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QUESTION # 1MOVIES & MUSIC • WHAT COMPOSER WAS PLAYED BY CARY GRANT IN “NIGHT AND DAY” IN 1946 AND ALSO BY KEVIN KLINE IN “DE-LOVELY” IN 2004 ?
ANSWER # 1 • COLE PORTER
QUESTION # 2FOOD & DRINK2 PARTER • WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN VEGETABLE INGREDIENTS OF THE INDIAN DISH “ALOO GOBI” ?
ANSWER # 2 • ALOO- POTATOES • GOB- CAULIFLOWER
QUESTION # 3NAME THE U.S. PRESIDENT • BORN NOVEMBER 23, 1804 • GRAD OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE 1824 • U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1833-37 • U.S. SENATE 1837-42 • BEAT WINFIELD SCOTT TO WIN PRESIDENCY • DIED OCTOBER 8, 1869
14TH U.S. PRESIDENT (1853-57) FRANKLIN PIERCE ANSWER # 3
QUESTION # 4NFL3 PARTER • WHO ARE THE ONLY THREE MEN WHO HAVE WON THE SUPER BOWL AS A PLAYER AND AS A HEAD COACH ?
ANSWER # 4 • MIKE DITKA (P-DALLAS, C-DA BEARS) • TONY DUNGY (P-PITTSBURGH, C-COLTS) • TOM FLORES (P-K.C., C- OAKLAND)
QUESTION # 5TV • WHO IS THE ONLY “CELEBRITY” THAT HAS PLAYED HIMSELF 3 TIMES ON THE TV SERIES ‘THE SIMPSONS’ ? (HINT: MANY HAVE DONE IT TWICE)
ANSWER # 5 • STEVEN HAWKING
QUESTION # 6 NAME THE ARTISTS
QUESTION # 7RIVERS • WHAT RIVER DIVIDES THE DUTCH CAPITAL OF AMSTERDAM IN TWO ?
ANSWER # 7 • AMSTEL RIVER
QUESTION # 8MUSIC3 PARTER • IN BILLBOARD HISTORY (1956-PRESENT) WHAT ARE THE ONLY THREE ALBUMS THAT WERE THE #1 SELLING ALBUM FOR THE YEAR, TWO YEARS IN A ROW ? (HINT: 2 WERE SOUNDTRACKS)
QUESTION # 9ANAGRAMS & AUTHORS • A MINOR CHARACTER IN THE NOVEL ‘LOLITA’, VIVIAN DARKBLOOM IS AN ANAGRAM FOR WHAT AUTHOR’S NAME ?
QUESTION # 10ANIMALS2 PARTER • WHAT ARE THE TWO LARGEST RODENTS IN NORTH AMERICA ?
ANSWER # 10 • BEAVER • PORCUPINE
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QUESTION # 11THE MOVIES • IN THE FILM “FIELD OF DREAMS” WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF THE NOVEL WRITTEN BY TERRENCE MANN (JAMES EARL JONES) THAT INSPIRED RAY KINSELLA (KEVIN COSTNER) AT THE AGE OF 15 ?
ANSWER # 11 • “THE BOAT ROCKER”
QUESTION # 12WORLD COUNTRIES2 PARTER • WHAT ARE THE TWO COUNTRIES IN AFRICA THAT BORDER BOTH LIBYA AND ALGERIA ?
ANSWER # 12 • NIGER • TUNISIA
QUESTION # 13ADVENTURES • WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO GO AROUND THE WORLD IN LESS THAN 80 DAYS ?
ANSWER # 13 • FROM NOVEMBER 14, 1889 TO JANUARY 25, 1890 • 72 DAYS, 6 HOURS, 11 MINUTES • NELLIE BLY
QUESTION # 14MUSIC2 PARTER • WITH A TOTAL OF 79 WEEKS WHICH TWO ARTISTS OR GROUPS HAVE SPENT THE MOST TOTAL WEEKS AT #1 ON BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 ?
ANSWER # 14 • ELVIS PRESLEY • MARIAH CAREY
QUESTION # 15THE EARTH • WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOES ON EARTH ?
ANSWER # 15 • 155 ACTIVE VOLCANOES • INDONESIA
QUESTION # 16 WHO ARE WE ?