| Category | Sub | Question | Answer | # |
|---|
| A&L | Bible | How
many "nights" did it rain "in the six hundredth year of Noah's life…", according to the book
of Genesis? | 40 | 1 |
| A&L | Periodical | What
is the motto of the "New York Times" Newspaper? | "All
The News That's Fit To Print" | 2 |
| A&L | Play | What melancholy Danish Shakespearean character has
the opening line "A little more than kin, and less than kind"? | "Hamlet" | 3 |
| A&L | Fiction | Which Tom Clancy book begins "Ryan was nearly killed twice in half an hour."? | "Patriot Games" | 4 |
| A&L | Author | Did William Shakespeare write "Speak low, if you speak love."? | Yes
(1588 "Much Ado About Nothing", II, i, 104) | 5 |
| A&L | Fiction | Which of the following was NOT a James Bond foe - Blofeld, Boothroyd, Largo, or Shatterhand? | Major
Boothroyd ("Q") | 6 |
| A&L | Fiction | Which did NOT teach "Defense Against the Dark
Arts" class at Hogwarts, in the "Harry Potter" series written by J. K. Rowling - "Hooch", "Lupin",
"Moody", or "Umbridge"? | "Madame Hooch"
(Flying
teacher) | 7 |
| A&L | Language | What are the three words for the acronym "VCR"? | Video
Cassette Recorder | 8 |
| A&L | Children | Name the three "Darling" children in "Peter
Pan"? | "John"
"Michael"
"Wendy" | 9 |
| A&L | Language | What riddle asked "What is it that walks on four legs, then on two legs, and then
on three?
(Bonus: What is the answer to the riddle?) | "Riddle
of the Sphinx"
(man) | 10 |
| A&L | Poetry | Which Tennyson poem begins "Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me!"? | "Crossing
the Bar" | 11 |
| A&L | Arts | Which is the correct term for the very first camera
- "Camera lucida" or "Camera obscura"? | "Camera Obscura" | 12 |
| A&L | Comics | Since 199, what title character is an elementary school-aged girl with skinny legs and
huge glasses; living with "Granma" in trailer parked called "The People's Court"? | "Agnes" | 13 |
| A&L | NonFiction | What singing cowboy titled his 1978 autobiography "Back In The Saddle Again"? | Gene
Autry
(1907-98) | 14 |
| Geography | World | Which ocean laps at the coastline of Peru? | Pacific | 15 |
| Geography | World | The volcanoes Mt. Erebus and Mt. Terror are located on what continent? | Antarctica
(Named by Sir James Ross for his ships "Erebus" and "Terror") | 16 |
| Geography | World | Which city is the capital of Chile? | Santiago | 17 |
| Geography | World | Which former Soviet Republic, in 1991, became the largest country in the world not bordering
on an ocean - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan or Ukraine? | Kazakhstan | 18 |
| Geography | United States | What
is the largest river flowing through Little Rock, Arkansas? | Arkansas | 19 |
| Geography | World | What country has its Legislative branch in Cape Town, its Administrative branch in Pretoria,
and its Judicial branch in Bloemfontein? | South Africa | 20 |
| Geography | United States | What
is the only state that borders on the state of Maine? | New Hampshire | 21 |
| Geography | World | What is the geographical term for a ring shaped coral island? | atoll | 22 |
| Geography | United States | What state is surrounded by Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Utah? | Wyoming | 23 |
| Geography | United States | Which U. S. state does NOT border on Illinois - Indiana (IN), Iowa (IA), Kentucky (KY),
Michigan (MI), Missouri, (MO), or Wisconsin (WI)? | Michigan (MI) | 24 |
| Geography | United States | What
city is the capital of Minnesota? | St. Paul | 25 |
| Geography | United States | What
U. S. city includes the "Bills" pro sports team and "Wilcox Mansion"? | Buffalo (NY) | 26 |
| History | World | Navigating the Hudson river, who called his 1807 Steamboat the "Claremont"? | Robert
Fulton | 27 |
| History | United States | Lee Harvey Oswald was shot how
many days after John F. Kennedy was shot? | 2 | 28 |
| History | United States | How many terms did George Washington
serve as President of the United States? | 2 | 29 |
| History | World | What year did man first land on the moon? (bonus
for month)? | 1969
(July 20, 1969) | 30 |
| History | World | Thomas Becket's conflict with English King Henry II occurred in which century -
11th, 12th, or 13th? | 12th
