Game of 05/25/2020
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 |
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Yung Pervs | 36.5 | 1 |
Social Masturbation Leads to Chronic Isolation | 34 | 2 |
On the Trophy | 30 | 3 |
Bitter Wisdom | 29.5 | 4 |
Tickin Time Bags | 28.5 | 5 |
And here are the questions from this week's game:
Round 1 - Grab Bag
- What is the nickname of Snoopy’s primary imaginary archnemesis?
- What word describes the slight projection finishing off the stroke of a letter in certain typefaces?
- What pairing won in “The Match” a celebrity golf match held yesterday?
- What is the name of this 300-foot funicular railway located in downtown LA?
- The first constitution for the United States was known by what name?
- Who is this? (picture)
- What Canadian river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
- What mathematical constant is roughly equal to 2.718?
- What classic cocktail is made with equal parts Campari, gin, and sweet vermouth?
- What two pro sports teams (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL) are named for their home state’s official state bird?
Round 2 - Look Alike Logos
Identify each company/brand/organization that is represented.
Identify each company/brand/organization that is represented.
Round 3 - Unfinished Work
Match the authors to their writings left unfinished at the time of their death (and later published posthumously).
There are two more authors than books, so two will be unused.
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A. Charles Dickens
B. C.S. Lewis C. David Foster Wallace D. Edgar Allen Poe E. Ernest Hemingway F. Franz Kafka G. F. Scott Fitzgerald H. Jane Austen I. Mark Twain J. Robert Louis Stevenson K. Truman Capote L. Vladamir Nabokov |
Round 4 - Common Bond
- The registry number NCC-1701 is printed on the hull of what fictional ship?
- What question is asked repeatedly throughout the lyrics of the beloved Schoolhouse Rock song “Conjunction Junction”?
- Popularized by philosopher John Locke, what term from Latin is the theory that individuals are born with a blank slate and therefore all knowledge comes from experience or perception?
- What was the subtitle of 1997’s Speed 2?
- Not to be confused with its more form-fitting cousin, what type of dress hangs straight down from the shoulders and is pictured here?
- What is the speed at which an object must travel to break free of a planet or moon's gravitational force and enter orbit?
- What new show from The Office creator Greg Daniels will premiere on Netflix this Friday?
- In addition to rhyming “things” with “things”, Kid Rock’s 2008 hit “All Summer Long” samples from “Werewolves of London” and what other song?
- Barbary macaques thrive on what monolithic promontory located on the Mediterranean near the south of Spain?
- What do the answers to the previous 10 questions have in common?