Round D - Q1
Q: IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT CONNOR HELLEBUYCK - AN AMERICAN ATHLETE IN WHAT SPORT - WOULD BE RECEIVING THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, ONE OF OUR NATION'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONORS?
A: HOCKEY [GOALTENDER FOR THE GOLD MEDAL-WINNING USA HOCKEY TEAM AT THIS YEAR'S WINTER OLYMPICS]
HE'S ALSO A GOALTENDER FOR THE NHL'S WINNIPEG JETS
Round D - Q1
Q: NAME THE AUSTRALIAN ROCK BAND WHO HAD THIS HIT BACK IN 1987.
A: INXS
Round D - Q1
Q: "FORTY YEARS I BEEN ASKING PERMISSION TO PISS. I CAN'T SQUEEZE A DROP WITHOUT SAY-SO."
THIS WAS A LINE DELIVERED BY MORGAN FREEMAN IN WHAT MOVIE?
A: "THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION"
Round D - Q1
Q: "FROM DUSK TILL DAWN", "FOOLS RUSH IN" AND BOTH "GROWN UPS" FILMS ALL FEATURE WHAT AWESOME-TITTIED ACTRESS?
A: SALMA HAYEK
Round D - Q1
Q: GIVEN THE YEARS THEY TOPPED THE CHARTS, NAME THE #1 SONGS FROM THE LYRICS:
1) 1983 - "IN A WORLD MADE OF STEEL
MADE OF STONE"
2) 1993 - "BITTERSWEET MEMORIES
THAT IS ALL I'M TAKING WITH ME"
3) 2003 - "LOOK, IF YOU HAD ONE SHOT OR ONE OPPORTUNITY"
4) 2013 - "TRIED TO DOMESTICATE YOU
BUT YOU'RE AN ANIMAL"
A: 1) "WHAT A FEELING (FLASHDANCE)"; IRENE CARA
2) "I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU"; WHITNEY HOUSTON
3) "LOSE YOURSELF"; EMINEM
4) "BLURRED LINES"; ROBIN THICKE
Round D - Q1
Q: IN 2015, WHAT MARVEL UNIVERSE ACTOR RECEIVED A FULL PARDON FROM CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN IN REFERENCE TO A 1996 ARREST ON DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES?
A: ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
Round D - Q1
Q: 40 YEARS AGO TODAY, WHAT SLUGGER HIT HIS FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE HOME RUN - AS A PITTSBURGH PIRATE - AGAINST THE ATLANTA BRAVES?
A: BARRY BONDS
Round D - Q1
Q: GIVEN THE NAME OF HIS CHARACTER IN THE FILMS AND THE YEAR OF ITS RELEASE, NAME THE MARK WAHLBERG MOVIE. YOU MUST GET ALL 4 CORRECT:
1. VINCE PAPALE (2006)
2. STAFF SERGEANT SEAN DIGNAM (2006)
3. BOB LEE SWAGGER (2007)
4. MARCUS LUTTRELL (2013)
A: 1. "INVINCIBLE"
2. "THE DEPARTED"
3. "SHOOTER"
4. "LONE SURVIVOR"
Round D - Q1
Q: HOW OLD IS DRUMMER TOMMY LEE?
A: 63
Round D - Q2
Q: "DARLING IT'S BETTER, DOWN WHERE IT'S WETTER" WERE THE DIRTY-SOUNDING LYRICS FROM WHAT DISNEY SONG? "
A: "UNDER THE SEA"
Round D - Q2
Q: IN WHAT 2008 FILM DOES PAUL RUDD DELIVER THIS LINE TO HIS "LITTLE":
"I BET IF I SUGGESTED A GAME OF QUIDDITCH HE'D CUM IN HIS PANTS"?
A: "ROLE MODELS"
Round D - Q2
Q: CERTIFIED 19 TIMES PLATINUM BY THE RIAA, WHAT IS THE BEST-SELLING MOVIE SOUNDTRACK OF ALL-TIME IN THE U.S.?
THE FILM WAS RELEASED IN 1992.
A: "THE BODYGUARD"
"SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER" (1977) IS A CLOSE SECOND
Round D - Q2
Q: WHAT YEAR DID THE SMASHING PUMPKINS SING ABOUT IN A 1996 HIT?
A: 1979
Round D - Q2
Q: MULTIPLE CHOICE:
IN THE OPENING LINE TO THE EAGLES SONG "PEACEFUL EASY FEELING", WHAT WORD DESCRIBES THE WOMAN'S EARRINGS:
GLITTERING … GOLDEN … SPARKLING … OR SILVER?
A: SPARKLING
Round D - Q2
Q: WHAT 1999 #3 HIT HAS THESE OPENING LYRICS?
"ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE; EVERYBODY IN THE CAR, SO COME ON, LET'S RIDE"
A: "MAMBO NO. 5"
Round D - Q3
Q: ACCORDING TO THE URBAN DICTIONARY, TO BRING A GIRL INTO A CAR AND IMMEDIATELY LOWER HER HEAD TO YOUR PENIS FOR A BLOWJOB IS CALLED WHAT ACTOR'S NAME WHO STARRED IN THE MOVIE "CASINO"?
A: IT IS APPROPRIATELY NAMED THE … JOE PESCI
Round D - Q3
Q: TRUE OR FALSE:
ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL KINSEY REPORT, PUBLISHED IN 1948, 75% OF MEN EJACULATE WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF PENETRATION?
A: TRUE!
Round D - Q3
Q: IN A 1999 EPISODE OF THE MTV STOP-MOTION ANIMATED SHOW "CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH", FORMER ADULT FILM STAR RON JEREMY TOOK ON WHAT RENOWNED ROCK-N-ROLL DRUMMER, BOTH WHILE WEARING ROOSTER COSTUMES -- IN OTHER WORDS, BOTH DRESSED AS BIG COCKS?
A: TOMMY LEE
Round D - Q3
Q: "LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE BEST PART OF YOU RAN DOWN THE CRACK OF YOUR MAMA'S ASS AND ENDED UP AS A BROWN STAIN ON THE MATTRESS" WAS A GREAT LINE FROM WHAT 1987 WAR FILM?
A: "FULL METAL JACKET"
Round D - Q3
Q: TRUE OR FALSE:
ACCORDING TO IAFD.COM, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PORN TITLES EXIST:
"BI LOVE LUCY", "THE MADDAMS FAMILY", "ANUS THE MENACE", AND "LEAVE IT IN BEAVER"?
A: TRUE!
Round D - Q3
Q: WHAT TV AND MOVIE STAR'S PRIVATE PARTS HAVE EARNED HIM THE NICKNAME 'HAMMACONDA' FROM HIS FANS?
A: JON HAMM
Round 1 - Q1
Q: WHAT BOOK OF THE BIBLE IS OFTEN ABBREVIATED "NUM."?
A: NUMBERS
Round 1 - Q1
Q: HOW MANY BONES DO SHARKS HAVE IN THEIR BODIES?
A: ZERO
Round 1 - Q1
Q: WHAT CEREAL MASCOT'S ACTUAL FIRST NAME IS HORATIO?
A: CAP'N CRUNCH
Round 1 - Q1
Q: THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY CONNECTS MAINLAND FLORIDA TO WHAT CHAIN OF ISLANDS?
A: (FLORIDA) KEYS
Round 1 - Q1
Q: WHAT BOOK OF THE BIBLE IS OFTEN ABBREVIATED "NUM."?
A: NUMBERS
Round 1 - Q1
Q: WHAT DESCRIPTIVE PREFIX PRECEDES THE NAMES OF RAPPERS NAMED FLIP, JON, KIM, SCRAPPY, TROY, AND WAYNE?
A: LIL'
Round 1 - Q2
Q: HOW MANY CONTINENTS ARE THERE ON EARTH?
A: SEVEN
Round 1 - Q2
Q: WHAT UNIQUE HEAD SHAPE CHARACTERIZES THE SPHYRNIDAE FAMILY?
A: HAMMERHEAD
Round 1 - Q2
Q: IN WHAT COUNTRY WAS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER BORN, ON THIS DAY IN 1947?
A: AUSTRIA
Round 1 - Q2
Q: IN THE LATE 1980S WHAT COUNTRY'S GOVERNMENT ADOPTED A POLICY OF OPENNESS CALLED 'GLASNOST'?
A: SOVIET UNION
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 1 - Q3
Q: WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MECHANICAL SHARK USED IN THE MOVIE JAWS?
A: BRUCE
Round 1 - Q3
Q: THE ROMAN EMPEROR TIBERIUS PASSED A LAW FORBIDDING THE SACRIFICIAL EXECUTION OF WHOM?
A: VIRGINS
Round 1 - Q3
Q: WHAT DESCRIPTIVE PREFIX PRECEDES THE NAMES OF RAPPERS NAMED FLIP, JON, KIM, SCRAPPY, TROY, AND WAYNE?
A: LIL'
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 - Q1
Q: WHEN A SHARK GIVES BIRTH TO LIVE YOUNG, IT IS DESCRIBED AS 'VIVIPAROUS' OR 'OVOVIVIPAROUS'. WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THESE LIVE YOUNG?
A: PUPS
Round 2 - Q1
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 2 - Q1
Q: WHAT POPULAR SERIES OF STUDY AID GUIDES WAS INTRODUCED BY CLIFTON HILLEGASS IN 1958?
