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WorldSeries IX
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•7 Years of College
•Pants Peers
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•University Village
•Casks
People
•Team Heritage
•Degenerate Gamblers
•Pit Bulls and Hockey
•Cracker Jacks
Moms
•Who Wants Cake
•Fear the Crab
•Bushwood Gophers
•Illegally Sane
REMINDER
•NO
CELL PHONES,
BLACKBERRIES
ETC.
QUESTION # 1
MOVIES & MUSIC
WHAT
COMPOSER WAS
PLAYED BY CARY GRANT
IN “NIGHT AND DAY” IN
1946 AND ALSO BY
KEVIN KLINE IN “DELOVELY” IN 2004 ?
ANSWER # 1
COLE
PORTER
QUESTION # 2
FOOD & DRINK
2 PARTER
• WHAT ARE THE TWO
MAIN VEGETABLE
INGREDIENTS OF THE
INDIAN DISH “ALOO
GOBI” ?
ANSWER # 2
•ALOO- POTATOES
• GOB- CAULIFLOWER
QUESTION # 3
NAME THE U.S. PRESIDENT
• BORN NOVEMBER 23, 1804
• GRAD OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE 1824
• U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1833-37
• U.S. SENATE 1837-42
• BEAT WINFIELD SCOTT TO WIN
PRESIDENCY
• DIED OCTOBER 8, 1869
ANSWER # 3
•
U.S.
PRESIDENT
(1853-57)
• FRANKLIN
PIERCE
TH
14
QUESTION # 4
NFL
3 PARTER
• WHO ARE THE ONLY
THREE MEN WHO HAVE
WON THE SUPER BOWL
AS A PLAYER AND AS A
HEAD COACH ?
ANSWER # 4
• MIKE DITKA (P-DALLAS, CDA BEARS)
• TONY DUNGY (PPITTSBURGH, C-COLTS)
• TOM FLORES (P-K.C., COAKLAND)
QUESTION # 5
TV
WHO
IS THE ONLY
“CELEBRITY” THAT HAS
PLAYED HIMSELF 3 TIMES ON
THE TV SERIES ‘THE
SIMPSONS’ ? (HINT: MANY
HAVE DONE IT TWICE)
ANSWER # 5
STEVEN
HAWKING
QUESTION # 6
NAME THE
ARTISTS
LEONARDO DA VINCI
WALTER LANCE
MARY CASSATT
CASSIUS COOLIDGE
JOHN LENNON
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
CHRISTO AND JEAN-CLAUDE
QUESTION # 7
RIVERS
•WHAT RIVER
DIVIDES THE
DUTCH CAPITAL OF
AMSTERDAM IN
TWO ?
ANSWER # 7
•AMSTEL
RIVER
QUESTION # 8
MUSIC
3 PARTER
• IN BILLBOARD HISTORY (1956PRESENT) WHAT ARE THE ONLY
THREE ALBUMS THAT WERE THE
#1 SELLING ALBUM FOR THE
YEAR, TWO YEARS IN A ROW ?
(HINT: 2 WERE SOUNDTRACKS)
1983-1984
1962-1963
1957-1958
QUESTION # 9
ANAGRAMS & AUTHORS
• A MINOR CHARACTER IN
THE NOVEL ‘LOLITA’,
VIVIAN DARKBLOOM IS
AN ANAGRAM FOR WHAT
AUTHOR’S NAME ?
ANSWER # 9
QUESTION # 10
ANIMALS
2 PARTER
•WHAT ARE THE
TWO LARGEST
RODENTS IN
NORTH AMERICA ?
ANSWER # 10
•BEAVER
•PORCUPINE
HalfTime
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QUESTION # 11
THE MOVIES
IN THE FILM “FIELD OF
DREAMS” WHAT WAS THE
TITLE OF THE NOVEL
WRITTEN BY TERRENCE
MANN (JAMES EARL JONES)
THAT INSPIRED RAY
KINSELLA (KEVIN COSTNER)
AT THE AGE OF 15 ?
ANSWER # 11
“THE
BOAT
ROCKER”
QUESTION # 12
WORLD COUNTRIES
2 PARTER
• WHAT ARE THE TWO
COUNTRIES IN
AFRICA THAT
BORDER BOTH LIBYA
AND ALGERIA ?
ANSWER # 12
•NIGER
•TUNISIA
QUESTION # 13
ADVENTURES
• WHO WAS THE FIRST
PERSON TO GO
AROUND THE
WORLD IN LESS
THAN 80 DAYS ?
ANSWER # 13
• FROM NOVEMBER 14,
1889 TO JANUARY 25,
1890
• 72 DAYS, 6 HOURS, 11
MINUTES
• NELLIE BLY
QUESTION # 14
MUSIC
2 PARTER
• WITH A TOTAL OF 79 WEEKS
WHICH TWO ARTISTS OR
GROUPS HAVE SPENT THE
MOST TOTAL WEEKS AT #1 ON
BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 ?
ANSWER # 14
•ELVIS PRESLEY
•MARIAH CAREY
QUESTION # 15
THE EARTH
• WHICH COUNTRY HAS
THE MOST ACTIVE
VOLCANOES ON
EARTH ?
ANSWER # 15
•155 ACTIVE
VOLCANOES
•INDONESIA
QUESTION # 16
WHO ARE
WE ?
MICHAEL WINSLOW
MAN OF 10,000 SOUND EFFECTS
JARED FOGLE
SUBWAY
WILLIAM PETERSEN
BEN CARDIN
TRED BARTA
VS. NETWORK
SHAWN MIMS
PAUL MARCARELLI
“CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW”?
QUESTION # 17
THE ELEMENTS
• AMERICIUM 241 IS A
RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE AND IS
THE ONLY SYNTHETIC
ELEMENT TO FIND IT’S WAY
INTO MOST U.S. HOUSEHOLDS
USED IN WHAT COMMON
PRODUCT ?
ANSWER # 17
•SMOKE
DETECTORS
QUESTION # 18
NCAA CHAMPS
CRAZY EIGHTS
• WHAT ARE THE EIGHT SPORTS
IN WHICH THE UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND HAS WON A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN
IT’S HISTORY ? (GENDER
SPECIFIC)
ANSWER # 18
• MENS
• MENS
BASKETBALL
LACROSSE
• WOMENS
• WOMENS
BASKETBALL
LACROSSE
• FIELD
• MENS SOCCER
HOCKEY
• COMPETITIVE
• FOOTBALL
CHEER
QUESTION # 19
ANIMALS & SPELLING
• THE KOALA’S DIET
CONSISTS ENTIRELY
OF THE LEAVES
FROM WHAT TREE ?
ANSWER # 19
•EUCALYPTUS
TREE
QUESTION # 20
BET UP TO 15 POINTS
• WITH OVER 30,000 SPECIES
RANGING IN SIZE FROM ¼”
TO 20 FEET WHAT FLOWER
HAS THE MOST NATURAL
VARIETIES ON EARTH?
ANSWER # 20
•THE ORCHID
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TIEBREAKER
•SINCE 1776 HOW
MANY
GOVERNORS HAS
THE STATE OF
MARYLAND HAD ?
ANSWER
•65
GOVERNORS