The Mad Trivia Party

with Chris Played by Charles Berman

Where we get mad, and you get trivial!

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CHRIS PLAYED BY CHARLES BERMAN

1. Smallpox has not been completely destroyed. Where can you get it?

2. Where does rubber come from?

3. What does the “frequency” of a radio station refer to?

4. What does silk come from?

5. What is a bialy?

6. Why were “pulp” magazines given this name?

7. What are convenience stores called in Canada?

8. Who is Ma Bell?

9. How do historians know that Nero did not actually play the violin as Rome burned?

10. What used to be known as the British Empire is now known as what?

11. Name a black and white movie from after 1970.

12. In which move does Charlie Chaplin play the leader of a country?

13. What is the function of the Taj Mahal?

14. Describe the plot of the TV show “Beat the Clock.”

15. Why have there been very few visitors to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon since 2003?

16. Who was Patrice Lumumba?

17. Please describe the plot of the play The Cherry Orchard.

18. What causes rain?

19. What is an interrobang?

20. What was Jay Leno’s primetime show called?

21. name something only one of us has read, heard, or seen.

22. Heads or tails?

ALANA WATTS

1. Which Avenger had the most on screen time in the movie The Avengers?

2. Name one celebrity that made a guest appearance on the newest live episode of 30 RocK?

3. Who is the new French president?

3. What is his political affiliation?

4. How many eggs could a snowy owl lay at once?

5. What is the world record for having a ferret in one’s pants?

6. How as the story of the diving bell and the butterfly?

7. How many pups can a Tasmanian devil potentially have although she only has four lactation dispensaries?

8. Why does Robert Daughtery stutter while singing My Generation?

9. Sing “Yakko’s World.”

10. Which version of the CSI franchise was cancelled this week?

CHRIS PLAYED BY CHARLES BERMAN

1. Why have many 0 rupee notes been issued recently in India?

2. What country had the most casualties in World War II?

3. How has the French president-elect responded to accusations that he is a Socialist?

4. Lloyd’s of London is notable for doing what?

5. What sound does the “backwards R” make in Russian?

6. In history, who was Bernardo O’Higgins?

7. If someone’s name has a suffix in it, where does that normally appear?

8. What is both a kind of fishing equipment and a kind of income?

9. What invention made printed materials much easier to acquire after the 16th century?

10. Gezundehit is the German word for what?

11. What is a chupacabra?

12. What would a person normally use minims and crotchets for?

13. What is both an important part of both a phone call and a wedding?

14. What important thing recently happened to Liberian former president Charles Taylor?

15. What large design flaw was prevalent in once-common 900mhz cordless phone that has since been eliminated?

16. P. T. Bardnum once famously put up a large sign pointing the way to “The Egress.” What was “The Egress?”

17. Please describe the plot of the movie “The Gods Must be Crazy.”

18. What is a method actor?

19. Please sing “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” to the tune of “Bolero.”

20. What document does an employer have to provide to the State of New York to justify firing someone?

21. What is your credit card number?

22. Name something only one of us has read/heard/seen.

23. Heads or tails?

DICK BITCHES

1. In the song “let it be” who is mother marry?

2. Who replaced Peter Gabriel as Singer of Genesis?

3. In 1980 what pink Floyd song was banned in south Africa when black school children adopted it as an anthem ?

4. In 1965 what band released “tum tum tum”?

5. What is the name of white Goodman’s right hand man?

6. What recent rock and roll hall of fame inductees just lost a member?

7. Who does number two work for?

8. What type of musician does spinal tap have a problem keeping?

9. What are some Italian seasonings ?

10. What are common family names in the movie goodfellas?

DUMPSWITCH JONES

DUMPSWITCH JONES IN THE MOOOOORNING!

- Why was Solitare originally included on Windows Machines?

- Who first petitioned the MPAA for the ‘PG13’ rating in films?

- How much does it cost to name a star after yourself?

- How much data does the average sperm carry in Megabytes?

- Why did Bill Gates release mosquitos during a TED talk?

- Why did Morgan Freeman fund a prom in 2007?

- Why can’t women traditionally be sushi chefs?

- Who did Tim Burton originally want to cast as Beetlejuice?

- What is the only known surface Geckos can not stick to?

- Who wrote the musical ‘Me and My Dick’?

- Bad Genie! Free points! Do it!

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CHRIS PLAYED BY CHARLES BERMAN

1. Where is the Weimar Republic?

2. What does it mean to decline a noun?

3. Before smoking in restaurants in was banned in the State of New York, some people were already not allowed to do it. Who were they?

4. How did Dr Strange come to be known as Dr Strange?

5. What does a seersucker do?

6. What is Objectivism?

7. Why was Margaret Murray O’Hare considered “the most hated woman in America?”

8. In Sherlock Holmes, what is Moriarty’s day job?

9. What is both a part of a shoe and a kind of food?

10. What is the word “fan” short for?

11. Please describe the plot of the play King Lear.

12. In international politics, the “special relationship” is between which two countries?

13. Why are Buffalo wings called this even though they are made of chicken?

14. What would you use a cathode ray tube for?

15. In what country did chocolate originate?

16. What is a check guarantee card?

17. Amnesty International wants what new human right to be added to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

18. What unusual annual architectural event happened today at the University of Chicago?

19. What is the difference between socialism and communism?

20. Describe how a triple play could happen in baseball.

21. Name something only one of us has read, heard, or seen.

22. Heads or tails?

DICK BITCHES

1. In 1954 johnny cash was married in texas, with plans of becoming a memphis appliance salesman. He instead formed a band with whom?

2. Who sang the duet with Stevie nicks in the song whenever I call you friend?

3. In 1976 whose album was banned from most stations because it contained the words “ spread your wings and let me come inside”?

4. Who sang the theme from welcome back kotter?

5. What was the name of Neil young’s movie?

6. How did ac/dc come up with their name?

7. In 1975 who tried to kill mick jagger?

8. What elton john song is about john lennon?

9. Who released the album night moves in 1976?

10. What band released the message in 1981?

DUMPSWITCH JONES MAKES HIS GLORIOUS RETURN AND WONDERS:

- Why did I have had a scone and a large house blend for breakfast?

- When is National Masturbation Month in the US?

- What percentage of NFL players go bankrupt shortly after retirement?

- What percentage of NBA players go bankrupt shortly after retirement?

- Why wasn’t Robin in the new Batman trilogy?

- Why do silica gel packets say “DO NOT EAT?”

- How does Google keep the grass and brush short around their headquarters?

- What is the difference between a bank robbery and a burglary?

- Who introduced The Beatles to marijuana?

- What is unique about the novel ‘Gadsby’?

- Describe the plot of Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’?

- BAD GENIE!

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