A: CLIFF'S NOTES
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 - Q2
Q: WHAT MOVIE FEATURES THE FICTIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM, THE MIAMI SHARKS?
A: ANY GIVEN SUNDAY
Round 2 - Q2
Q: ON SEASON 7 OF "THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY", TAMRA JUDGE GAVE WHAT ALLITERATIVE NICKNAME TO CO-STAR ALEXIS BELLINO DUE TO HER PROMINENT CHRISTIAN FAITH AND HER PROMINENT BREAST IMPLANTS?
A: JESUS JUGS
Round 2 - Q2
Q: WHAT "GUNPOWDER PLOT" CONSPIRATOR IS NAME-DROPPED IN THE FAMOUS POEM THAT BEGINS "REMEMBER! REMEMBER! THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER…"?
A: GUY FAWKES
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 - Q2
Q: STARRING CHADWICK BOSEMAN, THE 2014 FILM "GET ON UP" IS A BIOGRAPHY OF WHAT LATE MUSIC LEGEND?
A: JAMES BROWN
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 2 - Q3
Q: THE ANHEUSER-BUSCH BRAND LAND SHARK WAS LAUNCHED IN 2006 AS THE HOUSE LAGER FOR WHAT RESTAURANT CHAIN, WITH MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ACROSS FLORIDA AND THE CARIBBEAN?
A: JIMMY BUFFETT’S MARGARITAVILLE
Round 2 - Q3
Q: TRUE OR FALSE:
ACCORDING TO A 2010 STUDY, THE AVERAGE RATE OF PENIS GROWTH IN A HUMAN MALE IS LESS THAN HALF AN INCH PER YEAR FROM THE AGES 11 TO 15, AFTER WHICH THE GROWTH RATE CONTINUES, BUT AT A SLOWER RATE UNTIL THE AGE OF 19 OR SO.
A: TRUE
[AFTER THE AGE OF 15, ON AVERAGE, GROWTH MAY OR MAY NOT CONTINUE, BUT AT A MUCH SLOWER RATE, UNTIL APPROXIMATELY THE AGE OF 18 OR 19 OR OCCASIONALLY INTO THE EARLY 20's]
Round 2 - Q3
Q: WHAT FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER'S NAME HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT SURGERY?
A: TOMMY JOHN
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 - Q1
Q: WHICH SHARK SPECIES IS BELIEVED TO HAVE THE LONGEST LIFESPAN, POTENTIALLY LIVING UP TO 400 YEARS?
A: THE GREENLAND SHARK.
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 - Q1
Q: COMPLETED IN 1883, THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY HAD ITS ENDPOINT IN WHAT WEST COAST CITY?
A: SEATTLE
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 - Q1
Q: WHAT SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE INCLUDES THE CHOCOLATE BUILDING AND THE COCOA CONDOS?
A: GHIRARDELLI SQUARE
Round 3 - Q2
Q: IN WHAT COUNTRY WAS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER BORN, ON THIS DAY IN 1947?
A: AUSTRIA
Round 3 - Q2
Q: WHICH SHARK IS CONSIDERED THE FASTEST SWIMMING SHARK IN THE OCEAN?
A: MAKO (THE SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK)
Round 3 - Q2
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 3 - Q2
Q: WHAT BREED OF DOG IS MOST ASSOCIATED WITH THE HUSH PUPPIES BRAND OF SHOES?
A: BASSET HOUND
Round 3 - Q2
Q: IN WHAT COUNTRY WAS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER BORN, ON THIS DAY IN 1947?
A: AUSTRIA
Round 3 - Q2
Q: WHAT POPULAR SERIES OF STUDY AID GUIDES WAS INTRODUCED BY CLIFTON HILLEGASS IN 1958?
A: CLIFF'S NOTES
Round 3 - Q3
Q: VICTORIA AND ELLESMERE ARE TWO OF THE THREE LARGEST ISLANDS OF WHAT COUNTRY?
A: CANADA
Round 3 - Q3
Q: WHAT IS A HAMMERHEAD SHARK'S FAVORITE FOOD?
A: STINGRAY
Round 3 - Q3
Q: THOUGH NOW AFFLICTED WITH DEMENTIA, WHAT AGING PORN STAR, IN 2009, SAID THAT WHEN HE DIES HE WANTS HIS PENIS TO GO TO THE SMITHSONIAN?
A: RON JEREMY
Round 3 - Q3
Q: STARRING CHADWICK BOSEMAN, THE 2014 FILM "GET ON UP" IS A BIOGRAPHY OF WHAT LATE MUSIC LEGEND?
A: JAMES BROWN
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 H - Q1
Q: NAME FOUR OF THE FIVE DEADLIEST TYPES OF SHARKS TO HUMANS.
