Pub Trivia – 01/19/2009
Posted by Newey on February 14, 2009
January 19, 2009 – Kelly & The Pub at Rookwood
1. Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Does this holiday mark his birthday, the day he was assassinated, or the date of his “I Have a Dream” speech?
2. Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts: Which came first?
3. What is the top hand in a game of poker?
4. In what movie does Julie Andrews star as Clarisse Renaldi, where she has to teach her granddaughter how to be a princess?
5. What term is used to describe the main female singer in an opera?
6. How often does Halley’s Comet appear to Earth?
7. Who wrote the famous tale The Princess and the Pea?
8. What horse did Seabiscuit defeat at Pimlico on 11/1/1938?
9. What event started on Black Tuesday?
Bonus: What was the date of Black Tuesday?
10. Who played Veronica Corningstone in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy?
Bonus: Who played Brian Fantana, the sports reporter in this same film?
11. What athlete had the nicknames The Big Dipper, Lion, & Wilt the Stilt?
12. Who assassinated Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Bonus: What year?
13. In what film did Johnny Depp make his debut?
14. What do you call a group of gorillas?
15. Scott Baio played a character name Charles in 3 separate TV shows and had the same TV mom. Who played his mom in all three of these shows?
16. What is the limit of rounds in a professional boxing match?
17. In 1993, the winning word of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee was the name given to Japanese suicide pilots in World War II. Spell this word, whose Japanese meaning is “divine wind”.
18. Common Actor/Actress:
- Bewitched
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Bruce Almighty
19. What was the name of the US plan to offer foreign aid to Europe following WWII?
20. There have been six major motion pictures produced with George Lucas’ Star Wars series. Name them in order of their theatrical release.
Music Round – Songs You Can Dance To
Name the artist.
Song #1
Song #2
Song #3
Song #4
Song #5
Song #6
Song #7
Song #8
Song #9
Song #10
Newey said
January 19, 2009
1. His Birthday
2. The Boy Scouts
3. Royal Flush
4. The Princess Diaries
5. Prima Donna
6. 76 Years
7. Hans Christian Andersen
8. War Admiral
9. Stock Market Crash into the Great Depression — Bonus: 10/29/1929
10. Christina Applegate — Bonus: Paul Rudd
11. Wilt Chamberlain
12. James Earl Ray — Bonus: 1968
13. Nightmare on Elm Street
14. Band
15. Ellen Travolta
16. 12
17. K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E
18. Steve Carrell
19. The Marshall Plan
20. A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, & Revenge of the Sith
Music Round
1. The Isley Brothers
2. Brooks & Dunn
3. Los Del Rio
4. Madonna
5. Casper
6. Gloria Estefan (& the Miami Sound Machine)
7. Jimmy Buffett
8. Billy Ray Cyrus
9. 69 Boyz
10. The Village People
Put it in the Hole was good for 25 out of 33 this week.
Those missed:
Regular – 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16
Music – 1, 5
Eric said
18/33 by myself. Would have gotten 5,6, and 14 for you guys.
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