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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. Since 1961, where have Margo Magee, Tommie Thompson, and Lu Ann Powers lived? Apartment 3-G
2. What US city is located on the shores of Rapid Creek? Rapid City
3. According to a famous SNL catchphrase, what's the only prescription for Christopher Walken's fever? More cowbell
4. What year was the Hubble telescope launched into orbit? 1990
5. Who won a Nobel Prize for discovering Insulin? Frederick Banting
6. What is the only New World member of OPEC? Venezuela
7. How many planets align during the eclipse in the movie "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" Nine
8. What is the Islamic equal to the Red Cross? Red Crescent
9. Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine for what disease? Polio
10. The port of Piraeus serves which European capital? Athens
Tie Breaker Tennis player Margaret Smith Court who holds a record 62 Grand Slam titles is from which country? Australia


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. What semi-autobiographical play did Emlyn Williams write in 1938? The Corn Is Green
2. Oneida Lake is located in which US state? New York
3. In the movie "Stand By Me", what did Gordy, Chris, Vern and Teddy set out to find? A Body
4. Which empire was the first empire in history? The Akkadians
5. What are the four states of matter? Gas, liquid, solid, plasma
6. Who were the winners of the James E. Sullivan Award for amateur athletics in 1986 and 1988? Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Florence Griffith-Joyner
7. What year did Ian Gillian replace Ronnie James Dio in Black Sabbath? 1982
8. In the tech field, what does AMD stand for? Advanced Micro Devices
9. What sort of animal is a fennec? A fox
10. What country administers Greenland? Denmark
Tie Breaker What can be taken "en passant"? Pawns in chess

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who is the Babylonian goddess of love and fertility? Ishtar
2. Which Bay is located to the north of Spain? Bay of Biscay
3. Who portrays Tom Clancy's hero Jack Ryan in the movie "The Sum of All Fears"? Ben Affleck
4. What US first lady was nicknamed "the Silver Fox"? Barbara Bush
5. Entomologists study what? Insects
6. In 2003, who became the first Latin­American to hit 500 career home runs in Major League Baseball? Sammy Sosa
7. Who was the male star of the 1967 film "Barefoot in the Park"? Robert Redford
8. What is a Ramekin? A small casserole dish 
9. The Roadrunner is the official bird of which US state? New Mexico
10. What is the second largest state in the US? Texas
Tie Breaker Which light wood is commonly used for making aeromodels? Balsa