Friday, February 12, 2016

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

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