On hosting trivia
Craig and I hosted trivia last night. We can't post the picture rounds (1 round on Radio Personalities, the other on movie fight scenes) but we can post the rest of the questions. Comment if you have guesses.
Astronomy
1. Astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli observed lines on the surface of mars. Due to a mistranslation, what were the lines interpreted to be by many?
2. A rock that falls from outer space and lands on earth is called a meteorite. What is the term for a rock that is thought to be a meteorite, but later is determined to have a terrestrial origin?
3. Most objects in the solar system are named after characters in Greco-Roman mythology. However, what is the origin of the names for the moons of Uranus?
4. Before exiting the solar system, Voyager 1 turned its camera towards earth and took a picture. What famous name has been given to this picture?
5. Gustav Holst wrote a seven piece orchestral suite called "The Planets." Which planet did the suite omit? For the purposes of this question, Pluto is not a planet.
6. No, really. Pluto is not a planet. What is the correct term for Pluto, as well as Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris?
7. The presence of intense radio waves and x-rays has lead astronomers to conclude that a supermassive one of these things lives at the center of the galaxy.
8. Sam, Miss Sam, Ham and Enos all made valuable contributions to the Mercury space program. Who were they?
9. The Mars Climate Orbiter crashed as a result of of confusion between the metric and imperial units used for force. For a half point each, what are the metric and imperial units for force?
10. There are a few hundred moons in the solar system, but this giant moon of Saturn is the only one that has an atmosphere.
Supreme Court:
1. During her confirmation hearings, Judge Sonya Sotomayor was asked about a ruling she made on possession of these weapons made famous by Bruce Lee and Michaelangelo.
2. When he's not presiding over the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts vacations in this Irish city famous for stabbings and bawdy poetry.
3. Senator Jim Bunning recently implied that Justice Ginsberg had "this kind of cancer, and the kind you don't get better from." What kind of cancer, the kind that recently killed Patrick Swayze, was he talking about?
4. Before he was a judge, John Paul Stevens worked in Naval Intelligence. His codebreaking skills allowed the Allies to find the plane of this Japanese Admiral and shoot it down.
5. Most Supreme Court Justices do during hearings this all the time, but Clarence Thomas hasn't done this since February 22nd, 2006.
6. Radio coverage of the confirmation battle over Justice Alito is prominently featured in this controversial 2006 documentary about a religious retreat in Kansas.
7. Antonin Scalia graduated from Harvard Law Magna Cum Laude. What higher honor would he have received if he didn't slack off so much and applied himself a little more?
8. Last week, Stephen Breyer wrote a what could be considered a dissenting opinion regarding what change to the Supreme Court?
9. Anthony Kenendy wrote the majority opinion in the 2003 landmark case of Lawrence vs. Texas. What did the ruling effectively legalize?
10. In the Simpsons Episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie," who is shown to have grown up to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Washington State History
1. A 9th Circuit Court Ruling in the year 2000 banned Makah Indians from hunting these kinds of animals.
2. In 1983, 3 men gunned down 14 patrons of this casino at the intersection of Maynard and South King Street.
3. Harry R Truman and David Johnston were the two most famous casualties of this 1980 event.
4. Kenneth Pinyan died in 2005 in Enumclaw, and the Washington State Legislature called an emergency session to ban the activity that caused his death. What was the activity?
5. Tim Eyman has proposed 15 initiatives that made it on the Washington Ballot. How many of them passed, and were not declared unconstitutional?
6. Hazard Stephens and PB Van Trump were the first people to complete this activity, which around 10,000 people try to do every year.
7. Congressman Joel Pritchard spent most of his life in politics but may best be remembered for inventing this game in 1964, which is a freakish cross of tennis, badminton and raquetball and is played by millions of gym class students and senior citizens all over the country.
8. A stray pig almost caused a war between the United States and Great Britain in 1859. The treaty and arbitration process wound up awarding these islands to the United States.
9. 1963 marked the completion of this bridge, which is the longest floating bridge in the world. There are three acceptable names for this.
10. This bridge collapsed in 1940, and lives on in architecture and physics textbooks as a prime example of how not to do it.
Dance Instructions:
Given these instructions, identify the dance.
Songs
1. Shimmy to the left and turn your body facing right with attitude and bite your lip. Bring arms up in the "claw" pose and take two steps to the right. Stop then claw to the left--claw to the right--claw to the left and at the same time take two steps towards the left. Stop again then claw to the right, claw to the left and jump up once.
2. Slide to the left, slide to the right, criss-cross, criss-cross.
3. Put your right hand on your right hip and your left hand on your left hip. Circle your hips three times with the beat of the music. Hop and clap as you make a quarter turn with the group. Repeat the steps until the song has ended.
4. As you lean forward on your left foot, raise your right leg behind you and turn your palms, which are still in a prayer position, outward. Pull your arms backward toward your sides as if you're swimming. This is the "Superman"
5. Bend your arms at the elbow and hold them somewhat tight against your body. Swing the forearms back and forth, up and down throughout the duration of the music video. Just make sure your forearms swing in the same direction. Once in a while, change the arm swaying with a few claps to the beat. Optional: Grab a pair of 80s sunglasses, full black suit and trenchcoat.
