Fall League Trivia 11/19/14

Round 1: Comics


1. So I’m sure comic books have all influenced us at some point or another in our lives. My favorite comic character is probably a not so famous one. Being half French I grew up with a series called Tintin. I loved those books and ready them every week. I want to know what is the dog’s name in the comic series Tintin.


Milou


2. Batman and Robin are definitely one of the most famous comic book characters. There is a long-standing rumor that batman and robin had some sort of romantic relationship. Speaking of gay relationships which Fortune 500 CEO just officially came out recently, in the last month?


Tim Cook


3. DC and Marvel are the two famous comic book brands in the U.S. I want to know what D.C stands for? They also were known under a different name. what was that name?


Detective Comics, National publications


4. When I think of Comics, what I think about after Marvel and DC is weird Japanese anime and comics. There is a particular Japanese comic book that is super famous and is the story of a pregnant superhero. I want to know who this comic name is?


Most Fruitful Yuki


Bonus Round:
Name 10 Marvel Motion Pictures as possible? (You only have 2 minutes, non animated titles only, no repeats, no music clues)

Round 2: Turkey

1. So everybody knows that eating all that turkey on Thanksgiving Day makes you very sleepy. This is due to a chemical in the turkey that induces sleepy tendencies (allegedly). It’s an essential what?

Tryptophan, Amino Acid


2. Which founding father recommend that the turkey replace the eagle as the national bird


Benjamin Franklin


3. So turkey is thanksgiving, and thanksgiving is football. So naturally I have to ask a football question. Who is regarded as the father of the forward pass?


Eddie Coachem


4. Which local brewery (Massachusetts) is named after a type of turkey


Narragansett


Bonus Round:
What were the names of the three small ships in John smith’s first expedition?


The Discovery, Susan Constant and the Godspeed.

Round 3: Gobble Gobble: It’s Thanksgiving Time
1. So one part about Thanksgiving that my Mom loves is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade that takes place in New York City. She loves all of the balloons and all those floats and stuff. What was the first balloon ever used in the parade? 

Felix The Cat (Electric Feel - MGMT)

2. Another part about Thanksgiving that is awesome is of course watching Football all day. What was the first NFL team to play on Thanksgiving Day. 

Detroit Lions (All Night Long - Lionel Richie)

3. Thanksgiving has not always been a holiday, in fact it has been a holiday for 150 years now. What US president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday? 

Abe Lincoln (One Step Closer - Linkin Park)

4. Black Friday, which is of course the day after Thanksgiving is an interesting day filled with tremendous sales, stores opening early, and videos of crazy people getting trampled. The term Black Friday came from a city here in the US to help explain the intense traffic that would occur the day after Thanksgiving. In what city did the term Black Friday originate? 

Philadelphia (Sussudio - Phil Collins)

Bonus Round: 
So Black Friday is a crazy shopping day and last year consumers spent over $61 billion from Black Friday throughout the weekend. I want to know the 5 most visited stores on Black Friday, including online and physical stores. 

Amazon (Amazing - Aerosmith)
eBay (Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding)
Walmart (Back Against The Wall - Cage The Elephant)
Best Buy (Best I Ever Had - Drake)
Target (Get Lucky - Daft Punk)

Round 4: Family: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them
1. So Family Guy is a very funny show, well not so much recently but still pretty solid. Seth McFarlane is of course the creator of the show, I just want to know what state is McFarlane from? 

Connecticut (Protect Ya Neck - Wu-Tang Clan)

2. Family Feud is another amazing show that is currently hosted by Steve Harvey. Who was the original host of the show back in the late 70s and early 80s?

Richard Dawson (Loose Lips - Kimya Dawson)

3. So my family really likes to play and watch tennis. What man holds the record for the most Grand Slam singles titles in the world? 

Roger Federer (Headstrong - Trapt)

4. Half of my family is actually English and currently live in England, Scotland, and Australia. I want you to tell me who is the current prime minister of the UK? 

David Cameron (Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie)

Bonus Round: 

Another thing my family really likes is ice cream, specifically Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. I want to know the 5 best selling flavors from last year? 

Half Baked (Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas)

Cherry Garcia (Cherry Pie - Warrant)

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (Chain Gang - Sam Cooke)

Chunky Monkey (A Big Hunk O’ Love - Elvis Presley)

Chocolate Fudge Brownie (Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison)

Scores

1. Pound Sign Super Dope: 81 pts.

2. George Will Dia-A-Beat Your Ass: 73 pts.

3. Fuckin Rocket Science: 71 pts.

4. Clark U's Newest Trivia Squad: 69 pts.

5. Matt Squared Takes Over The World: 64 pts.

6. You Can Settle On My Wood Port: 63 pts.

7. The Nine-Nine: 37 pts.

Picture Question

Question: What is the worst group of people you would want to spend Thanksgiving Dinner with?

