Fall League Trivia 9/25

Round 1 – Changing of the Seasons

1.  We just had the Autumnal Equinox.  What is the name of the other equinox (Latin please)?

Vernal Equinox – Burn it Down by Linkin Park

2.  The name of the jukebox musical that is about the band Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons.

Jersey Boys – Money Make Her Smile by Bruno Mars

3.  Apple picking!  What is the only apple native to North America?

Crabapples – Crab by Weezer

4.  Dexter is over after eight seasons.  What is the name of the actor that plays Dexter?

Michael C. Hall – Billie Jean by Michael Jackson

Bonus Round

What football teams are still undefeated?

1.  New England Patriots – Payphone by Maroon 5

2.  Kansas City Chiefs – Joker and the Thief by Wolfmother

3.  Chicago Bears – Love Song by Sara Bareilles

4.  New Orleans Saints – Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones

5.  Miami Dolphins – Rag Doll by Aerosmith

Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks

Round 2 -- KINGS AND QUEENS

1. Who was the Queen of England when the British empire was at its largest?

** Queen Victoria I (Victory by Puff Daddy)

2. In the TV series King of Queens, who plays Arthur Spooner, the live-in father-in-law of Kevin James'

character?

** Jerry Stiller (Still into You by Paramore)

3. This question is about the English Civil War, which began in 1642 between royalists and supporters of the parliament. Which famous Englishman took over as ruler following the execution of Charles I?

** Oliver Cromwell (Well Well Well by John Lennon)

4. Speaking of queens, who is the only openly homosexual actor to have won an Academy Award for best actor or actress?

** Jodie Foster (In the City by Joe Walsh)

Bonus Round

Name the 5 countries with the richest monarchs in the world.

1.  Great Britain (Scream and Shout by Will.i.am and Britney Spears)

2.  United Arab Emirates (Peaches by Presidents of the Unites States)

3.  Kuwait (I’m Waiting for My Man by the Velvet Undergound)

4.  Netherlands (A Little Party Never Killed Nobody by Fergie)

5.  Thailand (The Time Warp by Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Abu Dhabi or Brunei also correct

Round 3 – Blood, Sweat, and Tears

1.  What is the largest man-made lake in the US?

Lake Mead – Don’t Ask Me by OK Go

2.  Name of the president of Syria.

Bashar al-Assad – Back that Ass Up by Juvenile

3.  Blood, Sweat, and Tears is the name of an album by Johnny Cash.  He was married two times, first to Vivian Liberto, but then more famously to…

June Carter – Anna Sun by Walk the Moon

4.  Who said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering.”?

Winston Churchill – September by Earth, Wind, and Fire

Bonus Round

The Top 5 Car Brands with the Most Quality Problems

1.  Dodge – Just to Be Like You by Ski Lodge

2.  Suzuki – Spooky by Dusty Springfield

3.  Mitsubishi – She Loves You by the Beatles

4.  Volkswagen – Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Wheel

5.  MINI – You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive

Round 4 -- THE COLOR PURPLE

1. What famous talk show host was in the movie The Color Purple?

** Oprah Winfrey (Free Ride by Edgar Winter Group)

2. The Purple Heart is awarded to U.S. Soldiers who are wounded or killed in action. What battle in the Civil War had the highest number of casualties?

** Battle of Gettysburg (The Way We Get By by Spoon)

3. Batman's nemesis The Joker wears a lot of purple. What is the Joker's real name, as given in the 1989 Batman movie directed by Tim Burton?

** Jack Napier (Good Day by Nappy Roots)

4. Purple was the symbolic color of the Women's Suffrage movement. Which amendment secured the women's right to vote?

** 19th Amendment (19-2000 by Gorillaz) 

Bonus Round

Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple has often been banned in schools. Name the 5 most commonly challenged books in the last century.

