TRIVIA QUESTIONS - KOCHI EDITION (3 ROUNDS)
WARM UP
I have a list of top twenty songs from musical theatre according to the BBC. You have to give me the name of a song that might be on the list
1.‘One Day More’ - Les Misérables
2.‘Bring Him Home’ - Les Misérables
3.‘Defying Gravity’ - Wicked
4.‘This Is Me’ - The Greatest Showman
5.‘Over The Rainbow’ - The Wizard Of Oz
6.‘Singin' In The Rain’ - Singin' In The Rain
7.'Circle Of Life' - The Lion King
8. ‘Don't Cry For Me Argentina’ - Evita
9.'Somewhere' - West Side Story
10.'America' - West Side Story
11. 'Memory' - Cats
12. You Can't Stop The Beat’ - Hairspray
13. ‘Summertime’ - Porgy and Bess
14. Alexander Hamilton' - Hamilton
15. 'All That Jazz' - Chicago
16. ‘Gethsemane’ - Jesus Christ Superstar
17. 'You Will Be Found' - Dear Evan Hansen
18. The Room Where It Happens' - Hamilton
19. 'Send In The Clowns' - A Little Night Music
20. 'Seasons Of Love' - Rent
ROUND ONE
1. Say What !
I have a list of top twenty songs from musical theatre according to the BBC. You have to give me the name of a song that might be on the list
1.‘One Day More’ - Les Misérables
2.‘Bring Him Home’ - Les Misérables
3.‘Defying Gravity’ - Wicked
4.‘This Is Me’ - The Greatest Showman
5.‘Over The Rainbow’ - The Wizard Of Oz
6.‘Singin' In The Rain’ - Singin' In The Rain
7.'Circle Of Life' - The Lion King
8. ‘Don't Cry For Me Argentina’ - Evita
9.'Somewhere' - West Side Story
10.'America' - West Side Story
11. 'Memory' - Cats
12. You Can't Stop The Beat’ - Hairspray
13. ‘Summertime’ - Porgy and Bess
14. Alexander Hamilton' - Hamilton
15. 'All That Jazz' - Chicago
16. ‘Gethsemane’ - Jesus Christ Superstar
17. 'You Will Be Found' - Dear Evan Hansen
18. The Room Where It Happens' - Hamilton
19. 'Send In The Clowns' - A Little Night Music
20. 'Seasons Of Love' - Rent
ROUND ONE
1. Say What !
Name the Song based on these often misheard lyrics
And his eyes were flaming gold / And his eyes were flamingo
In his eyes a flaming glow - Rasputin – Boney M
2. Asterix Rocks
Name any of the three Rock bands/ artists that make appearances in the asterix comics. 2 points bonus if you can name all three
The Beatles (Britain), Rolling Menhirs and Elvis Preslix (Normans)
3. Oh nah
The end of Hey Jude has umpteen repetitions…How many ‘nahs’ are sung in the song? The team that gets closest to the answer wins. For 2 points bonus calculate how many ‘nahs’ Paul McCartney has sung in his career so far considering he has performed it around 600 times
18x11 = 198
198 x 600 = 118800
ROUND TWO - MIDPOINT - DECIPHER
Hidden among each of these sentences are three band names per sentence. Each answer is 10 points
Example: To be royal one needs both character and an awakening– Queen, Heart, Nirvana
Arachnids spread venom and leave one man standing - Scorpions, Poison, Survivor
Someone from abroad met some cops while applying moisturizer - Foreigner, Police, Cream
In the beginning I used yeast for baking at a well in the desert - Genesis, Bread, Oasis
ROUND THREE
1. Yohan murders a hit (Sing it like my way)
Well now, I get low and I get high
And if I can't get either, I really try
Got the wings of Heaven on my shoes
I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose
Name the song title of this hit song – Stayin Alive
2. Why did they cross the road?
At approximately 11:35 AM on Friday, August 8, 1969. Traffic was held for 10 minutes as six pictures were taken while four singers crossed Abbey road. For ten points, Who was the first to cross the road and for two bonus points, on the photo which direction do they appear to cross it?
