Spring League Trivia 2/24

Picture Question: What crazy thing is Kanye West going to do in the next week? Bonus points if he does it.

Rounds: mild explectives Spring Training, leap years and the Oscars

Round: Mild Expletives

There are two things I pretty much always think is funny. And that is ridiculous pet names and very low level exclamations. For instance, once I called someone “miene kliene wassermelon” which means my little watermelon in german. But today I will be focusing on the other thing.

One of the things my grandma always says is “oh my stars” it cracks me up everytime. What is the smallest type of star in the universe?

Red Dwarf (Face Down- Red Jumpsuit Aparatus)

I lately have taken to saying “oh boy” which is a thing that I like to use to express extreme shock. What was the most popular name for baby boys in 2015?

Jackson (PYT- Michael Jackson)

“Donnerwetter” is something you say in German, mostly if you are an old Austrian person. It mens thunder weather. What is thunder?

Vibration in the air due to lightning (Hurry-Air Traffic Controller)

“Oh jeez” is another great way to barely get around the curse filters. What is jeez a bastardization of?

Jesus (Jesus of Suburbia- Green Day)

I also like using mild curse words. What, according to Carlin are the words you can never say on TV?

Shit (Country Grammar (Hot Shit)- Nelly)

Piss (Kiss From a Rose- Seal)

Fuck (HYFR Hell Yeah Fucking Right- Drake, Lil Wayne)

Cunt

Cocksucker (Rock Your Body- Justin Timberlake)

Motherfucker (The Mother We Share- Churches)

Tits

The Oscars

Despite the fact that The Academy Awards have been around for the better part of a century, there has been only one person named Oscar to win an Oscar.  Who was it?

Oscar Hammerstein II (U Can’t Touch This - MC Hammer)

Oscar isn’t just an award, it’s also a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet.  You know, the one pilots use to talk to each other over the radio when there is a lot of other noise, it goes Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, and so on.  What word represents H, the 8th letter of the alphabet?

Hotel (Hotel California - The Eagles)

Oscar Meyer is another famous Oscar that has nothing to do with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  They do a lot of fun things involving vehicles and catchy jingles. They also have an app called Sizzl, what is there app for?

A dating app for bacon lovers (First Date - Blink-182)

I believe that I have mentioned before that I am a Cubs fan, and as such I love a good loser.  There have been two films to be nominated for 11 Academy Awards and not win any, the most nominations without winning.  Name me one.

The Turning Point (1977) and The Color Purple (1985) (Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix)

Winning an Oscar is great, but to really cement your name in history you have to EGOT, win an Emmy, a Grammy, and Oscar, and a Tony.  12 people have done it in competitive categories, name me five.

Richard Rodgers

Helen Hayes

Rita Moreno (More Than a Feeling - Boston)

John Gielgud
Audrey Hepburn
Marvin Hamlisch
Johnathan Tunick
Mel Brooks (No Sleep til Brooklyn - The Beastie Boys)
Mike Nichols
Whoopi Goldberg (Whoop (There it is) - Tag Team)
Scot Rudin (Rude - MAGIC!)
Robert Lopez (On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez)

Round: Leap Year

wow, leap year again. it’s almost like it has been four years since the last one. There are all sorts of different traditions around leap year and I’m gonna talk about some of them.

One of them, if that shitty romantic comedy “Leap Year” is to believed is women proposing instead of men. You apparently get fined a silk dress if you don’t accept, and I could really use a new dress. So watch out, gentlemen. Who started this tradition?

Queen Margaret of Scotland/ St. Bridget (Bye Bye Birdie- Ann Margret)

JaRule- Leap year baby. feud with 50 cent. Most successful 50 cent song?

In Da Club (Love in this Club- Usher Jeezy)

What is the star sign of those born Feb 29?

Pisces (Nicely Done- Wild party)

pirates of Penzance- in service till 63. Most successful pirate of all time?

Cheng I Sao (Right Thurr- Chingy)

Sports that have been at all summer olympics

Athletics  ( track and field events, road running events, and racewalking events) (Borrowed Time- Athletes in Paris)

Cycling (Cycle of Nightmares- E Dubble)

Fencing (Fences- Phoenix)

Gymnastics (Stereo Hearts- Gym Class Heros)

Swimming (Swimming Pools- Kendrick Lamar)

Spring Training

Spring training started this week for all you baseball fans out there, and for the rest of you, I am sorry you lead such pitiful lives without baseball.  You get to see some really fun stuff during spring training, like last year when Will Ferrell played for 10 different teams in one day, why did he do this?

