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Trivia Leftovers from 8-30-10

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Play Along at Home.

Round 1

Your Milwaukee Brewers

1. What Brewers player recently made news when he was held up at gunpoint in Milwaukee?
2. After completing a sweep of the Pirates yesterday, by how many games do the Brewers trail the Cincinnati Reds in the NL Central?
3. Who is the winningest manager in Brewers history in terms of total games won?
4. Who is the winningest manager in Brewers history in terms of winning percentage?
5. In 1980, the Brewers became the first team since the 1948-49 Red Sox to have back-to-back seasons of three hitters with at least 100 RBI. Name the men who did this for Milwaukee.

Round 2

They Might Be Giants

6.The name “They Might Be Giants” is derived from what novel, in which the main character mistakes windmills for evil giants?
7. In 2002 TMBG won a grammy for their song The Boss of Me which was the theme song to what TV show?
8. Which of the following in not a TMBG album Here Come the ABCs, Here Come the 123s, Flood, or The Statue Got Me High?
9. The TMBG song Istanbul (Not Constantinople) is set to the tune of what Irving Berlin classic?
10. At one point TMBG recorded songs into what household device and encouraged fans to Dial-a-Song to hear their latest works

Round 3

Ancient Conquerors

11. Venn Diagram
12. What word meaning “conqueror” in Spanish and Portuguese, was applied widely to soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under the control of Spain in the 15th to 19th century?
13. Who first used the title “Tsar of all Russia?”
14. Venn Diagram
15. What Mongolian conqueror was the first to conquer all of China and became a legend in Europe after welcoming Marco Polo?

Round 4

Know Your Memes

16. From where was David returning when he popularized the question “Is this real life?”
17. The following images from icanhascheezburger.com are all examples of what internet meme?
18. If you’ve just been “Rick Rolled” what song are you listening to?
19. A variant of the Advice Dog meme, the following images represent what meme that challenges readers with deep, existential, Paleolithic questions?
20. Who sang Chocolate Rain?

Round 5

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

21. Who portrayed Judge Doom?
22. Whose murder forms the basis of the plot of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
23. What is the name of Bob Hoskins’ character?
24. What is the name of the club where Jessica Rabbit performs?
25. What song does the singing sword perform when Bob Hoskins’ character pulls it from its box

Round 6

WTF

26. Visual Question
27. Visual Question
28. Visual Question
29. Visual Question
30. Visual Question

Round 7

Fictional Beasts

31. What is the name of Paul Bunyan’s blue ox?
32. What creature, whose name means “goat sucker” has been allegedly attacking livestock throughout Latin America since first reported in Puerto Rico in 1995?

33. What creature, featuring the head of a bull on the body of a man, guarded the Cretan labyrinth?
34. What mythic beast of Lycia had the body and head of a male lion, another head of a goat, and a tail that ended in a snake’s head?
35. When inserted into the ear, this fictional creature’s nutrition processes converts sound waves into brain waves, neatly crossing the language divide between any species you should happen to meet whilst travelling in space.

Round 8

Shakespeare

36. Where was Romeo and Juliet set?
37. What Shakespeare work features the characters Lysander, Hermia and Puck?
38. At the age of 18 Billy Shakespeare married who?
39. Who is the goddess of witchcraft and leader of the Three Witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth?
40. What Lost star played Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 Romeo and Juliet?

Round 9

Wild Card

41. What Major Leaguer recently became the 47th to hit 400 home runs?
42. Who wrote the stories The Body, Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption and The Running Man?
43. How many wild cards (including Wild Draw Four) are there in a standard Uno deck?
44. What can you deduce from the following statements: A) All babies are illogical B) Nobody who is despised who can manage a crocodile C) Illogical persons are despised
45. What was the fictional name of the Vermont inn that was featured in the TV sitcom Newhart?

Round 10

Current Events

46. What series won the 2010 Emmy Award for Best Drama?
47. Intel recently said it would buy what security software company for $7.7 billion?
48. What former President was recently involved in the freeing of the American, Aijalon Mahli Gomes, from North Korea?
49. Though he normally rarely leaves North Korea, Kim Jong Il recently made his second trip in four months to what country?
50. Chippy D recently starred in the porno film Phatty’s Rhymes and Dimes 14 with Brian Pumper. Who is Chippy D’s father?

Round 11

Constitutional Amendments

51. Which amendment to the US Constitution ends in the phrase “shall not be infringed?”
52. How many amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
53. 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s: in what decade was the last amendment to the Constitution passed?
54. The seventeenth amendment establishes the direct election by the people of what office?
55. According to the 22nd amendment, what is the maximum amount of years a person is allowed to serve as President of the United States?

