mighty fine trivia by James Callan
TODAY’S QUESTION:
The easier question: What was the first film nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar based on a comic book or graphic novel?
The harder question: What was the first film nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar based on a comic strip?
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER:
Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on Dec. 2, 2008
Average score: 6.07/10 (15 teams)
Triangulation is the product of an unholy union between Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages, seldom-used dictionary definitions, Urban Dictionary, and whatever words catch my fancy. 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 wine, a kind of rock, and where Hewlett-Packard got its start
2) a British drink made of fruit juice and soda water, a non-Olympic racquet sport, and a zucchini
3) something you build while hunting, a forced bet, and a slat-driven device
4) five and a half yards, something you’d find near a cone, and a character from Avenue Q
5) Snoopy’s sister, a Disney princess, and Sebastian’s dog
6) a wrestling lineup, a wag or wit or joker, or something you punch
7) a kind of bug, a field, and Jennifer’s middle name
8) part of a whip, a British crime TV series, and a racial slur
9) a tour guide, to summon someone, and a 1950s Playmate of the Month
10) a porn studio, Elphaba’s story, and Bostonese for “extremely”
1) MX is short for what sport?
2) What 2006 blockbuster kicks off with an action sequence involving parkour, the new sport also known as “free running”?
3) What sport occasionally sees faces turn into heels — or vice versa?
4) What 2005 documentary follows US and Canadian wheelchair rugby teams?
5) According to section 1, article 3 of the official rules of beep baseball, players must be what?
6) Dog sled racing is the most popular variety of Alaska’s state sport — which is what?
7) From the 1935 to 1972, the Soap Box Derby was sponsored by what American car company?
8) BASE jumping takes its name from the four categories of objects you can parachute from. Name two of the four words that make the acronym BASE.
9) If you’re playing a game and start off by throwing a jack or pallino, what game are you playing?
10) What contact sport features a period called “jam formation”?
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