Round 1 - Q1
Q: THE TROPHY PRESENTED TO THE SUPER BOWL WINNING TEAMS IS NAMED IN HONOR OF WHAT COACHING GREAT?
A: VINCE LOMBARDI
Round 1 - Q1
Q: IN WHAT AMERICAN COLONY DID THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS TAKE PLACE?
A: MASSACHUSETTS
Round 1 - Q1
Q: FOUR OF THE SEVEN SEASONS, TO DATE, OF THE AMERICAN REALITY SERIES “LOVE ISLAND” HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN WHAT ISLAND NATION?
A: FIJI
Round 1 - Q1
Q: THE TROPHY PRESENTED TO THE SUPER BOWL WINNING TEAMS IS NAMED IN HONOR OF WHAT COACHING GREAT?
A: VINCE LOMBARDI
Round 1 - Q1
Q: WHAT IS 5 CUBED?
A: 125
(5X5X5=125)
(25X5= 125)
Round 1 - Q1
Q: FOUR OF THE SEVEN SEASONS, TO DATE, OF THE AMERICAN REALITY SERIES “LOVE ISLAND” HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN WHAT ISLAND NATION?
A: FIJI
Round 1 - Q1
Q: FOUR OF THE SEVEN SEASONS, TO DATE, OF THE AMERICAN REALITY SERIES “LOVE ISLAND” HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN WHAT ISLAND NATION?
A: FIJI
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT BONE IN THE ARM IS ALSO A WORD USED IN GEOMETRY?
A: RADIUS
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT BUGLE SONG IS TRADITIONALLY PLAYED AT MILITARY FUNERALS?
A: TAPS
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT COMEDIENNE STARRED ON THE SERIES SUBTITLED "MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST"?
A: KATHY GRIFFIN
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT BONE IN THE ARM IS ALSO A WORD USED IN GEOMETRY?
A: RADIUS
Round 1 - Q2
Q: DENIAL, ANGER, BARGAINING, DEPRESSION & ACCEPTANCE ARE THE 5 WHAT?
A: STAGES OF GRIEF
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT COMEDIENNE STARRED ON THE SERIES SUBTITLED "MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST"?
A: KATHY GRIFFIN
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT COMEDIENNE STARRED ON THE SERIES SUBTITLED "MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST"?
A: KATHY GRIFFIN
Round 1 - Q3
Q: WHAT CULT BRITISH COMEDY SERIES FEATURED THE MAIN CHARACTERS EDINA (aka "EDDY") AND PATSY?
A: ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, aka "AB FAB"
Round 1 - Q3
Q: WHAT COUNTRY'S NATIONAL FLAG CONSISTS OF BOTH THE UNION JACK AND THE SOUTHERN CROSS?
A: AUSTRALIA
Round 1 - Q3
Q: WHAT SHOW'S TAGLINE IS "OUTWIT, OUTPLAY, OUTLAST"?
A: SURVIVOR
Round 1 - Q3
Q: WHAT CULT BRITISH COMEDY SERIES FEATURED THE MAIN CHARACTERS EDINA (aka "EDDY") AND PATSY?
A: ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, aka "AB FAB"
Round 1 - Q3
Q: ACCORDING TO THE ANAGRAM, WHAT IS THE 5TH COLOR IN A RAINBOW?
A: BLUE
ROYGBIV (RED, ORANGE,YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, VIOLET)
Round 1 - Q3
Q: WHAT SHOW'S TAGLINE IS "OUTWIT, OUTPLAY, OUTLAST"?
A: SURVIVOR
Round 1 - Q3
Q: WHAT SHOW'S TAGLINE IS "OUTWIT, OUTPLAY, OUTLAST"?
A: SURVIVOR
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHO IS GENERALLY CITED AS THE LAST ACTIVE PHARAOH OF EGYPT?
A: CLEOPATRA
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHAT MAN FOUNDED THE DETROIT AUTOMOBILE COMPANY IN 1899?
A: HENRY FORD
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHAT REALITY TV SERIES STARRED SOCIALITES PARIS HILTON AND NICOLE RICHIE VISITING RURAL TOWNS, DOING HARD WORK, OR WORKING AS INTERNS AT VARIOUS JOBS, PERFORMING MENIAL TASKS?
A: THE SIMPLE LIFE
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHO IS GENERALLY CITED AS THE LAST ACTIVE PHARAOH OF EGYPT?
A: CLEOPATRA
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WITHIN 5, HOW MANY CEMTIMETERS (CM) ARE IN 5 FEET?
A: 152.40 CM = 5 FEET
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHAT REALITY TV SERIES STARRED SOCIALITES PARIS HILTON AND NICOLE RICHIE VISITING RURAL TOWNS, DOING HARD WORK, OR WORKING AS INTERNS AT VARIOUS JOBS, PERFORMING MENIAL TASKS?
A: THE SIMPLE LIFE
Round 2 - Q1
Q: WHAT REALITY TV SERIES STARRED SOCIALITES PARIS HILTON AND NICOLE RICHIE VISITING RURAL TOWNS, DOING HARD WORK, OR WORKING AS INTERNS AT VARIOUS JOBS, PERFORMING MENIAL TASKS?
A: THE SIMPLE LIFE
Round 2 - Q2
Q: RELEASED IN 2025, AND PEAKING AT #1 FOR 10 WEEKS, WHAT SONG BY ALEX WARREN HAS NOW SPENT OVER A YEAR IN THE TOP 10 ON THE BILLBOARD POP CHARTS?
A: ORDINARY
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT IS THE ONLY FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC WHOSE NAME ENDS WITH "-STAN" TO STILL BORDER RUSSIA?
A: KAZAKHSTAN
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT IS THE BETTER KNOWN REALITY TV "STAGE NAME" OF JENNIFER LYNN FARLEY?
A: JWOWW
Round 2 - Q2
Q: RELEASED IN 2025, AND PEAKING AT #1 FOR 10 WEEKS, WHAT SONG BY ALEX WARREN HAS NOW SPENT OVER A YEAR IN THE TOP 10 ON THE BILLBOARD POP CHARTS?
A: ORDINARY
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT ELEMENT HAS THE ATOMIC NUMBER 5 AND IS ALSO SPELLED WITH 5 LETTERS?
A: BORON
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT IS THE BETTER KNOWN REALITY TV "STAGE NAME" OF JENNIFER LYNN FARLEY?
A: JWOWW
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT IS THE BETTER KNOWN REALITY TV "STAGE NAME" OF JENNIFER LYNN FARLEY?
A: JWOWW
Round 2 - Q3
Q: WHAT MARK TWAIN NOVEL SEES HARTFORD RESIDENT HANK MORGAN TRANSPORTED BACK TO 6th-CENTURY ENGLAND?
A: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT
Round 2 - Q3
Q: IDENTIFY THE MOVIE FROM THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIVE HAIKU:
DIMWITTED RICH HEIR
DODGE BALL, SPELLING BEE, WET PANTS
AWARDED NO POINTS
A: BILLY MADISON
Round 2 - Q3
Q: WHAT ROCK STAR'S ELDEST DAUGHTER, AIMEE, REFUSED TO TAKE PART IN HIS REALITY TV SHOW, WHICH AIRED FOUR SEASONS ON MTV?
