TRIVIA!

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Tonight’s theme is ?

Current Events!

5 questions

1 point each

1. We are getting some spectacular images from a space telescope - with what name?

2. Inflation rose again, as its name would imply. Today it was announced that it hit a 40-year high - at WHAT RATE X.X%? This is up from 8.6% last month.

3. There's something fishy (or not) about this question. What food chain did NOT get their case against them dismissed - they're being sued for claims of some offerings having 100% tuna - although DNA testing found otherwise?

4. In what country did President Rajapaksa flee overnight on a military jet with his wife days after demonstrators overran his residence? He appointed PM Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president - he just told the military to "do whatever is necessary to restore order" after protesters stormed his office.

5. Describe by Wikipedia as an American satirical black comedy-drama television series, what HBO show received the most Emmy nominations with 25, edging out Ted Lasso and The White Lotus (20 each)?

Review your Current Events round answers:

1. We are getting some spectacular images from a space telescope - with what name?

2. Inflation rose again, as its name would imply. Today it was announced that it hit a 40-year high - at WHAT RATE X.X%? This is up from 8.6% last month.

3. There's something fishy (or not) about this question. What food chain did NOT get their case against them dismissed - they're being sued for claims of some offerings having 100% tuna - although DNA testing found otherwise?

4. In what country did President Rajapaksa flee overnight on a military jet with his wife days after demonstrators overran his residence? He appointed PM Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president - he just told the military to "do whatever is necessary to restore order" after protesters stormed his office.

5. Describe by Wikipedia as an American satirical black comedy-drama television series, what HBO show received the most Emmy nominations with 25, edging out Ted Lasso and The White Lotus (20 each)?

MYSTERY ROUND

An Octupus, Turtle, and Pelican walk? into a bar...

I'll ask about something these three creatures, you tell give me a good answer.

For example, if the question was How many tentacles does an octopus have?
You would answer Eight

1. How many hearts does an octopus have?

2. In what may be the least offensive limerick I've ever heard, the 1913 poem by Dixon Lanier Merritt reads...Oh, a wondrous bird is the pelican! His beak holds more than his belican. He takes in his beak Food enough for a week. [finish the poem]

3. The top part of a turtle shell is called the carapace - what is the bottom part called?

4. To survive in the deep ocean, octopuses evolved a copper- (rather than iron-) based blood. What color is their blood?

5. The longest bill of any bird is that of the Australian pelican - how many inches long can it grow?

6. Growing up to seven feet long and exceeding 2,000 pounds, what kind of turtle is the largest on earth?

Review your Mystery round answers:

1. How many hearts does an octopus have?

2. In what may be the least offensive limerick I've ever heard, the 1913 poem by Dixon Lanier Merritt reads...Oh, a wondrous bird is the pelican! His beak holds more than his belican. He takes in his beak Food enough for a week. [finish the poem]

3. The top part of a turtle shell is called the carapace - what is the bottom part called?

4. To survive in the deep ocean, octopuses evolved a copper- (rather than iron-) based blood. What color is their blood?

5. The longest bill of any bird is that of the Australian pelican - how many inches long can it grow?

6. Growing up to seven feet long and exceeding 2,000 pounds, what kind of turtle is the largest on earth?

MUSIC ROUND

Name the artist and song titles - 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

The theme is songs with numbers in the artist and/or titles.

Add them all up and put the total here!

Review your Music round answers:

PICTURE ROUND

C Women

I'll show you a woman with C in her name, tell me who it is.

For example, who is this?
Answer: Cleopatra

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3

Picture 4

Picture 5

Picture 6

Review your Picture round answers:

GENIUS ROUND

Hard questions from all over

2 points each

1. What now 66 yo American actress/model was the long-term partner (and mother to four children) of the lead singer for the self-proclaimed Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the world - and since 2016 has been married to one of the biggest media tycoons in the world?

2. Car companies love to use real and mythical animals in their logos - Ferrari uses a horse, Lamborghini sports a bull, and what company's logo features a red griffin wearing a crown?

3. Mount Kilimanjaro is the African continent's highest peak at 5,895 meters (19,340 feet). In what country is it?

4. Between 1934 and 1968, the Hays Code was used for what?

5. What food item comes from Royal Ann, Rainier, or Gold varieties, are preserved in a brine solution usually containing sulfur dioxide and calcium chloride to bleach it before arriving in its last state (soaked in a suspension of food coloring and other components), which we know if as?

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Archive Pages!

Add them all up and put the total here!