1/9 Trivia Hints and High-Fives!

Just a reminder of what Packers misery looks like. It looks so good. Hopefully Dom Capers' "vaunted defense" doesn't let you down like usual. (This message brought to you by bitter Vikings fans.)

Trivia night is tonight! 7PM @ the Sports Page in Bloomington. A whole new slew of questions ready to go. Noah and Joe are reporting for duty, while Mike goes on the 7-day disabled list with illness. Get better Mike!


IMAGE ROUND: Return of Wuzzles! Visual word puzzles for you to try. You can find them in the Variety section of your newspaper.

SOUND ROUND: New Wave Music. Noah is alllll over it for this evening.

Apologies for not posting an image of last week's winning team - we will update later if we are able.

Free as always! Bring your friends! 7PM!

Hints 1/2/2013

Happy New Year! First trivia of the year and it's going to be a theme night. Everything will be about the year that was 2012. It'll be beneficial to know a lot of the big names and new events that occured last year as that will be the focal point.

Image Round: Movies of 2012
Sound Round: Songs of 2012

All three of us will be there tonight, as should you! Sports Page, Bloomington, 7pm, tell your friends!

Also, make sure to check our year end awards right below this post. It may kind of, sort of factor into our bonus prize tonight.

Double also, here's last week winners. Congrats to Harold of the Rocks. Welcome to the winner circle!

Harold of the Rocks

2012 Year End Awards!

Hey gang! Here's an attempt for us to connect with you. We compiled a best of the year list for 2012. Your trivia gang came up with our favorites for 20 different categories. Feel free to comment on here or at trivia with your thoughts!


1) Movie

Joe: Dark Knight Rises. Amazing ending to a brilliant story.
Mike: Moonrise Kingdom. Beautifully done, quirky, charming. Loved every second of it, outside of the fish hooks scene. That hurt my tum-tum.
Noah: 21 Jumpstreet.

2) TV Show

Joe: Breaking Bad takes the crown this year, but The Newsroom get my nod for best newcomer.
Mike: Catfish on MTV. Loved the movie, translated into a really fun, addicting show.
Noah: Tie: Luther/Louie.


3) Actor

 

 

 

Joe: Daniel Day Lewis in "Lincoln", although Leonardo DiCaprio in "Django Unchained" is a close second.
Mike: Aziz Ansari makes me laugh every time he's on screen. That's charisma, folks.
Noah: Nick Offerman.

4) Actress

 



 

Joe: Amy Adams in "The Master"

Mike: Zooey Deschanel.

Noah: Emily Blunt.

 

5) Song 

 

Joe: Demi Lovato "Give Your Heart A Break" (click to play) So damn catchy.

Mike: Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" (click to play) This song ruled my year. Honorable mention to Grimes "Oblivion". It was a good year for female Canucks music.

Noah: Katy Perry "Wide Awake" (click to play)

 

6) Band/Musician

Joe: One Direction. Heard my first song here at trivia, that's gotta count for something, right?
Mike: Mumford and Sons. Huge year for these boys. I was into it.
Noah: Beach House.

7) YouTube Video

Joe: "Gangnam Style" blew up for a reason. Weirdest 5 minutes of my life.
Mike: Dancing with an iPod in Public. Technically, the video I'm referencing was from Nov. 2011, but he's made a couple follow ups and I didn't see this video until this holiday season. It's a feel good video unlike that S. of a B. called Psy. Don't judge me.
Noah: Scare Pranks. Tie with DJ Steve Porter's videos.

8) Website

Joe: Reddit. If Facebook and Craigslist fucked and had a kid, this would be it. Sort of.
Mike: Facebook. Outside of  Ericsrepair.com, the official car care provider of Wednesday trivia, I'm probably on Facebook the most. It's a daily visit. FRIEND ME!
Noah: Profootballtalk. Tie with dailymail.uk

9) Internet Meme

Joe: Overly Manly Man. Bullocks!
Mike: McKayla is not impressed.
Noah: Jay Cutler smoking. Tie with Grumpy cat.

10) Video Game

 

Joe: Tetris for iPhone. Good night.
Mike: WWE '13 for XBox 360. It's the only one I played for more than an hour outside of Noah's choice.
Noah: WWF No Mercy for Nintendo 64. Bringing it back.

11) Phone App

Joe: Twitter. Instant news. Revolutionizing information as we know it.
Mike: Temple Run. So much potential productivity lost.
Noah: Instagram.

12) Athlete

Joe: LeBron James. MVP, Champ, Finals MVP, Gold Medal. Love him or hate him, Sports Illustrated nailed this one.
Mike: Anthony Tolliver. Sentimental favorite. I miss him more than anyone should. Noah and I got to meet the Tollipop this year and it was a definitely a personal highlight for 2012.
Noah: Adrian Peterson.

13) Sports Moment

Joe: Vikings beat Packers to get into playoffs. Runner-up: Parise/Suter sign with Wild on July 4th.
Mike: Vikings make the playoffs! Rollercoaster of a game, a lot of fun, a ton of anxiety, and now we technically have a chance for the Super Bowl.
Noah: Eli Manning to Mario Manningham Super Bowl connection.

14) Hottest chick

Joe: Kate Upton. Unbelievable
Mike: Olivia Munn.
Noah: Jennifer Lawrence.

15) Hottest dude

Joe: Ryan Gosling. The Baby Goose until further notice.
Mike: Ryan Gosling. Biggest no brainer ever.
Noah: Anderson Cooper.

16) Restaurant

 

Joe: Tilia. Good stuff.
Mike: Blackbird Cafe. 38th and Nicollet. Check it out.
Noah: Lucky's 13. Great beer specials and nachos are great.

17) Drink

Joe: Crispin Cider. Crispin + Ice = nothing better. Except for sex. And even then...
Mike: McDonald's Iced Coffee with Vanilla. I wake up too early and I needed a jolt one day. Bought one of these cups of sugar and caffeine and have been addicted since.
Noah: Angry Orchard.

18) Person of the Year

Joe: Psy. Dominated all of 2012. Against our better judgement.
Mike: Victoria Soto. Truly heroic teacher who sacrificed herself for the safety of the children of Newtown.
Noah:  Teachers, students, authorities, families, etc. who lived through the Newtown shootings.

19) Person/Place/Thing/Idea that seemingly dominated our trivia questions

Joe: Taylor Swift. Let's make a pact - No Swift in '13, deal?
Mike: I used to write weekly Jersey Shore questions, but I feel like we probably give too much attention to pro wrestling. That being said, Wrestling themed trivia sometime in 2013! Believe it!
Noah: Psy. No more after this mention.

20) Trivia Moment

Joe: Bachelor Auction. You boys got bought!
Mike: Christmas, the remodel, charity night were all fantastic but I what I will remember most is my struggles with reading. I tend to talk fast and I recall practicing so I wouldn't slip up when saying the word "buttonhole". Of course, I end up messing it up and reading the word as "butt hole".
Noah: Debut in the newly remodeled room.

So there it is, that's 2012 for us. Did we forget anything? Let us know! It was a fun year hanging out with all of you guys and we're ready to bring on 2013 with all it has to offer. It's time to make some new memories at the Page. Take care, gang!

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"!