After co-hosting trivia, I came to find that my beer had gone missing. So I did the most natural thing and start drinking someone else’s. I promised I would thank that person in a blog post, and I’m a man of my word, so:
Thank you, Nate.
Also, here are all the questions. One or two are different here because of last minute changes, but most are the same. Also, I’ve excluded number 30 because it was an audio question. The answers will be in the comment section.
1. Maine question: According to the Maine Geological Survey, how tall is Mount Katahdin in feet? Plus or minus 200 feet, 1 point. Right on gets bonus half point.
2. What does the E, m, and c squared stand for in the famous equation e=mc2?
3. What president authorized the construction of the U.S. Interstate System? Bonus half point, in what year?
4. What TV show had the characters Mike Nelson, Crow T. Robot, and Tom Servo?
5. Plus or minus two years, when was Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo released? Right on gets one point. Half point for margin.
6. How many U.S. aircraft carries were destroyed at the attack on Pearl Harbor?
7. Who wrote the poem “The Chimney Sweeper”?
8. What is a group of turkeys called?
9. What is the largest living species of fish?
10. What Major League Baseball pitcher has the most losses ever? Bonus half, how many?
11. The last Civil War soldier to die of his wounds was a native Mainer. Name him.
12. Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. How old was he when he died?
13. According to Guinness company, about how many times does a person lift their pint glass before the beer is gone?
14. Who was our 21st President?
15. 12. In what year was Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species published?
16. This line is from what movie?
“I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.”
17. 69 years after the explosion that destroyed Arizona, oil still leaks from the hull still and rises to the surface of the water. How much oil still leaks per day?
18. What is the name of Nirvana’s breakthrough album?
19. This former Prime Minister of the U.K. made headlines yesterday by predicting the decline of the West. What is his name? For an extra half point, who is the current Prime Minister of Great Britain?
20. Which T.V. show included characters named Patti Mayonnaise, Skeeter Valentine, Bebee Bluff?
21. What does the “L.L.” stand for in L.L. Bean? Half point for each initial.
22. One of my favorite movies from when I was a child was Labyrinth starring David Bowie. Who Directed it? Extra Half point: What year did the film debut?
23. According to the billboard 100, who has the number one song in America?
24. In 1964, congress recognized what alcoholic beverage as the “distinctive spirit” of the U.S.?
25. I am going to read a famous quote from a very popular novel. You tell me the name of the Book for a point and the name of the author for another half point: “Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.”
26. Who was the first U.S. President to ride in a train?
27. Which New England Patriot was honored at yesterday’s game against the Jets?
28. According to a survey taken by AT&T, the average American changes residence how many times during a lifetime? Plus or minus one.
29. Chanukah celebrates the Hebrew reclamation of what famous city in 165 BCE?
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