“Best Ever Trivia Show” 8/22

Experts: Ken, Muffy & Jonathan

R1: Reptiles & Clowning Around
P: REPTILES
E: Muffy

#1: At over 25ft long the record for longest snake held in captivity is of which species- python, anaconda or boa constrictor?
Lorna: Boa constrictor
Everybody else (incl. Muffy): Anaconda
#2: Which of these animals is a reptile- horny toad, fire salamander or Goliath frog?
Civilians: Fire salamander (A: Horny toad)
#3: A close relative of the alligator on which river are you most likely to find a caiman- Nile, Amazon or Ganges?
Ladies (Lorna & Sindhu): Nile
Dave: Ganges
#4: Which of these’s true about kimodo dragons- they can regenerate their tails, they can reproduce asexually or their bite can cause hallucinations?
Lorna: Reproduce asexually
Dave: Regenerate tails
Sindhu: Bites can cause hallucinations
Muffy: Bites can cause hallucinations

Added for R2: Revolutions
P: CLOWNING AROUND
E: Ken

#1: Which of these operas was mentioned in the Smokey Robinson song “Tears of a Clown”- Rigoletto, Falstaff or Pagliacci?
Lorna & Dave: Rigoletto
Sindu: Pagliacci
Ken: Paliacci
#2: Which of the following personalities is a Clown College grad- Al Roker, Jim Carrey or Penn Jillette?
Women: Jim
Dave: Penn
Ken: Penn
#3: In the 1860s the joker 1st appeared in a standard deck of playing cards for the purpose of being dealt in what game- euchre, whist or canasta?
Lorna: Whist
Dave & Sindhu: Canasta

R3: American Painters & Rocket Science
P: ROCKET SCIENCE

#1: What’s the name of the rocket flight program started by Jeff Bezos- SPACEX, Arrow Horizon or Blue Origin?
Lorna: Arrow Horizon
Dave: Blue Origin
Sindhu: SPACEX (Jonathan: Arrow Horizon)
#2: Who successfully tested the 1st rocket that used liquid fuel- Robert Goddard, Clarence Hickman or J. Robert Oppenheimer?
Lorna & Dave: Goddard
Sindhu: Oppenheimer (Jonathan: Goddard)
#3: What was the only rocket used to launch manned missions to the Moon- Titan IV, Saturn V or Atlas H?
Lorna: Saturn V
Dave: JONATHAN- Titan IV
Sindhu: Titan IV
Tiebreaker: What was the 1st name of the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye– Holden, Harryl or Humbert?
Lorna: Holden

UTC Expert: Ken
#1: The U.S. Census Bureau’s part of what Cabinet dept.- commerce, energy or labor?
A: Commerce
#2: Which paper was founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801- The New York Herald Tribune, The New York Post or The New York Times?
Lorna: New York Herald Tribune (A: NY Post)
#3: Representing potassium on the periodic table what does K stand for- kryptium, kaolin or kalium?
Lorna: Kaolin (A: Kalium)
#4: Mark Twain was born in 1835 in what MO town- Carthage, Lebanon or Florida?
Lorna: Lebanon (A: Florida)