January 12, 2011 – This quiz would like some privacy

The theme for this quiz was John.

Round 1
1. Into what body of water does the Nile River drain?
    A. The Mediterranean Sea
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile

2. Who is the current Speaker of the House?
    A. John Boehner
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boehner

3. What is the name of the lowest elevation on the surface of the earth, located below the western Pacific?
    A. Mariana Trench
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianas_Trench

4. Name the movie and actor/character of this 1986 film that featured the quote: “Thats not a knife. Now THAT’s a knife!”
    A. Crocodile Dundee/Michael Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan)
    C. http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0008823/quotes

5. What type of animal is Ranger Rick, namesake of the magazine published by the National Wildfire Federation?
    A. Raccoon
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_rick

6. Newspaper editor Britt Reid, along with his sidekick Kato and their well appointed car Black Beauty, dons a mask and fights crime under what name?
    A. The Green Hornet
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_green_hornet

7. What is the most abundant metallic element in Earths crust?
    A. Aluminum
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum

8. Which First Lady has won a Grammy Award for a spoken word album?
  A. Hilary Rodham Clinton
  B. Jacqueline Kennedy
  C. Laura Bush
  D. Michelle Obama
    A. (A) Hilary Rodham Clinton
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton#Writings_and_recordings

9. What part of your body is inflamed if you have encephalitis?
    A. Brain
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalitis

10. In the TV and computer game franchise, ACME detective agency members are always asking the question “Where in the World/Time/Earth is” who?
    A. Carmen San Diego
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_San_Diego

Round 2
1. Brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice (before his untimely death on Jan 12, 2003) Gibbs were better known as what band, who hit their peak during the disco era?
    A. The Bee Gees
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_gees

2. January 15, 1967 saw the first ever Super Bowl as the Kansas City Chiefs lost to whom, by a score of 35-10?
    A. Green Bay Packers
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl#1966.E2.80.931967:_Packers_early_success

3. Who starred along side Glen Campbell in the 1969 movie True Grit, based on a 1968 novel by Charles Portis?
    A. John Wayne
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_(1969_film)

4. What radio station do you find at 710 on your local AM dial?
    A. KIRO
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIRO_(AM)

5. What comic strip character’s favorite interjection was “leapin’ lizards!”?
  A. Little Orphan Annie
  B. Lulu
  C. Mary Worth
  D. Nancy
    A. (A) Little Orphan Annie
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphan_Annie

6. January 11, 2008 saw the death of what New Zealand explorer, who along with Tenzing Norgay became the first known people to reach the top of Mt. Everest?
    A. Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Edmund_Hillary

7. What job did Ernest Hemmingway do in WW1?
    A. Ambulance Driver
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway#World_War_I

8. The Chukchi, Beaufort, and Barents are all seas in which ocean?
    A. Arctic
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_ocean

9. A known anti-oxidant and a co-factor in at least 8 enzymatic reactions, what vitamin is known as L-ascorbic acid?
    A. Vitamin C
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_c

10. For a point each, name the countries surrounding Morocco (not counting the 3 Spanish exclaves).
    A. Algeria and Mauritania
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco

Round 3
1. Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd are the archenemies of whom?
    A. Bugs Bunny
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Sam

2. Who achieved a certain level of international celebrity when his wife Lorena severed half his penis, tossing said member into a field, which was later surgically reattached?
    A. John Bobbit
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt

3. Heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio first gained major fame after replacing vocalist Ozzy Osbourne in what band?
  A. AC/DC
  B. Black Sabbath
  C. Deep Purple
  D. Metallica
    A. (B) Black Sabbath
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio

4. Mixing yellow and blue paint produces what color?
    A. Green
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green

5. Neptune is the Roman god of what?
    A. water and the sea
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune_(mythology)

6. January 11, 1843 saw the death, in Baltimore, Maryland, of what American lawyer, author, and poet, who wrote the classic poem The Defence of Fort McHenry?
    A. Francis Scott Key
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key

7. From which animal do we get cashmere?
    A. Goats
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashmere_wool

8. Including sections describing legislative, executive, and judicial powers, how many articles does the US Constitution have?
    A. 7
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Articles_of_the_Constitution

9. What position/title comes after apprentice and journeyman?
    A. master
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journeyman

10. January 10, 1883 saw the death of what American physician, who was convicted in 1865 for aiding and conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln?
    A. Samuel Mudd
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Mudd

Round 4
1. How were Athos, Porthos, and Aramis better known?
    A. The Three Musketeers
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers

2. What is the difference between venom and poison?
    A. Poison is ingested or inhaled, while venom is injected
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venom

3. In what casino card game is the goal to get the sum of the cards in a hand, modulo 10, to be as close to 9 as possible. The 10, jack, queen and king are each worth 0 points, and the ace is worth 1 point. The rest of the cards are worth their face value of 2 through 9. If the player has an initial total of 6 or 7, the player does not draw additional cards, while the banker follows a complex set of rules to determine if he draws additional cards.
    A. Baccarat
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccarat

4. The females are known as nannies, the males billies and the offspring as kids of what type of animals?
    A. goats
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat

5. A vicenarian is what age range?
    A. 20-29
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicenarian#Dividing_the_lifespan

6. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, what was the name of the computer that took control of the spaceship Discovery?
    A. HAL 9000
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_9000

7. Which future U.S. president was rescued from being marooned on an island thanks to a message he carved into a
coconut shell?
  A. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  B. George H. W. Bush
  C. John F. Kennedy
  D. Teddy Roosevelt
    A. (C) John F. Kennedy
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PT109

8. Which state, the first to join the union, is nicknamed The Small Wonder?
    A. Delaware
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware

9. How long, in minutes, is an WNBA basketball game?
    A. 40
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_basketball#Distinctions_with_NBA_play

10. The Gremlin, Matador, Pacer, and AMX were models produced by what car company?
    A. AMC
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motors_Corporation