The Trivia Catch Up

The latest round of Schiltz/Red Dot trivia went down monday night and the players seem to be adapting to the new toughness level. I still think Co-Host and I are running the hardest trivia in Milwaukee. Out of 208 possible points we’ve got high scores around 105. BRUTALITY.

Coming up this Monday, June 28, we’ve got a mega-round 100-Question SkullSplitter. If you’re in the area and up to the challenge, be there. For real. The Red Dot, on the corner of Bradford and Bartlett.

Here’s the run-down of the questions:

  1. What actor has played the characters Holden McNeil, Fred O’Bannion, and Chuckie Sullivan
  2. Who wrote the books UlyssesFinnegan’s Wake, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
  3. Visual Question
  4. Who produced the Delta Force AC, the Terminator, and the Dunk?
  5. What beer company’s early 1990s ads featured the Swedish Bikini Team and the slogan “It doesn’t get any better than this?”
  6. What the name for a puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters?
  7. What band released the albums Nothing’s Shocking, Ritual de lo Habitual, and Strays?
  8. In what city was Tupac Shakur murdered?
  9. Of the planets in our solar system, Jupiter has the most volume and Earth is the most dense.  What planet has the most mass?
  10. Out of 13 finalists, in what place did Milwaukee’s Danny Gokey finish in Season 8 of American Idol?
  11. CCCP is to the former Soviet Union as DPRK is to what?
  12. Who is the only US President never to have been elected to any office higher than that of the US Congress?
  13. Visual Question
  14. What TV sitcom theme song has these lyrics:
    I bet we been together for a million years,
    And I bet we’ll be together for a million more.
    Oh, It’s like I started breathing on the night we kissed,
    And I can’t remember what I ever did before.
    What would we do baby, Without Us?
    What would we do baby, Without Us?
    And there ain’t no nothing we can’t love each other through.
    What would we do baby, Without Us?
  15. What creature did Sir Edmund Hillary embark on a search for in 1960?
  16. What was the first name of the founder of the Italian fashion company Versace?
  17. What does a speleologist study?
  18. What was sent back in time to destroy Sarah Conner?
  19. Who was the auburn-haired, green-eyed woman Dolly Parton begged not to take her man?
  20. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is best known for trying to solve whose murder?
  21. What artist’s works include Regular Division of the Plane, Drawing Hands, and Hand with Reflecting Sphere?
  22. What search started at Cornell University in 1960, and through outreach, now has over 290,000 computers working to find its subject?
  23. Visual Question
  24. What was “Coco” Chanel’s real first name?
  25. Who wrote The Maltese Falcon?
  26. What beer company used the slogan “Good things can happen, out of the blue?”
  27. What word is used to describe “the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words.” Such as any-old-where or abso-fucking-lutely.
  28. What band released the albums Freaky Styley, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, and Mother’s Milk?
  29. What organization was founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in Oakland, California during October of 1966
  30. Visual Question
  31. With roughly 367 miles running beneath the surface, what is the name of the the world’s longest known cave?
  32. What corporation created the the T-800, T-1000 and the Skynet Computer System?
  33. Who directed the films Wild At HeartInland Empire and The Straight Story?
  34. Visual Question
  35. What country ceased to exist after December 31, 1991?
  36. What Canadian territory was officially recognized on April 1, 1999?
  37. Who is the only US president to be a grandson of a former US President?
  38. What brothers hold the record for the most career home runs, combined?
  39. In his 2005 book The Conspiracy of Art, what French philosopher and cultural theorist promoted his beliefs that art had entered a “transaesthetic” state; suggesting he was not attacking art—because art ceased to exist— but only its claim to privilege.
  40. What is the slang term used by the Federal Aviation Administration to describe “What is left of a bird after it’s been hit by a plane?”
  41. What band released the albums Dig Me OutCall The Doctor and All Hands on the Bad One?
  42. Visual Question
  43. In 2005 M.I.A. released the album Arular, which was named for her father, who was a prominent activist in the independence movement of what region?
  44. Name the actor who starred in In BrugesHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Gangs of New York.
  45. Visual Question
  46. What ancient Egyptian city was known for it’s equal rule between King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti, and inspired a Dartmouth College co-ed undergraduate society to take this city’s name?
  47. In the 1980s sitcom Family Ties, who played Ned, the alcoholic uncle?
  48. What singer scored a Top 40 hit every year from 1970 to 1998?
  49. In what sporting league could you find the teams the Barcelona Dragons, the Frankfurt Galaxy, and the London Monarchs?
  50. What was the first name of the founder of the Italian fashion company Gucci?
  51. Explored to over 6,900 feet below the surface, The Krubera-Voronya cave, the deepest on Earth, is in what country?
  52. To whom does Special Agent Dale Cooper address the messages he dictates into his micro-cassette recorder?
  53. Visual Question
  54. Reggie White, “the Minister of Defense,” got his start with what professional sports team?

