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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who composed the 1877 opera "Samson and Delilah"? Camille Saint-Saens
2. The Gobi Desert lies within which two countries? China and Mongolia
3. In which 1966 film did Stephen Boyd star alongside Raquel Welch? Fantastic Voyage
4. Who is generally regarded as the inventor of the internal combustion automobile? Karl Benz
5. What year did the US issue a patent on the production of margarine? 1871
6. What gaming company originally publish the games "Bejeweled" and "Peggle"? PopCap
7. What CBS reality show gets its name from a term in George Orwell's novel "1984"? Big Brother
8. What sports term is the shortest word ever to decide the National Spelling Bee? Luge
9. How many continents are located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere? 2
10. What country was called the Gold Coast prior to its 1957 independence? Ghana
Tie Breaker By what name is Mardi Gras known in Britain? Shrove Tuesday


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. Italian painter Jacopo Comin is better known as who? Tintoretto
2. What nation's legislative body is named The Kuvendi? Albania
3. Who was the first host of "The Tonight Show"? Steve Allen
4. Which river did Washington cross on Christmas night 1776? Delaware River
5. What hormone enables women to have a sense of smell superior to men? Estrogen
6. What British holiday is celebrated on December 26th? Boxing Day
7. In "Monty Python And The Holy Grail", what group demanded that Arthur bring them a shrubbery? The Knights who say Ni
8. What nickname for potatoes comes from the name of the tool used to dig them up? Spuds
9. What is the chemical name for a dentist's "laughing gas"? Nitrous oxide
10. Which US state is home to Wind Cave? South Dakota
Tie Breaker In soccer, how many yellow cards result in the ejection of a player from the game? Two

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. What is the literal translation of the Greek word "Utopia"? No-place
2. Which is the highest state in the US? Colorado
3. In the TV show "The Simpsons", what color is the Simpson's refrigerator? Green
4. Which US president was nicknamed the "Little Magician"? Martin Van Buren
5. When is the optical phenomenon called a "green flash" or "green ray" visible? Sunrise or sunset
6. What does a bibliophobe fear, or hate? Books
7. What pop star originally began her career as Christian singer "Katherine Hudson"? Katy Perry
8. What did Teleworld, Inc. rename itself in 1999, after its flagship product? TiVo
9. What is the technical term for an organism that eats other organisms as food? A heterotroph
10. What city is home to The Willis Tower? Chicago
Tie Breaker How many double stitches are there on a regulation baseball ball? 108