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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Mad Men Trivia An Tobar 6.14.14

Mad Men Questions
1. How did Christina Hendrick's character Joan become a junior partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce?

 2. Which Mad Men character said this, "I’ve had loss in my life.  You have to let yourself feel it.  You can’t dampen it with drugs and sex.  It won’t get you through."?

 3. Which Mad Men character said this, "Nixon’s President, everything’s back where Jesus wants it."

4. While hunting together, execs from which car company told account rep Ken Cosgrove to shoot  "that tree over there...Pretend it's Ralph Nader "

5. What scene from the Mad Man Season 7 mid-season finale did an estimated 500 million people around the world watch?

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1. By sleeping with the Jaguar rep or salesman (Herb Rennick)

2. Peggy Olson

3.  Don Draper

4. General Motors (Chevrolet)

5. the moon landing

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Hunger Games Trivia at An Tobar 6.14.14

Hunger Games Trivia at An Tobar 6.14.14

Initially I couldn't decide between Hunger Games and Mad Men as my specialty trivia so I have done both. But I have decided to do just  Mad Men from now on and June's was the last Hunger Games specialty questions I will be doing. Enjoy these if you are a Hunger Games fan. **SPOILER ALERT** If you haven't finished all three books, the last question deals with something crucial that came as a surprise to most people who read it. 

1. What is the day called when the tributes are selected to participate in the Hunger Games?

2. Why do some District 12 people sneak into the woods during the fall?

3. What is the black market called in District 12?

4. Which Mockingbird character kept cryptically repeated, "Tick tock, tick tock...?"

5. How does Katniss make sure Coin doesn't turn out to be as bad as President Snow?

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1.  the reaping
2. to harvest apples
3. the hob
4. Wiress
5. shoots her dead with an arrow


Saturday, June 14, 2014

May 10, 2014 An Tobar Pub Quiz


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.

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Trivia Host Den at An Tobar Needs Your Help


Hi Everybody!

I had been in negotiations to get a monthly Saturday trivia back at An Tobar for a couple months before it finally happened May 10.

To keep it going I need your help.

The best way you could help is by coming to play trivia this Saturday night at An Tobar at 7PM. For more information on location or such see Trivia nights, old and new or An Tobar Trivia. As you can tell the word is getting out there, please help me keep up the momentum.
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Trivia nights, old and new
Curtis Earth gets new Orlando gig, Dennis Boyle returns to An Tobar in Maitland.
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An Tobar Trivia
Cash prize, three rounds, 10 questions each
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 Two other ways you can help me is 1. Follow me on Twitter. I just started @triviahostden this week! 2. Write me (Trivia Host Den at An Tobar) in for Best Trivia Night on the Orlando Weekly Web site http://orlandoweekly.secondstreetapp.com/l/Best-of-Orlando-2014/Ballot/MUSICANDNIGHTLIFE
Thanks for all your support.

-Dennis

P.S. Pass it on!

UPDATE: My trivia gig now meets every second Sunday of the month at 
An Tobar Irish Pub 600 N Lake Destiny Rd, Maitland, FL (Next to the Sheraton Hotel)