May 18, 2011 – It’s the tide…

The theme for this quiz was Red.
(ed: Apparently, when this was posted, only the first round made it in. I’ve added the other 3 rounds, but there are no cites for them.)

Round 1
1. A butte is a type of what natural feature
  A. Canyon
  B. Hill
  C. Peninsula
  D. River
    A. (B) Hill
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte

2. For a point each, name the 5 countries surrounding Uganda.
    A. Kenya, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda

3. According to Smokey The Bear, Remember…only you can what?
    A. Prevent Forest Fires
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_the_bear

4. May 15, 1928 saw the introduction of what iconic character, when the 6 minute short Plane Crazy was publicly introduced, co starring Clarabelle Cow?
    A. Mickey Mouse
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_Crazy

5. May 15, 1940 saw what fast food chain get started in San Bernadino, CA?
    A. McDonald’s
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mcdonalds

6. After 23 years on the air, America’s Most Wanted will be winding down. Who has been the host of the series since its inception?
    A. John Walsh
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted

7. What is the most prevalent form of color blindness?
    A. Red-Green
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorblind#Prevalence

8. -.-. –.- -.. in Morse code, what was the radio distress signal used before the adoption of SOS in 1908?
    A. CQD
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CQD

9. Name the 1930 movie and the character/actor that uttered the quote “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know.”
    A. Groucho Marx as Capt. Geoffrey T. Spaulding in Animal Crackers
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Crackers_(film)

10. On May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, when he landed where?
    A. Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh

Round 2
1. What can be a dental restoration, a card game, or a device that holds the strings above the body of an instrument?
    A. A bridge

2. The singer known as Moby got his nickname because what famed writer was his great-great-great-granduncle?
    A. Herman Melville

3. Long before being canonized on 16 May, 1920, which historical figure, known as The Maid of Orleans, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France in 1431?
    A. Joan of Arc

4. Killing 57 people and causing over $3 billion in property damage, the eruption o f Mount St. Helens occurred on May 18 of what year?
    A. 1980

5. May 20, 1873, saw a patent granted to Jacob Davis and what San Francisco business man for using copper rivets to strengthen the pockets of work pants?
    A. Levi Strauss

6. Who is the famous moneylender in Shakespeare’s tragic comedy “The Merchant of Venice”?
    A. Shylock

7. Resulting in being tied to a rock and having his liver eaten on a daily basis by an eagle, the Greek Titan Prometheus stole what from the Greek Gods and gave it to mortals?
    A. Fire

8. What does the WD in everyone’s favorite lubricant and solvent WD-40 stand for?
  A. Water Displacement
  B. Wes Dalrymple
  C. West Detroit
  D. White Diamond
    A. (A) Water Displacement

9. First appearing in color in 1935’s The Band Concert, what color pants does Mickey Mouse wear?
    A. Red

10. What radio station do you find at 94.1 on your local FM dial?
    A. KMPS

Round 3 – Theme round. The theme this week was MLS teams.
1. A seismologist is an expert in the study of what?
    A. Earthquakes (San Jose)

2. What airline, founding member of the Star Alliance, the largest airline alliance in the world, got its start as the Boeing Air Transport company in 1927?
    A. United (Washington D. C.)

3. The UW Huskies won the Pac-10 conference title in what sport, this last Sunday, when the men edged California?
    A. Crew (Columbus)

4. Offering service from Tacoma to Seattle and Seattle to Everett, what is the name of the train service offered by Sound Transit?
    A. Sounder (Seattle)

5. Historically categorized by their shape, what is a massive, gravitationally bound system that consists of stars and stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas dust, and some dark matter?
    A. Galaxy (Los Angeles)

6. Whom was Ronald Reagan referring to when he uttered the famous phrase “evil empire” in a 1983 speech?
    A. Soviet Union (Philadelphia)

7. Accounting for 20-25% of total sleep, REM sleep is when most vividly recalled dreams occur. What does REM stand for?
    A. Rapid Eye Movement (Colorado)

8. Industrial, French, Tulip, Velvet, Sexual, and Digital are all examples of what?
    A. Revolution (New England)

9. Consisting of taurine, glucuronolactone, caffeine, B vitamins, sucrose, and glucose, what beverage gives you wiiings?
    A. Red Bull (New York)

10. Headquartered in Bloomington, Il, the logo for State Farm Insurance features the words Auto, Life, and what, inside little red ovals?
    A. Fire (Chicago)

Round 4
1. According to a popular World War I song, you should “pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, and…” what?
  A. dance, dance, dance
  B. drink, drink, drink
  C. run, run, run
  D. smile, smile, smile
    A. (D) smile, smile, smile

2. For a point each, name the 5 countries surrounding Uganda.
    A. Kenya, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania

3. SEAL team 6 has been in the news a lot lately, and deservedly so. What does SEAL stand for?
    A. Sea, Air, and Land

4. Now a prominent part of the advertising world, what color M&Ms were removed from circulation for 9 years during the 1970s, due to a health scare concerning food dye?
    A. Red

5. What do you keep in your ossuary?
    A. Skeletal remains

6. What soft drink, invented by Charles Hires in 1866, is traditionally flavored with the root of the sassafras plant?
    A. Root beer

7. Many scientists believe the continents once formed a super continent, called what?
    A. Pangea

8. Hazel, filbert, and kola are all types of what?
    A. Nuts

9. The controversial method of pumping water, sand and chemicals into shale rock to extract natural gas or oil is known as what?
    A. Fracking

10. Known as The Hoosier State, what was the 19th state to join the Union on december 11, 1816?
    A. Indiana