Last week we only had seven rounds, and started quite late, but we had a pretty good turn out. Here are the seven rounds.

Television
1) Johnny Carson was the host of the Tonight Show on NBC for thirty years. What year was his last as host?
2) What Television show, produced by the Jim Henson Production company takes place in 60,000,003 BC, and has many references to Petroleum throughout the show? (All the last names are references to Petrol companies
3) The show, ER, was based on a screenplay written by what scifi author, and based upon his own experiences as a medical resident in a hospital emergency room?
4) In the miniseries, Roots, what is Kunta Kinte’s name changed to on the plantation?
*Bonus* In Roots, the slaves have an unsuccessful attempt at taking over the slave ship that is transporting them on their miserable three month journey to the Americas. What ship became famous after its African captives revolted and overthrew their Spanish slave trading captors, and eventually went to the Supreme Court where the Africans were represented by John Quincy Adams?
5) What is the name of George Wendt’s character on Cheers?

Answers
1) 1992
2) Dinosaurs
3) Michael Crichton
4) Toby
*Bonus* La Amistad
5) Norm


 
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego

1) Your suspect was seen doing research on Mesoamerican step-pyramids and planning a trip to El-Castillo. To what archeological site is she traveling?
2) Guards overheard your suspect practicing conversational Russian, while reading up on Catherine the Great. She had a map of the Hermitage Museum.
3) Your suspect recently bought a car that has the steering wheel on the right side, was overheard speaking Chinese on her cell phone and changed all her money to dollars. Where is she headed?
4) Tourists say they saw a brown haired woman speaking about the tallest building in the western hemisphere and wearing a Maple Leaf Hockey shirt.
5) Your suspect was overheard saying that she wanted to experience the metropolitan feel of Frasier and get some fish at the Pike Place Market.

1) Chichen Itza
2) St Petersburg
3) Hong Kong
4) Toronto
5) Seattle


 
Cheese
1) What enzyme, produced in mammalian stomachs, is added to milk causing it to coagulate and thus form cheese? This is what causes cheese to not be kosher.
2) Roquefort is made with the milk of what animal?
3) “God defend me from the Welsh fairy, lest he transform me to a piece of cheese.” What Shakespeare play is this quote from?
4) What is the proper term borrowed from the French for goat cheese?
5) Which cheese serves as the filling for Cannoli?

Answers
1) Rennet
2) Sheep, ewe
3) Merry Wives of Windsor
4) Chevre
5) Ricotta half a point for marscapone


Current Events
1) Documents released to the ACLU state that what 9-11 mastermind made up information after being tortured?
2) Students in what country protested the arrival of Muammar Gaddafi, the president of Libya?
3) A security guard was killed last week at which Washington DC museum?
4) China began their third large scale excavations of the mausoleum of the first emperor of which dynasty this week?
5) Venezuela banned what soft drink because of health concerns?

Answers
1) Kalid Sheikh Mohammed
2) Italy
3) The Holocaust Museum
4) Qin
5) Coke Zero
 
This week in History
1) A non-violent march by 15,000 students in South Africa in 1976 turned into days of rioting when police opened fire and killed 566 children. These riots are now known as what?
2) In 1864 the Arlington National Cemetery was established on the 200 acres surrounding Arlington mansion, which was previously owned by whom?
3) The lynching of three African American men occurred in what Minnesota City on June 15th 1920, after rumors had circulated stating that the three men had raped a white girl, although later a medical official stated that there was no evidence of a rape?
4) June 14th 1938, Action Comics Issue 1 was released introducing what iconic comic book character?
5) In the US we celebrate July Fourth as our independence day, but I believe this is flawed. What we should celebrate is Juneteenth, which is the celebration of what?

Answers
1) Soweto Uprisings
2) Robert E Lee
3) Duluth
4) Superman
5) Slaves in Galveston being informed of their freedom. All are freed.


 
Comedians

Note: Although I love their sitcoms, the British are severely fucked in the head. On the British Channel four, the British viewing audience voted Rosanne Barr a better comedian than George Carlin. WTF? Wanna hear more fucked up? George Carlin came in 62nd. (Rosanne, 57)

1) What comedian hosted the first episode of Saturday Night Live?
2) What country did Dave Chappelle travel to after walking off the set of the third season of the Chappelle show, prompting the media to believe he had drug problems?
3) What was the title of Eddie Murphy’s first HBO Standup special?
4) Seinfeld was created by Jerry Seinfeld (Obviously) and what other comedian?
5) What comedian said, "We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly." Leading to the cancelation of his show?

