PubQuiz from 1-22-14

2. Rules
Questions from a variety of categories ranging from
the academic to pop culture. Questions will be asked
and your team will have 15 seconds to confer and
record your response on your team's dry erase
board. When time is called, teams will reveal their
answers. After mentioning each response, the
correct answer will be revealed and teams with the
correct answer will be awarded points. The team
with the most points at the end of the quiz wins.
No smart phones or tablets, please. This is about
what you know – not what Siri can tell you.

3. In what country will
you find
Mt. Everest?

4. Nepal

5. Who is this cartoon
character?

6. Jabberjaw!

7. If you suffer from
Algophobia, what is it
you fear?

8. Pain

9. What is the name of
the musical notation
for a sixty-fourth
note?

10. hemidemisemiquaver

11. What was the score of
the playoff game that
sent the Seattle
Seahawks to this year's
SuperBowl?

12. 17 - 23

13. What SuperBowl party
staple is in the midst of
a shortage according to
Kraft Foods?

14. Velveeta
...
its a
cheesepocalypse!

15. What actor is in all the
following movies:
‘St. Trinian’s’ (2007),
‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ (2008)
‘Rock of Ages’ (2012)?

16. Russel Brand

17. What young adult book
was named Best Fiction
Book of 2012 by Time
Magazine?

18. “The Fault in Our
Stars”

19. What British football team is
now sponsored by Nerdfighteria
through a YouTube channel
featuring John Green playing
the video game FIFA 2014?

20. AFC Wimbledon

21. What activist and recipient of
the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, the
US Presidential Medal of
Freedom, the Soviet Order of
Lenin and the Bharat Ratna died
in December at the age of 95?

22. Nelson Mandela

23. What fermented tea has
become trendy in the
last year, thanks in part
to the marketing of
Whole Foods?

24. Kombucha

25. What brand of all
beef hotdogs does
B&B Hotdogs serve?

26. Nathan's

27. What Ukrainian city has
been wracked by
political unrest for the
last two months?

28. Kiev

29. Creighton University's
Ethan Wragge scored how
many 3-point shots in
recent game against
Villanova?

30. 9 three-pointers by
Wragge and a total of
21 by the team.

31. What Travel Channel star
has lost 60 pounds since
retiring from his series
celebrating competitive
food excess?

32. Adam Richman

33. What is the name of the
blonde-haired adult model,
actress of questionable
talent, and anti-vaccine
activist?

34. Jenny McCarthy

35. Lewis Clarke, a 16-year-old
made the record books by
recently completing what
chilling feat?

36. Completing a 700-mile and
46-day trek to become the
youngest person to reach
the South Pole.

37. What numerical value
represents neutral on
the pH scale?

38. 7

39. What is the full name of
the image file format
represented by the
intialism “.gif”?

40. Graphics
Interchange
Format

41. What four words
begin the Michael
Jackson classic
“Thriller”?

42. “Its close to
midnight”

43. In what country
would you find the
city Benghazi?

44. Lybia

45. Massively Multiplayer
Online game World of
Warcraft peaked with how
many players?

46. More than 12 million
players

47. JK Rowling used the pen
name Robert Galbraith to
publish what mystery in
2013?

48. “The Cuckoo's
Calling”

49. What Coen brothers' film
follows the Odyssian
journey of three escaped
convicts?

50. “O Brother, Where
Art Thou”

51. Who was the first
woman in space?

52. Russian cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova

53. What persistent
meteorological
phenomenon is blamed
for our rather chilly
winter?

54. Polar Vortices

55. What would you find
on a Quattro
Fromaggi pizza?

56. Four cheeses:
mozzarella, ricotta,
Parmesan and Gorgonzola

57. What legendary sci-fi
film has the tagline “In
space, no-one can hear
you scream”?

58. Alien

59. Who was Ronald
Reagan's running mate
in the 1980 presidential
election?

60. George Bush Sr.

61. What cereal, created in
1971, had children
pooping pink?

62. FrankenBerry

63. What is the Roman
numeral for 2014?

64. MMXIV

65. What is the capital of
Utah?

66. Salt Lake City

67. What is the name of the
service that has been
called “Netflix for books”
at $9.95 a month?

68. Oyster
or, you know . . . you could use
the library's eBook service for
free . . .

69. Who played Gatsby in
the 2013 film
adaptation of “The
Great Gatsby”?

70. Leonardo DiCaprio

71. What video game has
Forbes.com predicted
to be the biggest
financial disaster of
2014?

72. Elder Scrolls Online

73. What hit song begins with
the lines “Tommy used to
work on the docks, union’s
been on strike, he’s down
on his luck, it’s tough.”?

74. “Livin' On A Prayer”
by Bon Jovi

75. From where does the
beer Hoegaarden
originate?

76. Belgium

77. Who voices Anna, the
protagonist in the
Disney movie “Frozen”?

78. Kristen Bell

79. In which book series
will you find the
character named
Slartibartfast?

80. “The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy”

81. What expensive spice is
made from crocus
flowers?

82. Saffron

83. How many legs do
butterflies have?

84. 6

85. What is the collective
noun for a group of
crows?

86. A “murder”
though “flock” is also
accepted . . . just not as cool.

87. What artist painted
the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel?

88. Michelangelo

89. Bonus:
When is the first
singles mingle at
library scheduled?

90. February 8 from
6pm-8pm
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