We added a new twist this time around with a little live music provided by the Electric Trousers. Big thanks go out to them for their help. They were even kind enough to open the competition by playing the intros to five songs for a bit of name that tune. Round one was, well, rounded out by Malcolm with a trip back through time, naming a few events for the teams to guess the years. Round 2 was Wacky Trivia, riddles and tribonds in which the teams had to guess the link between three things. The final round was Americana. Below you'll find the questions. For those who couldn't make it out, you can test yourselves and see if you could've given the Jack Pots a run for the money. When you're done, and for those who were there Thursday and are dying to know the answers, scroll down below to find them.
Round 1 - Name That Tune + Name
the year
6. The US Housing bubble bursts when
year on year home prices drop by up to 15% in areas of the country
causing increasing numbers of foreclosures
US private security firm Blackwater is
banned by the Iraqi government from operating in Iraq following civilian
shootings
Apple introduces the iPhone
The final Harry Potter book is
published Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Oscar award for Best Documentary : An
Inconvenient Truth
Gordon Brown becomes the new British
Prime Minister
7. The human
population of the world surpassed six billion.
Lance
Armstrong wins his first Tour de France.
Two boys 17 and 18 years old go on
killing a rampage at Columbine
High School
The Barbie
Doll celebrates its 40th Birthday
Impeachment proceedings are bought
against President Bill Clinton
Napster
& My Space are officially introduced to the
Internet
Australian voters decided to keep the
queen and not become a republic
8.
Soviet Nuclear reactor at Chernobyl
Explodes on April 26th causing the release of radioactive
material across much of Europe
Haley’s
Comet reaches the closest point to the Earth during
its second visit to the solar system in the 20th century.
Mike Tyson becomes the youngest
Heavyweight Champion in history
A British newspaper reveals information
that Israel has secret nuclear weapons including 100 nuclear
warheads.
The 386
series of microprocessor introduced by Intel.
9.
Pope John Paul II visits his native Poland, becoming
the first Pope to visit a Communist country
President Hasan al-Bakr resigns and
Vice President Saddam
Hussein replaces him in Iraq
3000
Iranian radicals, mostly students, invade
the United States embassy in Tehran and take 90
hostages
Sony introduces the Sony
Walkman costing $200.00
First
Commercial Cellular Network NTT is invented
10. The Maple leaf becomes Canada’s
new national flag symbol
Malcolm
X shot in New York
Cigarette
advertising banned on Television in Britain
Troopers violently confront civil
rights marchers in Alabama
One of most popular films "Sound
of Music" released
J.K Rowling is born
Round 2 – Wacky Riddles & Tribonds
- A butcher, let's call him Bob, stands 5 foot 11 inches, that's 180 cm, tall; he wears size 9 shoes, that's size 43 here in Europe and has a body mass index of 25, now, can you tell me what he weighs?
- I'm going to give you three scenarios in which you must either perform the required task or suffer the consequences. Your job is to tell me which one of the three gives you the best chance of survival:
a) With one roll of the dice, roll
snake eyes, that's having a one on both dice, or eat cyanide for
dinner.
b) Flipping a coin so that it comes up
tails five times in a row or if a head comes up, have yours cut off.
c) From a standard deck of 52 cards
having only 2 cards dealt and both of them being aces or jump off the
Empire State Building.
Now tell me, which of a, b or c gives
you a better chance of survival
- If you had a million dollars and gave away one quarter and then another quarter, how much money would you have left?
- Enough math, let's think wacky English. Can you tell me what 5-letter English word can have its last 4 letters removed and still sound the same?
- The last of this type, don't worry. Tell me, what can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps.
- Little Red Riding Hood, A hot air balloon and A high-school gym
- Superman, Batman and Massachusetts
- The Ford Motor Company, Nebraska and an American penny
- Conspirators, Novels and Cemetaries
- Mouse, Bear and Booby
Round 3 – Americana
1. How many
American states begin with the letter ‘M’?
2. Back before
this state became the 48th on Valentine's day 1912 and
the railroad arrived, it was common to transport goods by camel
which may explain why it's illegal to hunt camels here. You can also
be put in jail for up to 25 years for cutting down the Saguaro
cactus. It's also illegal to refuse someone a glass of water if they
ask for it perhaps owing to the climate. Name this state in which it
is illegal to manufacture imitation cocaine and is home of the Grand
Canyon National park.
3. Name the
victim or the killer in the first live televised murder two days
after JFK was assassinated in 1963.
4. If you were
to list all of the American states alphabetically, name the states
that would come first and last. What states come first and last
alphabetically?
5. This
state's capital, Montpelier is the only US state capital without a
McDonald's. It's also home to the only self-described socialist
senator, Bernie Sanders and is the only state that shares a border
with only one other state. Disrobing in public is a crime but if you
get naked before going outside, you will not be charged. There are
laws on the books which state women here must obtain written
permission from their husbands to wear false teeth, make it illegal
to deny the existence of god and requires all residents to bathe
every Saturday night.
6. Name the
four American states that begin with the letter "I".
7. Can you
tell me the name of the state famous for its panhandle shape where
it's illegal to have a sleeping donkey in your bathtub after 7pm,
it's also illegal for the owner of a bar to allow anyone inside to
have sex with a buffalo and oral sex is a misdemeanor punishable by
up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine. Sounds like a good reason
I'd sooner avoid the 'Sooner' state. What state is it?
8. Your
European football's scoring is just a little too easy with goals
being worth a point each. So we call it soccer and began our own
football with different points. Can you tell me how many points a
touchdown is worth in both American and Canadian football. It's the
same number as a goal in Aussie Rules football and two goals in
Gaelic football. In cricket it’s a shot in which the ball clears
the boundary without bouncing. It’s also the number of carbon
atoms in a benzene molecule and the number of Geese a-laying in the
Christmas carol the 12 days of Christmas.
9. Which
geographical location was the first word spoken on the moon?
10. This state
is the home of the blues but last month became the final state to
ratify the 13th amendment finally officially making
slavery illegal. It is illegal to teach others what polygamy is and
for men to be sexually aroused in public. This may be a public
service however as it is the state with the highest rate of obesity
and the lowest life expectancy in the country with the lowest life
expectancy among the industrialized nations.
Answers:
Round 1
Songs - 1. Tequila, 2. Day Tripper, 3. Jumping Jack Flash, 4. Wicked Game, 5. Eye of the Tiger
Years - 6. 2007, 7. 1999, 8. 1986, 9. 1979, 10. 1965
Round 2
1. Meat, 2. B, 3. $999,999.50, 4. Queue, 5. A river, 6. Basket, 7. Cape, 8. Lincoln, 9. Plot, 10. Trap
Round 3
1. Eight, 2. Arizona, 3. Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald, 4. Alabama and Wyoming, 5. Vermont, 6. Iowa, Indiana, Illinois and Idaho, 7. Oklahoma, 8. Six, 9. Houston, 10. Mississippi
Even though we all know the results matter far less than the fun that was had, I'm sure many of you are dying to know how you fared. Here's a list of the teams, from first place to last:
Jack Pots
Sexy MFs
Pie-O'-Neers
Second Beverage
Happy Clovers
The Lazy Bastards
Vicious & Delicious
Flying Sharks
Chupachups
No Names
Tears of Our Enemies
Bazinga
Misfits
Team Duo
Dog With 2 Tails
KMM
Well, that's about it for this time around. Hopefully we'll have some pictures up here and on Facebook (click the link and like the page!) soon and a video to share on the Rabbitfire main page. Thanks again everyone, we're already looking forward to the next one!