A: GREAT WHITE, TIGER, BULL, WHITETIP, MAKO
Round H - 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 H - Q1
Q: NAME FOUR OF THE FIVE MOST COMMON NAMES OF POPES THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
A: JOHN (23) … GREGORY (16) … BENEDICT (16) .. CLEMENT (14) … LEO (14)
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 H - Q1
Q: IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING GAMES FROM THEIR SLOGANS:
1) THE GAME FOR YOUR WHOLE BRAIN
2) THE GAME OF HILARIOUS COMPARISONS [NOW "GAME OF CRAZY COMBINATIONS"]
3) A PARTY GAME FOR HORRIBLE PEOPLE
4) THE FRANTIC, MARBLE MUNCHING ACTION GAME
A: 1) CRANIUM
2) APPLES TO APPLES
3) CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY
4) HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS
Round H - Q1
Q: IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING SONGS BY THE LYRICS:
1) "BIG WHEELS KEEP ON TURNIN', CARRY ME HOME TO SEE MY KIN" (1970'S)
2) "WE ARE YOUNG, HEARTACHE TO HEARTACHE WE STAND" (1980'S)
3) "HER LIPS ARE DEVIL RED, AND HER SKIN'S THE COLOR MOCHA" (1990'S)
4) "SHE ACTS LIKE SUMMER AND WALKS LIKE RAIN" (2000'S)
A: 1) "SWEET HOME ALABAMA" [LYNYRD SKYNYRD]
2) "LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD" [PAT BENATAR]
3) "LIVIN' LA VIDA LOCA" [RICKY MARTIN]
4) "DROPS OF JUPITER" [TRAIN]
Round H - Q1
Q: NAME FOUR OF THE FIVE MOST COMMON NAMES OF POPES THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
A: JOHN (23) … GREGORY (16) … BENEDICT (16) .. CLEMENT (14) … LEO (14)
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 - Q1
Q: WHICH ORGAN TAKES UP TO 25% OF A SHARK'S TOTAL BODY WEIGHT AND HELPS THEM STAY BUOYANT?
A: THE LIVER
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Q1
Q: AS A YOUTH, WHAT TWO-TIME OSCAR WINNING ACTRESS HAD COMPETED IN THE JUNIOR OLYMPICS IN SWIMMING, AND WAS RANKED TOP 5 IN WASHINGTON STATE IN GYMNASTICS?
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 - Q2
Q: WHAT DO GREAT WHITE SHARKS PRIMARILY HUNT IN COLD WATERS?
A: MARINE MAMMALS (SEALS AND SEA LIONS)
Round 4 - Q2
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 4 - Q2
Q: WHAT AMERICAN SITCOM'S TITLE LOCATION WAS LOCATED AT 1725 SLOUGH ROAD?
A: THE OFFICE
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 - Q2
Q: WHAT BREED OF DOG IS MOST ASSOCIATED WITH THE HUSH PUPPIES BRAND OF SHOES?
A: BASSET HOUND
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 4 - Q3
Q: WHICH U.S. STATE HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF UNPROVOKED SHARK ATTACKS ON HUMANS?
A: FLORIDA
Round 4 - Q3
Q: "JELQING" IS A TECHNIQUE WHICH IS PURPORTED TO DO WHAT:
A) INCREASE BUST SIZE
B) INCREASE PENIS SIZE
C) TIGHTEN VAGINAL MUSCLES
D) INCREASE EJACULATION VOLUME
A: B) INCREASE PENIS SIZE
Round 4 - Q3
Q: PRIOR TO BECOMING A STATE IN 1820, MAINE HAD BEEN A TERRITORY BELONGING TO WHICH OTHER U.S. STATE?
A: MASSACHUSETTS
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 - Q1
Q: WHAT IS THE NICKNAME FOR THE PROTECTIVE CASING THAT HOUSES A SHARK EMBRYO?
A: MERMAID'S PURSE OR DEVIL'S PURSE
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WITH PERHAPS AN APPROPRIATE TITLE, WHAT 1996 METALLICA ALBUM FEATURED COVER ARTWORK CREATED BY MIXING THE DESIGNER'S OWN SEMEN, PLUS SOME COW BLOOD, BETWEEN TWO SHEETS OF PLEXIGLASS?
A: LOAD
[THE FOLLOW-UP "RELOAD", FEATURED A SIMILAR COVER USING URINE INSTEAD OF SEMEN]
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WHAT WOULD THE KELVIN TEMPERATURE SCALE BE CALLED IF IT HAD BEEN NAMED AFTER THE FIRST NAME OF THE SCIENTIST WHO CREATED IT:
ALFRED … ANDERS … DANIEL … OR WILLIAM?
