EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS IS PART OF A SERIES OF TRIVIA QUESTION SETS I’M WRITING EACH DAY TO HELP FILL THE TRIVIA VOID LEFT BY LOCAL PUB TRIVIA COMPANIES HAVING TO CEASE OPERATIONS DURING THIS COVID-19 CRISIS TIME. ANSWERS WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE COMMENTS. THERE WILL BE TWO ROUNDS OF 10 QUESTIONS EACH, TWO MYSTERY ROUNDS  AND ONE FINAL QUESTION. HOPE YOU HAVE FUN!

 

Game One
1. Sketch Comedy – What Canadian sketch comedy troupe had sketches including “These are the Daves I know,” “Chicken Lady,” and also a feature film called “Brain Candy?”

2. Food – What body part of a cow is used to make tripe?

3. Weapons – What type of edged weapon is “Sting” – which is used by Bilbo in The Hobbit?

4. Movie Characters – Actor Anthony Edwards plays a character with what “avian” nickname in the 1986 film Top Gun?

5. Africa – Aside from Belgium, France and the U.K., name any two of the other four European countries that had African holdings as of 1913.

6. Sports Nicknames – What NFL player was nicknamed “Broadway Joe?” Yes I know this is super easy and I’m essentially phoning it in…

7. Literary Characters – In what Ken Kesey novel and its film adaptation would you find a villainous character named Nurse Ratched?

8. Punk Rock –Before he launched a successful solo career, singer/songwriter Billy Idol was the frontman for what British punk band? Bonus point if you know Billy Idol’s “birth” name.

9. Physics – Which of Isaac Newton’s laws of physics describes a body exerting a force on a second body and the second body simultaneously exerting a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction on the first body? Does this make up for me making that sportsball question too easy? 🙂

10. Military History – Within one, in what year did Argentine forces invade the Falkland Islands?

Mystery – Fictional Planets

Identify the book. movie or TV show (or any combination thereof) where you’d find these fictional planets.

1. Arrakis
2. Omicron Persei 8
3. Magrathea
4. Alderaan
Game Two

1. Bubbles – What are Bubbles’ two sister’s names on “Powerpuff Girls?”

2. Cocktails – A variation on a Cape Cod cocktail, what mixer is typically added to make it a “Rose Kennedy?”

3. Sports Logos – What celestial body makes up part of the Minnesota Wild logo? Bonus for knowing the former name of this team.

4. Store Names – The H-E-B chain of grocery stores is headquartered in what southern U.S. state?

5. Album Covers – On which Pink Floyd album cover would you see two men shaking hands -with one of them engulfed in flames?

6. Nuclear Waste – What film series beginning in 1984 featured a nerdy character named Melvin who becomes mutated and gains superpowers after coming into contact with nuclear waste?

7. Fictional Characters – in 1980, Hallmark greeting card designer Janet Manco created what characters, which wound up starring in an animated Hanna-Barbera TV series? Pictures seen here ⇓

I used to have this nightgown! I LOVED it and wore it until it wore out.

8. Anniversaries – Within three, in what year did Corvette offer its “silver anniversary” edition? Give yourself a bonus point for hitting this year exact.

9. Nickelodeon – Name one of the three Nickelodeon animated series that made their debut all on August 11, 1991. And yes…name two or three if you like!

10. Animals – Vicuña and guanaco are both relatives of what South American animal?

Visual Mystery – Identify the celebrities in these photos of them when they were young:

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Disney Characters

What character – originating in a 1926 novel – was first licensed by Disney in 1961, made his feature film debut in 1977, was originally voiced by Sterling Holloway and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in April, 2006?