Seattlest Trivia Night Recap

1. Laser Rocket Arms -- 66 points ($100)
2. Why Can't Walter Read?-- 62 ($50)
3. Dean's List-- 59 ($20)
4. Fuckin' As, The-- 53 (Picked Jazz Music Category for next week)
5. Angora Sweater Wearers-- 51
5. Froggy Style-- 51
7. Conversations on the West--- 50
7. Runaway Joining Circus-- 50
9. Disappearing Task Force-- 49
10. Scooter Libby's Making Lipstick Out of Red M&M's-- 47
11. Binge Thinkers-- 46
12. Mao-- 45
13. Metropolitan Glide -- 42
13. Scantron-- 42
15. In One Ear and Out Your Mother-- 41
16. Brazilian Mietze-- 39
17. Los Pepinos-- 31 (One hat, one t-shirt, one key chain)

1. GEOGRAPHY
1. The Amazon River flows through Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, and which other country?
2. What is the capital of Montana?
3. The southernmost point in the 48 contiguous states is in which state?
4. What sea boarders South Korea to the south?
5. What is the highest mountain located entirely in Kenya?
6. As of April 2006 which of Washington State's Tri-Cities has the smallest population?
7. What is the capital of Portugal?
8. There are three US National Parks in Washington State: Olympic National Park Mount Rainer National Park and what?
9. Argentina or Chile, which has more coastline on the Pacific Ocean?
10. What was the capital of the Washington Territory?

1. Colombia
2. Helena
3. Florida
4. East China Sea
5. Mt. Kenya
6. Richland
7. Lisbon
8. North Cascade National Park
9. Chile
10. Olympia

2. 2006: THE YEAR IN US WEEKLY
1. In December Lindsay Lohan admitted that she has been attending the
meetings of what organization?
2. Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon who filed for divorce in
November met nine years prior at what event?
3. In September who was arrested for investigation of driving under
the influence, but claimed that they were just speeding to get food at
In-N-Out Burger?
4. Who was the 2006 American Idol runner up?
5. Kansas native Kirstie Alley's weight loss was the subject of a sitcom and several tabloid stories. Name the Kansas Senator currently running for President
6. Anna Nicole's daughter was born and son died in which country?
7. According to an August Ad Council survey 41 percent of all 18- to
24-year-old Americans knew the name of Angelina and Brad's
biological daughter. What is it?
8. Name the summer film that Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn stared
in together.
9. MTV's Vanessa Minnillo and baseball player Derek Jeter broke up in early 2006 following a three year relationship. In which year was Jeter named World Series MVP?
10. In which European country were Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson married in?

1. Alcoholics Anonymous
2. Witherspoon's 21st Birthday Party (I will accept 'Birthday Party',
'Witherspoon's Party' but not 'a Party')
3. Paris Hilton
4. Katharine McPhee
5. Sam Brownback
6. The Bahamas
7. Shiloh
8. The Break Up
9. 2000
10. France

3. COLLEGE STATES THAT AREN'T STATES
"What state are these "states" in"?
1. Weber State
2. Wright State
3. Morgan State
4. Kennesaw State
5. Long Beach State
6. Penn State
7. Youngstown State
8. Ball State
9. Nicholls State
10. Murray State

1. Utah
2. Ohio
3. Maryland
4. Georgia
5. California
6. Pennsylvania
7. Ohio
8. Indiana
9. Louisiana
10. Kentucky

4 & 8-- PHOTO ROUND

5. ARIZONA
1. The lowest point in Arizona is the Colorado River, which has the third most runoff volume in North America behind the Mississippi River and the what?
2. The cactus, which runs rampant in Arizona, is a member of which plant family?
3. Arizona is one of the estates that make up the Four Corners, name the other three.
4. The state's largest private employer was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, name it.
5. The Mariners Spring Training facility is located in which Arizona city?
6. The University of Arizona is awarded more NASA grants for space exploration than any other university nationally. What does NASA stand for?
7. In 1986 John McCain succeeded which former Presidential Candidate in the US Senate?
8. Phoenix native Stevie Nicks's band Fletwood Mac had only one U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #1 single, "Dreams." Which album was that song originally featured on?
9. Who played Edwina McDonnough in the film Raising Arizona?
10. Within five, in which year was Arizona admitted to the Union?

