September’s Trivia

After Monday night’s panic at having accidentally deleted a lot of my questions, I hung in there and managed to get 60 of ‘em written. I felt pretty good about the list, but you never know until other people try to answer them. Everyone seemed to have a great time, and several people said they really liked some of the questions, so that was really gratifying.

Two teams tied for first place at 46 right out of 60, but one of those teams only had 2 people (go Joe!) and the other team had 4, so the smaller team (“Our Science Is Tight”) won the big prize… almost $100! The other teams scored in the mid-20s, but they hung in there and kept on playing anyway, hopefully ‘cuz they were having a good time. (PS: Thumbs up to the “Super Phallic Fragile Lipsticks” for having the funniest team name of the night.)

I’ll post the questions below, and update it with answers in a week or so. Have fun guessing!

	ROUND ONE
1	Name a non-arthropod with 5 legs or arms more than it has hearts.
2	Name the presidents on Mount Rushmore in order, starting from left to right.
3	Spell ‘haagen-dazs’
4	Bill Clinton and JFK were the 2nd and third youngest presidents ever. Who was the youngest?
5	More presidents are buried in this state than any other. Name it!
6	Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Adam “Batman” West went to high school around here… which school?
7	Name the seven deadly sins
8	What element is a purple solid at room temperature?
9	Combine the word “yes” in what two languages to form the name of a Parker Brothers table game?
10	Siam, Burma and Ceylon are the former names of what current nations?
	ROUND TWO
1	Name 3 of the 6 national flags that contain blue and white color only
2	What are the 3 main ingredients in a sidecar?
3	Spell ‘liqueur’, i.e. “Kahlua and Baileys are two of my favorite liqueurs”.
4	When this ex-president died at the age of 93, he set the record for presidential longevity. Who was he?
5	What are the Chinook salmon also known as?
6	In 1959, who did Richard Nixon enjoy a Pepsi with after the “kitchen debate”?
7	What curve — initially written on a napkin and central to “supply-side” economics — claims that in some cases revenue will go up if taxes go down?
8	Audrey Hepburn and Mel Brooks are on a short list of those who have won 4 major entertainment awards — name the awards.
9	Who wrote that “guns aren’t lawful, nooses give, gas smells awful, you might as well live”?
10	In Seattle, how many feet from a stop sign must your car be when parking?
	ROUND THREE
1	There were two spin-offs from Three’s Company… name one of them
2	Is Batman part of the DC or Marvel comic universe?
3	John McCain is one senator from Arizona… who is the other one?
4	Prior to joining Fox News, what tabloid/gossip program did Bill O’Reilly host?
5	Name 4 of the 5 current stars of “The View”
6	Match the battle with the war: Verdun, Stalingrad, Agincourt, Charge of the Light Brigade.
7	What TV show, which started in 1985, starred an actress born in 1923 playing the mother of an actress born in 1922?
8	A physician looking at covers of David Bowie’s albums would say that he has a condition called “anisocoria“. What is it?
9	Who said, “I’d like to say ‘thank you’ on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we passed the audition!”
10	Arrange these magazines in the order which they began publishing:The Economist, People, Nat’l Geographic, TIME, Sports Illustrated
	ROUND FOUR
1	The shortest running time for an Best Picture film was in 1955, the movie starred Ernest Borgnine as a lonely butcher… name the film.
2	“Affect” and “effect” are often confused, so use the right one in this sentence: The crop dusters should only XXX a few ranchers, unless the wind changes direction.
3	Which Shakespeare play is it considered bad luck to mention while inside a theater, with many actors choosing to call it “The Scottish Play”?
4	What poet’s most famous work begins “Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me”?
5	Madonna’s adopted son came from which African country, bordered on the East by Mozambique and on the West by Zambia?
6	Jennifer Aniston played a bored housewife who has an affair with Jake Gyllenhaal in what movie?
7	She’s a Desperate Housewife who also appeared in “Magnolia”, “The Spanish Prisoner”, and is married to William H. Macy. Who is she?
8	Name the three NBA teams that Shaquille O’Neal has played for.
9	His announcer is George Takei from Star Trek, his co-host is a former Air Force captain named Robin Quivers… who is he?
10	After getting rejected by M&Ms and Hershey’s, what candy did Steven Spielberg use in E.T.?
	ROUND SIX
1	“Prince Caspian” is the sequel to “Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”. What will the third movie in the Chronicles of Narnia series be called?
2	Which book of the Bible contains the most chapters?
3	Which sides of the American Revolutionary War did France and Spain choose, the US or British? (They may or may not have chosen the same side!)
4	Hurricane Ike is still active in the Atlantic. Name 2 of the named storms from this hurricane season that have already passed.
5	For one point, state what either “Fannie Mae” or “Freddie Mac” are abbreviations for.
6	Which film critic co-wrote the screenplay to “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls”?
7	What novel was Frank Herbert inspired to write after visiting the Oregon coast?
8	When driving between Laos and Thailand, or between Uganda and Sudan or Pakistan and Afghanistan, what do you have to do?
9	If a knight is on the top left corner of a chessboard, what the fewest moves it takes to get to the bottom right?
10	Spell ‘Cincinnati’.