| # | Category | Sub | Question | Answer |
|---|
| 1 | TV | 1964-66 | On the sitcom "",
"Mr. Munster's" first name was "Gomez" - True or False? | False ("Herman
Munster") |
| 2 | TV | 1965-71 | A New York attorney and his wife try to live as genteel farmers in the bizarre community of "Hooterville"
on what sitcom? | "Green Acres" |
| 3 | TV | 1969 - | The most asked for "Muppet" in 1996 was "Elmo",
but is he left handed or right handed? | Left Handed |
| 4 | TV | 1988-2008 | What four actors have played "Lex Luther" in the three (non-animated) TV versions of "Superman"? | Scott Wells and Sherman
Howard
("Superboy")
John Shea
("Lois
and Clark: New Adventures of Superman")
Michael
Rosenbaum
("Smallville") |
| 5 | TV | 1993-02 | What was the first
name of FBI agent "Mulder" (played by David Duchovny) on "The X-Files"? | "Fox" |
| 6 | TV | 1994 | What 1994 TV talk
show had a security guard named "Steve"? | "Jerry Springer" |
| 7 | TV | 1995-01 | Who portrayed Captain Kathryn
Janeway on "Star Trek: Voyager"? | Kate Mulgrew |
| 8 | TV | 1998-present | On the animated TV
show "Fairly Odd Parents", what are the names of the married pair of fairy godparents assigned to "Timmy"? | "Cosmo"
(voiced by Daran Norris)
"Wanda"
(voiced by Susan Blakeslee) |
| 9 | TV | 1999-06 | What widely acclaimed
TV drama was set in the "White House"? | "West Wing" |
| 10 | TV | 2002-05 | Who played "Cate's"
father ("Jim") on "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter"? | James Garner |
| 11 | TV | 2004 | Who was the "American
Idol" winner at the end of season three? | Fantasia Barrino |
| 12 | TV | 2007-present | The dramatic television series "Mad Men" is set in
the 1960s, initially at WHAT fictional advertising agency? | "Sterling Cooper" |
| 13 | S&N | Anatomy | What is the toughest and strongest
human tendon named for a Greek hero? | Achilles |
| 14 | S&N | Astronomy | What does a 180 pound earthling weigh on the moon? | 30 pounds (1/6th) |
| 15 | S&N | Biology | What fish delicacy
is also known as pickled "roe"? | Caviar |
| 16 | S&N | Botany | Sugar, Norway and Swamp are all varieties of what kind of tree - Ash,
Maple, or Pine? | Maple |
| 17 | S&N | Chemistry | What is the lightest element? | Hydrogen |
| 18 | S&N | Computer | What human-anatomical sounding term did "Trek Technology" use
for their computer "USB Flash Drive" in early 2000? | "Thumb Drive" |
| 19 | S&N | Computer | "Ethernet" is a registered
trademark of what company? | Xerox |
| 20 | S&N | Math | How many years will it take to spend $1 billion dollars if you spend at the rate of
$1/second, every second, 24/7? | 31.7 years |
| 21 | S&N | Medicine | What blood test is most useful in assessing the risk of a heart attack? | Cholesterol (Blood Cholesterol) |
| 22 | S&N | Paleontology | What Dinosaur name means "Arm Lizard" - Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus
or Velociraptor? | Brachiosaurus
("brachio"
means arm and "saurus" means lizard) |
| 23 | S&N | Physics | What unit of measurement of atmospheric pressure was introduced in 1909,
by the director of the Meteorological Office in London, William Napier Shaw? | Bar |
| 24 | S&N | Physics | What is the term for the "general force of attraction between bodies
in the Universe"? | Gravity |
| 25 | S&N | Zoology | How many "tentacles" does an octopus have? | none
(octopuses do not have tentacles: they have arms) |
| 26 | S&N | Zoology | Which adult animal usually has more teeth - Cattle, Sheep or Pig? | Pig (44) (cattle and sheep 32 each) |
| 27 | S&L | Baseball | What are the only three current major league baseball teams named for
birds? | Baltimore
Orioles
St. Louis Cardinals
Toronto Bluejays |
| 28 | S&L | Basketball | What was the first University to win the NCAA Division I men's basketball
championships (1939) (now called "March Madness")? | University of Oregon |
| 29 | S&L | Basketball | What former ABA team
won its first NBA title in 1999? | San Antonio Spurs |
| 30 | S&L | Basketball | The "Raptors" NBA franchise started out in what 1995 city? | Toronto (Canada) |
| 31 | S&L | Boxing | What 19th century
heavy-weight boxer was nicknamed "Gentleman Jim"? | James J. Corbet |
| 32 | S&L | College | What is the nickname
for sports teams from Central Connecticut State University and Duke University? | Blue Devils |
| 33 | S&L | Games | How many points is the center of a Bull's Eye worth in a game of
darts? | Fifty
(50) |
| 34 | S&L | Hockey | What franchise was
added to the NHL in 1999? | Atlanta Thrashers |
| 35 | S&L | Hockey | Which NHL team was once nicknamed the "St. Pats"? | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 36 | S&L | Misc. | What is the first
