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Pub Trivia (4/12/2010)

Posted by Ro on April 24, 2010

Sorry folks, I have no idea how Mark does the music round.
1) What is Ohio’s state bird?
2) Prior to Titanic, what was the most expensive movie ever made?
3) Who won the 2010 Masters? Bonus: How much money did he win?
4) What is Poseidon’s Roman name?
5) On the recent 40th anniversary of their breakup, the Pope forgave this band for saying they were “more famous than Jesus.”
6) In proportion to their body size, what insect has the largest brain?
7) Name the movie: “If you build it, they will come.” Bonus: Which character said it?
8) Which one’s longer? The diameter of the moon, the Trans-Siberian railway, or the length of the Great Wall of China?
9) The Kentucky Derby is around the corner. Who won the 2009 Kentucky Derby?
10) Conan O’Brian announced that he would be a talk show host on which network?
11) Name the 1996 movie: A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to make it to the US Open.
12) What is the most abundant metal in the Earth’s crust?
13) True or False: Elvis had a twin brother.
14) One of these things is not like the other: Wombat, kangaroo, badger, opossom
15) Name the actor or actress who is in all three of these movies: Get Shorty, The Thomas Crown Affair, Line of Fire
16) Who am I? I’m 48. I left Canada after 11th grade. I recently wrote a book entitled A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Future
17) Python or Boa Constrictor: which one gives birth to live babies? Hint: it is also shorter.
18) Name the Doctrine: Gorbachev jokingly used this name to refer to a policy allowing Warsaw Pact nations to go “their way.”
19) What famous rock star got his start with the E Street Band?
20) Name the eight original Monopoly pieces.
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One Response to “Pub Trivia (4/12/2010)”

  1. Ro said

    1) Cardinal
    2) Waterworld
    3) Phil Mickelson, $1.35M
    4) Neptune
    5) The Beatles
    6) Ant
    7) Field of Dreams, Shoeless Joe
    8) Trans-Siberian Railroad
    9) Mine That Bird
    10) TBS
    11) Tin Cup
    12) Aluminum
    13) True
    14) Badger (it isn’t a marsupial)
    15) Rene Russo
    16) Michael J. Fox
    17) Boa Constrictor
    18) The Sinatra Doctrine
    19) Bruce Springsteen
    20) Car, Top Hat, Iron, Dog, Ship, Shoe, Wheelbarrow, Thimble

    We were good for 24 out of 32, 16 pts on these, and 8/10 on the music.

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