SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2004
Round One
1. If
there's something strange in your neighborhood…If there's something weird and
it don't look good…Who you gonna call?
2.
Invented by John "Ol’ Chumbucket" Baur and Mark "Cap’n Slap
Happy" Summers in 1995, today’s national holiday became what international
holiday when Australia learned about it from a Dave Barry column in 2002?
3.
Which speaker at the last Republican National Convention said the objective of
a good life is, "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to
hear the lamentation of the women!"
4. What
continent spans all twenty-four time zones?
5. What
celebrity will be the first to be featured topless in Madame Tussaud's
(too-sows’) wax museum?
6.
Peanuts, along with beans and peas, belong to what plant family?
7.
Beginning June 1st, the U.S. hurricane season extends to the end of what month?
8. In
the Bible, is the Book of Hebrews in the Old Testament or the New Testament?
9. Who
is the Miami Dolphins’ all-time leading rusher?
10.
What is Florida’s largest lake? (in surface area)
Round Two
1. What
kind of aftershave is on my shirt?
2. True
of False. The Koala Bear is really a marsupial?
3. What
country artist’s jinglistic jingoisms suggest American enemies take “a boot up
the ass” courtesy of the red, white and blue?
4. Who
wrote the book Crossing Over and has
a TV talk show of the same name?
5. In
what year was the original Manchurian
Candidate movie released? (2 points for correct year; 1 point for being off
by one year either way)
6. What
will be Shaquille O’Neal’s jersey number for the Miami Heat?
7.
Which Italian family ruled Florence during Renaissance times?
8. Who
portrayed the artist Jackson Pollock in the 2000 movie Pollock?
9.
Viagra was originally invented by the U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer as a
treatment for what condition?
10.
Which is the brightest star in the night sky?
Round Three
1. What
is currently the longest-running program on U.S. network TV?
2. Who
coined the phrase, “never got a dinner''? Was it Red Barber, Red Buttons, or
Red Skeleton?
3.
According to Ulf Erlingsson’s upcoming book called Atlantis from a Geographer's Perspective: Mapping the Fairy Land,
What myth probably originated from the fate the Dogger Bank--an isolated shoal
in the North Sea near Ireland?
4. In
the TV show I Dream of Jeannie, what was name of Jeannie’s dog?
5. Who
was John Q. Adams vice president, forming the only “John and John”
President-V.P combo?
6.
Here’s an “Amazing Richard” Legacy Question: In what country are Altoids made?
7.
Winning a Grammy for best new artist of 1976, What number one hit did The
Starland Vocal Band have in July of that year? (hint: this band was definitely
a one-hit wonder)
8. In
1938, What pilot was supposed to fly from New York to Los Angeles but flew to
Ireland instead?
9. In
what U.S. state would you find persons called "Yoopers" and
"Trolls"?
Seuss or Shady: Write the three-word
answer to one of these questions.
10.
Seuss: BOOM BOOM SPLATT SPLATT TICK TICK TOCK
SIZZLE
SIZZLE BLURP BLURP _____ _____ _____
Shady:
the FCC won’t let me be or let me be me so let me see they tried to shut me
down on MTV but it feels so _____ _____ _____ empty
Bonus
1. Who
was the only U.S. first lady not born in America?
2. What
two NFL teams have helmets in their helmet insignia?
3.
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, after English and Spanish, what are the
three most common languages used by households at home?
4. How
many teams are there in each of the four major sports: NFL, MLB, NBA, and the
NHL? (In the NBA count the Charlotte Bobcats, in the NHL, assume the league
still exists)(Give the answers in the order I asked the question or specify
NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL)
5. List
five of the affirmative responses a person can get from a Magic Eightball.
Write down only five; exact wording will be necessary for answers to be
correct.
Round One Answers
1. Ghostbusters!
2. Talk
Like a Pirate Day
3. Arnold
Schwarzenegger
4. Antarctica
5. Brad
Pitt
6. (Leguminosae)
legume
7. November
8. New
Testament
9. Larry
Csonka (6,737 yards)
10. Lake
Okeechobee
Round Two Answers
1. Old
Spice
2. True
3. Toby
Keith
4. John
(or Jonathan) Edwards
5. 1962
6. 32
7. The
Medici
8. Ed
Harris
9. High
blood pressure
10. Sirius
Round Three Answers
1. Meet
the Press (1947)
2. Red
Buttons
3. Atlantis
4. Djinn-Djinn
5. John
C. Calhoun
6. Britain
7. Afternoon
Delight
8. Douglas
"Wrong Way" Corrigan
9. Michigan
DR10. KNOCK
KNOCK KNOCK (Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?)
MM10. without
me (Without Me)
Bonus Round Answers
1. Louisa
Adams
2. Miami
and Oakland
3. Chinese,
French, German
4. 32,
30, 30, 30
5. Outlook
Good; You May Rely On It; Most Likely; Yes; Yes Definitely; It Is Certain; It
Is Decidedly So; Signs Point to Yes; Without a Doubt; As I See It, Yes;
