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Current Events!
5 questions
1 point each
1. Just in case I have the power to jinx people (like I may have done with Betty White last week), Simon Cowell will be 100 in about 41 years. I imagine his secret for longevity is effortless douchebaggery. In other worthless-people news, the personal Twitter account of what loudmouth vapid freshman House of Reps member from Georgia has been permanently suspended for violating policies on Covid misinformation?
2. What once cutting-edge, industry-leading smartphone maker stopped supporting its legacy operating system yesterday, effectively rendering any of its old phones useless - you can't even call 911 or send a text message?
3. What US city had the most homicides in 2021, with 797? The next closest cities had 300 less!
4. 8.5 million gallons of what have shut down beaches in Long Beach and other LA area beaches?
5. Who was just convicted on 4 counts of defrauding investors? The former Theranos CEO was a darling of Silicon Valley - the company promised technology that could test for a wide range of conditions with just a few drops of blood.
Review your Current Events round answers:

 

1. Just in case I have the power to jinx people (like I may have done with Betty White last week), Simon Cowell will be 100 in about 41 years. I imagine his secret for longevity is effortless douchebaggery. In other worthless-people news, the personal Twitter account of what loudmouth vapid freshman House of Reps member from Georgia has been permanently suspended for violating policies on Covid misinformation?
2. What once cutting-edge, industry-leading smartphone maker stopped supporting its legacy operating system yesterday, effectively rendering any of its old phones useless - you can't even call 911 or send a text message?
3. What US city had the most homicides in 2021, with 797? The next closest cities had 300 less!
4. 8.5 million gallons of what have shut down beaches in Long Beach and other LA area beaches?
5. Who was just convicted on 4 counts of defrauding investors? The former Theranos CEO was a darling of Silicon Valley - the company promised technology that could test for a wide range of conditions with just a few drops of blood.

 

MYSTERY ROUND

Famous festivals

I'll ask about something a well-known festival.

For example, if I say Covid be damned, this little town in South Dakota will hold it's rally for 400k+ and Smash Mouth (2020) and Kid Rock (2021) will show up and stumble through their 90s hits.

You would answer Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

1. Considered the biggest of its kind in the world (to celebrate this one thing) what is the festival named that's held in Rio each year before Lent and first occurred in 1723?
2. The largest of its kind in the US, what festival is held in Park City, UT, and is named for a Robert Redford character?
3. A food festival near Valencia Spain is famous for the food fight that takes place - where participants throw what at each other?
4. You wanna get high? Go to the largest hot air balloon festival in the world - held in what US state capital?
5. The Carnival of Ivrea is held in Italy and is known for the organized group food fight involving what?
6. The Wife Carrying World Championships have been held annually in Sonkajärvi, Finland, since 1992. First place wins a bag full of wife-carrying merchandise, an official logo statue, and the wife's weight in what?
Review your Mystery round answers:

 

1. Considered the biggest of its kind in the world (to celebrate this one thing) what is the festival named that's held in Rio each year before Lent and first occurred in 1723?
2. The largest of its kind in the US, what festival is held in Park City, UT, and is named for a Robert Redford character?
3. A food festival near Valencia Spain is famous for the food fight that takes place - where participants throw what at each other?
4. You wanna get high? Go to the largest hot air balloon festival in the world - held in what US state capital?
5. The Carnival of Ivrea is held in Italy and is known for the organized group food fight involving what?
6. The Wife Carrying World Championships have been held annually in Sonkajärvi, Finland, since 1992. First place wins a bag full of wife-carrying merchandise, an official logo statue, and the wife's weight in what?

 

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

Muppets

I'll show you a Muppet, you tell me who it is.

For example, what's this Muppet?
Answer: Dr. Bunsen Honeydew

Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3 (guitarist and backup singer in the act Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem)
Picture 4 - my kind of muppet
Picture 5 - who's circled?
Picture 6 - That's Fozzie Bear, yes - but what's the character called when multiple Muppets stack up to pretend to be someone else?
Review your Picture round answers:

 

 

GENIUS ROUND

Hard questions from all over

2 points each

1. What South American country is the only country in the world to be named after an element?
2. What president went bankrupt (due to a pyramid scheme) after leaving office and was convinced to write a memoir by Mark Twain (to earn money)? He died a week after finishing it, but the book became a runaway success.
3. Don't knock it til you try it. What educator turned businesswoman when her Dynamic (Speed) Reading system became a success in the 60s - 70s? JFK was somewhat associated with speed reading - and this woman claimed 2700 words a minute!
4. According to the Bible, Jesus told Mathew that if you have faith the size of what small (1-2 mm) organic food-related object, you can move mountains?
5. In the 1985 movie Back to the Future, Dr. Emmett L. Brown successfully tests the time machine by sending his dog 1 minute into the future. What's the dog's name?
What's your team name?
Who's playing tonight (first names)?

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