A: OZZY OSBOURNE'S ("THE OSBOURNES")
Round 2 - Q3
Q: WHAT MARK TWAIN NOVEL SEES HARTFORD RESIDENT HANK MORGAN TRANSPORTED BACK TO 6th-CENTURY ENGLAND?
A: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT
Round 2 - Q3
Q: NAME ONE OF THE TWO TEAMS WHO BATTLED IT OUT IN SUPER BOWL V (5)?
A: BALTIMORE COLTS OR DALLAS COWBOYS
Round 2 - Q3
Q: WHAT ROCK STAR'S ELDEST DAUGHTER, AIMEE, REFUSED TO TAKE PART IN HIS REALITY TV SHOW, WHICH AIRED FOUR SEASONS ON MTV?
A: OZZY OSBOURNE'S ("THE OSBOURNES")
Round 2 - Q3
Q: WHAT ROCK STAR'S ELDEST DAUGHTER, AIMEE, REFUSED TO TAKE PART IN HIS REALITY TV SHOW, WHICH AIRED FOUR SEASONS ON MTV?
A: OZZY OSBOURNE'S ("THE OSBOURNES")
Round 3 - Q1
Q: WHAT TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE FOSSILIZED WOOD WHOSE NORMAL CELLS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH MINERAL DEPOSITS?
A: PETRIFIED WOOD
Round 3 - Q1
Q: WHAT PART OF A FISH IS ALSO THE TERM FOR A MEASUREMENT OF VOLUME EQUAL TO ONE FOURTH OF A PINT?
A: GILL
Round 3 - Q1
Q: WHAT Q-WORD IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST CHALLENGE EACH EPISODE OF "TOP CHEF"?
A: QUICKFIRE
Round 3 - Q1
Q: WHAT TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE FOSSILIZED WOOD WHOSE NORMAL CELLS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH MINERAL DEPOSITS?
A: PETRIFIED WOOD
Round 3 - Q1
Q: ON SEASON 5, EPISODE 5 OF THE BIG BANG THEORY, SHELDON AND LEONARD GET INVITED TO A HOUSEWARMING PARTY AT WHICH FAMOUS STAR TREK ACTOR'S HOME?
A: WIL WHEATON
Round 3 - Q1
Q: WHAT Q-WORD IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST CHALLENGE EACH EPISODE OF "TOP CHEF"?
A: QUICKFIRE
Round 3 - Q1
Q: WHAT Q-WORD IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST CHALLENGE EACH EPISODE OF "TOP CHEF"?
A: QUICKFIRE
Round 3 - Q2
Q: IN DECEMBER 2012, THE PIANO THAT SAM PLAYED IN WHAT CLASSIC MOVIE SOLD AT AN AUCTION FOR MORE THAN $600,000?
A: CASABLANCA
Round 3 - Q2
Q: BEGINNING WITH SEASON 5 (2005) AND CONTINUING FOR SEVERAL SEASONS, WHAT TV DRAMA ADOPTED THE UNUSUAL FORMAT OF HAVING TWO SETS OF LEAD ACTORS ALTERNATE EPISODES:
A) COLD CASE
B) CSI: MIAMI
C) LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT
D) WITHOUT A TRACE
A: C) LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT
(VINCENT D'ONOFRIO AND KATHRYN ERBE ALTERNATED EPISODES WITH CHRIS NOTH AND HIS VARIOUS PARTNERS)
Round 3 - Q2
Q: ON AN EPISODE OF THE REALITY SERIES "NEWLYWEDS: NICK AND JESSICA", WHAT BRAND NAME FOOD PRODUCT WAS JESSICA SIMPSON EATING WHEN SHE FAMOUSLY ASKED, "IS THIS CHICKEN, WHAT I HAVE, OR IS THIS FISH?"
A: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Round 3 - Q2
Q: IN DECEMBER 2012, THE PIANO THAT SAM PLAYED IN WHAT CLASSIC MOVIE SOLD AT AN AUCTION FOR MORE THAN $600,000?
A: CASABLANCA
Round 3 - Q2
Q: THE 4TH SEQUEL OR 5TH INSTALLMENT IN THE FRIDAY THE 13TH MOVIE SERIES HAS WHAT SUBTITLE?
A: A NEW BEGINNING
Round 3 - Q2
Q: ON AN EPISODE OF THE REALITY SERIES "NEWLYWEDS: NICK AND JESSICA", WHAT BRAND NAME FOOD PRODUCT WAS JESSICA SIMPSON EATING WHEN SHE FAMOUSLY ASKED, "IS THIS CHICKEN, WHAT I HAVE, OR IS THIS FISH?"
A: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Round 3 - Q2
Q: ON AN EPISODE OF THE REALITY SERIES "NEWLYWEDS: NICK AND JESSICA", WHAT BRAND NAME FOOD PRODUCT WAS JESSICA SIMPSON EATING WHEN SHE FAMOUSLY ASKED, "IS THIS CHICKEN, WHAT I HAVE, OR IS THIS FISH?"
A: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Round 3 - Q3
Q: WHAT BUSINESS' FAMOUS ANNUAL "FREE CONE DAY" WAS REBRANDED THIS YEAR AS "FREE THE CONE DAY", AS A PROTEST AGAINST THE BRAND'S PARENT COMPANY?
A: BEN & JERRY'S
Round 3 - Q3
Q: ACCORDING TO THE LYRICS OF A 2026 #1 BY HARRY STYLES, WHAT 8-LETTER TITLE WORD "…LETS THE LIGHT IN"?
A: APERTURE
Round 3 - Q3
Q: IN THE FIRST SPINOFF OF "KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS", KOURTNEY AND KHLOE "TOOK" WHAT U.S. CITY?
A: MIAMI
Round 3 - Q3
Q: WHAT BUSINESS' FAMOUS ANNUAL "FREE CONE DAY" WAS REBRANDED THIS YEAR AS "FREE THE CONE DAY", AS A PROTEST AGAINST THE BRAND'S PARENT COMPANY?
A: BEN & JERRY'S
Round 3 - Q3
Q: TRUE OR FALSE? A NEBUCHADNEZZAR HOLDS THE EQUIVALENT OF 5 BOTTLES OF WINE.
A: FALSE, IT HOLDS APRROXIMATELY 20 BOTTLES OF WINE
Round 3 - Q3
Q: IN THE FIRST SPINOFF OF "KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS", KOURTNEY AND KHLOE "TOOK" WHAT U.S. CITY?
A: MIAMI
Round 3 - Q3
Q: IN THE FIRST SPINOFF OF "KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS", KOURTNEY AND KHLOE "TOOK" WHAT U.S. CITY?
