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The second category was "Arts and Entertainment", and here are the questions:
1. What is Donald Duck's middle name?
Nope
2. What movie star was the most decorated veteran of World War II?
I assume they want Audie Murphy
3. What is Sting's real name?
Gordon Sumner
4. What is Miss Piggy's surname?
Piggy
5. What Elgar tune is played by high school bands without their senior members being present?
Pomp & Circumstance/Gaudeamus Igitur in Latin
6. What was jazz musician Charlie Parker's nickname?
Bird
7. What red-haired orphan has the middle names "Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter"?
Pippi Longstocking, who is not and orphan; her father is alive
8. What candy in the Harry Potter books always comes with a wizard card?
NAC
9. What is the highest-grossing children's video of all time?
Nope
10. How did Vincent vanGogh sign his paintings?
Vincent
The third category was history:
1. In what city did the first subway system in the U.S. open in 1897?
Noo Yawk
2. Who was U.S. president when Elizabeth II was crowned?
Truman when her Dad died; probably Ike by the time of formal coronation
3. What two presidents signed the Constitution?
Jefferson/Madison
4. What play was Lincoln watching when he was shot?
Our American Cousin
5. Who is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize?
JFK?
6. Who was the first U.S. president to have been an Eagle scout?
Dunno. Carter?
7. What did the U.S. Attorney General allow women to wear in public in 1920?
Pants
8. In what year did the California gold rush start?
1848
9. [can't read my writing, but our answer, George W. Bush, was wrong]
10. What U.S. city features the most developed system of parks and parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmstead?
Noo Yawk
1. What is the name for the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger?
Liger
2. Which continent does the termite-devouring aardvark call home?
Aafrica
3. What is the smartest carnivorous reptile?
Crocodile
4. How many stars are there in the Big Dipper?
8 (Mizor & Alcor is a double)
5. How many degrees are there in each angle within an equilateral triangle?
60
6. How many bones are there in a giraffe's neck?
7, same as us. They're just bigger!
7. What did Percy Spencer invent after finding his chocolate bar melted in his pocket in 1945?
M&Ms
8. With what part of its anatomy does a rat perceive sour tastes?
Brain
9. How many pounds are in a kilogram?
2.2
10. A group of what animals is called a "muster"?
Elk
We got 8 out of 10 on this section.
The sixth category was sports and leisure:
1. What color is the middle ring in the top row of the Olympic logo?
Dunno -- Gold?
2. What NFL team has played in the TransWorld Dome and the Edward Jones Dome?
Nope
3. What is Super Mario's brother's name?
Luigi!
4. What ammunition was used in the once-popular sport of butt shooting?
Arrows
5. In the Abbott and Costello routine "Who's on First?", what is the only position not named?
Left field?
6. Who was the first left-handed pitcher to fan 20 batters out of the first 21 he faced?
NAC
7. How many 3-point shots did Shaquille O'Neal make in the 20th century?
NAC
8. Who was the first African-American general manager in the NFL?
NAC
9. What is the distance between home plate and the pitcher's mound in Major League Baseball?
60 feet
10. What sport is played on the largest playing field?
Polo
We got 7 on this section.
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The seventh section was people and places:
1. Which of the Great Lakes is the only one not to border Canada?
Michigan
2. How many letters are there in the Hawaiian alphabet?
Dunno
3. What nation was the first to give its women the right to vote?
Heck I should know this but I don't
4. Which of the five boroughs of New York City is the largest in area?
Staten Island
5. The Riviera lies along the coast of France and what other country?
Italy
6. What is the official language of Pakistan?
Urdu
7. What is the only predominantly Roman Catholic country in Asia?
WAG - Singapore?
8. Who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates?
I forget!
9. Which First Lady, after throwing out a pitch at a Chicago Cubs game, prompted an article in the Atlantic Monthly entitled "Throwing Like a Girl"?
Dunno
10. What mythological figure is depicted on a statue in Rockefeller Center?
Nope
We got 7 out of 10 on this section
And the final category was, of course, the wild card:
1. What storybook character consumed one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries and five oranges?
Nope
2. How many squares are there on a chessboard?
64
3. ???????????
4. What are you afraid of if you have pentheraphobia?
? Lions?
5. What recreational drug was so popular that Pope Clement VIII threatened anyone who used it with excommunication?
Absinthe
6. How many maggots are allowed by the USDA in a standard can of mushrooms?
Ewwwwwwwwww, I dont' want to know!
7. In what profession would you find navel boners?
Ummmm...orange growers?
8. What Greek millionaire decorated his yacht with bar stools covered with whale foreskins?
Onassis?
9. How many Golden Tickets did Willie Wonka hide in his chocolate bars?
5
10. What would a French secretary call a paper clip?
Mais non, je ne sais pas!
