Trivia at Moynihan's: October 2015

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Fall League 10/21/15

Picture Question: What will the world look like in 30 years?
Winner: Lizard Squad

Round: Weird Injuries

So I have a lot of weird injuries and problems, and it becomes very frustrating to deal with.

My most recent weird injury was a fractured foot. That I got walking off my front porch. at 10 am. While headed to the gym. It was embarrassing. Anyway, what is the most common sports injury?

Ankle Sprain (Anklebiters- Paramore)

Another one is I had chronic tonsillitis. Not fun to have septic tonsils. During this time I was abroad. I didn’t want to fly home though. What is the world's largest airline?

American Airlines Group (American Idiot- Green Day)

Another fun one was that I shattered my pinky. I fell down. Not great. It was my right hand, which is my writing hand. Unfortunately I’m not left handed. But a bunch of presidents are. How many of the last 14 presidents were left handed?

Seven (6 Foot 7 Foot- Lil Wayne)

I also got a concussion once from a lollypop. Also embarrassing. A boy who liked me threw it at me, but I was 16, so that’s pretty embarrassing for him too. Which company sells the most candy?

Kraft Foods Co/Cadbury (Bring it Back- Shy , Aleon Craft)

I had six wisdom teeth, which means I’m wicked wise. Like Athena. Please name me 5 other greek gods.

Zeus (Dancing in the Dark- Bruce Springsteen)

Hera

Poseidon

Demeter (Cool For the Summer- Demi Lovato)

Ares

Athena

Apollo (Follow Me- Uncle Kracker)

Artemis (Art Deco- Lana Del Rey)

Hephaestus

Aphrodite

Hermes (Hermes- Santana)

Dionysus

Hades

Hypnos

Nike

Janus

Nemesis

Iris

Hecate

Tyche

Round: Filipino Heritage Month

So someone quickly reminded me that it was Filipino Heritage Month. Manny Pacqueo is one of the Philippines national heroes for all of the boxing titles that he’s won. He is currently the second highest paid athlete in 2015. Who is the highest paid athlete in 2015? Hint: he is also a boxer. Floyd Mayweather (Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepson)

There’s a ton of famous people who are Filipino that I’m sure you didn’t know. One of the Black Eye Peas rappers is Filipino, and the reason why I’m not telling you his name is because I have no idea how to pronounce it. Allan Pinedo Lindo? Well Bruno Mars is also Filipino! What is currently the most played Bruno Mars Song accordingly to Spotify? Locked Out of Heaven (Just Like Heaven - The Cure)

Yo-yo’s were a big deal in the Philippines for 400 years, but not because they were in entertaining toy.What were Yo-Yo’s used for in the Philippines? - Weapons (Pon de Replay - Rhianna)

People always joke that super attractive, ethnically-ambiguous actors are some percentage Filipino, because a lot of them are. Vanessa Hudgens from High School Musical is one of those ethnically-ambiguous actors who ends up half Filipino. How many high school musical movies are there? Not including spin-offs. 3 (Kryptonite - Three Doors Down)

My favorite Filipino actor is Rob Schneider. He’s from SNL and he’s best friends with Adam Sandler. Name me 5 movies that include both Rob Schneider and Adam Sandler

The Waterboy

Big Daddy

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Little Nicky (Starships - Nikki Minaj)

The Animal (Animal - Neon Trees)

Mr. Deeds

Eight Crazy Nights (December, 1963 (Oh What A night) - Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons)

The Hot Chick

50 First Dates (First Date - Blink 182)

The Longest Yard

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Grandma’s Boy

The Benchwarmers (She Keeps Me Warm - Mary Lambert)

Click

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

You Don’t Mess With The Zohan

Bedtime Stories

Grown Ups

Round: Baby, it’s getting really a bit too cold outside for my tastes

Before I moved to Massachusetts, I thought I liked the snow. I was wrong. So I’m a bit unhappy about the changing weather.

One thing that I think of in this weather is that I need to dig my coats out. And scarves. And gloves. At least I don’t have to throw down my gloves to duel people. The most famous duel is of course my man Alexander Hamilton. Who killed him?

Aaron Burr (Furr- Blitzen Trapper)

Snowiest city in USA.State is good enough.

Valdez, Alaska (Valerie- Amy Winehouse)

In the winter, dating website profiles increase. Most popular dating website

Match.com (3 AM- Matchbox 20)

No Matter how bad the weather gets, it will never be as bad as the cold war, amirite? Who was the first ruler of the soviets?

