Weekly Trivia Contest #2 - 40 SBD + 100% STEEM Payout for Correct Answers!

Well, I think week 1 of the contest went pretty well considering it was my first post on Steemit. I'll be posting the answers to the questions from week 1 shortly, but wanted to get the questions for week 2 posted first. Considering I'm a pretty big newb on Steemit and haven't built up a large following (yet!), week 1 only generated $4. But with the 40 SBD that I seeded, some users are still walking away with decent payouts. I'm again seeding this week with 40 SBD in hopes of attracting more followers to grow the contest. To all of you who have just found this contest this week, welcome! To all of you return participants, thanks for coming back! I hope you all enjoy this week's questions.

Here are the rules (PLEASE READ THEM ALL):

1. Please DO NOT post answers as replies to this post. If you do so, you will be disqualified from the contest.
2. All answers must be sent as a direct message to @misko on Steemit Chat (https://steemit.chat). Please include your Steemit account name in the message for potential payouts. Once you have submitted your answers on Steemit Chat, please comment on this post letting me know that you've submitted your answers.
3. Only one answer message per user per question is allowed. The message should include your Steemit account name and your answers for any of the questions. This means you only get one shot to answer any of the questions! Subsequent answer messages will be ignored.
4. You may use any resources at your disposal to answer the questions.

Here’s how the payouts will work:

• Each question will be worth 25% of the STEEM generated by the post.
• The amount of STEEM that each question is worth will be split evenly among the users who answer the question correctly.
• You will be paid out for all correct answers that you submit. You do not need to answer all four questions correctly to receive a payout.

Example Payout:

• The post generates 400 STEEM.
• Each question is worth 100 STEEM.
• 20 users answer Question #1 correctly, and each receive 5 STEEM for their correct answer.
• 100 users answer Question #2 correctly, and each receive 1 STEEM for their correct answer.
• 5 users answer Question #3 correctly, and each receive 20 STEEM for their correct answer.
• 1 user answers Question #4 correctly, and they receive all 100 STEEM for their correct answer.

These questions are intended to be difficult. I want to make these questions challenging enough that those users who do get them correct are adequately compensated. This compensation also depends on the amount of STEEM that the post generates, so upvote and spread the word! Also, if any questions go unanswered, the payout for those questions will rollover into the payout pool for the next week.

Please keep in mind that this only the second iteration of this contest, so even though I hope everything goes smoothly, there may be issues that I've overlooked. If you have any suggestions about how the contest could be improved, please comment on the post.

This Contest Ends on Friday July 21st at 11:59 PM Central Time (UTC-06:00)

Okay, without further ado, here are the questions for Trivia Contest #2:

Question 1

• According to her boyfriend, Jake, this small screen character obsessively braids her hair when she’s nervous. What is the first and last name of this studious individual?

Question 2

• In a recent music video, a singer and his friends are shown enjoying a wild night in Las Vegas, complete with riding scooters in a hotel hallway and riding jet skis through the Bellagio fountains. The artist of this song does a bit of gambling in the music video and is seen placing a bet on a roulette table. On what number and color does he place this bet?

Question 3

• Everyone knows that even tough guys can get chapped lips! The picture below is taken from a 1960s print advertisement for a popular lip balm. What is the first and last name of the professional football player shown in this print advertisement?
  

Question 4

• On the back of the package of a special edition of a popular crunchy snack, you see a polaroid picture of a bakery store front from 1952. The picture appears to be taped to the back of the package using scotch tape. What is the trademarked brand of snack food which has this picture on the back of the package?

Correct Answers Submitted

Question #1: 1
Question #2: 4
Question #3: 7
Question #4: 0

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Quick Bio and Trivia Background

My name is Mitch, and I’m a computer engineer living in Wisconsin. I play in the World’s Largest Trivia Contest, which is held every April in Stevens Point, WI. The contest is a fundraiser for the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point radio station, WWSP. It is a 54 hour long contest that spans an entire weekend. I am a co-captain of the team “Festivus For The Rest Of Us”, who have won the contest 3 times, and are currently defending champs. The questions that I write for the Steemit Weekly Trivia Contest are similar to those asked during WWSP contest, albeit intentionally more difficult on average. If you’ve enjoyed searching for the answers to the questions that I’ve written, or really just like trivia in general, please check out the WWSP trivia contest.
WWSP Trivia Website:
http://90fmtrivia.org/
Article and Short Documentary about WWSP Trivia:
https://theoutline.com/post/1469/stevens-point-worlds-biggest-trivia-contest

-Mitch

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