The YellowBelly A to Z Trivia Quiz is back, which can only mean one thing...we are back in lockdown. Shit.
In that case...Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1! Let's make the most of it, and be safe. Meanwhile, we have twenty-six tantalizing trivia teasers to test your team's talent.
Each answer begins with a different letter of the alphabet. Email your answers to YellowBellyTrivia@gmail.com by 8:30pm NDT on February 16, 2021. That's TODAY!
Let's start off with some music hosted on Soundcloud - songs may play out of order, so pay attention to that:
1. Consider the six songs in this clip. When you determine the titles of all the songs, there is a very specific five-letter word that links them together in a scientific sort of way. What is the word?
https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/five-letter-link-trivia
2. If you took a minute to do more than listen, but actually watch the videos, you would see that the six songs in this clip feature what?
https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/need-to-watch-feb-16-2021
3. There are five songs in this clip: either the songs or the artists each include an example of something you would be given if you were a member of the what (8-letter word)?
https://soundcloud.com/yellowbelly-trivia/youd-get-in-the-what-feb-16
4. If you Googled this two-word phrase before November 7, 2020, you would get a few possible results: a company headquartered in Toronto with over 100 locations worldwide, a set of famous concertos, a back-up vocal group, or a few other odds and ends. After November 7, a new player entered the Google ring, and for awhile was the top result. What is the two-word phrase?
5. The name of this late musician’s first studio album is the last two digits of the year it was released. The name of his second album appears in this question. The name of his third album is the name of a popular UK TV show. The first three letters of his stage name are the name of a movie franchise. What is his stage name ?
6. There is a very specific sub-genre of science fiction: people stranded in outer space. This sub-genre had three films of note from big Hollywood studios released in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Two of those films featured the same actor in a prominent role: (spoiler) once as a hero and once as a villain. Name the actor (surname).
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| 7. The images here, when considered in a certain way, suggest what geographic region? |
8. I went on a trip. I started in the former capital of Tanzania. From there, I had dozens of choices but decided on a country that refers to itself as Hellas. My options were limited for my third visit, so I headed over to the last US state to join the union. Then I went to the city of birth of Rowdy Roddy Piper. The fifth and final place I went seems to be the only place I could have gone as my fifth destination. It is the capital city of a territory owned by another country. In what city did I end up?
9. What is the first name of the feller who asked his wife to bring him an India beer out of the shed during one of last week’s COVID briefings?
12 and 13. These two words both basically mean the same thing: they are statements of surprise, used by two characters on the same TV show. The origin of both of these words is almost certainly from these characters from the TV show. The first character was originally played by someone quite famous, whose parents were from Lebanon. The second character has been played by many people, two of whom are quite famous and share a rare five-letter first name. Name the two words (answers 12 and 13).
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| 14. These four images have a six-letter word in common. What is it? |
15. There is an award-winning TV show whose title is the singular of a geographical region. The name of the region probably comes from the shortened version of a French expression meaning “of _________” (the blank being the name of a US state). Each episode of the show features different symbols that spell out the name of the show. Name the show.
16. Recently, millennials officially spoke (on TikTok, natch), declaring that a bunch of things are no longer cool cuz they, like, totally noticed their moms are totally doing them. Among them is the use of the most popular emoji out there which has, officially, a five-word name, but is known colloquially by what two-word name?
(P.S. Natch is not "on" anymore, either. May never have been.)
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| 17. What famous person do these well-known performers all connect to through a performance? (answer is the famous person's first name) |
18. This place was historically a duchy, kingdom, and province, and now is part of the name of a state in a European country. It has also made its way to the USA - it is the name of a small town in at least 7 different US states. It is also an official waltz. It may be most well-known when you spell it a little differently, as the name of a specific type of vehicle. Name the place.
19. An actor was the most famous clown of the Elizabethan era, known for his comic doggerel verse which came to be named for him. He helped turn Elizabethan theatre into mass entertainment, paving the way for the Shakespearean stage. This favourite jester of Queen Elizabeth is said to have been the inspiration for two of Shakespearean characters: Bottom and this character (who has no lines).
20. There's a two-word place home to criminals, and its name is simply the same word repeated twice. Change the place's second vowel to a different vowel and you now have an 8-letter adjective that can be used to describe a person’s voice. This 8-letter word has an exact rhyme that is a game. It has another rhyme that is a sound you’d hear in your house. And it has another rhyme, the one we are looking for, that is the name of a blockbuster movie, remade twice. Name the movie.
21. Depending on your age and background, you may know this as a piece of software, or as an ancient artifact that helped solve a puzzle. The artifact is associated with the number 3. If you can figure this thing out, then Hey! good for you.
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| 22. Each of the pictures above suggests a type of what? 23. Glad Goat, Jammed Snares, Dinner Cleavage (anagrams of people) and a bunch of others made us smile, for the wrong reasons, this time last year with their version of what? |
24. This person is well-known, but has a much more famous close relative. If you Google his first and last name, you will discover people with his namesake that are or were: a Governor of a US State, a South American National Team footballer, a South American politician, and a South American Olympic Water Polo player. What's his last name?
25. This is the most populous country in its region: a diverse area containing many nations. Biodiversity is important here, and the word trees features in the meaning of its name. This country has been inhabited for many millennia. There was recent civil war and natural disasters, and while some things have settled, femicide has been a terrible problem. Name the country.
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| 26. What is the common bond that keeps them all busy? |
In number 16 you're talking about Gen Z, not millenials. There are no millenial teenagers anymore, we're mid-twenties to forty-ish. I know it's not a big deal but I personally find it very annoying when people make this mistake.
ReplyDeleteRight you are - the reference should have been in Q16 that Gen Z think that the millennial pop cultural reference ____ _____ (the answer) is not cool, not that millennials think it is not cool.
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