Game of 05/11/2020
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 |
---|---|---|
On the Trophy | 39.5 | 1 |
Yung Pervs | 37.5 | 2 |
Social Masturbation Leads to Chronic Isolation | 37.5 | 2 |
Bitter Wisdom | 36.5 | 4 |
Hold The Door | 36.5 | 4 |
Trash Can Girls | 32 | 6 |
Tickin Time Bags | 31.5 | 7 |
Franklin's Parents | 27 | 8 |
And here are the questions from this week's game:
Round 1 - Mother's Day
- “A Moment Like This” was the debut single by what American singer?
- What actress is Jack Quaid’s mom?
- Chamomile tea is not made with leaves but instead with what dried part of the chamomile plant?
- In Greek mythology, Jocasta was married to Laius and was mother of what famous character?
- In Newtonian mechanics, momentum is equal to an object’s velocity times what?
- What does a sphygmomanometer measure?
- “Mother died today.” is the usual translation of the first line from what absurdist work of fiction?
- “Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1” is the official name of this depiction of what painter’s mother?
- What word can refer to either a headscarf or a Russian grandmother?
- In the Mother Goose nursery rhyme, who put Humpty Dumpty “together again”?
Round 2 - Linking Answers
Every answer starts with the final letter of the previous answer.
Every answer starts with the final letter of the previous answer.
- In 2010, Paul Vasquez gave us this audio in reaction to seeing what phenomenon?
- What is the surame of Queen Elizabeth II?
- Believing that doing so would impress actress Jodie Foster, who did John Hinckley Jr. attempt to assassinate in 1981?
- Incorporated in 1898 in New Jersey as part of a three-way biscuit co. merger, the National Biscuit Company is now known by what name?
- What double-reed woodwind instrument is the sound of the duck in Peter and the Wolf?
- In 1929, the Chrysler Building briefly became the tallest building in the world, surpassing what famous structure?
- What villain did Hugo Weaving portray in Captain America: The First Avenger?
- What is the name for the athletic teams of The University of Texas (at Austin)?
- Mercury is to Venus as Jupiter is to ______?
- Managua is the capital city of what Central American country?
Round 3 - TV Moms
Round 4 - Common Bond
- A person with celiac disease is allergic to what protein?
- What is the name of Thomas Jefferson’s home which is depicted on the reverse of a nickel?
- Who wrote The Scarlet Letter?
- What part of the body is known medically as the “tympanic membrane”?
- What singer performed the theme songs to three James Bond films - Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker?
- In the Harry Potter series, what female Death Eater is sister of Narcissa Malfoy, cousin of Sirius Black, and Voldemort’s most loyal follower?
- In 2000, what bank merged with Chase Manhattan and is currently the largest bank in the US by total assets?
- During the 2018-19 offseason, who signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with the Phillies?
- Edgar Wright’s films Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End are collectively known as the "Three Flavours ______" trilogy.
- What do the answers to the previous 9 questions have in common?