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9 Responses to “The Trivia Catch Up”

  1. AMAN says:

    AW YEAH HERE WE GO AGAIN!

    What actor has played the characters Holden McNeil, Fred O’Bannion, and Chuckie Sullivan BRAD PITT

    Who wrote the books Ulysses, Finnegan’s Wake, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man? JIM JOYCE (NEVER READ EM)

    Visual Question VUVUZELA

    Who produced the Delta Force AC, the Terminator, and the Dunk? NIKE

    What beer company’s early 1990s ads featured the Swedish Bikini Team and the slogan “It doesn’t get any better than this?” WITH OLD MILWAUKEE, TASTE AS GREAT AS THE NAME OR WHATEVER

    What the name for a puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters? RHEBUS (SP?) AND CAN’T THERE BE MORE THAN ONE LETTER LIKE “BR+” OR WHATEVER?

    What band released the albums Nothing’s Shocking, Ritual de lo Habitual, and Strays? JANE’S ADDICTION. SAW THEM ON ACID IN A SMALL GYMNASIUM

    In what city was Tupac Shakur murdered? LAS VEGAS

    Of the planets in our solar system, Jupiter has the most volume and Earth is the most dense. What planet has the most mass? IONO SATURN

    Out of 13 finalists, in what place did Milwaukee’s Danny Gokey finish in Season 8 of American Idol? SECOND?

    CCCP is to the former Soviet Union as DPRK is to what? UH KOREA? WEIRD ONE.

    Who is the only US President never to have been elected to any office higher than that of the US Congress? RONALD REAGAN

    Visual Question MONKEY PUZZLE TREE

    What TV sitcom theme song has these lyrics:
    I bet we been together for a million years,
    And I bet we’ll be together for a million more.
    Oh, It’s like I started breathing on the night we kissed,
    And I can’t remember what I ever did before.
    What would we do baby, Without Us?
    What would we do baby, Without Us?
    And there ain’t no nothing we can’t love each other through.
    What would we do baby, Without Us? FAMILY TIES (MY NAME IS ALEX LIKE P.KEATON; DAD’N'MOM ARE MICHAEL J. AND CAROL; MY MIDDLE NAME IS NICHOLAS LIKE “AYO, AL-EX,” MALLORY’S BF; LAST NAME IS WILD CANINE SIMILAR TO FOX. I KNOW THIS ONE.)

    What creature did Sir Edmund Hillary embark on a search for in 1960? YETI?

    What was the first name of the founder of the Italian fashion company Versace? GIANNI? HE THE FIRST?

    What does a speleologist study? CAVES?

    What was sent back in time to destroy Sarah Conner? A TERMINATOR

    Who was the auburn-haired, green-eyed woman Dolly Parton begged not to take her man? JOLENE

    FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is best known for trying to solve whose murder? LAURA PALMER (MTB-RELATED)

    What artist’s works include Regular Division of the Plane, Drawing Hands, and Hand with Reflecting Sphere? MC ESCHER (POT SMOKING RELATED)

    What search started at Cornell University in 1960, and through outreach, now has over 290,000 computers working to find its subject? FUCKIN SETI! SETI! I GOT IT AS I WROTE “FUCKIN”

    Visual Question GREENSTICK FRACTURE

    What was “Coco” Chanel’s real first name? CONAN

    Who wrote The Maltese Falcon? IONO

    What beer company used the slogan “Good things can happen, out of the blue?” PABST?

    What word is used to describe “the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words.” Such as any-old-where or abso-fucking-lutely. NORMAL PEOPLE DONT HAVE A WORD FOR THAT

    What band released the albums Freaky Styley, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, and Mother’s Milk? FUCKIN RHCP UGH

    What organization was founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in Oakland, California during October of 1966 BLACK PANTHERS

    Visual Question DIATOMACEOUS EARTH

    With roughly 367 miles running beneath the surface, what is the name of the the world’s longest known cave? CARLSBAD CAVERNS

    What corporation created the the T-800, T-1000 and the Skynet Computer System? MOTOROLA?

    Who directed the films Wild At Heart, Inland Empire and The Straight Story? DAVID LYNCH

    Visual Question THE U.S. TREASURY

    What country ceased to exist after December 31, 1991? EAST GERMANY? WEIRD ONE

    What Canadian territory was officially recognized on April 1, 1999? CHEESEONIA

    Who is the only US president to be a grandson of a former US President? ILLUMINATI BRO THEY ALL THE SAME LIZARD FAM

    What brothers hold the record for the most career home runs, combined? ALOMARS?

