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Quiz: Americana (Special Abraham Lincoln Edition)

Round 1 at the Old Pequliar on Feb. 3, 2009

1) Lincoln Logs were invented by the son of what American architect?

2) Over 14,000 feet high, the tallest mountain named Lincoln in the United States is part of the Mosquito Range in what state?

3) Abraham Lincoln’s image was added to the front of the penny in 1909. Until 1958, the back of the penny depicted what agricultural product?

4) Which Seattle park is named after a survivor of Booth’s assassination plot, Lincoln’s Secretary of State?

5) Lincoln, featuring the songs “Purple Toupee” and “They’ll Need a Crane,” is the second album by what alternative rock band?

6) John Keating’s students could tell you: Which Walt Whitman poem includes the line “The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won”?

7) The Lincoln Highway, the US’s first coast-to-coast highway, connected Lincoln Park, San Francisco, to what New York City landmark?

8) Two ships in the US Navy have been named the USS Abraham Lincoln. For a half point each, what kind of vessels are they?

9) “The Apotheosis of Lincoln” and “Abraham Lincoln the Martyr Victorious” are among the pictures that show Lincoln being welcomed into heaven by what politician?

10) “If she were a president, she’d be Baberaham Lincoln,” says Garth about Wayne’s unbelievably hot girlfriend. What’s her name?

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Quiz: “Religious” Songs

Round 5 at the Old Pequliar on Nov. 18, 2008
Average score: 7.6/11 (15 teams)

Tuesday Evening Revival Service

Brothers and sisters! Tonight we’ve been mucking around with the devil. Yes, the devil. He lives in the details, and trivia is all about details. All about the devil. The devil in the details.

But that’s gonna change. That’s gonna change right now. Because we’re going to listen to some religious music. Listen closely, brothers and sisters. Each and every one of these songs is has a religious term in its title.

You need to tell me who’s singing, and the name of the song. The artist and the song title are worth a half! point! each!

Can you give me an amen? Amen!

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Quiz: Triangulation

Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on July 1, 2008.
Average score: 6.41/10 (17 teams)

Triangulation is my tip of the hat to Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages and those seldom-used tertiary and sub-tertiary definitions in the dictionary. I’ll give you three definitions, you tell me the word or phrase that fits them all.

Example: A Canadian music award, a Roman goddess, and Roger Ebert’s favorite film of 2007: Juno

1) a kind of wrench, something you can make from socks, and something you spank
2) a novel by Irvine Welsh, a byproduct of horses, and the opposite of rubber
3) a documentary by Diane Keaton, a place where nothing ever happens, and a place on earth
4) the author of The Bonesetter’s Daughter, a key on a calculator, and a George Hamilton accessory
5) the shipboard computer in a science fiction classic, a John Lennon song, and something that turns wine to vinegar
6) one third of a popular hip-hop trio, a product formed by the neutralization of an acid by a base, and what we talked about when we talked about nukes
7) something you’d see on a slot machine, a U2 song, and a name you’ll hear on Must-See Thursday
8) an Edith Wharton novel, a lake in Oregon, and a lifeguard on Baywatch
9) Christopher Martin’s hip-hop alias, the NY Times’ online sports magazine, and “the work of children”
10) a celebritot, a unit of Smurf measurement, and a Newtown Pippin

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