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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. What fruit was referred to as "Golden Apple" in Greek myth? Apricot
2. Christmas Island is a territory belonging to which country? Australia 
3. Which movie studio has a roaring lion as its logo? MGM
4. What year did Oliver Cromwell die? 1658
5. What is the more common name for grape sugar? Glucose
6. What symbol of peace surrounds the globe on the UN flag? Olive branch
7. The 2002 film "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" was based on the unauthorized autobiography of what former gameshow host? Chuck Barris
8. What magazine began publishing its annual list of the 500 most-successful companies in the US in 1955? Fortune
9. What is the more common name for the hormone epinephrine? Adrenalin
10. The island of Madeira belongs to which European country? Portugal
Tie Breaker What's the alcohol in an Old Fashioned cocktail? Whiskey


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. Tchaikovsky is considered to have died of which disease? Cholera
2. What is the world's largest country? Russia
3. In the 1985 film "Witness", Harrison Ford's character goes undercover in what type of community? Amish
4. What was the real name of the gangster known as Pretty Boy Floyd? Charles Floyd
5. In its native habitat how high can a poinsettia grow as a flowering shrub? 10 feet
6. What is the National Bird of India? The Indian Peacock
7. In which US state does "The Blair Witch Project" take place in? Maryland
8. What is the literal meaning of the Dutch word "brandewijn"? Burned wine
9. What name is given to someone who keeps "apis mellifera"? Beekeeper
10. Banjul is the capital of which country? The Gambia
Tie Breaker Wanamaker's of Philadelphia first US store to install what in 1878? Electric illumination

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who wrote the humorous novel "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman"? Laurence Sterne
2. Which bird is the national bird of Austria? Barn Swallow
3. What is written on the helmet pictured in the poster for "Full Metal Jacket"? Born to kill
4. What was Longacre Square renamed to in 1904?? Times Square
5. What do pumpkins grow on? Vines
6. Ham is taken from what part of a pig? The hind leg
7. In The Simpsons, how do Homer and Marge find out that Bart ran away on Thanksgiving? They see him on TV
8. What group's honor society is the Order of the Arrow? The Boy Scouts of America
9. What gas filled the Hindenburg airship? Hydrogen
10. In which sea is the island country of Malta? Mediterranean
Tie Breaker What two former street performers founded "Cirque du Soleil"? Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix