Saturday, 12 October 2019

Twisted Trivia

Opening Number – Stars And The Moon (Noah)

Intro/Trivia Round 1 – (Daniel)

“Good Evening ladies, gentlemen and all of you are that are still deciding, to VCA
Company 19’s Twisted Tunes & Trivia Night!

Well we have got a fantastic night ahead of us folks! We have got performances
consisting of some of the most popular and not so popular broadway tunes that have
been slightly twisted in one way or another… and of course to accompany our
performers tonight we have the amazing Joshua James Webb on the keys! “Give him
a nice hand” and we have also got our Trivia quiz with some fantastic prizes to be
won - which include…. *Prizes*, so hopefully you’ve assembled your potentially
winning team and are ready to play!

So let’s talk about how the night will work, we’ve got three rounds of trivia each within
their own category, we’ve got General Knowledge, Entertainment and then a Multiple
Choice and at the end of each category we will come around and collect your answer
forms just before the start of our wonderful performances. At end of the three rounds
we will then announce our winner! Who will be the lucky group to take home some of
those fantastic prizes!…… Speaking of prizes we also have a raffle that will be going
on throughout the evening - so be sure to lookout for Brandon & Lily who will be
floating around to get yourself some raffle tickets… who knows, yours might be the
winning ticket *cough* Ron & MARG..!!

Now lets kick off the trivia night! BUT BEFORE WE DO make sure that you have
chosen your team names and put those at the top of the answer sheet just so we can
identify you at the end and to keep you all up to date with the leaderboard! and now
just some rrrrrules to stipulate. Firstly we know you’ve all thought about it before
tonight… “Hmm I know what might help me win…. How can I get the upper
advantage? NO ONE WILL SEE ME DO IT, YOU WRITE DOWN THE ANSWERS AND
I”LL DO IT ON THE SIDE” In fact i’m sure you’re all thinking about doing it right now
before we start… but STRICTLY NO BRIBING JESS WITH ALCOHOL TO TRY AND WIN
TONIGHTS TRIVIA - No but on a more serious note….. there will be NO USING OF
MOBILE PHONES to help you! Whether thats using google… or sending a text
message to your mum… or your daughter… or Uncle Ray who goes fishing on the
weekend and might know the answer to the scientific name of the Yarra river brown
trout! There will also be no discussing with other tables - lets keep that true blue
Aussie competitiveness and please refrain from helping others!

So without further adieu… ROUND ONE

Pen to paper folks - be sure to answer the question in the correct box within the
FIRST column

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Question 1: Which stroke starts a swimming relay medley?
Answer: Backstroke



Question 2: What is the most common gas in the Earth’s
atmosphere?

Answer: Nitrogen

Question 3: Which sportsperson holds the most Olympic Gold

Medals?

Answer: Michael Phelps (Swimming)

Question 4: What is the largest two digit prime number?

Answer: 97

Question 5: What is the name of the national airline of Germany?

Answer: Lufthansa

Question 6: In the Harry Potter BOOKS, which creatures pull the carriages
that take students from the Hogwarts Express to the Castle?
Answer: Thestrals

Question 7: Jesus was baptised in the water of which river?

Answer: The River Jordan

Question 8: What did AFL footballer Nicky Winwar famously do on the field
in 1993.
Answer: Lifted his guernsey to protest racist commentary by showing
skin.

Question 9: Which novel begins with the line, “It is a truth universally
acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must
be in want of a wife”?
Answer: “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen

Question 10: How do you spell the word “Onomatopoeia”

Answer: Onomatopoeia

That is the end of the first round folks, hopefully that got your cogs turning… if it
didn’t, well you’ve still got a chance in the next two rounds.. and if its still not turning
after that, weeeell then maybe you need to head on down to the Alfred and get a
quick check up… or just go easy on the drinks. Isn’t that right Brandon? Brandon?
Oh.. he’s probably in the bathrooms…

Now make sure you’ve finished filling out your answers sheets as we come around
and collect them and whilst we do that I’d like you all to put your hands together as
we’ve now got some fantastic performances from Ben, Darcey… and hopefully
Brandon if he’s still kicking!

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Song 2 – Just Keep Moving The Line (Ben)

Song 3 – Ammonia (Darcey)

Song 4 – Losing My Mind (Brandon)

Trivia Round 2 – (Daniel)

Now weren’t they amazing folks! - Now it’s time take off your listening caps and put
on your thinking caps for…. - I might also add that we have our current standings
from ROUND ONE, just to get those competitive juices flowing here’s how everyones
Is looking: In current 1st place - second place - third place - four place - etc…

So with that in mind lets kick off ROUND TWO

This is our entertainment category, so think musicals, movies and music…

Question 1: Who wrote the 1955 musical Pipe Dream?

Answer: Rogers and Hammerstein

Question 2: What popular fantasy drama television series, broadcasted from

1998 to 2006, centred on three sister witches in San Francisco?
Answer: Charmed

Question 3: Which singers real name is Stefanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta?

