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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. What literary work inspired Police's "Don't Stand So Close to Me" song? Lolita
2. In what city would you find the most famous street named "Biscayne Boulevard"? Miami
3. Demi Moore appeared pregnant on the cover of which magazine in 1991? Vanity Fair
4. US President James Garfield died of what cause? He was shot
5. "Consumption" was the former name of what disease? Tuberculosis
6. What US state's National Guard still calls itself "the Green Mountain Boys"? Vermont
7. What popular Walt Disney character shares a name with a planet? Pluto
8. What was the first NBA team named after a car part? The Detroit Pistons
9. What lives in a formicary? Ants
10. In what Australian state would you find the city of Launceston? Tasmania
Tie Breaker What year was National Geographic magazine first published? 1888


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. Which classical composer was nicknamed "The Red Priest"? Vivaldi
2. Which bird is the national bird of Angola? Red-crested turaco
3. What made-up expletive is "Battlestar Galactica's" dirty word of choice? Frak
4. Which maritime explorer gave the Pacific ocean its name? Ferdinand Magellan
5. What is Infantile Paralysis more commonly known as? Polio
6. What sport was once contested with a spadroon? Fencing
7. What popular one-named musician's last name is Armstrong? Dido
8. What is the Hebrew word for peace, used as both a greeting and a farewell? Shalom
9. What blood vessels carry blood towards the heart? Veins
10. In which county of Ireland would you find the Twelve Bens mountain range? Galway
Tie Breaker What gets changed by the process of transubstantiation? The Catholic Eucharist wafer and wine

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. What Shakespeare play begins with a meeting of the Weird Sisters? Macbeth
2. Off the coast of what continent will you find the Strait of Magellan? South America
3. Who won an Oscar for her role as a call girl in the movie "Klute"? Jane Fonda
4. What was The City of Gold sought by Spanish explorers? El Dorado
5. What part of the human body grows at an average rate of 3 mm per month? Fingernails
6. The word gherkin, a small pickle, is based on the Dutch word "gurken" meaning what? Cucumbers
7. What bands early album titles had a Spanish flair including "Tres Hombres", "Fandango", and "Deguello"? ZZ Top
8. What whiskey cocktail lands its name to the short glass also called a "lowball"? The old-fashioned
9. What metal has the chemical symbol Pb? Lead
10. The Delaware River flows into what bay? Delaware Bay
Tie Breaker What does a DNR order at a hospital stand for? Do Not Resuscitate