Trivial Matters from Dec 14, 2005 @ The BU Pub/Club
This was my 1st attempt at being a trivia master. This took place at the BU Pub. There were just a handful of teams, things went quite smoothly, and I had a lot of fun.
Just click on a question to reveal its answer.
1st Quarter
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
(Only one team got this one)
Pythagoras
(All teams got this)
Coffee
(Most teams got this)
- Ne-Neon
- Ar-Argon
- Kr-Krypton
- Rn-Radon
- Uuo-ununictium (theoretical element)
(All teams got this guy)
Bonus Round #1: US Geography
There are 16 state capitals which are also the most populous cities in their state. Please give me a list of up to 12 of these capitals and their states. No negative points for incorrect answers. All population figures are prior to the 2005 Hurricanes.
Listed alphabetically by state.
- Pheonix, Arizona
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Denver, Colorado
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Boise, Idaho
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Jackson, Mississippi
- Columbus, Ohio
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Charleston, West Virgina
- Cheyenne, Wyoming
(Only one team got a perfect score avg was about 8)
2nd Quarter
The Clash
(everyone got this one)
Hamilton & Franklin
(everyone got this)
Water, Hops, Yeast, and Barley (wheat also acceptable)
(only 2 teams got this)
France
(Only 1 team got this)
Picture Round: Clint Eastwood Movies
Correctly identify the below films, which star or were directed by Clint Eastwood.
One point for correct answers, minus one point for incorrect answers.
1966
1971
1978
1979
1989
1990
1992
1993
1995
2000
2003
2004
1995: Bridges of Madison County, 1971: Dirty Harry, 1979: Escape from Alcatraz
2004: Million Dollar Baby, 1992: Unforgiven, 1989: Pink Cadillac, 1966: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
1993: In the Line of Fire, 1990: White Hunter Black Heart, 2000: Space Cowboys, 2003: Mystic River
(Teams seemed to average about 8 points, no one got White Hunter Black Heart, 1990)
3rd Quarter
FAA (also accepted air traffic controllers)
(1 team missed this one, answering Post Office?!?!)
Blazing Saddles
(1 team got this)
Checkers
(only 1 team missed this)
4th Quarter
Home Box Office
(everyone got this)
Destruction of the Shield Generator (or power generator)
(about 1/2 got this one)
NYC
(only 1 team missed this w/ Atlanta—WTF?)
2 Minute Drill: Population Density
Here's the deal with this. There is an easy and a hard question. You may answer the easy question for three points. Or you may answer the easy and hard questions for seven points. The only rub is that if you go for both and miss one of them you get zero points. You must decide if you are only going for the easy question before you hear the hard question.
Somerville
(no one got this one—most everyone answered, Boston)
(Somerville is, surpisingly, the 2nd most densely poplated in the US)
Singapore
(No team got this one right either)