Friday, November 27, 2015

Fall League Trivia 11/18

Picture Question: Your Ideal Thanksgiving Dinner
Congratulations, Green is not A Creative Color!


Round: That Thanksgiving feeling
Thanksgiving is a time to avoid your family, over eat and celebrate the killing of the native americans. So of course I am going to ask you some themed questions, since I won’t be seeing your beautiful sunshiny faces next week.
Jamestown was one of the first European settlements in North America. Who founded this settlement?
Captain John Smith (Latch- disclosure, sam smith)
What was the first department store to have a parade?
Gimbels (Gimme More- Britney Spears)
nothing more american than thanksgiving. pardoning turkeys. national holiday no school. Who was the first president to make thanksgiving a national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln (Numb/Encore- Linkin Park, Jay Z)
emailing my dad. making rolls. side dishes. veg life. Most popular side dish?
Mashed potatoes (Hands Down- Dashboard Confessional)
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  (Danger Zone- Kenny Loggins)
eBay (Sittin on the dock of the bay-otis redding)
Walmart (Another Brick in the Wall- Pink Floyd)
Best Buy (Best I Ever Had- Drake)
Target (Easy Target- Blink 182)


Round: Turnkeys
In 1953, we grossly overestimated how much Turkey the United States would eat, so they had a huge excess and chopped it all up, and froze it, thus creating the very first tv dinner. What was the company to release the very first TV dinners?
Swanson (Carry on Wayward Son - Kansas)
United States is the only country to celebrate Thanksgiving, Canada does as well! So Thanksgiving in the US always falls on the 4th Thursday in November What day does Canadian Thanksgiving fall on? Second Monday of October / October 12 (She’s Kinda Hot - 5 Seconds of Summer)
We were so close to having the Turkey as our national symbol instead of the Bald Eagle. What founding father proposed that we make Turkey the national symbol of the United States?
Benjamin Franklin (Respect - Aretha franklin)
So female turkeys are called hen. What is the name for a male Turkey?
Tom (Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty)
Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks. Name me the top 5 charities with the most views on their website this month
Wounded Warrior Project (First - Cold War Kids)
Heifer Project International (London Br idge - Fergie)
American Red Cross (Otherside - RHCP)
Doctor’s Without A Border (Two Princes - Spin Doctors)
St. Jude’s Children Hospital (Hey Jude - The Beatles)

Round: Tall Things
What is the name of the tallest statue in the world?
Spring Temple Buddha in China (Dancing in the Dark- Bruce Springsteen)
Tall is a drink size at Starbucks.  What is the name of the largest drink size Starbucks offers?
Trenta (Lean on-Pentatonix) 
The Eiffel Tower is the tallest structure in Paris.  What is the full name of the architect and engineer of the Eiffel Tower?
Gustave Eiffel (Bust A Move- Young MC)
 One the greatest legends in American tall tales is the story of Paul Bunyan.  Paul Bunyan had a pet ox that was blue, what’s its name?
Babe the Blue Ox (Babel- Mumford and Sons)
Basketball players are tall.  Name the top five leaders in career points.
 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Carried Away- Passion Pit)
Karl Malone (No Flex Zone- Rae Stremmund) 
Michael Jordan (Hold On, We’re Going Home- Drake, Majid Jordan) 
Kobe Bryant (My Body- Young the Giant)
Wilt Chamberlain (Guilty Pleasure-Cobra Starship)

Round: DJT
If you didn’t know, DJT stands for Donald John Trump. The big man himself made his way into Worcester the same week that the Worcester Armory was robbed of a bunch of assault weapons. Bold choice. But just like every other classic presidential candidate, Trump had quite the acting career before he announced his bid in the presidential race. What is the only acting award Donald Trump has won for his role in the 1999 film Ghosts Can’t Do It? 
Worst Supporting Actor (My Own Worst Enemy - Lit)
Trump’s wealth is apparently hard to measure because Trump announced that his networth is double what Forbes had him listed as. What was Donald Trump’s announced net-worth during his presidential campaign? 
~9 - 10 Billion (Closer - Nine Inch Nails)
Trump is a man of many feats, most importantly the board game he designed in 1989. What’s the name of Donald Trump’s board game? 
Similar to Monopoly Trump the Game (My Name Is Jonas - Weezer)
Trump was a prominent leader in the group pushing for the termination of Barack Obama because they didn’t believe that his birth certificate was real. What city was Barack Obama born in? 
Honolulu Hawaii (Honesty - Cartel)
5 of the top 10 richest people in the world
Bill Gates (Date with the Night)
Carlos Slim Helu (The Real Slim Shady - Eminem)
Warren Buffett (Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffet)
Amancia Wartego
Lance Ellison
Charles Koch
David Koch
Christy Walton (Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed)
Jim Walton
Lianne Bettencourt (better man - pearl jam, skip to 0:40 if you can)


Scores:
Lizard Squad: 64 pts
Make America Grape Again: 64 pts
Molasses Landslide: 58 pts
Green is Not a Creative Color: 51 pts
Faith +1: 46 Pts
Indiche Bus Farher: 45 pts
Dr. Briefs Undergarment Sales Team: 42 pts
Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA: 38 pts
Chortling with Rapturous Glee: 33 pts
Crunchy Roll: 27 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
Dick Fuck Squad: 5 pts
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: 4 pts
H224: 4 pts
Los Gringos Latinos: 4 pts
Snack Attack: 3 pts
Why Aren't Hamburgers Called Beef Burgers: 3 pts
Jolly Joe's Giants: 2 pts
Deez Nuts for Prez: 2 pts
Wet Blood Farts: 1 pt
Three White Russians: 1 pt
Big Booty Bitches: 1 pt
Two Winning Guys: 1 pt
Ole: 1 pt

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