Lenin (Steal My Sunshine- LEN)

Top 5 Coldest cities in USA.

Duluth, Minnesota (What I’ve Done- Linkin Park)

Willston, North Dakota (Freedom- Pharrell Williams)

Fargo, North Dakota (You’re Gonna Go Far Kid- The Offspring)

Grand Forks, North Dakota (Back To You- Twin Forks)

Fairbanks, Alaska (Fairly Local- 21 Pilots)

Round: Back To The Future Day

So today is the one day that they travel to in Back To The Future 2, today is the day where the future is supposed to finally be here. Except not really. I was at the DMV a few weeks back and that’s enough proof that we are not in the future. What was the name of Michael J. Fox’s character in Back to the Future? Marty McFly (Fly - Sugar Ray)

One of the movie’s most iconic props was the vehicle they used to time travel. It was characterized by the chrome finish, gullwing doors that open upwards. What is the name of the car that they used as a time traveling machine? Delorean (Miss Delaney - Jack’s Mannequin)

Did you know, for $40,000, you can own one of those cars for yourself today! The factory still exists and only makes the pieces for the exact model from the movie. What country is this manufacturing factory located in? Ireland (Irreplacable - Beyonce)

Up until 2007, you could go on a Back To the Future simulation ride in the United States. What theme park had this ride? Universal Studios Florida (Poppin’ Them Thangs - G Unit)

Name 5 technological advantages that Back to the Future says we’ll have by 2015 that we do not have easy access too.

Flying Cars (Just What I Needed - The Cars)

Robots automated everything (Call Your Girlfriend -Robyn)

Eye-Tech

Hoverboards (Under The Boardwalk -The Drifters)

Jaws 19 (Do you still hate me - the jaw breakers

Dehydrated Food

Rejuvination Clinic

Self-tying shoelaces (Diamond on the soul of her shoes - Paul Simon)

Zappers (Putting people to sleep)

Week 6 Scores

Lizard Squad: 44 pts

Faith +1: 44 pts

Make America Grape Again: 43 pts

Molasses Landslide/ Grundler Grinder Reunion/Stefon and The Jacked Kangaroo Squad: 41 pts

Indische Bus Fahrer: 38 pts

Green is not a Creative Color/ I'm Only Here to Get in Chris' Pants/That's a Bad Miss: 35 pts

Chortling with Rapturous Glee: 27 pts

Crunchy Roll: 26 pts

Dr. Brief's Undergarment Sales Team: 22 pts

Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA: 21 pts

Do it 4 the Kids: 17 pts

I Got 99 Cookies Cause a Bitch Ate One: 8 pts

Trump 4 Eva: 7 pts

The Lobstabacks (Ain't No Lobstaback Girl): 5 pts

Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons (Frankie is in the bathroom): 4 pts

Los Gringos Latinos: 4 pts

H224: 4 pts

Why Aren't Hamburgers Called Beef Burgers: 3 pt

Deez Nuts 4 Prez: 2 pts

Jolly Joe's Giants: 2 pts

Big Booty Bitches: 1 pt

Two Winning Guys: 1pt

Ole: 1 pt

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Fall League Trivia 10/14

Picture Question: What is a test you would definitely fail?
Picture:

Round: Facts.

this round is about things that i know to be true above all else.

most romantic song ever. Everywhere by fleetwood Mac. who is lead singer of fleetwood mac?

Stevie Nicks (I Love it When You Cry- Steve Akoi, Moxie Raia)

Black boots are the best thing in the world. How long has Doc Martin been a business?

1947 (47- New Found Glory)

The best color is blue. Most popular favorite color?

Blue (Don’t Fear the reaper- Blue Oyster Cult)

If I had a superpower, I would want it to be shapeshifting. which x-man character shapeshifts?

Mystique (Feel Right- Mark Ronson, Mystical)

Books are the only friends a girl needs. Top five best selling non religious books of all time.

Tale of Two Cities (Safe and Sound- Capital Cities)

The Lord of the Rings (Big Rings- Drake and Future)

The Hobbit (Habits- Tove Lo)

La Petit Prince (Princess of China- Coldplay)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Everyday People- Sly and the Family Stone)

Round: Alcohol edu

tell the story about getting really drunk and climbing into a construction site and how how I had to do alcohol edu because of it. So here’s some questions about alcohol which would never be on a school’s probationary alcoholedu questionaire.

