Game of 04/27/2020
We continue to play trivia each week online - no prizes, just pride. Here are the results from this week's game.
Team Name | Game Score | Rank |
---|---|---|
Yung Pervs | 47 | 1 |
On the Trophy | 46 | 2 |
Bitter Wisdom | 45 | 3 |
Social Masturbation Leads to Chronic Isolation | 43 | 4 |
Covidiots (Alex) | 33 | 5 |
Franklin's Parents | 33 | 5 |
DuCOVIDnies (amani) | 32 | 7 |
Tickin Time Bags | 32 | 7 |
Trash Can Girls | 32 | 7 |
Hot Cops | 30 | 10 |
Untamed Romania | 29 | 11 |
MahNick Monday | 28 | 12 |
I'll Never financilly Recover from This - Angelica | 25 | 13 |
And here are the questions from this week's game:
Round 1 - Grab Bag
- In an American context, “Camelot” is a reference to whose presidency?
- Who wrote “The Origin of Species”?
- The red inner circle on a dartboard’s bullseye is worth how many points?
- In Pulp Fiction, what’s the name of “that Hawaiian burger joint”?
- Surpassed by only the Yangtze River, what is the second longest river in China?
- With the title of his 1516 book, Sir Thomas More coined what word for a paradise-like society?
- Next week, Netflix will premiere a documentary titled “Becoming”, about what famous person?
- What musician has been a judge for all 13 seasons of the reality competition show, Ink Master?
- What does "BMX" stand for?
- Who became president after William McKinley was assassinated?
Round 2 - $2.50
Name the state represented by each quarter.
Name the state represented by each quarter.
Round 3 - "UV" Irradiation
Each answer will contain the letters “UV”, in that order.
Each answer will contain the letters “UV”, in that order.
- As our starter, “outside the work” is the literal meaning of what French food term?
- What volcano infamously caused the destruction of Pompeii in AD 79?
- What is the stock ticker symbol for Southwest Airlines?
- What is the dangly thingy that hangs above the throat from the back edge of the soft palate?
- The Richelieu, the Sully, and the Denon wings contain the galleries of what art museum?
- Nominated for 7 Oscars total in his career, who won Best Actor for his 1983 role in Tender Mercies?
- What is the brand name of AT&T’s Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service?
- Philadelphia has Gritty. Which city’s NHL team mascot is an anthropomorphic orca whale named "Fin"?
- Belgian-operated Moortgat Brewery’s flagship beer is what Belgian strong pale ale?
- Who directed Sicario, Arrival, and Blade Runner 2049?
Round 4 - Booksmart
Name the literary work that inspired some (or all) of the lyrics in each of the following songs.
Name the literary work that inspired some (or all) of the lyrics in each of the following songs.
- “Ahab” by MC Lars
- “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” by Leonard Nimoy
- “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane
- “Big Brother” by David Bowie
- “The Ghost of Tom Joad” by Bruce Springsteen
- “Who Wrote Holden Caulfield” by Green Day
- “Ramble On” by Led Zeppelin
- “Patrick Bateman” by The Manic Street Preachers
- “Killing an Arab” by The Cure
- “Holland 1945” by Neutral Milk Hotel
Round 5 - The Draft
- Who was the number one overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft?
- In British English, how is “draft” usually spelled?
- In basic terms, what are draft horses bred to do?
- Which Baldwin starred with Kurt Russell in the 1991 film Backdraft?
- Who drafted most of the American "Declaration of Independence"?
- “Final Draft” is computer software used for what specific form of writing?
- What government agency maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription (AKA the draft)?
- What folksinger lampooned the paradox of seeking a draft deferment by acting crazy in this 1967 song? (“'I wanna kill! Kill! … Eat dead burnt bodies!’…[and the Sergeant] said, 'You're our boy’!”)
- The original draft of what movie was titled “Shoeless Joe”? (coincidentally, it stars the same lead as the film “Draft Day”)
- Though he played his entire 16-year career for the New York Giants, Eli Manning was originally the first overall draft pick of what team?
- (BONUS) How many draft beers can The Surly Goat have on at one time?