Round 1 - Q1
Q: WHAT BOOK OF THE BIBLE IS OFTEN ABBREVIATED "NUM."?
A: NUMBERS
Round 1 - Q2
Q: HOW MANY CONTINENTS ARE THERE ON EARTH?
A: SEVEN
Round 1 - Q3
Q: EIGHT LETTERS -- FOURTH AND SIXTH LETTERS BOTH "E"
CLUE: YOU CAN FEIGN IT OR PAY IT
A: INTEREST
Round 2 - Q1
Q: HELD IN MAY, WHAT ARTIST LED THE NOMINATIONS AT THIS YEAR'S AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, WITH 8, YET SURPRISINGLY DIDN'T WIN ANY OF THEM?
A: TAYLOR SWIFT
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT 1997 MOVIE MARKED THE FIRST TIME A SINGLE CHARACTER FROM THE SAME FILM, PORTRAYED BY TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, RECEIVED TWO ACTING NOMINATIONS AT THE OSCARS?
A: TITANIC
[KATE WINSLET AS YOUNG ROSE AND GLORIA STUART AS ELDERLY ROSE]
Round 2 - Q3
Q: THE LARGEST CORAL BARRIER REEF IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S. LIES JUST OFF THE COAST OF WHICH STATE?
A: FLORIDA [THE FLORIDA REEF]
Round 3 - Q1
Q: REFERRING TO BOTH HIS NAME AND HIS JERSEY NUMBER WHILE WITH THE RAVENS, WHAT FORMER NFL PLAYER WAS NICKNAMED "RG3"?
A: ROBERT GRIFFIN III
Round 3 - Q2
Q: IN WHAT COUNTRY WAS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER BORN, ON THIS DAY IN 1947?
A: AUSTRIA
Round 3 - Q3
Q: VICTORIA AND ELLESMERE ARE TWO OF THE THREE LARGEST ISLANDS OF WHAT COUNTRY?
A: CANADA
Round H - Q1
Q: IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS OF NAMES, IDENTIFY WHICH ONE IS THE NAME OF AN ELEMENT ON THE PERIODIC TABLE:
1) ASTATINE … FRANCINE … LORATADINE … TALAMINE
2) HADRON … KRYPTON … LEPTON … ZIRCON
3) CERBIUM … GALLINESIUM … NIROBIUM … TERBIUM
4) EUPHONIUM … LENNTECHIUM … SAMARIUM … THELONIUM
A: 1) ASTATINE
2) KRYPTON
3) TERBIUM
4) SAMARIUM
Round 4 - Q1
Q: AS A TEENAGER, WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE COMPETED IN THE JUNIOR OLYMPICS AS A SWIMMER AND WAS ALSO A TOP-RANKED GYMNAST:
A) HILLARY CLINTON [NÉE RODHAM]
B) HILARY DUFF
C) HILARY SWANK
D) SIR EDMUND HILLARY
A: HILARY SWANK
Round 4 - Q2
Q: OF AN ALPACA OR A LLAMA, WHICH ANIMAL GENERALLY PRODUCES FINER FLEECE, IN GREATER QUANTITY, AND IN A GREATER VARIETY OF COLORS?
A: ALPACA
Round 4 - Q3
Q: AIRING FOR ONLY ONE SEASON IN 2013, WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES THE AMERICAN TV SHOW "SPLASH":
A) CELEBRITY COMPETITION SHOW
B) KIDS EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE SERIES
C) LEGAL DRAMA
D) FANTASY SITCOM
A: A) CELEBRITY DIVING COMPETITION … WITH GREG LOUGANIS AS DIVING MENTOR
Round 5 - Q1
Q: THE LITMUS IN A LITMUS TEST IS A REACTIVE DYE OBTAINED FROM WHAT SYMBIOTIC PLANTS THAT GROW ON ROCKS OR TREES?
A: LICHEN(S)
Round 5 - Q2
Q: WHICH REGULAR CHARACTER'S FIRST NAME ON THE SITCOM "DIFF'RENT STROKES" WAS ALSO THE LAST NAME OF A REGULAR CHARACTER ON "THE JEFFERSONS"?
A: WILLIS
["THE JEFFERSONS" CHARACTERS OF TOM, HELEN, AND JENNY WILLIS]
Round 5 - Q3
Q: ON THIS DAY IN 1975, UNION LEADER JIMMY HOFFA DISAPPEARED -- PERHAPS KILLED BY MOBSTERS -- FROM A SUBURB OF WHAT U.S. CITY?
A: DETROIT
Round 6 - Q1
Q: WHEN MTV DEBUTED ON AUGUST 1, 1981, WHO WAS THE FIRST VJ INTRODUCED:
* NINA BLACKWOOD
* MARK GOODMAN
* ALAN HUNTER
* MARTHA QUINN
A: ALAN HUNTER
Round 6 - Q2
Q: HOW MANY TIMES DOES THE WORD "DEMOCRACY" APPEAR IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION?
A: ZERO
[THE WORD DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE EITHER]
Round 6 - Q3
Q: WHAT CEREAL MASCOT'S ACTUAL FIRST NAME IS HORATIO?
A: CAP'N CRUNCH
Round F - Q1
Q: PUT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OF ANCIENT HISTORY IN ORDER, ACCORDING TO WHICH HAPPENED FIRST:
A) ALEXANDER THE GREAT BECOMES KING OF MACEDONIA, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER
B) BUDDHA IS BORN
C) HOMER WRITES "THE ILIAD" AND "THE ODYSSEY"
D) JULIUS CAESAR IS BORN
A: C-B-A-D
[RESPECTIVELY: BETWEEN 800-700 B.C. … 6th CENTURY B.C., PERHAPS AROUND 563 B.C. … 336 B.C. … 100 B.C.]
Round R - Q1
Q: IDENTIFY WHETHER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IS/WAS A FASHION DESIGNER OR A PHILOSOPHER:
1) PIERRE-ALEXIS DUMAS
2) PIERRE HARDY
3) JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
4) CLAUDE SAINT-CYR
A: 1) DESIGNER [ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT HERMèS SINCE 2005 … HIS COUSIN, AXEL DUMAS, IS CEO]
2) DESIGNER [LUXURY SHOES]
3) PHILOSOPHER
4) DESIGNER [LADIES' HATS]
Round R - Q2
Q: TRUE OR FALSE:
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NBA'S DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN 1983, MICHAEL JORDAN IS THE ONLY PLAYER TO WIN THAT AWARD AND REGULAR-SEASON MVP IN THE SAME SEASON.
A: FALSE [ALTHOUGH, HE WAS THE FIRST TO WIN BOTH IN A SINGLE SEASON, 1987-88]
Round R - Q3
Q: WRITTEN BY JOSEPH DE LA VEGA IN 1688, "CONFUSION OF CONFUSIONS" WAS THE FIRST BOOK ABOUT:
A) NATIVE AMERICANS
B) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
C) MENTAL HEALTH
D) STOCK MARKETS
A: D) STOCK MARKETS [IN THIS CASE, SPECIFICALLY THE AMSTERDAM STOCK MARKET]
Round R - Q4
Q: WHAT COMPOSER HAD THREE DIFFERENT PIECES INCLUDED ON THE "GOLDEN RECORDS" SENT ABOARD THE VOYAGER SPACE PROBES IN 1977?
A: (JOHANN SEBASTIAN) BACH
Round R - Q5
Q: IN LEONARDO DA VINCI'S "THE LAST SUPPER", WHICH APOSTLE IS PICTURED TO JESUS' LEFT, RAISING HIS INDEX FINGER, PERHAPS IN PROTEST, OR PERHAPS FORESHADOWING HIS SKEPTICISM OF JESUS' LATER RESURRECTION?
A: THOMAS
Round R - Q6
Q: DYING FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE IN 1993, WHAT LATE ACTOR ONCE QUIPPED:
"SOMETIMES I HEAR STUFF LIKE 'HEY MAN, WHERE'S YOUR SKATEBOARD, DUDE?' FROM PEOPLE WHO THINK I'M CHRISTIAN SLATER."
A: RIVER PHOENIX
Round R - Q7
Q: ON THE 2020 DEBUT EPISODE OF THE COMEDY SERIES "SPACE FORCE", WHAT BEACH BOYS SONG DOES GENERAL NAIRD (STEVE CARELL) SING TO CALM HIMSELF DOWN DURING A STRESSFUL DAY?
A: KOKOMO
Round R - Q8
Q: WHAT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY MILLARD AND LINDA FULLER IS KNOWN FOR ITS VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP BUILD HOMES?
A: HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Round R - Q9
Q: ON THIS DAY IN 1937, WHAT AVIATOR SET A NEW RECORD BY FLYING HIS H-1 RACER FROM LOS ANGELES TO NEWARK IN LESS THAN 7½ HOURS?
A: HOWARD HUGHES
Round T - Q1
Q: IN WHAT YEAR WAS CAP'N CRUNCH CEREAL INTRODUCED?
A: 1963