June 25, 2008

Round 1 (58% correct)

1. What band is playing music for nickels in Creedence Clearwater Revival’s hit “Down on the Corner”?

2. What Panamanian strong man was overthrown by Operation Just Cause in 1983?

3. First introduced in Whiz Comics #2 in 1939, which superhero who used the secret identity Billy Batson?

4. In the world of personal fashion, what are Madonnas, Madisons, Monroes, Christinas and Prince Alberts?

5. In the Peanuts comic strip, what does Charlie Brown’s father do for a living?

1. Barber
2. Teacher
3. Grocer
4. Plumber

6. In The Planets Suite by Gustav Holst, which of the eight planets of the solar system was represented by a piece called The Mystic?

7. Sherpas and Ghurkas are native to which country?

8. What two Caribbean nations occupy the second largest island in the Antilles, Hispanola?

9. Who stood against Bill Clinton for the 1996 election cycle?

10. Which book begins: “Where’s Papa going with that ax?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”

Round 2 (60% correct)

1. When George Carlin pulled out his seven dirty words on stage in 1972, in which Midwest city was he arrested (and subsequently acquitted) on obscenity charges?

1. Chicago
2. Detroit
3. Milwaukee
4. Minneapolis

2. If a trio has three member, a quartet 4, and a septet five, what do you call a group with 9 members?

3. What is the minimum age one must be to be eligible to be elected President?

4. On this day in 1975, Mozambique gained it’s independence from what European country?

5. Name the movie: “He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!”

6. How many dots are used in each letter in the Braille system?

7. Name the 2 non profits founded by Jesse Jackson

8. What actor did a few one-armed push-ups when accepting his Best Supporting Actor Oscar?

1. Kirk Douglas
2. Jack Palance
3. Tommy Lee Jones
4. Harvey Keitel

9. In which town did the gunfight at the OK Corral take place?

10. In honor of George Orwell’s birthday (born today in 1903), who is the main character of the novel “1984”?

Round 3 (60% correct)

1. What does the phrase “Five finger discount” refer to?

2. Which extinct relative of the elephant had varieties including Woolly, Pygmy, Jeffersonian, and Imperial?

3. What publishing sweepstakes company employed Ed McMahon as its’ spokesperson?

4. Operating from April 1860 to October 1861, its’ name was “The Central Overland California & Pike’s Peak Express Company”. By what name is it more commonly known as?

5. What is the shoemakers model of the human foot called?

6. Which was discovered (and named) first? Uranus? Or Uranium?

7. What classic children’s novel features a two-headed creature called a pushmi-pullyu?

1. Pippi Longstocking
2. The Wizard of Oz
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. Dr. Dolittle

8. The charity March of Dimes was founded to raise money to combat what disease?

9. Who led the mutiny on HMS Bounty?

10. If I’ve committed Sororicide, whom have I killed?

Round 4 (81% correct)

1. What was the name of the ranch that was home to the Cartwright family?

2. In which organ of the body is insulin produced?

3. Name the members of the Rat Pack.

4. What number does Tommy Tutone dial to reach Jenny?

5. As of 2005, what country leads the world in green coffee production?

1. Colombia
2. Ethiopia
3. Brazil
4. Mexico

6. In the Barry Manilow song “Copacabana”, who was the Show Girl?

7. Meaning Lightning War, what combined armed tactic did the Germans employ to great success to start World War II?

8. The Mozambique Channel separates which large island from the mainland?

9. Patented by it’s inventor in 1916, what type of bed folds from the wall?

10. What was the name of Fred Flintstone’s boss?

Answers

Round 1

1. Willy & the Poorboys

2. Manuel Noriega

3. Captain Marvel

4. Body Piercings (Madonna: top lip, Madison: near collar bone, Prince Albert: foreskin, Christina: clitoris)

5. A. Barber

6. Neptune

7. Nepal

8. Haiti, Dominican Republic

9. Bob Dole

10 Charlotte’s Web

Round 2

1. (C) Milwaukee

2. A nonet

3. 35

4. Portugal

5. Life of Brian

6. Six

7. Operation Push and Rainbow Coalition

8. (B) Jack Palance

9. Tombstone

10. Winston Smith

Round 3

1. Shoplifting

2. Mammoth

3. American Family Publishing

4. The Pony Express

5. A Last

6. Uranus

7. (D) Dr. Dolittle

8. Polio (Poliomyletis)

9. Fletcher Christian

10 my sister

Round 4

1. Ponderosa

2. Pancreas

3. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop

4. 867-5309

5. (C) Brazil

6. Lola

7. Blitzkreig

8. Madagascar

9. Murphy bed (or wall bed)

10 Sylvester Nate George Oscar Slate

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