Bacchus trivia, January 21, 2020

Round 1

1. What eastern European city was the site of multiple notable defenestrations between the 15th and 17th centuries?
   Prague
2. In 2013, Billboard magazine announced that it would begin counting what as a factor in compiling its music charts?
   YouTube views
3. Name any of the first-overall picks from the most recent draft in each of the four major U.S. sports leagues.
   • MLB: Adley Rutschman
   • NBA: Zion Williamson
   • NFL: Kyler Murray
   • NHL: Jack Hughes
4. Started in 1976 and named after its founder and CEO, what fashion company, ten years later, became the first company on the Fortune 500 list founded by a woman?
   Liz Claiborne
5. In 1919, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, and Mary Pickford co-founded what film studio with the goal of allowing performers to control their own business interests?
   United Artists
6. What record producer and experimental musician was commissioned by Microsoft to create the Windows 95 startup sound effect?
   Brian Eno

Round 2

1. Although later approved for use as a blood thinner in humans, the drug warfarin was originally developed for what purpose?
   Rat poison
2. In 1917, the United States purchased what European country’s only Caribbean colony, later renaming it the U.S. Virgin Islands?
   Denmark (they were formerly known as the Danish West Indies)
3. What is the only Chinese-language film ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?
   Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
4. Croissants and other flaky pastries are made from what type of dough, whose name is perhaps more suggestive of an office than a bakery?
   Laminated dough
5. Super Bowl XXVII, in January 1993, was not played in Arizona as originally planned, but rather at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Why?
   Arizona did not observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day
6. What actress of stage and screen has hosted the Tony Awards five times, more often than any other presenter?
   Angela Lansbury

Round 3

Match each foreign-language Wikipedia excerpt with its language, from the following list:

• Basque
• Catalan
• Czech
• Dutch
• Finnish
• Haitian Creole
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Irish
• Lithuanian
• Māori
• Navajo
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Romanian
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Turkish
• Vietnamese
• Welsh

1. A mai Magyarország területén számontartott főbb néprajzi tájak és csoportok elkülönítése kisebb etnokulturális jelenségek eltérésén alapul.
   Hungarian
2. Ahozko literaturak aipamen berezia behar du. Euskararen idatzizko garapen mugatua dela eta, ahozko literaturaren agerpenek indar berezia izan dute.
   Basque
3. Á síðari tímum hafa ýmsar kenningar um uppruna þjóðarinnar verið settar fram með erfðafræðilegum rökum.
   Icelandic
4. Doordat textiel in andere landen goedkoper geleverd kan worden, richt de stad zich meer en meer op moderne nijverheid.
   Dutch
5. I södra Götaland rinner många vattendrag upp i mitten av det så kallade sydsvenska höglandet och rinner både åt norr och söder, öster och väster.
   Swedish
6. Hakuna hakika kuhusu idadi ya wasemaji wa lugha hiyo; idadi zinazotajwa zinatofautiana.
   Swahili
7. João Franco foi demitido, mas o novo rei não conseguiu melhorar a imagem da monarquia nem deter a pressão do movimento republicano.
   Portuguese
8. Metsätyyppien jyrkät vaihtelut aiheuttavat metsien mosaiikkimaiset piirteet ja alueen maastolle tunnusomaisen pienipiirteisyyden.
   Finnish
9. Nō ngā tau whakatūwhera o tērā rautau, arā nō te wā i mua i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, ka hurihia hei ingoa mō te motu katoa.
   Māori
10. Otorite nan lekòl Nouyòk ta dwe fè yon gwo travay pou devlope michan tèks literè an kreyòl pou elèv ayisyen.
    Haitian Creole
11. Pe viitor, sunt prevăzute planuri de extindere a granițelor ariei metropolitane București.
    Romanian
12. Rhennid ei thiroedd yn diroedd roedd Llywelyn i fod yn arglwydd uniongyrchol arnynt ac yn diroedd roedd ef i fod yn ben-arglwydd drostynt.
    Welsh
13. Sau chiến thắng của khởi nghĩa Lam Sơn, Lê Lợi thành lập nhà Lê và Đông Đô cũng lấy lại vị thế kinh thành.
    Vietnamese
14. Şehrin belediyeler bazında idari bölünmesi, imparatorluk yıkılana dek pek çok kez değişikliğe uğradı.
    Turkish
15. S’elegeixen, per cada província, quatre senadors per sufragi universal pels votants que hi resideixin, llevat de les províncies insulars.
    Catalan
16. Táá’ naaznilí bighan góne’ dah nahazt’ánígíí éí Alą́ąjį’ dahsidáhígíí, Aké góne’ dahsidáhígíí, áádóó Naaltsoos ííłʼíní.
    Navajo
17. Tá an leabhar seo scríofa de réir mar a chomhcheanglaítear na smaointí, seachas de réir mar a thiteann na himeachtaí amach.
    Irish
18. Ten odpovídá za financování volební kampaně, rozhoduje jednomyslně a zastupuje jej písemně pověřený člen.
    Czech
19. Užnemunėje valstiečiams buvo anksčiausiai, palyginus su kitomis Lietuvos dalimis, suteikta asmens laisvė, čia rusinimo politika buvo silpnesnė.
    Lithuanian
20. Zespoły te składają się z obiektów sakralnych, rezydencjonalnych i mieszkalnych, pochodzących głównie z okresu baroku i klasycyzmu.
    Polish

Round 4

1. Uniquely among Shakespeare’s plays, Measure for Measure is set in what city?
   Vienna
2. In cricket, a wicket consists of three upright posts with two cross-pieces set on top. Give the names of either of these constituent parts.
   Stumps, bails
3. What car company introduced “VentiPorts” on the front fenders of its 1949 models, a signature design element which it continued to use into the 21st century?
   Buick
4. Hard cider made from pears instead of apples may be called by what alternate name (generic category term, not trademark)?
   Perry
5. Showrunner Michael Schur has said that his comedy series The Good Place draws inspiration in part from what 1944 play?
   No Exit
6. From 1792 to 1806, Francis II was the last of 47 men to hold what title?
   Holy Roman Emperor

Round 5

1. The National Cathedral in Washington is officially a house of worship of what Christian denomination?
   Episcopal Church
2. What film was played as the first broadcast on both TNT in 1988 and Turner Classic Movies in 1994?
   Gone with the Wind
3. The flags of Indonesia and Monaco, turned upside-down, are essentially identical to the flag of what other country?
   Poland
4. With nine wins, what 1987 music video has won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other?
   “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel
5. What vegetable is one of the national symbols of Wales?
   Leek
6. Excluding at-large districts comprising entire states, the largest congressional district in the U.S. by land area is located in what state?
   New Mexico (2nd district)

Final question (Category: Geography)