Weekly Trivia Contest #8 - 20 SBD Minimum Prize Pool!

Sorry for posting the questions for this week a day later than usual. My wife and I were at a cabin on a lake with some friends for Labor Day weekend, and I didn’t get a chance to write new questions until today. Also, I’m reducing the minimum prize pool to 20 SBD from 40 SBD. I was hoping the contest would start generating a bit more SBD each week so that I could recoup more of the cost, but that unfortunately hasn’t been the case yet. I hope this doesn’t deter anyone from playing in the contest. I listed couple of goals for some milestones a few weeks ago, one of which was to get to 100 followers. I’m currently at 99, so that goal is looking really good. The other goal of having the contest post generate $10 still seems to be a ways off, but hopefully we’ll eventually get there.

If you enjoy the contest, please consider resteeming the post during the week. The more people who play in the contest and upvote each week, the larger the prize pool becomes.

Here is the link to the answer post for Week #7:
https://steemit.com/contest/@misko/weekly-trivia-contest-7-answers-and-payouts

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 money generated by the post.
• The amount of money 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.
• Each question is worth 100 SBD.
• 20 users answer Question #1 correctly, and each receive 5 SBD for their correct answer.
• 100 users answer Question #2 correctly, and each receive 1 SBD for their correct answer.
• 5 users answer Question #3 correctly, and each receive 20 SBD for their correct answer.
• 1 user answers Question #4 correctly, and they receive all 100 SBD 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 money 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.

If you have any suggestions about how the contest could be improved, please comment on the post.

This Contest Ends on Sunday, September 10th at 11:59 PM Central Time

Here are the questions for Trivia Contest #8:

Question 1

• The cover of which classic rock album features an open tube of lipstick resting upon a map of the United States?

Question 2

• In a big screen flick, you see a live news story on WNDM Philadelphia about a Presidential Address. At this address, the President is meeting with a foreign dignitary, who ends up being shot and killed in what appears to be an attempt on the President’s life. What is the name of this movie?

Question 3

• Fictional characters Olivia, Ravi, Peyton, and Major are eating some takeout Chinese food around a coffee table, when Peyton reveals a DVD of a movie that she wants to watch. The group ultimately decides not to watch the movie due to its premise relating to recent events. What is the name of this movie?

Question 4

• In the music video for this popular song, you see the artist in a graveyard, and a headstone for a known pseudonym of the artist in the background. What is the name of this song?

Correct Answers Submitted

Question #1: 8
Question #2: 4
Question #3: 5
Question #4: 7

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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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