Pub Trivia (4/12/2010)

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.

Quotes Out of Context

“What do you suppose their policy is regarding pistol whipping?”

- Newey, on the legality of Ordnance Tactics in laser tag.

Quotes Out of Context

“I’d take it, but I’m not getting another man card for awhile.”

- Brother Bri, on receiving a Gilmore Girls gift.

Pub Trivia – 8/24

Yes, it took me a week to get around to this. Newey, this is repayment for all the quizzes we could do from Japan. Sorry, no music round because I’m not nearly as tech-savvy as Newey. Bashfully I admit Team Put It In The Hole was only good for 15/22.

1) Which fairy princess was the “Fairest of Them All”?

2) In land area, which is the largest state in the US?

3) Before Drew Carey hosted the PIR (Price Is Right), what other show did he host?

4) In the Copacabana, what was the name of the showgirl?

5) Which basketball player has won the most scoring titles? Bonus: Who won it in 2008-2009?

6) Name the 2001 movie:  The male lead loses her phone number, but the pair finally reunites in NYC at Christmastime despite the twists and turns of fate.

7) Who was the youngest man to serve as President of the US?

8) The “Ocean of Storms” can be found where?

9) In what movie can you hear the line: “I coulda been a contender”?

10) Who wrote the play “The Glass Menagerie”? Bonus: Name the two children in the play.

11) In what movie does Josie Geller, a brainy Chicago reporter, return to high school to explore the difficulties of adolescence again?

12) What river runs between Virginia & Maryland?

13) What is a cooking term for a fruit or vegetable being quickly transferred from boiling water to cold water?

14) In which war would you find these battles: Ball’s Bluff, Pea Ridge, Fair Oaks & Wilson’s Creek?

15) Name the actor/actress common to all three: Grosse Pointe Blank, Very Bad Things,  Old School.

16) Who played CJ Parker on Baywatch?

17) Who was the famous dictator of Spain from 1939-1975?

18) For which TV show was Patricia Arquette nominated for an Emmy?

19) How many South American countries border Columbia? (Don’t count Central America’s Panama – don’t as me why).

20) Place these three events in order: Henry Ford’s Model T, the Wright Brothers first flight, Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon.

What a lame post…

Clearly I’ve been unable to muster up the energy for an appearance here in quite some time.

Sorry about that – this isn’t quite the return you’re probably hoping for, either.

But it IS a really cheap cross-link to make you all read the blog about our adventures in Japan instead.

I’ve written several little posts that I’m releasing out into the wild every couple of days. Alli is also writing. We decided that it would be better if all of our Japan stuff were in one place. Unfortunately, most of my thoughts will fall onto that blog, rather than this one. Might be that the creative juices get flowing again though, from spewing writing onto the slanty-eyed stepsister.

So, without further ado, I present

www.number57.net/blog – Millyenaires in Japan