    In his 2005 book The Conspiracy of Art, what French philosopher and cultural theorist promoted his beliefs that art had entered a “transaesthetic” state; suggesting he was not attacking art—because art ceased to exist— but only its claim to privilege. ZENIDINE ZIDANE

    What is the slang term used by the Federal Aviation Administration to describe “What is left of a bird after it’s been hit by a plane?” OUT SPILL FEATHER CLOUD BURN THROUGH

    What band released the albums Dig Me Out, Call The Doctor and All Hands on the Bad One? SLEATER-KINNEY I WAS ASSIGNED LOCKER PARTNERS WITH CARRIE BROWNSTIEN IN 7TH GRADE NO JOKE

    Visual Question FERRULE

    In 2005 M.I.A. released the album Arular, which was named for her father, who was a prominent activist in the independence movement of what region? SRI LANKA. SHE A HACK, BY THE WAY.

    Name the actor who starred in In Bruges, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Gangs of New York. STARRED? LEO WASN’T IN HARRY POTTER BRO GIMME A BREAK. IONO.

    Visual Question FIANCETTO

    What ancient Egyptian city was known for it’s equal rule between King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti, and inspired a Dartmouth College co-ed undergraduate society to take this city’s name? SMARTANIA

    In the 1980s sitcom Family Ties, who played Ned, the alcoholic uncle? WHOA IONO. WHOA SORRY.

    What singer scored a Top 40 hit every year from 1970 to 1998? IONO

    In what sporting league could you find the teams the Barcelona Dragons, the Frankfurt Galaxy, and the London Monarchs? NFL EUROPE I THINK THEY CALL IT

    What was the first name of the founder of the Italian fashion company Gucci? MANE

    Explored to over 6,900 feet below the surface, The Krubera-Voronya cave, the deepest on Earth, is in what country? SOUNDS LIKE RUSSIA

    To whom does Special Agent Dale Cooper address the messages he dictates into his micro-cassette recorder? ALBERT

    Visual Question FECAL IMPACTMENT

    Reggie White, “the Minister of Defense,” got his start with what professional sports team? VIKINGS OR PACKERS I’LL SAY PACKERS

    DOOOOOOOOOD I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THESE!!!!! VERY NW-CENTRIC…

  2. AMAN says:

    I THINK SETI IS WRONG. SETI IS THE SPACE RADARS…THIS OTHER ONE IS PRIME NUMBER SHIT?

  3. rumorator says:

    54 points but considering you didn’t have access to the images that’s a fair score.

    And SETI was right.

