Claysburg Trivia Night
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which_chickMy cousin and my brother and my aunt and I go to two local trivia events in February. One is in Everett, where I attended high school, and one is in Claysburg. This year we lost badly, so badly, like we weren't even in the top three at Everett. We sucked. It was horrible. While we are typically good at trivia, we are NOT GOOD at ... pop culture, songs played backwards, and celebrity faces in their first movie roles. Ugh.
So after that humiliating effort (we'd won the previous three years), we headed up to Claysburg Trivia Night with less-than-optimistic hearts.
Claysburg Trivia Night, which I have discussed here previously, is a wonderful night out in Claysburg with a darn good firehall turkey dinner plus snacks plus desserts plus beers (They had CORONA this year!!! I got some for me and Heather because she has booked a cruise for her family and doesn't want to hear me talk about Corona virus even though I sold my Roth IRA SPY shares on 2-20-2020 and thus DID NOT lose $9000 in the market this past week, go me. Waitin' for them to go on sale afore I buy back in, you betcha.) plus ripoff tickets and a 50-50 and of course forty-eight excellent trivia questions.
You get snacks and beers and the dinner before the trivia starts.
Round 1:
1. What group's national honor society is named The Order of the Arrow?
2. Who is the only woman inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame twice? Once in 1998 as part of a group, once in 2019 as a solo artist?
3. The only US state with a postal code made of two vowels.
4. How many pips (spots) are on the domino logo for Domino's Pizza?
5. The shortest verse in the bible is "Jesus wept." About whom was he weeping?
6. Wonder Woman's lasso compels anyone captured by it to do what?
7. What was the first proper noun spoken from the moon?
8. What name is given to the full moon closest to the autumn equinox?
9. Who took Barry Goldwater's seat when he retired in 1968? Was recently a pres. candidate.
10. What gas is the main component of natural gas?
11. What popular destination was built where Metropolitan Stadium was torn down?
12. WWII began officially after Germany invaded what country?
We missed 1,2 & 5 and were in 10th place with a bunch of other losers. Outgunned & Outmatched (team name) didn't miss any and had a perfect score of 12.
Round 2.
1. Lincoln Highway began in NYC and ended in what city?
2. What is the only first name used by four british kings in a row?
3. Pongo and Perdita are part of what large family?
4. The mythical creature known as the griffin is made of what two animals?
5. What is the longest-running American radio show, now broadcast from Nashville?
6. Who is Kate Hudson's Famous Mom?
7. Of the US States that border Mexico, which one has the shortest border?
8. What feline was the first ever character balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade?
9. In 1941 after Joe DiMaggio's streak ended at 56, he was quoted as saying he was one game away from being endorsed by what company?
10. Rip Van Winkle slept for twenty years in what mountain range?
11. What kind of tea takes its name from the Chinese for black dragon?
12. Daniel Libeskind became famous in 2003 for his design to reconstruct what?
We missed 2 and 8. Questions were two points each.
At the end of round 2, we were in 6th place with a score of 29, behind Beauties and the Beast (34), Murder of Crows (33), Hillbilly Deluxe (31), Intelligent Donkeys (30), Dot & Merle's Kin (30 and also winner the last two years in a row).
Round 3, questions also two points each.
1. In 1995 NASA launch was postponed after 200 holes found in Discovery launch insulation. What caused the holes?
2. What is the peak located at the highest point in New Jersey?
3. Citigroup jumped on the one-letter stock ticker abbreviation C after what company dropped it following a 1998 merger?
4. Who left his Air America radio show in 2007 to run for Senate? He was elected in 2008 and served until he resigned in 2017.
5. Next number in Fibonacci sequence: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34
6. George Washington selected this site where three states, two rivers meet for what armory?
7. Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Ant Man and The Wasp were founding members of what superhero group?
8. What real life wealthy American man had two different actors playing him nominated for Oscars?
9. How many feet high is the right-wall field in PNC Park in Pittsburgh? (Tribute to former Pirate Player)
10. In the movie Blazing Saddles, what was the toll to pass through the Rock Ridge Toll Booth?
11. What element did Hennig Brand discover in 1669 while boiling his own urine to make gold?
12. What major league sports team is owned by Shark Tank's Mark Cuban?
We missed 1 & 2. At the end of the round, we were second behind Beauties & the Beast (50 points), we had 49 points. Dot & Merle's Kin had 48 points, Minds of Mayhem had 47, Miller Deuh (not sure on spelling) had 45 as did Murder of Crows.
