I had the pleasure of hosting the Trivia Factory’s $1.000 Tournament of Champions at the Irish Bred in Douglasville today. We had 24 really, really smart teams playing and in the end, the Oxymorons won the tournament of the umpteenth time in the past five years. We’ll be posting the questions we asked on our Trivia Factory website and will probably use them as the theme for our Trivia Guys podcast when we record it later this week.
This is a fun, but frustrating little Flash game called Multitask. I didn’t do very well, but it’s fun.
Here’s the link (Why do I worry that my Monday is going to turn out like this?)
After reading this blog entry, I won’t feel so bad about driving on Atlanta’s downtown connector tomorrow morning on my way to work. I especially like entry #7: The Road of Death in Bolivia.
“The North Yungas Road is a 43 mile road connecting La Paz and Coroico, 35 miles northeast of La Paz in Bolivia. Famous for its extreme danger, it was christened as the “world’s most dangerous road” in 1995 by the Inter-American Development Bank.”
I’ve toyed with time lapse photography, but this is really spectacular. I especially am amazed at the footage of the time lapse of the fog banks ebbing and flowing.
This week’s invisible movie is a 2001 comedy that includes, among other things, a Neil Diamond cover band called “Diamonds in the Rough.” The singer actually makes a cameo appearance in the movie. The movie did not do well. Reviews were generally negative and box office receipts were low.
As a bit of trivia, Outside North America, the film was titled “Evil Woman.”
Simply identify the movie and turn it in with your first answer at Trivia for five bonus points.
The answer to last week’s Invisible Movie was “Braveheart.”
The latest episode ofThe Trivia Guys Podcast is up. It’s Episode 21: “Where’s my Sound Effect?” — This week the guys talk about Clint Eastwood movie lines, state birds, NFL players from small colleges, Senate elections and more. Plus we announce our “Nut Job of the Week” and play “Name that Tune.” You can see more at The Trivia Guys Podcast homepage or click the player below to listen.
We’ll be recording our Trivia Guys Podcast #21 tonight at 9 PM. Jointhe fun by participating in our chat room. Go to the Trivia Factory home page for details and to listen to the live feed.
Set in the 13th Century, this weeks invisible movie won five Academy Awards at the 68th Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director, and was nominated for an additional five. The movie has had some impact with some political observers claiming that it played a significant role in affecting the Scottish political landscape in the mid to late 1990s. Others have linked it to a rise in Scottish nationalism.
Simply identify the movie and turn it in with your first answer at Trivia for five bonus points.
The answer to last week’s Invisible Movie was “Dr. Dolittle.”
The latest episode ofThe Trivia Guys Podcast is up. It’s Episode 20: “Elvis is how old?” — This week the guys talk about TV show towns, Billboard’s artist of the decade, the lowest places on Earth, guest stars on the Simpsons, Elvis’s birthday, and more. Plus we announce our “Nut Job of the Week” and play “Name that Tune.” You can see more at The Trivia Guys Podcast homepage or click the player below to listen.
This week’s Invisible Movie was a 2006 film version of a Broadway musical that was based R&B acts such as The Supremes, The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others. It also won an Academy Award for an American Idol finalist.
Simply identify the movie and turn it in with your first answer at Trivia for five bonus points.
The answer to last week’s Invisible Movie was “The Bridge Over the River Kwai.”