Tovi’s trivia

NBA

100

1. What NBA team has made the most franchise Final appearances without winning a title?

1. Answer: Phoenix Suns

200

1. Name one of the two original roster NBA teams to have never changed names or moved location?

1. Answer: Boston Celtics or New York Knicks

300

1. The first NBA athlete to win both the MVP and Rookie of the Year titles in the same season?

 Wilt Chamberlain

400

1. What US state has produced the most NBA players?

1. Answer: California

Greek mythology

100

1. Where do the Greek gods live?

Mount Olympus

200

1. Who was the goddess of victory?

Nike

300

1. Who were the parents of the Greek gods?

1. The Titans

400

1. Why does Ulysses have his men tie him to the ship's mast?

1. Answer: So that he wouldn’t jump overboard when he heard the Sirens singing

500

1. Who was tricked into marrying Hades and living in the underworld?

Answer: Persephone

Basketball

100

1. Who invented the sport of basketball?

1. Answer: James Naismith (in 1891 at Springfield College in Massachusetts)

200

1. What was the team famously named, that America sent to the 1992 Olympics, when professionals were allowed to play?

Answer: the dream team 

300

1. How long is a professional basketball game?

1. Answer: 48 minutes (four 12 minute quarters). But an NBA game typically lasts around 2.5 hours.

400

1. Which college basketball teams with the most national championships?

1. UCLA — 11

2. Kentucky — 8

3. North Carolina — 6

4. Duke — 5

500

1. Who was the tallest basketball player ever?

1. Suleiman Ali Nashnush - Libyan player, 8 feet 0 inches

tovi trivia

100

1. Name a Tovi nickname he got this past year which is a play on his last name but also means a type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia. It has the form of a terraced compound of successively receding stories or levels, sometimes surmounted by a temple.

Answer: Ziggurat

200

1. What does Tovi says when he’s doing really well at something and doesn’t want to be interrupted?

1. Answer: Let me cook

300

1. What happens when Tovi brings personal belongings with him anywhere outside his home?

_{he forgets/loses them} 

400

1. What is Tovi’s favorite snack food

Flaming hot Cheetos 

500

1. What is Tovi’s favorite fast food restaurant?

Answer: Subway [can also say what his usual order is]

600

1. Who is Tovi’s favorite basketball player (currently playing)?

Answer: Any of these answers work: Wemby, Steph Curry, Giannis, Luca Doncic.

Geography

100

1. What is the tallest mountain range?

Answer: Himalayas

200

1. What is the smallest country in the world?

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  1. Answer: The Vatican (Catholic center in Rome)

300

1. What is the lowest place on earth?

Answer: This was a trick question: bottom of the Mariana Trench - we also accept Dead Sea in Israel

Adult trivia now and then 2020

100

Rizz

1. Charismatic and good looking

200

Cap 

Answer :lie 

300

Sus 

Suspicious 

400

Cringe 

Cringeworthy

500

Drip

1. Your clothes and jewelry are nice

1980s 1990

100

Fetch 

 Cool 

200

Talk to the hand 

1. Let someone know that you will not listen to them anymore since you don't like what the person is saying.

300

1. Yadda yadda yadda

1. blah-blah-blah. It is used to skip some parts of the story to get to the main point faster. The phrase was popularized by a 90's tv show called Seinfeld.

400

As if 

Not possible 

500

Wicked 

Extremely or cool