Trivia questions: 12/26/12

Here's the recap of stuff we asked last Wednesday. Highlight to the right of the questions to reveal the answers.

Round 1:

1) We're still here - the Mayans were wrong. Mya famously joined up with Christina Aguilera, Pink, and Lil' Kim for the Moulin Rouge soundtrack to create the massively successful 2001 cover version of what Patti Labelle song? (Lady Marmalade)

2) On this day in history in 1846, this group of 87 people headed out west to California via wagon, only to find themselves trapped in snow in the Sierra Nevada. (The Donner Party)

3) Within 10, how many yards does Adrian Peterson need to TIE Eric Dickerson's all-time single season yards rushing record? (208)

4) Adam Sandler and Hasbro toy company are making an animated movie about this toy, which originated in Mound, Minnesota 1946. The toy gets its name from Sioux word for "great". (Tonka Trucks)

5) Super straightforward - Is the popular canned tomato dish Spaghetti-O's manufactured under the Chef Boyardee label? (No - Campbell's FrancoAmerican)

What the hell's the W stand for?

6) According to each place's individual website, put the following malls in order from smallest store count to largest. Eden Prairie, Rosedale, Burnsville. (EPC - 128, Burnsville - 173, Rosedale - 196)

7) In military terminology, a soldier who deserts his duty is considered AWOL - what does that stand for? (Absence without leave)

8) Basic physics, mass times acceleration equals what? (Force)

9) This type of group dance was first documented in England in the 1700's, but evolved greatly after coming to the United States in the 20th century as it is almost always utilitzes live, country type music, with an even amount of partners involved in the group. (Square Dancing)

10) The list for most common puppy names of 2012 was released. What name topped the list for female dogs? A- Lucy, B- Bella, C- Daisy (B- Bella)

Round 2:

Beat it, nerds.

11) What Star Wars character is portrayed by the same actor in all 6 of the films? (C3PO)

12) There are 36 black keys on a standard piano - how many white keys are there? (52)

13) The minimum wage is set to increase in 10 states on January 1st, name 2 of those states. (Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington)

14) Metatarsals and Metacarpals are types of bones located in your body, either the hand or feet. That said, are the metatarsals in the hand or feet? (Feet)

15) What company currently uses the slogan, "What's in your wallet?" (Capital One)

16) What was the name for the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union into orbit in 1957? (Sputnik)

17) IMDB Plot Summary: (1985) Two nerdish boys attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that. (Weird Science)

18) NKOTBSB is an acronym for this "super group", as two of the biggest boy bands of all time reunited in 2010, made a compilation album with 2 new tracks, and toured together fueled by nostalgia. What 2 boy bands were involved? (New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys)

19) Smithfield, York, and Black Forest are all types of what? (Ham)

20) In the video game universe, obviously there is Mario and Luigi. Mario has an antagonist who is pretty much an evil mirror image of him called Wario. So does Luigi! What is Luigi's evil mirror image antagonist? A- Bluigi, B- Waluigi, C- Linguini (B- Waluigi)

Sound Round: Songs with End in the title (Click to play)

21) Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls"

22) Boyz II Men "End of the Road"

23) Lionel Richie and Diana Ross "Endless Love"

24) Green Day "When September Ends"

25) Avril Lavigne "My Happy Ending"

Image Round: Connect the 4 Pictures

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26) Planets (Bruno Mars, Freddie Mercury, Venus razors, A saturn)

27) Minnesota Sports Teams (Wild Thing, Olsen Twins, pack of wolves, sausage links)

28) Elements (Aluminum foil, Lead, Gold medal, Iron Man)

29) Countries (Michael Jordan, check mark, Madagascar, Grease)

30) U.S. Presidents (Bushes, Garfield, Cleveland Brown, Hoover vaccuum)

31) The Beatles (Paul, Curious George, Star, a john)

32) Card suits (Neil Diamond, David Spade, Aqua night club, Kevin Hart)

33) Sports Page Trivia Personalities (Joe Pesci, Mic, Moose, Brian)

Tiebreaker: What is the average family budget for Christmas in 2012? ($749.51)

Congrats to Harold of the Rocks for winning this series of questions. How'd you do? Come try it live, every Wednesday, 7pm!

Music list: 12/26/2012

 

 

Here's the songs we played last week. Kind of 90's heavy, we love the 90's.

