An Tobar Trivia 12.14.14
Round One
1.
Who's got a beard that's long and white? Who comes around on a special night? Who
wears boots and a suit of red? Who wears a long cap on his head? Who's got a
big red cherry nose? Who laughs this way HO HO HO? Who very soon will come our
way?
2.
Based on the lyrics to the song, how many golden rings does the man or woman
receive from his or her true love during The
Twelve Days of Christmas in all?
3. At
the Christmas party during the ninth and final season of NBC's The Office, which character dressed up
as Belsnickel instead of Santa?
Andy
Dwight
Jim
Michael
4.
According to legend, which saint's statuette should you bury on your property to
help speed the sale of your home?
5. Chris
Hemsworth, People Magazine's sexiest
man alive for 2014, portrays what Norse god/superhero in the Marvel Studios
films?
6. What
is the coldest planet in our solar system?
7.
Whose all-time NHL goal record did Wayne Gretzky break when he scored his 802nd
goal on March 23, 1994?
8. In
the movie ''Scrooged,'' Bill Murray plays a TV network president whose version
of ''A Christmas Carol'' featured what former Olympic athlete in the role of
Tiny Tim?
9. As a
result of the Missouri Compromise (1820), was the state of Missouri admitted to
the union as a slave state or as a free state in 1821?
10. In
46 BC Julius Caesar penned the words, "Veni, vidi, vici" to the Roman
Senate. Which is the best translation of this phrase?
I saw.
I came. I conquered.
I saw.
I conquered. I came.
I came.
I saw. I conquered.
Round Two
1. In
which sequel to the movie Rocky did
Rocky Balboa knockout Ivan Drago in the 15th round of an unsanctioned boxing
match on Christmas Day?
2. What
1936 best-selling Christmas gift featured rich Uncle Pennybags?
3. Which happened first: the
U.S. House of Representatives votes to impeach President Bill Clinton or The
Sopranos is first broadcast on HBO?
4. Connect these words: Blue, Straw,
Dingle
5.
Ponch and Jon were the two lead characters on what late 70s/early 80s TV show?
6.
Though Marcellus might have been surprised it's not rotten, which of the
world's nations is the least corrupt (according to Transparency International's
rankings)?
7. "Crow's
feet," when they occur, are located to the sides of what human organ?
8. What
famous reindeer is portrayed as Donner's son in the 1964 Rankin-Bass TV show, and
as Blitzen's son in the GoodTimes' Entertainment 1998 movie (the latter movie
was presumably based on more recently developed DNA evidence)?
9. What
celebrity has made famous Andrea Constand, Tamara Green, Barbara Bowman, Janice
Dickinson, Joan Tarshis, Louisa Moritz, Angela Leslie, Renita Chaney Hill, Victoria
Valentino, Joyce Emmons, and Jewel Allison? (And those are only the ones with
names I can easily pronouce.) Or, phrased more tastelessly, What could be the
new name for this drink: a Bloody Mary topped off with a beer and a quaalude?
10.
What it the well-known Scottish phrase for "times gone by" or
"days long ago?"
Harry Potter Questions
1. What
two Christmas gifts did Harry Potter receive from Mrs. Weasley during his first
Christmas vacation at Hogwarts? (1/2 point each, question is worth 1 pt total)
2. What
did Veron Dudley's sister Marge give Harry Potter for Christmas the same year
she gave Dudley Durley a computerized robot?
3. Who
was Harry Potter's date to Professor Slughorn's Christmas party in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince?
4. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,
what attacked Harry and Hermione on Christmas Eve in Godric's Hollow?
5. Which
member of Dumbledore's Army, prior to this incident still at Hogwarts, was abducted by Death
Eaters over the Christmas holidays in Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows?
Round Three
1. What
Will Farrell movie character said, “I'm just a cotton-headed ninny muggings?”
2. Who
are the only quarterbacks in NFL history to be 100 or more games over .500 in
wins and losses? (2 pts)
3. In
what two states would you find a city, town, or hamlet called "North
Pole"? (2 pts.)
4. What
is the Oxford English Dictionary 2014 word of the year?
5. Who
came in second to "Otherwize" in the 1997 Rap Olympics?
6. What
hyphenated word has come to be defined as, "something that shows or
teaches you something in a surprising way," but in the 18th and 19th
centuries usually just meant "a drink of alcohol in the morning"?
7. What
instrument did George Carlin's character, Rufus, play in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure?
8. Composer of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, what
is Beethoven's full name? (Must answer full name for 1 pt.) [If you're trying to answer this at home, this is asking you to come up with the first and second words/names that precede his well-known third word/name, "Beethoven"]
9. What
country artist did a 2002 cover of Nine Inch Nail's 1994 song Hurt?
10. In what Florida city does the most
famous annual "drag queen drop" occur each New Year's Eve?
Bonus Round
1. Analogy: The Gillette Mach3 razor blade
: The Gillette Fusion razor blade :: the _____ dinosaur : the pentaceratops dinosaur
2.
Which is the hottest month of the year in most of the Northern Hemisphere, and
which is the coldest? (2 pts)
3. Name
the three actors who have portrayed the Hulk in major motion pictures since
2003?
4. What
are the four days following Thanksgiving on the retail-sales/charity calendar
called? Note: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, are insufficient.
5. List
five of the women's names in Lou Bega's song Mambo Number 5.
A
little bit of don-da-da in my life
A
little bit of don-da-da by my side
A
little bit of don-da is all I need
A
little bit of don-da is what I see
A
little bit of don-da in the sun
A little
bit of don-da all night long
A
little bit of don-da-da here I am
A
little bit of you makes me your man
Sudden Death
Bing
Crosby [White Christmas]–
Gene
(Orvon Grover) Autry [Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer]–
Connie
Francis [Baby's First Christmas]–
Perry
Como [Home for the Holidays]–
José
Feliciano [Feliz Navidad]–
Closest to the Pin
What
number wedding anniversary are William Henry and Camile Olivia Cosby due to
celebrate on January 25, 2015?
Round One Answers
1. Santa or Must Be Santa
Claus [Mitch Miller & The Gang, 1960]
2. 40 [5 × 8 = 40]
3. Dwight
4. St. Joseph
5. Thor
6. Uranus
7. Gordie Howe
8. Mary Lou Retton
9. slave state
10. I came. I saw. I
conquered.
Round Two Answers
1. Rocky IV
2. Monopoly
3. Clinton impeached December 1998 [Sopranos first aired in January
1999]
4. Berry or berries
5. CHiPs
6. Denmark
7. eyes
8. Rudolph
9. Bill Cosby
10. auld lang syne
Harry Potter Answers
1. hand-knitten sweater in emerald green and a large box of homemade fudge
2. a box of dog biscuits
3. Luna Lovegood
4. Nagini
5. Luna Lovegood
Round Three Answers
1. Buddy the elf
2. Tom Brady (158–46)* and Peyton
Manning (177–76)* [Roger Staubach 85–29; Joe Montana 117-47; Terry Bradshaw
107–51; Ben Roethlisberger 103–52*; Bret Favre 186–112; John Elway 148–82)]
*active, in flux
3. Alaska; New York
4. vape
5. Eminem
6. an eye-opener
7. the guitar
8. Ludwig van Beethoven
9. Johnny Cash
10. Key West
Bonus Round Answers
1. triceratops (other
possible answers: Eotriceratops; Einiosaurus; Diabloceratops, but unless you can prove to me that you are professional
paleontologist, I will not accept any other dinosaur)
2. hottest—July;
coldest—January
3. Eric Bana (Hulk 2003), Edward Norton (The Incredible Hulk 2008), and Mark
Ruffalo (The Avengers 2012)
4. Black Friday, Small Business
Saturday, Good-shopping Sunday,
and Cyber Monday, (the following Tuesday
is Giving Tuesday)
5. Angela, Pamela, Sandra and Rita mentioned in the lead-up, and Monica, Erica, Rita (again), Tina, Sandra, Mary, and Jessica are in the chorus
Sudden Death
d. (1977)
d. 1998
a. (b. 1938)
d. (2001)
a. (b. 1945)
Closest to the Pin
51 (1964)