A: WILLIAM
[THE SCALE WAS INVENTED BY WILLIAM THOMSON, WHO WAS KNOWN AS LORD KELVIN]
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 - Q1
Q: WHAT RESTAURANT CHAIN TRACES ITS ROOTS TO THE LATE 1940S WHEN DETROIT HOUSEWIFE EVELYN OVERTON DISCOVERED A CERTAIN DESSERT RECIPE IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER?
A: CHEESECAKE FACTORY
Round 5 - Q1
Q: WHAT AMERICAN SITCOM'S TITLE LOCATION WAS LOCATED AT 1725 SLOUGH ROAD?
A: THE OFFICE
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 - Q2
Q: WHICH SPECIES IS KNOWN TO GATHER IN MASSIVE, SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS DURING THE DAY TO REST, THEN DISPERSE AT NIGHT TO HUNT?
A: (SCALLOPED) HAMMERHEAD
Round 5 - Q2
Q: BRITNEY SPEARS, JENNY McCARTHY, DESTINY'S CHILD, AND KELLY CLARKSON ARE AMONG THOSE TO HAVE DONE ADS FOR WHAT "SWEET" BRAND OF SHOES WITH A SEXY IMAGE?
A: CANDIE'S
Round 5 - Q2
Q: ON WHICH SITCOM WAS THE THEME SONG PERFORMED BY THE SHOW'S CREATORS:
* ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
* HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
* IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA
* PARKS AND RECREATION
A: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
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 5 - Q3
Q: WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ANCIENT, EEL-LIKE SHARK LINEAGE THAT SURVIVED THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE EXTINCTION AND IS OFTEN CALLED A "LIVING FOSSIL"?
A: FRILLED SHARK
Round 5 - Q3
Q: IN WHAT YEAR DID PLAYBOY MAGAZINE FEATURE ITS FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CENTERFOLD:
1965 … 1970 … 1975 … OR 1980?
A: 1965 (JENNIFER JACKSON)
Round 5 - Q3
Q: WHAT SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE INCLUDES THE CHOCOLATE BUILDING AND THE COCOA CONDOS?
A: GHIRARDELLI SQUARE
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 - Q1
Q: IN THE MOVIE JAWS, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE DOOMED SHIP THAT QUINT SERVED ON WHEN HIS FELLOW SAILORS
WERE EATEN BY SHARKS?
A: USS INDIANAPOLIS (TRUE STORY: 584 MEN DIED FROM SHARK ATTACKS, DEHYDRATION OR EXPOSURE)
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 - Q1
Q: ALTHOUGH THEY LATER BECAME A FIXTURE ON THE CHANNEL, WHAT DUO ONLY HAD ONE VIDEO SHOWN ON MTV'S FIRST DAY IN 1981 - "KISS ON MY LIST" - WHICH BARELY SQUEAKED IN AS THE THIRD TO LAST SONG PLAYED?
A: HALL & OATES
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 - Q1
Q: ON WHICH SITCOM WAS THE THEME SONG PERFORMED BY THE SHOW'S CREATORS:
* ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
* HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
* IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA
* PARKS AND RECREATION
A: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
Round 6 - Q1
Q: ALTHOUGH THEY LATER BECAME A FIXTURE ON THE CHANNEL, WHAT DUO ONLY HAD ONE VIDEO SHOWN ON MTV'S FIRST DAY IN 1981 - "KISS ON MY LIST" - WHICH BARELY SQUEAKED IN AS THE THIRD TO LAST SONG PLAYED?
A: HALL & OATES
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 - Q2
Q: WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE INVOLUNTARY, REFLEXIVE STATE OF PROFOUND MOTOR INHIBITION AND MUSCLE RIGIDITY TRIGGERED BY THE PERCEPTION OF OVERWHELMING, INESCAPABLE DANGER?
A: TONIC IMMOBILITY
Round 6 - Q2
Q: EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHAT SNACK BRAND RELEASED A LIMITED RUN OF "POP DOG BUNS", POTATO-BASED HOT DOG BUNS INFUSED WITH THREE OF THE BRAND'S POPULAR FLAVORS -- "SOUR CREAM & ONION", "BARBECUE", AND "HONEY MUSTARD"?
A: PRINGLES
Round 6 - Q2
Q: FROM ITS FOUNDING IN LATE 1947/EARLY 1948 UNTIL APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WHAT AMERICAN SPORTS ORGANIZATION HAD BEEN RUN BY A FAMILY NAMED FRANCE?
A: NASCAR
[BILL FRANCE SR., THEN BILL FRANCE JR., BRIAN FRANCE, AND JIM FRANCE]
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 - Q2
Q: FROM 2014-2022, ACTRESS LISA RINNA WAS ONE OF THE STARS OF WHICH "REAL HOUSEWIVES…" PROPERTY?