A: MIAMI
Round H - Q1
Q: NAME THE COMPANIES FROM THEIR TWO-LETTERS STOCK SYMBOLS ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE:
1) BB … 2) KO … 3) KR … 4) RF
A: 1) BLACKBERRY
2) COCA-COLA
3) KROGER
4) REGIONS FINANCIAL
Round H - Q1
Q: GIVEN THE YEAR IT TOPPED THE CHARTS, IDENTIFY WHO RECORDED EACH OF THE FOLLOWING #1 SONGS:
1) 1990 - "NOTHING COMPARES 2 U"
2) 2000 - "SAY MY NAME"
3) 2010 - "JUST THE WAY YOU ARE"
4) 2020 - "RAIN ON ME" [ONE OF TWO ARTISTS]
A: 1) SINEAD O'CONNOR
2) DESTINY'S CHILD
3) BRUNO MARS
4) LADY GAGA & ARIANA GRANDE
Round H - Q1
Q: ALL DEBUTING SINCE 2016, NAME FOUR OF THE FIVE MOST RECENT "REAL HOUSEWIVES" SHOWS TO DEBUT ON BRAVO.
A: POTOMAC, DALLAS, SALT LAKE CITY, DUBAI, RHODE ISLAND
Round H - Q1
Q: NAME THE COMPANIES FROM THEIR TWO-LETTERS STOCK SYMBOLS ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE:
1) BB … 2) KO … 3) KR … 4) RF
A: 1) BLACKBERRY
2) COCA-COLA
3) KROGER
4) REGIONS FINANCIAL
Round H - Q1
Q: OF THE 195 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD AND THE LETTERS THEY BEGIN WITH, THERE ARE ONLY 11 LETTERS THAT HAVE 5 COUNTRIES EACH OR LESS. NAME ANY 8 OF THOSE LETTERS? (1 POINT PER CORRECT ANSWER)
A: D (5), F (3), H (4), J (3), K (5), O (1), Q (1) R (3), V (3), Y (1), Z (2)
Round H - Q1
Q: ALL DEBUTING SINCE 2016, NAME FOUR OF THE FIVE MOST RECENT "REAL HOUSEWIVES" SHOWS TO DEBUT ON BRAVO.
A: POTOMAC, DALLAS, SALT LAKE CITY, DUBAI, RHODE ISLAND
Round H - Q1
Q: ALL DEBUTING SINCE 2016, NAME FOUR OF THE FIVE MOST RECENT "REAL HOUSEWIVES" SHOWS TO DEBUT ON BRAVO.
A: POTOMAC, DALLAS, SALT LAKE CITY, DUBAI, RHODE ISLAND
Round 4 - Q1
Q: IN A SEASON 16 (2020) EPISODE OF "GREY'S ANATOMY", IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT DR. ALEX KAREV (JUSTIN CHAMBERS) HAD LEFT SEATTLE AND MOVED TO WHICH STATE TO BE WITH HIS EX-WIFE, IZZIE?
A: KANSAS
Round 4 - Q1
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BANDS ACTUALLY FORMED IN THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION IMPLIED BY THEIR NAME:
* BAY CITY ROLLERS
* KANSAS
* LITTLE TEXAS
* PHOENIX
A: KANSAS
Round 4 - Q1
Q: WHAT TLC REALITY SERIES FEATURED MAMA JUNE, SUGAR BEAR, PUMPKIN, CHUBBS, AND CHICKADEE?
A: HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO
Round 4 - Q1
Q: IN A SEASON 16 (2020) EPISODE OF "GREY'S ANATOMY", IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT DR. ALEX KAREV (JUSTIN CHAMBERS) HAD LEFT SEATTLE AND MOVED TO WHICH STATE TO BE WITH HIS EX-WIFE, IZZIE?
A: KANSAS
Round 4 - Q1
Q: OF THE 8 ORIGINAL BRAT PACK STARS/MEMBERS (ACCORDING TO IMDB.COM) NAME ONE OF THE ONLY TWO 80'S MOVIES THAT STARRED AT LEAST 5 OF THE ACTORS/ACTRESSES?
A: THE BREAKFAST CLUB (5) & ST. ELMO'S FIRE (6)
Round 4 - Q1
Q: WHAT TLC REALITY SERIES FEATURED MAMA JUNE, SUGAR BEAR, PUMPKIN, CHUBBS, AND CHICKADEE?
A: HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO
Round 4 - Q1
Q: WHAT TLC REALITY SERIES FEATURED MAMA JUNE, SUGAR BEAR, PUMPKIN, CHUBBS, AND CHICKADEE?
A: HERE COMES HONEY BOO BOO
Round 4 - Q2
Q: CURRENTLY COMPETING IN THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE, WHAT UNIVERSITY'S FOOTBALL TEAM WAS KNOWN AS THE "BUGEATERS" IN THE 1890's -- A NOD TO THE STATE'S MEAGER FOOD SUPPLY DURING THEIR HISTORY OF DROUGHTS?
A: (UNIV. OF) NEBRASKA
Round 4 - Q2
Q: WHAT WASHINGTON IRVING CHARACTER RIDES A HORSE NAMED GUNPOWDER?
A: ICHABOD CRANE
Round 4 - Q2
Q: MODEL/TV PERSONALITY ADRIANNE CURRY WAS THE WINNER OF THE FIRST SEASON OF WHAT REALITY-COMPETITION SHOW IN 2003?
A: AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL
Round 4 - Q2
Q: CURRENTLY COMPETING IN THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE, WHAT UNIVERSITY'S FOOTBALL TEAM WAS KNOWN AS THE "BUGEATERS" IN THE 1890's -- A NOD TO THE STATE'S MEAGER FOOD SUPPLY DURING THEIR HISTORY OF DROUGHTS?
A: (UNIV. OF) NEBRASKA
Round 4 - Q2
Q: WHO SANG THE SONG MAMBO #5 THAT TOPPED THE CHARTS AT #3 IN 1999?
A: LOU BEGA
Round 4 - Q2
Q: MODEL/TV PERSONALITY ADRIANNE CURRY WAS THE WINNER OF THE FIRST SEASON OF WHAT REALITY-COMPETITION SHOW IN 2003?
A: AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL
Round 4 - Q2
Q: MODEL/TV PERSONALITY ADRIANNE CURRY WAS THE WINNER OF THE FIRST SEASON OF WHAT REALITY-COMPETITION SHOW IN 2003?
A: AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL
Round 4 - Q3
Q: THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854, WHICH CREATED TWO NEW U.S. TERRITORIES, EFFECTIVELY REPEALED WHAT FAMOUS LEGISLATION OF 1820, WHICH HAD ADMITTED TWO NEW STATES?
A: THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE
Round 4 - Q3
Q: THE FIRST TIME THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS APPEARED IN THE SUPER BOWL, THEY LOST TO WHOM?
A: CHICAGO BEARS (SB XX)
Round 4 - Q3
Q: WHAT REALITY-COMPETITION SHOW FEATURES ITS PANELISTS HITTING A BUTTON TO TURN THEIR CHAIR AROUND?
A: THE VOICE
Round 4 - Q3
Q: THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854, WHICH CREATED TWO NEW U.S. TERRITORIES, EFFECTIVELY REPEALED WHAT FAMOUS LEGISLATION OF 1820, WHICH HAD ADMITTED TWO NEW STATES?
