Fun and Games
Sports
Geography
Animals
Odds and Ends
100
How many pieces are there in a modern American chess set?
32.

16 pawns, and four rooks, bishops, and knights, and two queens and kings.

100
What is the name of Colorado's major soccer team?
The Colorado Rapids.
100
How many mountains in Colorado top the 14,000 foot mark?
52.

Same as the weeks in a year.

100
A member of family Suidae is a....what?
A pig.
100
What spice mix features the turmeric as a common ingredient?
Curry powder. Turmeric is what creates the distinctive yellow color, and is a spice almost exclusively produced in India.
200
What are the names of the 4 railroads in a Monopoly game?
The Reading Railroad, the B&O Railroad, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Short Line.
200
This team went 86 years without winning a World Series Championship. In 2004, their losing streak ended.
The Boston Red Sox.

The so-called "Curse of the Bambino" began the year Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees.

200
Larimer County was once part of what US territory?
The Nebraska Territory.
200
What is the reflective surface in a dog's eye called?
The tapetum lucidum.

Reflecting light back through the retina, it increases an animal's ability to see at night.

Humans, unfortunately, don't have one.

200
During what years was the Civil War fought?
1861 until 1865.

The war officially ended with the treaty signed at the Antietam courthouse on April 9th.

300
These picture riddles share their name with a 1980s cartoon series.
Wuzzles.
300
In what year did the Denver Broncos last win a Super Bowl championship?
In 1998, John Elway's last year as quarterback for the team, the Denver Broncos won their second Super Bowl championship.
300
Fort Collins original main street was known as The Denver Road.

What is its name today?

Jefferson Street.
300
What is the only known poisonous mammal?
The platypus carries with it a potent neurotoxin that it can use to stun its prey.

Monotremes (the platypus and echidna) are the only mammals known to use electrolocation, the ability to detect electrical outputs from muscle activity, in order to hunt.

300
What is the name of Hagrid's dog in the Harry Potter novels?
Fang is Hagrid's pet.

The three headed dog in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was named Fluffy.

400
The game Dungeons and Dragons was based upon a previous set of rules. What was the name of the original game?
Chainmail, devised by Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren and first published as a complete unit in 1971.
400
In a game of golf, if you score five strokes under par, what is the score called?
An Ostrich!

Followed by Condor, Albatross, Eagle, and Birdie.

400
There is an intersection in Fort Collins where four streets converge, and each has a different name.

Name the streets other than Mountain Ave.

Riverside, Lincoln and Jefferson
400
What is the name of the disease currently afflicting many bat colonies in the United States?
White Nose Syndrome, believed to be caused by a fungus.

At this time there is no effective means of combatting the disease.

400
The act of transposing the initial sounds of two or more words, often with humerous results, is known as a....

Example: And she smiled as she passed me by.

Into... And she smiled as she smashed my pie.

Spoonerisms!
500
In what year was the original Nintendo Entertainment System first released?
1983 in Japan.

The American release didn't happen until 1985.

500
What was the name of the South African team that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup?
The Springboks.

The film Invictus portrays this match. Member Joel Stransky was just in Washington to receive a medal on behalf of the team for inspiring unity and healing through the power of sports.

500
Where was the first school in Fort Collins?
Auntie Stone’s Cabin, established in 1866.

It is the only building remaining from the original Fort. “Auntie” Elizabeth Stone was the first white woman to settle in Fort Collins. She came at 63 yrs of age. She was partners with H.C. (Henry Clay) Peterson in the first grist mill (converts wheat to flour) and brick factory in FC.

An advocate of women’s suffrage, Auntie Stone lived to see the vote granted to Colorado women and voted in a municipal election, at age 93 in 1894. She loved to dance, and died in 1895 at the age of 94.

500
What is a common parasite transmitted by mosquitos that can cause breathing problems and heart failure?
Heartworm disease, which can affect dogs and cats and is found in Colorado.
500
What is the original, British title for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

The title was changed because it was felt that American audiences wouldn't buy a book about philosophers.

M
e
n
u