A: BEVERLY HILLS
Round 6 - Q3
Q: WHAT CEREAL MASCOT'S ACTUAL FIRST NAME IS HORATIO?
A: CAP'N CRUNCH
Round 6 - Q3
Q: IN WHAT OCEAN IS THE WHITE SHARK CAFE, THE ANNUAL GATHERING SPOT WHERE GREAT WHITE SHARKS MIGRATE FROM COASTAL WATERS TO SPEND THE WINTER AND SPRING?
A: PACIFIC
Round 6 - Q3
Q: ACCORDING TO IAFD.COM, WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PORN TITLES DOES NOT EXIST:
* FOR YOUR THIGHS ONLY
* THUNDERBALLS
* YOU ONLY JIZZ TWICE
* JAMES BONDAGE
A: YOU ONLY JIZZ TWICE
Round 6 - Q3
Q: DUE TO THEIR PRONOUNCED, THIN APPENDAGES, WHAT COMMON NAME IS OFTEN GIVEN TO THE ARACHNID KNOWN AS THE HARVESTMAN?
A: DADDY LONGLEGS
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 F - Q1
Q: WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE THREE VEGETARIAN SHARKS IN FINDING NEMO AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WHALE SHARK IN FINDING DORY?
A: ANCHOR, BRUCE, CHUM, DESTINY
Round F - Q1
Q: A CHURCH IN DARESBURY, ENGLAND IS HOME TO A STAINED GLASS WINDOW FEATURING A RABBIT, A DODO, AND A LIZARD -- IN HONOR OF WHAT AUTHOR WHO WAS BORN THERE IN 1832 WHILE HIS FATHER WAS PARSON OF THE CHURCH?
A: LEWIS CARROLL
[THE WHITE RABBIT, THE DODO, AND BILL THE LIZARD ARE ALL CHARACTERS IN "ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND"]
Round F - Q1
Q: MATCH THE GEOGRAPHIC TERM TO ITS DEFINITION:
1) PAMPA
2) POLDER
3) TAIGA
4) TARN
A) SUB-ARCTIC CONIFEROUS FOREST
B) GRASS-COVERED PLAIN
C) SMALL MOUNTAIN LAKE
D) LOW-LYING LAND RECLAIMED BY THE SEA
A: 1-B … 2-D … 3-A … 4-C
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 F - Q1
Q: GIVEN THE NAME OF ONE OF HIS CO-STARS AND THE YEAR OF THE FILM'S RELEASE, NAME THE BRAD PITT MOVIE. YOU MUST GET ALL 3 CORRECT:
1. TOM CRUISE (1994)
2. JONAH HILL (2011)
3. PENELOPE CRUZ (2013)
A: 1. "INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE"
2. "MONEYBALL"
3. "THE COUNSELOR"
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 - Q1
Q: MATAWAN CREEK, IN WHAT U.S. STATE, WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NOVEL JAWS?
A: NEW JERSEY
Round R - 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 R - Q1
Q: IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING GAMES FROM THEIR SLOGANS:
1) THE GAME FOR YOUR WHOLE BRAIN
2) THE GAME OF HILARIOUS COMPARISONS [NOW "GAME OF CRAZY COMBINATIONS"]
3) A PARTY GAME FOR HORRIBLE PEOPLE
4) THE FRANTIC, MARBLE MUNCHING ACTION GAME
A: 1) CRANIUM
2) APPLES TO APPLES
3) CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY
4) HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS
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 - Q1
Q: NAME FOUR OF THE FIVE MOST COMMON NAMES OF POPES THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
A: JOHN (23) … GREGORY (16) … BENEDICT (16) .. CLEMENT (14) … LEO (14)
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 - Q2
Q: WHAT ARE THE TINY, SKIN-LIKE SCALES COVERING A SHARK’S BODY CALLED?
A: DERMAL DENTICLES OR PLACOID SCALES
Round R - Q2
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 - Q2
Q: WHAT GRAMMY-WINNING SINGER/MUSICIAN IS THE DAUGHTER OF LATE INDIAN MUSIC LEGEND RAVI SHANKAR?
A: NORAH JONES
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 - Q2
Q: FROM ITS FOUNDING IN LATE 1947/EARLY 1948 UNTIL APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WHAT AMERICAN SPORTS ORGANIZATION HAD BEEN RUN BY A FAMILY NAMED FRANCE?
A: NASCAR
[BILL FRANCE SR., THEN BILL FRANCE JR., BRIAN FRANCE, AND JIM FRANCE]
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 - Q3
Q: SHARKS USE SPECIAL ELECTRORECEPTORS IN THEIR SNOUTS TO DETECT PREY. WHAT ARE THESE ORGANS CALLED?
A: AMPULLAE OF LORENZINI.
