TRIVIA!

From 8 - 9ish

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Tonight’s theme is ?

Current Events!

5 questions

1 point each

1. What 70-year old actress has a new memoir out where she reveals that she's been in a relationship with a woman for 19 years and was assaulted by Wilt Chamberlain? 1/2 point for real name, 1/2 for stage name.

2. What social media service being developed for children under 13 announced on Monday that it was being put on an indefinite 'pause' after pushback from child advocates, parents and lawmakers?

3. In what country were 35 miners trapped from Sunday until Tuesday - when a lift system became inoperable after a heavy scoop bucket crashed into it and blocked the shaft?

4. What 5-day music and arts festival in the UK included enough public urination that traces of cocaine and MDMA (ecstasy/molly) are now present in a nearby river, posing a threat to rare eels and other wildlife?

5. Obligatory sports question - what NFL kicker broke a record Sunday and propelled his team to a last-second victory with a 66-yard field goal that hit the bottom of the uprights and bounced in?

Review your Current Events round answers:

1. What 70-year old actress has a new memoir out where she reveals that she's been in a relationship with a woman for 19 years and was assaulted by Wilt Chamberlain? 1/2 point for real name, 1/2 for stage name.

2. What social media service being developed for children under 13 announced on Monday that it was being put on an indefinite 'pause' after pushback from child advocates, parents and lawmakers?

3. In what country were 35 miners trapped from Sunday until Tuesday - when a lift system became inoperable after a heavy scoop bucket crashed into it and blocked the shaft?

4. What 5-day music and arts festival in the UK included enough public urination that traces of cocaine and MDMA (ecstasy/molly) are now present in a nearby river, posing a threat to rare eels and other wildlife?

5. Obligatory sports question - what NFL kicker broke a record Sunday and propelled his team to a last-second victory with a 66-yard field goal that hit the bottom of the uprights and bounced in?

MYSTERY ROUND

Mixed drinks

I'll give the recipe, you tell me the name of the mixed drink.

For example, Combine vodka and orange juice in a Collins glass. Add ice and stir. Float Galliano on top.

You answer: Harvey Wallbanger

1. Pour the simple syrup, water, and bitters into a whiskey glass. Stir to combine, then place the ice cubes in the glass. Pour bourbon over the ice and garnish with the orange slice and maraschino cherry.

2. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour vodka, rum, gin, tequila, triple sec, and sour mix over ice; cover and shake. Pour cocktail into a Collins or hurricane glass; top with splash of cola for color. Garnish with a lemon slice.

3. In a cocktail mixer full of ice, combine the vodka, vegetable juice, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper. Shake vigorously and strain into the prepared glass. Garnish with a stalk of celery and olives stuck onto a toothpick.

4. Pour vodka and lime juice into a mug; add ice cubes and ginger beer. Stir to combine. Drop a lime wedge into the mug for garnish.

5. Fill a 16 ounce glass with ice. Pour in amaretto, light rum and dark rum. Pour in orange juice, pineapple juice, and lemon juice. Stir, then top with a dash of grenadine and garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

6. Fill a cocktail shaker with fresh ice. Add tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. Cover and shake vigorously until outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into the prepared glass and garnish with a slice of lime.

Review your Mystery round answers:

1. Pour the simple syrup, water, and bitters into a whiskey glass. Stir to combine, then place the ice cubes in the glass. Pour bourbon over the ice and garnish with the orange slice and maraschino cherry.

2. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour vodka, rum, gin, tequila, triple sec, and sour mix over ice; cover and shake. Pour cocktail into a Collins or hurricane glass; top with splash of cola for color. Garnish with a lemon slice.

3. In a cocktail mixer full of ice, combine the vodka, vegetable juice, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper. Shake vigorously and strain into the prepared glass. Garnish with a stalk of celery and olives stuck onto a toothpick.

4. Pour vodka and lime juice into a mug; add ice cubes and ginger beer. Stir to combine. Drop a lime wedge into the mug for garnish.

5. Fill a 16 ounce glass with ice. Pour in amaretto, light rum and dark rum. Pour in orange juice, pineapple juice, and lemon juice. Stir, then top with a dash of grenadine and garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

6. Fill a cocktail shaker with fresh ice. Add tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. Cover and shake vigorously until outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into the prepared glass and garnish with a slice of lime.

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

What is the theme that permeates through all six of the songs?

Review your Music round answers:

PICTURE ROUND

Celebrity Death Match

I'll show you a screen grab from the claymation series, you tell me who is fighting.

For example, who is this? Kid Rock and Eminem.

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. Several state quarters feature depictions of real people (AL Hellen Keller, NC Wright Brothers). What state depicts the 2nd most real people on its quarter (NJ with Washington crossing the Delaware river has the most 11 or so - but they aren't very discernable)?

2. On a Scrabble board, how many triple word spaces are there?

3. According to the 2016 Canadian census, what are our northern neighbor's 3 most populated cities?

4. Half of a famous pair, what alliteratively-named person was the first to achieve an EGOT in 1962?

5. If you were doing the Hundred, Jack Knife, Boomerang, and Spine Twist - what would you be doing?

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