HA!\u00a0 Success!\u00a0 After dodging a few firewalls, I managed to hack into the computers at the Cordova Flying Saucer, where I found the questions for their Tuesday trivia night next week.\u00a0 Questions are below.\u00a0 (Note to Downtown Saucer trivia players:\u00a0 These are not the same questions asked Downtown.\u00a0 Each location has to tailor its questions to fit the intellect of the surrounding area.)<\/p>\n
Bonus Beer (5 extra points):\u00a0 On this day in 1982, lots of people drank a Bud Light while watching baseball.\u00a0 Buy a Bud Light for 5 additional points.<\/p>\n
1. (1 point)\u00a0 George H.W. Bush was President of the United States in the 1980s-1990s.\u00a0 He had a son who was President in the 2000s.\u00a0 Name the son.<\/p>\n
2. (2 points)\u00a0 The Chevrolet Corvette, the Honda Civic, and the Chrysler 300 are all examples of what type of vehicle?<\/p>\n
3. (3 points)\u00a0 Leonardo DiCaprio starred in a movie about the Titanic, a ship that hit an iceberg and sank.\u00a0 What was the name of the movie?<\/p>\n
4. (4 points) Name the famous rodent who starred in many Disney features, and who serves as an ambassador for the Disney brand.\u00a0 (Trivia Master’s note:\u00a0 Will probably have to give them a hint that I’m looking for a mouse.\u00a0 Most likely they won’t know what “rodent” means.)<\/p>\n
5. (5 points) This organ, found in the human body, beats 60-100 times per minute and pumps blood to all parts of the body.\u00a0 Name the organ.<\/p>\n
6. (6 points) In the 1960s, Andy Griffith starred in a sitcom which featured characters such as Aunt Bee, Barney, and Goober.\u00a0 Name the show.<\/p>\n
Round 1 bonus (10 points):\u00a0 This animal is found in Australia.\u00a0 It has a pouch and hops on two legs.\u00a0 Name the animal.<\/p>\n
7. (1 point each) Name two numbers that are smaller than 3.<\/p>\n
8. (4 points) What sandwich is made of a round patty of meat in between two buns, and is often topped with items such as pickles, cheese, and mustard?<\/p>\n
9. (6 points) The Cubs and White Sox baseball teams are located in what city?<\/p>\n
10. (8 points) Huge lizard-like reptiles roamed the earth 100 million years ago.\u00a0 What were these called?<\/p>\n
11. (10 points) Question for computer nerds:\u00a0 If you wanted to print documents and photos from your computer, what type of device would you buy?<\/p>\n
12. (12 points) Chardonnay, Merlot, and Pinot Noir are types of what beverage?\u00a0 (Trivia Master’s note:\u00a0 This one may stump the entire room.\u00a0 If it does, give them a hint and tell them that Boone’s Farm Strawberry is another type of this beverage)<\/p>\n
Round 2 bonus (2 points each):\u00a0 There are 50 states in the United States of America.\u00a0 Name 10 of them.\u00a0 (Trivia Master’s note:\u00a0 Give them a hint and tell them that “Memphis” is not a state.)<\/p>\n
13. (3 points) Santa Claus is typically associated with what holiday?<\/p>\n
14. (6 points) What famous rock’n’roll star lived in a mansion called Graceland?<\/p>\n
15. (9 points) What are games like Go Fish, poker, and gin rummy played with?\u00a0 (MY<\/span> note:\u00a0 “playing cards” obviously is the answer, but if this question were asked at the Downtown Saucer, “beer” and “liquor” would also have to be taken as correct answers)<\/p>\n 16. (12 points) What celestial body, considered a planet for over 70 years, is now classified as a “dwarf planet” or “pluton?”<\/p>\n 17. (15 points) Sombreros, margaritas, and Mexican beers like Corona are associated with what country?\u00a0 (Trivia Master’s note:\u00a0 May have to take “USA” for partial credit if people complain that a lot of people here drink margaritas and Corona.\u00a0 At least give them credit for knowing the USA is a country.)<\/p>\n 18. (18 points) Theodore Roosevelt was a colonel in the “Rough Riders” in the Spanish-American War of 1898.\u00a0 Name the two countries that fought in this war.<\/p>\n Round 3 bonus (30 points):\u00a0 HUD is an acronym for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.\u00a0 If you spelled the letters of HUD backward, what would you have?\u00a0 (Trivia Master’s note:\u00a0 Give them a hint and tell them to go with their first thought on this one)<\/p>\n HAHAHA!\u00a0 Information is power!\u00a0 With advance knowledge of the questions, I may have to put a team together and head to Cordova Tuesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HA!\u00a0 Success!\u00a0 After dodging a few firewalls, I managed to hack into the computers at the Cordova Flying Saucer, where I found the questions for their Tuesday trivia night next week.\u00a0 Questions are below.\u00a0 (Note to Downtown Saucer trivia players:\u00a0 These are not the same questions asked Downtown.\u00a0 Each location has to tailor its questions … Continue reading “Cordova Saucer computer hacked; next week’s trivia questions stolen”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6435"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6446,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435\/revisions\/6446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}