Round 1 - Q1
Q: ON "BREAKING BAD", HOW WAS HANK SCHRADER RELATED TO WALTER WHITE?
A: BROTHER-IN-LAW [HE WAS MARRIED TO WALT'S WIFE'S SISTER]
Round 1 - Q1
Q: BRITISH AUTHOR HELEN FIELDING WROTE A BESTSELLING NOVEL ABOUT THE "DIARY" OF WHAT FICTIONAL CHARACTER?
A: BRIDGET JONES
Round 1 - Q1
Q: ON "BREAKING BAD", HOW WAS HANK SCHRADER RELATED TO WALTER WHITE?
A: BROTHER-IN-LAW [HE WAS MARRIED TO WALT'S WIFE'S SISTER]
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT 2018 COMEDY STARS ED HELMS, JON HAMM, JEREMY RENNER, JAKE JOHNSON, AND HANNIBAL BURESS AS FRIENDS WHO HAVE CARRIED ON AN ELABORATE, DECADES-LONG VERSION OF A CHILDHOOD GAME?
A: TAG
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR DOLLAR AMOUNT BID BY A CONTESTANT IN CONTESTANT'S ROW ON "THE PRICE IS RIGHT" WHEN HE/SHE THINKS THE OTHER CONTESTANTS HAVE ALL OVERBID?
A: ONE DOLLAR
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT 2018 COMEDY STARS ED HELMS, JON HAMM, JEREMY RENNER, JAKE JOHNSON, AND HANNIBAL BURESS AS FRIENDS WHO HAVE CARRIED ON AN ELABORATE, DECADES-LONG VERSION OF A CHILDHOOD GAME?
A: TAG
Round 1 - Q3
Q: THIS AUGUST WILL SEE THE START OF A TRIAL IN A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST DUANE "KEEFE D" DAVIS, FOR THE MURDER OF WHAT RAPPER SOME 30 YEARS AGO?
A: 2PAC
Round 1 - Q3
Q: WHAT CITY IN INDIA IS SERVED BY INDIRA GANDHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT?
A: NEW DELHI
Round 1 - Q3
Q: THIS AUGUST WILL SEE THE START OF A TRIAL IN A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST DUANE "KEEFE D" DAVIS, FOR THE MURDER OF WHAT RAPPER SOME 30 YEARS AGO?
A: 2PAC
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHAT BEER NAMESAKE SUCCEEDED JOHN HANCOCK AS GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS IN 1793?
A: SAMUEL ADAMS
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHAT 7-FOOT-1 FORMER NBA PLAYER'S FIRST NAME COMES FROM AN ARABIC WORD MEANING "HANDSOME"?
A: SHAQUILLE O'NEAL
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHAT BEER NAMESAKE SUCCEEDED JOHN HANCOCK AS GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS IN 1793?
A: SAMUEL ADAMS
Round 2 - Q2
Q: ON PINK FLOYD'S "THE WALL" ALBUM, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT PARTS TO THE SONG "ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL". WHICH PART WAS THE HIT SINGLE:
PT. I … PT. II … or PT. III?
A: PT. II
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHICH FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT MARRIED ELEANOR R. SMITH IN 1946?
A: JIMMY CARTER (HER MIDDLE NAME WAS ROSALYNN)
Round 2 - Q2
Q: ON PINK FLOYD'S "THE WALL" ALBUM, THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT PARTS TO THE SONG "ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL". WHICH PART WAS THE HIT SINGLE:
PT. I … PT. II … or PT. III?
A: PT. II
Round 2 - Q3
Q: WHILE O2 IS BREATHABLE OXYGEN, WHAT IS THE COMMON NAME FOR O3?
A: OZONE
Round 2 - Q3
Q: WHAT IS DEFINED AS 186,282 MILES PER SECOND?
A: SPEED OF LIGHT
Round 2 - Q3
Q: WHILE O2 IS BREATHABLE OXYGEN, WHAT IS THE COMMON NAME FOR O3?
