Mighty Ducks Trivia Answers

Section One Questions (2 Points)
1) What is a male duck called? A Drake
Mr Duck - T. Dooms
A Male-ard - M. Chaubey
Donald - K. Bixler, W. Trueax, S. Webster
Duckman - D. Joyce

2) What is a female duck called? A Hen
Mrs Duck - T. Dooms, P. Knobloch
A Daisy Duck - M. Chaubey, K. Bixler, W. Trueax, S. Webster
Squaw - C. Gottfried
Duck le femme, not to be confused with duck l'orange. - D. Joyce

3) What is a young duck called? A Duckling
A ducking, not to be confused with a Yuengling. - M. Chaubey
Huey, Dewey or Louie; It all depends on what color sweater it's wearing. - K. Bixler

4) What is the name for a young goose that looks like a duck, but isn't one? A Gosling
Ugly Ducking - T. Dooms, C. Gottfried, B. Hughes
A gosling with an identity problem. - J. Gumm
Fool's duck. - K. Bixler
Ryan Gosling - W. Trueax
Ugly - S. Webster
Gander - T. Walker

5) What is it called when the ducks smooth, clean and groom their feathers with their beaks? Preening
Obsessive-Compulsive - T. Dooms
Preening or good hygiene - J. Gumm
Heavy Petting - R. Hunsinger

6) What is another name for a beak? A Bill
A beaque - T. Dooms
Bill (or William if you want the proper name.) - P. Knobloch
Lips - C. Walker
Yellow-thing-attached-to-the-face - K. Bixler
Schnozz - W. Trueax
Pecker - S. Webster, T. Walker

7) What is the noise that ducks make? Quack
Quack (except the physics ducks that say Quark.) - P. Knobloch
Quack, quack... in Scandanavian it's "Kvack, kavck." - M. Chaubey
There's also the "peep, peep, peep" of duckings... - C. Gottfried
"Aflack!" - S. Webster
Moo... - R. Hunsinger

8) This is a picture of, arguably, the best-known and most-recognizable type of duck. What type of duck is it? Mallard
Dinner - S. Webster



9) Which two lovable duck characters (who are dating each other, by the way) did Walt Disney create? Donald Duck and Daisy Duck
Donald and Daisy, it's only legal in some states however. - M. Chaubey

10) Name the three great-nephews of Scrooge McDuck in the popular cartoon Duck Tales. (Hint: They are nephews of one of the characters in questions 9, but they live with their great-uncle Scrooge in Duck Tales.) Huey, Dewey and Louie
Huey, Moey and Newton - C. Gottfried
Money, Cash and Kazangas - T. Walker

11) Which Danish author wrote the famous fairy tale The Ugly Duckling? Hans Christian Anderson
A rather homely fellow who was trying to make himself feel better. - K. Bixler
Mmmm, cheese danish... Sorry, what was the questions? - D. Joyce
Aesop - N. Gould
Dr. Seuss - R. Hunsinger

12) Which Disney movie trilogy from the 1990's revolves around a Twin-Cities ice hockey team that sticks together despite a number of challenges? The Mighty Ducks
I think Michelle Kwan played the figure skater the first team recruited. - T. Dooms

13) In the world of politics, a Lame Duck is a person who is approaching the end of his or her tenure, and has lost political power because their successor has already been chosen. (Super Double Bogey Question!)
Not Sarah Palin though! - M. Chaubey
If you listen to Sarah Palin, this also means you draw on state funds to take international trips and do nothing to complete the agenda you campaigned on. - J. Gumm
A Cooked Goose! - K. Bixler

14) Complete the Lyric: Rubber Ducky, You're the one! You make bath-time so much fun!
Michelle Kwan - C. Walker
Rubber Ducky, I'm awfully fond of youuuuuu! - M. Chaubey
Crackers, Wackers - C. Gottfried
Mrs Ducky - S. Webster

15) A Tur-Duck-en is a dish consisting of a partially deboned turkey, stuffed with a deboned duck, which is then stuffed with a small deboned chicken.
I know this because my brother has always wanted us to make one at Thanksgiving. - T. Dooms
A Fowl Dish - P. Knobloch
Fowl-acy - C. Walker
Peking Duck, or is that Bejing? - C. Gottfried
A great meal - S. Webster

16) Which game, for young children, references ducks in the name? Duck, Duck, Goose!
Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Duck, Goose! If you were were really mean you could pick some slow, unathletic kid asthema, thus ensuring your victory. - M. Chaubey
I'm suppsed to remember games for young children? What about Red Light, Green Light? - C. Gottfried
Duck, or get clobbered. - S. Webster

Bonus Questions (Varying Point Values)
17) (3 Points) In regard to question 12, name the three movies in the trilogy: The Mighty Ducks, D2, D3
The Mighty Ducks vs. Michelle Kwan - T. Dooms
Son of the Mighty Duck - P. Knobloch
I was a Teenage Mighty Duck - P. Knobloch
Mighty Ducks 2: What ever happened to Gordon Bombay and that hot mom? - M. Chaubey
Mighty Ducks 3: Does anyone even remember what this movie is about? - M. Chaubey
Here come the Mighty Ducks, Here are the Mighty Ducks, There go the Mighty Ducks - C. Gottfried
The Mighty Ducks, The Revenge of the Mighty Ducks, The Mighty Ducks go to Vegas - H. Cornwall