A: THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE
Round 4 - Q3
Q: ACCORDING TO DISCOVER MAGAZINE AND THE FINDINGS OF ARISTOTLE, WHICH ONE OF THE 5 SENSES ARE USED THE MOST? (ASSUMING YOU HAVE USE OF ALL 5 SENSES)
A: SIGHT (EYES)
Round 4 - Q3
Q: WHAT REALITY-COMPETITION SHOW FEATURES ITS PANELISTS HITTING A BUTTON TO TURN THEIR CHAIR AROUND?
A: THE VOICE
Round 4 - Q3
Q: WHAT REALITY-COMPETITION SHOW FEATURES ITS PANELISTS HITTING A BUTTON TO TURN THEIR CHAIR AROUND?
A: THE VOICE
Round 5 - Q1
Q: CONSISTING OF BITE-SIZE PIECES OF MEAT OF SEAFOOD ON SKEWERS, WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING JAPANESE WORDS LITERALLY MEANS "BROILED BIRD" OR "GRILLED CHICKEN":
A) KUSHIAGE
B) TEMPURA
C) TERIYAKI
D) YAKITORI
A: D) YAKITORI
Round 5 - Q1
Q: IN 1876 WHAT ALCOHOL BRAND WAS THE FIRST TO REGISTER ITS LOGO AS A TRADEMARK UNDER THE UK'S TRADE MARK REGISTRATION ACT OF 1875?
A: BASS ALE (THEIR FAMILIAR RED TRIANGLE LOGO)
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WHAT U.S. REALITY COMPETITION SHOW IS BASED ON A DUTCH SHOW CALLED "DE VERRADERS"?
A: THE TRAITORS
Round 5 - Q1
Q: CONSISTING OF BITE-SIZE PIECES OF MEAT OF SEAFOOD ON SKEWERS, WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING JAPANESE WORDS LITERALLY MEANS "BROILED BIRD" OR "GRILLED CHICKEN":
A) KUSHIAGE
B) TEMPURA
C) TERIYAKI
D) YAKITORI
A: D) YAKITORI
Round 5 - Q1
Q: OF THE FIVE BOROUGHS OF NYC, IN 2026, WHICH ONE IS THE MOST POPULATED & WHICH IS THE LEAST POPULATED? (ACCORDING TO HTTPS://WWW.CITYPOPULATION.DE/)
A: RESPECTIVELY, BROOKLYN, APPROX. 2.7 MILLION (MOST POPULATED) & STATEN ISLAND, APPROX. 493K (LEAST POPULATED)
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WHAT U.S. REALITY COMPETITION SHOW IS BASED ON A DUTCH SHOW CALLED "DE VERRADERS"?
A: THE TRAITORS
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WHAT U.S. REALITY COMPETITION SHOW IS BASED ON A DUTCH SHOW CALLED "DE VERRADERS"?
A: THE TRAITORS
Round 5 - Q2
Q: "OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS" WAS THE FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL BY WHAT AUTHOR:
A) TRUMAN CAPOTE
B) AGATHA CHRISTIE
C) GEORGE ORWELL
D) VIRGINIA WOOLF
A: A) TRUMAN CAPOTE
Round 5 - Q2
Q: AIRING FROM 1996-2022, WHAT IS THE LONGEST RUNNING ANIMATED SHOW TO AIR ON PBS?
A: ARTHUR
Round 5 - Q2
Q: WHAT LONG-RUNNING REALITY COMPETITION SHOW PRODUCED A SHORT-LIVED 2014 SPINOFF TITLED "UNDER THE GUNN"?
A: PROJECT RUNWAY (THE SHOW WAS NAMED AFTER LONG-TIME JUDGE TIM GUNN)
Round 5 - Q2
Q: "OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS" WAS THE FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL BY WHAT AUTHOR:
A) TRUMAN CAPOTE
B) AGATHA CHRISTIE
C) GEORGE ORWELL
D) VIRGINIA WOOLF
A: A) TRUMAN CAPOTE
Round 5 - Q2
Q: HOW MANY TIMES ARE THE WORDS "5 GOLDEN RINGS" SUNG IN THE CHRISTMAS SONG "TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"?
A: 8 (FIFTH THROUGH TWELFTH DAYS)
Round 5 - Q2
Q: WHAT LONG-RUNNING REALITY COMPETITION SHOW PRODUCED A SHORT-LIVED 2014 SPINOFF TITLED "UNDER THE GUNN"?
A: PROJECT RUNWAY (THE SHOW WAS NAMED AFTER LONG-TIME JUDGE TIM GUNN)
Round 5 - Q2
Q: WHAT LONG-RUNNING REALITY COMPETITION SHOW PRODUCED A SHORT-LIVED 2014 SPINOFF TITLED "UNDER THE GUNN"?
A: PROJECT RUNWAY (THE SHOW WAS NAMED AFTER LONG-TIME JUDGE TIM GUNN)
Round 5 - Q3
Q: DEVELOPED BY ANTHROPIC, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE "CLAUDE" AI MODEL RELEASED TO SOME COMPANIES ON APRIL 7 THIS YEAR, BUT NOT TO THE PUBLIC?
A: MYTHOS
Round 5 - Q3
Q: WHAT 15/16TH CENTURY PORTUGUESE EXPLORER WAS KNOWN AS THE "ADMIRAL OF THE INDIAN SEAS"?
A: VASCO DE GAMA
Round 5 - Q3
Q: ON WHAT LONG-RUNNING REALITY SHOW DO PARTICIPANTS BATTLE TO BECOME HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD?
A: BIG BROTHER
Round 5 - Q3
Q: DEVELOPED BY ANTHROPIC, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE "CLAUDE" AI MODEL RELEASED TO SOME COMPANIES ON APRIL 7 THIS YEAR, BUT NOT TO THE PUBLIC?
A: MYTHOS
Round 5 - Q3
Q: GARY OLDMAN, CHRIS TUCKER & LUKE PERRY ALL APPEARED IN WHAT 1997 MOVIE?
A: THE FIFTH ELEMENT
Round 5 - Q3
Q: ON WHAT LONG-RUNNING REALITY SHOW DO PARTICIPANTS BATTLE TO BECOME HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD?
A: BIG BROTHER
Round 5 - Q3
Q: ON WHAT LONG-RUNNING REALITY SHOW DO PARTICIPANTS BATTLE TO BECOME HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD?
A: BIG BROTHER
Round 6 - Q1
Q: IN "STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH", WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OUTER RIM PLANETOID WHERE LUKE AND LEIA ARE BORN:
A) GALORNDON CORE
B) GEONOSIS
C) POLIS MASSA
D) TRIACUS
A: C) POLIS MASSA [WHICH HAD BECOME A HAVEN FOR SURVIVING JEDI FOLLOWING THE EXECUTION OF ORDER 66]
Round 6 - Q1
Q: HAPPY STAR WARS DAY [YESTERDAY]! IN "STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH", WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OUTER RIM PLANETOID WHERE LUKE AND LEIA ARE BORN:
A) GALORNDON CORE
B) GEONOSIS
C) POLIS MASSA
D) TRIACUS
A: C) POLIS MASSA [WHICH HAD BECOME A HAVEN FOR SURVIVING JEDI FOLLOWING THE EXECUTION OF ORDER 66]
Round 6 - Q1
Q: WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF THE A&E REALITY SERIES THAT STARRED VICTORIA GOTTI, DAUGHTER OF MAFIA BOSS JOHN GOTTI, ALONG WITH HER THREE SONS?
