Round 1 - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO A PROVERB DATING BACK TO 16th-CENTURY CLERIC THOMAS BECON, WHO "TELL NO TALES"?
A: "DEAD MEN…"
Round 1 - Q1
Q: WHAT FAST FOOD CHAIN FORMERLY USED THE AD SLOGAN, "AMERICA'S ROAST BEEF, YES SIR!"?
A: ARBY'S
Round 1 - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO A PROVERB DATING BACK TO 16th-CENTURY CLERIC THOMAS BECON, WHO "TELL NO TALES"?
A: "DEAD MEN…"
Round 1 - Q1
Q: WHAT WAS THE MAKE / MODEL OF THE FLYING CAR RON AND HARRY "BORROW" TO GET TO HOGWARTS?
A: FORD ANGLIA
Round 1 - Q1
Q: WHAT IS LOIS' MAIDEN NAME?
A: PEWTERSCHMIDT
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT RENOWNED ACTOR IS MARRIED TO ACTRESS BLAKE LIVELY?
A: RYAN REYNOLDS
Round 1 - Q2
Q: INTRODUCED IN 1939, AND VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED SINCE, A STANDARD BAG OF HERSHEY'S MINIATURES CONSISTS OF HERSHEY BARS, HERSHEY SPECIAL DARK, KRACKEL, AND WHAT?
A: MR. GOODBAR
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT RENOWNED ACTOR IS MARRIED TO ACTRESS BLAKE LIVELY?
A: RYAN REYNOLDS
Round 1 - Q2
Q: IN THE SORCERER'S STONE, WHAT DID DUMBLEDORE CLAIM HE WAS HOLDING WHILE LOOKING INTO THE MIRROR OF ERISED WITH HARRY?
A: (THICK WOOLEN) SOCKS
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHO IS OLDER, CHRIS OR MEG?
A: MEG (3-4 YEARS OLDER)
Round 1 - Q3
Q: "MOLLY PITCHER" WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO A WOMAN -- MOST LIKELY MARY LUDWIG HAYS -- FAMOUS DURING WHAT WAR?
A: AMERICAN REVOLUTION / REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Round 1 - Q3
Q: IN 1594, WHAT PLAYWRIGHT JOINED AN ACTING TROUPE CALLED THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S MEN, NOT ONLY ACTING FOR THEM BUT EVENTUALLY BECOMING THEIR CHIEF WRITER?
A: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Round 1 - Q3
Q: "MOLLY PITCHER" WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO A WOMAN -- MOST LIKELY MARY LUDWIG HAYS -- FAMOUS DURING WHAT WAR?
A: AMERICAN REVOLUTION / REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Round 1 - Q3
Q: WHAT IS THE OCCUPATIONAL TITLE OF THE WITCHES OR WIZARDS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MODIFYING THE MEMORIES OF MUGGLES WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO MAGIC?
A: OBLIVIATORS
Round 1 - Q3
Q: WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SONG THAT THE FAMILY GUY CAST SANG IN THE DISNEY UNIVERSE, WHICH STEWIE AND BRIAN VISITED IN THE EPISODE "ROAD TO THE MULTIVERSE"? (SIX WORDS)
A: "IT'S A WONDERFUL DAY FOR PIE"
Round 2 - Q1
Q: IN THE OLYMPICS, WHAT IS THE ONLY EVENT IN WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS IN WHICH THEY COMPETE TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF MUSIC?
A: FLOOR EXERCISE
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHAT NORTHWESTERN RIVER WERE LEWIS & CLARK DESPERATELY HOPING THE MISSOURI RIVER CONNECTED WITH?
A: COLUMBIA
Round 2 - Q1
Q: IN THE OLYMPICS, WHAT IS THE ONLY EVENT IN WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS IN WHICH THEY COMPETE TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF MUSIC?
A: FLOOR EXERCISE
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHO IS GINNY'S FIRST BOYFRIEND?
A: MICHAEL
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHAT BREED OF DOG IS BRIAN?
A: LABRADOR RETRIEVER
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT REPLACED THE 'R' IN THE LOGO FOR THE HBO SERIES "THE SOPRANOS"?
A: A GUN / PISTOL
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT LONGTIME "STAR TREK" CHARACTER DIES AT THE END OF THE 1994 FILM "STAR TREK GENERATIONS"?
A: CAPT. (JAMES T.) KIRK
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT REPLACED THE 'R' IN THE LOGO FOR THE HBO SERIES "THE SOPRANOS"?
A: A GUN / PISTOL
Round 2 - Q2
Q: CORRECTLY SPELL THE LAST NAME OF THE BROTHERS WHO WERE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THE DEATHLY HALLOWS?
A: P-E-V-E-R-E-L-L
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT IS STEWIE'S MIDDLE NAME?
A: GILLIGAN
Round 2 - Q3
Q: MUSCLE CRAMPS MIGHT BE CAUSED BY HYPOKALEMIA, WHICH IS A LACK OF WHAT ELECTROLYTE?
A: POTASSIUM
Round 2 - Q3
Q: IN FRENCH UNDERWORLD SLANG, WHAT DEVICE CAME TO BE KNOWN AS "THE WIDOW"?
