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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. According to J.K. Rowling, in what year was Albus Dumbledore born? 1881
2. In what city would you find the Golden Gate Park? San Francisco
3. What movie coined the phrase "In space, no one can hear you scream"? Alien
4. Who sent the Spanish Armada to invade England? Philip II
5. What is the only bird that can fly backwards? Hummingbird
6. What did Teleworld, Inc. rename itself in 1999, after its flagship product? TiVo
7. Which popular artist was born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner? Sting
8. Who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing? Michael Phelps
9. Self-rising flour contains what crucial ingredient? Baking powder
10. How many US states border Ohio? 5
Tie Breaker What dessert consists of ice cream covered in meringue and baked in the oven? Baked Alaska


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. How is Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known? Mark Twain
2. What did the letters in USSR stand for? Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
3. What was Fox's first series to win a TV season's Nielsen ratings? American Idol
4. What President's Vice-Presidents were Aaron Burr and George Clinton, respectively? Thomas Jefferson
5. What is a Kissing gourami? Tropical fish
6. In which decade were the first Winter Olympic Games held? 1920s
7. Who's responsible for "The Ballad of Jed Clampett"? Flatt and Scruggs
8. Who was knocked out in 1974 by the "rope-a-dope" method? George Forman
9. What does MRI stand for? Magnetic Resonance Imaging
10. Which side of Niagara Falls has the largest falls - the US or Canadian side? Canadian
Tie Breaker The King in chess can move a maximum of this many squares? Two

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. What Marvin Hamlisch musical is about dancers auditioning for a musical? A Chorus Line
2. In which Canadian city would you find the C.N. Tower? Toronto
3. What actor originated the role of Inspector Clouseau? Peter Sellers
4. What year was margarine first patented? 1869
5. What letter represents the speed of light in physics notations? c
6. In Japanese, what kind of common fish is "maguro"? Tuna
7. Who was the female lead in the 1967 film "Barefoot in the Park"? Jane Fonda
8. In which game might you "peg out"? Cribbage
9. What company introduced the first hand-held calculator in 1967? Texas Instruments
10. What is the capital of Kosovo? Pristina
Tie Breaker What is Ronald Biggs famous for? Being one of the Great Train Robbers