    And-Squared: Fecal Impactment is never a wrong answer

  4. Brooke says:

    1. What actor has played the characters Holden McNeil, Fred O’Bannion, and Chuckie Sullivan BEN AFFLECK
    2. Who wrote the books Ulysses, Finnegan’s Wake, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man? JAMES JOYCE
    3. Visual Question DRAWING SPACE
    4. Who produced the Delta Force AC, the Terminator, and the Dunk? Gale Anne Hurd
    5. What beer company’s early 1990s ads featured the Swedish Bikini Team and the slogan “It doesn’t get any better than this?” OLD MILWAUKEE
    6. What the name for a puzzle in which words are represented by combinations of pictures and individual letters? REBUS
    7. What band released the albums Nothing’s Shocking, Ritual de lo Habitual, and Strays? JANE’S ADDICTION
    8. In what city was Tupac Shakur murdered? VEGAS
    9. Of the planets in our solar system, Jupiter has the most volume and Earth is the most dense. What planet has the most mass? Trick question- JUPITER
    10. Out of 13 finalists, in what place did Milwaukee’s Danny Gokey finish in Season 8 of American Idol? 3rd
    11. CCCP is to the former Soviet Union as DPRK is to what? North Korea
    12. Who is the only US President never to have been elected to any office higher than that of the US Congress? Too hard. But did you know Barrack Obama has won too grammy’s?
    13. Visual Question
    14. What TV sitcom theme song has these lyrics: Family Ties
    I bet we been together for a million years,
    And I bet we’ll be together for a million more.
    Oh, It’s like I started breathing on the night we kissed,
    And I can’t remember what I ever did before.
    What would we do baby, Without Us?
    What would we do baby, Without Us?
    And there ain’t no nothing we can’t love each other through.
    What would we do baby, Without Us?
    15. What creature did Sir Edmund Hillary embark on a search for in 1960? Abominable snowman
    16. What was the first name of the founder of the Italian fashion company Versace? Gianni
    17. What does a speleologist study? Caves
    18. What was sent back in time to destroy Sarah Conner? Cyborg
    19. Who was the auburn-haired, green-eyed woman Dolly Parton begged not to take her man? Jolene
    20. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is best known for trying to solve whose murder? Laura Palmer
    21. What artist’s works include Regular Division of the Plane, Drawing Hands, and Hand with Reflecting Sphere? MC Escher
    22. What search started at Cornell University in 1960, and through outreach, now has over 290,000 computers working to find its subject? shit, google doesn’t even know
    23. Visual Question
    24. What was “Coco” Chanel’s real first name? Gabrielle
    25. Who wrote The Maltese Falcon? Dashiell Hammett
    26. What beer company used the slogan “Good things can happen, out of the blue?” Labatt
    27. What word is used to describe “the separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words.” Such as any-old-where or abso-fucking-lutely. tmesis
    28. What band released the albums Freaky Styley, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, and Mother’s Milk? Red Hot Chili Peppers
    29. What organization was founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in Oakland, California during October of 1966 Black Panthers
    30. Visual Question
    31. With roughly 367 miles running beneath the surface, what is the name of the the world’s longest known cave? Mammoth Cave
    32. What corporation created the the T-800, T-1000 and the Skynet Computer System? Cyberdyne Systems
    33. Who directed the films Wild At Heart, Inland Empire and The Straight Story? David Lynch
    34. Visual Question
    35. What country ceased to exist after December 31, 1991? Soviet Union
    36. What Canadian territory was officially recognized on April 1, 1999? Northwest Territory
    37. Who is the only US president to be a grandson of a former US President? Benjamin Harrison
    38. What brothers hold the record for the most career home runs, combined? Hank and Tommie Aaron
    39. In his 2005 book The Conspiracy of Art, what French philosopher and cultural theorist promoted his beliefs that art had entered a “transaesthetic” state; suggesting he was not attacking art—because art ceased to exist— but only its claim to privilege. Jean Baudrillard
    40. What is the slang term used by the Federal Aviation Administration to describe “What is left of a bird after it’s been hit by a plane?” Snarg
    41. What band released the albums Dig Me Out, Call The Doctor and All Hands on the Bad One? Slater Kinney
    42. Visual Question
    43. In 2005 M.I.A. released the album Arular, which was named for her father, who was a prominent activist in the independence movement of what region? Sri Lanka
    44. Name the actor who starred in In Bruges, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Gangs of New York. Brendan Gleeson
    45. Visual Question
    46. What ancient Egyptian city was known for it’s equal rule between King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti, and inspired a Dartmouth College co-ed undergraduate society to take this city’s name? Amarna
    47. In the 1980s sitcom Family Ties, who played Ned, the alcoholic uncle? Tom Hanks
    48. What singer scored a Top 40 hit every year from 1970 to 1998? Elton John
    49. In what sporting league could you find the teams the Barcelona Dragons, the Frankfurt Galaxy, and the London Monarchs? World League of American Football
    50. What was the first name of the founder of the Italian fashion company Gucci? Guccio
    51. Explored to over 6,900 feet below the surface, The Krubera-Voronya cave, the deepest on Earth, is in what country? Georgia
    52. To whom does Special Agent Dale Cooper address the messages he dictates into his micro-cassette recorder? Diane
    53. Visual Question
    54. Reggie White, “the Minister of Defense,” got his start with what professional sports team? Memphis Showboats

    Ok, even with google, those are fucking hard. I got two honestly. Can you guess which ones??

  5. AMAN says:

    OH SHIT I WAS LIKE FUCK ALL THIS TRIVIA SHIT …BUT THEN I NOTICED BROOKE DIDNT TAKE THE FREE POINTS FOR VISUAL QUESTION (THOSE ARE FREE PTS RIGHT?) AND DIDNT PUT DOWN ANY BONUS POINT EXTRA INFOEZ

    YOU BINGT?

    FUCKIN “DIANE,” IT WAS DIANE THAT COOP ADDRESSED THOSE MSGS TO…AND WORLD LEAGUE FOOTBALL FUCK.
    THE FUCK EVER HEARD OF BRENDAN GLEESON
    AND I SEE IT NOW THERE ARE LIKE FOUR TERMINATOR Q’S, FOUR T.PEAKZ Q’S, ETC. IT ALWAYS RUNS LIKE THAT?

    CYBERDINE SYSTEMS FUCK. GOOGLE IS GOOOOOOOD@

  6. AMAN says:

    SNARG WAS THE DRAGON FROM SOME FAGET CARTOON THUNDERCATS OR SOEM SHIT

  7. AMAN says:

    AND GOD DAMN IF ELTON JOHN DOESNT NEED TO JUST STOP THEN, HE’S GOTTA HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND EVERYONE’S SICK OF HIM

  8. Brooke says:

    I realized from reading yours I managed to get the Nike one wrong though… failure.

  9. watts says:

    thirty-six is nunavut.

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