SJS Trivia Night May 2022

Question 1

#5: Daniel Hale Williams performed the first ever one of these in 1893?

Accepted Answer

Open-heart surgery

Question 2

#7: What player sung “I’m LA Mike and I play it cool, they don’t’ sneak by me cuz I’m no fool”?

Accepted Answer

Mike Richardson

Question 3

#10: Name the capital city.

Accepted Answer

Ottawa, Canada

Question 4

#8: What player sung “The Sackman’s coming”?

Accepted Answer

Richard Dent

Question 5

#8: What year was Chicago incorporated as a city?

Accepted Answer

1837

Question 6

#6: Who’s given name was Karol Jozef Wojtyla before becoming Pope?

Accepted Answer

St. John Paul II

Question 7

#9: What item or attraction was introduced at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

#2: Paul McCartney wrote it for John Lennon’s son, Julian Lennon. Why did he write the the song?

Accepted Answer

Julian’s parents were getting divorced

Question 9

#4: What excommunicated emperor spent three days kneeling in the snow to beg forgiveness of the Pope?

Accepted Answer

Henry IV

Question 10

#9: What player sung “They call me Hit Man – don’t know what they mean”?

Accepted Answer

Gary Fencik

Question 11

#3: What player sung “I’m Samurai Mike, I stop ‘em cold, part of the defense, big and bold”?

Accepted Answer

Mike Singletary

Question 12

#10: Who’s given name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio before becoming Pope?

Accepted Answer

Pope Francis

Question 13

#7: Name the capital city.

Accepted Answer

Reykjavik, Iceland

Question 14

#2: Chicago hosted the first televised presidential debate on 9/26/1960. Who were the candidates?

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon

Question 15

#6: Name the capital city.

Accepted Answer

Nassau, Bahamas

Question 16

#2: Name the capital city

Accepted Answer

Bogota, Colombia

Question 17

#3: Name the capital city.

Accepted Answer

Copenhagen, Denmark

Question 18

#1: Name the capital city

Accepted Answer

Brussels, Belgium

Question 19

#7: “U Can’t Touch This” is a song by MC Hammer. What is MC Hammer’s given name?

Accepted Answer

Stanley Burrell

Question 20

#3: What musical genre is “This Land is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie?

Accepted Answer

Folk

Question 21

#8: “Lollipop” and “Mr. Sandman” are songs by The Chordettes. How many original members of the group were there?

Accepted Answer

Four

Question 22

#3: Who’s given name was Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger before becoming Pope?

Accepted Answer

Benedict XVI

Question 23

#2: What player sung “I like runnin’ but I love to get the pass”?

Accepted Answer

Willie Gault

Question 24

#3: What scientific achievement was accomplished on 12/2/1942 at 3:25pm on the University of Chicago grounds?

Accepted Answer

First atom was split

Question 25

#5: Name the capital city.

Accepted Answer

Cairo, Egypt

Question 26

#10: What player sung “I’m the rookie, I might be large, but I’m no dumb cookie”?

Accepted Answer

William Perry, The Fridge

Question 27

#5: What drink did some Catholics urged Pope Clement VII in the 16th Century to ban, calling it “Devil’s Beverage”?

Accepted Answer

Coffee

Question 28

#2: How long did the lengthiest papal election in history last?

Accepted Answer

Three years

Question 29

#6:“I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts is the theme song to Friends. How many claps are there in the theme?

Accepted Answer

Four

Question 30

#7: Who was Chicago’s first permanent settler in 1779?

Accepted Answer

Jean Baptiste du Sable

Question 31

#6: What player sung “They say Jimbo is our man, if Jimmy can’t do it, I sure can”?

Accepted Answer

Steve Fuller

Question 32

#8: Name the capital city.

Accepted Answer

Wellington, New Zealand

Question 33

#1: Chicago is home to the World’s Tallest building designed by a female architect. What is the name of that structure?

Accepted Answer

St. Regis Chicago

Question 34

#9: “Bohemian Rhapsody” is a single by Queen, which was later made into a film. Which actor played Freddie Mercury?

Accepted Answer

Rami Malek

Question 35

#6: At 10 stories tall, what building was the World’s first skyscraper in 1885?

Accepted Answer

Chicago’s Home Insurance Company Building

Question 36

#7: Which country, after Italy, has had the most Popes?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 37

#4: What show used “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey in the final scene of the series finale?

Accepted Answer

The Sopranos

Question 38

#9: What is the name of the big hat worn by the Pope?

Accepted Answer

Mitre

Question 39

#5: What player sung “I’m mama’s boy Otis, one of a kind”?

Accepted Answer

Otis Wilson

Question 40

#9: Name the capital city.

Accepted Answer

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Question 41

#1: What player sung “Runnin’ the ball is like makin’ romance”?

Accepted Answer

Walter Payton

Question 42

#1: Who was the first Pope?

Accepted Answer

Saint Peter

Question 43

#4: What engineering feat, started in 1892, was completed in 1900?

Accepted Answer

The Chicago River was engineered to flow backwards

Question 44

#1: “Who Let the Dogs Out” by Baha Men won a Grammy for Best Dance Recording in 2001. What country is the group from?

Accepted Answer

The Bahamas

Question 45

#4: Name the capital city.

Accepted Answer

Berlin, Germany

Question 46

#10: Name the two songs the 8th grader class sang during the spring show.

Accepted Answer

"Once I was 7 years old" & "Evolution of Dance"

Question 47

#10: What does Chicago’s motto, “Urbs in Horto” mean?

Accepted Answer

City in a garden

Question 48

#5: Whitney Houston won the a Grammy for “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” in 1988. What song did she win for in 1986?

Accepted Answer

“Saving All My Love For You”

Question 49

#4: What player sung “I’m the punky QB”?

Accepted Answer

Jim McMahon

Question 50

#8: What is the name of the group that chooses the Pope?

Accepted Answer

College of Cardinals

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