SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2004
An Tobar Pub Quiz 5.15.04
Round One
1. A
man pointed to a picture and said "Brothers and sisters have I none, but
this man’s father is my father’s son." Whose picture was the man pointing
at?
2. Who
was Janet Jackson performing with when she showed off her right breast during
halftime at this year’s Superbowl?
3. Who
was Al Gore’s famous roommate at Harvard?
4.
Cinco de Mayo (or as the Mexicans like to call it, the fifth of May)
commemorates a Mexican military victory over what country?
5.
Prince’s album 1999 was released on October 27 of what year? (2 pts. for exact
year, 1 pt. for being within 1 year either way)
6. What
rapper features a Rolls Royce in his video P.I.M.P.?
7. What
was the real identity of late-night TV clairvoyant Carnac the Magnificent?
8.
Which of these is not a Dr. Seuss title?
A. Cow
goes Pow
B. Fox
in Socks
C. Hop
on Pop
D.
Hunches in Bunches
9. What
1999 Matt Damon film usually has the adjectives Mysterious Yearning Secretive
Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender
Sensitive Haunted and Passionate truncated from its title?
10. On
the TV show Laverne and Shirley, what was Laverne’s favorite drink?
Round Two
1. What
is the only U.S. state without interstate highways (built to interstate highway
standards)?
2. What
was Nemo’s father’s name in the movie Finding
Nemo?
3. What
actress was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards for her work on Melrose
Place, and one for her work on Spin City?
4. What
is the name of Erich Maria Remarque fictional book about World War I?
5.
According to the German magazine Men’s Car, drivers of what make of automobile
have the most frequent sex (2.2x week)? [Three times a week is more ideal—like
fundamentalist churchgoing—twice on the weekend and one midweek service]
HP6.
What do J.K. Rowling’s initials stand for?
6. What
movie introduced the Sylvester Stallone character Rambo?
HP7.
What’s the name of the curse that killed Harry Potter’s parents?
7.
Which day is not mentioned in the Beatles' song Lady Madonna?
HP8.
Who was Harry Potter’s first defense against the dark arts teacher?
8.
Besides its two title characters, what Shakespeare play also features Octavius
Caesar, Ledipus, Octavia, and Pompey?
HP9. In
Goblet of Fire, who was Harry Potter’s date for the Yule Ball?
9. What
American painter began his career with Civil War prints for Harper’s Weekly and
then went on to paint Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide), and
The Herring Net?
HP10.
Who killed Sirius Black?
10.
What is the capital of Afghanistan? (the other war, remember?)
Round Three
1. The
web-based company Google is looking to raise $2,718,281,828 in its initial
public offering, where did they get such an irrational number from?
2. What
comedian died of complications from lung cancer on May 16, 1984, and promised
to come back twenty years to the date if he was faking?
3. What
United States presidential election was the only one where there was a tie in
the electoral college which had to be decided by the House of Representatives?
(Give the year of the election or the two men who tied)
4. Who
will be playing the role of Daisy Duke in an upcoming film adaptation of The
Dukes of Hazard?
5. When
Wild Bill Hickok was shot in Deadwood while playing poker, what hand was he
holding?
6.
During the Civil War, General McClellan was made aware of the details of
General Lee’s planned invasion of Maryland after a Union private found Lee’s Special
Orders lying in some grass wrapped around what?
7. What
was the first film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula? (It was not called
‘Dracula’ due to copyright problems with Bram Stoker’s widow.)
8. Give
me the title or author of the current number one, bestselling, non-fiction
hardcover on the New York Times best seller list?
9. Who
was the greek god of the underworld (I’ll accept his Greek or Roman name)?
10. Who
has replaced Casey Kasem as host of the weekly pop countdown show American Top
40?
Bonus
1. Who
is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, and the 24
hours of LeMans?
2. In
1937 a baseball player and a horse both won triple crowns, name them.
3. Kill
Bill Vol. 1, was billed as Quentin Tarantino’s fourth film. What were the
movie’s marketing people considering Tarantino’s first three films?
4. What
are the four tallest buildings in the world (based on height in feet, not
necessarily stories; order is not important)?
5.
Excluding Andy Rooney, name the five current correspondents mentioned at the
beginning of every 60 Minutes Program?
Round One Answers
1. A
picture of his son [If you don’t get this one substitute the word
"myself" for the phrase "my father’s son". This man’s
father is myself. Therefore it’s his son.]
2. Justin
Timberlake
3. Tommy
Lee Jones
4. France
5. 1982
6. 50
Cent
7. Johnny
Carson
8. Cow
goes Pow
9. The
Talented Mr. Ripley
10.
Milk and Pepsi
Round Two Answers
1. Alaska
2. Marlin
3. Heather
Locklear
4. All Quiet on the Western Front
5. BMW
HP6. Joanne
Kathleen
6. First Blood
HP7. Avada
Kedavra
7. Saturday
HP8. Professor
Quirrell
8. Antony and Cleopatra
HP9.
Parvati Patil
9.
Winslow Homer
HP10. Bellatrix
Black-Lestrange
10.
Kabul
Round Three Answers
1. e
(the value of the natural logarithm function, a transcendental number with the
first ten digits of 2.718281828)
2. Andy
Kaufman
3. 1800
or Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
4. Jessica
Simpson
5. Two
pairs, aces and eights
6. cigars
7. Nosferatu
(Eine Symphonie das Grauens)
8. Plan of Attack (Bob Woodward) (Richard
Clarke’s Against all Enemies is
number 4 and John Dean’s Worse than
Watergate is number 6).
9. Hades
or Pluto
10. Ryan
Seacrest
Bonus Round Answers
1. A.J.
Foyt
2. Joe
Medwick and War Admiral
3. Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown
4. Taipei
101 (1667 ft.; Taipei, Taiwan), Petronas Tower 1, Petronas Tower 2 (1483 ft.;
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Sears Tower (1450 ft.; Chicago) [5th Jin Mao Building
Shanghai 1381 ft.]
5. Ed
Bradley, Steve Kroft, Morley Safer, Lesley Stahl, Mike Wallace
