New Trivia Game (Name TBD)

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:09 am

For a while I've had this idea for a "new" (I'm sure it's been done somewhere before) trivia game that we can maybe make an ongoing thing.

Here's how it works: I'll list two groups, A and B; the object is to determine the criteria that distinguishes one group from the other. I'll post a few to start--anyone else feel free to add their own.

#1. Nations of the World

GROUP A:

Mexico
UK
France
Germany
Russia
Japan
Argentina
Egypt

GROUP B:

USA
Canada
Brazil
Turkey
India
Switzerland
Australia
China

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:11 am

#2. Beatles Albums

GROUP A

Please Please Me
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Magical Mystery Tour
Yellow Submarine
Let it Be

GROUP B

With the Beatles
Beatles for Sale
Rubber Soul
Revolver
The Beatles (White Album)
Abbey Road

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:16 am

#3. U.S. States

GROUP A

Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Iowa
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Texas
Vermont
Virginia

GROUP B

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Colorado
Delware
Florida
Idaho
Indiana
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:20 am

I'm apparently horrible at this.

Can I just ask that you not call the game "AB Trivia" so as to not step on an idea I've been knocking around?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:25 am

Swampers

GROUP A
GaryClark
Hood
Slolz
BTTG
Howard
Chumley
Coz

GROUP B
Fluff
Turd
AB
Cerrano
PDX
Romero
Zman

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:25 am

rass wrote: Can I just ask that you not call the game "AB Trivia" so as to not step on an idea I've been knocking around?

Sure. It doesn't have to do with guessing the details of a certain Swamper's personal life, does it?

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:18 pm

#3 States that have spawned a president of the us? (An elected prez, if Ford was born in Michigan) (if you believe that Hawaiian birth certificate bullstuff)

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:19 pm

Ford was born in Nebraska

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:20 pm

Ah; should've searched under Leslie Lynch King.

ETA: nailed it.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:20 pm

Polk was born in Tennessee though

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:21 pm

howard wrote:Ah; should've searched under Leslie Lynch King.

There you go. The younger Ford ran into him in Grand Rapids.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:24 pm

Gunpowder wrote:Polk was born in Tennessee though

No he was not. Neither was Jackson.

ETA: I couldn't think of one from Connecticut. The son and grandson of the long serving US Senator Prescott Bush didn't tip me off. Yalies all.

A trivia question that trips up most--name a president born in Illinois.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:25 pm

Then you may be right.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:33 pm

#4, group B - swampers who have never been in my kitchen? (Gotta be Jerloma's kitchen. I could make a group of swampers who've never thrown up in my car because they were too damn drunk, but he wouldn't remember.)

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:51 pm

Ah, #1, Group B--nations that are actively searching for the missing airplane. The Swiss because they are everybody's friend.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:10 pm

Howard is correct on #3. States in Group A have been the birthplace of a U.S. president; states in Group B have not. Note that a number of presidents were born in different states than where they resided at the time of their election.

#1 and #2 are still awaiting correct answers (as well as Jerloma's, unless howard is correct there as well).

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:12 pm

Is "being in my kitchen" a euphemism for something?

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:13 pm

The beatles question is driving me up a fucking wall. I'd pull out the vinyl albums, but I'm sure that is cheating.

Paul has facial hair? naw, that ain't it.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:28 pm

Jerloma wrote:Is "being in my kitchen" a euphemism for something?

Yeah, for "Jerloma didn't watch Cheers".

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:06 pm

I can't think of one single thing UK and Mexico have in common let alone the other countries.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:58 pm

Jerloma wrote:Swampers

GROUP A
GaryClark
Hood
Slolz
BTTG
Howard
Chumley
Coz

GROUP B
Fluff
Turd
AB
Cerrano
PDX
Romero
Zman

A: Swamp class of 2004
B: Swamp class of 2005+

?

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:03 pm

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:25 pm

Guessing you've met the people in the first group.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:19 pm

On the nations one, Group A's capitals are also the largest cities

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:22 pm

Ryan wrote:On the nations one, Group A's capitals are also the largest cities

This is correct.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:25 pm

Mr.Mappy STrikes Back!

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:42 am

Will give this a bump, just to see if it can sustain interest and also because I'm curious about Jerloma's question.

I thought the Beatles one would be the easiest of the first three. If you're familiar enough with their work and haven't figured it out yet, you're probably just overthinking it.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:45 am

For J-Lo's Group A were active on the AofG, group B was not.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:46 am

Gunpowder wrote:Guessing you've met the people in the first group.

Sorry...I haven't been on the Swamp all weekend. This is correct.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:39 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:I thought the Beatles one would be the easiest of the first three. If you're familiar enough with their work and haven't figured it out yet, you're probably just overthinking it.

I got it! The albums where Paul is dead…

ETA: shit, I just looked at it with clear eyes. And finally got it. Pretty darn easy and straighforward. Particularly for me, considering that 1) the first LP I ever bought was Abbey Road; and 2) when I got home and opened it up, one of my reactions was, ''hey, there is no song called Abbey Road on this album."

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:56 am

Group A:

Michael Sam

Group B:

Sammy Watkins
Teddy Bridgewater
Johnny Manziel
Mike Evans
Taylor Lewan
Dee Ford
Jadaveon Clowney
Jared Abbrederis
Eric Ebron
Austin Sefarian-Jenkins
Justin Gilbert
Kyle Fuller
Cyrus Kouandjio
AJ McCarron
Aaron Murray
Lache Seastrunk
Kelvin Benjamin
Ra'Shede Hagemann
Kony Ealy

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:14 pm

A: played at Missouri
B: Did not play at Missouri

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:28 pm

Is #1B still in play? Is that countries with separate federal districts containing the capital?

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:28 pm

The Sybian wrote:A: played at Missouri
B: Did not play at Missouri

Wrong. Added Kony Ealy because I knew someone would try that.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:29 pm

Rex wrote:Is #1B still in play? Is that countries with separate federal districts containing the capital?

Turd got it. A - capital is largest city. B it is not. Or vice versa. I'm a VIP I don't scroll up playa

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:30 pm

Gunpowder wrote:
The Sybian wrote:A: played at Missouri
B: Did not play at Missouri
Wrong. Added Kony Ealy because I knew someone would try that.

And you have Aaron Murray in there to eliminate the first name/last name thing. I give up.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:17 pm

Group A
Three’s Company
Sanford and Son
All in the Family
Veep
Too Close for Comfort

Group B
Good Times
Married…With Children
Maude
Golden Girls
Who’s the Boss?

If the distinction of the two groups is too obtuse, I can name a sixth member of each group which would immediately give away the answer. In other words, I've omitted the most obvious member of teach of the two groups. I hope that makes it tougher.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:37 pm

Wild guess. Group A is set in apartment, Group B in a house.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:39 pm

Naw. Sanford and Archie Bunker lived in houses. Veep lives in the Naval Observatory.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:53 pm

Ok...one from me:

A
Alabama
Idaho
Indiana
Florida
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Oregon
Utah

B
Arizona
California
Georgia
Kentucky
Maine
Ohio
Oklahoma
Rhode Island