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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. What is the name of Beethoven's only opera? Fidelio
2. What country is sometimes called the Land of Fire and Ice? Iceland
3. Who provided the original voice for Mr. Magoo? Jim Backus
4. What Briton with an American wife was the governor of the Bahamas during World War II? King Edward VIII
5. What does the Richter scale measure? Earthquake magnitude
6. What is the fear, or hatred of books called? Bibliophobia
7. What 1980s TV show starred Bruce Willis in a detective agency? Moonlighting
8. How many points must the victor score in a game of cribbage? 61 or 121
9. How many claws does a housecat have? Eighteen
10. Harrisburg is the capital of which US state? Pennsylvania
Tie Breaker What type tree gets its name from the Japanese word meaning "plant in a shallow tray"? Bonsai


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who wrote "The Consolation of Philosophy" while in prison? Boethius
2. Which US state is home to the Klamath Mountains? Oregon
3. In which 1966 film did Stephen Boyd star alongside Raquel Welch? Fantastic Voyage
4. Whose assassination brought Hosni Mubarak to power in Egypt? Anwar Sadat
5. What is the fastest flying butterfly? Skipper
6. What four colors traditionally correspond with first through fourth place ribbons? Blue, Red, White, Yellow
7. What song was Hawaiin Don Ho most known for? Tiny Bubbles
8. What is a group of crows called? A murder
9. Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962? John Glenn
10. Which European country replaced the Markka with the Euro? Finland
Tie Breaker What animal is depicted on the flag of Wyoming? Buffalo

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. "Songbird" is a book about what jazz singer's remarkable posthumous career? Eva Cassidy
2. In what modern-day country did the Sabines live? Italy
3. In what film does Steve McQueen get to race a Mustang round the streets of San Francisco? Bullitt
4. What is the name of President's George Washington's 500 acre Virginia estate, and current tourist attraction? Mount Vernon
5. What year did the US issue a patent on the production of margarine? 1871
6. What number shirt did Pele wear? 10
7. What is the nickname of the car Memphis Raines was obsessed with in the movie "Gone in 60 seconds"? Eleanor
8. Why were the 1916 Olympic Games cancelled? Due to World War I
9. What does the Mohs scale measure? Mineral hardness
10. What city serves as the capital of Northern Ireland? Belfast
Tie Breaker What is the fear of progress known as? Prosophobia