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ANIMALS & NATURE
Smaller than common chimps, which primate is also called a pygmy chimpanzee?
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Bonobo
SOCIETY
Recalling his years as an actor in westerns, name this U.S. president’s Secret Service code name
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Ronald Reagan was “Rawhide”
ANYTHING GOES
Hoping to make an authentic-looking product, Mattel hired a top Chevrolet designer to help create which line of toys?
Hot Wheels
BIOGRAPHIES
Famous for streaking in Old School, which comedian has run in both the New York City and Boston marathons?
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Will Ferrell
ARTS & CULTURE
Premiering on Broadway in 1946, which musical centers on a star of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show?
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Annie Get Your Gun
MONEY & NUMBERS
Once considered to be “too big to fail,” which company filed for bankruptcy in 2008 after accumulating $613 billion in debt?
Blockbuster Video
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Lehman Brothers
VOCAB
Why might a book critic describe a new biography as being mendacious?
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It has many exaggerations
ANYTHING GOES
Teen star Linda Blair fractured her spine while thrashing around her character’s bedroom during her performance in which acclaimed horror movie?
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The Exorcist
ANIMALS & NATURE
Carrying as far as five miles across the African plains, which animal’s vocalization has been measured at 114 decibels?
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Lion
GEOGRAPHY
Which city planted tens of thousands of palm trees in the lead-up to the 1932 Olympics?
LA
SCIENCE & TECH
Never actually achieved, the process of transmuting base metals into gold is known as what?
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Alchemy
HISTORY & SOCIETY
In 1989 an unidentified person, now commonly called Tank Man, stood in the way of a column of tanks near which location?
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Tiananmen Square
Beijing China
What does the French term déjà vu literally translate to
Already seen
The term déjà vu was coined by French philosopher emile boirac in 1876 but we still don’t know what causes it
Because it makes sound look more vibrant oranges are typically sold and mesh bags in what color
Red
Red mesh makes orange look more orange and therefore more appealing
Which of these is a real animal that kills its prey with deadly bubbles
Pistol shrimp
Pistol shrimp punch the water around them so powerfully that the sound is literally louder than a gun
Still in production after 4000 years, commandaria is the world’s oldest type of what
Wine
commandaria Is a sweet dessert wine made in Cypress and dates back to 2000 BCE
Because it used to be the start of the military season what month is name for the Roman god of war
March
originally Martius correspondended to the beginning of Rome‘s military campaign season, which ended in October
What word is an official unit of measurement equal to about 126 gallons
ButT
A butt is a specifically size task often to hold wine or other liquids. A hogshead is half a butt 63 gallons.
Number which represents the power to which a base is to be raised
Exponent
Bone up this element is alphabetically next after cadmium
Calcium20
It means to express a fraction in a more basic form like simplifying 365/730 to 1/ two
Reducing
This Werner Herzog documentary follows activist Timothy Treadwell, who lost his life to a bear in 2003
Grizzly man
The nine realms include alfheim home of the light elves nidavellir home of the dwarves, and this home to us puny ol mortals
Alf heim
Need uh viel r
Midgard
A jackobite force failed to take this castle in 1715
the ladder they brought out to be too short to scale the ramp parts
Edinborough Castle
In the event of a surprise attack against the castle defenders could quickly lower this heavy great
Portcullis
Now meeting to secretly weaken , it originally meant to tunnel below a fortification in order to collapse the walls
Undermine
This nose God kept an eye on his wife, frigg, who herself presided over marriage
Odin
This dystopian film from Alphonso cuaron follows Clive Owen as the escort of pregnant women through unfriendly terrain
Qua rown
Children of men
Not just a hamlet in New York it’s the site of slain Warriors where the same unfortunate boar is eaten and resurrected daily.
Val hal uh
As watchmen of the Norse gods, he could see 100 leagues
another skill was the ability to hear. Grass grow for some reason.
Heim dall
In this 2004 film Kate Winslet plays Clementine who hires lacuna Inc. to help her forget some things
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Thought invincible Baldor got the kiss of death after getting hit with a sprig of this shrub. The one thing that could do the job.
Mistletoe his only weakness
Unable to capture Osaka castle Tokugawa e ahhh sue made peace — then filled in these redeclared war and took the castle
Toke ew gah wah
Moats
Aries was the Roman word for this device used to assault many a castle
Battering ram
Barry Jenkins and or Muh her shh lah Ali both won Oscars for this A24 film about shh rown who has a tough go of it in Miami
Chiron
Moonlight
She’s the mortal born goddess of the soul and wife of eros
Err os
Silent p
Psyche
Flat earth ism is often grouped under this branch of not accepted knowledge
Pseudoscience
In slang, these mean proof of supposed wrongdoing usually in the form of screen caps
now show me them!
