Trivia Tuesday

August 18, 2020

Music & Video Games

Music

1. What musical is the based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp?

2. “Come On Down”, a 2001 single recorded by Crystal Waters, samples the theme song from which American game show?

3. What English–American supergroup consisted of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison?

4. Which Elton John song did President Donald Trump use to nickname North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un?

5. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Amy Winehouse all died at what age?

6. Zack de la Rocha is the vocalist for what American rock band formed in 1991?

7. Released in 1989, “Bleach” was the debut studio album by what rock band?

8. Released in 1975, High Voltage is the debut studio album by which hard rock band?

9. What children’s song about aquatic animals was streamed so much in 2019, it hit the Billboard Hot 100?

10. Who was the guitarist for the British rock band Cream?

11. What British lead singer was born Farrokh Bulsara in 1946?

12. Which band’s name is also a reference to a large German airship, cylinderical in shape?

13. Which American actor performs music under the stage name Childish Gambino?

14. “If I Had $1000000” is a song by which Canadian musical group?

15. How many members were in the American rock band The White Stripes?

Video Games

16. What consumer electronics and video game company was founded in 1889 and originally produced playing cards?

17. What was the first console video game that allowed the game to be saved?

18. The most popular American football game is named after which person?

19. How many different shapes are there of the four connected blocks in Tetris?

20. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson starred in a movie based on a popular first-person shooter video game. Name that video game.

21. What is the name of the peripheral device that can be plugged into a Nintendo 64 controller to make it vibrate?

22. Besides Bayonetta, which other popular Sega character was a playable character in Super Smash Bros 4?

23. What does Mario jump on when he completes a level?

24. Released in 2000, what video game console is the best selling console of all time with approximately 155 million units sold?

25. Which company created the Final Fantasy series?

26. The classic Atari 2600 game controller had how many buttons?

27. Characters in video games that cannot be outrightly controlled by the player are called what?

28. The first Pokemon game was released on which console?

29. Mario originated as a character in which classic video game?

30. Which famous musician & entertainer composed the music for Sonic 3 and was left uncredited after abandoning the project?