Winner: The Nine-Nine

Runner Up: Fuckin Rocket Science

Standings

1. You Can Settle On My Wood Port: 63 + 2 = 65 pts.

2. Pound Sign Super Dope: 54 + 7 = 61 pts.

3. Watermelon Gang Bang: 51 + 3 = 54 pts.

4. Fuckin Rocket Science: 40 + 5 = 45 pts.

5. Beach House Jesus: 30 pts.

6. Crunch Roll: 28 pts.

7. George Will Dia-A-Beat Your Ass: 21 + 6 = 27 pts.

8. The Nine-Nine: 20 + 1 = 21 pts.

9. Donnie Darko and the Chocolate Homonculus: 19 pts.

10. Team Mouse Rat/This is a Test/Clark's Newest Team: 10 + 4 = 14 pts.

11. Hakuna Matata: 13 pts.

Fall League Trivia 11/12/14

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Fall League Trivia 11/5/14

Round 1: Voting: It’s the Cool Thing to do

1. So yesterday was Election day with many various interesting results. One state’s governor race has not been decided yet though. What state am I talking about? 

Vermont (Say You’ll Haunt Me - Stone Sour)

2. An interesting question for all of you. How many seats does the US senate have? 

100 (Dead! - My Chemical Romance)

3. Scott Brown ran for office again, and lost again which was nice to see. He actually was featured in a magazine in his early 20s as the sexiest man in the country. What magazine was it? 

Cosmopolitan (Because I Got High - Afroman)

4. So one of the ballot questions concerned casinos in Massachusetts. The vote went through and casinos will eventually come to the state, specifically one Vegas casino has already made plans to build a $800 million casino in Springfield. What casino am I talking about?

MGM Resorts (‘97 Bonnie & Clyde - Eminem) Start at 30 seconds

Bonus Round: 

So there was one senatorial election in the state of Massachusetts with the democratic party winning. I want you to tell me at least 5 senators the state of Massachusetts has had in the past 50 years. 

Ed Markey (Good Vibrations - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch)

Elizabeth Warren (Why Can’t We Be Friends? - War)

Scott Brown (Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - James Brown)

Ted Kennedy (Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys)

John Kerry (Knock You Down - Keri Hilson)

Round 2: Barack Obama: Our Favorite President

1. So everybody knows Barack Obama was born in Hawaii (allegedly). I want to know where was his wife born? 

Chicago (Saturday In The Park - Chicago)

2. So once upon a time Obama was a student just like all of us. Where did he attend college? 

Harvard (Harder To Breathe - Maroon 5)

3. So Obama has had his low share of approval ratings, but not nearly as bad as others since the statistic has been introduced in 1937. What president has had the lowest approval rating in history? 

Harry Truman (Jump In The Line - Harry Belafonte)

4. So Obama made waves for being the first African-American president in our history. He also made headlines for appointing the first latina supreme court justice. What is her name? 

Sonia Sotomayor (Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield)

Bonus Round: 

I want to know the 5 states that Presidents have been most affiliated with in history. Essentially what states have been the home/political home to the most presidents? 

New York 6 (If I Knew - Bruno Mars)

Ohio 6 (Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players)

Virginia 5 (Gin And Juice - Snoop Dogg)

Massachusetts 4 (Supermassive Black Hole - Muse)

California 3

Illinois 3 (Bring Tha Noize - Public Enemy & Anthrax)

Texas 3

Tennessee 3

Round 3: Super Hero Movies

1. So one of my favorite super hero movies of all time is Kick Ass featuring one of the greatest actors of all time Nicolas Cage. What is Nicolas Cage’s highest grossing movie? 

National Treasure (Sure Shot - Beastie Boys)

2. So while Scott Pilgrim vs. The World isn’t really a superhero movie, it kinda is because Scott gets crazy fighting powers out of nowhere. In it he falls in love with a girl named Ramona, but has an awkward situation because he is dating a 17 year old asian girl. What was her name? 

Knives (Holy Diver - Killswitch Engage)

3. So the Avengers are awesome and the first movie was really good. In it it featured 3 of the original 5 members of the Avengers from the comics. What was the name of the other two members? I’ll give you full points if you give me one and bonus points if both. 

Ant-man and The Wasp (Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant)

4. One super hero movie that was a huge flop was The Green Lantern starring Ryan Reynolds, meh. I want to know the name of the home planet of the Green Lantern Corps. 

Oa (Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison)

Bonus Round: 

So Batman is my favorite superhero of all time and has been played by many actors. Tell me 5 actors that have played Batman in movies and tv shows, all live action. 

