April 8, 2008 – A Clockwork Orange

The theme for this quiz was orange.

Round 1

1. Using your memory only, what letter follows QWERTY on the top row of a keyboard?

2. The Romans knew it as Helvetica. What country do we call it today?

3. Which animal do scientists agree was likely domesticated first?

4. Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie introduced what product in 1941, sold exclusively to the military during WWII, and was originally produced in 7 different colors?

5. What country, whose capital is Windhoek, was formerly known as South West Africa?

1. Angola
2. Botswana
3. Lesotho
4. Namibia

6. In the Winnie the Pooh world, Eyore eats thistle, Piglet loves acorns, and Tigger eats malt extract. What does Pooh eat?

7. What color is the ‘Black Box’ found in commercial planes?

8. Who rules in an ergatocracy?

9. Name the book and the author: “When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow”.

10. Which two bones meet at the hip joint?

Round 2

1. What is the fruit flavor of the liqueur Cointreau?

2. Where must a boxer stand when his opponent is knocked down?

3. Which of the following is not a Chia head currently offered by Joseph Industries?

1. Barak Obama
2. Homer Simpson
3. Kung Fu Panda
4. Peter Griffin

4. In which mountain range is the Yeti supposed to live?

5. Meaning Little Book in Italian, what is the term for the text of an opera?

6. In internet parlance, what is BLOG short for?

7. For a point each, name the rabbits mentioned by Beatrix Potter in her classic Tale of Peter Rabbit.

8. When you cross the International Date Line from a westerly direction do you gain or lose day?

9. On April 6th, 1917, the United States declared war on what country?

10. Generally believed to be responsible for naming the Jeep during WWII (and beyond), Eugene the Jeep was a dimension crossing, disappearing dog type creature from what 1938 comic strip and subsequent animations?

Round 3

1. In 2000, a musical based on several works of Dr. Seuss had a 198 show run on Broadway before sparking 2 national tours. What was the name of the musical?

2. When the owl and the pussycat went to sea in their beautiful pea green boat, what did they take with them?

3. In which city was the OK Corral?

4. Beginning life as the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation, we know them now as IBM or Big Blue. What does IBM stand for?

5. After a 15 year run, ER is off the air. At what Chicago hospital did the show take place?

6. On the domestic terrorist list since 2003, for such asshatty deeds as setting fire to a car dealership, what does ELF stand for?

7. A Kumquat is a small Japanese variety of what sort of fruit?

8. Barak Obama is our 44th president. How many presidencies have there been here in the US?

9. He created Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, and many other classic comic-book characters. What was his name?

1. Bob Kane
2. Stan Lee
3. Jerry Seigel

10. What is the common name of the military base in southern Nevada that is supposedly home to alien spacecraft and little green men?

Round 4

1. Which athlete has appeared most often on a Wheaties box? A bonus point if you can tell me how many times said athlete appeared.

2. Name the year: The WTO is established; Mississippi ratifies the 13th amendment (abolishing slavery); bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City; Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated; Cal Ripken, Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig’s record; OJ Simpson is found not guilty;

3. What Wall Street crime is defined as a stock transactions made with knowledge of non-public information?

4. People with an allergy to what food product are encouraged not to get a flu shot?

5. Four US state capitals have the word city in their name. For a point each, name them:

6. Name the shapes in the current box of Lucky Charms

7. Serial Killer question of the day: Ted Bundy: Rotting away in a jail cell? Or pushing up daises?

8. What does an apiarist collect?

9. What product, which recently lost 20% of it’s business due to a packaging redesign that has fans in an uproar, was originally advertised with the slogan “If it tasted any fresher it would still be on the tree”?

10. April 8, 1891 saw the birth of Ole Kirk Christiansen who founded a company whose name means either “play well” in Danish or “I put together” in Latin. What company are we talking about?

Answers:

Round 1

1. U

2. Switzerland

3. Dog

4. M&M candies

5. (D) Namibia

6. Hunny

7. Orange

8. The working class

9. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

10. Ilium (Pelvis) & Femur

Round 2

1. Orange

2. In a neutral corner

3. (D) Peter Griffin

4. Himalayas

5. Libretto

6. WebLog

7. Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, Peter

8. Lose a day

9. Germany

10. Popeye

Round 3

1. Seussical

2. Honey and money

3. Tombstone

4. International Business Machines

5. County General

6. Earth Liberation Front

7. Orange

8. 56

9. (B) Stan Lee

10. Area 51

Round 4

1. Michael Jordan with 18

2. 1995

3. Insider trading

4. Eggs

5. Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, Carson City, Jefferson City

6. Horseshoe (purple), Balloon (red), Moon (blue), rainbow, shooting star, clover (green), heart (pink), hourglass

7. Pushing up daises

8. Honey bees

9. Tropicana Orange Juice

10. Lego