Spring League Trivia 3/23

Notes: We’re looking for a new trivia host for next year! So if you will be around for all of next year and are interested, let us know!

Rounds: Easter, Cell Phones, Spring, Dirty Dancing 2 Havana Nights

Picture Question: What would you hate to find in your easter egg?

Round: Easter

Easter sunday- culturally christian, really just for chocolate.

76% of people eat which part of chocolate bunny first?

Ears (I’ve Got All this Ringing in my ears and none on my fingers- FAll Out Boy)

What is the name of a female rabbit?

Doe (John Doe- BOB)

What is the first biggest candy eating holiday in US?

Halloween (Rather Be- Clean Bandit)

What does the word Easter come from?

Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of love and fertility, also known as Astarte. Astarte became the Anglo-Saxon Ostara, goddess of fertility, spring and dawn (Senile- Tyga, Yung Money)

Top Selling Easter Candy

Peeps (Beep- PussyCat Dolls)

Jelly Beans (Netflix and Chill- Nick Bean)

Chocolate Bunnies (Bun up the Dance- Dillon Frances)

Chocolate Eggs (Six Little Eggs- Otis)

Reeses  (Peanut Butter Jelly- Galantis)

Round: Spring

First day of Spring! Celebrated it with snow

What is the official first day of Spring called?

Vernal Equinox (The Power of Equality- Red Hot Chili Peppers)

What day is mother’s day?

Second Sunday in may (Call Me Maybe- Carly Rae Jepsen)

April Showers bring May flowers. Rainiest city in US?

Mobile, AL (Mobile- Avril Lavigne)

Hoping for a snow day monday- what place calls itself “home of the world’s worst weather”?(Hint NE)

Mt. Washington (Washington on Your Side- Hamilton)

Most Popular Spring Flowers.

Daisy (Driving Ms Daisy- Logic)

Lilies (5 O Clock- T Pain)

Tulip (Tulip- Christopher )

Iris (Irish Margaritas- Harriet)

Roses (Somebody- Natalie LaRose, Jermiah)

Cell Phones

What was the first text message ever sent?

"Merry Christmas" - Marry You, Bruno Mars

There was a Hollywood starlet in the WWII era who actually helped invent cell phones.  She invented a technology called “frequency hopping” and now I can text my friends from down the hall.  Who was the actress?

Hedy Lamarr - Swimming Pools, Kendrick Lamar

Who made the top 6 best selling phones

Nokia - Howlin’ For You, The Black Keys

What is the most popular emoji, according to 538:

Hearts - Tear in my Heart, 21 Pilots

Top Five most popular messaging apps?

WhatsApp - What?, Tribe Called Quest

Facebook - I can’t feel my face, The Weekend

QQ - Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen

WeChat - We Love You, The Rolling Stones

Skype - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, The Beatles

Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights

This has nothing to do with Dirty Dancing, but is instead about Cuba. Cuba is of course a Caribbean island located just south of the Tropic of Cancer.  Why is it called a tropic?

From the Greek word Turn- Turn Down for What, DJ Snake

There are some famous Cuban actors and singers and personalities in general.  For example, Andy Garcia, who was in the Godfather III.  Who directed the Godfather movies?

Francis Ford Coppola - Odd Couple, Weezer

Cuba is full of classic cars, including such great features as tail fins.  What was the first car manufacturer to use tail fins?

Cadillac - Cadillac Ranch, Bruce Springsteen

Who was the last sitting US President to visit Cuba?

Calvin Coolidge - Summer, Calvin Coolidge

Largest Rum brands in the US

Captain Morgan - More than a feeling, Boston

Bacardi - Get Back, The Beatles

Malibu - Malibu, Hole

Sailor Jerry - Great Balls of  Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis

Admiral Nelson's - Country Grammar - Nelly

League Standings:

The Team Whose Name I Can't Pronounce - 60
Sexiest Ladies in Keno - 52
Lost Profits - 50
Nacho Weincruz - 50
The Notorious RBG - 52

Dead Last - 49
Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA - 46

We Love Sports Friends (And We Don't Care Who Knows it) - 39
Lizard Squad -28
Faith + 1 - 28
The Late Arrivals - 18
Calder's Team Name is Lame (2016) - 11
J.A.G. - 8
Crime Lords - 7
Pampered Lil pups - 7
D$ - 7
Crunchy Roll - 3

Clifton Crew - 1
Cool Rummings - 1
Catscratch - 1