It’s been a while since the last quiz league, and with the trivia night season winding down I thought this might be a good time to try it again. It’s hard with online quizzes to keep players from using search engines to come up with the right answers, so these quizzes will feature questions that will require some brain work even to find the answer on Google.
There will be ten rounds of ten questions (just like a trivia night) and the player with the highest total score at the end will take home a fabulous prize package (which has yet to be determined). Each round will run for a week, from Monday through 11:59 Sunday night. Email your answers to russ@springfieldtrivia.com when you’re ready. First entry gets one bonus point. Scores will be posted each Monday.
Importantly, don’t think of these quizzes as your standard trivia rounds, but more of a trivia scavenger hunt. The questions will require some knowledge to figure out – but the challenge is in how you arrive at the correct answer. The first round will be relatively easy – and more Googleable than the ones that folllow – just to get you used to the style.
Round One
Answers due by 11:59PM (CST) on May 16th, 2010.
- In honor of Mothers’ Day, identify the mothers of these four famous people. (1 pt. each)
- What do the following songs have in common: (2 points)
- Love Story by Taylor Swift
- Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
- Fire by Bruce Springsteen
- Love Kills by The Ramones
- Complete this sequence: (2 points)
- Catwoman
- Dirty Love
- Basic Instinct 2
- I Know Who Killed Me
- The Love Guru
- ___________
- #21 fixed something #18 did 16 years before. What was it? (2 points)
- On July 8, 2005 Larry Walker did something in San Francisco that no other St. Louis Cardinal has ever done. What was this feat? (2 points)
- This photo was used on the cover of what controversial book, which was released in 2003? (3 points)
- Where would you find Mae West, Bob Dylan, Marilyn Monroe, Lenny Bruce, and a Snow White figurine? (2 points)
- If Holtsville, NY is the lowest and Ketchikan, Alaska is the highest, where is the average? (2 acceptable answers depending on how you round) (2 points)
- What brand’s product label tells consumers what is inside the container in English, German, Spanish, Italian, and French – in that order? (3 points)
- This man’s name made numerous appearances in David Letterman’s Top 10 lists during the 1990s. Who is he? (3 points)
25 total points, PLUS 1 bonus point for the first person to submit their answers to russ@springfieldtrivia.com. Good luck!
