Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Two Worlds, one Cup.

Congratulations go out to last night's winners:

Naked Bike Ride Photographers

...who mercifully did not share any photos of Saturday's above-mentioned exploits. As a result of their night-winning 151-point score, they are going to a Portland Timbers game, because there's just not enough soccer on TV these days, is there?

The runners up:

Break Dancing Should Not Require Assistance from the Elderly (best team name, best team name directly referencing information the host thought was relayed in confidence about his dance floor antics, best Sean Connery insult, most phallic doodling--these guys really swept a number of categories)


Yeah, so???



Team Lebowski
Angry Birds (highest per capita score of the evening)
KO Dynasty
The Burning Crotches
Team Hope

The categories, questions and correct answers from last night:

PIECE OF CAKE
1. What health emergency was North Korean leader Kim Jong-il widely suspected to have suffered in 2008? A: stroke
2. What beloved comic ran from 1950 to 2000 and has been described as "the longest story ever told by a human being"? A: Peanuts
3. What type of cake typically uses a coconut-pecan frosting with maraschino cherries on top? A: German chocolate
4. Which of the following is NOT a song by The Eagles: "Take It Easy", "Hotel California", "Californication", or "Desperado"? A: "Californication"

SUCK IT, TREBEK!
1. After earning an undergrad degree in history at Yale, what U.S. president went on (at a different school) to earn an MBA, making him the only president to hold that degree? A: G.W. Bush
2. The Raymond Orteig prize, awarded to Charles Lindbergh for achieving the first solo nonstop flight between New York City and Paris in 1927, consisted of 10, 14, 25, or 30,000 dollars? A: $25k
3. While it's also been proven to help lower cholesterol, the product Metamucil is designed to add WHAT to the diet? A: fiber
4. Often compared to Gangsta Rap in the U.S., a narcocorrido is a type of Mexican folk ballad primarily dealing with what subject? A: drugs (lit. 'drug ballad')

PLEASE PASS THE GAS
Q1. What car manufacturer has named at least five of its models after different types of winds? A: Volkswagen (Passat, Jetta, Golf, Scirocco, Bora)
Q2. Also known as "fall winds", what is the technical term for a wind that carries a higher density air down a slope under the force of gravity? A: katabatic wind
Q3. Name one of the two planets that have the highest surface winds observed in our solar system. A: Neptune and Saturn
Q4. What minimum wind speed (in miles per hour) must be sustained for a storm to be considered a hurricane? A: 74 mph

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID
1. "You taught me the ways of desire, now it's taken its toll/ You're the right kind of sinner to release my inner fantasy." Pat Benatar
2. "Well I know that I'll get through this/ 'cause I am strong/ And I don't need you anymore/ No I don't need you anymore." Cher
3. "I've been a long, long way from here/ Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes/ And drank till I was thirsty again." Sheryl Crow
4. "I understand if you can't talk to me again/ And if you live by the rules of "it's over"/ Then I'm sure that that makes sense." Dido

WHOEVER SPELT IT, DEALT IT
1. intransigence (refusal to compromise)
2. Caelacanth (type of ancient fish)
3. segue (smooth transition)
4. pompadour (hairstyle)
5. clandestinity (secrecy)
6. nylghau (Indian antelope breed)
7. embarrass (cause to feel shame)

IF YOU TRIAL SOMETIMES...
1. The French term voir dire, referring to the period wherein lawyers may openly ask questions of citizens in order to select a jury, literally means to do what? A: tell the truth
2. What was the name of the twenty-three-member council of judges who presided over Jesus' trial in 33 A.D.? A: the Sanhedrin
3. Which of the following Law and Order series premiered first: Special Victims Unit, Criminal Intent, Trial By Jury, or Crime & Punishment? A: SVU (1999)
4. The fictional law firm Cage, Fish and Associates was the primary setting of what TV series? A: Ally McBeal

STUMPED IN STUMPTOWN
1. At 11,249 feet, Mount Hood isn't among the 50 highest peaks in the United States, but it ranks 28th place in what other measure? A: prominence (7,706 feet)
2. There are two streets in the Alphabet District named after the founders of Portland; name one of them. A: Lovejoy or Pettygrove
3. The Columbia River's drainage basin (which includes all its tributaries) extends into Oregon and six other U.S. states, including which three states wholly outside the Pacific Northwest? A: Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
4. Although frequently referred to as the most environmentally friendly city in the U.S., Grist Magazine ranks Portland second in the world, behind what national capital? A: Reykjavik, Iceland












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