Receipts
The W its walle name stands for this which he is dealing with all around him on earth
Waste
Silent P
It’s another way to refer to the United States Marines
Corps
Core
Silent P
To the untrained eye, it might be hard to tell the difference between eczema and this skin disease
Eggs uh muh
Psoriasis
Suh rye uh sis were you aware I had a pee in it?
A slice of Europe in the Middle East the Louv has a satellite location in this emirate
Abu Dhabi
Head to Munich and drink some suds at this festival whose origins date back to 1810
Oktoberfest good job
We love this Hasbro game in which players must complete lists of words beginning with the same letter
Scattergories
Have fun at this ballpark when you go see the Baltimore Orioles play home games
Camden yards
Pirates science and outer space are popular themes for this type of place where you solve puzzles to get out
Escape rooms
International universities
Following student unrest in 1968 in 1970 the university of the city was divided into 13 smaller ones
Paris
The may unrest of 68 is why there’s so many universities of Paris today
The small cylindrical polyps, build their limestone skeletons by drawing calcium out of seawater
Coral
In Laymans terms of marsupials marsupium is this
A pouch
The ride from the Greek for living a double life this class of animal lives on land, but typically breeds in water
Amphibians
What actress portrayed Belle in the 2017 live-action/animated version of Beauty and the Beast?
Guess: Kristen Bell
Answer: Emma Watson
hype up Pony country, this artist released the 1998 hit song “Let’s Ride” featuring Master P & Silkk the Shocker.
Guess: Big Punisher
Answer: Montell Jordan
After winning the National Title as a 2-seed in 2016, Villanova was a 1-seed in 2017 but got upset in the Round of 32 by this Big Ten school led by Nigel Hayes.
Guess: Michigan
Answer: Wisconsin
After helping a school reach the Sweet Sixteen in 1997, this Tight End made 10 straight Pro Bowls from 1999-2008 while playing for a current-day AFC West.
Guess: Tony Gonzalez
Since 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo has played in a professional league located in what country?
Guess: Saudi Arabia
Wisconsin Senator from 1947 until his death in 1958, this politician was one of the faces of anti-communism in the United States.
Guess: Joseph McCarthy
With a red spoon as its logo, this company is more known for cake-mix products but also produces Fruit Gushers and Bisquick.
Guess: Betty Crocker
Portrayed by James Lafferty, Nathan Scott played basketball at the high school, collegiate, pro, and Slamball levels during the run on this WB/CW show from 2003-2012.
Guess: One Tree Hill
After helping Arizona make the Final Four, this 6x All-Star played for the Astros, Indians, Braves, White Sox, Giants, Pirates, Cubs, Yankees, Phillies, Dodgers, and Rangers from 1991-2007.
Guess: Raul Mondesi
Answer: Kenny Lofton
After four seasons in St. Louis, Kevin Curtis had over 1,100 receiving yards for this NFC team in 2007.
Guess: Philadelphia Eagles
Coached by Ben Jacobson, this 9-seed out of the Missouri Valley Conference upset 1-seed Kansas in the 2010 Round of 32.
Guess: Bowling Green
Answer: Northern iowa
What is the most populated country in the world that begins with the letter “S”?
Guess: Serbia
Answer: South Africa
Introduced in 1979 and originally meanining two pizzas for the price of one, “Pizza Pizza” is a slogan used by what chain?
Guess: Little Caesars
chimpanzee named Darwin was a character on this Nickelodeon cartoon from 1998-2004.
Guess: The Wild Thornberrys
Two teens discover and thaw a frozen caveman who has to adjust to 20th-century society in this 1992 comedy starring Brendan Fraser, Sean Astin, and Pauly Shore.
Guess: Encino Man
What country artist released the 2018 hit song “Whiskey Glasses”?
Guess: Tim McGraw
Answer: Morgan Wallen
“The design for the cover of what album was pitched to the band by Andy Warhol and features a working zipper locked in.”
Sticky fingers
Rolling Stones
“The cover of what album features the artist semi-nude in front of an empty mattress frame with the springs exposed?”
Prince
Dirty mind - album 3
Not little sweet !!
“The leaves of what tree are dried and ground to make the Creole seasoning filet”
Sassafras
“The United States celebrated the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1926.
Sure. I can’t read this number that’s right in front of me. 1926.
What is the word for the 150th anniversary of something?”
sesquicentennial
ses-kwi-sen-ten-ee-uhl”.
“When two tectonic plates meet, sometimes one plate is forced underneath the other that sinks and melts into the Earth’s mantle. What is this process called?”
Subduction
“What word describes an impossible task, named after an ancient Greek king, sentenced by Hades to roll a boulder uphill, only to have it rolled back down the hill when he neared the top
“correct answer is Sisyphian named after Sisyphus”
