Round 1
The Great Barrier Reef is located off the coast of which country?
Australia
A frying pan is also called what?
Skillet
In which movie do the characters drive around in a van resembling a dog?
Dumb and Dumber
The Golden Gate Bridge can be found in which city?
San Francisco
Disneyland is located in which city?
Anaheim
The Branch Davidians were led by which cult leader?
David Koresh
What is the name of the classification of crime which is less serious than a felony?
Misdemeanor
Who perpetrated the 1993 Oklahoma City Bombing?
Timothy McVeigh
What is the name of the structure built to honor the goddess Athena?
Parthenon
Who became the President after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
Andrew Johnson
What kind of car did Starsky and Hutch drive in the television series?
Gran Torino
The alphabet used by police and military is called?
_________ phonetic alphabet
It assigns 26 code words that correspond to the 26 letters of the English alphabet (ex. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot....Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, Zulu)
NATO
What famous sporting event was interrupted by an earthquake?
World Series
San Francisco, 1989
What do we call the food item consisting of toast, ham, poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce?
Eggs Benedict
Which rebellious Irish singer around 1990, tore up a photo of the Pope on Saturday Night Live?
Sinead O'Connor
Which company produces Band-Aids?
Johnson and Johnson
Who was the cult leader responsible for the mass suicide/mass murder in Jonestown, Guyana?
Jim Jones
Only 3 U.S. cities have hosted the Summer Olympics. Name 1 of the 3
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Atlanta
The 18th amendment to the Constitution was introduced in 1919, repealed in 1933 and is the only one to have been repealed, what did it relate to?
Prohibition of Alcohol
How many US states west of the Mississippi River lie on the Canadian border?
State must be fully west of the Mississippi, does not count if the river runs through it.
5
North Dakota, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Alaska
As it pertains to an establishment within the U.S. Government, what does EPA stand for?
Environmental Protection Agency
The last book of the New Testament of the Bible is sometimes called The Apocalypse, what is the actual name of the book?
The Book of Revelation
Some recipes call for the grated rind of a citrus fruit. What is the word that is most commonly used?
Zest
Cinderella, Rapunzel and Hansel and Gretel are a few of the fairy tales written by 19th century German brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, whose last name was what?
Grimm
The Treaty of Versailles brought which war to an end?
WWI