Bobby’s been packing them in over at Ralphie’s Sylvania the last few weeks. However, he’s not a colossal tool, so he doesn’t inform Facebookland how many players he has every week. Game One 1. Spokespersons: For what wireless company has actress Catherine Zeta-Jones been a spokesperson? **Nobody knew for sure, but three of us had the same knee-jerk reaction. 1 point 2. NHL History: Before moving to Phoenix in 1996, the NHL’s Coyotes were founded under a different name in 1972 in which city? **Bobby offered two bonus points to any team that provided a quote from the movie Slap Shot. 3. Food: What word that begins with the letter A is another word for egg white? 4. 2000s Movies: Which 2003 film starred Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore as a couple terrorized by their elderly neighbor? **Another one we weren’t at all certain about, but still got right. 2 points. 5. Flowers: What is the national flower of Mexico: the blue agave, the dahlia, the tulip, or the prickly pear cactus? **Two things: 1) pretty sure a cactus isn’t a flower and 2) WHY ON GOD’S GREEN EARTH WOULD YOU USE THE FACEBOOK CLUE ON A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION????? 6. Literary Characters: In what New York mountain range did Rip Van Winkle take his 20 year nap? 7. Saturday Night Live: Who played the Church Lady from the popular SNL sketch Church Chat? **Three bonus points to any team who did the Church Lady dance as they turned in their slip. 8. Presidents: Who is the only US president to have been born in the state of California? 9. World Geography: Apart from its coastline, Brunei is a sovereign state located completely within which other Asian country? 10. Composers: What great composer composed such pieces as The Maple Leaf Rag, The Entertainer, and Elite Syncopations? Mystery Round: Bill Cosby 1. In which branch of the US military did Bill Cosby serve? 2. In which 1960s show did Bill Cosby play the character Alexander Scott? 3. What is the name of the title cartoon character (voiced by Bill Cosby) of a show that debuted in 1972? 4. What was the name of the comedy series on CBS in the mid 90s that Bill Cosby hosted based on an Art Linkletter feature? **Cleaned up for a perfect game. Heading into the final: Steele Shivers 71, Sweatpants Boner 66, Full Frontal Nerdity 60, I HAZ THE DUM & That Family tied at 59, Storm Chasers 49, Palm Beachers 48, Team USA 46, Winged Wheels 44, The Bar 43, Snafu 30, The Huffers 20 Final Category: Directorial Debuts Final Question: What 1993 movie was the big screen directorial debut for Mel Gibson? **Should have just gone with a 16 point bet, but got too strategic with the bet. Final Standings: Sweatpants Boner 86, Steele Shivers 81, I HAZ THE DUM 79 Game Two 1. Home Runs: What former MLB star leads all players with last names beginning with the letter C in home runs with a total of 462? **2 points with our best guess 2. Fairy Tales: Who wrote The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, and The Emperor’s New Clothes? **Got it for 5. 3. Audio: Identify a tall rooster with a southern style of speech 4. TV Doctors: What actress played Dr. Izzie Stevens on Grey’s Anatomy? 5. Slogans: What light beer has used the slogans “This is our beer” and “It won’t slow you down?” **Dropped the 1. 6. Movie Quotes: What title movie character delivers the line “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it?” 7. Zodiac: Which two signs of the Chinese zodiac begin with the letter D? 8. Breakout Hit Songs: “My Name Is… was the breakout hit single on which Eminem album? **Yeah…we missed this one for 3. Picked the wrong album. 9. Moons: What planet does the moon Triton orbit? 10. Rivers: What river forms most of the border between Oregon and Washington? Visual round: missed #1. Heading into the final: I HAZ THE DUM 60, Sweatpants Boner 59, Steele Shivers 57, That Family 56, Storm Chasers 54, Team USA 51, Full Frontal Nerdity 50, Winged Wheels 46, Snafu 40, The Huffers 35 Final Category: Time Periods Final Question: What American generation came after the “Greatest Generation” but before the Baby Boomers? **Major issue with this question: according to who? While “Baby Boomers” has been a culturally accepted label for decades now and “Greatest Generation” has been en vogue ever since Tom Brokaw wrote his book in the late 90s, we can think of no origin whatsoever for the answer to this question. Even the Wikipedia entry for the answer has no backup to the term. Stupid stupid question. Never mind the fact that it isn’t a “time period,” either. Final Standings: Full Frontal Nerdity 70, Snafu 60
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