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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. What Shakespeare play is often called the Scottish play? MacBeth
2. What is the only US state whose entire northern border is formed by a river? Kentucky
3. What name is given to the virus in the 2002 movie "28 Days Later"? The Rage Virus
4. Who beat out FDR and Gandhi to be named "Time's Person of the Century" in 1999? Albert Einstein
5. What zone of radiation was first detected by "Explorer", the first US satellite? The Van Allen belt
6. What Olympic field event's two main styles are the glide and the spin? Shot put's
7. What is the name of Nicole Kidman's character in the 2001 movie "Moulin Rouge!"? Satine
8. Which country were the 1992 Winter Olympic Games held in? France
9. What was the first man-made insecticide? DDT
10. What state capital city lies on the River Torrens? Adelaide
Tie Breaker Which cartoon character has a girlfriend named Petunia? Porky Pig


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. What Agatha Christie novel was made up of two parts - England and Egypt? Death on the Nile
2. What US city is the home to mile high stadium? Denver
3. In which fictional law firm did Ally McBeal work? Cage, Fish and Associates
4. In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat for a white passenger? Montgomery, Alabama
5. Though botanically a fruit, what food was officially ruled a vegetable by the US Supreme Court in 1893? The tomato
6. In the game Ms. Pac-Man eating what fruit was worth 5000 points? Banana
7. In which TV series does Fred Savage play Kevin Arnold? The Wonder Years
8. In soccer, how many yellow cards result in a red card? Two
9. What influential French design house manufactures Poison, a line of women's fragrances? Christian Dior
10. In what sort of landscape would you find an erg? Desert
Tie Breaker What does B stand for when referring to a camera's shutter speed? Bulb

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. What photographer had a twenty-year relationship with late author Susan Sontag? Annie Leibovitz
2. Lemurs are found almost entirely on which isolated island? Madagascar
3. In what film did a character named Pumpkin rob a restaurant while Vincent Vega was dining nearby? Pulp Fiction
4. Who was the first union president to occupy the Oval Office? Ronald Reagan
5. How many pairs of chromosomes are there in each human cell? 23
6. Which bar is said to have given birth to the Grasshopper cocktail? Tujague's
7. Who was the King of Swing? Benny Goodman
8. The word "grenade" derives from the name of what fruit? Pomegranate
9. What is a whale's leap out of the water called? Breaching
10. Which US state is nicknamed the "Sunflower State"? Kansas
Tie Breaker A luffa is a type of what? Plant