ECT trivia Night Round 10 The Memory of Water

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ECT trivia Night Round 10 The Memory of Water

#1 Post by mrkelley23 » Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:14 pm

1. Dad played ADA Jack McCoy for many years on “Law and Order” and his daughter just got cast as the female lead in the Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. What’s the last name of this talented acting family?

2. What was the stage name (first and last) of the man born McKinley Morganfield?

3. RAM and ROM are two types of computer memory. What do the two acronyms stand for? (Hint: the M is Memory in both.)

4. What is the name of the architect who created Fallingwater?

5. What is the common name for the disease named after the doctor who first identified it, after observing a woman named Auguste Deter and her struggles in the early 20th century?

6. What character sings the song “Memory” in the musical Cats?

7. What song contains the lyrics, “When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all, I’m on your side, When times get rough?”

8. On what planet was liquid water recently found, raising hopes that life might be found there?

9. An actress named Tucker McGuire played Molly Brown in this 1958 retelling of the story of the RMS Titanic. What was the title of the film?

10. Who was the author of Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, and other Disasters, as well as a number of other humorous books, including A Christmas Story?

11. What is the boiling point of water on the Kelvin scale?
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Re: ECT trivia Night Round 10 The Memory of Water

#2 Post by mellytu74 » Sun Nov 01, 2015 2:10 pm

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1. Dad played ADA Jack McCoy for many years on “Law and Order” and his daughter just got cast as the female lead in the Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. What’s the last name of this talented acting family?

WATERSTON

2. What was the stage name (first and last) of the man born McKinley Morganfield?

MUDDY WATERS

4. What is the name of the architect who created Fallingwater?

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

5. What is the common name for the disease named after the doctor who first identified it, after observing a woman named Auguste Deter and her struggles in the early 20th century?

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE


6. What character sings the song “Memory” in the musical Cats?

GRIZABELLA (the former glamour girl)

7. What song contains the lyrics, “When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all, I’m on your side, When times get rough?”

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS

8. On what planet was liquid water recently found, raising hopes that life might be found there?

MARS

9. An actress named Tucker McGuire played Molly Brown in this 1958 retelling of the story of the RMS Titanic. What was the title of the film?

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

10. Who was the author of Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, and other Disasters, as well as a number of other humorous books, including A Christmas Story?

JEAN SHEPHERD

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Re: ECT trivia Night Round 10 The Memory of Water

#3 Post by T_Bone0806 » Sun Nov 01, 2015 2:48 pm

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1. Dad played ADA Jack McCoy for many years on “Law and Order” and his daughter just got cast as the female lead in the Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. What’s the last name of this talented acting family?

2. What was the stage name (first and last) of the man born McKinley Morganfield?

Muddy Waters

3. RAM and ROM are two types of computer memory. What do the two acronyms stand for? (Hint: the M is Memory in both.)

4. What is the name of the architect who created Fallingwater?

5. What is the common name for the disease named after the doctor who first identified it, after observing a woman named Auguste Deter and her struggles in the early 20th century?

6. What character sings the song “Memory” in the musical Cats?

Grizabella

7. What song contains the lyrics, “When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all, I’m on your side, When times get rough?”

Bridge Over Troubled Water

8. On what planet was liquid water recently found, raising hopes that life might be found there?

Mars

9. An actress named Tucker McGuire played Molly Brown in this 1958 retelling of the story of the RMS Titanic. What was the title of the film?

A Night To Remember

10. Who was the author of Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, and other Disasters, as well as a number of other humorous books, including A Christmas Story?

Jean Shepard

11. What is the boiling point of water on the Kelvin scale?
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Re: ECT trivia Night Round 10 The Memory of Water

#4 Post by SportsFan68 » Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:54 pm

mrkelley23 wrote:1. Dad played ADA Jack McCoy for many years on “Law and Order” and his daughter just got cast as the female lead in the Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. What’s the last name of this talented acting family?

Waterston

2. What was the stage name (first and last) of the man born McKinley Morganfield?

3. RAM and ROM are two types of computer memory. What do the two acronyms stand for? (Hint: the M is Memory in both.)

Random Access Memory and Read Only Memory

4. What is the name of the architect who created Fallingwater?

Frank Lloyd Wright

5. What is the common name for the disease named after the doctor who first identified it, after observing a woman named Auguste Deter and her struggles in the early 20th century?

6. What character sings the song “Memory” in the musical Cats?

Grizabella

7. What song contains the lyrics, “When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all, I’m on your side, When times get rough?”

Bridge over Troubled Water

8. On what planet was liquid water recently found, raising hopes that life might be found there?

Mars

9. An actress named Tucker McGuire played Molly Brown in this 1958 retelling of the story of the RMS Titanic. What was the title of the film?

I'll guess The Unsinkable Maggie Brown because her nickname didn't get changed to Molly until the 1964 Debbie Reynolds movie.

10. Who was the author of Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, and other Disasters, as well as a number of other humorous books, including A Christmas Story?

You see it every time in credits -- narrated by and original story "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash." Jean Shepherd.

11. What is the boiling point of water on the Kelvin scale?
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Re: ECT trivia Night Round 10 The Memory of Water

#5 Post by Catfish » Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:02 pm

mrkelley23 wrote:1. Dad played ADA Jack McCoy for many years on “Law and Order” and his daughter just got cast as the female lead in the Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. What’s the last name of this talented acting family?
Waterston
2. What was the stage name (first and last) of the man born McKinley Morganfield?
Muddy Waters
3. RAM and ROM are two types of computer memory. What do the two acronyms stand for? (Hint: the M is Memory in both.)
random access memory, read-only memory
4. What is the name of the architect who created Fallingwater?
Frank Lloyd Wright
5. What is the common name for the disease named after the doctor who first identified it, after observing a woman named Auguste Deter and her struggles in the early 20th century?
Alzheimer disease
6. What character sings the song “Memory” in the musical Cats?
something with "bel" in it: Jezebel?
7. What song contains the lyrics, “When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all, I’m on your side, When times get rough?”
Bridge over Troubled Water
8. On what planet was liquid water recently found, raising hopes that life might be found there?
Mars
9. An actress named Tucker McGuire played Molly Brown in this 1958 retelling of the story of the RMS Titanic. What was the title of the film?

10. Who was the author of Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, and other Disasters, as well as a number of other humorous books, including A Christmas Story?
Jean Sheperd
11. What is the boiling point of water on the Kelvin scale?
100 degrees Kelvin
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