Thanks to R Emily for organizing our First ever Trivia Social.
As there were calls to do this again, everyone had a good time, no matter what the scores. For those who could not join us, below are the questions. See how you would have fared. Answers will be provided next week.
Some of us had help, we created our own little team at home with family. I recommend getting help from family, worked for me.
Trivia was organized this way - 4 categories being Science, 80's, Canada and Movies with 10 questions in each category. R Emily as moderator presented each question visually on screen and read the questions one at a time. We at home had a few minutes to write down our answer before Emily moved to the next question. After all 10 questions in a category were asked, we confessed our scores.for that category.
4 way test remember.
Then we moved on to the next category and repeat. After 4 categories, scores added for winner.
It appears we all skipped the 80's.
Our retired teacher says he only had to ask students questions, not know the answers. Is this why we questions our educational systems?
Emily says she is working on a decades trivia program.
We can consider this as training for Campbellford Rotary's 2021 Trivia Night. In 2019 our Brighton Team had fun but did not fair well. So we are in training for 2021.
So here are the questions from our 1st Trivia Night June 4th:
Science
- Which planet was named for the Roman god of the sea?
- What is the largest organ in the body?
- What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
- What do humans do about 15 times per minute without even thinking?
- Fossils that are over 300 million years old have been found of which household pest?
- What kind of plant has no roots, leaves, or flowers?
- How does a constrictor snake kill its prey?
- What is a family of whales or dolphins called?
- Which planet is the only one not named after a god?
- How many legs do insects have?
80’s
- What was the name of the fictional animated musical group that sang “Heard it Through the Grapevine?
- Who won the Super Bowl 3 times during the 80’s?
- What did the Live Aid benefit concert raise funds for?
- What was Daisy’s Jeep named in The Dukes of Hazzard?
- Which 80s movie spanned 6 sequels and a TV series?
- Who was famous for saying the anti-drug slogan “just say no”?
- Who is Gordon Matthew Thomas Summer?
- Who did ALF live with ?
- What is the more common name for the drug Fluoxetine?
- What was the line of zappable frozen meals that were part of the low-fat gastronomical revolution?
Canada
- What is the name of the mascot for the Quebec Winter Carnival?
- In what year was “o Canada” officially adopted as the Canadian national anthem?
- Which sea animal can be seen with a large tooth growing out of its head?
- What is the highest mountain in Canada?
- In what year did Kim Campbell become the first female Canadian prime minister?
- In 1970, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, The Band and others toured together across Canada using what mode of transport?
- Located in Montreal what is the oldest brewery in North America?
- How many time zones are there in Canada?
- In what year was same-sex marriage legalised across Canada?
- What is the name of the Canadian horror anthology TV show based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling book series?
Movies
- The film Cool Hand Luke sees which iconic actor attempt to eat 50 eggs in an hour?
- Amadeus is a biopic of which genius composer?
- What first name connects the actors Costner, Bacon and Kline?
- The Holy Grail and Life of Brian are films made by which influential British comedy troupe?
- In which animated film does 78 year old Carl Fredricksen travel to Paradise Falls?
- Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Berman meet in a bar in which Moroccan port town in the classic movie of the same name?
- Which distinctive and well known director is also responsible for writing the films True Romance, Natural Born Killers and From Dusk Till Dawn?
- Which screen icon starred with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in the 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot?
- In the Heart of The Sea tells the real life story that inspired which epic literary fiction?
- Citizen Kane was the first film of which precocious director?