Web Bonus! July 23, 2007
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If you traveled north from Little Misery (an island off the Massachusetts coast) what island would you encounter next?
Web Bonus! July 16, 2007
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From the 1998 comedy/thriller The Faculty which character turns out to be the alien ringleader?
Web Bonus! July 9, 2007
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According to the US Navy Doppler No-Decompression Limits: When scuba diving, what is the maximum amount of time (in minutes) that you can dive while breathing compresses air at 70 feet without making a decompression stop on your ascent? You can also assume that the surface of the water is at sea level.
Web Bonus! July 2, 2007
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What guest was bumped from Larry King Live so that Paris Hilton could have the whole hour after she was released from prison?
*** Don’t forget that tonight’s quiz will focus on Independence Day trivia!
Pub Crawl for Freedom! June 27, 2007
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When I was younger, it was always my dream to drink the Freedom Trail. Everyone walks it… but few have the patriotic courage to drink it. This year I took advantage of Google Maps to lay out the plan and dust it with history. This is the official Freedom Trail Pub Crawl Map.
Pub Crawl for Freedom, originally uploaded by Popehammer.
This pub crawl follows (as closely as possible) the 2.5 mile Freedom Trail in Boston. Every year I, along with a small group of friends, walk along the Freedom Trail in Boston stopping at a pub near each historical site. We reflect on the blood shed by our forefathers (and mothers) that allows us Americans to get completely tanked in broad daylight on a summer day. We remember the courage it took to ensure that we would not speak with English accents but instead, speak with accents of other, cooler, regions of the world. We are reminded particularly of the Constitutional right to pee on buildings when the line for the bathroom is too long. At least…I think that’s in the Constitution..I’ll have to check.
Ridiculous and outrageously patriotic outfits are encouraged.
Dominant Trivia Force [DTM] June 26, 2007
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Once again Delivery Boys proved to be a dominant trivia force. I am almost certain that the words “dominant trivia force” have never appeared together without punctuation… I’m going to google it now to see if anything comes up… Please hold.
Ha! No results! Congratulations Delivery Boys: A few days from now, whenever anyone in the world googles “Dominant trivia force”, your team name will be displayed as the only result. And I’m sure people have been trying to identify a DTF for years now.
Honorable mention: You Look Tasty & The Golden Nematodes.
Web Bonus! June 25, 2007
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Summer Solstice, one of my all time favorite summer beers, is brewed by what company?
Hah! I told you so! June 19, 2007
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So last night we had the following question in round 3:
The international system (SI) of units defines seven SI base (or fundamental) units. Name them.
I thought the question was pretty straight forward but when people heard the correct answers, several trivia-goers cried about it. There is NO crying in Trivia! It says so right on your answer sheet! The answers are: Meter, Second, Ampere, Mole, Kg, Candela, degree Kelvin.
I had people claim that there was no way that a mole was a unit…people that claimed the Kg is a modified unit and other that it’s a derivative unit. The final straw was then someone implied that I get all my answers from and do all my research on, Wikipedia (Wikipedia!!). Well, I don’t. I will be the first to admit that I screw up sometimes… In a way, it’s a good thing because it proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I am NOT the Pope. Kidding aside, I definitely make mistakes and will continue to do so, but I try to keep incorrect information to a minimum. So feel free to tell me that you think I’m wrong but don’t accuse me of relying on Wikipedia…I know that a large percentage of its “knowledge” is…truthy at best.
Having said that, here are a few sources which back me up on the 7 fundamental SI units:
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Prof. Russ Rowlett at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
eFunda – Engineering Fundamentals
I bet Wiki would back me up too…but you can find that on your own. Ok, I’m done proving myself now.
The winners last night were from a team called Delivery Boys and they’re no strangers to Trivia Nite at John Harvard’s. This win gives them sole possession of 1st place on the All-Time Leader board. Congrats!
Web Bonus! June 18, 2007
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What set of brothers is responsible for creating Homestar Runner?
Puritans. June 14, 2007
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From a Boston.com article entitled Trooper Stops Naked Couple in SUV:
A 19-year-old Seattle man was arrested for investigation of drunken driving, a gross misdemeanor, and investigation of “embracing” while driving, which Merrill said was a misdemeanor.
That’s illegal? If so, the terrorists have already won. And I need to find a new Tuesday night activity.
Some people that I’ve talked to think that it’s very unsafe to receive certain types of ‘embraces’ while driving. I disagree but I am willing to research this further. I wonder if I could somehow get government funding? I could call it a driver safety study. It’s almost legitimate.
