Library PubQuiz - May
- 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. Totosaurus is a dinosaur known for its huge head (almost 9 feet long!), but what does its name mean? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 5. What was the first James Bond film? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 6. Dr. No
- 7. What was the name of the first spacecraft to orbit another planet? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 8. Mariner 9
- 9. Which NFL team released “The Super Bowl Shuffle” 3 months prior to winning Super Bowl XX 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 10. Chicago Bears
- 11. Who is the only US president to be elected unopposed? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 13. What would you do with a Maris Piper? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 14. Eat it! It is a type of Russet potato!
- 15. Who would “gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today?” 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 16. Popeye character J. Wellington Wimpy
- 17. Which Adventure Time characters were married in season five? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 18. Tree Trunks and Mr. Pig
- 19. What was the first daily comic strip in the US? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 20. “Mutt and Jeff” by Bud Fisher
- 21. “Seward's Folly” was used by opponents to describe what in 1867? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 22. Alaska Purchase
- 23. Who played The Acid Queen in “Tommy” 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 24. Tina Turner
- 25. Located in Kearney, what brewery features Cornstalker Dark Wheat, Golden Frau Honey Wheat, and Cropduster IPA? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 27. Do good conductors of electricity have high or low resistance? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 28. Low
- 29. What was Capt. Nemo's (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) ship named? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 30. Nautilus
- 31. What does a belly-man do for a living? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 33. One may be “mad as a hatter,” but what would have driven said hatter mad? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 34. Mercury poisoning from mercury used in felt production
- 35. F. Murray Abraham won the Academy Award for Best Actor by playing what role in the 1984 film Amadeus? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 36. Antonio Saleiri
- 37. Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari Co. also founded what cheesy restaurant chain? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 39. Pogonophobia is the fear of what? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 40. BEARDS!
- 41. What 2013 Major League Baseball team would have been a Pogonophobic's nightmare 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 42. Boston Red Sox
- 43. What late comedian wrote the routine “Seven Dirty Words You Can Never Say on Television?” 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 44. George Carlin
- 46. What a-MAZE-ing structure is found in the human ear? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 47. Bony Labyrinth the rigid outer wall of the inner ear
- 48. Who voiced Capt. Kirk in Star Trek the animated series? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 49. William Shatner the original cast did all the voices!
- 50. Who penned the opening line “It is a truth universally acknowleged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” and in what novel? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 51. Jane Austen - “Pride and Prejudice”
- 52. What is the name of the fictional game created by Ben Wyatt in the show Parks and Recreation? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 54. What is the Icelandic food known as Hákarl? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 56. Every month with a Friday the 13th begins on what day? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 57. Sunday
- 58. Thesaurus time! What local brewing company's name could be synonymed by the phrase “Fortuitous Canister?” 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 59. Lucky Bucket
- 60. What hot dog recipe won the B&B Classic Dog's hot dog competition? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 61. Buffalo Dog
- 62. What Wagner opera is 15 hours long, taking 4 nights to perform and included Das Rhengold, Die Walküre, and Götterdämmerung? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 63. Der Ring des Nebelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) the Ring Cycle is also acceptable
- 64. The Japanese slang word 'Bushusuru' describes a person doing what? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 65. Puking in public
- 66. The Victorian England golf rule proscribing women from raising their clubs above their shoulder during a swing lead to what diminutive 'sport'? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 67. Minigolf
- 68. In the world of brewing, what does IBU stand for? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 70. The Bioshock video games find their inspiration from what originator of Objectivism and author? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 71. Ayn Rand
- 72. Gold was first used as dental filling in what culture? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 73. Inca
- 74. What is used for the bristles on Camel Hair brushes? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 75. A mix of hair and fur – including squirrel!
- 76. What cartoon character calls her crush 'sweet babboo'? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 77. Sally Brown from Peanuts uses this term for Linus
- 78. How many colored squares make up a Rubix Cube? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 79. 54
- 80. One for the Tumblr crowd: Who won Best Newcomer in a Play at the 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 81. Tom Hiddleston
- 82. The Treaty of Paris in 1856 ended what conflict? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 83. Crimean War
- 84. What instrument does Zoot play in the muppet band named Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 85. Saxophone
- 86. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar squared off against Bruce Lee in what film? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 87. Game of Death
- 88. What ingredient, often found in flame retardants, has Coca-Cola recently decided to remove from their products? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 90. Who is this cartoon character? 20171819161514131211109876543210
- 92. Shameless self-promotion question: When do the Children's and Young Adult Summer Reading Programs start? 20171819161514131211109876543210