1. Yesterday, what person with this lovely upper tramp-stamp tattoo was supposed to start his prison sentence - but due to a Friday night news dump commutation, he's not?
2. What pro sports team is finally going to change its controversial name - not due to years of civil protests and pressure -- but because of potential financial damage caused by Fedex, Amazon, Nike, and others breaking ties with the team?
3. What 57 year old actress and spouse to John Travolta passed away Monday?
4. Someone just paid $114,000 for an unopened copy of what classic 1985 Nintendo (NES) video game?
5. If you enjoy salacious stories, you may want to look up the libel case against Britain's Sun newspaper - brought on by what movie star?
Review your Current Events round answers:
1. Yesterday, what person with this lovely upper tramp-stamp tattoo was supposed to start his prison sentence - but due to a Friday night news dump commutation, he's not?
2. What pro sports team is finally going to change its controversial name - not due to years of civil protests and pressure -- but because of potential financial damage caused by Fedex, Amazon, Nike, and others breaking ties with the team?
3. What 57 year old actress and spouse to John Travolta passed away Monday?
4. Someone just paid $114,000 for an unopened copy of what classic 1985 Nintendo (NES) video game?
5. If you enjoy salacious stories, you may want to look up the libel case against Britain's Sun newspaper - brought on by what movie star?
MYSTERY ROUND
The Year It Happened
Name the year based on president, high box-office grossing movie, NYT best selling fiction book, a billboard hot 100 song, and highly-rated TV show. For example, If I told you All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey was #1 on the Billboard Charts, a reality show host was president, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng was a best-selling book, Sonic the Hedgehog was released in movie theaters, and Tiger King was on TV, could you tell me what year it was? Answer: 2020
1. Respect - Aretha Franklin Lyndon B. Johnson The Arrangement by Elia Kazan The Graduate Green Acres
2. American Pie - Don McLean Richard Nixon The Winds of War by Herman Wouk The Godfather All in the Family
4. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy and Monica Bill Clinton Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy Armageddon ER
5. Crazy in Love by Beyonce featuring Jay-Z George W. Bush The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Finding Nemo CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
6. Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO Barack Obama The Help by Kathryn Stockett Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Body of Proof
MUSIC ROUND
Name the song title and artist - 1 point each
And name the theme that permeates these songs for a bonus point
Song 1
Song 2
Song 3
Song 4
Song 5
Song 6
7. What is the theme that permeates through those six songs?
Review your Music round answers:
PICTURE ROUND
In The Kitchen
Name the kitchen tool
For example, here is a meat thermometer.
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
Picture 5
Picture 6 - I couldn't see this image on my iPhone - so I reloaded it - if it still doesn't appear - you can find it here
Review your Picture round answers:
GENIUS ROUND
Hard questions from all over
2 points each
1. What children's TV series has been narrated by Ringo Starr, George Carlin, Alec Baldwin, Gwenyth Paltrow, and Pierce Brosnan?
2. What is the pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits?
3. What is the oldest continuously published monthly 2-word magazine in the United States, which has reported on Lincoln's 1860 device for buoying vessels and published works by leading figures like Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer?
4. What is the common name for the fish that is born with one eye on each side of its head, but as it grows to juvenile stage, one eye migrates to the other side of the body - and it shares its name with a Disney princess's sidekick?
5. Currently, how many distinct colors are there in a package of original M&M's (plain/milk chocolate) candies?
