Spring League Week Ten: 4/1/2015

Round 1:  Lore

1. Daft Punk is a well known french techno duo. Their third album titled Discovery is one of my favorite albums ever. But they are also well known for producing the soundtrack for a major motion picture. Can you tell me the name of this movie?

Tron: Legacy (Seventeen - Ladytron)

2. Another thing that was discovered was AMERICA! Who is credited for discovering it in textbooks and in what year.

Cristopher Columbus 1492 (Go 2 sleep - Ludacris)

3. Paul Bunyon is a giant lumberjack in american folklore he would go around and do “superhuman labors” because back then it was virtuous to be strong and mighty instead of rich and an asshole. I’m pretty sure it’s because we don’t see many giant blue oxen on wall street. Can you tell me Paul Bunyon’s oxes name?

Babe (Cyclone - Baby Bash)

4. Remember back in the day where you would go to dance clubs and they would play funky music and everyone would wiggle and it wasn’t all about grinding butts on weiners? That’s because the music changed and our virtues changed and everything is going to shit. Along with blue oxen roaming the street we need to get that funk back. What was the name of the band that sang Funkytown?

Lipss Inc (Space Cowboy - N Sync)

Bonus Round: Hans Christian anderson was well known fairy tale writer. Can you name 5 of his fairy tales that were turned into Disney Movies?

The Ugly Duckling (Barbra Streisand - Duck Sauce)

The Little Matchgirl (How Far We’ve Come - Matchbox Twenty)

The Little Mermaid (Little Red Corvette - Prince)

The Snow Queen (Frozen) (Don’t stop me now - Queen)

The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Fantasia 2000) (Like Toy Soldiers - Eminem)

Round 2: Everybody Poops

1. So all living creatures for the most part poop. What land animal has the largest poop?

Elephant (Pon De River Pon De Bank - Elephant Man)

2. In the movie Jurassic Park there are a bunch of really cool dinosaurs and a scene with a really sick one. Ellie, the blonde stays with this sick dinosaur and has to sift through its feces to find out what is wrong. What kind of dinosaur was sick?

Triceratops (I Tried - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)

3. Poop is actually made up of around 75% of water. The Earth is also around 71% water. Interesting poop and the Planet Earth have the same consistencies. Anyways what is the largest freshwater lake in world?

Lake Superior (Breakfast In America - Supertramp)

4. My favorite piece of poop is Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo. Now Mr. Hankey was designed after a famous cartoon character. Can you tell me which one that was.

Mickey Mouse (Dashboard - Modest Mouse)

Bonus Round: One person that constantly talked about poop being in his diaper was Dill Pickle from Rugrats. What are the 5 longest running Nickelodeon & Nick Jr. cartoons in history?

Spongebob (Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan)

Dora The Explorer (Devil’s Dance Floor - Flogging Molly)

Fairly Oddparents (Space Oddity - David Bowie)

Rugrats (Loud Pipes - Ratatat)

Blue’s Clues (Hook - Blues Traveler)

Round 3: The Internet

1. With all of the chaos going around with the NSA spying and security being taken from us lots of tech savvy people have moved away from the regular internet to the deep web. People could use the Deep Web to participate in illicit activites without the fear of being caught. Unfortuantely for the main Black Market present on the Deep Web they got shut down by police. What was the name of this hidden marketplace.

The Silk Road (Take me home Country Roads - John Denver)

2. In the early days of the internet there was a network called “ARPA” and it involved three universities in california and one in utah. Can you name the two of these universities that are credited in creating the internet

UCSB
UCLA(I love College - Asher Roth)
STANFORD
U of Utah

3. If you go to any website you have seen the HTTP:// at the beginning. Tell me what it stands for

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (Hyperparadise - Flume Remix -Hermitude)

4. There are plenty of internet browsers available but I want you to tell me the most popular one in the United States

Google Chrome (Mamma’s Boy - Chromeo)

Bonus Round: Name the top 5 Top Level Domains. These are the suffixes that come after the webpage. www.homestarrunner.com (Don’t use .com)

.Org (Or Nah - Ty Dolla $ign)

.Net (Eternal Flame - Bangles)

.Int (Interstate Love Song - STP)

.Edu (Educated Fools - Rebelution)

.Gov (Over - Tove Lo)

Round 4: Embarrassing Moments

1. My life has been full of embarrassing moments, but you know what who cares. So one time I was raising the flag at my summer camp which is for children with type-one diabetes, and it was dead quiet, and I was pulling down on the rope to put it on the hook. It was really hard to do and I kept pulling until bam I farted in front of the entire camp. What country has the largest amount of diabetics?

