End of Trivia at Kozak's

As you may have heard, Monday the 7th of August was the final trivia night at Kozak's. Unfortunately, due to some changes in place it was no longer feasible to continue. I've had a lot of fun Quiz-Mastering these last few months and I thank everyone who has joined in, both at Kozak's and through this blog.

I don't currently have plans to start hosting trivia anywhere else; however, I certainly wouldn't rule it out. If I do decide to start again, I'll post information on this blog and send a short note out to the trivia mailing list (subscribe here; no spam, restricted posting) so those would be the best ways to find out.

Thanks again for all of your support!

Night 19: August 7th, 2006

Note: Monday the 7th of August was the final trivia night at Kozak's.


Category 1: Current Events
1. Which actor took out an ad in Variety magazine, pledging “to never work with Mel Gibson – actor, director, producer and anti-Semite”?
A: >Rob Schneider<
2. How many consecutive defeats have the Mariners suffered this season at the hands of the Oakland A’s?
A: >Twelve<
3. Tens of thousands of people from around the world gathered on Sunday to remember what World War II event on its 61st anniversary?
A: >Bombing of Hiroshima<
4. In recent polls, Ned Lamont was leading the incumbent senator by about six points in what state’s democratic primary?
A: >Connecticut<
5. The Blue Angels buzzed Seattle this weekend as part of the annual Seafair festivities. During the performance, do any of the aircraft pass Mach 1?
A: >No (fastest speed is about 700mph, just below Mach 1)<

Category 2: Company initials
What do (or did) the following company names stand for?
1. IBM
A: >International Business Machines<
2. GEICO
A: >Government Employees Insurance Company<
3. B&O (railroad)
A: >Baltimore & Ohio<
4. AT&T
A: >American Telephone & Telegraph<
5. UPN
A: >United Paramount Network<

Category 3: Finales
1. Which character was killed in the series finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer but was later resurrected as part of the spin-off series Angel?
A: >Spike<
2. In the final scene of the series finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Picard for the first time joins the senior staff in what activity?
A: >Weekly poker game<
3. At the end of the final episode of Sex and the City, the audience learns that Mr. Big’s first name is what?
A: >John<
4. Which character confessed to cheating during “The Contest” in the series finale of Seinfeld?
A: >George<
5. The finale of what show is the top network telecast of all time in the US, with 60.2% of households watching?
A: >M*A*S*H<

Category 4: Classical music
Name the composer.
1. Piano Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2 (Moonlight); 1st movement
A: >Ludwig van Beethoven<
2. The Planets, Op. 32; Mars, the Bringer of War
A: >Gustav Holst<
3. Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565
A: >Johann Sebastian Bach<
4. La donna è mobile from Rigoletto
A: >Giuseppe Verdi<
5. The Four Seasons; Autumn, Concerto in F major, op. No. 3; 3rd movement
A: >Antonio Vivaldi<

Category 5: Better known as…
I’ll give you someone’s real name, you tell me by what name they’re more famously known.
1. Singer Paul Hewson?
A: >Bono<
2. Musician Jayceon Terell Taylor?
A: >The Game<
3. Nobel Prize winner Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu?
A: >Mother Teresa<
4. Writer Eric Arthur Blair?
A: >George Orwell<
5. Singer Faroukh Bulsara?
A: >Freddie Mercury<

Category 6: Royalty
1. Which French king held the longest reign of any European monarch, at 72 years?
A: >Louis XIV (The Sun King)<
2. The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom. Who was the first monarch of the House of Windsor?
A: >George V<
3. Which country has the longest currently reigning monarch, at 60 years?
A: >Thailand (King Bhumibol Adulyadej aka King Rama IX)<
4. Prince Charles is first in the line of succession to the British throne. Who is second?
A: >Prince William<
5. According to the Act of Succession of 1810, which country’s monarch must come from within the House of Bernadotte and must be a Christian?
A: >Sweden’s<