A: OZONE
Round 3 - Q1
Q: IF A BASEBALL PLAYER HAS A TRIPLE, TWO DOUBLES, A SINGLE, AND A WALK DURING A GAME, HOW MANY TOTAL BASES IS HE CREDITED FOR THAT GAME?
A: 8 [ONLY HITS ARE COUNTED -- A WALK DOES NOT COUNT AS A BASE]
Round 3 - Q1
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" FILMS OPENS WITH ETHAN HUNT (TOM CRUISE) BREAKING OUT OF A RUSSIAN PRISON?
[CAN GIVE EITHER SUBTITLE OF MOVIE, OR NUMBER IN FRANCHISE]
A: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL ("MI: 4")
Round 3 - Q1
Q: IF A BASEBALL PLAYER HAS A TRIPLE, TWO DOUBLES, A SINGLE, AND A WALK DURING A GAME, HOW MANY TOTAL BASES IS HE CREDITED FOR THAT GAME?
A: 8 [ONLY HITS ARE COUNTED --A WALK DOES NOT COUNT AS A BASE]
Round 3 - Q2
Q: AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THE SCI-FI FILM "2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY", WHAT DOES AN APE-MAN THROW INTO THE AIR, WHICH THEN CUTS TO A SHOT OF A SATELLITE IN SPACE?
A: A BONE
Round 3 - Q2
Q: BY AREA AND POPULATION, WHAT IS THE SMALLEST COUNTRY CONTAINING A PORTION OF THE PYRENEES MOUNTAINS?
A: ANDORRA
Round 3 - Q2
Q: AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THE SCI-FI FILM "2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY", WHAT DOES AN APE-MAN THROW INTO THE AIR, WHICH THEN CUTS TO A SHOT OF A SATELLITE IN SPACE?
A: A BONE
Round 3 - Q3
Q: WHAT SCHOOL IS ALSO KNOWN AS "THE MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA"?
A: THE CITADEL
Round 3 - Q3
Q: JENNIFER ANISTON PLAYED THE JENNIFER GREY ROLE IN THE SHORT-LIVED TV VERSION OF WHAT FILM?
A: FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
Round 3 - Q3
Q: WHAT SCHOOL IS ALSO KNOWN AS "THE MILITARY COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA"?
A: THE CITADEL
Round H - Q1
Q: ALPHABETICALLY BY NAME, WHAT ARE THE FIRST FOUR CHEMICAL ELEMENTS WHOSE NAMES ARE TWO SYLLABLES?
A: ARGON … BISMUTH … BORON … BROMINE
Round H - Q1
Q: MATCH THE CELEBRITY TO THE EXERCISE PRODUCT HE OR SHE HAWKED IN INFOMERCIALS [ONE CELEB DOES NOT MATCH]:
A) CHRISTIE BRINKLEY
B) CINDY CRAWFORD
C) TONY LITTLE
D) RICHARD SIMMONS
E) SUZANNE SOMERS
1) GAZELLE GLIDER
2) SWEATIN' TO THE OLDIES WORKOUT
3) THIGHMASTER
4) TOTAL GYM
A: A-4 … C-1 … D-2 … E-3
Round H - Q1
Q: ALPHABETICALLY BY NAME, WHAT ARE THE FIRST FOUR CHEMICAL ELEMENTS WHOSE NAMES ARE TWO SYLLABLES?
A: ARGON … BISMUTH … BORON … BROMINE
Round 4 - Q1
Q: THE 1982 VIDEO GAME "TIME PILOT" FEATURED DIFFERENT MODES OF AVIATION IN DIFFERENT STAGES, INCLUDING BIPLANES AND BLIMPS IN 1910, MONOPLANES AND B-25 BOMBERS IN 1940, AND WHAT IN 1970?
A: HELICOPTERS
Round 4 - Q1
Q: THE 1982 VIDEO GAME "TIME PILOT" FEATURED DIFFERENT MODES OF AVIATION IN DIFFERENT STAGES, INCLUDING BIPLANES AND BLIMPS IN 1910, MONOPLANES AND B-25 BOMBERS IN 1940, AND WHAT IN 1970?
