Game of 01/06/20

Team ID	Team Name	Game Score	Rank	TBA
732	The Virus, the Glitch, and the Wardrobe	78	1	1.000
722	On the Trophy	77	2	0.923
2020	I'm Barbara Walters, and this is 2020	76	3	0.846
1203	Greg and Teresa Are Getting Married	76	3	0.846
725	Yung Pervs	69	5	0.692
724	Bitter Wisdom	65	6	0.615
729	The Goat-esses	60	7	0.538
109	Jame Doody Jench	59	8	0.462
742	Madea Throws a Gender Reveal	58	9	0.385
104	Ginger...?	55	10	0.308
108	Pan De Q	54	11	0.231
110	Beefy Krill	49	12	0.154
111	Dynamic Duo	49	12	0.154
1221	Anna Banana Fana	30	14	0.000

Round 1 - Grab Bag​

1. Mars was the Roman god of war, who was his Greek equivalent?
2. In Scrabble, a ‘Q’ is worth how many points?
   
3. The capital of which US state shares its name with a famous dance?
   
4. Chuck Yaeger is known for achieving what famous first?
   
5. The wildebeest is also known by what other three-letter name?
   
6. The “Annie Awards” have been presented annually since 1972 to honor excellence in what creative field?
   
7. The novels “The Hunt For Red October” and “Clear And Present Danger” were written by what author?
   
8. The First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 when the last “Golden Spike” was ceremonially tapped in what US state?
   
9. “Odds and ends” is the literal translation of what Chinese dish?
   
10. What did "VHS" stand for?
    

Round 2 - Music Connection
I will play you a short clip from a song. 
Write the name of the song. (1 point) 
Write the artist. (1 point)​

1. Nuthin’ But A G Thang – Dr. Dre (ft Snoop Doggy Dogg)
2. Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
3. Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith
4. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head – BJ Thomas
5. Cryin’ – Aerosmith
6. Walkin’ On the Sun – Smash Mouth
7. The Times They Are A Changin’ – Bob Dylan
8. Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) – Billy Joel
9. Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
10. Runnin’ Down a Dream – Tom Petty

All song titles have a trailing 'g' replaced with an apostrophe (').

Round 3 - H"app"y New Year

1. ​A US $1 bill is approximately how many inches long?
2. The name of Zappos.com comes from the Spanish word “zapatos”, which translates to what in English?
   
3. After Donald Trump was ousted by NBC, who took over as host for one season of The Celebrity Apprentice?
   
4. The Appalachian Trail runs about 2,200 miles from Mount Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in what state?
   
5. Succeeding John Kelly on an “acting” basis, who is now President Trump’s 3rd appointee to the White House Chief of Staff position?
   
6. What a cappella group, sometimes abbreviated “PTX”, rose to national prominence when they won Season 3 of NBC’s The Sing-Off?
   
7. Instead of the sound-oriented clapping together of palms common in the hearing community, how is applause performed in American deaf culture?
   
8. Born Erik Weisz, what famous performer couldn’t “escape” his death on Halloween 1926 as a result of complications from a ruptured appendix?
   
9. From French, which “app”-tly named monthly American food and entertaining magazine has been in publication since 1956?
   
10. What fictional species from comics, cartoons, and films are usually described as being no more than “three apples tall”?
    

Round 4 - What's In a Name?
Many film/TV/literature pairs (or groups) are known by their first names only. I’ll present their titles to you using their last names instead of their first names, as well as a clue as to when and what they are related to. Identify the pairs/groups as we more commonly know them.

Example (in reverse - these are first names instead of last names):   
Paul & Art (‘60s-’70s music)
A: Simon & Garfunkel
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1. ​Dickenson & Sawyer   (‘91 film) 
2. DeFazio & Feeney   (‘76-‘83 TV) 
3. Parker & Barrow   (‘67 film)
4. Truman & Adler   (‘98-‘06…‘17 TV)
5. Lee & Patel   (‘04-‘11 films)
6. Yarrow, Stookey & Travers   (‘60s music)
7. Preston Esq. & Logan   (‘89-‘20 films)
8. Rockmore & Kimble   (‘96-‘00 TV)
9. Montague & Capulet   (literature, film) 
10. Puckett & Valentine   (‘13-‘14 TV)

Round 5 - Wheel of Fortune
On this day, January 6, 1975, Wheel of Fortune premiered on NBC daytime TV. Here are questions about wheels and fortune.​

1. The Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” plays during an oft-parodied scene featuring a potter’s wheel from what 1990 film?
2. The author of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” is Lemony Snicket, which is the pen name of what real author?
   
3. First designed and constructed in 1893 by George Ferris, the current world’s largest Ferris (or observation) wheel can be found in what city?
   
4. In the 1988 film Big, what is the name of the magic fortune teller machine?
   
5. Coincidentally, the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to what significant number?
   
6. Derived from the French word for “cup”, the specific type of fortune telling involving the reading of tea leaves, coffee grounds, or wine sediments is known as what?
   
7. Coming from the Italian for “little wheels”, what name is used for pasta resembling wheels with spokes?
   
8. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” is the first line of which famous book?
   
9. ​What company has “built” its brand to become the largest producer of tires in the world? (think outside the "box")
10. With over 2.2 million employees and more than $500 billion in revenue in 2019, what company has topped the Fortune 500 for the past 7 years?