Seattlest Trivia Night Recap
When we asked which Mariner hit the game winning home run on Opening Day in 1986 we felt we had come up with a question that would stump the room. However, when we saw that nearly half teams correctly answered Jim Presley we realized that we weren't the only ones to have their childhood ruined by the boys in blue and yellow.
After the shock had worn off we found ourselves with a three way tie for first place. NAMBLA's Excited that Harry Potter's Coming Out, Chairman ROFLMAO, and Fuckin' Laser Rocket Amputees had to answer the tough tie breaking question 'How old is Ryan Seacrest?' The Amps ending up correctly guessing 32, and took home first prize.
However, the biggest winner may have been Destroy All Cows, won a signed copy of published novelist Pauls Toutonghi's book (now in paperback) Red Weather. The reclusive author made a rare appearance to the delight of the trivia host.
Next week Seattlest James is all up in your face, and those of you who a thing or two about filmmaking lingo and equipment might want to make you way over to the Old Pequliar.
Standings and typo filled questions and answers after the jump.
16. Harvey 19 points
14. Citizen Mondo Kane 32
14. Onog 32
13. Graham Schmidt Process 36
12. Alberto's Going to Be Choking on Subpoenas 37
11. Yo Mama 40
10. I Wish I Were a Boy Sometimes 41
9. Potbellies, The 44
8. Hysterical Paroxysm 46
7. Cloudy with a Chance of Brain 49
6. Here's Five 50
5. Mittens 57
4. Destroy All Cows 58
1. NAMBLA's Excited that Harry Potter's Coming Out Soon 59 (Won $10)
1. Chairman ROFLMAO 59 (Won $40)
1.Fuckin' Laser Rocket Amputees 59 (Won $110)
ROUND 1-- GEOGRAPHY
1. By population what is the largest city in Ohio?
2. What is the lowest point in the United States?
3. Five sates boarder Georgia, of these five states which one has the largest capital city by population? I JUST WANT THE NAME OF THE STATE
4. The Potomac River flows into which bay?
5. How many states boarder Ohio?
6. How many miles separate Key West and Cuba at their closet point?
7. Within five how many counties does California have?
8. By population what is the largest California city north of Los Angeles?
9. Cincinnati lies on what river?
10. What is the largest lake in Florida?
1. Columbus
2. Death Valley
3. Tennessee (Nashville)
4. Chesapeake Bay
5. Five (Indiana Kentucky Michigan Pennsylvania West Virginia)
6. 90 miles
7. 58 (53-63)
8. San Jose
9. The Ohio River
10. Lake Okeechobee
ROUND 2—MARINERS OPENING DAY
1. Name one of the original team owners who not only threw out the first pitch before the 1977 franchise opener, but also stared in the 1954 film White Christmas.
2. Who hit a home run in their first at bat in the Kingdome during the 1989 home opener?
3. During the Mariners 2002 Opener vs. the White Sox, the number one song on Billboard’s Hot 100 was Aint it Funny by Jennifer Lopez and featuring which rapper?
4. President Clinton threw out the first pitch before the 1994 Opener in Cleveland, who was his Secretary of State that day?
5. What was the first year the Mariners played an Opening Day at Safeco Field?
6. The Mariners opened the 1998 season the same week that which film ended its 3 and half month run as weekend box office champ
7. Which former Mariners All Star third baseman won the 1986 opener with an extra inning walk off grand slam after tying the game in the ninth with a two run home run?
8. In 1988 Opening Day was ruined when Steve Trout gave up 6 runs in the first inning. Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to what family?
9. In 2003 the Mariners were scheduled to open the season in Japan, however the games were canceled because of the start of the war in Iraq. What date was it Seattle when the 2003 US invasion of Iraq started?
10. The team the Mariners have played the most on Opening Day, the Angels, play their home games in Orange County. What is the name of the high school that the main characters attended on The OC?
1. Danny Kaye
2. Ken Griffey, Jr
3. Ja Rule
4. Warren Christopher
5. 2000
6. Titanic
7. Jim Pressley
8. the salmon family, Salmonidae.
9. March 19 (US) March 20 (Iraq)
10. The Harbor School
ROUND 3-- RELATIONSHIPS
Name the relationship, not the people. For example if I said 41st president of the United States and 43rd President of the United States you would write down father-son.