A: HELICOPTERS
Round 4 - Q1
Q: THE 1982 VIDEO GAME "TIME PILOT" FEATURED DIFFERENT MODES OF AVIATION IN DIFFERENT STAGES, INCLUDING BIPLANES AND BLIMPS IN 1910, MONOPLANES AND B-25 BOMBERS IN 1940, AND WHAT IN 1970?
A: HELICOPTERS
Round 4 - Q2
Q: PRIOR TO THE PASSING OF THE CABLE ACT IN 1922, AN AMERICAN WOMAN COULD LOSE WHAT IF SHE MARRIED A FOREIGNER?
A: (AMERICAN) CITIZENSHIP
Round 4 - Q2
Q: WHICH U.S. STATE'S ENTIRE NORTHERN BORDER IS FORMED BY THE OHIO RIVER?
A: KENTUCKY
Round 4 - Q2
Q: PRIOR TO THE PASSING OF THE CABLE ACT IN 1922, AN AMERICAN WOMAN COULD LOSE WHAT IF SHE MARRIED A FOREIGNER?
A: (AMERICAN) CITIZENSHIP
Round 4 - Q3
Q: WHAT ANTI-WAR BOOK BY DR. SEUSS CONCERNS THE YOOKS, WHO EAT THEIR BREAD BUTTER-SIDE UP, AND THE ZOOKS, WHO EAT THEIRS BUTTER-SIDE DOWN?
A: THE BUTTER BATTLE BOOK
Round 4 - Q3
Q: WHAT METAL SINGER AND HORROR FILM DIRECTOR WAS BORN ROBERT CUMMINGS IN 1965, BEFORE LEGALLY CHANGING HIS NAME TO HIS STAGE NAME IN 1996?
A: ROB ZOMBIE
Round 4 - Q3
Q: WHAT ANTI-WAR BOOK BY DR. SEUSS CONCERNS THE YOOKS, WHO EAT THEIR BREAD BUTTER-SIDE UP, AND THE ZOOKS, WHO EAT THEIRS BUTTER-SIDE DOWN?
A: THE BUTTER BATTLE BOOK
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WHAT MOVIE FROM WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS FEATURES ALL THREE OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE?:
BRAD PITT … LIV TYLER … TOMMY LEE JONES
A: AD ASTRA
Round 5 - Q1
Q: POPULARIZED BY TIME MAGAZINE IN 1949, WHAT TERM, SIMILAR TO "IRON CURTAIN", WAS USED TO DESCRIBE THE BARRIER OF MISTRUST BETWEEN CHINA AND NON-COMMUNIST ASIAN NATIONS?
A: BAMBOO CURTAIN
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WHAT MOVIE FROM WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS FEATURES ALL THREE OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
BRAD PITT … LIV TYLER … TOMMY LEE JONES
A: AD ASTRA
Round 5 - Q2
Q: ON DECEMBER 12, 1911, NEW DELHI REPLACED WHAT CITY AS THE CAPITAL OF INDIA, THOUGH IT WASN'T FORMALLY INAUGURATED AS SUCH UNTIL NEARLY 20 YEARS LATER?
A: CALCUTTA / KOLKATA
Round 5 - Q2
Q: SYD BARRETT WAS THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER OF WHAT LEGENDARY BRITISH ROCK BAND, INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 1996?
A: PINK FLOYD
Round 5 - Q2
Q: ON DECEMBER 12, 1911, NEW DELHI REPLACED WHAT CITY AS THE CAPITAL OF INDIA, THOUGH IT WASN'T FORMALLY INAUGURATED AS SUCH UNTIL NEARLY 20 YEARS LATER?
A: CALCUTTA / KOLKATA
Round 5 - Q3
Q: WHAT IS THE BETTER KNOWN NICKNAME OF "SOUTH PARK" KID LEOPOLD STOTCH?
A: BUTTERS
Round 5 - Q3
Q: OFTEN USED TO FLAVOR CHICKEN, FISH, LASAGNA, AND ESPECIALLY BEARNAISE SAUCE, WHAT COMMON HERB IS ALSO KNOWN AS DRAGONWORT?
