Books and Movies
Name the 9 books in the Little House series. (100 points for each correct name and an extra 600 points if you can name them in order for a max of 1500 points)
Little House in the Big Woods
Farmer Boy
Little House on the Prairie
On the Banks of Plum Creek
By the Shores of Silver Lake
The Long Winter
Little Town on the Prairie
These Happy Golden Years
The First Four Years
What do Americans call the sport that most of the world calls "football"?
Soccer
How many "a"s are in this question?
3
How many sons did Jacob and Rachel have? Name them. (100 points for correct quantity and for each correct name)
Two: Joseph and Benjamin
The Fibonacci sequence looks like this: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,...
What is the next number in the sequence?
34 (each number is the sum of the two numbers that precede it)
Name the 4 Pevensie children. (200 points for each correct name)
Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy
What does the 'A' stand for in NBA?
Association
What is the name of the parish across the parking lot?
Holy Name
Name OT Joseph's grandfather, grandmother, great-grandfather, and great-grandmother (200 points each for a maximum of 800 points)
Isaac and Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah
Every perfect circle has this property: the number pi is the ratio of its __________ to its __________ .
Circumference; Diameter
A spoonful of sugar helps this movie go down.
Mary Poppins
In the NBA, if a player is fouled while attempting a 3-point shot and the shot goes in, how many free throws is he awarded? (An extra 300 points for how many free throws he is awarded if the shot does not go in.)
1 (a chance for a 4-point play)
3 (a chance to get back all 3 points the foul may have prevented)
Spell the word "altar".
Altar
Which of the these New Testament epistles was not written by St. Paul: Galatians, Colossians, Titus, James, 1 Timothy, or Philemon?
James
One angle of a right triangle measures 2 degrees. What are the measures of the other two angles?
90 degrees and 88 degrees
Atreyu and Artax are characters in this classic 1984 film based on a novel of the same name by Michael Ende (a rare case where the film is better than the book it is based on).
The NeverEnding Story
In Major League Baseball, how many consecutive outs does a pitcher need to get without a batter from the opposing team reaching any base for a perfect game?
27
What is the punctuation mark at the end of this question called?
Question Mark
(I'll also accept "Interrogation Point" or "Interrogation Mark")
After breaking the legs of the two men crucified with Jesus, why didn't they also break Jesus' legs? (Direct and deeper reasons each worth 400 points for a maximum of 800 points)
Acceptable answer #1 (direct reason): Jesus was already dead (so there was no need to hasten his death). Acceptable answer #2 (deeper reason): They were unwittingly fulfilling the Scripture that no bones of the Passover Lamb were to be broken.
One angle of an isosceles triangle measures 92 degrees. What are the measures of the other two angles?
44 degrees and 44 degrees
This 1953 Ray Bradbury novel ostensibly derives its title from "the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns."
Fahrenheit 451
In bowling, how many points is a perfect game? How do you achieve it?
300; 12 consecutive strikes
Name a color that rhymes with "urple".
Purple
(I'll also accept "Light Urple"...)
The second half of this biblical book is largely concerned with the missionary journeys of St. Paul. Who wrote it? To whom is it addressed? (500 points each for a maximum of 1500 points)
Acts (also acceptable: Acts of the Apostles, Book of Acts)
Luke
Theophilus
Two legs of a right triangle measure 45 and 60. What is the hypotenuse?
75