Pub Quiz Rules

Pub Quiz Rules

1.   No cheating at trivia.

2.   No cheating at trivia.

3.   All present here must pay the $5 entry fee. The entry fee is non-refundable. No limits on team size.

4.   The game is composed of three rounds of ten questions each, and a bonus round worth 15 points. At the end of each round, you'll turn in your answers and we'll score them. After an intermission we'll announce the correct answers to the previous rounds and the team scores.

5.   One answer per question slot. No extra answers, please. Incorrect extra answers will be subject to penalty.

6.   No outside help for questions. No shouting out answers. No use of electronic devices or reference books to help your team answer quiz questions. No laptops or references books allowed in the quiz area, not even between rounds. Leave them at home, please—or at least in your car. Cell phones may only be used between rounds. If you have an emergency use of your cell phone, please excuse yourself for the remainder of that round to do so.

7.   In the event of a tie, the tied teams will be asked five sudden-death tiebreaker questions. If there is still a tie after sudden-death overtime, then the tie will be decided by a closest-to-the-pin type question.

8.   Trivia-host Den will take reasonable measures to insure the competitive balance of the Pub Quiz competition.

9.   The quiz host is the final arbiter of all quiz answers and Pub Quiz rules. Any common-sense rule in the interest of fair play may be enforced by the quiz master even if not specifically delineated above.

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An Tobar July 2014 An Tobar Pub Quiz

An Tobar July 2014 An Tobar Pub Quiz

Round One

1. Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew
 cover it with chocolate and a miracle or two?

2. Who did the voice of Shaggy on the original cartoon series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!?

3. Which is larger in area, Brazil or the contiguous United States?

4. Which country has McDonald's McRib sandwiches year-round?

Australia

France

Germany

Japan

5. When petroleum refiners invented a process to turn oil into kerosene, what lucrative by-product did they initially discard?

6. In public swimming pools, how are the highest percentages of trichloramine and cyanogen chloride commonly formed?

7. Who is the richest man in the world again?

8. After keeping its ingredients secret for decades, what major brewery finally disclosed its simple recipe for its top-selling beer of water, barley malt, rice, yeast and hops after 40,000 petitioners demanded it do so in June?

9. What happened to Cleveland's Cuyahoga River in 1936, 1952, and 1969?

10.  What name does actress and comedian Stephanie Courtney go by when she does commercials for Progressive Insurance?

Round Two

1. What was called "Adam's Ale" in old-time diner's lingo?

2. What late actor appeared in movies such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Magnificent Seven, Godfather III, and yet was probably best known to many for playing Mr. Freeze on TV's Batman?

3. Which is the largest kind of deer in North America, if not the world?

4. What is the only on-the-field position not given in Abbott & Costello's bit "Who's on First?"

5. In which Shakespeare play would you find the phrase, "there's the rub?"

6. Being Swiss, Catholic, and at least 5’8” tall are requirements to join what small army?

7. In what year did Seinfeld premier on NBC and The Simpsons debut on Fox?

8. Who has won the most FIFA (Soccer) player of the year/Golden Ball [Ballon d'ors] awards?

9. What is the scientific term for a rain cloud?

10. Queen Elizabeth II always has at least four of which type of dogs in her retinue and has owned more than a sum total of 30 of this kind of dog since 1952?

  

Round Three

1. What word is defined by Grolier's Dictionary as, "The property or quality manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, response to stimulation, and reproduction."

2. PHRASE JUMBLE (two words): A-L-A-R-G-E-B-E-L-L-Y (Hint: A 5-4 Supreme Court decision)

3. Which U.S. state consumes the least alcohol per capita, and for a bonus, which U.S. state consumes the most? (2 pts.)

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/blogs/the-list/os-drunkest-states-in-the-us-20140602,0,543792.post

4. Why is Sesame Steet's Count called "The Count"? And for a bonus, what is the name of the mental disorder that would account for his obsession with this? (2 pts.)

5. Who was known as avuncular and "Mr. Television" during TV's golden age?

6. Who became the first female co-host of any network news or public affairs program in 1974?

7. Which actor made guest appearances as Professor Proton on TV's Big Bang Theory?

8. Monseigneur Georges Lemaître's 1927 "hypothesis of the primeval atom" soon thereafter became known as what?

^SF9. What is the only North American city to have one professional football team win a Grey Cup and another that won the Super bowl?

10. Which does not study osteopathic medicine, an M.D. or a D.O.?

  

Bonus Round

1. Who was the first president born in the then newly independent United States of America?

2. In reference to Friedrich Nietzsche's seminal work The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music, name the two Greek gods who formed the archetypal embodiments of reason and order and chaos and disorder respectively.

