May 16th Trivia

So, this week Raine/Neil/Margo won trivia. Hard core fun times!
They won with 37 points! A record at Talula!
Here are the questions from this past trivia and the answers immediately after in white, so you can see them if you highlight.

Sidekicks

1) The lone ranger was one of ABC’s first hits in the 1950’s. Who is the lone ranger’s sidekick?
2) On home improvement Tim Taylor had a sidekick who was much more adept than he. What was his name?
3) Villians can have sidekicks too! What sidekick and would be girl friend was introduced in Batman the Animated Series as a companion to the Joker?
*Bonus* When the first robin left Batman, he assumed a new identity to fight crime. What was his new name?
4) What is the name of Mario’s sidekick/ride?
5) Who is Johnny Quest’s side kick with telekinetic powers? Sim-sim-salabim!


Answers (in white, highlight to see):
1) Tonto
2) Al Borland
3) Harley Quinn
*Bonus* Night Wing
4) Yoshi
5) Hadji

Sci-Fi Films
1)What is Godzilla’s name in Japanese?
*Bonus* What was Godzilla's first film in Color?
2) In the 1986 version of the fly, as the main character starts to morph into a combination of a human and a fly he calls his new merged form what?
3) Predator starred two future Governors. Who are they?
4) In the film Contact, SETI receives a signal from a distant star. Scientist eventually decode it. What does it contain?
*bonus* Contact is based on a book of the same name by what author?
5) In planet of the apes, the apes are divided into strict class system. What position do the Gorilla’s take?

Answers-
1)Gojira *Combo of Gorira (Gorilla) and Kujira (whale)
*Bonus* King Kong Vs Godzilla
2) Brundlefly
3) Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger
4) Plans to build something. (A ship/wormholecreater/fwt?)
*Bonus* Carl Sagan
5) Military/Police/Hunters


Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

INTERPOL NEWS FLASH! A national treasure, the Stephen Colbert Portrait, has been stolen from Washington DC! You have till five pm Sunday to find and arrest the thief!

1)Your sources at the Smithsonian tell you that a suspicious woman changed all of her money to Rands and spoke loudly about wanting to visit the Limpopo river. Where is your suspect headed?
2)Your suspect was overheard talking about geography of the Iberian peninsula and wanting to punch Luis Figo in his damned face because of how dirty their whole team played, but especially for his headbutt against dutch player van bronckhorst in the last world cup. Where is your suspect heading?
3)A local detective spotted your suspect wearing an impressive ruby neckless btw, and planning on a field study of orangutangs. She was also spotting reading the Koran.
4)Your sources tell you that they witnessed a brown haired woman speaking Urdu and practicing conversational phrases such as, “I like to play tennis”. She also spoke of scaling K2.
5)Your suspect was seen driving away from a library in a convertible waving a red white and blue flag. She also checked out a book on monotremes.

Answers
1)South Africa
2)Portugal
3)Indonesia
4)Pakistan
5)Australia

Current Events

1) What Belgian town has claimed to be the first European town to not eat meat for one day of the week every week? In an effort to combat cruelty to animals, obesity and global Warming?
2) Craigslist is being forced to close what category of its web listings?
3) A new study found that the air of what capital city is laced with at least five different drugs, the most prominent being Cocaine. The others are LSD, Opiates, Amphetamines and Cannaboids.
4) What government declared victory in a civil war against the Tamil Tigers?
5) What horse won the Preakness this past weekend?
*Bonus* Her jockey became the first in history to win the first to jewels of the triple crown on different mounts. What was his name?

Answers

1) Ghent
2) Adult Services
3) Madrid
4) Sri Lanka
5) Rachel Alexandra
*Bonus* Calvin Borel


This Week in History

1) In 1939 the Princeton Tigers played the Colombian Lions on the first ever televised sporting event. What sport did they face off at?
2) In 1896 The US supreme court ruled on Plessy vs. Ferguson which decided what?
3) May 19th, 1946 is the birthday of what French wrestler?
4) May 20th 1932, What woman embarked on what was to become the first around the world solo flight by a woman?
*Bonus* Who was the first man to make that flight? Embarking on the same day just five years earlier?
5) In 1936 what airline was founded by the Irish Government as the official airline of Ireland?

