Trivia, Rounds 7 through 10

January 23rd, 2006

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Finishing up the Trivia Night questions with rounds seven through ten. These were some of the hardest rounds, particularly rounds eight and ten.

ROUND SEVEN:
[Food & Drink] What was the drink we know as the Bloody Mary originally called?
[American History] Which three U.S. Presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize?
[The World] Who shot Archduke Ferdinand, which ultimately led to World War I?
[Pop Culture] Who were Superman’s parents on Krypton?
[Books & Literature] What was Voldemort’s real name?
[Science] In the early 20th century, people with syphilis were purposefully infected with a particular disease believing it would cure them. What disease was it?
[Quotations] What is the opening phrase of the Declaration of Independence?
[Famous Doctors] Dr. Mark Craig is Head of Surgery at which hospital?
[Disney] What was the name of the Indian Princess in Peter Pan?
[Sports & Games] Who is the only person who won the Heisman Trophy twice?

ROUND EIGHT:
[Food & Drink] What is the oldest major soft drink in America still being produced?
[American History] What animal was the mascot of Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive Party?
[The World] What is the highest mountain in Antarctica?
[Pop Culture] What does SCMODS stand for?
[Books & Literature] In what book or story was Sherlock Holmes’ first appearance?
[Science] What is the most common element in the human body?
[Quotations] According to Caesar, who has “a lean and hungry look”?
[Famous Doctors] Who is the Surgeon General?
[Disney] Name the three kittens in The Aristocats.
[Sports & Games] In what city is the Hockey Hall of Fame?

ROUND NINE:
[Food & Drink] Since 1991, what has been the top selling condiment in the U.S.?
[American History] Who was the first left-handed President?
[The World] What name has been shared by the most popes?
[Pop culture] Whose last words were the lyrics to “Daisy”?
[Books & Literature] What letter is Sue Grafton up to?
[Science] What is the only precious gem composed of a single element?
[Quotations] These lyrics are from the theme of which TV show: If the teacher pops a test / I know I’m in a mess / And the dog ate all my homework last night.
[Famous Doctors] Who was the only President who earned a doctorate?
[Disney] What is the name of Gepetto’s cat?
[Sports & Games] Who was the first American to win the Tour de France?

ROUND TEN:
[Food & Drink]What candy bar was originally packaged to include three separate pieces of candy flavored vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry?
[American History] Who was the first woman to run for President of the United States?
[The World] What country has more volcanoes than any other?
[Pop Culture] What was the first movie for which the cost of obtaining rights to the soundtrack outweighed the entire production costs?
[Books & Literature] Shakespeare lived during the reign of two English monarchs. Name them.
[Science] What temperature is the same on both the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales?
[Quotations] Which famous book starts out with the line: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
[Famous Doctors] This “doctor” was a member of the rap group NWA as well as one of the founders of Def Jam Records.
[Disney] What was the first Disney movie to earn a PG rating?
[Sports & Games] Who holds the major league records for shortstop for Games Played, Assists, and Double Plays?

TIE-BREAKER QUESTION: How many cases of measles were reported in the United States in the last yearon record (2004)?

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7 Responses to “ Trivia, Rounds 7 through 10 ”

  1. Scott
    January 23rd, 2006 at 11:26 am
    Official Comment

    Round Seven Answers:
    1. Red Snapper [0% correct, 2 mulligans]
    2. Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jimmy Carter. [42% correct]
    3. Gavrilo Princip [14% correct, 5 mulligans] (A tough question for such an important shot)
    4. Jor-El and Lara [17%] (Surprisingly, my only comic book related question. Most teams knew Jor-El, but few knew Lara)
    5. Tom Riddle [100%, 4 mulligans]
    6. Malaria [18%, 1 mulligan] (The patients were infected with malaria because it was felt that the high fevers of malaria would kill the syphilis. Didn’t work. I’m surprised anybody got this right, frankly.)
    7. When in the Course of human events [50%] (Way too many teams answeres “We the people…” which is the Preamble of the Constitution, not the Declaration of Independence.)
    8. St. Eligius/St. Elsewhere [50%] (General Hospital was the most common incorrect answer.)
    9. Tiger Lilly [75%]
    10. Archie Griffin [50%]

