Round 1:
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1) Timberwolves
star, Ricky Rubio, has been playing professional since the age of 14 in what
country? (Spain)
2) Who
was the first female to host the Academy Awards by herself? (Whoopi Goldberg)
3) What
political lady formed the PRMC in the mid 80’s?
PRMC was a group focused on music censorship ala the parental advisory
sticker. (Tipper Gore)
4) This
martial arts technique translates to the “Supreme Ultimate Force”. The practice
can be considered a combination of moving meditation and yoga. (Tai Chi)
5) Keith
Moon was the brilliant and destructive drummer for what classic rock n roll
band? (The Who)
6) The
long running comic strip Cathy is about a woman who struggles with the four
basic guilt groups of life. Three of those groups are Love, Mom, and Work. What
is the fourth? (Food)
7)
Joe Paterno, the former Penn State football
coach, died this past sunday from cancer.
What type of cancer? (Lung)
8)
What drink supposedly got its name from an
island village and iron mine in Cuba where it was invented in the early 1900’s?
(Daiquiri)
9)
Vocab question: to loiter aimlessly and to
dawdle; to be lazy or avoid necessary work or effort. (lollygag)
10)
What is the name of the crane game at The Sports
Page? (Toy House)
Round 2:
11) What is
the name of the fictional sport that was played in Harry Potter? (Quidditch)
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| Beat it, nerd. |
12) When you
hear the book title "The Days are Just Packed", what topic does it
relate to? hint: It's a collection of something... (Calvin and Hobbes)
13) The
division sign is a very recognizable symbol, it’s two dots with a horizontal
line in between them. There’s an actual name for it, what is it? (Obelus)
14) This NFL
player recently not only got in a twitter follower of his, but also flew him in
for a playoff game the other week. What
player was it? (Ochocinco)
15) LMFAO
perform the song “Get Crazy” which is the opening song for what television
show? (Jersey Shore)
16) When
setting your clock in some areas...what does GMT mean? (Greenwich Mean Time)
17)
Originally named Dr. G. Raffe, what is the
current name of the spokesperson for Toys R’ Us? (Geoffrey)
18)
Where does Lake Street become East Lake
Street? (Nicollet)
19)
The first person to win two Nobel prizes was
also the first woman to win a Nobel prize. Who was it? (Marie Currie)
20) Although
many people call it "Italian cruise ship disaster" what was the
cruise line called? (Costa Concordia)
Sound Round: State Fair/Casino Bands (click to play)
21) AC/DC “Back in Black”
22) The Cure “Boys Don’t Cry”
23) Danzig “Mother”
24) Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar On Me”
25) Kiss “Shout it Out Loud”
Image Round: U.S. Presidents
27) William Taft
28) Harry Truman
29) Richard Nixon
30) John F. Kennedy
31) Thomas Jefferson
32) Ronald Reagan
33) David Palmer from 24
(Dennis Haysbert)
Tiebreaker: The tallest building in Minnesota is the IDS
Center. Including antenna how many feet high is it? (910)
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!
