Spring League Trivia 4/27

Rounds: Diners, Interviews, Monsters, Mysteries from Space

Picture Question:  What’s the new crazy thing all the college students are doing to survive finals?

Round: Diners

Worcester and Diners- I heart diners.

What state has the most diners?

New Jersey (New Level- Asap, future)

Who hosts diners, drive ins and dives?

Guy Fieri (Battle Scars- Lupe Fiasco, Guy Sebastian)

Who designed diner cars?

Pullman (Wonderland- Pullman Standard)

Why does Worcester have so many diners?

Worcester Lunch Car Company (Whip it- Lunchmoney Lewis, Chloe )

Name me five Worcester Diners.

Miss Worcester (WTF- Missy Elliot)

Annies (I put a spell on you- Annie Lenox) start at .25

Lu Rocs (rock your body- JT)

Parkway (In the end- linkin park)

Boulevard

Corner Lunch (nobody puts baby in a corner- fall out boy)

Kenmore

Interviews

An interesting movie, if you aren’t North Korean.  Who is the Eternal President of North Korea?

Kim Il Sung - Island in the Sun by Weezer

Tom Cruise at one point jumped up and down on Oprah's couch in an interview while explaining his love for what?

His then-girlfriend Katie Holmes - Escape - Rupert Holmes

Brad Pitt as a vampire in Interview with a Vampire, almost a great a Brad Pitt as a baseball general manager.  What team did he manage in Moneyball?

The Oakland A's - Strong as an OAK by Watsky

Sarah Palin gave a pretty terrible interview with Katie Couric back in 2008, but the real damage came with the SNL parody.  Why played Sarah Palin on SNL?

Tina Fey - Fade by Kanye West

Name me the five late night hosts on national broadcast television

Jimmy Fallon - Free Fallin' by Tom Petty

Seth Meyers - My Humps by The Black Eyed Peas

Stephen Colbert - Unforgettable by Nat King Cole

James Corden - The Core by Eric Clapton

Jimmy Kimmel - Daylight by Matt and Kim

Round: Monsters

What happens when a chicken egg is hatched under a toad or serpant?

Basilisk (Devil’s Eye (Basilisk) Fly Golden Eagle)

Monster in Beowulf?

Grendel (Bump and Grind- R Kelly)

What monster has a team named after it?

New Jersey Devil  (Sympathy for the Devil- Rolling Stones)

What does the Hydra do?

Grow two heads for everyone it loses (2 Heads- Coleman Hell)

Top grossing movies about monsters

Jurassic World (The Middle- Jimmy Eat World)

Jurassic Park

The Lost World; Jurassic Park

King Kong (Exs and Ohs- Elle King)

Godzilla (Godzilla- Blue Oyster Cult)

Jurassic Park 3

Gremlins (Gremlins- Danny Brown)

Godzilla

Super 8 (Super Bass- Niki Minaj)

Pacific Rim

Mysteries from Space

Yesterday was some sort of alien day, at least this is what I was told by the internet.  I am going to assume that they are referring to the perfume by Thierry Mugler.  What is the best selling perfume of all time?

Chanel No 5 - Maps by Maroon 5

The Ozone layer protects us from a lot of nasty stuff from outer space, and we should try our best not to poke holes in it.  What is the Greek origin of the word ozone?

Smell - Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

The astronauts are always talking to Houston when they are communicating with mission control.  What is the name of the mission control complex in Houston, Texas?

Johnson Space Center - Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash

What is the densest country in the world?

Monaco - Monaco by MKTO

What are the names of the manned NASA missions to date?

Mercury - Mercury by Moon Taxi

Gemini

Apollo - Apologize by OneRepublic

Skylab - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds by The Beatles

Constellation

Shuttle - Shut up and Drive by Rihanna

International Space Station - Panic Station by Muse

League Standings:

The Team Whose Name I Can't Pronounce - 94
The Notorious RBG - 93
Sexiest Ladies in Keno - 85
Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA - 77
Nacho Weincruz - 75
Dead Last - 67
We Love Sports Friends (And We Don't Care Who Knows it) - 57
Lost Profits - 52
Lizard Squad - 50
Faith + 1 - 45
Crunchy Roll -35

The Late Arrivals - 21
Calder's Team Name is Lame (2016) - 11
CLAP - 8
J.A.G. - 8
Crime Lords - 7
Pampered Lil pups - 7
D$ - 7
Ricci Hall Monitors - 4

Shere Kahn - 3
Emma's 21st Birthday - 3
King Nate - 1
Clifton Crew - 1
Cool Rummings - 1
Catscratch - 1

I'm Bad With Names - 1

Spring League Trivia 4/20

Rounds: Worcester Public Schools; Money, Money, Money; 4/20 Blaze it!; Primaries

Picture Question: Given the improbable success of Hamilton, what will be the next hit musical from a surprising source?

