| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |