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LCHS 2017 Trivia Questions

Tyler Brumm:

This famous English director and producer was referred to as The Master
Of Suspense for his work on the movies Psycho, Vertigo, and North By
Northwest. Name the man who once said Drama is life with the dull bits
cut out.

ANSWER: Sir Alfred Hitchcock

Josh Cain:

The famous video game Tetris, which has sold over 495 million copies
worldwide, was created by a citizen of what nation in 1984?

ANSWER: The Soviet Union (Accept USSR or CCCP) (Do NOT accept
Russia or Russian Federation)

Jackson Gifford:

A golfer strikes his ball into high grass and properly plays a provisional ball.
He prefers to continue play with the provisional ball, but a fellow-
competitor announces that the original ball is found in less than five
minutes of search. The player refuses to identify the ball that is found. What
is the ruling?

ANSWER: He must inspect the ball that was found; if a player has
dishonestly not identified a ball that is his, the player should be
disqualified.

Tommy Jones:
This seldom-evolved invertebrates blue blood is a prized ingredient in
many modern medicines. Name this crustacean, whose azure blood has
antibacterial properties and is commonly found on the coasts of the
Atlantic Ocean.

ANSWER: Horseshoe Crab

*At the request of Ms. Ingram*

Yue Li:

Which player has vastly superior tennis skills to the other? Varsity number
one singles player Yue Li or The one and only tennis coach extraordinaire
Ingram?

ANSWER: Ingram, of course.

Yue Li BONUS:

Who has the better backhand? Andy Murray or Roger Federer?

ANSWER: Trick Question- The answer is Coach Ingram

Woody Orians:

What was the title of the first play ever to be performed at Shakespeares
Globe Theatre? Name this iconic play that has seen many motion picture
adaptations.

ANSWER: Julius Caesar

Griffin Quinn:
The Chicago Blackhawks won the 1938 Stanley Cup over the Toronto Maple
Leafs in a five-game series, winning three of the first four matchups for the
title. Who was the victorious starting goaltender for the Chicago team?

ANSWER: Mike Karakas

Leon Small:

This NASA launch program lasted from 1961 to 1966, and fell between the
Mercury and Apollo programs. Name this brief series of missions, which
launched with a two-man capsule and was intended to prepare NASA
astronauts for the revolutionary Apollo program.

ANSWER: Project Gemini (Accept Gemini)

Leon Small Option 2:

This physics term refers to the minimum speed required to escape the
gravitational influence of a massive entity. For Earth, this value is roughly
11.2 kilometers per second. What is this value that is used in astrophysics
whenever a craft leaves Earths sphere of influence?

ANSWER: Escape Velocity