Raise money for Cancer(Cancer - My Chemical Romance)

Spring training also means the official start of spring, even if it is still February.  It looks awful spring like down in Florida and Arizona.  The Vernal Equinox is more than a month away, so we still have some time left though.  What does vernal, as in vernal equinox, mean?

Spring, from the Latin (Bruce Springsteen, Thunder Road)

When I think spring I also think Springtime For Hitler, that beloved classic musical farce.  Springtime for Hitler is a musical within what other musical?

The Producers (Prodigal Son - The Rolling Stones)

Spring means Easter and Easter means eggs.  Who made the most expensive egg ever sold?

Faberge (Can’t Buy Me Love -The Fab Four)

One of the other perks of Spring Training is you get to see all the athletes rolling up in their ridiculous cars.  I saw one today that had only three wheels and I really didn’t understand it.  Name me five of the top 10 most stolen cars of 2014

10. Nissan Maxima

9. Acura Integra

8. Nissan Altima (Dear Maria, Count Me in - All Time Low)

7. Dodge Caravan (Carry on Wayward Son - Kansas)

6. Dodge Pickup (Full Size)

5. Toyota Camry (Camera - Wiz Khalifa)

4. Chevrolet Pickup (Full Size)

3. Ford Pickup (Full Size) (Kings of Leon - Pickup Truck)

2. Honda Civic

1. Honda Accord (According to You - Orianthi)

Picture winner:

League Standings

Sexiest Ladies in Keno - 42

Lost Profits - 40

Nacho Weincruz - 40

The Team Whose Name I Can't Pronounce - 40

Dead Last - 35

We Love Sports Friends (And We Don't Care Who Knows it) - 33

Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA - 32

The Notorious RBG - 31

Lizard Squad -28

Faith + 1 - 18

The Late Arrivals - 13

Calder's Team Name is Lame (2016) - 11

D$ - 7

Crunchy Roll - 2

Pampered Lil pups - 1

Cool Rummings - 1

Spring League Trivia 2/17

Picture Questions: What is Bess doing without us this week?

Rounds: Twilight, High Noon, Au Natural, Politics

Round: Twilight

This is Bess’ round and I wanted it to be as embarrassing as possible for Daniel. So this is about Twilight the movie /book.

Name me at least one other twilight movie/book.

New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn (Different Colors- WALK THE MOON)

What state is Forks in?

Washington (Wishy Washy- Migos)

What is the full name of the main character?

Isabella Swan (Isabella of Castile- STFCKR)

What was the Fan Fiction that is now a published book based on Twilight?

50 Shades of Grey(Shot me down- David Guetta ft Skylar Grey)

Name me the other members of the Cullen Family.

Carlisle (I really Like You- Carly Rae Jepsen)

Esme (Dearly Departed- ft Esme Graves Shakey Graves)

Emmett

Jasper (Caravan of Love- Isley, Jasper, Isley)

Alice (Bros- Wolf Alice)

Rosaline (Rosanna- Toto)

Round: High Noon

I decided that I needed to do an anti-Twilight round, and what is more un-Twilight than high noon?  So this is a round about cowboys and lunch time.  Lunch time is basically the best part of any work day, you get to leave the office and eat food.  What is the most profitable restaurant chain in the United States?

McDonalds: MC Hammer-U Can't Touch This

In 2007 Jim Shoulders died, a rodeo cowboy who was apparently known as the Babe Ruth of Rodeo.  He actually held the record for the longest sports licensing endorsement in the history of professional sports, what was he sponsored by?

Wrangler Jeans: Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

I figure since this is the anti-Twilight round I can ask about anything that is un Twilight, right?  So the Twilight movie was a huge cultural impact when it was released in 2008, but it wasn't the most popular movie of that year.  What was the most popular movie in 2008?

The Dark Knight: Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & the Pips

People are still making westerns, even though maybe they shouldn't be.  I personally didn't see the Lone Ranger movie that came out in 2013, although from what I understand that isn't necessarily a bad thing.  It really is impossible to say.  Who played Tonto in the most recent Lone Ranger?

Johnny Depp: Rolling in the Deep by Adele

My personal favorite cowboy movie is the Magnificent Seven.  It has everything you could want from a Western, dramatic landscapes, exciting gunfights, moody loner cowboys who beat up all the bandits, what's not to love?  What are the names of five of the seven titular characters?

Chris Adams: Chris Brown - Five More Hours

Chico: Chicago -25 or 6 to 4

Harry Luck: Daft Punk - Get Lucky

Vin Tanner

Bernardo O'Reilley

Britt: Britney Spears- …Baby One More Time

Lee: Lean on - Major Lazer and DJ Snake

Round: Au Natural

Charles Darwin is considered to be one of the fathers of natural selection.  He’s also a lovely character in the movie, Pirates Band of Misfits.  What ship did Darwin sail with when first began developing his ideas for evolutionary theory?

HMS Beagle – Could You be Loved by Bob Marley  

What is the tallest mountain, base to peak, in the United States?

Mauna Kea - Lonely Boy by The Black Keys

The Pacific Ocean means peaceful sea.  It got its name from an explorer in the 16th century.  What explorer is credited with naming the Pacific Ocean?

Ferdinand Magellan – No Rain by Blind Melon       

Nothing is more natural than nudity.  Except maybe nature.  There are only three states in America that have passed laws making it completely illegal for women to go topless.  Name one of them.

Utah, Indiana, Tennessee – Who are You by the Who

Five largest national parks in America, not including anything in Alaska

* Death Valley – Death Valley by Fallout Boy

* Yellowstone – Here in Your Arms by Hellogoodbye

* Everglades  - Every Morning by Sugar Ray

* Grand Canyon – Can’t Stop by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

* Glacier National Park – Lay Me Down by the Dirty Heads

Round: Politics

Many people tend to think of politics as being about old dead dudes, and they aren't wrong, so that's where I am going to start.  Who shot Alexander Hamilton?

Aaron Burr: Beast of Burden by the Rolling Stones

What actress play the lead character on Scandal?

Kerry Washington: Carried Away, Passion Pit

Obama went up to Alaska with Bear Grylls to do all sorts of outdoorsman things, fend for yourself type of activities, except he also had a personal army with him in the form of the Secret Service, so not exactly remote and primitive.  This was also all televised on NBC, what does NBC stand for?

National Broadcasting Company: National Anthem by Lana Del Ray

Who was the last Republican to win the Presidency without Nixon or a Bush on the Ticket

Hoover, Baba O'Riley - The Who

Who are the federal and state elected officials who represent Moynihan's? (13 total)

Barack Obama: Presidents of the United States, Peaches

Joe Biden

Charlie Baker - Governor: Charlie Parker (Yardbird Suite)

Karyn Polito - Lt. Governor

Elizabeth Warren- US Senator

Ed Markey- US Senator: Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson

Jim McGovern- Congressional Rep

Harriet Chandler- State Senator: Chandelier by Sia

Mary S. Keefe- State Rep

Jennie Caissie - Governor's Council

William Galvin - Secretary of the Commonwealth: Calvin Harris (Feel So Close)

Deborah Goldberg - Treasurer and Receiver General

Suzanne M. Bump - Auditor:  Hump de Bump - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Spring League Trivia 2/10

Picture Question: What are your Valentine plans?

Round: Love Stories
I’ve mentioned before I’m a bit of a romantic, though I like to pretend that I’m not. So I really hate love storys, obviously, and I’m gonna talk about them for the next half hour.
One of the most famous love stories is of course is Romeo and Juliet. I think it’s more a story of dumb teenagers who don’t know how to take their time in relationships. Who was the first girl Romeo was involved in in Romeo and Juliet?
Rosaline (Roses- Chainsmokers)
Paris and Helen’s love brought down a whole city. Again, not sure if it was love or just a goddess enchanting the most beautiful woman in the world into following Paris to troy with all the gold.What prize did Paris give to this goddess to symbolize that she was the most beautiful?
Golden Apple (Gold Digger- Kanye)
Orpheus is actually one of the stories I think is the most romantic. After his wife died, he went down to the underworld to bring her back up after charming Hades with his music. Unfortunately she was not allowed to stay alive. What did Orpheus do to ruin her trip back?
Turned and looked before they reached the real world. (She Looks So Perfect- 5 Seconds of Summer)
The Pocahontas movie would have you believe that she and John Smith had a thing, but that’s a lie. Who did Pocahontas actually marry?
John Rolfe (All Of Me- John Legend/Tiesto)
Guinevere and Lancelot were very into each other, even though Guinevere was married to King Arthur. Name me five other knights of the Round Table.
 Sir Galahad (Go Girls Go Bad- Cobra Starship)
 Sir Bors (Break On Through- The Doors)
 Sir Kay (I’ll Be- Jermey Kay)
 Sir Yvain (You’re So Vain- Carly Simon)
 Sir Erec (Downtown- Macklemore ft Eric Nally)
 

The British Empire

Which Nobel prize did Winston Churchill win?in?

