Quizmasters Lee and Marc meet with Tim & Joee for a trivia quiz with topics including NHL, 80s Movies, Dinosaurs, 2000’s R&B, Movies, Beer, Birds, Hats and more!
Round One
- NHL - First established in 1970, which NHL team out of New York is named after a type of weapon and is the oldest active team in the NHL to have never won a Stanley Cup?
- BALLOONING - The International Balloon Fiesta is the world's largest air balloon festival and is located in what Southwestern U.S. city?
- 80s MOVIES - While the shark from Jaws did not have an official name, it was named on set by crew after director Steven Spielberg's lawyer at the time, whose first name was what?
- DINOSAURS - The 1993 film Jurassic Park can be forgiven for its misrepresentation of which dinosaur due the fact that definitive evidence of its feathered appendages was not unearthed until 1998?
- 2000’s R&B - Beginning with 2001's "U Remind Me," which Atlanta-based male R&B artist had more #1 hits than any other artist or group on Billboard's R&B charts in the 2000's decade?
ETYMOLOGY - Nicholas Rowe's 1703 play The Fair Penitent originated what character whose name has since referred to a seducer of women?
Round Two
- MOVIE CASTS - Beaumont Livingston, Lewis Gara and Ordell Robbie are characters in which Quentin Tarantino movie?
- BIOCHEMISTRY - In biochemistry, what is the term for a protein that acts as a catalyst for accelerating chemical reactions?
- BEER - The development and refinement of the types of beer that we enjoy today is credited to several parts of Europe, but beer was first made by the Sumerians around 4000 B.C. in a region of the middle East that is modern day Iraq. What was this region called?
- BIRDS - Precocial birds such as chickens and altricial birds such as robins are placed into these categories based on what reproductive adaptation?
- U.S. POLITICS - What Secretary of State in the 21st century kept a Cleveland Browns helmet in their office?
- ANIMALS - What kind of South American freshwater snail can be found in Florida, Hawaii and Southeast Asia and is known for its long eye-stalks and for laying its eggs above the waterline?
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- LITERATURE & MUSIC - When singing the song's title in the chorus of Starman, David Bowie performs an octave leap mirroring the journey of the song's protagonist with what famous literary character?
Final Questions
- ENDANGERED ANIMALS - Crysomallon Squamiferum, aka the Sea Pangolin or Volcano Snail, which is only found in deep sea hydrothermal vents has adapted to its extreme environment by adding what element, the fifth most common on Earth, to its armored shell?
- U.S. STATE POPULATIONS - Known for its impressive landscape and natural beauty, which state has the smallest population in the U.S.?
- HATS - What kind of close-fitting bell-shaped hat is often made of felt and was most-popular amongst women in the early 20th century?
MOVIES - What 2010 movie, directed by Danny Boyle, was nominated for 6 Academy Awards including Best Actor and Best Picture?
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