Adam West (If I Had You - Adam Lambert)

Val Kilmer (Mr. Brightside - The Killers)

Michael Keaton (Feeling Good - Michael Buble)

George Clooney (Knee Deep - Zac Brown Band)

Christian Bale (Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground)

Round 4: Tom Brady is better than Peyton Manning

1. So the Patriots and Broncos recently played at Gillette Stadium, the home of the Patriots since 2003. What was the name of their original stadium? 

Foxboro Stadium (Twentieth Century Fox - The Doors)

2. Brady is such a handsome man, and is the cover boy for Uggs. Yep he does commercials for Uggs. What country were Uggs created in? 

Australia or New Zealand (Landed - Ben Folds)

3. So Brady is married to Gisele Bundchun, one of the most gorgeous supermodels in the world. What country is Gisele from? 

Brazil (Brass In Pocket - Pretenders)

4. Simple question where did Brady go to college and where did Manning to college? 

Michigan and Tennessee (Ten Thousand Hours - Macklemore)

Bonus Round:

Peyton Manning has been in a lot of funny commercials for various companies. Name me 5 companies Peyton has been in commercials for. 

Nationwide (Wide Awake - Katy Perry)

Mastercard (Master Exploder - Tenacious D)

Gatorade (High and Dry - Radiohead)

Sprint (Meant To Live - Switchfoot)

Oreos (Rio - Duran Duran)

Scores

1. Hakuna Matata: 85 pts.

2. Fuckin Rocket Science: 82 pts.

3. You Can Settle On My Wood Port: 81 pts.

4. Pound Sign Super Dope: 80 pts.

5. Children of the Corn: 79 pts.

6. Watermelon Gang Bang: 70 pts.

7. Crunchy Roll: 66 pts.

8. This is a Test: DNF

9. Tina Dates a Ghost: DNF

Picture Question

Question: What are people really doing in the voter booth?

Winner: Watermelon Gang Bang

Runner Up: Hakuna Matata

Standings

1. You Can Settle On My Wood Port: 53 + 7 = 60 pts.

2. Pound Sign Super Dope: 44 + 6 = 50 pts.

3. Watermelon Gang Bang: 41 + 4 = 45 pts.

4. Fuckin Rocket Science: 27 + 8 = 35 pts.

5. Beach House Jesus: 30 pts.

6. Crunchy Roll: 25 + 3 = 28 pts.

7. George Will Dia-a-Beat Your Ass: 18 + 1 = 19 pts.

8. Donnie Darko and the Chocolate Homonculus: 18 pts.

9. Hakuna Matata: 4 + 9 = 13 pts.

9. Tell Me You Want Me/The Nine Nine/Children of the Corn: 8 + 5 = 13 pts.

10. Team Mouse Rat/This is a Test: 8 + 2 = 10 pts.

Fall League Trivia 10/29/14: Halloween Edition

Round 1: I’ve Got Free Candy

1. So if you don’t know the Clark Bar is a candy bar that shares the name with our fantastic school. I want to know what candy making company makes the Clark Bar? 

NECCO (Protect Ya Neck - Wu-Tang Clan) Start at 20 seconds

2. There’s a song called I Want Candy originally produced in the 1960s, but more famously covered by the one and only Aaron Carter. I want to know Aaron Carter’s best selling album? 

Aaron’s Party (Helicopter - Bloc Party)

3. John Candy is one of my favorite comic actors of all time and sadly died at the young age of 43. I want to know the name of John Candy’s last film that he starred in. 

Canadian Bacon (Short Skirt/Long Jacket - Cake)

4. So free candy is given out on Halloween, and also given out in creepy vans. Speaking of vans I want to know what was the best selling minivan in the US last year? 

Honda Odyssey (Space Oddity - David Bowie) Start at 20 seconds

Bonus Round: 

Speaking of vans, I’m going to talk about a different type of Vans, as in the shoes. I want to know the top 5 selling sneaker brands of last year? 

Nike (Unbreakable - Alicia Keys)

Adidas (Highway Star - Deep Purple)

Puma (Boom - P.O.D.)

Reebok (Anna Sun - Walk The Moon)

Converse (Verses from the Abstract - A Tribe Called Quest)

Round 2: Pumpkin spice latte’s

1. Latte’s are an awesome combination of coffee an d steamed milk, so I’ve heard I don’t drink coffee. The word latte is used in English as a shortened version of the word in Italian. Café latte or cafellate.  In Italy they ofen used stove top devices to make coffee in the morning that passes steam from boiling water through coffee grounds called a “Moka pot” I want to know which worldwide company makes these?

Bialleti- Billie Jean, Michael Jackson

2. So obviously Dunkin Donuts has made the pumpkin spice latte famous as well as Starbucks and a comedic target for late night tv shows. What I want to where the first DD was founded?

