Second-Sunday Trivia at An Tobar

Second-Sunday Trivia at An Tobar Who: Trivia-host Den is the MC, YOU need to attend What: $5 entry fee per person (still cheap), cash prize; 3 rounds, 10 questions each; plus bonus round worth 15 points; In addition to 10 general-knowledge questions, second round will feature 5 Harry Potter alternative questions. Bring out your friends who are Harry Potter fans, and keep in mind there will still be high-quality general questions in that round for those who aren't. No limits on team size. Where: An Tobar Irish Pub 600 N Lake Destiny Rd, Maitland, FL (Next to the Sheraton Hotel) When: Every Second Sunday at An Tobar Irish Pub (with the exceptions of Mother's Day, and Valentine's Day or Easter if the latter two happen to fall on a second Sunday of the month.) Why: To test yourself and your team with the gold standard of trivia questions*, to enjoy great food and drink at Central-Florida's best trivia venue, and possibly win cash. *with apologies to the plenitudinous purveyors of pyrite For the full Gold Standard of Trivia website, click here http://thegoldstandardoftrivia.blogspot.com/

Sunset Harbor Yacht Club Trivia

Mike and Becky Becker host trivia at The Sunset Harbor Yacht Club
Questions
Round One
1. Name the four H's in the 4-H Club.
2. On what three countries did the U.S. declare war on June 5, 1942?
3. What is the most visited monument in the U.S.?
4. A pair of Aces and 8's is known as the "dead man's hand," who was holding the hand?
5. Where are the islands of Langerhans?
6.What is the wife of an earl called?
7. What time piece as the most moving parts?
8. In the comic strip Peanuts, who is Rerun?
9. What was the first toy produced by Hasbro?
10. When was the first toilet paper sold on a roll?


Round Two
1. For which three movies did Michelle Pfeiffer receive academy award nominations?
2. What Billboard #1 song features the oldest known lyrics?
3. Excluding News programs, what is the current longest running primetime TV show?
4. What male and female actors hold the records for most academy award nominations?
5. From what film does the word paparazzi originate?
6. Who were the producer/directors first choices for the following films?
A. Jerry Maguire/Jerry Maguire
B. Princes Leah/Star Wars
C. Axel Foley/Beverly Hills Cop
D. Jim Morrison/The Doors
E. Rhett Butler/Gone with the Wind
7. The Ramones took their name from Paul Ramone, who was Paul Ramone?
8. What is the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time?
9. "That you don't know what you got till it's gone They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot" are lyrics from what song?
10. What are the top-three longest running operas?


Round Three
1. What two countries are connected by the Khyber Pass?
2. What is the largest lake in the world?
3. What four states are known as Commonwealths?
4. What are the three constitutional requirements for President of the United States?
5. What state elected the first woman to Congress and who was she?
6. In the 1980s the U.S. invaded Grenada. What is the capital of Grenada? What Clint Eastwood movie was made about the invasion of Grenada?
7. What countries are represented by the following International car index marks: E M N D C?
8. Besides Florida, what other state is nicknamed The Sunshine State?
9. In the past year, what four states have abolished the death penalty?
10. Name the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

Round Four
1. What is the correct title of the portrait painting commonly known as Whistler's Mother?
2. What is the name of the poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty and who wrote it?
3. Who ordered the assassination of Thomas Beckett?
4. What was Stonewall Jackson's real first name?
5. List the four presidents who were assassinated and their assassins?
6. How many five-star generals were there and who are they?
7. What two novels where place into a time capsule at the 1939 World's Fair?
8. What scent does cyanide poisoning leave?
9. How many plays did Shakespeare write?
10. Who was the Prince of the Dwarves of Erebor?

Round Five
1. In what year did Florida become a state?
2. What is Volusia County's most populous city?
3. What is Florida's state flower?
4. Name Florida's two current U.S. Senators.
5. What is the longest river in Florida?
6. Name the cabinet of the state of Florida.
7. What Florida Institute of higher learning has the largest enrollment?
8. What Florida college did Ted Cassidy, Lurch from TV's The Addam's Family, attend?
9. What two-time Academy Award winnger attended Mainland High School from 1970-1971?
10.Who are Amanda Morrow and Carole Rome?