Round 4 questions are worth three points each.
1. Which amendment allowed federal income tax?
2. Most decorated soldier in WWii, played himself in To Hell And Back
3. In James and the Giant Peach, the peach ends up impaled on what?
4. ESPN stood for ____ ____ programming network?
5. What brightly colored monkey is the world's largest?
6. Three US presidents won spoken word grammy. Name two.
7. Nation that is home to the Komodo Dragon lizard
8. What son of Lancelot achieved quest for Holy Grail?
9. From 1976 to 2012, what product sponsored award for Best Relief Pitcher in baseball?
10. What slave name is Kunta Kinte forced to adopt in the novel Roots?
11. What does Mir (name of Russian Space Station) mean?
12. The 3 Schuyler sisters from Hamilton, name two.
We missed 1, 5, and 11. Murder of Crows won the round with 10 correct. Everyone else, then, scored a maximum of 9 correct for 27 points. We knew that we had gotten three wrong. (We may not know the answers but we also generally know we don't know them.) Murder of Crows had 75 points, which was the score to beat. IF we were the next-best with 9 correct (and we were pretty sure we had 9 correct), then we were in the money.
placings:
10 -- Outgunned & outmatched 51
9 -- Minds of Mayhem 56
8 -- Leapin' Lizards 59
7 -- to be determined 59
(they do tiebreakers but only if it's in the money)
6 -- Intelligent Donkeys 60
5 -- Miller Deuh 63
4 -- Beauty and the Beasts 65
3 -- Dot & Merle's Kin 66
2 -- Murder of Crows 75
1 -- Dead Parrots with 76
We got $150 for winning and also $25 for winning round 3 in a tiebreaker wherein my aunt Jackie had the correct answer for When was Steamboat Willie.
This was somewhat gratifying following our fucking humiliating total loss in Everett Trivia. But notice, no backwards music and no celebrity faces. We can do trivia, just not that kind.
Some of the teams have t-shirts with their names and logos on them. We don't have that. Perhaps we should have that. I feel like it could be a thing.
So after that humiliating effort (we'd won the previous three years), we headed up to Claysburg Trivia Night with less-than-optimistic hearts.
Claysburg Trivia Night, which I have discussed here previously, is a wonderful night out in Claysburg with a darn good firehall turkey dinner plus snacks plus desserts plus beers (They had CORONA this year!!! I got some for me and Heather because she has booked a cruise for her family and doesn't want to hear me talk about Corona virus even though I sold my Roth IRA SPY shares on 2-20-2020 and thus DID NOT lose $9000 in the market this past week, go me. Waitin' for them to go on sale afore I buy back in, you betcha.) plus ripoff tickets and a 50-50 and of course forty-eight excellent trivia questions.
You get snacks and beers and the dinner before the trivia starts.
Round 1:
1. What group's national honor society is named The Order of the Arrow?
2. Who is the only woman inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame twice? Once in 1998 as part of a group, once in 2019 as a solo artist?
3. The only US state with a postal code made of two vowels.
4. How many pips (spots) are on the domino logo for Domino's Pizza?
5. The shortest verse in the bible is "Jesus wept." About whom was he weeping?
6. Wonder Woman's lasso compels anyone captured by it to do what?
7. What was the first proper noun spoken from the moon?
8. What name is given to the full moon closest to the autumn equinox?
9. Who took Barry Goldwater's seat when he retired in 1968? Was recently a pres. candidate.
10. What gas is the main component of natural gas?
11. What popular destination was built where Metropolitan Stadium was torn down?
12. WWII began officially after Germany invaded what country?
We missed 1,2 & 5 and were in 10th place with a bunch of other losers. Outgunned & Outmatched (team name) didn't miss any and had a perfect score of 12.
Round 2.