    Round Eight Answers:
    1. Dr. Pepper [33%] (2 years older than Coke)
    2. Bull Moose [67%] (I think this was my third TR question)
    3. Vinson Massif [0%]
    4. State County Municipal Offender Data System [17%, 6 mulligans] (from The Blues Brothers)
    5. A Study in Scarlet [25%] (Hound of the Baskervilles was the most common answer)
    6. Oxygen [8%] (A very tough question. Hydrogen and Carbon were the most comman answers)
    7. Cassius [33%] (Brutus was the most common wrong answer. A logical guess, albeit an incorrect one)
    8. Dr. Richard Carmona [0%, 1 mulligan] (It’s kind of sad when nobody can name the Surgeon General. Though I have to admit I had to look up his name too, so I’m just as bad. We need more pro-active Surgeon Generals.)
    9. Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse [0%, 4 mulligans] (A few teams got two kittens, but couldn’t remember Berlioz)
    10. Toronto [50%]

    Round Nine Answers:
    1. Salsa [50%]
    2. James Garfield [0%, 1 mulligan] (Poor James never gets any respect)
    3. John [73%, 1 mulligan]
    4. HAL [64%] (my favorite wrong answer: “Daisy’s boyfriend.”)
    5. S [45%, 1 mulligan]
    6. Diamond [100%]
    7. Saved by the Bell [92%] (A lot of love for Zack and friends)
    8. Woodrow Wilson [50%, 2 mulligans]
    9. Figaro [45%, 1 mulligan]
    10. Greg LeMond [83%]

    Round Ten Answers:
    1. Three Musketeers [30%, 2 mulligans] (Most common wrong answer was “Neopolitan,” which isn’t even a candy bar. I should have made it clearer that the candy bar in question is still being produced).
    2. Victoria Woodhull [8%]
    3. Indonesia [8%] (I thought more teams would get this right, “Ring of Fire” and all.)
    4. Clerks [0%, 1 mulligan] (A great question. It’s not that the music rights were expensive, it’s that the movie was made so cheaply. Saturday Night Fever was a common answer.)
    5. Elizabeth I and James I [33%] (My sophmore English teacher back in High School made us memorize this, so I figured everyone else should have to share my pain. Several teams got Elizabeth right but then went the wrong way, answering her father Henry VIII instead of her successor James.)
    6. -40 [18%, 1 mulligan]
    7. Pride and Prejudice [60%, 2 mulligans]
    8. Dr. Dre [92%]
    9. The Black Hole [0%, 2 mulligans]
    10. Ozzie Smith [45%, 1 mulligan] (We’re in the St. Louis area, so I figured Ozzie would be an easy answer. Many teams answered Cal Ripken).

    TIE BREAKER Answer: 37

  2. Leigh
    January 23rd, 2006 at 6:02 pm

    4. Clerks
    TIE BREAKER Answer: 37

    Clever.

  3. Jennie
    January 23rd, 2006 at 9:57 pm

    I don’t know if you play video games, but you should look at the answer we put for the Tie breaker, and if you can’t figure it out, ask Ben if he knows what our team put. I’d put money on him guessing our answer. We were team 2 by the way.

  4. boolean
    January 24th, 2006 at 11:30 am

    Round Eight:[Science] What is the most common element in the human body?

    (Warning: High school chemistry was a long time ago. Feel free to point out any errors.)

    The answer varies depending on how you define common.
    61% of my mass is Oxygen, vs. 10% Hydrogen.
    But a single atom of Oxygen has a weight approximately 16 times that of an atom of Hydrogen.

    Using myself as an example, a person weighing 100kg consists of 61000 grams of Oxygen.
    Dividing by the atomic weight of Oxygen tells me that this is 3812.64 mol of Oxygen atoms.

    My 100kg also includes 10000 grams of Hydrogen.
    Dividing by the atomic weight of Hydrogen tells me that this is 9921.23 mol of Hydrogen atoms.

    So, numerically, Hydrogen is 2.6 times more common than Oxygen.

  5. The Eyeball Kid
    January 24th, 2006 at 9:43 pm

    Makes sense. Water is two H’s and one O, after all, and there’s plenty of that about.

  6. Anonymous
    September 8th, 2009 at 9:55 am

    R8 number 1 is wrong. Moxie is about ten years older than Dr Pepper.

  7. Metz77
    September 8th, 2009 at 10:01 am

    Whoops, that last comment is mine, sorry.

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