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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. What mythological figure flew too close to the sun, and fell into the sea and drown when the sun melted the wax on his wings? Icarus
2. What is the capital of Armenia? Yerevan
3. What year was artist, Sting, born? 1951
4. In 1961, who sent in troops to eject the Portuguese from their colony of Goa? Jawaharlal Nehru
5. What birds are traditionally used as gas detectors in coal mines? Canaries
6. Which band's song was the 1 billionth iTunes download? Coldplay
7. What TV show's cops operate out of a converted church they call "the Barn"? The Shield
8. The zodiac sign "Cancer" refers to what animal? Crab
9. What bone, to which your ribs are attached, gets its name from the Greek for breastbone? Sternum
10. Which is the longest river in Australia? Murray River
Tie Breaker What spirit is made from fermented molasses? Rum


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. Whose wife could eat no lean? Jack Sprat
2. The Yukon River flows through which US state? Alaska
3. What is James P. Sullivan's nickname in the movie "Monsters, Inc."? Sully
4. By what name is the Vieux Carre in New Orleans better known? French Quarter
5. What is a group of mallards in flight called? A Sord
6. What is the body of water that surrounds a castle called? A moat
7. What 1985 movie was Roger Moore’s final film as James Bond? A View To A Kill
8. In NATO's phonetic alphabet, what is the letter "B" referred to as? Bravo
9. What does an electroencephalogram show? Electrical activity in the brain
10. What was Malawi formerly known as? Nyasaland
Tie Breaker Which Commodore-produced computer came with 5 kB of static onboard memory? VIC-20

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. Helen Keller was related to what former Confederate general? Robert E. Lee
2. Which Empire was Cambodia once known as? Khmer
3. Margaret Hamilton played which witch in the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz"? The Wicked Witch of the West
4. What US president was a personal friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne? Franklin Pierce
5. What is the name for a triangle with 2 equal sides? Isosceles
6. What country had, at one time, a female "Santa" called Babouschka? Russia
7. What two actors have been killed by a terminator, an alien and a predator? Bill Paxton and Lance Henrikson
8. What toy company first produced the Spirograph drawing toy back in 1966? Kenner
9. What is the Shaddock a variety of? Citrus
10. Death Valley is located in which US state? California
Tie Breaker Central Europe Time is equal to Greenwich Mean Time plus how many hours? 1