| Question Number | Question | Answer |
| 1. | How were composer George Gershwin and lyricist Ira Gershwin related? | They were brotheres |
| 2. | In what country would you find the active volcano "Pelee"? | Martinique |
| 3. | Rod Stewart's second album was called after which alley? | Gasoline Alley |
| 4. | Which treaty organisation was set up as a counterpart to NATO? | Warsaw Pact |
| 5. | What animal has been dubbed nature's skyscraper? | The giraffe |
| 6. | What do the Roman Numerals MCLXV represent? | 1165 |
| 7. | What ventriloquist had dummies named Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd? | Edgar Bergan |
| 8. | What nationality was Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball? | Canadian |
| 9. | What is February's birthstone? | Amethyst |
| 10. | What is the second smallest country in the world? | Monaco |
| Tie Breaker | What is the point value of the letter Z in a standard Scrabble game? | 10 |
| Question Number | Question | Answer |
| 1. | Who replaced Severus Snape as Potions Master at Hogwarts School? | Horace Slughorn |
| 2. | Which two countries share the Matterhorn? | Italy & Switzerland |
| 3. | What major does David Bowie's "Space Oddity" refer to? | Major Tom |
| 4. | Who gave the "Cross of Gold" speech at the 1896 Democratic National Convention? | William Jennings Bryan |
| 5. | What children's toy started out as wallpaper cleaner? | Play-Doh |
| 6. | What does a Collier do? | Makes charcoal |
| 7. | What was Shari Lewis' hand puppet called? | Lamb Chop |
| 8. | What horse set a Kentucky Derby record in 1973? | Secretariat |
| 9. | Which English philosopher believed that people in a state of nature are violent? | Thomas Hobbes |
| 10. | Which US state was established by William Penn in 1681? | Pennsylvania |
| Tie Breaker | Elvis Stojko was an ice skating champion hailing from what? | Canada |
| Question Number | Question | Answer |
| 1. | Whose military textbook "Infantry Attacks" was read, famously by George Patton? | Erwin Rommel's |
| 2. | What island-country is located east of Mozambique? | Madagascar |
| 3. | What good little witch is Casper's friend? | Wendy |
| 4. | Who uttered the line "There you go again" during a debate? | Ronald Reagan |
| 5. | What is known as the "Droste Effect"? | The effect of an image appearing within itself |
| 6. | What thin cotton fabric used in summer suits takes its name from Persian words for "milk and sugar"? | Seersucker |
| 7. | What did Francis Coppola call his re-edited version of the movie "Apocalypse Now"? | Apocalypse Now Redux |
| 8. | According to the 1940s jingle, after what two men pitched did Boston Braves fans "pray for rain"? | Spahn and Sain |
| 9. | To which tree family does the osier belong? | Willow |
| 10. | In what country is Magyar spoken? | Hungary |
| Tie Breaker | Which car manufacturer's name translates from Latin as "to roll"? | Volvo |