Saturday night trivia

[earendel]

As I posted in my TotM® message, our church trivia team was victorious once again. I thought I would post the questions for the benefit of the group. Some things to note:

1. The questions were taken directly from some version of the Trivial Pursuit game, so the answers are what they are.

2. There were two categories that I can't post - the first one was matching baby pictures to celebrities' names (we got 8 out of 10 on that one, mismatching photos of Eminem and Brad Pitt), and the fourth one was "Name that Tune", in which the emcee played a sound clip and we had to identify the song. We did not do so well on that one, scoring only 5 out of 10.

The second category was "Arts and Entertainment", and here are the questions:

1. What is Donald Duck's middle name?
2. What movie star was the most decorated veteran of World War II?
3. What is Sting's real name?
4. What is Miss Piggy's surname?
5. What Elgar tune is played by high school bands without their senior members being present?
6. What was jazz musician Charlie Parker's nickname?
7. What red-haired orphan has the middle names "Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter"?
8. What candy in the Harry Potter books always comes with a wizard card?
9. What is the highest-grossing children's video of all time?
10. How did Vincent vanGogh sign his paintings?

We got 7 on this section.

[earendel]

The third category was history:

1. In what city did the first subway system in the U.S. open in 1897?
2. Who was U.S. president when Elizabeth II was crowned?
3. What two presidents signed the Constitution?
4. What play was Lincoln watching when he was shot?
5. Who is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize?
6. Who was the first U.S. president to have been an Eagle scout?
7. What did the U.S. Attorney General allow women to wear in public in 1920?
8. In what year did the California gold rush start?
9. [can't read my writing, but our answer, George W. Bush, was wrong]
10. What U.S. city features the most developed system of parks and parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmstead?

We got 7 on this section.

[earendel]

The fifth category was science and nature:

1. What is the name for the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger?
2. Which continent does the termite-devouring aardvark call home?
3. What is the smartest carnivorous reptile?
4. How many stars are there in the Big Dipper?
5. How many degrees are there in each angle within an equilateral triangle?
6. How many bones are there in a giraffe's neck?
7. What did Percy Spencer invent after finding his chocolate bar melted in his pocket in 1945?
8. With what part of its anatomy does a rat perceive sour tastes?
9. How many pounds are in a kilogram?
10. A group of what animals is called a "muster"?

We got 8 out of 10 on this section.

[earendel]

The sixth category was sports and leisure:

1. What color is the middle ring in the top row of the Olympic logo?
2. What NFL team has played in the TransWorld Dome and the Edward Jones Dome?
3. What is Super Mario's brother's name?
4. What ammunition was used in the once-popular sport of butt shooting?
5. In the Abbott and Costello routine "Who's on First?", what is the only position not named?
6. Who was the first left-handed pitcher to fan 20 batters out of the first 21 he faced?
7. How many 3-point shots did Shaquille O'Neal make in the 20th century?
8. Who was the first African-American general manager in the NFL?
9. What is the distance between home plate and the pitcher's mound in Major League Baseball?
10. What sport is played on the largest playing field?

We got 7 on this section.

[macrae1234]

What movie star was the most decorated veteran of World War II.

Actually Murphy is tied with Matt Urban

Matt L. Urban, whose exploits on World War II battlefields earned him as many citations as the legendary war hero Audie Murphy, thereby tying him as the United States' most-decorated soldier, died on Saturday at Holland Community Hospital in Holland, Mich. He was 75 and lived in Holland.

The cause was complications from a collapsed lung brought on by one of his seven war wounds, a spokesman for the family said.

Called the Ghost by his German foes because he kept coming back to fight despite his wounds, Lieutenant Colonel Urban's record was capped with the Medal of Honor in 1980 after a long-lost recommendation for the nation's highest military honor was unearthed and acted upon by President Jimmy Carter.

According to the Total Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, Va., both Mr. Murphy and Colonel Urban were awarded 29 medals.

The Medal of Honor citation for Colonel Urban referred to 10 separate acts of bravery that spanned almost the entire Normandy campaign. Early in the fighting in northern France, he was wounded twice battling tanks with a bazooka. After shrapnel ripped his leg, he was shipped back to England to an Army hospital, but within six weeks he had made his way back to the front.

Once there, he found his unit bogged down by German fire. He ran across open ground to an unmanned American tank, and with machine-gun bullets ricocheting around him, mounted the turret, climbed in and returned the enemy fire, routing the German position.

Colonel Urban fought with the Ninth Division's 60th Regiment in North Africa, Sicily, France and finally Germany. His citations, besides the Medal of Honor, included the Bronze Star with two oak-leaf clusters, the Silver Star with one oak-leaf cluster, the Legion of Merit, the Croix de Guerre, the Presidential Unit Citation, the American Campaign Medal and the Purple Heart with six oak-leaf clusters.

