Trivia at Moynihan's

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

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

Anela is not late #RIPPrince:

Ukrainian Dorian:

Welcome to Flowertown:

Brawnhoez:

Standings:

Winston’s Winions 42 + 6 = 48
Gravity Falls Harder than my GPA: 30 + 5 = 35
RIP Harambe: 27 + 2 = 29
3 Jewesses: 25
BRAWNDO: 22 + 1 = 23
One Erection: 6 + 4 = 10
Welcome to Flavortown: 6 + 3 = 9
Mi-Ka-La: 6
H2K2 = 4
Ethan What Happened to your Nose? = 2 Vodka Cranberries = 2

Friday, October 28, 2016

Fall League 10.26.16

Fall League Trivia 10.26.16

Spooky scary skeletons send shivers down my spine

The Horror!

1. So life isn’t all peachy and nice sometimes and neither are people so here’s a round about actual killers. For starters, what is the nickname of the killer who operated out of the Bay area during the 1960s and 1970s. He sent letters to the Bay Area Press and his last letter said: “Me -37 and SFPD (San Fran Police Dept) – 0. Their identity remains unknown.

The Zodiac Killer

Zodiac – Ryan Leslie

2. This next man decapitated at least 12 victims and kept their heads as trophies. He was also a necrophile and was revisit the sites of his murders and have sex with the corpses. His own defense attorney described him as the definition of heartless evil.” He died on the electric chair in 1989. What was his name?

Ted Bundy

Bundy - Animal Alpha

3. Known affectionately as the Milwaukee Cannibal, this man operated between 1978 and 1991, dismembering 17 men and boys. He even cooked and ate the body parts of some of his victims. He was caught only because a victim was able to overpower him. He was sentenced to 15 terms of life imprisonment but was beaten by a fellow prisoner only after serving 2. Who was this man?

Jeffrey Dahmer

Jeffrey Dahmer and the Chocolate Factory - Macabre

4. Charlize Theron won an academy award in the 2 003 movie ‘Monster’ for depicting this next killer. This woman killed seven men in Florida while working as a prostitute. What was her name?

Aileen Wuornos

Come on Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners

Bonus: Name me 5 movies about Serial Killers.

1. Silence of the Lambs – Laid to Rest by Lamb of God

2. Psycho – Psycho by Muse

3. Seven – Seven Nation Arm by the White Stripes

4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Texas by Magic Man

5. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer – Henry Boy by Bruce Springsteen

1. Candy and processed foods have a tooooon of chemicals in them. Butttttt I wanna know what is added to pop rocks to give them the popping sensation “pop” when you bite into it, what is that chemical?

CO2

Carbon by son little

2.Halloween is coming up and we know that means lots of candy! Which day has the largest sales of candy in the US?

October 28th

October by Icarus

3.Everybody looooves candy corn right? Candy corn has been around since the late 1800s, but tasted completely different, what was the flavor of candy corn before its modern flavors now?

Honey

Honeymoon Avenue by Ariana Grande

4.I personally dislike snickers and any caramel filled bars, but spooooooky enough the snickers bar was named after mars families favorite pet animal what kind of animal was the bar named after?

The horse

Bojack Horseman Main Theme song

What are the 5 most popular swelling candy bars in the world?

1.Milkyway

Milkyway by Madison Mars

2.Butterfingers

Butterfly by Crazy town

3.Kitkat

Cats and dogs by the head and the hearts

4.Reese’s peanut butter cup

Peanut butter jelly by galantis

5.Snickers

Kickapoo by the tenacious D

ZAMBIES.

1. The concept of a zombie comes from a Caribbean island and actually has its roots in French. Originally, zombies were thought to be a dead body reanimated usually through magic. What island culture is responsible for this idea?

Haiti

Haters wanna Be Me – Krispy Kreme

2. The movie Night of the Living Dead is considered the “progenitor” or original Zombie flick. Who wrote and directed this iconic film?

George A. Romero

Budapest – George Ezra

3. One of the biggest hits to grace TV has been the Walking Dead. Personally I’m not a fan of the zombies in this, but that’s fine. Featured on AMC, what is the name of the lead male character on this show? He’s still featured, but to a lesser extent as far as I’m aware.

Rick Grimes

Purple Lamborghini (with Rick Ross) - Skrillex

4. My favorite zombie movie is 28 weeks later. Don’t be fooled by its misleading title and the fact that it’s later than 28 days later because it’s better. This movie features super zombies who have been infected by this super virus that makes them go CRAZYYYY and it’s beautiful. I could spoil it for you and tell you why I really love it but I’ll settle for a question instead. What large city does this movie take place in? Fun fact this movie features Jeremy Renner in 2007 before he got super famous.

London

London Calling – the Clash

Bonus: Zombieland is another famous zombie movie. This movie has a list of rules to live by to make sure that you survive. Name 5.

1. Cardio – Cardiology by Good Charlotte

2. Beware of Bathrooms – Bathroom Sink by Miranda Lambert

3. Check the Backseat – Backseat Freestyle by Kendrick Lamar

4. Wear Seatbelts – Seatbelts for Santa

5. Shake it off – shake it off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM

http://www.zombielandrules.com/

Lore and Folk Tales

1.I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts that are spooooky. “Lore” is one of my favorites that has many a spoooooky story and do specials around Halloween. A couple of these stories come from books produced by the brothers Grimm. When was children’s and household tales published?

Song can only get you so close

1812 (will be lenient 5-10 years)

The election of 1800 from Hamilton

2.I recently listened to a podcast of a tale from the book. A miller promised the king his daughter could spin hay into gold. Being a king with great wishes the king forces her to sow a room of hay into gold or be executed by morn. Short story an imp shows up and promises to do her bidding for the cheap price of her first-born son, unless she can guess his name. What is this imps name?

Rumplestiltskin

Rumplestiltskin by Patti Austin

3.In the 19th century there was a high demand for fresh bodies and a low supply. This led to a trend in gravedigging and the stealing of freshly buried bodies. In todays term a new body could fetch of 5,000 if sold on the black market to a medical school. What was the new name given to these people who grave robbed?

Resurrectionists

Resurrection fern by iron & wine

4.In 1892 three women who thought to have put a curse on a family member were dug up out of their graves and a tonic was made out of 2 of their organs, unlike today this have been seen as normal. This tonic was then given to the family member who was gravely ill.Name one of the two organs which was ground up and then put into a tonic.

Liver & Heart

Live your Life by T.I. Rihana

BONUS: Since most of this was between the 1800s-1900s I want you to give ne the top five causes of death in the time period.

1.Phenumonia / flu

Say it by flume

2.TB

true disaster by trove lo

3.Infections

Infected by bad religion

4.Heart Disease

Lost in my mind the head and the heart

5.Cerbrovascular Disease