TRACKS TRIVIA Game Archive 2019
TRACKS TRIVIA Game Archive
Twenty-six games from 2019
Tracks Wednesday Amateur Trivia Society | February 2020
Table of Contents
January 2 | Bobby...... 1 January 9 | Keith ...... 9 January 16 | Bobby...... 17 January 23 | Brian ...... 25 January 30 | Molly ...... 33 February 6 | Shane ...... 41 February 20 | Grant ...... 49 February 27 | Nick ...... 57 March 20 | Jordan...... 65 April 10 | Kristina ...... 73 April 24 | Jacqui ...... 81 May 1 | Gian ...... 89 May 15 | Jordan ...... 97 May 22 | Jo ...... 105 June 5 | Paul ...... 113 June 12 | Gian ...... 121 June 26 | Brian ...... 129 July 10 | Bobby ...... 137 July 24 | Kristina ...... 145 August 21 | Alison...... 153 August 28 | Erin ...... 161 October 2 | Bobby...... 169 October 23 | Bobby...... 177 November 6 | Nick ...... 185 December 11 | Kayla ...... 193 December 18 | Kristina ...... 201
January 2 Bobby
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Round 1 Sports Page Classified Editorial TV Guide
Round 2 In "The News" Current Events This Justin For the Record
Round 3 Crosswords Horoscopes Comics Jumble
2 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 2 | Bobby Round 1
Category 1 – Sports page Questions about books on sports 1. "Open" is a 2009 autobiography about the career of what American athlete? 2. What Michael Lewis non-fiction book takes its title from a vulnerability faced by right-handed quarterbacks? 3. The film "Field of Dreams" is based on a novel about what real-life infamous baseball player? 4. What Laura Hilderbrand historical novel is based on the career of the winningest thoroughbred of the 1940s? 5. What Nick Hornby memoir tells the story of a fan's obsession with Arsenal Football Club and was adapted into a film starring Jimmy Fallon about the Boston Red Sox?
Category 2 – Classified Questions about top secret things 6. What commission was founded in 1963 to get to the bottom of the JFK Assassination? 7. What Hannah-Barbara character had a sidekick named Morocco Mole? 8. By what more common CIA code name is Groom Lake better known? 9. Ken Taylor was Canadian ambassador to what country in the fall of 1979? 10. "Valkeyrie" was the code name of the failed plan to assassinate what world leader?
Category 3 – Editorial questions about writing in English 11. In editing, what does the symbol known as a "pilcrow" indicate? 12. What 10-letter word can you type using only the first row of letters on a standard QWERTY keyboard? 13. According to Google's NGram algorithim, what one word makes up 5% of the written English language, including this question? 14. What font face, that sounds like a Disney princess, was designed to be metrically identical to the more-popular Helvetica? 15. What expedient system of writing has variations called Gregg, Teeline and Pittman?
Category 4 – TV Guide Questions about TV shows 16. What was the first television show to go off the air while at the top of the Nielsen ratings? 17. What actor replaced Michael J Fox as the male lead of "Spin City" at the end of it’s 4th season? 18. What character did Michael Emerson win an Emmy for playing during season 5 of "LOST"? 19. What beret-wearing character did Fred Berry play on “What’s Happening”, and play again on “What’s Happening Now”? 20. What former child actor went from playing Ricky Stratton on "Silver Spoons" to Detective Danny Sorenson on NYPD Blue? BONUS: The Answers to questions 16-20 have something in common. For one bonus point, what work of fiction is being referenced?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 3 Round 1 Answers January 2 | Bobby
1. ANDRE AGASSI 2. THE BLIND SIDE 3. SHOELESS JOE JACKSON 4. SEABISCUIT 5. FEVER PITCH 6. THE WARREN (COMMISSION) 7. SECRET SQUIRELL 8. AREA 51 9. IRAN 10. ADOLPH HITLER 11. PARAGRAGH 12. TYPEWRITER 13. THE 14. ARIAL 15. SHORTHAND 16. "I LOVE LUCY" 17. CHARLIE SHEEN 18. BENJAMIN LINUS 19. FRED “RERUN” STUBBS 20. RICKY SCHROEDER BONUS: PEANUTS
4 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 2 | Bobby Round 2
Category 1 - In "The News" All answers will contain the letters "T-H-E-N-E-W-S" 1. What hand tool has a moveable jaw that allows users to fasten or loosen different sized nuts and bolts? 2. What University, located just above Chicago, is home to the Wildcats? 3. What engineer invented the railway air brake before forming one of the largest AC electric companies in the 1880s? 4. What defunct manufacturer of rifles shares its name with the bar in "Shaun of the Dead"? 5. What 2000 supernatural thriller stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford as a New England couple working on their marriage?
Category 2 – Current Events Questions about ocean phenomenon 6. In what Mark Wahlberg film would you hear the name "Andrea Gail"? 7. The warm winter weather phenomenon, "el Niño", is named for what biblical character? 8. At 1720 feet, the highest tsunami wave on record happened off the coast of what Northern hemisphere country? 9. In what province would you find Burntcoat Head, the site of the world’s highest tides? 10. What island nation is the lowest country on Earth and is projected to be completely submerged by rising oceans in the next 30 years?
Category 3 – This Justin Questions about people named Justin 11. At 44, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau is the second youngest person to assume the office of Canadian Prime Minister; who is the youngest? 12. What HBO show stars Justin Theroux as a sheriff of a small town in a post-Rapture America? 13. Who did Justin Guarini lose to in the first season of "American Idol"? 14. In 2017 what Jamaican athlete lost the final race of his career to Justin Gatlin? 15. For what SONG was Justin Timberlake nominated for an Oscar in 2017?
Category 4 – For the Record Questions about popular record albums 16. What Bon Jovi album contains the hits “You Give Love a Bad Name”, “Livin’ on a Prayer”, and “Wanted Dead or Alive”? 17. With what album did U2 make history in 2006 when they won the Album of the Year Grammy for the second time? 18. What title track to David Bowie’s third album was famously covered by Nirvana during an episode of “MTV Unplugged”? 19. What Marvin Gaye concept album takes the point of view of a Vietnam veteran returning home to America? 20. What album became the third film soundtrack to win the Album of the Year Grammy and arguably the first bluegrass album to do the same? BONUS: The answers to questions 16-20 are 5 parts of a 6-part set. For TWO bonus points, give me a word or phrase that would complete the set.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 5 Round 2 Answers January 2 | Bobby
1. ADJUSTABLE/CRESCENT WRENCH 2. NORTHWESTERN 3. GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE 4. WINCHESTER 5. "WHAT LIES BENEATH" 6. "THE PERFECT STORM" 7. (BABY) JESUS 8. USA (Alaska) 9. NOVA SCOTIA 10. THE MALDIVES 11. JOE CLARK 12. THE LEFTOVERS 13. KELLY CLARKSON 14. USAIN BOLT (also beat by Christian Coleman) 15. "CAN'T STOP THE FEELING" (TROLLS) 16. SLIPPERY WHEN WET 17. HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB 18. THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD 19. WHAT’S GOIN ON 20. O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? BONUS: "WHY" (The 5 Ws and 1 H of Journalism)
6 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 2 | Bobby Round 3
Category 1 – Crosswords All answers contain the letter "x" (they're all also about movies) 1. What action series has films with subtitles "State of the Union" and "The Return of Xander Cage"? 2. What upcoming science-fiction film is rumoured to have the subtitle "The New Order"? 3. According to boxofficemojo.com, what production company is also the most successful film franchise, with a per film gross of 273 million? 4. What 1999 film stared Bruce Willis, Tony Collette and Haley Joel Osment? 5. What Rapper appeared in the films "Belly", "Exit Wounds" and "Cradle 2 the Grave"
Category 2 – Horoscopes Questions about constellations 6. What sign of the Western Zodiac has an inanimate object as it's symbol? 7. If you’re in Australia, how many stars are in the Southern Cross? 10. What brightest star in the night sky inspired the name of Keanu Reeve’s band? 9. Also the nickname for a group Toronto law firms, by what nickname are the Pleiades known? 10. What South American Country's flag features 27 stars spread out across 9 constellations?
Category 3 – Comics Questions about comedians 11. What two stand-up specials did Eddie Murphy record in the 1980s? 12. What Vaughan Meader comedy record won the album of the year Grammy in May 1963, just 6 months before the assassination of JFK? 13. What stand up comedian played Joe Garrelli on NewsrRadio before going on to host Fear Factor? 14. Columbina, Arlecchino and Scaramouche are stock characters from what traditional performance form? 15. What stand up comedian made his feature film acting debut in 2007 as Barry B. Benson?
Category 4 – Jumble Confusing mix of random questions 16. According to Paul McCartney, what Beatles song takes its title from his chauffeur’s arduous work schedule? 17. In Scrabble, what is the shortest possible unmultiplied word that is worth more than 20 points? 18. What English king was deposed in 1199 by Henry Bolingbroke? 19. Sports Math: What would you get if you took Wayne Gretzky's number (Oilers), divided by Yao Ming's number (Rockets), and subtracted Joe DiMaggio’s number (Yankees)? 20. What Kurt Vonnegut Jr. novel has the alternate title “The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death”?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 7 Round 3 Answers January 2 | Bobby
1. TRIPLE X 2. STAR WARS EPISODE IX 3. PIXAR 4. THE SIXTH SENSE 5. DMX 6. LIBRA 7. 5 10. SIRIUS (DOGSTAR) 9. THE SEVEN SISTERS 10. BRAZIL 11. RAW and DELERIOUS 12. THE FIRST FAMILY 13. JOE ROGAN 14. COMEDIA DELLE ARTE 15. JERRY SEINFELD 16. EIGHT DAYS A WEEK 17. QUIZ 18. RICHARD II 19. 4 (99/11-5) 20. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
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January 9 Keith
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Round 1 Beer 2018 Gone but Hopefully not Forgotten Food 2018 Sport
Round 2 Historic People 2018 Movies Marvel On Jan 9… 2018 Entertainment
Round 3 The Moon Darts 2018 News Current Events (2019)
10 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 9 | Keith Round 1
Category 1 – Beer 1. Tennents 2. Brahma 3. Kronenbourg 1664 4. Peroni 5. Grolsch
Category 2 – 2018 Gone but Hope Fully not Forgotten 6. This American politician was the republican candidate in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama. 7. Alan Longmuir who died in July, was a founding member of which band? 8. He was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations 9. He became famous for playing character Mini-Me in the Austin Powers films? 10. Some of His roles included Lewis Medlock, Stroker Ace, and Oscar nominated role Jack Horner
Category 3 – Food 11. What is the main seasoning of Goulash, one of the national dishes of Hungary? 12. Amarelle, May Duke and Morello are all types of which fruit? 13. What is the most consumed drink in the world, Excluding water ? 14. A study in 2009 found which country ate an incredible 64.6 kg of beef per person, 20 kg more than people in the U.S.? 15. Wiener Schnitzel, a national dish of Austria, is what type of meat?
Category 4 – 2018 Sport 16. The final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup was played in July between which 2 nations? 17. Which country won the most medals in the 2018 Winter Olympics? 18. In 2018 this MVP became the first player to both throw and catch a touchdown pass in Super Bowl history 19. He was the 2018 masters Champion 20. He took the 2018 F1 Champion
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 11 Round 1 Answers January 9 | Keith
1. SCOTLAND 2. BRAZIL 3. 1664 FRANCE 4. ITALY 5. THE NETHERLANDS 6. JOHN MCCAIN 7. BAY CITY ROLLERS 8. KOFI ANNAN 9. VERNE TROYER 10. PAPRIKA 12. CHERRY 13. TEA 14. ARGENTINA 15. VEAL 16. FRANCE AND CROATIA 17. NORWAY 18. NICK FOLES 19. PATRICK REED 20. LEWIS HAMILTON
12 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 9 | Keith Round 2
Category 1 - Historic People 1. Who introduced Potatoes to Ireland 2. Who was the state of Virginia named after 3. What was the name given to the soldiers who protected Roman Emperors? 4. What Native American tribe did Geronimo belong to Chiricahua 5. Other than the current, who was the only divorced US President
Category 2 - 2018 Movies Marvel 6. ($622.7 Million) 7. ($734.2 Million) 8. ($852.9 Million) 9. ($1.3 Billion) 10. ($2 Billion)
Category 3 - On June 9… 11 .1941 – First flight of this iconic WW2 British Bomber Avro 12.1916 –This WW1battle concluded with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated 13. 1806 –This sailor received a state funeral and was interred in St Paul’s Cathedral 14. 2007 – Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs announced the release of what 15. 1944 – Born on this day, guitarist, producer, member of the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin
Category 4 - 2018 Entertainment 16. Who headlined the 2018 Superbowl halftime show? 17. Who took the Grammy for Record of the year? 18. What Movie won best film at the2018 Oscars? 19. Who was People Magazine’s Sexiest man alive 2018? 20. Who stepped down in 2018 as the Host of the upcoming Oscars?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 13 Round 2 Answers January 9 | Keith
1. SIR WALTER RALEIGH 2. QUEEN ELIZABETH 1ST 3. PRAETORIAN GUARD 4. APACHES 5. RONALD REGAN 6. ANT-MAN AND THE WASP 7. DEADPOOL 2 8. VENOM 9. BLACK PANTHER 10. AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR 11. LANCASTER. 12. THE BATTLE OF GALLIPOLI 13. ADMIRAL HORATIO LORD NELSON 14. IPHONE 15. JIMMY PAGE 16. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 17. BRUNO MARS 18. THE SHAPE OF WATER 19. IDRIS ELBA 20. KEVIN HART
14 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 9 | Keith Round 3
Category 1 - The Moon 1. What Year did the Last man leave the Moon? 2. What is larger Pluto or the Moon? 3. How many people have walked on the Moon? 4. Name the first and last Apollo Missions to Land on the Moon 5. What planet has the most Moons?
Category 2 - Darts 6. What is the lowest score that CANNOT be hit using one dart? 7. What score do you make with “shanghai” on 20? 8. What height is the center of the board from the floor on a properly mounted dart- board? 9. What is olde English name is given to the Throwing Line/ Toe Line? 10. Who beat world Champion Alan Evans in an exhibition match in 1977 exhibition Immediately Declaring himself dart champion of the world?
Category 3 - 2018 News 11. What was the name of the name of the Thai boy’s soccer team that got rescued from The flooded cave? 12. +-1 How many murders in the GTA in 2018? 13. Which Company had to pay a record antitrust fine in 2018 to the EU? 14. What California town was completely raised by a wildfire in 2018? 15. What was the name of name of the hurricane that hit Florida in October?
Category 4 - Current Events (2019) 16. Name the Canadian tennis Player who upset Venus Williams last week? 17. Sultan Mohammad V just abdicated as King of what Country? 18. Last week Westjet left 130 passengers stranded at What city’s airport? 19. Who is the new speaker of the House of Representatives? 20. Who is Jerry Dias and why has he recently been in the news?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 15 Round 3 Answers January 9 | Keith
1. 1972 2. MOON 3. 2 4. 11-17 5. JUPITER 6. 23 7. 120 8. 68 INCHES 9. OCHIE 10. MOHAMAD ALI 11. THE WILD BOARS 12. 96 13. GOOGLE 5 BILLION 14. PARADICE 15. MICHAEL 16. BIANCA ANDREESCU 17. MALAYSIA 18. CANCUN 19. NANCY PELOSI 20. UNIFOR PRESIDENT
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January 16 Bobby
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Round 1 “MAD” Sports, Illustrated Time People
Round 2 Middle Eastern Sitcoms Acronyms Time Again Mythology
Round 3 It’s Not TV It’s Not Delivery It’s Not a Tumor It’s a Trap
18 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 16 | Bobby Round 1
Category 1 – “MAD” All of the answers begin with the letters M-A-D 1. What pop star’s most recent studio album was 2015’s “Rebel Heart”? 2. What European capital city has a flag that features a bear climbing a strawberry tree? 3. What NFL colour commentator won a Superbowl ring as head coach of the Oakland Raiders in 1977? 4. What French cookie triggers a 3,000 page-long memory in Marcel Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time”? 5. The Ford sewing machinist strike of 1968 was dramatized in what 2010 film starring Sally Hawkins?
Category 2 – Sports, Illustrated Name the CITY that each image represents.
Category 3 – Time Questions about time pieces 11. What watch brand is the official timekeeper of the Olympics? 12. In what O Henry short story does a man sell his pocket watch to buy his wife a set of combs? 13. In 1970, the Hamilton Pulsar was billed as the first watch to feature what? 14. Commonly referred to as “Big Ben”, Clock Tower in London was officially renamed what in 2012? 15. “The Persistence of Memory” is a surrealist painting featuring melting clocks by what artist?
Category 4 – People Questions about celebrities from the 20th century 16. What Swedish-American film star retired after the commercial failure of “Two-Faced Woman”, preferring to “be let alone”? 17. What two-time Best Actor Oscar winner’s final film performance was in 2001’s “The Score”? 18. What star of “Rear Window” and “To Catch a Theif” met her future husband at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955? 19. According to a Frank and Ernest comic strip, who did everything Fred Astaire did but backwards and in heels? 20. What American actress and pin-up model appears in the title of a Stephen King novella about a prison escape? BONUS: There is a hidden theme in the last category. For 1 bonus point, what SONG connects answers 16-20.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 19 Round 1 Answers January 16 | Bobby
1. MADDONA 2. MADRID, SPAIN 3. JOHN MADDEN 4. MADELEINE 5. MADE IN DAGENHAM 6. TORONTO 7. HOUSTON 8. LA 9. CHICAGO 10. DETROIT 11. OMEGA 12. THE GIFT OF THE MAGI 13. DIGITAL DISPLAY 14. ELIZABETH TOWER 15. SALVADOR DALI 16. GRETA GARBO 17. MARLON BRANDO 18. GRACE KELLY 19. GINGER ROGERS 20. RITA HEYWORTH BONUS: VOGUE BY MADONNA
20 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 16 | Bobby Round 2
Category 1 – Middle Eastern Sitcoms I’ll describe the premise of a sitcom that replaces one of the title words with a Middle eastern county 1. Two lab mice do the same thing they do every night, try to take of a collection of over 30 Islands in the Arabian Gulf. 2. A teacher returns to his high school in Doha to teach a group of unruly students known as the Sweathogs. 3. Dick Van Patten stars as the father of a large family in the small oil rich country between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. 4. A Tel Aviv native discovers Karma and creates a list of all his past mistakes in order to make up for each one of them? 5. 4 Extra-terrestrials disguise themselves as humans to study what the people of Baghdad are like.
Category 2 – Acronyms Questions about acronyms 6. What 1994 agreement replaced the CUSFT Agreement? 7. BASE jumping is an acronym that describes what 4 structures? 8. What 90s fad is named after 3 fruit? 9. In aeronautics, what does VTOL stand for? 10. What sci-fi character is an acronym for “Heuristically Algorithmic Computer”?
Category 3 – Time Again I’ll give you two dates when the same thing happened, you tell me what that thing was. 11. What happened on August 6, 1945 and again on August 9, 1945, both over Japan? 12. What happened from February 13-28, 1988 and again from February 12-28, 2010; both in Canada? 13. What happened on March 15, 1865 and again on November 22, 1963; in and above the US? 14. What happened on April 20, 1989 and again on February 18, 1996; in Ottawa? 15. What happened on January 15, 1559 and again on June 2, 1953; both at Westminster Abbey?
Category 4 – Mythology Questions about mythology 16. Lacedaemon, Menelaus and Leonidas we all Spartan what? 17. In Greek myth, Jason and the Argonauts sough the hide of what golden animal? 18. What Walter Hill film about rival gangs in New York is based on the ancient Greek text “Anabasis”? 19. In Christian mythology, what are Principalities, Thrones and Seraphim? 20. According to Norse mythology, what natural phenomenon was said to be caused by Fenrir, the giant wolf trying to escape his enchanted chains? BONUS: For 2 bonus points, tell me what the answers to questions 16-20 have in common?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 21 Round 2 Answers January 16 | Bobby
1. PINKY AND THE BAHRAIN 2. WELCOME BACK QATAR 3. KUWAIT IS ENOUGH 4. MY NAME ISREAL 5. 3RD IRAQ FROM THE SUN 6. NAFTA 7. BUILDING, ANTENNAE, SPAN, EARTH 8. POGs; PASSIONFRUIT, ORANGE, GUAVA 9. VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING 11. ATOMIC BOMBS DROPPED 12. CANADA HOSTS THE WINTER OLYMPICS 13. JOHNSON BECOMES PRESIDENT 14. CANADIAN BILLS DISCONTINUED FOR COINS 15. QUEEN ELIZABETH CORONATED 16. KINGS 17. RAM 18. THE WARRIORS 19. ANGELS 20. EARTHQUAKES BONUS: CALIFORNIA SPORTS TEAMS
22 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 16 | Bobby Round 3
Category 1 - It’s not TV Questions about HBO 1. In what city does "the Wire" primarily take place? 2. What song played over the divisive final scene of "The Sopranos"? 3. Along with "Sex and the City", what is the only HBO series to get a theatrical film? 4. What sitcom featured songs like “The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room”, and “Hipphopapotamous vs the Rhymenocerours”? 5. What Beach Boys song was used in the opening credits of “Big Love”?
Category 2 – It’s Not Delivery Questions about fast food 6. What fast food treat is known as a "Cajita Feliz" in Mexico? 7. At what regional California chain might you order a "Quad Quad, Animal Style" off the not-so-secret- menu? 8. What large Filipino fast food chain, with a happy insect as a mascot, opened its first Canadian location in Winnipeg in 2016? 9. What American pizza chain must use the slogan "Hot 'n' Ready" in Canada due to a copy right claim? 10. What tire company puts out an annual food guide that rates restaurants out of 3 stars?
Category 3 – It’s Not a Tumour Questions about medical maladies 11. Winston Churchill and Kurt Cobain are both said to have suffered from what condition that involves a decreased ability to regulate sleep cycles? 12. What disease, most common in aging populations, is characterized by a weakening of the bones? 13. By what colourful name is conjunctivitis better known by? 14. What anti-malarial medication puts the "tonic" in "tonic water"? 15. Gout is caused by high blood concentrations of C5-H4-N4-O3, which is better known as WHAT acid?
Category 4 – It’s a Trap! Questions about famous military and political blunders 16. What was the name of the Norse-sounding failed operation to assassinate Adolph Hitler in 1944? 17. At what battle was Napoleon defeated by the Duke of Wellington in 1815? 18. What Persian king were the Spartans taking a stand against at the Battle of Thermopylae? 19. In what WWI city and battle was poison gas first used in war? 20. The Battle of Ulundi was a decisive British victory over what kingdom? BONUS: The answers for questions 1-20, in order, are missing something. For 3 bonus points, what 6-LETTER WORD is missing from the last Round?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 23 Round 3 Answers January 16 | Bobby
1. BALTIMORE 2. "DON’T STOP BELIEVIN'" by Journey 3. "ENTOURAGE" 4. "FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS" 5. "GOD ONLY KNOWS" 6. HAPPY MEAL 7. IN-N-OUT BURGER 8. JOLIBEE 9. LITTLE CAESARS 10. MICHELLIN 11. NARCOLEPSY 12. OSTEOPEROSIS 13. PINK EYE 14. QUININE 15. URIC 16. VALKYRIE 17. WATERLOO 18. XERXES I 19. YPRES (the Second Battle) 20. ZULU BONUS: TRACKS (There are 20 answers in the last Round and all start with a different letter. The six letters that are not represented, in order, are A, C, K, R, S, T---or T-R- A-C-K-S).