A: TARRAGON
Round 5 - Q3
Q: WHAT IS THE BETTER KNOWN NICKNAME OF "SOUTH PARK" KID LEOPOLD STOTCH?
A: BUTTERS
Round 6 - Q1
Q: WHAT #1 SONG BY CARLY RAE JEPSEN WAS NAMED BY BILLBOARD MAGAZINE AS THE TOP SUMMER SONG OF 2012?
A: CALL ME MAYBE
Round 6 - Q1
Q: WHAT #1 SONG BY CARLY RAE JEPSEN WAS NAMED BY BILLBOARD MAGAZINE AS THE TOP SUMMER SONG OF 2012?
A: CALL ME MAYBE
Round 6 - Q1
Q: WHAT #1 SONG BY CARLY RAE JEPSEN WAS NAMED BY BILLBOARD MAGAZINE AS THE TOP SUMMER SONG OF 2012?
A: CALL ME MAYBE
Round 6 - Q2
Q: WHAT TYPE OF CLASSIC FOLK DANCING IS THE OFFICIAL STATE DANCE OF OVER 20 U.S. STATES?
A: SQUARE DANCE
Round 6 - Q2
Q: THE 2003 BOOK "MONEYBALL" AND THE 2011 MOVIE BASED UPON IT WERE ABOUT THE APPROACH BY WHAT MLB ORGANIZATION TO ASSEMBLE A COMPETITIVE BASEBALL TEAM DESPITE BEING FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED COMPARED TO OTHER TEAMS?
A: (THEN OAKLAND) A'S
Round 6 - Q2
Q: WHAT TYPE OF CLASSIC FOLK DANCING IS THE OFFICIAL STATE DANCE OF OVER 20 U.S. STATES?
A: SQUARE DANCE
Round 6 - Q3
Q: IN 1766, THE "BUTTER REBELLION", THE FIRST RECORDED STUDENT PROTEST IN AMERICA, TOOK PLACE AT WHAT COLLEGE?
A: HARVARD [OVER THE RANCID STATE OF THE BUTTER SERVED DURING MEALS]
Round 6 - Q3
Q: WHO WAS ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S FATHER?
A: PHILIP [II OF MACEDON]
Round 6 - Q3
Q: IN 1766, THE "BUTTER REBELLION", THE FIRST RECORDED STUDENT PROTEST IN AMERICA, TOOK PLACE AT WHAT COLLEGE?
A: HARVARD [OVER THE RANCID STATE OF THE BUTTER SERVED DURING MEALS]
Round F - Q1
Q: WHICH TWO OF THE FOLLOWING MUSIC HEADLINES OCCURRED IN THE 2010S [2010-2019]:
A) TAYLOR SWIFT OCCUPIES ALL THE TOP 10 SPOTS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART SIMULTANEOUSLY
B) THE FIASCO OF THE HIGHLY PROMOTED FYRE FESTIVAL
C) KENDRICK LAMAR WINS A PULITZER PRIZE FOR MUSIC
D) PRINCE PERFORMS THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, WIDELY LAUDED AS ONE OF THE BEST HALFTIME SHOWS EVER
E) GUNS N' ROSES RELEASES THEIR LONG-AWAITED ALBUM "CHINESE DEMOCRACY", THEIR FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN 15 YEARS
A: B) 2018 … C) 2018, FOR HIS 2017 ALBUM "DAMN."
[SWIFT WAS NOV. 5, 2022 … PRINCE WAS 2007 … GUNS N' ROSES WAS 2008]
Round F - Q1
Q: MATCH THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TO THE YEAR EACH OCCURRED:
A) CNN DEBUTS
B) FRANCIS GARY POWERS' U2 SPY PLANE IS SHOT DOWN OVER RUSSIA
C) THE MAGAZINE ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BEGINS PUBLICATION
D) DINERS CLUB, THE FIRST CREDIT CARD, IS INTRODUCED
E) THE FIRST EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990
A: A) 1980
B) 1960
C) 1990
D) 1950
E) 1970
Round F - Q1
Q: WHICH TWO OF THE FOLLOWING MUSIC HEADLINES OCCURRED IN THE 2010's [2010-2019]:
A) TAYLOR SWIFT OCCUPIES ALL THE TOP 10 SPOTS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART SIMULTANEOUSLY
B) THE FIASCO OF THE HIGHLY PROMOTED FYRE FESTIVAL
C) KENDRICK LAMAR WINS A PULITZER PRIZE FOR MUSIC
D) PRINCE PERFORMS THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW, WIDELY LAUDED AS ONE OF THE BEST HALFTIME SHOWS EVER
E) GUNS N' ROSES RELEASES THEIR LONG-AWAITED ALBUM "CHINESE DEMOCRACY", THEIR FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN 15 YEARS
A: B) 2018 … C) 2018, FOR HIS 2017 ALBUM "DAMN."
