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11/20/07

Stupid Hard Questions

So we went to Trivia last night (as usual on a Monday night) and we placed 3rd with 39 points...THIRTY-NINE POINTS!!! And we were still 3rd (out of 4 teams)


Our trivia host (or TJ as they call themselves) Toby wrote the questions for last night. He did a decent job but one question wasn't specific enough imho.


So, the questions last night were:


1. movies - what kind of car was used as the time machine in Back to the Future?


2. schools - which of these is NOT a member of the Ivy League?


Columbia


University of Pennsylvania


Massechusetts Institute of Technology


Harvard


3. geography - What is the tallest mountain NOT in a mountain range?


4. games - How many numbered squares are there on a traditional Bingo card?


5. sports - Who holds the record for most home runs in a World Series?


6. movie quotes - What movie is this quote from:


"They said it was a million dollar wound, but the army must keep that money 'cause I still haven't seen a nickel of that million dollars."


7. music lyrics - What is the name of the song that contains these lyrics?


"did i ask too much


more than alot


you gave me nothing


and that's all I got"


8. history - Who was JFK's Attorney General?


9. business - How much was a McDonald's hamburger when they first opened in 1946?


5 cents


10 cents


15 cents


50 cents


Halftime question:


Match these people with their original names:


Axel Rose Vincent Fournier


Jamie Foxx William Bailey


Jon Stewart Jon Liebowitz


Alice Cooper Eric Morland Bishop



10 was the Miller Beer question .... you get the answer on their website each week for a quick 6 points (they're sponsered by Miller Beer) The answer was Spuds MacKenzie ... I forget the question.


11. movies - What was Michael Douglas's character's name in Wall Street?


12. sports - This Yankee had 1,710 strike-outs in his career.


13. travel - Where will your luggage end up if it has the luggage tag BWI?


14. movies - What do Barbara Streisand, Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams have in common?


15. video games - What year did Pac Man video games hit the US arcades?


1979


1980


1981


16. movies - What show did E.T. watch to learn English?


17. books - When this encyclopedia came out in 1771 it listed California as "a large country of the west indies".


18 - geography - Name 1 of the 2 U.S. states that border the most other states?


Final question:


Television


What are these Seinfeld characters' occupations?


Newman


Poppy


Tim Whatley


Jackie Chiles



answers: (highlight to see them)


1. DeLorean


2. M.I.T.


3. Kilamanjaro


4. 24


5. Reggie Jackson


6. Forrest Gump


7. One by U2


8. Robert Kennedy


9. 15 cents


halftime:


axel Rose - William Bailey


Jamie Foxx - EricMorland Bishop


Jon Stewart - jon Liebowisz


Alice Cooper - Vincent Fournier


10. Spuds MacKenzie


11. Gordon Gekko


12. Mickey Mantle


13. Baltimore/Washinton International Airport


14. They all crossdressed in movies (Yentl, Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire)


15. 1980


16. Sesame Street


17. Britanica


18. Missouri or Tennessee (each borders 8 states)


Final Question:


Newman - postman


Poppy - chef/restaurant owner


Tim Whatley - doctor


Jackie Chiles - lawyer


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