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TriviaAugust 29, 2011

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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

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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.

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Round 1: Random Trivia

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Question 1What planet is the Earth closest in size to?

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AnswerVenus

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Question 2What is the longest running TV comedy of all time?

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AnswerThe Simpsons

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Question 3What is the slowest fish?

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AnswerA Sea Horse

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Question 4Not counting vowels, what is the most frequently

used letter in the English language?

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AnswerT

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Round 2: Sports

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Question 5Who is the youngest winner of the Daytona 500

and how old was he when he won?

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AnswerTrevor Bayne, 20 years old

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Question 6What major league soccer team does David

Beckham currently play for? (city and team name)

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AnswerLos Angeles Galaxy

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Question 7The 2003 National Championship for college

football was shared between the USC Trojans and which team from the SEC?

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AnswerLSU

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Question 8What position did Hank Aaron primarily play?

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AnswerRight Field

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Round 3: Music

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Question 9Beyonce Knowles was a member of what band

before she started her solo career?

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AnswerDensity's Child

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Question 10True or False: N*SYNC performed the track

"Somewhere, Someday" for the soundtrack of Pokémon: The First Movie.

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AnswerTrue

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Question 11 What was Aerosmith’s first #1 hit?

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AnswerI Don’t Want to Miss a Thing

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Question 12Who holds the title of Guinness World Records’

most successful female recording artist of all time?

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AnswerMadonna

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Round 4: Movies

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Question 13In the movie, Little Miss Sunshine, what state does

the Hoover family call home?

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AnswerNew Mexico

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Question 14What was the highest grossing film of 2009,

making $2,471,000,000?

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AnswerAvatar

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Question 15How many names of the Disney’s Seven Dwarfs

end in “y”?

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AnswerFive (Happy, Dopey, Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy)

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Question 16Who played the voice of Dory in “Finding Nemo?”

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AnswerEllen Degeneres

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FINAL QUESTIONList these continents in order from largest to

smallest based on land mass:

Africa

South America

Antarctica

North America

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AnswerAfrica (30,065,000 km2)

North America (24,256,000)

South America (17,819,000)

Antarctica (13,209,000)