Ethan Birthday Jeopardy

What's That Noise?

100

__________ is my favorite rapper.

_{A. Denzel Curry}

_{B. J. Cole}

_{C. Nas}

_{D. Kendrick Lamar}

Kendrick Lamar

200

__________ is my favorite piece of music ever written.

_{A. Danse Macabre (Camille Saint-Saëns)}

_{B. Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.18 (Sergei Rachmaninoff)}

_{C. LOTR Soundtrack (Howard Shore)}

_{D. GNX (Kendrick Lamar)}

Piano Concerto No. 2 Op.18

300

________ is not one of my favorite composers.

_{A. Sergei Rachmaninoff}

_{B. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky}

_{C. Johann Sebastian Bach}

_{D. Ludwig Van Beethoven}

Johann Sebastian Bach

400

An instrument I never intend on even trying to learn is the ________.

piano

500

________ is my favorite time period of music.

romantic period

Watch It

100

___________ is my favorite LOTR movie.

_{A. The Fellowship of the Ring}

_{B. The Two Towers}

_{C. The Return of the King}

_{D. *trick question* I love them all equally}

I love them all equally :)

(But it's Return of the King if I had to pick)

200

I think ___________ is overrated.

_{A. Star Wars}

_{B. Indiana Jones}

_{C. Harry Potter}

_{D. The Matrix}

Harry Potter

300

___________ is my favorite piece of media from the Star Wars universe.

_{A. Andor}

_{B. Revenge of the Sith}

_{C. The Mandalorian}

_{D. The Empire Strikes Back}

ANDOR WATCH ANDOR IT'S SO GOOD

400

________ is my favorite animated movie.

Kung Fu Panda 2

_{(will also accept Coco)}

500

(like or do not like) I _______ Quentin Tarantino movies. 

absolutely despise most

No Politic Here

100

True or False: I think that the United States is the greatest country in the world.

_{A. True}

_{B. False}

False
_{come on–do you know anything about me?}

200

________ does not describe my political ideology.

_{A. socialist}

_{B. communist}

_{C. liberal}

_{D. leftist}

liberal

300

In my opinion, Israel is _________.

_{A. an apartheid state}

_{B. a uniquely evil country}

_{C. a democracy}

_{D. an unfortunate necessity}

an apartheid state

https://imeu.org/resources/resources/fact-sheet-is-israel-an-apartheid-state/214

400

_________ is the singular concept to which I can tie every example of current suffering around the world.

capitalism

500

In response to the statement "Israel has a right to exist.", I would respond, "__________."

No state has the right to exist in a specific capacity, especially when the current capacity is that of a genocidal apartheid regime.

Were You Listening?

100

If I could do anything for a living without worrying about money, I would be a ________.

_{A. musician}

_{B. LEGO designer}

_{C. therapist}

_{D. professor}

professor

200

If I could have any animal as a sidekick, I'd want a ________.

_{A. red panda}

_{B. capybara}

_{C. jumping spider}

_{D. Galapagos giant tortoise}

jumping spider

300

Which medium of storytelling resonates the least with me?

_{A. music}

_{B. TV shows}

_{C. movies}

_{D. musicals}

musicals

400

The differences in social attitudes between individualist societies (like the U.S.) and collectivist societies (like China) can be historically attributed to ___________.

agricultural/farming practices

_{Across the globe, populations in areas with historic trends of pastoral agriculture (hunting animals, more roaming/nomadic) display higher social mobility (they have more friendships across larger geographic areas) compared to populations in areas with histories of sedentary agricultural practices (like rice farming in China).}

500

Horror movies, romcoms, and Christmas movies are extremely similar in that they all __________.

exist to elicit a feeling (fear, love, holiday cheer), not to tell a specific kind of story (which is why their scripts are so often subpar)

Spin the Wheel

100

I have not been to ________.

_{A. Spain}

_{B. France}

_{C. England}

_{D. Italy}

France

200

I did not apply to ________.

_{A. Davidson College}

_{B. Boston College}

_{C. Virginia Tech}

_{D. James Madison University}

Virginia Tech

300

I can name every single ________.

_{A. country}

_{B. U.S. president}

_{C. Kendrick Lamar song}

_{D. LOTR character}

country

400

___________ is my favorite LEGO set.

_{- Titanic (because it’s the first huge set I bought with my own money)}

_{- Rivendell (because it’s gorgeous and reignited LOTR as a theme}

_{- Minas Tirith (DEAAAAAAAAAAAATH)}

_{- UCS Millennium Falcon (because of the years waiting to get it)}

_{- Eiffel Tower (I genuinely find the repetition relaxing)}

500

How are you doing?

pretty good