A: GROWING UP GOTTI
Round 6 - Q1
Q: IN "STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH", WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OUTER RIM PLANETOID WHERE LUKE AND LEIA ARE BORN:
A) GALORNDON CORE
B) GEONOSIS
C) POLIS MASSA
D) TRIACUS
A: C) POLIS MASSA [WHICH HAD BECOME A HAVEN FOR SURVIVING JEDI FOLLOWING THE EXECUTION OF ORDER 66]
Round 6 - Q1
Q: IN 2026, HOW MANY MONTHS WILL HAVE 5 FRIDAYS?
A: 4 (JANUARY, MAY, JULY & OCTOBER)
Round 6 - Q1
Q: WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF THE A&E REALITY SERIES THAT STARRED VICTORIA GOTTI, DAUGHTER OF MAFIA BOSS JOHN GOTTI, ALONG WITH HER THREE SONS?
A: GROWING UP GOTTI
Round 6 - Q1
Q: WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF THE A&E REALITY SERIES THAT STARRED VICTORIA GOTTI, DAUGHTER OF MAFIA BOSS JOHN GOTTI, ALONG WITH HER THREE SONS?
A: GROWING UP GOTTI
Round 6 - Q2
Q: IN WHAT COUNTRY, NOT CANADA, IS THE CANADIAN RIVER?
A: UNITED STATES
[IT'S A MAJOR TRIBUTARY OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER]
Round 6 - Q2
Q: CONTRARY TO WHAT MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE, CINCO DE MAYO COMMEMORATES A VICTORY OVER FRANCE AT THE BATTLE OF PUEBLA, NOT MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN, WHICH IS IN WHAT LATER MONTH OF THE CALENDAR YEAR?
A: SEPTEMBER (16)
Round 6 - Q2
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT THE ACTUAL NAME OF A U.S. REALITY TV SERIES:
CAKES ALIVE ... CUPCAKE WARS ... DC CUPCAKES ... OR STATEN ISLAND CAKES?
A: CAKES ALIVE
Round 6 - Q2
Q: IN WHAT COUNTRY, NOT CANADA, IS THE CANADIAN RIVER?
A: UNITED STATES
[IT'S A MAJOR TRIBUTARY OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER]
Round 6 - Q2
Q: WHAT RECENT PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR/THRILLER MOVIE FEATURED THE INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THE SONG "I GOT 5 ON IT" BY LUNIZ?
A: "US" (2019)
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JORDAN PEELE
STARRING LUPITA NYONG'O
Round 6 - Q2
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT THE ACTUAL NAME OF A U.S. REALITY TV SERIES:
CAKES ALIVE ... CUPCAKE WARS ... DC CUPCAKES ... OR STATEN ISLAND CAKES?
A: CAKES ALIVE
Round 6 - Q2
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT THE ACTUAL NAME OF A U.S. REALITY TV SERIES:
CAKES ALIVE ... CUPCAKE WARS ... DC CUPCAKES ... OR STATEN ISLAND CAKES?
A: CAKES ALIVE
Round 6 - Q3
Q: WHAT 1960's BOB DYLAN SONG DID THE ROLLING STONES RECORD FOR THEIR 1996 ALBUM "STRIPPED"?
A: LIKE A ROLLING STONE
Round 6 - Q3
Q: WHAT WAS THE MOST RECENT DATE (MONTH-DAY-YEAR) TO BE KNOWN AS SQUARE ROOT DAY?
A: MAY 5, 2025 (5-5-25)
Round 6 - Q3
Q: THE PAWN SHOP FEATURED ON THE SERIES "PAWN STARS" IS BASED IN WHAT CITY?
A: LAS VEGAS
Round 6 - Q3
Q: WHAT 1960's BOB DYLAN SONG DID THE ROLLING STONES RECORD FOR THEIR 1996 ALBUM "STRIPPED"?
A: LIKE A ROLLING STONE
Round 6 - Q3
Q: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BOY BANDS DID NOT HAVE 5 MEMBERS?
A. BACKSTREET BOYS
B. NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
C. 98 DEGREES
D. N'SYNC
E. NEW EDITION
A: C. 98 DEGREES
Round 6 - Q3
Q: THE PAWN SHOP FEATURED ON THE SERIES "PAWN STARS" IS BASED IN WHAT CITY?
A: LAS VEGAS
Round 6 - Q3
Q: THE PAWN SHOP FEATURED ON THE SERIES "PAWN STARS" IS BASED IN WHAT CITY?
A: LAS VEGAS
Round F - Q1
Q: PUT THE FOLLOWING HIT SONGS IN ORDER, ACCORDING TO WHICH WAS RELEASED FIRST:
A) CALL ME MAYBE [CARLY RAE JEPSEN]
B) CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE SOBER [EVANESCENCE]
C) ONE CALL AWAY [CHARLIE PUTH]
D) MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) [LIL NAS X]
E) THIS IS A CALL [FOO FIGHTERS]
A: E-B-A-C-D
[RESPECTIVELY: 1995 … 2006 … 2011 (THOUGH DIDN'T CHART UNTIL 2012) … 2016 … 2021]
Round F - Q1
Q: WHOSE PRESIDENTIAL MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON D.C. ALSO FEATURES SCULPTURES OF A FIRST LADY AND PET DOG?
A: FDR (MEMORIAL) [RE: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AND FALA]
Round F - Q1
Q: MATCH THE REALITY SHOW TO ITS HOST OR STAR [ONE SHOW DOES NOT MATCH]:
A) THE BACHELORETTE
B) EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION
C) LOVE ISLAND (USA)
D) THE MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER
E) WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
1) CHRIS HARRISON ... 2) ARIANA MADIX ... 3) JOHN QUIÑONES ... 4) PATTI STANGER
A: A-1 … C-2 … D-4 … E-3
Round F - Q1
Q: PUT THE FOLLOWING HIT SONGS IN ORDER, ACCORDING TO WHICH WAS RELEASED FIRST:
A) CALL ME MAYBE [CARLY RAE JEPSEN]
B) CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE SOBER [EVANESCENCE]
C) ONE CALL AWAY [CHARLIE PUTH]
D) MONTERO (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) [LIL NAS X]
E) THIS IS A CALL [FOO FIGHTERS]
A: E-B-A-C-D
[RESPECTIVELY: 1995 … 2006 … 2011 (THOUGH DIDN'T CHART UNTIL 2012) … 2016 … 2021]
Round F - Q1
Q: NAME ONE OF THE THREE MOVIES THAT HAVE WON THE "BIG 5" ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTOR, BEST ACTRESS AND BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY?
