Weekly Trivia Contest #3 - 40 SBD Minimum Prize Pool!

Thanks again to everyone who answered questions, commented on, upvoted, or resteemed last week’s contest! Hopefully, even more people will join in this week! If you enjoy this contest, please help spread the word about the contest both on Steemit and other platforms. The payout this week will be slightly different in that the payout minimum will be 40 SBD. This means that if the post generates less than 40 SBD, the payout will be 40 SBD. If the post generates more than 40 SBD, the payout will be the amount that the post generated.

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.

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

This Contest Ends on Friday July 28th at 11:59 PM Central Time

Here are the questions for Trivia Contest #3:

Question 1

• On the back cover of a rock album, you see blueprints of the odd weapon-type contraption pictured below, displayed on the brick wall of what appears to be a workshop. What is the name of this album?
  

Question 2

• The picture of the famous athlete below was taken from a print advertisement from a 1980 issue of a popular sports magazine. In this print ad, this spokesperson claims that he calls the product that he’s advertising by a nickname. What is the nickname that he gives this product?
  

Question 3

• It’s time to test your classic Sci-Fi movie knowledge. Near the beginning of this movie, a group of friends are seen playing a Tabletop RPG and being pestered by one of the players’ little brother, who really wants to join the game. The group decides to let the little brother play as long as he orders pizza and waits for the pizza delivery guy. What is the name of this movie?

Question 4

• I was inspired by some recent crypto quizzes to try something a little different with this question. This will help you figure out the cipher and key to get you started down the path to the final answer. Just remember, Winter is Coming!
  • A fish from the Tetraodontidae family + The King in the North’s mother.
  • 42d3aa5139ec748814eec7e44fd21f5127cc662aa2c50190a91887b53c2a2bc076bc196abcf91146e544725db7035bbd853b1279c8e583c166b983eda4d174963e9fc78d6edf9e2415cebb3062b6f7c2

Correct Answers Submitted

Question #1: 4
Question #2: 4
Question #3: 3
Question #4: 1

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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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