AlpacaFarm

Champion(s):

KroegerJ
Strength and Honor

Runner(s)-Up:

WengerAS

Quiz Description

For the better part of a decade, I've been a part time trivia host at a few local bars, and have written a couple thousand trivia questions for these events. Our regulars are in general above average trivia players, but nevertheless, every now and then a question stumps everyone. Whether it's because the question was particularly difficult, the crowd was particularly small, or everyone that night was particularly dim, I can't say. But I thought this would be a good place to give them another go, as we have a lot of fiendishly smart people, as well as a wider audience. Beyond having a 0% get rate when I initially asked them, there is no category or theme to any of these. See if you can outsmart my regulars. [Note: After the first few rounds of this quiz, my suspicions are confirmed that these are often particularly difficult questions. In general they are meant to be; we work on a progressive difficulty level system in each round, and these are almost always late-round questions for a particularly smart crowd. Nevertheless, if I were to rewrite some of these old quizzes today, I would probably alter many of these questions to give more of a clue (an opinion I held on many before posting them here, but a bit more so now).]

Full Results:

Rank	Player	Total	%ile	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Money Value (% Incorrect):				65	88	86	69	32	69	60	97	81	79	83	78
1	KroegerJ	532	99	00	15 88	15 86	00	15	15	15	00	15 81	15 79	00	15 78
2	WengerAS	483	97	00	00	00	15 69	15	15 69	15 60	15 97	00	15	15 83	00
3	MyrowitzJ	455	95	15	15 88	00	15 69	15 32	00	00	00	00	15	15 83	15 78
4	IngramB	452	93	00	00	00	15 69	15	15 69	15 60	00	15 81	00	15 83	00
5	RautY	421	92	15 65	15 88	15 86	00	15 32	00	15 60	00	00	00	00	15
6	tara	413	89	15 65	00	15	15 69	15 32	00	00	00	00	15 79	00	15 78
6	DoyleE	413	89	15 65	15 88	15	00	15 32	00	15 60	00	00	00	00	15 78
8	EverettJ	404	86	15 65	15 88	00	00	15 32	15 69	15 60	00	15	00	00	00
9	KreitzerJ	389	85	15 65	15 88	00	15 69	15 32	00	15 60	00	00	00	00	00
10	LujanP	388	83	00	00	00	15 69	15 32	15 69	15 60	00	00	00	15 83	00
11	Kloefkorn	380	81	15 65	00	15	15 69	00 00	00	15 60	00	15 81	15	00	15
12	GoodmanDL	337	79	15 65	00 00	00	00	00	15 69	15 60	00	00	00	15 83	00
13	JamesCurran	335	78	15 65	00	00	15 69	00	00	15 60	00 00	15 81	00	00	00
14	LuskT	333	76	15 65	00	00	00	15 32	00	00	15 97	00	15 79	00 00	00
15	Nicole	329	74	15	00	00	00	15 32	15 69	15 60	00	15	00 00	00	15 78
16	KimberlinM	316	72	15 65	00	00	00	15 32	00	00 00	00	15 81	00	00	15 78
17	HallR	304	71	00	00 00	00	00	15 32	15 69	15 60	00	00	00	15 83	00
18	Bup	299	69	00 00	00	00	00	15 32	15 69	15 60	00	00	00	00	15 78
19	EggCzar	295	67	15 65	00	00	15 69	15 32	15 69	00	00	00	00 00	00	00
20	UllspergerA	290	65	00	00	00 00	15 69	15 32	15 69	15 60	00	00	00	00	00
21	AdelmanM	286	64	15 65	00	00	00	15 32	15 69	15 60	00	00	00	00	00 00
22	MatthewsP	266	62	00	00	00	15 69	00	15 69	00	00 00	00 00	00	15 83	00
23	PolinskyL	248	60	15 65	00	00	15 69	00 00	15 69	00	00	00	00	00	00 00
24	jrwofuga	232	57	00	00	15 86	15 69	15 32	00	00	00 00	00	00 00	00	00
24	GrahamJ	232	57	00	00 00	15 86	15 69	15 32	00	00	00	00	00 00	00	00
26	Steve	230	53	00	00 00	00	00	15 32	00	15 60	00	00 00	15	00	15 78
26	randalleng	230	53	00	00 00	00	00 00	15 32	00	15 60	00	00	15	00	15 78
26	VenguswamyK	230	53	15 65	15 88	00	00	15 32	00	00 00	00 00	00	00	00	00
29	HightB	227	50	00 00	00	00	15 69	15 32	00 00	00	00	15 81	00	00	00
30	AinslieM	225	48	00	00 00	00 00	00	15 32	15 69	00	00	00	15 79	00	00
31	akambour	223	46	15 65	00	00	00	15 32	00	00 00	00	15 81	00	00	00 00
32	NathanL	202	44	15 65	00 00	00	00	15 32	00	15 60	00 00	00	00	00	00
33	SochackiA	189	42	00	00	00	00	00 00	00 00	00	00	15 81	00 00	00	15 78
34	VaccaD	182	41	00 00	00	00	00	00 00	15 69	00	00 00	00	00	15 83	00
35	RalliP	168	39	00 00	00 00	00	15 69	00	15 69	00	00 00	00	00	00	00
36	BoyerA	155	37	15 65	00	00	00	00	00 00	15 60	00 00	00	00 00	00	00
37	bGellman-Chomsky	148	35	00 00	00	15 86	00	15 32	00	00	00	00 00	00	00	00 00
38	WareD	145	33	00	00 00	00	00	15 32	00	00	00	00 00	00 00	15 83	00
38	BeningoS	145	33	00	00	00	00 00	15 32	00	00	00 00	00	00 00	15 83	00
40	Tarn	141	29	00	00	00	00 00	15 32	00 00	00	00	00 00	15 79	00	00
40	LeeS	141	29	00 00	00	00	00 00	15 32	00 00	00	00	00	15 79	00	00
42	WatsonG	131	27	00	00	00 00	15 69	15 32	00	00	00 00	00	00	00 00	00
43	PatschakB	122	23	00	00 00	00	00	15 32	00 00	15 60	00 00	00	00	00	00
43	MoyseyC	122	23	00	00	00	00	15 32	00	15 60	00	00	00 00	00 00	00 00
43	quarterrican	122	23	00	00	00	00	15 32	00 00	15 60	00 00	00 00	00	00	00
46	JacobyJ	109	20	00	00	00	00 00	00 00	00	00 00	00	15	15 79	00 00	00
47	JonesRW	93	18	00	00	00 00	00	00 00	00 00	00	00	00	00 00	00	15 78
48	Vintsanity	84	15	00	00	00	15 69	00 00	00 00	00	00 00	00	00 00	00	00
48	RossJ	84	15	00	00 00	00 00	00	00	15 69	00	00 00	00	00	00	00 00
50	SaferMR	80	13	15 65	00	00	00	00	00 00	00 00	00	00	00 00	00 00	00
51	RosenbergR	47	9	00 00	00	00	00	15 32	00 00	00	00 00	00	00 00	00	00
51	KleinJ	47	9	00	00	00	00 00	15 32	00 00	00 00	00 00	00	00	00	00
51	lorijane	47	9	00	00	00	00	15 32	00 00	00	00 00	00	00 00	00	00 00
54	WeaverR	0	3	00	00	00	00	00	00	00	00 00	00 00	00 00	00 00	00 00
54	RossS	0	3	00	00 00	00	00 00	00 00	00	00	00 00	00 00	00	00	00
54	AllardM	0	3	00	00 00	00	00 00	00	00	00 00	00 00	00 00	00	00	00
54	ScrosatiS	0	3	00 00	00	00 00	00	00	00	00 00	00	00	00 00	00	00 00