A: GUILLOTINE
Round 2 - Q3
Q: MUSCLE CRAMPS MIGHT BE CAUSED BY HYPOKALEMIA, WHICH IS A LACK OF WHAT ELECTROLYTE?
A: POTASSIUM
Round 2 - Q3
Q: WHAT IS THE NAME OF NEVILLE'S PET TOAD, WHO IS CONSTANTLY MISSING?
A: TREVOR
Round 2 - Q3
Q: BEFORE PETER STARTED WORKING AT THE BREWERY, WHAT TYPE OF FACTORY DID HE WORK AT?
A: SAFETY INSPECTOR AT (HAPPY-GO-LUCKY) TOY FACTORY
Round 3 - Q1
Q: HOW MANY DIFFERENT U.S. PRESIDENTS WERE ELECTED IN THE 1950's?
A: ONE [EISENHOWER IN 1952 AND AGAIN IN 1956]
Round 3 - Q1
Q: WHO WAS THE ONLY MAIN CHARACTER ON "FRIENDS" TO NOT GET MARRIED OVER THE COURSE OF THE SHOW'S RUN?
A: JOEY
Round 3 - Q1
Q: HOW MANY DIFFERENT U.S. PRESIDENTS WERE ELECTED IN THE 1950's?
A: ONE [EISENHOWER IN 1952 AND AGAIN IN 1956]
Round 3 - Q1
Q: WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE HOUSE-ELF WHO WORKED FOR THE CROUCH FAMILY BEFORE WORKING AT HOGWARTS?
A: WINKY (ONLY MENTIONED IN THE NOVELS, NOT THE MOVIES)
Round 3 - Q1
Q: WHAT IS PETER'S FAVORITE BEER? (3 WORDS)
A: PAWTUCKET PATRIOT ALE
Round 3 - Q2
Q: LAST WEEK, THE FCC ANNOUNCED THEY HAD BANNED ALL (WHAT) FROM CHINA, SAYING THEY PRESENTED "UNACCEPTABLE RISKS" TO NATIONAL SECURITY?
A: (HUMANOID AND QUADRUPED) ROBOTS
Round 3 - Q2
Q: IN 1959 HELEN WILLS MOODY WAS INDUCTED INTO WHAT SPORT'S HALL OF FAME?
A: TENNIS
Round 3 - Q2
Q: WHAT GIRL GROUP COLLABORATED WITH LADY GAGA ON THE 2020 TOP 40 HIT "SOUR CANDY"?
A: BLACKPINK
Round 3 - Q2
Q: ALTHOUGH HARRY POTTER'S FIRST YEAR AT HOGWARTS WAS IN 1991, IN WHICH YEAR WAS HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERERS STONE RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES?
A: 1998
Round 3 - Q2
Q: WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST NOVEL THAT BRIAN WROTE? (SIX WORDS)
A: "FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LOVE"
Round 3 - Q3
Q: THE FAMOUS STREET BASKETBALL COURT CALLED "RUCKER PARK" IS LOCATED IN WHAT NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOOD?
A: HARLEM
Round 3 - Q3
Q: SINCE 2010, WHAT EUROPEAN COUNTRY HAS REQUIRED THREE BAILOUT LOANS - IN 2010, 2012 AND 2015 - FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND OTHER EUROZONE BANKS?
A: GREECE
Round 3 - Q3
Q: THE FAMOUS STREET BASKETBALL COURT CALLED "RUCKER PARK" IS LOCATED IN WHAT NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOOD?
A: HARLEM
Round 3 - Q3
Q: WHAT DOES R.A.B. STAND FOR?
A: REGULUS ARCTURUS BLACK
Round 3 - Q3
Q: WHO IS STEWIE'S BELOVED, MOSTLY INANIMATE TEDDY BEAR AND BEST FRIEND?
A: RUPERT
Round H - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO THE LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE, AFTER OXYGEN, WHAT ARE THE NEXT FOUR MOST ABUNDANT ELEMENTS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON?
A: * SILICON
* IRON
* CALCIUM
* MAGNESIUM
Round H - Q1
Q: GIVEN THREE ACTORS, NAME THE FOLLOWING TV SHOWS WITH COLORS IN THE TITLES:
1) JAMES MCDANIEL … NICHOLAS TURTURRO … RICK SCHRODER
2) LAURA PREPON … KATE MULGREW … DANIELLE BROOKS
3) EDDIE ALBERT … PAT BUTTRAM … HANK PETERSON
4) SANDRA OH … CHANDRA WILSON … JAMES PICKENS JR.
A: 1) NYPD BLUE
2) ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
3) GREEN ACRES
4) GREY'S ANATOMY
Round H - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO THE LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE, AFTER OXYGEN, WHAT ARE THE NEXT FOUR MOST ABUNDANT ELEMENTS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON?
