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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. Which is Shakespeare's shortest play? The Comedy of Errors
2. What river was connected to Lake Erie by the Erie Canal? The Hudson River
3. Who directed the 1969 movie "The Wild Bunch"? Sam Peckinpah
4. The composer Berlioz married Harriet Smithson in which year? 1833
5. What is permanently-frozen subsoil called? Permafrost
6. In the book of Genesis, what is said to measure 300 by 50 by 30 cubits? Noah's Ark
7. In the SNL Digital Short "Lazy Sunday", what movie were the characters going to see? The Chronicles of Narnia
8. What is the first number in the zip code for the District of Columbia? 2
9. Entomologists study what? Insects
10. What large US city is located near Lake Mead? Las Vegas
Tie Breaker What is a group of locusts called? Plague


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who wrote the epic poem "Paradise Lost"? John Milton
2. What is California also known as? The Golden State
3. What name is given to the virus in the 2002 movie "28 Days Later"? The Rage Virus
4. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people to do what? Reach Mount Everest
5. How many hearts does an octopus have?  Three hearts
6. Which word, taken from the French, translates literally as "rotten pot"? Potpourri
7. Who wrote the music to "West Side Story"? Leonard Bernstein
8. What is the American equivalent of the Irish Poteen? Moonshine
9. What medical term is used to describe the process of sweating? Hydrosis
10. Kansas City is built at the confluence of what two rivers? Kansas River and Missouri River
Tie Breaker What beverage was the first American consumer product made widely available in the USSR? Pepsi-Cola

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. What famous chorus from Verdi's "Il Trovatore" is sung by hammer-wielding Spanish gypsies at dawn? The Anvil Chorus
2. What San Francisco hill is home to a famous colony of wild parrots? Telegraph Hill
3. In 1990, Jennifer Aniston played the Jennifer Grey role in a short-lived TV show based on what movie? Ferris Bueller's Day Off
4. In 1607, what became the first permanent English settlement in North America? Jamestown, Virginia
5. What is the worlds fastest dog? The Greyhound
6. Scoleciphobia is the fear of what? Worms
7. What TV show starred Frankie Muniz playing the role of Malcolm? Malcolm in the Middle
8. What day of the week is Mardi Gras? Tuesday
9. Which drug can be extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree? Quinine
10. Which is the shallowest sea on Earth? Sea of Azov
Tie Breaker The design of the package of which cigarette manufacturer reminds of the Japanese flag? Lucky Strike