(1170) | 31 |
| History | United States | What Shoshone Indian woman was nicknamed "Bird Woman"? | Sacajawea | 32 |
| History | United States | How many U. S. Presidents had the first name James? | 6
(Madison, Monroe, Polk, Buchanan, Garfield, Carter) | 33 |
| History | World | What Caribbean Islands got their name from the Spanish words "Baja mar" meaning
"Shallow Water"? | Bahamas | 34 |
| History | United States | How
many varieties does "Heinz" advertise it has? | 57 | 35 |
| History | World | Pope Sixtus IV ordered construction to begin, in 1473, on what "Chapel"? | Sistine
Chapel | 36 |
| History | World | By 1999, what franchise "chain" had overtaken
McDonald's Corporation as the "fast food chain with the most sites in North America"? | Subway | 37 |
| History | United States | Who was 10th President of the United States from 4/6/1841 to 3/3/1845 - Harrison, Polk,
or Tyler? | John Tyler | 38 |
| Movies | Misc. | What actress has had 8 marriages to 7 different
husbands? | Elizabeth Taylor
(She married Richard Burton
twice) | 39 |
| Movies | 1960 | In Elizabeth Taylor's movie "Butterfield
8", what does "Butterfield 8" refer to? | Telephone Exchange (288) | 40 |
| Movies | 1968 | Who portrayed the first husband of Fanny Brice in Streisand's movie "Funny
Girl" - Walter Matheau, Walter Pidgeon, or Omar Sharif? | Omar Sharif | 41 |
| Movies | 2001 | Which three casinos were robbed in "Ocean's 11" - Bellagio, Caesar's
Palace, Excalibur, MGM Grand, Mirage, or New York New York? | Bellagio
MGM Grand
Mirage | 42 |
| Movies | 1967-00 | What actor's movie credits include - "Dirty Dozen", "M*A*S*H",
"Invasion of The Body Snatchers", "Ordinary People", "Big Heist",
and "Space Cowboys"? | Donald Sutherland | 43 |
| Movies | 1942 | Who
played the freedom fighter married to "Ilsa" in "Casablanca" - Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid,
or Peter Lorre? | Paul Henreid | 44 |
| Movies | 2001-04 | Author
J K. Rowling insisted the cast must be British in what movie series? | "Harry Potter" | 45 |
| Movies | 1985 | What 1983 lovable creatures (created by George Lucas), fought the "Battle for
Endor" in a 1985 made-for-TV movie? | "Ewoks: Battle For Endor" | 46 |
| Movies | 2001 | Who won the 2001 Best Actor Oscar - Russell Crowe ("Beautiful Mind"),
Denzel Washington ("Training Day"), Tom Wilkinson ("In the Bedroom")? | Denzel
Washington
("Training Day" playing "Alonzo") | 47 |
| Movies | 1969/73 | Paul Newman and Robert Redford only starred together in what two movies? | "Butch
Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
"The Sting" | 48 |
| Movies | 1990 | What
actress won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the 1990 movie "Ghost"? | Whoopi Goldberg | 49 |
| Movies | 1999 | Who
co-starred with Brendan Fraser in "Blast from the Past" - Sarah Michelle Gellar, Melissa Joan Hart or Alicia
Silverstone? | Alicia Silverstone | 50 |
| Music | Classical | Which was not one of "The Three Tenors" in 2003 - Carrera, Caruso, Domingo, Pavarotti? | Enrico Caruso
(1873-1921) | 51 |
| Music | 1978 | Who joined "Journey" in 1978 to sing lead vocals with Gregg Rolie - Roger Daltrey, Steve
Perry or Patrick Simmons? | Steve Perry | 52 |
| Music | 1996 #29 | What
Everclear song said "We can live beside the ocean, leave the fire behind, swim out past the breakers, watch the world
die"? | "Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)" | 53 |
| Music | 1984 | What "renegade, singer/songwriter" had hits wwith "Would You Lay With Me",
"Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile", and "The Ride"? | David Allan Coe | 54 |
| Music | Instruments | Traditionally, what four instruments make up the
"String section" of a symphony orchestra? | Bass
Cello
Viola
Violin | 55 |
| Music | 1969 | Singing "Sugar, Sugar", what
"comic-strip" group is the only "fictional band" to ever rank #1 on Billboard's annual Hot 100? | "Archies" | 56 |
| Music | 1991-98 | What
1998 girl group started out in 1991 named "Girl's Tyme"? | "Destiny's Child" | 57 |
| Music | Misc. | There
are two sharps in the Major key of "D" - True or False? | True | 58 |
| Music | 1986 | Michael recorded solo and Ridgely pursued race car driving, when what pop duo split up in 1986? | "Wham!"
