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T rivia M arylan d W orld S eries XXIV

T rivia M arylan d W orld S eries XXIV. Tr ivia M aryland .com. Teams. Fear the Crab Infinity New York Necks Nana’s Bananas Pants Peers Marksmen Morgan Station Blind Squirrels. We Ate Before We Came Run Over by a Puffin Age & Treachery No Worse Than Last Hoof Hearted Pella People

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T rivia M arylan d W orld S eries XXIV

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  1. TriviaMarylandWorldSeriesXXIV TriviaMaryland.com

  2. Teams • Fear the Crab • Infinity • New York Necks • Nana’s Bananas • Pants Peers • Marksmen • Morgan Station • Blind Squirrels • We Ate Before We Came • Run Over by a Puffin • Age & Treachery • No Worse Than Last • Hoof Hearted • Pella People • Pinot Envy

  3. TriviaMaryland WorldSeries XXIV • Prizes • 1st- $1000 • 2nd- $400 • 3rd- $300 • 4th- $200 • 5th- $100

  4. QUESTION # 1QUOTATIONS • WHAT FRENCH PHILOSOPHER WROTE “I THINK THEREFORE I AM” ?

  5. ANSWER # 1 • RENE DESCARTES

  6. QUESTION # 2U.S. PRESIDENTS4 PARTER • WHO WERE THE LAST FOUR SITTING U.S. PRESIDENTS TO LOSE IN THEIR BID FOR REELECTION ?

  7. ANSWER # 2 • GEORGE H.W. BUSH (LOST TO BILL CLINTON) • JIMMY CARTER (LOST TO RONALD REAGAN) • GERALD FORD (LOST TO JIMMY CARTER) • HERBERT HOOVER (LOST TO F.D.R.)

  8. QUESTION # 3BASEBALL • Who played the most regular-season major league games, without ever playing a post-season game?

  9. ANSWER # 3 • 2,528 GAMES • Ernie Banks

  10. QUESTION # 4ANIMALS-2 PARTER • WHAT ARE THE TWO LARGEST & HEAVIEST SPECIES IN THE DOLPHIN FAMILY ? • Kingdom:Animalia, Division: chordata, Class:mammalia, Order:Cetacea, Family:Delphinidae

  11. ANSWER # 4 • KILLER WHALES • PILOT WHALES

  12. QUESTION # 5TV • THIS VAN CALLED “THE MYSTERY MACHINE” WAS FEATURED ON WHAT HANNA-BARBERA CARTOON SERIES ?

  13. ANSWER # 5

  14. QUESTION # 6 • WHAT ARE WE ?

  15. OCARINA

  16. TELSTAR

  17. ALPHORN

  18. THEREMIN

  19. DREAMCATCHERS

  20. JACOB’S LADDER

  21. QUESTION # 7MUSIC • SINCE 2000 WHAT IS THE ONLY BILLBOARD HOT 100 #1 SONG WITH A CITY NAME IN ITS TITLE ?

  22. ANSWER # 7 • 2006 • BY FERGIE

  23. QUESTION # 8 WORLD GEOGRAPHY4 PARTER • WHICH FOUR COUNTRIES MAKE UP THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF THEIR HOME CONTINENTS ?

  24. ANSWER # 8 • 90%- AUSTRALIA (OCEANIA) • 48%- BRAZIL (SOUTH AMERICA) • 44%- CANADA (NORTH AMERICA) • 43%- UNITED STATES (NORTH AMERICA)

  25. QUESTION # 9GAMES • IBM RS/6000 COMPUTER (DEEP BLUE) WAS USED TO DEFEAT WHAT WORLD CHESS CHAMPION IN 1997 ?

  26. ANSWER # 9 • GARRY KASPAROV

  27. QUESTION # 10THE MOVIES-4 PARTER • IN ACADEMY AWARD HISTORY THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN FIVE FILMS THAT WERE NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE OSCAR THAT HAVE A U.S. STATE IN ITS TITLE. CAN YOU NAME FOUR OF THEM ? (WHETHER IT IS IN A STATE CONTEXT OR NOT)

  28. ANSWER # 10 • IN OLD ARIZONA (1929) • GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) • MISSISSIPPI BURNING (1988) • WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLFE (1966) • MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

  29. HalfTime • TriviaMaryland.com

  30. QUESTION # 11MUSICAL NURSERY RYHMES • WHAT NURSERY RHYME WAS EXTENDED AND EMBELLISHED BY ELLA FITZGERALD INTO A JAZZ PIECE WHICH WAS HER BREAKTHROUGH HIT IN 1938 ?

  31. ANSWER # 11 • A-tisket a-tasket • A green and yellow basket • I wrote a letter to my love • And on the way I dropped it • I dropped it,I dropped it • And on the way I dropped it • A little boy he picked it up and put it in his pocket.

  32. QUESTION # 12 WORLD GEOGRAPHY4 PARTER • WHAT ARE THE FOUR MAINLAND AFRICAN COUNTRIES THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER “B” ?

  33. ANSWER # 12 • BENIN • BOTSWANA • BURUNDI • BURKINA FASO

  34. QUESTION # 13THE MOVIES • WHAT CHARACTER DID ACTOR PETER OSTRUM PORTRAY IN 1971 AND FREDDIE HIGHMORE PLAY IN 2005 ?

  35. ANSWER # 13 • CHARLIE BUCKET

  36. QUESTION # 14 THE OLYMPICS3 PARTER • WHO ARE THE THREE WOMEN THAT HAVE WON THE 100 METER DASH IN BACK TO BACK OLYMPIC GAMES ?

  37. ANSWER # 14 • SHELLY-ANN FRASER (2008,2012) • GAIL DEVERS (1992,1996) • WYOMIA TYUS (1964,1968)

  38. QUESTION # 15WORLD LEADERS • WHO WAS THE ONLY WORLD LEADER TO SIGN BOTH SALT ARMS CONTROL TREATIES ?

  39. ANSWER # 15 • LEONID BREZHNEV

  40. QUESTION # 16 • WHO ARE WE ?

  41. ROBIN WILLIAMS

  42. WHITNEY HOUSTON

  43. GARY SINESE

  44. RUSSELL BRAND

  45. PARIS HILTON

  46. SEAN CONNERY

  47. QUESTION # 17LITERATURE • WHAT LITERARY TITLE CHARACTER’S WEDDING IS INTERRUPTED AT THE ALTAR BY A LAWYER’S REVELATION THAT THE GROOM IS ALREADY MARRIED TO BERTHA MASON ?

  48. ANSWER # 17

  49. QUESTION # 18 MAGAZINES4 PARTER • IN 1993 TIME MAGAZINE GAVE ITS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD TO “THE PEACEMAKERS” REPRESENTED BY WHAT FOUR MEN ?

  50. ANSWER # 18 • NELSON MANDELA • F.W. de KLERK • YASSER ARAFAT • YITZHAK RABIN

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