WOB Team Trivia - April 29

Was new to us as well ...

With the goal of winning $500 in trivia prizes by end of my 6-month journey (which is completely random and arbitrary), we made good headway this week by pulling in $60 in winnings.

Last night's game mood was perfectly captured by Luke's expressions at the table:

1 Half

Round 1

Alcohol: Moonshine is also known by this nickname .... white _____? A: Lightning. (Correct. Note: Can't live in NC and not know this. We have some mason jars with moonshine around somewhere Jennifer picked up. Incidentally, this is one of her 6 areas of expertise, the others being RV's, Classic Rock, Pharmaceuticals, and two others which she will remind us when it comes up).

Vocabulary: What word that begins with an 'E' means "a contractual arrangement in which a third party receives and disburses money or property for the primary transacting parties?" A: Escrow. (Correct)

Movie Sequels: A 2008 movie comedy sequel has these two title characters escaping from Guantanamo Bay? A: Harold and Kumar (Correct)

Round 2

70's Rock: In Don McLean's classic American Pie, what brand of car did he drive to the levee? A: Chevy (Correct)

Rivers: The Zambesi River in Africa empties into what body of water? A: Lake Victoria (Incorrect. Correct: Indian Ocean. We put Indian Ocean and then crossed it out)

Politics: This state uniquely had three female governors serve back to back to back from 2003 to 2015: Jane Dee Hall, Janet Napolitano, and Jan Brewer? A: Arizona (Correct).

Round 3

Sports Moments: On this day in history in 2015, the Chicago White Sox played to an empty stadium when they visited this team, due to the riots in the city A: St. Louis Cardinals (Incorrect. Correct: Baltimore Orioles)

Classic TV: What classic TV show had a character only known by the name of "Lovie" A: Gilligan's Island (Correct)

Toys: Made in 1965, what type of truck was the best-selling of all time for Tonka? A: Dump Truck (Correct).

Halftime: BLT. Every answer contains the letters B, L & T in that order, but not necessarily together.

1. Abraham Lincoln compared these two items famously in a speech A: Bullet (Correct. The other was Ballot)

2. This term for being angry or hostile comes from the Latin for 'waging war' A: Belligerent (Correct)

3. This city in the Mountain Time Zone is known as the Magic City for its growth and is home to some unique sandstones? A: Abilene Texas (Incorrect. Correct: Billings Montana. Another one we crossed out).

4. On a famous episode of Seinfeld, George claimed to be one of these and it involved a golf ball. A: Marine Biologist. (Correct)

Solid 1st half, feeling good about the game play - as indicated by Lukie!

2 Half

Round 1

Cars: After 107 years of production, this classic car brand assembled it's last car in 2004? A: Oldsmobile (Correct)

Literature: This author's first long work was a novella published in 1926 and was titled 'The Torrents of Spring" A: Hemingway (Correct)

Pop Music: In an Ariana Grande song reaching #2 on the charts, what did she advise a boy to do with his girlfriend because she was bored" A: Break Up (Correct)

Round 2

Movie Moments: In the 2010 film Due Date, the aspiring actor played by Zach Galifianakis had a dream where he actually landed a bit spot on what real sitcom? A: The Office (Incorrect. Correct: Two and a Half Men)

Celebrity Feuds: What celebrity did Elton John have a 20 year feud with, dating back to a time in 2002 when he criticized her work on the 'Die Another Day' Bond song? A: Madonna (Correct)

TV Logos: What cable channel had an orange splat on its logo from 1984 - 2009? A: Nickelodeon (Correct)

Round 3

International Government: What is the most common first name for the English Prime Ministers, totaling eight different ones? A: William (Correct)

Islands: Located about halfway between Brazil and Africa in the Atlantic Ocean, Ascension Island is an overseas territory of what European Country? A: France (Incorrect. Correct: UK)

Science: Boron Nitride has a crystalline structure very similar to this other element and has been used in lubricants, graphites and even diamonds? A: Carbon (Correct)

Going into the final we were sitting in 2nd place with 59 points. Leader had 62.

Final: Cereals

Put the following cereals in order from when they first came out:

A. Millenios

B. Shrek Orge Os

C. C3POs

D. Urkel-Os

Answer: C, D, A, B. Correct. We wagered 10 points to cover a 3rd place all in bet, which they did and got right. We figured 1st place would get it and we would land 2nd but the first place team did not bet anything, so we ended 1st!