 

"Carry On" by fun.
"Santa Fe" by Beirut
"I Knew You Were Trouble." by Taylor Swift
"Do It Again" by Steely Dan
"Beverly Hills" by Weezer
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears for Fears
"Anything Could Happen" by Ellie Goulding
"How's It Going to Be" by Third Eye Blind
"Girl on Fire" by Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj
"Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden
"Baby, It's Fact" by Hellogoodbye
"A Word" by Zoo Animal
"How They Want Me To Be" by Best Coast
"A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri
"Til I Hear It from You" by Gin Blossoms
"The Re-Arranger" by Mates of State
"Two Princes" by Spin Doctors
"Caught Up In You" by .38 Special
"The Flame" by Cheap Trick
"Searchin' for the Satellites" by Bleu
"Desperately Wanting" by Better Than Ezra
"One Thing" by One Direction
"Singing in My Sleep" by Semisonic
"If You're Gone" by Matchbox Twenty
"Shine" by Collective Soul
"No Rain" by Blind Melon
"Even Flow" by Pearl Jam
"Dreams" by Brandi Carlile
"Little Talks" by Of Monsters And Men
"Mansard Roof" by Vampire Weekend

Trivia Hints 12/26/12: Post Christmas Hangover

Heeeyyyooo! The train's pulling into the station, last stop trivia town! Ok, not my strongest ice breaker, forgive me. We are absolutely having trivia tonight, same place and time. Joe and Mike are your hosts this evening, newly engaged (!) Noah takes a well-deserved break from the action.

Sports Page, 7pm. Free to play, bring your friends!

Hints:

Sound Round - In honor of wrapping up the year, all the songs will be about ending. "End" will be in the title of all the songs.
Image Round - What is the connection?

Example:

A subway, chipotle peppers, Norm MacDonald, dominos. The correct answer for this photo would be they are all fast food restaurants. Get it? Cool. More of these tonight.

Congrats to Unisex Toliet for slaying the competition last week with our holiday themed event. The duo took first place with 31 points last week proving strength in numbers isn't always necessary.

 

 

Also, here's the winning sketch from last week's Draw Santa contest. Team Snowflake was the victorious team. Missing from the photo is the after work sketch that truly put it over the top. Oopsies.

 

 



 

 



Okay, let's make some more memories tonight, 7pm! See you there.

 

-Mike

12/19 - HOLIDAY themed trivia!

 It's the last Wednesday Night Trivia before Christmas, which feels like the perfect time to break out our next "themed" trivia night - HOLIDAYS!

Christmas! Hanukkah! Kwanzaa! Chrismukkah! Kwanzmas! Hanukwanzikuh!

Enough of that. All of our questions will be themed around the holiday festivities of this time of year, so bring your thinking caps.

IMAGE ROUND - Word Find! Simple, just like you've probably done a million times in your life.

SOUND ROUND - "White Christmas". Same song five times, but sung by what artists? You be the judge.

7PM start time, FREE - plus, we'll bring some extra prizes for teams to win. Noah, Mike and Joe all in attendance, ready to do some damage.

 Last week's winning trivia team, "Scortum"!

Hints 12/12/12

Gou-let!!!

Hey friends,

We host this team trivia competition on Wednesday nights and enjoy when people show up, hang out, and play along. In return, teams that are successful or make us laugh tend to win prizes. This event happens at the Sports Page in Bloomington at 7pm. You can catch a glimpse of the action as another one of these events occurs on 12/12/12.

Hints: (Brought to you by Eric's Repair, of course.)

SOUND ROUND: Crooners. This was a player requested theme round. (Thanks Scott!) For everyone's benefit, I picked out artists from this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crooners
Four of the five answers are from the past crooners list.
IMAGE ROUND: Fish types.

Joe and Noah bring the goods as your hosts. Mike joins to linger and drink booze.

Congrats to our winners last week, who proved that absolutely anything can happen, The Eastsiders. We are absolutely proud that you guys made it to the winner's circle last week. Lord knows you've given it your all each and every week. We love you guys, well done!

Do you believe in miracles?!

-Mike

12/5 Trivia - December to Remember?

Boosh. We're back with another Wednesday Night Trivia at the Sports Page in Bloomington. Get your popcorn ready, as the entire three man wrecking crew (Mike, Noah, and Joe) are all in attendance, ready to eat some wings and use words to form sentences.

IMAGE ROUND - December Birthdays. Feel the love.

SOUND ROUND - 90's "Brit Pop" artists. Noah's all over this one.

7PM as always, free as always, always as always. Bring your friends!


Also, last week's winners: "Ten Balls and a V-Jay". Congrats!

Trivia Hints 11/28

Thanksgiving, done. Black Friday/Cyber Monday, over. Trivia....next!

Hints for Wednesday's festivites go as follows:

Image: Spot the Differences!
Sound: Artists that have performed on the Grand Ole Opry (First Grand Ole Opry broadcast was this day in history in 1925)

My name is Michael Manosack, Apple Valley. I will be one host. My friend, Noah Paster, Edina, will be your other. Our pal, Joe Hanstad, Parts Unknown, also in the house.

Congrats to last week's winner, "Does this blanket smell like cholera?". Two weeks in a row, well done gang!

We're stacked and packed with questions for you to ponder. Let's see if you can answer them. Doing so will result in winning prizes for you and your friends. Experience the glory/pain. Bring your friends, 7pm, Sports Page, free, fun. See you there!

Recap 11/21: Food and Drink Trivia Buffet

What's up gang? We had some folks on vacation last week, so here's the recap of what was offered for your trivial pleasure. Remember it was a food and drink themed event, so all questions were related to the theme. Highlight to the right of the question to reveal the answer.

Round 1:

1) The first time you hear the Soup Nazi say "No Soup For You", George Costanza is complaining to the Soup Nazi about what? (Not receiving his bread)

2) If you were to go to McDonalds today, what would you be ordering if you ordered a #1 combo? (Big Mac Meal)

3) Papa John's founder and Peyton Manning claim they are giving away how many free pizzas? (2 million)

4) Minnesota is home of the famed "Spam Museum", the building that tells the history of the Hormel company, the origin of Spam and its place in world culture. What Southeastern MN city lays claim to this important institution? (Austin)

5) What two teams always host the Thanksgiving games? (Detroit and Dallas) Two of my favorite meals.
6) Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir are types of what kind of wine - red or white? (Red)

7) Vodka, Cointreau/Triple Sec, lime juice, and cranberry juice = what cocktail? (Cosmopolitan)

8) Of the following, what is NOT a product of Hostess Brand snack cakes? A- Suzy-Qs, B- Zebra Cakes, C- Ding Dongs (B- Zebra Cakes)

9) What is James Bond's preferred way to serve a Vodka Martini? ("Shaken Not Stirred")

10) There are 5 months when a clementine orange is considered to be "in season". Name one of those months. (October - February)
Round 2:

"Looks disgusting" - Mike, on behalf of America

11) Teetotaling is the belief and practice of completely abstaining from consuming what? (Alcohol)
12) What ingredient did Emeril use that made him say "BAM"? (Garlic)

13) This is a hugely popular pre-mixed baking product consisting of flour, shortening, salt, and baking powder - and distributed by General Mills under their Betty Crocker label. (Bisquick)

14) In the movie A Christmas Story, what food item did the father have an obsession with on Christmas day? (Turkey)

15) Rounded up to the nearest whole number, and within 2, what percentage of the Earth's water is considered drinkable? (1%)

16) Denny's is currently basing their menu off what movie coming out? (The Hobbit)

17) In cooking terms, this is defined as a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally unblendable. A- Emulsion, B- Blanche, C- Roux (A- Emulsion)

18) Two years over/under - what year was Cinnabon founded? (1985)

19) Besides grenadine and a cherry, you can use one of two types of soda pop in a traditional Shirley Temple. Name one. (Sprite, Ginger Ale)

20) In the movie The Departed, Leonardo DiCaprio orders what non-alcoholic beverage? After the order, a bar patron next to him, makes fun of him (Cranberry Juice)

 

Sound Round: Bands/Song titles with Food or Drink (click to play)

21)  Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy"

22)  Meat Loaf - "I Would Do Anything For Love"

23)  Eagles - "Tequila Sunrise"

24)  Gin Blossoms - "Hey Jealousy"

25)  The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever"

Image Round: Food scenes in Movies

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26) Animal House

27) Dumb and Dumber

28) Goodfellas

29) Pulp Fiction

30) Uncle Buck

31) Good Will Hunting

32) Cocktail

33) When Harry Met Sally

How'd you do? Bring some friends and come try this live and win prizes! Every Wednesday, 7pm at the Sports Page, we'd love to have you.

11/21 - Food & Drink Trivia (PRE-THANKSGIVING!)

Meow. Let's do this?

Time for another rollicking Wednesday Night Trivia at the Sports Page. Hopefully everyone is preparing for tomorrow's festivities with a hilarious night of question-asking and heavy drinking tonight.

Tonight's plan is one of our "themed trivias", with the theme this week being "FOOD & DRINK". All questions will be at least loosely related to food and drink.

SOUND ROUND: Bands/Song Titles with Food or Drink in the name

IMAGE ROUND: Popular Movies featuring memorable food scenes.

Nothing too obscure with either of those categories. Also, as an added bonus, we may even consume some food LIVE ON STAGE*!!

(*We don't have a stage. But then again, all the world's a stage when you're having fun. I may be drunk right now.)

PS - Unfortunately, Michael will not be hosting tonight with Joe & Noah. He will return next week, hopefully sporting his all-silk track suit.

 

Winners from last week: "Call of Booty". Well played.

Hints for 11/14/2012

Need Christmas gift ideas? Baby mop, folks. Real thing, only $40!
 

Hints for tonight:

Image: Pictures of the inside of a store. Coincidently (or not), all these stores are located in Bloomington.
Sound: Cartoon theme songs! All generations covered, hopefully.


Tonight folks, 7pm. Joe and Noah are your hosts, Mike joins to hang out, play music, and schmooze.

What should you expect tonight, you say? Modern day prophets, Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen, probably said it best, "It's always a good time."
Bring your friends, hang! It's free. We give out prizes for winning. True story.


Congrats to last week's winners: Barry Jive and the Uptown Five. Welcome to the winner's circle, gang, fantastic showing. You sure know your drummers and drum fills.

Sweet victory!

Trivia hints: 11/7/2012

We're back tonight for your trivia pleasure! 7pm it all happens all over again. Halloween is done, election is done, let's hang at the Sports Page.

Tonight's hints:

Image Round: Name that drummer
Sound Round: Songs with recognizable drum parts

Joe, Mike, and Noah all plan on showing up, so should you. Join us for the big old return!

