APRIL 30, Game 1

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100

What did the chemical 'Agent Orange' do during the Vietnam War?

Answer: Remove leaves from trees

200

What nationality are the Gurkhas, who have fought for the British and Indian Armies since 1815?

Answer: Nepalese

300

What is the region often in conflict between Israel and Palestine?

Answer: Gaza Strip

400

In World War II, what were the Mosquito and Mustang?

Answer: Fighter planes

500

A military hero of World War II, what was Field Marshall Montgomery's first name?

Answer: Bernard

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100

Piccalilli primarily contains which of the following vegetables?

Answer: Cauliflower

200

What is a person who only eats plant foods and dairy products called?

Answer: Lacto-vegetarian

300

What number is on the front of bottles of Jack Daniel's sour mash whiskey?

Answer: 7

400

In what country is a baked potato commonly referred to as a jacket potato?

Answer: United Kingdom

500

What is the main ingredient in the French stew Bouillabaisse?

Answer: Seafood

3

100

Who drafted the Bill of Rights?

James Madison

200

Who was the tallest president?

Abraham Lincoln. He was 6’4”

300

Who is in charge of the executive branch?  

The President.

400

If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

Speaker of the House

500

Who makes federal laws?

Congress.

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100

Who predicted that he would die on 2nd July 1566, and obligingly did?

Nostradamus

200

The French writer Albert Camus grew up in what Arabic-speaking, former French colony?

Algeria

300

Mount Rushmore is one of America's most recognizable icons. While you may recognize the sculpture, can you name the artist that created it?

Gutzon Borglum

400

What nickname was given to Nadya Suleman, the woman from Southern California who gave birth to eight babies in January of 2009?

Octomom

500

Who presides over the coronation ceremony for British monarchs?

Archbishop of Canterbury

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100

The name of Mesa County is from the Spanish word "mesa", which means:

Table

200

What park is in between the Colorado state capital building and the city and county building of Denver?

Civic Center Park

300

In what year did Colorado become a state?

1876

400

What is Colorado's state insect?

Colorado hairstreak butterfly

The Colorado hairstreak butterfly is multi-colored and lives at elevations of about 6,500 to 7,500 feet. It also lives in the unusual habitat of the scrub oak. It became the state insect on April 17, 1996.

500

After the construction of what sporting venue in 1995 did the lower part of downtown Denver experience a resurgence in development and economic boom?

Coors Field

Coors field was constructed for the Colorado Rockies in what used to be the slums of Denver. It brought sports bars, night clubs, and downtown lofts to the area which is now one of the hot spots in Denver.