Weekday Pandemic Trivia

Okay, counting the cue ball is some bullshit. And the question didn’t specify 8- or 9-ball, either.

Jesus, this one was brutal. Also, the question numbering is broken.

1. Hawaii Five-O. Wow, I didn’t realize they finally ended it.
2. 1? Pluto’s not a planet anymore, right?
3. Mercury?
4. I don’t know, that could be like 10,000 songs
5. No idea. My wife thinks monarch butterfly, I think Loch Ness Monster
6. That’s the whole clue? I don’t know the difference between the 5,000 CBS procedurals
7. Stalin?
8. Vogue?
9. Never heard of it
10. Wales?
11. Screams
12. I don’t know
12 number two: No idea. I hope not Rosa Parks because that would be a terrible ttile for her.
13. Bradley Cooper?
14. Scent of a Woman?
15. Salman Rushdie
16. Plutonium?
17. ???
18. ???
19. ???

  1. Hawaii 5-0
  2. 2
  3. Mercury
  4. Bear
  5. Stalin
  6. Playboy
  7. Elvis Presley
  8. Wales
  9. Screams
  10. Scent of a Woman
  11. Salman Rushdie
  12. Uranium
  13. Half Baked
  1. Hawaii Five-0
  2. 2
  3. Mercury
  4. Loch Ness Monster
  5. NCIS
  6. Stalin
  7. Cosmopolitan
  8. Demi Moore
  9. Wales
  10. William Hull
  11. Bradley Cooper
  12. Scent of a Woman
  13. Salman Rushdie
  14. Uranium
  15. Mrs. Cartman
  16. Pineapple Express

Answers-

  1. Hawaii Five-0

  2. 2

  3. Mercury

  4. I Heard it Through the Grapevine

  5. Deer/ Stag

  6. Criminal Minds

  7. Mao Tse-tung

  8. Vogue

  9. Elvis Presley

  10. Wales

  11. Children’s screams

  12. Jane Addams

  13. Rosa Parks

  14. Bradley Cooper

  15. Scent of a Woman

  16. Salman Rushdie

  17. Uranium

  18. Liane Cartman

  19. Dazed and Confused

  20. Slayer

  1. What first name was shared by four consecutive kings of England?
  2. Blair Underwood plays a fictional version of Russell Simons in what big screen movie?
  3. What 2 baseball players were named Sports Illustrated’s 1998 Sportsmen of the Year?
  4. How is the calcaneal tendon better known?
  5. Burundi & Switzerland have what official language in common?
  6. Who was President when Prohibition began and who was President when Prohibition was repealed?
  7. Which beer’s yeast is a bottom fermenting yeast that ferments for a longer period of time at a lower temperature- Ale or Lager?
  8. What doll on The Simpsons proclaims “Thinking too much gives you wrinkles”?
  9. I will name 3 penalties. Put them in order of yardage, from most NFL yards lost to least yards lost. Delay of Game, Offensive Holding, Face Mask
  10. What hormone’s name comes from the Latin for “island”?
  11. A Cry in the Night" & “We’ll Meet Again” are titles from what author?
  12. What show had the line “A true outlaw finds the balance between the passion in his heart and the reason in his mind”?
  13. What three countries make up the Yucatan Peninsula?
  14. What eponymous fashion brand, founded in 1946, re-established Paris as the fashion capital?
  15. Starting with 1941’s “Suspicion”, what actor was in 4 Hitchcock films?
  16. What disease that causes inflammation of the liver has A, B, C, D & E types?
  17. What does GM stand for in GM foods that are DNA altered to produce better traits?
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  18. What suggestive song is found on Side 1 of Marvin Gaye’s Midnight Love album?
  19. The Islamic Republic of ________ is the world’s largest producer of opium. Fill in the blank.
  20. What Stones song is also a Whoopi Goldberg movie?
  1. Henry
  2. McGuire and Sosa
  3. Achilles tendon
  4. French
  5. Lager
  6. Harding, FDR
  7. Malibu Stacy
  8. Face Mask, Holding, Delay of Game
  9. Insulin
  10. Zorro
  11. Mexico, Guatamela, Belize
  12. Chanel
  13. Stewart
  14. Hepatitis
  15. Genetically Modified
  16. Let’s get it on
  17. Afghanistan
  18. Jumping Jack Flash

Yuck.

?
?
Sosa and McGwire
Achilles tendon
French
Taft and FDR?
Lager?
Malibu Stacy?
Face mask, Holding, Delay
Insulin?
?
?
Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
?
?
Hepatitis
Genetically modified
Let’s Get It On?
Afghanistan
?

