Spring League Trivia 3/30

Rounds: A curse on both your houses!, Words on Catholic Symbols?, Superheros, What’s happening this weekend

Picture Question: April Fools Day is this Friday and we have a few too many friends. What pranks could we play to get rid of some of those pesky friends?

Round: A curse on both your houses!

Famous rivalries

Hatfield v. McCoy. What did the feud start over?

Pig (Two Weeks- FKA Twigs)

Capone v. Bugs Morgan. What massacre resulted of this feud?

St. Valentine’s Massacre (UP- J. Valentine)

Earp Brothers- Gunfight at OK Corral. What was the “Gun that Won the West”?

Winchester Rifle( Winchester Cathedral- Frank Sinatra)

Edison v tesla. What type of electric current did Tesla create?

Alternating Currents (Alternate World- Sun Lux)

Five characters in Romeo and Juliet (NOT ROMEO OR JULIET)

Paris (Niggas in Paris- Jay Z)

Friar Lawrence (Bang Bang- Lawrence Taylor)

Montague

Capulet

Nurse (Trying to Reach You- Nurses)

Tybalt (In My Room- Ty Dolla Sign, Tyga)

Benvolio (Bennie and the Jets- Elton Jon)

Round: Crosswords

This is a round where I read clues from the New York Times crossword.

Louvre pyramid Architect, 5 letters

IMPEI - Payphone by Maroon 5

Ravi Shankar instrument, 5 letters

SITAR - (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding

Sister fast-food chain of Carl's Jr., 7 letters

HARDEES - Hard Knock Life by JAY Z

Cowboy Rodgers

ROY - Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison

500 lb Bird hunted to extinction, largest living bird

Ostrich - Rich Girl by Watsky

Cassowary - Castaway by Greenday

Emu - Moondance by Van Morrison

Emperor Penguin -Emperor's New Clothes, Panic! At the Disco

Rhea - Real Slim Shady by Eminem

Round:Superheros

What is the name of Thor’s hammer?

Mjolnir (Molecules- Atlas Genius)

Who is Green Arrow’s Sidekick?

Speedy, Arsenal (Speed of Sound- Coldplay)

Who is Daredevils girlfriend in the original comics?

Karen Page (Burn the Pages- Sia)

What color was Hulk originally?

Grey (Afterlife- Greyson Chance)

Name me the teen Titans.

Robin (I don’t like it, I love it- Robin Thicke)

Raven

Cyborg

Terra

Starfire (Counting Stars- OneRepublic)

Beast Boy (Brass Monkey- Beastie Boys)

Kid Flash-(White Kid- Lil Flash)

Aqualad (Aquaman- WALK THE MOON)

Round: What’s Happening This Weekend

There are so many great things happening this weekend I decided to make an entire round about it.  April Fool's Day is of course this Friday, very exciting for everybody.  In France the tradition is a little different though, what is April 1st called in France?

Poisson D'Avril (April Fish) - Poison, Bell Biv DeVoe

This weekend also marks the international release of “Dead 7,” a zombie movie written by Nick Carter and starring 90’s boy band members including Backstreet Boys and NSYNC.  Where did the name NSYNC come from?

Last letter from the names of the band members - Letter from an Occupant by The New Pornographers

Baseball opening day is this Sunday which means that all will finally be right with the world.  What team is favored by ESPN, Fangraphs, and really any reasonable observer to finish with the most wins this season?

The Chicago Cubs - Go Cubs Go by Steve Goodman

Brew Woo is also this weekend at the DCU center, and based on the fact that you are all here on a Wednesday night I am going to assume you like beer.  What is the largest craft brewer in Massachusetts?

Boston Beer Co. - Shipping Up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys 
Unfortunately I don't have the box office numbers for this weekend yet.  What were the top grossing movies last weekend? 
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Monkey Man by the Rolling Stones

Zootopia - Boom Boom Pow by The Black Eyed Peas

My Big Fat Greek Wedding - White Wedding by Billy Idol
Miracles from Heaven - Stairway to Heaven by Led Zepplin
The Divergent Series: Allegiant - While My Guitar GENTly Weeps by The Beatles


League Standings:

The Team Whose Name I Can't Pronounce - 64
The Notorious RBG - 63

Sexiest Ladies in Keno - 57
Nacho Weincruz - 56
Dead Last - 52
Gravity Falls Harder Than My GPA - 52

Lost Profits - 50

We Love Sports Friends (And We Don't Care Who Knows it) - 39
Lizard Squad -38
Faith + 1 - 30
The Late Arrivals - 19
Crunchy Roll -12
Calder's Team Name is Lame (2016) - 11
CLAP - 8

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

Clifton Crew - 1
Cool Rummings - 1
Catscratch - 1