BONUS ROUND 1

Entertainment

1

In Mario Bros. games, what is Mario's brother's name

Luigi 

2

Rockstar David Bowie played stranded alien Thomas Jerome Newton in which 1976 science fiction film? 

The Man Who Fell to Earth

3

What is the family name of the Ducky Dynasty Clan

Robertson

4

Which actor, frequently cast in Wes Anderson films, was the director's roommate at the University of Texas, and helped him write Rushmore? 

Owen Wilson 

5

On which reality TV series do teams confront road blocks, U-turns, and detours 

The Amazing Race

History

1

Which five-digit, mail sorting system went into effect in the United States on July 1, 1963?

ZIP Code

2

Which U.S president appears on the front of the $2 bill?

Thomas Jefferson

3

What particularly bloody World War 1 battle witnessed nearly 60,000 British casualties in just the first day in 1916? 

Battle of the Somme

4

Which photo-sharing platform did Facebook buy in 2012 for approximately $1 billion? 

Instagram 

5

Which type of candy did Ronald Reagan give to guests at the White House? 

Jelly Beans

Art & Literature

1

Which Chicago-based satirical newspaper won the Webbly Lifetime Achievement award in 2016?

The Onion

2

L. Frank Baum wrote which fantasy children's book that was first published in 1900? 

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

3

Which common vowel is the most-used letter in the English language?

E

4

Which white marble structure, with its onion-shaped dome and four minarets, took 22,000 people and 1,000 elephants over 20 years to build?

Taj Mahal

5

Which book about a bunny's bedtime was ranked third on TIME magazine's 100 Best Children's Books of All Time?

Goodnight Moon

Science & Nature

1

What sea creature has three hearts and nine brains?

Octopus

2

What is the name of the first animal cloned from an adult somatic cell? 

Dolly the Sheep

3

What is the second-lightest element in the periodic table? 

Helium

4

Which blacksmith was inducted into the Inventors' Hall of Fame in 1989 for his creation of the cast steel plow?

John Deere

5

Which NASA probe sent its first photo from Jupiter's orbit on July 14, 2016?

Juno

Sports & Leisure

1

A Brazilian man was arrested for trying to extinguish which iconic symbol on its way to Rio in 2016?

Olympic torch 

2

Which animal's intestines are used to make pricey, high-performance strings for modern tennis rackets?

Cow

3

Which silly-sounding word means you're camping, but not really, because you're playing for some of the luxuries of a hotel?

Glamping 

4

Which French sea-faring explorer, photographer, and filmmaker is known as "the father of scuba diving"?

Jacques Cousteau 

5

Which island drink, invented in Puerto Rico in the 1950s, has a Spanish name that translates into English as "strained pineapple"? 

Pina colada