(George Michael and Andrew
Ridgely) | 59 |
| Music | 1975-80 | Her name was Toni, and his name was Daryl Dragon
… and together they were known as … what? | "Captain
and Tennile" | 60 |
| Music | Year | What year were the first Grammy Awards given - 1948,
1958, or 1968? | 1958 | 61 |
| Music | 1968-91 | What
pop group, named after a 1911 fire truck, hit #1 in 1981 with "Keep On Loving You" from their "Hi
Infidelity" album? | "REO Speedwagon" | 62 |
| S&L | Tennis | What is the tennis term for the "point" scored immediately after "Deuce"? | Ad
(or Advantage) | 63 |
| S&L | Racing | Who broke Dale Earnhardt Jr's stranglehold on Talladega Superspeedway, to win "EA Sports
500" in 2003? | Michael Waltrip | 64 |
| S&L | Olympic | What figure skater won the Silver Medal in the 1994 Winter Olympics (after battling back from a "clubbing
attack" on her knee)? | Nancy Kerrigan | 65 |
| S&L | College | What is the nickname for sports teams from University of Baylor, Brown University, Mercer University,
University of Morgan St., and University of Missouri St.? | Bears | 66 |
| S&L | Football | In the NFL, The "Kenny Stabler Rule" says that only the fumbling player can recover and
advance a fumble - True or False? | False
(only the fumbling player OR any defensive player) | 67 |
| S&L | Hockey | What
number did NHL great Wayne Gretzky wear? | 99 | 68 |
| S&L | Football | What year did the Houston Oilers move to Memphis Tennessee? | 1997 | 69 |
| S&L | Sport | What jersey number was worn by Hank Aaron, Jerry
West Willie McCovey and Reggie Jackson? | 44 | 70 |
| S&L | Squash | Squash was first played in 1820 at which English school - Harrow, Harvard, or Oxford? | Harrow (England) | 71 |
| S&L | Track&Field | What
woman's victory in the 1980 Boston Marathon was nullified when officials determined that she had not run the whole race
- Joan Benoit or Rosie Ruiz? | Rosie Ruiz | 72 |
| S&L | Sport | What sporting goods company developed the first Basketball? | Spalding | 73 |
| S&L | Soccer | What is the only country to qualify for and take
part in all 18 Men's Soccer FIFA World Cup playoffs? | Brazil
(Germany and Italy are next with 16) | 74 |
| S&N | Zoology | Which is believed to be the most important sense used by Salmon in their migration - hearing, sight,
smell, or touch? | Smell | 75 |
| S&N | Astronomy | Which
planet gets closest to the Earth and often considered to be the "twin of the Earth" in size and mass - Mars or Venus? | Venus | 76 |
| S&N | Astrology | What zodiac sign has the symbol of the "The
Scorpion"? | Scorpio
(October 24 - November 22) | 77 |
| S&N | Math | Forward
I'm heavy, backward I'm "not" - what word am I? | ton | 78 |
| S&N | Computer | What is the computer term for "sending an email, falsely claiming to be a legitimate enterprise,
to scam the user to give private info for identity theft"? | "phishing" | 79 |
| S&N | Psychology | Dentophobia, one of the most common phobias reported, is a persistent, irrational fear of what? | Dentists | 80 |
| S&N | Botany | Is
a Coconut a fruit or a nut? | Fruit | 81 |
| S&N | Biology | Man
is listed under the "Animal" kingdom, the "Chordata" Phylum, the "Mammalia" Class and under
what "Order"? | Primates | 82 |
| S&N | Physics | How
many pedals does a Unicycle have? | 2 | 83 |
| S&N | Chemistry | What substance weights more in its liquid form than in its solid form? | Water | 84 |
| S&N | Chemistry | What is the best known "nickname" for
NO2 (Nitrous Oxide)? | Laughing Gas | 85 |
| S&N | Technology | What
communication's device takes its name from two Greek words meaning "Far Sound"? | Telephone | 86 |
| S&N | Zoology | What
cow is named for a German state? | Holstein | 87 |
| S&N | Anatomy | Can you commit suicide by holding your breath? | No | 88 |
| TV | 1977-1981 | What was the most controversial new 1977 TV series, billed as a "satire on soap operas"? | "Soap" | 89 |
| TV | 1979-85 | What was the name of Roscoe's
dog on "The Dukes of Hazzard"? | "Flash" | 90 |
| TV | 1992-99 | What is the name of the "Buchman" baby on "Mad About You"? | "Mabel" | 91 |
| TV | 1982-93 | What was the first name of Norm's
often maligned wife, on "Cheers"? | Vera | 92 |
| TV | 2005- | What kind of animal is "Lazlos" friend "Clam" on the animated series "Camp
Lazlo"? | Rhino
(Albino
Pygmy Rhino) | 93 |
| TV | Year | The legal drama "JAG" switched from NBC to CBS in what year - 1996, 1997, or 1998? | 1997 | 94 |
| TV | 1985-92 | Who was "MacGyver's" brief
romantic interest for 1987-88 season - "Nikki Carpenter", "Reggie Ross", or "Barbara Spencer"? | "Nikki Carpenter"
(Played by Elyssa
Davalos) | 95 |
| TV | Year | What year were these the top five shows on TV -
"60 Minutes", "Roseanne", "Murphy Brown", "Home Improvement",
"Coach", and the first year for Jay Leno's "The Tonight Show"? | 1992 | 96 |
| TV | 1974-84 | What was the name of Richie Cunningham's girlfriend
(later his wife) on "Happy Days"? | "Lori Beth
Allen"
(played by Lynda Goodfriend) | 97 |
| TV | 1987
1993-2004 | Name one of the two different series to "spin-off" from "Cheers"? |