He is survived by his wife, Jennie; a daughter, Jennifer Helen Urban of Cambridge, Mass., and a brother, Dr. Stanley T. Urban of Buffalo.

[earendel]

The seventh section was people and places:

1. Which of the Great Lakes is the only one not to border Canada?
2. How many letters are there in the Hawaiian alphabet?
3. What nation was the first to give its women the right to vote?
4. Which of the five boroughs of New York City is the largest in area?
5. The Riviera lies along the coast of France and what other country?
6. What is the official language of Pakistan?
7. What is the only predominantly Roman Catholic country in Asia?
8. Who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates?
9. Which First Lady, after throwing out a pitch at a Chicago Cubs game, prompted an article in the Atlantic Monthly entitled "Throwing Like a Girl"?
10. What mythological figure is depicted on a statue in Rockefeller Center?

We got 7 out of 10 on this section.

[earendel]

And the final category was, of course, the wild card:

1. What storybook character consumed one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries and five oranges?
2. How many squares are there on a chessboard?
3.
4. What are you afraid of if you have pentheraphobia?
5. What recreational drug was so popular that Pope Clement VIII threatened anyone who used it with excommunication?
6. How many maggots are allowed by the USDA in a standard can of mushrooms?
7. In what profession would you find navel boners?
8. What Greek millionaire decorated his yacht with bar stools covered with whale foreskins?
9. How many Golden Tickets did Willie Wonka hide in his chocolate bars?
10. What would a French secretary call a paper clip?

We got 8 out of 10 on this section.

Our total score was 57 out of 80, which doesn't sound very good but was four points ahead of the second place team.

[earendel]

What movie star was the most decorated veteran of World War II.

Actually Murphy is tied with Matt Urban

Matt L. Urban, whose exploits on World War II battlefields earned him as many citations as the legendary war hero Audie Murphy, thereby tying him as the United States' most-decorated soldier, died on Saturday at Holland Community Hospital in Holland, Mich. He was 75 and lived in Holland.

The cause was complications from a collapsed lung brought on by one of his seven war wounds, a spokesman for the family said.

Called the Ghost by his German foes because he kept coming back to fight despite his wounds, Lieutenant Colonel Urban's record was capped with the Medal of Honor in 1980 after a long-lost recommendation for the nation's highest military honor was unearthed and acted upon by President Jimmy Carter.

According to the Total Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, Va., both Mr. Murphy and Colonel Urban were awarded 29 medals.

The Medal of Honor citation for Colonel Urban referred to 10 separate acts of bravery that spanned almost the entire Normandy campaign. Early in the fighting in northern France, he was wounded twice battling tanks with a bazooka. After shrapnel ripped his leg, he was shipped back to England to an Army hospital, but within six weeks he had made his way back to the front.

Once there, he found his unit bogged down by German fire. He ran across open ground to an unmanned American tank, and with machine-gun bullets ricocheting around him, mounted the turret, climbed in and returned the enemy fire, routing the German position.

Colonel Urban fought with the Ninth Division's 60th Regiment in North Africa, Sicily, France and finally Germany. His citations, besides the Medal of Honor, included the Bronze Star with two oak-leaf clusters, the Silver Star with one oak-leaf cluster, the Legion of Merit, the Croix de Guerre, the Presidential Unit Citation, the American Campaign Medal and the Purple Heart with six oak-leaf clusters.

He is survived by his wife, Jennie; a daughter, Jennifer Helen Urban of Cambridge, Mass., and a brother, Dr. Stanley T. Urban of Buffalo.

That's why I noted that the answers came from Trivial Pursuit cards and could not be appealed (even if anyone had known Mr. Urban's name).

[macrae1234]

That's what you get for trusting a bunch of Canadian trivia geeks

[peacock2121]

3. What is Sting's real name?

You answered Kevin Kelly, of course.

[earendel]

3. What is Sting's real name?

You answered Kevin Kelly, of course.

I actually thought about it, but figured it would take too much to explain it to the other members of the team so we went with the rock star's real name.

[NellyLunatic1980]

OK, let's see how I can do on my own:

"Arts and Entertainment":

Spoiler

1. What is Donald Duck's middle name?
Fauntleroy
2. What movie star was the most decorated veteran of World War II?
Audie Murphy... I've seen his grave at Arlington
3. What is Sting's real name?
Gordon Sumner
4. What is Miss Piggy's surname?
pass
5. What Elgar tune is played by high school bands without their senior members being present?
"Pomp and Circumstance"
6. What was jazz musician Charlie Parker's nickname?
Bird
7. What red-haired orphan has the middle names "Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter"?
Annie (not Judy's dog )
8. What candy in the Harry Potter books always comes with a wizard card?
pass
9. What is the highest-grossing children's video of all time?
pass
10. How did Vincent vanGogh sign his paintings?
pass

[earendel]

