8.29 trivia
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TriviaAugust 29, 2011
Rules16 Questions with 4 Categories
Random, Sports, Music and Movies
4 Questions per Category
The last question in each category will be worth 2 points. All other questions will be worth 1 point
There will be a Final Question in which you can wager up to 10 points
Rules Grab a stack of paper and a pen from the bar.
Turn your team’s answer into the pitcher on the bar.
Choose a team name. Right your team name on EACH answer you turn in. If there’s no team name, you get no points.
I will read the question then play a song. You will have until the end of the song to get your answers into the pitcher. If your team doesn’t have a response when I collect them, sorry, your team is too slow and you get no points.
If a question requires a name, you must provide a first AND last name.
Spelling does NOT count
NO cell phones, computers, iTouches, etc.
Round 1: Random Trivia
Question 1What planet is the Earth closest in size to?
AnswerVenus
Question 2What is the longest running TV comedy of all time?
AnswerThe Simpsons
Question 3What is the slowest fish?
AnswerA Sea Horse
Question 4Not counting vowels, what is the most frequently
used letter in the English language?
AnswerT
Round 2: Sports
Question 5Who is the youngest winner of the Daytona 500
and how old was he when he won?
AnswerTrevor Bayne, 20 years old
Question 6What major league soccer team does David
Beckham currently play for? (city and team name)
AnswerLos Angeles Galaxy
Question 7The 2003 National Championship for college
football was shared between the USC Trojans and which team from the SEC?
AnswerLSU
Question 8What position did Hank Aaron primarily play?
AnswerRight Field
Round 3: Music
Question 9Beyonce Knowles was a member of what band
before she started her solo career?
AnswerDensity's Child
Question 10True or False: N*SYNC performed the track
"Somewhere, Someday" for the soundtrack of Pokémon: The First Movie.
AnswerTrue
Question 11 What was Aerosmith’s first #1 hit?
AnswerI Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
Question 12Who holds the title of Guinness World Records’
most successful female recording artist of all time?
AnswerMadonna
Round 4: Movies
Question 13In the movie, Little Miss Sunshine, what state does
the Hoover family call home?
AnswerNew Mexico
Question 14What was the highest grossing film of 2009,
making $2,471,000,000?
AnswerAvatar
Question 15How many names of the Disney’s Seven Dwarfs
end in “y”?
AnswerFive (Happy, Dopey, Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy)
Question 16Who played the voice of Dory in “Finding Nemo?”
AnswerEllen Degeneres
FINAL QUESTIONList these continents in order from largest to
smallest based on land mass:
Africa
South America
Antarctica
North America
AnswerAfrica (30,065,000 km2)
North America (24,256,000)
South America (17,819,000)
Antarctica (13,209,000)