Pasadena Cal Tech

Question 1

What religious structure was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible to celebrate military victories?

Answer 1

St. Basil’s Cathedral

Question 2

Later becoming the dish’s namesake, James Salisbury published a work in 1888 advocating what food as a treatment for numerous ailments?

Answer 2

Broiled beef

Question 3

Borrowing a design from a 5th-century BCE coin, Greece’s €1 coin features which animal commonly associated with the goddess Athena?

Answer 3

Owl

Question 4

wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” while this was under attack during what conflict?

Answer 4

Francis Scott Key

Fort McHenry
War of 1812

Question 5

The male of what fish species has a pouch that can carry up to 2,000 fertilized eggs until they hatch?

Answer 5

Seahorse

Question 6

During this 1971 Apollo mission he modified a rock scooper to play which sport on the Moon?

Answer 6

Apollo 14

Alan Shepard
Golf

Question 7

Someone might get a reputation for being parsimonious if they…

Answer 7

But only discount clothes

Question 8

Named for Maryland’s official flower, the black-eyed Susan is the official drink of what annual sporting event?

Answer 8

Preakness stakes

Question 9

Exhumed in 2017, 28 years after his death, the body of which artist still had his signature mustache, resembling a clock showing 10:10?

Answer 9

Salvador Dali

Question 10

British knights
A sir since 2018 he contracted TB as a teen in 1953 and spent years in a sanatorium where he learned to play the drums

Answer 10

Ringo Starr
Sir Richard Starkey

Question 11

Undisputed middleweight champ Clarissa shields appropriately caused herself the gwoat short for this

Answer 11

Greatest woman of all time

Question 12

Boxing writer, bud Schober wrote how this boxers gift for public relations matched his boxing skills before a Zaire match

Answer 12

Ali

Question 13

In 1964 citizens of this area could vote for their presidential electors for the first time getting to choose their neighbor

Answer 13

Washington DC
Amendment ?

Question 14

1964 cars from Studebaker Packard were the first in the US to have these safety devices installed at standard equipment.

Answer 14

Seatbelt

Question 15

After saving others, despite four wounds of his own green beret captain Roger Donlin received the first of these awarded for actions in Vietnam

Answer 15

Medal of honor

Question 16

A red post that marked the border between the Houma and bayougoula tribes gave us the name of this state capital

Answer 16

Baton Rouge

Question 17

The only capital with three sets of double letters in its name it was visited by De Soto in the 16th century

Answer 17

Tallahassee

Question 18

The name of Germany’s fifth largest city differs by one letter from the name of this capital

Answer 18

Frankfort in Kentucky
As opposed to Frankfurt

Question 19

In April 2022, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano squared off in the first women’s boxing match to headline this New York venue

Answer 19

Madison Square Garden

Question 20

This first name of former WBC titleholder Mr. fury is appropriate for a heavyweight champ

Answer 20

Tyson

Question 21

This heavyweight brown bomber was undefeated before shocking loss to the German Max Schmeling in 1936

Answer 21

Joe Lewis

Question 22

Atleast diminutive word this type of long bench is commonly found in restaurants

Answer 22

Banquette
Bang ket

Question 23

It can be a meal where you pick what you want or a sideboard table to store your China

Answer 23

Buffet

Question 24

Quite comfy these oversized chairs share a name with a suit in a deck of cards

Answer 24

Club chair

Question 25

At Asia’s first Olympic Games, isao okano won gold in this sport in the country where it was created

Answer 25

Judo in Japan Tokyo 1964

Question 26

The first courtroom verdict on live network TV was when this assassins assassin was found guilty 1964

Answer 26

Jack Ruby, assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald

Question 27

With the name of the state in the name of the capital the city 1910’s founding makes it the newbie of US capitals

Answer 27

Oklahoma City

Question 28

These 2 capitals are named for a man who crossed the Atlantic ocean in 1492

Answer 28

Columbia, South Carolina Columbus, Ohio

Question 29

To pass another race car on the track by one complete circuit of the course

Answer 29

Lap

Question 30

To increase gradually in size like earths natural satellite

Answer 30

Wax

Question 31

To make a goofy face and ham it up for a photograph

Answer 31

Mug

Question 32

In 2009 this comedian was there for the invention of lying

Answer 32

Ricky Gervais

Question 33

To eviscerate, perhaps a dead sturgeon

Answer 33

Gut

Question 34

To direct and motivate the rest of the crew in a rowing shell

Answer 34

Cox

Question 35

The general maximum penalty for federal this a will false statement in court by one under oath is five years in prison

Answer 35

Perjury

Question 36

In a commandment performance, Exodus 2016 says thou shall not bear this two word phrase against thy neighbor

Answer 36

False witness

Question 37

Truth to tell lies and the lying liars who tell them was a number one best seller by this ex Minnesota senator

Answer 37

Franken

Question 38

Players make up false answers, along with the correct one then vote on which one is real in this bluffing game by Mattel

Answer 38

Balderdash

Question 39

This type of sofa is named for its individual pieces that can be rearranged in whatever wacky way you please

Answer 39

Sectional

Question 40

A chesser is a portmanteau of these two storage units

Answer 40

Chest and dresser