2009_06_01_Pub_Quiz

General Knowledge 1

• What band named after a lawn ornament store patronized by Tony Soprano wrote the song Hackensack? [ANSWER]
  Fountains of Wayne
• What Shakespearean character was "was from his mother's womb Untimely ripp'd?" [ANSWER]
  MacDuff
• In what novel would you find the line "we must walk without rhythm" as the main character and pregnant mother run away from home? [ANSWER]
  Dune
• What French king fought alongside Richard the Lionhearted at Acre before attacking England? [ANSWER]
  Philip II Augustus
• What musical instrument is common to Mahler's fifth symphony, Strauss's Alpine Symphony, and "We're an American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad? [ANSWER]
  Cowbell
• What Washington Irving character is the ghost of a Hessian mercenary? [ANSWER]
  Headless Horseman
• King Creole, a film directed by Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, starred what entertainer as Danny Fischer opposite Carolyn Jones and Walter Matthau? [ANSWER]
  Elvis
• Who shot Greedo in the Mos Eisley Catina? [ANSWER]
  Han Solo
• In what film would you find the line "My grammy never gave gifts. She was too busy getting raped by Cossacks?" [ANSWER]
  Annie Hall
• MYSTERY THEME [ANSWER]
  Christopher Walken

Theme Round

• In what nation would you find the Simpson Desert, Lake Eyre, and Mount Augustus? [ANSWER]
  Australia
• What 1908 Supreme Court case said that Oregon could pass a law limiting the length of a woman's workday? [ANSWER]
  Muller v. Oregon
• Henry Fleming is a soldier who chickens out of a battle in what Stephen Crane novel? [ANSWER]
  The Red Badge of Courage
• What German biologist promulgated the idea of the kingdom Protista in an 1878 work and developed recapitulation theory saying that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny?" [ANSWER]
  Ernst Haeckel
• What work by Jose Ortega y Gassett documents the development of groups of people, lacking individuality, being able to twist the course of society? [ANSWER]
  The Revolt of the Masses (La rebelión de las masas)
• Enver Hoxha, Ahmet Zog, and Gjergj Skanderbeg are all associated with what European nation? [ANSWER]
  Albania
• Who was defeated by Billie Jean King in the so-called battle of the sexes? [ANSWER]
  Bobby Riggs
• The dividing line between the Earth's atmosphere and outer space is named for what Hungarian physicist who helped found the Jet Propulsion Lab? [ANSWER]
  von Karman line
• Nellie Ross became the first female governor in the United States after winning a special election after the death of her husband in what state? [ANSWER]
  Wyoming
• In the phrase "Et tu, Brute," what case does "Brute" have? [ANSWER]
  Vocative

General Knowledge 2

• What 1494 treaty was intended to divide the New World between Spain and Portugal? [ANSWER]
  The Treaty of Tordesillas
• Which short-lived Fox series centered on Jaye Tyler's reluctant conversations with animal figurines in a Niagara Falls gift shop? [ANSWER]
  Wonderfalls
• In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, who is the detective assigned to investigate Raskolnikov's murders? [ANSWER]
  Porfiry Petrovich (Порфирий Петрович)
• At which institution of higher learning might one take a class with renowned archaeology professor Henry Jones, Jr.? [ANSWER]
  Marshall College
• What type of astronomical phenomenon is classified as either Type I or Type II depending on the absence or presence of a hydrogen absorption line in its spectrum? [ANSWER]
  Supernova
• Which quarterback holds the NFL record for most consecutive wins in the regular season? [ANSWER]
  Jim McMahon, Chicago Bears 1984-7 (22 games!)
• Which Belgian artist's work, "The Treachery of Images," consists of a picture of a pipe and a French sentence informing the viewer that "This is not a pipe." [ANSWER]
  Rene Magritte
• The video for which 1982 song features lead singer Ivan Doroschuk dancing around a maypole with a "little person" played by Mike Edmonds? [ANSWER]
  Safety Dance
• What strait between Norway, Denmark, and Sweden connects the North Sea with the Kattegat Strait leading to the Baltic Sea and has its own space in the board game Diplomacy? [ANSWER]
  The Skagerrak Strait
• According to the Reuters news agency, which celebrity, who had expressed an interest in building environmentally friendly homes for refugees in New Orleans, has recently been recruited by a Los Angeles architecture firm to help design an 800 room luxury hotel in Dubai? [ANSWER]
  Brad Pitt (http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSL0265190920080602?rpc=92)

Mystery Round

• What 2000 Robert Altman film features Richard Gere as a gynecologist? [ANSWER]
  Dr. T and the Women
• Who will tell you he's the king of these barrio streets and says he's never broke no law even as he deals cocaine to the Mexican mob? [ANSWER]
  Dr. Feelgood
• Which supervillain, wrongly arrested for the shooting of Montgomery Burns, keeps all of his stuff at Death Mountain? [ANSWER]
  Dr. Colossus
• Which participant in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral received dental training at the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery? [ANSWER]
  John Henry "Doc" Holliday
• Whose most recent book is entitled "Stop Whining, Start Living"? [ANSWER]
  Dr. Laura Schlessinger
• What nickname did Houston Astros announcer Milo Hamilton bestow on pitcher Danny Darwin for his ability to stop late game rallies? [ANSWER]
  Dr. Death
• In The Muppet Movie, Charles Durning plays which fast-food magnate who tries to hire Kermit the Frog as his spokesman? [ANSWER]
  Doc Hopper
• By what stage name is Barrett Eugene Hansen, 2005 inductee into the Comedy Music Hall of Fame, best known? [ANSWER]
  Dr. Demento
• In Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen, who is the only major character to possess actual superpowers? [ANSWER]
  Dr. Manhattan
• Who changed his last name from Merkwürdigliebe upon emigrating to the United States? [ANSWER]
  Dr. Strangelove