TRIVIA!

From 8 - 9ish

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Tonight’s theme is ?

Current Events!

5 questions

1 point each

1. From what country is the editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta who has auctioned off his 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal for $103.5m to help Ukrainian children?

2. What company announced a new terrifying mascot, shown here - and what's its name?

3. In a race (in one case literally) to the bottom, answer ONE of these (please include the number with your answer)- 1 which state's GOP voted to call homosexuality 'an abnormal lifestyle choice', wants to secede, and says the 2020 election was illegitimate, 2 which state's governor will not order vaccines for kids under 5, or 3 which state passed a Save Women’s Sports Act late in the evening in early June and announce this past week it will remove the part that requires any female athlete “accused” of being transgender to have a full external and internal genital inspection?

4. What NFL 5x Pro-Bowler with 4 championships (2 dif teams) announced his retirement for the second time?

5. In what some politicos (er, entertainers?) are trying to conflate with the events of Jan 6, what late night talk show host's staff was arrested filming inside a congressional office building Thursday night?

Review your Current Events round answers:

1. From what country is the editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta who has auctioned off his 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal for $103.5m to help Ukrainian children?

2. What company announced a new terrifying mascot, shown here - and what's its name?

3. In a race (in one case literally) to the bottom, answer ONE of these (please include the number with your answer)- 1 which state's GOP voted to call homosexuality 'an abnormal lifestyle choice', wants to secede, and says the 2020 election was illegitimate, 2 which state's governor will not order vaccines for kids under 5, or 3 which state passed a Save Women’s Sports Act late in the evening in early June and announce this past week it will remove the part that requires any female athlete “accused” of being transgender to have a full external and internal genital inspection?

4. What NFL 5x Pro-Bowler with 4 championships (2 dif teams) announced his retirement for the second time?

5. In what some politicos (er, entertainers?) are trying to conflate with the events of Jan 6, what late night talk show host's staff was arrested filming inside a congressional office building Thursday night?

MYSTERY ROUND

A-Z answers

Do you know your ABCs? If you combine the 6 answers in this round, you will have all 26 letters (each used just once). Got it? Good!

1. Initials shared by one of the richest US citizens, a failed Presidential candidate, a blues guitarist/singer, and a very successful actress who also a pin-up girl

2. Transitive verb that M-W defines as... to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to

3. This geographic feature is found in Norway more than anywhere else in the world

4. Calypso, Echo, Electra, and Harmonia

5. A ballroom dance

6. Dog or cat anatomy that pet groomers should be familiar with/aware of

Review your Mystery round answers:

1. Initials shared by one of the richest US citizens, a failed Presidential candidate, a blues guitarist/singer, and a very successful actress who also a pin-up girl

2. Transitive verb that M-W defines as... to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to

3. This geographic feature is found in Norway more than anywhere else in the world

4. Calypso, Echo, Electra, and Harmonia

5. A ballroom dance

6. Dog or cat anatomy that pet groomers should be familiar with/aware of

MUSIC ROUND

Name the song title and artist - 1 point each

And name the theme that permeates these songs for a bonus point

NOTE: For the theme, the 'keyword' will be in the title or artist name for 3 of the songs. For the other 3, it's either in the lyrics (heard in the clip) or the artist name/title represents the keyword (for example, if I wanted to get to the keyword Arson, I'd play the Talking Heads/Burning Down the House).

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

On the farm

I'll show farm pics and ask a question - you answer.

For example, what TV show is this?
Answer: Green Acres

Picture 1 - In what state is this farm?

Picture 2 - I smell a rat - what's its name?

Picture 3 - Speaking of dirty animals (is that too harsh), what's the name of this Fox show from 2003ish?

Picture 4 - What fictional TV family ran the cattle ranch of Southfork?

Picture 5 - What family ran this farm?

Picture 6 - What's the name of this show?

Review your Picture round answers:

GENIUS ROUND

Hard questions from all over

2 points each

1. What childrens TV show featured a fictional world/segment with regular characters that included a king, queen, owl, pussycat, tiger, and many other human and anthropomorphic animals - including one named Hilda Dingleboarder?

2. What snack food was invented in 1958 by Swiss baker Oscar Kambly who was trying to celebrate his wife and her zodiac sign/symbol?

3. What still operating airline was the first in the world to board 1 million passengers in one city in one month (Atlanta in August 1979)?

4. In 1997, what entertainer did the U.S. Congress honor, declaring as the 'first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces' - plus there's a military plane and naval vessel named for this person?

5. What iconic sports car model is named for David Brown, a tractor manufacturer who, in 1947, bought the auto company that later produced the model?

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