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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. What English writer died on the on the same date as Spanish author and poet Miguel de Cervantes? William Shakespeare
2. Jakarta is located on which Indonesian island? Java
3. What year did the band Human League initially release the album entitled "Reproduction"? 1979
4. What year did Jimmy Carter become president of the United States? 1977
5. What color does blue litmus paper change to in acid? Red
6. How much money do you start a game of Monopoly with? $1500
7. What red wine does Paul Giamatti refuse to drink in the movie "Sideways"? Merlot
8. What is the most common first name in the world? Muhammad
9. What birds are traditionally used as gas detectors in coal mines? Canaries
10. What is the most common ending for a city, town, village or hamlet in England? -ton
Tie Breaker In what country is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded? Norway


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. During what war was the novel "The Hornet's Nest" set? American Revolution
2. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park is located along the shores of what lake? Lake Michigan
3. What was Bob Dylan's first Top 10 hit? Like a Rolling Stone
4. What was the official name for the World War II evacuation of Dunkirk? Operation Dynamo
5. What fruit comes in Bartlett and Bosc variety? Pears
6. How many players are there in a standard American football team? Eleven
7. In 2006, David Bowie was awarded a Grammy award for what? Lifetime Achievement
8. In the Old Testament, who wears his hair in seven braids? Samson
9. Starfish belong to what animal phylum, whose name means "spiny skin"? Echinoderms
10. What desert is located just north of the Sonoran Desert? Mojave Desert
Tie Breaker What magazine publisher founded a motorcycle club called the "Capitalist Tools"? Malcolm Forbes

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. What species are mingled to produce a Hippocamp? Horse and fish
2. What is the third largest National Park in the US? Everglades National Park
3. Which band member of The Wu-Tang Clan died of drug overdose? Ol' Dirty Bastard
4. Which U.S. President ended his country's participation in the Vietnam War? Richard Nixon
5. What’s the term for mass per unit volume? Density
6. What is the heating element in Hasbro's Easy-Bake Oven"? A lightbulb
7. What TV series starred trail hands Gil Favor and Rowdy Yates? Rawhide
8. What year was "Cirque du Soleil" founded? 1984
9. What is the square root of 121? 11
10. Which continent is Mauritania a part of? Africa
Tie Breaker In the game Ms. Pac-Man eating what fruit was worth 5000 points? Banana