Fall League 10/28

Picture Question: What is the Scariest thing that can happen in your 20s?

Lizard Squad

Round: Spooky Scary

As halloween is around the corner, I’m trying to be seasonally appropriate. The most important part of Halloween is the candy, of course. What is the most sold candy (hint- it includes chocolate)?

Snickers (Nails for Breakfast, Tacks for Snacks- Panic at the Disco)

One St. Louis thing that I miss is that we have kids tell jokes before we give them candy. For instance, why did the skeleton not go to the dance? He had noBODY to dance with! pause for effect. How many bones are in a human skeleton?

206 bones (Two Hundred- Chevy Woods, Juicy J)

How much candy does the average american eat a year?

24 pounds (24 Hours- Joy Division)

I’m predicting this year, or rather hoping, that I’ll have a bit of a hangover the day after halloween. What is the day after halloween called?

All Saint’s Day (My Type- Saint Motel)

Other people like scary movies, I’m just not a huge fan though. What are the five highest grossing horror movies?

The Sixth Sense (679- Fetty Wap, Remy Boyz

Jaws (Jaws Theme Swimming-Brand New)

The Exorcist (Exs and Ohs- Elle King)

What Lies Beneath (Little Lies- Fleetwood Mac)

The Blair Witch Project (Witchcraft- Frank Sinatra)

Round: Saturday Night Costume Party

So Halloween is coming up this Saturday and what I realized lately is how many weird traditions are part of the Halloween experience that I never thought about. Like do you guys know why we carve pumpkins for Jack-O-Lanterns? Well we didn’t always carve pumpkins for that tradition. What were Jack-O-Lanterns originally made up of? Turnips/ Potatoes (Take On Me - Aha)

There’s a lot of different horror tropes during Halloween and the one that makes me the most uncomfortable are clowns. I found out that Ronald McDonald, the clown mascot from McDonalds, is the 2nd most recognizable character in the entire world. 96% of school children can identify him. What is the #1 most most recognizable character in the world? Santa (Santeria - Sublime)

What country does Halloween come from? Scotland (El Scorcho - Weezer)

There’s a famous superstition that only happens on Halloween. Apparently, if you were to put on your clothes inside out and walked backwards on Halloween, something special would visit you at midnight. What would you see if you did this superstition? a witch (Move Bitch - Disturbing The Peace)

Before Halloween ends, I hope you all spend a lot of time watching terrifying horror movies. Name me 5 actors that played Freddy Kreuger

Robert Englund (Your English Is Good - Tokyo Police Club)

Jackie Earle Haley (Decoration - The Early November)

Tobe Sexton (Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too - Say Anything)

Chason Schirmer (You and I Both - Jason Mraz)

Richard Myles (I’m Going be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers)

Roberto Lombardi

Round: Time Flies

I’m tired like all the time but time is always moving so fast. So I’m not sure what is true any more. I’m really excited for thanksgiving break, which is the first time that’s ever happened. How long is a fortnight?

Two Weeks (2 Heads- Coleman Hell)

So many stories start with once upon a time. These usually end with “and they lived happily ever after”. What was the more morbid “happily ever after” originally?

And they lived happily until their death (Death Valley- Fall Out Boy)

Who first proposed daylight savings time?

Benjamin Franklin (Respect- Aretha Franklin)

What day of the week does the month have to start on to have a friday the 13th?

Sunday (Anna Sun- Walk the Moon)

I know I just did a bonus question about movies, but hey I don’t care. What are the top five grossing movies about time travel.

Star Trek (Counting Stars- One Republic)

X- Men Days of Future Past (Trials of the Past- SBTRKT)

Austin Powers Goldmember (Golden- TRavie McCoy, Sia)

Back to the Future (Back it Up- Prince Royce, Pitbull)

Austin Powers: Spy who shagged me (Spy-Skepta)

Round: Number 9

November is named after the Latin word for the number 9. Every November, everyone starts talking about No-Shave November. What is No-Shave November supposed to raise awareness of what issues? Men’s health/prostate cancer (Macho Man - Village People)

There’s a website called NaNoWriMo.com where people sign up on this website to commit to writing a 500,000 story by the end of November. What is NaNoWriMo stand for? National Novel Writing Month (Youth of the Nation - P.O.D)

Some people read their astrological sign daily and they use it to predict how their day is going to go. I am not one of those people becaus e I don’t believe in sounds like an idiot. If you are born in the Month of November, what are the two astrological signs you can fall under? (Two Song Clues)? Sagitarius (Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears for Fears)

Scorpio (Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions)

What element on the periodic table has the atomic number of 9? Fluorine (Shake It Out - Florence And The Machine)

So if you guys haven’t heard, it takes about 9 months for a pregnancy to reach its full term. Name me 5 animals who have a gestation period that’s longer than a humans

Elephant (Burn - Ellie Goulding)
giraffes (Doctor Pepper - Diplo + Riff Raff)
whales (5 Years Time - Noah and the Whale)
walrus (One Headlight - The Wallflower
rhinos
donkey
zebra
camel
sea lion
alpaca
horse (The Funeral - Band of Horses)
llama
seal
cow

Scores:

Lizard Squad: 49 pts

Molasses Landslide: 48 pts

Make America Grape Again: 47 pts

Faith +1: 45 Pts

Green is Not a Creative Color: 43 pts

Indiche Bus Farher: 40 pts

Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA: 28 pts

Chortling with Rapturous Glee:27 pts

Crunchy Roll: 27 pts

Dr. Briefs Undergarment Sales Team: 25 pts

Do it 4 the Kids: 17 pts

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

Trump 4 Eva: 7 pts

Crime Daddies: 6 pts

The Lobstabacks: 5 pts

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: 4 pts

H224: 4 pts

Los Gringos Latinos: 4 pts

Why Aren't Hamburgers Called Beef Burgers: 3 pts

Jolly Joe's Giants: 2 pts

Deez Nuts for Prez: 2 pts

Three White Russians: 1 pt

Big Booty Bitches: 1 pt

Two Winning Guys: 1 pt

Ole: 1 pt