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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. What object did photographer Andres Serrano place in a glass of his own urine in 1989? A crucifix
2. What river is located along the southern border of Texas? Rio Grande River
3. What Scottish city is the setting for "Trainspotting" according to the plot? Edinburgh
4. What former US President died one week before the 1973 cease fire in Vietnam? Lyndon Johnson
5. What is a group of locusts called? Plague
6. What year did Volkswagen start production of the Golf? 1974
7. The Heavy Young Heathens cover "The House of the Rising Sun" on the soundtrack of which 2016 remake? The Magnificent Seven
8. How many tiles are there in a standard Scrabble game? 100
9. Barn, Burrowing, and Great Horned are species of what bird? Owl
10. Which US state is home to the highest mountain peak outside Alaska? California
Tie Breaker The 2007 rule banning suspended NFL players from signing with the CFL was named for what player? Ricky Williams


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. What Nobel Prize-winning author committed suicide by gunshot in 1961? Ernest Hemingway
2. What international city is served by Charles de Gaulle Airport? Paris
3. Which band is known in Spain as U-Dos? U2
4. What billionaire piloted the first hot-air balloon ever to cross the Atlantic? Richard Branson
5. "Coulrophobia" is the fear of what? Clowns
6. In chess notation, what move is indicated by "O-O"? Castling
7. What is the name of Drew Barrymore's character in the 1982 movie E.T. the Extra Terrestrial"? Gertie
8. What type of athlete is also called a powder puff, tanker, catcher or knuckle duster? A boxer
9. What year was carbon 14 first discovered? 1940
10. Havana is located on which side of Cuba? The west
Tie Breaker What position was first held by Steve Allen? Tonight Show host

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. What 1964 Broadway hit centered on a milkman and his five daughters? Fiddler on the Roof
2. The Appalachian Trail runs over 2,000 miles from Maine to what southern state? Georgia
3. Which Disney's cartoon character's love interest is named John Smith? Pocahontas'
4. What year was Theodore Roosevelt born in? 1858
5. What name is given to twins who are joined together by some part of their anatomy? Siamese
6. What company helped the US Army Corps of Engineers develop the "walkie-talkie" in the early 1930’s? Motorola
7. What nationality is Celine Dion? Canadian
8. What is a smew? A species of duck
9. In its native habitat how high can a poinsettia grow as a flowering shrub? 10 feet
10. What are the 4 US state capitols and states that begin with the same letter? Dover Delaware, Honolulu Hawaii, Indianapolis Indiana, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Tie Breaker Which player won her last tennis Grand Slam Tournament in Paris in 1999? Steffi Graf