Literature ( (Little Talks, Of Monsters and Men))

I think my favorite part of the Britain and Europe in general are all the really strange towns with strange traditions.  There is an annual tradition in an English town revolving around cheese.  What do they do with the cheese?  

Roll it down a hill (Satisfaction -The Rolling Stones)

There are a lot of really cool places in England to go, like Bletchley Park where they broke codes in WWII by basically inventing the computer.  What was the name of the computer they built at Bletchley Park?

Colossus, Colours -Grouplove

They Brits have a lot of culture, much of it centered around London.  The longest running show of any sort is in London, it's been playing forever almost.  What is the name of this play?

Mousetrap (Float On - Modest Mouse)

We get a lot of British Pop Culture in the United States, including a good number of musical acts that come and take over our radios.  Who are the original members of OneDirection

Niall Horan (Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond)

Liam Payne (Low : Flo-Rida, T-Pain)

Harry Styles (Dirty Harry - Gorillaz)

Louis Tomlinson (Hello Dolly - Louis Armstrong)

Zayn Malik (Set Fire to the Rain)

Round: Fairy Tales 
I am a big fan of fairy tales, they’re like real life but better.  I don’t have to actually leave my room to go to the Prince’s when I can just read about it or watch it on TV, it’s a real time saver. Every day when I was young I would watch cinderella, which I’ve mentioned before. What part of their body did the evil step sisters cut off?
Heels/ Toes (Heels Over Head- Boys Like Girls)
What did Snow White’s Evil stepmother have to do at Snow White’s Wedding?
Dance in hot iron shoes (Shut up and Dance- WALK THE MOON)
What is the name of the witch that kidnapped Rapunzel?
Gothel (Hostels and Brothels- The Wonder Years)
What does Beauty’s father want him to get from the market place?
Red Rose (Red Red Wine- UB40)
Name 5 Anderson stories.
The Emperor's New Clothes (1837) (Lying is the Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Panic at the Disco)
The Little Mermaid (1837) (Mermaid- Train)
The Princess and the Pea (1835) (Sweet Pea- Amos Lee)
The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1838) (2 On- Tinashe)
The Ugly Duckling (1843) (Barbra Streisand- Duck Sauce)

All About JJ

When you Google JJ the first thing that comes up is this Swedish Rock BandJJ the Swedish Rock Band

What is the best Selling Swedish band of all time

ABBA (Terrorist Threats - AB-Soul)

JJ the Jet Plane

Most watched PBS show of all time?

Downton Abbey (Downtown - Macklemore)

Turn Down for What

JJ Watt

Appeared on a Fox comedy last year, which one?

New Girl - American Girl - Tom Petty

Appeared on New Girl, What is the titular character's name?

Jess

JJ Caucus , what comic strip does she appear in?

Doonesbury, Maybelline -Chuck Berry

JJ Abrams

Directors Credits, per IMDB

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (Warriors, Imagine Dragons)

Star Trek Into Darkness (Dark Horse, Katy Perry)

Star Trek (Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie)

Super 8 (Super Bass, Nicki Minaj)

Mission Impossible III (Ms. Jackson, OutKast)

SCORES
The Team Whose Name I Can't Pronounce- 35 pts
Lost Profits/Tequila Mockingbird- 32 pts
The Sexiest Ladies in Keno- 31 pts
The Notorious RBG- 25 pts
The Lipton Tea Bag Memorial Dream Team Experience- 25 pts
Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA- 23 pts
We Love Sports Friends (And We Don't Care who knows it)- 19 pts
The 818, The 310, The 617, and the 508 Crew- 19 pts
Calder's Team name is lame (2016)- 11 pts
Lizard Squad- 11 pts
D$- 7 pts
The Late Arrivals- 10 pts
Faith +1- 5 pts
Pampered Lil Puppies- 1 pt
Cool Rummings- 1 pt

Spring League Trivia 2/3

Picture Question: Worst Thing You Could See On Instagram
Winner: Sexiest Ladies in Keno

Kings and Queens.
Two cities with sports teams named kings?
Los Angeles, Sacramento (lips of an Angel- Hinder)
Who is the Dowager Queen?
Widow of a deceased king (Black Widow- Iggy Azalea)
Longest ruling british monarch?
Elizabeth II (oh No- Jack and Eliza)
Current King on Game of Thrones
Tommen Baratheon (another Love- Tom Odell)
Top Grossing Queen Songs in US
Another One Bites the Dust (Dust Bowl Dance- Mumford and Sons)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love(Love Yourself- Justin Bieber)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Crazy Rap- Afroman)
We Are the Champions:(Champions of Red Wine- New Pornographers)
Killer Queen / Flick of the Wrist, Somebody to Love (Trap Queen- Fetty Wap)

