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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. In Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew", who is Petruchio's manservant? Grumio
2. What Blue Ridge peak in North Carolina is the highest point east of the Mississippi? Mount Mitchell
3. Iron Man's suit is powered by a reactor located where? In his chest
4. Who did Arthur Bremer try to assassinate in 1972? George Wallace
5. What is the more common name for Tympanum? Eardrum
6. What actor/director debuted his own brand of beer in the late 1980s called Pale Rider Ale? Clint Eastwood
7. What is the home planet of Hasbro's Transformers toys? Cybertron
8. "Project Kansas" was the name for the top secret 1985 attempt to revamp what product? Coca-Cola
9. If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrong? Your nose is bleeding
10. Which African capital city is named from the Greek meaning of "three towns"? Tripoli
Tie Breaker Which country were the 2010 Winter Olympic Games held in? Canada


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who wrote the novel "The Turn of the Screw"? Henry James
2. The Smithsonian Institution is located in which city? Washington D.C.
3. What movie star founded the Hole in the Wall summer camps for ill children? Paul Newman
4. Who was the US's first post-master general? Benjamin Franklin
5. Which element has the chemical symbol Pt? Platinum
6. What symbol shares a key with the number 1 on a standard computer keyboard? Exclamation mark
7. Who released an album in 1973 titled "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road?" Elton John
8. What part of a piano's action permits the keys to be struck in quick repetition? Escapement
9. What name is given to the fraction part of a logarithm number? Mantissa
10. What color is the cross on the Swedish flag? Yellow
Tie Breaker What is the name of the lively Spanish dance in triple time and typically performed with castanets or tambourines? Fandango

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. In what classic children's book would you find a creature called a "Pushmi-Pullyu"? Dr. Dolittle
2. Which sea lies west of mainland Greece? Ionian
3. Where did Ichabod Crane reside? Sleepy Hollow
4. With what nation did the US sign the Paris Peace Accords in 1973? Vietnam
5. What is measured in Newtons? Force
6. Which type of prepared bread is named after an opera singer?  Melba Toast
7. Who was the first singer to have five #1 singles off of one album? Michael Jackson
8. When did seat belts become a mandatory equipment on US cars? 1968
9. A tetrapod is a creature with how many feet? Four
10. The city of Berkeley is located across a bay from what other city? San Francisco
Tie Breaker John the Baptist survived in the wilderness by eating locusts and what other food? Wild honey