Greetings Everyone…
Your benevolent and kind Trivia Overlord and Ruler of the Question Universe is back to share with you the questions asked at this week’s edition of Egan’s Team Trivia! Do remember to make your way out to Egan’s Bar each Wednesday at 9 to play the game in real time and get a chance to win great prizes!
1. Hillman College was the setting for what spin-off of The Cosby Show?
2. Robert Kennedy was shot and killed in what city?
3. What was the album Michael Jackson released in 1979 that would be his last before he released Thriller?
4. What was the name of the 3rd and decisive fight between Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier?
5. Cyberdene Systems is a company that features heavily in the plot of what sci-fi/action franchise?
6. What was the last novel by Hemmingway to be published in his lifetime?
7. In Street Fighter 2, what character represented India?
8. Who is the only President to have been the head of a labor union?
9. What is the oldest brewery in North America?
HALF TIME: Name the 6 members of the NHL that make up “The Original 6″
11. Who is the only player in NBA history to be named MVP, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year?
12. On The Simpsons, what is Principal Skinner’s Mother’s name?
13. What multiheaded aquatic beast did Hercules have to kill as part of his second labor?
14. The murder of recently released prisoner Billy Batts is a key plot point in what film?
15. What layer of Earth’s atmosphere is the lowest portion?
16. Name 1 of the 2 countries in South America that do not border Brazil. Bonus for both
LIGHTNING: Name 7 of the 10 largest stadiums used by college football teams as their home stadium
18. What author of A Journey to the Center of the Earth is considered one of the fathers of modern day science fiction?
19. What was the first southern state readmitted to the Union during Reconstruction?
20. What country is the largest producer of marijuana in the world?
FINAL Put these 4 events in order:
Survivor debuts on CBS (May 2000)
Jam Master J of RUN-DMC is shot and killed in New York (October 2002)
The Baltimore Ravens defeat the New York Giants in the Super Bowl (January 2001)
The Matrix is released (March 1999)
Now for some distractions:
ANSWERS:
A Different World
Los Angeles
Off the Wall
The Thrilla in Manilla
The Terminator
The Old Man and the Sea
Dhalsim
Ronald Reagan
Molson
Red Wings, Rangers, Bruins, Blackhawks, Canadiens, Maple Leafs
Larry Bird
Agnes
Hydra
License to Kill
Troposphere
Ecuador and Chile
Michigan Stadium (109k), Beaver Stadium (106k), Neyland Stadium (102.4k), Ohio Stadium (102.3k), Bryant-Denny (101.8k), Darrel K. Royal-Texas Memorial (101.6), L.A. Coliseum (93k), Sanford Stadium (92.7k), Tiger Stadium (92.5k), Rose Bowl (92.5k)
Jules Verne
Tennessee (July 24th, 1866)
Mexico
The Matrix is released (March 1999)
Survivor debuts (May 2000)
The Ravens defeat the Giants (January 2001)
Jam Master Jay is murdered (February 2002)