| Question Number | Question | Answer |
| 1. | What was the name of the lead character in the novel "The Scarlet Letter"? | Hester Prynne |
| 2. | What country borders Egypt to the south? | Sudan |
| 3. | In The Simpsons, how do Homer and Marge find out that Bart ran away on Thanksgiving? | They see him on TV |
| 4. | Which US president died three months after being shot by Charles J. Guiteau? | James Garfield |
| 5. | What is the name of Stephen Hawking's cosmology book published in 1988? | A Brief History of Time |
| 6. | What is the fear of dependence on others known as? | Soteriophobia |
| 7. | Whose series of thirteen children's books of thirteen chapters each ended in 2006 with "The End"? | Lemony Snicket's |
| 8. | What kind of dark beer comes in "dry", "Irish", and "Imperial Russian" varieties? | Stout |
| 9. | What organ is inflamed by hepatitis? | Liver |
| 10. | The city of Berkeley is located across a bay from what other city? | San Francisco |
| Tie Breaker | On the game of Battleship, how many hits does it take to sink the submarine? | 3 |
| Question Number | Question | Answer |
| 1. | What classic novel's subtitle is "The Parish Boy's Progress"? | Oliver Twist |
| 2. | Which countries share land borders with Spain? | France, Portugal and Andorra |
| 3. | Who played the role of Karen on the TV show "Californication"? | Natascha McElhone |
| 4. | Which of Henry VIII's wives may never have slept with him? | Anne of Cleves |
| 5. | How old was astronaut Neil Armstrong when he passed away in 2012? | 82 |
| 6. | What does the Latin phrase "ad hoc" literally mean? | For this |
| 7. | Who played the blind character in the movie "Butterflies Are Free"? | Edward Albert |
| 8. | What was the Mellon Arena also known as? | The Igloo |
| 9. | On the Fahrenheit scale, there are 180 degrees between which two important points? | Freezing and boiling points |
| 10. | What is the only US state with four consecutive consonants uninterrupted by spaces? | New Hampshire |
| Tie Breaker | What nationality was the explorer Vitus Bering? | Danish |