India (In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins)

2. One night I was drunk at the blarn, like really drunk. So as I was leaving I noticed my shoelaces were untied. So drunk me was like “Let’s do this I gotta tie my shoe” So in the blarn, I attempted to tie my shoe, took a knee, and slowly fell to the floor like I was in slow motion. So there are two bars in Worcester that claim to be the oldest, one being yours truly Moynihans. What is the other bar?

Moynagh’s Tavern (Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith)

3. So last year the Red Sox won the World Series, and to celebrate I thought it was a good idea to wear nothing but my boxers and a Red Sox Jersey with a lovely flag as my cape and run through campus yelling my head off, including right through the AC at like midnight. Another drunk decision. I just want to know what is the best selling brand of men’s underwear in the world?

Calvin Klein (I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash)

4. So growing up I loved Harry Potter, and for some reason reading the books and watching the movies I had a huge crush on Luna Lovegood. While this may seem weird to some, she was just really cool and weird and in Ravenclaw, which also was kind of interesting. What is the name of JK Rowling’s most recently published novel?

The Silkworm (Doctor Worm - They Might Be Giants)

Bonus Round: So I love Little Miss Sunshine, but I always cry when the brother Dwayne realizes he can’t enlist into the air force. That scene is so intense and I just always break down. Anyways tell me 5 reasons that the Armed Forces can refuse you for.

Drug Users (Red Eyes - The War On Drugs)

Obese (Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes)

Medical Illnesses (Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show)

Failing to Graduate High School (Concrete Schoolyard - Jurassic 5)

Criminal Record (Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm)


Scores
1. Kevin Forti Realty Trust: 89 pts.
2. I Wish This Microphone Was George: 88 pts.
3. Uteran Envy: 82 pts.
4. Midnight Crew: 81 pts.
5. Ben Dover: 73 pts.
5. Dawson's Crack: 73 pts.
6. Prostate Of The Union: 71 pts.
7. Where's Billy & Greg: 64 pts.
7. Rusty Kuntz: 64 pts.
8. Baby Llama Drama: 56 pts.


Picture Question

Question: What would be the best April Fool's Prank on Kanye West?

Winner: Ben Dover

Runner Up: Kevin Forti Realty Trust


Standings
1. I Wish This Microphone Was A Giant Horse Cock: 62.5 + 9 = 71.5 pts.
2. Kevin Forti Realty Trust: 44.5 + 10 = 54.5 pts.
3. Prostate Of The Cock Squad: 47 + 4 = 51 pts.
4. Baby Llama Drama: 44.5 + 1 = 45.5 pts.
5. Sorry Out Of Rolling Rock: 32 + 8 = 40 pts.
6. #PleaseAcceptMyResume: 25 pts.
7. Je Suis Kanye: 14 + 5.5 = 19.5 pts.
8. Dawson's Crack: 13.5 + 5.5 = 19 pts.
9. Oswald Cobblepot: 18 pts.
10. Crunchy Roll: 14 pts.
11. Funtown/Splashtown USA: 9 pts.
12. Where's Billy & Greg?: 4 + 2.5 = 6.5 pts.
13. Team Couches: 5 pts.

Spring League Week Nine: 3/25/15

Round 1:  Remember the Titans

1. The element Titanium was named after the 12 original Greek Titan’s which possessed great strength. Can you tell me the Atomic Number of Titanium on the PToE?

22 (Something Good can work - Two Door Cinema Club)

2. Titan also is the name of a moon on one of the planets in our solar system? Which planet is it orbiting.

Saturn (III. Urn - Childish Gambino)

3. in the movie Remember the Titans the final game was won amazingly . What was the name of the other Team.

George C Marshall High School (From Yesterday - 30 Seconds to Mars)

4. The titanic was set upon its voyage to New York City but (Spoiler alert) it hit an iceberg and didn’t make it. Where did it depart from

Southhampton UK (Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills Nash)

Bonus Round: Name 5 movies Leonardo Dicaprio has been nominated for and lost for in the academy awards. One movie he was nominated for best picture(as a producer) and best Actor. Write this movie twice

What’s eating Gilbert Grape (Grapevine Fires - DCFC)

Aviator (I Could be the one - Avicii)

Blood Diamond (Blood on the leaves - Kanye)

Wolf of Wall Street X2 (The Devils Den - Wolfgang Gartner & Skrillex)

(White Unicorn - Wolfmother)

Round 2: Spitting Hot Fire

1. So some places are really cold, like all of Worcester this winter and some places are quite warm. What landmark in the US has the hottest air temperature recorded in the world?

