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TRIVIA!

From 8 - 9ish

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Tonight’s theme is ?

Current Events!

5 questions

1 point each

1. O-MI-CRON, Becky, look at her virus! The new and scary (because no one knows what it's about yet) COVID-19 variant was first reported/detected in what country?

2. Happy Hanukkah! The Festival of Lights has begun and will continue until sundown of what date?

3. What Caribbean nation that declared independence from Britain 55 years ago finally removed QE2 as its head of state at midnight on Monday?

4. What is Merriam-Webster's newly announced Word of the Year? It's topical, not a new word, most people have several, some will have no more.

5. What British socialite -- known for her association with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein -- is on trial this week?

Review your Current Events round answers:

1. O-MI-CRON, Becky, look at her virus! The new and scary (because no one knows what it's about yet) COVID-19 variant was first reported/detected in what country?

2. Happy Hanukkah! The Festival of Lights has begun and will continue until sundown of what date?

3. What Caribbean nation that declared independence from Britain 55 years ago finally removed QE2 as its head of state at midnight on Monday?

4. What is Merriam-Webster's newly announced Word of the Year? It's topical, not a new word, most people have several, some will have no more.

5. What British socialite -- known for her association with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein -- is on trial this week?

MYSTERY ROUND

State nicknames and abbreviations. I'll give you 3 state nicknames and a crossword-puzzle style clue, you give me the word the state abbreviations spell. For example, if the clues were No! / Empire State / First State

You would answer DENY (New York NY and Delaware DE)

1. A fluid/drink - Cornhusker State - Land of Opportunity - Nutmeg State

2. Money - Centennial State - Hoosier State - Vacationland

3. An arrangement - Beaver State - Sunshine State - Yellowhammer State

4. Unit of measure or language - Keystone State - Palmetto State - Yellowhammer State

5. Frank - Gem State - Golden State - Peace Garden State

6. A biology - Bay State - Cornhusker State - Ocean State

Review your Mystery round answers:

1. A fluid/drink - Cornhusker State - Land of Opportunity - Nutmeg State

2. Money - Centennial State - Hoosier State - Vacationland

3. An arrangement - Beaver State - Sunshine State - Yellowhammer State

4. Unit of measure or language - Keystone State - Palmetto State - Yellowhammer State

5. Frank - Gem State - Golden State - Peace Garden State

6. A biology - Bay State - Cornhusker State - Ocean State

MUSIC ROUND

Name the song title and artist - 1 point each

And name the theme that permeates these songs for a bonus point

Song 1

Song 2

Song 3

Song 4

Song 5

Song 6

What is the theme that permeates through all six of the songs?

Review your Music round answers:

PICTURE ROUND

Triangles

I'll show you a triangle, you tell me what it is.

For example, what is this one?
Answer:An acute triangle

Picture 1 - It's acute, but it's also something else...

Picture 2 - Triangle logo for what?

Picture 3 - Who is this maestro of the triangle (character)?

Picture 4 - Triangle-ish logo for what?

Picture 5

Picture 6 - Triangle logo for what?

Review your Picture round answers:

GENIUS ROUND

Hard questions from all over

2 points each

1. Happy Hanukkah! Name each of the four characters on a dreidel - one point each.

2. What midwestern state's main university football players used to be known as the Bugeaters, as a tribute to the local bats?

3. The filming for WHAT MOVIE took place in 1962, mostly in Rome, with the crew planning to film location shots in Egypt for authenticity’s sake? Because the main (title) star recently converted to Judaism and had vocal support for Israel (an enemy of Egypt) - the star was banned from entering and no filming took place there.

4. Long before Ned Flanders started doing it, what author wedged 'diddly' into scrumptious to create the word scrumdiddlyumptious in a book from 1964?

5. From Homer's Iliad, what device carried by Athena and Zeus, variously interpreted as an animal skin or a shield and sometimes featuring the head of a Gorgon, is associated with protection by a strong force - and lends its name to a US Ballistic Missile Defense System?