Round: Worcester Public Schools

School is out this week! I’m thrilled, and I am also getting drunk. To celebrate this and try and get my fellow teachers to come out, this is a round about WPS

New Superintendent- who was the last superintendent?

Melinda Boone (Country Folks- Bubba Sparxx, Danny Boone)

Second largest district in Mass- what is the largest?

Boston (rock and Roll Band- Boston)

Education second largest employer- what is the largest?

Healthcare (Begin Again, Health Remix- Purity Ring)

What is the name of the new Worcester Hockey team?

Railers (We’re an American Band- Grand Funk Railroad)

High Schools of Worcester- Name five.

Burncoat High School (Burn- Ellie Golding)

Claremont Academy (Too Close- Alex Clare)

Doherty Memorial High School

North High School (Sway- Anna of the North)

South High Community School (Getting Good- St. South)

University Park Campus School (Encore/ Numb- Jay Z, Linkin Park)

Worcester Technical High School

Money, Money, Money

What is the primary material in US Currency?

Cotton - Cotton Eye Joe

Who is the highest grossing actor of all time?  Meaning whose movies have made the most money collectively?

Harrison Ford - Tom Ford by JAY Z

What is the world’s heaviest currency?

The Rai stone on the island of Yap - I‘ve Got a Woman by Ray Charles (although you got style points for pound)

What is the most corrupt country in the world, according to Transparency International?

Somalia - Soma by the Stokes

What are the locations of the US Mint?

Washington, D.C.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John

Denver, Colorado - Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver

San Francisco, California - San Francisco by The Mowgli's

West Point, New York - Gold Digger by Kanye West

Bullion Depository, Fort Knox, Kentucky - Classic by The Knocks

Round: 4/20 Blaze it

So I don’t think I get 4/20. Is it about burning things? If so, that’s a holiday I can get behind.

Biggest Candle companies?

Yankee Candle (Gasolina- Daddy Yankee)

Ping Pong Balls-  What was the origin of ping pong?

Played as an after dinner game in victorian england. (I melt with you- Modern English)

Papers- Standard size of paper?

8 ½ by 11 (Paralyzer- Finger 11)

Trees- fastest growing tree?

Empress Tree (Empress- Morningsiders)

States where you can smoke medically?

Alaska

Arizona

California (California Gurls- Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg)

Colorado

Connecticut

DC (Thunderstruck- AC/DC)

Delaware

Hawaii

Illinois (Spread Me All Over Illinois- Real Friends)

Maine (Another Night on Mars- The Maine)

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Montana

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York (Theme From New York, New York- Frank Sinatra)

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Vermont

Washington

Primaries

What was the First Coed College in the US?

Oberlin college - Berlin by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

What was the name of the first skyscraper?

Home insurance building - Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Who was the First American Woman in Space

Sally Ride - Ticket to Ride by The Beatles

What was the first movie with sound?

The Jazz Singer - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Who were the first five men to walk on the moon?

Neil Armstrong - Cheek to Cheek by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald

Buzz Aldrin - Buzzin by Shwayze

Charles "Pete" Conrad - Conrad by Ben Howard

Alan Bean - Bennie and the Jets by Elton John

Alan Sheppard - Geronimo by Sheppard

League Standings:

The Team Whose Name I Can't Pronounce - 85
The Notorious RBG - 82
Sexiest Ladies in Keno - 77
Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA - 70
Nacho Weincruz - 69
Dead Last - 63
We Love Sports Friends (And We Don't Care Who Knows it) - 57

Lost Profits - 50
Lizard Squad - 50
Faith + 1 - 40
The Late Arrivals - 21
Crunchy Roll -25
Calder's Team Name is Lame (2016) - 11
CLAP - 8
J.A.G. - 8
Crime Lords - 7
Pampered Lil pups - 7
D$ - 7

Ricci Hall Monitors - 4
Emma's 21st Birthday - 3
King Nate - 1

Clifton Crew - 1
Cool Rummings - 1
Catscratch - 1

Spring League Trivia 4/13

Announcements: This week is the last week to put your name in as future host! The last day of Spring League Trivia will be 5/4

Picture Question: Spree day is tomorrow, what kind of instagram photos are you going to wake up to on friday?

Rounds: April’s Boyfriend Nick, Too much of a good thing, The Taxman Cometh, Famous Thomas

April’s Boyfriend Nick

Which NBA player has won the most league championships in his career with 11, winning all of them playing for the Boston Celtics?

Bill Russell Song: The Longest Time by Billy Joel

Wayne Gretzky holds the record for most goals scored in a single NHL season with 92. Prior to him, who was the previous record holder having scored 76 goals for the Boston Bruins in the 1970-71 season?

