April 9, 2008

Round 1 (81% correct)

1. What was the name of the dynasty that ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917?

2. What is the name of the butler in The Addams Family’?

3. The mineral pyrite, FeS2, is more commonly known by what name?

4. Lake Itasca, Minnesota, is the starting point for what?

5. Which of the Great Lakes does not border on Canada?

6. In the standard game of Monopoly, what are the names of the 4 railroads?

7. Baby Doc Duvalier succeeded Papa Doc Duvalier as leader of which country?

8. Who has been the only divorced President of the USA?

9. Who got voted off Dancing with the Stars last night?

1. Adam Corolla
2. Pricilla Presley
3. Jason Taylor
4. Shannon Elizabeth

10. What was Diana, Princess of Wales maiden name?

Round 2 (43% correct)

1. What is a female lobster called?

2. We all know them for manufacturing the Blackberry, but what does RIM stand for?

3. What was the destination of the Voyager 1 probe?

4. What was Dorothy’s last name in The Wizard of Oz?

1. Walters
2. Gale
3. Fahey
4. Roth

5. For a work created after 1978, how long after the author’s death is a copyright good for?

6. What has a nulliparous (nul-i-par-ous) woman never done?

7. One of the earliest established railroads, what does B&O stand for?

8. Which of the Great Lakes is the deepest?

9. As of 2004 (the last year I could find stats for), which country had the most number of sheep?

10. Whose picture is on the 2 dollar bill?

Round 3 (63% correct)

1. Which state has the largest population?

2. Which state has the smallest population?

3. Depression-era bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd’s first name was what?

1. Charles
2. Fred
3. George
4. Lester

4. The IFOCE is the ruling body for what sport?

5. Four states have capital cities named after American presidents. Can you name them?

6. The Battle of Fort Sumter was the opening battle of which war?

7. Which famous literary character made his first appearance in a story called A Study In Scarlet?

8. What was the name of the Ewing ranch on TV’s Dallas?

9. If one is sniggling, what is one doing?

10. On this date in 1867, the United States got significantly bigger with the purchase of this territory?

Round 4 (55% correct)

1. True or False: Scottish actor Alan Cumming has a range of fragrances that includes Cumming All Over and Cumming Clean?

2. What was the maiden name of Diana, Princess of Wales

3. Cal Ripken, Jr broke Lou Gherig’s record for the most consecutive games in 1995. By the time he retired in 1998, by how many games did he ultimately exceed Lou’s record?

4. What do the initials of NASA stand for?

5. Serial killer Albert de Salvo was better known as who?

6. The Quarrymen included the nucleus of what well-known rock band?

7. From what bird do we get the meat known as squab?

1. pigeon
2. dove
3. pheasant
4. starling

8. Where are the Weddell and Ross Seas?

9. In a game of Polo, how many horses are there on the field during play?

10. A Venezuelan TV station recently pulled The Simpsons from it’s 11am slot, citing it’s “inappropriateness for children”. With what program did they fill that slot?

Answers:

Round 1

1. The Romanovs

2. Lurch

3. Fool’s Gold

4. The Mississippi river

5. Lake Michigan

6. B&O, Pennsylvania, Short Line, Reading

7. Haiti

8. Ronald Reagan

9. Adam Corolla

10. Spencer

Round 2

1. Hen

2. Research in Motion

3. Saturn and jupiter

4. (B) Gale

5. 70 years

6. Given birth

7. Baltimore and Ohio

8. Lake Superior

9. China. China had 157.9 million, Australia had 101.3 million

10. Thomas Jefferson

Round 3

1. California 2007 estimate of 36,553,215

2. Wyoming 2007 estimate of 522,830

3. (A) Charles

4. Competitve Eating

5. Mississippi (Jackson), Missouri (Jefferson City), Nebraska (Lincoln), and Wisconsin (Madison).

6. The civil war

7. Sherlock Holmes

8. Southfork

9. Fishing for eels

10. Alaska

Round 4

1. True

2. Spencer

3. 502

4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

5. The Boston Strangler

6. The Beatles

7. (A) pigeon

8. Antarctica

9. 10. Four on each side and Two Umpires

10. Baywatch Hawaii

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