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QUESTION # 1POETRY • WHAT CREATURE FROM LITERATURE WAS SLAIN WITH A VORPAL BLADE NEAR THE TUMTUM TREE ?
ANSWER # 1 • IN THE POEM OF NONSENSE VERSE BY LEWIS CARROLL
QUESTION # 2LANGUAGES3 PARTER • WHAT ARE THE THREE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF BELGIUM ?
ANSWER # 2 • FRENCH • GERMAN • DUTCH (WELCH)
QUESTION # 3TV • FIRST AIRING ON NBC IN 1952, WHAT ANTHOLOGY TV SERIES HAS APPEARED ON NBC, ABC, CBS AND PBS IN ITS 58 YEARS ON THE AIR ?
QUESTION # 4MUSICNAME FIVE • WHO ARE THE FIVE YOUNGEST SOLO PERFORMERS THAT WON THE GRAMMY FOR “BEST NEW ARTIST” ?
ANSWER # 4 • LeANN RIMES • CHRISTINA AGUILERA • ALICIA KEYES • MARIAH CAREY • DEBBIE BOONE
QUESTION # 5WHAT ARE WE ? • URI, GLARUS, ZUG, TICINO & JURA ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF WHAT ?
ANSWER # 5 • CANTONS OF SWITZERLAND
QUESTION # 6 WHO OR WHAT ARE WE ? (ALL ANSWERS MUST FIT THE THEME)
QUESTION # 7NATURAL TECHNOLOGY • WHAT DARK VOLCANIC GLASS IS USED TODAY TO MAKE SCALPEL BLADES FOR CARDIAC SURGERY ?
ANSWER # 7 • OBSIDIAN
QUESTION # 8NFL4 PARTER • WHAT 4 PLAYERS HAVE APPEARED IN THE MOST NFL GAMES AND: • BEEN DRAFTED IN ROUND 1 • ALL PLAYED FROM THE 1980s UNTIL AFTER 2000 • ALL MEMBERS OF THE NFL HALL OF FAME
ANSWER # 8 • JERRY RICE (303) • BRUCE MATTHEWS (296) • DARRELL GREEN (295) • BRUCE SMITH (279)
QUESTION # 9THE MOVIES • THE CHARACTER JEFF “MOONDOGGIE” MATTHEWS, PLAYED BY JAMES DARREN, WAS THE BOYFRIEND OF WHAT MOVIE CHARACTER ?
ANSWER # 9 • PLAYED BY SANDRA DEE
QUESTION # 10U.S. CAPITALSPICK SIX • WHAT ARE THE SIX U.S. CAPITAL CITIES THAT SIT ON A RIVER THAT IS NAMED FOR A STATE OTHER THAN ITS OWN STATE ?
ANSWER # 10 • TRENTON, NEW JERSEY (DELAWARE) • AUSTIN, TEXAS (COLORADO) • PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA (MISSOURI) • BATON ROGUE, LOUISIANA (MISSISSIPPI) • BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA (MISSOURI) • ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA (MISSISSIPPI)
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QUESTION # 11U.S. PRESIDENTS • WHO WAS THE LAST PRESIDENT TO SPORT FACIAL HAIR WHILE IN OFFICE ?
ANSWER # 11 • WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
QUESTION # 12MUSIC4 PARTER • SINCE 1980 WHAT ARE THE FOUR SONGS THAT HAVE REACHED #1 ON BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 WITH THE WORD “BLACK” IN ITS TITLE ?
ANSWER # 12 • BLACK VELVET (1990) ALANNAH MILES • BLACK CAT (1990) JANET JACKSON • BLACK OR WHITE (1991) MICHAEL JACKSON • BLACK & YELLOW (2011) WIZ KHALIFA
QUESTION # 13MEMORY • “NO PLAN LIKE YOURS TO STUDY HISTORY WISELY” IS A MNEMONIC PHRASE TO REMEMBER WHAT FACTS ?
ANSWER # 13 • “NO PLAN LIKE YOURS TO STUDY HISTORY WISELY” • THE NAMES OF THE ROYAL HOUSES OF GREAT BRITIAN (NORMANDY, PLANAGENET, LANCASTER, YORK, TUDOR, STUART, HANOVER AND WINDSOR
QUESTION # 14WORLD CAPITALSLUCKY SEVEN • WHAT ARE THE SEVEN WORLD CAPITALS THAT BEGIN WITH A LETTER THAT NO OTHER CAPITAL STARTS WITH ? (HINT: E, F, I, J, Q, U & Z)
ANSWER # 14 • EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND • FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE • ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN • JAKARTA, INDONESIA • QUITO, ECUADOR • ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA • ZAGREB, CROATIA
QUESTION # 15EVENTS • WHAT YEARLY COMPETITION IS NAMED FOR AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER EDWARD WILLIS SCRIPPS (1854-1926) ?
QUESTION # 16 NAME THE CHARACTERS
QUESTION # 17??? • NEPETALACTONE IS AN ORGANIC COMPOUND ISOLATED FROM THE PLANT “NEPETA CATARIA”. IT IS USED TO REPEL INSECTS BUT MORE COMMONLY IS KNOWN FOR ATTRACTING WHAT ?