John was the first Beatle to cross Abbey Road in the famous album cover. Left to Right
Question Three – GEN Z LINGO
Basic, Cancelled and Extra may mean something to you but it means something totally different for kids from Gen Z. You have to tell me what any one of the three mean. 2 points bonus for getting all three correct.
Basic : Being regular/ doing boring things
Cancelled : Called out on the internet for bad behaviour
Extra : Flamboyant/ extravagant
GAUNTLET- RECORD BREAKING
1.THE FIRST VINYL RECORD EVER CREATED WAS BY RCA VICTOR IN 1931. IT WAS A 12” VINYL RECORDING OF THE PHILADELPHIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMING WHICH BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY ?
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
2. IN THE US, A GOLD RECORD IS AN ALBUM THAT SELLS IN EXCESS OF 500, 000 COPIES. WHAT IS A PLATINUM RECORD?
One that sells more than 1 million copies or 1000,000
3. IN 1899 A RECORD COMPANY CALLED THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY PURCHASED THE RIGHTS TO A PIECE OF ART WHICH HAD A TERRIER CALLED NIPPER IN IT. WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF THE PICTURE?
HIS MASTERS VOICE
And his eyes were flaming gold / And his eyes were flamingo
In his eyes a flaming glow - Rasputin – Boney M
2. Asterix Rocks
Name any of the three Rock bands/ artists that make appearances in the asterix comics. 2 points bonus if you can name all three
The Beatles (Britain), Rolling Menhirs and Elvis Preslix (Normans)
3. Oh nah
The end of Hey Jude has umpteen repetitions…How many ‘nahs’ are sung in the song? The team that gets closest to the answer wins. For 2 points bonus calculate how many ‘nahs’ Paul McCartney has sung in his career so far considering he has performed it around 600 times
18x11 = 198
198 x 600 = 118800
ROUND TWO - MIDPOINT - DECIPHER
Hidden among each of these sentences are three band names per sentence. Each answer is 10 points
Example: To be royal one needs both character and an awakening– Queen, Heart, Nirvana
Arachnids spread venom and leave one man standing - Scorpions, Poison, Survivor
Someone from abroad met some cops while applying moisturizer - Foreigner, Police, Cream
In the beginning I used yeast for baking at a well in the desert - Genesis, Bread, Oasis
ROUND THREE
1. Yohan murders a hit (Sing it like my way)
Well now, I get low and I get high
And if I can't get either, I really try
Got the wings of Heaven on my shoes
I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose
Name the song title of this hit song – Stayin Alive
2. Why did they cross the road?
At approximately 11:35 AM on Friday, August 8, 1969. Traffic was held for 10 minutes as six pictures were taken while four singers crossed Abbey road. For ten points, Who was the first to cross the road and for two bonus points, on the photo which direction do they appear to cross it?
John was the first Beatle to cross Abbey Road in the famous album cover. Left to Right
Question Three – GEN Z LINGO
Basic, Cancelled and Extra may mean something to you but it means something totally different for kids from Gen Z. You have to tell me what any one of the three mean. 2 points bonus for getting all three correct.
Basic : Being regular/ doing boring things
Cancelled : Called out on the internet for bad behaviour
Extra : Flamboyant/ extravagant
GAUNTLET- RECORD BREAKING
1.THE FIRST VINYL RECORD EVER CREATED WAS BY RCA VICTOR IN 1931. IT WAS A 12” VINYL RECORDING OF THE PHILADELPHIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMING WHICH BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY ?
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
2. IN THE US, A GOLD RECORD IS AN ALBUM THAT SELLS IN EXCESS OF 500, 000 COPIES. WHAT IS A PLATINUM RECORD?
One that sells more than 1 million copies or 1000,000
3. IN 1899 A RECORD COMPANY CALLED THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY PURCHASED THE RIGHTS TO A PIECE OF ART WHICH HAD A TERRIER CALLED NIPPER IN IT. WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF THE PICTURE?
HIS MASTERS VOICE
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