Answer: Lady Gaga

Question 4: At the 2008 Academy Awards, which director won Best Director
and Best Film, making her the first female winner for Directing?

Answer: The Hurt Locker for Kathryn Bigelow (fun fact on the side for Dan that she
beat over her ex-husband David Cameron and his flick Avatar in both categories)

Question 5: Perhaps Josh might be able to help us with this one… Finish the
lyrical phrase – Sung: (So if you care to find me, look to the western sky, as
someone told me lately…)
Answer: Everyone deserves a chance to fly! (Defying Gravity)

Question 6: Who directed the 1993 epic historical drama ‘Schindler’s List’?
Answer: Steven Spielberg

Question 7: Guess the song (played by Josh)

Answer: Love Song – Sara Bareilles

Question 8: What is different about the tree from Act One to Act Two of Samuel
Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot”?
Answer: The tree has grown a leaf

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Question 9: Who was the first African American actor to win the Academy
Award for best actor?
Answer: Sidney Poitier for his role in ‘Lilies of the Field’ in 1963.

Question 10: Finish the lyrical phrase – Sung: (But now, there’s nowhere to
hide, since you pushed my love aside…)
Answer: I’m outta my head, hopelessly devoted to you. (Grease)

And thats the end of round Two! And I think i’ve done my singing for evening,
so its time now to hear two other company members, so please give it up for
Joe and Karis!

Song 5 – Meadowlark (Joe)/ Lay Down Your Head

Song 6 – Waving Through A Window (Karis)

Trivia Round 3 – Daniel

Now before we start the final round would you all like to hear the current standings!?
Our minions have been hard at work cross checking all of your answers and as we
speak our current leaderboard is….

First place - second place is - third place - etc

Now lets see who can potentially shake things up, or perhaps continue to dominate
as we start ROUND THREE of Multiple Choices!

Multiple Choice:
Question 1: Which of the following was NOT tweeted or re-tweeted by Donald
Trump?
A: If Hilary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy
America?

B: So called environmentalists killing bald eagles with wind turbines -shame!

Killing more animals than their global warming, makes me sick.

C: Everyone knows I am right that Robert Pattinson should dump Kristen Stewart. In
a couple of years, he will thank me. Be smart, Robert.


D: Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q. is one of the highest -and you all know it!
Please don’t feel stupid or insecure, it’s not your fault

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Question 2: In what year did South Melbourne Football Club become the
Sydney Swans Football Club?
A: 1976
B: 1979
C: 1982
D: 1986

Question 3: Whom of the following can NOT be considered part of the

colloquially known “27 Club”?

A: Jeff Buckley
B: Jimi Hendrix
C: Amy Winehouse
D: Janis Joplin

Question 4: What does the Scoville Heat Unit Scale measure?

A: The heat of stars
B: The heat of radioactive surfaces
C: The heat of bodies of water
D: The heat of chilies

Question 5: How many players are there in a baseball team?

A: Eight
B: Nine
C: Ten
D: Eleven

Question 6: At what temperature does water freeze in Farenheit?

A: 30
B: 31
C: 32
D: 33

Question 7: What is the name of Lisa’s jazz mentor in “The Simpsons”?

A: Belly Jazz Gumbo
B: Blind Willy Wandersong
C: Bleeding Gums Murphy
D: Belching Grey Maeve





Question 8: What did the first successful vaccine prevent?
A: Rabies
B: Scarlett Fever
C: Cholera
D: Smallpox

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Question 9: What is the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
A: Kinshasa
B: Bamako
C: Brazzaville
D: Dar Es Salaam


Question 10: How many bones are there in an adult human body?
A: 109
B: 173
C: 206
D: 232

And there we have it! That was the third and final round of our trivia night! So while we
gather up your answer sheets and tally up the points to reveal our winner I think it’s
time to introduce our last performers for this evening, we have Tom, Savannah and
Sheridan!

Song 7 – She Used To Be Mine (Tom)

Song 8 – Finishing The Hat (Sheridan)

Song 9 – Bring Him Home (Savannah)

And now ladies and gents its time to announce our lucky recipient of the raffle prizes
and of course… our winner of the Trivia!

*Raffle*

*Trivia*
And The Winner …

And before we have the final number of the evening id like to just do a few thank
you’s. Firstly to La Di Da and all the helpful members of staff that allowed us to put on
this evening. Secondly to Jess & Ben for organising the event and also to Jess’s Dad
for helping with the infrastructure and setting up and to Tom for providing us with all
of our great questions. To Josh for providing us with some fantastic accompaniment
and finally id like to thank all of YOU for coming and supporting us before our
showcase and our tour to Sydney. Also to thank you for donating so generously as
really appreciate all of the support you have shown us for the past three years, we
really wouldn’t of been able to put any of these evenings on if wasn’t for your
continuous support and love that we receive from you all!

And now before we start to reflect too heavily on our time here at the VCA and get all
emotional I’d like to invite Chris to bring us home!

Closing Number – Fifty Percent (Chris)