Quizmasters Lee and Marc meet for a trivia quiz on topics including History, Food, Animals, Television, Literature and more!
Round One
FAST FOOD - What burger chain was founded in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas and just over 100 years later announced plans in February 2022 to install robotic french fry cooks at 100 of its locations?
TELEVISION SOUNDTRACKS - In the TV show LOST, name the Mama Cass song that is used throughout the series, and is generally tied to Desmond?
CONSUMER PRODUCTS - Named for group 17 on the periodic table (which contains elements such as bromine and iodine), what type of light bulb contains a small amount of inert gas and is known to run at a higher temperature than others?
DINOSAURS - The latin prefix "Dino-" (as in Dinosaur) means what?
ANIMAL TERMS - While adult males are called cobs, and adult females are referred to as pens, a cygnet is the term for a baby version of what kind of bird (which is known to mate for life)?
RELIGION - In Catholicism, what is the color of a priest or deacon's skull cap?
Round Two
FISH - What fish has an organ called an esca?
LAW - What common law requires a person under arrest to be brought under a judge or court and whose translation from Latin into English is roughly “let you have the body”?
GAME SHOWS - What two mononymed coaches on the voice first appeared on Season 4 and returned in Season 6?
FAMOUS HORSES - What horse is said to have been the sole survivor of the 7th cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn and was named for the Southwestern Native American tribe it encountered during an 1868 battle in Kansas?
SUNKEN SHIPS - What name was given to the recently discovered ship that was sunk during Ernest Shackleton's imperial trans-Antarctic expedition?
AMERICAN HOLIDAY FOODS - Popular from the 1920's to 1960's (and again in 2014 thanks to a segment on Ellen) and served at Christmas, Halloween and Birthdays, what celebratory holiday dish consists of a bed of lettuce topped with pineapple rings supporting a standing banana, dripping with mayonnaise (or cottage cheese) and topped with a Maraschino cherry?
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INVENTIONS - A mortsafe was used to deter what activity, most commonly in early 19th century Edinburgh?
HISTORY - Known as the Grandmother of Europe, what monarch had grandchildren on the English, German, and Russian thrones at the same time?
Final Questions
90’S ALTERNATIVE - Which song that peaked on the Billboard charts in 1995 was initially inspired by the 1953 movie Roman Holiday (before being rewritten and undergoing a name change)?
LITERATURE - Dina is the pet cat of what literary character first written about in 1865?
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