Category 7: Last lines
I’ll quote the last line of a movie, you tell me what movie it’s from.
1. “After all, tomorrow is another day.”
A: >Gone With The Wind<
2. “Sure, I could have stayed in the past. I could have even been king. But in my own way, I am king. Hail to the king, baby.”
A: >Army of Darkness<
3. “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.”
A: >Alien<
4. “You finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you! God damn you all to hell!”
A: >Planet of the Apes<
5. “You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry: you will someday.”
A: >American Beauty<
6. "Say friend, you got any more of that good sarsparilla?"
A: >The Big Lebowski<

Category 8: Audio mystery category…
Name the artist.
1. Cry Me A River
A: >Justin Timberlake (2004 – Best Male Pop Vocal Performance)<
2. Happiness In Slavery
A: >Nine Inch Nails (1996 – Best Metal Performance)<
3. Ready to Run
A: >Dixie Chicks (2000 - Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal)<
4. If I Ain’t Got You
A: >Alicia Keys (2005 – Best Female R&B Vocal Performance)<
5. Crawling
A: >Linkin Park (2002 – Best Hard Rock Performance)<
Bonus: What do all of these songs have in common?
A: >They are all songs that have won Grammy Awards.<



The best average score was 23 points by Frown Huggers, a three person team. Beer Spill #1 took second place with 26 points while Deflated Maus took first place with a total of 28 points. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone who has participated over the last 19 weeks!

Night 18: July 31st, 2006

Category 1: Current Events
1. What movie took the number one spot at the box office this weekend?
A: >Miami Vice<
2. The Clerics on Malaysia’s National Fatwa Council have banned that country’s Muslims from using what wrinkle remover for fear that it may contain some substances derived from pigs?
A: >Botox<
3. Which actor was arrested in California on Friday for a DUI and allegedly made several anti-semitic remarks to sheriff’s deputies?
A: >Mel Gibson<
4. A couple in Massachusetts have been charged with practicing medicine without a license after a woman died undergoing what procedure in her home?
A: >Liposuction<
5. Lance Bass recently outed himself and indicated that his boyfriend is Reichen Lehmkuhl, the winner of which reality TV show?
A: >Amazing Race (4th season)<

Category 2: Debunked Science
1. It is understood now that light does not need a medium through which to travel. Prior to this discovery, what was the name of the substance thought to be the medium?
A: >Ether<
2. The germ theory of disease was preceded by a belief that diseases such as cholera and the Black Plague were caused by a noxious form of bad air known as what?
A: >Miasma<
3. Hippocrates believed that the balance of four substances – blood, black bile, yellow bile and phlegm – determined the health of the body. What is the collective name for these four substances?
A: >The Humours<
4. The Steady State theory was introduced by Fred Hoyle, Thomas Gold and others in 1948 as an alternative to which widely accepted theory?
A: >The Big Bang Theory<
5. The Phlogiston Theory held that phlogiston was a substance without color, odor, taste or weight that could be liberated from a material by what process?
A: >Burning it<

Category 3: Coaches
1. Prior to coaching the Seahawks, Mike Holmgren was head coach of what NFL team?
A: >Green Bay Packers<
2. Which World Series winning manager started his playing career with the Montreal Expos in 1981 and also spent time with the Cubs, Reds, Indians and Brewers during his 10-year playing career?
A: >Terry Francona<
3. Who is the head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes?
A: >Wayne Gretzky<
4. John Madden is most well known as a color commentator. Which team did Madden coach from 1969-1978 including a win at Superbowl XI?
A: >Oakland Raiders<
5. Which coach was selected as one of the ten greatest coaches in the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Star team and has been head coach for five championships – 4 with the Lakers and 1 with the Heat?
A: >Pat Riley<

Category 4: Word Puzzles
1. What type of tree, native to the US, contains all five vowels?
A: >Sequoia<
2. There is a seven letter word made up solely of the letters A, E, R & S. Take away all the “R”s and you are left with a five letter word that can mean “alleviates”. From this word, take away the “E”s and you are left with a three letter word that informally describes a body part or perhaps someone who is an idiot. Remove the “S”s and you are left with a one letter article. What is the initial seven letter word?
A: >Erasers (Eases, Ass, A)<
3. What Oscar winning movie would spell your phone number, if your phone number were 244-2246?
A: >Chicago<
4. Take an eight letter word which means “brings to life”. Removing one letter and reversing the remaining letters gives a word meaning “enduring strength”. What was the original eight letter word?
A: >Animates (Stamina)<
5. Take a seven letter word which means “come from within”. Move the first letter of the word to the end and you now have a word which describes an aquatic mammal. What is the first word?
A: >Emanate (Manatee)<

Category 5: Gay Celebrities
1. How many members of the Indigo Girls are openly gay?
A: >2 (or both of them – Amy Ray & Emily Saliers)<
2. Which singer, frontman of heavy metal band Judas Priest, came out in 1998?
A: >Rob Halford<
3. Which British actor who came out in 1989 played Julia Robert’s gay best friend in My Best Friend’s Wedding and Madonna’s gay best friend in The Next Best Thing?
A: >Rupert Everett<
4. Which avant-garde composer, famous for his aleatoric pieces, was life partner to choreographer Merce Cunningham?
A: >John Cage<
5. Which tennis player who won Wimbledon this year came out in 1999 following the semi-finals of the Australian Open?
A: >Amelie Mauresmo<

Category 6: Presidents
1. Which president went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
A: >William Howard Taft<
2. Which two presidents are the only ones to have been impeached, both unsuccessfully?
A: >Andrew Johnson & Bill Clinton<
3. What is the greatest number of former presidents alive at any time in American history?
A: >Five (for example, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr, & Clinton from 1/20/01 to 6/5/04)<
4. Which former president was elected as vice-president and succeeded Zachary Taylor following Taylor’s death; did not run for the presidency following his term in office; and then four years later ran for president as the Know Nothing Party candidate, finishing third in the voting?
A: >Millard Fillmore<
5. Who is the only person to have held two non-consecutive terms as president?
A: >Grover Cleveland<

Category 7: Mystery Category
1. What was the callsign for Lieutenant Pete Mitchell in the movie Top Gun?
A: >Maverick<
2. The amount of thermal energy necessary to change one gram of a substance from solid to liquid is known as its heat of what?
A: >Fusion<
3. If you were born on May 19th, what would your star sign be?
A: >Taurus<
4. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, which type of skiing was made up of four events – men’s & women’s moguls & aerials.
A: >Freestyle<
5. Which Journey album, released in 1981, features the track “Don’t Stop Believin”?
A: >Escape<
Bonus: What do all these answers have in common?
A: >They are all models of Ford cars<

Category 8: “Weird Al”
I’ll play a Weird Al track, you tell me the artist he’s parodying.
1. A Complicated Song
A: >Avril Lavigne (Complicated)<
2. I Think I’m A Clone Now
A: >Tiffany (I Think We’re Alone Now) [Originally by Tommy James & The Shondells]<
3. Pretty Fly for a Rabbi
A: >The Offspring<
4. She Drives Like Crazy
A: >Fine Young Cannibals<
5. You’re Pitiful
A: >James Blunt<



The best average score was 24 points for Groundhogs, a two person team. Second place was claimed by The Goatses with 31 points. The first place winners were B Tests with 32 points. Congratulations to the winners and thanks everyone for playing!

