Round 1 - Q1
Q: WHAT ISLAND LIES FARTHER NORTH, FARTHER SOUTH, FARTHER EAST, AND FARTHER WEST THAN ICELAND?
A: GREENLAND
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT BRAND OF BAR SOAP FILLS IN THE BLANK IN THE AD JINGLE, "YOU'RE NOT FULLY CLEAN UNLESS YOU'RE FULLY CLEAN"?
A: ZEST
Round 1 - Q3
Q: FOUNDED IN 1968 BY SAM AND PHIL BARSHOP, WHAT HOTEL CHAIN GETS ITS NAME FROM A SPANISH TERM MEANING "THE COUNTRY VILLA" OR "THE COUNTRY PLACE"?
A: LA QUINTA
Round 2 - Q1
Q: AS THE FLAG-CARRIER AIRLINE FOR THE NETHERLANDS, WHAT IS THE THREE-LETTER NAME OF THE AIRLINE ALSO KNOWN AS ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES?
A: KLM
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT 1959 ALFRED HITCHCOCK FILM SEES ITS ACTION MOVE FROM NEW YORK TO SOUTH DAKOTA?
A: NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Round 2 - Q3
Q: ON DECEMBER 1, 1955, ROSA PARKS FAMOUSLY REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT TO A WHITE COMMUTER AND SIT IN THE BACK OF A BUS IN WHAT CITY?
A: MONTGOMERY (ALABAMA)
Round 3 - Q1
Q: WHAT 2025 TOP 10 HIT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LYRIC:
"HEY, SO NOW YOU KNOW THE GAME /
ARE YOU READY?"
A: APT. [BY ROSÉ & BRUNO MARS]
Round 3 - Q2
Q: THE NBA RECORD FOR THE MOST POINTS SCORED DURING A DEBUT GAME IS 43, SET BY WHOM, DURING HIS VERY FIRST NBA GAME ON OCTOBER 24, 1959?
A: WILT CHAMBERLAIN
Round 3 - Q3
Q: PERHAPS USED BY A METEOROLOGIST, WHAT DOES A PLUVIOMETER MEASURE?
A: RAIN / PRECIPITATION
Round H - Q1
Q: NAME THE "JAMES" WHO WROTE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:
1) ALONG CAME A SPIDER
2) THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
3) THE COVENANT
4) FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
A: 1) JAMES PATTERSON
2) HENRY JAMES
3) JAMES MICHENER
4) E.L. JAMES
Round 4 - Q1
Q: WHAT COMPANY -- NOT APPLE -- RELEASED THE WORLD'S FIRST SMARTPHONE, THE "SIMON", IN 1994?
A: IBM
Round 4 - Q2
Q: STRAWBERRIES-AND-CREAM IS A TRADITIONAL SNACK AT WHAT ANNUAL SUMMER SPORTING EVENT?
A: WIMBLEDON
Round 4 - Q3
Q: NED KELLY WAS AN INFAMOUS 19th-CENTURY OUTLAW IN WHAT COUNTRY?
A: AUSTRALIA
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WHAT NASCAR LEGEND WAS NICKNAMED "THE INTIMIDATOR"?
A: DALE EARNHARDT (SR.)
Round 5 - Q2
Q: OTHER THAN SAM, WHO WAS THE LAST CHARACTER TO LEAVE THE BAR ON THE FINAL EPISODE OF "CHEERS"?
A: NORM!
Round 5 - Q3
Q: OTHER THAN UTAH, WHICH U.S. STATE LIES CLOSEST TO GREAT SALT LAKE?
A: IDAHO
Round 6 - Q1
Q: AFTER SPENDING SIX WEEKS AT #1 DURING JULY/AUGUST OF THAT YEAR, WHAT SONG BY THE ROCK BAND SURVIVOR WAS NAMED BY BILLBOARD MAGAZINE AS THE TOP SUMMER SONG OF 1982?
A: EYE OF THE TIGER
Round 6 - Q2
Q: WHAT CITY'S POLICE FORCE GOT THEIR COMMON NICKNAME FROM SIR ROBERT PEEL?
A: LONDON [re: "BOBBIES"]
Round 6 - Q3
Q: OBSERVED ON NOVEMBER 1 AND 2, ON WHAT MEXICAN HOLIDAY DO FAMILIES GATHER TOGETHER TO REMEMBER DEPARTED LOVED ONES?
