March 04, 2019

Episode 35: Chickens, Of Course: A Big Toe Joint

1 hour 5 minutes

Quizmasters Lee & Marc do a deep dive on the history of literary figure Mother Goose and sit down for a slate of new trivia.

Questions

Introduction

Who performed the 1990's hit song "All For You"?

Round One

Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld passed away recently and was best known as the creative director for what comapny from 1983 until his death?

What children's television show about a kids-only rock group which ran from 1984-1993 featured cast members such as Mario Lopez and Jennifer Love Hewitt?

Bombay Duck, or Bumalo, is what kind of animal?

Prominently featured 1983’s The Big Chill, what #1 hit song from 1971 is played by the Denver Broncos after every home victory?

What word describes the enlargement of bone and tissue at the big toe and the foot?

Which American poet was mentor to fellow transcendentalist writer Henry David Thereau, was known as “The Sage of Concord” and shares part of their name with a famous “missing” character?

Round Two

What 1968 whistle-along song was the first ever posthumously released #1 single in U.S. Chart history?

What actress appeared in Kate & Leopold, The Doors, Prelude to a Kiss and, most recently, Ithica?

Located in the Mariana Trench, what is the name of the deepest part of the Earth’s seabed called, first discovered by Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh in 1960?

Blibber Blubber was the name given to the first commercially available what?

The Nahuatl word for testicle, spoken by the Aztecs, inspired the modern name of what fruit?

Final Questions

Who sang the title theme to the James Bond film A View To A Kill?

Launched in 2002, what satirical website purported to be written by a 13 year-old boy whose hyperbolic adoration and three facts about ninjas became a meme? What was the psuedonym used by the creator of that site?

Missed Corrections

While listening I immediately knew that mother goose was not Hans Christian Anderson. It was not by a woman but a man named Thomas Carnan. I was thinking of The Ugly Duckling another Avion variety. Though it wasn’t a question it’s a bad fact. If I fuck up again I’m hanging up my trivia hat. - submitted by Quizmaster Dallas

The Legend of Zelda song frequently attributed to System of a Down is from a band called The Rabbit Joint. – submitted by Fletcher

Rate My Question

What type of disaster was the catalyst in which the survivors escaped their initial death in Final Destination 2? – submitted by Quzmaster Dallas

What modern chain of restaurants is credited with opening the first drinking establishment for singles on New York City’s Upper East Side in 1965? – submitted by Gil

Best Worst Answers

How many players are on a typical polo team?

What is the name of the fifth largest African nation, which shares a name with the lead singer of the rock band Nickelback?

What professional athlete was nicknamed the Mailman?

Actors Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau presented the Best Original Screenplay award at the Academy Awards in 1997 to what other duo?

Name That Anime strategies from Drew and Seth

Weekly Wrap-up

February 21, 2019 @ No. 3 Craft Brews & Beer Bar – The Moist Men, 114 pts. (new venue record!)

February 25, 2019 @ 3 Pepper Burrito Co. – Big Mountain Moist Cake, 101 pts.

February 26, 2019 @ Bury Me Brewing Co. – Her Jocks With Locs, 48 pts.

Upcoming LIVE Know Nonsense Trivia Challenges

March 4 2019 – Downtown Fort Myers, FL – 7:30 PM @ 3 Pepper Burrito Co.

March 6, 2019 – Fort Myers, FL – 7:00 PM @ Bury Me Brewing Co.

March 7, 2019 – Cape Coral, FL – 7:30 PM @ No. 3 Craft Brews & Beer Bar

Thank you

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Thank you, Team Captains – Kristen & Fletcher

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