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January 23 Brian
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Round 1 5x5 Jersey Numbers Roman Numerals A Number of Movies
Round 2 Ten Year Challenge (2009) Kiki Challenge (Cars) Ice Bucket Challenge (Frozen Places) Tide Pod Challenge (Stuff to Eat)
Round 3 Sound of Music Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous
26 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 23 | Brian Round 1
Category 1 – 5x5 1. A Cigar \ Walk Heavily 2. A marsupial from Tasmania \ Get more narrow at the end 3. Narcotic made from Poppies \ Deliver an Opinion 4. German for Quantity or Amount? \ Dig out Roughly 5. To Groom? \ The office or residence of a Chinese diplomat
Category 2 – Jersey Numbers 6. Name a professional athlete other than Gretzky that wore 99? 7. What number did Pele and Maradona wear? 8. OJ Simpson, Jim Brown and Magic Johnson all wore? 9. Babe Ruth and Russel Wilson and Dale Earnhardt all wore this number? 10. Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw, Roberto Alomar all wore this number?
Category 3 – Roman Numerals 11. What is the year’s Super Bowl? 12. When is the number 4 written IIII? 13. How do you mark Thousands in Roman Numerals? 14. How do you mark Fractions? . 15. What is the Roman Numeral for Zero?
Category 4 – A Number of Movies (plus bonus connection) 16. The lead character in this movie is an up nd coming artist in Detroit named B- Rabbit? 17. This 1993 movie about a Con Man was named after the theory that we are only a few steps removed from anyone or anything? 18. In this Movie, Detectives William Somerset and David Mills try to track down a serial Killer? 19. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore star in this Romantic comedy we needs to be forgotten? 20. In this 1987 movie, Tom Selleck, Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg are Bachelors whose lives get turned upside-down when they receive an unexpected package on their Doorstep?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 27 Round 1 Answers January 23 | Brian
1. STOGY \ STOMP 2. TAPOA \ TAPER 3. OPIUM \ OPINE 4. MENGE \ GOUGE 5. PREEN \ YAMEN 6. WARREN SAPP, MANNY RAMIREZ, JJ WATT (15 PEOPLE TOTAL) 7. 10 8. 32 9. 3 10. 12 11. LIII 12. ADDING AND SUBTRACTING 13. DASH ABOVE THE NUMBER 14. (DOT) AND S FOR HALF 15. THERE ISN’T ONE OR NULL (NONE) 16. 8 MILE 17. 6 DEGREES OF SEPERATION 18. SEVEN 19. 50 FIRST DATES 20. 3 MEN AND A BABY? BONUS : JENNY 8675309
28 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 23 | Brian Round 2
Category 1 – 2009 - Ten Year Challenge 1. This historic event took place on January 20th 2009? 2. Justin Timberlake replaced this artist after she abruptly cancelled her performance? 3. The first version of this popular game was released in May on 2009? 4. January 3rd 2009 the first Block of what was digitally created? 5. In July of 2009, the 6th instalment of the Harry Potter films was released? What was its Title?
Category 2 – Kiki Challenge (cars) 6. Prius 7. Sonata 8. Fusion 9. LaCrosse 10. Rogue
Category 3 – Ice Bucket Challenge – Frozen Places 11. Dome Fiji, Vostok Station, Amunsen-Scott, and Dome Argus are all research stations in Antarctica. Which one is at the South Pole? 12. Snag Settlement is officially recorded as North America’s coldest spot? Which State or Territory is it in? 13. Verkhoyansk is known for its brightly coloured buildings as well as it cold. What country is it in? 14. This US state, other than Alaska is considered the coldest? 15. A clothing line for warm clothes is named after this South American region?
Category 4 – Tide Pod Challenge – Stuff to eat (Bonus) 16. Everywhere else Tim Bits are called this? 17. This Sandwich is made with, corned beef, swiss cheese, sauerkraut, Russian dressing and seved on rye bread? 18. This drink leaves us with a moustache? 19. A fried vegetarian fritter from the Middle East? 20. This type of fish actually comes from several different types a flat fish?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 29 Round 2 Answers January 23 | Brian
1. BARRACK OBAMA INAUGURATION 2. RHIANNA 3. MINECRAFT 4. BITCOIN(BLOCK CHAIN CURRENCY) 5. THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE 6. TOYOTA 7. HYUNDAI 8. FORD 9. BUICK 10. NISSAN 11. AMUNSEN-SCOTT 12. YUKON 13. RUSSIA 14. NORTH DAKOTA 15. PATAGONIA 16. DONUT HOLES 17. REUBAN 18. MILK 19. FALAFEL 20. SOLE BONUS: DO-RE-MI-FA-SO-LA-TI-DO
30 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 23 | Brian Round 3
Category 1 – The Sound of Music
Category 2 - Miscellaneous 6. How many days did God take to crate earth? 7. What did Einstein win the Noble prize in physics for? 8. The first ever marathon was to commemorate the run of a Greek soldier from a battle at the town of marathon to what city? 9. In the development stage of D&D, this foursome of Ladies was the template for the Ideal party? 10. The Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen was a group of well know authors who met at this Tavern in London every Friday?
Category 3 - Miscellaneous 11. What book did John Lennon sign right before he was shot? 12. Goodbye is a contraction of what phrase? 13. What does the Beaufort scale measure? 14. In the1978 TV series the Hulk, what did the producers change Bruce Banners name to, because Bruce sounded too gay? 15. What is a Mogwai?
Category 4 - Miscellaneous 16. Who is Morgan Spurlock? 17. Astronomer, Dr. Edwin Powell ______created what? 18. In the early 1800s, After losing his eyes in an accident in his father’s workshop, this boy went on to invent what? 19. The Good Friday Agreement is between which 2 countries? 20. Backed by Donald Trump, this man has declared himself Interim president of Venezuela? 2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 31 Round 3 Answers January 23 | Brian
1. BLACK-EYED PEAS 2. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 3. DEAD KENNEDYS 4. ARCTIC MONKEYS 5. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 6. 6 7. LAW OF PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT 8. ATHENS 9. GOLDEN GIRLS 10. MERMAID TAVERN 11. CATCHER IN THE RYE 12. GOD BE WITH YOU 13. WIND 14. DAVID BANNER 15. GREMLIN 16. SUPERSIZE ME DOCUMENTARY 17. HUBBLE TELESCOPE 18. BRAILLE 19. IRELAND AND BRITAIN 20. GUIADO
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January 30 Molly
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Round 1 Numbered Bands Food ARound the World Cars On This Day January 30
Round 2 Literary Anagrams Digital World TV Occupations Solo Artists
Round 3 Sports Final Movie Lines Mythology Music (Mystery with Bonus)
34 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 30 | Molly Round 1
Category 1 - Numbered Bands 1. Bump Bump Bump (2002) 2. 3 A.M (1996) 3. The Hell Song (2002) 4. I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) (1965) 5. Changes (1998)
Category 2 - Food ARound the World 6. Name two synonyms for “a hot dog” that are derived from the names of European cities. Name the synonym and the city it’s from 7. What are the main ingredients in a traditional bowl of Pho? 8. What is the main difference between Nigiri and Shashimi? 9. This ring shaped pasta has the nickname “belly button” pasta and is stuffed with meat or cheese 10. Name the most purchased grocery store food in Canada
Category 3 - Cars 11. What was the first Japanese car to be produced in the USA 12. This car was named after a Native American chief 13. The Jensen FF was the first car to come equipped with what in 1966 14. What car sold more than 1 million units in 1965 setting a record that still stands today 15. What kind of car did Starsky and Hutch drive
Category 4 - On This Day January 30 16. The Beatles played their last public show on a rooftop in this day 1969, what was the final song the group ever played? 17. Four years after retiring from basketball this player came out of retirement to return to the NBA in 1996 18. This radio show premiered in Indiana on WNAP 93.1 FM in 1998 19. This person was assassinated in the garden of the Birla House on this day in 1948 20. This person in 1661 was ritually executed after having already been dead for two years
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 35 Round 1 Answers January 30 | Molly
1. B2K 2. MATCHBOX TWENTY 3. SUM 41 4. 4 TOPS 5. 2 PAC 6. FRANKFURTER (FRANKFURT) AND WEINER (WEIN IS GERMAN FOR VIENNA) 7. BROTH, RICE NOODLES, HERBS/VEGGIES, BEEF OR CHICKEN 8. NIGIRI IS RAW FISH OVER RICE WHILE SHASHIMI IS RAW FISH OR MEAT SERVED BY ITSELF. 9. TORTELLINI 10. KRAFT DINNER 11. HONDA ACCORD 12. PONTIAC 13. ANTILOCK BRAKES 14. CHEVY IMPALA 15. 1975 FORD GRAN TORINO 16. BACK 17. MAGIC JOHNSON 18. THE HOWARD STERN SHOW 19. GHANDI 20. OLIVER CROMWELL
36 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 30 | Molly Round 2
Category 1 - Literary Anagrams 1. Greet With Hushing 2. Eggs That Betray 3. Frothed Follies 4. I Had Lamented Hats 5. Yo Travel Ape
Category 2 - Digital World 6. What year was the first email sent (plus or minus 2) 7. Name the top 4 most visited websites globally 8. What photo recently surpassed Kylie Jenner with her baby as the most liked picture on Instagram with over 46 million likes 9. Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” broke a record for most streams in 1 week, what song does she sample in it? 10. What was Google named after, how did it get its name?
Category 3 - TV Occupations 11. Grace Adler (Will and Grace) 12. Gob Bluth ( Arrested Development) 13. Penny Hofstadter ( Big Bang Theory) 14. Al Bundy (Married with Children) 15. Danny Tanner (Full House)
Category 4 - Solo Artists 16. Dallas Green 17. Pharrell Williams 18. Billy Idol 19. Lauryn Hill 20. Morrissey
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 37 Round 2 Answers January 30 | Molly
1. WUTHERING HEIGHTS 2. THE GREAT GATSBY 3. LORD OF THE FLIES 4. THE HANDMAIDS TALE 5. EAT PRAY LOVE 6. 1971 7. GOOGLE, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK, BAIDU 8. WORLD RECORD EGG, PICTURE OF AN EGG 9. MY FAVOURITE THINGS FROM SOUND OF MUSIC 10. IT WAS A MISSPELL OF THE MATH TERM GOOGOL WHICH IS 10 TO THE POWER OF 100 OR 1 PLUS 100 ZEROS 11. INTERIOR DESIGNER 12. MAGICIAN 13. CHEESECAKE FACTORY 14. SHOE SALESMAN 15. MORNING SHOW HOST 16. ALEXISONFIRE 17. NERD 18. GENERATION X 19. THE FUGEES 20. THE SMITHS
38 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 January 30 | Molly Round 3
Category 1 - Sports 1. This pro athlete founded the brand Birdhouse name after their own nickname 2. This NHL player holds the record for the most known concussions to happen during their career 3. In inches, what is the diameter of a basketball hoop 4. What is the only country to have played in every world cup 5. The did the NCAA ban from 1967 to 1976
Category 2 - Final Movie Lines 6. “Alright Mr Demille, I’m ready for my close up” 7. “You met me at a very strange time in my life” 8. “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist. And like that he’s gone” 9. “So Long Partner” 10. “And it case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight”
Category 3 - Mythology 11. If you cut off this mythological creatures head, two more will grow back in it’s place 12. In Norse mythology what is the name of the heavenly home of the gods? 13. According to Norse legend what animals pulled Thors chariot across the sky? 14. In Egyptian mythology the god Horus was often depicted with the head of which creature? 15. Who is the Greek messenger of the gods?
Category 4 - Music (Mystery with Bonus) 16. This 1983 smash hit was inspired by a 1964 Mercury Montclair Maurader and was the artists first #1 hit 17. What was the name of Frank Ocean’s debut studio album released in 2012 18. This “Ocean Avenue” band stood out for including a violin player as a regular touring band member, often including violin solos in their songs 19. This singer turned reverend is often referred to as “The Last of the Great soul Singers” 20. This song by The Who was covered by Limp Bizkit in 2003 giving them their most popular song to date
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 39 Round 3 Answers January 30 | Molly
1. TONY HAWK 2. ERIC LINDROS 3. 18 INCHES 4. BRAZIL 5. SLAM DUNKING 6. SUNSET BOULEVARD 7. FIGHT CLUB 8. THE USUAL SUSPECTS 9. TOY STORY 3 10. THE TRUMAN SHOW 11. HYDRA 12. ASGARD 13. GOATS 14. FALCON 15. HERMES 16. LITTLE RED CORVETTE 17. CHANNEL ORANGE 18. YELLOWCARD 19. AL GREEN 20. BEHIND BLUE EYES
40 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
February 6 Shane
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Round 1 Double Down On This Day Punny Girls Chinese New Year
Round 2 Big Mac Modified Musicals Mel Brooks Movies Capitals Flags
Round 3 Telephone Songs The Mongols Baseball Movies Lost Countries
42 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 February 6 | Shane Round 1
Category 1 – Double Down Answers in this category will have the same word or sound doubled. So if the question is Yogi Bear's best friend, the answer would be “Boo Boo”. 1. A type of drum, found in most drum kits 2. To pour scorn or disdain on someone or something 3. A tropical disease caused by a vitamin B1 deficiency 4. This fruit, which ranges from Texas all the way to southern Ontario, used to be an important part of the diet of Native Americans and European settlers, but is now very rarely seen. 5. The main character of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita.
Category 2 – On this day 6. You know the rules and so do I, so tell me, what singer was born on this day in 1966 7. On this day in 1778, the United States was recognized by this nation, and signed its first treaty 8. This Jersey-born crooner made his debut on "Your Hit Parade" on this day in 1943 9. On this day in 1748, Adam Weishaupt, founder of this secret organization, was born 10. On this day, 267 years apart (1685 and 1952), King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland, and King George VI of the United Kingdom, died. What two monarchs succeeded them?
Category 3 – Punny Girls The answer for each question here will be a girl's name. 11. She lives on a back street 12. She can be found at the casino 13. She won't let anyone find her 14. She's an avid reader 15. She brings things from one place to another
Category 4 – Chinese New Year 16. We've just entered the new year according to the traditional Chinese calendar. What is this year's Chinese zodiac sign? 17. What colour is most associated with Chinese New Year? 18. Gong xi fa cai or gong hey fat choy is a common Chinese new year greeting. What general sentiment is it expressing? 19. Chinese New Year falls on what day, astronomically? 20. You hopefully have one animal of the Chinese zodiac from question one. There are 11 more. What are they? One point if you get nine of them. Three for all 12. And don't write down more than 12 animals or a heavy penalty for you.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 43 Round 1 Answers February 6 | Shane
1. TOM TOM 2. POOH POOH 3. BERIBERI 4. PAWPAW 5. HUMBERT HUMBERT 6. RICK ASTLEY 7. FRANCE 8. FRANK SINATRA 9. BAVARIAN ILLUMINATI 10. JAMES II (AND VII OF SCOTLAND), AND ELIZABETH II 11. ALLIE 12. BETTY 13. HEIDI 14. PAIGE 15. CARRIE 16. PIG 17. RED 18. INCREASED WEALTH (MAY YOU ATTAIN GREATER WEALTH) 19. THE FIRST NEW MOON OF THE YEAR 20. RAT, OX, TIGER, RABBIT, DRAGON, SNAKE, HORSE, SHEEP, MONKEY, ROOSTER, DOG, PIG
44 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 February 6 | Shane Round 2
Category 1 – Big Mac Answers will contain Mc or Mac. 1. Denali was formerly named this 2. This jack of all trades worked for the Phoenix Foundation in the 1980s 3. This man lost to Richard Nixon in the 1972 US Presidential Election 4. Name of the teacher who died in the Challenger disaster 5. Unless you want a scenic drive through Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin (or Ontario), to get between Michigan's Lower and Upper Peninsulas you must take this bridge
Category 2 – Modified Musicals The answer for each question in this category will be based on a musical. For example, if the question is “Two teen gangs fight over playground equipment”, the answer would be “West Slide Story”. 6. Santa's Little Helper sings a sweet song about a little white flower 7. The favourite of twelve sons has a vivid dream about playing Sega's sixth-generation video game console 8. A bunch of puppets play a murder mystery game on a far away street 9. A Greek water monster and her friends take a fabulous trip on a purple bus 10. Actress in this musical climbs up into the title
Category 3 – Mel Brooks Movies 11. What Mel Brooks movie contains the line “Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb” 12. Which film features Springtime for Hitler? 13. What Mel Brooks movie is based on a classic 1928 Russian novel? 14. Patrick Stewart shows up at the end of this Brooks film 15. At the end of Blazing Saddles, the bad guy, Hedley LaMarr, buys a ticket for a Mel Brooks movie. What movie does he buy a ticket for?
Category 4 – Capital Flags You've been given five national flags and five capital cities. Please match each city to the flag of the country it is the capital of.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 45 Round 2 Answers February 6 | Shane
1. MOUNT MCKINLEY 2. ANGUS MACGYVER 3. GEORGE MCGOVERN 4. CHRISTA MCAULIFFE 5. MACKINAC BRIDGE 6. THE HOUND OF MUSIC 7. JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCAST 8. AVENUE CLUE 9. SCYLLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT 10. MIDLER ON THE ROOF 11. SPACEBALLS 12. THE PRODUCERS 13. THE TWELVE CHAIRS 14. ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS 15. BLAZING SADDLES 16. A - MINSK 17. B - SAN JOSE 18. C - TBILISI 19. D - ASMARA 20. E - MONROVIA
46 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 February 6 | Shane Round 3
Category 1 – Telephone Songs I'll give you a line from a song about telephone, you tell me the song. 1. “You called me up from a payphone” 2. “When I call you up your line's engaged” 3. “Call me anytime” 4. “I can hear you singing in the wire, I can hear you through the whine” 5. “Operator help me please get through to my baby overseas”
Category 2 – The Mongols 6. About a third of Mongolia is desert. What is the name of the desert? 7. What is the capital of Mongolia? 8. Who wrote the famous poem Kubla Khan? 9. Twice Kublai Khan tried to invade Japan but was unsuccessful for this reason 10. Kumis is an alcoholic drink commonly drunk by Mongols and other steppe peoples. What is its main ingredient?
Category 3 – Baseball Movies 11. Charlie Sheen plays a ex-con who pitches for the Cleveland Indians in this movie. 12. Field of Dreams primarily takes place in what US state? 13. In A League of their Own, what city did the Peaches play for? 14. Jonah Hill played the role of assistant general manager of what baseball team? 15. The line “Say it ain't so, Joe. Say it ain't so.” comes from what movie?
Category 4 – Lost Countries Not asked due to technical difficulties BONUS: The Toronto Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup in 1967. What team did they beat?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 47 Round 3 Answers February 6 | Shane
1. LEATHER JACKET (ARKELLS) 2. YOU WON'T SEE ME (BEATLES) 3. CALL ME (BLONDIE) 4. WICHITA LINEMAN (GLEN CAMPBELL) 5. TELEPHONE SONG (STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN) 6. GOBI DESERT 7. ULAANBATAAR 8. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 9. BOTH TIMES TYPHOONS DESTROYED HIS FLEET 10. MARE'S MILK 11. MAJOR LEAGUE 12. IOWA 13. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 14. OAKLAND ATHLETICS 15. EIGHT MEN OUT BONUS: MONTREAL CANADIENS
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February 20 Grant
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Round 1 Ores Car Name Suffixes Grammys Nonsense
Round 2 News Currents Nonsense Trivia Music Trivia The Language of Love
Round 3 Oscars More Oscars Sports Firsts Nonsense
50 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 February 20 | Grant Round 1
Category 1 – Ores 1. From which ore is Aluminum extracted. 2. what colour typically are ores containing copper. 3. which metal is extracted from Magnesite. 4. This metal, extracted from Calaverite or Silvenite, has the 3rd best electrical conductivity, also used for jewelry. 5. This metal, obtained from Cinnabar, can be solidified by cooling it to at least -39 degrees C.
Category 2 – Car name suffixes 6. GT 7. BMW S drive and X drive 8. Dodge R/T 9. Chevrolet Camero SS 10. RS
Category 3 – Grammys (name the artist) 11. Album - Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino 12. Song - This is America 13. Album - Sweetner 14. Album - H.E.R. 15. The best song written for visual media was which song from a star is born.
Category 4 – Nonsense 16. What kind of animal is the firefly? 17. Which country do kiwi fruit originate from? 18. In which country are Panama hats made? 19. How many months have 28 days? 20. What kind of animal is the horned toad?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 51 Round 1 Answers February 20 | Grant
1. BAUXITE 2. GREEN 3. MAGNESIUM 4. GOLD 5. MERCURY 6. GRAN TOURISMO 7. 2 WHEEL / 4 WHEEL 8. ROAD AND TRACK 9. SUPER SPORT 10. RALLY SPORT 11. ARCTIC MONKEYS BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM 12. CHILDISH GAMBINO SONG OF THE YEAR 13. ARIANA GRANDE - BEST POP VOCAL 14. H.E.R BEST R AND B 15. SHALLOW 16. BEETLE 17. CHINA 18. ECUADOR 19.12 20. LIZARD
52 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 February 20 | Grant Round 2
Category 1 – News Currents 1. Maria Navrailova said its insane and its cheating. To what is she referring. 2. WHO has declared vaccine hesitancy to be one of the top ten health threats in the world. 3. The PMs Principal Secretary resigned at the weekend. What is his name. 4. which city was fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in when he died on yesterday. 5. This shoe store will close all stores in Canada.Bonus if you know the number of stores.
Category 2 – Nonsense Trivia 6. What kind of animal is a prairie dog?. 7. Where did Spanish flu originate?. 8. In which month does Russia celebrate the October Revolution?. 9. Why type of musical instrument is the English horn?. 10. What nationality was Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt?.
Category 3 – Music Trivia 11. If I go crazy than will you still call me superman is a lyric from the 2000song Kryptonite by this band. 12. From the album Minutes to midnight what ive done is a song by which band. 13. From the album Mty December Never again is a song by which female artist. 14. Complete the lyric from the who's "wont get fooled againI tip my hat to the new blank. 15. we're just 2 lost souls swimming in a fish bowl is a lyric from which 1975 song.
