Pub Quiz

I prepared 30 questions but only had time to ask 16

1. Who are your senators?
2. How old does a person need to be to run for president – 25,30,35,40
3. Can a plant get sunburnt?
4. What month does the Supreme Court begin its session?
5. Who coined the term “wall of separation” referring to the relationship of government and religion?
6. In the TV show The Office what character loves beats, bears and Battle Star Gallactica?
7. Who is your representative?
8. The 18th amendment, which is called prohibition, prohibited what?
9. The difference between a man’s tears and a woman’s tears are a) the salt content is higher or b) the tears are one half degree Celsius cooler?
10. Is it the Supreme Court or Congress that ultimately determines what rights are protected by the 1st amendment?
11. Does someone have the legal right to shout fire in a crowded arena as a prank?
12. What songs opened and closed High School Musical 2?
13. What president often had to shave twice a day?
14. This amendment is engraved in the headquarters of the National Rifle Association?
15. What is the only Simpson’s character to be drawn with 5 fingers?
16. When you turn eighteen will you register to vote?

Below are the answers.

1. John McCain and Jon Kyle (for Arizona)
2. 35
3. yes
4. October (nobody got this right.)
5. Thomas Jefferson. (Most teams thought it was John Adams, which means he is a much more famous founding father now than he was when I was in high school. Must be the HBO movie.)
6. Dwight Schrute. (Not a lot of teams knew this. Shame on them.)
7. Raul M. Grijalva (only for Yuma County)
8. Alcohol (everybody knew this one.)
9. B. (most people got it wrong.)
10. Supreme Court
11. No (everybody got this right.)
12. What Time is It?” and “All For 1”
13. Richard Nixon. (One of Judy’s old boyfriends, the one who took me to see Poltergeist 2, told me this. I haven’t bothered to check since then. I hope he is right.)
14. 2nd
15. God (Two teams knew this. The same two teams who knew about Dwight Shrute.)
16. Yes. (This was on the honor system. I hope they follow through with it.)

There were eighteen points possible. Two teams got 16 points. So this was the tie breaker.

In Abbot and Costello Meets Frankenstein there are 4 monsters. Name them.
Frankenstein, the Werewolf, Dracula and the Invisible Man. (One team got the first three and guessed Igor for the last. The other team said Frankenstein, zombies, Dracula and the Mummy.)