What is the official alcoholic beverage of the United States?

Bourbon (Skinny Love - Bon Iver)

My favorite drink outside of beer is a gin and tonic. Gin is made from what fruit?

Juniper (Jump - Kris Kross)

I didn’t really drink much until I turned 21 because that’s the drinking age here and I’m 100% a law abiding citizen. But other countries have different drinking ages. What is the oldest drinking age enforced by law in the world?

21 (Only One - Yellowcard)

What does the word whiskey translate to?

Water of Life (Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters)

Top 5 most popular brand’s of beer by sales volume

Budlight (Everyday - Buddy Holly)

Coors Light (More Than A Feeling - Boston)

Budweiser (Wiseman - Slightly Stoopid)

Miller Light (A Milli - Lil Wayne)

Natural Light (Bloodbuzz Ohio - The National)

Round: 90’s Kids Will Remember this…

So we’re all 90’s kids. by that, I mean, we were all born in the early 90s and probably were between ten and 6 in 2000. So 90s kids. I wanted to do some trivia that would hopefully play to your strengths.

Everyone had Tamigotchis back in the day. Tamagotchi is a combination of two japanese words. What are these words?

Egg and Watch (Watch Me whip/naenae- Silento)

The first woman secretary of state was also during the 90s. What was her name?

Madeline Albright (Mr. Brightside- The Killers)

I think Friends was the most 90s thing ever. Who sang the Friends theme song?

The Rembrandts (Remember the Name- Fort Minor)

Titanic was also a real big deal back in the day. What year did the real Titanic sink?

1912 (Songs on 12 Play- Chris Brown, Trey Songz)

Pokemon is easily the most 90s thing I can think of. But you all know the three starters, I’m sure. so I’ve decided to make it a bit more difficult. What are the next two evolutions of the three starter (so squirtle, charmander and bulbasaur)?

Ivysaur (Sound System- Operation Ivy)

Venusaur

Charmeleon (Semi Charmed Life- Third Eye Blind)

Charizard (Boom Clap- Charli XCX)

Wartortle (First- Cold War Kids)

Blastoise (Faith- Blasterjaxx)

Round: Breakfast Foods

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, which is what people have told me my entire life and I still do not know why. Maybe that could have been a trivia question. What breakfast dish is notorious for it’s inclusion hollandaise sauce?

eggs benedict (You Don’t Know Me - Ben Folds)

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Fall League Trivia 10/7

Picture Question: Best new watch technology
Winner: Make America Grape Again

Round: Famous drinks
Big Lebowski white russian. How long did USSR last?
69 Years (Summer of 69- Bryan Adams)
James Bond, Shaken not stirred. How many James Bond Movies have their been?
23 (23- Mike Will Made it, Miley Cyrus)
Chianti. Hannibal Lecter. What is the name of Jodie Foster’s character?
Clarice Starling (Counting Stars- One Republic)
Sweet Vermoth on the Rocks with a twist. Groundhog day. Where does Groundhog day take place?
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (Memories- New World Punx)
Sex and the City. Cosmos. What was the name of the women?
Carrie (Carried Away- Passion Pit)
Samantha (Omen- Disclosure, Sam Smith)
Charlotte (I Don’t Wanna Be In Love- Good Charlotte)
Miranda (Something Bad- Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood)
Which one you think I am (Best of You- Foo Fighters)

Round: First For Everything
There’s a first for everything so my first round of trivia tonight will be about firsts! The first CD I ever owned was a Flyleaf CD in 8th grade. What was CD-ROM short for? - Compact Disc Read Only Memory (Memory - Sugarcult)
Which American male recording artist has the most gold, platinum and multiplatinum records? - Elvis (Burn - Ellie Goulding)
I was the first person to live in the house I grew up in, I remember seeing them build it when I was like two years old. I never had to worry about someone dying in my attic 40 years ago and haunting me at night. Who was the first president to live in the white house? - John Adams (Heard ‘Em Say - Kanye West and Adam Levine)
I could never imagine being the first person to invent anything because how do you know someone else isn’t trying to do it at this very second. Name me the beverage that was referred to as “Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage” when it first came out? Coca Cola (West Coast - Coconut Records)
I still don’t feel like people talk about this enough because it’s about damn time this happened. Name me the first 5 states that legalized gay marriage. I also hope the answer I have is accurate or I’m going to feel really bad.
MA (The State of Massachusetts - Dropkick murphys)
Iowa (Wannabe - Spice girls)
CT (Cute Without the “E’(Cut From the Team) - Taking Back Sunday)
Vermont (Little Talks - Of Monster and Men)