Category 4 – The Language of Love Translate these French phrases to English 16. Tu es a tomber . 17. Je taime. 18. Tu as des preservatifs? . 19. Fais-moi l'amour . 20. Restons bons amis . Bonus: Who had a hit with the song Je t'aime in 1969 Je t'aime… moi non plus" I love you, neither do I.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 53 Round 2 Answers February 20 | Grant
1. TRANSGENDER IN SPORTS 2. WHO 3. GERALD BUTTS 4. PARIS 5. PAYLESS SHOESOURCE 248 6. RODENT 7. USA 8. NOVEMBER 9. LONG OBOE 10. GREEK 11. 3 DOORS DOWN 12. LINKIN PARK 13. KELLY CLARKSON 14. CONSTITUTION 15. WISH YOU WERE HERE BY PINK FLOYD 16. YOU'RE HOT 17. I LOVE YOU 18. DO YOU HAVE CONDOMS 19. MAKE LOVE TO ME 20. LET'S JUST BE FRIENDS BONUS: JANE BIRKIN AND SERGE GAINSBOROUGH
54 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 February 20 | Grant Round 3
Category 1 - Oscars 1. 2 movies each have 10 nominations, name one. 2. Correctly write the title of the movie, 3. Christian Bale is nominated best actor for his role in which Best Picture nominated movie. 4. How many Oscar ceremonies have there been up until today. 5. Kevin Hart stepped down from hosting the show for what reason.
Category 2 – More Oscars 6. Oh I wish I were an blank blank blank that is what id truly like to be. 7. This pianist and composer was born in Montreal and died in Mississauga aged 82. 8. Oscar Fiallo was a fashion designer famous for his ready to wear collections. What is he better known as? 9. This TV Oscar says things like ' well forget it, feather face' has a pet worm named Slimey 10. This Oscar founded Golden Boy Promotions, a combat sport promotional firm. Known as the golden boy of boxing,
Category 3 – Sports Firsts 11. This high jumper pioneered the technique called the Flop. 12. Which nations team became the first to retain the FIFA World Cup. 13. One year before she defeated Bobby Riggs in the famous tennis Battle of the Sexes, she became SI's Sportsperson of the year. 14. Sir Barton was the first to achieve this triple. 15. In 1947, he became the first person of colour in the major leagues.
Category 4 - Nonsense 16. In which U.Sstate was Tennessee Williams born? 17. What color are aircraft black boxes? 18. What kind of animal is the jackrabbit? 19. What is the main ingredient of Bombay Duck? 20. What do honey bees collect?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 55 Round 3 Answers February 20 | Grant
1. THE FAVORITE OR ROMA 2. BLACKKKLANSMAN. 3. VICE 4. 90THIS YEARS WILL BE THE 91ST 5. ASKED TO APPOLOGISE FOR HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS AND HE REFUSED 6. OSCAR MEYER 7. OSCAR PETERSEN 8. OSCAR DE LA RENTA 9. OSCAR THE GROUCH 10. OSCAR DE LA HOYA 11. FOSBURY 12. ITALYTHEY ACTUALLY HELD IT FROM 1934 TO 1950 DUE TO WWII 13. BILLIE JEAN KING 14. TRIPLE CROWN 15. JACKIE ROBINSON 16. MISSISSIPPI 17. BRIGHT ORANGE 18. HARE 19. FISH 20. NECTAR (OR POLLEN)
56 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
February 27 Nick
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Round 1 Adult Drinks Sports Real or Fictional Famous Families Provincial License Plate Slogans
Round 2 Creatures & Monsters Cartoon Catch Phrases Great Religions Current Events
Round 3 Ships Musical Duet Car Origins Video Games
58 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 February 27 | Nick Round 1
Category 1 – Adult Drinks 1. Vodka, Galliano and Orange Juice 2. Vodka, Gin, Rum, Triple Sec, tequila, sweet and sour and coke, location 3. Coffee Liqueur, Irish Cream, Grand Marnier, named after an airplane 4. Vodka or Gin and Vermouth, a surname 5. Scotch Whiskey and Drambuie, building tool
Category 2 – Sports 6. Which two boxers participated in the rumble in the jungle in 1974? 7. On a dart board what number is diagonally opposite the 19? 8. BBBF is the order for the swimming medley, what do they stand for? 9. Which African nation was the first to qualify for the world cup in 1934? 10. How many minutes can a golfer search for a lost ball?
Category 3 – Real or Fictional Famous Families 11. Gomez, Moritica and Wednesday? 12. Henry, Jane, Peter and Bridgett? 13. George, George, Barbara and Jeb? 14. Lisa, Bart, Maggie, Marge? 15. Kim, Kourtney and Chloe?
Category 4 – Provincial License Plate Slogans 16. Friendly….. 17. Canada’s Ocean Play GRound 18. Land of the Living Skies 19. Beautiful 20. Wild Rose Country
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 59 Round 1 Answers February 27 | Nick
1. HARVEY WALLBANGER 2. LONG ISLAND ICED TEA 3. B-52 4. GIBSON 5. RUSTY NAIL 6. ALI AND FOREMAM 7. 1 8. BACKSTROKE, BREASTSTROKE, FREESTYLE 9. EGYPT 10. 5 11. ADDAMS 12. FONDA 13. BUSH 14. SIMPSON 15. KARDASHIAN
16. MANITOBA 17. NOVA SCOTIA 18. SASKATCHEWAN 19. BRITISH COLUMBIA 20. ALBERTA
60 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 February 27 | Nick Round 2
Category 1 – Creatures & Monsters 1. This is the term for women that were said to lure sailors to their death? 2. A Lycanthrope is also known as what mythical creature? 3. This is the term for the paranormal double that we are all said to have? 4. The wail of this mythical creature is said to signal your impending death? 5. What material is the weakness of superman?
Category 2 – Cartoon Catch Phrases 6. What cartoon character has the catch phrase “hi diddly Doody”? 7. What cartoon Character says “ Andale Andale Ariba Ariba”? 8. Who said the phrase “ I should have taken a left at Albuquerque”? 9. “Lemme at them, ill splat em!” 10. I yam what I yam
Category 3 – Great Religions 11. D C and B are the first letters of what three great Chinese Religions? 12. The dead seas scrolls contain the original text of what Jewish scripts? 13. The religious head gear of this modern day religion involve wearing a colander? 14. What is the name of the ancient religion practiced by the Celtic people that was virtually wiped out by Christianity? 15. The pentagram Symbol is associated with naturist base religion?
Category 4 – Current Events 16. Who testified to the Us Senate today? 17. Pence and Guido have agreed to tighten the noose on who? 18. Toronto is investigating a response to billboards that have popped up in Toronto against what? 19. Canadian Jody Wilson-Raybould is in the news in relation to the prosecution of what Canadian company? 20. What vehicle is Premier ford under fire for supping up, which the NDP calls a supped up man cave?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 61 Round 2 Answers February 27 | Nick
1. SIRENS 2. WEREWOLF 3. DOPPELGANGER 4. BANSHEE 5. KRYPTONITE 6. NED FLANDERS 7. SPEEDY GONSALVES 8. BUGS BUNNY 9. SCRAPPY DOO 10. POPEYE 11. DAOISM, CONFUCIUS AND BUSHISM 12. TORAH 13. PASTAFARIANS 14. DRUIDISM 15. WICCA 16. MICHAEL COHEN 17. MADURO 18. VACCINATIONS 19. SNC LAVALIN 20. CUSTOM VAN
62 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 February 27 | Nick Round 3
Category 1 - Ships 1. Small British merchant vessel commanded by William Bligh and was mutinied in 1789. 2. The Mary Rose warship that sank in 1545 and was salvaged in 1982 belonged to who? 3. Former British minesweeper converted into a oceanographic research vessel for Jacques-Yves Cousteau. 4. Ship whose control was seized by the captives it transported. A US court case restored their freedom, was also the focus of a movie. 5. Ship that Transported Fathers from Plymouth England to Massachusetts in 1620.
Category 2 – Musical Duets 6. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me GM and EJ 7. Under Pressure DB & Q 8. Ill be missing you PD & FE 9. Endless Love DR and LR 10. Say Say Say PM and MJ
Category 3 – Car Origins 11. Aston Martin 12. Nissan 13. Porsche 14. Delorean 15. Smart
Category 4 – Video Games 16. Which character is Link from? 17. This fighting games characters are Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Johnny Cage? 18. One of the two cheapest properties on Monopoly? 19. How many pawns on one side of a chess board? 20. What is the highest value tile in scrabble?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 63 Round 3 Answers February 27 | Nick
1. HMS BOUNTY 2. HENRY VIII 3. CALYPSO 4. AMISTAD 5. MAYFLOWER 6. GEORGE MICHAEL AND ELTON JOHN 7. DAVID BOWIE AND QUEEN 8. PUFF DADDY AND FAITH EVANS 9. DIANA ROSS AND LIONEL RITCHIE 10. PAUL MCCARTNEY AND MICHAEL JACKSON 11. ENGLAND 12. JAPAN 13. GERMANY 14. UNITED STATES 15. GERMANY 16. LEGEND OF ZELDA 17. MORTAL COMBAT 18. BALTIC AND MEDITERANIAN 19. 8 20. Q AND Z
64 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
March 20 Jordan
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Round 1 The Second World War Movies Ladies First Guess the Year
Round 2 Combat Sports The Funny Pages The Actor in Common True Crime
Round 3 Space Fictional Locations Sports Winners and Losers Language
66 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 March 20 | Jordan Round 1
Category 1 - The Second World War 1. Named after an ancient Japanese province, this legendary battleship was the lead ship of her class marking her as the heaviest and most powerful battleship ever created? 2. This Desert Fox established himself mainly by leading Italian and German tank divisions in the North African campaign? 3. The Japanese foreign affairs minister signed the instrument of surrender on September 2, 1945 aboard a battleship named after this American state? 4. Who was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed and built the first nuclear bombs in the army project designated "The Manhattan Project"? 5. One of the largest and bloodiest battles in the history of warfare was fought over this Russian city situated on the Volga river. The USSR victory proved disastrous for the Third Reich?
Category 2 - Movies 6. Quentin Tarantino had his directorial debut with what film? 7. Which movie has the following tagline "There is no gene for the human spirit" 8. "After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill--the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe" 9. Movie tagline - "An adventure 65 million years in the making" 10. "But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life; I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?"
Category 3 - Ladies First 11. This director made history in 2009 for becoming the first female winner of the Best Director Oscar. Name the director and the film she won for. 12. Born in 1942, this soulful singer was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. 13. This scientist was the first female Nobel Prize winner in 1903. She won a second for Chemistry in 1911. 14. Who is the first woman and second artist overall, following Michael Jackson, to send five songs from a single album to No. 1 of the Billboard top 100? 15. In 1998 Julie Taymour became the first woman to win the Tony Award for her work directing this award- winning Broadway musical.
Category 4 - Guess the Year 16. The first YouTube video is uploaded. Angela Merkle becomes Germany’s first female chancellor. 17. Harry Potter is first published in the UK. China resumes control over Hong Kong after 156 years of British rule. 18. The worst nuclear disaster ever takes place in Chernobyl. America celebrates national holiday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day for the first time. 19. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastates Haiti. 33 Chilean miners are trapped 2000 feet underground for 69 days. 20. Germany launches Operation Barbarossa and invades the USSR. Roosevelt is sworn in for his third term as POTUS.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 67 Round 1 Answers March 20 | Jordan
1. YAMATO 2. ERWIN ROMMEL 3. USS MISSOURI 4. ROBERT J. OPPENHEIMER 5. STALINGRAD 6. RESEVOIR DOGS 7. GATTACA 8. THE MATRIX 9. JURASSIC PARK 10. TRAINSPOTTING 11. KATHRYN BIGELOW; THE HURT LOCKER 12. ARETHA FRANKLIN 13. MARIE CURIE 14. KATY PERRY 15. THE LION KING 16. 2005 17. 2997 18. 1986 19. 2010 20. 1941
68 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 March 20 | Jordan Round 2
Category 1 - Combat Sports 1. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs" as it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, and shins. 2. This hybrid military self-defence and fighting system was developed for the Israel Dense Forces. 3. This Japanese grappling-based martial art was created in 1882 and its name translates to "gentle way". 4. Tis family helped popularize Brazilian jiu-jitsu in North America by having one of its family members win the first ever UFC event. 5. This Korean martial art was developed in the 1940s and 50s is characterized by its emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping and spinning kicks.
Category 2 - The Funny Pages 6. Calvin and Hobbes was a daily comic strip that was syndicated from November 18,1985 to December 31, 1995. Who was its author? 7. This single-panel comic was created by Gary Larson and ran from 1980 to 1995? 8. Created by Charles Schulz, this comic strip ran from 1950 to 2000, spawning specials, movies, and musicals. 9. Following the life of Jeremy Duncan, a 16-year-old high school sophomore, this strip has been running since 1997 and runs in more than 1700 newspapers over 15 languages. 10. This strip is known for its satirical office humour about a white collar, micromanaged office featuring an engineer as the title character.
Category 3 - The Actor in Common 11. Dunkirk; The Revenant; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 12. Moulin Rouge; Beauty and the Beast; The Men Who Stare at Goats 13. Troy; Star Trek; Funny People 14. Lord of the Rings; Kingdom of Heaven; Pirates of the Caribbean 15. Lucky Number Slevin; Pearl Harbour; The Black Dahlia BOUNUS: What film did the all of the previous 5 answers appear in?
Category 4 - True Crime 16. Stockholm Syndrome is a condition that was first discussed after this famous kidnapping victim helped her kidnappers rob a bank in Sweden. 17. What Beatles song inspired Charles Manson's delusions of a race war? 18. This serial killer sent letters sent to the local Bay Area press. These letters included four cryptograms. Of the four cryptograms sent, only one has been definitively solved. 19. This woman was tried and eventually acquitted of the axe murders of her father and stepmother. You might know her name from a school yard rhyme. 20. Author Ann Rule wrote a book called "The Stranger Beside Me" about her time working at a suicide hotline with which famous serial killer?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 69 Round 2 Answers March 20 | Jordan
1. MUAY THAI 2. KRAV MAGA 3. JUDO 4. THE GRACIES 5. TAEKWONDO 6. BILL WATERSON 7.THE FAR SIDE 8. PEANUTS 9. ZITS 10. DILBERT 11. TOM HARDY 12. EWAN MCGREGOR 13. ERIC BANA 14. ORLANDO BLOOM 15. JOSH HARTNETT BONUS: BLACK HAWK DOWN 16. PATTY HEARST 17. HELTER SKELTER 18. THE ZODIAC 19. LIZZIE BORDEN 20. TED BUNDY
70 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 March 20 | Jordan Round 3
Category 1 - Space 1. Apollo 11 featured 3 astronauts. Everyone known Neil Armstrong and most people know Buzz Aldrin, but who was the third member of the team? 2. What was the name of the shuttle that disintegrated upon re-entry due to a piece of foam striking the left wing on takeoff? 3. How many men have walked on the moon? 4. What kind of animal did the Soviets send into space inside Sputnik 2. BONUS: what was the animal's name? 5. What was the name of the first satellite launched by the American, not the Soviets?
Category 2 - Fictional Locations 6. You'll find the Red Keep in this capital city of the Seven Kingdoms in the "Game of Thrones" universe. 7. Eccentric FBI agent Dale Cooper tries to solve the murder of Laura Palmer is this fictional American small town. 8. Derry, Castlerock, and Jerusalem's Lot are all fictional settings in which famed author's novel? 9. What is the name of the prison for wizards guarded by the dementors in the Harry Potter franchise? 10. This area is settled exclusively by Hobbits and largely removed from the goings-on in the rest of Middle-earth.
Category 3 - Sports Winners and Losers 11. This team has won the most titles in the history of the NBA. 12. Who has the most Cricket World Cup titles? 13. Which two national teams are tied with 3 titles in the UEFA European Championship? 14. Only 2 teams in the NFL have suffered a perfect losing season, 0-16, name both. 15. Two teams are tied for the most Superbowl wins, name both.
Category 4 - Language 16. According to a 2018 poll, this city is the most linguistically diverse in the world with around 800 languages spoken within its borders. 17. Only one word in the English language ends in "MT", which word? 18. What is unique about a pangram sentence? 19. On average, how many words does the average adult English speaker know? 20. Goodbye is actually a shorter alteration of this original phrase?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 71 Round 3 Answers March 20 | Jordan
1. MICHAEL COLLINS 2. COLUMBIA 3. 12 4. DOG BONUS: LAIKA 5. EXPLORER 1 6. KING'S LANDING 7. TWIN PEAKS 8. STEPHEN KING 9. AZKABAN 10. THE SHIRE 11. BOSTON CELTICS 12. AUSTRALIA 13. GERMANY, SPAIN 14. BROWNS, LIONS 15. PATRIOTS AND STEELERS 16. NEW YORK CITY 17. DREAMT 18. USES EVERY LETTER OF A LANGUAGE IN ONE SENTENCE 19. 20,000-35,000 20. GOD BE WITH YOU
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April 10 Kristina
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Round 1 On This Day Music Avengers in Other Roles Current Events
Round 2 American Expansion Words/Phrases Turning 100 Famous Shipwrecks National Plants
Round 3 Movie Inspirations Colour Names Who Lives Here? Miscellaneous
74 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 April 10 | Kristina Round 1
Category 1 – On This Day 1. In 1858, this bell was recast after the original cracked during testing 2. In 1912, the Titanic set sail from this city 3. In 1925, this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel was published 4. In 1970, the Beatle announced he was leaving 5. In 1998, an agreement was signed in Northern Ireland
Category 2 – Music 6. Name one of the cover songs that Nirvana famously played on their MTV Unplugged episode 7. House of Pain’s name is a reference to this H.G. Wells Novel 8. This song by Gorillaz was named after this actor due to its similarity to the theme music of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 9. This Band’s name is an acronym for Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Inner Excellence 10. This song by Supertramp tells the story of the end of a relationship
Category 3 – Avengers In Other Roles 11. Steve Rogers and Carol Danvers in this 2010 action comedy movie 12. Thor and Peter Parker went after a whale in this 2015 movie 13. Black Widow and Doctor Strange appeared in this 2008 historical romantic drama as a married couple 14. Gamora and Thor went to space in this 2009 movie 15. Captain America and Black Widow stole SAT exams in this 2004 teen comedy
Category 4 – Current Events 16. Toronto Blue Jay Kevin Pillar was traded to which National League Team? 17. This singer is set to have her own Netflix special about her 2018 Coachella performance 18. Scientists unveiled today the first ever photograph of this 19. The slogan for personal vehicles in Ontario is reportedly going to be changed to what 20. New York City has declared a state of emergency due to this disease
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 75 Round 1 Answers April 10 | Kristina
1. BIG BEN 2. SOUTHAMPTON 3.THE GREAT GATSBY 4. PAUL MCCARTNEY 5. THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT OR BELFAST AGREEMENT 6. LAKE OF FIRE, MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD, WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT (THE PINES) 7. THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU 8. CLINT EASTWOOD 9. BEASTIE BOYS 10. GOODBYE STRANGER 11. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WOLD 12. IN THE HEART OF THE SEA 13. THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL 14. STAR TREK 15. THE PERFECT SCORE 16. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 17. BEYONCÉ 18. BLACK HOLE 19. A PLACE TO STAND 20. MEASLES
76 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 April 10 | Kristina Round 2
Category 1 – American Expansion 1. The widely held belief in the United States that its settlers were meant to expand across North America was called this 2. The Louisiana Purchase included land within which two present day Canadian provinces 3. Lewis and Clark ended their journey in this Pacific state 4. “This is a story of hard decisions that were neither heroic nor villainous” what does this quote refer to? 5. Promontory Point, the location where the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed is in which state
Category 2 – Words/Phrases Turning 100 6. Someone who is obsessive about comics, music, movies, or science fiction 7. A size, number, or amount large enough to produce a particular result 8. Involving a speed greater than that of sound 9. A combination or collection of various things, or to glue 10. A graph of a normal distribution, with a large Rounded peak tapering away at each end
Category 3 – Famous Shipwrecks 11. These two Franklin expedition ships were recently discovered in the Canadian Arctic 12. This ship with a name like an angry monarch was known for being the pirate Blackbeard’s ship 13. This ship, sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbour, is now a National Historic Landmark 14. Name Titanic’s two sister ships 15. The Edmund Fitzgerald sits at the bottom of which Great Lake?
Category 4 – National Plants 16. Laurel Branch 17. Tulip 18. Golden Wattle 19. Silver Fern 20. Cherry Blossom
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 77 Round 2 Answers April 10 | Kristina
1. MANIFEST DESTINY 2. ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN 3. OREGON 4. THE DONNER PARTY 5. UTAH 6. FANBOY 7. CRITICAL MASS 8. SUPERSONIC 9. COLLAGE 10. BELL CURVE 11. EREBUS AND TERROR 12. THE QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGE 13. USS ARIZONA 14. BRITANNIC AND OLYMPIC 15. SUPERIOR 16. GREECE 17. NETHERLANDS 18. AUSTRALIA 19. NEW ZEALAND 20. JAPAN
78 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 April 10 | Kristina Round 3
Category 1 – Movie Inspirations 1. Christopher Nolan came up with some of the ideas in this movie based on the work of M.C. Escher 2. Scenes from this Robert Zemeckis film set in Greenbow, Alabama took cues from Norman Rockwell paintings 3. This movie, directed by Rob Coen, was inspired by a magazine article titled “Racer X” 4. Stephen Spielberg played music so loudly it started to shake which inspired a scene for this movie 5. Parts of this Christopher Nolan movie was inspired by the book A Tale of Two Cities
Category 2 – Colour Names 6. British Racing 7. Vanta 8. International Klein 9. Razzmatazz 10. Feldgrau
Category 3 – Who Lives Here? 11. 740 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield 12. 1630 Revello Drive, Sunnydale 13. 1640 Riverside Drive, Hill Valley 14. 1882 Gerard Street, San Francisco 15. 9764 Jeopardy Lane, Chicago
Category 4 – Miscellaneous 16. What are the two baseball spring training leagues called 17. Washington DC was originally this shape before Virginia took back their portion 18. What are the north, south, east and west boundaries of Brampton 19. Whipped aquafaba, the water found in cans of beans, can be used as a replacement for what? 20. How many houses are left in the Game of Thrones TV Series?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 79 Round 3 Answers April 10 | Kristina
1. Inception 2. Forrest Gump 3. The Fast and the Furious 4. Jurassic Park 5. The Dark Knight Rises 6. Green 7. Black 8. Blue 9. Pink 10. Grey 11. The Flanders Family (Simpsons) 12. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 13. Doc Brown (Back to the Future) 14. The Tanner Family (Full House) 15. The Bundy Family (Married With Children) 16. Cactus and Grapefruit League 17. Diamond or Square 18. Mayfield Road, Highway 407, Highway 50 and Winston Churchill Boulevard 19. Egg Whites 20. 3 (Lannister, Targaryen, Stark)
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April 24 Jacqui
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Round 1 Rosetta Stone...Now, I speak Mandarin Take Me Out to the Ballet Girls in Song Mystery Men
Round 2 O, Canada! Chick Flicks Live From New York, it’s Saturday Night! Jeopardy Rip-Offs, Miscellaneous
Round 3 Shakespeare Science Miscellaneous Who You Gonna Call? Toronto Tourist Destinations
82 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 April 24 | Jacqui Round 1
Category 1 – Rosetta Stone...Now, I speak Mandarin 1. What is a billet-doux? 2. What is the literal meaning of Dolce Vita? 3. What is the main ingredient in Chana Bhatura? 4. The 2-word Latin expression which means the way you do something, especially one that is characteristic or well-established. 5. This holistic, non-profit, healthcare organization, was founded by Patch Adams, bless him!