Answers
1) George Carlin
2) South Africa
3) Eddie Murphy Delirious
4) Larry David
5) Bill Maher

 
Sports
1) Which team won the 2009 NBA finals, and how many games were played?
2) Which Team won the 2009 Stanely Cup?
3) Manchester United accepted the record bid of $130 million from real Madrid for what player?
4) In Golf, three under par is known as what?
5) Tae Kwon Do is a martial art from what country?

Answers
1) Lakers, 5
2) Penguins
3) Christiano Ronaldo
4) An albatross
5) S. Korea

Sorry, Late.
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Science and technology
1) All mammals except sloths and manatees have the same number of cervical vertebra. Which is how many?
2) Who are the two Steves that founded Apple Computer?
3) Which geologic period ended in the largest extinction event?
4) What creature, also the state fossil of Wisconsin, which had previously thrived finally went extinct in that event?
5) What does RAM stand for?

Answers
1) Seven
2) Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
3) The Permian
4) Trilobite
5) Random Access Memory


 
This week in History
1) What roman Emperor committed suicide today in 68 AD after having been deposed by the Senate?
2) What Alabama governor stood in front of the door to Foster auditorium at the University of Alabama to block two black students from registering for classes in 1954?
3) June 12th 1939, the baseball hall of fame opened in what city?
4) 1967, Lyndon B Johnson nominated what man to become the first African American Supreme court justice?
5) What manmade lake almost completely drained after a dike wall eroded in Wisconsin last year?

Answers
1) Nero
2) George Wallace
3) Cooperstown, New York
4) Thurgood Marshall
5) Lake Delton


 
Barack also beats Paper
1) Who succeeded Barack as Illinois’ senator?
2) Barack’s Father was a member of what Ethnic group?
3) Obama opted to keep Bush’s secretary of defense on his cabinet. Who is Obama’s republican secretary of defense?
4) Where was Obama born?
5) Obama was the first black president of what legal journal?

Answers
1) Roland Burris
2) Luo
3) Robert Gates
4) Honolulu
5) Harvard Law Review


 
Random
1) Madison is sometimes described as the city of four lakes. What are the four lakes on the Yahara River chain?
2) What is a hippophobe afraid of?
3) Who was the first US astronaut to orbit the earth?
4) In the Peanuts comic strip who are the siblings of Lucy Van Pelt?
5) NYC Is composed of how many Boroughs?

Answers
1) Monona, Mendota, Waubesa, Kegonsa
2) Horses
3) John Glenn
4) Linus and Rerun
5) 5
 
Movies
1) Who directed the 1996 movie Girl 6?
2) In the 2000 movie, Castaway, What type of Ball is Wilson?
3) What animated movie directed by Don Bluth, featured an anthropomorphized Apatosaurus and was produced by Spielberg and George Lucas?
4) What was the title of the 1992 Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner film?
5) Disney’s first cell animated film will be released later this year, it’s first since 2004 and the first Disney movie featuring African Americans. What is the name of the film?

Answers
1) Spike Lee
2) Volley Ball
3) The Land Before Time
4) The Bodyguard
5) The Princess and the Frog


 
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
Interpol News Flash! A national treasure, the Louvre has been stolen from france.
1) Witnesses saw your suspect buying stock in Shell oil and overheard her talking about the the peace palace, the headquarters of the International Court of Justice.
2) Your suspect was seen wearing a Toronga Zoo T-shirt and overheard saying she wanted to see the opera house created by the Danish architect Jorn Utzon
3) Your suspect was overheard practicing conversational Spanish, and speaking about the Sagrad Familia church. Current champions of the Uefa Champions league
4) Your suspect was seen reading a book about the new seven wonders of the world and took particular interest in the Christ Redeamer. She was listening to Girl from Ipanema on her Ipod.
5) A local detective overhead your suspect talking about visiting the city with the most Michelin stars in the world at 191, twice as many as it’s nearest competitor.