No trivia tonight! Happy Halloween!!!

Hey friends, hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween!

We're taking the night off, but feel free to hang at the Sports Page tonight as they have a costume party hosted by Deejay St. Joel. I'm hoping he plays nothing but Billy Joel all night. There's straight cash prizes for best and sexiest costume, and it happens at 9 tonight.

As far as our crew, we're going trick or treating.

 

See you guys next Wednesday!

Live Blog 10/17!!!

What's up y'all. Mike here. Live blogging the crap out of this trivia tonight. See how this goes.

- My favorite trio. The cold cut, obviously.

- I never got to see Alex Karras play football, but he was a hell of a TV dad. Top 3 dads who adopted African American kids ever.

- Do we really need to see the Vikings play in Vietnam?

- I hope the Yankees just get destroyed tonight folks. 19-2 Detroit is this gent's prediction. Let's see how it plays out.

- Did you guys just boo a history question? Gayus? I'm sure he never got picked on. Joe just called biopics sexy. Have movie biopics been sexy since JFK or Harry and the Hendersons? Didn't think so.

- Holy crap! There was a Twins player that worked at the Sports Page? Trivia is all about learning. Maybe Christina Aguilera's dad, the closer?

- Pop music is weird. Don't get me wrong, I love it. Taylor Swift, Carly Rae Jepsen, Gangnam Style, etc. Why do I like bad things?

- Break time. What a highly contested..um... contest so far. We're in for a good one, folks. It's anyone's ball game. Cliches a plenty. Forgive me. I'm trying my damndest to add some substance here. Obviously, killing it.

- Guys, real talk here. Ned and Brady are the coolest people in this room. I just got a cupcake for being here. Best day ever?

- Sorry for the volume on the tunes this evening. I don't have my computer tonight. I'm using my brother's smut machine and didn't realize you had to turn the volume on the computer as well as iTunes to play music loud.

- Forgot about this. I got distracted by booze, onion rings, and cupcakes. Priorities, friends. Rain delay in Detroit is kind of a bummer. I like to pronounce Detroit as De-TWA. I love the French, it's in my Asian blood.

- Theme nights were discussed. I wish everyone could hear us brainstorm our ideas. From Taylor Swift night to WWE wrestling night, complete with an image round of us performing wrestling moves on one another. I'm putting someone in a figure four leglock.

- Fun fact, Seinfeld is being played at the Sports Page right now. Closed captioning on one tv, closed captioning off on the other. I can confess I've only seen one episode of that show and didn't think too highly of it. I also hate the theme diddy they use.

- I don't understand heckling sometimes. We just asked the undefeated team question and someone heckled "that team sucks!" Um...they haven't lost yet. Opposite of sucking, heckler, but thank you for hanging out with us.

- Hmm...this reminds me why I don't tweet.

Saw this for the first time today and I can't get the image out of my head. 

- My least favorite song ever is Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'". Noah just revealed to me the equivalent to him is the song "Your Love" by The Outfield. I revealed to him, we can no longer be friends.

- End of round 2. Break and grading time are upon us. I like reading your intentionally bad guesses. I've got to bring more prizes to award good incorrect answers. Add it to the "to-do" list.

- I just mispronounced the name Melchior/Melichior. Forgive me. He was my least favorite and probably least wise man.

- The girliest looking Hanson boy has 5 kids. Believe it. Ok, let's end on that note. Good hang guys, let's do it again next week. Congrats to Kempy's for a dominant performance. Ok...see ya.

Finding new ways to waste your time,
Mike Manosack

Hints 10/17/12

Wednesday Night Trivia. 7pm. Sports Page.

Hints look like this -

Images: Missing Trio Piece. We give you a list of famous trios, you give us the missing piece.
Sound: Celebs who became/will become parents in 2012.

All three of the fellas will be there, Joe and Noah will be your hosts. Free to play, prizes for the top three teams! Let's drink and hang together?

Hints 10/10/12: Noah's birthday extravaganza

Hey, yo.

Wednesday night trivia at the Sports Page happens at 7pm. Your brillant and beautiful co-host, Noah, has made it around the sun for his 27th revolution and has chosen to celebrate his day of birth with the SP crowd. Hang out with the crew (Joe will be there, Mike returns too!) on "Moose's Porch" and help us make Noah's birthday memorable. Could be the best night of our lives?

Image: Movies from 1985
Sound: Music from 1985

We usually keep it clean, but sometimes we tend to go off the rails, so this is new....

Disclaimer: This program may contain adult content, adult language, mild violence, and brief nudity. Patron discretion is advised. Remember you're at a bar. Seriously sorry, ok? Let's be friends?

Sports Page, Bloomington, 7pm. Party time! Excellent!

10/3 Trivia: Game on.

Trivia tonight! We're excited. You should be too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... may have overdone it on the exclamation points.

Joe returns to trivia hosting action, back from his educational escapades. Treat him kindly while he knocks the rust off.

IMAGE ROUND: US State Governors.
SOUND ROUND: Wrestlers.  UPDATE!!!!! Make that 90's movies. Sorry, y'all.