Category 2 – Take Me Out to the Ballet 6. This Russian word, meaning big or grand, is included in one of their Ballet company names. 7. Who composed Sleeping Beauty and the Nutcracker? 8. This famed artist was known to use ballerinas for subjects in his paintings and sculptures. 9. This Russian defector danced his way out of Moscow, and into Montreal, in 1974. 10. The term which is used to describe a dancer bending at the knees and then straightening again.
Category 3 – Girls in Song 11. Leslie Gore followed up It’s My Party, with this song...pass the Kleenex! 12. This Rolling Stones song was the only ballad of theirs to have reached Number 1 in the US. 13. In 1997, the Danish-Norwegian group Aqua, released this song, name after a fictional girl. 14. In 1969, Neil Diamond first sang about Sweet Caroline. Who was his inspiration? 15. Tom Petty’s 1993 video of this song about this girl, eerily depicted a man dancing with a deceased bride, played by Kim Bassinger.
Category 4 – Mystery Men Name the man in the clue, and then solve for the mystery category 16. This musician had more than 70 of his painting displayed in the Walker Art Gallery, in his hometown of Liverpool. 17. This fella is the last surviving member of the Bee Gees. 18. United Artists was founded in 1919 by Mary Pickford, DW Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks, and this actor. 19. X-Men’s Magneto was played by this actor. 20. In 1954, this Prime Minister asked for a private meeting with this evangelical preacher. Name both men. Hint...British PM
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 83 Round 1 Answers April 24 | Jacqui
1. LOVE LETTER 2. THE SWEET LIFE 3. CHICKPEAS 4. MODUS OPERANDI 5. THE GESUNDHEIT INSTITUTE 6. THE BOLSHOI 7. TCHAIKOVSKY 8. EDGAR DEGAS 9. MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV 10. PLIE 11. JUDY’S TURN TO CRY 12. ANGIE 13. BARBIE GIRL 14. CAROLINE KENNEDY 15. MARY JANE’S LAST DANCE 16. PAUL MCCARTNEY 17. BARRY GIBB 18. CHARLIE CHAPLIN 19. IAN MCKELLEN 20. WINSTON CHURCHILL/BILLY GRAHAM BONUS: ALL WERE KNIGHTED
84 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 April 24 | Jacqui Round 2
Category 1 – O, Canada! 1. Jumbo, the elephant from Barnum and Bailey’s Circus, died on Sept 15, 1885, when he was struck by a locomotive in this Southwestern Ontario City. 2. The line “in all thy sons command,” was changed to these words, to reflect gender neutrality. 3. Canada is home to a world class science facility, SNOLAB. At 2 Km below the earth’s surface, it is the largest, clean room facility in the world. In which city is it located? 4. Tommy Douglas is recognized for establishing universal health care in Canada? Name his famous grandson. (Hint: He is pretty good ACTING sick) 5. What is Canada’s official phone number?
Category 2 – Chick Flicks 6. Who are Bridget Jones’ two male suitors in the first film, Bridget Jones’ Diary? 7. In Sex and the City, what is Miranda’s profession? 8. In The Notebook, James Garner and Ryan Gosling play the lead male role. Which two actors play the lead female role? 9. In Legally Blonde, Elle wins the case for her client accused of murder. How did she prove her client’s innocence? 10. In Bridesmaids, which actor played the bride?
Category 3 – Live From New York, it’s Saturday Night! 11. In 1975, which comedian hosted the very first episode of SNL? 12. Which two females co-anchored the news desk, before moving on to careers at 30 Rock and Parks and Recreation? 13. Which character, played by the late Chris Farley, was famous for uttering this phrase, “I live in a van down by the river!” BONUS what was the character’s profession? 14. What tragic event, involving one of the original SNL cast members, occurred on March 5, 1982, at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles? 15. Of all the movies spawned by SNL skits, this holds the honour of being the highest grossing one.
Category 4 – Jeopardy Rip-Offs, Miscellaneous 16. This archeologist opened the fabulous tomb of King Tut, in 1922. 17. This name for a gland, found only in men, is from the Greek for “standing before.” 18. A good source of vitamin C and some B vitamins, it’s German for “sour cabbage.” 19. This department store uses a five pointed star as the apostrophe in its name. 20. Bell co-invented what is said to be the first of these devices, testing it on Civil War vets, with bullets still in their bodies
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 85 Round 2 Answers April 24 | Jacqui
1. ST. THOMAS 2. IN ALL OF US COMMAND 3. SUDBURY (SUDBURY NEURTRINO OBSERVATORY) 4. KIEFER SUTHERLAND 5. 1-800-O-CANADA 6. DANIEL CLEAVER/HUGH GRANT/MARK DARCY/COLIN FIRTH 7. LAWYER 8. GENA ROWLANDS AND RACHEL MCADAMS 9. SHE WOULDN’T HAVE WASHED HER HAIR FOR 24 HOURS AFTER GETTING A PERM 10. MAYA RUDOLPH 11. GEORGE CARLIN 12. TINA FEY AND AMY POEHLER 13. MATT FOLEY BONUS: MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER 14. JOHN BELUSHI DIED 15. WAYNE’S WORLD 16. HOWARD CARTER 17. PROSTATE 18. SAUERKRAUT 19. MACY’S 20. METAL DETECTOR
86 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 April 24 | Jacqui Round 3
Category 1 - Shakespeare...To Answer Correctly, or Not Answer Correctly 1. Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing, were both translated into this made-up language. 2. In The Tempest, who is the half-human, half-monster, island inhabitant, forced to serve Prospero. Hint: An anagram of the spanish word CANIBAL. 3. 2006 film, She’s the Man, is based upon this Shakespearean play. Hint...brother and sister are mistaken for one another 4. Who killed MacBeth? 5. Who is the first character to die in Romeo and Juliet?
Category 2 – Science Miscellaneous 6. What is the rarest type of blood in humans? 7. What are ungulates? (Horses, rhinos, pigs, giraffes) 8. What’s the scientific name of a fertilized egg? 9. What is the study of materials and their behaviours at extremely low temperatures called? 10. What is the name of the substance which gives hair and nails their pigment?
Category 3 – Who You Gonna Call? 11. 416-967-1111 12. 1-800-888-8888 13. 416-439-0000 14. 905-453-3311 15. 1-800-468-5865 (Hint: the letter spell two words. 3-4)
Category 4 – Toronto Tourist Destinations 16. What are the two former names of the Sony Centre? For a bonus, what company is it being named after, as of September 15, 2019? 17. What opened on August 15, 1974? 18. Where you’d go to look at Karen Kain’s ballet slipper and Terry Fox’s running shoe. 19. Construction of the CN Tower began in February of 1973. How many months did it take to complete? Fun fact...1537 workers, worked 24 hours a day, 5 days a week! 20. Happy Birthday. This landmark just turned 107 on April 16th.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 87 Round 3 Answers April 24 | Jacqui
1. KLINGON 2. CALIBAN 3. TWELFTH NIGHT 4. MACDUFF 5. MERCUTIO 6. AB NEGATIVE 7. HOOFED ANIMALS 8. ZYGOTE 9. CRYOGENICS 10. MELANIN (MELANOCYTES) 11. PIZZA PIZZA 12. CELINO AND BARNES 13. PIZZA NOVA 14. PEEL REGIONAL POLICE 15. GOT JUNK 16. O’KEEFE AND HUMMINGBIRD, BONUS: MERIDIAN 17. THE TORONTO ZOO 18. BATA SHOE MUSEUM 19. 40 MONTHS 20. ROM
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May 1 Gian
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Round 1 Sports and the Arts Five (5) Syllable Words Basic Grammar: Parts of Speech On this Day (May 1)
Round 2 Featured Singers and their Back-up Bands Mystery Category Women Talk Show Hosts Second Largest Cities in European Countries
Round 3 Miscellaneous Songs from the Opening Credits of Films Dog Shit Literature: Series Character Creators
90 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 May 1 | Gian Round 1
Category 1 – Sports and the Arts 1. What sport was featured in a song recorded by Cheech and Chong for their 1974 Grammy award winning album “los cochins”? bonus (1) if you can name the title of the actual song. 2. What collegiate team sport is featured in the Marx brothers 1932 film “horse feathers”? 3. Which two sports stadiums in England and the united states simultaneously hosted “live aid” in 1985? 4. Between 1902 and 1953 French painter Raoul Dufy produced famous works by depicting outdoor sports scenes at Henley, basin and Longchamps. Name one of the three sports he portrayed in these paintings? 5. What two films made in 1981 and 2004 respectively, share the largest haul of academy awards for a sports-themed movie, each film winning a total of four Oscars?
Category 2 – Five (5) Syllable Words 6. This five-syllable word that begins and ends with a vowel, means to be disobedient to authority? 7. This five-syllable word means “a math operation” or “the act of producing offspring”? 8. This five-syllable word means “the act of putting off or deferring an action to a later time”? 9. Name a five-syllable, single word us states name? i.e. not North Carolina? 10. This five-syllable word that begins and ends with an “l”, means “idle or slow to act, especially in a dreamy and lethargic way”?
Category 3 – Basic Grammar: Parts of Speech 11. In the sentence “he closed the red door quickly” what part of speech is the word ‘red’? 12. In the sentence “he closed the red door quickly” what part of speech is the word ‘quickly’? 13. In the sentence “he closed the red door quickly” what part of speech is the word ‘he’? 14. Interjections – like ouch! or alas, - show excitement or emotion and usually appear at the beginning of a sentence. what two punctuation marks follow an interjection to set it apart from the rest of the sentence? 15. Fanboys is an acronym for the 7 conjunctions that link words, phrases and clauses in a sentence. All of these conjunctions are either 2 or 3 letters in length. name 4 of them.
Category 4 – On this Day (May 1) 16. Who was elected British prime minister on this day in 1997? 17. On this day in 2007 Christopher Hitchens published his controversial best seller that made the case against organized religion. what was the four-word title beginning with the word god ______? 18. If you were living and working in France, Italy, Germany, Ireland or Greece you would likely have today off from work. what holiday would you be experiencing if you lived in any of these five countries? 19. On this day in 1992, what event(s) caused the LA Dodgers to make a decision to postpone 3 MLB home games? 20. On this day in 1978, which actor had their breakthrough film release in Hong Kong with “snake in the eagle’s shadow”? 2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 91 Round 1 Answers May 1 | Gian
1. BASKETBALL - BASKETBALL JONES (1) 2. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 3. WEMBLEY STADIUM IN LONDON AND JFK STADIUM IN PHILADELPHIA 4. ROWING, SAILING AND HORSE RACING 5. CHARIOTS OF FIRE AND MILLION DOLLAR BABY 6. INSUBORDINATE (13) 7. MULTIPLICATION (14) 8. PROCRASTINATION (15) 9. CALIFORNIA, PENNSYLVANIA AND LOUISIANA 10. LACKADAISICAL (13) 11. ADJECTIVE 12. ADVERB 13. PRONOUN 14. A COMMA OR AN EXCLAMATION POINT 15. FOR/AND/NOR/BUT/OR/YET/SO 16. TONY BLAIR 17. GOD IS NOT GREAT 18. LABOUR DAY - WORKERS’ DAY – MAY DAY 19. THE RODNEY KING RIOTS 20. JACKIE CHAN
92 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 May 1 | Gian Round 2
Category 1 – Featured Singers and their Back up Bands 1. The Mothers of Invention 2. The Blackhearts 3. The Tantrums 4. Double Trouble 5. The Machine
Category 2 – Mystery Category Mystery bonus: What do all of the responses in this category have in common? 6. What is the missing word from the title of this 1998 Guy Ritchie film? “lock, ______and two smoking barrels”? 7. The Fibonacci sequence that is evident throughout nature, math, architecture and art is also known as the ______ratio? 8. Four of the five members of the legendary rock ensemble “The Band” share a nationality. what is their nationality? 9. What is the term for a commodity, article or service sold to another country? 10. Johnnie Walker scotch is renowned for its coloured labels – red label is its least expensive Scotch – what is the name of its 2nd least expensive scotch whiskey from the coloured label series?
Category 3 – Women Talk Show Hosts 11. Who provided the voice of dory in the Pixar animated film “finding nemo”? 12. What former, long time talk show host (1983 - 2002) is known for her signature bright red oversized eyeglasses which she wears at all public appearances? Hint: her show was called “Sally”. 13. What is the name of the sole subsidiary of the media and entertainment company founded by Oprah Winfrey? hint: it was also the name of her screen husband in “The Color Purple”? 14. Jenny Jones’ show was sued for $25 million by the family of a murder victim who was killed by another guest 3 days after a show that aired in 1995. Why did one of her guests kill another co- guest? 15. In 2006 Oprah commenced a “rap feud” by saying that she was opposed to rap lyrics that "marginalize women"". Name two of the three rappers with which she publicly feuded.
Category 4 – Second Largest Cities by Metropolitan Area in European Countries 16. The most populous city in Germany is Berlin. What is the second most populous? 17. The most populous city in Ireland is Dublin. What is the second most populous? 18. The most populous city in Poland is Warsaw. What is the second most populous? 19. The most populous city in the Netherlands is Amsterdam. What is the second most populous? 20. The most populous city in Belgium is Brussels. What is the second most populous?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 93 Round 2 Answers May 1 | Gian
1. FRANK ZAPPA – DON’T EAT THE YELLOW SNOW 2. JOAN JETT – I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL 3. FITZ – HANDCLAP AND MONEYGRABBER 4. STEVIE RAY VAUGHN – TEXAS FLOOD 5. FLORENCE – THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER 6. STOCK 7. GOLDEN 8. CANADIAN 9. EXPORT 10. BLACK LABEL; BONUS: BRANDS OF CANADIAN BEER (1) BRANDS OF MOLSON BEER (2) 11. ELLEN DEGENERES 12. SALLY JESSY RAPHAEL 13. HARPO 14. HE RESENTED THAT HIS MALE CO-GUEST REVEALED A “SECRET SAME SEX CRUSH” ON HIM 15. 50 CENT, ICE CUBE AND LUDACRIS. 16. HAMBURG 17. CORK 18. KRAKOW 19. ROTERDAM 20. ANTWERP
94 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 May 1 | Gian Round 3
Category 1 - Miscellaneous 1. In 1957 two inventors named fielding and Chavannes accidently created a packing material while attempting to create a three-dimensional plastic wallpaper. what do we commonly know their invention as today? 2. According to the guardian (2015) this South American capital city has been dubbed the bookstore capital of the world because it contains more bookstores per capita than any other city. hint: the city contains about 25 bookstores for every 100,000 people. 3. In what 1970s coming of age film made in 1993 is the word “man” uttered over 200 times? 4. The foil seals at the top of medicine bottles were put in place after seven people in the Chicago area were killed in 1982 after ingesting what over the counter medication laced with potassium cyanide? 5. What tavern located at the intersection of King and Bathurst streets is considered Toronto’s oldest?
Category 2 – Opening Credit Songs in Films 6. What 1969 Rolling Stones classic song plays at the beginning of the movie “The Departed”? 7. What 1970 led zeppelin song plays during the opening credits of Thor Ragnarök? hint: “We come from the land of the ice and snow from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow”. 8. What 1974 song by native American band redbone plays during the opening credits of Guardians of the Galaxy? Hint: “(Hey, yeah) what's the matter with your head?” 9. What 1964 Bob Dylan song plays during the opening credits of the Watchmen film? Hint: “Come gather Round people wherever you roam”. 10. During the opening credits of Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” what 1989 Public Enemy song is playing? Hint: “1989 the number another summer (get down)”. Bonus: Who is the fly girl who is dancing while the opening song is playing?
Category 3 – dog shit (shit about dogs) 11. According to the American Kennel Club what officially recognized breed is the last breed listed in alphabetical order on the official Kennel Club register? 12. What fictional dog from literature that is a mix of bloodhound and mastiff was painted with phosphorous to make it glow in the dark and give off a hellish appearance? 13. In what famous indoor venue is the Westminster dog show held every year? 14. Don Cherry had a number of bull terriers over the years which were the subjects of many of his stories. What was the name that he gave to each of his dogs? 15. Of the seven groupings of breeds in dog show competitions, two begin with the letter h. Name one of them?
Category 4 – Literature: Series Character Creators 16. Which British spy novelist and former mi 5 operative created the character “George Smiley” in reaction to James Bond whom he believed depicted an inaccurate version of espionage life? 17. Which American author created the characters of Chili Palmer and Raylan Givens in his novels and subsequent screen adaptations of “Get Shorty” and “Justified”? 18. This author created the character of Jason Bourne who successfully translated to the silver screen in multiple films? 19. This author created the character of Jack Ryan and his son Jack Ryan Jr in his novels about international intrigue and politics? 20. This author created the character of “Easy Rollins” played by Denzel Washington in the film version of “Devil in a Blue Dress”?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 95 Round 3 Answers May 1 | Gian
1. BUBBLE WRAP 2. BUENOS AIRES 3. DAZED AND CONFUSED 4. TYLENOL 5. THE WHEAT SHEAF TAVERN 6. GIMME SHELTER 7. IMMIGRANT SONG 8. COME AND GET YOUR LOVE 9. THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’ 10. FIGHT THE POWER BONUS: ROSIE PEREZ 11. YORKSHIRE TERRIER 12. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES 13. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 14. BLUE 15. HOUND GROUP – BEAGLE OR HERDING GROUP - GERMAN SHEPHERD 16. JOHN LE CARRE 17. ELMORE LEONARD 18. ROBERT LUDLUM 19. TOM CLANCY 20. WALTER MOSLEY
96 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
May 15 Jordan
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 97
Round 1 Internet Services/Companies Movies Quotes Anatomy
Round 2 Fictional Detectives Settings and Places Visual Effects and Animation Awards and Honours
Round 3 Iconic Weapons Badly Made Products Cheaters Game of Thrones
98 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 May 15 | Jordan Round 1
Category 1 - Internet Services/Companies 1. A freeware, cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Facebook. 2. In 1999, Yahoo paid 3.5 billion for this web-hosting site where ugly and broken personal web pages were all the rage. 3. Crowdfunding platform founded in 2009 by Perry Chen, Yancey Stricklet, and Charles Adler. 4. Early web search engine founded in 1995. Purchased by Yahoo in 2003 which shut down in 2013. 5. Social and visual discovery tool, founded by Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp, and Paul Sciarra in 2010.
Category 2 - Movies 6. What is the highest grossing film of all time adjusted for inflation? 7. Name all four actors that have portrayed Tom Clancy's popular character, Jack Ryan in film. 8. Which movie earned Sigourney Weaver her first Oscar nomination? 9. At the end of "Se7en", which of the deadly sins is Brad Pitt's character guilty of? 10. Name the three movies in Sergio Leone's "Man with No Name" trilogy?
Category 3 - Quotes 11. Who said the following, "No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country."? 12. Which book features the quote, "From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee"? 13. In "The Handmaid's Tale", what does the phrase, "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum" roughly translate to? 14. Name the movie from the following quote: "Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown". 15. First line of the book "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregulated yellow sun".
Category 4 - Anatomy 16. List the three arm bones that connect your shoulder to your wrist. 17. What separated the thoracic an abdominal cavities? 18. Blood enters the human heart through which two large veins? 19. What are the actual names of the shoulder blade and collarbone? 20. The human brain is a lot larger than most other mammalian brains due to the growth of what brain section?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 99 Round 1 answers May 15 | Jordan
1. WHATSAPP 2. GEOCITIES 3. KICKSTARTER 4. ALTAVISTA 5. PINTEREST 6. GONE WITH THE WIND 7. BEN AFFLECK; ALEC BALDWIN; CHRIS PINE; HARRISON FORD 8. ALIENS 9. WRATH 10. FISTFUL OF DOLLARS; FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE; THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY 11. GEORGE S. PATTON 12. MOBY-DICK 13. DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GRIND YOU DOWN 14. GHOSTBUSTERS 15. THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY 16. HUMERUS; RADIUS; ULNA 17. DIAPHRAM 18. INVERSION AND SUPERIO VENA CAVA 19. SCAPULA AND CLAVICLE 20. CEREBRAL CORTEX
100 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 May 15 | Jordan Round 2
Category 1 - Fictional Detectives 1. What is the name of Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective? 2. This female character first stood opposite Sherlock Holmes in "A Study in Bohemia" and is often linked to him romantically in derivative works? 3. What is the name of Inspector Gadget’s niece that often saves the bumbling cyborg? 4. Which novel/TV series features the following characters: Psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler; Newspaper Illustrator John Moore; and Police Commissioner Secretary Sara Howard? 5. Which 2005 psychological thriller novel was originally called "Man Som Hatar Kvinnor" translating into "Men who Hate Women", before being renamed in English?
Category 2 - Setting and Places 6. What is the name of the hotel that the Torrance family is in charge of caretaking for the off-season? 7. What are the names of the rival houses in "Romeo and Juliet" and where does the story take place? 8. "The Kite Runner" is set in which once-wealthy, west-leaning middle eastern city before the days of Taliban Rule? 9. Winnie the Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood is based on this real-life location in East Sussex, England. 10. Home to an intense but brief tank standoff, this famous border crossing from east-to-west Berlin has its iconic guardhouse not kept in museum.
Category 3 - Visual Effects and Animation 11. Which visual effects studio did George Lucas film in 1975 to help him create Star Wars? 12. Founded as Graphics Groups in 1979 this part of Lucasfilm computer division spun-out as its own corporation in 1986. 13. Which two movie franchises have a tie for 3 Oscars each for visual effects? 14. No animated movie has ever won Best Picture, but some have been nominated. Which was the first? 15. The New Zealand-based company has won 6 Oscars for visual effects and was founded by Peter Jackson.
Category 4 - Awards and Honours 16. What is the highest honour that can be given to a Canadian or British member of the military? 17. In 1854, which war broke out that eventually led to the creation of what highest military honour? 18. The US has 2 medals considered to be the highest civilian honours that can be awarded. Name both. 19. Mel Brooks, Andrew Lloyd Weber, and Quincy Jones are among the only 15 people to ever join the club that has won all 4 of these awards. 20. First handed out in 1981, these awards are given out for failure in cinematic achievement in a ceremony typically help one day before the Oscars.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 101 Round 2 answers May 15 | Jordan
1. HERCULE POIROT 2. IRENE ADLER 3. PENNY 4. THE ALIENIST 5. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO 6. THE OVERLOOK HOTEL 7. CAPULET; MONTEGUE; VERONA 8. KABUL; AFGANISTAN 9. ASHDOWN FOREST 10. CHECKPOINT CHARLIE 11. INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC 12. PIXAR 13. STAR WARS; LORD OF THE RINGS 14. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 15. WETA DIGITAL 16. VICTORIA CROSS 17. CRIMEAN WAR 18. PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM; CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL 19. EGOT (EMMY, GRAMMY, OSCAR, TONY) 20. RAZZIES (GOLDEN RASPBERRY AWARDS)
102 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 May 15 | Jordan Round 3
Category 1 - Iconic Weapons 1. The standard sidearm for American forces for 74 years, ending in the 80s, it chambers the formidable .45ACP cartridge 2. A type of sword or an explosive that reads "front towards enemy". 3. Americans carried this semi-automatic rifle in WWII which makes a very famous metallic "ping" when it automatically ejects its empty 8 Round clips. 4. What are the names of Thor's weapons in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? 5. The most-widely produced firearm ever is the AK47, what was the name of its inventor?