  1. George
  2. McGuire and Sosa
  3. Achilles Heel
  4. French
  5. Wilson, Hoover
  6. Lager
  7. Malibu Stacy
  8. Face Mask, Offensive Holding, Delay of Game
  9. Estrogen
  10. Mexico, Belize. Guatemala
  11. Jimmy Stewart
  12. Hepatitis
  13. Genetically modified
  14. Afghanistan
  15. Jumping Jack Flash
  1. Louis
  2. White Chicks
  3. Derek Jeter, Bo Jackson
  4. Achilles
  5. Swiss
  6. Howard, Ford
  7. Ale
  8. Malibu Stacy
  9. Face Mask, Delay of Game, Offensive Holding
  10. Isla
  11. Ballard
  12. Justified
  13. Mexico, Guatemala and Chile
  14. Elle
  15. Cliff Huxtable
  16. Cerrosis
  17. Genetically Modified
  18. Let’s Get It On
  19. Kenya
  20. Sister Act

This one was tough but at least I got Slayer in the last one.

Gotta be Henry, right?
?
The decidedly unsportsmanlike Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa
Achilles tendon
French
Wilson and FDR
Ale?
Malibu Stacy?
Facemask, holding, delay
Insulin
?
Deadwood?
Mexico, Guatemala, Belize
Yves St-Laurent?
Cary Grant
Hepatitis
Genetically modified
Sexual Healing?
Afghanistan
Jumpin’ Jack Flash

This one kind of kicked my ass. Maybe when my wife gets back from errands I’ll ask her if she knows any of the ones I don’t.

1. Henry?
2. Straight Outta Compton?
3. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa
4.
5. French? This feels like a “Who colonized Burundi?” question, which I don’t know. But I’ll guess French.
6. Wilson / FDR (unless it was before April ‘33, which would be Hoover)
7. Lager
8. Malibu Stacy
9. Face Mask, Offensive Holding, Delay of Game
10.
11.
12. Justified is the only show I watched that talked this much about outlaws, even though I’m pretty sure that’s not it
13. Mexico, Belize… Guatemala?
14. I dunno, Chanel was around before the war and I don’t think it’s YSL either. Unless Chanel revived post-war somehow and that’s what that means. my wife looked it up and it’s Dior, probably. dang.
15. Jimmy Stewart?
16. Hepatitis?
17. genetically modified
18. “Let’s Get It On”? Basically any Marvin Gaye song can be suggestive, what kind of question is that?
19. Afghanistan
20. Jumpin’ Jack Flash

  1. George

  2. Krush Groove
    (someone in my group recognized Simons as a rap producer so we went Straight Outta Compton. Never heard of this though)

  3. Sosa & McGuire

  4. Achilles tendon

  5. French

  6. Wilson and FD Roosevelt

  7. Lager

  8. Malibu Stacy

  9. Facemask, Offensive Holding, Delay of Game

  10. Insulin

  11. Mary Higgins Clark

  12. Sons of Anarchy

  13. Mexico, Guatemala & Belize

  14. Dior

  15. Cary Grant

  16. Hepatitis

  17. Genetically Modified

  18. Sexual Healing

  19. Afghanistan

  20. Jumpin Jack Flash

  1. What tart fruit is used to flavor gin?

  2. What performer’s Vegas concert residency was “The Showgirl Must Go On”?

  3. What awards have been given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association since 1944?

  4. Who was in Magic Mike, Public Enemies and White House Down?

  5. What spider took it’s name from a town in Southern Italy?

  6. The Hang Seng is Hong Kong’s what A) Film studio B) VIP club C) Favorite holiday D) Stock Market?

  7. Which of the Iron Man movies takes place over the Christmas season?

  8. The Pascal is a regulation standard/unit for what?

  9. Criminal D.B. Cooper parachuted to his escape over what state?

  10. In birds, what thoracic bone supports the muscles used in flight?

  11. In university names what does A & M stand for?

  12. Which is the oldest of pro tennis’ 4 Grand Slam tournaments?

  13. “No man has done more with less” was the tagline for the CBS reboot of what ABC series?

  14. White Sands National Monument is in what state?

  15. What was the name of Rupaul’s 1997 Christmas album?

  16. What is the only world capital to start with the letter “I”?

  17. A French press pot is used for what beverage?

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  1. Whose research study “Sexual Behavior in the Human Female” was a sensation in 1953?

