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Round 1: Winner's Choice, Fictional Characters, Three Clues / One Word, It's All About the Mask, TV Settings
Round 2: A Cold One (AUDIO), British Talk, 1970s History, Geography Hodgepodge, International Sports
Round 3: 20th Century Novels, The Periodic Table, Can I Have a Dessert?, Video Games
Round 4: Flags of the World, Shared Titles, MLB Teams, Crayon Potpourri, I Created This One
Pour House Trivia
Pour House Trivia: July 30, 2024
Visit www.pourhousetrivia.com for news, venues, and more links!Categories:Round 1: Winner's Choice, Fictional Characters, Three Clues / One Word, It's All About the Mask, TV SettingsRound 2: A Cold One (AUDIO), British Talk, 1970s History, Geography Hodgepodge, International SportsRound 3: 20th Century Novels, The Periodic Table, Can I Have a Dessert?, Video GamesRound 4: Flags of the World, Shared Titles, MLB Teams, Crayon Potpourri, I Created This One
- Duration:
- 15m
- Broadcast on:
- 31 Jul 2024
- Audio Format:
- mp3
Poor House Trivia Welcome to the Poor House Trivia Podcast. My name is Omar Latere and thank you very much for listening. We have 4 rounds of 5 questions each where you wager 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 points on each question based on your confidence. Just know that you can use each of those wager values only once per round. Also, many questions feature 2-point bonuses. There is also a 6-4-2 round and 1 final question. Let's get started. These are the Poor House Trivia questions from Tuesday, July 30th, 2024. Round 1 question 1 is our winner's choice question and it comes from the previous week's top scorer, team innovations playing out of Dudley's Sport and Ale in Arlington, Virginia, their category, weather phenomena. Here's your clue. Typically found in tropical and sub-tropical areas, what is the 10-letter name that describes a funnel cloud that appears over a body of water? Your answer? A water spout. Round 1 question 2 fictional characters. This question has a 2-point bonus. The original illustrations for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland depicted this character wearing an article of clothing with an attached price tag of 10 shillings and 6 pence. For your wager, you can either identify this character or name the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Identify both and you'll receive a 2-point bonus. Your answers? The character is the Mad Hatter and the author is Louis Carroll. Round 1 question 3 three clues one word. This question has a 2-point bonus. For this question, I will give you three clues about the same word, but you can earn a 2-point bonus if you know the correct response after just two clues have been read. Here are your first two clues. Clue number 1 the final tie-break game in the World Chess Championship is a chess variant named this. Clue number 2 Video games in the Mortal Kombat Red Faction and Worms franchises have had this word as a subtitle. Here's your third clue. A disaster movie with this word as its title was the highest grossing film worldwide in 1998. Your answer? That word is Armageddon. Round 1 question 4 it's all about the mask. In the film Halloween, Michael Myers' mask was made by spray painting a prop bearing the resemblance of which current 93-year-old actor. That actor is William Shatner. Round 1 question 5 TV Settings This question has a 2-point bonus. Located at 112th Street and Broadway in Manhattan, Tom's restaurant inspired a 1980s song before making many appearances on an NBC sitcom. For your wager, you can either name the sitcom or name the artist of that song, identify both and you'll receive a 2-point bonus. Your answers? That sitcom was Seinfeld. And that artist Suzanne Vega. And that is the end of Round 1, Wagers Reset as we move on to Round 2. The first question of Round 2 is as always our audio question, the category a cold one. And this question has a 2-point bonus. For this audio question, identify the following artists whose names might remind you of something cold. You may guess it all three, and you'll earn your wager if any two are correct, you'll receive a 2-point bonus if all three are correct. Inside Ronik, I had the bull she had the chronic, the Lakers beat the super sign. [Music] I was looking for the artist, but I will give you the song title. That first one was It Was a Good Day by Ice Cube. Number 2 was Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. And number 3 was Do I Want to Know by Arctic Monkeys. Round 2, Question 2, British Talk. Likely familiar to gin drinkers, what is the common name for the British Yeoman Wagers who guard the Tower of London? For answer, Beef Eater. Round 2, Question 3, 1970's History. This question has a 2-point bonus. Which former Teamsters President disappeared exactly 49 years ago. And for a 2-point bonus, who portrayed this man in a 2019 film? Your answer, that Teamsters President was Jimmy Hoffa. And Al Pacino played Jimmy Hoffa in the 2019 film The Irishman. Round 2, Question 4, Geography Hodgepodge. Which geographic region derives its name from an ancient Greek word meaning "land between rivers"? For answer, Mesopotamia. Round 2, Question 5, International Sports. This question has a 2-point bonus. What is the colorful name of the trophy awarded to the team that wins the Canadian Football League Championship game? And for a 2-point bonus, which team has won the most CFL Championship games? I need both the city and team name. Your answer, that trophy is the Grey Cup. And a team that has won the most CFL Championship games are the Toronto Argonauts. Before we get to Round 3, I have