Weekday Pandemic Trivia

Sports & Other Games
363

  1. What sun-dried grapes can be found in oatmeal cookies?

  2. There are approximately how many weeks between full moons?

  3. Who is the all-time points leader for the NY Knicks franchise?

  4. Ben Franklin used a pen name to publish what almanac from 1732 to 1757?

  5. What pop star solo artist was the first person to have 5 Billboard No. 1 albums before the age of 19?

  6. What planet is the closest planet to Earth & is about the same size?

  7. What actor confirmed rumors in 2016 that, due to disagreements on set, he refused to film scenes with Vin Diesel for the movie The Fate of the Furious?

  8. What spots found on the skin have nothing to do with the internal organ in their name?

  9. What poet wrote “Parting is all we know of heaven, and all we need of hell”?

  10. The Amundsen-Scott research base is located at what famous point on Antarctica?

  11. After his fifth heart attack, what US politician co-wrote a book with his doctor called “Heart: An American Medical Odyssey”?

12 What singer’s 2015 hit Bad Blood was reportedly inspired by her feud with Katy Perry?

  1. To a doctor a heart attack is an M.I., which stands for what 2 10-letter words?

  2. In 2018 divers rescued 12 boys & one adult trapped by rising water inside a cave in what country?

  3. Netflix released the comedy special Time Machine in 2020, which was a stand-up comedy set by what former Saturday Night Live cast member?

  4. Who won 3 straight ABA MVP awards in the '70s & an NBA MVP in the 1980s?

  5. Javanese is the native language of about 90 million people in what country?

Sex Drugs Rock N Roll with Gwyneth Paltrow

  1. What was Paltrow’s Austinpussy character name in her Goldmember cameo?

  2. What is the name of Paltrow’s lifestyle brand that has been in trouble with medical regulators for promoting products with unproven health benefits?

  3. What is the name of the son that Gwyneth Paltrow has with Coldplay front man Chris Martin?

364
  1. Raisins
  2. 4
  3. Ewing
  4. Poor Richard’s Almanac
  5. Swift
  6. Venus
  8. Liver Spots
  9. Keats
  10. South Pole
  11. Bill Clinton
  12. Swift
  13. Myocardial Infarction
  14. Thailand
  15. Will Ferrell
  16. Irving
  17. Indonesia
  19. Goop
  20. Apple
365
  1. Raisins
  2. 4
  3. Patrick Ewing?
  4. The Farmer’s Almanac?
  5. What pop star solo artist was the first person to have 5 Billboard No. 1 albums before the age of 19?
  6. Venus
  7. ?
  8. ?
  9. ?
  10. The South Pole?
  11. Dick Cheney
    12 Taylor Swift
  12. Myocardial Infarction
  13. Thailand
  14. ?
  15. Dr. J?
  16. Indonesia
  17. ?
  18. Goop
  19. ?
366

Raisins
4
Patrick Ewing
Poor Richard’s Almanac
Justin Bieber?
Venus
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Liver spots
Emily Dickinson
South Pole
?
Taylor Swift
Myocardial infarction
Chile
Leslie Jones?
Julius Erving
Indonesia
?
Goop
?

367

Raisins
4
Ewing
Poor Richards
Taylor?
Mars
The Rock
?
Wordsworth?
?
McCain?
Taylor
?
Chile?
Eddie Murphy?
Erving
China?
?
Goop
Apple

368

1. raisins
2. 4
3. I bet this is something weird. Allan Houston?
4. Poor Richard’s Almanack
5. No idea. I tried. Maybe Michael Jackson if Jackson 5 albums count, but I doubt it.
6. Venus
7. The Rock?
8. Liver spots
9. Sounds familiar. Keats? One of those Romantics.
10. The South Pole?
11. Dick Cheney?
12. Taylor Swift
13. Myocardial Infarction
14. Thailand
15. Rob Schneider? No idea
16. Moses Malone? (I’ll feel pretty dumb if it’s Dr. J)
17. Indonesia?
18. No clue. The original is the only good one
19. GOOP
20. Apple

369

Raisins
4
Patrick Ewing?
Poor Richard’s Almanack
Justin Bieber?
Venus
The Rock
Liver spots
Emily Dickinson?
The South Pole
Dick Cheney?
Taylor Swift
Myocardial Infarction
Thailand
Dana Carvey?
Julius Erving
Indonesia
No idea
No idea
Apple