  2. The drug fueled novel Bright Lights, Big City takes place in what US City?

  3. What metal band from Chicago have released albums titled The Sickness, Indestructible, and Immortalized?

  1. Juniper berries
  2. Celine Dion
  3. Golden Globes
  4. Tatum
  5. Tarantula
  6. D
  7. Iron Man 2
  8. Pressure
  9. Utah
  10. Sternum
  11. Agricultural and Mechanical
  12. Wimbledon
  13. MacGuyver
  14. South Carolina
  15. Coffee
  16. Kinsey
  17. NYC

Juniper berries
?
Golden Globes
Channing Tatum?
?
Stock Market
2?
Pressure
Utah?
Sternum?
Agricultural and Mechanical
Wimbledon
?
New Mexico
Rupaul the Drag Queen Reindeer?
Islamabad
Coffee
Kinsey
New York
Disturbed

Juniper
?
Golden Globes
Channing Tatum
Tarantula?
D
Iron Man 3
Pressure
California?
?
Agriculture &…Manufacturing?
Wimbledon
MacGyver
Texas?
?
Islamabad
Coffee
Kinsey
New York
?

1. Juniper berries
2. We came up with three or four guesses then looked it up. Giving my wife credit because she said Bette Midler; my first idea was Debbie Reynolds.
3. Golden Globes
4. All we came up with was McConaughey and Tatum, and neither seems right, but I’m more confident it’s not Matthew Mac, so, Channing Tatum.
5. Tarantula?
6. D?
7. 2? We got it down to “not 1,” so, flipping a coin
8. No idea. Time?
9. Oregon I think? I know it’s Pacific Northwest, so, one of those
10. sternum? probably clear at this point i don’t know much biology or zoology
11. Agriculture & Mining
12. Gonna guess Wimbledon, gonna be mad when it’s French Open
13. …MacGyver?
14. Nevada? Noooo idea
15. I don’t even know where to begin guessing on that
16. Islamabad?
17. Coffee
18. Masters (& Johnson)? hope it’s not Kinsey
19. No idea. New York?
20. Well I hope “Down with the Sickness” is a clue because I’m guessing Disturbed

  1. Juniper Berries
  2. Cher
  3. Emmys
  4. Denzel Washington
  5. Itsy Bitsy
  6. D) Stock Market
  7. Iron Man 3
  8. Pressure
  9. NY
  10. Wing
  11. Academics and Mathematics
  12. Paris
  13. MacGyver
  14. Ohio
  15. All I want for Christmas
  16. Iachigo
  17. Coffee!
  18. Freud
  19. New York
  20. Anthrax
  1. Juniper Berry

  2. Bette Midler

  3. Golden Globes

  4. Channing Tatum

  5. Tarantula

  6. D) Stock Market

  7. Iron Man 3

  8. Pressure

  9. Washington

  10. Sternum

  11. Agriculture and Mechanical

  12. Wimbledon

  13. MacGyver

  14. New Mexico

  15. Ho, Ho, Ho

  16. Islamabad

  17. Coffee

  18. Alfred Kinsey

  19. New York

  20. Disturbed

  1. Rhythm Nation and Nasty were on the setlist for what singer’s “Metamorphosis” Vegas residency?

  2. When was influential mathematician Pythagoras born? A) 570 B.C. B) 570 C) 1015 D) 1410

  3. A wall that supports the weight of the roof & floors above it is called what?

  4. Amity Island is a major location in what film franchise?

  5. The cast of what sitcom included Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher and Tommy Chong?

  6. In what movie does Seth Rogen play a character named Officer Michaels?

  7. What band that is named for silverware has appeared on Austin City Limit, SNL and Conan O’Brien?

  8. Stephen Lang played the one-armed man in the short-lived 2000 remake of what classic '60s TV series?

  9. In the first Die Hard, John McClane’s estranged wife Holly works for what corporation?

  10. The novel “Kiss of the Spider Woman” takes place in what nation?

  11. Which fruit is used in the flavoring for Grand Marnier?

  12. What word used in engineering is the distance between 2 supports of a bridge or the distance between the tips of the wings of an airplane?

  13. What musical’s opening lyric begins “How does a bastard orphan son of a whore and a Scotsman”?

  14. The Target dog mascot has had 2 different character names. What are they?

  15. What 2 countries that end with the same last 4 letters, have capital cities that end in “K” ?

  16. The documentary “Louder Than a Bomb” is about what?

  17. What four-letter word is the name for the liquid extracted from the mashing process during the brewing of beer?

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  1. Who had the most sexual partners on TV’s Friends?

  2. Is Skylar’s sister Marie dead or alive at the end of Breaking Bad?

  3. What Chili Peppers album was also the title to a Showtime TV program?