Night 17: July 24th, 2006

Category 1: Current Events
1. Who won the Tour de France this year?
A: >Floyd Landis<
2. Which actor joked that he’d met his “first stalker” after a woman at a taping of the tonight show approached him and told him, “I’ll see you in court”?
A: >Colin Farrell<
3. Space Adventures, a company that has already sent three people to the International Space Station for touristic purposes, recently announced that future customers can add what to their trip for an additional 15 million dollars?
A: >A spacewalk<
4. A study at the University of Vienna showed that sharing a bed with a partner had what effect on men?
A: >It produces “temporary mental setbacks” – makes them stupider.<
5. Which former mayor of Spokane who was recalled from office following an internet sex scandal, died this weekend following complications from cancer surgery?
A: >James West<

Category 2: Poisonings
1. During what country’s 2004 elections was politician Viktor Yuschenko poisoned with dioxin?
A: >Ukraine<
2. Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago declared that they believed which famous composer died of lead poisoning?
A: >Ludwig van Beethoven<
3. Which Renaissance Italian noble, daughter of the future Pope Alexander VI, is renowned as one of the most famous poisoners of all time?
A: >Lucrezia Borgia<
4. The Peoples Temple cult committed mass suicide on November 18th, 1978, by drinking cyanide laced KoolAid at their compound in what town in Guyana?
A: >Jonestown<
5. Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking a cup of what?
A: >Hemlock<

Category 3: Horror!
1. Which director of the Nightmare on Elm Street series also directed the Scream series, parodying many of the horror movie clichés that he helped make popular?
A: >Wes Craven<
2. Which actress got her first big break as Laurie Strode, the youngest sister of Michael Myers?
A: >Jamie Lee Curtis<
3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacres alleges to be a true story based on which serial killer?
A: >Ed Gein<
4. Ed Wood created several cult classic low budget horror films. Who directed the 1994 biopic of his life?
A: >Tim Burton<
5. Which 1968 black and white horror film directed by George Romero was placed by the Library of Congress on the National Film Registry along with other films considered “historically, culturally or aesthetically important”?
A: >Night of the Living Dead<

Category 4: Combinames
The answer will be a combination of two peoples names with one person’s last name being the other person’s first. For example, “Author of Get Shorty & Beautiful Losers” would be Elmore Leonard Cohen.
1. Top American tennis player who directed the Pink Panther movies.
A: >James Blake Edwards<
2. Beverly Hills actress and top selling country artist.
A: >Jennie Garth Brooks<
3. American patriot who said, “Give me liberty or give me death,” and went to live by Walden Pond.
A: >Patrick Henry Thoreau<
4. Astronaut with a famous recording of the Goldberg Variations.
A: >John Glenn Gould<
5. US President during World War I who wrote the hit song “In The Midnight Hour”.
A: >Woodrow Wilson Pickett<

Category 5: Charlie Sheen
1. Which actor did Charlie Sheen replace on the sitcom Spin City?
A: >Michael J Fox<
2. Which actress initiated divorce proceedings from Sheen in April 2006?
A: >Denise Richards<
3. Charlie Sheen has acted alongside his brother Emilio Estevez in 5 films. Name 2 of them.
A: >Loaded Weapon I; Men At Work; Never on Tuesday; Wisdom; Young Guns<
4. In the movie Major League, Sheen plays pitcher Rick Vaughn. What baseball team does he play for?
A: >Cleveland Indians<
5. Charlie Sheen was cast in the movie Wall Street, directed by Oliver Stone. Stone apparently considered Sheen for a role in his next movie but wound up giving the role to Tom Cruise. What movie was this?
A: >Born on the Fourth of July<

Category 6: Swimming
1. Mark Spitz holds the record for most gold medals won during a single Olympic Games, with seven. During which Olympics (year & city) did he achieve this?
A: >Munich, 1972<
2. In 1998, Benoit Lecomte became the first man to swim across what body of water?
A: >The Atlantic Ocean<
3. Which swimming stroke was considered a variant of the breaststroke until accepted as a separate style in 1952?
A: >Butterfly stroke<
4. What is the acronym for the world governing body of competitive swimming?
A: >FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation)<
5. Which swimmer, born in 1982 and recognized as one of the greatest middle-distance swimmers, has won five Olympic gold medals, more than any other Australian?
A: >Ian Thorpe (Thorpedo)<

