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