A: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
Round F - Q1
Q: MATCH THE REALITY SHOW TO ITS HOST OR STAR [ONE SHOW DOES NOT MATCH]:
A) THE BACHELORETTE
B) EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION
C) LOVE ISLAND (USA)
D) THE MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER
E) WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
1) CHRIS HARRISON ... 2) ARIANA MADIX ... 3) JOHN QUIÑONES ... 4) PATTI STANGER
A: A-1 … C-2 … D-4 … E-3
Round F - Q1
Q: MATCH THE REALITY SHOW TO ITS HOST OR STAR [ONE SHOW DOES NOT MATCH]:
A) THE BACHELORETTE
B) EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION
C) LOVE ISLAND (USA)
D) THE MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER
E) WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
1) JESSE PALMER ... 2) ARIANA MADIX ... 3) JOHN QUIÑONES ... 4) PATTI STANGER
A: A-1 … C-2 … D-4 … E-3
Round R - Q1
Q: PUT THE FOLLOWING U.S. CITIES IN ORDER, FROM MOST POPULOUS TO LEAST:
A) CLEVELAND, OHIO
B) CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS
C) JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
D) LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
E) WASHINGTON D.C.
A: E-A-D-C-B
[RESPECTIVE APPROXIMATIONS: 718,000 … 362,000 … 305,000 … 135,000 … 16,000]
Round R - Q1
Q: NAME FOUR OF THE SIX MOVIES DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR SINCE 2010.
A: THE FABELMANS … WEST SIDE STORY … THE POST … BRIDGE OF SPIES … LINCOLN … WAR HORSE
Round R - Q1
Q: WHICH U.S. REALITY COMPETITION SHOW WAS ONCE COHOSTED BY KHLOE KARDASHIAN:
A) AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
B) LIP SYNC BATTLE
C) THE SING-OFF
D) THE X FACTOR
A: D) THE X FACTOR (IN 2012)
Round R - Q1
Q: PUT THE FOLLOWING U.S. CITIES IN ORDER, FROM MOST POPULOUS TO LEAST:
A) CLEVELAND, OHIO
B) CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS
C) JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
D) LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
E) WASHINGTON D.C.
A: E-A-D-C-B
[RESPECTIVE APPROXIMATIONS: 718,000 … 362,000 … 305,000 … 135,000 … 16,000]
Round R - Q1
Q: A RHYTHM STRUCTURE, USED MOST COMMONLY IN POETRY, THAT COMBINES UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES AND STRESSED SYLLABLES IN GROUPS OF FIVE, IS CALLED WHAT? (TWO WORDS)
A: IAMBIC PENTAMETER
Round R - Q1
Q: WHICH U.S. REALITY COMPETITION SHOW WAS ONCE COHOSTED BY KHLOE KARDASHIAN:
A) AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
B) LIP SYNC BATTLE
C) THE SING-OFF
D) THE X FACTOR
A: D) THE X FACTOR (IN 2012)
Round R - Q1
Q: WHICH U.S. REALITY COMPETITION SHOW WAS ONCE COHOSTED BY KHLOE KARDASHIAN:
A) AMERICA'S GOT TALENT
B) LIP SYNC BATTLE
C) THE SING-OFF
D) THE X FACTOR
A: D) THE X FACTOR (IN 2012)
Round R - Q2
Q: MUSCAT IS THE CAPITAL OF WHAT MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY?
A: OMAN
Round R - Q2
Q: ACCORDING TO MERRIAM-WEBSTER, WHAT FOUR-LETTER WORD - NOW A GENERAL TERM FOR A PERSON WHO IS A FERVENT FAN OF ANY ACTIVITY - ORIGINALLY REFERRED TO PEOPLE WHO WERE ENTHUSIASTS ABOUT WATCHING FIRES?
A: BUFF
Round R - Q2
Q: WHO ARE THE ONLY BROTHER AND SISTER TO EACH WIN A SEASON OF "DANCING WITH THE STARS"?
[LAST NAME IS ACCEPTABLE]
A: (ROBERT AND BINDI) IRWIN
…IN SEASONS 34 (2025) AND 21 (2015), RESPECTIVELY
Round R - Q2
Q: MUSCAT IS THE CAPITAL OF WHAT MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY?
A: OMAN
Round R - Q2
Q: RATIFIED ON JANUARY 9, 1788, WHICH STATE BECAME THE 5TH STATE TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES?
A: CONNECTICUT
Round R - Q2
Q: WHO ARE THE ONLY BROTHER AND SISTER TO EACH WIN A SEASON OF "DANCING WITH THE STARS"?
[LAST NAME IS ACCEPTABLE]
A: (ROBERT AND BINDI) IRWIN
…IN SEASONS 34 (2025) AND 21 (2015), RESPECTIVELY
Round R - Q2
Q: WHO ARE THE ONLY BROTHER AND SISTER TO EACH WIN A SEASON OF "DANCING WITH THE STARS"?
[LAST NAME IS ACCEPTABLE]
A: (ROBERT AND BINDI) IRWIN
…IN SEASONS 34 (2025) AND 21 (2015), RESPECTIVELY
Round R - Q3
Q: EACH YEAR, THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS VISIT DIRA PUK MONASTERY, FOUND NEAR A SACRED PEAK MORE THAN 16,000 FEET UP IN WHAT MOUNTAINS?
A: HIMALAYAS [NEAR MT. KAILASH IN TIBET]
Round R - Q3
Q: BY WHAT SINGLE LETTERED LAST NAME WAS FEMINIST LAURA ORTHWEIN KNOWN WHEN SHE FOUNDED THE WOMEN'S HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER IN 1968?
A: (LAURA) X
Round R - Q3
Q: EACH YEAR, THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS VISIT DIRA PUK MONASTERY, FOUND NEAR A SACRED PEAK MORE THAN 16,000 FEET UP IN WHAT MOUNTAINS?
A: HIMALAYAS [NEAR MT. KAILASH IN TIBET]
Round R - Q3
Q: IN HOCKEY, WHAT PENALTY GETS YOU 5 MINUTES IN THE PENALTY BOX AND IS ALSO THE STAGE NAME OF A SINGER?
A: FIGHTING - (FIVE FOR FIGHTING)
Round R - Q4
Q: OF JAPANESE DESCENT, DON WAKAMATSU BECAME THE FIRST ASIAN MANAGER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WHEN HE MANAGED WHAT TEAM IN 2009 AND 2010?
A: SEATTLE MARINERS
Round R - Q4
Q: THERE HAVE BEEN TWO DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES KNOWN AS THE NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE (NASL), ONE THAT OPERATED FROM 1968-1984, AND A LATER ONE FROM 2011-2017. BOTH LEAGUES FEATURED A NEW YORK-BASED TEAM WITH WHAT TEAM NICKNAME?
A: COSMOS
Round R - Q4
Q: OF JAPANESE DESCENT, DON WAKAMATSU BECAME THE FIRST ASIAN MANAGER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WHEN HE MANAGED WHAT TEAM IN 2009 AND 2010?
