Trivia Wednesday - Fins - Answers

Ok, I'm finally getting on to post the answers to the Halloween trivia questions. I know, I know, late in getting the questions posted, late in getting the answers posted - bad, bad, bad.

Ok, here they are:

1. What is the top candy sold for Halloween? A. Snickers B. M&M's C. Tootsie Rolls D. Candy Corn
A. Snickers

2. List the following from Most to Least in number of sequels A. Halloween B. Nightmare on Elm Street C. Alien D. Friday the 13th
D. Friday 13; A. Halloween; B. Nightmare on Elm Street; C. Alien (I have to admit this one I'm trying to remember from memory - Jason was supposed to confirm, but haven't heard from him yet :-))

3. Name the four immediate family members of the Adams family. Bonus: Name the other main characters
Morticia, Gomez, Wenesday and Pugsley - Bonus: Cousin It, Grandmama, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Thing

4. Threeser - What do these three things have in common? My Blue Heaven Little Shop of Horrors Parenthood
Rick Moranes and Steve Martin

5. If you look into a mirror at midnight what will you see? A. Bloody Mary B. Future Spouse C. Your Death D. Dead Ancestor
B. Future Spouse

6. What was the first wrapped penny candy in the U.S.?
Tootsie Roll

7. What was the very first Jack o'lantern made out of? A. Watermelon B. Pumpkin C. Coconut D. Turnip
D. Turnip

8. In the movie Halloween by John Carpenter - although it is set in IL what license plate could be seen on all the vehicles?
California

9. True or False. Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday after Christmas?
True

10. What was the most popular costume of 2004? A. Witch B. Spiderman C. Vampire D. George W. Bush
B. Spiderman

11. Threeser. What do these three things have in common? Michael J. Fox Michael Jackson Jack Nicholson
They all played werewolves

12. Name the Munsters.
Lili, Herman, Eddie and Marilyn

13. How much did the world's biggest pumpkin weigh in 2003? A. 245 lbs b. 785 lbs c. 1385 lbs d. 1875 lbs
C. 1385

14. In the nursery rhyme in the movie Nightmare on Elm Street, what follows 5, 6?
1-2 Freddies coming for you
3-4 Better lock your door
5-6 Grab your crucifix

15. Anagram: Rearrange the letters below to find the name of an actress. review agony sure
Sigourney Weaver

Well, I hope that you did well and that you had fun playing along.

Trivia Wednesday at Fins, Oct. 31 - Halloween Night

I know, I know this is really late - a week late, but better late than never... Let's just hope I remember the answers when I post them :-) The best thing is that we came in 1st by a landslide - we know our Halloween Trivia!!!

Tonight is another evening of trivia at Fins - hopefully it will be going down. Pssst... I'm even thinking about not drinking for this one - hmmmm might help with the brain waves - we'll see how it goes :-)

Team: Kevin (RINAR), Jason, Andrea, Danny N.

1. What is the top candy sold for Halloween?
A. Snickers
B. M&M's
C. Tootsie Rolls
D. Candy Corn

2. List the following from Most to Least in number of sequels
A. Halloween
B. Nightmare on Elm Street
C. Alien
D. Friday the 13th

3. Name the four immediate family members of the Adams family.

Bonus: Name the other main characters

4. Threeser - What do these three things have in common?
My Blue Heaven
Little Shop of Horrors
Parenthood

5. If you look into a mirror at midnight what will you see?
A. Bloody Mary
B. Future Spouse
C. Your Death
D. Dead Ancestor

6. What was the first wrapped penny candy in the U.S.?

7. What was the very first Jack o'lantern made out of?
A. Watermelon
B. Pumpkin
C. Coconut
D. Turnip

8. In the movie Halloween by John Carpenter - although it is set in IL what license plate could be seen on all the vehicles?

9. True or False. Halloween is the second most commercially successful holiday after Christmas?
10. What was the most popular costume of 2004?
A. Witch
B. Spiderman
C. Vampire
D. George W. Bush

11. Threeser. What do these three things have in common?
Michael J. Fox
Michael Jackson
Jack Nicholson

12. Name the Munsters.

13. How much did the world's biggest pumpkin weigh in 2003?
A. 245 lbs
b. 785 lbs
c. 1385 lbs
d. 1875 lbs

14. In the nursery rhyme in the movie Nightmare on Elm Street, what follows 5, 6?

15. Anagram: Rearrange the letters below to find the name of an actress.
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Good Luck. Let me know how you do. Feel free to post your answers in the comment section and I'll check it before posting the answers and let you know how you did.