A: DAY OF THE DEAD, or DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Round F - Q1
Q: MATCH THE ACTORS/ACTRESSES IN BOTH COLUMNS BASED ON THE SAME CHARACTER THEY PORTRAYED IN SEPARATE FEATURE FILMS [YOU DON'T NEED TO NAME THE CHARACTERS, JUST MATCH THE ACTORS]:
A) BO DEREK
B) LEONARDO DiCAPRIO
C) ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
D) NATALIE PORTMAN
E) KEVIN SPACEY
1) JESSE EISENBERG
2) WILL FERRELL
3) BOB HOSKINS
4) MINKA KELLY
5) MARGOT ROBBIE
A: A-5 [BOTH HAVE PORTRAYED JANE PORTER IN "TARZAN" MOVIES]
B-3 [BOTH HAVE PORTRAYED J. EDGAR HOOVER IN FEATURE FILMS]
C-2 [BOTH HAVE PORTRAYED SHERLOCK HOLMES]
D-4 [BOTH HAVE PORTRAYED JACKIE KENNEDY]
E-1 [BOTH HAVE PORTRAYED SUPERMAN VILLAIN LEX LUTHOR]
Round R - Q1
Q: MATCH THE FIRST AND SECOND PARTS OF THESE MEDIEVAL HISTORIC NAMES AND TERMS:
A) ABBASID
B) BAYEUX
C) FREDERICK
D) GOLDEN
E) VARANGIAN
1) BARBAROSSA
2) CALIPHATE
3) GUARD
4) HORDE
5) TAPESTRY
A: A-2 … B-5 … C-1 … D-4 … E-3
Round R - Q2
Q: WHAT DESSERT/SNACK WAS ADVERTISED WITH A JINGLE THAT INCLUDED THE LYRIC, "WATCH THAT WOBBLE / SEE THAT WIGGLE / TASTE THAT JIGGLE…"?
A: JELL-O
Round R - Q3
Q: FORMED IN 1978 AND STILL PERFORMING TODAY, WHAT ICONIC AMERICAN PUNK BAND WAS FRONTED BY SINGER JELLO BIAFRA UNTIL 1986?
A: DEAD KENNEDYS
Round R - Q4
Q: WHAT JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEATURES THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGE:
- "NO. CRÈME BRÛLÉE CAN NEVER BE JELL-O. YOU COULD NEVER BE JELL-O."
- "I HAVE TO BE JELL-O!"
- "YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BE JELL-O!"
A: MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING [JULIA ROBERTS TRYING TO GIVE ADVICE TO CAMERON DIAZ]
Round R - Q5
Q: IN 2017, COLIN FARRELL AND NICOLE KIDMAN STARRED IN A REMAKE OF WHAT 1971 FILM STARRING CLINT EASTWOOD AND GERALDINE PAGE?
A: THE BEGUILED
Round R - Q6
Q: PORTRAYED BY STEPHEN ROOT, HAWTHORNE ABENDSEN WAS THE REAL NAME OF THE TITLE "MAN" FROM WHAT 2010's DRAMA SERIES?
A: THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
Round R - Q7
Q: WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING HAWAIIAN ISLANDS DOES NOT LEND ITS NAME TO A COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE:
HAWAII … KAUAI … LANAI … OR MAUI?
A: LANAI
[THE ONLY OTHER COUNTY IS HONOLULU COUNTY]
Round R - Q8
Q: WHAT #1 SONG BY BRYAN ADAMS CAME OFF THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE JOHNNY DEPP FILM "DON JUAN DeMARCO"?
A: HAVE YOU EVER REALLY LOVED A WOMAN?
Round R - Q9
Q: THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, WHERE NAPOLEON MET HIS DEFEAT, TOOK PLACE IN WHAT IS NOW WHAT COUNTRY?
A: BELGIUM [ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF BRUSSELS]
Round T - Q1
Q: WHAT WAS THE STANDARD RETAIL PRICE, WITHOUT A CELLULAR SERVICE CONTRACT, FOR IBM's "SIMON" SMARTPHONE WHEN IT INITIALLY WENT ON SALE IN 1994?
A: $1,099
[$899 IF THE CUSTOMER OPTED FOR A TWO-YEAR CELLULAR CONTRACT WITH BELLSOUTH … IT EVENTUALLY DROPPED TO $599 WITH A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT]