Night 2: April 10th, 2006
Category 1: Current events
1. What recently retired Mariners’ catcher was honoured with a pre-game ceremony on Saturday evening?
A: >Dan Wilson<
2. In what country was Abdul Rahman, who converted to Christianity and is now living in asylum in Italy, sentenced to death under Sharia?
A: >Afghanistan<
3. The prime minister of what country announced last Tuesday that he would step down following civil unrest and months of protest?
A: >Thailand<
4. Gwyneth Paltrow gave birth to a boy over the weekend, her & Chris Martin’s second child. What name did they give him?
A: >Moses<
5. What author was recently cleared of charges that his best-selling novel “appropriate the architecture” of an earlier work of non-fiction?
A: >Dan Brown<
Category 2: Bill Murray movies
1. Which cat did Bill Murray voice in a recent movie?
A: >Garfield<
2. Bill Murray has starred in 3 movies directed by Wes Anderson. Name two of them.
A: >Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou<
3. What is the only sequel that Bill Murray has starred in?
A: >Ghostbusters II<
4. What Bill Murray movie based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was released in 1988?
A: >Scrooged<
5. What Shakespearean character has Bill Murray played in film?
A: >Polonius (from 2000 release of Hamlet)<
Category 3: Natural products
1. What is the last name of Tom & Kate, the founders of Toms of Maine?
A: >Chappell<
2. Produce in the supermarket is labeled with a 4 or 5 digit number. With what number do all organic produce codes start?
A: >9<
3. As of 2003, organic products accounted for what percentage of all food sales? +/- 2%.
A: >1-2% (accept 0-4%)<
4. What do the letters PCC stand for in the local natural food store chain?
A: >Puget Consumers Coop<
5. What bottled juice & smoothie making company, which was founded in Santa Cruz, California and had an e-coli scare in the mid-90s with their unpasteurized apple juice, is now owned by Coca Cola?
A: >Odwalla<
Category 4: Comic strip characters
Name the following characters from the comics:
1.
A: >Susie Derkins (from Calvin & Hobbes)<
2.
A: >Luann (from Luann)<
3.
A: >Woodstock (from Peanuts)<
4.
A: >Nermal (from Garfield)<
5.
A: >Milquetoast (from Bloom County/Outland)<
Category 5: Who said?
1. Which comedic actor and later game show host said, “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
A: >Groucho Marx<
2. Which actress, born in 1893 and renowned for her wit and innuendo, said, “It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.”
A: >Mae West<
3. Which literary character said, “Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.” I want the character, not the author…
A: >Ford Prefect<
4. Which influential and revered author - credited by William Faulkner as being “the first truly American writer” - said, “Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.”
A: >Mark Twain<
5. Which model & actress had her signature quote, “That’s hot,” trademarked?
A: >Paris Hilton<
Category 6: Science!
1. What kind of symmetry is exhibited in starfish?
A: >Radial<
2. What does a sphygmomanometer measure?
A: >Blood pressure<
3. A recent study published in the American Heart Journal demonstrated that what had no effect on the outcome of coronary artery bypass surgery?
A: >Prayer<
4. What is the term for the change of a solid directly into a gas, skipping the liquid phase (such as dry ice)?
A: >Sublimation<
5. The first astronaut from what country recently returned to Earth from the International Space Station?
A: >Brazil<
Category 7: The American Revolution
1. In what town in Massachusetts was the first musket shot of the war fired?
A: >Lexington<
2. What was the name of the treaty that formally ended the revolutionary war?
A: >Treaty of Paris<
3. Other than the Americans, three other countries fought on the side of the revolutionaries. Name two of them.
A: >France, Netherlands, Spain<
4. George Washington was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and was later elected president. Who served as his vice-president?
A: >John Adams<
5. Whose signature was the first to grace the Declaration of Independence?
A: >John Hancock<
Category 8: Country of Origin
I’m going to play an excerpt from a song. Tell me what country the group or individual is from.
1. Vökuró – Björk
A: >Iceland<
2. Darts of Pleasure – Franz Ferdinand
A: >Scotland<
3. Khoomei – Huun Huur Tu
A: >Tuva<
4. Neighborhood #2 (Laika) – The Arcade Fire
A: >Canada<
5. Barbie Girl - Aqua
A: >Denmark<
Bonus. O Pastor – Madredeus
A: >Portugal<
Tonight's winning score was 35 points (out of 41 possible). Second place was 30 points. Thanks to all the teams who played!