370
  1. Raisins
  2. 4 weeks
  3. Patrick Ewing
  4. Poor Richard’s Almanak
  5. Justin Bieber
  6. _________-Took this out since I learned Mercury is often closer to Earth than Venus!
  7. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
  8. Liver Spot
  9. Emily Dickenson
  10. South Pole
  11. Dick Cheney
  12. Taylor Swift
  13. Myocardial Infarction
  14. Thailand
  15. Leslie Jones
  16. Julius “Dr. J” Irving
  17. Indonesia
  18. Dixie Normous
  19. Goop
  20. Moses
371

  1. In 1987, Ben & Jerry’s unveiled what iconic ice cream flavor inspired by the lead guitarist of The Grateful Dead?

  2. What popular cocktail containing vodka, Galliano, and orange juice was invented in Los Angeles in the 1950s and named after surfer Tom Harvey?

  3. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson both scored Oscar nominations for their lead performances in what 2019 Noah Baumbach film?

  4. For Memorial Day, the 3rd U.S. infantry regiment places flags in front of more than 200,000 headstones in what cemetery?

  5. What band’s hits from the years 1962 through 1965 were gathered on the 1974 compilation Endless Summer?

  6. The pineapple upside-down cake became a national dessert trend in the 1920s after what company sponsored a recipe contest in 1925?

  7. The high school on Family Guy is name for what famous actor?

  8. Name the 5 elements from the periodic table spelled with exactly 4 letters.

  9. Which nursery rhyme character “met a pieman going to the fair”?

  10. What slow-cooker from Sunbeam Products, Inc., revolutionized home cooking in the 1970s ?

  11. What is the third film in the Die Hard franchise?

  12. Jean-Paul Sartre wrote what philosophical work in 1943 while fighting for the French Resistance?

  13. What 2002 sci-fi film stars Tom Cruise as an officer with the PreCrime police department?

  14. David Spade played Russell Dunbar on what sitcom?

  15. What artificially flavored drink mix became popular in the United States after astronaut John Glenn took it with him on a 1962 spaceflight?

  16. The name of what field dealing with the care & diseases of newborns & premature babies dates to only about 1960?

  17. Special observances are held annually at what battlefield on Memorial Day & November 19?

SEX DRUGS ROCK N ROLL

  1. What movie does Tiffany Haddish use a banana and a grapefruit to demonstrate sex technique?

  2. What does the NS stand for in the anti inflammatory medicine known as NSAID?

  3. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had a Top 20 hit in 1993 with what song that first appeared on their best-selling greatest hits album?

372

Cherry Garcia
Don’t know
Marriage Story
Arlington?
Beach Boys?
Betty Crocker?
James Woods
Iron, Neon, Lead, Gold, Zinc
Simple Simon
Crock Pot
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Ugh, I forget
Minority Report
Just Shoot Me?
Tang
Neonatology?
Gettysburg?
No idea
Non-steroidal
Mary Jane’s Last Dance (I assume MARK IT ZERO for “Last Dance with Mary Jane”)

373

Cherry Garcia
Harvey Wallbanger
Marriage Story
Arlington
Beach Boys
Dole?
?
Iron, lead, gold, neon, zinc
Simple Simon
Crockpot
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Being and Nothingness
Minority Report
Rules of Engagement
Tang
Neonatology
Gettysburg
?
Non-steroidal (didn’t we have this one already?)
Mary Jane’s Last Dance

374

Cherry Garcia
Harvey Wallbanger
?
Arlington National Cemetery
Beach Boys
Doyle?
Adam West (originally a deplorable Trump stooge who deserves to be nameless)
Iron, Zinc, Gold, Neon, ?
?
?
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
?
Minority Report
Rules of Engagement
Tang
Neonatal?
Pearl Harbor?
Old School?
?
Last Dance with Mary Jane?

Question 7 is bad since it had a (well-deserved) name change recently.