A: * SILICON
* IRON
* CALCIUM
* MAGNESIUM
Round H - Q1
Q: MATCH THE FOLLOWING DRAGONS WITH THE CORRECT FEATURE (HOWEVER, ONE ADDITIONAL DRAGON IS INCLUDED WHICH DOES NOT MATCH): 1) SWEDISH SHORT SNOUT, 2) PERUVIAN VIPERTOOTH, 3) HEBRIDEAN BLACK, 4) CHINESE FIREBALL, 5) UKRANIAN IRONBELLY ... A) IS COPPER COLORED, B) EGGS ARE CRIMSON COLORED WITH GOLD SPECKS, C) HAS PURPLE EYES, D) SHOOTS A BLUE FLAME
A: 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B
Round H - Q1
Q: GIVEN THE VARIOUS CHARACTERS, NAME THE ACTOR/ACTRESS WHO PROVIDES THEIR VOICE:
1. DEATH (2 ANSWERS POSSIBLE; ONLY NEED TO PROVIDE ONE)
2. JOE SWANSON
3. CHRIS GRIFFIN
4. LOIS GRIFFIN
A: 1. NORM MACDONALD; ADAM CAROLLA
2. PATRICK WARBURTON
3. SETH GREEN
4. ALEX BORSTEIN
Round 4 - Q1
Q: OTHER THAN KAZAKHSTAN, WHICH HAS A PORTION OF TERRITORY IN EASTERN EUROPE, WHAT IS THE LARGEST LANDLOCKED COUNTRY IN EUROPE?
A: BELARUS
Round 4 - Q1
Q: OTHER THAN KAZAKHSTAN, WHICH HAS A PORTION OF TERRITORY IN EASTERN EUROPE, WHAT IS THE LARGEST LANDLOCKED COUNTRY IN EUROPE?
A: BELARUS
Round 4 - Q1
Q: OTHER THAN KAZAKHSTAN, WHICH HAS A PORTION OF TERRITORY IN EASTERN EUROPE, WHAT IS THE LARGEST LANDLOCKED COUNTRY IN EUROPE?
A: BELARUS
Round 4 - Q1
Q: WHERE, SPECIFIALLY, IS THE AZKABAN FORTRESS LOCATED?
A: (AN ISLAND IN) THE NORTH SEA
Round 4 - Q1
Q: WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE GRIFFIN'S ELDERLY NEIGHBOR WHO IS ATTRACTED TO YOUNG BOYS, AND HARBORS A LOVE FOR CHRIS?
A: (MR.) HERBERT
Round 4 - Q2
Q: LATER MADE FAMOUS BY DISNEY, WHAT MAIN CHARACTER FIRST APPEARED IN A SERIALIZED STORY TITLED "LA STORIA di un BURATTINO", PUBLISHED IN AN 1881 MAGAZINE CALLED GIORNALE per i BAMBINI?
A: PINOCCHIO
[THE TITLE OF THE STORY TRANSLATES AS "THE STORY OF A PUPPET"]
Round 4 - Q2
Q: NOW OWNED BY ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, WHAT WAS SEARS' IN-HOUSE CAR BATTERY BRAND FROM 1964-2018?
A: DIEHARD
Round 4 - Q2
Q: LATER MADE FAMOUS BY DISNEY, WHAT MAIN CHARACTER FIRST APPEARED IN A SERIALIZED STORY TITLED "LA STORIA di un BURATTINO", PUBLISHED IN AN 1881 MAGAZINE CALLED GIORNALE per i BAMBINI?
A: PINOCCHIO
[THE TITLE OF THE STORY TRANSLATES AS "THE STORY OF A PUPPET"]
Round 4 - Q2
Q: WHAT ARE THE "THREE D"S THAT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED IN ORDER TO CAST THE APPARITION SPELL?
A: (DIRECTION OF) DESTINATION, DETERMINATION, AND DELIBERATION
Round 4 - Q2
Q: WHAT ACTOR, WHO VOICED HIMSELF TWICE IN THE SERIES, WAS THE SUBJECT OF A SEASON 5 JOKE THAT LATER LED TO HIS ROLE AS A COWBOY VILLAIN IN A FEATURE LENGTH FILM?
A: LIAM NEESON
THE MOVIE WAS "A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST"
Round 4 - Q3
Q: RELEASED TO THEATERS EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER DEBUTING AT FILM FESTIVALS LAST YEAR, WHAT INDIE HORROR FILM INVOLVING A MYSTERIOUS TOY CALLED THE "ONE WISH WILLOW" COST ONLY ABOUT $750,000 TO MAKE BUT HAS GROSSED OVER $400 MILLION WORLDWIDE?
A: OBSESSION
Round 4 - Q3
Q: HELD ANNUALLY BETWEEN 1995 AND 2019, AND AGAIN SINCE LAST YEAR, WHAT ANNUAL CONCERT FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY VANS SHOES CATERED TO FANS OF PUNK MUSIC AND SKATING?
A: WARPED TOUR
Round 4 - Q3
Q: RELEASED TO THEATERS EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER DEBUTING AT FILM FESTIVALS LAST YEAR, WHAT INDIE HORROR FILM INVOLVING A MYSTERIOUS TOY CALLED THE "ONE WISH WILLOW" COST ONLY ABOUT $750,000 TO MAKE BUT HAS GROSSED OVER $400 MILLION WORLDWIDE?
A: OBSESSION
Round 4 - Q3
Q: WHICH NOVEL ENDED WITH 'AS HAGRID HAD SAID, WHAT WOULD COME, WOULD COME...AND HE WOULD HAVE TO MEET IT WHEN IT DID'?