Round R - Q3
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 R - Q3
Q: WHICH U.S. PRESIDENT HAD A SON NAMED WILLIE, WHO DIED IN THE WHITE HOUSE AT THE AGE OF 11?
A: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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 - Q3
Q: WHAT FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER'S NAME HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT SURGERY?
A: TOMMY JOHN
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 - Q4
Q: WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE COASTAL TOWN IN THE MOVIE JAWS?
A: AMITY
Round R - Q4
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 - Q4
Q: IN THE MOVIE "GREMLINS", WHAT NAME DOES BILLY GIVE TO THE LITTLE MOGWAI THAT HIS FATHER GIVES HIM?
A: GIZMO
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 - Q4
Q: IN THE MOVIE "GREMLINS", WHAT NAME DOES BILLY GIVE TO THE LITTLE MOGWAI THAT HIS FATHER GIVES HIM?
A: GIZMO
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 - Q5
Q: WHAT IS THE LARGEST SHARK SPECIES IN THE WORLD?
A: THE WHALE SHARK
Round R - Q5
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 R - Q5
Q: IN THE CLASSIC "POPEYE" VIDEO GAME, WHAT DOES OLIVE OYL THROW DOWN TO POPEYE THAT ARE WORTH POINTS IF YOU CATCH THEM?
A: HEARTS
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 - Q5
Q: IN THE CLASSIC "POPEYE" VIDEO GAME, WHAT DOES OLIVE OYL THROW DOWN TO POPEYE THAT ARE WORTH POINTS IF YOU CATCH THEM?
A: HEARTS
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 - Q6
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 R - Q6
Q: WHAT BOOK OF THE BIBLE IS OFTEN ABBREVIATED "LEV."?
A: LEVITICUS
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 - Q6
Q: WHAT BOOK OF THE BIBLE IS OFTEN ABBREVIATED "LEV."?
A: LEVITICUS
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 - Q7
Q: PROBABLY PAINTED SOMETIME BETWEEN 1513 AND 1516, AND NOW ON DISPLAY IN THE LOUVRE, "SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST" IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FINAL PAINTING CREATED BY WHOM?
A: LEONARDO da VINCI
Round R - Q7
Q: FROM 2014-2022, ACTRESS LISA RINNA WAS ONE OF THE STARS OF WHICH "REAL HOUSEWIVES…" PROPERTY?
A: BEVERLY HILLS
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 - Q7
Q: ALTHOUGH THEY LATER BECAME A FIXTURE ON THE CHANNEL, WHAT DUO ONLY HAD ONE VIDEO SHOWN ON MTV'S FIRST DAY IN 1981 - "KISS ON MY LIST" - WHICH BARELY SQUEAKED IN AS THE THIRD TO LAST SONG PLAYED?
A: HALL & OATES
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 - Q8
Q: IN 1989, 72-YEAR-OLD ACTRESS / SOCIALITE ZSA ZSA GABOR SERVED THREE DAYS IN JAIL FOR WHAT OFFENSE?
A: SLAPPING A POLICE OFFICER (WHO HAD STOPPED HER FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION)
Round R - Q8
Q: IN WHAT DECADE DID QUEEN ELIZABETH II BECOME THE FIRST BRITISH MONARCH TO ADDRESS U.S. CONGRESS?
A: 1990s (1991)
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 - Q8
Q: IN WHAT DECADE DID QUEEN ELIZABETH II BECOME THE FIRST BRITISH MONARCH TO ADDRESS U.S. CONGRESS?
A: 1990s (1991)
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 R - Q9
Q: WHAT FAMED LOCKHEED MARTIN PLANT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS NAMED PARTLY FOR A FICTIONAL PLACE IN THE COMIC STRIP "LI'L ABNER" AND PARTLY FOR THE BAD SMELL EMANATING FROM ITS ORIGINAL SITE?
A: (THE) SKUNK WORKS
Round R - Q9
Q: WHAT RESTAURANT CHAIN TRACES ITS ROOTS TO THE LATE 1940S WHEN DETROIT HOUSEWIFE EVELYN OVERTON DISCOVERED A CERTAIN DESSERT RECIPE IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER?
A: CHEESECAKE FACTORY
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 R - Q9
Q: WHAT GRAMMY-WINNING SINGER/MUSICIAN IS THE DAUGHTER OF LATE INDIAN MUSIC LEGEND RAVI SHANKAR?
