The Quiz Mistress Rides Again
tomorrow night i am moderating the pub quiz at the castle.
that means that i need to come up with 20 general trivia questions, 10 current events questions, 10 pictures, 10 songs, and 20 special subject questions in the next 24 hours.
so far, i have the ten pictures.
typical. just sooooo typical....
that means that i need to come up with 20 general trivia questions, 10 current events questions, 10 pictures, 10 songs, and 20 special subject questions in the next 24 hours.
so far, i have the ten pictures.
typical. just sooooo typical....
Ask them to name all the different names Diddy has had:
ReplyDeleteSean John
Puff Daddy
P. Diddy
Diddy
Have them name all seven (or four of seven or five of seven) ways a batter can safely reach first base.
ReplyDeleteCurrent Events:
ReplyDeleteQ: Formerly known as The Global War on Terror, the Bush administrations primary forgeign policy focus is called what?
A: Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism
General trivia question:
Q: Do Pobbles have toes?
A: No (they are happier without them)
Song: Mr. Mastodon Farm by Cake
Special Subject (geography):
Q: In Africa, there are two nations which border exactly one other country. Name one of them (or both).
A: Gambia and Lesotho
Just trying to help. :)
Trivia is fun. I wish I lived in SF.
ReplyDeleteWhat about first base? ;) cute.
ReplyDeletesongs: "possum kingdom" by the toadies
ReplyDelete"virtual insanity" by jamiroquai
general trivia: how long is the gesetation period of an elephant? (22 months)
what are the thingies on the tips of your shoelaces called? (aglets)
special subject: confessional poetry
q: this quote is that of which confessional poet?
"...The diary of your hurly burly years
goes to my shelf to wait for my age to pass.
Only in this hoarded span will love persevere.
Whether you are pretty or not, I outlive you,
bend down my strange face to yours and forgive you."
a: anne sexton, from "all my pretty ones"
you can always ask them to name the 101 dalmations and i'll bet your dad could help with some pop songs... ;)
ReplyDeletelongest palindrome?
ReplyDeleteMalayalam (9 letters)
-- g
are you going to share your questions with your iif this time??
ReplyDeletePLEASE!
Is Zinfandel a white wine or red wine?
ReplyDeletewhat is the name of the motorcycle gang leader in the frankie and annette beach movies?
ReplyDeleteeric von zipper (and there is a new line of trandy surf shades named after him) my husband supplied me with this one....
also, who were the eight kids on "eight is enough"?
ReplyDeleteeven i don't know....
Name the smallest countries/territories in Europe:
ReplyDeleteLichtenstein
Monaco
Vatican city
Which is the smallest?
song: Stuart by the dead milkmen
ReplyDeletegeneral question: What does the "T" in James T. Kirk stand for?
Tiberius
Current Events: What ground breaking ruling did the California Supreme Court hand down today?
Lesbian and gay partners who plan a family and raise a child together should be considered legal parents after a breakup, with the same rights and responsibilities as heterosexual parents.
Here's some trivia questions:
ReplyDeleteWho invented the World Wide Web?
What was the name of Henry VIII's third wife?
Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon. But who was the second?
Who was the first roman emperor to convert to christianity?
DJ Grand Master Flash had a hit with "White Lines", but which group did he copy the tune from? (a hard one)
Who was the bass player in the rock band Nirvana?
In which US army division did Jimmy Hendrix serve?
Who was the first american to be awarded a Nobel peace prize?
Current events question:
ReplyDeleteHow much change do I have in my pocket?
Just kidding...
there's a pretty good trivia blog at trivianerds.blogspot.com. They come up with some pretty tough questions so I'm sure you could search through their archives and get some good ones.
Good luck!
We had a spirited conversation* over dinner about what exactly a caper is. I thought an olive, others thought fig, others unmentionable. We looked it up, it is in the mustard family.
ReplyDelete*I know, get a life.
how about... "how can you tell the olsen twins apart?"
ReplyDeletethe zinfandel question is rigged. The grape is red, the wine can be red or pink- it depends on how you make the wine. you can make "white" merlot also (pink like the zin).
ReplyDeleteWhite wines can be made from any grape (white or red) that is juiced and fermented as only must (all the solid parts removed). Red wine you get from fermenting then macerating (keeping juice in contact with skins, stems, pips). Then, either way, it is packaged in the delicious box we all love.
I'm no expert- they made us learn all this crap when I was a waitress during college... Any of you in SF- drive north! Sonoma your asses off!
OOH, I wanna take a stab at some of Bob Mottram's questions
ReplyDeleteWhat was the name of Henry VIII's third wife?
Jane Seymoure
Who was the first roman emperor to convert to christianity?
Constantine
Who was the bass player in the rock band Nirvana?
Chris something...
Who invented the World Wide Web?
Al Gore ;Þ
garyd, what about a balk?
ReplyDelete--makeout kate
To Makeout Kate: a balk won't get you to first base, it'll only advance any existing runners.
ReplyDeleteTo Gary: just to be picky #6 should be defensive interference, since any defender could plunk himself in the way of the batter and get called for interference.
It's my favorite baseball trivia question. Most people can get three or four before they're stumped.
My other favorite? How can a team get six hits in an inning and not score a run?
Uglygerbil, you got most of them. The Nirvana bassist was Krist Novoselic.
ReplyDeleteOf course Al Gore claimed to have invented the web, but actually it was Tim Berners-Lee.
Oh, my.
ReplyDeleteJust last night my husband asked me what a "caper" was, and I proudly told him with my infinate knowlege that a caper is a a type of pepper. As in salt and pepper. Sounded good to me.
Good job last night. You did well.
ReplyDeletethanks james. were you really there? if so, why didn't you say hi??
ReplyDeleteMy friends and I came late and it was packed. Standing room only. The team Not Enough Chairs was right. They didn't want to stay long no matter what. You seemed pretty busy too. We watched a couple rounds, and we ended up at the Hemlock. Wimp ass friends. We would have got our asses kicked in the trivia.
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