Questions:

Question 1

In 2006, John Hall was elected Congressional Representative from NY’s 19th district. He previously made a name for himself as lead singer of what 1970s rock band?

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Orleans

Question 2

The syndrome characterized by being overcome with minor physical maladies such as dizziness and fainting when exposed to large amount of art is named for what 19th century author?

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Stendhal

Question 3

Only Fools and Horses was popular British comedy in the 80s, and is also the beginning of a popular axiom. How does this phrase end?

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Work (for a living)

Question 4

What substantial change did the New York Stock Exchange make on January 29, 2001?

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Went from fractional to decimal

Question 5

Where is the play Our Town set?

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Grover's Corners

Question 6

Who was assassinated when his airplane was shot down by American P-38 Lightning aircraft on April 18, 1943?

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Isoroku Yamamoto

Question 7

Harold Russell, who lost both his hands, won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for what film?

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The Best Years of Our Lives

Question 8

In Parchessi, what number must be rolled for one’s pieces to leave the “nest"?

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Question 9

Covering events of the previous year, 2002 saw the release of a book titled “Long Bomb: How _____ Became TV’s Biggest Fiasco”?

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The XFL

Question 10

In the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, Crown steals “San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk," a painting by what artist?

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Monet

Question 11

What decisive battle was the first major engagement on the Eastern Front in WWI, effectively quashing Russia’s hopes of a quick victory over Germany?

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The Battle of Tannenberg

Question 12

What British band’s four studio album covers never featured images of the band or original artwork, but instead were monochromatic stills from the films “The Flesh”, “The Year of the Pig”, “The Unvanquished”, and “East of Eden”?

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The Smiths

Universal Stumpers Vol. IV by Sijnaanik

Champion(s):

KroegerJ Strength and Honor

Runner(s)-Up:

WengerAS

Quiz Description

Full Results:

Questions:

KroegerJ
Strength and Honor