1. What classic cartoon character is being cancelled (won't appear in the upcoming Space Jam movie) due to normalizing/promoting rape culture?
2. What online game platform/company (that allows users to program games and play games created by other users) went public and surged to $45 billion value on its first day of trading?
3. Jury selection is beginning in Derek Chauvin's trial - for the death of what person?
4. Pope Francis just returned from a visit to what seldom-Pope-visited country?
5. No, it's not Simon Cowell, but what other equally ridiculous man-baby equivalent of a fart UK presenter human garbage stormed off in a petty huff and may be permanently leaving 'Good Morning Britain' after a heated discussion about Meghan Markle, stemming from the big interview with Oprah on Sunday?
Review your Current Events round answers:
1. What classic cartoon character is being cancelled (won't appear in the upcoming Space Jam movie) due to normalizing/promoting rape culture?
2. What online game platform/company (that allows users to program games and play games created by other users) went public and surged to $45 billion value on its first day of trading?
3. Jury selection is beginning in Derek Chauvin's trial - for the death of what person?
4. Pope Francis just returned from a visit to what seldom-Pope-visited country?
5. No, it's not Simon Cowell, but what other equally ridiculous man-baby equivalent of a fart UK presenter human garbage stormed off in a petty huff and may be permanently leaving 'Good Morning Britain' after a heated discussion about Meghan Markle, stemming from the big interview with Oprah on Sunday?
MYSTERY ROUND
Drug slang I'll give you a bunch of slang terms for the same drug - you tell me what drug it is.
For example, Wallop, tinnie, sherbet, slops, gatter, pongelo, inky-pinkie, penny-whip, pritch, swipes.
Answer: Beer
1. Pick from one of these: Amphetamine - Cocaine - Crack - Heroin - LSD - Marijuana - PCP
Bart Simpson; Big D; Blue Heaven; California Sunshine; Cherry Dome; Dental Floss; Electric Kool Aid; Hawaiian Sunshine; Kaleidoscope; Mighty Quinn; Pearly Gates; Strawberry Fields; Valley Dolls; White Lightening
2. Aunt Nora; Bernie’s Flakes; Carrie Nation; Henry VIII; John Deere; Oyster Stew; Pez; Pollo; Racehorse Charlie; Rambo; Thunder; Tonto; White Cross; Wooly; Yoda
3. Avocado; Black Olives; Brick Gum; Burrito; Chinese Food; Chocolate; Dog Food; Good & Plenty; Gravy; Gum; Hard Candy; Lemonade; Lifesaver; Mole; Salt; Snickers; Sugar; Tootsie Roll; Wings
4. Angel Mist; Aurora Borealis; Blue Star; Cozmos; Cyclones; Dipper; Mist; Rocket Fuel; Rupture; Stardust; Taking a Cruise; Water
5. Acapulco Gold; African Black; Arizona; Canadian Black; Colorado Cocktail; Downtown Brown; Hawaiian; Indian Hay; Jamaican Red; Kentucky Blue; Mexican Brown; Panama Gold; Phoenix; Santa Marta
1. Pick from one of these: Amphetamine - Cocaine - Crack - Heroin - LSD - Marijuana - PCP
Bart Simpson; Big D; Blue Heaven; California Sunshine; Cherry Dome; Dental Floss; Electric Kool Aid; Hawaiian Sunshine; Kaleidoscope; Mighty Quinn; Pearly Gates; Strawberry Fields; Valley Dolls; White Lightening
2. Aunt Nora; Bernie’s Flakes; Carrie Nation; Henry VIII; John Deere; Oyster Stew; Pez; Pollo; Racehorse Charlie; Rambo; Thunder; Tonto; White Cross; Wooly; Yoda
3. Avocado; Black Olives; Brick Gum; Burrito; Chinese Food; Chocolate; Dog Food; Good & Plenty; Gravy; Gum; Hard Candy; Lemonade; Lifesaver; Mole; Salt; Snickers; Sugar; Tootsie Roll; Wings
4. Angel Mist; Aurora Borealis; Blue Star; Cozmos; Cyclones; Dipper; Mist; Rocket Fuel; Rupture; Stardust; Taking a Cruise; Water
5. Acapulco Gold; African Black; Arizona; Canadian Black; Colorado Cocktail; Downtown Brown; Hawaiian; Indian Hay; Jamaican Red; Kentucky Blue; Mexican Brown; Panama Gold; Phoenix; Santa Marta
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
Monuments
Name the monument that's shown
For example, this is The Washington Monument
Picture 1
Picture 2 - On what island are these monuments located?
Picture 3
Picture 4
Picture 5
Picture 6 - Who is this - standing on a corner in Winslow, AZ?
Review your Picture round answers:
GENIUS ROUND
Hard questions from all over
2 points each
1. Match the Brontë sister with her book. Anne, Charlotte, and Emily. Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, and Wuthering Heights.
2. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the mean solar time reckoned from midnight - and I think it's 5 hours from ET. In what country is the official observatory located?
3. What bird's name translates to sea rooster in Albanian, Indian chicken in Armenian, French chicken in French, Dutch chicken in Malay, Western chicken in Vietnamese, and seven-faced bird in Japanese?
4. Also called spots or dots, what are the indentations on dominoes called - also the original (now somewhat altered but still somewhat intact) name of a Motown band?
5. What toy (inducted to the Toy Hall of Fame in 2018) was originally called Syco-Slate or Syco-Seer - and today has 20 possible results when played?
