Trivia at Moynihan's: Fall League Trivia 11.2.16

Fall League Trivia 11.2.16

Patriots

1. So the Patriots are 7-1 and that means that they’ve given me 7, $0.87 iced coffees. Thanks guys! A big part of their most recent domination has been the resurgence of Tom Brady in the past 4 games. What college did TB12 attend?

University of Michigan

Michigan – the Milk Carton Kids

2. Not too far away from Tom’s Alma Mater - a mere 12 hour drive or so – is Quebec Canada. In 1775 this Irish born soldier took over the command of an invasion force from Philip Schuyler that sought to conquer Quebec. It eventually failed, but what was this generals name?

Richard Montgomery

Where I come From – Montgomery Gentry

3. My favorite Patriot of all time is Julian Edelman. He’s ruthless, he’s mean, he’s funny, and I would totally grab a beer with him. Fun facts about Jules before the question – he identifies himself as Jewish and played QB for his alma mater in college. Where did he attend college?

Kent State

Don’t Mind – Kent Jones

4. Due to their alliance with the British during the Revolutionary War, the Western Confederacy of Native American tribes became embroiled in what is known as the Ohio War or Little Turtle’s War from 1785-1795. In reality this took a lot long and has a much deeper history BUT the Americans also had Native spies from 2 tribes who had been enemies of the northwest tribes that comprised the Western Confederacy. Name me 1 of the 2 tribes who sided with the Americans in this war.

Chickasaw & Choctaw

Bow Chicka Wow Wow – Mike Posner

Bonus: The Patriots have 4 captains for their 2016 team this name – who are they?

1. Rob Gronkowski – Chill Bill by Rob $tone

2. Dont’a Hightower – Towers by Little Mix

3. Matthew Slater – Slater by Tyler, the Creator

4. Devin McCourty – What a Job by Devin the Dude

Anime?

1 The world’s longest running anime has around 7500 episodes, each at 6 minutes long. That’s about 32 continuous days of watching. What is the name of this anime?

Sazae-san

Say it by Flume

2 What is the number one scored anime show? I’ll give you a hint, it was the first one I ever watched.

FMA

Enter Sandman by Metallica

3. Last year I took into to Japanese and what’s cool is none of it stuck. Anyway, most anime is created in Japan. There are two basic alphabets in the Japanese language: one for native words, one for non-native words. What’re the names of those two alphabets.

Hiragana, Katakana

Anaconda by Nicki

4. Pokémon is the longest TV show based on a videogame and I remember as a kid my parents gave my brother and I both a GBC and Pokémon right before a long drive to Massachusetts. On that drive I remember naming my rival Buttface, anyway what is the default name of the main character which you play?

Red

Can’t Stop by Red Hot Chili Pepers

I grew up watching some of Miazaki’s masterpieces and often every year I come back to some of my favorites, name me at least 5 movies by Miazaki.

The Wind Rises Window Shopper by 50 Cent

Howl's Moving Castle Castles made of Sand Jimi Hendrix

Kiki’s Delivery Service Hotel room service by Pitbull

Princess Mononoke Princess of China by Coldplay

Spirited Away Spirted away – One Summer’s day by joe Hisaishi

Know your Rights

1. What timeless document beings with, “We the People” ?

The Constitution

Evening Constitutional – Hard Girls

2. Nestled within Article 7 of the aforementioned document are the famous Bill of Rights which appear in the form of Amendments to this document. Who is attributed with penning these values?

James Madison

Mad World – Gary Jules

3. Don’t let anyone tell you that you don’t have the right to party – because you do. Or maybe you don’t? The Beastie Boys wrote this song in 1986 and intended for it to be an ironic bash on other songs of the time. There were two members of the band who wrote this song – name me one of the two.

Adam “MCA” Yauch & Tommy Triphammer Cushman

Kush Ups – Snoop Dogg, ft. Wiz Khalifa

4. Though more commonly known as “rights” what warning to police officers recite to those they take into custody so that they can use incriminating evidence gained after interrogation?

Miranda Rights

Vice – Miranda Lambert

Bonus: If you are a citizen of the United States you are given an established set of rights in exchange for certain “civic duties” that are expected of you as a citizen. Name me 5 civic duties.

1. Serving in the military – Military Minds by 2 pac

2. Paying taxes – Taxman by the Beatles

3. Serving on a jury – Numb by Max Jury

4. Obeying laws – Obey by Juicy M, Luka Caro

5. VOTING - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rijpU5yD55I

Game 7

1. Tonight is the 37th game 7 in World Series History. In 1997 the Indians, in their most recent World Series appearance, lost in the 11th inning after they blew a save opportunity to a young upstart named Edgar Renteria who hit an RBI single to win the game. What team beat the Indians in 1997?

The Florida Marlins

Redemption Song – Bob Marley & the Whalers

2. In researching this round I actually found out that one of the Red Sox World Series titles game – 1912 to be exact – occurred during game 8 of the series because game 2 apparently ended in a tie. Their opponent is a current NFL team with the same name who actually moved out West to the Bay Area in 1958. What was this teams name & mascot?

New York Giants

Cough Syrup – Young the Giant

3. In 1925 the Pittsburgh Pirates beat this team from Washington after trailing in the series 3 games to 1, similar to this year’s Game 7 as well. This franchise eventually moved to Minnesota where it became the twins. There are two nicknames that this team goes by – one is currently in use in the MLB – I want the nickname that is no longer in use that is quite fitting.

The Senators

Tourist - DJ Khaled

4. In the year of our Lord, MMXVI, the Golden State Warriors (who blew a 3-1 series lead – for the memes) lost to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Oracle Arena. With 1:50 left to go Steph passed the ball to this player who had his layup blocked from behind in a superhuman fashion by LeBron James. What played got blocked – and ruined the 73-9 season?

Andre Iguodala

Fancy – Iggy Azalea

BONUS: There have been 4 World Series between game 7 in 1997 and today’s game 7 in 2016, that have gone to 7 games. I’ll give you the year and you have to name me the teams who played – bonus points if you get the team who won it correct. There are 7 in total so you can earn up to 11 points, 1 for each team and 1 for the winner.

1. 2001: Diamondbacks v. New York Yankees – Diamonds Dancing by Darke, Future

2. 2002: Anaheim Angels v. San Fran Giants – The Adventure by Angels & Airwaves

3. 2011: St. Louis Cardinals v. Texas Rangers – Cardinals by the Wonder Years

4. 2014: San Fran Giants v. Kansas City Royals – Giants by Bear Hands

Picture Question:

The Patriots are on a bye this week, how are they spending their time? (the recently traded a really good defensive player so this could be funny)

WINNERS: Gravity Falls Harder than my GPA