Answers
1) Den Haag
2) Sydney
3) Barcelona
4) Rio De Janeiro
5) Tokyo
 
Current Events
1) Who won the French Open?
2) The two American journalists caught sneaking into North Korea have been sentenced how many years of hard labor?
3) A Seven day gay pride festival was held for the first time in what Chinese city?
4) Omar Bongo, the longest serving president/dictator of an African country died this week. What country was he president of?
5) Dozens of children died in a fire at a child care center this week in what country?

Answers
1) Roger Federer
2) 12
3) Shanghai
4) Gabon
5) Mexico

 
Literature
1) How many lines are in a sonnet?
2) What letter is the Scarlet Letter in Hawthorne’s novel?
3) How many levels of hell are there in Dante’s inferno?
*bonus* Name them
4) In which book in the New Testament do the Four Horsemen appear?
5) What Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright wrote a screenplay for The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Answers
1) 14
2) A
3) 9
*Bonus* Limbo, the Lust level, the Glutton level, the Greedy level, the Wrathful and Slothful level, the Heretic level, the Violent level, the Fraudulent level, and the Traitor level.
4) Revelations
5) David Mamet


 
Sports
1) From what yard line do NFL teams attempt extra point conversions?
2) What sports hall of fame was Charles M Schultz inducted into?
3) What Green Bay kick returner was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXI in 1997
4) In Soccer the Referee is assisted by how many assistant referees?
5) What baseball player holds the most MVP awards?

Answers
1) 2-yard line
2) Hockey and figure skating
3) Desmond Howard
4) 2
5) Barry Bonds


 
Music
Name the band that these people are in
1) Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ian Stewart, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts
2) Billy Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool
3) Jon Taylor, Roger Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon
4) Rob Thomas, Kyle Cook, Brian Yale, Paul Doucette, Adam Gaynor
5) Jimmy Page (guitar), Robert Plant (vocals), John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards) and John Bonham (drums).

Answers
1) Rolling Stones
2) Green Day
3) Duran Duran
4) Match Box 20
5) Led Zeppelin

Current events
1) Conan O’brian took over the tonight show this week, for which he had to move to where?
Bonus – Who is the leader of the Conan’s Tonight Show band?
2) Which motor vehicle producer – the second largest in the world – filed for bankruptcy this week?
3) An Airplane disappeared while making its voyage across the Atlantic, which airline was the plane from?
4) Kim Jong-Il named who was to be his successor as the leader of the North Korean Communist State. Who did he name?
5) A Doctor, George Tiller was shot dead in a church this past weekend. He was targeted because he is one of the few doctors in the country that will perform what procedure?

Answers
1) LA
Bonus – Max Weinberg
2) GM
3) Air France
4) His son – Kim Jong-Un
5) late term Abortion




Sports - Finals
1) What team won the Champions league final last Wednesday?
2) What team won the Super-14 rugby championship?
3) The NBA Finals will be taking place later this week. Which two teams will be competing?
4) Who won the Indy 500?
Bonus-Who was the highest placed American?
5) What two NHL teams will be playing their third game for a best of seven to win the Stanely Cup?

Answers
1) Barcelona
2) South Africa Bulls
3) LA Lakers, Orlando Magic
4) Helio Castronovez of Brazil
Bonus – Danica Patrick 3rd
5) Detroit Red-Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins




Literature
1) What reclusive author has been baited into some heavy litigation over the use of his intellectual property rights of his character Holden Caulfield by a first time novelist?
2) Author Christopher Paolini wrote what novel (the beginning of a series) at the age of 15?
3) What Novel by Paulo Coelho was originally written in Portuguese and is, according to the Guiness Book of World Records, the most translated book by a living author? And one of the best-selling novels of all time?
4) What book by John Stewart and the cast of the daily show is one of the top 150 best selling fiction books of the past 15 years?
5) Although the HP series is done, JK Rowling had a book on Amazon’s best seller list for 2008. What was it?

Answers
1) JD Salinger
2) Eragon – Inheritance series
3) The Alchemist
4) America (the book)
5) Tales of the Beedlebard




David Bowie
1) To who is David Bowie married?
2) In the Labyrinth, what was the name of Bowie’s character?
Bonus – Who directed the Labyrinth?
3) The life Aquatic with steve Zissou featured david bowie songs sung in Portuguese by what artist?
4) Bowie achieved crossover success onto the American charts with his song, Fame, which was co-written by what famous artist?
5) David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” album was a major stepping stone for what blues guitar virtuoso who is featured heavily on the album?

