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1. According to Jason Miller, a long-time adviser and spokesperson for the losing Presidential candidate's 2020 campaign, what type of online platform is that Presidential-election loser going to create soon, supposedly attracting millions of users?
2. Spring Break came to an abrupt end for some party-goers when police in what city fired pepper balls to disperse crowds and enforced the 8pm to 6am curfew that was just renewed?
3. The AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved in Europe (and may be injected into US arms soon) but was briefly paused for worries about what side effect?
4. On Sunday Republican House of Rep. Tom Reed of New York apologized & announced that he would not be seeking office in 2022 after his current term in Congress ends. What did his very skilled & agile fingers do to then lobbyist Nicolette Davis in a Minneapolis pub in 2017?
5. What magazine issue is going to have several firsts, including a 57 year old woman, an Asian Curve model, and a Black & Asian trans women?
Review your Current Events round answers:
1. According to Jason Miller, a long-time adviser and spokesperson for the losing Presidential candidate's 2020 campaign, what type of online platform is that Presidential-election loser going to create soon, supposedly attracting millions of users?
2. Spring Break came to an abrupt end for some party-goers when police in what city fired pepper balls to disperse crowds and enforced the 8pm to 6am curfew that was just renewed?
3. The AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved in Europe (and may be injected into US arms soon) but was briefly paused for worries about what side effect?
4. On Sunday Republican House of Rep. Tom Reed of New York apologized & announced that he would not be seeking office in 2022 after his current term in Congress ends. What did his very skilled & agile fingers do to then lobbyist Nicolette Davis in a Minneapolis pub in 2017?
5. What magazine issue is going to have several firsts, including a 57 year old woman, an Asian Curve model, and a Black & Asian trans women?
MYSTERY ROUND
Cult/Gang leaders name the cult or gang or leader described
For example, He ran The Manson Family - it carried out several notorious murders in the late 1960s, resulting in his life imprisonment for the leader.
Answer: Charles Manson
1. He led the Branch Davidians - he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after 51-day standoff against the FBI and ATF - who was he?
2. He led the Peoples Temple - and led 900 followers in a mass suicide - who was this leader?
3. Marshall Applewhite had a cult that ended with a mass suicide in 1997 - what was the cult called?
4. As far as gangs go, the one I'd like to join is Our Gang - who was the leader of it?
5. The Chicago Outfit specialized in the distribution of illegal alcohol during Prohibition -- who led it?
6. Cyrus was leader of the Gramercy Riffs (the most powerful gang in New York City) in what 1979 American action/thriller movie?
Review your Mystery round answers:
1. He led the Branch Davidians - he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after 51-day standoff against the FBI and ATF - who was he?
2. He led the Peoples Temple - and led 900 followers in a mass suicide - who was this leader?
3. Marshall Applewhite had a cult that ended with a mass suicide in 1997 - what was the cult called?
4. As far as gangs go, the one I'd like to join is Our Gang - who was the leader of it?
5. The Chicago Outfit specialized in the distribution of illegal alcohol during Prohibition -- who led it?
6. Cyrus was leader of the Gramercy Riffs (the most powerful gang in New York City) in what 1979 American action/thriller movie?
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
Children's Book Characters
Name the beloved character shown
For example, here is Madeline
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
Picture 5 - what is the 3-word name of this bug?
Picture 6 - Who wore this crown?
Review your Picture round answers:
GENIUS ROUND
Hard questions from all over
2 points each
1. What 1985 movie was released with 3 different endings in keeping with the movie's inspiration (which had multiple outcomes - 324 to be exact - 6 x 6 x 9), in hopes of increasing box office dollars - but only made 14.6 mil domestic despite having a 15mil budget?
2. According to Wikipedia's timeline of space travel by nationality - three of the first five countries that sent humans into space technically no longer exist - name them.
3. This dime may be worth as much as $1500 today! Produced by the US Mint from 1916 to 1945, it is composed of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper. It is commonly known as the Mercury Dime because of the winged helmet, but it doesn't depict the god Mercury - what well-known woman does it feature?
4. Dr. James Naismith was a physical education instructor at YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, tasked to create an indoor sports game to help athletes keep in shape in cold weather. This is how basketball was invented. What kind of fruit basket did he originally use for the goals (hoops)?
5. What word is shared in the names of a beloved female writer of young adult fiction (in homophone form), a jellyfish population increase, and a syndicated cartoon that ran from 1980-1989 - and made a return in 2015 to lampoon politics more?
