General Trivia Game

[Bahku]

How many bolts are used to hold down the current parquet floor at the TD Garden, (this is bolts only, excluding brass screws)?

[Yakmanev]

Unless it's changed from the old parquet floor it is 988.

This reminds me of that Cheers episode where Cliff Claven got Kevin McHale so distracted with the number of bolts in the floor that McHale was unable to focus during a game for counting the bolts.

[Bahku]

Unless it's changed from the old parquet floor it is 988.

This reminds me of that Cheers episode where Cliff Claven got Kevin McHale so distracted with the number of bolts in the floor that McHale was unable to focus during a game for counting the bolts.

Yessir ... TP! (And one of my favorite episodes from season ten).

[Bahku]

Who was the first person to "Officially" turn on the lights of the original Boston Garden?

Another TP if you can tell me where this person was standing at the time.

[Bahku]

Who was the first person to "Officially" turn on the lights of the original Boston Garden?

Another TP if you can tell me where this person was standing at the time.

Bump ... two TP's to be had here!

[GreenEnvy]

Who was the first person to "Officially" turn on the lights of the original Boston Garden?

Another TP if you can tell me where this person was standing at the time.

Bump ... two TP's to be had here!

Since they are just waiting to be had....

President Calvin Coolidge.

From the White House.

(A third one for how?... With a gold key)

[Bahku]

Who was the first person to "Officially" turn on the lights of the original Boston Garden?

Another TP if you can tell me where this person was standing at the time.

Bump ... two TP's to be had here!

Since they are just waiting to be had....

President Calvin Coolidge.

From the White House.

(A third one for how?... With a gold key)

Good job, GE ... one paid, I owe you two.

[Bahku]

Why does the Boston Garden have a floor built in "parquet" style?

[Yakmanev]

Why does the Boston Garden have a floor built in "parquet" style?

Lumber shortage at the time, after WWII, the original floor was constructed from wood from my home state of Tennessee.

[Bahku]

Why does the Boston Garden have a floor built in "parquet" style?

Lumber shortage at the time, after WWII, the original floor was constructed from wood from my home state of Tennessee.

TP ... great job!

[Bahku]

Red Auerbach refused to draft Bob Cousy, but later acquired him in a dispersal trade from what bankrupt team?

[Yakmanev]

Red Auerbach refused to draft Bob Cousy, but later acquired him in a dispersal trade from what bankrupt team?

The Chicago Stags

(I was the very definition of a Celtics nerd as a kid.)

[Bahku]

This creepy little guy played a supporting role in the recent movie "Toy Story 3" ... what previous sci-fi movie blockbuster did he appear in, and what was the first name of his owner? (TP for each answer)







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[RebusRankin]

This creepy little guy played a supporting role in the recent movie "Toy Story 3" ... what previous sci-fi movie blockbuster did he appear in, and what was the first name of his owner? (TP for each answer)




Inception is the film, I believe.




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[Bahku]

This creepy little guy played a supporting role in the recent movie "Toy Story 3" ... what previous sci-fi movie blockbuster did he appear in, and what was the first name of his owner? (TP for each answer)




Inception is the film, I believe.




* Be back on later to check ... at work now. *

I'll have to give you that one, Bud, cuz I haven't seen "Inception" yet, (the joys of 100+-hour weeks). The answer I was looking for was "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and the little boy's name was "Barry". I think it's the third scene of the movie that begins with the monkey starting to play in the middle of the night with seemingly no reason, (and that annoying song I can't get out of my head: "Now look with care for the shape of a square ... look all around!" - ugh!). I'll have to rent "Inception" and watch it one of these days. TP 4 U!