A: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Round 4 - Q3
Q: THEIR RIVALRY STARTED WHEN A GIANT CHICKEN (POSSIBLY UNINTENTIONALLY) GAVE PETER AN EXPIRED COUPON, LEADING PETER TO ASSAULT THE CHICKEN AND START A MASSIVE BATTLE.
WHAT IS THE FIRST NAME OF THE GIANT CHICKEN?
A: ERNIE
Round 5 - Q1
Q: PASSING AWAY IN 1983 AT THE AGE OF 71, U.S. PARK RANGER ROY SULLIVAN WAS A LONGTIME FIXTURE IN THE "GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS" AND "RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!" FOR HAVING HAD WHAT HAPPEN TO HIM SEVEN TIMES?
A: STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WHAT QUARTERBACK WENT FROM STOCKING SHELVES FOR $5.50/HR. IN AN IOWA GROCERY STORE IN 1994 TO SUPER BOWL MVP IN 2000?
A: KURT WARNER
Round 5 - Q1
Q: PASSING AWAY IN 1983 AT THE AGE OF 71, U.S. PARK RANGER ROY SULLIVAN WAS A LONGTIME FIXTURE IN THE "GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS" AND "RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT!" FOR HAVING HAD WHAT HAPPEN TO HIM SEVEN TIMES?
A: STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WITHIN THE HARRY POTTER UNIVERSE, IN WHAT 20TH-CENTURY DECADE WAS NEWT SCAMANDER'S 'FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM' ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED?
A: THE 20S (1927)
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WHAT IS THE FIRST NAME OF THE CHILD OF TV ANCHOR TOM TUCKER, WHOSE FACE IS UPOSIDE DOWN?
A: JAKE
Round 5 - Q2
Q: LOCATED ON AN AUSTRALIAN ISLAND, LAKE HILLIER IS WELL-KNOWN FOR BEING WHAT UNUSUAL COLOR, DUE TO A COMBINATION OF HIGH SALT LEVELS, SALT-LOVING ALGAE, AND A PARTICULAR BACTERIA KNOWN AS HALOBACTERIA?
A: PINK
Round 5 - Q2
Q: IN NOVEMBER 1789, WHAT WAS THE FIRST STATE TO RATIFY THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
A: NEW JERSEY
Round 5 - Q2
Q: LOCATED ON AN AUSTRALIAN ISLAND, LAKE HILLIER IS WELL-KNOWN FOR BEING WHAT UNUSUAL COLOR, DUE TO A COMBINATION OF HIGH SALT LEVELS, SALT-LOVING ALGAE, AND A PARTICULAR BACTERIA KNOWN AS HALOBACTERIA?
A: PINK
Round 5 - Q2
Q: WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF ROLF SCAMANDER AND LUNA LOVEGOOD'S TWIN BOYS (MUST HAVE BOTH NAMES CORRECT)?
A: LORCAN AND LYSANDER
Round 5 - Q2
Q: WHO LOVED TAFFY AND WAS THE FORMER MAYOR OF QUAHOG?
A: ADAM WEST
Round 5 - Q3
Q: ACCORDING TO THE SMITHSONIAN, WHAT EATING UTENSIL WAS INTRODUCED TO VENICE, BY THE BYZANTINES, IN THE EARLY 11th CENTURY, ALTHOUGH IT WAS SOON ALL-BUT-BANNED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS HENCE AFTER IT WAS DECREED TO SPREAD PLAGUE?
A: FORK
Round 5 - Q3
Q: AS A VARIETY OF THE MINERAL CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRES CAN BE MANY COLORS, EXCEPT RED, BECAUSE RED CORUNDUM IS REFERRED TO BY WHAT OTHER NAME?
A: RUBY
Round 5 - Q3
Q: ACCORDING TO THE SMITHSONIAN, WHAT EATING UTENSIL WAS INTRODUCED TO VENICE, BY THE BYZANTINES, IN THE EARLY 11th CENTURY, ALTHOUGH IT WAS SOON ALL-BUT-BANNED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS HENCE AFTER IT WAS DECREED TO SPREAD PLAGUE?
A: FORK
Round 5 - Q3
Q: WHAT WAS TOM RIDDLE'S MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME?
A: GAUNT
Round 5 - Q3
Q: MAYOR WILD WILD WEST IS THE CURRENT MAYOR OF QUAHOG. WHAT LEGENDARY ACTOR VOICES THIS CHARACTER?
A: SAM ELLIOTT
Round 6 - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO MARTHA STEWART'S RECIPE, WHAT CARBONATED BEVERAGE IS INCLUDED IN HER VERSION OF THE BRITISH COCKTAIL CALLED PIMM'S CUP:
A) COCA-COLA
B) GINGER ALE
C) ORANGE SODA
D) SELTZER WATER
A: B) GINGER ALE
Round 6 - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO MARTHA STEWART'S RECIPE, WHAT CARBONATED BEVERAGE IS INCLUDED IN HER VERSION OF THE BRITISH COCKTAIL CALLED PIMM'S CUP:
A) COCA-COLA
B) GINGER ALE
C) ORANGE SODA
D) SELTZER WATER
A: B) GINGER ALE
Round 6 - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO MARTHA STEWART'S RECIPE, WHAT CARBONATED BEVERAGE IS INCLUDED HER VERSION OF THE BRITISH COCKTAIL CALLED PIMM'S CUP:
A) COCA-COLA
B) GINGER ALE
C) ORANGE SODA
D) SELTZER WATER
A: B) GINGER ALE
Round 6 - Q1
Q: PRIOR TO ITS DESTRUCTION IN 1997, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FOUNTAIN THAT SAT IN THE ATRIUM OF THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC?
