December 7, 2011 picture round
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November 30, 2011 picture round
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November 30, 2011 – This quiz is hard as nails
The theme for this quiz is iron.
Round 1
1. The goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility, Isis was major deity for what ancient civilization?
A. Egypt
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis
2. Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto and Micael Symon compete on what show?
A. Iron Chef: America
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Chef_America#The_Iron_Chefs
3. Nov 27, 1942 saw the birth of what legendary musician, who Rolling Stoned named their top guitarist on their 100 greatest of all time list?
A. Jimi Hendrix
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix
4. For a point each, name the Earp brothers who took part in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
A. Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral
5. What is the name of the pawn shop featured in the hit History Channel show Pawn Stars?
A. Gold & Silver Pawn Shop
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_Stars
6. Known as the Beehive State, what was the 45th state to join the Union on January 4, 1896?
A. Utah
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah
7. Sparking a 1970s TV show, which military branch conducted the Project Blue Book UFO study?
A. Air Force
B. Army
C. Marines
D. Navy
A. (A) Air Force
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Blue_Book
8. There are 88 keys on a standard piano. How many are black and how many are white?
A. 36 black, 52 white From low A to high C
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_key_frequencies
9. November 30, 1810 saw the birth of what U.S. inventor and business man who is credited with creating the gun that won the west?
A. Oliver Winchester
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Winchester
10. What Washington city, incorporated on Nov 29, 1881, uses the motto Near Nature, Near Perfect?
A. Spokane
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane
Round 2
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November 23, 2011 picture round
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November 23, 2011 – Go blow
The theme for this quiz was bubbles!
Round 1
1. What holiday favorite consists of a de-boned chicken, cramed into a de-boned duck, which is then shoved into a de-boned turkey?
A. Turducken
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken
2. Springform, tube, and roasting are all types of what?
A. Pans
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookware_and_bakeware
3. Born in Scranton, PA on Nov 20, 1942, current Vice President Joe Biden spent 36 years as a senator from which state?
A. Delaware
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
4. What frozen food item is Mama Celeste associated with?
A. Fish sticks
B. Pies
C. Pizza
D. Vegetables
A. (C) Pizza
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_Celeste
5. What St. Louis, MO based cereal company produces Fruity Pebbles, Grape Nuts, Honey Bunches of Oats, and Raisin Bran, among many, many others?
A. Post
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Foods
6. Nov 20, 1945 saw the start of the trials in what German city in which 24 high ranking Nazis were indicted for participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of a crime against peace, planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace , war crimes, and crimes against humanity?
A. Nuremberg
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials
7. Portrayed in a Seinfeld episode and a John Travolta movie, what colloquialism is used to describe a person who must live in a microbiologically sterile environment for medical reasons?
A. Bubble Boy
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_Boy
8. Sunday marked the birthday of what noted French/American mathmetician, who was known as the father of fractal geometry?
A. Benoit Mandelbrot
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Mandelbrot
9. Known as the Equality State, what was the 44th state to join the Union on Jul 10, 1890?
A. Wyoming
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming
10. Name the 1980 movie and character/actor that featured the quote “Joey, have you ever been in a… in a Turkish prison?” and “Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?”
A. Peter Graves as Captain Oveur in Airplane!
C. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/quotes
Round 2
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November 16, 2011 picture round
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November 16, 2011 – This quiz would be stainless!
The theme for this quiz was steel.
Round 1
1. Whorl, arch, and loop are the 3 components that make up what unique human feature?
A. Fingerprints
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint
2. In a traditional suit of armor, where on the body was a greave worn?
A. Arm
B. Chest
C. Leg
D. Neck
A. (C) Leg
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greave
3. What is the name for the diamond or ceramic coated rod chefs use to hone or sharpen the blade of their knife before using it?
A. Honing steel, or sharpening steel
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpening_steel
4. Miso, tofu, and shoyu all come from what legume?
A. Soybean
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean
5. Which part of the body does a reflexologist primarily deal with?
A. The Feet
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexology
6. Giving his name to a planet, who is the Roman god of War?
A. Mars
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars
7. Awake and The Watchtower are two magazines distributed by what religious group in the door-to-door ministries business?
A. Jehovah’s Witness
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awake!
8. Monday marked the birth of what total asshat, the “pastor” behind Topeka, KS based Westboro Baptist Church?
A. Fred Phelps, Sr
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps
9. An ad campaign from PETA features celebrities sans clothing stating “I’d Rather Go Naked than” what?
A. Wear Fur
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27d_Rather_Go_Naked_Than_Wear_Fur#Anti-fur_campaigns
10. Nov 14, 1851 saw the publishing of Moby-Dick: or The Whale, by what New York author?
A. Herman Melville
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_dick
Round 2
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November 9, 2011 picture round
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November 9, 2011 – Don’t be one
The theme for this quiz was Dick.
Round 1
1. Equivalent to 4 inches, the hand is used to measure what?
A. the height of horses
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_(measurement)
2. According to Charlie Daniels, what was the devil looking for when he went down to Georgia?
A. A soul to steal
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion
3. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month saw the signing of the armistice that put an end to the violence of WWI in what year?
A. 1918
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany_(Compi%C3%A8gne)
4. From the Latin for flints, what element, with the atomic number 14, uses the symbol SI?
A. Silicon
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon
5. Ishmael is the only survivor of the Pequod, following a fateful encounter with whom?
A. Moby Dick
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick
6. Junior Achievement was founded in 1919 with the goal of preparing high school students for a future in what?
A. Agriculture
B. Business
C. Missionary work
D. Politics
A. (B) Business
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Achievement
7. Now making a career as a pop singer and actress, who was the first African-American woman to win the Miss America crown, which she held for 10 months, before being forced to resign over the imminent publication of nude photos?
A. Vanessa Williams
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_L._Williams
8. Whole, Universal, and Term are all types of what?
A. Life Insurance
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_insurance
9. What did Sir Thomas Moore call his fictional island that was home to perfect social and political system?
A. Utopia
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book)
10. Publishing such games as Battleship, Connect Four and Yahtzee, was the Milton Bradley company named for a real person? Or not?
A. Real person
C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Bradley_Company
Round 2
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November 2, 2011 picture round
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