Teen Trivia Night

I love trivia. I love pulling random facts out of nowhere, and I get a particular thrill when it's a tidbit that I know, that fits perfectly in with a conversation. Of course, this labels me as an oddball when we're eating cashews and I comment that they're not actually nuts but seeds, and they grow on the bottom of a very perishable fruit called the cashew apple, which itself can be quite irritating to the skin, which is why you never see cashews in their shells like you do with almonds and walnuts.

The point is, when my director suggested a Teen Trivia Night, I was all over it.

There are many ways to do a trivia night, and I think he had in mind a Jeopardy-sort of program with the questions on a projector, but I went a different route, and based mine on bar pizza place trivia nights that I've been to. In that kind of game, people can work singly or in teams (I don't usually have enough people that teams are necessary, but that can be fun sometimes). I ask 5 questions, then we go over answers, then go on to the next 5, etc.


Note: In most trivia nights I've been to, they allow you to assign points to each of your answers, depending on which you're most confident with. I don't bother with that - each question is 1 point, and then the bonus round usually has multiple answers (for example, name movies starring Will Ferrell) and you get 1 point per correct answer.

The goal is to make the questions easy enough that people won't get frustrated - it's no fun when you don't know ANY of them! - but not too easy, or it's boring. It's a fine line to walk, but when you hit it just right, it's awesome.

The first Teen Trivia I did was general knowledge. I only got two teens, but they had fun. The second one I did was, at their request, Disney-themed. I had nine teenagers! And they had fun! (We also added the pull of free pizza, and I was able to find Disney and pizza-themed graphics to use.)

Please note that I own ZERO of these graphics. I just put them together.

Here are the questions I used: 

General Stuff:

1)       In Beauty and the Beast, who is the only character to speak with a French accent? Lumiere

2)       In Monsters, Inc., what is the code for when a human artifact enters the monster world? 2319!

3)       In Lilo and Stitch, why is it so important for Lilo to bring a peanut butter sandwich to her fish friend? Because Pudge controls the weather.

4)       Which of the original Toy Story characters doesn’t appear in Toy Story 3? Slinky Dog, Bo Peep, Sid, or Mr. Potato Head? Bo Peep

5)       Who is the only title character who doesn’t talk? Dumbo

6)       According to The Incredibles, what is the only accessory a superhero does NOT need? NO CAPES!

7)       In what city does Ratatouille take place? Paris, France

8)       In The Lion King, where does the lion family live? Pride Rock/Pridelands

9)       What was the name of Jasmine’s pet tiger? Rajah

10)   What movie characters have a romantic spaghetti dinner at Tony’s Restaurant? Lady & The Tramp

11)   In Alice in Wonderland, what sport does the Queen of Hearts play? Croquet

12)   What is the name of Bernard and Bianca’s mouse-run U.N. organization in The Rescuers? Rescue Aid Society

13)   In Peter Pan, what did Peter try to fix with a bar of soap before Wendy sewed it back together for him? His shadow

14)   What movie has a family who lives at #14 Cherry Tree Lane? (Bonus point for the name of the family!) Mary Poppins; the Banks family

15)   What movie is the retelling of the story of how King Arthur became the king? Sword in the Stone

16)   What friend of Mickey was originally named “Rover”? Pluto

17)   What is Eeyore always losing? His tail

18)   Who were trying to find their way to P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney, Australia? Marlin and Dory

19)   Which princess has a pet chameleon named Pascal? Rapunzel

20)   What was the name of the hero in Wreck-It Ralph’s video game? Fix-It Felix

Finish this song lyric:

1)       Let’s get down to business, to defeat  The Huns

2)       Everybody wants to be a cat, because a cat’s the only cat who knows where it’s at

3)       Did you ever hear the wolf cry   to the blue corn moon

4)       Just a spoonful of a sugar helps the medicine go down, in the most delightful way.

5)       Oh, oobie-doo! I wanna be like you.

6)       What do they got? A lot of sand? We got a  hot crustacean band! 

7)       I’ve got no strings, to hold me down, to make me smile or make me frown. I had strings, but now I'm free

8)       Genuflect, show some respect, down on one knee

9)       The wonderful thing about Tiggers is Tiggers are wonderful things! Their tops are made out of rubber

10)   I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream.

Bonus:

Name all seven dwarves.

Sleepy, Grumpy, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey, and Doc

 

I always make a themed answer sheet, too. Here's the one for Disney:

Just as an FYI.

So How Did It Go?

Amazing. I love trivia night. They didn't know some of the older movies, which I expected for the most part, but the fact that they didn't know the lyrics to The Little Mermaid made me feel really old. Also, nobody knew the Tigger song.

Notes:

This program lasted almost 2 hours, mostly due to pizza, so give yourself ample time to enjoy it. They've requested that the next trivia night (tonight, actually!) be anime-themed; I'll post that information after the program.