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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. Which literary work's title character is named Quasimodo? The Hunchback of Notre Dame
2. What is the official state tree of California? California Redwood
3. What famous movie actor got his start playing the first openly gay nationally broadcast TV character, in the late 1970's? Billy Crystal
4. What was piloted by Vietnam veteran Stringfellow Hawke? Airwolf
5. What is the chemical symbol for Silver? Ag
6. How many time zones are spanned by Russia? Eleven
7. Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" music video featured which supermodel? Christie Brinkley
8. Which French designer was the heir to a fertilizer fortune? Christian Dior
9. In what organ of the human body would you find the caudate lobe? The liver
10. What Ivy League school is located in Massachusetts? Harvard
Tie Breaker Which type of prepared bread is named after an opera singer?  Melba Toast


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. In which decade did the "Peanuts" comic strip debut? 1950s
2. What US state's southern border is marked by the original Mason Dixon Line? Pennsylvania
3. What video game developer created the hit video game "Halo"? Bungie
4. For what occassion did George Frideric Handel compose the anthem "Zadok the Priest"? Coronation of King George II
5. What is the fear of getting wrinkles known as? Rhytiphobia
6. When was tennis player, Martina Hingis, born? 1980
7. What cover song was Van Halen’s first Top 40 hit? You Really Got Me
8. What term was coined in 1983 to market the "Gavilan SC" portable computer? Laptop
9. What can be transverse, seif or star? Sand dunes
10. What is the capital of the US state of Florida? Tallahassee
Tie Breaker What kind of sausage would more authentically be called "mortadella" in its namesake city? Bologna

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. Which Oscar Wilde character stayed young as his picture aged? Dorian Gray
2. What Australian state shares a nickname with the US state of Florida? Queensland
3. Whose adventures on TV take place on the fictional Island of Sodor? Thomas the Tank Engine's
4. Where were the 1988 Olympics held? Seoul, South Korea
5. What name is given to the dark areas on the surface of the Sun? Sunspots
6. What Latin phrase is used meaning “an attorney representing a client for free”? Pro bono
7. What sitcom star did Mt. Airy, North Carolina rename a stretch of Highway 52 after, in 2002? Andy Griffith
8. A "scratch test" is usually performed when a doctor suspects the patient has what? Allergies
9. What does a pulsar emit? Electromagnetic radiation
10. Which island of Japan is just 26 miles form Russia at its closest point? Hokkaido
Tie Breaker What is the only New World member of OPEC? Venezuela