Death Valley (Your Heart Is An Empty Room - Death Cab For Cutie)

2. I’m a man who isn’t afraid to say that he has man crushes. For one I love Tom Brady and would have his babies. Also Leonardo DiCaprio. People magazine comes out each year with a sexiest man alive list every year. Who was People Magazine’s sexiest man alive for 2014?

Chris Hemsworth (For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield)

3. So there are a bunch of hilarious YouTube videos of fake rap battles with the one and only Supa Hot Fire. In it he spews out a ton of hilarious raps that aren’t real at all and fake battles many actors. In one of his videos he rap battles an actually well known rapper known for his song that got everybody dancing back in the old High School days. Who am I talking about?

Soulja Boy (New Soul - Yael Naim)

4. One band that I love are the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They spit some hot fire on the bass, drums, vocals, basically everything. What is the name of their most commercially successful album worldwide?

Californication (Vacation - The Go-Go’s)

Bonus Round: So one place it is always hot no matter what is on the Equator. Name me 5 countries that the Equator runs through. Extra credit if you can name more than 5.

Ecuador (People Are Strange - The Doors)

Colombia (Call On Me - Eric Prydz)

Brazil

Sao Tome & Principe

Gabon

Democratic Republic of Congo

Uganda (Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson)

Kenya (Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Lion King Soundtrack)

Somalia (Somebody Told Me - The Killers)

Maldives

Indonesia

Kiribati

Round 3: Turtles

1. Main difference between Turtle and Tortoise relating to habitat.

Tortoises are strictly terrestrial (No Rest for the Wicked - Lykke Li)

2. In this Youtube Sensation Jonathan is at a theme park and is asked what he thinks of the rides and he gets nervous and hesitates to answer and the only thing that comes out of his mouth is “I like turtles” what was his face painted as?

Zombie (City 2 City - Zomboy)

3. The band the Turtles were definitely a one hit wonder band. They had a song that has been featured in Countless movies since it’s release Can you name their big hit in 1967.

So Happy Together (Together - The XX)

4. Animal Planet has a show that is amazingly still on the air called “Call of the Wildman” featuring Ernie Brown Jr Nicknamed “the turtle man” and he operates an animal removal business. He has a catchphrase he often yells before he goes in for the grab on whatever animal he is removing (usually by hand) What is his Catchphrase?

Live Action (Little Lion Man - Tonight Alive)

Bonus Round: Name the 4 TMNT and the name of their trainer (who was a rat) and their respective bandana color (bonus points for their respective weapons)

Leonardo Blue Sword  (A Fuoco - Ludovico Einaudi)

Donatello Purple Staff (Donald Trump - Mack Miller)

Raphael Red Sais (Raphael - CocoRosie)

Michelangelo Orange Nunchucks (Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson)

Master Splinter Brown Wooden Stick (Splintered Hear t - Iration)

Round 4: Knock, Knock

1. Knock Knock, Who’s There?, Boo, Boo Who?, Why are you crying over a Super Mario Bros villain? Boo of course has been a villain in many games, but I want to know what was the first Nintendo video game to feature the Boos as the main villains and the final boss?

Luigi’s Mansion (Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan)

2. Knock Knock, Who’s There?, Cleveland, Cleveland Who?, I heard Cleveland Rocks but that’s definitely a blatant lie. Speaking of Cleveland Rocks, that song by the Presidents of the United States of America was the theme song for what television show that ran from 1995-2004?

The Drew Carey Show (Don’t Carry It All - The Decemberists)

3. Knock Knock, Who’s There?, Cindy Lou Who, Cindy Lou Who Who?, I just wanted to hear you all respond and sound silly. Now I love Dr. Seuss. What is the best selling Dr. Seuss book currently available on Amazon?

Oh The Places You’ll Go (In My Place - Coldplay)

4. Knock Knock, Who’s There?, Orange, Orange Who?, Orange you glad this round is almost over? This question is about fruit. What was the best selling type of fruit last year in the US?

Berries (Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White)

Bonus Round: Knock Knock, Who’s There?, Waldo, Waldo Who?, Why Waldo Dawson’s pet bunny of course. Pets are a nice thing to have and own since they are so cuddly and fun to chill with. What are the 5 most popular types of pets in the US in terms of total number owned.