Moves/Dance Styles
6. First, make sure you have a good backflip. Bend your knees, then throw your arms forward. When your arms are fully extended at eye level, lift off. When you're at the peak of your jump, kick out.
7. Jerk quickly at your waist to one side. With another quick jerk, bend down at your waist. Quickly stand up straight, and then, repeating the same procedure, quickly, with a sharp jerk, bend the other way. All the time you are bending from side to side, continue bending your arms at the elbows, up and down, fast and sharp.
8. Add to the circle by raising your arms with your elbows bent and your hands up. Step forward with your right foot and hop while lifting your left foot and turning your body to the left. Raise and lower your arms as you rotate your hands, as if you were screwing in a light bulb. Continue the steps all the way around the circle.
9. After the preparation steps, push off the floor with your left foot. Extend your right leg straight out in front of you and your left leg straight out directly behind you. Your legs should basically be in a split in the air. Point your toes hard!
10. Roll or rock onto your chest, beginning near the sternum. As you do that, tense your legs and push them back. This will keep them from flailing about and form a crescent shape in your body. When rocking forward, push up forcefully when your chin nears the ground. This will kick you legs immediately to the ground.
Movies
1. Roger Ebert's review of this 2006 film said "I liked the absurdity. I like the incongruous use and misuse of mutant powers, and especially the way it introduces all of those political issues and lets them fight it out with the special effects."
2. Val Kilmer encounters meth-heads, dirty cops and noseless psychopaths in this 2002 film that shares its name with a California body of water.
3. Jack Black and Steve Zahn rescue Jason Biggs from a disasterous marriage with Amanda Peet in this 2001 comedy.
4. This 1999 animated sequel is the highest rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes. It also is the last animated film to win the golden globe for best comedy before Animated Films were given their own category.
5. Peter Jackson didn't have a massive film resume before being handed Lord of the Rings. This 1996 horror film starring Michael J Fox is what convinced producers that he was up to the task.
6. OJ Simpson's last major film appearance was in this 1994 action/comedy. He won a Golden Raspberry for Worst Supporting Actor.
7. Steven Seagal saves the Alaskan Wilderness by setting fires and blowing up Oil Rigs in this 1994 film.
8. Gene Hackman and Willem DaFoe fight the Ku Klux Klan using torture, violence and sheer bad-assery in this 1988 film.
9. Vincent D'Onofrio had to gain 70 pounds for his role in this 1987 movie, setting a record amongst Hollywood Actors for biggest weight gain for a movie role.
10. What actor or actress is in all nine of these movies?
Astronomy
1. Astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli observed lines on the surface of mars. Due to a mistranslation, what were the lines interpreted to be by many?
2. A rock that falls from outer space and lands on earth is called a meteorite. What is the term for a rock that is thought to be a meteorite, but later is determined to have a terrestrial origin?
3. Most objects in the solar system are named after characters in Greco-Roman mythology. However, what is the origin of the names for the moons of Uranus?
4. Before exiting the solar system, Voyager 1 turned its camera towards earth and took a picture. What famous name has been given to this picture?
5. Gustav Holst wrote a seven piece orchestral suite called "The Planets." Which planet did the suite omit? For the purposes of this question, Pluto is not a planet.
6. No, really. Pluto is not a planet. What is the correct term for Pluto, as well as Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris?
7. The presence of intense radio waves and x-rays has lead astronomers to conclude that a supermassive one of these things lives at the center of the galaxy.
8. Sam, Miss Sam, Ham and Enos all made valuable contributions to the Mercury space program. Who were they?
9. The Mars Climate Orbiter crashed as a result of of confusion between the metric and imperial units used for force. For a half point each, what are the metric and imperial units for force?
10. There are a few hundred moons in the solar system, but this giant moon of Saturn is the only one that has an atmosphere.
Supreme Court:
1. During her confirmation hearings, Judge Sonya Sotomayor was asked about a ruling she made on possession of these weapons made famous by Bruce Lee and Michaelangelo.
2. When he's not presiding over the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts vacations in this Irish city famous for stabbings and bawdy poetry.
3. Senator Jim Bunning recently implied that Justice Ginsberg had "this kind of cancer, and the kind you don't get better from." What kind of cancer, the kind that recently killed Patrick Swayze, was he talking about?
4. Before he was a judge, John Paul Stevens worked in Naval Intelligence. His codebreaking skills allowed the Allies to find the plane of this Japanese Admiral and shoot it down.
5. Most Supreme Court Justices do during hearings this all the time, but Clarence Thomas hasn't done this since February 22nd, 2006.
6. Radio coverage of the confirmation battle over Justice Alito is prominently featured in this controversial 2006 documentary about a religious retreat in Kansas.
7. Antonin Scalia graduated from Harvard Law Magna Cum Laude. What higher honor would he have received if he didn't slack off so much and applied himself a little more?
8. Last week, Stephen Breyer wrote a what could be considered a dissenting opinion regarding what change to the Supreme Court?