Quincy, MA-  Another one bites the dust, Queen

3. Pumpkin spice is delicious but isn’t all pumpkin, a lot of other things are in pumpkin spice. Often including a lot of sugar.  I want to know what the most popular sweetener in the U.S. is

High Fructose Corn Syrup-  Habits, Tove Lo

4. What color do pumpkins naturally come in?

Orange, Green, White, Blue- Let’s Stay Together, Al Green

5. Pumpkins are a huge part of Halloween traditions here in the U.S as well as putting on ridiculous costumes.  Last weekend I went apple picking, and somehow got sucked into pumpkin picking as well. I actually hate carving pumkins. What I want to know is what country did the Jack O Lantern orginate from?

Ireland- Ironman, Black Sabbath

Bonus Round:

So a pumpkin is part of the gourd vegetable family. I want to know as many gourds as you can name?

Cucumber- I will follow you into the dark, Death Cab for Cutie

Zuccini- Genie in a bottle, Christina Aguilera

Honeydoo melons-  Do Me!, Bell Biv DeVoe

Cantelope- Cant hold us, Macklemore

Watermelons- Waterfalls, TLC

Round 3: Will has a new job

1. I started a new job last week as an EMT-B for Vital EMS. I want to know EMT-B stand for

Emergency Medical Technician-Basic, All about that Base- Meaghan Trainor

2. Fall is my favorite season, behind winter. I want to know what date does winter start.

Sunday, December 21^st.  21 guns, Green Days

3. EMS was born out of a document written by which department of the U.S government? ( Its no the department of health)-

DOT-  Just what I needed, The cars

4. So last weekend I got a call in the middle of the night because somebody decided to tear a door of one of the Escort vans. Let’s see how observant you all are. Escort has three of the same vans, the ones most often used. I want to know what make and model they are?

Kia Sedona-  Chandelier, SIA

Bonus Round:

List all the EMS companies in Worcester? (No song clues)

WEMS

Vital

MedStar

Lifeline

Eascare

Round 4: The Monster Mash

1. Monster movies date all the way back to the early 1900s with German filmmakers producing The Golem and Nosferatu. Just to clarify: monsters could be huge monsters or just creatures innocent civilians need to protect themselves against. It wasn’t until 1931 when American filmmakers jumped on the bandwagon and created a monster movie. What was the first American monster movie? 

Dracula or Frankenstein (Thinkin Bout You - Frank Ocean)

2. So some friendlier monsters are of course the monsters in Monsters, Inc. The voice cast was star-studded, and I want to know who voiced the main villain of the movie Randall? 

Steve Buscemi (Machinehead - Bush)

3. So Daenarys or Dany is known as the Mother of Dragons in the Game of Thrones series. I want to know the names of her dragons. 

Drogon, Rhaegal, Viserion (Mess Around - Ray Charles)

4. So growing up I loved going to arcades, and specifically playing a game that featured Godzilla, King Kong, and a giant werewolf. You could have 3 players at once trying to defeat the military troops trying to kill you. What game am I talking about? 

Rampage (White Blank Page - Mumford & Sons)

Bonus Round:

So Godzilla is one of the best monsters of all time because he destroys things but also saves the world from even worse monsters. He’s basically Japan’s Superman. Tell me 5 monsters Godzilla has fought and defeated in his movies. 

King Kong (This Magic Moment - Ben E. King)

Mothra (Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda – Allan Sherman)

Ghidorah (Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down)

Gaigan (The Worst Guys - Childish Gambino)

Destoroyah (Seek & Destroy - Metallica)

Scores

1. Watermelon Gang Bang: 96 pts.

2. Mom and Dad Will You Be Happy For Halloween Please?: 88.5 pts.

3. The Nine-Nine: 75 pts.

4. You Can Settle On My Wood Port: 73 pts.

5. George Will Dia-a-Beat Your Ass: 72 pts.

6. Pound Sign Super Dope: 71 pts.

7. Big Butt, Little Butt: 52 pts.

8. Fuckin Rocket Science: 46 pts.

Picture Question:

Question: Draw me the worst "Couples costume" that you can think of

Winner: The Nine-Nine

Runner Up: Pound Sign Super Dope

Standings

1. You Can Settle On My Wood Port: 48 + 5 = 53 pts.

2. Pound Sign Super Dope: 41 + 3 = 44 pts.

3. Watermelon Gang Bang: 33 + 8 = 41 pts.

4. Beach House Jesus: 23 + 7 = 30 pts.

5. Fuckin Rocket Science: 26 + 1 = 27 pts.

6. Crunchy Roll: 25 pts.

7. George Will Dia-a-Beat Your Ass: 14 + 4 = 18 pts.

7. Donnie Darko and the Chocolate Homonculus: 16 + 2 = 18 pts.

8. Team Mouse Rat: 8 pts.

8. Tell me You Want Me/The Nine Nine: 2 + 6 = 8 pts.

9. Hakuna Matata: 4 pts.