Category 7: Political Scandals
1. Which mayor of Washington, DC, was forced to leave office during his third term due to his arrest and conviction on drug charges, but later returned to serve a fourth term?
A: >Marion Barry<
2. Who were the two reporters at the Washington Post who were instrumental in uncovering the Watergate Scandal?
A: >Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein<
3. The Iran-Contra affair under President Reagan involved the illegal selling of arms to Iran and the use of the proceeds to fund the Contras in what Central American country?
A: >Nicaragua<
4. One of the first major scandals in American politics occurred during the adminstration of Warren G. Harding. Harding’s Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, leased the rights to the emergency oil reserves to Mammoth Oil with no competitive bidding, in exchange for substantial gifts from the oilmen. What is the name commonly given to this scandal?
A: >The Teapot Dome Scandal<
5. In 1985, operatives of the French foreign intelligence services sank a ship in Auckland, New Zealand. The ship was the flagship of what organization?
A: >Greenpeace<

Category 8: Circles!
Name the artist:
1. Round & Round
A: >Ratt<
2. Circles
A: >Mariah Carey<
3. Circle of Life
A: >Elton John<
4. Judith
A: >A Perfect Circle<
5. You Spin Me Right Round
A: >Dead or Alive<


The best average score was an astonishing 28 points, achieved by the one man team, Team Jonathan. Two teams were tied for first with 31 points so there was a sudden death runoff. Two representatives from each team were asked the same question.

Q: In what year was the Battle of Hastings?
A: >1066<

Team Emo answered the question correctly and won first place. The Great Triviadini therefore finished in second place. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone for playing!

Night 15: July 10th, 2006

All of tonight's questions somehow involved the World Cup or the nations that participated. If the answer to a question is a country, it will be one of the 32 countries involved in the 2006 World Cup.


Category 1: Current Events
1. Italy won the 2006 World Cup. What was the score of the final match?
A: >1-1 (Italy beat France on penalties after extra time)<
2. Italy is also in the throes of a football match-fixing scandal. Which team’s former general manager, Luciano Moggi, is at the center of the allegations?
A: >Juventus<
3. Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese Prime Minister, recently visited George Bush. What American landmark did they become the first sitting world leaders to visit, at the Prime Minister’s request?
A: >Graceland<
4. Which nation’s election results are being contested by the two candidates since there appears to be less than a percentage point difference between them?
A: >Mexico<
5. The Wimbledon men’s singles final was contested yesterday by Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal, citizens of which two World Cup nations?
A: >Switzerland & Spain<

Category 2: National Facts
1. Which World Cup nation has the smallest population?
A: >Trinidad & Tobago<
2. Which World Cup nation has the most southerly point?
A: >Argentina<
3. Accra is the capital of which World Cup country?
A: >Ghana<
4. Which World Cup country’s currency is the Riyal?
A: >Saudi Arabia<
5. Which of the following countries is not a member of the European Union: Czech Republic; Poland; Sweden; or Switzerland?
A: >Switzerland <

Category 3: History
1. Which former colony of Portugal played Portugal in the opening round of the World Cup?
A: >Angola<
2. In what century did Australia gain its independence from the UK?
A: >20th<
3. Which two nations were involved in the Falklands War in 1982?
A: >England (UK) & Argentina<
4. The Koreas were famously divided by the US & the Soviet Union at what parallel?
A: >The 38th Parallel<
5. Which US president authorized the CIA to assist British Intelligence in overthrowing the Iranian prime minister and re-installing the Shah?
A: >Eisenhower<

Category 4: National Anthems
I'll play a national anthem, you tell me which country has it played before their World Cup games.
1. Anthem 1
A: >United States<
2. Anthem 2
A: >Germany<
3. Anthem 3
A: >France<
4. Anthem 4
A: >Brazil<
5. Anthem 5
A: >England<

Category 5: What’s My Country?
I’ll name a player for a World Cup team, you tell me what country he plays for.
1. Hernan Crespo
A: >Argentina<
2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
A: >Sweden<
3. Carlos Bocanegra
A: >United States<
4. Michael Essien
A: >Ghana<
5. Mark Viduka
A: >Australia<

