August 10, 2011 – This quiz could join Robin Hood

The theme for this quiz was Alan/Allen.

Round 1
1. On Aug 7, 1782, George Washington ordered the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. By what name is it currently known?
    A. The Purple Heart
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badge_of_Military_Merit

2. Name the 1964 movie and character/actor that featured the quote “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room.”
    A. Peter Sellers as President Merkin Muffley in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
    C. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/quotes

3. A staple of Swedish furniture stores, what hex shaped wrench is included in everything Ikea sells (including the meatballs!)?
    A. Allen Wrench
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_key

4. The official beverage of Puerto Rico since 1978, what drink consists of rum, coconut cream, and pineapple juice?
    A. Pina Colada
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%C3%B1a_colada

5. Author Alex Haley, born on Aug 11, 1921, wrote what epic story of his family origins, later to be made a rather popular mini-series?
    A. Roots: The Saga of an American Family
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American_Family

6. In the Peanuts comic strip, which of Snoopy’s brothers wears a fedora and lives in the California desert?
  A. Simon
  B. Slick
  C. Spike
  D. Stoopy
    A. (C) Spike
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoopy%27s_siblings#Spike

7. Complete the proverb: All work and no play…?
    A. Makes Jack a dull boy
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_work_and_no_play_makes_Jack_a_dull_boy

8. Public Law 62-5, which was passed on August 8, 1911 set the membership of the House of Representatives to what number?
    A. 435
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Law_62-5

9. Construction began on 13 Aug 1961 on an 87 mile long barrier dividing what city?
    A. Berlin
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_wall

10. Mrs. O’Leary’s cow is credited with starting what?
    A. The great Chicago fire
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire

Round 2
1. In 1876, Brigadier General Henry Martyn Robert, who made a name for himself during the infamous Pig War, published what classic tome, still published today, which came out of his frustration over a poorly lead church meeting?
    A. Roberts Rules of Order
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%27s_Rules_of_Order

2. The current Chairman of the Federal Reserve System, Ben Bernanke, took over for what adherent to Objectivism, the second longest tenured in that position?
    A. Alan Greenspan
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Greenspan

3. On August 12, 1908, the first of over 15 million of what landmark automobile rolled off the assembly line?
    A. Model T Ford
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T

4. Known as the Golden State, what was the 31st state to join the Union on Sept. 9, 1850?
    A. California
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California

5. What serial killer, arrested on Aug 10, 1977, dubbed himself the “Son of Sam”?
  A. David Berkowitz
  B. Dennis Rader
  C. Gary Leon Ridgway
  D. Richard Ramirez
    A. (A) David Berkowitz
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_sam

6. What is the DVD region code for the US?
    A. 1
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd_region_code#Region_codes_and_countries

7. You dial 911 for emergency services and 411 for information (now taken over by 555-1212). What is the FCC mandated call before you dig number?
    A. 811
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-1-1

8. On August 9, 1944, The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring what iconic hat wearing, shovel carrying character for the first time?
    A. Smokey the Bear
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Bear

9. Which of the seven is the smallest (in area) continent?
    A. Australia
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

10. Box-end, monkey, and crescent are all types of what?
    A. Wrenches
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrench

Round 3
1. Your own Seattle Seahawks kick off their 2011 season when they travel to Qualcomm stadium to play a preseason game against whom?
    A. San Diego Chargers
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers

2. Steinway & Sons has been manufacturing what type of musical instrument for over 150 years?
  A. Drums
  B. Piano
  C. Trumpets
  D. Violin
    A. Pianos
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinway_%26_Sons

3. August 11, 1988 is generally accepted as the creation date of what terrorist organization, whose name translates as “the base”?
    A. Al Qaeda
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda

4. What revolutionary war hero, leader of the Green Mountain Boys, lends his name to a furniture company?
    A. Ethan Allen
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Allen

5. In geometry and navigation, how many minutes are there in one degree?
    A. 60
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_%28angle%29

6. Which US government department oversees the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as Food Stamps?
    A. USDA
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_stamps

7. Who’s resignation speech included the lines “Sometimes I have succeeded and sometimes I have failed, but always I have taken heart from what Theodore Roosevelt once said about the man in the arena, “whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is not effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deed, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievements and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.””
    A. Richard Nixon
    C. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/character/links/nixon_speech.html

8. What is the name of the fault line that runs for about 800 miles in California?
    A. San Andreas Fault
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_andreas_fault

9. What can be a rock band, a card game, and an organ?
    A. Heart
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(disambiguation)

10. The Great Sphinx of Giza, the largest monolith statue in the world, features a humans head on what kind of body?
    A. Lioness
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza

Round 4
1. For a point each, name the 8 countries surrounding The United Republic of Tanzania.
    A. Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania

2. What local rich boy is responsible for founding the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of fame?
    A. Paul Allen
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_Museum_and_Hall_of_Fame

3. August 11, 3114 BC is accepted as the starting date of what calendaring system, which many people use to predict the end of the world on Dec 20, 2012?
    A. Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar, or Mayan Calendar
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar

4. The B-29 Bockscar dropped the second atomic bomb on what Japanese city on August 9, 1945?
    A. Nagasaki
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#Nagasaki

5. What is Kenny’s last name on the animated TV series South Park?
    A. McCormick
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_McCormick

6. In which sport did teams first compete for the America’s Cup today in August, 1851?
    A. Yachting
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s_Cup

7. August 12, 1925 saw the birth of twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, who together compiled was famous set of books, originally conceived to help settle a bar bet?
    A. Guinness World Records
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_Records

8. Who spent the most time in the captains chair of the USS Enterprise?
  A. Captain James T. Kirk
  B. Captain John-Luc Picard
  C. Captain Jonathan Archer
  D. Captain Kathryn Janeway
    A. (B) Captain John-Luc Picard
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_luc_picard

9. Named from the Latin for Gaul, what element, with an atomic number of 31, has the symbol GA?
    A. Gallium
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium

10. August 8, 1908 saw which Wright brother, the one who didn’t get to pilot the flyer the previous December at Kitty Hawk, make his first public flight in Le Mans, France?
    A. Wilbur
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Wright