Super huge thanks to everyone who came out to our CTF benefit last week at trivia - we raised a fantastic amount that will support a worthy cause

7PM start time, as per usual. Come hang out with us. Free!!

 UPDATE: Sorry for the belated posting of it, but here is the pic of the winning team from last week, "It's On Like Donkey Kong". Winners!

Trivia Questions 9/26/12: CTF for CTF

And now everyone has a Halloween costume, you're welcome.

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for your generosity during our charity drive. It was a packed house and it made for a really fun vibe. We are very grateful for the wonderful patrons at the Sports Page and we hope you join us again soon!

Here's the recap of questions that was offered last week. Highlight to the right of the question to reveal the answers.

Round 1:

1) According to SI.com, between endorsements, salary, and bonuses...Who was the highest paid American professional athlete in 2011? (Tiger Woods)

2) Denard Span was the hero in last night's victory over the Yankees. Outside of injury, he's been our regular starting centerfielder since 2009. Prior to Span, who was the starting centerfielder for the 2008 season? (Carlos Gomez) Remember him? That Johan Santana trade really worked out for us.

3)  Before becoming president - Ronald Reagan was the governor of what state? (California)

4) This produce item was once believed to be the cure for snake bites and remover of freckles. They come in many varieties such as Mandy, Hooligan, and Fairytale. What is it? (Pumpkins)

5) What actor was James Bond for the film Goldeneye? (Pierce Brosnan)

6) There is only one letter that does not appear on the perodic table of elements. Which? (J)

7) In 1999, Rose McGowan played the villanous role of Courtney Shayne in what movie? (Jawbreaker)

8) In trucker terminology, what is a lot lizard? (truck stop prostitute) Easily, the most embarrassing question I have ever written.

9) This former Minnesota North Star was inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame just two years ago. (Dino Ciccarelli)

10) This company, which was founded in 2010, is responsible for the rentals of 1,300 neon green bikes in Minneapolis and St. Paul. What is the name of that company? (Nice Ride)

Round 2:

11) Put the following marathon runners in order from fastest to slowest. Oprah Winfrey, Will Ferrell, Jared from Subway. (Ferrell - 3:56, Oprah - 4:29, Jared - 5:13)

12) Once upon a time, Jon Lovitz was the voice for a cartoon talking radio in what movie? (Brave Little Toaster)

13) Retail conglomerate Wal-Mart announced last week that it has decided to stop selling what popular electronics item? (Kindle)

14) In 1752, Benjamin Franklin set out for his famous kite experiment in what city? (Philadelphia)

15) The music video by PSY for the song "Gangnam Style" is now in the Guiness Book of World Records as the most liked video in YouTube history. Who was the previous record holder? A - Justin Bieber, B - Adele, C - LMFAO (C - LMFAO)

16) What is the name of the deli in Manhattan that opened in NYC and serves 10,000 pounds of pastrami a week? (Katz's Deli)

17) Atopic dermatitis is a skin disease more commonly known as what? (Ezcema)

18) Lady Gaga had guest guitar player Brian May play with her at the Video Music Awards last year. What band was May most famously a part of? (Queen)

19) Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James is the next big craze in the literary world. All that erotica could not be contained in one book as it is a trilogy. Name the other two books in the series. (Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed)

20) What ESPN anchor had the catchphrase, "Cool as the other side of the pillow"? (Stuart Scott)
Sound Round: Marching Bands play the hits! (Click to listen)

21) LMFAO "Party Rock Anthem"

22) ABBA "Dancing Queen"

23) Maroon 5 "Moves Like Jagger"

24) Journey "Don't Stop Believin'"

25) Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"


Image Round: Most Charitable Celebrities

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26) Mel Gibson

27) George Lucas

28) Ndamukong Suh

29) Barbara Streisand

30) Mariano Rivera

31) Gisele Bundchen

32) Larry the Cable Guy

33) Alec Baldwin

Tiebreaker: As of today, how many career hits does Joe Mauer have? (1,266)

Up for the challenge of doing this live? Bring some friends and visit us at The Sports Page in Bloomington. We do this every Wednesday at 7pm. Free to play, prizes awarded for top 3 teams. Hope to see you there!

Music List 9/26/12

"Alone" by Trampled by Turtles
"Hey Elevator" by The Apples in Stereo
"Centerfold" by J. Geils Band
"Lost in My Mind" by The Head and the Heart
"She Walks in So Many Ways" by The Jayhawks
"Dancing on My Own" by Robyn
"The Future is the Present" by Hello Blue
"Both of Us" by B.o.B featuring Taylor Swift
"Why I Cry" by Best Coast
"Dream On" by Aerosmith
"Always Something There to Remind Me" by Naked Eyes
"Thinkin Bout You" by Frank Ocean
"No One's Gonna Love You" by Band of Horses
"As Long As You Love Me" by Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean
"Zero" by Smashing Pumpkins
"We Are Young" by fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
"Pony" by Ginuwine
"Change of Time" by Josh Ritter
"Gangnam Style" by PSY
"Encierro" by Rogue Valley
"Hello" by Martin Solveig & Dragonette
"Your Love" by The Outfield
"You Might Think" by The Cars
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by Black Sabbath
"Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry
"Wraith Pinned to the Mist & Other Games" by of Montreal
"Pathetic" by blink-182
"Rainbow Connection" by The Muppets
"How Deep Is Your Love" by Bee Gees
"Something" by The Beatles
"Worn Me Down" by Rachael Yamagata
"Sabotage" by Beastie Boys
"You Make Me Feel..." by Cobra Starship featuring Sabi
"Conversation 16" by The National

Trivia Hints: 9/26, Charity Trivia Fest for the CTF.

