May 13, 2009

The theme for this quiz was Sam.

Round 1

1. What famous fictional detective did author Dashiell Hammet create for the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon?

1. Charlie Chan
2. Mike Hammer
3. Philip Marlowe
4. Sam Spade

2. May 10th, 1869 saw the joining of the transcontinental railroad, with the driving of the golden spike where?

3. Which US politician, who died in 1957, was nicknamed Tailgunner Joe?

4. Which animated character once famously lamented “O fate most cruel to be thusly boned! Ask not for whom the bone bones – it bones for thee.”

5. What 2 railroads were joined in making the transcontinental railroad?

6. What is measured in Scoville units?

7. In what part of the body is the solar plexus located?

8. The Khyber Pass connects Afghanistan to which country?

9. According to the nursery rhyme, what time did the mouse run down the clock?

10. The Social Security Administration recently announced the top baby names in the state of Washington for the year 2008.  Sharing a name with a fictional children’s book pig, what girls name topped the state list?

Round 2

1. What American golfer holds the record for most PGA tournaments won in a career?

1. Arnold Palmer
2. Jack Nicklaus
3. Sam Snead
4. Tiger Woods

2. That ever so tacky garden gnome is now the celebrity spokesperson for what online travel company?

3. Voiced by Tom Hanks, what was the name of the cowboy character in Pixars 1995 hit Toy Story?

4. Popular among California surfers, what is the name of the style of station wagon in which the rear portion of the car’s bodywork is made of wood?

5. Of the main characters on Miami Vice, Crockett and Tubbs, which one lived on a boat?

6. What Milton Bradley game was frequently referred to as ‘sex in a box’?

7. In 1939, the California Perfume Company changed it’s name to what company which is now famous for it’s door-to-door selling tactics?

8. An unusual 70s fad was a pet that wasn’t really a pet. Gary Dahl made a fortune out of selling what common objects as pets?

9. Name the book and the author: “”Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.”

10. Name the year: Jeffery Dahmer is given a life sentence; Windows 3.1 is released; EuroDisney opens; Jay Leno takes over for Johnny Carson; Summer Olympics are held in Barcelona; Ruby Ridge;

Round 3

1. For a point each, what are the issues addressed in the 5th Amendment to the US Constitution?

2. A car’s speedometer shows how fast a car is going.  What shows how far it’s gone?

3. For a point each, name the current members of the US Supreme Court

4. Name Vito Corleones children from the godfather movie

5. What is the difference between a village and a hamlet?

6. Thursday, May 14, saw Lewis and Clark leave with the Corp of Discovery to explore to the Pacific Coast.  From what state did they depart?

7. The CLIO award is given to honor excellence in what field?

8. May 10, 1954 saw the release of the first rock and roll record to hit #1 on the Billboard charts, Rock Around the Clock. Who was the recording artist?

9. Featuring the antics of Count Almaviva, what is the name of the Mozart opera currently being staged by Seattle Opera?

1. The Barber of Seville
2. The Deluded Bridegroom
3. Don Giovanni
4. The Marriage of Figaro

10. Images of what fictional character frequently feature a deerstalker hat and calabash pipe?

Round 4

1. How many nations sit on the UN Security Council?

2. If you want your eggs fried without cooking the yolks, how would you order them?

3. Who convinces Dr. Seuss’s protagonist to eat Green Eggs and Ham?

4. If I’ve committed Omnicide, who have I killed?

5. If red litmus paper turns blue, is it in an acid or an alkaline solution?

6. What is a rhinos horn made of?

1. Bone
2. Cartilage
3. Hair
4. Ivory

7. How many people take part in a game of contract bridge?

8. In the world of Citizen Band radio, what channel was reserved for emergency use?

9. Name the possible phases of the visible moon.

10. Played by children with chalk, this game began as a training regime for Roman soldiers.  What game is it?

Answers:

Round 1

2. Promentory Summit (Point), Utah

3. Joseph McCarthy

4. Bender, from Futurama

5. Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad

6. The hotness, or piquancy, of a chili pepper.

7. Abdomen

8. Pakistan

9. One

10. Olivia

Round 2

1. (C) Sam Snead

2. 3. Sheriff Woody

4. Woodie

5. Sonny Crockett

6. Twister

7. Avon

8. Rocks

9. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams

10. 1992

Round 3

1. Right to a fair trial, immunity from self-incrimination, the right not to be tried twice for the same crime, formally accusing a person charged with a crime, the right to fair payment when property is taken for public use

2. Odometer

3. John Roberts, John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Beyer, Sam Alito

4. Sonny, Fredo, Michael, Connie (Constanzia)

5. A village has a church

6. Illinois

7. Advertising

8. Bill Hailey and the Comets

9. (D) The Marriage of Figaro

10. Sherlock Holmes

Round 4

1. 15. 5 permanent, 10 rotating

2. Sunny side up

3. Sam I Am

4. Everyone

5. Alkaline (base)

6. (C) Hair

7. 4

8. Channel 9

9. Crescent, Quarter, Gibbous, Full

10. Hopscotch