Phil Esposito Song: Strangers Like Me by Phil Collins

The Chicago Cubs have gone 107 years since winning their last World Series which is the longest title drought in Major League Baseball history. Which team had the second longest drought, lasting 87 years, that came to an end after they won in 2005.

Chicago White Sox Song: Let Me Take You There by The Plain White T’s

Since the 2000 NFL season, the AFC has been represented in the Superbowl by teams quarterbacked by either Tom Brady, Payton Manning or Ben Roethlisberger with one exception. Who is it and what team did he play for?

Joe Flacco, Baltimore Ravens Song: Saco Boys Have No Class by Sparks The Rescue

In NHL history, there have been 5 players to successfully complete the feat of scoring 50 goals in the first 50 games of a season. Name those players

Maurice “Rocket” Richard Song: Rocket Man by Elton John

Mike Bossy Song: Like a Boss by The Lonely Island

Wayne Gretzky Song: Pain by Three Days Grace

Mario Lemieux Song: Super Mario Bros Theme Song

Brett Hull Song: Bet I’m on it- Kevin Gates, 2 Chainz

Excess

I think the KFC Double Down is a classic example of fast food excess in the US today. What did they use instead of Bread?

Original Recipe chicken fillets - Chicken Fried by Zac Brown Band

The Wolf of Wall Street is basically a three hour bacanal, pretty crazy.  Who was the Wolf of Wall Street?

Jordan Bellfort - Hells Bells by AC/DC

Jennifer Aniston broke up with John Mayer because of his excessive tweeting, something he announced over Twitter.  Name me any of Twitter's founders

Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass - Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones

There are some really excessive housing prices in Manhattan, especially those with views of Central Park.  Who designed Central Park?

Fredrick Law Olmstead - I’ll Cry Instead by The Beatles

What are the 5 tallest completed buildings in the world, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat?

Burj Khalifa - Young, Wild & Free by Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, and Bruno Mars

Shanghai Tower - Habits (Stay High) by Tove Lo

Makkah Royal Clock Tower - Clocks by Coldplay

One World Trade Center - Run the World (Girls) - Beyonce

Taipei 101 - Suit & Tie by Justin Timberlake, JAY Z

Round: The Taxman Cometh

Where does the largest portion of our taxes go?

Social Security (No Sense- Justin Bieber, Trav$ Scott)

There was a tax on beards in Russia at one point to try and get men to shave. What is the fear of beards?

Pogonophobia (Pogo- Digitalism)

All you American history enthusiasts know about the Stamp Act- what was done as a protest against the stamp act?

Boston Tea Party (more than a feeling- boston)

Only two things are certain- death and taxes. Who said it?

Benjamin Franklin (At Last- Aretha Franklin)

What states have no personal income tax?

Wyoming. (Why Try- Ariana Grande)

Washington.

Texas. (Texas- Magic Man)

South Dakota. (Southern Sun- Boy and Bear)

Nevada.

Florida. (Confession- Florida Georgia Line)

Alaska. (Your Makeup is Terrible- Alaska Thunderfuck)

Famous Thomas

St. Thomas.  What island group is St. Thomas a part of?

The US Virgin Islands - Like a Virgin by Madonna

Thomas English muffins.  The #1 selling English Muffin and a favorite product in America.  What makes Thomas' English Muffins so special?

Nooks and Crannies - Dude (Looks Like a Lady) by Aerosmith

Tom and Jerry.  What was the name of the dog in those cartoons?

Spike - I Spy by Mikhael Paskalev

Male Turkey called a Tom.  What is a female called?

Hen - Jimi Hendrix, All Along the Watchtower

Thomas is the 14th most common in 2000 Census.  Give me top five

Smith - There is a light that never goes out, The Smiths

Johnson - I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash

Williams - Scream and Shout by Will I am

Brown - Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison

Jones - Joan of Arc, Arcade Fire

Standings:

The Team Whose Name I Can't Pronounce - 82
The Notorious RBG - 77
Sexiest Ladies in Keno - 70
Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA - 64
Nacho Weincruz - 61
Dead Last - 61
Lost Profits - 50

Lizard Squad - 50

We Love Sports Friends (And We Don't Care Who Knows it) - 47
Faith + 1 - 40
The Late Arrivals - 21
Crunchy Roll -16
Calder's Team Name is Lame (2016) - 11
CLAP - 8
J.A.G. - 8
Crime Lords - 7
Pampered Lil pups - 7
D$ - 7
Emma's 21st Birthday - 3
Clifton Crew - 1
Cool Rummings - 1
Catscratch - 1

Spring League Trivia 4/6

Picture Question: What is on the back of the Mona Lisa and why won't they let us see it?