rank obtainable in the Boy Scouts of America? | Tenderfoot |
| 37 | S&L | Olympic | What 1930s female from Norway, won the most Figure Skating Titles (both
Olympic and World)? | Sonja Henie |
| 38 | S&L | Racing | Until 2006, who were the only two Americans to ever win the Tour de France? | Greg Lemond (1986,
1989, 1990)
Lance Armstrong (1999-05) |
| 39 | S&L | Racing | Which brand name is Britain's "best-known" bicycle (since 1890), moved
their U.S. manufacturing plant to Kent, WA (1985)? | Raleigh |
| 40 | S&L | Sport | What two day Madison Square Garden event claims "No other continuously
held sporting event in the United States is older, except for the Kentucky Derby" (1975)? | Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show |
| 41 | Music | 1937-71 | Whose tag line "Swing
and sway with ___ ___" became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era? | "Sammy Kaye" |
| 42 | Music | 1958 | Who was the creator of "Alvin
and the Chipmunks"? | David Seville
(Ross Bagdasarian) |
| 43 | Music | 1965 | What is "A Drop
Of Golden Sun", in a song from "The Sound Of Music"? | Re |
| 44 | Music | 1965-70 | Who were the four members of the "Monkees"? | Mike Nesmith
Davy
Jones
Mickey Dolenz
Peter Tork |
| 45 | Music | 1967 | The song "For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)"
was #7 pop hit for which "Springfield" - Buffalo, Dusty, or Rick? | Buffalo Springfield |
| 46 | Music | 1968-present | According to RIAA, what is the "biggest selling Canadian band in
the world"? | "Rush" |
| 47 | Music | 1972 | What Don McLean song laments the day Buddy Holly died? | "American
Pie" |
| 48 | Music | 1974 | What blind guitarist composed and sang the theme song for the 1974 series "Chico
and the Man"? | Jose Feliciano |
| 49 | Music | 1978-83 | What new wave band had a #9 pop hit in 1978 with "Take Me To The River"
and was "Burning Down The House" in 1983? | Talking Heads |
| 50 | Music | 1986 | What was Bananarama's only #1 hit song? | "Venus" |
| 51 | Music | 2004 | Whose debut album
was titled "Speak"? | Lindsay Lohan |
| 52 | Music | 2005 | From her album "Concrete Rose", who sang the #10 hit "Only
U"? | Ashanti |
| 53 | Movies | 1914-40 | What was the most famous character that Charlie Chaplin created for the silent movies? | The Little Tramp |
| 54 | Movies | 1928 | What was the name
of the first animated cartoon with sound, starring Mickey Mouse? | "Steamboat Willie" |
| 55 | Movies | 1935-59 | Champion was the
horse of what cowboy star - Gene Autry, Tom Mix, or Roy Rogers? | Gene Autry (07-98) |
| 56 | Movies | 1973 | What actress played "Lily Von Shtupp" in 1973 movie "Blazing
Saddles"? | Madeline Kahn |
| 57 | Movies | 1979 | A Space Shuttle provided part of the setting for what "James Bond"
movie? | "Moonraker" |
| 58 | Movies | 1981-94 | Which one of these movies did the American public see first (last) - "Our
Family Business", "Pontiac Moon", "Three Men and a Little Lady", or "We
Are the Children"? | "Our Family Business" (1981)
"We
Are The Children" (1987)
"Three Men and a Little Lady" 1990) "Pontiac Moon"
(1994) |
| 59 | Movies | 1985 | The 1985 song "Oh Yeah" by the Swiss band "Yello" became
famous after being featured in what 1985 movie? | "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" |
| 60 | Movies | 1985 | Who won the 1985
Best Actress Oscar - Whoopi Goldberg ("Color Purple"), Geraldine Page ("Trip to Bountiful")
or Meryl Streep ("Out of Africa")? | Geraldine Page
("The
Trip to Bountiful", playing "Mrs. Watts") |
| 61 | Movies | 1985 | Which movie featured "Mikey and Brandon Walsh" looking for
the treasure stolen by the pirate "One-Eyed Willie"? | "Goonies" |
| 62 | Movies | 1989 | The voice was provided
by Samuel Wright, but what was the name of the "Crab" in "The Little Mermaid"? | "Sebastian" |
| 63 | Movies | 1989 | Who starred as a
"ditsy" mom who becomes the troop leader for the "Wilderness Girls" in "Troop Beverly Hills"? | Shelley Long |
| 64 | Movies | 1998 | What 1998 movie won
7 Oscars including "Best Picture"? | "Shakespeare in Love" |
| 65 | History | United States | American soldiers
were called "minutemen" in what "war"? | American Revolutionary War |
| 66 | History | United States | Who was the "commanding
officer" of the American military unit, killed at the "Battle of the Little Big Horn"? | Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer |
| 67 | History | United
States | What
1964 classic Ford model automobile was the first to establish Lee Iacocca's reputation in the car business? | Mustang |
| 68 | History | United