1.  Bridge to Terabithia (Under the Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers)

2.  Of Mice and Men (Float On by Modest Mouse)

3.  The Catcher in the Rye (Catch My Disease by Ben Lee)

4.  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry)

5.  The Chocolate War (You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate) 

Scores

1. Clarissa Explains My Balls - 83

2. I Left My Crackpipe at MC Hammer's House - 79

3. Everybody twerkin for the weekend - 76

3. French Toast Mafia - 76

4. Donkey Kong Country - 70

5. I Saw Jimmy Fallon... - 67

6. The Drunken Scholars - 58

League Standings

League Standings - NEW SYSTEM
1. Lookin’ to score – 20 + 5 = 25
2. Frisky Dingoes – 14 + 4 = 18
3. I saw jimmy fallon - 14 + 2 = 16
4. Clarissa Explains My Balls - 8 + 6 = 14
5. French Toast Mafia – 10 + 2 = 12
6. Moynihan Job – 6
7. crewgars – 4
7. My Grandma... - 4
7. Welcome to the Jam? – 4
7. EveryTwerkin for the Weekend - 4
8. Jugs and Boxes - 3
9. David's Angels - 2
9. Maurice Spicer is our savior – 2
10. Dead Bunnies - 1
10. Drunken Scholars - 1

Fall League Trivia 9/18/13

 Round 1 – Blue

1.  I’m really sad Hayao Miyazaki is retiring.  What is the name of his last film? It comes out in America in 2014.

The Wind Rises – Rise by Skillet

2. Who did the 1980 miracle team beat in the Olympic Gold medal round?

Finland – Two Princes by Spin Doctors

3.  What band wrote the hit song “Blue” in 1999? Bonus point for album.

Eiffel 65 on the album Europop – The Rifle’s Spiral by the Shins

4.  Why is Facebook blue?

Mark Zuckerberg is colorblind – Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls) by Foster the People

Bonus Round

The ocean is very blue.  Countries with the longest coastline

5. Japan – Turning Japanese by The Vapors

4. Philippines – All Over You by Spill Canvas

3. Indonesia – Knee Socks by the Arctic Monkeys

2. Russia – Gold Rush by Clinton Sparks

1. Canada – Something Good Can Work by Two Door Cinema Club

Greenland

Round 2 - NETFLIX

1. What famous TV alien's real name is Gordon Shumway?

** ALF (Alfie by Dionne Warwick)

2. Who composed the opening score to The Simpsons?

** Danny Elfman (Express Yourself by N.W.A.)

3. Who was the first African-American actor to play a lead role on television?

** Bill Cosby (Suite Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby Stills and Nash)

4. What was the first televised presidential debate?

** Nixon-Kennedy (I'm Alright by Kenny Loggins)

Bonus Round

 Name the top 5 most Emmy-winning shows.

** Saturday Night Live (Saturday Nite by Earth, Wind & Fire)

** Frasier (How to Save a Life by The Fray)

** The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Baby One More Time by Britney Spears)

** Cheers (Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson)

** The West Wing (We Major by Kanye West)

Round 3 – Strange Facts

1.  Roald Dahl was a real life James Bond.  He seduced women during WWII to gain intelligence for the British Army.  Also a pretty famous author.  What does The BFG stand for?

Big Friendly Giant – We Are Gonna Be Friends by White Stripes

2.  A teaspoon of honey represents the life work of 12 bees.  What alcoholic beverage is made made from honey?

Mead – Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater

3.  A woman with a PhD in math won the lottery four times (total of $21 million) by figuring out the algorithm of the ticket production.  Reminds of the movie A Beautiful Mind with Russell Crowe.  Who is the movie based off of?

John Forbes Nash Jr. – Mountain Man by Crash Kings

4.  Sonny Graham received a heart transplant from a suicide victim.  Ten years later he married the donor’s widow.  Three years after that he committed suicide in the same fashion as the donor.  Most transplanted organ worldwide.

Kidney – Up Up and Away by Kid Cudi

Bonus Round

Putting sugar on a wound can reduce pain and help it heal.  Top 5 soft drink brands in America.

1. Coke – Poprocks and Coke by Greenday

2. Diet Coke – Die Young by Kesha

3. Pepsi-cola – One, Two Step by Ciara, Missy Elliot

5. Dr. Pepper – Forgot about Dre by Dr. Dre and Eminem

4. Mountain Dew – This Year by the Mountain Goats

Round 4 - SAFARI PLANET

1. What is the only type of marsupial that lives in North America?

** Opossum (Fuck the World by Insane Clown Posse)

2. What 1999 show on PBS about a talking lemur starred Chris and Martin, the Kratt Brothers?

** Zoboomafoo (Boomerang Theory by Gym Class Heroes)

3. What animal has the largest eyes?

** Giant squid (Boss of Me by They Might be Giants)

4. Who is the cartoonist that created Garfield?

** Jim Davis (Changes by David Bowie)

Bonus Round

What are the 5 deadliest animals in the US by humans killed every year?