A: (THE FOUNTAIN OF) MAGICAL BRETHREN
Round 6 - Q1
Q: NAME TWO OF THE THREE REAL LIFE HISTORICAL FIGURES/CELEBRITIES THAT BRIAN DRANK MARTINIS WITH IN HEAVEN.
A: VINCENT VAN GOGH, KURT COBAIN, AND ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
Round 6 - Q2
Q: THE NFL'S CARDINALS FRANCHISE HAS BEEN TO THE SUPER BOWL ONLY ONCE, AND LOST TO WHOM?
A: PITTSBURGH STEELERS (SUPER BOWL XLIII)
Round 6 - Q2
Q: THE FOUR MAGICIANS WHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE "NOW YOU SEE ME" FRANCHISE COLLECTIVELY ARE KNOWN BY WHAT BIBLICAL-INSPIRED NAME?
A: THE FOUR HORSEMEN
Round 6 - Q2
Q: THE NFL'S CARDINALS FRANCHISE HAS BEEN TO THE SUPER BOWL ONLY ONCE, AND LOST TO WHOM?
A: PITTSBURGH STEELERS (SUPER BOWL XLIII)
Round 6 - Q2
Q: HOW OLD WAS NICHOLAS FLAMEL WHEN HE DESTROYED THE SORCERER'S STONE?
A: 665
Round 6 - Q2
Q: WHO CURRENTLY OWNS THE DRUNKEN CLAM?
A: JEROME
Round 6 - Q3
Q: ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY IRVING BERLIN IN 1918, WHAT PATRIOTIC SONG BECAME SINGER KATE SMITH'S SIGNATURE SONG BEGINNING IN THE LATE 1930's?
A: GOD BLESS AMERICA
Round 6 - Q3
Q: IN WHICH U.S. STATE WAS THE ROCK FORMATION KNOWN AS THE "OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN", WHICH CRUMBLED TO THE GROUND IN 2003?
A: NEW HAMPSHIRE
Round 6 - Q3
Q: ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY IRVING BERLIN IN 1918, WHAT PATRIOTIC SONG BECAME SINGER KATE SMITH'S SIGNATURE SONG BEGINNING IN THE LATE 1930's?
A: GOD BLESS AMERICA
Round 6 - Q3
Q: FRIDWULFA IS WHOSE MOTHER?
A: (RUBEUS) HAGRID'S
Round 6 - Q3
Q: QUAGMIRE'S DAD TRANSITIONED FROM A MAN (DAN) TO A WOMAN NAMED 'WHO'?
A: IDA
Round F - Q1
Q: PUT THE FOLLOWING HISTORICAL EVENTS IN ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH HAPPENED FIRST:
A) POPE URBAN II CALLS FOR THE FIRST CRUSADE
B) THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IS FOUNDED
C) THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD IS BORN
D) CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL
A: C-A-D-B
[RESPECTIVELY: ~520 A.D. … 1096 … 1163 … ~1299]
Round F - Q1
Q: PUT THE FOLLOWING THINGS IN ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH HAPPENED FIRST:
A) THE BOEING 757 JET PLANE MAKES ITS MAIDEN FLIGHT
B) AMTRAK TRAIN SERVICE BEGINS
C) KIA MOTORS BEGINS SELLING AUTOMOBILES IN THE U.S. FOR THE FIRST TIME
D) THE MOVIE "PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES" IS RELEASED TO THEATERS
A: B-A-D-C
[AMTRAK (1971), 757 (1982), MOVIE (1987), KIA (1992/93)]
Round F - Q1
Q: PUT THE FOLLOWING HISTORICAL EVENTS IN ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH HAPPENED FIRST:
A) POPE URBAN II CALLS FOR THE FIRST CRUSADE
B) THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IS FOUNDED
C) THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD IS BORN
D) CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL
A: C-A-D-B
[RESPECTIVELY: ~520 A.D. … 1096 … 1163 … ~1299]
Round F - Q1
Q: NAME AND PUT IN CORRECT ORDER (FIRST TO LAST) THE SEVEN DIFFERENT TEACHERS THAT ASSUMED THE ROLE OF THE DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS PROFESSOR OVER THE COURSE OF THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS.
