1. Best known for his controversial interview with Barbara Walters, what big name actor passed away on Saturday? You may also recognize him from a few James Bond films. After you answer, feel free to watch the video in a new window here.
2. Alright alright alright, who's book Greenlights is topping the NYT BS L for HC NF? The author, an Academy Award-winning actor, shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
3. What 30-year old actor was shot and killed in Texas on Sunday? He was known for his roles in TV shows Surface and Devious Maids and appeared in the movie The Kids Are All Right.
4. What east coast restaurant chain known for its Jim Dandy and Fribble treats announced it filed for bankruptcy on Sunday?
5. There's yet another greek letter storm - not sure when it will arrive - any estimates, on the time of its arrival? No? What's the Greek letter?
Review your Current Events round answers:
1. Best known for his controversial interview with Barbara Walters, what big name actor passed away on Saturday? You may also recognize him from a few James Bond films. After you answer, feel free to watch the video in a new window here.
2. Alright alright alright, who's book Greenlights is topping the NYT BS L for HC NF? The author, an Academy Award-winning actor, shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
3. What 30-year old actor was shot and killed in Texas on Sunday? He was known for his roles in TV shows Surface and Devious Maids and appeared in the movie The Kids Are All Right.
4. What east coast restaurant chain known for its Jim Dandy and Fribble treats announced it filed for bankruptcy on Sunday?
5. There's yet another greek letter storm - not sure when it will arrive - any estimates, on the time of its arrival? No? What's the Greek letter?
MYSTERY ROUND
Things that take way too long
Give the slow thing
For example: This falsely-titled 1984 fantasy movie was featured prominently in an episode of Stranger Things - as two characters sing the movie's theme song. Answer: The NeverEnding Story
1. Birds do it, bees do it, even Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, and Sting do it. But when Sting does it, it takes seven hours. What's this yoga-inspired love-making technique called?
2. What movie starring Peter O'Toole and Alec Guinness has the longest running time for any Best Picture Oscar winner, coming in at 227 minutes? Some lists put Gone With The Wind first at 238 minutes - but that includes 17 minutes of overture, intermission, entr'acte, and exit music - which is nonsense.
3. Pheidippides is credited for doing it first. A handful of people can do it in almost 2 hours. The average Bostonian does it in 4 hours. What is it?
4. Although he had the shortest presidency in US history, he gave the longest inauguration speech (edited down to 8,445 words & took almost 2 hours on a cold, wet March 4, 1841). Who was this 1-month president?
6. At just over 19 years, what is the US's longest war?
Review your Mystery round answers:
1. Birds do it, bees do it, even Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, and Sting do it. But when Sting does it, it takes seven hours. What's this yoga-inspired love-making technique called?
2. What movie starring Peter O'Toole and Alec Guinness has the longest running time for any Best Picture Oscar winner, coming in at 227 minutes? Some lists put Gone With The Wind first at 238 minutes - but that includes 17 minutes of overture, intermission, entr'acte, and exit music - which is nonsense.
3. Pheidippides is credited for doing it first. A handful of people can do it in almost 2 hours. The average Bostonian does it in 4 hours. What is it?
4. Although he had the shortest presidency in US history, he gave the longest inauguration speech (edited down to 8,445 words & took almost 2 hours on a cold, wet March 4, 1841). Who was this 1-month president?
6. At just over 19 years, what is the US's longest war?
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. For a bonus point, what is the theme that permeates through all 6 songs?
Review your Music round answers:
PICTURE ROUND
Literature Pictograms
Name the literary work
For example, here is One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
Picture 5
Picture 6
Review your Picture round answers:
GENIUS ROUND
Hard questions from all over
2 points each
1. What title Disney movie character was going to be named Time magazine's "Mammal of the Year" (as a light-hearted play of Person of the Year) until just days before the Pearl Harbor attack happened and the cover was switched to a portrait of General Douglas MacArthur?
2. In mathematics (yay!), when you add two numbers, you get a SUM. When subtracting, you get the DIFFERENCE. For a point each, what do you get when you multiply or divide numbers?
3. In 1982, a Yale University study gave people blind smell tests of 80 common scents and asked if they could recognize them. What beverage was the #1 most recognized smell?
4. In Literature, William Shakespeare invented the name Jessica. She is the daughter of a play's title character, and she elopes much to the chagrin of her father, as she took much of his money with her. What play is this?
5. There are four basic/natural horse gaits. In alphabetical order they are Canter(or Lope), Gallop, Trot, and Walk. List them from slowest to fastest.