Category 2 - Badly Made Products 6. This Microsoft product had such a high general hardware failure rate that they paid over 1.5 billion dollars to offer a free 3-year warranty from time of purchase. 7. Which smart phone was banned from airplanes and other places in 2016 because its faulty battery was exploding and starting fires? 8. While not a financial flop, this "black out in a can" was banned by the FDA for its booze and caffeine formula in 2010. 9. In 2011, Netflix split it's mailing DVD service with it's streaming service in the US. What was the short-lived new name for the delivery service that last only weeks? 10. Inventor/tailor Franz Reichelt died on camera after his self-created parachute coat didn't break his fall after he jumped off which famous structure?
Category 3 - Cheaters 11. Diego Maradona scored an illegal goal in the 1986 World Cup against England so famous it has its own nickname. What is it? 12. How many Tour de France titles was Lance Armstrong stripped of in 2012 for career-long doping? 13. Which American track and field star was forced to hand back 5 medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics? 14. The New England Patriots have been the focus of two scandals ending in "gate". Name both. 15. Name the country that was stripped of its Paralympic gold in Basketball ID after it was revealed 10/12 players had no disability at all.
Category 4 - Game of Thrones 16. Valar Morghulis is a common greeting in high Valerian, meaning "all men must die". What is the customary response? 17. What is the name of the castle on an island that was the original seat of House Targaryen in Westeros? 18. Name 4 of the 6 dire wolves given to each of the Stark children? 19. What are the words of House Lannister? 20. What type of gemstone does Jaime promise Locke and his men that Brienne's father will pay them with for her safe return?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 103 Round 3 answers May 15 | Jordan
1. M 1911 2. CLAYMORE 3. M1 GARAND 4. MJOLNIR; STORMBRINGER 5. MIKHAEL KLASHNIKOV 6. XBOX 360 7. SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 7 8. FOUR LOKO 9. QUICKSTER 10. EFFIEL TOWER 11. THE HAND OF GOD 12. SEVEN 13. MARION JONES 14. DEFLATE-GATE; SPY-GATE 15. SPAIN 16. VALAR DOHAERIS - "ALL MEN MUST SERVE" 17. DRAGONSTONE 18. LADY; NYMERIA; GREYWIND; SHAGGYDOG; SUMMER; GHOST 19. HEAR ME ROAR 20. SAPPHIRES
104 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
May 22 Jo
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 105
Round 1 Sports Name the city Music Miscellaneous
Round 2 Geography Entertainment Aliases Visuals Music Lyrics
Round 3 Science and Nature Foodie Things Back up Singers Etta James Dean
106 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 May 22 | Jo Round 1
Category 1 – Sports 1. Dave Stieb was the first Blue Jay to throw a no-hitter. What year did he throw the no hitter? 2. There have been a number of Father and Sons who have played in Major League Baseball history. Only two father/son combos have played on the same team at the same time. Who were they? 3. Which Toronto Maple Leaf forward co-owns a virtual gaming company called e11 gaming? 4. The New York Yankees have 27 World Series tiles. Which team is next in line for titles won?? 5. Name the Canadian athlete who has won medals in cycling in the Summer Olympics and Speed Skating in the Winter Olympics for a total of six medals?
Category 2 – Name the city 6. What city would you been in if you are in Fort William Historical Park? 7. What city would you be in if you were driving the steep curves on Lombard Street? 8. What city would you in if you are strolling over the Joan Miro ceramics in the pavement on La Rambla? 9. What city would you be in if you were enjoying a world-famous beach with a view of Sugarloaf? 10. What city would you be in if you are wearing your team colours and cheering for your side at Old Trafford?
Category 3 – Music 11. What Northern Irish singer released the album “Moondance” in 1971? 12. What singer, actress, dancer and member of a famous musical family released the album “Control” in 1986? 13. What influential band inducted in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 released their first album “Ten” in 1991? 14. What worldwide charting rapper singer songwriter released the album “KALA” in 2007? 15. Who released the album “21” in 2011?
Category 4 – Miscellaneous 16. According the plaque on the wall at the Dairy Queen located on the corner of Queen and CentreStreets in Brampton - when did the first DQ open in Canada? 17. What icon 5th Ave store currently owned by HBC closed it’s doors in January 2019? 18. If you are using a product from Parker & Cross what are you doing? 19. What is the only country in the world named after a woman? 20. In the phonetic alphabet used by the military what are the code words for K, L, M, N?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 107 Round 1 answers May 22 | Jo
1. 1990 2. KEN GIFFEY AND KEN GIFFEY JR; TIM RAINES AND TIM RAINES JR 3. ZACK HYMAN 4. ST-LOUIS CARDINALS - 11 5. CLARA HUGHES 6. THUNDER BAY 7. SAN FRANCISCO 8. BARCELONA 9. RIO DE JANEIRO 10. MANCHESTER 11. VAN MORRISON 12. JANET JACKSON 13. PEARL JAM 14. M.I.A. 15. ADELE 16. 1953 17. LORD & TAYLOR 18. WRITING WITH A PEN 19. ST. LUCIA 20. KILO, LIMA, MIKE, NOVEMBER
108 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 May 22 | Jo Round 2
Category 1 – Geography 1. In Africa what land locked country is directly south of Chad? 2. What body of water divide Spain and Morocco? 3. Who owns the Seychelles Islands? 4. What state is directly south of South Dakota? 5. How long in kilometres is the Bruce Trail - within 5 km?
Category 2 – Entertainment Aliases 6. What name does Natalia Alianovna Natasha Romanoff use when on the job? 7. Who played the title role of Sydney Bristol in the TV series “Alias” from 2001-2006? 8. In the 1969 Oscar winning Western who is Robert LeRoy Parker better known as? 9. In the TV show “Get Smart” - when Maxwell Smart was at work who was he better known as? 10. Which TV character was known as Art Vanderlay of Vanderlay Industries?
Category 3 – Visuals 11. She was born in Nova Scotia in 1903 and is one of Canada’s best known folk artists and recently was the subject of a 2016 movie? 12. This typeface is a sans serif style developed in 1957. It is widely used and is known for it’s easy read from a distance. It is the look of numerous logos such as American Apparel/ Target/ Skpe/ Nestle. What is the the typeface? 13. Toronto born illustrator Joe Shuster is credited with the first drawings of which comic book character? 14. This Canadian painter was best known for his “realist” style. One of his best known works of the early 1970’s was of a hockey goalie and is titled “At the Crease” Another well known painting is of a man in a yellow raincoat titled “Poncho”. Who is the painter? 15. “Lady with an Ermine” is one of only 4 portraits of women painted by this famous Italian renaissance man?
Category 4 – Music Lyrics The first four lines of a song - name and artist 16. “There’s colours on the street / Red white and blue / People shufflin’ their feet / People sleeping in their shoes” ? 17. “Thought I ‘d end up with Sean /But he wasn’t a match / Wrote some songs about Ricky / Now I listen and laugh” ? 18. “I want to love you, and treat you right / I want to love you, everyday and every night / We’ll be together, with a roof right over our heads / We’ll share the shelter of my single bed” ? 19. “I’m sorry if I seem uninterested / Or I’m not listenin’ or I’m indifferent / Truly, I ain’t got no business here / But since my friends are here” 20. “If I could stick my pen in my heart / And spill it over the stage / Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya / Would you think the boy is strange”?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 109 Round 2 answers May 22 | Jo
1. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 2. STRAIT of GIBRALTAR 3. NO ONE - THEY ARE INDEPENDENT FROM UK SINCE 1976 4. NEBRASKA 5. 895 KM (890 - 900) 6. BLACK WIDOW 7. JENNIFER GARNER 8. BUTCH CASSIDY 9. AGENT 86 10. GEORGE COSTANZA 11. MAUD LEWIS 12. HELVETICA 13. SUPERMAN 14. KEN DANBY 15. LEONARD da VINCI 16. NEIL YOUNG - ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD 17. ARIANA GRANDE - THANK U, NEXT 18. BOB MARLEY - IS THIS LOVE 19. ALESSIA CARA - HERE 20. THE ROLLING STONES - IT’s ONLY ROCK AND ROLL
110 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 May 22 | Jo Round 3
Category 1 - Science and Nature 1. How many countries touch the Arctic Circle? 2. What is the term commonly used to refer to large areas of low pressure surRounding the Earth’s poles that weaken in the summer and grow stronger in the winter? 3. These incredibly strong plants are members of the grass family and include some of the fastest growing plants in world. The lucky species of the plant is said to bring you happiness and prosperity if you keep one in your house ? 4. Which wood is considered the best for the construction of wooden speed boats? 5. What is the groove between your upper lip and nose called?
Category 2 – Foodie Things 6. What does the phrase maise-en-place mean in food preparation? 7. What is the term used by bakers when working with dough and allowing it to rise or rest before baking? 8. What are the two main ingredients in marzipan? 9. Which celebrity chef had multiple restaurants across the US, helped popularize the Food Network and then lost his empire due to accusations of sexual misconduct? 10. This way of eating puts focus on fruits, nuts, roots and meats and is sometimes referred to as the Caveman Diet?
Category 3 – Back up Singers 11. Who were Elvis Presley’s Back up singers in the early part of his career? 12. This famous back up singer recorded her vocals on The Rolling Stones “Gimmie Shelter” in 1969 in her pjs and her curlers? 13. Who is the back up band for Gloria Estefan when she started in 1977? 14. The Hooligans are the back up band for this Best Album of 2017 Grammy winning artist? 15. What was Graham Parker’s backing band known as?
Category 4 – Etta James Dean 16. Classic doll sewn with love for Henry’s second wife? 17. Born in Macedonian and on a saintly mission to India to save Brexit? 18. Madman on a throne who is terrified of the dawn? 19. Sang in the rain to do what it takes to make you stronger? 20. Hit is big wearing number 44 for the Braves and as a preteen, selling millions with his hits?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 111 Round 3 answers May 22 | Jo
1. 8 - RUSSIA/CANADA/USA/NORWAY/FINLAND/SWEDEN/ICELAND(1 km)/DENMARK(GREENLAND) 2. POLAR VORTEX 3. BAMBOO 4. MAHOGANY 5. PHILTRUM 6. PREPPING YOUR KITCHEN 7. PROOFING 8. ALMONDS & SUGAR 9. MARIO BATALI 10. PALEO DIET 11. THE JORDANAIRES 12. MERRY CLAYTON 13. MIAMI SOUND MACHINE or MIAMI LATIN BOYS 14. BRUNO MARS 15. THE RUMOUR 16. RAGGEDY ANN BOYLEN 17. MOTHER TERESA MAY 18. KING GEORGE ROMERO 19. GENE KELLY CLARKSON 20. HANK AARON CARTER
112 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
June 5 Paul
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 113
Round 1 Raptors Miscellaneous If I walk Academy Awards
Round 2 Motorcycles Makes and Models Jeopardy Questions Anagram Word Puzzles Cities Lead Singers
Round 3 Current Events Weird and Wonderful Words Company Tag Lines Music
114 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 June 5 | Paul Round 1
Category 1 – Raptors Questions about the Toronto Raptors Basketball team. 1. This player, a point guard from the University of Arizona, was the first player selected by the team. 2. Whom is the Raptors all-time leader in points 3. What team did Kawhi Leonard play for prior to coming to Toronto 4. Which current Raptor enjoys the nickname of Spicy “P” 5. Marc Gasol, the current starting Center for the Raptors, is from which country
Category 2 – Misc… 6. What’s the medical term for low blood sugar? 7. What nation produces two thirds of the world’s vanilla? 8. How long is a Martian year? 9. What do you call an angle more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees? 10. What do leukemia sufferers have too many of?
Category 3 – If I walk… 11. Due south from Athens Greece, what is the first country I would be in 12. Due East from Berlin, Germany, what is the first country I would be in 13. Due North from Venice, Italy, what is the first country I would be in 14. Due South from Ottawa, Canada what is the first state I would be in 15. Due North from Lima, Peru, what is the first country I would be in
Category 4 – Academy Awards Random questions on Academy Awards 16. Three films have won 11 Academy Awards, name two, bonus for all three. 17. Edith Head, has won the most awards by a woman, with 8. What did she win them for? 18. Who holds the record, with 4, awards for acting 19. Three films have received the Big Five AA, Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay. Name two, and a bonus for all three. 20. Two Actors have won two consecutive awards.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 115 Round 1 answers June 5 | Paul
1. DAMON STOUDAMIRE 2. DEMAR DEROZAN 13,296 3. SAN ANTONIO SPURS 4. PASKAL SIAKAM 5. SPAIN 6. HYPOGLYCEMIA. 7. MADAGASCAR 8. THE ORBITAL PERIOD OF MARS IS 686.9726 DAYS. 9. OBTUSE. 10. WHITE BLOOD CELLS, OR LEUKOCYTES. 11. LIBYA 12. POLAND 13. AUSTRIA 14. NEW YORK 15. ECUADOR 16. BEN-HUR (1959), TITANIC (1997), LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) 17. COSTUME DESIGN 18. KATHARINE HEPBURN 19. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934), ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975), THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) 20. SPENCER TRACY IN 1937 AND 1938. TOM HANKS PHILLY (1993) FORREST GUMP (1994)
116 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 June 5 | Paul Round 2
Category 1 – Motorcycles Makes and Brands I will give you the model, you give me the make. 1. Ninja 2. Thruxton 3. Scout 4. Boulevard 5. Road Star
Category 2 – Jeopardy Questions 6. Founded in 1919, this airline is the worlds oldest airline still operating under its original name. 7. This Italian superlative tells a musician to play very loud. 8. This world capital was built on the Aztec capital Tenochtittlan. 9. This precious metal boasts the highest thermal and electrical conductivity. 10. With origins going back to 1869, this Ohio sports team was named for its players stockings.
Category 3 – Anagram Word Puzzles Cities 11. Add Rim 12. My toxic ice 13. Lock Moths 14. A hail pled hip 15. Abuse one sir
Category 4 Lead Singers I’ll give you the lead singer, you give me the band. 16. Rob Halford 17. Dave Gahan 18. Josh Kiszka 19. Chino Moreno 20. Ian Astbury
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 117 Round 2 answers June 5 | Paul
1. KAWASAKI 2. TRIUMPH 3. INDIAN 4. SUZUKI 5. YAMAHA 6. KLM (DUTCH) 7. FORTISSIMO 8. MEXICO CITY 9. SILVER 10. CINCINNATI REDS 11. MADRID 12. MEXICO CITY 13. STOCKHOLM 14. PHILADELPHIA 15. BUENOS AIRES 16. JUDAS PRIEST 17. DEPECHE MODE 18. GRETA VAN FLEET 19. DEFTONES 20. CULT
118 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 June 5 | Paul Round 3
Category 1 - Current Events 1. Currently the Canadian Government is making a report that is nicknamed the MMIWG report. What does it stand for? 2. This week marks the 30th anniversary of which famous incident? 3. Donald Trump is in the UK this week. Where was a massive Trump protest held on Tuesday? 4. Which Toronto landmark is celebrating its 30th anniversary this week? 5. The Ontario PC government tabled legislation last week, that would terminate a 10 year contract with what/whom?
Category 2 – Weird and Wonderful Words 6. Misogamy 7. Ecdysiast 8. Hallux 9. Jumbuck 10. Spitchcock
Category 3 – Company Tag Lines 11. “Betcha can’t eat just one” 12. “Advancement Through Technology” 13. “Because your worth it” 14. “Imagination at Work” 15. “Think Different”
Category 4 – Music One hit wonders from Rolling Stones top 10 One hit wonders list. Theme… 16. Turning Japanese 17. Tubthumping 18. My Sharona 19. Spirit in the Sky 20. Take on Me
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 119 Round 3 answers June 5 | Paul
1. MISSING MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS 2. TIANANMEN SQUARE IN CHINA 3. TRAFALGAR SQUARE. 4. SKYDOME/ROGERS CENTER. 5. THE BEER STORE 6. THE HATRED OF MARRIAGE 7. A STRIPTEASE PERFORMER 8. THE BIG TOE 9. AUSTRAL. INFORMAL SHEEP 10. AN EEL, SPLIT AND THEN GRILLED OR FRIED 11. LAY’S 12. AUDI 13. L’OREAL PARIS 14. GE GENERAL ELECTRIC 15. APPLE. 16. THE VAPOURS 17. CHUMBAWAMBA 18. THE KNACK 19. NORMAN GREENBAUM 20. A-HA
120 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
June 12 Gian
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 121
Round 1 Addicted to Music Fictional Employers It’s on the Test Sports Oddities
Round 2 Canadian Geography Borrowed Foreign Words Major Commodities Animal Kingdom
Round 3 Responses that End with the Same Four Letters “Classic” Q & A Baby you can Drive my Car Miscellaneous
122 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 June 12 | Gian Round 1
Category 1 – Addicted to Music 1. What Rolling Stones 1966 hit featured a chorus with the following lyrics: “Doctor please, some more of these / Outside the door, she took four more / What a drag it is getting old”? 2. What hip hop song released in 2001 by Eminem and d12 began with the chorus whose lyrics were: “I take a couple uppers, I down a couple downers / But nothing compares to these blue and yellow ______”? 3. Which Black Crowes 1991 song began with the following lyrics: “She never mentions the word addiction / In certain company / Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan / After you meet her family”? 4. In 1982 Jamaican band musical youth covered a mighty diamonds song but used the word for a Jamaican cooking pot instead of the original word which is associated with marijuana? what is the name of the song? 5. Neil Young lamented the musical lives wasted and taken by heroin in his 1972 classic song that begins with the line: “I caught you knockin' at my cellar door”?
Category 2 – Fictional Employers 6. At what fictional Milwaukee brewery did Laverne and Shirley work? 7. Who worked at Spacely Space Sprockets? 8. First used in Fleming’s novels, what company operates as the cover for mi 6 and serves as James Bond’s fictitious employer in no less than ten bond films? 9. At what fictional Beverly Hills 90210 diner did the character of Brandon Walsh work at and hang out with many of his friends and family? 10. In what film did the Tyrel corporation specialize in biotechnology while employing the slogan “more human than human”?
Category 3 – It’s on the Test 11. The Myers-Briggs test provides indicators that reveal which psychological aspects of the person taking the test? 12. What hormone that increases red blood cell counts did Floyd Landis test positive for after his 2006 Tour de France win? 13. What are readings from “One Touch” and “Accu Check” test strips used to determine? 14. What tabloid talk show host invited drake to come on his show to take a paternity test to see if he's the father of a baby Pusha-T's refers to in a song? 15. The SAT test used for college admissions in the United States was first introduced in 1926, for what do the letters SAT stand?
Category 4 – Sports Oddities 16. The Toronto golf club is the oldest in Ontario and the third oldest in north America. in what city is it located? 17. Of what recycled material were the curling stones used at the Montreal curling club (Canada’s oldest) made, when it opened in 1807. these stones continued to be used in the province of Quebec until 1955? 18. Canada's only Olympic basketball medal came in 1936 at the Berlin Olympics. what was unusual about the venue where the basketball games were played that year? 19. What is the apt, five letter long name of the horse that in 1919 went off at 100 to 1 odds and handed man o war his only defeat? 20. On this day in 1997 what 126-year-old MLB tradition came to an end when the Texas Rangers played the San Francisco Giants?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 123 Round 1 answers June 12 | Gian
1. MOTHER’S LITTLE HELPER 2. PURPLE PILLS 3. SHE TALKS TO ANGELS 4. PASS THE DUTCHIE 5. THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE 6. SHOTZ BREWERY 7. GEORGE JETSON 8. UNIVERSAL EXPORTS 9. THE PEACH PIT 10. BLADE RUNNER 11. PERSONALITY TRAITS 12. EPO (ERYTHROPOIETIN) 13. GLUCOSE LEVELS 14. MAURY POVICH 15. ORIGINAL - SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST; CURRENT - SCHOLASTIC ASSESSMENT TEST 16. MISSISSAUGA 17. IRON - ORIGINALLY FROM MELTED DOWN CANNON BALLS – LOOKED LIKE TEA KETTLES 18. THE GAMES WERE PLAYED OUTDOORS — ON A CLAY TENNIS COURT 19. UPSET – MAN O WAR HAD DEFEATED UPSET 6 TIMES IN A ROW UP TO THAT POINT 20. THE PROHIBITION ON INTER LEAGUE PLAY DURING THE REGULAR SEASON
124 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 June 12 | Gian Round 2
Category 1 – Canadian Geography 1. What three Canadian provincial capitals are named after British queens? 2. Three of the biggest dams in the world are located in Canada – two are in the same province – name the 2 provinces in which the three dams are located? 3. All but one of the provincial capitals in Canada are either the first or second most populous cities in their respective provinces. name the only provincial capital that is the third most populous city in its province? 4. What are the only two provincial capitals whose names are derived from north American native words? 5. Mount Caubvick - the highest point in mainland Canada east of Alberta sits on the border between which 2 provinces?
Category 2 – Borrowed Foreign Words 6. What Italian word originally used for scenery in stage performances inherited an English meaning of ""imagined situation"" in 1960, when used in reference to hypothetical nuclear war situations? 7. In Spanish this word refers to the name of an outdoor public square while in English it can also refer to a shopping centre? 8. What German word has been adopted by English and its shared meaning in both languages is: a restlessness that causes a desire to travel and see the world? 9. What 3 syllable Greek word refers to an over abundance or excess when used in English? 10. What popular type of tea, typically produced in Sri Lanka and India derives its name from the Chinese Amoy dialect?
Category 3 – Major Commodities 11. What are the big four Japanese motorcycle companies? 12. What are the top two selling North American breakfast cereal companies which between them have 9 of the 10 top selling cereal brands in North America? 13. For what edible commodity - that is classified as a drupe - are Indonesia and the Philippines the number 1 & 2 exporters of in the world? 14. What stapler brand established in 1925 switched to its current name in 1956, and is currently the top selling brand of stapler in North America? 15. With manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, the Netherlands and China, Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is a Taiwanese company that is recognized as the world's largest manufacturer of what product?