A: SEATTLE MARINERS
Round R - Q4
Q: WHAT 1980’S MOVIE WAS THE MAIN CHARACTER'S NAME JOHNNY NUMBER 5?
A: SHORT CIRCUIT
Round R - Q5
Q: AT JAZZ FUNERALS IN NEW ORLEANS, WHAT PHRASE WITH AN ORDINAL NUMBER REFERS TO THE MOURNERS OR ONLOOKERS WHO JOIN IN BEHIND THE CASKET, THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE MUSICIANS?
A: THE SECOND LINE
Round R - Q5
Q: WHILE GOING UNDERCOVER FOR THE FBI, SANDRA BULLOCK'S CHARACTER REPRESENTED WHAT STATE IN THE BEAUTY PAGEANT IN "MISS CONGENIALITY"?
A: NEW JERSEY
Round R - Q5
Q: AT JAZZ FUNERALS IN NEW ORLEANS, WHAT PHRASE WITH AN ORDINAL NUMBER REFERS TO THE MOURNERS OR ONLOOKERS WHO JOIN IN BEHIND THE CASKET, THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE MUSICIANS?
A: THE SECOND LINE
Round R - Q5
Q: WHO IS THE THREE TIME GRAMMY WINNING A CAPELLA GROUP WHOSE NAME CONTAINS THE GREEK WORD FOR FIVE IN IT?
A: PENTATONIX
Round R - Q6
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE KENNEDYS SAID, "ONLY THOSE WHO DARE TO FAIL GREATLY CAN EVER ACHIEVE GREATLY"?
A: ROBERT F. KENNEDY / RFK
Round R - Q6
Q: 6 LETTERS - 4TH LETTER 'F'; 5TH LETTER 'L'
CLUE: ARCHIE BUNKER'S FAVORITE EXCLAMATION
A: STIFLE
Round R - Q6
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE KENNEDYS SAID, "ONLY THOSE WHO DARE TO FAIL GREATLY CAN EVER ACHIEVE GREATLY"?
A: ROBERT F. KENNEDY / RFK
Round R - Q7
Q: IN "GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3", WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CYBERNETICALLY-ENHANCED OTTER WHO IS MORE OR LESS ROCKET'S LOVE INTEREST IN FLASHBACKS?
A: LYLLA
Round R - Q7
Q: DISCOVERY POINT AND ALKI POINT ARE TWO OF THE WESTERNMOST AREAS OF WHAT MAJOR WEST COAST CITY?
A: SEATTLE
Round R - Q7
Q: IN "GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3", WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CYBERNETICALLY-ENHANCED OTTER WHO IS MORE OR LESS ROCKET'S LOVE INTEREST IN FLASHBACKS?
A: LYLLA
Round R - Q8
Q: WHAT SYNDICATED 1980's SITCOM OPENED WITH A THEME SONG FEATURING THE FOLLOWING LYRICS:
"SHE'S FANTASTIC! MADE OF PLASTIC! MICROCHIPS HERE AND THERE."
A: SMALL WONDER
Round R - Q8
Q: MUS MOMENTS IN 1994, A JURY RULED THAT WHAT SINGER WAS GUILTY OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, REGARDING HIS 1991 SONG "LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THING" BEING TOO SIMILAR TO AN OLD ISLEY BROTHERS SONG OF THE SAME TITLE?
A: MICHAEL BOLTON
Round R - Q8
Q: WHAT SYNDICATED 1980's SITCOM OPENED WITH A THEME SONG FEATURING THE FOLLOWING LYRICS:
"SHE'S FANTASTIC! MADE OF PLASTIC! MICROCHIPS HERE AND THERE."
A: SMALL WONDER
Round R - Q9
Q: IN 1999, WHICH MEMBER OF MÖTLEY CRÜE LEFT THE BAND TO FORM A RAP-METAL GROUP CALLED "METHODS OF MAYHEM"?
A: (DRUMMER) TOMMY LEE
[HE RETURNED TO MÖTLEY CRÜE IN 2004]
Round R - Q9
Q: ON THE FOLLOWING LIST OF CAR BRANDS, IDENTIFY WHICH WAS FOUNDED FIRST, AND WHICH WAS FOUNDED LAST [MUST SPECIFY]
* CHEVROLET
* CHRYSLER
* FIAT
* PORSCHE
* ROLLS ROYCE
A: FIRST: FIAT (1899)
LAST: PORSCHE (1931)
[ROLLS (1906), CHEVY (1911), CHRYSLER (1925)]
Round R - Q9
Q: IN 1999, WHICH MEMBER OF MÖTLEY CRÜE LEFT THE BAND TO FORM A RAP-METAL GROUP CALLED "METHODS OF MAYHEM"?
A: (DRUMMER) TOMMY LEE
[HE RETURNED TO MÖTLEY CRÜE IN 2004]
Round R - Q10
Q: WHAT COUNTRY'S NATIONAL FLAG CONSISTS OF BOTH THE UNION JACK AND THE SOUTHERN CROSS?
A: AUSTRALIA
Round R - Q11
Q: NAME FOUR OF THE SIX MOVIES DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR SINCE 2010.
A: THE FABELMANS … WEST SIDE STORY … THE POST … BRIDGE OF SPIES … LINCOLN … WAR HORSE
Round R - Q12
Q: WHAT 15/16TH CENTURY PORTUGUESE EXPLORER WAS KNOWN AS THE "ADMIRAL OF THE INDIAN SEAS"?
A: VASCO DE GAMA
Round R - Q13
Q: THE FIRST TIME THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS APPEARED IN THE SUPER BOWL, THEY LOST TO WHOM?
A: CHICAGO BEARS (SB XX)
Round R - Q14
Q: WHAT WAS THE MOST RECENT DATE (MONTH-DAY-YEAR) TO BE KNOWN AS SQUARE ROOT DAY?
A: MAY 5, 2025 (5-5-25)
Round R - Q15
Q: CONTRARY TO WHAT MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE, CINCO DE MAYO COMMEMORATES A VICTORY OVER FRANCE AT THE BATTLE OF PUEBLA, NOT MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN, WHICH IS IN WHAT LATER MONTH OF THE CALENDAR YEAR?
A: SEPTEMBER (16)
Round R - Q16
Q: WHAT MAN FOUNDED THE DETROIT AUTOMOBILE COMPANY IN 1899?
A: HENRY FORD
Round R - Q17
Q: IDENTIFY THE MOVIE FROM THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIVE HAIKU:
DIMWITTED RICH HEIR
DODGE BALL, SPELLING BEE, WET PANTS
AWARDED NO POINTS
A: BILLY MADISON
Round R - Q18
Q: WHAT PART OF A FISH IS ALSO THE TERM FOR A MEASUREMENT OF VOLUME EQUAL TO ONE FOURTH OF A PINT?