** Bees (Stayin' Alive by The Bee Gees)

** Dogs (Errant Dog by Ben Folds)

** Horse (Holy Horseshit, Batman by Gym Class Heroes)

** Spiders (Rubberband Man by The Spinners)

** Snakes (Snakes on a Plane by Cobra Starship)

Pitcher Question

What can you say about your apartment but not your girlfriend?

Winner!

runner up

runner up

runner up

Scores

1.  Frisky Dingoes - 80

1.  They're Apists (Lookin' to Score) - 80

2.  My Grandma... - 78

3.  Jugs and Boxes - 72

4.  French Toast Mafia - 70

5.  I saw Jimmy Fallon... - 66 

League Standings - NEW SYSTEM
1. Lookin’ to score – 15 + 5 = 20

2. I saw jimmy fallon - 13 + 1 = 14

3. French Toast Mafia – 10 + 2 = 12

4. Frisky Dingoes – 6 + 5 = 11

5. Clarissa Explains My Balls - 8

6. Moynihan Job – 6

7. crewgars – 4

7. My Grandma... - 4

7. Welcome to the Jam? – 4

9. Jugs and Boxes - 3

10. David's Angels - 2

10. Maurice Spicer is our savior – 2

11. Dead Bunnies - 1

Fall League Trivia 9/11/13

1 - Disasters

1.  Chernobyl is considered the worst nuclear accident in history.  It only one of two nuclear accidents to hit level 7 (the highest level) on the International Nuclear Event Scale.  What is the name of the other disaster?

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 following the tsunami

– Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by the Flaming Lips

2.  Russell Brand goes on Nazi rant at GQ.  What famous high end clothing company used to make uniforms for the Nazis?

Hugo Boss – Never Let You Go by Third Eye Blind

3.  World’s best-selling vodka.

Smirnoff – Staring at the Sun by the Offspring

4.  Eating habits when drunk.  What country eats more donuts per capita than any other country?

Canada – Can’t Hold Us by Macklemore

Bonus Round

Breakfast club clique labels

1. The criminal – Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm

2. The athlete – Black Math by the White Stripes

3. The princess – Princess of China by Coldplay and Rihanna

4. The brain – Insane in the Brain by Cypress Hill

5. The basket case – Basket Case by Green Day

2 - BEARDS

1. American Presidents have a tradition of great beards. Which President had the longest beard?

Rutherford B. Hayes (Behind These Hazel Eyes by Kelly Clarkson)

2. Probably the most famous beard in film history... is Chewbacca. What is the name of the actor who plays Chewbacca in Star Wars?

Peter Mayhew (Peter Piper by Run DMC)

3. Cleopatra famously would wear a fake beard while performing her duties as pharaoh. Cleopatra had three husbands, the first two of whom were Egyptian. The third was a famous Roman. What was the name of Cleopatra's Roman husband?

Mark Antony (Just a Friend by Biz Markie) -- when you announce this answer, an okay joke to make would be "it turns out Caesar was Just a Friend"

4. This is the hardest question of the night. You just have to spell the name "Zach Galifianakis" correctly.

Zach Galifianakis (The One I Love by REM)

Bonus Round

This one is a stretch. Rabbis have beards. Name the top 5 highest-grossing Jewish actors or actresses of all time.

1. Ben Stiller (Still Fly by Big Tymers)

2. Adam Sandler (Shoop by Salt-N-Pepa)

3. Shia LeBeouf (Shy Kids by Yonas)

4. Dustin Hoffman (Dust In the Wind by Kansas)

5. James Franco (Laid by James)

3 - AMERICAN HEROES

1. Which famous patriot said "Give me liberty, or give me death!"?

Patrick Henry (Brand New Day by Neil Patrick Harris)

2. G.I. Joe is a team of real American heroes. This year, the second live-action G.I. Joe movie came out. Their nemesis is Cobra Commander, who runs the organization Cobra. Who is Cobra's closest male lieutenant?  He is also the leader of the Iron Grenadiers.  

Destro (Mass Destruction by Faithless)

3. The American economy is built on small business owners. Speaking of famous Joes... in the 2008 presidential election, a man named Joe the Plumber became a controversial figure in politics. What was Joe the Plumber's real name?

