November 10, 2022

Episode 225: Ream Job

1 hour 14 minutes

Quizmasters Lee and Marc meet for a trivia quiz with topics including Footwear, TV, Physics, Food & Wine, Animals, Automotive, History, Music, Card Games and more!

Round One

FOOTWEAR - What German brand of footwear is known for their corked footbeds and became associated with hippies in the 1970s?

BUSINESS - The international standard ream is composed of how many sheets of paper?

TV THEMES - What 1991 hit song by R.E.M. was originally wanted by producers as the original theme song to Friends?

PHYSICS - What type of elementary particle comes in six types, known as flavors; up, down, charm, strange, top and bottom?

FOOD - Created by Jamaican Chef Lorraine Washington in 1985, Caribbean and Italian flavors intermingle in what dish that mixes Jerk Chicken with a creamy alfredo-style sauce and is served with noodles?

ALSO KNOWN AS… - What entertainer gets their first name from a shortening of their middle name "Stamatina"?

Round Two

FRENCH TERMS - A catafalque is a platform or stand usually decorated that is used to support what?

ANIMALS - Coyotes are known to pair up with what other species of creature to hunt prairie dogs and squirrels?

AUTOMOTIVE - Despite not being the first company to make a minivan, which company introduced the first successful mass-produced minivan in 1983?

JAPANESE CULTURE - The fine art of kaketsugi in Japan involves the invisible repair of damage in what?

U.S. COLLEGES - Loyola University was founded in which U.S. city?

CAR NAMES - Passat, the Volkswagen car model, is German for a type of what?

HISTORY - In what classical language did the Irish pirate queen Grace O'Malley and her English rival Queen Elizabeth I choose to converse upon their meeting in 1593?

Rate My Question

BILLBOARD HOT 100 - Metallica has had 17 songs that have made it onto the Billboard Hot 100, but (strangely) only one song has broken into the top 10. This song peaked at the 10th spot on the 8th of June 1996. Can you name that song?

Final Questions

WINE - What Tuscan wine is historically associated with a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco?

CARD GAMES - What card game, commonly played in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and the United States is responsible for introducing the joker into the modern deck of cards?

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