Fish (Heavy Things - Phish)

Dog (Hair Of The Dog - Nazareth)

Cat (Where Do The Children Play? - Cat Stevens)

Pocket Animals (Brass In Pocket - Pretenders)

Birds (Pop Bottles - Birdman)

Reptiles


Scores
1. I Wish This Mic Was Dawson: 90 pts.
2. Team Jerry: 86 pts.
3. Kevin Forti Realty Trust: 70 pts.
3. Je Suis Kanye: 70 pts.
4. Where's Billy & Greg: 66 pts.
5. Baby Llama Drama: 60 pts.
6. Prostate Of The Union: 40 pts.
7. Oswald Cobblepot: 21 pts.


Picture Question

Question: What does Jerry the amazing bartender do outside of the bar?

Winner (Judged by Jerry himself): Kevin Forti Realty Trust

Runner-Ups: I Wish This Mic Was Dawson & Oswald Cobblepot

Standings

1. I Wish This Microphone Was A Giant Horse Cock: 54.5 + 8 = 62.5 pts.

2. Prostate Of The Cock Squad: 45 + 2 = 47 pts.

3. Baby Llama Drama: 41.5 + 3 = 44.5 pts.

3. Kevin Forti Realty Trust: 39 + 5.5 = 44.5 pts.

4. Sorry Out Of Rolling Rock: 25 + 7 = 32 pts.

5. #PleaseAcceptMyResume: 25 pts.

6. Oswald Cobblepot: 17 + 1 = 18 pts.

7. Crunchy Roll: 14 pts.

7. Je Suis Kanye: 8.5 + 5.5 = 14 pts.

8. Dawson's Crack: 13.5 pts

9. Funtown/Splashtown USA: 9 pts.

10. Team Couches: 5 pts.

Spring League Week Eight: 3/18/15

Round 1:  Let’s get physical

1. One of the most physical things you can do is touching things. But if you get your arm amputated you can’t touch things with that hand anymore. But patients who have gone through with amputations have said they experience nerve sensations in what their brain perceives as their hand even though it’s not there anymore. What is this sensation called

Phantom limb (Behind Blue Eyes - Limp Bizkit)

2. Another type of feeling you can have is being happy. But unfortunately for some people they have lost the ability to feel happiness from pleasurable experiences. In the psychiatric field this would be defined as what?

Anhedonia (Danza Kuduro - Don Omar)

3. After a long day of watching the leaves fall in november one of my favorite things to do is eat Thanksgiving dinner. Fortunately that happens every year and my family still likes me enough to invite me to eat with them. Rumor has it that turkey makes you sleepy because it contains a certain amino acid. Can you tell me what the name of this amino acid is that makes us sleepy?

L-Tryptophan (Don’t Move - Phantogram)

4. A man known for his advancements in the field of Physics was Lord Emperor Albert Einstein. But before he was supersmart theoretical physicist he had another less glamorous job. What was his job before he was a physicist

Worked in Patent Office (Patiently Waiting - Emienem & 50 Cent)

Bonus Round: If you wanna get physical you gotta make sure you don’t break any laws in the process. Some of the hardest laws to break that actually have never been broken before by a person on earth are Newton’s 3 laws of motion. Could you briefly explain each one. Bonus points for a silly textbook illustration for 2 of them. 

• An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion continues in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. This law is often called  "the law of inertia". (The Future Freaks me out - Motion City Soundtrack)
• Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass (of the object being accelerated) the greater the amount of force needed (to accelerate the object). (Paradise Circus - Massive Attack)
• For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action. (Easy Rider - Action Bronson)

Round 2: The Luck of the Irish

1. So obviously yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, which is filled with drinking and wearing Green. The actual reasons for celebration are of course to celebrate Irish heritage and for a religious reason. What momentous religious event is a reason of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day?

Arrival of Christianity in Ireland (Beautiful - Christina Aguilera)

2. So the Irish are well known for loving their whiskey. I just want to know the best selling brand of whiskey in the world.

Jack Daniels (Black or White - Michael Jackson)

3. The Luck of the Irish is an awesome Disney Channel Original Movie about a kid playing basketball who loses his coin and slowly turns into a leprechaun. What was the most watched Disney Channel Original Movie ever?

High School Musical 2 (Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers)

4. Another awesome movie surrounding the Irish that I love is of course The Boondock Saints. I just want to know what well known Walking Dead actor also stars in this movie?

Norman Reedus (Feed My Frankenstein - Alice Cooper)

Bonus Round: So one leprechaun that isn’t very lucky is Lucky The Leprechaun. He’s always trying to protect his Lucky Charms from those troubling kids. Name me 5 of the original marshmallow shapes in the cereal.

