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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who wrote the opera "Madame Butterfly"? Puccini
2. What city is home to The Willis Tower? Chicago
3. According to Elton John, what were we hopping and bopping to? Crocodile Rock
4. Who was the only person to be nearby at three different US presidential assassinations? Robert Lincoln
5. What does a coleopterist study? Beetles
6. In which European city are the headquarters of OPEC? Vienna
7. Which celebrity launched a perfume range entitled "M" in 2007? Mariah Carey
8. Which ice skater was attacked by one of her arch rivals? Nancy Kerrigan
9. What abbreviation comes from libra, meaning pound in Latin? lb
10. What is the most northern capital city in Europe? Reyjkavik
Tie Breaker On Mount Rushmore, which one of the presidents is wearing a jacket? George Washington


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who painted the world famous "Mona Lisa"? Leonardo da Vinci
2. What is the only major port city in Alabama? Mobile
3. Who produced a hit song with "I'll Be Missing You" in 1997? Puff Daddy
4. The US's first law school for women was named for what cross-dressing Shakespearean character? Portia
5. What is the name of the telescope that was launched into orbit in 1990?  Hubble Space Telescope
6. Where might you drink Retsina wine? Greece
7. From which musical did "One Night in Bangkok Makes a Hard Man Humble" and "I Know Him So Well" come? Chess
8. Which superhero’s powers could be taken away by the color yellow? Green Lantern
9. What is a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry? Boysenberry
10. What is the nothernmost provincial capital? Edmonton
Tie Breaker What Burlingame, California, company was founded in 1984 to provide blood and urine analysis to athletes? BALCO

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. How did Alice enter Wonderland? Through a Rabbit Hole
2. What cave found in New Mexico, is the deepest cave in the continental US? Lechuguilla Cave
3. What was Dire Straits' 1982 album called? Love over Gold
4. The "Hunley" was the first of what type of vessel to sink an enemy ship? Submarine
5. Jaundice tends to turn one's skin, and sometimes the whites of the eyes, what color? Yellow
6. Red Stripe beer originated from what island country? Jamaica
7. What actress played the role of Pamela Barnes Ewing on the TV show "Dallas"? Victoria Principal
8. What team lost the pennant in 1908 thanks to "Merkle's boner"? The New York Giants
9. Coal is predominantly made up of which element? Carbon
10. Lopez Island, Orcas Island and Waldron Island all belong to what archipelago? San Juan Islands
Tie Breaker The first American blood bank was established in 1937 in which city? Chicago