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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who wrote the book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"? L. Frank Baum
2. What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea? Sicily
3. Whose "Adagio for Strings" is best known as the theme from the movie "Platoon"? Samuel Barber's
4. What US state is represented by the figures of George Washington and Robert E. Lee in the Capitol's Statuary Hall? Virginia
5. Hurricane season in the North Atlantic officially begins on the first day of what month? June
6. What's the ancient Greek word for "great city"? Megalopolis
7. What was the name of the shipwrecked boat on "Gilligan's Island"? S.S. Minnow
8. How many wine gallons does a "half pipe" barrel contain? 63
9. What medical procedures do the Germans call the "Kaiserschnitt"? A caesarean section
10. Which US state has the least rainfall? Nevada
Tie Breaker What magazine darkened O.J. Simpson's mug shot before placing it on its cover in 1994? Time


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. Tony Pastor is credited with popularizing what form of theater in the early 1880s? Vaudeville
2. Which Italian city was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1908? Messina
3. In The Simpsons, what is Reverend Lovejoy's first name? Timothy
4. Who preceded Georges Pompidou as French President? Charles de Gaulle
5. Where in your body would you find your hippocampus? Brain
6. Ham was one of the sons of what Biblical patriarch? Noah
7. What famous rapper's real name is Clifford Harris? T.I.
8. Who started the first commercial pretzel bakery in the US? Julius Sturgis
9. What year did Edward Jenner introduce the world's first successful vaccine? 1796
10. What river divides Paris into the Right Bank and the Left Bank? The Seine
Tie Breaker What sports term is the shortest word ever to decide the National Spelling Bee? Luge

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. Which literary work's title character is named Bigger Thomas? Native Son
2. The Guggenheim Museum is located in what city? New York
3. What are the names of Brian Wilson’s two brothers in the original lineup of the Beach Boys. Carl and Dennis
4. What were the first names of explorers, Lewis and Clark? Meriwether and William
5. How many equal sides are there on a scalene triangle? None
6. What is philately the study of? Stamps
7. What year did singer Whitney Houston dier? 2012
8. What name is given to the vertical bar of a window? Mullion
9. In what direction would a sunflower face at the start of each day? East
10. Yellowstone Lake is the largest naturally occurring lake in which state? Wyoming
Tie Breaker What branch of philosophy deals with the end of the world? Eschatology