1. What recently retired Mariners’ catcher was honoured with a pre-game ceremony on Saturday evening?
A: >Dan Wilson<
2. In what country was Abdul Rahman, who converted to Christianity and is now living in asylum in Italy, sentenced to death under Sharia?
A: >Afghanistan<
3. The prime minister of what country announced last Tuesday that he would step down following civil unrest and months of protest?
A: >Thailand<
4. Gwyneth Paltrow gave birth to a boy over the weekend, her & Chris Martin’s second child. What name did they give him?
A: >Moses<
5. What author was recently cleared of charges that his best-selling novel “appropriate the architecture” of an earlier work of non-fiction?
A: >Dan Brown<
Category 2: Bill Murray movies
1. Which cat did Bill Murray voice in a recent movie?
A: >Garfield<
2. Bill Murray has starred in 3 movies directed by Wes Anderson. Name two of them.
A: >Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou<
3. What is the only sequel that Bill Murray has starred in?
A: >Ghostbusters II<
4. What Bill Murray movie based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was released in 1988?
A: >Scrooged<
5. What Shakespearean character has Bill Murray played in film?
A: >Polonius (from 2000 release of Hamlet)<
Category 3: Natural products
1. What is the last name of Tom & Kate, the founders of Toms of Maine?
A: >Chappell<
2. Produce in the supermarket is labeled with a 4 or 5 digit number. With what number do all organic produce codes start?
A: >9<
3. As of 2003, organic products accounted for what percentage of all food sales? +/- 2%.
A: >1-2% (accept 0-4%)<
4. What do the letters PCC stand for in the local natural food store chain?
A: >Puget Consumers Coop<
5. What bottled juice & smoothie making company, which was founded in Santa Cruz, California and had an e-coli scare in the mid-90s with their unpasteurized apple juice, is now owned by Coca Cola?
A: >Odwalla<
Category 4: Comic strip characters
Name the following characters from the comics:
1.
A: >Susie Derkins (from Calvin & Hobbes)<
2.
A: >Luann (from Luann)<
3.
A: >Woodstock (from Peanuts)<
4.
A: >Nermal (from Garfield)<
5.
A: >Milquetoast (from Bloom County/Outland)<
Category 5: Who said?
1. Which comedic actor and later game show host said, “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
A: >Groucho Marx<
2. Which actress, born in 1893 and renowned for her wit and innuendo, said, “It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.”
A: >Mae West<
3. Which literary character said, “Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.” I want the character, not the author…
A: >Ford Prefect<
4. Which influential and revered author - credited by William Faulkner as being “the first truly American writer” - said, “Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.”
A: >Mark Twain<
5. Which model & actress had her signature quote, “That’s hot,” trademarked?
A: >Paris Hilton<
Category 6: Science!
1. What kind of symmetry is exhibited in starfish?
A: >Radial<
2. What does a sphygmomanometer measure?
A: >Blood pressure<
3. A recent study published in the American Heart Journal demonstrated that what had no effect on the outcome of coronary artery bypass surgery?
A: >Prayer<
4. What is the term for the change of a solid directly into a gas, skipping the liquid phase (such as dry ice)?
A: >Sublimation<
5. The first astronaut from what country recently returned to Earth from the International Space Station?
A: >Brazil<
Category 7: The American Revolution
1. In what town in Massachusetts was the first musket shot of the war fired?
A: >Lexington<
2. What was the name of the treaty that formally ended the revolutionary war?
A: >Treaty of Paris<
3. Other than the Americans, three other countries fought on the side of the revolutionaries. Name two of them.
A: >France, Netherlands, Spain<
4. George Washington was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and was later elected president. Who served as his vice-president?
A: >John Adams<
5. Whose signature was the first to grace the Declaration of Independence?
A: >John Hancock<
Category 8: Country of Origin
I’m going to play an excerpt from a song. Tell me what country the group or individual is from.
1. Vökuró – Björk
A: >Iceland<
2. Darts of Pleasure – Franz Ferdinand
A: >Scotland<
3. Khoomei – Huun Huur Tu
A: >Tuva<
4. Neighborhood #2 (Laika) – The Arcade Fire
A: >Canada<
5. Barbie Girl - Aqua
A: >Denmark<
Bonus. O Pastor – Madredeus
A: >Portugal<
Tonight's winning score was 35 points (out of 41 possible). Second place was 30 points. Thanks to all the teams who played!
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