Next Drink'n'Think: Monday, October 27th [AT 710]

We concluded our final Drink'n'Think at Rikenjaks. Although it was only 3 rounds, we ended the night in our first tie. Etc. and Sons of Son equaled each other through 10 tie breaker questions before it was called a tie. Thanks to everyone for playing.

We will be trying out our new venue 710! We will keep our loyal participants updated through this blog and our email list.

Here are the questions from last night:


ROUND 1

[HISTORY] What plant's 1986 meltdown was dubbed "Russian Roulette" by nuclear power critics?
(Chernobyl)


[RELIGION/SCIENCE] What religion claims to have been founded in the 1950s by the world's greatest salesman J. R. "Bob" Dobbs?

(The Church of the SubGenius)


[SPORTS] What basketball team was the first in major league sports to be named for an insect?
(The Charlotte Hornets)


[LITERATURE] What is the name of the the family in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath?

(The Joads)


[POLITICS] Two weeks ago, the vice presidential debate was held at what university?

(Washington University in St. Louis)


[MUSIC] What band will be playing the halftime show at Superbowl XLII in February?

(Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band)


[CURRENT EVENTS] Recently, search and rescue workers found the wreckage of this millionaire’s airplane, but no sign of the adventurer-aviator body.

(Steven Fossett)


[CINEMA/ TELEVISON] What director of “House of a 1000 Corpses” was also a production assistant on Pee-Wee’s Play House?

(Rob Zombie)


[LOCAL KNOWLEDGE] On October 3rd, Louisiana recorded its first death this year from what virus?

(West Nile virus)


[MISCELLANEOUS] What's short for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"?
(LASER)


ROUND 2


[HISTORY] What optical aids was nearsighted model Grace Robin the first to show off in 1930?

(contact lenses)


[RELIGION/SCIENCE] What planet is named after the Greek god who personified the sky?

(Uranus)


[SPORTS] What homerun hitter, who currently plays for the Oakland Athletics, is known as "The Big Hurt"?
(Frank Thomas)



[LITERATURE] Blindness is a 2008 dramatic thriller film that is an adaptation of the 1995 novel of the same name by what author?

(José Saramago)


[POLITICS] What Irish political movement is named after a phrase meaning "we ourselves"?
(Sinn Fein)

[MUSIC] This band will reunite next year when they invade the Hampton Coliseum in Virginia for a trio of shows on March 6-8th, 2009.

(Phish)


[CURRENT EVENTS] Last month, professor George Kakoma, the composer of what country’s National Anthem, sued his government for the violation of his copyright for over 40 years.

(Uganda)


[CINEMA/TELEVISION] In the 2003 movie Coffee and Cigarettes, name 1 of the 2 rappers who sip herbal tea and have a conversation with Bull Murray about the dangers of nicotine.

(GZA or RZA)


[LOCAL KNOWLEDGE] Name any 1 of the 4 candidates who ran for Calcasieu Parish District Judge, Division H

(Cynthia Clay Guillory – Lands

Lydia Guillory Lee

Ron Ware

Assistant District Attorney Sharon Wilson)


[MISCELLANEOUS] What's the University of Paris more commonly called?

(The Sorbonne)

ROUND 3

[HISTORY] What type of vessel was powered by a hand-cranked propeller when first used in combat in 1176?
(A submarine)

[RELIGION/SCIENCE] What religious movement accepts both Jesus Christ and Haile Selassie as incarnations of God, considers Marcus Garvey a prophet, and celebrates the spiritual use of marijuana?

(The Rastafari movement)

[SPORTS] What football league had expansion teams in Baltimore, Las Vegas and Shreveport for the 1994 season?
(The Canadian Football League)

[LITERATURE] What is the name of Tom Sawyer's love interest?

(Becky Thatcher)


[POLITICS] Who is the current Secretary of Defense?

(Robert M. Gates)


[MUSIC] With the Red Hot Chili Peppers on a hiatus, bassist Flea has enrolled in what university’s music program hoping to better understand the “math and academics” of musical structure.

(University of Southern California)

[CURRENT EVENTS] Two decades after his single hit the top spot in 16 countries, this singer

has become a surprise contender for best act ever at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards.

(Rick Astley)


[CINEMA/TELEVISION] What actress portrayed Jen Lindley on the television show “Dawson’s Creek”?

(Michelle Williams)


[LOCAL KNOWLEDGE] What fashon designer, who was born in 1927 in Haynesville, Louisiana, became one of New York’s top designers and designed the wedding gown worn by Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of former President Lyndon B. Johnson?
(Geoffrey Beene)


[MISCELLANEOUS] This month, news went around that this Wild Wild West actor is in talks with Marvel to direct the first-ever feature film starring Thor

(Kenneth Branagh)

Tie-Breaker Questions


[HISTORY] What suntan lotion was developed by Dr. Ben Green in 1944 to protect pilots who bailed out over the Pacific? It is still sold today.
(Coppertone)

[RELIGION/SCIENCE] What do leukemia sufferers have too many of?
(White blood cells, or leukocyte).

[SPORTS] What NHL team plays in an arena called The Pond?
(The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)

[LITERATURE] In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, why is the Earth destroyed?

(To make way for an intergalactic expressway)

[POLITICS] McCain graduated from what college in 1958?

(U.S. Naval Academy/ Navy’s undergraduate college)

[MUSIC] Whose pop parody career includes the hits Addicted to Spuds and White and Nerdy?
(Weird Al Yankovic).

[CURRENT EVENTS] Earlier this month, it was reported that this pop singer’s is suing her ex-boyfriend for trying to sell a sex tape the couple made together for $9 million.

(Brittney Spears – Louisiana’s own)


[CINEMA/TELEVISION] What 1987 movie’s tagline read: She thought babysitting was easy money - until she started hanging out with the Andersons?

(Adventure’s in babysitting)


[LOCAL KNOWLEDGE] Name 1 of Louisiana’s 5 most popular baby names for a girl in 2005.
Madison
Emma
Emily
Hannah
Olivia.


[MISCELLANEOUS] Awarded by the editors of the Annals of Improbable Research, Deborah Anderson received a chemistry prize for a 1985 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that found this beverage is an effective spermicide .

(Coca-Cola)