States | Ulysses
S. Grant was a member of which political party - Democrat or Republican? | Republican |
| 69 | History | United States | Who was the only U. S. President to have been filmed in a NAZI Uniform? | Ronald Reagan
(1942 "Desperate Journey" with Errol Flynn) |
| 70 | History | United
States | Where
was the first battle of the Civil War fought - Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Virginia? | South Carolina
("Battle of Fort Sumter" 4/12-13/61 Charleston SC) |
| 71 | History | World | Who became King of
Belgium in 1993 - Albert II or Leopold III? | Albert II |
| 72 | History | World | What country did French President Charles DeGaulle veto from "European
Union" membership, in 1960? | Great Britain
(which also blocked Denmark,
Ireland, and Norway) |
| 73 | History | World | Which Roman leader was murdered on the "Ides of March"? | Julius Caesar |
| 74 | History | World | What type of school
and curriculum uses the name of the Italian female doctor who inspired this shift in education? | Maria Montessori |
| 75 | History | World | What country's
flag was Christopher Columbus flying when he "discovered" America? | Spain |
| 76 | History | World | Which "war" was not ended with a "Treaty of Paris"
- American Revolution (1783), Crimean War (1856), Spanish-American War (1898), or WWI (1919)? | World War I (WWI 1919)
(Treaty of Versailles and Paris Peace Conference 1919) |
| 77 | Geography | United States | How many U. S. states
have a name ending with the same vowel that it begins with? | 4 Alaska
(AK), Alabama (AL), Arizona (AZ), Ohio (OH) |
| 78 | Geography | United States | What U. S. State, since 1942, has been ranked first every year in total dollars of
livestock, crop and farm products? | California (CA) |
| 79 | Geography | United States | What city is the capital of New Hampshire? | Concord |
| 80 | Geography | United States | Diamond Head is located
in what U. S. State? | Hawaii (HI) |
| 81 | Geography | United States | What are the two biggest rivers that come together at St. Louis, Missouri? | Mississippi
Missouri |
| 82 | Geography | United
States | What
U. S. state is named for a Greek island? | Rhode Island |
| 83 | Geography | World | The "Strait of Gibraltar" links the Mediterranean Sea to what Ocean? | Atlantic |
| 84 | Geography | World | What Asian city is
in the Guinness Book of World Records as "the city with the longest name, in the world"? | Bangkok
("Krung-Thep-Mahanakorn …" 18 words long) - Thailand |
| 85 | Geography | World | The cities of Leipzig,
Dresden, and Magdeburg are all still found in what country? | Germany |
| 86 | Geography | World | Which one of these countries does not border on Lebanon - Israel, Jordan,
or Syria? | Jordan |
| 87 | Geography | World | What are the three colors on the French national flag since 1790? | Red, White and Blue
("Tricolore") |
| 88 | Geography | World | The "Bouchart Gardens"
are on which Canadian island? | Vancouver Island |
| 89 | A&L | Architecture | What is the architectural term for an "area just inside the main exterior door
for the removal of coats and overshoes" - Balustrade, Foyer, or Soffit? | Foyer |
| 90 | A&L | Arts | What has been called "The Mother Of The Arts" - Architecture,
Music or Poetry? | Architecture |
| 91 | A&L | Author | Hans Christian Andersen was born in what country? | Denmark |
| 92 | A&L | Children | What literary Bear's
first words every day are "What's for breakfast"? | "Winnie-The-Pooh" |
| 93 | A&L | Comics | Gaylord was the goofy
looking Buzzard, friend to what 1980s comic strip witch - "Broomhilda" or "Hazel"? | "Broomhilda" |
| 94 | A&L | Fiction | Who wrote "Shogun",
"Noble House" and "Tai-Pan"? | James Clavell |
| 95 | A&L | Fiction | Ishmael survives the shipwreck by clinging to a coffin, in what classic
Melville novel? | "Moby Dick" |
| 96 | A&L | Fiction | What Johann Wyss book, about a marooned family, begins "For many
days we had been tempest-tossed."? | "The Swiss Family Robinson" |
| 97 | A&L | Language | What internet word did the American
Dialect Society chose as the "most useful word of 2002" and the verb was officially added to English dictionaries
in 2006? | "Google" |
| 98 | A&L | Language | What are the Latin words for the Latin abbreviation "P.S."?
(What is the English Translation?) | post scriptum
(after
writing) |
| 99 | A&L | Nonfiction | Who was the only U. S. President to have won a Pulitzer Prize? | John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) |
| 100 | A&L | Poetry | What poem by Robert
Frost ends "I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference"? | "Road Not Taken" |