Answers to Fins Triva - Wednesday 10/24/07

Below are the answers to the Fins Trivia questions - If you want to play - don't spoil it, go to post made yesterday on 10/25/07.

So, How'd you do on the questions? Did you get them all right? Here are the answers:

1. Put the following cities in order - from city with most to city with least - number of buildings over 1000 feet in height A) Chicago B) Seattle C) Houston D) New York
Answer - Houston, Chicago, New York and Seattle

2. Three'ser - What do these three things have in common: navy auburn brown
Answer - They are all colleges/universities

3. Anagram - rearrange the letters in the below word to come up with a famous musician Mr Mojo Risin
Answer - Jim Morrison

4. This may be true still but at least up until 2006 Name the 7 NFL Football teams who do not have cheerleaders
Answer - Pittsburgh Steelers (Go Steelers!!), Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, New York Jets and New York Giants

5. True or False - We all know carrots come in orange - Is the statement they also come in a variety of other colors - purple, white, red, true or false?
Answer - True

6. What is the name of the chocolate cookie with cream filling that came before the Oreo?
Answer - Hydrox

7. Which country has the most natural born red-heads? A) Ireland B) Sweden C) Scotland D) Australia
Answer - Scotland

8. Three'ser - What do these three things have in common Siamese Cats Hugh Grant's Mickey Frank Sinatra
Answer - Blue Eyes

9. What country has the highest number of bowlers (in a year) A) US B) Canada C) Russia D) United Kingdom
Answer - The US

10. True or False - It's the male starfish who becomes pregnant and carries the baby?
Answer - True

11. Name the categories from the original Trivial Pursuit game - Genus 1.
Answer - Geography, Entertainment, Arts & Literature, History, Science & Nature and Sports & Leisure

Bonus - Name the color of the pie/hub for each category ?



Answer- Geography - Blue; Entertainment - Pink; Arts & Literature - Brown; History - Yellow; Science & Nature - Green; Sports & Leisure - Orange

More next week - from Fins - Wednesday, Oct 31 - Halloween Themed Trivia - post on 11/1 Questions and on 11/2 Answers

Trivia Wednesday at Fins

They finally had a pretty decent crowd at Fins (Hawaiian Fusion in Crofton, MD) - OK so it was enough that there were four teams playing and we didn't have to divide up our team - Yay! We came in third - not our best showing in playing but we had fun and it is after all just a game :-)

If you're ever in the area and want to play - the more the merrier and competition is a good thing.

Team Name - Night of the Living Drunks
Jason, Andrea, Danny N., Kimmie, Kristi W., Runner, I need a runner - Kevin, Mark A (hit and run appearance)

Test your trivia knowledge - not all the questions from last night but a sampling:

1. Put the following cities in order - from city with most to city with least - number of buildings over 1000 feet in height
A) Chicago
B) Seattle
C) Houston
D) New York

2. Three'ser - What do these three things have in common:
navy
auburn
brown

3. Anagram - rearrange the letters in the below word to come up with a famous musician
Mr Mojo Risin

4. This may be true still but at least up until 2006 Name the 7 NFL Football teams who do not have cheerleaders

5. True or False - We all know carrots come in orange - Is the statement they also come in a variety of other colors - purple, white, red, true or false?

6. What is the name of the chocolate cookie with cream filling that came before the Oreo?

7. Which country has the most natural born red-heads?
A) Ireland
B) Sweden
C) Scotland
D) Australia

8. Three'ser - What do these three things have in common
Siamese Cats
Hugh Grant's Mickey
Frank Sinatra

9. What country has the highest number of bowlers (in a year)
A) US
B) Canada
C) Russia
D) United Kingdom

10. True or False - It's the male starfish who becomes pregnant and carries the baby?

11. Name the categories from the original Trivial Pursuit game - Genus 1.

Good luck and I hope that you enjoy. I'll post the answer's tomorrow, along with some more trivia from our game at Applebees (Crofton) tonight - if we don't turn into pumpkins and just go home and hang with the schnoodle sisters.

Two nights of trivia - love it, love it.