Standard Trials Pub Quiz
Lab Coat Guy, Game Guy, Book Guy.
We scored 12 out of 20. The winners had 13 points.
The Missed Questions
- What river runs past Belfast?
- What band's debut album 'Cracked Rear View' preposterously sold 10.5 million copies in 1994?
- **What NBA team had 'The Jordan Rules' designed to defend against Michael Jordan?
- What's the most popular name of Mount Godwin-Austen?
- Name the 1992 Australian movie about the neo-Nazi movement in Melbourne starring Russell Crowe
- What's the polynesian name of 'Easter Island'?
- **What animal is featured on the flag of Sri Lanka?
- Where are General Zod & his men imprisoned in 2013 film 'Man of Steel'?
Our Wrong Answers (and some Excuses)
- Liffey. Yes. We know that the Liffey is in Dublin. And we know that Dublin is not close to Belfast. But we drew a blank on "Name another Irish river" and panicked. The shame!
- Spin Doctors. Book Guy takes the credit for this. He remembered the album cover, tried to describe it, knows that he had the album when he was younger. And then completely remembered the wrong album entirely.
- Houston Rockets. This was a small debate between Game Guy and myself: we knew it had to be a rival for the Chicago Bulls. And that it wasn't the Lakers. I voted for Houston, as they did win the NBA Championship during the years that Jordan retired. So wrong answer, wrong reasons.
- Kilimanjaro. I want a point for this. I knew it was one of the big four trivia mountains (Everest, K2, Kilimanjaro, or the Matterhorn), and that we had this question before. I tried to talk it out, but I was immediate overruled by both Book Guy and Game Guy who were pretty sure that it was Kilimanjaro, figuring there was a separate European name. Well, there isn't, and I demand a retroactive point here.
- Mad Max 3. None of us even knew that Russell Crowe had started acting roles in 1992, so we tried to list any Australian film we knew, and gave up. However, the quiz we graded suggested Australian History X, which is by far, the best wrong answer.
- Moai. I claim the blank here. I knew it had a Polynesian name, and that Moai referred to the statues on Easter Island, so maybe there's a link. I think we just forgot about the original name, sadly.
- Tiger. There is a separatist group on Sri Lanka called the Tamil Tigers, so the guess is that there is some greater significance to the tiger in the culture. This discounts the idea that lions are really cool on flags.
- The Negative Zone. While you can understand the difference, this is worse if you are a comic book nerd who points out that the Negative Zone is alternate universe from the Fantastic Four series, which is Marvel not DC.
Starting this week, random questions are marked with ** two stars. Teams can visit a group of librarians, and ask for help on one question: chosen from one of the starred questions. The librarians have no knowledge of the questions beforehand, and may not know anything about the subject. It is just a fun bonus. I will include the starred questions in the blog.
- **What was the name of the family ranch on TV's Dallas?
- **Which of Shakespeare's plays is referred to as 'the Scottish play'?
- Who was the star musician founder of Rocket Records?
- Who made her motion picture debut as Mathilda, the pre-teen assassin in the 1994 movie 'Leon: The Professional'?
- Southfork. I am proud to know that, despite never watching an episode of any soap opera. This is "learning trivia by watching too many quiz shows". Also, it's now a conference center.
- Macbeth. I guess this is a gimme, but at least I get to link to a behind-the-scenes clip from The Chase about Scottish kings, and how to handle mentions of Macbeth.
- Elton John. It helps if you start listing musicians and acts associated with the word "Rocket". Like Rocket Man.
- Natalie Portman. It's rare, but it's a movie that I've actually seen, start to finish. Although now I don't remember the name of Leon's plant.
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