A: QUIRINUS QUIRRELL (HP AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S/SORCERER'S STONE) ... GILDEROY LOCKHART (HP AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS) ... REMUS LUPIN (HP AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN) ... BARTEMIUS CROUCH JR./ALASTOR "MAD-EYE" MOODY (HP AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE) ... DOLORES UMBRIDGE (HP AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX) ... SEVERUS SNAPE (HP AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE) ... AMYCUS CARROW (HP AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS)
Round F - Q1
Q: PLACE THESE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN ORDER:
A) BRIAN IS HIT BY A CAR AND DIES
B) CLEVELAND'S WIFE, LORETTA HAS AN AFFAIR WITH QUAGMIRE AND LATER DUMPS CLEVELAND
C) FAMILY GUY IS ANNOUNCED TO BE CANCELLED A SECOND TIME DUE TO LOW RATINGS
D) FAMILY GUY'S FIRST STAR WARS PARODY, "BLUE HARVEST" AIRS
E) THE EPISODE ENTITLED "TRUMP GUY" AIRS
A: C-B-D-A-E
C-CANCELLED FOR A SECOND TIME (AFTER SEASON 3)
B-QUAGMIRE AND LORETTA AFFAIR (SEASON 4)
D-BLUE HARVEST (SEASON 6)
A-BRIAN IS HIT BY A CAR AND DIES (SEASON 12)
E-TRUMP GUY (SEASON 17)
Round R - Q1
Q: PUT THE FOLLOWING LITERARY WORKS IN ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FIRST:
A) THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER [MARK TWAIN]
B) GULLIVER'S TRAVELS [JONATHAN SWIFT]
C) THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS [JAMES FENIMORE COOPER]
D) MADAME BOVARY [GUSTAVE FLAUBERT]
A: B-C-D-A
[RESPECTIVELY: 1726 … 1826 … 1856 (SERIALIZED) / 1857 (PUBLISHED AS A NOVEL) … 1876]
Round R - Q1
Q: KNOWN AS THE "GARDEN OF THE GULF", WHAT NORTH AMERICAN ISLAND WAS NAMED IN 1798 AFTER QUEEN VICTORIA'S FATHER (ALBEIT 21 YEARS BEFORE HER BIRTH)?
A: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Round R - Q1
Q: PUT THE FOLLOWING LITERARY WORKS IN ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED FIRST:
A) THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER [MARK TWAIN]
B) GULLIVER'S TRAVELS [JONATHAN SWIFT]
C) THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS [JAMES FENIMORE COOPER]
D) MADAME BOVARY [GUSTAVE FLAUBERT]
A: B-C-D-A
[RESPECTIVELY: 1726 … 1826 … 1856 (SERIALIZED) / 1857 (PUBLISHED AS A NOVEL) … 1876]
Round R - Q2
Q: THE CHANNEL THAT LIES BETWEEN IRELAND AND WALES IS NAMED FOR WHAT SAINT?
A: ST. GEORGE (THE PATRON SAINT OF ENGLAND)
Round R - Q2
Q: STARTING FROM "GO" ON A STANDARD AMERICAN MONOPOLY BOARD, WHICH PROPERTY DO YOU CROSS FIRST: ATLANTIC AVENUE OR PACIFIC AVENUE?
A: ATLANTIC
Round R - Q2
Q: THE CHANNEL THAT LIES BETWEEN IRELAND AND WALES IS NAMED FOR WHAT SAINT?
A: ST. GEORGE (THE PATRON SAINT OF ENGLAND)
Round R - Q3
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS IS A SYNONYM FOR "FUGACIOUS":
* BOORISH
* COUNTERFEIT
* EPHEMERAL
* OBESE
A: EPHEMERAL
[BOTH MEAN "FLEETING", "MOMENTARY", OR "QUICK TO DISAPPEAR"]
Round R - Q3
Q: WHO WROTE THE BEST-SELLING CHILD-REARING BOOK "THE COMMON SENSE BOOK OF BABY AND CHILD CARE"?
A: DR. (BENJAMIN) SPOCK
Round R - Q3
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS IS A SYNONYM FOR "FUGACIOUS":
* BOORISH
* COUNTERFEIT
* EPHEMERAL
* OBESE
A: EPHEMERAL
[BOTH MEAN "FLEETING", "MOMENTARY", OR "QUICK TO DISAPPEAR"]
Round R - Q4
Q: MIKE JUDGE, CREATOR OF "BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD" AND "KING OF THE HILL", ALSO CO-CREATED WHAT COMEDY SERIES ABOUT ENGINEERS AND TECH START-UPS?
A: SILICON VALLEY
Round R - Q4
Q: WHAT COUNTRY'S CURRENT PRIME MINISTER, SANAE TAKAICHI, IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD THE POSITION?
A: JAPAN
Round R - Q4
Q: MIKE JUDGE, CREATOR OF "BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD" AND "KING OF THE HILL", ALSO CO-CREATED WHAT COMEDY SERIES ABOUT ENGINEERS AND TECH START-UPS?
A: SILICON VALLEY
Round R - Q5
Q: WHAT 2016 COEN BROTHERS COMEDY FEATURES TILDA SWINTON AS TWIN GOSSIP COLUMNISTS THORA AND THESSALY THACKER?
A: HAIL, CAESAR!
Round R - Q5
Q: COMPLETED IN 1959, THE KARIBA DAM IS SITUATED ON THE BORDER OF WHAT TWO AFRICAN COUNTRIES STARTING WITH THE SAME LETTER?
