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!
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!
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