1. Killed in the shower in Psyco…Golden Globe for True Lies
2. Seahawks quarterback…Co-host of the View
3. Michael Bluth…Malory Keaton
4. Shrieked at ET…Tried to hire George Bailey
5. Received 286 Electoral Votes in 2004…Co-host of Access Hollywood
6. Directed Marie Antoinette…Played King Louis XVI in Marie Antoinette
7. Had his own Funky Bunch…Shot Bruce Willis in Sixth Sense
8. Co-host of Weekend Update…Guy holding the puppet on the picture round’s question #
9. Banned Pete Rose from baseball…Snubbed by the Academy for his role in Sideways
10. Currently dating Jonathan Mayer…Her song "Pieces of Me," was one of the biggest hits of the summer in 2004
1. Brad Pitt/Jon Voight are FATHER IN LAW/SON IN LAW
2. Matt Haselebeck and Elizabeth Hasselbeck are SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW
3. Jason and Justine Bateman are BROTHER AND SISTER OR SIBBLINGS
4. Drew and Lionel Barrymore are GREAT NIECE AND UNCLE
5. George and Billy Bush are COUSINS
6. Sofia Coppola and Jason Schwartzman are COUSINS
7. Donnie and Mark Whalberg are BROTHERS
8. Amy Pohler and Will Arnet are HUSBAND AND WIFE
9. Paul and Bartlett Giamatti are FATHER AND SON
10. Jessica and Ashlee Simpson are SISTERS
ROUND 5—SPRING
1. Howard Spring, the Welsh author, was born in Wales’ largest city-- name it.
2. Which actress played May Day in the James Bond film A View to a Kill?
3. The first concerto of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is named Spring, how is the piece known in it’s original language?
4. An equinox in astronomy is the event when the Sun can be observed to be directly above that what?
5. Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas celebrates her birthday in the spring. What was the name of her 2006 solo album?
6. Spring Day is an Argentinean holiday celebrated on the 21st of what month?
7. Name the actress who played Blossom on the hit NBC show.
8. What is the name of the fictional character who wrote Springtime for Hitler
9. Most likely unaware of beds fitted with springs, which group sang these lyrics:
“In other words let's refresh your head
About pullin' down curtains and breakin' da waterbed
Yeah I like it when you (kiss)
Both sets of lips”
10. During 1968's Prague Spring, which Warsaw Pact country refused to send troops to occupy Prague?
1. Cardiff
2. Grace Jones
3. "La primavera"
4. The equator
5. The Duchess
6. September
7. Mayim Bialik
8. Franz Liebkind
9. TLC
10. Romania
ROUND 6—COTEMPARAY PLAYWRIGHTS
Who these plays
1. Glengarry Glen Ross, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo
2. A Few Good Men, The Farnsworth Invention, and Making Movies
3."Boy," " SUMMER OF THE SWANS" and "St. Scarlet."
4. The Shape of Things ,The Mercy Seat, In the Company of Men
5. Fucking A, Topdog/Underdog, and Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World
6. Betty and Gauguin, Dancing on Her Knees, Anna in the Tropics,
7.The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Pillowman, The Lonesome West
8. Grey Gardens , I Am My Own Wife , Quills
9. Betrayal, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Trial
10. Wit
1. David Mamet
2. Aaron Sorkin
3. Julia Jordan
4. Neil LaBute
5. Suzan-Lori Parks
6. Nilo Cruz
7. Martin McDonagh
8. Doug Wright
9. Harold Pinter
10. Margaret Edson
ROUND 7-- MOVIES
1. This 1993 film stared Mary Stuart Masterson and Adian Quin as brother and sister
2. This 1996 film directed by Rob Reiner told the story of the 1963 assassination of Medgar Evers.
3. In this 1997 film some idiot tells Harrison Ford who won the Michigan football game he is about to watch on tape.
4. Bobby Fischer called this 1993 film another example of a "Jewish conspiracy" to make money off him and sully his reputation
5. This 1999 comedy about a group of superheroes may be more known for that awful Smash Mouth song All Star.
6. Kirsten Dunst played an actor playing a scared Albanian girl in this 1997 comedy.
7. Kelsey Grammer was the captain of the USS Stingray in this 1996 film.
8. This 1995 film earned Richard Dreyfuss an Oscar nomination and received a PG rating for mild language including cursing in American Sign Language.
9. David Mamet directed John Kerry's daughter and Veronica Mars in this 2004 political thriller.
10. Which actor or actress appeared in the previous nine films?
1. Benny and Joon
2. Ghosts of Mississippi
3. Air Force One
4. Searching for Bobby Fischer
5. Mystery Men
6. Wag the Dog
7. Down Periscope
8. Mr. Holland's Opus
9. Spartan
10. William H. Macy
