Round One
1. What was the occupation
of the person who designed the current American flag?
Seamstress
Student
Marine
Producer for the Colbert
Report
2. During the 1936 Olympics
it was discovered that Lichtenstein and Haiti had the same what?
3. There is a patch of lily
pads in a lake. The patch doubles in size every day. If it takes 16 days for
the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to
cover half the lake?
4. Which recently deceased
poet said, "We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated,"
and, "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can
decide not to be reduced by them?"
5. According to a new World
Health Organization Report, Which of the following countries consumes the most
alcohol per capita? (Belarus drinks the most alcohol per capita 17.5
liters)
Australia
Russia
South Africa
United States
6. If today [June 14] were your
birthday, which [western] astrological sign would you be?
7. How many sides are there
on a heptagon?
8. The words quixotic ["foolishly impractical in
pursuit of ideals], Dulcinea
["mistress or sweetheart"], rosinante
[an old, broken-down horse"] all come from a 17th-Century Spanish novel about
what character?
9. "Ring around the
collar" was an ad for what laundry detergent?
10. Are chimpanzees monkeys
or apes?
Round Two
1. After ordering a vodka
martini and being asked if he wanted it shaken or stirred, the James Bond
portrayed by which actor replied, "Do I look like I give a damn?"
2. In what late-70s and
early-80s highly-rated TV show did the coolest character wear leather and the
other characters euphemistically tell each other to sit on things?
3. Which of the major gods
of the Greek pantheon known as the Twelve Olympians has the same Greek and
Roman name?
4. Which U.S. state was
named after the mythical island of the Amazons?
5. How many of the Supreme
Court's nine justices concurred in the Brown
v. Board Education's ruling that separate but equal schools are
unconstitutional?
6. What is the most common
job in the U.S.?
7. Before he was an
academy-award-winning actor, stand-up comedian Eric Bishop changed his name to
this because he thought female comedians received preferential treatment?
8. Which medieval saint so
identified with the poor that he legendarily gave all his possessions to his
bishop then danced away naked down the street?
9. The 2008 Detroit Lions
finished 4-0 in NFL preseason. What was their final regular season record?
10. Where would you find the
nearest hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
Round Three
1. How many roads must a man
walk down before you call him a man (According to Bob Dylan)?
2. Phrase Jumble:
L-I-E-S-B-U-I-L-T-O-N-C-R-A-P clue: Samantha from Sex in the City had this occupation
3. Which beer began being
brewed first, Guinness or Yuengling?
4. Who was considered the
"King of Rock 'n Roll," and who was the "prime minister?"
(2 pts.)
5. What dinosaur was on the
cover of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park,
and for a bonus, in which geologic period did it live? (2 pts.)
6. When two then-unknown
assailants attacked journalist Dan Rather in New York City in 1986, what phrase
did they keep repeating?
7. In what year was the
original Japanese Godzilla released, and for a bonus, what group performed the
Godzilla rock song released in 1977?
TM8. The Frankish King Charles
earned what nickname after the Battle of Tours in AD 732?
AI9. What planet did Carl
Sagan say is "Hell" in his book, Cosmic Connection: An
Extraterrestrial Perspective?
TM10. What 1967 #1 Billboard
hit rhymed "together" with "weather" in its waning verses?
Bonus Round
1. Horses with exceptionally
large hearts such as Secretariat, which hearts enable them to pump more oxidized
blood through their bodies and thus make them able to run faster are said to
have the "x-factor." Why is this called the x-factor in horses?
2. In the movie The Matrix, what are the blue pill and
red pill for respectively?
3. Name the top three
greenhouse gases being emitted into the earth's atmosphere?
4. In this year's FIFA World
Cup, what four country's soccer teams are in the so-called "Group of
Death?"
5. Name the five largest
cities in Florida in terms of population.
Sudden Death Overtime
Are the following five famous dead or alive:
1. Hank Aaron
2. Carol Burnett
3. Johnny Carson
4. Larry King
5. Lawrence Welk
Closest to the pin
How many days after the moon landing was the first Manson family murder committed?
Round One
1. Student* *Robert G. Heft, who originally received a B– on the project
2. flag
3. 15 days
4. Maya Angelou (not Ruby Dee)
5. Russia (15.1 Liters)
6. Gemini
7. seven
8. [The Ingenious Gentleman] Don Quixote [of La Mancha]
9. Whisk
10. apes
Round Two
1. Daniel Craig
2. Happy Days
3. Apollo
4. California (Queen Calafia was the fictional warrior queen of this island written about in Garci RodrÃguez de Montalvo's The Adventures of Esplandián)
5. all 9
6. retail sales person
7. Jamie Foxx
8. St. Francis [CSB p. 71]
9. 0-16
10. your ear (inner ear, from the Latin malleus, incus, and stapes)
Round Three
1. The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind
2. PUBLIC RELATIONS
3. Guinness (1759) [Yuengling (1829)]
4. Elvis Presley; Chuck Berry
5. Tyrannosaurus Rex; Cretaceous (which was part of the Mesozoic era, which was part of the Phanerozoic eon)
6. "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" ("What's the frequency Kenneth?" is also acceptable.)
7. 1954; Blue Oyster Cult
8. "Martel" or "the Hammer"
9. Venus
10. Happy Together
Bonus Round
1. the female X chromosome is responsible for the large hearts found in outstanding racehorses
2. The BLUE PILL would allow Neo to remain in the virtual reality of the Matrix, therefore living the often blissful "illusion of ignorance."
The RED PILL would lead to Neo's leaving the Matrix and living in the real world, thus having to face the sometimes painful "truth of reality."
3. Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Nitrous Oxide (N2O) [the Fluorinated gases (Hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride) combined, rank fourth]
4. United States, Germany, Portugal, Ghana
5. Jacksonville (842,583), Miami (417,650), Tampa (352,957), Orlando (255,483), St. Petersburg (249,688)
1. A (b. 1934)
2. A (b. 1933)
3. D (d. 2005)
4. A (b. 1933)
5. D (d. 1992)
Closest to the pin
7 (Moon Landing: 20 July 1969; Gary Hinman murdered 7 July 1969)
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