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Bar Trivia: Who wants to know?

A sample of pub-quiz questions from five leading local trivia hosts.

August 17, 2012 at 9:06PM

John Cosgrove, Brit's Pub

Q: What was voted quote of the year for 2007?

Q: Records show a 600% increase in 2007 U.S. Federal spending on what?

Q: In what sport would you find a position called a hooker?

Q: Which book is the most stolen from public libraries?

  • [answer] The Guinness Book of Records

      Q: The DynaTac 8000X was launched as the first of its kind in 1983. What was it?

      Q: Excluding Alaska, which U.S State extends furthest north?

      Q: In an American Film Institute poll, which movie character was voted as the #1 villain?

      Q: Which oil company had its name picked from a list generated by a computer?

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      Q: Which American Icon recorded a TV commercial asking to drive safely shortly before dying in a car accident?

      Q: Which TV series holds the record for most guest appearances?

      Chuck and Sean's Trivia, 331 Club

      Q: How many grams of cocaine would you get if you bought 1/4 of an ounce?

      Q: How many triple letter point squares are on a Scrabble board?

      Q: Which state quarter has a golden spike on it?

      Q: What country has the largest Shi'ite Muslim population?

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      Q: What chain restaurant introduced the Southwestern Egg Roll?

      Q: Which state had the first Indian reservation?

      Q: Composer John Williams most recently wrote the score for what film?

      Q: In what state was Custer's last stand?

      Q: Who played the guitar solo in Michael Jackson's "Beat It"?

      Q: What was the title of the "very special" Blossom episode in which Blossom deals with puberty?

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      Ian Rans, of "Drinking With Ian", Pizza Luce

      TV

      Q: Name the critically-panned Beatles movie made by BBC TV.

      • [answer] The Magical Mystery Tour.

          Q: What Sex and the City principal character is a Liverpudlian?

          Q: What 1990s TV series budgeted $150 a week for on-camera donuts?

          Grab Bag

          Q: What color code represents a life-threatening emergency?

          Q: What NPR star turned a yuletide gig as a Macy's elf into a story called "The Santaland Diaries"?

          Current Events

          Q: Name the man who is expected to take over for Fidel Castro?

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          • [answer] His brother, Raul Castro.

              Q: Why did New York Magazine's website have a lot more traffic in the last couple weeks?

              • [answer] It featured nude pictures of Lindsay Lohan.

                  Q: What downtown Minneapolis bar burned down about two weeks ago?

                  John Dingley, Merlin's Rest

                  Q: Sn is the atomic symbol for what element?

                  Q: Apart from the symbol in the middle, what colors are on the flag of Serbia?

                  Q: Taekwondo is the national sport of Korea. "Tae" means "feet" and "do" means "path" or "way". What does "kwan" mean?

                  Q: Diabetes is a disorder that affects the way your body uses food for energy. A hormone that controls the use of energy comes from what organ?

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                  Q: The Stirling Engine is a reciprocating piston engine. What does it run on?

                  Q: Name the two metals that make up Bronze?

                  Q: Wolves, owls, hawks, coyotes, foxes, weasels, cats and others all feed on Microtus ochrogaster. What is it commonly called?

                  Q: Wolves are digitigrade, which means they do what?

                  Q: A Spanish company is planning to take three square miles of desert southwest of Phoenix and turn them into what?

                  • [answer] Solar energy production.

                      Q: In Roman mythology, who were the sons of the priestess Rhea Silvia, fathered by Mars?

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                      Dessa, Nomad World Pub

                      Q: What does the acronym LASER stand for?

                      • [answer] Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

                          Q: Who said she stopped believing in Santa Claus at age six, when Santa Claus asked her for her autograph?

                          Q: What was invented in 1888 by Theophilus Van Kannel of Philadelphia to keep cold air from escaping from buildings?

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                          Erin Adler

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                          Erin Adler is a suburban reporter covering Dakota and Scott counties for the Minnesota Star Tribune, working breaking news shifts on Sundays. She previously spent three years covering K-12 education in the south metro and five months covering Carver County.

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