Round 12

Duets

56. And nobody told us
Cause nobody showed us
And now it’s up to us baby
I Think we can make it
So don’t misunderstand me
You put the light in my life
Oh you put the sparks to the flame
I’ve got your heart in my sights

57. Michael, We’re Not Going To Fight About This, Okay
Paul, I Think I Told You, I’m A Lover Not A Fighter
I’ve Heard It All Before, Michael
She Told Me That I’m Her Forever Lover, You Know, Don’t You Remember
Well, After Loving Me, She Said She Couldn’t Love Another

58. My mother will start to worry
Beautiful, what’s your hurry
My father will be pacing the floor
Listen to the fireplace roar
So really I’d better scurry
Beautiful, please don’t hurry
Well maybe just a half a drink more
Put some music on while I pour

59. But that won’t happen to us, and we got no doubt
Too deep in love, and we got no way out
and the message is clear, this could be the year for the real thing

No more will you cry
baby i will hurt you never

we start and end as one
in love forever
We can ride it together, uh huh
Makin’ love with each other, uh huh

60. Some hang on to used to be
Live there life looking behind

All we have is here and now
All our lives out there to find

The road is long and there are mountains in my way
But we climb the stairs everyday

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Trivia Recap

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Damn good showing last night. Thanks to everyone who came out. All 60+ of you.
Here’s the run down.

Famous Nicknames
1. Who was known as Old’ Blue Eyes?
2. Who was known as “the Velvet Fog?”
3. Who was known as “Sweetness?”
4. What famous musician was born David Howell Evans?
5. What was Rudolf Walter Wanderone, Jr. better known as?

Booze
6. What is the official spirit of the United States?
7. How does a Gibson differ from a traditional martini?
8. Kirschwasser, a traditional German brandy, is made from what fruit?
9. What multi-purpose kitchen staple is a byproduct of winemaking, found on the inside of casks used to age wine and occasionally on the underside of the cork?
10. Which two US states did not ratify the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which established prohibition?

Cheese
11. What is the most popular cheese in the world?
12. In traditional cheese making, what enzyme is added to raw milk to begin the curding process?
13. Prosciutto di Parma traditionally comes from hogs fed the whey left over from the production of what cheese?
14. Comte and Beauford are French varieties of what Swiss cheese?
15. Explorateur, a French, triple-creme brie was produced in the 1950s to celebrate what event?

Current Events
16. Name the three most prominent candidates for Wisconsin’s upcoming gubernatorial election.
17. What Brewers pitcher was credited with a win on July 19th, his first since May 7, 2007?
18. The United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague recently ruled that the what country’s 2008 declaration of independence was legal?
19. Venezuela recently severed diplomatic ties with Colombia over disputes concerning the location of camps of what Colombian rebel group?
20. What brewery recently released “The End of History,” a 110-proof beer whose bottles are packaged in the skins of dead animals?

Cars
21. Visual
22. What license plate was on the 1959 Chevrolet Miller-Meteor ambulance driven by The Ghostbusters?
23. In March 2008 the Ford Motor Company sold Jaguar and Land Rover to what Asian motor company?
24. What make and model of car was James Dean driving when he had his fatal accident?
25. Name the 2 crash test dummies popularized in 1980s PSAs produced by the NHSA?

Academy Awards Winners
26. Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the award for Best Director for her work on what film?
27. Cabaret holds the record for most awards won by a movie without winning Best Picture with eight in 1972. What movie beat it for Best Picture?
28. Who has won more Academy Awards for acting than any one else?
29. In 2003, Adrien Brody became the youngest man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his work in what film?
30. Who has won more Academy Awards for Best Director than any other?

Wild Card
31.What band’s fans are known as Juggalos?
32. What is the parent company of the brands Louis Vuitton, Moet and Hennessy?
33. Who recorded more than 180 videos over 2 days in July 2010 for the Old Spice’s “Smell Like a Man” campaign?
34. What no-handed maneuver is Alan Gelfand credited with inventing in 1977?
35. In what 1980s TV series was the central character named Stringfellow Hawke?

Slogans
36. “Don’t Be Evil” is the informal corporate slogan of what company?
37. What airline has used the slogan “More experience than the name suggests?”
38. Who uses the slogan “Born from jets?”
39. What brand uses the slogan “For Successful Living?”
40. What Ivy League college uses the motto “Vox Clamantis in Deserto,” meaning “the voice of one crying in the wilderness?”

Trees
41. What are Vermonsters on the lookout for when hunting Acer Saccharum?
42. Visual
43. The forests of Northern Wisconsin, with large numbers of conifers such as pine and fir as well as the deciduous aspen and birch are classified as what kind of forest?
44. Also known as the maidenhair tree, what species is notable not only for being the only in its genus, but also its incredibly slow rate of evolution, being recognizably related to fossils dating back 270 million years?
45. What is the common name for trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus?

Awards and Prizes
46. Visual
47. The Lamar Hunt and George Halas trophies are given out during the playoffs of what professional sports league?
48. What award is named for the inventor of dynamite who established the award to leave a better legacy after his death?
49. SpaceShipOne, Produced by the first non-governmental organization to launch a reusable, manned spacecraft into space twice in two weeks, won what prize?
50. What is the collective name of the 10 awards given out each October by the Annals of Improbable Research, for “achievements that first make people laugh, then make then make them think?”

Questions 51 – 60 were visual and audio questions, so you just get the answer. And can make up your own questions.
51. Farfelle
52. Rihanna’s Five Head
53. The Dying Gaul
54. Iolani Palace
55. Zedonk
56. The Ramones—Blitzkrieg Bop
57. Arrested Development—Mr Wendal
58. Joy Division—Digital
59. Fugazi—Waiting Room
60. Talking Heads—Flowers

It happens every week. 8pm at the Red Dot in Milwaukee. True fools are always there.

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