Category 6: Germany
1. What city was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990?
A: >Bonn<
2. In what place did Germany finish in the 2006 World Cup?
A: >3rd<
3. Who succeeded Gerhard Schröder as the German Chancellor?
A: >Angela Merkel<
4. What German quartet, founded in 1970 by Florian Schneider-Esleben and Ralf Hütter, released an album titled Autobahn and are credited with significant contributions to the development of electronic music?
A: >Kraftwerk<
5. Richard Wagner was born in what city, the only former East German city to host games during the latest World Cup?
A: >Leipzig<

Category 7: The World Cup
1. Whose goal against England in the 1986 World Cup was voted as the greatest World Cup goal of all time?
A: >Diego Maradona<
2. In what year did the US host the FIFA World Cup?
A: >1994<
3. Which player received the Golden Ball at the 2006 World Cup?
A: >Zinedine Zidane<
4. How many times have Italy won the World Cup?
A: >4<
5. Which player has scored the most ever World Cup goals?
A: >Ronaldo<

Category 8: Name the Country
I’ll play a song, you tell me which World Cup country the artist or band is from. Bonus point for naming the artist.
1. Torn
A: >Australia (Natalie Imbruglia)<
2. Twiggy Twiggy
A: >Japan (Pizzicato Five)<
3. La Puerta Negra
A: >Mexico (Los Tigres del Norte)<
4. Hate To Say I Told You So
A: >Sweden (The Hives)<
5. Mas Que Nada
A: >Brazil (Tamba Trio)<



The best average score was an impressive 20 points by the one-man team, Vault 13. In second place with a score of 34 (despite some erroneous information from the trivia host) was Super Karate Monkey Death Car. First place was won by Les Nacheaux with 36 points. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone for playing! Less World Cup next week!

Guest host for next 4 weeks

If you were at Kozak's on Monday night you may have heard me mention that I will be out of town at the World Cup in Germany for the next few weeks. During that time, however, Monday night trivia will continue (the mere lack of my presence is not enough to derail the juggernaut of trivia!) under the very able command of Chad. Fret not then, my fellow trivia seekers, and be at Kozak's on Monday to further tax your minds!

Night 10: June 5th, 2006

Category 1: Current Events
1. Which country, formerly part of Yugoslavia, declared its independence on Saturday after a May 21st referendum?
A: >Montenegro<
2. Which comedian won the Generation Award (for lifetime achievement) at this year’s MTV Movie Awards?
A: >Jim Carrey<
3. The final men’s singles match of this year’s French Open is expected to be contested by Roger Federer and which Spanish tennis player who won last year’s competition?
A: >Rafael Nadal<
4. Alan Garcia won Sunday’s presidential election in what South American country?
A: >Peru<
5. Which two teams will meet Thursday night for the first game of the NBA finals?
A: >Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat<

Category 2: Michael Jackson
1. Which Michael Jackson album is the top-selling album of all time?
A: >Thriller<
2. In1985, Michael Jackson had a falling out with a famous friend because Jackson bought the rights to almost the entire musical catalog of what band?
A: >The Beatles<
3. Which director was hired to direct the video for Bad?
A: >Martin Scorsese<
4. For which song did Michael Jackson win his first solo Grammy?
A: >Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough<
5. Which guitarist played the solo on the song Beat It?
A: >Eddie Van Halen<

Category 3: Populists
1. What is the nickname of the current president of Brazil?
A: >Lula<
2. Which brothers collected German folklore to “gather the Teutonic spirit” and help create a German identity?
A: >Brothers Grimm<
3. Juan Perón was hugely popular with the people of what country, where he served as president for three terms?
A: >Argentina<
4. Aung San Suu Kyi is a non-violent pro-democracy activist who has been under house arrest off and on since 1989 in what country?
A: >Myanmar/Burma<
5. Which former KKK leader, who was imprisoned in 2003 for tax evasion and mail fraud, ran for president in 1988 as the Populist Party candidate?
A: >David Duke<


