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8pm Wednesday Night Trivia!
Just two rules: 1. Honor system - no cheating! 2. Please finish by 9pm. Scores and answers will be posted then.
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4. First the Bezoses - and now what super rich couple is announcing they're splitting up after 27 years of marriage?
5. What US State's Republicans are forcing a recount of votes in a certain county - in a very opaque attempt to overturn the election - or at least make more people question it?
6. Which vaccine is the FDA about to authorize for 12-15 year olds?
Review your Current Events round answers:
1. What horse won the Kentucky Derby?
2. What country keeps breaking single day COVID records - over 300,000 new coronavirus cases daily?
4. First the Bezoses - and now what super rich couple is announcing they're splitting up after 27 years of marriage?
5. What US State's Republicans are forcing a recount of votes in a certain county - in a very opaque attempt to overturn the election - or at least make more people question it?
6. Which vaccine is the FDA about to authorize for 12-15 year olds?
MYSTERY ROUND
Famous JCs
For example, With a middle initial of H, most scholars assume his date of birth between 6 and 4 BC and his death between AD 30 and 36.
Answer: Jesus Christ!
1. Tennis player ranked #1 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977
2. This singer/musician (with mostly 80s hits) started with a stage name JC (in 1976), then went to JCM (in 1983), and is now initialed JM (since 1991)
3. Historical figure, likely the person most associated with March 15
4. Actress played by Faye Dunaway in 1981 movie based on actress's daughter's book of same name
5. 5th worldwide/10th North America highest-grossing director
6. Malaysian fashion designer of Chinese descent based in the United Kingdom, known for handmade women's shoes
7. Chef that spent early career in military developing shark repellent (to keep sharks from bumping into underwater explosives meant for German U-boats)
Review your Mystery round answers:
1. Tennis player ranked #1 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977
2. This singer/musician (with mostly 80s hits) started with a stage name JC (in 1976), then went to JCM (in 1983), and is now initialed JM (since 1991)
3. Historical figure, likely the person most associated with March 15
4. Actress played by Faye Dunaway in 1981 movie based on actress's daughter's book of same name
5. 5th worldwide/10th North America highest-grossing director
6. Malaysian fashion designer of Chinese descent based in the United Kingdom, known for handmade women's shoes
7. Chef that spent early career in military developing shark repellent (to keep sharks from bumping into underwater explosives meant for German U-boats)
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
Enter the song title and artist here.
Song 2
Enter the song title and artist here.
Song 3
Enter the song title and artist here.
Song 4
Enter the song title and artist here.
Song 5
Enter the song title and artist here.
Song 6
Enter the song title and artist here.
Song 7
Song 8
For a bonus point, what is the theme that permeates through all 8 songs?
Review your Music round answers:
PICTURE ROUND
Cityscapes
Name the city shown
For example, here is beautiful Pittsboro
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
Picture 5
Picture 6
Picture 7
Review your Picture round answers:
GENIUS ROUND
Hard questions from all over
2 points each
1. In the 90s, there was a group of supermodels known as the Big Five - shown here (the original big five - some were swapped in and out later). Name each one for a point.
2. Brazil borders every country in South America except for what two?
3. What 3-word idiom originates from a sound-effect machine that an 18th century playwright made for one of his productions - only to find someone had appropriated it for a production of MacBeth?
4. The Golden Palace was spinoff of what TV show, featuring 3 of the original show's stars, joined by Don Cheadle and Cheech Marin?
5. What Sesame Street character was almost killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 - as NASA reached out to see if the character would join the mission in an attempt to increase interest in the space program (and justify their large budget) - but the plan was never approved/followed through?
6. Two of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence would go on to become president - name them.
Review your Genius round answers:
1. In the 90s, there was a group of supermodels known as the Big Five - shown here (the original big five - some were swapped in and out later). Name each one for a point.
2. Brazil borders every country in South America except for what two?
3. What 3-word idiom originates from a sound-effect machine that an 18th century playwright made for one of his productions - only to find someone had appropriated it for a production of MacBeth?
4. The Golden Palace was spinoff of what TV show, featuring 3 of the original show's stars, joined by Don Cheadle and Cheech Marin?
5. What Sesame Street character was almost killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986 - as NASA reached out to see if the character would join the mission in an attempt to increase interest in the space program (and justify their large budget) - but the plan was never approved/followed through?
6. Two of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence would go on to become president - name them.