Category 4 – Animal Kingdom 16. Domesticated horses have 4 basic gaits the slowest of which is the walk. What are the remaining three gaits? 17. According to world atlas.com, what are the only two animals that can’t walk backwards? 18. According to world atlas.com, what is the only fish that can’t swim backwards? 19. What carnivorous marsupial is one of the most aggressive animals in the world and possesses the strongest bite of any living mammal relative to its size? 20. What dog sport has teams of dogs race against each other over a line of hurdles to a box that releases a tennis ball when the dog presses the spring-loaded pad?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 125 Round 2 answers June 12 | Gian
1. VICTORIA AND REGINA (QUEEN VICTORIA); CHARLOTTETOWN (QUEEN CHARLOTTE) 2. QUEBEC (2) AND BRITISH COLUMBIA (1) 3. FREDRICTON 4. TORONTO (OAK TREES BESIDE THE LAKE) AND WINNIPEG (DIRTY WATERS) 5. QUEBEC AND NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. 6. SCENARIO 7. PLAZA 8. WANDERLUST 9. PLETHORA 10. PEKOE 11. IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER – HONDA, KAWASAKI, SUZUKI AND YAMAHA 12. KELLOGG’S (5) GENERAL MILLS (4) 13. COCONUTS 14. SWINGLINE 15. BICYCLES 16. TROT, CANTER AND GALLOP 17. KANGAROOS AND EMUS 18. SHARK 19. THE TASMANIAN DEVIL 20. FLYBALL
126 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 June 12 | Gian Round 3
Category 1 - Responses that End with the Same Four Letters 1. What vehicle did Ernest Hemingway volunteer to drive in Italy during WWI? 2. In the most famous soliloquy in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet the protagonist muses: “to die, to sleep – to sleep ______to dream”? 3. what American athletic footwear company that is based in Boston is identified by its characteristic uppercase “N” logo? 4. What was the name of the ship which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed that sank in the Weddell Sea off of Antarctica? 5. What word is used to describe an anomaly or disruption in the currents of the force in the Star Wars films?
Category 2 – “Classic” Q & A 6. What regular season hockey game is held annually on or around New Year's Day, generally in a football or baseball stadium, in a jurisdiction that has a resident NHL team? 7. Fill in the missing word from the lyrics of the following 1968 song by the band classics iv: “Just like a ghost, / You've been a-hauntin' my dreams, / So I'll propose, on Halloween./ Love is kinda crazy with a ______little girl like you”? 8. What name is given in football to matches between fierce rivals Real Madrid and FC Barcelona? 9. A film that has a passionate fan base despite lacking critical acclaim, box office success or mainstream interest is known as a ______? 10. What cable television channel debuted on April 14, 1994 at the exact centennial anniversary of the first public movie showing in New York City? Bonus: What movie that celebrated its 80th anniversary this year was the first shown on the station in question on that night?
Category 3 – I’m in Love with my Car 11. What North American sports car was named after a naval warship? 12. What WB cartoon likeness did Plymouth license for their 1968 muscle car release? 13. What Chevy model first produced in 1958 was named after a medium-sized antelope found in eastern and Southern Africa? 14. The Trabant – a notoriously bad East German car made of plastic – was used by which rock band to promote their 1991 album and accompanying world tour? 15. What futuristic looking sports car with gull-wing doors was assembled in Saint John New Brunswick from 1974 until late 1975?
Category 4 – Miscellaneous 16. What company did coca cola have three separate opportunities to purchase between 1922 and 1933? 17. According to Allan Metcalf in his 2001 book subtitled “the improbable story of America's greatest word”, what is the most frequently spoken or typed word on the planet? 18. Any product defined as a drug under the Canadian food and drugs act must have an associated 8-digit number located on the label of every prescription. what acronym is used when referring to this number? 19. What did archaeologist Hiram Bingham discover in 1911? 20. What was the first thing ever “sold” on the internet?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 127 Round 3 answers June 12 | Gian
1. AMBULANCE 2. PERCHANCE 3. NEW BALANCE 4. THE ENDURANCE 5. DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE 6. THE WINTER CLASSIC 7. SPOOKY 8. EL CLASSICO 9. CULT CLASSIC 10. TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES; BONUS: GONE WITH THE WIND 11. CORVETTE 12. ROAD RUNNER 13. IMPALA 14. U2 15. BRICKLIN 16. PEPSI COLA 17. OKAY 18. D.I.N. (DRUG IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) 19. MACHU PICHU 20. A) A BAG OF WEED; OR B) CD TEN SUMMONER’S TALES BY STING
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June 26 Brian
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 129
Round 1 Hood Ornaments Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader Miscellaneous Sports Mascots
Round 2 Female Villains Former Capital Cities Science Music
Round 3 Sex Positions - Who is on Top Weird Airport Codes Potpourri General TV and Movie
130 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 June 26 | Brian Round 1
Category 1 – Hood Ornaments
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Category 2 – Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader 6. Math - 66x24=? 7. Health - What are the 4 food groups? 8. What type of government does Canada have? 9. What are the 4 chambers of the heart? 10. Spelling Rehearse
Category 3 – Miscellaneous 11. Name 1 of the 9 other option on the Raptors naming Ballot? 12. What was the Apple Newton? 13. In Batman mythology, what movie was Bruce Wayne watching right before his parents were killed? 14. In what Sate was the last battle of the American Civil War? 15. The Daytona International Speedway opened in 1959. Before that where were Daytona races held?
Category 4 – Sports Mascots 16. Carlton Bear? 17. Benny(The Bull) 18. Wally(The Green Monster) 19. Stuff the Magic Dragon? 20. Ace?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 131 Round 1 answers June 26 | Brian
1. ALFA ROMEO 2. ASTON MARTIN 3. JOHN DEERE 4. MACK TRUCK 5. TESLA MOTORS 6. 1584 7. GRAIN, FRUIT & VEG, MILK & DAIRY, MEAT & ALT 8. CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY 9. L/R VENTRICLE & L/R ATRIUM 10. R-E-H-E-A-R-S-E 11. BEAVERS, BOBCATS, DRAGONS, GRIZZLIES, HOGS, SCORPIONS, T-REX, TARANTULAS, TERRIERS AND RAPTORS 12. PDA OR PDT 13. MASK OF ZORRO 14. TEXAS 15. ON THE BEECH/SAND TRACK 16. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 17. CHICAGO BULLS 18. BOSTON RED SOX 19. ORLANDO MAGIC 20. TORONTO BLUE JAYS
132 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 June 26 | Brian Round 2
Category 1 – Female Villains 1. Morgan le Fay 2. Annie Wilkes 3. Regina George 4. Bellatrix LeStrange 5. Mama Fratelli
Category 2 – Former Capital Cities 6. What was the capital of the former Czechoslovakia? 7. What was the capital of India under British Rule? 8. What was the former capital of Canada before 1967? 9. What was the former name of Istanbul? 10. What is the former capital of Brazil?
Category 3 – Science 11. What is the temperature of absolute Zero (+/-40)? 12. What type of star is our Sun = Clue: colour + size(Super giant, giant, dwarf, sub dwarf) 13. What does M x A(Mass x Acceleration) equal? 14. What is the 4th digit of Pi? 15. What Is the European Counsel for Nuclear Research better known as?
Category 4 – Music 16. On June 11 1990, 2 Live Crew were arrested in Florida for performing this song? 17. Missy Elliot doesn’t like this type of guy? 18. What is the French phrase in the Lady Marmalade song? 19. This HOT song was originally written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, and has been covered by many artists, including, Peggy Lee, Elvis, Madonna, Michael Buble? 20. Kings of Leon had a huge hit in 2008 with this song?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 133 Round 2 answers June 26 | Brian
1. KING ARTHUR 2. MISERY 3. MEAN GIRLS 4. HARRY POTTER 5. GOONIES 6. PRAGUE 7. CALCUTTA 8. QUEBEC CITY 9. CONSTANTINOPLE 10. RIO DE JANEIRO 11. 460 F AND 273 C 12. YELLOW DWARF 13. FORCE 14. 3.141 15. CERN 16. ME SO HORNY 17. ONE MINUTE MAN 18. VOULEZ VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI CE SOIR 19. FEVER 20. SEX ON FIRE
134 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 June 26 | Brian Round 2
Category 1 - Sex Positions - Who is on Top 1. Shuttle 2. Harmony 3. Magic Mountain 4. Tulip 5. Cradle
Category 2 – Weird Airport Codes 6. Kalakaket Creek airport has the code KKK. What country is it in? 7. FUK: Fukuoka Airport is the 4th busiest airport in this country? 8. Doany Madagascar has the least appealing code of all. What is it? 9. Derby Field is a “funny” little airport for recreational flying in Nevada. What is its Code? 10. Ciampino Airport is a secondary airport for Rome. What is its code?
Category 3 – Potpourri 11. How many people were at the last supper? 12. What year were the alien remains moved from Roswell to Groom Lake(area 51)? 13. What is Rule 34? 14. Mania, Agape, Ludus, Pragma are all Greek words for this? 15. Where is the Sea of Tranquility?
Category 4 – General TV and Movie 16. What changes in the opening sequence of every Simpsons episode? 17. 3 people have refused there Oscar. Name 1? 18. What or who is the new toy in Toy Story? 19. What show had the first interracial kiss and TV? 20. “Complications” was the working title for this ABC drama that ended in 2018 after 15 seasons? Final Jeopardy – Max points you can bet is gap between 1st and last place teams How many MCU movies are there?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 135 Round 3 answers June 26 | Brian
1. WOMAN 2. MAN 3. MAN 4. WOMAN 5. WOMAN 6. US 7. JAPAN 8. DOA 9. LOL 10. CIA 11. 13 12. 1951 13. IF IT EXISTS THERE IS PORN FOR IT 14. LOVE 15. THE MOON 16. THE CHALKBOARD GAG AND THE COUCH GAG 17. MARLON BRANDO, GEORGE C SCOTT, DUDLY NICHOLS 18. HE’S A SPORK NAMED FORKY 19. STAR TREK 20. GREY’S ANATOMY FINAL JEOPARDY 23 – AVENGERS X 4, IRON MAN X 3, THOR X 3, CAPTAIN AM. X 3, ANTMAN X 2, SPIDERMAN X 2, GUARDIAN’S X 2, HULK, CAPTAIN MARVEL, DR. STRANGE, BLACK PANTHER
136 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
July 10 Bobby
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Round 1 Seas Divided by R and R Equals
Round 2 Science Fiction Fiction “All” All Natural Natural Science
Round 3 Zero Sum Games One Man Bands Two State Solutions Three Point Questions
138 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 July 10 | Bobby Round 1
Category 1 – Seas Questions about bodies of water 1. The Ionian Sea, Levantine Sea and Balearic Sea are all parts of what larger sea? 2. Published in 1966, “Wide Sargasso Sea” is an unofficial prequel to what 1847 novel? 3. What four seas are named for colours? 4. What 4-letter Latin word is used to describe the large dark basalt plains on the moon known in English as “seas”? 5. What nation’s sea-based motto is taken from Psalm 72 of the King James bible?
Category 2 – Divided by Questions about things that are separated 6. The northern limit line in the yellow sea is the de facto division between what two countries? 7. In Gridiron football, what imaginary division separates the offense from the defense before the snap? 8. Prior to 42BC, what river formed a point of no return between Cisalpine Gaul and Italia? 9. Null Island is a buoy in the Gulf of Guinea that marks where what two geographical features meet? 10. The title to what 1988 Errol Morris film alludes to the theoretical division between society and chaos?
Category 3 – R and R 11. Who was Ronald Reagan’s vice-president? 12. In 2000, who did film critic Richard Roeper succeed as host of “At the Movies”? 13. What 4-letter abbreviation was added to the Oxford American College Dictionary and attributed to television chef Rachel Ray? 14. At what Olympics did Mixed Martial Artist Ronda Rousey win a Bronze medal in Judo? 15. What Oscar nominated actor provides the voice of Rocket Racoon in the Guardians of the Galaxy films?
Category 4 – Equals Math questions 16. How old would you be in years if you were celebrating your 1 billionth birth second? 17. You reach into your pocket and pull out 17 coins worth a total of $2.05. If you have an odd number of quarters and twice as many nickels as dimes, how many dimes do you have? 18. In Scrabble, if the word “birthday” is worth 17 points, the word “pain” is worth 6 points and the word “pinata” is worth 8 points, how much is the word “hybrid” worth? 19. If a biannual event and a triannual event both occur in the year 1900, how many times will they occur in the same year between 1900 ondn1950, inclusive? 20. A train and a bus leave the station at the same time heading toward a destination that is 240km away. If the train travels at an average speed of 120km and the bus travels at 60hm/h, how many hours earlier than the bus does the train arrive? BONUS: The answers to questions 16-20 form a sequence. For 1 bonus point, what digit comes next in the sequence?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 139 Round 1 answers July 10 | Bobby
1. THE MEDITERRANEAN 2. JANE EYRE 3. BLACK, WHITE, RED, YELLOW 4. MARE 5. CANADA 6. NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA 7. THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE 8. THE RUBICON 9. EQUATOR AND THE PRIME MERIDIAN 10. THE THIN BLUE LINE 11. GEORGE HW BUSH 12. GENE SISKEL 13. EVOO 14. 2008 BEIJING 15. BRADLEY COOPER 16. 31 17. 4 18. 15 19. 9 20. 2 BONUS: (3.141592)6
140 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 July 10 | Bobby Round 2
Category 1 – Science Fiction Questions about science fiction films 1. Jake Sully is the protagonist of what 2009 science fiction blockbuster? 2. Bruce Willis travels back in time to kill some children in what 2012 film? 3. Sharing it’s name with a thoughtful Greek Titan, what 2012 prequel was released 23 years after the original? 4. On what snowy planet does “The Empire Strikes Back”’s opening battle in occur? 5. What 2016 Best Picture nominee revolves around the translation of a circular alien language that is written and read from all directions simultaneously?
Category 2 –Fiction “All” Questions about novels that contain the word “All” 6. What Tom Clancy novel sees Jack Ryan attempting to stop the detonation of a nuclear device during the Super Bowl in Denver? 7. What John Green novel has a title that is a reference to infinite regression in quantum mechanics? 8. What 2014 novel about a young zombie in a post-apocalyptic world takes it’s name from a rough translation of the Greek word “Pandora”? 9. What Cormac McCarthy novel is the first in the “Border Trilogy”? 10. What is the fourth book in the increasingly inappropriately titled Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy?
Category 3 – All Natural Questions about health food 11. Prior to 2013, Pizza Hut was the largest purchaser of what antioxidant-rich food? 12. What symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast is used to make kombucha? 13. Taken from the Greek word meaning “old”, what recent diet trend sees participants attempt to return to a hunter-gatherer diet? 14. An Ouroboros is an alchemical symbol that features a snake eating what? 15. What do coprophages eat?
Category 4 – Natural Science Questions about the natural world 16. What acoustic phenomenon and part of the NATO alphabet is a reflection of sound? 17. Kurt Cobain could tell you that what lightest metal is used in household batteries? 18. Coming from the ancient Greek word for “joined or yoked”, what is the name for the cell created by a fertilization event by two gametes? 19. What term describes a horse of either sex who is between 12 and 24 months old? 20. What is the molten material found in the earth’s crust that forms igneous rocks? BONUS: There is something hidden in the last ROUND. For 2 BONUS POINTS, search your answers from first to last to find TWO HIDDEN letters.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 141 Round 2 answers July 10 | Bobby
1. AVATAR 2. LOOPER 3. PROMETHEUS 4. HOTH 5. ARRIVAL 6. THE SUM OF ALL FEARS 7. TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN 8. THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS 9. ALL THE PRETTY HORSES 10. SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH 11. KALE 12. SCOBY 13. PALEO DIET 14. ITS TAIL 15. SHIT 16. ECHO 17. LITHIUM 18. ZYGOTE 19. YEARLING 20. MAGMA BONUS: ALPHA, OMEGA
142 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 July 10 | Bobby Round 3
Category 1 - Zero Sum Games Questions about low scores in sports 1. In a complete baseball game with no intentional walks, what is the fewest possible number of total pitches (both teams combined)? 2. What avian name is given to the extremely rare hole in one on a par 5 or 4 under par? 3. At Superbowl 53, what team was defeated by the new England Patriots with a score of 13-3, the lowest of any Superbowl? 4. In Chess, what is the German term that describes a situation where every possible move is worse than not moving at all? 5. With 125, what former New Jersey Devil goaltender is the all-time leader for regular season shutouts?
Category 2 – One Man Bands Questions about people who play a lot of instruments 6. What late musician claimed to have played all 27 instruments heard on his debut album “For You”? 7. What band’s self-titled debut album was performed entirely by their frontman except a guitar part on “X-Static”, which was performed by Greg Dulli? 8. Bobby Farrell was the one male member in the original line up of what “Daddy Cool” band? 9. Perhaps you’ll be shocked to learn that Paul McCartney played every instrument on what song off of his solo debut which he called “the song he would like to be remembered for”? 10. What frontman reportedly recorded over all of his bandmate’s bass and guitar tracks for 1993s “Siamese Dream”?
Category 3 – Two State Solutions Questions about pairs of US States; 11. Name two states that border Washington state. 12. Name two states whose names appear in the names of NBA teams. 13. Name two states whose were admitted into the union after 1900. 14. Name two states that contain the name of another state in their name. 15. Name two states with capital cities that start with the same letter as the state.
Category 4 – Three Point Questions Miscellaneous questions worth 3 points 16. The most recent Nobel prize awarded to a Canadian in what field? 17. What Premiere League Football Club shares its name with a Shakespearean villain? 18. What future American President did Jared Harris play in 2012s “Lincoln”? 19. What “slow” song spent a record-tying 16 weeks at the top of the charts in 2017? 20. What country has the chemical elements named after it?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 143 Round 3 answers July 10 | Bobby
1. 52 (8.5 x 6 + 1) 2. CONDOR 3. LOS ANGELES RAMS 4. ZUGZWANG 5. MARTIN BRODEUR 6. PRINCE 7. FOO FIGHTERS 8. BONEY M. 9. MAYBE I’M AMAZED 10. BILLY CORRIGAN 11. OREGON, IDAHO 12. MINNESOTA, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, UTAH, OKLAHOMA 13. OKLAHOMA, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, ALASKA, HAWAII 14. ARKANSAS AND WEST VIRGINA 15. DELAWARE, HAWAII, INDIANA, OKLAHOMA 16. PHYSICS 17. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 18. ULYSEES S GRANT 19. DESPACITO 20. FRANCE
144 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
July 24 Kristina
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 145
Round 1 Prequel Sequel Remake On This Day Off With Their Head Nicholas Cage Roles
Round 2 James Bond Songs Periodic Table Geography Canadian Universities Legal TV
Round 3 Bid Logos Medals Miscellaneous Sports
146 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 July 24 | Kristina Round 1
Category 1 – Prequel Sequel Remake 1. The Road Warrior 2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 3. Meet the Parents 4. The Scorpion King 5. The Color of Money
Category 2 – On This Day 6. 1862 This 8th president of the United States Died 7. 1866 This state was the first to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War 8. 1897 This aviation pioneer and author was born 9. 1911 This lost city of the Incas was rediscovered 10. 1969 The crew from this mission splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean
Category 3 – Off With Their Head 11. This British monarch is the only king to have been beheaded 12. The capital city of North Carolina is named after this explorer 13. This cousin of Elizabeth I was beheaded in 1587 14. The “national razor” is this type of device 15. This 5th wife of Henry VIII was beheaded in 1542 for high treason
Category 4 – Nicholas Cage Roles 1996-2006 16. Dr. Stanley Goodspeed 17. Castor Troy 18. Cameron Poe 19. Johnny Blaze 20. Benjamin Gates
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 147 Round 1 answers July 24 | Kristina
1. SEQUEL 2. PREQUEL 3. REMAKE 4. PREQUEL 5. SEQUEL 6. MARTIN VAN BUREN 7. TENNESSEE 8. AMELIA EARHART 9. MACHU PICCHU 10. APOLLO 11 11. CHARLES I 12. SIR WALTER RALEIGH 13. MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS 14. GUILLOTINE 15. CATHERINE HOWARD 16. THE ROCK 17. FACE/OFF 18. CON AIR 19. GHOST RIDER 20. NATIONAL TREASURE
148 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 July 24 | Kristina Round 2
Category 1 – James Bond Songs 1. Writing’s on the Wall, Spectre 2. Skyfall 3. Another Way to Die, Quantum of Solace 4. You Know My Name, Casino Royal 5. Die Another Day
Category 2 – Periodic Table Geography 6. Uranium, Tantalum, Hydrogen 7. Iodine, Radium, Nitrogen 8. Neon, Phosphorus, Aluminum 9. Iodine, Rhenium, Lanthanum, Neodymium 10. Carbon, Hydrogen, Iodine, Sodium
Category 3 – Canadian Universities 11. This university in Nova Scotia has an x-ring ceremony every December 3rd 12. This Ontario university has part of Albert Einstein’s brain 13. This university in London is the only remaining women’s university in Canada 14. A professor at Queens University was responsible for the switch to technicolor in this film 15. Students from this Montreal University founded the world’s first organized hockey club
Category 4 – Legal TV 16. Glenn Close, Rose Byrne and Ted Danson 17. James Spader, William Shatner and Candice Bergen 18. Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann and Jane Krakowski 19. Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks and Rhea Seehorn 20. Steve Harris, Camryn Manheim and Dylan McDermott
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 149 Round 2 answers July 24 | Kristina
1. SAM SMITH 2. ADELE 3. JACK WHITE AND ALICIA KEYS 4. CHRIS CORNELL 5. MADONNA 6. UTAH 7. IRAN 8. NEPAL 9. IRELAND 10. CHINA 11. ST FRANCIS XAVIER 12. MCMASTER 13. BRESCIA 14. THE WIZARD OF OZ 15. MCGILL 16. DAMAGES 17. BOSTON LEGAL 18. ALLY MCBEAL 19. BETTER CALL SAUL 20. THE PRACTISE
150 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 July 24 | Kristina Round 3
Category 1 – Bid Logos
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Category 2 – Medals 6. From 1928 until 2004, Olympic medals featured this building instead of a building representing the games’ Greek roots 7. Four materials other than metals have been used in Olympic medals, name two 8. Ireland’s first Olympic medal, won by Jack Butler Yeats, was in this “Pentathlon of Muses” discipline - 9. Gold, Silver and Bronze represent the Five Ages of Man in Greek mythology. What are the other two ages 10. 30% of the silver used for the Rio Olympic medals was recycled from these
Category 3 – Miscellaneous 11. What does the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius translate to in English 12. The Olympic flame is lit at a temple to this queen of Greek Gods 13. The flame is lit using this type of mirror 14. The term “Olympiad” refers to which: summer, winter or both 15. How many times must the mayor of the city hosting the next games wave the Olympic flag once presented with it
Category 4 – Sports 16. Name one of the three sports to appear in each of the Winter Olympic Games 17. There are only two male only and two female only sports in the Olympics, name one of each 18. There have been no demonstration sports since the 1992 Olympics in the city 19. Name one of the new sports to be included in the 2020 Olympics 20. This discipline has the most events at 47
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 151 Round 3 answers July 24 | Kristina
1. LOS ANGELES 2028 2. MILAN-CORTINA 2026 3. PARIS 2024 4. TOKYO 2020 5. BEIJING 2022 6. COLOSSEUM 7. GLASS, SPARAGMITE, LACQUER AND JADE 8. MUSES” DISCIPLINE - PAINTING 9. HEROIC AGE AND IRON AGE 10. MIRRORS 11. FASTER, HIGHER, STRONGER 12. HERA 13. PARABOLIC 14. SUMMER 15. 8 16. SKIING, SKATING AND HOCKEY. 17. MALE: GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING, NORDIC COMBINED; FEMALE: RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS, SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING 18. BARCELONA 19. BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, KARATE, SURFING AND SPORT CLIMBING 20. ATHLETICS
152 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
August 21 Alison
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Round 1 An Apple a Day Famous Alisons Tourist Attractions Capital Cities
Round 2 Medications 90s TV and Movies Not so Current Events African Lion Safari
Round 3 Flower City Drinking Songs Demonyms State by License Plate
154 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 August 21 | Alison Round 1
Category 1 - An apple a day 1. Which country is the top producer of apples in the world? 2. What is the science of growing apples called? 3. What is the national apple of Canada? 4. The multimedia corporation Apple Corps Ltd (whose logo is a granny smith apple) was founded by what band (1968)? 5. What type of apple surpassed Red Delicious in 2018 as being the most grown variety in the USA?
