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Virtual Trivia Night #9
Virtual Trivia Night #9
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Fiction: In the film
Blade Runner
what was the name given to Bio-engineered Humans?
Deckers
Replacements
Automs
Replicants
2
In 1901, Ocean City had its first parade of…
Mermaids
Dogs
Babies
Beauty queens
3
Fact: Weak (non-bonding) interactions between atoms and molecular are referred to as what?
Van der Waals forces
Van Deemter forces
Van der Beek forces
Van der Meer forces
4
Fiction: What written work was the basis for the 2016 film
Arrival
?
"Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu
"Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang
"Who Fears Death" by Nnedi Okorafor
"Non-Zero Probabilities" by N.K. Jemisin
5
The eggs of which fish are used to produce caviar?
Tilapia
Swordfish
Sturgeon
Carp
6
Who did Time magazine name as their "Person of the 20th Century"?
Steve Jobs
Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstein
Bill Gates
7
Which artist had "Blue", "Pink", and "Brown" periods?
Picasso
Degas
Matisse
Dali
8
The first hotel on the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk was called…
The Flanders
The Port O'Call
The Breakers on Delancey
The Bellevue
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Fiction: According to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, what everyday object is "the most massively useful thing"?
A Roll of Toilet Paper
A Library Card
A Towel
House Keys
10
What was Ocean City, NJ originally called in the 1700’s?
Pike's Beach
Miller's Beach
Peck's Beach
Ocean Town
11
Fiction: How many versions of the Starship Enterprise are featured throughout the
Star Trek
franchise (TV and movie)?
7
11
Just 1 (NCC-170-D)
3
12
What year did Ocean City, NJ become a dry town (one that does not serve alcohol)?
1997
1920
1973
1879
13
Fiction: In the 1951 movie
The Day The Earth Stood Still
which US city did the alien spaceship land in?
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles
New York City
14
Fact: What is the name of the most recent chemical element discovered?
Tritium
Oganesson
Bohrium
Promethium
15
What was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson?
Charles Dickens
Mark Twain
Lewis Carroll
J.M. Barrie
16
The first ride at Gillian’s Amusements in Ocean City, NJ was a…
Water Slide
Tilt-a-Whirl
Roller coaster
Ferris wheel
17
Fiction: The distinctive TARDIS dematerialization sound effects were made by slowing down audio of elephant’s “trumpet"?
False
True
18
Fact: Isotopes of an element have different numbers of _______ in their nuclei?
Electrons
Neutrons
Protons
Atoms
19
Fact: The constant describing how many atoms are in a mole was named for what scientist?
Amedeo Avogadro
Ernest Rutherford
Niels Bohr
Max Planck
20
How many ribs are in a human body?
20
22
18
24
21
Fact: How many elements were known at the time D.I. Mendeleev arranged his first periodic table in 1869?
94
63
78
111
22
What is the largest woodwind instrument?
Saxophone
Trombone
Bassoon
Clarinet
23
Which American newspaper once carried the famously incorrect headline: "Dewey Defeats Truman"?
Chicago Tribune
The Boston Globe
Philadelphia Inquirer
Los Angeles Times
24
Fact: “Schrödinger’s Cat” was a thought experiment used to describe aspects of what scientific principle?
Relativistic Time
Quantum Mechanics
Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics
Intramolecular Forces
25
Fiction: Who was the first Science Fiction Author to be the recipient of a Macarthur Fellowship (“Genius Grant”)?
James S. A. Corey
N.K. Jemisin
Blake Crouch
Octavia Butler
26
Fiction: Who spoke the first line in
Star Wars: A New Hope?
Emperor Palpatine
Darth Vader
C-3PO
Leia Organa
27
How long is the Ocean City, NJ boardwalk?
2.5 miles
1 mile
3 miles
8 miles
28
The annual boat parade that takes place bayside in Ocean City, NJ each July is called…
Boats on Parade
Ocean City Boat Festival
Night in Venice
The Ocean City Regatta
29
Fact: What was the first chemical element to be discovered in modern times?
Hydrogen
Phosphorus
Aluminum
Calcium
30
Fiction: In the
novel
Jurassic Park, DNA from what creatures was used to fill in the gaps in the dinosaur gene sequence?
Turtle
Bird
Frog
Lizard
31
Concerts are performed year round in Ocean City in which building?
The Concert Hall
The Music Pier
The Pavilion
The Musical Hall
32
The Sindia Ship sank off the coast of Ocean City in which year ?
1901
1921
1915
1889
33
What is the shortest modern European alphabet with just 21 letters?
Dutch
Finnish
Italian
French
34
What is the literal meaning of the word "mafia"?
Bragging
Gang
Boss
Kingpin
35
Fact: The Bohr Model of the atom was constructed using what element?
Hydrogen
Helium
Carbon
Iron
36
Fact: What is the term for the minimum energy required for a chemical reaction to take place?
Kinetic Energy
Protonic Energy
Activation Energy
Transfer Energy
37
What famous princess had a residence in Ocean City, NJ?
Princess Diana
Princess Caroline
Princess Kate
Princess Grace (Kelly)
38
What is the more common name for the disease varicella?
Chickenpox
Pink Eye
Mumps
Polio
39
Fact or Fiction: PV/T=k is the correct equation for the ideal gas Law?
False
True
40
Which is the only play in which William Shakespeare mentions America?
Much Ado About Nothing
Twelfth Night
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors