Standard Trials Pub Quiz
Lab Coat Guy, Game Guy, Book Guy.
We scored 16 out of 20. This was good enough for first place for the week, and the tournament.
Apparently, I was unable to update this blog in a timely fashion during May. While I have the original questions and the correct answers, I no longer remember what we wrote down. So, rather than leaving some poorly-remembered notes, I'm skipping ahead to June.
The Missed Questions
- Who played 'Sweet River Baines', the first black Harlem Globetrotter in a 1991 SNL skit?
- Name the frontman of T-Rex, who was alleged to be the inspiration for Bowie's hit 'Lady Stardust'
- What now-defunct division of Chrysler debuted the Barracuda in 1964?
- What was Winston Churchill's middle name?
Our Wrong Answers (and some Excuses)
- Chris Rock. This was an fun question (early 90s Saturday Night Live was quite well done), but we couldn't work this out. We went through the regular cast, but no one seemed to fit (for instance, Tim Meadows isn't normally that type of character). We tried to guess on special cast or guest hosts, presuming that Chris Rock would do something like this type of sketch. It never occurred to us to think of an actual basketball player as a guest host.
- Iggy Pop. A music question, without music guy. And we had no idea. We could've tried to guess something funnier, but I this was the last question of the day, and we can't stand to leave an answer blank.
- American Motors. A major gap in our knowledge: American car brands and marques. There's an entire history there, with companies and mergers and spin-offs. Unfortunately, we could only pick something that "sounded right", which is probably just as valid as writing Iggy Pop.
- Hawthorne. The Wikipedia featured articles for the last few weeks were on Neville Chamberlain. Unfortunately, none of them included on any of the other names for Churchill. This was another blind guess (which isn't as interesting as gettng something wrong for hilarious reasons). But still, something British sounding: Hawthorne fits.
- What Shakespearean problem play features the King of France & Bertram?
- What is defined as a line that connects points on a map that have the same temperature?
- What popular children's show successfully funded a Kickstarter last week, in the amount of $1 million, to bring an app-based program to underprivileged schools?
- All's Well that Ends Well. My favorite question of the night, even though I didn't participate it. The clue phrase was "problem play", which means that Game Guy and Book Guy tried to list all of the problem plays: Measure for Measure, Merchant of Venice, Winter's Tale, before landing on the correct answer. It is an earned point for deducing the right answer.
- isotherm. This is a shout out to both my friends who are interested in weather related topics, but also the fact this was a component on Only Connect only a week prior.
- Reading Rainbow. This is a personal plug to note that this Kickstarter is still going strong (as of June 17, it is at $3.8 million). Reading Rainbow was a wonderful and important program for me as a child, so I am glad to see it succeed.
Post your scores in the comments! Tell me how much smarter you are!
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