18) (2 Points) Which two cartoons in the 1990's were spinoffs of Duck Tales? and Darkwing Duck and The Quack Pack
Kwan Tales and Kwan Heads - T. Dooms
A Tail of Two Cities and Fowl Ball - P. Knobloch
A Christmas Duck and The Easter Duck - C. Gottfried
...Goof Troop? - T. Walker
Furturama and South Park - N. Gould

19) (1 Point) In regard to question 14, which Sesame Street character sang this song? Ernie
Susan Field - C. Walker
Ernie, his marage too, is only legal in certain states. - M. Chaubey
Kermit the Frog - C. Gottfried
Big Bird - T. Walker, J. Lute

Susan's Lame Duck Jokes (1 Point)
20) What do ducks eat with milk? Quackers

21) What does the doctor say to a duck after he has beak examined, and the results are positive? "You have a clean bill of health." also excepted: "Please pay your bill."
Please don't poop on my exam table, again. - T. Dooms

22) A duck goes to the beach and starts sinking into the sand. What is wrong with the sand? It's Quacksand

23) What is the ruling when a baseball is hit out of bounds and lands in a duck pond? It's a Fowl Ball
Fowl Ball... are you kidding me?! - R. Hunsinger
Slam Duck - J. Lute

Michelle Kwan-stions (3 Points)
1) Speaking of ducks and food... on August 23rd a show premiers on Food Network starring Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano called What Would Brian Boitano Make? My question to you is: What would Brian Boitano make?
Reservations - T. Dooms
An exit from television, or in the venacular of today's quiz, he should duck out of television. - P. Knobloch
Skate Cakes - C. Walker
Turducken, right? - M. Chaubey
Uh... what promises to be a really bad show. - J. Gumm
Golden Egg Rolls with Triple dux Sauce - C. Mock
Duck, Brian Boitano Duck - K. Bixler
Duck Soup - C. Gottfried, S. Webster
Apparently a bacone, but I'd rather see him make a sno cone, it's more suited to his former profession. - W. Trueax
Duck l'orange - D. Joyce
Bacon... just bacon. - T. Walker
Canadian Bacon - N. Gould
Something fruity for sure. - R. Hunsinger
Figure 8 Pasta - B. Hughes
Triple Salkow Triamisu - H. Cornwall

2) If Michelle Kwan had her own cooking show, what would she make?
Duck a la Kwan - T. Dooms
Peking Duck - P. Knobloch, D. Joyce, S. Webster
A mess - C. Walker
A souffle of shame and regret. - M. Chaubey
Not Quite Blue-Ribbon Blueberry Pie - J. Gumm
Bronzed peking duck, on a Silver platter, without a Golden egg. - C. Mock
Skating Chicken, like beer chicken but on skates--or she could just cook a skate, the fish not the shoe. - K. Bixler
Sezchaun Duck - C. Gottfried
International cusine, like Indian food. She is studying International Relations after all. - W. Trueax
Nothing. They wouldn't give her a show because she doesn't have an Olympic gold medal. - T. Walker
General Tso's Chicken - N. Gould
I'm not sure, but it would win any awards. - R. Hunsinger
Stars Pasta - B. Hughes
"You Kwan Cook Too!" - H. Cornwall

Mighty Ducks Trivia Results

First Response
T. Dooms (0h 19m)

Last Response
C. Gottfried (33h 44m)

Standings
48 - C. Mock
46 - N. Gould
45 - J. Gumm
42 - H. Cornwall
42 - W. Trueax
41 - R. Hunsinger
40 - M. Chaubey
40 - P. Knobloch
37 - C. Walker
37 - T. Walker
36 - D. Joyce
35 - T. Dooms
34 - C. Gottfried
32 - B. Hughes
28 - K. Bixler
26 - V. King
22 - J. Lute
20 - S. Webster

Total Possible Points (50)
Average Score (36.17)

Nuts About Friday Trivia Answers

Section One Questions (2 Points)
1) Nut gatherers risk their lives when collecting Brazil nuts from the Amazon Forest.
Ice Skating Nuts - C. Walker
Piranha Nuts. One of the more interesting cases of convergent evolution, these nuts are fierce and have been known to strip a human in mere seconds. Natives with cameras have been known to blackmail unwary tourists. - C. Gottfried
Monkey Nuts - D. Joyce

2) Hickory nuts shell themselves. In the fall, the shells split open and the nuts fall to the ground. In the pioneer days, the bark of this tree was used to make green dye.
Beer Nuts - S. Walker

3) The delicious Cashew nut belongs to the same family as Poison Oak and Poison Ivy. The shell of this nut can irritate the skin if gloves are not used when handling them.
Doughnuts - S. Walker

4) Inside its ivory shell, the Pistachio nut is a lovely shade of green. In a good harvest, the shells split open while still on the tree and have the appearance of a laughing face. They are grown in Iran, where they are called pistehkhandan.
You know why pistachios are always colored red (or used to be when we were kids anyway)? The Arabs realized it would hide imperfections before selling them to the Westerners. - M. Chaubey

5) The name of the Walnut is derived from the Old English waelhhnutu, meaning Welshman's Nut. To the ancient Greeks and Romans, these nuts symbolized long life.

