mighty fine trivia by James Callan
Round 8 at the Old Pequliar on Dec. 2, 2008
Average score: 4.8/10 (15 teams)
Google’s got a funky logo — what’s the occasion?
You know how Google likes to play with its logo to commemorate special occasions? Here’s 10 of those decked-out presentations. Your job: Identify the occasion being commemorated.
Note: Some are holidays, i.e. Ash Wednesday. Some are milestones, i.e. the anniversary of the sinking of the Maine. All are real Google logos.
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Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on April 1, 2008
Average score: 6.38/10 (21 teams)
1) On April 1, 2002, Google revealed that their search engine was powered by what animal, scientifically known as Columba livia?
2) On the google.com homepage, in the upper left corner, there are five other Google products listed between Web and More. Name 3 of them. All 5 for 2 points.
3) Paul Buchheit is credited with coining Google’s three-word unofficial corporate motto: don’t do what?
4) Because it analyzed how many websites linked back to a particular page, the earliest version of the Google search engine was named after what kind of massage?
5) A googol is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. What number is a 1 with a googol zeros after it — which is also the name for Google’s corporate headquarters?
6) The patent for Google’s PageRank algorithm is held by what university?
7) In 1999, Google’s first modified logo celebrated what event that occurs annually in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert?
8) What software application, a pun on the name of a well-known artist, is Google’s digital photo organizer?
9) If you’re running Google Earth v4.2 on a PC and press control-alt-A, you’ll launch what hidden feature?
10) Because of trademark issues, what is Gmail’s official name in both Germany and the United Kingdom?
TIEBREAKER for the evening: The word Google, referring to the search engine, first appeared in the New York Times in an article about the web page lemonyellow.com. What date was that article published?
All questions start with “I.”
1) What 10-part documentary series shown on VH1 featured regular appearances by Lionel Richie, Traci Lords, Andrew Dice Clay, and Soleil Moon Frye?
2) In 2006, Greg Vaughan replaced Fabio as the spokesman for what popular condiment, which comes in regular and Mediterranean blends?
3) What #1 Billboard single debuted during the opening credits of the film Stand Up and Be Counted and was eventually used in a commercial for the Oxygen network?
4) What tourism slogan, created in 1977, replaced “Fun City”?
5) In 1964, when he agreed that the French film The Lovers was not pornography, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart coined what 7-word pseudo-definition of obscenity?
6) What Cole Porter song, introduced in 1936, did Frank Sinatra first record on his album Songs for Swinging Lovers and eventually record as a duet with U2’s Bono?
7) The Google home page features two buttons under a search box: Google Search on the left, and what on the right?
8) What 1969 autobiographical memoir, which takes its name from the Paul Laurence Dunbar poem “Sympathy,” was followed by Gather Together in My Name, The Heart of a Woman, and All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes?
9) What new wave song, featured in the movie Valley Girl, has been featured in commercials for Burger King and Ritz Crackers?
10) What six-word spelling rule doesn’t cover exceptions such as science, weird, neighbor and weigh?
Average score, 17 teams: 7.24
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