2009_09_02_Pub_Quiz

General Knowledge 1

What royal family ruled Prussia and the German empire until 1918? [ANSWER] Hohenzollern
In Japan, the Shinto religion reveres what spirits? [ANSWER] Kami 神
What is the title of the John Singer Sargent portrait of Virginie Gautreau that caused a scandal at the 1884 Paris salon? [ANSWER] Madame X
A deficiency of what vitamin leads to Pellagra? [ANSWER] Niacin / B3 / Nicotinic Acid
In the Chronicles of Narnia, what dessert does the Winter Queen give Edmund? [ANSWER] Turkish Delight
In Season Five on Grey's Anatomy, what character is diagnosed with metastatic melanoma? [ANSWER] Isobel Katherine Stevens
Chimborazo, the mountain whose summit is located furthest from the Earth's center, is located in what nation? [ANSWER] Ecuador
Who succeeded John F. Kennedy and preceded Ted Kennedy as senator from Massachusetts? [ANSWER] Benjamin Atwood Smith II
In topology, what name is given to a non-orientable two dimensional surface with no boundary? [ANSWER] Klein Bottle
In 2008, who became the youngest Formula One champion? [ANSWER] Lewis Hamilton

Which Roman emperor kept his favorite horse Incitatus in a marble stable with a full time staff of eighteen servants? [ANSWER] Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
Who served as the original announcer for "The Price is Right," "Jeopardy," and "Saturday Night Live"? [ANSWER] Don Pardo
Cinnabar is a common ore of what elemental metal? [ANSWER] Mercury
Staying at the top of the Billboard charts for 11 weeks in 1998, a cover of what Bob Seger song was the best-selling single ever released by Metallica? [ANSWER] Turn the Page
Anna Marie Robinson, whose paintings include Fourth of July and The Old Checkered Inn in Summer, was better known by what pseudonym? [ANSWER] Grandma Moses
What phone number is used in large cities like New York, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia to gain access to non-emergency municipal services? [ANSWER] 3-1-1
What is the second largest city in Africa by population? [ANSWER] Lagos
In 2008, which college football coach led the Alabama Crimson Tide to their first first undefeated season since 1994 and their first SEC Western Division Championship since 1999? [ANSWER] Nicholas Lou "Nick" Saban
Lord Tennyson composed two separate versions of what poem whose title character lives on an island near Camelot and is cursed to weave a magical web in solitude? [ANSWER] The Lady of Shalott
In Back to the Future Part III, what alias did Marty McFly adopt upon his arrival in Hill Valley circa 1885? [ANSWER] Clint Eastwood

What president of Argentina restored relations with the United Kingdom in 1988 and in 1994 ended conscription, greatly reducing the military's size and influence? [ANSWER] Carlos Menem
What line, introduced in 1972, has been the best-selling car in Canada for the last eight years? [ANSWER] Honda Civic
In the bible, who is the mother of Samuel? [ANSWER] Hannah
What Greatful Dead album contains the songs China Cat Sunflower and St. Stephen and has a picture of a five-year-old Courtney Love on the back? [ANSWER] Aoxomoxoa
The supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis comprise what group of muscles that hold the shoulder in place? [ANSWER] rotator
What is the oldest French-language university in North America? [ANSWER] Laval
Winners of Project Runway get a spread in what fashion magazine? [ANSWER] Elle
After deposing King Sihanouk in 1970, what Cambodian leader what himself overthrown by the Khmer Rouge in 1975? [ANSWER] Lon Nol
What room does O'Brian threaten to take Winston that has "the worst thing in the world?" [ANSWER] 101
With what three letters would you represent the square root of negative one in the IEEE 754 floating point standard? [ANSWER] NaN

According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, which son of an incubus was trapped underground by his lover and apprentice Niviane? [ANSWER] Merlin
What baseball pitch, previously known as a "nickel change" was supposedly invented by Charles Albert "Chief" Bender sometime in the 1910s? [ANSWER] Slider
What kind of cocktail consists of three parts brandy and one part white creme de menthe? [ANSWER] stinger
What street, stretching from Sunset Boulevard to Vermont Avenue was named Prospect Avenue until 1910 when it was annexed by the city of Los Angeles? [ANSWER] Hollywood Boulevard
20 men vied for the affections of 40-year old real estate agent Stacey Anderson on What TV Land reality show hosted by Vivica Fox? [ANSWER] The Cougar
Rattlesnakes, bushmasters, and moccasins are all members of what family of venomous snakes? [ANSWER] Viperidae (ACC: Vipers, technically all of these are Crotalinae or pit vipers)
The action in what 1940 Eugene O'Neill play occurs in the backroom of The End of the Line Cafe? [ANSWER] The Iceman Cometh
By what name is the Hughes H-4 Hercules, which made its only flight on November 2, 1947, better known? [ANSWER] The Spruce Goose
What 1994 Mel Gibson movie featured cameos by Johnny Cash, Clint Black, and Waylon Jennings? [ANSWER] Maverick
THEME [ANSWER] Top Gun Codenames