1. What city declared a state of emergency and implemented a curfew due to 5 shootings related to Spring Break activities? The mayor was quoted as saying “This isn’t your mother and father’s spring break. This is something wholly different” and “It’s very hard to deter idiots and criminals from doing things.”
2. Who became the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship in any sport, after winning the women's 500-yard freestyle?
3. The confirmation hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson are allowing us to better know the candidate and how some senators take the opportunity to grandstand. Which senator asked the nominee to rate her faithfulness (in terms of religion) on a scale from 1 to 10?
4. “You are… not the father!” will no longer be heard (except in reruns) because what tv show is ending after 31 years?
5. In sports, what 15th ranked team/school that boasts just over 3500 students beat out Kentucky 2 and Murray State 7 - and will face Purdue 3 in two days?
Review your Current Events round answers:
1. What city declared a state of emergency and implemented a curfew due to 5 shootings related to Spring Break activities? The mayor was quoted as saying “This isn’t your mother and father’s spring break. This is something wholly different” and “It’s very hard to deter idiots and criminals from doing things.”
2. Who became the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship in any sport, after winning the women's 500-yard freestyle?
3. The confirmation hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson are allowing us to better know the candidate and how some senators take the opportunity to grandstand. Which senator asked the nominee to rate her faithfulness (in terms of religion) on a scale from 1 to 10?
4. “You are… not the father!” will no longer be heard (except in reruns) because what tv show is ending after 31 years?
5. In sports, what 15th ranked team/school that boasts just over 3500 students beat out Kentucky 2 and Murray State 7 - and will face Purdue 3 in two days?
MYSTERY ROUND
Contraptions
I'll ask about some strange devices, you tell me what it is.
For example, if I ask What TV shows and movies follow the adventures of a powerful but dimwitted cyborg police inspector as he investigates the criminal schemes of Dr. Claw and his organization, M.A.D.?
You would answer Inspector Gadget
1. Contraptions are featured prominently in what British stop-motion comedy franchise about a man, his dog, and their misadventures? They even have a release titled Cracking Contraptions.
2. What American cartoonist (1883-1970) is best known for his popular cartoons depicting complicated gadgets performing simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways? So much so that any overly complicated device may be called by his namesake.
3. The previous question was about a US cartoonist, but he may have borrowed heavily from "Heath Robinson contraptions" that gained recognition more than 16 years earlier in what country?
4. According to a 2015 article from entrepreneur.com, what TV show that premiered in 1962 included contraptions that are plausible today, including jet packs, holograms, 3-d printed food, drones, and smartwatches?
5. What board game first published in 1963 had played building an overly complicated contraption to catch other players peices?
6. What has been used to make contraptions, but is intended to be played in games with names such as Whist, Matador, Muggins (All Fives), Texas 42, Chicken Foot, Concentration, Double Fives, and Mexican Train?
Review your Mystery round answers:
1. Contraptions are featured prominently in what British stop-motion comedy franchise about a man, his dog, and their misadventures? They even have a release titled Cracking Contraptions.
2. What American cartoonist (1883-1970) is best known for his popular cartoons depicting complicated gadgets performing simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways? So much so that any overly complicated device may be called by his namesake.
3. The previous question was about a US cartoonist, but he may have borrowed heavily from "Heath Robinson contraptions" that gained recognition more than 16 years earlier in what country?
4. According to a 2015 article from entrepreneur.com, what TV show that premiered in 1962 included contraptions that are plausible today, including jet packs, holograms, 3-d printed food, drones, and smartwatches?
5. What board game first published in 1963 had played building an overly complicated contraption to catch other players peices?
6. What has been used to make contraptions, but is intended to be played in games with names such as Whist, Matador, Muggins (All Fives), Texas 42, Chicken Foot, Concentration, Double Fives, and Mexican Train?
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 * This one doesn't fit 100% like the others - but it sorta does
What is the theme that permeates through all six of the songs?
Review your Music round answers:
PICTURE ROUND
Crying
I'll show someone crying in a movie, you tell me the movie title and actor (half point each).
For example, who is this and what movie?
Answer: Ben Stiller - There's Something About Mary
Picture 1 - Actor and movie
Picture 2 - Actor and movie
Picture 3 - Actor and movie
Picture 4 - Actor and movie
Picture 5 - Actor and movie
Picture 6 - Actor and movie
Review your Picture round answers:
GENIUS ROUND
Hard questions from all over
2 points each
1. Pound cake gets its name from the weight of each of the ingredients needed to make the cake. Pound cake requires exactly one pound each of what four things? (half point each)
2. What is the second most populous city in Illinois - and shares its name with a Disney princess - and is mentioned repeatedly in one of my favorite Springsteen songs -- 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)?
3. In the category of odd but suiting nicknames, what (specifically) is a Chicago typewriter?
4. What were the original 6 colors on a Rubik's cube? (1/2 point per color - 3 points total)
5. John William's piece named The Mission is used for what TV program?