OK, let's see how I can do on my own:

"Arts and Entertainment":

Spoiler

1. What is Donald Duck's middle name?
Fauntleroy
2. What movie star was the most decorated veteran of World War II?
Audie Murphy... I've seen his grave at Arlington
3. What is Sting's real name?
Gordon Sumner
4. What is Miss Piggy's surname?
pass
5. What Elgar tune is played by high school bands without their senior members being present?
"Pomp and Circumstance"
6. What was jazz musician Charlie Parker's nickname?
Bird
7. What red-haired orphan has the middle names "Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter"?
Annie (not Judy's dog )
8. What candy in the Harry Potter books always comes with a wizard card?
pass
9. What is the highest-grossing children's video of all time?
pass
10. How did Vincent vanGogh sign his paintings?
pass

You scored 5 out of 10.

[NellyLunatic1980]

"History"

Spoiler

1. In what city did the first subway system in the U.S. open in 1897?
Boston
2. Who was U.S. president when Elizabeth II was crowned?
Eisenhower
3. What two presidents signed the Constitution?
Washington and Jefferson
4. What play was Lincoln watching when he was shot?
"Our American Cousin"
5. Who is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize?
Kennedy, for "Profiles in Courage"
6. Who was the first U.S. president to have been an Eagle scout?
Carter
7. What did the U.S. Attorney General allow women to wear in public in 1920?
pants
8. In what year did the California gold rush start?
1849
10. What U.S. city features the most developed system of parks and parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmstead?
pass

[earendel]

"History"

Spoiler

1. In what city did the first subway system in the U.S. open in 1897?
Boston
2. Who was U.S. president when Elizabeth II was crowned?
Eisenhower
3. What two presidents signed the Constitution?
Washington and Jefferson
4. What play was Lincoln watching when he was shot?
"Our American Cousin"
5. Who is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize?
Kennedy, for "Profiles in Courage"
6. Who was the first U.S. president to have been an Eagle scout?
Carter
7. What did the U.S. Attorney General allow women to wear in public in 1920?
pants
8. In what year did the California gold rush start?
1849
10. What U.S. city features the most developed system of parks and parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmstead?
pass

You scored 5 out of 10.

[earendel]

The second category was "Arts and Entertainment", and here are the questions:

1. What is Donald Duck's middle name?
2. What movie star was the most decorated veteran of World War II?
3. What is Sting's real name?
4. What is Miss Piggy's surname?
5. What Elgar tune is played by high school bands without their senior members being present?
6. What was jazz musician Charlie Parker's nickname?
7. What red-haired orphan has the middle names "Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter"?
8. What candy in the Harry Potter books always comes with a wizard card?
9. What is the highest-grossing children's video of all time?
10. How did Vincent vanGogh sign his paintings?

We got 7 on this section.

Answers:

Spoiler

1. Fauntleroy
2. Audie Murphy
3. Gorden Sumner
4. Lee
5. Pomp and Circumstance
6. Bird
7. Pippi Longstocking
8. chocolate frog
9. The Lion King
10. Vincent

[earendel]

The third category was history:

1. In what city did the first subway system in the U.S. open in 1897?
2. Who was U.S. president when Elizabeth II was crowned?
3. What two presidents signed the Constitution?
4. What play was Lincoln watching when he was shot?
5. Who is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize?
6. Who was the first U.S. president to have been an Eagle scout?
7. What did the U.S. Attorney General allow women to wear in public in 1920?
8. In what year did the California gold rush start?
9. [can't read my writing, but our answer, George W. Bush, was wrong]
10. What U.S. city features the most developed system of parks and parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmstead?

We got 7 on this section.

Answers:

Spoiler

1. Boston
2. Eisenhower
3. Washington and Madison
4. Our American Cousin
5. John F. Kennedy
6. Gerald Ford
7. pants
8. 1848
9. ??
10. Buffalo, NY

[earendel]

The fifth category was science and nature:

1. What is the name for the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger?
2. Which continent does the termite-devouring aardvark call home?
3. What is the smartest carnivorous reptile?
4. How many stars are there in the Big Dipper?
5. How many degrees are there in each angle within an equilateral triangle?
6. How many bones are there in a giraffe's neck?
7. What did Percy Spencer invent after finding his chocolate bar melted in his pocket in 1945?
8. With what part of its anatomy does a rat perceive sour tastes?
9. How many pounds are in a kilogram?
10. A group of what animals is called a "muster"?

We got 8 out of 10 on this section.