Hey gang, we return this week for a special edition of our trivia at the Sports Page on Wednesday night, 7pm. It will be our 1st Annual Charity Trivia Fest for the Children's Tumor Foundation. (CTF for the CTF. Clever, right?) Please join us for as we try to raise money and awareness for the research of ending Neurofibromatosis. (www.ctf.org). 100% of our proceeds are going to the organization tomorrow.

We will have 3 sepearate auctions to win a date with Noah, Mike, and Cory. The dates are left up to your imagination (within reason, of course!). Romantic, bro-hang, group outing, whatevs. We will be selling ourselves for the sake of raising money for a very worthy cause!

We'll also have tickets to Saturday's Twins/Tigers game and a couple of other raffle goodies. I also intend to embarrass Cory by making him do dares for money. We'll see how creative and weird we can get.

Trivia will be standard fare. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams. Nothing too out of the ordinary like our themed nights can usually be, it's basic, broad range trivia. If you've yet to check us out, Wednesday, 9/26, will be a great day to do so!

Hints:

Image Round: Most Charitable Celebrities of 2011
Sound Round: Marching Bands play the hits

If you cannot make it out tomorrow, but would like to donate to our cause, here's the direct link for Team Klein for CTF. Any amount helps and we truly appreciate all of your support!

-Mike (lover of Hall & Oates and exclamation points!)

Trivia Questions 9/19/12

Here's the exact list of questions we used for Trivia on 9/19/12. Bring some friends, come hang out, and challenge yourselves every Wednesday night at The Sports Page, 7pm!

Round 1: (highlight next to the question to reveal the answer)

1)      What movie starts out with the quote? "As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster" (Goodfellas)

2)      McDonald’s recently put calorie counts on all of their menus. Put the following in order from highest to lowest in calorie counts. Big Mac, McRib, Happy Meal w/ Chicken McNuggets (Big Mac – 550, McRib – 500, Happy Meal – 410)

3)      In the Berenstain Bears books, most of the characters are just referred by their family status name i.e. Brother Bear, Sister Bear, etc. Papa Bear has an alphabetical initial between Papa and Bear. What is it? (Q.) Q is short for Quail according to our pal Cory.

4)      This specialty mall store was founded in 1977 by Roy Raymund in Palo Alto, California. Raymund sold his company to Limited Brands while pursuing another venture that ended up leaving him bankrupt and committing suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. What hugely popular mall store did he create? (Victoria’s Secret)

5)      What famous musician is married to Somali super model Iman? (David Bowie)

6)      The girl’s name Melissa comes from the Greek word for what flying insect? (Honey Bee)

7)      Norah Jones hit the charts with her first single titled what off the album "Come Away With Me"? (Don't Know Why)

Whatever happened to this guy?

8)      John Wayne was a top box office draw for the better part of three decades. However, all that box office draw only made for one Academy Award win. What is the name of the only movie John Wayne won an Oscar for? (True Grit)

9)      In the 90's film, "Hook", one of the characters, "Toodles", spends the movie searching for a bag of something particular. What is it? (Marbles)

10)   Which Dakota County suburb is home to the largest oil refinery in Minnesota and was home to KFAN morning talk host/former Viking “Superstar” Mike Morris? (Rosemount)

 

Round 2:

11)   Three US presidents have died on July 4^th. Name one. Hint: All three were presidents within the first ten. (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe)

12)   This long time standing NBC sports analyst might be in trouble for bashing NBC's coverage of the Olympics and how they didn't show "The Who" performance at the closing ceremony. This took place on the Conan O'Brien show (Bob Costas)

13)   Movie Roll Call: (2011) Kevin Bacon, Ryan Gosling, Josh Groban (Crazy, Stupid Love)

 

14)   It's not called the Sears Tower anymore in Chicago. What is it? (Willis Tower)

15)   Today marks the 10^th anniversary of Talk Like a Pirate Day. In honor of that, when using the phrase “Thar, she blows”, what item has a pirate just sighted? (Whale)

16)   When making a tweet what is the character count you are able to use? (140)

 

17)   What home improvement store currently uses the slogan “Never Stop Improving”? (Lowe’s) Personal opinion, the previous slogan "Let's Build Something Together" was far better.