1. Columbia
2. Cactaceae
3. Colorado, Utah, New Mexico
4. Wal Mart
5. Peoria
6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
7. Barry Goldwater
8. Rumours
9. Holly Hunter
10. 1912 (1907-1917)

6. Sesquipedalian
\ses-kwuh-puh-DAYL-yuhn\, adjective:
1. Given to or characterized by the use of long words.
2. Long and ponderous; having many syllables

1. How many letters are there in the word antidisestablishmentarianism
2. The last time the word sesquipedalian appeared in Entertainment Weekly was on October 23, 1998. Name the actress on the cover that week. (Seattlest Hint of the Week: She portrayed Grace Adler.)
3. Up until four years ago I thought that Spaghetti was the longest word in the English language. Recently it was dis-proven that spaghetti noodles were brought back with him from China by whom?
4. Sesquipedalian was used by the Roman author Horace to refer to words that are "a foot and a half long." Within 15mm, how many millimeters are in a foot and a half?
5. Which of the Seattle Mariners on the official 2006 All Star Game ballot had the had the longest name, counting first and last name?
6. Running with many silly bulls may be, well, silly, but it happens each year in Pamplona on the seventh day of what month?
7. What made up word is in the Springfield motto on TV show the Simpsons
8. What is the longest interstate in the United States?
9. Wales is known for two things: Long train station names and Catherine Zeta Jones. Which cosmetics company is Zeta-Jones currently the face of?
10. The longest word William Shakespeare's used was honorific­abilitud­initatibus. In which work In which work, did he use it in? (Seattlest Hint of the Week #2-- Itwas made into a 2000 film with Alicia Silverstone as The Princess of France and Matthew Lillard as Longaville,

1. 28
2. Debra Messing
3. Marco Polo
4. 457.2
5. Yuniesky Betancourt
6. July
7. "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man,"
8. I-90
9. Elizabeth Arden
10. Love Labour's Lost

7. MOVIES
1. Ennio Morricone, who received an honorary Oscar two Sundays ago, wrote score for this 1986 film staring Robert DeNiro was named the the 23rd best score by the AFI.
2. This 1992 film borrowed from the life of televangelist Peter Popoff, but star Steve Martin based his performance on "the famous Christian charlatan Benny Hinn"
3. When this film was premiered in Russia in 2002, 52 veterans of the submarine that the movie borrowed its name from were flown to the St. Petersburg, Russian premiere.
4. Ridley Scott filmed portions of this 2005 film staring Orlando Bloom in Morocco, where a replica of 12th century Jerusalem was constructed
5. In 1985 America demanded a film with Peter O'Toole and Steve Guttenberg, and they were rewarded with this comedy about a haunted European castle.
6. In 1999 America demanded a horror film with Owen Wilson and they were rewarded with this movie about a haunted American manor.
7. This 1990 film about scientist Peyton Westlake and his alter ego produced two sequels, but this was the only one not to go straight and the only one directed by Sam Rami
8. Oh what a world we would all live in if Hugh Grant was the Prime Minister and Billy Bob Thorton was the President, as portrayed in this 2003 film.
9. The sequel to this 2005 film is titled the Dark Night and will feature Heath Ledger as a giggly criminal master mind.
10. Which actor or actress stared in the previous nine films

1. The Mission
2. Leap of Faith
3. K-19: The Widowmaker
4. Kingdom of Heaven
5. High Sprits
6. The Haunting
7. Darkman
8. Love Actually
9. Batman Begins
10. Liam Neeson