the 6-4-2 round where you can pick up some more points. I have one answer with 3 clues, a difficult clue, a regular clue, and a super easy clue. You earn your points based on when you get the correct answer. If you get it on the first clue, you'll get 6 points. If you need 2 clues, you'll get 4 points. And if you need all 3 clues, you get 2 points. For 6 points, I am an honorific title. The 14th person to earn this title has held it since February 22nd, 1940. Here's your 4-point clue. My current title holder, Tenzin Gyatso won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. Here is your 2-point clue. I am the title given to the Buddhist spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. The title is The Dalai Lama. Wagers reset as we move on to Round 3. Round 3, Question 1, 20th century novels. This question has a 2-point bonus. Which 20th century novel opens with the line? If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like. For a 2-point bonus, this story begins at a boarding school in which US state? Your answer is, that 20th century novel was The Catcher in the Rye. And the story begins in Pennsylvania. Round 3, Question 2, the Periodic Table. Bound within Group 15 of the Periodic Table, which metalloid is the only chemical element whose English name begins with A but whose symbol does not? Your answer? Antimony or Antimony? Whose symbol is SB? Round 3, Question 3, Actors and Their Roles. This question has a 2-point bonus. This three-part question deals with Arnold Schwarzenegger, who turns 77 today. You may guess at all three, you'll earn your wager of any two are correct, you'll receive a 2-point bonus if all three are correct. Number 1, In which film did he originally say the line, "Get to the Chopper?" Number 2, Directed by James Cameron, which action comedy was the first film with a production budget of at least $100 million. Number 3, Arnold often said, "You're terminated during his only season as the host of which television show." Your answer is, Number 1, he originally said, "Get to the Chopper in Predator." Number 2, that action comedy was True Lies. At Number 3, he said, "You're terminated in The Apprentice." If you said Celebrity Apprentice, that's okay. Round 3, Question 4, Can I Have Dessert? It sounds like a thief may have taken this German bread traditionally eaten at Christmas, which contains nuts, spices, and dried fruit. For your wager, name this dessert. That dessert is Stolen. Round 3, Question 5, Video Games. This question has a 2-point bonus. For your wager, what video game series takes place at the Aperture Science Laboratory's Computer-Aided Enrichment Center under the watchful eye of the evil AI GLADOS? And for a 2-point bonus, what is the name of the silent protagonist of this video game series? Your answer is, that video game series is Portal. And the protagonist of Portal is Chell. Wagers reset as we move on to the final round. Round 4, Question 1, Flags of the World. This question has a 2-point bonus. For this 3-part question, I will name 3 objects. In each case, identify the most populous country to depict that object on its national flag. You may guess it all 3, you'll earn your wager of any 2 or correct. You'll earn a 2-point bonus if all 3 are correct. Number 1, the most populous country to depict a wheel on its national flag. Number 2, the most populous country to depict a globe on its national flag. Number 3, the most populous country to depict a crescent on its national flag. Your answers, India is the most populous country with a wheel on its flag. Number 2, Brazil is the most populous country with a globe on its flag. And number 3, Pakistan is the most populous country with a crescent on its flag. Round 4, Question 2, Shared Titles. For your wager, tell me which title is shared by a current hit song by rapper Tommy Richmond and a film that won the Best Picture Oscar. That title, Million Dollar Baby. Round 4, Question 3, MLB Teams. This question has a 2-point bonus. Around the 2000s, which National League team changed its home stadium from Synergy Field to Great American Ballpark. And for a 2-point bonus, which Hall of Fame shortstop played his entire MLB career with this team? Your answer, that National League team? The Cincinnati Reds, and that Hall of Fame shortstop Barry Larkin. Round 4, Question 4, Crayola Popery. The Crayola color Midnight Blue was originally named for which historical European state. Your answer, that color was originally known as Prussian Blue, so Prussia is what we're looking for. Round 4, Question 5, I Created This One. This question has a 2-point bonus. For your wager, David Chase created which long-running HBO series? And for a 2-point bonus, the final episode in this series bears which title? Your answers, that long-running HBO series created by David Chase was the Sopranos. And the final episode of the Sopranos was titled Made in America. Now it's time for the final question. This is the only question where you will lose points if you miss it and you can wager anywhere between 0-12 points on this final question. The category? The Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here is your clue. With four awards, which series is the only Marvel Cinematic Universe series to win an Academy Award? Your answer, that MCU series was Black Panther. Three Oscar wins for Black Panther and one for Black Panther Wakanda forever. And that's it for this question set. Visit porehousetrivia.com for venues, links to their Facebook and Instagram pages, and their Patreon page. My name is Omar Latere and more questions will be coming. Thanks for watching. [MUSIC PLAYING]