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Round 1

Question Number Question Answer
1. Which planet is named for the Roman God who was the son of Juno and Jupiter? Mars
2. In which city are the headquarters of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries? Vienna
3. Which four actresses portray the housewives in the TV show "Desperate Housewives"? Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross
4. The first significant gold rush in the US occurred in what state? North Carolina
5. What is the more common name for Nates? Buttocks
6. What NHL team's theme music is Aram Khachaturian's most famous composition? The Buffalo Sabres
7. What weather phenomenon swept Dorothy Gale to the Land of Oz? A tornado
8. What kind of wine takes its name from the Spanish town of Jerez, where it is made? Sherry
9. Bruxism is a medical term for when a person does what? Grinds their teeth
10. Which state-chartered university is located in a town called Chapel Hill? North Carolina
Tie Breaker What year were the Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses introduced to the market? 1956


Round 2

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who painted the "Laughing Cavalier"? Frans Hals
2. What countries share land borders with Cambodia? Thailand, Laos and Vietnam
3. What kind of dog is Ren on "The Ren and Stimpy Show"? Chihuahua
4. What year did the red maple leaf design officially become Canada's flag? 1965
5. Miranda orbits what planet of the solar system? Uranus
6. What is the opposite of an utopia? Dystopia
7. What was Clarence Rutherford’s nickname on the TV show "Leave it to Beaver"? Lumpy
8. The piri piri pepper is commonly called what? African bird's eye chili
9. What are male honeybees called? Drones
10. What is the capital of Uzbekistan? Tashkent
Tie Breaker What is an Aasvogel? A vulture

Round 3

Question Number Question Answer
1. Who wrote the 1952 novel "Giant"? Edna Ferber
2. What year did Cambodia gain its independence from France? 1953
3. Who was the first black actor to play Shakespeare's Othello on film? Laurence Fishburne
4. What did the US Federal Reserve system do a record seventeen consecutive times between 2004 and 2006? Raise interest rates
5. What mission was the first successful manned mission to land on the Moon? Apollo 11
6. What expression is used to describe a child who closely resembles a parent? Chip off the old block
7. In The Simpsons, what does the old Radioactive Man #1 comic smell like according to Milhouse? His grandfather
8. What rank is the US Navy equivalent of the army's five-star general? Fleet Admiral
9. Galena is a major ore of which metal? Lead
10. The Gaza Strip extends northeast from what peninsula? Sinai Peninsula
Tie Breaker What does a "caliber" measure? The approximate internal diameter of a gun barrel