Booty Rocking Everywhere
Chapter 3 Sorcerer's Stone
Storm Warning
Route 66
Outer Banks (Not the Show)
100
Who sung "Baby Got Back" in 1992
Sir Mix A Lot
100
Why does Vernon sit happily at the breakfast table on Sunday halfway through the chapter?
No Post on Sundays
100
When they form in the Atlantic, they are called Hurricanes, but when they form in the Northwest Pacific they are called what?
Typhoons
100
Which extremely famous fast food restaurant opened its first restaurant in 1948 on Route 66 in San Bernadino, CA?
McDonalds
100
This famous pirate died in battle in the Ocracoke inlet near Ocracoke island, with his treasure still rumored to be buried there. (Bonus 50 points if you give his full name)
Blackbeard, Edward Teach
200
2013 was officially the year that Oxford English dictionary added this type of dancing, defined as "a dance or dance move involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance"
Twerking
200
After burning his first letter, Uncle Vernon does what for Harry?
Gives him Dudley's 2nd bedroom instead of the cupboard
200
Which hurricane was the deadliest weather event in USA history, killing at least 8000 people, with some estimates at 12000?
Great Galveston Hurricane 1900
200
Which American author coined the term "The Mother Road" for Route 66 in his famous novel about the Dust Bowl? (bonus 50 points for Author and name of novel)
John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath
200
This iconic lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in the USA at 201 feet.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
300
Gluteus Medius
300
What is termed Dudley and his gangs favorite summer sport?
Harry Hunting
300
Tornado strength/intensity is rated based on what scale?
Fujita (F1, F2, F3..)
300
Which famous oil company opened their first gas station on Route 66, making it the first gas station on the route?
Phillips 66
300
What was the famous written script on the post left in Roanoke Island, NC that the returning settler found upon returning to the "Vanished Colony?"
Croatoan
400
In 2002, Duke coined a new name "Callipyge Sheep" for a genetic mutation in sheep that had resulted in larger posteriors. What does Callipyge mean?
beautiful [kalli-] buttocks [pyge]
400
Dudley is going to what private secondary school this upcoming year?
Smeltings
400
This 2013 Central Oklahoma tornado named for the town it touched down in eventually spanned 2.6 miles across, making it the widest tornado on record worldwide, causing massive destruction as the second strongest tornado on record as well.
El Reno Tornado
400
Spur #6 of Route 66 near Gallup, AZ was officially renamed in 2003, because of its infamy for accidents and many locals believing it cursed, terming it what biblical moniker?
The Route of the Beast, U.S. 666
400
What is the origin of the name "Kill Devil Hills"?
Named after Rum smugglers, rum was called "Kill Devil"
500
Which famous Flemish artist from the Baroque period became famous for painting voluptuous female nudes, so much so to the point where an eponymous term was used to describe curveaous women?
Peter Ruben
500
On their way to the coast, Vernon is surprised to find hundreds of letters addressed to Harry left at what hotel that they stopped at?
Railview Hotel, Cokeworth
500
What are the wind speeds that must be reached to classify a tornado as an F5, AND a Hurricane as a Cat5 (within 5 Mph)?
201+ F5 and 157+ for Cat5
500
What are the 8 states that Route 66 passes through?
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois
500
What is the name of the unique dialect of english of native Ocracoke islanders, that sounds like a strange mix of Scottish and South English accents?
High Tider (Hoi Toider) Brogue