3. Name three golfers who have won multiple majors since Tiger Woods crashed his Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant outside his Lake Isleworth home at 2:30 AM on November 27, 2009?

4. Name four members of the rock group KISS.

5. Name 5 of the historical figures Bill & Ted abducted through time in the movie Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Round One 

1. the candy man

2. Casey Kasem

3. Brazil (3,287,357 mi²; contiguous-U.S. 3,119,884.69 mi²)

4. Germany

5. gasoline

6. by peeing in them

7. Bill Gates

8. Budweiser

9. It caught on fire.

10. Flo

Round Two 

1. water

2. Eli Wallach

3. moose

4. right field (First Base--Who; Second Base--What; Third Base--I Don't Know; Left field--Why; Center field--Because; Pitcher--Tomorrow; Catcher--Today; Shortstop--I Don't Care/I Don't Give a Darn/I Don't Give a Damn)

5. Hamlet

6. The Swiss Guard

7. 1989

8. Lionel Messi

9. nimbus

10. [Welsh] Corgis (She currently keeps two corgis and two Dorgis [corgi/dachshund cross])

Round Three

1. Life

2. BARELY LEGAL

3. Utah; New Hampshire (Florida ranks 13th nation wide)

4. because he loves to count things; arithmomania

5. Milton Berle

6. Barbara Walters (Jessica Savage was the first female weekend new anchor)

7. Bob Newhart

8. the Big Bang Theory

9. Baltimore (Stallions 1995, Ravens 2001, 2013)

10.Doctor of Medicine degree (M.D.)

[Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (D.O.)]

Bonus Round

1. Martin Van Buren

2. Apollo and Dionysus (Bacchus)

3. Bubba Watson (Master's '12 and '14), Phil Mickelson (Master's '10, British Open '13), Rory McIlroy (U.S. Open '11, PGA Championship '12 [he's won more since July 2013]), and Martin Kaymer ('10 PGA Championship, '14 U.S. Open)

4. Paul Stanley – rhythm guitar, lead vocals

Gene Simmons – bass guitar, lead vocals

Ace Frehley – lead guitar, vocals

Peter Criss – drums, vocals

Tommy Thayer – lead guitar

Eric Singer – drums

Vinnie Vincent – guitar

Mark St. John – guitar

Bruce Kulick – guitar

Eric Carr – drums

5. Any 5: Napoleon, Billy the Kid, Socrates, Freud, Genghis Khan, Joan of Arc, Abraham Lincoln, Beethoven

An Tobar June 2014 An Tobar Pub Quiz

An Tobar June 2014 An Tobar Pub Quiz (This was the last Second-Saturday Pub Quiz; from July onward it Pub Quiz is now every Second Sunday of the month.)

Round One

1. What was the occupation of the person who designed the current American flag?

Seamstress

Student

Marine

Producer for the Colbert Report

2. During the 1936 Olympics it was discovered that Lichtenstein and Haiti had the same what?

3. There is a patch of lily pads in a lake. The patch doubles in size every day. If it takes 16 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half the lake?

4. Which recently deceased poet said, "We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated," and, "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them?"

5. According to a new World Health Organization Report, Which of the following countries consumes the most alcohol per capita? (Belarus drinks the most alcohol per capita 17.5 liters)

Australia

Russia

South Africa

United States

6. If today [June 14] were your birthday, which [western] astrological sign would you be?

7. How many sides are there on a heptagon?

8. The words quixotic ["foolishly impractical in pursuit of ideals], Dulcinea ["mistress or sweetheart"], rosinante [an old, broken-down horse"] all come from a 17th-Century Spanish novel about what character?

9. "Ring around the collar" was an ad for what laundry detergent?

10. Are chimpanzees monkeys or apes?

Round Two

1. After ordering a vodka martini and being asked if he wanted it shaken or stirred, the James Bond portrayed by which actor replied, "Do I look like I give a damn?"

2. In what late-70s and early-80s highly-rated TV show did the coolest character wear leather and the other characters euphemistically tell each other to sit on things?

3. Which of the major gods of the Greek pantheon known as the Twelve Olympians has the same Greek and Roman name?

4. Which U.S. state was named after the mythical island of the Amazons?

5. How many of the Supreme Court's nine justices concurred in the Brown v. Board Education's ruling that separate but equal schools are unconstitutional?

6. What is the most common job in the U.S.?

7. Before he was an academy-award-winning actor, stand-up comedian Eric Bishop changed his name to this because he thought female comedians received preferential treatment?

8. Which medieval saint so identified with the poor that he legendarily gave all his possessions to his bishop then danced away naked down the street?

