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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. What keyboard instrument with steam whistles was named for a mythological Greek muse? Calliope
2. The Gila River flows into what river? Colorado River
3. What TV show featured Ellen DeGeneres as a receptionist? Open House
4. Edvard Munch's "The Scream" was stolen in 1994 and 2004 from museums in which European capital? Oslo
5. The Latin name for copper comes from what island where the ore was mined? Cyprus
6. What are you frightened of if you are Alektorophobic? Chickens
7. What were Robin Williams and Nathan Lane pretending to be in the movie "The Birdcage"? Straight
8. How many camels carried the 117,000 volumes of Abdul Kassem Ismael's library? 400
9. What color is a giraffe's tongue? Blue
10. What South American city does an 82 foot statue of Christ overlook? Rio de Janeiro
Tie Breaker What was the motto of the 1972 Munich Olympic games? The Happy Games


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. During what war was the novel "Simplicissimus" set? Thirty Years' War
2. What country borders Sudan to the north? Egypt
3. What John Wayne film, set during the Civil War, was based on a true story? The Horse Soldiers
4. What was the nickname of German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen? The Red Baron
5. What is the fear of social situations called? Sociophobia
6. An amendment to the US Constitution must be ratified by what fraction of all the states? 75%
7. What is the name of the long pole with a microphone attached at the end on a movie set? A boom
8. What would you find in a bento box? Food
9. Ageusia is the loss of which sense? Taste
10. What queen were the Virgin Islands named for in 1627? Elizabeth I
Tie Breaker What is Santa's name in Denmark? Sinter Klaas

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who wrote the novel, "Dragon's Teeth"? Upton Sinclair
2. Which bird is the national bird of Honduras? Scarlet macaw
3. What movie was split into two parts - "Death Proof" and "Planet Terror"? Grindhouse
4. Which real person took a name meaning Man of Steel? Joseph Stalin
5. Which fish, previously thought to be extinct was rediscovered In 1939? The Coelacanth
6. Which modern instrument was called the sackbut until the nineteenth century? The trombone
7. Who directed the Michael Jackson music videos for "Thriller" and "Black and White"? John Landis
8. The necktie dates back to what century? 17th
9. The star cluster, "Seven Sisters", is also known as what? Pleiades
10. What is the lowest point in the United States? Death Valley, California
Tie Breaker In the Western Union's alphabet what is the letter "C" known as? Chicago