FIRST BLOG TRIVIA CONTEST

Dear loyal blog followers:

In honor of the New Year (2009, here’s looking at you, sweet thang), I’m running a trivia contest, now through Sunday at 5pm Eastern time. It’s easy, you take the trivia quiz, send me your responses to Jessica.A.Martin@gmail.com and the top two scorers will receive prizes from Hawaii and a third person may receive a special prize, though I won’t be detailing the criteria for that one…other than it will be hilarious. They all will be.

Okay, so no cheating, it’s more fun not to use wikipedia for everything like we did our first year of law school. Besides you can’t, some of these answers can’t be found in wiki. So there.

Format: 15 multiple choice with two short answer/essay type questions and a bonus. There are some picture clues that should aid you in your quest for glory…










Multiple Choice Questions about Hawaii:

1. The B-52 Bomber is:

A. a shot of Kava, a native root
B. an unnecessarily large cockroach
C. a hamburger meal at the Pearl Harbor diner
D. the unknown culprit in my office that stinks up the bathroom

2. In order to combat a supposed rat problem, the Hawaiian government released what non-indigenous predator into the fragile ecosystem:

A. the komodo dragon
B. the milk snake
C. president-elect Barack Obama (no problem he can’t solve!)
D. the mongoose

(SEE PICTURE: WHAT IS THIS BRAZILLIAN CARDINAL HIDING FROM?):

(As a side note, this predator did not solve the problem and instead devoured the local bird population at an alarming rate).

3. Which of these is not a delicious island delicacy?

A. Locomoco
B. Puka Dog
C. Mahu
D. Malasada

(SEE PICTURE: DELICIOUS, HALF-EATEN TREAT, BUT WHAT IS IT?)


4. If you are caught jay-walking in Waikiki, a bike cop in neon green will:

A. issue you a look of consternation and ask you to return to where you were before the light changed and try again
B. issue you a 50 dollar ticket
C. issue you a 100 dollar ticket
D. look the other way, he’s on a bike and wearing a regrettable, unnatural color t-shirt, he has no authority whatsoever.

5. Which beloved Boston Red Sox ran in the Honolulu Marathon in December?
A. Daisuke Matsuzaka
B. Manny Ramirez (I didn’t say “ex” and I did say “beloved”)
C. Hideki Okajima
D. Jacoby Ellsbury

6. Which of these films does not feature a scene in beautiful Hawaii:

A. Into the Blue
B. Pearl Harbor (go ahead, I dare you to choose this one)
C. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
D. Snakes on a Plane
(SEE PICTURE: LOOKS LIKE A SANDY BEACH, BUT IS IT HAWAII?)

7. A lava flow is a local shot consisting of:

A. 2 parts muddled tourists, 1 part snark. Garnish with smirk.
B. light rum, pineapple juice, cream of coconut, banana, strawberry puree
C. coconut rum, pineapple juice, orange juice and cranberry juice
D. overproof rum, orange Curacao, orgeat syrup, lime juice and orange juice

8. Brush up on your Hawaiian vocabulary. The word `ôkole means:

A. Hawaiian cowboy
B. orifice, usually the anus
C. the potty or hole in a ground (not to be confused with anus)
D. fat chick (we’re talking orca fat chick)
(SEE PICTURE. THERE ARE SUCH THINGS AS HAWAIIAN COWBOYS, BUT ARE THEY CALLED THE `ÔKOLE?)


II. Multiple Choice Questions about your Blogger:

9. I work in an office affectionately known as:
A. the Lava Pit
B. the Arm Pit
C. the Fish Bowl
D. the Toilet Bowl

10. During the 2008 all island, all night power outage, I stumbled around armed with:
A. a green glowstick
B. my trusty souvenir flashlight from Iolani Palace, complete with tassels
C. a sense of grace
D. a bottle of Malibu Rum, for posterity’s sake, obviously

11. On Christmas Day, I did all of the following activities except:
A. sunbathed in a bikini and elf hat and let tourists take pics of me
B. consumed no less than 12 poptarts, 1 solid milk chocolate Santa, and a jumbo bag of mini Hostess chocolate donuts (roughly 24-30)
C. did a digital Christmas morning present opening with the fam via web cam
D. sang the holiday favorite “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree” at a Japanese Karaoke bar

12. I caused a stir at the local farmer’s market at the base of Diamond Head by:
A. Mistaking a nut vendor’s infant son for a girl baby. Bad juju.
B. Stepping on a sleeping dog’s tail (barely) and causing it to yelp
C. Falling down an embankment, winding up with backside covered in mud
D. sampling a spicy shrimp free sample, and then involuntarily spat it out on the ground in a reflexive act of tastebud survival

13. On the two occasions I have attended a free hula class, I most resembled:

A. Pele, Hawaiian goddess of fire
B. Iolani Luahine, like, the best hula dancer of all time. Kinda a big deal
C. a badly wounded walrus
D. Trick question, I have never attempted to hula.
(SEE PICTURE CLUE IN CASE YOU WERE CONFUSED ABOUT THIS ONE)

Short Answers/Essays, if you must:

14. If your snarky blogger were a stereotypical symbol of Hawaii (such as a palm tree), she would be _________________.

15. If you yourself were a stereotypical symbol of Hawaii (such as a palm tree) you would be _________________. (Not so easy to turn the knife on yourself, is it?)

Bonus Question: See last picture in blog. This is a legitimate Hawaiian idol. Fill in the blank…

“I am the ___________ god.”