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (Back Against the Wall by Cage the Elephant)

4. One of America's favorite heroes to watch is Sylvester Stallone's character John Rambo. What was the name of the first Rambo movie?

First Blood (Blood on the Leaves by Kanye West)

Bonus Round

Name the 5 American presidents who served in the United States Navy.

1. Jimmy Carter (The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff)

2. Gerald Ford (My Sweet Lord by George Harrison)

3. George H.W. Bush (Push by Matchbox twenty)

4. John F. Kennedy (Footloose by Kenny Loggins)

5. Richard Nixon (Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks)

Lyndon B. Johnson

4 - Euphoria

1.  Lots of semi-nudity.  Where does the naked cowboy perform?

Times Square in New York City – Your Woman by White City

2.  Egg yolk costume!  What do the m’s stand for on M&M’s? One name is fine.

Mars and Murrie – Blurry by Puddle of Mud

3.  “Are we gonna do it tonight?”  “Deflower a virgin.”  Main villain in the Ambiguously Gay Duo.

Bighead – Bang Your Head by Quiet Riot

4.  Some girl said I looked like Cedric Diggory from A Harry Potter Musical.  According to Cedric in the musical, what are Hufflepuffs particularly good at?

They’re good finders – Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit

Bonus Round

Five countries with the highest beer consumption

1. Czech Republic – Check it Out by Will.i.am and Nicki Minaj

2. Ireland – Fireflies by Owl City

3. Swaziland -- Sun of a Gun by Oh Land

4. Germany – Many the Miles by Sara Bareilles

5. Austria – Crossfire by Brandon Flowers

Pitcher Question

Draw a bunny suicide cartoon

Winner!

Runner Up

Scores

1. Clarissa Explains My balls - 81

2. Lookin to Score - 76

3. I Saw Jimmy Fallon at the Food Emporium - 72

4. French Toast Mafia - 69

5. Frisky Dingoes - 62

5. Welcome to the Jam? - 62

6. David's Angels - 54

7. Dead Bunnies - 50

League Standings - NEW SYSTEM

1.  Lookin’ to score – 8 + 7 = 15
2.  I saw jimmy fallon - 7 + 6 = 13

3.  French Toast Mafia – 5+5 = 10

4.  Clarissa Explains My Balls - 8

5.  Moynihan Job – 6

5.  Frisky Dingoes – 3+ 3 = 6
6.  crewgars – 4

6.  Welcome to the Jam? – 1+3 = 4

7.  David's Angels - 2
7.  Maurice Spicer is our savior – 2 

8.  Dead Bunnies - 1

Fall League Trivia 9/5/2013

Round 1 – Back to School

1.  What company is the Clark University book store affiliated with?

Barnes and Noble – Meet in the Barn by Jason Michael Carroll

2.  Name of Stephen King’s most recent novel.

Joyland – U and UR Hand by Pink

3.  FOIL is a common method for multiplying two binomials together.  What does the mnemonic FOIL stand for?

First Outer Inner Last – Last Resort by Papa Roach

4.  What school was Animal House filmed at?

University of Oregon at Eugene – Gone, Gone, Gone by Phillip Phillips

Bonus Round

Power Rangers names

1. Jason Lee Scott (Red Ranger) – Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys MONO

2. Zack Taylor (Black Ranger) – Symphonies by Dan Black and Kid Cudi

3. Trini Kwan (Yellow Ranger) – The Jean Genie by David Bowie

4. Kimberly Ann Hart (Pink Ranger) – The Fighter by Gym Class Heroes

5. Billy Cranston (Blue Ranger) – It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me by Billy Joel

Tommy Oliver (Green Ranger)

Round 2 – Freshman Year

1. Second leading cause of death among college freshmen.

Suicide – Beach Side by Kings of Leon

2. Vice President Al Gore was famously roommates with another well-known person at Harvard. They remain friends to this day. Who was Al Gore's freshman-year roommate?

Tommy Lee Jones – Tommy Chong by Blue Scholars

3. Freshmen are the youngest college students. I want to know who the youngest man to serve as President of the United States was.

Theodore Roosevelt -- Roses by Outkast

4. During freshman year, many impressionable students pick up new philosophies. We all knew one annoying communist kid in our first-year dorm that we wanted to kill. What weapon was used to kill one of the most famous communist thinkers, Leon Trotsky?