9. Anthony Kenendy wrote the majority opinion in the 2003 landmark case of Lawrence vs. Texas. What did the ruling effectively legalize?
10. In the Simpsons Episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie," who is shown to have grown up to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Washington State History
1. A 9th Circuit Court Ruling in the year 2000 banned Makah Indians from hunting these kinds of animals.
2. In 1983, 3 men gunned down 14 patrons of this casino at the intersection of Maynard and South King Street.
3. Harry R Truman and David Johnston were the two most famous casualties of this 1980 event.
4. Kenneth Pinyan died in 2005 in Enumclaw, and the Washington State Legislature called an emergency session to ban the activity that caused his death. What was the activity?
5. Tim Eyman has proposed 15 initiatives that made it on the Washington Ballot. How many of them passed, and were not declared unconstitutional?
6. Hazard Stephens and PB Van Trump were the first people to complete this activity, which around 10,000 people try to do every year.
7. Congressman Joel Pritchard spent most of his life in politics but may best be remembered for inventing this game in 1964, which is a freakish cross of tennis, badminton and raquetball and is played by millions of gym class students and senior citizens all over the country.
8. A stray pig almost caused a war between the United States and Great Britain in 1859. The treaty and arbitration process wound up awarding these islands to the United States.
9. 1963 marked the completion of this bridge, which is the longest floating bridge in the world. There are three acceptable names for this.
10. This bridge collapsed in 1940, and lives on in architecture and physics textbooks as a prime example of how not to do it.
Dance Instructions:
Given these instructions, identify the dance.
Songs
1. Shimmy to the left and turn your body facing right with attitude and bite your lip. Bring arms up in the "claw" pose and take two steps to the right. Stop then claw to the left--claw to the right--claw to the left and at the same time take two steps towards the left. Stop again then claw to the right, claw to the left and jump up once.
2. Slide to the left, slide to the right, criss-cross, criss-cross.
3. Put your right hand on your right hip and your left hand on your left hip. Circle your hips three times with the beat of the music. Hop and clap as you make a quarter turn with the group. Repeat the steps until the song has ended.
4. As you lean forward on your left foot, raise your right leg behind you and turn your palms, which are still in a prayer position, outward. Pull your arms backward toward your sides as if you're swimming. This is the "Superman"
5. Bend your arms at the elbow and hold them somewhat tight against your body. Swing the forearms back and forth, up and down throughout the duration of the music video. Just make sure your forearms swing in the same direction. Once in a while, change the arm swaying with a few claps to the beat. Optional: Grab a pair of 80s sunglasses, full black suit and trenchcoat.
Moves/Dance Styles
6. First, make sure you have a good backflip. Bend your knees, then throw your arms forward. When your arms are fully extended at eye level, lift off. When you're at the peak of your jump, kick out.
7. Jerk quickly at your waist to one side. With another quick jerk, bend down at your waist. Quickly stand up straight, and then, repeating the same procedure, quickly, with a sharp jerk, bend the other way. All the time you are bending from side to side, continue bending your arms at the elbows, up and down, fast and sharp.
8. Add to the circle by raising your arms with your elbows bent and your hands up. Step forward with your right foot and hop while lifting your left foot and turning your body to the left. Raise and lower your arms as you rotate your hands, as if you were screwing in a light bulb. Continue the steps all the way around the circle.
9. After the preparation steps, push off the floor with your left foot. Extend your right leg straight out in front of you and your left leg straight out directly behind you. Your legs should basically be in a split in the air. Point your toes hard!
10. Roll or rock onto your chest, beginning near the sternum. As you do that, tense your legs and push them back. This will keep them from flailing about and form a crescent shape in your body. When rocking forward, push up forcefully when your chin nears the ground. This will kick you legs immediately to the ground.
Movies
1. Roger Ebert's review of this 2006 film said "I liked the absurdity. I like the incongruous use and misuse of mutant powers, and especially the way it introduces all of those political issues and lets them fight it out with the special effects."
2. Val Kilmer encounters meth-heads, dirty cops and noseless psychopaths in this 2002 film that shares its name with a California body of water.
3. Jack Black and Steve Zahn rescue Jason Biggs from a disasterous marriage with Amanda Peet in this 2001 comedy.
4. This 1999 animated sequel is the highest rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes. It also is the last animated film to win the golden globe for best comedy before Animated Films were given their own category.
5. Peter Jackson didn't have a massive film resume before being handed Lord of the Rings. This 1996 horror film starring Michael J Fox is what convinced producers that he was up to the task.
6. OJ Simpson's last major film appearance was in this 1994 action/comedy. He won a Golden Raspberry for Worst Supporting Actor.
7. Steven Seagal saves the Alaskan Wilderness by setting fires and blowing up Oil Rigs in this 1994 film.
8. Gene Hackman and Willem DaFoe fight the Ku Klux Klan using torture, violence and sheer bad-assery in this 1988 film.
9. Vincent D'Onofrio had to gain 70 pounds for his role in this 1987 movie, setting a record amongst Hollywood Actors for biggest weight gain for a movie role.
10. What actor or actress is in all nine of these movies?
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