THE BIG GAME!
The real attraction of Super Bowl weekend is the Puppy Bowl. I had actually not watched any of the Puppy Bowl before I started writing these questions, and now I don’t know why I do anything else with my life. Where do they get the dogs who compete in the Puppy Bowl?
A Shelter - Gimme Shelter, The Rolling Stones
Arguably the most significant event to happen during any Super Bowl was the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction. What song was playing during the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction?
Rock Your Body - Rocky Your Body by Justin Timberlake
I think I mentioned that I am a Cubs fan, and as a result I like it when teams lose a lot, it just seems right to me. Maybe that’s just me. What team has the most Super Bowl appearances without a win?
Buffalo Bills (4) - Uptown Girl by Billy Joel
Minnesota Vikings(4)
The Super Bowl was actually originally named for the Super Ball, those little bouncy ball things. Originally it was just called the NFC-AFC Championship Game, but that isn’t nearly as catchy. Who originally manufactured the super ball?
Wham-o (Wham, wake me up before you go-go)
Nine Teams have won the Super Bowl on their first try, name me five.
Packers, Jets, Steelers, 49ers, Bears, Giants, Ravens, Buccaneers, Saints;
Jets - Young Love, Mystery Jets
Saints - Saint Cecelia, Foo Fighters
Packers - Jump, Green Bay Packers in Pitch Perfect 2
Steelers - Reelin in the Years, Steely Dan
Bears - One Week, Barenaked Ladies


Round: Monuments
Which state has the most monuments?
Arizona (Where I wanna Be- Arizona)
Mt Rushmore: Ridiculous. Who carved it?
Gutzon Borglum/ Lincoln Borglum (I’ve Been Bored- Superheaven)
Tallest Monument in US
Statue of Liberty (Midnight City- M83)
First shots of civil war: Now a monument.
Fort Sumter (Fortunate Son- Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Five Monuments in Washington DC
Washington Monument (Just the Two of Us- Grover Washington)
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
MLK Memorial
WWII (Run the World - Beyonce)
Vietnam Veteran
Vietnam Women’s
FDR (Respect- Aretha Franklin)
Korean (Korean Jesus- Deadfounded)


Life on the Street
Cookie Monster, along with many of the Muppets, started out advertising for IBM, a company known for things like computers that play chess or Jeopardy. What was the name of IBM's Chess playing computer?
Deep Blue (Deep Purple, Smoke on the Water)
Tickle me Elmo, a huge success. People fought over those suckers and would scalp them for enormously inflated prices. Who knew people could get so invested in toys? What toymaker took the title of largest toy maker in the world in the summer of 2014?
Lego (Let's Go, Matt and Kim)
Sesame Street has had a lot of guest stars over the years, many big names including Bill O'Reilly and Mel Gibson, but also some more sensible choices like R2D2 and C3PO. R2D2 actually fell in love when he visited the street, what was R2D2's love interest when he visited Sesame Street
A Fire Hydrant, (Wake Up - Arcade Fire)
Sesame Street actually made the big time in 2012, the Presidential debates. Romney mentioned a Sesame Street character, which one?
Big Bird (Hyponotize - The Notorious B.I.G.)
5 Most Common street names in MA:
Park, 111 ( In The End- Linkin Park)
Maple, 110 (Maps - Maroon 5 or Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Highland, 92 (Highway to Hell-AC/DC)
Oak, 91 (Watsky - Strong as an OAK)
Cedar, 87 (U2 Cedarwood Road or Cedars of Lebanon)


SCORES
The Team Whose Name I Can't Pronounce- 28 pts
The Lipton Tea Bag Memorial Dream Team Experience- 23 pts
Lost Profits- 23 pts
The Sexiest Ladies in Keno- 21 pts
The Notorious RBG- 19 pts
We Love Sports Friends (And We Don't Care who knows it)- 19 pts
The 818, The 310, The 617, and the 508 Crew- 16 pts
Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA- 16 pts
Calder's Team name is lame (2016)- 11 pts
Lizard Squad- 11 pts
D$- 7 pts
The Late Arrivals- 6 pts
Faith +1- 4 pts
Pampered Lil Puppies- 1 pt
Cool Rummings- 1 pt