New Hampshire (Handlebars - Flobots)

Round 2 - VAMPIRES

1. In the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, what is the name of her British watcher and mentor?

Rupert Giles (8 Mile by Eminem)

2. Which movie did Dracula actor Bela Lugosi appear in, directed by Ed Wood in 1959,that is frequently cited as the worst film of all time?

Plan 9 from Outer Space (Spaceman by the Killers)

3. In the TV series Adventure Time, Marceline the Vampire Queen does not need to drink blood. She consumes this substance instead. What is it?

The shades of the color red (Can’t Stop Red Hot Chili Peppers)

4. What is the final book in the Twilight series?

Breaking Dawn (Spring Break Anthem by The Lonely Island)

Name the top 5 highest-grossing Vampire movies that are NOT Twilight.

Hotel Transylvania (Hotel California by The Eagles)

Van Helsing (Iron Man by Black Sabbath)

Interview with the Vampire (We Intertwined by The Hush Sound)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (Gold on the Ceiling by the Black Keys)

Blade II (Laid by James)

Round: Birdman
Fun fact: I have a cousin named Chicken. What is a group of chickens called?
Peep (Rolling in the Deep - Adele)
Another fun fact that I’m not going to show you right now, I can casually bird whistle. Why do hummingbirds hum?
vibration of their wings (Wing Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler)
Someone one mentioned to me that I should do some Harry Potter trivia. And I was going to ask you what’s the name of Harry’s owl, which is Hedwig, but I felt like that was too easy. This probably isn’t much harder. What type of owl is Hedwig?
Snow Owl (Snow (Hey Oh) - RHCP
So for some reason I really love seagulls and the sounds they make. I was wondering who voiced the Seagulls in Finding Nemo and it turns out it’s the same guy who did one of the voices of 1 of the 3 siblings in Animaniacs. Name me the 3 siblings in Animaniacs.
Wakko, Yakko, Dot (Wake Me Up - Avicii)
5 classes of vertebrae other than bird:
Mammals (Animal I Have Become - Three Days Grace)
Amphibians (Amber - 311)
fishes (I Wish - SkeeLo)
reptiles (reptilia - the strokes)

bird (I’m like a bird - Nelly Fertado)

Week 6 Scores
Lizard Squad: 42 pts
Faith +1: 34 pts
Make America Grape Again: 33 pts
Molasses Landslide/ Grundler Grinder Reunion/Stefon and The Jacked Kangaroo Squad: 32 pts
Indische Bus Fahrer: 25 pts
Green is not a creative color/ I'm Only Here to Get in Chris' Pants/That's a Bad Miss: 25 pts
Crunchy Roll: 22 pts
Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA: 20 pts
Chortling with Rapturous Glee: 17 pts
Do it 4 the Kids: 16 pts
Dr. Brief's Undergarment Sales Team: 15 pts
I Got 99 Cookies Cause a Bitch Ate One: 8 pts
The Lobstabacks (Ain't No Lobstaback Girl): 5 pts
Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons (Frankie is in the bathroom): 4 pts
Los Gringos Latinos: 4 pts
H224: 4 pts
Deez Nuts 4 Prez: 2 pts
Jolly Joe's Giants: 2 pts
Big Booty Bitches: 1 pt
Two Winning Guys: 1pt
Why Aren't Hamburgers Called Beef Burgers: 1 pt