Rounds: Grad School, Spices, Books are beautiful, and Things that can kill you

Round: Grad School

Only a week and a half until break- and I get to go see Hamilton. Who wrote the Hamilton Book?

Ron Chernow (Ronald Reagan Era- Kendrick Lamar)

I'm currently doing lessons on slavery and I got all my kids into the TV show Underground. What network is Underground on?

WGN (WGW- Harleyboys)

One of the struggles of being a teacher is that your pens keep getting stolen. You can get some really interesting pens to, like the “pen for women” that was released a few years back. What company made the pen for women?

Bic (Lit Like Bic- Rae Sremmurd)

I'm always trying to go to the gym and instead I eat too much mac and cheese. Mac and Cheese is on the list of America’s favorite comfort foods. What's on the top?

Pizza (Pop Punk Pizza Party- Jerrod Alonge)

12 days left- not that I’m counting down. What are five things in the 12 days of Christmas song.

Partridge

Turtle Dove (Happy Together- The Turtles)

French Hens

4 Calling Birds (Birds- Coldplay)

5 Gold Rings (Single Ladies(Put a Ring on it)- Beyonce)

6 Geese a-Laying

7 Swans a-Swimming (Swan- Willa)

8 Maids a-Milking

9 Ladies Dancing (One Week- Barenaked Ladies)

10 Lords a-Leaping

11 Pipers Piping

12 Drummers Drumming

Spices

Saffron as the world's most expensive spice.  Where is most saffron grown?

Iran - I Ran by A Flock of Seagulls

What country are the Spice Islands part of?

Indonesia - We Laugh Indoors by Death Cab for CUtie

The Powerpuff girls are made with sugar and spice and everything nice (and chemical ). What are their names?

Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup - Build me up Buttercup by the Foundations

When I think Old Spice I think those commercials with Terry Crews and Isaiah Mustafa as the man your man could smell like.  What did they both do before they became actors?

Played Football - 6 Foot 7 Foot by Lil Wayne

What are the names of the Spice girls? Not their stage names but their legal names.

Melanie Brown - Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones

Melanie Chisolm - Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp

Emma Bunton - Hardest Button to Button by The White Stripes

Geri Halliwell - Wild One by Jerry Lee Lewis

Victoria Beckham - Victoria by the Kinks

Round: Books are Beautiful

One of my favorite books/series is the His Dark Materials books by Philip Pulman. For those who haven’t read these books they include the Northern Lights. What are the northern lights?

Solar wind blown towards earth. (Mad Solar- Kid Cudi)

Catch-22 is a really funny book, all about war and death and insanity, really highly comedic stuff.  Who wrote Catch-22?

Joseph Heller - Highway to Hell by AC/DC

A History of the World in 6 Glasses. What was the first alcoholic beverage?

Beer (Something Sweet- Madison Beer)

SlaughterHouse 5 is another great war book. Who is the protagonist?

Billy Pilgrim (Uptown Girl- Billy Joel)

Name me 5 Roald Dahl Books.

BFG (Treat Her Right- Billy Gibbons and the BFG)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (What does the Fox Say- Ylvis)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Marvin Gaye- Charlie Pluth, Megan Trainor)

James and the Giant Peach (Peaches- Presidents of the US)

Matilda (Matilda- Alt J)

Things that can kill you

Where does the name Ebola come from?

The Ebola River, Like a River Runs by Bleachers

What was the Ice Bucket Challenge raising money for?

ALS - All Star by Smash Mouth

What TV show did Dr. Oz get his start on?

Oprah - Hello Operator by the White Stripes

What is the leading cause of death in the United States?

Heart Disease - Runnin’ Down a Dream by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

What vaccines, according to the CDC, should children get in the 1st 12 months

Hepatitis B

Rotavirus - Rotation by Wale, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa

Diphtheria - Diplomat’s Son by Vampire Weeknd

Haemophilus Influenzae type B

Pneumococcal conjugate

Polio - Message in a Bottle by the Police

Influenza - Fluorescent Adolescent by The Arctic Monkeys

Measles, Mumps, Rubella - I Will Wait by Mumford and Sons

Standings:

The Team Whose Name I Can't Pronounce - 74
The Notorious RBG - 72

Sexiest Ladies in Keno - 63
Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA - 59
Nacho Weincruz - 58
Dead Last - 57

Lost Profits - 50

We Love Sports Friends (And We Don't Care Who Knows it) - 47
Lizard Squad - 49
Faith + 1 - 31
The Late Arrivals - 19
Crunchy Roll -16
Calder's Team Name is Lame (2016) - 11
CLAP - 8

 J.A.G. - 8
Crime Lords - 7
Pampered Lil pups - 7
D$ - 7

Emma's 21st Birthday - 3
Clifton Crew - 1
Cool Rummings - 1
Catscratch - 1