Category 4: Hinky Pinky
In this category, the clues given describe an answer that is a pair of rhyming words with the same number of syllables. For example, “seafood spread” could be “clam jam”. I’m not going to tell you the number of syllables for each question though…
1. A person who lives in the basement
A: >Cellar dweller<
2. A Norseman on wheels
A: >Biking Viking<
3. Apian patellae
A: >Bee’s knees<
4. The White House
A: >President’s residence<
5. Onion boat
A: >Scallion galleon<

Category 5: Food
1. By what name are the thymus and pancreas of cattle usually known when they are served as food?
A: >Sweetbreads<
2. If you order “unagi” in a Japanese restaurant, what type of animal will you be eating?
A: >Freshwater eel<
3. What Scandinavian specialty is made from air-dried whitefish and lye?
A: >Lutefisk<
4. Which one of the following is considered a “true” berry by botanical standards: Blueberry, grape, raspberry, or banana?
A: >Grape<
5. Madagascar is the world’s largest producer of what flavouring, derived from the seedpods of a specific genus of orchids?
A: >Vanilla<

Category 6: The World Cup
1. Who won the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea?
A: >Brazil<
2. In what country was the first World Cup held? A bonus point if you can name the year.
A: >Uruguay, 1930<
3. What is the acronym for the confederation to which the US belongs?
A: >CONCACAF<
4. How many people are estimated to have watched the final of the 2002 World Cup: 550 million, 820 million, 1.1 billion, 1.6 billion?
A: >1.1 billion<
5. Name one of the two countries that have won 3 World Cups.
A: >Germany, Italy<


Category 7: The WB
1. What show, created by Josh Whedon and which premiered in 1997, was the first big hit for the WB and also helped launch the career of Sarah Michelle Gellar?
A: >Buffy the Vampire Slayer<
2. What hidden camera show featuring characters such as Brad “B-Rad” Gluckman and Virginia Hamm would tell victims that they’d been “X’ed” when it came time to reveal the gag?
A: >The Jamie Kennedy Experiment<
3. In January 2006, what supernatural WB program in its eighth year became the longest running show ever with all-female leads, surpassing Laverne & Shirley?
A: >Charmed<
4. Which actor played Dawson Leery on Dawson’s Creek?
A: >James Van Der Beek<
5. Which WB drama, currently in its fourth season and which has not been renewed for the fall, follows characters in a small fictional town in Colorado?
A: >Everwood<

Category 8: Songs about places
Name the artist.
1. Beverly Hills
A: >Weezer<
2. Aenima
A: >Tool<
3. Private Idaho
A: >B-52s<
4. California Dreaming
A: >The Mamas and the Papas<
5. NYC
A: >Interpol<



East Coast Offense, a team of two, won the best average score prize tonight with a total score of 28. The_Underscores placed second with 31 points while Mostly Good Girls took first place with 32 points. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to everyone for playing!

Night 9: May 29th, 2006

Category 1: Current Events
1. CBS settled out of court with which radio personality, following a breach of contract dispute?
A: >Howard Stern<
2. Angelina Jolie gave birth Saturday to a baby girl. To what country did she and Brad travel in order to avoid the paparazzi?
A: >Namibia<
3. Which famous site in Poland, where he spoke and led prayers, was Pope Benedict’s last stop on his tour of the country?
A: >Auschwitz<
4. The prestigious journal, Science, published two papers last week describing theoretical methods for creating what kind of sci-fi-seeming device?
A: >Cloaking device<
5. Barry Bonds is now ranked 2nd in career home runs in the major leagues. Who is ranked first?
A: >Hank Aaron<

