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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. What 1904 play was subtitled "The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up"? Peter Pan
2. In what present-day country is Mount Ararat located? Turkey
3. Who sang the song "Californication"? Red Hot Chilli Peppers
4. Which country were the 2010 Winter Olympic Games held in? Canada
5. How many items are in a gross? 144
6. Which country hosted the first Winter Olympic Games after World War II? Switzerland
7. Who played Butch Cassidy? Paul Newman
8. What board game, set during World War II, is dubbed "A Game of High Adventure"? Axis & Allies
9. What is the name of the point of no return around the edge of a black hole? Event horizon
10. What state is the oldest US commercial pretzel bakery located in? Pennsylvania
Tie Breaker What organization in the US was co-founded by Ballington Booth? Volunteers of America


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who created the fictional character Tristram Shandy? Laurence Sterne
2. Which ocean does Somalia has water access to? Indian
3. Totoro from the movie "My Neighbor Totoro" lives in what kind of tree? Camphor
4. In which war was the Battle of Ramillies? War of Spanish Succession
5. What can be transverse, seif or star? Sand dunes
6. Carbonade Flamande is a dish made with what beverage? Beer
7. Who played Richard Nixon in the 1995 film "Nixon"? Anthony Hopkins
8. The Vezina Trophy is an award given in what field? Hockey goaltending
9. What animal was used in British coal mines until being phased out in 1986? Canaries
10. Moroni is the capital of which country? Comoros
Tie Breaker What magazine publisher founded a motorcycle club called the "Capitalist Tools"? Malcolm Forbes

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. What began as a ligature of the letters "e" and "t"? The ampersand
2. Which country is the third largest one in Africa? Sudan 
3. What dancer from Omaha was born Fred Austerlitz? Fred Astaire
4. Who uttered the line "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe" during a debate? Gerald Ford
5. What is frozen to make dry ice? Carbon dioxide
6. What type of fish is used to make "rollmops"? Herring
7. What magazine introduced a paper doll named Betsy in 1951? McCall's
8. What kind of tea takes its name from the Chinese for "Black dragon"? Oolong
9. In computer science, what is a group of four bits called? A nibble
10. Which US state is home to Wind Cave? South Dakota
Tie Breaker On what date did the "Dennis the Menace" comic strip debut in newspapers? March 12, 1951