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posted: Mar. 05, 2026

The winners of the February 17th, 2026 quiz were But Have You Seen The Stock Market?!. The winners of the Best Team Name Competition were Breaking News: Lindsay Vonn.

Winter Sports Movies

1) What 1993 comedy surrounding an Olympic Winter event, features songs by Jimmy Cliff and Super Cat on its soundtrack?

2) In the 1977 movie Slap Shot, ice hockey player manager Reg Dunlop, decides to increase crowds at his failing team's games by playing a more violent version of the game. Who plays Reg Dunlop?

3) In what 1978 weepie, does Nick, an aspiring ice hockey player, help Lexie to achieve her dreams as a figure skater following a tragic accident?

4) In the 2017 biopic I, Tonya, Margo Robbie plays Tonya Harding. Who does Caitlin Carver play in the movie?

5) Moneyball Question: Who plays Olympic skier David Chappellet in the 1969 movie Downhill Racer?

February 17th - The Day in History

1) In 1801, Congress broke the Electoral College tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, which made Thomas Jefferson President and Aaron Burr Vice President. What famous rival of Jefferson's voted for him with later tragic results?

2) In 1904, what renowned opera by Giacomo Puccini, which features the aria Un Bel Di and the Humming Chorus, and was reworked into a major Broadway musical in 1989, premiered in Milan's La Scala theater?

3) In 1965 the Ranger 8 probe was launched by NASA. Its mission was to photograph what region on the moon which would later become the landing site for Apollo 11?

4) In 1972, the Volkswagen Beetle overtook what car, built by Ford, as the, then, best-selling car of all time?

5) Moneyball Question: In 1621, at the Plymouth colony, founded by the Pilgrims, who was appointed as the first military commander?

US Winter Olympians

1) Figure skater Illia Malinin has been performing what maneuver on the ice which had been previously banned since 1977 and still doesn't score points?

2) Chloe Kim and Bea Kim, who are not related, both compete in what sport?

3) Anna Gibson and Cam Smith represent the USA in a mixed relay version of what sport new to the Winter Olympics this year?

4) Rich Ruohonen, at aged 54, is the oldest American competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics. In what sport does he participate?

5) Moneyball Question: Campbell Wright and Deerdra Irwin compete in what Winter Olympic event, an event that the USA has never won an Olympic medal in?

Fictional Wives

1) What was the name of Odysseus' wife, who faithfully waited for him to return from Troy for twenty years?

2) Mrs. Micawber, the loyal wife of Mr. Micawber, a man who was constantly in debt, and who is featured in an 1850 novel, is based on what author's own mother?

3) According to Thomas Mallory's 1485 work Le Morte d'Arthur, King Leodegrance was the father of what woman?

4) What was the name of Niles never seen wife in the television show Frasier?

5) Moneyball Question: In a 1975 film, Katherine Ross plays Joanna Eberhart, wife of Walter, who begins to think that the other wives she gets to know are being brainwashed, but discovers the truth is much worse. Who wrote the 1972 novel that the movie is based on?

One Time Band Names

1) The band Chicago were forced to shorten their name from what to avoid a lawsuit?

2) After many name changes, and just prior to calling themselves The Beatles, using a punny spelling, the band were briefly known as the what Beetles, using the regular spelling of the word?

3) When The Band started out as the backing band for rockabilly artist Ronnie Hawkins what were they known as?

4) What rock band were initially known as The New Yardbirds?

5) Moneyball Question: What world renown band that started out as two brothers and three friends initially called themselves Feedback and then Hype before settling on their final name after the elder brother left to form another band?

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