Spoiler

1. liger
2. Africa
3. crocodile
4. 7
5. 60
6. 7
7. microwave oven
8. stomach
9. 2.2
10. peacock

[NellyLunatic1980]

"Science and Nature"

Spoiler

1. What is the name for the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger?
liger
2. Which continent does the termite-devouring aardvark call home?
Africa
3. What is the smartest carnivorous reptile?
alligator
4. How many stars are there in the Big Dipper?
8
5. How many degrees are there in each angle within an equilateral triangle?
60
6. How many bones are there in a giraffe's neck?
20
7. What did Percy Spencer invent after finding his chocolate bar melted in his pocket in 1945?
M&Ms
8. With what part of its anatomy does a rat perceive sour tastes?
nose
9. How many pounds are in a kilogram?
2.2
10. A group of what animals is called a "muster"?
pass

[earendel]

The sixth category was sports and leisure:

1. What color is the middle ring in the top row of the Olympic logo?
2. What NFL team has played in the TransWorld Dome and the Edward Jones Dome?
3. What is Super Mario's brother's name?
4. What ammunition was used in the once-popular sport of butt shooting?
5. In the Abbott and Costello routine "Who's on First?", what is the only position not named?
6. Who was the first left-handed pitcher to fan 20 batters out of the first 21 he faced?
7. How many 3-point shots did Shaquille O'Neal make in the 20th century?
8. Who was the first African-American general manager in the NFL?
9. What is the distance between home plate and the pitcher's mound in Major League Baseball?
10. What sport is played on the largest playing field?

We got 7 on this section.

Answers:

Spoiler

1. black
2. St. Louis Rams
3. Luigi
4. arrows
5. right field
6. Randy Johnson
7. 1
8. Ozzie Newsome
9. 60.6
10. polo

[earendel]

The seventh section was people and places:

1. Which of the Great Lakes is the only one not to border Canada?
2. How many letters are there in the Hawaiian alphabet?
3. What nation was the first to give its women the right to vote?
4. Which of the five boroughs of New York City is the largest in area?
5. The Riviera lies along the coast of France and what other country?
6. What is the official language of Pakistan?
7. What is the only predominantly Roman Catholic country in Asia?
8. Who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates?
9. Which First Lady, after throwing out a pitch at a Chicago Cubs game, prompted an article in the Atlantic Monthly entitled "Throwing Like a Girl"?
10. What mythological figure is depicted on a statue in Rockefeller Center?

We got 7 out of 10 on this section.

Answers:

Spoiler

1. Lake Michigan
2. 12
3. New Zealand
4. Queens
5. Italy
6. Urdu
7. the Philippines
8. Paul Allen
9. Hillary Rodham Clinton
10. Prometheus

[earendel]

"Science and Nature"

Spoiler

1. What is the name for the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger?
liger
2. Which continent does the termite-devouring aardvark call home?
Africa
3. What is the smartest carnivorous reptile?
alligator
4. How many stars are there in the Big Dipper?
8
5. How many degrees are there in each angle within an equilateral triangle?
60
6. How many bones are there in a giraffe's neck?
20
7. What did Percy Spencer invent after finding his chocolate bar melted in his pocket in 1945?
M&Ms
8. With what part of its anatomy does a rat perceive sour tastes?
nose
9. How many pounds are in a kilogram?
2.2
10. A group of what animals is called a "muster"?
pass

Only 3 out of 10.

[earendel]

And the final category was, of course, the wild card:

1. What storybook character consumed one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries and five oranges?
2. How many squares are there on a chessboard?
3.
4. What are you afraid of if you have pentheraphobia?
5. What recreational drug was so popular that Pope Clement VIII threatened anyone who used it with excommunication?
6. How many maggots are allowed by the USDA in a standard can of mushrooms?
7. In what profession would you find navel boners?
8. What Greek millionaire decorated his yacht with bar stools covered with whale foreskins?
9. How many Golden Tickets did Willie Wonka hide in his chocolate bars?
10. What would a French secretary call a paper clip?

We got 8 out of 10 on this section.

Our total score was 57 out of 80, which doesn't sound very good but was four points ahead of the second place team.

Answers:

Spoiler

1. "The Very Hungry Caterpiller"
2. 64
3. 8 (I can't read the question, but that was the right answer)
4. mother-in-law
5. tobacco
6. 20
7. meatpacking
8. Aristotle Onassis
9. 5
10. trombone

[NellyLunatic1980]

Yuck, only 5 right in sports, 6 right in P&P, and 3 in wild card.

[tanstaafl2]

The fifth category was science and nature:

1. What is the name for the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger?
2. Which continent does the termite-devouring aardvark call home?
3. What is the smartest carnivorous reptile?
4. How many stars are there in the Big Dipper?
5. How many degrees are there in each angle within an equilateral triangle?
6. How many bones are there in a giraffe's neck?
7. What did Percy Spencer invent after finding his chocolate bar melted in his pocket in 1945?
8. With what part of its anatomy does a rat perceive sour tastes?
9. How many pounds are in a kilogram?
10. A group of what animals is called a "muster"?

We got 8 out of 10 on this section.

Would be curious to know who determined #3 and how they did it!