[SWIFT WAS NOV. 5, 2022 … PRINCE WAS 2007 … GUNS N' ROSES WAS 2008]
Round R - Q1
Q: FOR TWO POINTS EACH, WHAT THREE COUNTRIES DID PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH REFER TO AS THE "AXIS OF EVIL" IN JANUARY 2002? … AND FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO POINTS, NAME ONE OF THE THREE COUNTRIES FUTURE U.N. AMBASSADOR / NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JOHN BOLTON ADDED TO THAT LIST FOUR MONTHS LATER.
A: "AXIS OF EVIL" -- IRAQ, IRAN, NORTH KOREA
"BEYOND THE AXIS OF EVIL" -- CUBA, LIBYA, SYRIA
Round R - Q1
Q: WHAT LATE DRUG GURU WAS A HARVARD PROFESSOR BEFORE FOUNDING THE LEAGUE FOR SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY IN 1966?
A: TIMOTHY LEARY
Round R - Q1
Q: FOR TWO POINTS EACH, WHAT THREE COUNTRIES DID PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH REFER TO AS THE "AXIS OF EVIL" IN JANUARY 2002? … AND FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO POINTS, NAME ONE OF THE THREE COUNTRIES FUTURE U.N. AMBASSADOR / NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JOHN BOLTON ADDED TO THAT LIST FOUR MONTHS LATER.
A: "AXIS OF EVIL" -- IRAQ, IRAN, NORTH KOREA
"BEYOND THE AXIS OF EVIL" -- CUBA, LIBYA, SYRIA
Round R - Q2
Q: WHAT NOW-DEFUNCT AIRLINE USED THE AD SLOGAN, "GO - THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING YOU"?
A: AIRTRAN AIRWAYS
Round R - Q2
Q: WHAT NOW-DEFUNCT AIRLINE USED THE AD SLOGAN, "GO - THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING YOU"?
A: AIRTRAN AIRWAYS
Round R - Q3
Q: ARRANGED IN TWO ROWS, EIGHT SMALL CARPAL BONES MAKE UP WHAT PART OF THE HUMAN BODY?
A: WRIST
Round R - Q3
Q: ARRANGED IN TWO ROWS, EIGHT SMALL CARPAL BONES MAKE UP WHAT PART OF THE HUMAN BODY?
A: WRIST
Round R - Q4
Q: THE FIRST MADE-FOR-CABLE MOVIE, 1983's "THE TERRY FOX STORY", WAS A PRODUCTION OF WHAT CABLE CHANNEL?
A: HBO
Round R - Q4
Q: THE FIRST MADE-FOR-CABLE MOVIE, 1983's "THE TERRY FOX STORY", WAS A PRODUCTION OF WHAT CABLE CHANNEL?
A: HBO
Round R - Q5
Q: WHAT DOES "TLDR" STAND FOR IN TEXTING LINGO?
A: TOO LONG; DIDN'T READ
Round R - Q5
Q: WHAT DOES "TLDR" STAND FOR IN TEXTING LINGO?
A: TOO LONG; DIDN'T READ
Round R - Q6
Q: KING GYANENDRA WAS THE LAST KING OF WHAT ASIAN COUNTRY, WHICH ABOLISHED ITS MONARCHY IN 2008?
A: NEPAL
Round R - Q6
Q: KING GYANENDRA WAS THE LAST KING OF WHAT ASIAN COUNTRY, WHICH ABOLISHED ITS MONARCHY IN 2008?