1. What is Donald Duck's middle name?
Nope
2. What movie star was the most decorated veteran of World War II?
I assume they want Audie Murphy
3. What is Sting's real name?
Gordon Sumner
4. What is Miss Piggy's surname?
Piggy
5. What Elgar tune is played by high school bands without their senior members being present?
Pomp & Circumstance/Gaudeamus Igitur in Latin
6. What was jazz musician Charlie Parker's nickname?
Bird
7. What red-haired orphan has the middle names "Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter"?
Pippi Longstocking, who is not and orphan; her father is alive
8. What candy in the Harry Potter books always comes with a wizard card?
NAC
9. What is the highest-grossing children's video of all time?
Nope
10. How did Vincent vanGogh sign his paintings?
Vincent
The third category was history:
1. In what city did the first subway system in the U.S. open in 1897?
Noo Yawk
2. Who was U.S. president when Elizabeth II was crowned?
Truman when her Dad died; probably Ike by the time of formal coronation
3. What two presidents signed the Constitution?
Jefferson/Madison
4. What play was Lincoln watching when he was shot?
Our American Cousin
5. Who is the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize?
JFK?
6. Who was the first U.S. president to have been an Eagle scout?
Dunno. Carter?
7. What did the U.S. Attorney General allow women to wear in public in 1920?
Pants
8. In what year did the California gold rush start?
1848
9. [can't read my writing, but our answer, George W. Bush, was wrong]
10. What U.S. city features the most developed system of parks and parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmstead?
Noo Yawk
1. What is the name for the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger?
Liger
2. Which continent does the termite-devouring aardvark call home?
Aafrica
3. What is the smartest carnivorous reptile?
Crocodile
4. How many stars are there in the Big Dipper?
8 (Mizor & Alcor is a double)
5. How many degrees are there in each angle within an equilateral triangle?
60
6. How many bones are there in a giraffe's neck?
7, same as us. They're just bigger!
7. What did Percy Spencer invent after finding his chocolate bar melted in his pocket in 1945?
M&Ms
8. With what part of its anatomy does a rat perceive sour tastes?
Brain
9. How many pounds are in a kilogram?
2.2
10. A group of what animals is called a "muster"?
Elk
We got 8 out of 10 on this section.
The sixth category was sports and leisure:
1. What color is the middle ring in the top row of the Olympic logo?
Dunno -- Gold?
2. What NFL team has played in the TransWorld Dome and the Edward Jones Dome?
Nope
3. What is Super Mario's brother's name?
Luigi!
4. What ammunition was used in the once-popular sport of butt shooting?
Arrows
5. In the Abbott and Costello routine "Who's on First?", what is the only position not named?
Left field?
6. Who was the first left-handed pitcher to fan 20 batters out of the first 21 he faced?
NAC
7. How many 3-point shots did Shaquille O'Neal make in the 20th century?
NAC
8. Who was the first African-American general manager in the NFL?
NAC
9. What is the distance between home plate and the pitcher's mound in Major League Baseball?
60 feet
10. What sport is played on the largest playing field?
Polo
We got 7 on this section.
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:02 am Post subject:
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The seventh section was people and places:
1. Which of the Great Lakes is the only one not to border Canada?
Michigan
2. How many letters are there in the Hawaiian alphabet?
Dunno
3. What nation was the first to give its women the right to vote?
Heck I should know this but I don't
4. Which of the five boroughs of New York City is the largest in area?
Staten Island
5. The Riviera lies along the coast of France and what other country?
Italy
6. What is the official language of Pakistan?
Urdu
7. What is the only predominantly Roman Catholic country in Asia?
WAG - Singapore?
8. Who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates?
I forget!
9. Which First Lady, after throwing out a pitch at a Chicago Cubs game, prompted an article in the Atlantic Monthly entitled "Throwing Like a Girl"?
Dunno
10. What mythological figure is depicted on a statue in Rockefeller Center?
Nope
We got 7 out of 10 on this section
And the final category was, of course, the wild card:
1. What storybook character consumed one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries and five oranges?
Nope
2. How many squares are there on a chessboard?
64
3. ???????????
4. What are you afraid of if you have pentheraphobia?
? Lions?
5. What recreational drug was so popular that Pope Clement VIII threatened anyone who used it with excommunication?
Absinthe
6. How many maggots are allowed by the USDA in a standard can of mushrooms?
Ewwwwwwwwww, I dont' want to know!
7. In what profession would you find navel boners?
Ummmm...orange growers?
8. What Greek millionaire decorated his yacht with bar stools covered with whale foreskins?
Onassis?
9. How many Golden Tickets did Willie Wonka hide in his chocolate bars?
5
10. What would a French secretary call a paper clip?
Mais non, je ne sais pas!
Spoiler
Without looking anything up, I would like to change my answer to Section 7, Question 7, to: The Philippines! Hmmmmm....are the Philippines actually in Asia, since it is an island country? Eh, so's Japan, & we certainly consider that to be part of Asia!