Category 2: Puppets
1. What famous puppet made his first appearance in 1955 on a TV show called Sam & Friends?
A: >Kermit<
2. What show consisted largely of two sock puppets, voiced by Matt Crocco & Liam Lynch, having bizarre and meandering conversations, interspersed with recurring segments such as Rock Facts and A Word With Chester?
A: >Sifl and Olly<
3. What satirical British program, which ran from 1986 to 1994, showed often scathing puppet caricatures of public figures?
A: >Spitting Image<
4. What are the names of the two old men who sit in the box seats on The Muppet Show and heckle the performers? (2 points – one point each)
A: >Statler and Waldorf<
5. Which Sesame Street character has a pet worm Slimey, a pet elephant Fluffy, and lives in a garbage can?
A: >Oscar the Grouch<

Category 3: Prize winners
1. Who won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the photoelectric effect, helping to further explore the wave-particle duality of light?
A: >Albert Einstein<
2. Which actress has the most Academy Award nominations, with 13, and two wins (for Kramer vs Kramer & Sophie’s Choice)?
A: >Meryl Streep<
3. Which Hugo & Nebula award winning African-American writer was the first sci-fi author to receive the MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant?
A: >Octavia E. Butler<
4. Which actress surprised many in 2005 by accepting in person the Golden Raspberry, or “Razzie”, award for Worst Actress while also clutching her 2002 Best Actress Oscar?
A: >Halle Berry<
5. Which humourist won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1988?
A: >Dave Barry<

Category 4: Celebrity Anagrams
1. Narcoleptic (music)
A: >Eric Clapton<
2. Docile or paranoid (acting)
A: >Leonardo DiCaprio<
3. Presbyterians (music)
A: >Britney Spears<
4. No aliens, darling (acting)
A: >Gillian Anderson<
5. No real charm beneath (acting)
A: >Helena Bonham Carter<

Category 5: Memorial Day
1. What is the earliest date in May that Memorial Day could be observed?
A: >May 25th<
2. The town of Waterloo in what state is generally considered the birthplace of Memorial Day?
A: >New York<
3. Memorial Day was formerly known as Decoration Day and honoured soldiers killed during which war?
A: >The US Civil War<
4. Memorial Day is a US holiday - many other countries honour their war dead on Remembrance Day. What date does it fall on, the same as Veteran’s Day in the US?
A: >November 11th<
5. A Congressional measure to return Memorial Day to its previously fixed date of May 30th has been introduced repeatedly since 1999 by Senator Daniel Inouye, the senior senator from which state?
A: >Hawaii<

Category 6: Chemistry
1. Freezing, for example, is the change of state from liquid to solid of a compound. What state change occurs in deposition?
A: >Gas to solid<
2. Which chemist won two Nobel Prizes – one jointly in Physics in 1903 for research into radiation phenomena and the other in Chemistry in 1911 for the discovery of the elements polonium and radium?
A: >Marie Curie<
3. If a solution is acidic, will it have a high or a low pH?
A: >Low (<7)<
4. Which element gets its symbol from the Latinized Greek word hydrargyrum, meaning “watery silver”?
A: >Mercury<
5. How many carbon atoms are found in a molecule of butane?
A: >4<

Category 7: The 50 States
1. What is the capital of Michigan?
A: >Lansing<
2. Which state’s nickname is the Granite State?
A: >New Hampshire<
3. Which state is the most populous, based on 2005 US Census estimates?
A: >California<
4. How many states share a land border (including rivers, not including lakes) with Canada?
A: >11 (WA, ID, MT, ND, MN, MI, NY, VT, NH, ME, AK)<
5. In which state is the geographic center of the 50 states?
A: >South Dakota (just west of Castle Rock)<

Category 8: Songs with Whistling
1. Walk Like An Egyptian
A: >The Bangles<
2. There It Go (The Whistle Song)
A: >Juelz Santana<
3. Patience
A: >Guns N’ Roses<
4. Games Without Frontiers
A: >Peter Gabriel<
5. Winds of Change
A: >The Scorpions<



The best average score was 22 points for a team of 2 people and was won by Katie & Kat. The second place team was Vrooooooooom with 29 points. First place was won by MC Escher with 30 points. Congratulations to the winning teams and thanks to everyone who played!