A good moon, but not one of the counted phases

18)   According to The Kinks' song "Lola" (one of the first lines of the song) if you drink this alcoholic beverage it will taste like Cherry Cola. (Champagne)

19)   Waxing Gibbous is an example of one of them, how many total phases of the moon are there? (8)

20)   Peyton Manning - the #1 overall pick of the 1998 draft. Which one of these players was not apart of the 1998 first round draft class? Charles Woodson, Randy Moss, Antoine Winfield, Ryan Leaf
(Antoine Winfield - 1999)

Sound Round: Songs with "Fall" in the title (Click to play, 1 point for song, 1 point for artist)

21) Patsy Cline “I Fall to Pieces”

22) Coldplay “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall

23) Tom Petty “Free Fallin’”

24) UB 40 “(I Can’t Help) Falling In LoveWith You”

25) Alicia Keys “Fallin’”

Image Round: French or U.S. What is the origin of the following, French or America?

26) Roulette (France)

27) Taxicab (France)

28) Vaseline (U.S.)

29) Polo shirts (France)

30) WD-40 (U.S.)

31) Stethoscope (France)

32) Ferris Wheel (U.S.)

33) TV Dinner (U.S.)

Tiebreaker:  A marathon is 26.2 miles. How many inches is that? (1,660,032)

It was a tough week as 29 was the high point total. If you want to try this live, come join us at The Sports Page! We hope to see you there!

Music List 9/19/2012

My (Mike's) dog Winnie makes her first appearance on the blog.

"You Must Be Out of Your Mind" by Magnetic Fields
"Run" by Vampire Weekend
"Countdown" by Phoenix
"Dark Star" by Poliça
"Californication" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"I Want You" by Cee Lo Green
"You're So Damn Hot" by OK Go
"Light & Day" by The Polyphonic Spree
"War Pigs" by Black Sabbath
"Float On" by Modest Mouse
"Hello Goodbye" by The Beatles
"Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby" by Eddie Money ft. Ronnie Spector
"Lucky" by Britney Spears
"The Distance" by Cake
"Shattered" by O.A.R.
"Australia" by The Shins
"Without You" by David Guetta ft. Usher
"A Word" by Zoo Animal
"Mr. Brightside" by The Killers
"My Generation" by The Who
"Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon
"If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago
"Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele
"Smile" by Weezer
"Chasing the Sun" by The Wanted
"Palomino" by Mates of State
"Dilly" by Band of Horses
"As Long as You Love Me" by Backstreet Boys
"Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
"Way You Walk" by Papas Fritas
"Alright With Me" by Brice
"Kiss on My List" by The Bird and the Bee
"You Belong with Me" by Taylor Swift
"Rhythm of Love" by Plain White T's
"Beth" by Kiss
"Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by Journey

9/18 Hints and notes.

Wednesday night, 9/19, 7pm, Sports Page Trivia. We're ready, you should be too.

Hints:
Image Round - U.S. or French? Flip a coin to decide!
Sound Round - "Fall" songs. You know, cause it's autumn time. This is a Joe Hanstad (remember him?) production.

Last week proved to be pure dominance by Karate School Dropouts and their winning score of 35 points out of a possible 38. Very close showing for 2nd and 3rd place with every other team in the mix.

Mike and Noah will be your hosts. Our friend Cory will be running a marathon in a few weeks for the Children's Tumor Foundation. He'll also join us as our guest DJ this week. Joe may be in the house as well to say hey if he's not knee deep in books and loose women.

This is Cory. You can win him next week. He doesn't believe in sleeves.

Come, hang out, and bring your pals to see if you can reign supreme!

PROGRAMMING NOTES:
Next week (9/26) is our big charity trivia event for the Children's Tumor Foundation. It will be a standard formatted trivia night with a few fun surprises added in to help raise a little cash to help with the research of neurofibromatosis. Mike, Noah, and Cory will all be in attendance and will all be available for auction for dates!

Please join us on 9/26 as we try to raise some money and awareness for a fantastic cause. Here's a link to the organization: www.ctf.org.

Here's a direct link to the team page if you wanted to be super kind and just donate to the cause now:

Any amount helps! Click here to donate to the CTF!

Hints, news, blurbs.

Connery is pumped for Wednesday nights.

Back to the standard trivia fare today. We're always looking for fun ideas for themed trivias in the future. If you ever have any suggestions or ideas, shoot us an email at nerdyfellas@gmail.com. Hopefully you all enjoyed our football themed one from last week. It was definitely fun to put together. We sure had a great crowd help us kick off the NFL season.

Kudos to Team Dragon Hawk (or Hook, depending on who you ask) for their first victory, well done! It's been great to have you in the winner's circle. Winners photos and previous trivia questions will be up sometime this century. Stay tuned!

Hints for tonight -

Image Round: TBA
Sound Round: Finish the lyric! (We've done this one theme once before, let's see if rehashing it is twice as exciting.)

Fun, Free, 7pm tonight at the Sports Page.

Our next special trivia event will be on 9/26, when we auction off ourselves to raise some money for the Children's Tumor Foundation. More details on that as it draws closer. Just keep a mental note if you were so inclined, that you can win dates with your favorite Wednesday night trivia hosts!

9/5 Trivia - Football on the mind!

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Football.