A: NEPAL
Round R - Q7
Q: A MAN'S UNCONSCIOUS FEMININE SIDE, CALLED THE "ANIMA", IS CENTRAL TO WHAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS NAMED FOR A FAMOUS PSYCHOLOGIST?
A: JUNGIAN [AFTER CARL JUNG]
Round R - Q7
Q: A MAN'S UNCONSCIOUS FEMININE SIDE, CALLED THE "ANIMA", IS CENTRAL TO WHAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS NAMED FOR A FAMOUS PSYCHOLOGIST?
A: JUNGIAN [AFTER CARL JUNG]
Round R - Q8
Q: WHAT BUTTER SUBSTITUTE WAS FIRST CREATED IN FRANCE IN 1869, IN RESPONSE TO A CHALLENGE ISSUED BY EMPEROR NAPOLEON III?
A: MARGARINE / OLEOMARGARINE
Round R - Q8
Q: WHAT BUTTER SUBSTITUTE WAS FIRST CREATED IN FRANCE IN 1869, IN RESPONSE TO A CHALLENGE ISSUED BY EMPEROR NAPOLEON III?
A: MARGARINE / OLEOMARGARINE
Round R - Q9
Q: WHAT SOUL LEGEND, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2008, RELEASED THE 1969 ALBUM "HOT BUTTERED SOUL", FEATURING EPIC RENDITIONS OF THE SONGS "WALK ON BY" AND "BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX"?
A: ISAAC HAYES
Round R - Q9
Q: WHAT SOUL LEGEND, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2008, RELEASED THE 1969 ALBUM "HOT BUTTERED SOUL", FEATURING EPIC RENDITIONS OF THE SONGS "WALK ON BY" AND "BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX"?
A: ISAAC HAYES
Round R - Q10
Q: OFTEN USED TO FLAVOR CHICKEN, FISH, LASAGNA, AND ESPECIALLY BEARNAISE SAUCE, WHAT COMMON HERB IS ALSO KNOWN AS DRAGONWORT?
A: TARRAGON
Round R - Q11
Q: MATCH THE FOLLOWING EVENTS TO THE YEAR EACH OCCURRED:
A) CNN DEBUTS
B) FRANCIS GARY POWERS' U2 SPY PLANE IS SHOT DOWN OVER RUSSIA
C) THE MAGAZINE ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BEGINS PUBLICATION
D) DINERS CLUB, THE FIRST CREDIT CARD, IS INTRODUCED
E) THE FIRST EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990
A: A) 1980
B) 1960
C) 1990
D) 1950
E) 1970
Round R - Q12
Q: WHAT CITY IN INDIA IS SERVED BY INDIRA GANDHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT?
A: NEW DELHI
Round R - Q13
Q: WHAT METAL SINGER AND HORROR FILM DIRECTOR WAS BORN ROBERT CUMMINGS IN 1965, BEFORE LEGALLY CHANGING HIS NAME TO HIS STAGE NAME IN 1996?
A: ROB ZOMBIE
Round R - Q14
Q: POPULARIZED BY TIME MAGAZINE IN 1949, WHAT TERM, SIMILAR TO "IRON CURTAIN", WAS USED TO DESCRIBE THE BARRIER OF MISTRUST BETWEEN CHINA AND NON-COMMUNIST ASIAN NATIONS?
A: BAMBOO CURTAIN
Round R - Q15
Q: JENNIFER ANISTON PLAYED THE JENNIFER GREY ROLE IN THE SHORT-LIVED TV VERSION OF WHAT FILM?
A: FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF
Round R - Q16
Q: WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR DOLLAR AMOUNT BID BY A CONTESTANT IN CONTESTANT'S ROW ON "THE PRICE IS RIGHT" WHEN HE/SHE THINKS THE OTHER CONTESTANTS HAVE ALL OVERBID?
A: ONE DOLLAR
Round R - Q17
Q: WHAT 7-FOOT-1 FORMER NBA PLAYER'S FIRST NAME COMES FROM AN ARABIC WORD MEANING "HANDSOME"?