Hearts (Heartbeat - Childish Gambino)

Shooting Stars (Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship)

Horseshoes (A Horse with No Name - America)

Clovers

Blue Moons (Shut Up and Dance - Walk the Moon)

Rainbows (Fire And Rain - James Taylor)

Balloons

Hourglass

Round 3: Slang

1. In the graveyard shift episode of spongebob Squidward tells a terrifying story of a fry cook who came back to haunt the krusty krab. he was dropped off by the bus that ran over him, the lights would flicker three times and the phone would ring but there would be nobody there. What was this spooky frycooks name?

The Hash Slinging Slasher (Anastasia - Slash)

2. Rae Strummund came out with a banger this year, it’s called “no flex zone” and I hear that gyms around the USA have banned it from playing since gyms are literally by definition a flex zone. (kidding) What does “no flex zone” mean in the context of the song?

Don’t show off  (No Flex Zone - Rae Strummund)

3. I remember back in the day when I was in middle school I got my hands on a bottle of this fancy new energy drink which had 3.5 times the caffiene of redbull in the same size can it and it actually stung my throat as i drank it. unfortunately it quickly got banned in 2007 in the united states.  What was the name of this deliciously dangerous soda?

Cocaine (Don’t Panic - Coldplay)

4. The term blockbuster is a well known and now closed down chain of DVD rental stores and it also refers to a movie that Blows Up in the theatres. What was the original blockbuster that this term got it’s name from?

Bombs dropped by the Royal Air Force.  (Bombay - El Guincho)

Bonus Round: Can you name 5 common words that don’t rhyme with any other words in the english language

Orange (Home on the range - Bing Crosby)

Silver (My Heroine - Silverstein)

Month (Employee of the month - 2 chainz)
Bulb (Toes - Lights)

Angel (The Adventure - Angels and airwaves)

Round 4: It’s A Very Very Mad World

1. So if you aren’t aware March Madness starts tomorrow for real so fill out your brackets. What school has won the most Division 1 Men’s Championship titles?

UCLA (L.A. Woman - The Doors)

2. An awesome song called M ad World was featured at the end of the cult film Donnie Darko. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and a giant creepy bunny. What was the name of that giant demonic bunny?

Frank (Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

3. In a month or so there will be a new movie coming out as a reboot of George Miller’s Mad Max. In the new movie Tom Hardy stars as Max. Who played the original Max?

Mel Gibson (The Cave - Mumford & Sons)

4. One thing that makes me really mad is the show Dance Moms. The fact that it’s popular and small girls dancing, everything about it just makes me want to vomit. Recently Sia came out with a couple of music videos featuring a girl from the show. What is her name?

Maddie (Like A Virgin - Madonna)

Bonus Round: So all around the world and especially here, insurance companies make people mad all the time. They say they’re here to help us and then their customer service people are the worst people in the world. Name me the 5 largest insurance companies in the US in terms of total net premiums written.

State Farm (The State Of Massachusetts - Dropkick Murphys)

Allstate (All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix)

Liberty Mutual (Dirty Harry - Gorillaz)

Berkshire Hathaway/Geico (Pretty Fly For A White Guy - The Offspring)

Travelers Group (Billionaire - Travie McCoy)

Scores

1. I Wish This Horse Was A Giant Horse Penis: 89 pts.

2. Prostate Of The Cock Squad: 81 pts.

3. Kevin Forti Realty Trust: 80 pts.

4. Oswald Cobblepot: 79 pts

4. #PleaseAcceptMyResume: 79 pts

5. Crunchy Roll: 77 pts.

6. Fellowship Of The Bling: 75 pts.

Picture Question

Question: Draw a comic of Dawson and George, give the comic a title and what superpowers each of us would have.

Winner: #PleaseAcceptMyResume

Rest of Comics Because They Are All Awesome:

Standings

1. I Wish This Microphone Was A Giant Horse Cock: 47.5 + 7 = 54.5 pts.

2. Prostate Of The Cock Squad: 39 + 6 = 45 pts.

3. Baby Llama Drama: 41.5 pts.

4. Kevin Forti Realty Trust: 34 + 5 = 39 pts.

5. Sorry Out Of Rolling Rock: 24 + 1 = 25 pts.

5. #PleaseAcceptMyResume: 21.5 + 3.5 = 25 pts.

6. Oswald Cobblepot: 13.5 + 3.5 = 17 pts.

7. Crunchy Roll: 12 + 2 = 14 pts.

8. Dawson's Crack: 13.5 pts.

9. Funtown/Splashtown USA: 9 pts.

10. Je Suis Kanye: 8.5 pts.

11. Team Couches: 5 pts.