Now that I have your attention... football?

We're back for another Wednesday night of naughty trivia. We will also be watching the game, so no worries - we've got alllllllll your bases covered.

Standard trivia tonight, mixed in with some football questions. The whole thing will not be football-only. We promise.

IMAGE ROUND: Movies with football in them. NOTE: Not necessarilly "football movies".
SOUND ROUND: Super Bowl Halftime Performers.

7PM start time. Come for the trivia, stay for the football, wings, and witticisms. 

Hints for 8/29

Also a former teacher/Jewish person! (I didn't do a background check on the Jewish part.)

Hints for tonight:

Image - Jewish people
Sound - Musicians who were once teachers

Join us for the tomfoolery and skullduggery! 7pm, Sports Page, Bloomington Mike & Noah!

8/22 Legitimate Trivia!!!!!

It time. It Vader trivia time!

All set for trivia tonight - should be a rollicking good time at the Sports Page. 7pm.

It will be Joe's last trivia that he will be hosting until early November. Until then, Mike and Noah will hold down the fort... but you should come out and hang one last time with J-Puff before he goes on his hiatus.

IMAGE ROUND: Top Grossing Films of 2012... So Far.

SOUND ROUND: Songs with days of the week in the title. So straightforward, you can use it as a ruler.

Boo yah? Yeah. Boo yah.

Trivia Questions: 8/15/12

If you've yet to check us out, here's exactly what we asked on last Wednesday. If you were there with us last week, thank you! Here's the recap to refreshen what you've learned. The rest of the recaps from previous trivias will all be up within a week or so, just so we have a nice little archive going for you to see what type of useless important trivia. Come hang and experience it live!

Highlight to the right of the question to reveal the answer.

Round 1:

1) It's Shark Week! On what cable channel does Shark Week traditionally air? (Discovery Channel) Arguably, the best week of the year!

2) Team USA basketball coasted through the Olympics until the final game where they faced what team? (Spain)

3) What fast food location presently uses the slogan "What You Crave" in their advertisements? (White Castle) Accurate if you were craving "mudbutt".

4) Robert Pattinson was a guest on the Daily Show the other day, breaking his silence for the first time since him and Kristen Stewart broke up. What production does the former couple act in together? (Twilight)

5) Aladdin was the highest grossing film in 1992. Of course, Aladding wouldn't go anywhere without his trusty monkey...named who? (Abu)

6) What is the name of Mitt Romney's running mate? (Paul Ryan) Mornings on KDWB.

7) What term describes the occurance in the English language when a word can be spelled or said the same way backwards and forwards, such as racecar, radar, or madam? (Palindrome)

8) What is the proper name for Vincent Van Gogh's painting where it shows a city/village in the night? (The Starry Night)

9) Who is the famed author of the "Millennium Series", which includes the majorly successful "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" series? (Stieg Larsson)

10) In tribute to the sound round, Maple products are considered emblematic of Canada, particularly for what province? (Quebec)

Round 2:

11) New Delhi is the capital of what country that is the second most populous country on Earth, behind China? (India)

12) This currently running FX show features this person's stand up routines blended with segments based somewhat on his offstage experiences. Who is this comedian? (Louis C.K.)

13) Happy birthday Ben Affleck! In honor of that, in what 2007 film, based on a Dennis Lehane book that is set in Boston, did he make his motion picture directorial debut? (Gone Baby Gone)

14) Trivia Math: _______ is the branch of mathematics concerning the study of the rules of operations and relations, and the constructions and concepts arising from them. (Algebra)

15) Lutefisk is a traditional Nordic dish traditionally consisting of whitefish cured in what chemical substance? (Lye)

16) What does the F. in John F. Kennedy stand for? (Fitzgerald) Not Fantasia. That was a bad guess on my part.

17) On this day in history in 1969, the first day of Woodstock took place. In what rural town in New York did this event take place? (Bethel)

18) The show Lost was actually filmed on an island, yes...not a studio. The island was located where? A- Japan, B-Guatemala, C-Hawaii (C-Hawaii)

19) What kind of cat is Garfield? (Tabby)

20) Many USA fans were upset that an Eastern Europeon country knocked out a USA men's volleyball team. Taking to Twitter and saying "What is this place", "Is it even a country?", and "Are there even beaches there?" Hint: It's one of the three Baltic countries. (Latvia)

Sound Round: Canadians. Music by those lovable canucks. (Click to play sound file.) 2 points each. 1 point for correct artist, 1 for correct song title.

21) Alanis Morrisette "Ironic"
22) Neil Young "Heart of Gold"
23) The Guess Who "American Woman"
24) Sarah McLachlin "Angel"
25) Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe"

Image Round: Where in MN? Name the city where these landmarks are.

26) Burnsville (Buck Hill)
27) Austin (Spam Museum)
28) Two Harbors (Gooseberry Falls)
29) Shakopee (Canterbury Park)
30) Bloomington (Sea Life at MOA)
31) Duluth (Aerial Lift Bridge)
32) Alexandria (Big Ole)
33) Apple Valley (Raisin' Cane's)