1. Lincoln Highway began in NYC and ended in what city?
2. What is the only first name used by four british kings in a row?
3. Pongo and Perdita are part of what large family?
4. The mythical creature known as the griffin is made of what two animals?
5. What is the longest-running American radio show, now broadcast from Nashville?
6. Who is Kate Hudson's Famous Mom?
7. Of the US States that border Mexico, which one has the shortest border?
8. What feline was the first ever character balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade?
9. In 1941 after Joe DiMaggio's streak ended at 56, he was quoted as saying he was one game away from being endorsed by what company?
10. Rip Van Winkle slept for twenty years in what mountain range?
11. What kind of tea takes its name from the Chinese for black dragon?
12. Daniel Libeskind became famous in 2003 for his design to reconstruct what?
We missed 2 and 8. Questions were two points each.
At the end of round 2, we were in 6th place with a score of 29, behind Beauties and the Beast (34), Murder of Crows (33), Hillbilly Deluxe (31), Intelligent Donkeys (30), Dot & Merle's Kin (30 and also winner the last two years in a row).
Round 3, questions also two points each.
1. In 1995 NASA launch was postponed after 200 holes found in Discovery launch insulation. What caused the holes?
2. What is the peak located at the highest point in New Jersey?
3. Citigroup jumped on the one-letter stock ticker abbreviation C after what company dropped it following a 1998 merger?
4. Who left his Air America radio show in 2007 to run for Senate? He was elected in 2008 and served until he resigned in 2017.
5. Next number in Fibonacci sequence: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34
6. George Washington selected this site where three states, two rivers meet for what armory?
7. Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Ant Man and The Wasp were founding members of what superhero group?
8. What real life wealthy American man had two different actors playing him nominated for Oscars?
9. How many feet high is the right-wall field in PNC Park in Pittsburgh? (Tribute to former Pirate Player)
10. In the movie Blazing Saddles, what was the toll to pass through the Rock Ridge Toll Booth?
11. What element did Hennig Brand discover in 1669 while boiling his own urine to make gold?
12. What major league sports team is owned by Shark Tank's Mark Cuban?
We missed 1 & 2. At the end of the round, we were second behind Beauties & the Beast (50 points), we had 49 points. Dot & Merle's Kin had 48 points, Minds of Mayhem had 47, Miller Deuh (not sure on spelling) had 45 as did Murder of Crows.
Round 4 questions are worth three points each.
1. Which amendment allowed federal income tax?
2. Most decorated soldier in WWii, played himself in To Hell And Back
3. In James and the Giant Peach, the peach ends up impaled on what?
4. ESPN stood for ____ ____ programming network?
5. What brightly colored monkey is the world's largest?
6. Three US presidents won spoken word grammy. Name two.
7. Nation that is home to the Komodo Dragon lizard
8. What son of Lancelot achieved quest for Holy Grail?
9. From 1976 to 2012, what product sponsored award for Best Relief Pitcher in baseball?
10. What slave name is Kunta Kinte forced to adopt in the novel Roots?
11. What does Mir (name of Russian Space Station) mean?
12. The 3 Schuyler sisters from Hamilton, name two.
We missed 1, 5, and 11. Murder of Crows won the round with 10 correct. Everyone else, then, scored a maximum of 9 correct for 27 points. We knew that we had gotten three wrong. (We may not know the answers but we also generally know we don't know them.) Murder of Crows had 75 points, which was the score to beat. IF we were the next-best with 9 correct (and we were pretty sure we had 9 correct), then we were in the money.
placings:
10 -- Outgunned & outmatched 51
9 -- Minds of Mayhem 56
8 -- Leapin' Lizards 59
7 -- to be determined 59
(they do tiebreakers but only if it's in the money)
6 -- Intelligent Donkeys 60
5 -- Miller Deuh 63
4 -- Beauty and the Beasts 65
3 -- Dot & Merle's Kin 66
2 -- Murder of Crows 75
1 -- Dead Parrots with 76
We got $150 for winning and also $25 for winning round 3 in a tiebreaker wherein my aunt Jackie had the correct answer for When was Steamboat Willie.
This was somewhat gratifying following our fucking humiliating total loss in Everett Trivia. But notice, no backwards music and no celebrity faces. We can do trivia, just not that kind.
Some of the teams have t-shirts with their names and logos on them. We don't have that. Perhaps we should have that. I feel like it could be a thing.
