Irish Dancing
What is something you should NOT call an Irish dancer
SoFi Stadium
La Rams
LA Chargers
These children got their team as a very expensive gift from their father, who once emailed this during his children’s dispute with the city over public funding for ball park renovations. “It hurts my feelings to see SON’S NAME] treated this way,” replied [DAD]. “He is way superior to the Mayor in every way.”
Ricketts kids
This former party boy is rehabbing his image by trying to make his fifth Olympic team.
Ryan Lochte
There are two different periodic time cycles that cicadas emerge from the ground. Name the two time cycles.
13 years, 17 years
How many different types of shoes do Irish dancers wear?
Double your points: name each type of shoe
Two.
Softshoes and hardshoes
M&T Bank Stadium
Ravens
This owner was the richest person in congress until this owner’s players publicly advocated for their opponent, succeeded in that campaign and ultimately forced their owner to sell. Their mansion, a 15,000-square foot European-style monstrosity, is named “Descante.”
Kelly Loeffler
The team that the US beat in the 4x100 freestyle relay, aka the greatest sports moment of all time that kept Phelps 8 golds alive. They told the media, “The Americans? We’re going to smash them. That’s what we came here for.”
France
Cicadas inspired this popular folk artist to write the song Day of the Locusts
Bob Dylan
Name a set dance.
The Storyteller. The Drunken Gauger, Rub the Bag, Hurry the Jug, The Rambling Rake. Three Sea Captains.
King of the Fairies, The Downfall of Paris, The Lodge Road, Planxty Davis, Planxty Drury, Planxty Hugh O'Donnell
Bank of America Stadium
Carolina Panthers
This owner made his fortune on a business called “Flex-N-Gate” which manufactures car bumpers. Per OSHA documents, Flex-N-Gate exposed its own workers to high levels of hydrochloric acid and its workers have been routinely subjected to plant temperatures in the 90s, denied vital protective equipment, and surreptitiously replaced with freelancers during the pandemic. He is not a fail-son but he has a fail-son.
Shahid Khan
Name of the swimmer who swam that last comeback leg of that 4x100 race to beat the man with the world record 100 free time
Jason Lezak
Maximum decibel level reached by cicadas
90-100, similar to a chainsaw
A feis
TIAA Bank Field
Jaguars
This 91 year old owner made his fortune as an ambulance chaser, ands lawyer representing the workers against big corporations. his anti-scab stance during his league’s players strike earned him some good guy points but then he did nothing to help his stadium’s worker fight for living wage.
Peter Angelos
Oldest swimmer to earn a place on the US Olympic team. She competed in five olympics games and is also the oldest olympic swimming medalist in history.
Dara Torres
The unscientific name for the sugary misty Cicada pee showers
honey dew
Why do Irish dancers not move their arms?
The legend goes that when the British occupied Ireland they tried to stamp out symbols of Irish identity, so the Irish started dancing with their arms down so that when British soldiers passed by their window, or fence, or bar, or hedge, they wouldn’t be able to tell that they were dancing.
Vikings
This owner made his fortune in mortgages, and is dogged by the question of his role in the subprime mortgage crisis, particularly in Detroit area. He went to Michigan State, where he was arrested for running a sports gambling operation.
Dan Gilbert
Name of the really fast super suits that were outlawed
LZR racer
What bug is the cicadas one true enemy
Wasp! (two inch wasp, cicada killer)