Ice axe (ice pick okay) – Cold as Ice by Foreigner

Bonus Round

Freshman year is a time many people reinvent themselves. That's something a lot of musical artists have done literally, by taking different names. List the real names of the following musical artists.

1.  Jay-Z -- Shawn Carter (Band on the Run by Paul McCartney & Wings)

2.  P!nk -- Alecia Beth Moore (What More Can I Say by Jay-Z)

3.  Eminem -- Marshall Mathers (Misty by Johnny Mathis)

4.  Ringo Starr -- Richard Starkey (Baby You're a Rich Man by The Beatles)

5.  Lady Gaga -- Stefani Germanotta (The Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani)

Round 3 – Greg’s Childhood

1.  What company did Bill Nye the Science Guy work for before getting his own TV show or what field?

Boeing (aeronautics) – Sexy and I Know It by LMFAO

2.  Lead singer of Good Charlotte.

Joel Madden – 19-2000 Soulchild remix by the Gorillaz

3.  Name one of the first three American Girl Dolls ever made (1986, the Pleasant Company).

Kirsten Larson, Samantha Parkington, Molly McIntire -- First Date by Blink 182

4. What car company is now using hamsters in their commercials? Bonus point for the model of the car.

Kia Soul – Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall

Bonus Round

Names of the character’s from Bored of the Rings

1. Frodo – Frito – Free to Decide by the Cranberries

2. Bilbo – Dildo – Kill the Director by the Wombats 

3. Merry – Moxi – Fox on the Run by Sweet

4. Legolas – Legolam – Black Betty by Ram Jam

5. Gandalf – Goodgulf – Good by Better than Ezra

Round 4 - SENIOR CITIZENS

1. Senior year is scary for a lot of reasons, one of them is that you feel really old. Lots of people have gone to extreme measures to avoid feeling old, and one of those is Dorian Gray. I want to know who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Oscar Wilde (No Church in the Wild by Jay-Z & Kanye West)

2. You know what's really old? Stars. I want to know the furthest galaxy from Earth that's visible to the naked eye.

Andromeda galaxy (Roxanne by The Police)

3. Oldest winner of best actress? Bonus points if you know the name of the movie.

Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy – Price Tag by Jessie J

4. Who was the oldest person to ever live, according to the Hebrew bible?

Methuselah at age 969 (Bring the Pain by Method Man)

5. If you love funny news, you know that there's an senior citizen STD epidemic in Florida retirement communities. I want you to name the top 5 most common STDs overall in America. This was difficult to Google at first, until I realized I shouldn't be searching for "most popular STDs."

1.  HPV (Papa's Song by Gym Class Heroes)

2.  Genital Herpes (I Used to Love Her by Guns n Roses)

3.  Chlamydia (Clampdown by The Clash)

4.  Syphilis (You’ll Be in My Heart by Phil Collins)

5.  Gonorrhea (Gone Daddy Gone by Gnarls Barkley) 

Pitcher Question

Poem about your first experience at college

Winner - I Saw Jimmy Fallon at the Food Emporium:

I thought being a child genius was cool,

until I got my,

period,

in front of Noam Chomsky,

blood on my Amerian hands

Runner up - Looking to Score:

I went to a pantsless party one night

I drank skittles vodka, it was alright

Tasted the rainbow twice

not quite so nice

...everybody saw my balls

Runner up - The French Toast Mafia:

Fields of green so pure

the space ah what an allure

so clean and demure

Blacklights and blackout

Mary, Molly, scream and shout

brain cells lost no doubt

Scores

1.  Lookin’ to score – 78

2.  I saw jimmy fallon - 76

3.  Moynihan Job – 71

4. French Toast Mafia – 70

5.  crewgars – 67

6.  Frisky Dingoes – 63

7.  Marurice Spicer is our savior – 62  

8.  Welcome to the Jam? – 57

League Standings - NEW SYSTEM

1.  Lookin’ to score – 8

2.  I saw jimmy fallon - 7

3.  Moynihan Job – 6

4. French Toast Mafia – 5

5.  crewgars – 4

6.  Frisky Dingoes – 3

7.  Maurice Spicer is our savior – 2  

8.  Welcome to the Jam? – 1