A: GILL
Round R - Q19
Q: GIVEN THE YEAR IT TOPPED THE CHARTS, IDENTIFY WHO RECORDED EACH OF THE FOLLOWING #1 SONGS:
1) 1990 - "NOTHING COMPARES 2 U"
2) 2000 - "SAY MY NAME"
3) 2010 - "JUST THE WAY YOU ARE"
4) 2020 - "RAIN ON ME" [ONE OF TWO ARTISTS]
A: 1) SINEAD O'CONNOR
2) DESTINY'S CHILD
3) BRUNO MARS
4) LADY GAGA & ARIANA GRANDE
Round R - Q20
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BANDS ACTUALLY FORMED IN THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION IMPLIED BY THEIR NAME:
* BAY CITY ROLLERS
* KANSAS
* LITTLE TEXAS
* PHOENIX
A: KANSAS
Round R - Q21
Q: 6 LETTERS - 4TH LETTER 'F'; 5TH LETTER 'L'
CLUE: ARCHIE BUNKER'S FAVORITE EXCLAMATION
A: STIFLE
Round R - Q22
Q: AIRING FROM 1996-2022, WHAT IS THE LONGEST RUNNING ANIMATED SHOW TO AIR ON PBS?
A: ARTHUR
Round R - Q23
Q: BEGINNING WITH SEASON 5 (2005) AND CONTINUING FOR SEVERAL SEASONS, WHAT TV DRAMA ADOPTED THE UNUSUAL FORMAT OF HAVING TWO SETS OF LEAD ACTORS ALTERNATE EPISODES:
A) COLD CASE
B) CSI: MIAMI
C) LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT
D) WITHOUT A TRACE
A: C) LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT
(VINCENT D'ONOFRIO AND KATHRYN ERBE ALTERNATED EPISODES WITH CHRIS NOTH AND HIS VARIOUS PARTNERS)
Round R - Q24
Q: ACCORDING TO THE LYRICS OF A 2026 #1 BY HARRY STYLES, WHAT 8-LETTER TITLE WORD "…LETS THE LIGHT IN"?
A: APERTURE
Round R - Q25
Q: ACCORDING TO MERRIAM-WEBSTER, WHAT FOUR-LETTER WORD - NOW A GENERAL TERM FOR A PERSON WHO IS A FERVENT FAN OF ANY ACTIVITY - ORIGINALLY REFERRED TO PEOPLE WHO WERE ENTHUSIASTS ABOUT WATCHING FIRES?
A: BUFF
Round R - Q26
Q: HAPPY STAR WARS DAY [YESTERDAY]! IN "STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH", WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OUTER RIM PLANETOID WHERE LUKE AND LEIA ARE BORN:
A) GALORNDON CORE
B) GEONOSIS
C) POLIS MASSA
D) TRIACUS
A: C) POLIS MASSA [WHICH HAD BECOME A HAVEN FOR SURVIVING JEDI FOLLOWING THE EXECUTION OF ORDER 66]
Round R - Q27
Q: DISCOVERY POINT AND ALKI POINT ARE TWO OF THE WESTERNMOST AREAS OF WHAT MAJOR WEST COAST CITY?
A: SEATTLE
Round R - Q28
Q: MUS MOMENTS IN 1994, A JURY RULED THAT WHAT SINGER WAS GUILTY OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, REGARDING HIS 1991 SONG "LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THING" BEING TOO SIMILAR TO AN OLD ISLEY BROTHERS SONG OF THE SAME TITLE?
A: MICHAEL BOLTON
Round R - Q29
Q: WHOSE PRESIDENTIAL MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON D.C. ALSO FEATURES SCULPTURES OF A FIRST LADY AND PET DOG?
A: FDR (MEMORIAL) [RE: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AND FALA]
Round R - Q30
Q: IN WHAT YEAR DID THE PHRASE "THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD" BECOME A U.S. FEDERAL TRADEMARK FOR THE DOS EQUIS BRAND?
A: 2010
Round R - Q31
Q: ON THE FOLLOWING LIST OF CAR BRANDS, IDENTIFY WHICH WAS FOUNDED FIRST, AND WHICH WAS FOUNDED LAST [MUST SPECIFY]
* CHEVROLET
* CHRYSLER
* FIAT
* PORSCHE
* ROLLS ROYCE
A: FIRST: FIAT (1899)
LAST: PORSCHE (1931)
[ROLLS (1906), CHEVY (1911), CHRYSLER (1925)]
Round R - Q32
Q: IN 1876 WHAT ALCOHOL BRAND WAS THE FIRST TO REGISTER ITS LOGO AS A TRADEMARK UNDER THE UK'S TRADE MARK REGISTRATION ACT OF 1875?
A: BASS ALE (THEIR FAMILIAR RED TRIANGLE LOGO)
Round R - Q33
Q: WHAT BUGLE SONG IS TRADITIONALLY PLAYED AT MILITARY FUNERALS?
A: TAPS
Round R - Q34
Q: IN WHAT AMERICAN COLONY DID THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS TAKE PLACE?
A: MASSACHUSETTS
Round R - Q35
Q: WHAT IS THE ONLY FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC WHOSE NAME ENDS WITH "-STAN" TO STILL BORDER RUSSIA?
A: KAZAKHSTAN
Round R - Q36
Q: WHAT WASHINGTON IRVING CHARACTER RIDES A HORSE NAMED GUNPOWDER?
A: ICHABOD CRANE
Round R - Q37
Q: WHILE GOING UNDERCOVER FOR THE FBI, SANDRA BULLOCK'S CHARACTER REPRESENTED WHAT STATE IN THE BEAUTY PAGEANT IN "MISS CONGENIALITY"?
A: NEW JERSEY
Round R - Q38
Q: THERE HAVE BEEN TWO DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES KNOWN AS THE NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE (NASL), ONE THAT OPERATED FROM 1968-1984, AND A LATER ONE FROM 2011-2017. BOTH LEAGUES FEATURED A NEW YORK-BASED TEAM WITH WHAT TEAM NICKNAME?
A: COSMOS
Round R - Q39
Q: BY WHAT SINGLE LETTERED LAST NAME WAS FEMINIST LAURA ORTHWEIN KNOWN WHEN SHE FOUNDED THE WOMEN'S HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER IN 1968?
A: (LAURA) X
Round T - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO WORLD POPULATION REVIEW, IN SQUARE MILES, WHAT IS THE COMBINED TOTAL AREA OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA?
A: 159,626 SQ.MI. [82,278 + 77,348]
Round T - Q1
Q: IN WHAT YEAR DID THE PHRASE "THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD" BECOME A U.S. FEDERAL TRADEMARK FOR THE DOS EQUIS BRAND?
A: 2010
Round T - Q1
Q: HOW MANY TOTAL SEASONS OF "THE REAL WORLD" HAVE AIRED?
A: 33
Round T - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO WORLD POPULATION REVIEW, IN SQUARE MILES, WHAT IS THE COMBINED TOTAL AREA OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA?
A: 159,626 SQ.MI. [82,278 + 77,348]
Round T - Q1
Q: WHAT IS 5 TO THE 10TH POWER?
A: 9,765,625
Round T - Q1
Q: HOW MANY TOTAL SEASONS OF "THE REAL WORLD" HAVE AIRED?
A: 33
Round T - Q1
Q: HOW MANY TOTAL SEASONS OF "THE REAL WORLD" HAVE AIRED?
A: 33