A: NORAH JONES
Round R - Q11
Q: IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING GAMES FROM THEIR SLOGANS:
1) THE GAME FOR YOUR WHOLE BRAIN
2) THE GAME OF HILARIOUS COMPARISONS [NOW "GAME OF CRAZY COMBINATIONS"]
3) A PARTY GAME FOR HORRIBLE PEOPLE
4) THE FRANTIC, MARBLE MUNCHING ACTION GAME
A: 1) CRANIUM
2) APPLES TO APPLES
3) CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY
4) HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS
Round R - Q12
Q: DUE TO THEIR PRONOUNCED, THIN APPENDAGES, WHAT COMMON NAME IS OFTEN GIVEN TO THE ARACHNID KNOWN AS THE HARVESTMAN?
A: DADDY LONGLEGS
Round R - Q13
Q: WHAT WOULD THE KELVIN TEMPERATURE SCALE BE CALLED IF IT HAD BEEN NAMED AFTER THE FIRST NAME OF THE SCIENTIST WHO CREATED IT:
ALFRED … ANDERS … DANIEL … OR WILLIAM?
A: WILLIAM
[THE SCALE WAS INVENTED BY WILLIAM THOMSON, WHO WAS KNOWN AS LORD KELVIN]
Round R - Q14
Q: ALTHOUGH THEY LATER BECAME A FIXTURE ON THE CHANNEL, WHAT DUO ONLY HAD ONE VIDEO SHOWN ON MTV'S FIRST DAY IN 1981 - "KISS ON MY LIST" - WHICH BARELY SQUEAKED IN AS THE THIRD TO LAST SONG PLAYED?
A: HALL & OATES
Round R - Q15
Q: WHAT "GUNPOWDER PLOT" CONSPIRATOR IS NAME-DROPPED IN THE FAMOUS POEM THAT BEGINS "REMEMBER! REMEMBER! THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER…"?
A: GUY FAWKES
Round R - Q16
Q: THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY CONNECTS MAINLAND FLORIDA TO WHAT CHAIN OF ISLANDS?
A: (FLORIDA) KEYS
Round R - Q17
Q: IN THE CLASSIC "POPEYE" VIDEO GAME, WHAT DOES OLIVE OYL THROW DOWN TO POPEYE THAT ARE WORTH POINTS IF YOU CATCH THEM?
A: HEARTS
Round R - Q18
Q: IN THE MOVIE "GREMLINS", WHAT NAME DOES BILLY GIVE TO THE LITTLE MOGWAI THAT HIS FATHER GIVES HIM?
A: GIZMO
Round R - Q19
Q: WHAT POPULAR SERIES OF STUDY AID GUIDES WAS INTRODUCED BY CLIFTON HILLEGASS IN 1958?
A: CLIFF'S NOTES
Round R - Q20
Q: IN THE LATE 1980S WHAT COUNTRY S GOVERNMENT ADOPTED A POLICY OF OPENNESS CALLED 'GLASNOST'?
A: SOVIET UNION
Round R - Q21
Q: WHICH U.S. PRESIDENT HAD A SON NAMED WILLIE, WHO DIED IN THE WHITE HOUSE AT THE AGE OF 11?
A: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Round R - Q22
Q: COMPLETED IN 1883, THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY HAD ITS ENDPOINT IN WHAT WEST COAST CITY?
A: SEATTLE
Round R - Q23
Q: WHAT GRAMMY-WINNING SINGER/MUSICIAN IS THE DAUGHTER OF LATE INDIAN MUSIC LEGEND RAVI SHANKAR?
A: NORAH JONES
Round R - Q24
Q: ON WHICH SITCOM WAS THE THEME SONG PERFORMED BY THE SHOW'S CREATORS:
* ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
* HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
* IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA
* PARKS AND RECREATION
A: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
Round T - Q1
Q: IN WHAT YEAR WAS CAP'N CRUNCH CEREAL INTRODUCED?
A: 1963
Round T - Q1
Q: IN WHAT YEAR DID DISCOVERY CHANNEL AIR THE FIRST SHARK WEEK?
A: 1988
Round T - Q1
Q: WHILE THE ORIGINAL "CAP'N CRUNCH" CEREAL WAS INTRODUCED IN 1963, WHAT YEAR SAW THE INTRODUCTION OF "CAP'N CRUNCH WITH CRUNCH BERRIES"?
A: 1967
Round T - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO MAINE'S DIGITAL MUSEUM, IN WHAT YEAR DID THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY FIRST STAKE CLAIM TO THE AREA THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME THE STATE OF MAINE?
A: 1651
Round T - Q1
Q: IN WHAT YEAR WAS CAP'N CRUNCH CEREAL INTRODUCED?
A: 1963
Round T - Q1
Q: ACCORDING TO MAINE'S DIGITAL MUSEUM, IN WHAT YEAR DID THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY FIRST STAKE CLAIM TO THE AREA THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME THE STATE OF MAINE?
A: 1651
Round T - Q1
Q: HOW OLD IS SWIMMER MICHAEL PHELPS?
A: 41