9. The 2008 Detroit Lions finished 4-0 in NFL preseason. What was their final regular season record?

10. Where would you find the nearest hammer, anvil, and stirrup?

Round Three

1. How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man (According to Bob Dylan)?

2. Phrase Jumble: L-I-E-S-B-U-I-L-T-O-N-C-R-A-P clue: Samantha from Sex in the City had this occupation

3. Which beer began being brewed first, Guinness or Yuengling?

4. Who was considered the "King of Rock 'n Roll," and who was the "prime minister?" (2 pts.)

5. What dinosaur was on the cover of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park, and for a bonus, in which geologic period did it live? (2 pts.)

6. When two then-unknown assailants attacked journalist Dan Rather in New York City in 1986, what phrase did they keep repeating?

7. In what year was the original Japanese Godzilla released, and for a bonus, what group performed the Godzilla rock song released in 1977?

^TM8. The Frankish King Charles earned what nickname after the Battle of Tours in AD 732?

^AI9. What planet did Carl Sagan say is "Hell" in his book, Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective?

^TM10. What 1967 #1 Billboard hit rhymed "together" with "weather" in its waning verses?

  

Bonus Round

1. Horses with exceptionally large hearts such as Secretariat, which hearts enable them to pump more oxidized blood through their bodies and thus make them able to run faster are said to have the "x-factor." Why is this called the x-factor in horses?

2. In the movie The Matrix, what are the blue pill and red pill for respectively?

3. Name the top three greenhouse gases being emitted into the earth's atmosphere?

4. In this year's FIFA World Cup, what four country's soccer teams are in the so-called "Group of Death?"

5. Name the five largest cities in Florida in terms of population.

Sudden Death Overtime

Are the following five famous dead or alive:

1. Hank Aaron 

2. Carol Burnett 

3. Johnny Carson 

4. Larry King

5. Lawrence Welk

Closest to the pin

How many days after the moon landing was the first Manson family murder committed?

Answers:
Round One

1. Student* *Robert G. Heft, who originally received a B^– on the project

2. flag

3. 15 days

4.  Maya Angelou (not Ruby Dee)

5. Russia (15.1 Liters)

6. Gemini

7. seven

8. [The Ingenious Gentleman] Don Quixote [of La Mancha]

9.  Whisk

10. apes

Round Two

1. Daniel Craig

2. Happy Days

3. Apollo

4. California (Queen Calafia was the fictional warrior queen of this island written about in Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo's The Adventures of Esplandián)

5.  all 9

6.  retail sales person

7. Jamie Foxx

8.  St. Francis [CSB p. 71]

9.  0-16

10.  your ear (inner ear, from the Latin malleus, incus, and stapes)

Round Three

1.  The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind

2. PUBLIC RELATIONS

3. Guinness (1759) [Yuengling (1829)]

4. Elvis Presley; Chuck Berry

5.  Tyrannosaurus Rex; Cretaceous (which was part of the Mesozoic era, which was part of the Phanerozoic eon)

6. "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" ("What's the frequency Kenneth?" is also acceptable.)

7. 1954; Blue Oyster Cult

8. "Martel" or "the Hammer"

9.  Venus

10.  Happy Together

Bonus Round

1. the female X chromosome is responsible for the large hearts found in outstanding racehorses

2. The BLUE PILL would allow Neo to remain in the virtual reality of the Matrix, therefore living the often blissful "illusion of ignorance."

The RED PILL would lead to Neo's leaving the Matrix and living in the real world, thus having to face the sometimes painful "truth of reality."

3. Carbon Dioxide (CO₂), Methane (CH₄), Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) [the Fluorinated gases (Hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride) combined, rank fourth]

4. United States, Germany, Portugal, Ghana

5. Jacksonville (842,583), Miami (417,650), Tampa (352,957), Orlando (255,483), St. Petersburg (249,688)

Sudden Death Overtime

1. A (b. 1934)

2. A (b. 1933)

3. D (d. 2005)

4. A (b. 1933)

5. D (d. 1992)

Closest to the pin

7 (Moon Landing: 20 July 1969; Gary Hinman murdered 7 July 1969)

An Tobar May 2014 An Tobar Pub Quiz

May 2014 Pub Quiz An Tobar Pub Quiz

Round One

1. Who's the leader/ of the club/ that's made for you/ and me?

2. What do the Gaelic words An Tobar mean?

3. What is the annual date of International Workers' Day or May Day?

4. Which one of the following people did not win a Nobel Peace prize?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mother Theresa

Nelson Mandela 

Adolph Hitler

5. True or False: Scientist Albert Einstein failed at least one math class.

6. What is the next number in this sequence of numbers:

2, 3, 5, 7, ___?