A: ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE [ALONG THE ZAMBEZI RIVER]
Round R - Q5
Q: WHAT 2016 COEN BROTHERS COMEDY FEATURES TILDA SWINTON AS TWIN GOSSIP COLUMNISTS THORA AND THESSALY THACKER?
A: HAIL, CAESAR!
Round R - Q6
Q: WHAT RENOWNED EVANGELIST FOUNDED THE MAGAZINE CHRISTIANITY TODAY?
A: BILLY GRAHAM
Round R - Q6
Q: WHAT PART OF YOUR BODY IS LARGER THAN NORMAL, OR NOTICEABLY PROTRUSIVE, IF YOU'RE "COCK-THROPPLED"?
A: ADAM'S APPLE
Round R - Q6
Q: WHAT RENOWNED EVANGELIST FOUNDED THE MAGAZINE CHRISTIANITY TODAY?
A: BILLY GRAHAM
Round R - Q7
Q: IN 2013, PRINCE FRISO, A MEMBER OF THE DUTCH ROYAL FAMILY, DIED AFTER BEING IN A COMA FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, FOLLOWING WHAT TYPE OF SPORTING ACCIDENT IN AUSTRIA?
A: SKIING ACCIDENT / BURIED IN AN AVALANCHE
Round R - Q7
Q: IN 2013, PRINCE FRISO, A MEMBER OF THE DUTCH ROYAL FAMILY, DIED AFTER BEING IN A COMA FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, FOLLOWING WHAT TYPE OF SPORTING ACCIDENT IN AUSTRIA?
A: SKIING ACCIDENT / BURIED IN AN AVALANCHE
Round R - Q8
Q: WHAT OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM FEATURES ALL THREE OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
GEOFFREY RUSH … JOHN GIELGUD … LYNN REDGRAVE
A: SHINE
Round R - Q8
Q: WHAT OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM FEATURES ALL THREE OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
GEOFFREY RUSH … JOHN GIELGUD … LYNN REDGRAVE
A: SHINE
Round R - Q9
Q: DUE TO A PARTICULAR WAR, WHEN WAS THE FIRST YEAR NO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WAS AWARDED SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION?
A: 1914 [DUE TO WORLD WAR I]
Round R - Q9
Q: DUE TO A PARTICULAR WAR, WHEN WAS THE FIRST YEAR NO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WAS AWARDED SINCE ITS INTRODUCTION?
A: 1914 [DUE TO WORLD WAR I]
Round R - Q10
Q: IN FRENCH UNDERWORLD SLANG, WHAT DEVICE CAME TO BE KNOWN AS "THE WIDOW"?
A: GUILLOTINE
Round R - Q11
Q: COMPLETED IN 1959, THE KARIBA DAM IS SITUATED ON THE BORDER OF WHAT TWO AFRICAN COUNTRIES STARTING WITH THE SAME LETTER?
A: ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE [ALONG THE ZAMBESZI RIVER]
Round R - Q12
Q: THE FOUR MAGICIANS WHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE "NOW YOU SEE ME" FRANCHISE COLLECTIVELY ARE KNOWN BY WHAT BIBLICAL-INSPIRED NAME?
A: THE FOUR HORSEMEN
Round R - Q13
Q: HELD ANNUALLY BETWEEN 1995 AND 2019, AND AGAIN SINCE LAST YEAR, WHAT ANNUAL CONCERT FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY VANS SHOES CATERED TO FANS OF PUNK MUSIC AND SKATING?
A: WARPED TOUR
Round R - Q14
Q: WHAT NORTHWESTERN RIVER WERE LEWIS & CLARK DESPERATELY HOPING THE MISSOURI RIVER CONNECTED WITH?
A: COLUMBIA
Round R - Q15
Q: WHAT PART OF YOUR BODY IS LARGER THAN NORMAL, OR NOTICEABLY PROTRUSIVE, IF YOU'RE "COCK-THROPPLED"?
A: ADAM'S APPLE
Round R - Q16
Q: NOW OWNED BY ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, WHAT WAS SEARS IN-HOUSE CAR BATTERY BRAND FROM 1964-2018?
A: DIEHARD
Round R - Q17
Q: WHO WAS THE ONLY MAIN CHARACTER ON "FRIENDS" TO NOT GET MARRIED OVER THE COURSE OF THE SHOW'S RUN?
A: JOEY
Round R - Q18
Q: IN 1959 HELEN WILLS MOODY WAS INDUCTED INTO WHAT SPORT'S HALL OF FAME?
A: TENNIS
Round R - Q19
Q: GIVEN THREE ACTORS, NAME THE FOLLOWING TV SHOWS WITH COLORS IN THE TITLES:
1) JAMES MCDANIEL … NICHOLAS TURTURRO … RICK SCHRODER
2) LAURA PREPON … KATE MULGREW … DANIELLE BROOKS
3) EDDIE ALBERT … PAT BUTTRAM … HANK PETERSON
4) SANDRA OH … CHANDRA WILSON … JAMES PICKENS JR.
