [Hint: It's not The Wire.]

2. What are the top-two highest grossing documentaries of all-time?

3. Which song hit number 2 when Sam Moore and Dave Prater sang it in 1967, and also made it to the top-20 when the Blues' Brothers covered it in 1979? And for the second and third point, what was the name of the guitarist told to "play it" in the 1979 version, who also played in the 1967 version? (one point for first name, another for last)? (3 pts)

4. With over ten thousand rushing yards after just 7 seasons in the NFL, Minnesota Vikings' RB Adrian Peterson had amassed the fifth highest total in that time span in NFL history. Name the four RBs who rushed for more than Adrian Petersons' 10,115 yards after only their seventh season.

5. Name five of the original eight 1903 Binney and Smith Crayola crayon colors.

Sudden-death overtime

Are the following people dead or alive?
Fidel Castro

Jane Goodall

William "the refrigerator" Perry

Muhammad Ali

Margot Adler

Round One Answers

1. Jolting Joe has left and gone away, Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey

2. frontal

3. Notre Dame (1996, 2012) (Boston College and Pittsburgh won in 1988 and 1999; Penn State won in 2014)

4. inflammation

5. Robin Williams

6. Richard Kiel by a half-inch at 7'1½"

7. Put your lips together and blow

8. Joan Rivers

9. West Africa

10. September

Round Two Answers

1. Gene Simmons

2. The Smithsonian Institution

3. Georgia

4. Macbeth

5. Hank Aaron (1477; Bonds 1440; Musial 1377; Ruth 1356; Mays 1325; Alex Rodriguez 1203)

6. Treasure Island

7. Indian style

8. Amphibia (amphibians) and Reptilia (reptiles)

9. The Princess Bride

10. sunshine

Harry Potter Answers

1. people who have seen death

2. 9 ¾

3. London's King's Cross Station

4. Neville lost his toad (I accepted frog or toad)

5. Godric Gryffindor

Round Three Answers

1. a black hole

2. NOSTALGIA

3. Jim Caviezel (When the Game Stands Tall)

4. Crucified them

5. September; April

6. 1914; China

7. Elisha (2 Kings 2:23-24)

8. The Stone of Scone (/ˈskuːn/; Scotch Gaelic: Scuin)

9. The spoon

10. Earthquake

Bonus Round Answers

1. Breaking Bad

2. Fahrenheit 911 and March of the Penguins

3. Soul Man; Steve; Cropper

4. Eric Dickerson (11,226), LaDainian Tomlinson (10,650), Barry Sanders (10,173), Emmit Smith (10,160)

5. Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Red, Violet (Purple), Yellow

Sudden Death Overtime Answers

1. A (b. 1921)

2. A (b. 1934)

3. A (b. 1962)

4. A (b. 1942)

5. D (d. 2014)

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