6) Hazelnuts are often used in combination with chocolate to make truffles and products like Nutella. Some people believe that a Hazelnut branch has the power to help them find things like underground water and buried treasure.
A Hazelnut divining rod once helped me find the remote control in my couch. - M. Chaubey

7) Pine Nuts come from pine trees and were once a valuable source of food for Native American tribes which occupied the southwestern United States, they are often used to make an Italian sauce called pesto.

8) The Pecan is name after the French word pacane.

9) The Acorn was an important part of the native American diet. They ground them up to prepare their daily bread and mush. During the Civil War, they were roasted and boiled to make coffee.
Pocahontas Nuts - D. Joyce

10) It takes 548 Peanuts to make a twelve-ounce jar of Peanut butter.
Cows, Land o' Lakes - S. Walker

11) The Macadamia, which is native to Australia, is often used by law enforcement to simulate crack cocaine in drug stings. When chopped, the nuts resemble the drug in color. (Super Double Bogey Question!)
At home, I get my macadamia nuts and my crack cocaine mixed up all the time! - T. Dooms
Doughnut - C. Walker
Eucalyptus? Kookaburra? Dingo? Billabong? Boomerang? Wallaby? Foster's? - M. Chaubey
Kangaroo Nut - C. Gottfried
I don't know anymore nuts! - D. Joyce

12) Though the name has the word nut in it, the Coconut, which grows on a palm tree, is not considered a nut according to the American Nut Council.

13) The Chestnut is roasted on an open fire in a popular Christmas carol.
Wow! That sounds a bit dirty! - W. Trueax

Bonus Questions (1 Point)
1) George Washington Carver was an African American scientist, botanist and inventor who discovered many uses for the peanut plant, including: shaving cream, ink, paint, shampoo, pet litter, lipstick, soap and peanut butter!
George Washington Carver... inventor, horticulturalist, botanist and generally awesome dude. - M. Chaubey
Peanut Butter inventor guy... - K. Bixler
George Washington Carver! I wrote a report about him in seventh grade! I even used peanut shells and made them into test tubes! Why?, you ask... I have no idea... - T. Walker

2) Arachibutyrophobia is a phobia of: A) getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of the mouth, B) eating hazelnuts after midnight, C) eating nuts.

3) The Almond tree is in the rose family and closely resembles a peach. Many people like to eat this kind of nut roasted or in cold cereal.
Grape Nuts? - M. Chaubey
Tulip. not that it's the right answer, but the Tulip Tree deserves a mention somewhere. - C. Gottfried

Tour-de-Trivia Double Bonus Question (3 Points)
1) Who won this year's Tour de France?
Alberto Contador of Spain
A guy with thighs of steel! - T. Dooms
That guy with the yellow jersey. - M. Chaubey
I'm gonna have to follow sports to do well in this thing, aren't I? - J. Gumm
Joe Bike-Rider - C. Gottfried
David Ortiz - D. Joyce
That Spanish guy - S. Hibbard-Swanson
Not Lance Armstong - W. Trueax

Nuts about Michelle Kwan-stion (3 Points)
1) Yes, there was a time in history when people thought Michelle Kwan was nuts! Leading up to the 2002 Olympics, Michelle Kwan abruptly left her long-time coach, A) Dick Button, B) Frank Carroll, C) Tom Walker. Without a coach, Kwan had her father stand at the boards for support while she competed at the Olympics.
Joe Paterno, and that's why she lost. - M. Chaubey
Dick Button spends too much time yaking on TV and Walker is too much of a coincidence; now if you said Johnny Walker... - C. Gottfried

2) At what age did Susan Field first become nuts about Figure Skating?
A) 10 B) 14 C) 3
I first remember watching skating during the 1992 Winter Olympics at age eight, but it wasn't until 1994 at age ten when the Nancy/Tonya incident happened and Figure Skating was thrust into the spotlight that I really got hooked. - S. Field
The true answer is "while she was being conceived, since the Winter Olympics were on TV at the time." - T. Dooms
C) 3, though I suspect it may have actually started while she was still in the womb. Also, you can't just become that nutty, it takes time and I figure it had to have happened during her developmental years. - M. Chaubey
It was probably a puberty thing, which leaves out C. The question then becomes whether Susan had an early or later puberty. I'd say an early one (because how many people become so obsessed with ice skating?), which leaves up with answer A. - C. Gottfried
A, but who really cares? - T. Walker