375
  1. Cherry Garcia
  2. Harvey Wallbanger
  3. Marriage Story
  4. Arlington
  5. Beach Boys
  6. Dole (Hawaiian Pineapple Company)
  7. James Woods or Adam West
  8. Neon, Iron, Zinc, Gold, Lead
  9. Simple Simon
  10. Crock-Pot
  11. Die Hard with a Vengeance
  12. Being & Nothingness
  13. Minority Report
  14. Rules of Engagement
  15. Tang
  16. Neonatology
  17. Gettysburg
  18. Girls Trip
  19. Non Steroidal
  20. Mary Jane’s Last Dance
376

  1. Are there more red stripes, or white stripes on a standard US flag?

  2. What are the 2 colors of the Canadian flag?

  3. The “Click it or Ticket” Campaign raised awareness about what?

  4. What spice ingredient comes from the Hungarian word for pepper?

  5. What Lost character is on the cover of the 2010 Weezer studio album?

  6. Who has the most total homeruns amongst elected members of the baseball Hall of Fame?

  7. What 2010 flick’s cast includes Jonah Hill, Sean Combs and Aziz Anzari?

  8. What can fish with bioluminescence do?

  9. How many questions are each of the 2 contestants asked, in the Fast Money round of Family Feud?

  10. What novel ends with George shooting Lennie?

  11. What sort of fastener has a crown, legs and teeth?

  12. What military rank is Orville P. Snorkell, private Beetle Bailey’s main tormentor?

  13. What are the three classes of bees living in a colony?

  14. What nation’s capital city is Maputo?

  15. What song, crooned by the mice in the film Babe, is also the term for the second full moon in a calendar month?

  16. According to the iconic US WWII poster, “Loose Lips might (Do What?)”?

  17. What is the largest land mammal native to Asia?

Sex Drugs Rock n Roll

  1. What artist had provocative singles titled, Nasty, Any Time Any Place and Control?

  2. Lance Armstrong had how many Tour De Frances annulled due to doping?

  3. Johnny Van Zant took over as front man for what band, that was formed by his brother Ronnie?

377

Red
Red & white
Seat belts
Paprika
Hurley?
Hank Aaron
Get Him to the Greek
Light up
5
Of Mice and Men
Staple?
Sergeant
Queen, worker, drone
Mozambique
Blue Moon
Sink ships
Elephant
Janet (Miss Jackson if you’re nasty)
7
Lynyrd Skynyrd

378

Well, that’s what I get for only considering Justin Bieber studio albums.

1. Cherry Garcia
2. Harvey Wallbanger
3. Marriage Story
4. Arlington National?
5. Beach Boys
6. Dole
7. James Woods
8. Gold, Lead, Iron, Neon, Zinc
9. Simple Simon
10. Crock Pot?
11. Die Hard with a Vengeance
12. Being and Nothingness?
13. Minority Report
14. Rules of Engagement
15. Tang
16. Neo-natal? Going by the “neo” here, I almost guessed “obstetrics”
17. Gettysburg?
18. Girls Trip?
19. Non-Steroidal
20. “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” I think. Either that or “Free Fallin’,” I get them confused easily

EDIT: Oops, this is yesterday’s. I’m so far behind I didn’t even notice there were two.

379
  1. Cherries Garcia
  2. Harvey Wallbanger
  3. Wedding Story
  4. Arlington
  5. Beatles
  6. Betty Crocker
  8. iron, lead, neon, zinc, gold
  9. Crock Pot
  10. Die Hard with a Vengeance
  11. No Exit
  12. Minority Report
  13. Rules of Engagement
  14. Tang
  15. Neonatology
  16. Gettysburg
  18. Nonsteroidal
  19. You Wreck Me
380
  1. Red
  2. Red and White
  3. Seat belts
  4. Paprika
  5. Hurley
  6. Oh
  8. Glow
  9. Five
  10. Of Mice and Men
  11. Zipper
  12. Corporal
  13. worker, queen, drone
  14. Mozambique
  15. Blue Moon
  16. Sink ships
  17. Elephant
  18. Christina Aguillera
  19. Seven
381

Red
Red and white
Seatbelts
?
Hurley?
Aaron
Get him to the Greek - don’t remember Aziz though
Glow
5
Of Mice and Men
?
Sarge
Worker, Drone, Queen
?
Blue Moon
Sink Ships
Elephant
Janet
Seven
?

382

Now for today’s:

1. Red
2. Red and white
3. Seatbelts
4. Paprika?
5. Hurley
6. Hank Aaron?
7. Get Him to the Greek
8. Glow
9. Five? It might be six
10. Of Mice and Men
11. Some kind of screw?
12. Sergeant
13. Queen, worker, drone
14. Zimbabwe? My best guess is “somewhere in Africa or Southeast Asia.”
15. “Blue Moon”
16. Sink ships
17. Elephant?
18. Prince? Depends if “Pussy Control” is actually titled “Control”
19. Five? Might be four
20. Lynyrd Skynyrd