TRIVIA!

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Current Events!

5 questions

1 point each

1. On Monday it was announced that James Tiberius (Captain) Kirk actor William Shatner, 90, will be shot into space on what company's rocket October 12?

2. What candidate from the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries announced a departure from the party in a blog post Monday - to become an Independent?

3. 144,000 gallons of crude oil about five miles off the coast of what US State has shut down prized beaches, damaged the environment, and presented possible health hazards for local residents?

4. Swallowing up $90 million whole at the box office this past weekend is a movie about what Marvel-based character?

5. Yay sports? What sport saw its League Commissioner resign amid allegations of a s. abuse scandal by one of the leagues former coaches?

Review your Current Events round answers:

1. On Monday it was announced that James Tiberius (Captain) Kirk actor William Shatner, 90, will be shot into space on what company's rocket October 12?

2. What candidate from the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries announced a departure from the party in a blog post Monday - to become an Independent?

3. 144,000 gallons of crude oil about five miles off the coast of what US State has shut down prized beaches, damaged the environment, and presented possible health hazards for local residents?

4. Swallowing up $90 million whole at the box office this past weekend is a movie about what Marvel-based character?

5. Yay sports? What sport saw its League Commissioner resign amid allegations of a s. abuse scandal by one of the leagues former coaches?

MYSTERY ROUND

Linked names - famous movie/book plot mashups

I'll give the plots/summaries, you tell me the linked names of the movies and/or books.

For example, In 1851, one man's obsession with a marine mammal leads him to become a comic strip detective in 1990.

You answer: Moby Dick Tracy

1. In 1998, long after a high school pre-dance social disaster a man reconnects with a woman ... who is a magical nanny in 1964.

2. In 1949, a man whose job is to rewrite history is closely watched ... while attending several ceremonies and falling in love in 1994.

3. In 1989, a spy's best friend is killed by a drug dealer ... that is falsely accused of rape in AL in 1960

4. In 1959, the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class Chicago family are contrasted ... with young American and British expatriates in Europe in 1926.

5. 1982 epic tale of a 14 year old black girl's struggle growing up in the South ... who rises to the top of the Minneapolis music scene in 1984, travels cross-country his autistic brother in 1988, becomes an ex-CIA bodyguard for a young kidnapped girl in 2004, only to see the girl become an emotional pyromaniac in 1980.

6. In 1998, a modern-day deal-with-the-devil story where the devil falls in love with ... a horse that is beloved, sold off and mistreated, then loved again in 1877, only to be held captive in a strange castle by a cursed prince in 1991 ... and uses his ability to communicate with animals to stop an evil wizard in 1982 -- then gets promoted to Captain and has many seafaring adventures during the Napoleonic Wars with his surgeon friend in 2003.

Review your Mystery round answers:

1. In 1998, long after a high school pre-dance social disaster a man reconnects with a woman ... who is a magical nanny in 1964.

2. In 1949, a man whose job is to rewrite history is closely watched ... while attending several ceremonies and falling in love in 1994.

3. In 1989, a spy's best friend is killed by a drug dealer ... that is falsely accused of rape in AL in 1960

4. In 1959, the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class Chicago family are contrasted ... with young American and British expatriates in Europe in 1926.

5. 1982 epic tale of a 14 year old black girl's struggle growing up in the South ... who rises to the top of the Minneapolis music scene in 1984, travels cross-country his autistic brother in 1988, becomes an ex-CIA bodyguard for a young kidnapped girl in 2004, only to see the girl become an emotional pyromaniac in 1980.

6. In 1998, a modern-day deal-with-the-devil story where the devil falls in love with ... a horse that is beloved, sold off and mistreated, then loved again in 1877, only to be held captive in a strange castle by a cursed prince in 1991 ... and uses his ability to communicate with animals to stop an evil wizard in 1982 -- then gets promoted to Captain and has many seafaring adventures during the Napoleonic Wars with his surgeon friend in 2003.

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

Linked Names

I'll show you some stuff linked by their names, you tell me the names that all mesh somehow.

For example, this is Steve-Omega Man in the Mirror Mirror.

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. There are 12 Greek Gods that reside on Mt Olympus. Most lists include Dionysus, but others include a Goddess in his place. Some interpretations say she gave up her place for him. If she's included, three of the Olympians are siblings to Zeus - name them.

2. What are the full names of the two main characters in the movie Grease (played by J. Travolta/O-N John)?

3. What land mammal, better known for a different record, has the longest tail?

4. What boy's name was the #1 most popular every year from 1954 through 1998 except in 1960, when David made its first and only appearance at #1?

5. What is a disputed area, a Led Zeppelin song, and a goat product (homophone)? One word.

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Scores - click for full-size Best team name goes to At 90, pills aren't enough. Shatner needed a little blue rocket.

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