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!