2009_08_19_Pub_Quiz

General Knowledge 1

• Silas Benjamin [ANSWER]
  Somerset Maugham's novel The Moon and Six Pence is a fictionalized account of the life of what painter?
• Queen Elizabeth II [ANSWER]
  The CSS Hunley, sunk in 1863 was notable for being what kind of ship?
• Mufasa [ANSWER]
  How many times has Larry King been married (note: we're not asking for the number of wives)?
• Henry II [ANSWER]
  By population, what is the smallest US State Capital?
• Hamlet [ANSWER]
  The Theme Song to The Young and the Restless was named after what gymnast, the first to receive a perfect 10, doing so at the Montreal Olympics?
• Aragorn [ANSWER]
  Tom and Maggie Tulliver are the main characters in which George Elliot novel?
• Prince Edmund (Blackadder) [ANSWER]
  What Popeye character will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today?
• King Gama [ANSWER]
  The Curzon line, named after the British Foreign Secretary, separated what two countries formed in the aftermath of World War I?
• King Louie [ANSWER]
  What theorem of set theory and geometry states that, if the axiom of choice is accepted, a sphere can be chopped up and reconstituted into two identical spheres of the same size?
• King Ralph [ANSWER]
  What Egyptian god was killed by this brother Set, thus allowing him to become the ruler of the afterlife?

Handout Round

• See handout [ANSWER]
  What HBO sitcom about a sports agent starred Robert Wuhl?
• See handout [ANSWER]
  What company, now a part of Diageo, employed Norris and Ross McWhirter to determine the fastest European game bird and William Gosset to develop the student's t-test?
• See handout [ANSWER]
  What unit of dry volume in the standard and imperial systems is equal to two gallons or a quarter bushel?
• See handout [ANSWER]
  What Detroit school changed its school mascot from the Tartars to the Warriors in 1999?
• See handout [ANSWER]
  David Lack wrote a 1947 book about Charles Darwin's investigation of what Gallapagos animal in order Passeriformes?
• See handout [ANSWER]
  The commanders of both British and French forces -- Wolfe and Montcalm, respectively -- managed to get themselves killed in what 1759 Battle in Quebec?
• See handout [ANSWER]
  What rock band fronted by Geddy Lee and responsible for the albums Snakes and Arrows and Feedback has won twelve Juno awards?
• See handout [ANSWER]
  Gary Locke, currently the Secretary of Commerce, became the first Asian-American governor by winning election in what state?
• See handout [ANSWER]
  A tiny statue of what man was placed atop the Comcast center in 2007 to address a putative curse that stopped city sports teams from winning championships after the construction of 1 Liberty Place?
• See handout [ANSWER]
  MYSTERY

Theme Round

• Arliss (George Arliss, Disraeli, 1929) [ANSWER]
  In 1929, Milton Ager and Jack Yellen copyrighted what song which Franklin Delano Roosevelt would adopt as the theme for his 1932 presidential campaign?
• Guiness (Alec Guinness, Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957) [ANSWER]
  In 1929, Robert and Helen Lynd published what sociological study which applied anthropological techniques to the inhabitants of Munice, IN?
• Peck (Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962) [ANSWER]
  In 1929, the Marx Brothers starred in what feature film, their first, whose plot revolved around a jewelry heist at a Florida hotel?
• Wayne State (John Wayne, True Grit, 1969) [ANSWER]
  In 1929, which director of the Mount Wilson observatory concluded that the apparent speed of a galaxy's retreat is directly proportional to its remoteness from the observer?
• Finch (Peter Finch, Network, 1976) [ANSWER]
  In 1929, who became the first member of the 500 Home Run Club?
• Plains of Abraham (F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus, 1984) [ANSWER]
  In 1929, Benito Mussolini and Pietro Gaspari signed what set of agreements which made Catholicism Italy's state religion and established the independence of the Vatican?
• Rush (Geoffry Rush, Shine, 1996) [ANSWER]
  In 1929, the longstanding gang war between Chicago's South Side Italians and North Side Irish culminated in what incident which occurred in a garage on Clark Street?
• Washington (Denzel Washington, Training Day, 2001) [ANSWER]
  In 1929, five years before publishing I, Claudius, which British World War I veteran published his autobiography, Goodbye to All That?
• William Penn (Sean Penn, Mystic River, 2003) [ANSWER]
  In 1929, Lillie Bliss provided the first bequest to what newly-established New York gallery?
• Academy Award Best Actor Winners [ANSWER]
  In 1929, what soft drink, originally named "Bib Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda", was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg?

General Knowledge 2

• Happy Days Are Here Again [ANSWER]
  Yosemite (El Capitan)*
• Middletown [ANSWER]
  Joshua Tree ( Climbing the Old Woman Rock)*
• The Cocoanuts [ANSWER]
  Grand Teton ( Cascade Canyon)*
• Edwin Hubble [ANSWER]
  Acadia (Bass Harbor Head Light.)*
• Babe Ruth [ANSWER]
  Mt. Rainier *
• The Lateran Pacts [ANSWER]
  Hot Springs (namesake hot springs!)* Perhaps this would be better (the bath houses are owned by the park service): http://www.offbeattravel.com/hot-sp-1.jpg
• The Valentine's Day massacre [ANSWER]
  Great Smoky Mountains (The Chimney Tops, TN)*
• Robert Graves [ANSWER]
  Petrified Forest (petrified log)*
• The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [ANSWER]
  Olympic (rain forest)*
• 7-Up [ANSWER]
  Yellowstone (Old Faithful)*

Mystery Round

• Which Yankees first baseman became the third switch hitter in major league history to hit at least 20 home runs in each of his first three seasons? [ANSWER]
  Mark Teixeira (Te-sherr-ah)
• The subject of a 1996 documentary entitled "The Line King", which caricaturist frequently concealed the name of his daughter Nina in his drawings? [ANSWER]
  Al Hirschfeld
• In The Princess Bride, who portrayed Valerie, the wife of Miracle Max? [ANSWER]
  Carol Kane
• China ceded the city of Hong Kong to the British as a crown colony as part of what 1842 treaty which ended the first Opium War? [ANSWER]
  The Treaty of Nanjing (In 1898, 99 year lease obtained.)
• Prince of Persia, Myst, and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego were all produced by what software company? [ANSWER]
  Brøderbund (ACC: Broderbund)
• Ketchup, shampoo, and blood are all example of what type of fluids whose flow properties are not defined by a single, constant viscosity value? [ANSWER]
  Non-Newtonian
• Who was the last musician to take the stage, along with the band Gypsy Sun and Rainbows, as part of the Woodstock Music Festival, forty years ago yesterday? [ANSWER]
  Jimi Hendrix
• Which West African country led by president Laurent Gbagbo is currently the world's largest exporter of cocoa beans? [ANSWER]
  Cote d'Ivoire
• What Fox sitcom was set in the town of Point Place, Wisconsin? [ANSWER]
  That 70s Show
• What 1516 romantic epic by Lodovico Ariosto begins with the escape of the title character's love interest, the pagan princess Angelica, from the custody of Duke Nomo? [ANSWER]
  Orlando Furioso