Answers
1) Baseball
2) Separate But Equal is Constitutional
3) Andre the Giant
4) Emilia Earhart
*Bonus* Charles Lindberg
5) Aer Lingus

Sports - Retired Numbers



1) Hank Aaron held the record for most career homeruns for 33 years until being surpassed by Barry Bonds in 2007. What was his number?
2) Reggie White was named all-pro 13 of his 15 seasons. His number was retired by both the packers and the eagles. What was his number?
3) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holds the NBA career record for most points, and minutes played. What is his number?
4) What was Babe Ruth’s number?
5) The Seattle Seahawks retired the number 12 in 1984. Whose jersey number is it?

Answers
1) 44
2) 92
3) 33
4) 3
5) The 12th man - The Fans


What have they Done for me Lately? Star Trek!



1) A spinoff of the practice, Boston Legal has four former Star Trek actors on it. Who are they?
2) This next question is easy, because he is my personal hero, so I’ll give you all a point. What member of TNG also hosted a children’s tv show promoting literacy?
3) What two actors reprised their roles of TOS in the new film? Hint: One of the two has been involved in every reincarnation of Star Trek thus far.
4) What former star trek actor is now the spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign “Coming Out Project”?
5) Many former Star Trek stars do a lot of Voice acting now adays. Who voices CIA Deputy Director Avery Bullock on American Dad?
*Bonus: Who voiced I.M. Weasel?

Answers
1) William Shatner (Kirk), Rene Auberjonois (Odo), Armin Shimmerman (Quark), Ethan Phillips (Neelix)
2) LeVar Burton
3) Leonard Nemoy (Spock, duh) and Majel Barrett (The Voice of the Ship's Computer. She died last year but had finished all the voice work to the film a month before passing.)
4) George Takei
5) Patrick Stewart
*bonus* Michael Dorn

Science


1) What is the SI unit for current, named after a French mathematician who also made important contributions to chemistry?
2) What is the SI unit for electrical resistance, named after a German Physicist?
3) The SI unit of force was named after what English Scientist in recognition of his work Classical Mechanics?
4) What is the SI derived unit of density?
5) The SI unit for thermodynamic temperature is what?

Answers
1)Ampere
2) Ohm
3) Newton
4) Kilogram/m^3
5) Kelvin


Literature


1) What is the name of Harry Potter’s defense against the dark arts teacher in The Prisoner of Azkaban?
2) Name one of C S Lewis’ books from his Ransom/Space trilogy.
3) My fair lady was inspired by what George Bernard Shaw play?
4) Rosencratz and Guildenstern are from what famous play. That is not Rosenkratz and Guildenstern are dead?
5) My favorite piece of poetry ever, “White man’s burden” was written by what English Poet?

Answers
1) Professor Lupin
2) Out of Silent Planet, Perelandria, That Hideous Strength
3) Pygmalion
4) Hamlet
5) Rudyard Kipling

Random

1) What does CV stand for?
2) In 1945, this African-American US Army Lieutenant refused to move to the back of a military transport bus when told to by a driver whom he outranked. He was court martialled, won his case, and thus sped the process of military integration. However, you probably know him better for his integration of major league baseball.
3) Whose tombstone credits him with being the "author of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom" and as "Founder of the University of Virginia", but does not mention that he was the third President of the United States?
4) The term "heavy metal" was first commonly used to describe this band, perhaps best known for the song "Stairway to Heaven".
5) Who was the first president to be born outside of the thirteen original colonies?


Answers
1) Curriculum Vitae
2) Jackie Robinson
3) Thomas Jefferson
4) Led Zeppelin
5) Lincoln