A: 1) NYPD BLUE
2) ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
3) GREEN ACRES
4) GREY'S ANATOMY
Round R - Q20
Q: AS A VARIETY OF THE MINERAL CORUNDUM, SAPPHIRES CAN BE MANY COLORS, EXCEPT RED, BECAUSE RED CORUNDUM IS REFERRED TO BY WHAT OTHER NAME?
A: RUBY
Round R - Q21
Q: KNOWN AS THE "GARDEN OF THE GULF", WHAT NORTH AMERICAN ISLAND WAS NAMED IN 1798 AFTER QUEEN VICTORIA'S FATHER (ALBEIT 21 YEARS BEFORE HER BIRTH)?
A: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Round R - Q22
Q: IN 1594, WHAT PLAYWRIGHT JOINED AN ACTING TROUPE CALLED THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S MEN, NOT ONLY ACTING FOR THEM BUT EVENTUALLY BECOMING THEIR CHIEF WRITER?
A: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Round R - Q23
Q: IN WHICH U.S. STATE WAS THE ROCK FORMATION KNOWN AS THE "OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN", WHICH CRUMBLED TO THE GROUND IN 2003?
A: NEW HAMPSHIRE
Round R - Q24
Q: PUT THE FOLLOWING THINGS IN ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH HAPPENED FIRST
A) THE BOEING 757 JET PLANE MAKES ITS MAIDEN FLIGHT
B) AMTRAK TRAIN SERVICE BEGINS
C) KIA MOTORS BEGINS SELLING AUTOMOBILES IN THE U.S. FOR THE FIRST TIME
D) THE MOVIE "PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES" IS RELEASED TO THEATERS
A: B-A-D-C
[AMTRAK (1971), 757 (1982), MOVIE (1987), KIA (1992/93)]
Round R - Q25
Q: IN SQUARE MILES, WHAT IS THE AREA OF THE LANDLOCKED EUROPEAN COUNTRY MOLDOVA?
A: 13,067 SQ. MILES
Round R - Q26
Q: WHAT LONGTIME "STAR TREK" CHARACTER DIES AT THE END OF THE 1994 FILM "STAR TREK GENERATIONS"?
A: CAPT. (JAMES T.) KIRK
Round R - Q27
Q: INTRODUCED IN 1939, AND VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED SINCE, A STANDARD BAG OF HERSHEY'S MINIATURES CONSISTS OF HERSHEY BARS, HERSHEY SPECIAL DARK, KRACKEL, AND WHAT?
A: MR. GOODBAR
Round R - Q28
Q: WHAT COUNTRY'S CURRENT PRIME MINISTER, SANAE TAKAICHI, IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD THE POSITION?
A: JAPAN
Round R - Q29
Q: SINCE 2010, WHAT EUROPEAN COUNTRY HAS REQUIRED THREE BAILOUT LOANS - IN 2010, 2012 AND 2015 - FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND OTHER EUROZONE BANKS?
A: GREECE
Round R - Q30
Q: WHO WROTE THE BEST-SELLING CHILD REARING BOOK "THE COMMON SENSE BOOK OF BABY AND CHILD CARE"?
A: DR. (BENJAMIN) SPOCK
Round R - Q31
Q: WHAT QUARTERBACK WENT FROM STOCKING SHELVES FOR $5.50/HR. IN AN IOWA GROCERY STORE IN 1994 TO SUPER BOWL MVP IN 2000?
A: KURT WARNER
Round R - Q32
Q: STARTING FROM "GO" ON A STANDARD AMERICAN MONOPOLY BOARD, WHICH PROPERTY DO YOU CROSS FIRST: ATLANTIC AVENUE OR PACIFIC AVENUE?
A: ATLANTIC
Round R - Q33
Q: WHAT FAST FOOD CHAIN FORMERLY USED THE AD SLOGAN, "AMERICA'S ROAST BEEF, YES SIR!"?
A: ARBY'S
Round R - Q34
Q: IN NOVEMBER 1789, WHAT WAS THE FIRST STATE TO RATIFY THE BILL OF RIGHTS?
A: NEW JERSEY
Round T - Q1
Q: WHAT WAS THE TOTAL COMBINED SCORE OF SUPER BOWL XLIII, WHEN THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS DEFEATED THE ARIZONA CARDINALS?
A: 50
[PITTSBURGH 27, ARIZONA 23]
Round T - Q1
Q: IN SQUARE MILES, WHAT IS THE AREA OF THE LANDLOCKED EUROPEAN COUNTRY MOLDOVA?
A: 13,067 SQ. MILES
Round T - Q1
Q: WHAT WAS THE TOTAL COMBINED SCORE OF SUPER BOWL XLIII, WHEN THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS DEFEATED THE ARIZONA CARDINALS?
A: 50
[PITTSBURGH 27, ARIZONA 23]
Round T - Q1
Q: WHAT IS THE COMBINED CURRENT AGE OF EMMA WATSON, RUPERT GRINT AND DANIEL RADCLIFFE?
A: WATSON = 30
GRINT = 32
RADCLIFFE = 31
COMBINED = 93
Round T - Q1
Q: IN THE SEASON 4 EPISODE "PETARDED," PETER TAKES AN OFFICIAL IQ TEST. THE TEST SHOWED PETER'S IQ WAS 'WHAT'?
A: 70