Answers
1) Iman Abdulmajid
2) Jareth
Bonus – Jim Henson
3) Seu Jeorge
4) John Lennon
5) Stevie Ray Vaughan



This week in History
1) On june 1, 1204 King Phillip Augustus of France conquered what French city which is also the city where Joan of Arc was burnt to death in may 30th 1431?
2) On june 1 1812, President James Madison asked the congress to declare war on what country?
3) Today in 2004, what contestant began his 74 game winning streak on Jeopardy?
4) June 5th 1968 Robert F. Kennedy was shot and died the following day by whom?
5) On June 1 2008, what Algerian born French fashion designer died of Brain Cancer? Earlier this year there was a lot of hub-bub about the auction of his possessions.

Answers
1) Rouen
2) Britain
3) Ken Jennings
4) Sirhan Sirhan
5) Yves Saint Laurent




Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego
INTERPOL NEWS FLASH! A national treasure, the great pyramid of Giza, has been stolen from Egypt! You have till five pm Sunday to find and arrest the thief!

1) Your sources tell you that your suspect was planning on buying stock in Nokia, and studying the influence of 1980’s glam rock pioneering group Hanoi Rocks on the American Band Guns’n’roses. Where is she headed?
2) Your suspect was looking for a copy of Darwin’s Origin of Species and speaking of researching the endemic marine Iguana.
3) Your suspect was seen exchanging all of her cash into Bahts and speaking of wanting to shop in Siam Square for more fashionable clothing.
4) A local detective saw your suspect reading a brochure about Saint Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremlin. Where is she headed?
5) Your suspect was seen wearing a winter Olympics 2006 t-shirt and a FIAT hat. Where is your suspect heading?

Answers
1) Finland
2) Galapagos Islands
3) Bangkok, Thailand
4) Moscow
5) Turin/Torino





Famous movie quotes
1) “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”
2) “Get Busy livin or get busy dyin. (That’s god damned right)”
3) “Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye. »
4) “Hasta La Vista, Baby.”
5)” I can't believe I gave my panties to a geek.”

Answers
1) Casablanca
2) Shawshank Redemption
3) 2001 Space Odyssey
4) Terminator 2
5) 16 candles



Random
1) Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot JFK from the 6th story of what building?
2) Skull and bones is a secret society from what Ivy League school?
3) What was the real name of the Orca who played Willy in Free Willy?
4) Almost Famous is Cameron Crowe’s account of working for what magazine?
5) Our president is the first to have two grammy’s while in office. What did he receive them for?



Answers
1) The Texas School Book Depository
2) Yale
3) Keiko
4) Rolling Stone
5) Spoken word album, dreams of my father, audacity of hope

Science
1) What noble gas is represented by the letters Ar?
2) Dolphins have extremely good eyesight, but to find prey they primarily use their sense of sound (or rather vibration sensing) like a radar. This sense is also known as what?
3) Which of the following has been used as an active ingredient in Nail polish remover?
a) ethanol b) acetone c) Limonene
4) Vulcans, like some mollusks have green blood. This is because they have a different oxidizing agent than humans. What is the oxidizing agent that makes blood green?
5) Flowering plants, or angiosperms, while making up a majority of the plants alive today haven’t been around that long. They first appeared during the same period that the T-rex, Triceratops and Pteradon lived. In what period of the Mesozoic did flowering plants appear?

Answers
1) Argon
2) Echolocation
3) a) acetone
4) Copper
5) Cretaceous

Cover Songs
1) Who first performed and wrote Aretha Franklin’s RESPECT?
2) The Jimi Hendrix Experience covered All Along the Watchtower originally written and performed by whom?
3) What famous country singer did a cover of NIN’s “Hurt”?
4) Though co-written by Bowie, China girl was originally performed by whom?
5) Limp Bizkit destroyed what Who song when they did a horribly atrocious cover?

Answers
1) Otis Redding
2) Bob Dylan
3) Johnny Cash
4) Iggy Pop
5) Behind Blue Eyes