Category 2 - Famous Alisons 6. Which famous Alison played Trudy Campbell on Mad Men? 7. Which famous Alison is the most awarded singer in Grammy history with 27 wins? 8. After playing Sami on Days of Our Lives for 21 years, Alison Sweeney went on to host what reality TV show? 9. What was the name of the character played by Allison Williams on the HBO series Girls? 10. Which famous Allison has been nominated for an Emmy every year from 2014-19 and won for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series in ‘14 and ‘15?
Category 3 - Tourist attractions (number one ranked attractions per TripAdvisor) 11. In what museum, which is ranked the number one attraction in Paris on TripAdvisor, can you find the world’s largest collection of impressionist masterpieces? 12. What park is not only the number one ranked attraction in Vancouver, but in 2014 was also named the top park in the entire world by TripAdvisor? 13. The Temple of the Reclining Buddha is the number one ranked attraction on TripAdvisor for what city? 14. What is the name of the unfinished church which is the number one attraction on TripAdvisor for Barcelona whose construction started in 1882 and is expected to be completed by 2026? 15. The Burj Khalifa is the number one ranked attraction on TripAdvisor for what city?
Category 4 - Capital Cities 16. What is the northernmost capital city (of a country) and what is the southernmost? 17. What capital city (of a country) is at the highest altitude? 18. What was the capital city of Canada from 1844 to 1849? 19. What is the capital city of the country whose second largest city is Mombasa? 20. What two US state capitals rhyme?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 155 Round 1 answers August 21 | Alison
1. CHINA 2. POMOLOGY 3. MCINTOSH 4. THE BEATLES 5. GALA 6. ALISON BRIE 7. ALISON KRAUSS 8. THE BIGGEST LOSER 9. MARNIE MICHAELS 10. ALLISON JANNEY 11. MUSEE D’ORSAY 12. STANLEY PARK 13. BANGKOK 14. BASILICA DE LA SAGRADA FAMILIA 15. DUBAI 16. NORTHERNMOST: REYKJAVIK, SOUTHERNMOST: WELLINGTON 17. LA PAZ (BOLIVIA) OR QUITO (ECUADOR) 18. MONTREAL 19. NAIROBI 20. BOSTON AND AUSTIN
156 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 August 21 | Alison Round 2
Category 1 – Medications What is the common brand name of these generic medications? 1. acetylsalicylic acid 2. cetirizine 3. diphenhydramine 4. dimenhydrinate 5. sildenafil
Category 2 - 90s TV and Movies 6. What 90s movie was loosely based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma? (NOT Emma) 7. What are the full names of the characters played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tiffani- Amber Thiessen on Saved by the Bell? 8. What movie won the Academy Award in 1992 for Best Picture and had the tag line “Prepare yourself for the most exciting, mesmerizing and terrifying two hours of your life!”? 9. On Seinfeld, what fashion accessory did Elaine feature on the cover of the J Peterman catalogue after her boss ran off to Burma and left her in charge? 10. In Wayne’s World, what does Stacy get Wayne for an anniversary present despite the fact that they had broken up two months earlier?
Category 3 - Not so current events 11. On this day in what year was the movie Dirty Dancing released? 12. On this day in what year did Latvia declare independence from the USSR? 13. On this day in what year did Babe Ruth hit his 600th homerun? 14. On this day in what year was the movie Bambi released? 15. On this day in what year was a terrorist attack on a train between Amsterdam and Paris thwarted by 4 passengers overpowering the gunman?
Category 4 - African Lion Safari
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 157 Round 2 answers August 21 | Alison
1. ASPIRIN 2. REACTINE 3. BENADRYL 4. GRAVOL 5. VIAGRA 6. CLUELESS 7. ZACK MORRIS AND KELLY KAPOWSKI 8. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 9. THE URBAN SOMBRERO 10. GUN RACK 11. 1987 12. 1991 13. 1931 14. 1942 15. 2015 16. ROCK HYRAX OR DASSIE (OR ROCK BADGER, ROCK RABBIT OR CAPE HYRAX) 17. SPRINGBOK 18. KUDU 19. ORYX 20. AFRICAN PENGUIN 21. HORNBILL
158 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 August 21 | Alison Round 3
Category 1 - Flower city 1. Including the current Mayor, who are the three most recent mayors of Brampton 2. In March 1948 there was a devastating flood in Brampton caused by the overflow of what body of water? 3. What war memorial can you find at the Meadowvale Cemetery? 4. It is rumoured that “Kiki” from Drake’s song “In My Feelings” refers to which singer who went to high school in Brampton? 5. What is the name of the Brampton OHL team that was relocated to North Bay in 2013 because it had the lowest attendance in the league?
Category 2 - Drinking songs Name the artist that matches these lyrics from songs about alcohol 6. He drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a vodka drink 7. Shots, shots, shots, shots 8. I’ve been gone for a week, I’ve been drunk since I left 9. I’m not much into health food, I am into champagne 10. Somebody’s Heine is crowding my icebox, somebody’s cold one is giving me chills (1994)
Category 3 - Demonyms 11. What are you called if you are from Ottawa? 12. What are you called if you are from Halifax? 13. What are you called if you are from Glasgow? 14. What are you called if you are from Los Angeles? 15. What are you called if you are from Liverpool?
Category 4 - State by License Plate Name the state based on license plate slogan – 1 point if spelled out fully OR 2 points for 2 letter abbrev (based on US postal service) 16. The Aloha State 17. First in Flight 18. The Last Frontier 19. America’s Dairyland 20. 10,000 Lakes
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 159 Round 3 answers August 21 | Alison
1. PATRICK BROWN, LINDA JEFFREY, SUSAN FENNELL 2. ETOBICOKE CREEK 3. KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL WALL 4. KEISHA CHANTE 5. BRAMPTON BATTALION 6. CHUMBAWUMBA 7. LMFAO (FT L’IL JON) 8. SPIRIT OF THE WEST 9. RUPERT HOLMES 10. WEEZER 11. OTTAWAN 12. HALIGONIAN 13. GLASWEGIAN 14. ANGELENO 15. LIVERPUDLIAN (SCOUSER) 16. HAWAII OR HI 17. NORTH CAROLINA OR NC 18. ALASKA OR AK 19. WISCONSIN OR WI 20. MINNESOTA OR MN
160 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
August 28 Erin
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 161
Round 1 Name that Actor Candy Sports Canadian Musicians
Round 2 Directors Brampton Celebrities This Day in History Miscellaneous
Round 3 Pop Quiz
162 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 August 28 | Erin Round 1
Category 1 - The Second World War 1. We Bought a Zoo; He's Just Not That into You; The Island 2. The Hitman's Bodyguard; Waiting; The Change-Up 3. Mean Girls; Game Night; Wedding Crashers 4. Batman V. Superman; Leap Year; The Wedding Date 5. Race to Witch Mountain; Snitch; Fast 5
Category 2 - Candy 6. What is the largest candy bar produced by Cadbury? 7. In 1995, Americans voted to change tan M&Ms to blue. What colour did tan replace in 1949? 8. They're tangy, hard, crunchy and come in lots of different flavours and colours. 9. What candy bar was named after a horse? 10. What candy bar has the slogan "For the kid in you"?
Category 3 - Sports 11. What is the diameter of basketball rims in inches? 12. What coach has won both titles of the Rose Bowl and Super Bowl? 13. Which boxer's life story is of the movie "Raging Bull" 14. Who defeated Muhammad Ali for the first time in professional boxing? 15. Which American Football team won the first two Superbowl?
Category 4 - Canadian Musicians 16. In what music video did hokey Icon Don Cherry appear? BONUS: What was he doing in the video? 17. Bryan Adams appeared in which Clint Eastwood film? 18. This Canadian songstress appeared on an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" during which she performed the songs "Lucky", "Anything", and "Moment of Weakness". Who is she? 19. What is Shania Twain's real name? 20. Name two Canadian singers who released different songs titled "Diana" 28 years apart?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 163 Round 1 answers August 28 | Erin
1. SCARLETT JOHANSON 2. RYAN REYNOLDS 3. RACHEL MCADAMS 4. AMY ADAMS 5. DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON 6. MR. BIG 7. VIOLET 8. NERDS 9. SNICKERS 10. NESTLE'S CRUNCH BAR 11. 18 12. DICK VERMEIL 13. JAKE LA MOTTA 14. JOE FRAZIER 15. GREEN BAY PACKERS 16. TRAGICALLY HIP BONUS: DELIVERING CHICKEN 17. PINK CADILLAC 18. BIF NAKED 19. EILEEN EDWARDS 20. PAUL ANKA; BRYAN ADAMS
164 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 August 28 | Erin Round 2
Category 1 - Directors 1. Which director, an avid comic book collector, was chosen to direct 2002s "Spider- Man"? 2. David Fincher turned down "8MM" to direct what 1999 film? 3. Robert Rodriguez was an und=credited director on which 1994 Quentin Tarantino film? 4. Wes Craven was the director behind what horror franchise? 5. Francis Ford Coppola was a three-time Best Director Oscar nominee for what film trilogy?
Category 2 - Brampton Celebrities 6. This celebrity attended elementary schools in Brampton, Heartlake SS for grade 9, before he changed to online schooling? 7. This X-Men actor moved to Brampton from Richmond, BC as a child. 8. This Brampton artist was discovered on YouTube at age 13. 9. Although born in Kirkland Lake, this actor has Brampton roots and was inducted to the Brampton Hall of Fame in 2015. 10. This Brampton celebrity had a roll in the 2016 make of "The Jungle Book".
Category 3 - This Day in History 11. This person delivered his famous speech at Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. 12. In 1970, this Jackson 5 single was released. 13. In 1996, after 4 years of separation, this English couple formally divorced. 14. In 2011, this hurricane hit the Eastern coast of the US. 15. In 1981, this man plead innocent to charges of attempting to kill Ronald Reagan.
Category 4 - Miscellaneous 16. Who invented penicillin? BONUS: What year? 17. Where is the smallest bone in your body? 18. What is the most popular board game in the world? 19. Which novel begins with the line "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife"? 20. What was the first commercial product to use a barcode?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 165 Round 2 answers August 28 | Erin
1. SAM RAIMI 2. FIGHT CLUB 3. PULP FICTION 4. NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5. THE GODFATEHR 6. MICHAEL CERA 7. SHAWN ASHMORE 8. ALESSIA CARA 9. ALAN THICKE 10. RUSSELL PETERS 11. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 12. I'LL BE THERE 13. PRINCESS DIANA AND PRINCE CHARLES 14. IRENE 15. JOHN HINKLEY JR. 16. ALEXANDER FLEMMING BONUS: 1928 17. (MIDDLE) EAR (STAPES) 18. CHESS 19. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 20 JUICY FRUIT
166 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 August 28 | Erin Round 3
Category 1 – Pop Quiz
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 167 Round 3 answers August 28 | Erin
1. R - RED BULL 2. A - BARQ'S 3. N - NESTEA 4. D - DR. PEPPER 5. O - KOOL-AID 6. M - MOUNTAIN DEW 7. D - SUNNY D 8. R - SPRITE 9. I - BRISK 10. N - FANTA 11. K - NESQUICK 12. & - A&W 13. P - PEPSI 14. O - JOLT COLA 15. P - POWERADE 16. G - GATORADE 17. A - COCA-COLA 18. M - MELLOW YELLOW 19. E - FIVE ALIVE 20. S – MONSTER
168 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
October 2 Bobby
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Round 1 Video Guilty Radio Blanks
Round 2 Movies Rocks Children Countries
Round 3 Sports Movies Rock Bands Children's Lit Host Countries
170 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 October 2 | Bobby Round 1
Category 1 – Video Questions about digital recordings 1. During the 1980s, what brand asked the question, “is it live”? 2. In televisions and monitors, what do the letters CRT stand for? 3. What David Cronenberg Oscar-nominated neo-noir was the last major studio film released on VHS? 4. Indian head, Card F, and SMPTE color bars are examples of what? 5. What online video dating service was launched on February 14, 2005 with the slogan, “broadcast yourself”?
Category 2 – Guilty Questions about criminal justice 6. What former dictator refused to recognize the authority of the tribunal that hanged his for crimes against humanity in 2006? 7. What Canadian political leader was found guilty of treason and hanged in Regina in 1885? 8. In American law, what large group must issue a “true bill” before charges for capital crimes can be made? 9. For what crime was alleged mobster Al Capone eventually indicted? 10. The Twinkie Defense was a successful attempt to prove Dan White's diminished capacity in the murder of what California politician?
Category 3 – Radio Questions about the radio 11. What do the initials AM and FM stand for in broadcasting? 12. What satellite radio company did Howard Stern sign an exclusive contract with in 2006? 13. What radio serial had a title character who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? 14. Which British monarch was the first to deliver the Royal Christmas message? 15. Who was the original host of Hockey Night in Canada on CNR Radio?
Category 4 – Blanks I’ll give you three words. You give me the one word that can follow each of them to create three recognizable words or phrases. 16. Cure BLANK, Catch BLANK, Marsh BLANK? 17. Trap BLANK; School BLANK; Trouble BLANK? 18. Sound BLANK, Race BLANK, Laugh BLANK? 19. Poster BLANK; Brain BLANK; Only BLANK? 20. Soldier BLANK, Party BLANK, Plato BLANK? BONUS: For one point, what one word can come after each of the five previous answers to create 5 recognizable words or phrases?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 171 Round 1 answers October 2 | Bobby
1. MEMOREX 2. CATHODE RAY TUBE 3. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE 4. TEST PATTERNS 5. YOUTUBE 6. SADDAM HUSSEIN 7. LOUIS RIEL 8. GRAND JURY 9. TAX EVASION 10. HARVEY MILK OR GEORGE MOSCONE 11. AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION 12. SIRIUS 13. THE SHADOW 14. GEORGE V 15. FOSTER HEWITT 16. ALL 17. SHOOTING 18. TRACK 19. CHILD 20. ON BONUS: STAR
172 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 October 2 | Bobby Round 2
Category 1 – Battles Questions about military conflicts 1. What Kurt Vonnegut novel revolves around Billy Pilgrim coming to terms with his survival of the bombing of Dresden? 2. With approximately 2 million casualties, the sacking of Baghdad in 1258 by what hoard is considered the deadliest battle in recorded history? 3. What English king became the last to die in battle when he was killed during the Battle of Flooden Field? 4. The Battle of Yavin 4 takes place in what space opera? 5. What battle of the Greco Persian War has a name that translates into English as “the battle of the hot gates”?
Category 2 – Rocks Questions about rocks 6. The Seiko Astron was the first commercial twatch to use what mineral to keep time? 7. The corrosive effects of saltwater on the concrete in what iconic prison contributed to its closure in 1963? 8. What kind of rock are the Great Pyramids at Giza primarily constructed of? 9. Ailsa Craig in Scotland and Trefor Granite Quarry in Wales are the two sources for what piece of sports equipment? 10. Where in the world might you find Moai?
Category 3 – Networks Questions about connected things 11. What social media company must be made up of Celtics fans since the named their mascot “Larry”? 12. With what line of work would you associate a net wielding Retiarii from the first to third century AD? 13. What television network ran Must-See TV from 1993-2006? 14. What network of concrete fortification was built along the French boarder during the 1930s? 15. What actor became the first to win a posthumous acting Oscar for 1977s “Network”?
Category 4 – Battles Questions about the natural world 16. What southern country was originally named "New Holland" by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman? 17. With 1.389 Billion people, what Asian country is the most populous in the world as of July 2019? 18. Wellington is the capital of what commonwealth country? 19. What Asian country is comprised of over 7,600 islands including Luzon, The Visayans and Mindanao? 20. Other than Canada, what North American Country’s name contains 6 letters, 3 of which are “A”s? 2 POINT BONUS: The answers to questions 16-20, in order, create a SEQUENCE. For 2 bonus points name a country that could come next in the sequence.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 173 Round 2 answers October 2 | Bobby
1. SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE 2. MONGOLS 3. RICHARD III 4. STAR WARS 5. THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE 6. QUARTZ 7. ALCATRAZ 8. LIMESTONE 9. CURLING STONES 10. EASTER ISLAND 11. TWITTER 12. GLADIATOR 13. NBC 14. THE MAGINOT LINE 15. PETER FINCH 16. AUSTRALIA 17. CHINA 18. NEW ZEALAND 19. THE PHILIPPINES 20. PANAMA BONUS: ISRAEL (ONE STAR FLAG)
174 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 October 2 | Bobby Round 3
Category 1 – Sports Movies Questions about movies about sports 1. What 2017 film stars Channing Tatum, Adam Driver and Riley Keough as siblings planning to rob Charlotte Motor Speedway during the Coca-Cola 600? 2. What 2016 biopic about a British amateur ski jumper takes place largely in Calgary in 1988? 3. What 1994 family comedy features a Los Angeles baseball team trying to win the pennant with a little heavenly help? 4. What modern retelling of “Othello” replaces Venice with an American high school Basketball team? 5. What 1981 film about English runners won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Score?
Category 2 – Artist by Album I'll give you 3 albums; you tell me the band name 6. The Chronic, 2001, Compton 7. Rated R, Loud, Good Girl Gone Bad 8. Jazz, A Day at the Races, A Night at the Opera 9. The Getaway, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Stadium Arcadium 10. Songs of Innocence, October, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Category 3 – Literature Questions about books 11. What WWI novel has a title that literally translates to English as “In the west, nothing new”? 12. "Terrific", "Radiant" and "Humble" are some of the words that what E.B. White title character uses to save a pig from slaughter? 13. What Irish modern novel takes place 42,062 days ago? 14. What Dickens novel was adapted into a Tony-winning musical and a Best Picture-winning film? 15. The White Rabbit, The Dodo and The Cheshire Cat are all characters in what classic novel?
Category 4 – Host Countries Questions about countries and sporting events 16. With 29, what nation holds the record for most medals won by a winter Olympic host country? 17. In what country were the 1944 Winter Olympics scheduled to be held before being cancelled due to war? 18. What country hosted and won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930? 19. In 2016, Norway became the first European country to host both the summer and winter version of what annual extreme sports event? 20. What city became the first in the United States to host an Olympics in 1904?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 175 Round 3 answers October 2 | Bobby
1. LOGAN LUCKY 2. EDDIE THE EAGLE 3. ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD 4. O 5. CHARIOTS OF FIRE 6. DR DRE 7. RHIANNA 8. QUEEN 9. RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS 10. U2 11. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT 12. CHARLOTTE 13. ULYSEES (JUNE 16, 1904) 14. OLIVER TWIST 15. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND 16. RUSSIA 17. ITALY 18. URUGUAY 19. X-GAMES 20. ST. LOUIS 4 POINT BONUS: LEO, CRUX, DRACO, AQUARIUS
176 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
October 23 Bobby
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Round 1 Letters Characters Marks Symbols
Round 2 Numbers Digits Numerals Symbols
Round 3 Pictures Icons Images Symbols
178 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 October 23 | Bobby Round 1
Category 1 – Letters Questions about written communication 1. Addressed to “fellow clergymen”, what American civil rights leader wrote “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”? 2. Meaning “all-around”, what name is given to letters issued by the Pope? 3. The Zimmerman Telegram was a secret communication proposing an alliance between what 2 countries during WWII? 4. What address was listed on the 1888 "Lusk Letter", that was found with half of a human kidney in Whitechapel? 5. What 7-word festive phrase was penned by Francis Pharcellus Church in response to a letter to the editor in the New York City Sun in 1897?
Category 2 – Characters Questions about literary title characters 6. What Shakespearean title character is killed in Act 3 Scene I, but makes a great appearance as a ghost in the next act? 7. Spoilers: Severus Snape is the secret title character of which Harry Potter novel? 8. Shirley, Cuthbert and Blythe are the various surnames of what Canadian title character? 9. What Stephen King title character is bitten by a bat before going on a murderous rampage? 10. Stigmatophile, pyromaniac, and apiphobe are three terms that could describe what Swedish title heroine from the Millennium Trilogy?
Category 3 – Marks Questions about people named “Mark” 11. What Chicago Cub gave Mark McGuire a run for his money during the 1998 home run record chase? 12. What NBA team does rebellious billionaire Mark Cuban own? 13. What two NHL teams did Mark Messier captain to Stanley Cup victories? 14. For what Japanese Manufacturer does 2019 MotoGP campion Marc Marquez race? 15. Mark Tewksbury was the last Canadian to win an Olympic gold in swimming until what 16-year-old took home a medal in every color at Rio?
Category 4 – Symbols Questions about national symbols 16. What is the name of Canada’s national Tartan pattern? 17. A reference to the royal house of Savoy, Italy’s national sports teams wear what colour? 18. Although it is not a nation, what is the national animal of Antarctica? 19. Appearing in the flags of 55 nations, a “mullet” is more commonly known as what? 20. Gabon, and presumably Wakanda, has what large black tree cat as it’s national animal? BONUS: There is a hidden theme that connects the answers to questions 16-20. For 1 bonus points, name the theme.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 179 Round 1 answers October 23 | Bobby
1. MARTIN LUTHOR KING JR. 2. ENCYCLICAL 3. GERMANY AND MEXICO 4. FROM HELL 5. YES VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS 6. JULIUS CAESAR 7. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE 8. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES 9. CUJO 10. LISBETH SALANDER 11. SAMMY SOSA 12. DALLAS MAVERICKS 13. EDMONTON OILERS; NEW YORK RANGERS 14. HONDA 15. PENNY OLEKSIAK 16. MAPLE LEAF 17. BLUE 18. PENGUIN 19. STAR 20. (BLACK) PANTHER BONUS: NHL TEAMS
180 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 October 23 | Bobby Round 2
Category 1 – Numbers Questions about songs from musicals 1. “La Vie Boehme” is the Act 1 closing number in what 165-minute-long retelling of Puccini’s “La Boehme”? 2. Helen Reddy and Yvonne Ellfman had versions of what “Jesus Christ Superstar” ballad concurrently appear in the Billboard Top 40 in 1971? 3. In what Sondheim musical might you find “The Worst Pies in London”? 4. What 2017 stage adaptation of a 1993 film features a song called “Punxsutawney Rock”? 5. The “Les Miserable” song “ I Dreamed a Dream” entered the Billboard top 40 after what “Britatin’s Got Talent” contestant performed a cover of it in 2009?
