Dr. Fact's night of fifty questions

update
dr. fact's night of fifty questions will now be held on monday february 21st
don't worry, it will still start at nine


Dear Trivia Hounds
Dr. Fact has been moved from Valentines day to Wednesday, February 16th. Hope to see you all there. This month, registration will be at 8:30 and the questions will begin at nine sharp in an attempt to speed things up a bit.
best,
Dr. Fact

straw poll

so the next dr. fact will fall on valentines day....should we keep it as is or move it to wednesday the 16th?

amusing answers

So here are some of the more obscure answers that we received...enjoy

Missy elliot's reality show on the upn was thought to be called:
the next diva, bend over and i'll show you, misbehaving with missy, makin it, the next big thing, misbehavin', making the missy, yo yo yo star, real life (with missy elliot), rough'en it, who wants to be a star, total waste of time, get off tha bus, missy elliot's reality show, rock n' roll, who wants to be a rap star or crane street misdemeanors as opposed to "road to stardom."

The science of projectiles was defined as: kinetic physics, trajectories, mechanics, rocketry, snot rocketeering and Newtonian physics instead of ballistics.

The grapefruit was mistakenly identified as a cross between: lemon/orange, orange/tomato, orange/breadfruit, lemon/melon, pummelo/lemon, pummelo/kumquat, where as we now all know that the grapefruit is a hybrid of an orange and a pummelo.

In 1917, the largest man-made explosion prior to the atomic age could have occurred in the harbor of: Florence, Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, Paris, Marseilles, Boston, London, Havana, Istanbul, St. Petersburg or the Suez canal site had it not happened in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The director of "Donnie Darko" was thought to be Richard JAmes, Sidney Lamet, Joe, Richard Clark, John Doe, Wes Anderson, Richard Price, Fuck if we knows, Richard Ellis, David Walker, Richard LeGravenese, McG, Richard Lickelf, Speilberg, David Lynch Richard Lewis or Floa. Now if asked that very same question, we would all respond correctly with Richard Kelly.

The masquers club was incorrectly thought to be the precursor of: the uaw, teamsters, actors equity, afl, wobblies or the int'l ladies garment workers instead of the screen actors guild.

winners of prizes

congratulations also to mellisa hargrove, sarah hosner, alexandra katz, and anne w for winning $20 gift certificates to music matters. Congratulations to shannon hartman, alex ?, brian ?, rance piatt, john luten, sarah scharff, tom troy, will ?, ryan raffa and jeremy gough (you forgot yours and i gave it to marty, it's a shame you missed out on the spray shampoo) for winning the "bags of shit." sorry if you didn't like the prize that you won, we tried to put at least one good one in every bag. if i missed anyone or spelled your name wrong, oops. anyway, again, thanks to everyone for making this such a great night. let me know what you thought of the whole thing, i.e. whether you liked the shorter format, the higher cost, what could we do better, what do we do well, ect. you can post comments here or email them to me at parabolic223 at yahoo dot com

Bonus Round Questions and Answers

1. In what country is Timbuktu located?

Mali

2. In the sentence "The fat sheriff held a smoking gun," which word is a participle?
Smoking

3. Which culinary term means to be cooked with onion?
Lyonnaise

4. The coriolis force mainly affects what?

Tides, Air flow, Continental drift or Volcanic eruption

5. what is the largest U.S. state east of the Mississippi?

Georgia

6. what section of Brooklyn was Mae west from

a) red hook

b) bensonhearst

c) greenpoint

d) canarsie

7. Of the nine planets in our Solar System, The Earth is?

The seventh largest

The third largest

The tenth largest

The fifth largest

8. Which of these cities lies furthest south:

San Diego, Atlanta, Memphis or Houston?

9. who is the first character to speak in the original Star Wars?

C3P0

10. what is the only bone in the human body not connected to another?

hyoid

11. For what motion picture did Warren Beatty win his only academy award?

“reds” best direction 1981

12. How long is Long Island, New York?

110, 200, 90, 66 miles?

13. Who is the only player to be named MVP in two World Series?
Reggie Jackson

14. "Attenuate" means to... Strengthen, Weaken or Pay attention?

15. If you get a new tattoo today, how long must you wait before donating blood?

(a) one month; (b) six months; or (c) 12 months?

16. What California newspaper was dynamited in 1910 by union activists? The Los Angeles Times

17. what do nictitating women do to men?

Wink at them

18 What are the names of the five babies in the movie Raising Arizona?

Harry, Barry, Larry, Garry and Nathan Jr.

19. What was the final US medal count for the 2004 Olympics?

103.

35 Gold, 39 Silver 29 Bronze

20. What is an alligator pear better known as?

An avocado

21. What is the name of the narrator in Vladimir Nabakov’s novel Lolita?

Humbert Humbert

22. What is the tallest breed of dog?

Irish Wolfhound

23. What name for a type of material, comes from the French phrase “the cloth of kings”?

Corduroy

24. What is Buttermilk’s exact street address?

577 5^th ave.

25. What former Company Flow rapper started the Definitive (Def) Jux label?

El-P

Dr. Fact's first anniversary high-roller special

Dr. Fact, Nurse Tidbit and The Surgeon General Knowlege all wish to thank you for making the anniversary of Dr. FAct's night of fifty questions a raging sucess. Also many thanks to The Mugs for playing, we are all looking forward to their album release show on Feb. 18th at luna lounge. all plugs aside, we personally had a great time at this Dr. Fact, as did Steve Guttenberg Bible. Who won the first place prize of $450. Also congratulation to Sha Sam, who won the second place place of $120 and last but not least congratulations to The Neuticals for their third place ($50) finish. Third place was a hotly contested spot with the neuticals having to go all in for a fact-off with the original famous suspicious package and a new team going by three guys from philly.

The final results of were as follows:

team- final score (bonus round)
Steve Guttenberg Bible- 17 (18)
Lighthouse Keeepers - 12 (9)
The Neuticals - 15 (20)
The Geniuseses- 11 (11)
Dan's Team - 9 (10)
The original famous suspicious package- 15 (12)
Sha Sam - 16 (13)
Three Guy's from Philly- 15 (14)
Googled it- 8 (13)
School House Rock Stars- 12 (9)
Axis Of Evil Kneivil - 7 (10)
Aqua Brain Stupid Force- 12 (10)
Triumph of the Shit - 12 (16)
The TWo headed Boys- 9 (9)
Japan Trip - 11 (8)
Pee Joe Ho - 5 (5)
RC 10 - (11)
New Lease- 14 (16)
Meat Endures - 12 (16)
Chubby Bunny -10 (10)
Zannies - 8 (4)

january 10th

next dr/ fact will be on monday jan. 10th

the one year anniversary of dr. fact will kick some ass.
high roller style.
bands, well one, extra prizes, more fun than a sack of monks.
come and celebrate the one year shindig that is dr. fact.
$10 per person or $30 per team. think about all the money that you could win.
first, second and third prizes to be awarded. this is the fact to best all other fact's.