Ole: 1 pt

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Fall League 9/30

Picture Question: Wildest Birthday Party
Winner: That's a Bad Miss

Round: Sports
Sometimes I feel bad because I don’t do any sports questions, and it seems like that’s what people really know. So here’s my try. I think my favorite olympic athlete is Apolo Ohno. What sport does he compete in?
Speed Skating (Short Track) (Speed of Sound- Coldplay)
I also like the historical sports, too, of course. Why is a marathon called a marathon?
A man ran 26.2 miles on a field called marathon then died. (Ran off the night- Echosmith)
Lebron James is pretty important I think. I’m not positive. What city was Lebron born in?
Akron, Ohio (Ohio is for lovers- Hawthorne heights)
Who is hosting the next olympics?
Rio De Janeiro (Shine On- RIO)
Please name me any 5 of the women on the winning roster of the fifa championship.
Shannon Boxx
Morgan Brian
Lori Chalupny
Crystal Dunn
Whitney Engen
Ashlyn Harris
Tobin Heath
Lauren Holiday (Roman Holiday- Halsey)
Julie Johnston
Meghan Klingenberg
Ali Krieger
Sydney Leroux
Carli Lloyd (I Really Like You- Carly Rae Jepsen)
Alex Morgan
Alyssa Naeher
Kelley O'Hara
Heather O'Reilly
Christen Press (Under Pressure- David Bowie, Queen)
Christie Rampone
Megan Rapinoe
Amy Rodriguez
Becky Sauerbrunn
Hope Solo (Ridin’ Solo- Jason Derulo)
Abby Wambach (Gonna Get You Someday- Wig Wam)

Round: Writing Samples
I thought I would be done with homework and word documents when I was done with school but that’s all I stare at at work so here’s a bunch of randomly language-related trivia questions! What is the little dot above the letter I called?
Tittle (Titanium - david guetta + sia)
My family wasn’t big on scrabble growing up, we never played. But I did find out that Nu-Cafe is a scrabble night once a week that I’d happily go to with anyone here. What is the highest scoring word in scrabble? Includes double and triple letter score.
Quartzy (Another One Bites The Dust - Queen)
I remember at one point in my life, I thought I could be a professional Speller and win every spelling bee ever. What is the longest english word without vowel?
Rhythms (Umbrella - Rihanna)
What’s the first word was voted into being a word via an internet vote (New Girl)?
Adorkable (Scott’s A Dork - Reel Big Fish)
I definitely need to learn another language at some point in my life. Name me the top 5 languages spoken in the world other than english
Spanish (The Space Between - DMB)
Chinese - (Sober - Childish Gabino)
Hindi (Depends - Blink 182)
Arabic (Recycled Air - The Postal Service)
Portugese (Portugal - Walk the Earth)

Round: Midwestern Struggles
it’s hard being a midwesterner. I just don’t understand the culture here at all.
Cornbread. Which state grows the most corn?
Iowa (Do Wah Diddy- Manfred Man)
Baseball/Cards. Which team won the most world series?
Yankees (Rompe- Daddy Yankee)
Steak and Shake. What year were hamburgers invented?
1880 (Gold- Macklemore, Eighty4fly)
Weird family with hunting. Which animal kills the most humans?
Mosquitoes (Ego- Beyonce)
Which states qualify as the midwest?
Illinois
Indiana (Indy Kidz- Cage the Elephant)
Iowa
Kansas (Carry On My Wayward Son- Kansas)
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri (Get Your Freak On- Missy Elliot)
Nebraska
North Dakota (Dakota- Stereophonics)
Ohio
South Dakota

Wisconsin (Banana Pancakes- Jack Johnson)

Round: Birthdays
So it is my birthday in an hour so here’s a trivia round of birthday questions. What is a golden birthday? (Not pee related)
When your birthday and your age is the same (Insane in the Brain - Cyprus Hill)
Everyone always looks forward to a fun birthday party. What is the most celebrated birthday throughout the world?
Christmas (Loyal - Chris Brown)
What month is the most common birthday in?
October (Berserk - Eminem)
What famous playwright died on his own 52nd birthday?
Shakespeare (Shake It Off - KidzBop)
Top 5 most popular girl names in 2015?
Emma (For Emma - Bon iver)
Olivia (You Only Live Once - The Strokes
Sophia (So Fresh, So Clean - Outkast)
Isabella (This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan)

Ava (Sk8ter Boi - Avril Lavigne)

Week 5 Scores

Lizard Squad: 32 pts

Faith +1: 30 pts

Molasses Landslide/ Grundler Grinder Reunion/Stefon and The Jacked Kangaroo Squad: 29 pts

Indische Bus Fahrer: 25 pts

Make America Grape Again: 25 pts

Do it 4 the Kids: 16 pts

Crunchy Roll: 16 pts

Green is not a creative color/ I'm Only Here to Get in Chris' Pants/That's a Bad Miss: 16 pts

Dr. Brief's Undergarment Sales Team: 15 pts

Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA: 15 pts

Chortling with Rapturous Glee: 10 pts