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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. What author created the characters Ponyboy and Sodapop? S.E. Hinton
2. Which country is home of the didgeridoos? Australia
3. What Kansas song does Keanu Reeves use to wow Socrates in "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"? Dust in the Wind
4. What year did Malawi declare independence from the United Kingdom? 1964
5. Ranger VII was the first US spacecraft to send back pictures of what? The moon
6. The fez originated from what country? Morocco
7. Which actor played the role of Dawson on the TV show "Dawson's Creek"? James Van Der Beek
8. How many squares on a side is a daily "New York Times" crossword puzzle? 15
9. What did an IBM 7090 computer calculate to 100,265 decimal places in 1961? Pi
10. Where is the Darjeeling tea grown? India
Tie Breaker What hall of Famer played his entire major-league career for the Minnesota Twins? Kirby Puckett


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. The composer Berlioz married Harriet Smithson in which year? 1833
2. Miami is the capital of which US state? None, Miami is not a capital city
3. Anthony Hopkins played a ventriloquist in which 1978 movie? Magic
4. In what city did Anne Frank write her diary? Amsterdam
5. What is the common name for the disease rubella? German measles
6. Into how many numbered sections is a dartboard divided? Twenty
7. What was the first decade revisited by VH-1's "I Love the..." series? 1980s
8. What occupation traditionally referred to its apprentices as "devils"? Printers
9. What thin yellow fluid do the mammary glands secrete before lactation begins? Colostrum
10. Which four states touch at one point? Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
Tie Breaker Who was the second Toronto Blue Jay player to lead the American league in home runs? Fred McGriff

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. What author created the character of Tom Brown? Thomas Hughes
2. In what US state would you find Fort Point? California
3. Which actor was the first to play Robin Hood on television? Patrick Troughton
4. On what island is Paddy's Pub, the site of a 2002 terrorist bombing? Bali
5. What fruit comes in Bartlett and Bosc variety? Pears
6. In what sport would you perform an Adolf? Trampolining forward 3.5 twists
7. Who played the Bishop in the 1947 film "The Bishop's Wife"? David Niven
8. Which pasta has a calamari-like shape? Calamarata
9. What is nephology the study of? Clouds
10. Cape May is located on which US coast? East coast
Tie Breaker What is equinophobia the fear of? Horses