Category 2 – Digits Things to do with your fingers 6. A person attempting to do a "finger fumbler" is likely fluent in what? 7. Bill finger is the uncredited co-creator of what Bob Kane comic book character? 8. By what colourful name were Burlington band Finger Eleven known prior to 1996? 9. The Finger Lakes are a series of narrow lakes located in what US state? 10. What marsupial has fingerprints that are almost indistinguishable from human's?
Category 3 – Numerals Questions about things with numbers in their names 11. Robert Griffin III was a first-Round draft pick for what NFL team? 12. What gold-disc-laden probe was launched by NASA 16 days after Voyager 2? 13. Constantine II ruled what European country until 1973 when the monarchy was abolished? 14. Randolph Severen Parker III is the Emmy and Tony-winning co-creator of what long-running Comedy Central series? 15. Musician Hank3 is the grandson of what "I'm so Lonesome I could Cry" singer?
Category 4 – Symbols Questions about corporate logos 16. North and South America are combined, and Australia is omitted from the abstract logo of what international sports events? 17. What German manufacturer has a logo that represents the merger of the Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt? 18. What retail company’s red and white logo could be seen across Canada from 2013-2015? 19. What credit card company removed it’s name from its red, yellow, and orange logo after a 2018 redesign? 20. What soft drink company’s logo was meant to be a patriotic nod to a waving American flag when it was introduced to the greatest generation? BONUS: The answers to questions 16-20, in order, create a SEQUENCE. For 1 bonus points name a company that could come next in the sequence.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 181 Round 2 answers October 23 | Bobby
1. RENT 2. “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM” 3. SWEENY TODD 4. GROUNDHOG DAY 5. SUSAN BOYLE 6. SIGN LANGUAGE 7. BATMAN 8. RAINBOW BUTT MONKEYS 9. NEW YORK 10. KOALA 11. WASHINGTON REDSKINS 12. VOYAGER 1 13. GREECE 14. SOUTH PARK 15. HANK WILLIAMS 16. THE OLYMPICS 17. AUDI 18. TARGET 19. MASTERCARD 20. PEPSI BONUS: MICROSOFT; GAP; FACEBOOK
182 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 October 23 | Bobby Round 3
Category 1 – Pictures Name these Best Picture winning films
Category 2 – Icons Name these apps
Category 3 – Images Name the artists who made these self-portraits
Category 4 – Symbols Name these chemical elements
K Sc Hg Pb Sb Cu
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 183 Round 3 answers October 23 | Bobby
1. SPOTLIGHT 2. RAINMAN 3. THE APARTMENT 4. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 5. WEST SIDE STORY 6. FORREST GUMP 7. TINDER 8. APP STORE 9. SPOTIFY 10. CANDY CRUSH SAGA 11. VIBER 12. EVERNOTE 13. ALBRECHT DURER 14. MATT GROENING 15. VINCENT VAN GOGH 16. PABLO PICASSO 17. CHUCK CLOSE 18. M.C. ESCHER 19. POTASSIUM 20. SCANDIUM 21. MERCURY 22. LEAD 23. ANTIMONY 24. COPPER
184 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
November 6 Nick
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Round 1 Food Cars Trees Dogs
Round 2 Prime Ministers Authors Middle Names Flags Famous Paintings
Round 3 Current Events Music Movies Drinks
186 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 November 6 | Nick Round 1
Category 1 - Food 1. Apples or Bananas, which sells more in the US? 2. What sells more, onions or potatoes? 3. New York or Los Angeles, who eats the most hot dogs? 4. True or False: the average ear of corn has an odd number of rows. 5. True of False: Pound cake was named that because it contained a pound of sugar, butter, flour, and eggs.
Category 2 - Cars 6. True or False: driving barefoot is illegal in Ontario. 7. True or False: to get your vehicle out of a skid you should steer straight ahead. 8. True or False: static electricity can cause a fire/explosion at the gas pump. 9. True or False: Toyota is the worlds number one selling brand. 10. True or False: the assembly line was invented by Henry Ford.
Category 3 - Trees 11. Methuselah, a bristlecone pine is California is 1800, 3200, or 4800 years old? 12. Sap comes up through the centre or outer edge of a tree? 13. True or False: Bonsai means divine tree? 14. Forests cover 15% or 30% of the Earth? 15. True or False: the tallest known tree in the world is in California.
Category 4 - Dogs 16. True or False: chows, giraffes, and polar bears have the same colour tongue. 17. True or False: Irish Wolfhounds are the tallest dog breed. 18. True or False: dogs see in black and white. 19. The Kennel Club breaks down dogs into 7 or 8 groups. 20. True or False: Dogs nurse pups both sitting and standing.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 187 Round 1 answers November 6 | Nick
1. BANANAS 2. POTATOES 3. LOS ANGELES 4. FALSE 5. TRUE 6. FALSE 7. FALSE 8. TRUE 9. TRUE 10. FALSE 11. 4800 12. FALSE 13. FALSE 14. 30% 15. TRUE 16. TRUE 17. TRUE 18. FALSE 19. 7 20. TRUE
188 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 November 6 | Nick Round 2
Category 1 - Prime Ministers 1. Robert Borden or Arthur Meighen: first Unionist Prime Minister. 2. MacDonald or Mackenzie: first tradesman Prime Minister. 3. Kim Campbell or James Tupper: shortest serving Prime Minister. 4. Joe Clark or Justin Trudeau: the youngest PM. 5. Doctors or lawyers: most Prime Ministers.
Category 2 - Authors Middle Names 6. Ralph Walter Emerson 7. James Finimore Cooper 8. Elwyn Blake White 9. Thomas Stearns Elliot 10. Alan Andrews Mille
Category 3 - Flags 11. Algeria: green and white with red crecen star 12. China: red with one large gold star and 7 small ones 13. Ghana: red, yellow, green with a lion 14. Poland: white and red stripe 15. Canada: white and red with a red 12 pointed maple leaf
Category 4 - Famous Paintings 16. Mona lisa is sitting inside or outside. 17. American Gothic is holding a pitchfork or a sickle. 18. Whistler's Mother is in a rocker or a 4 legged-chair. 19. The Last Supper guests have plates or don't have plates. 20. Persistence of Memory has four clocks or three clocks.
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 189 Round 2 answers November 6 | Nick
1. BORDEN 2. MACKENZIE 3. TUPPER 4. CLARK 5. LAWYERS 6. FALSE 7. TRUE 8. TRUE 9. TRUE 10. FALSE 11. TRUE 12. FALSE 13. FALSE 14. TRUE 15. FALSE 16. OUTSIDE 17. PITCH FORK 18. ROCKER 19. HAVE PLATES 20. THREE
190 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 November 6 | Nick Round 3
Category 1 - Current Events 1. A US Quaker or Mormon family was gunned down in Mexico this week? 2. Canada's largest piece of land is up for sale in Manitoba or Saskatchewan? 3. The Trump impeachment is focusing on a call with Yugoslavia or Ukraine? 4. A Calgary millionaire philanthropist was killed in an accident while in England for a fox hunt or vintage car rally? 5. China lifter the Canadian ban on beef and pork or soy and lentils?
Category 2 - Music 6. Billie Jean or White Christmas: what is the highest-selling single of all time? 7. The Eagles Greatest Hits or Thriller: which has sold more albums? 8. The Rolling Stones or The Who: which has performed longer? 9. Whitesnake or Guns & Roses: who has had more different members? 10. "I" or "you": which word is used more often in songs?
Category 3 - Movies 11. "Avatar" or "Avengers: Endgame": which has grossed more at the box office? 12. "Gone with the Wind" or "Lawrence of Arabia": which is longer? 13. "Beauty and the Beast" or "Toy Story": which is shorter? 14. "Nightmare on Elm Street" or "Halloween": which has more sequels? 15. Samuel L. Jackson or Harrison Ford: who has the highest box office total?
Category 4 - Drinks 16. Pepsi or Diet Coke: which sells more? 17. Canned or bottled beer: which sells more in Canada? 18. Whiskey or vodka: which sells more? 19. Milk or cream: which do Canadians use more in coffee? 20. Red or white: which wine do Canadians drink more of?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 191 Round 3 answers November 6 | Nick
1. MORMON 2. MANITOBA 3. UKRAINE 4. CAR RALLY 5. BEEF AND PORK 6. WHITE CHRISTMAS 7. THE EAGLES GREATEST HITS 8. THE ROLLING STONES 9. WHITESNAKE 10. I 11. AVENGERS: ENDGAME 12. GONE WITH THE WIND 13. TOY STORY 14. HALLOWEEN 15. SAMUEL L JACKSON 16. PEPSI 17. CANNED 18. WHISKEY 19. MILK 20. RED
192 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019
December 11 Kayla
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Round 1 Home Alone Social Media Alliterative Geography Trophy
Round 2 NYC TV Presidential Final Jeopardy Lesser Known
Round 3 Body Part Songs Political Miscellaneous Page Six
194 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 December 11 | Kayla Round 1
Category 1 - Home Alone 1. In "Home Alone" what does Kevin steal from the grocery store? 2. What is the name of the movie Kevin watches? 3. What is the name of Kevin's bed-wetting cousin played by Kieran Culkin? 4. Fill in the blank for this line said by Harry in "Home Alone 2 Lost in New York": "That's great Marv, we broke out of jail to steal BLANK cents from a santy claus". 5. The street vendor Kevin buys necklaces from are sold 2 for $5 or 4 for how much?
Category 2 - Social Media 6. This Guns 'N' Roses video became the first video made prior to YouTube's creation to reach 1 billion views. 7. Until January 2019, Carter Wilkerson held the record for most retweets when he went viral attempting to receive a year's supply of free chicken nuggets from what fast food franchise? 8. Facebook and Samsung hold the 1 & 2 spot for most liked pages on Facebook, which person holds the number 3 spot? 9. In March 2018, Snapchat lost nearly 900 million when this celebrity tweeted that Snapchat was "insensitive to domestic violence victims"? 10. Aside from Instagram, there are two other non-people accounts in the top 20 most followed. Name one.
Category 3 - Alliterative Geography 11. South America has two alliterative country/capital. Name one. 12. 3 North American country's capitals are the country's name plus the word "city". Name all three. 13. This capital city is home the Mannekin Pis. 14. This capital city is located in the Horn of Africa. 15. This Asian capital has been deemed the most wired city as it is ranked first in technology readiness.
Category 4 - Trophy 16. What fruit is on top of the Wimbledon Trophy? 17. What famous international trophy has been stolen twice? 18. What is the name of the NBA Championship Trophy? 19. What is the name of the World Series Trophy? 20. Name of the trophy for the Indianapolis 500. BONUS: What random item is given to the winner of the Indianapolis 500?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 195 Round 1 answers December 11 | Kayla
1. TOOTHBRUSH 2. ANGELS WITH FILTHY SOULS 3. FULLER 4. 14 5. $10 6. NOVEMBER RAIN 7. WENDYS 8. CRISTIAN RONALDO 9. RIHANA 10. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC; NIKE 11. BRASILLIA, BRAZIL; GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 12. GUATEMALA; MEXICO; PANAMA 13. BRUSSELS, BELGIUM 14. DJIBOUTI, DJIBOUTI 15. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA 16. PINEAPPLE 17. JULES RIMET (FIFA WORLD CUP) 18. LARRY O'BRIEN 19. COMISSIONERS TROPHY 20. BORG WERNER BONUS: BOTTLE OF MILK
196 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 December 11 | Kayla Round 2
Category 1 - NYC TV 1. This 2000s drama featured NYC officers Boscorelli and Youkas? 2. In "Brooklyn 99", Dean Winters plays which detective who constantly steals credit? BONUS: What is the characters real name? 3. Ursula Buffay played by Lisa Kudrow originated on what 90's NYC sitcom? 4. These two NYC based family sitcoms are the only two shows in Nielson history to be the number one show for 5 seasons? 5. This drama is the longest running US live action series on TV?
Category 2 - Presidential 6. Which President had a world capital named after them? BONUS: Name the country. 7. Who was the highest educated President? 8. Who was the oldest elected President? 9. 4 Presidents have won Nobel Peace Prizes, only 1 after their presidency--who? 10. Who was the only president to not be elected to either Vice-President or President?
Category 3 - Final Jeopardy 11. Bible Books - The title of this Old Testament book is from the Greek for "Song sung to a herp". 12. Ancient Symbols - Taji, the great ultimate, is the source of this pair that's represented by the colours orange and azure respectively. 13. Western Hemisphere Geography - The 2 central American nations that border only one ocean. 14. Historic Names - The only time the Pope and US President shared a name ended when both died in this year. 15. The Bible - The first celebration mentioned in the Bible takes place in Genesis 40 and is in in honor of this ruler.
Category 4 - Lesser Known 16. What is the name of the astronaut who accompanied Neil Armstrong and buzz Aldrin in Apollo 11? 17. The most known members of the Marx Brothers are Chico, Harpo, and Groucho. Name the other two brother. 18. Hurt Cobain and Dave Grohl; who was the 3rd member of Nirvana? 19. What is the least visited country in the world? 20. JK Rowling published the Cormorant Strike detective series under what pseudonym?
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 197 Round 2 answers December 11 | Kayla
1. THIRD WATCH 2. THE VULTURE BONUS: KEITH PEMBROKE 3. MAD ABOUT YOU 4. ALL IN THE FAMILY; COSBY SHOW 5. LAW & ORDER: SVU 6. JAMES MONROE BONUS: MONROVIA, LIBERIA 7. WOODROW WILSON 8. DONALD TRUMP 9. JIMMY CARTER 10. GERALD FORD 11. PSALMS 12. YIN & YANG 13. EL SALVADOR BELIZE 14. 1963 15. THE PHAROAH OF EGYPT 16. MICHAEL COLLINS 17. GUMMO; ZEPPO 18. KRIST NOVOSELIC 19. NAURU 20. ROBERT GALBRAITH
198 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 December 11 | Kayla Round 3
Category 1 - Body Part Songs 1. 1981 - "It doesn't matter what they say / In the jealous games people play" 2. 1971 - "No-one knows what it's like to be the bad man" 3. 1989 - "Before all of this ever went down / In another place, another town" 4. 2006 - "I'm not here for your entertainment / You don't really want to mess with me tonight" 5. 1983 - "Every now and then I get a little bit lonely, and you're never coming 'Round"
Category 2 - Political 6. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote? 7. 20 countries are considered "full democracies" 6 of the 20 are not in Europe. Name 3. 8. In Canadian politics, what was coined "the chamber of sober second thought" by John A Mackenzie? 9. What political party did Nelson Mandela belong to? 10. What country did the longest-serving elected female head of state?
Category 3 - Miscellaneous 11. The original inspiration for Spielberg's "The Terminal"--Mehran Nasseri--famously lived at Charles de Gaulle airport for how many years? 12. Alfred Nobel established 5 Nobel prizes in 1895. Name 3 of the 5 fields. 13. How many words does Pablo Picasso's full name have? 14. What two separate athletic companies did the Dassler Brothers form after Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory closed as a result of their feud? 15. What was the first movie classified as a "blockbuster"?
Category 4 - Page Six Name the books that these excerpts are from 16. “One night when Dean ate supper at my house—he already had, the parking-lot job in New York— he leaned over my shoulder as I typed rapidly away and said ‘Come on man, those girls won’t wait, make it fast.’” 17. “…the meet. I left the foils and equipment and stuff on the goddam subway. It wasn’t all my fault. I had to keep getting up to look at this map, we’d know where to get off. So we got back to Pencey around two-thirty instead of dinnertime. The whole team ostracised me the whole way back on the train. It was pretty funny, in a way.” 18. “…pulled off his shirt, and stood there among the skull-like coconuts with green shadows from the palms and the forest sliding over his skin. He undid the snake-clamp of his belt, lugged off his shoes and pants, and stood there naked, looking at the dazzling beach and the water.” 19. “…economic affairs. Their names, in Newspeak: Minitrue, Minipax, Miniluv, and Miniplenty.” 20. “…Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons were brough out again, after only thirty-six hours, to undergo Bokanovsky’s Process.”
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 199 Round 3 answers December 11 | Kayla
1. OUR LIPS ARE SEALED 2. BEHIND BLUE EYES 3. A FACE IN THE CROWD 4. U + UR HAND 5. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART 6. FINLAND 7. CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, URUGUAY, MAURITIUS, COSTA RICA 8. THE SENATE 9. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS 10. ICELAND 11. 17 12. LITERATURE; PEACE; CHEMISTRY; MEDICINE; PHYSICS 13. 23 14. ADIDAS; PUMA 15. "JAWS" 16. "ON THE ROAD” 17. "THE CATCHER IN THE RYE" 18. "LORD OF THE FLIES" 19. "1984" 20. "BRAVE NEW WORLD"
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December 18 Kristina
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Round 1 Home Improvement Snowmen Disappearances Candy Companies
Round 2 90’s Alternative Reindeer Christmas Traditions Christmas Day Movies
Round 3 British/English Monarchs Christmas Geography Food and Drink Christmas Movie Posters
202 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 December 18 | Kristina Round 1
Category 1 - Home Improvement 1. This type of window allows for easy escape in case of emergency. 2. A composite material made of crushed stone bound together by an adhesive. 3. A wall that is an active structural element of a building. 4. What is a weighted object connected to a string that can be used to establish a vertices line? 5. What is the more unfamiliar name of a square head screw or screwdriver?
Category 2 - Snowmen 6. What is the snowman called in the song “Winter Wonderland”? 7. This is the attribution of human traits, emotions or intentions to non-human entities like snowmen. 8. The earliest documentation of snowmen is from this period in history. 9. Snow becomes suitable for packing when it approaches this. 10. What is the name of a rare meteorological phenomenon in which large snowballs are formed naturally?
Category 3 - Disappearances 11. This founder and first king of Rome disappeared suddenly during a storm around 700 BC. 12. Owen Glendower disappeared in 1412 and was the last Welsh leader to hold this title. 13. Congressman Leo Ryan disappeared in Guyana after visiting this cult leaders settlement. 14. What was the name of Amelia Earhart’s airplane? 15. In the Pacific Northwest, this man parachuted out of a hijacked airplane with $200,000 in 1971 and was never seen again.
Category 4 - Candy Companies 16. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Cookies n’ Crème, Kisses 17. Kit Kat, Aero, Coffee Crisp 18. Wunderbar, Caramilk, Mr. Big 19. Kinder, Tic Tac, Rafaello 20. Bounty, Snickers, Twix
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 203 Round 1 answers December 18 | Kristina
1. EGRESS 2. QUARTZ OR ENGINEERED STONE 3. LOAD BEARING 4. PLUM BOB 5. ROBERTSON 6. PARSON BROWN 7. ANTHROPOMORPHISM 8. MEDIEVAL PERIOD 9. MELTING POINT 10. SNOW ROLLER, SNOW BALES, SNOW DONUTS, SNOWNUTS, WIND SNOWBALLS 11. ROMULUS 12. PRINCE OF WALES 13. JIM JONES 14. ELECTRA 15. D.B. COOPER 16. HERSHEY 17, NESTLE 18. CADBURY 19. FERRERO 20. MARS
204 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 December 18 | Kristina Round 2
Category 1 - 90’s Alternative 1. I’ve been drowned out by the rain, still I’m wishing I could stay 2. In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey, butane in my veins so I’m out to cut the junkie 3. Hangin’ Round downtown by myself and I had so much time to sit and thing about myself 4. I can’t stand it, I know you planned it I’mma set it straight, this Watergate 5. I want you to know, that I am happy for you, I wish nothing but the best for you both
Category 2 - Reindeer 6. This European country has the largest herd of wild reindeer in the world, varying between 400,000 and 1 million. 7. What are reindeer called in North America? 8. What is the real title of the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas” where Santa’s reindeer were originally named? 9. “Run Rudolph Run” was popularized by this father of rock and roll. 10. Rudolph first appeared in a 1939 booklet from what defunct department store?
Category 3 - Christmas Traditions 11. When burned, this piece of wood is meant to last the twelve days of Christmas. 12. What is a mixture of chopped dried fruit, spirits and spices often served this time of year called? 13. This plant was first brought to the United States from Mexico in the 1820’s. 14. The lighting of the Christmas tree at Nathan Philips Square is called what? 15. The first recorded Christmas card was sent to this successor of Elizabeth I in 1611.
Category 4 - Christmas Day Movies 16. 2012 – Jamie Foxx, Christophe Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio 17. 2014 – Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes 18. 2015 – Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson 19. 2017 – Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville 20. Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Sam Rockwell
2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 205 Round 2 answers December 18 | Kristina
1. RESURRECTION, MOIST 2. LOSER, BECK 3. SEX AND CANDY, MARCY PLAYGROUND 4. SABOTAGE, BEASTIE BOYS 5. YOU OUGHTA KNOW – ALANIS MORISSETTE 6. RUSSIA 7. CARIBOU 8. A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS 9. CHUCK BERRY 10. MONTGOMERY WARD 11. YULE LOG 12. MINCEMEAT 13. POINSETTIA 14. CAVALCADE OF LIGHTS 15. JAMES I 16. DJANGO UNCHAINED 17. AMERICAN SNIPER 18. THE REVENANT 19. PHANTOM THREAD 20. VICE
206 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 2019 December 18 | Kristina Round 3
Category 1 - British Monarchs 1. Male, 1035 to 1087 2. Female, 1558 to 1603 3. Male, 1509 to 1547 4. Female, 1837 to 1901 5. Male, 1910 to 1936
Category 2 - Christmas Geography 6. According to Run DMC, where is mom cooking chicken and collard greens, rice and stuffing, macaroni and cheese? 7. What city is the McAllister family taking a trip to when they forget Kevin in Home Alone? 8. Jack Skellington discovers Christmas Town in this 1993 Tim Burton Film. 9. What city do the Griswolds live in in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation? 10. The “Pole Scene” of this movie was filmed in St. Catharines Ontario.
Category 3 - Food and Drink 11. What is the national alcoholic spirit of the United States? 12. What is Scotland’s other national drink after whiskey? 13. Canola is an abbreviation of what? 14. What uncooked meat is a Trichina worm most likely to make a home in? 15. Why were original Animal Crackers boxes designed with a string handle?
Category 4 - Christmas Movie Posters
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2019 | TRACKS TRIVIA | 207 Round 3 answers December 18 | Kristina
1. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 2. ELIZABETH I 3. HENRY VIII 4. VICTORIA 5. GEORGE V 6. HOLLIS QUEENS 7. PARIS 8. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 9. CHICAGO 10. A CHRISTMAS STORY 11. BOURBON 12. IRN-BRU 13. CANADIAN OIL 14. PORK 15. SO THEY COULD BE HUNG ON A CHRISTMAS TREE 16. THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL 17. THE SANTA CLAUSE 18. A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS 19. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE 20. OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY
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