Co-ed Cup First Half

Who was the first?

1

Why is Hattie McDaniel noted in Oscar's history?

First African American, male or Female, to win an Oscar

2

Alan Shepard was the First American to travel where?

Space

3

New Zealander Edmund Hillary, and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay were the first humans to accomplish what feat?

Climb Everest

4

What first did Marie Curie Accomplish?

Win two Nobel Prizes.

Curie received Nobel Prizes in Physics (1903) and the second in Chemistry (1911)

5

American Tommy Dorsey and his song “I’ll Never Smile Again” holds what first?

First eve #1 on the Billboard Chart

Science and Nature:

1

In Physics, matter has three fundamental states; gas, solid and ...?

Liquid

2

What natural law did Isaac Newton discover in 1684?

Laws of Gravitation

3

At what speed does light travel?

186,000 miles per second

4

What is the largest vein in the human body?

The Inferior Vena Cava

5

What is the trinomial name for the Western Lowland Gorilla including Genus, Species, and sub-species?

Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla

Academy History

1

In what year did the Albany Academy and The Albany Academy for Girls merge?

2007

2

What was the name of the man who founded The Albany Academy for Girls?

Ebenezer Foote

3

Joseph Henry, Academy Alum, was the first secretary of which famous institution?

Smithsonian Institute

4

Jane Elizabeth Lanthrop, AAG Alumnae, was the co-founder of which California university?

Stanford University

5

In what year did the Boys school move to its current location?

1931

Movie Trivia

1

“Gisaengchung” collected four Oscars in 2020. What is the English title?

Parasite

2

Blue Moon, Hopelessly Devoted to You and Summer Nights are songs from which film musical?

Grease

3

Tom Skerritt is Dallas and Sigourney Weaver is Ripley in which 1979 classic directed by Ridley Scott?

Alien

4

Which two performers sang 'Shallow' from the film A Star is Born?

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga

5

In what classic film does Terry Jones utter the immortal lines:

"He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!"

Monty Python's The Life of Brian

There’s an App for that….

1

What was the most downloaded app in 2019?

Facebook Messenger

2

In what year was Instagram first released?

2010

3

What game replaced Tetris as the most sold game of all time across all platforms with 176million copies sold/downloaded as of Dec 2019?

Minecraft

4

What incredibly popular site began life as relentless.com?

Amazon

5

What was the original character limit for Tweets?

140