Answers
Round One
1. Head, Heart, Hands, Health
2. Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania
3. Lincoln Memorial
4. Wild Bill Hickok
5. Pancreas
6. Countess
7. an hour glass
8. Rerun
9. Mr. Potato Head
10. 1890

Round Two
1. Fabulous Baker Boys, Dangerous Liassons, Love Field
2. Turn, Turn, Turn
3. The Simpsons
4. John Nicholson, Meryl Streep
5. La Dolce Vita
6. Tom Hanks, Jodie Foster, Sylvester Stallone, John Travolta, Gary Cooper
7. Paul McCartney's alias
8. The Bodyguard
9. Big Yellow Taxi
10. Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Les Misérables

Round Three
1. Afghanistan and Pakistan
2. Caspian Sea
3. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia
4. at least 35 years old; natural born citizen, resident of the U.S. the last 14 years
5. Montana; Jeannette Rankin
6. St. George's; Heartbreak Ridge
7. Spain, Malta, Norway, Germany, Cuba
8. South Dakota (though not any longer)
9. New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New Mexico
10. Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse of Alexandria (Previously Ishtar Gate)

Round Four
1. Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother
2. New Colossus, Emma Lazarus
3. Henry II
4. Thomas Jackson
5. Abraham Lincoln - John Wilkes Booth; James A. Garfield - Charles J. Guiteau; William McKinley - Leon Czolgosz; John F. Kennedy - Lee Harvey Oswald
6.George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Henry H. Arnold, Omar N. Bradley
7. Gone With the Wind, Arrowsmith
8. almond
9. 37
10. Thorin Oakenshield

Round Five
1. 1845
2. Deltona
3. Orange Blossom
4. Bill Nelson, George LeMieux
5. St. John's
6.Charlie Crist - Governor, CFO - Alex Sink, Attorney General - Bill McCollum, Secretary of Agriculture - Charles H. Bronson
7. Miami Dade College
8. Stetson
9. Denzel Washington
10. Charlie Crist's former and current wives

You can kill a horse, but you can't kill a Cadillac

On September 30 2007, Carnell "Cadillac" Williams tore the Patellar tendon in his right knee against the Carolina Panthers. It looked like his career would be over. On December 28, 2009, Williams tore the Patellar tendon in his left knee against the Oakland Raiders. While we knew better than to count him out this time, it seemed reasonable to expect it would take another year-plus for Williams to come back again. So this past offseason the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed free-agent RB Derrick Ward to a four-year, $17 million contract to fill the void.

But miracles happen on the road to recovery.

This past week Cadillac Williams rose to number one on the Bucs' depth chart with a bullet. Then today, just 5 minutes 25 seconds into the game Williams ran right side for two yards. Only two yards, did he come back to soon? Williams answered this on next play when he juked and powered his way for a gain of 22 yards: A resounding "no." A little later, 8 minutes 53 seconds into the second quarter, Williams ran for a touchdown to give the Bucs a 7-6 lead over the Cowboys (after the extra point). This brought a tear to every good Buc-fan's eyes. It was too good to be true.

Cadillac Williams went on to average 7.5 yards per carry for a total of 97 yards and a touchdown. He carried the ball with less frequency as the game got out of hand. Unfortunately it got out-of-hand in favor of the Cowboys, who capitalized on numerous Bucs' mistakes and lightning-struck the now cover-two-less Bucs' defense with Romo-to-Austin, Romo-to-Williams, and Romo-to-Crayton touchdown passes of 42, 66, and 80 yards. It was the first time since 1962 that the Cowboys had more than one 60-plus yard touchdown pass in a single game as Tony Romo passed for a career-high 365 yards. The elated Cowboy literally spanked his favorite tight end so repeatedly that the cameras had to cut away from his shenanigans with 1:02 left in the game. The Bucs fell to the Cowboys 34-21.

We won't soon forget the miracle that was Cadillac Williams this hot, end-of-summer day in southwest central Florida. Still, there is much that we need to blot out of our minds. As Mr. Williams said in an interview after the game, the key to future Bucs' success is "short-term memory."

Must...forget Romo's exploits....Must...forget Romo's exploits. Think happy thoughts. Think how great it was to see Carnell "Cadillac" Williams return in full stride.