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