SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2004
An Tobar Pub Quiz 10.9.04
Round One
1. Who
said, "I tell you, since I was a kid, women always gave me a hard time. My
mother never breast fed me. She told me she liked me as a friend."
Moreover, "My old man didn’t help either. One time I was kidnapped. They
sent a piece of my finger. He said he wanted more proof."?
2. What
structure, built to attract visitor to Paris for the 1889 World’s Fair, was the
world’s tallest structure for 42 years?
3. What
is a baby peacock called?
4. Who
was known as the Sun King of France and ordered the construction of the palace
of Versailles?
5. What
TV character was a dock foreman for Prendergast Tool and Die Company before he
opened a bar?
6. What
word was invented by Democritus and is Greek for “unable to cut”?
7. What
are robots made of flesh called?
8.What
is “this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore?
9. By
what title is Indian philosopher Gautama Siddhartha better known?
10.
What is the length of a U.S. dollar bill? (U.S. measurement please)
Round Two
1.
[Bring squirt gun] I need a volunteer from each team that knows and loves
alcohol. What kind of alcohol is considered to be a tasteless, odorless, and
colorless spirit?
2. Who
owns 88,000 brown vehicles?
3. In
the movies, how did Marian Crane meet her untimely death at the Bates Motel?
4. What
name did artist Dominico Thesto Copoulus use to sign his paintings?
5. What
is another name for the Mission San Antonia de Valero?
6. Who
celebrated her 100th birthday on October 28, 1986?
7. What
is the only agricultural product that bears its seeds on the outside?
8. For
what war was the first U.S. military draft enacted?
9. What
country won soccer’s last World Cup?
10. In
what film did William Shatner make his motion picture debut?
Round Three
1. What
do you break when you crack the whip?
2. What
is xenophobia?
3. What
is par of St. Andrews old golf course?
4. In
what year was the TV bar, Cheers, established?
5. What
injury did John Wilkes Booth incur while fleeing after shooting President
Lincoln?
6. What
was the only Shakespearean play that mentioned America?
7. Who
defended the Boston Strangler?
8.
Which date is in the middle of the year?
9. Who
penned "This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper"
and for a bonus, what was the name of this poem?
10.
John Astin, the actor who played Gomez Addams in the TV show The Addams Family is the father of the
actor who played which Lord of the Rings movie Character?
Bonus
1. What
does EPCOT stand for?
2.
Playing the roles of 'Dap' and 'Leeds', which two often-confused actors
appeared in the 1988 Spike Lee movie School
Daze?
3. In
what three states are this year’s presidential debates taking place?
4. According
to infoplease.com, as of 2004, what are the four most populous cities in the
world? (I am asking about cities proper--as opposed to urban agglomeration,
which would also count the surrounding urban areas in the total.)
5. Who
are the five chief meteorologists of Central Florida Television (WESH-2), Local
6, Channel 9, Fox 35 News, and Central Florida News 13?
Tiebreakers
1. What
is the white, crescent-shaped area at the base of the fingernail called?
2. What
was James Rodgers' last request before confronting a firing squad in 1960?
3. Who
wrote the books Rosemary’s Baby and The Stepford Wives?
4. What
is the world’s tallest nationality?
5. What
is the number of the beltway surrounding Washington D.C.?
Round One Answers
1.
Rodney Dangerfield
2. The
Eiffel Tower
3. Peachick
4.
Louis XIV
5. Archie
Bunker
6. atom
7.
androids
8. the
raven
9.
Buddha
10. Six
inches
Round Two Answers
1.
Vodka
2. UPS
3. Stabbed
in the shower (scene of Psycho played
by Janet Leigh)
4. El
Greco
5. The
Alamo
6. The
Statue of Liberty
7. the
strawberry
8. The
Civil War
9.
Brazil
10. The Brothers Karamazov
Round Three Answers
1. The
sound barrier
2. Fear
of foreigners or strangers
3. 72
4. 1895
5. A
broken leg
6. The
Comedy of Errors
7. F.
Lee Bailey
8. July
2
9. T.S.
Eliot; The Hollow Men
10. Samwise
Gamgee
Bonus Round Answers
1. Experimental
Prototype Community Of Tomorrow
2. Laurence
Fishburne and Samuel L. Jackson
3. Florida,
Missouri, and Arizona
4. Shanghai,China;
Mumbai (Bombay), India; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Moscow, Russia
5. Dave
Marsh; Tom Sorrells; Tom Terry; Jeff Day; Glenn Richards
Tiebreakers Answers
1. lunule
or lunula
2. A
bullet-proof vest
3. Ira
Levin
4. the
Dutch (Netherlands)
5. I-495
