Standard Trials Pub Quiz
Lab Coat Guy, Book Guy. Both Game Guy and Music Guy called in sick because of video games.
We scored 15 out of 20. There were three teams at 16 points, which led to a tiebreak.
The Missed Questions
- Who won the 2013 Conn Smythe award chosen as MVP of the Stanley Cup Finals?
- The musa genus of plants yield what fruit?
- Name the former Texas Rangers second baseman who was traded to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Prince Fielder
- Name the only quarterback in NFL history to complete two passes over 95 yards
- Name the TV show featuring the characters Raymond Eddington and Elizabeth Keen
- (Tie Break): Earlier today (March 10), during a Dallas Stars game versus the Columbus Blue Jackets, center Rich Peverley collapsed on the bench with a cardiac event during the first period. He is recovering and the game was postponed. What is his uniform number?
- Patrick Kane
- Bananas
- Ian Kinsler
- Joe Montana
- The Blacklist
- (Tie Break) 17
- Jonathan Quick. Book guy doesn't know sports, and I have a really basic knowledge in hockey (but this backfires). For whatever reason, I thought the LA Kings won the 2013 Stanley Cup, and I named a very important person on that team. (The LA Kings won the 2012 Stanley Cup, and Jonathan Quick was the Conn Smythe winner.) In reality, the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 2013. Even if I remembered that, I wouldn't be able to name anyone on that team, alas.
- Berry. Neither of knew the derivation of Musa (it comes from the Arabic), so it became a game of "Name a fruit with lots of species". Berry and Melon were our guesses, with neither being that interesting.
- Cooper. Book guy again declines to guess on the sports question. I read this story, and completely forgot about it, as it's about some other team that I don't care about. For background, Ian Kinsler says a lot of things, but claims it was out of context.
- Joey Harrington. A lot of sports questions this week. Neither of us knew the answer off the top of our head, so it boiled down to "Name a popular quarterback" vs. "Name an obscure quarterback.". I wrote Joey Harrington for obscurity (and his appearance on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me), and Book Guy selected Joe Montana for someone popular (who had some really really good receivers). I asked if he wanted to change it, and he declined, since everything was a guess at this stage. Montana threw a 95 yard touchdown pass in 1989 and a 96 yard touchdown pass in 1988. Indeed, he is the only player to have thrown 95+ yard touchdown passes.
- Walking Dead. For a moment, I thought it was Everybody Loves Raymond, but Book Guy correctly noted that Ray Romano's character is named Raymond Barone. This was a guess of "Name a popular TV show", and a toss-up between Walking Dead or True Detective. (I don't watch TV, but that's out of busyness instead of hipsterism. I swear. I also don't care much for dramas, as TV is more than dramas.)
- (Tie Break): 15. We weren't in the tiebreaker, so this was just a guess for fun. The actual story is quite interesting. Fortunately, he is recovering quietly, and I appreciate the decision to postpone the game instead of playing through it. The 15 was a blind guess from Book Guy.
- Ocean View Ave. in Monterey, CA was renamed to match its nickname used in the title of what 1945 John Steinbeck novel?
- What Shakespearean play was adapted into a 1993 film starring Kenneth Branagh, Keanu Reeves, and Denzel Washington?
- Cannery Row. For some reason, I completely blanked out until Book Guy gave the answer. And he knows books. It was a great "blinding flash of the obvious" moment.
- Much Ado About Nothing. I'm mostly bringing this up to link to the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of Hamlet, riffing on a spartan German production (dubbed into English). They refer to Ophelia's brother was Loser-tes, and Lamer-tes, and that's worthwhile.
Post your scores in the comments! Tell me how much smarter you are!
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