7. Approximately how many cups are there in a liter (answer to the nearest whole number)?

8. Which sky condition has more cloud cover, partly cloudy or partly sunny?

9. Which U.S. state extends farther west: Minnesota or Texas?

10. Which U.S. President selected the Twinkie to be put in a millennial time capsule?

Round Two

1. What was comedic actor and writer Albert Brooks' given name?

2. What liquor was declared by a 1964 congressional resolution to be "America's only native spirit?"

3. During the heyday of the Roman Empire, what body of water was known as "the Roman Lake"?

4. According to research by ESPN The Magazine and Sportingintelligence, and as reported by the BBC, which sports team has the highest wages per player in the world?

5. Acrophobia is the fear of what?

6. "Go and tell your momma what the big boys eat" was a 1980s commercial for what cereal?

7. In which Brooklyn Academy of Music's Shakespeare play did Kevin Spacey star in shortly before House of Cards premiered on Netflix? His House of Cards' character, Francis Underwood, reflects a lot of this character.

8. Which is the only planet in our solar system not named after a Greek or Roman god or goddess?

9. According to his obituary in the New York Times, who was “The only person” to serve in professional football as a personnel assistant, an assistant coach, a head coach, a general manager, a commissioner and as an N.F.L. team owner and chief executive?

10. Who claims to have invented the phrase "bad hair day" while talking with her co-host Bryant Gumbel during the 1980s?

Round Three

1. According to the Beatle's Revolver album, where were Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison taking up residence (at least) in 1966?

2. WORD JUMBLE: G-R-O-W-A-P-E-N-I-S hint: vice president

3. What is the only industry specifically mentioned in the Bill of Rights?

4. Where is Creighton University located, state and city (two points)?

5. What 1960s TV series was originally pitched to the networks with the title "Wagon Train to the Stars"? Bonus Question: What is the Latin phrase for "to the stars"? (2 pts.)

6. Which eye does Sesame Street’s Count von Count where his monocle, left or right; and for a bonus, how many eyebrows do Bert and Ernie have between the two of them (two points)?

7. What is the hard part of the outer ear immediately in front of the ear canal called?

8. Which Catholic cardinal did Andrew Greeley call, "the Lord High Inquisitor" in his 1986 book Confessions of a Parish Priest? [p. 332]

9. Nigeria recently overtook which other country to become Africa's largest economy as measured in GDP?

10. Named after a famous composer, what do you call a modern tuba a bandmember plays while marching?

Bonus Round

1. What three-lettered, often interrogatory, word is most universally used in conversation¹? [¹According to the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics]

2. Which is the newest Monopoly piece, and which piece did it replace?

3. According to Germany's Purity [Reinheitsgebot] law, what are the only three ingredients allowed to be used to make beer (not counting yeast)?

4. As the United States was in the preliminary stages of fighting a literal war against fascism, What four freedoms did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delineate in his 1941 State of the Union address? Four fundamental freedoms FDR said people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy. [Hint: President Ronald Reagan replaced two of FDR's four freedoms with "freedom of enterprise" when he revised the list to three freedoms in his 1988 farewell address.]

5. Name five NFL players who have participated in Dancing with the Stars. 

Round One Answers

1. M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E

2. the well

3. May 1

4. Adolph Hitler

5. False

6. 11

7. 4 [One cup = 8 ounces. 1 liter = 33.81/8= 4.23 cups]

8. partly sunny

9. Texas

10. Bill Clinton

Round Two Answers

1. Albert Einstein

2. Bourbon

3. The Mediterranean Sea (Mare Nostrum = "our sea")

4. Manchester City

5. heights

6. Wheaties

7. Richard III

8. Earth

9. Al Davis

10. Jane Pauley

Round Three Answers

1. a Yellow Submarine

2. Spiro Agnew

3. the press

4. Omaha, Nebraska

5. Star Trek; ad astra

6. Left; 1

7. Tragus

8. Cardinal Josef Ratzinger [who later became Pope Benedict XVI]

9. South Africa

10. a sousaphone (it's predecessor was the helicon)

Bonus Answers

1. huh

2. Cat; Iron

3. water, barley, hops

4. Freedom of speech, Freedom of worship, Freedom from want, and Freedom from fear

5. Keyshawn Johnson, Jacoby Jones, Donald Driver, Hines Ward, Kurt Warner, Chad Ochocinco (Johnson), Michael Irvin, Warren Sapp, Jason Taylor, Lawrence Taylor, Emmitt Smith, and Jerry Rice.