May 10, 2014 An Tobar Pub Quiz
Round One
1. Who's the leader/ of the
club/ that's made for you/ and me?
M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E
2. What do the Gaelic words An Tobar mean?
the well
3. What is the annual date
of International Workers' Day or May Day?
May 1
4. Which one of the
following people did not win a Nobel Peace prize?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mother Theresa
Nelson Mandela
Adolph Hitler
5. True or False: Scientist
Albert Einstein failed at least one math class.
False
6. What is the next number
in this sequence of numbers:
2, 3, 5, 7, ___?
11
7. Approximately how many
cups are there in a liter (answer to the nearest whole number)?
4 [One cup = 8 ounces. 1 liter = 33.81/8= 4.23 cups]
8. Which sky condition has
more cloud cover, partly cloudy or partly sunny?
partly sunny
9. Which U.S. state extends
farther west: Minnesota or Texas?
Texas
10. Which U.S. President
selected the Twinkie to be put in a millennial time capsule?
Bill Clinton
Round Two
1. What was comedic actor
and writer Albert Brooks' given name?
Albert Einstein
2. What liquor was declared
by a 1964 congressional resolution to be "America's only native
spirit?"
Bourbon
3. During the heyday of the
Roman Empire, what body of water was known as "the Roman Lake"?
The Mediterranean Sea (Mare Nostrum = "our sea")
4. According to research by
ESPN The Magazine and Sportingintelligence, and as reported by the BBC, which
sports team has the highest wages per player in the world?
Manchester City
5. Acrophobia is the fear of
what?
heights
6. "Go and tell your
momma what the big boys eat" was a 1980s commercial for what cereal?
Wheaties
7. In which Brooklyn
Academy of Music's Shakespeare play did Kevin Spacey star in shortly before
House of Cards premiered on Netflix? His House of Cards' character, Francis
Underwood, reflects a lot of this character.
Richard III
8. Which is the only planet
in our solar system not named after a Greek or Roman god or goddess?
Earth
9. According to his obituary
in the New York Times, who was “The only person” to serve in professional
football as a personnel assistant, an assistant coach, a head coach, a general
manager, a commissioner and as an N.F.L. team owner and chief executive?
Al Davis
10. Who claims to have
invented the phrase "bad hair day" while talking with her co-host
Bryant Gumbel during the 1980s?
Jane Pauley
Round Three
1. According to the Beatle's
Revolver album, where were Ringo
Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison taking up residence (at
least) in 1966?
a Yellow Submarine
2. WORD JUMBLE: G-R-O-W-A-P-E-N-I-S hint: vice president
Spiro Agnew
3. What is the only industry
specifically mentioned in the Bill of Rights?
the press
4. Where is Creighton
University located, state and city (two points)?
Omaha, Nebraska
5. What 1960s TV series was
originally pitched to the networks with the title "Wagon Train to the
Stars"? Bonus Question: What is the Latin phrase for "to the
stars"? (2 pts.)
Star Trek; ad astra
6. Which eye does Sesame
Street’s Count von Count where his monocle, left or right; and for a bonus, how
many eyebrows do Bert and Ernie have between the two of them (two points)?
Left; 1
7. What is the hard part of
the outer ear immediately in front of the ear canal called?
Tragus
8. Which Catholic cardinal
did Andrew Greeley call, "the Lord High Inquisitor" in his 1986 book Confessions of a Parish Priest? [p. 332]
Cardinal Josef Ratzinger [who later became Pope Benedict
XVI]
9. Nigeria recently overtook
which other country to become Africa's largest economy as measured in GDP?
South Africa
10. Named after a famous
composer, what do you call a modern tuba a bandmember plays while marching?
a sousaphone (it's predecessor was the helicon)
Bonus Round
1. What three-lettered,
often interrogatory, word is most universally used in conversation1?
[1According to the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics]
huh
2. Which is the newest
Monopoly piece, and which piece did it replace?
Cat; Iron
3. According to Germany's
Purity [Reinheitsgebot] law, what are the only three ingredients allowed to be used
to make beer (not counting yeast)?
water, barley,
hops
4. As the United States was
in the preliminary stages of fighting a literal war against fascism, What four
freedoms did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delineate in his 1941 State of
the Union address? Four fundamental freedoms FDR said people "everywhere
in the world" ought to enjoy. [Hint: President Ronald Reagan replaced two
of FDR's four freedoms with "freedom of enterprise" when he revised
the list to three freedoms in his 1988 farewell address.]
Freedom of speech, Freedom of worship, Freedom from want, and
Freedom from fear
5. Name five NFL players who
have participated in Dancing with the Stars. Keyshawn Johnson, Jacoby Jones, Donald Driver,
Hines Ward, Kurt Warner, Chad Ochocinco (Johnson), Michael Irvin, Warren Sapp,
Jason Taylor, Lawrence Taylor, Emmitt Smith, and Jerry Rice.
