Loaded Questions 02 (08.02.04 - 08.08.04)
Players
Round 1:
If you could project yourself into the past, where would you go?
Answers (from CJ, Emily, Johnny, Mary, Nicole, and Sami):
1. I would project myself back to the days when the Hoyas had a good basketball team
2.
I'd stick myself in the Wild Wild West - cowgirl by day, saloon girl by night!
3. 1950's suburban America, a la the kids in the movie "The Sandlot"
4. I think Chicago 1920's. Before or after prohibition doesn't matter--
there was always alcohol flowing
5. My last high school basketball game when I was on the team sophomore year.
6. Definitely the Stone Age. I want a Brontoburger!
Nick forfeits his turn! That means he went 0 for 2.
Correct Answers:
CJ = 5
Emily = 1
Johnny = 6
Mary = 2
Nicole = 4
Sami = 3
Round 2:
What is your favorite professional sports stadium?
Answers (from Emily, Johnny, Mary, Mikey, Nicole, Robyn, and Sami):
1. RFK Stadium, the home of American soccer.
2.
Good ol' Shea Stadium, for me please.
3. The one, the only Yankeeeeeeeee Stadium!!!!!! whoop whoop
4. PNC Park. da best of da burgh to yinz
5. The ballpark that the San Francisco Giants play in, right on the water.
6. The Colosseum.
7. Arthur Ashe.
CJ got 2 out of 7 correct.
Correct Answers:
Emily = 2
Johnny = 6
Mary = 3
Mikey = 1
Nicole = 7
Robyn = 4
Sami = 5
Round 3:
What is your favorite invention?
Answers (from Johnny, Mikey, Nicole, Robyn, and Sami):
1. Pizza, b/c well, it should be obvious
2.
The Multi-plane camera. Has anyone seen Pinocchio recently?
3. The trampoline. (Not best
in a most useful way, but
more best in a what genius to do something like stretch out a piece of fabric
and encourage people to jump and flip on it. I mean, what guts to propose such
an idea! what simple brilliance! what unadulterated joy!)
4. The psyche. If people had no concept of the inner mind before Freud, did
they have no thoughts either?
5. The P.T. Cruiser
Emily got 2 out of 5 correct.
Correct Answers:
Johnny = 2
Mikey = 5
Nicole = 4
Robyn = 3
Sami = 1
Round 4:
If you had a race horse, what would you name it?
Answers (from Emily, Johnny, Mary, Robyn, and Sami):
1. Phizzbeau - I once bet on a horse by that name and lost big time. BUT, I had fun cheering for it, so that's the name I'd pick. :)
2.
I'd call my horse Slap Happy Pappy.
3. Rilampago - it would be painted a dapple gray
4. My race horse's name........Tortoise
5. Greased Lightning!
Nicole got 1 out of 5 correct.
Correct Answers:
Emily = 4
Johnny = 3
Mary = 1
Robyn = 5
Sami = 2
Round 5:
Of all of these games that we play, which is your favorite?
Answers (from Emily, Johnny, Nicole, and Robyn):
1. Pictionario.
2.
Wise or Otherwise, obvi.
3. Nary of the Pictio persuasion.
4. Pictionary, but only when done in the music room, with Chris Gladbach
scratching/playing along.
Mikey got 2 out of 4 correct.
Correct Answers:
Emily = 3
Johnny = 1
Nicole = 2
Robyn = 4
Mikey is the Winner!