A: SHAQUILLE O'NEAL
Round R - Q18
Q: THE 2003 BOOK "MONEYBALL" AND THE 2011 MOVIE BASED UPON IT WERE ABOUT THE APPROACH BY WHAT MLB ORGANIZATION TO ASSEMBLE A COMPETITIVE BASEBALL TEAM DESPITE BEING FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED COMPARED TO OTHER TEAMS?
A: (THEN OAKLAND) A'S
Round R - Q19
Q: MATCH THE CELEBRITY TO THE EXERCISE PRODUCT HE OR SHE HAWKED IN INFOMERCIALS [ONE CELEB DOES NOT MATCH]:
A) CHRISTIE BRINKLEY
B) CINDY CRAWFORD
C) TONY LITTLE
D) RICHARD SIMMONS
E) SUZANNE SOMERS
1) GAZELLE GLIDER
2) SWEATIN' TO THE OLDIES WORKOUT
3) THIGHMASTER
4) TOTAL GYM
A: A-4 … C-1 … D-2 … E-3
Round R - Q20
Q: IN WHAT YEAR WAS NEW DELHI'S PALAM AIRPORT RENAMED AFTER INDIRA GANDHI?
A: 1986 [TWO YEARS AFTER HER ASSASSINATION]
Round R - Q21
Q: WHICH FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENT MARRIED ELEANOR R. SMITH IN 1946?
A: JIMMY CARTER (HER MIDDLE NAME WAS ROSALYNN)
Round R - Q22
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" FILMS OPENS WITH ETHAN HUNT (TOM CRUISE) BREAKING OUT OF A RUSSIAN PRISON?
[CAN GIVE EITHER SUBTITLE OF MOVIE, OR NUMBER IN FRANCHISE]
A: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL ("MI: 4")
Round R - Q23
Q: SYD BARRETT WAS THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER OF WHAT LEGENDARY BRITISH ROCK BAND, INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 1996?
A: PINK FLOYD
Round R - Q24
Q: WHO WAS ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S FATHER?
A: PHILIP [II OF MACEDON]
Round R - Q25
Q: WHAT IS DEFINED AS 186,282 MILES PER SECOND?
A: SPEED OF LIGHT
Round R - Q26
Q: BY AREA AND POPULATION, WHAT IS THE SMALLEST COUNTRY CONTAINING A PORTION OF THE PYRENEES MOUNTAINS?
A: ANDORRA
Round R - Q27
Q: BRITISH AUTHOR HELEN FIELDING WROTE A BESTSELLING NOVEL ABOUT THE "DIARY" OF WHAT FICTIONAL CHARACTER?
A: BRIDGET JONES
Round R - Q28
Q: WHICH US STATE'S ENTIRE NORTHER BORDER IS FORMED BY THE OHIO RIVER?
A: KENTUCKY
Round R - Q29
Q: WHAT LATE DRUG GURU WAS A HARVARD PROFESSOR BEFORE FOUNDING THE LEAGUE FOR SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY IN 1966?
A: TIMOTHY LEARY
Round T - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, THE WORLD'S LARGEST BUTTER SCULPTURE, CREATED IN DALLAS, TEXAS IN 2013, WEIGHED HOW MANY POUNDS?
A: 4,077 lbs. 13.54 oz.
[A 55-FOOT TALL STATUE OF "BIG TEX", THE LONGTIME SYMBOL OF THE TEXAS STATE FAIR]
Round T - Q1
Q: IN WHAT YEAR WAS NEW DELHI'S PALAM AIRPORT RENAMED AFTER INDIRA GANDHI?
A: 1986 [TWO YEARS AFTER HER ASSASSINATION]
Round T - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, THE WORLD'S LARGEST BUTTER SCULPTURE, CREATED IN DALLAS, TEXAS IN 2013, WEIGHED HOW MANY POUNDS?
A: 4,077 lbs. 13.54 oz.
[A 55-FOOT TALL STATUE OF "BIG TEX", THE LONGTIME SYMBOL OF THE TEXAS STATE FAIR]