1. Instead of yet another all-expenses paid (by taxpayers) trip to one of his golf courses, the pres spent this past weekend at an all-expenses paid trip to what Bethesda, MD medical center - to treat his COVID?
2. Alliteration for the win. Swiss Skydiver won a big race this past weekend. Seattle Storm won a 4th championship. Name either the race or the league for 1 point.
3. Researchers working in the waters off Nova Scotia, Canada, found a 50-year old animal that weighs 3,541 pounds and measures 17 feet 2 inches in length, described as "Queen of the Ocean," and say they have called it Nukumi - for the legendary wise old grandmother figure of the Native American Mi'kmaq people. What kind of animal is it?
4. What rock guitar legend passed away yesterday?
5. California's expansive August Complex Fire is now a gigafire -- a term for a blaze that burns at least a how many acres of land?
Review your Current Events round answers:
1. Instead of yet another all-expenses paid (by taxpayers) trip to one of his golf courses, the pres spent this past weekend at an all-expenses paid trip to what Bethesda, MD medical center - to treat his COVID?
2. Alliteration for the win. Swiss Skydiver won a big race this past weekend. Seattle Storm won a 4th championship. Name either the race or the league for 1 point.
3. Researchers working in the waters off Nova Scotia, Canada, found a 50-year old animal that weighs 3,541 pounds and measures 17 feet 2 inches in length, described as "Queen of the Ocean," and say they have called it Nukumi - for the legendary wise old grandmother figure of the Native American Mi'kmaq people. What kind of animal is it?
4. What rock guitar legend passed away yesterday?
5. California's expansive August Complex Fire is now a gigafire -- a term for a blaze that burns at least a how many acres of land?
MYSTERY ROUND
Prime Numbers
For example: NFL safety, golf eagle or double bogey, Grover Washington Jr song Answer: 2
1. Mickey Mantle & John Elway. Seals in the Book of Revelation, dwarfs
2. Johnny Unitas. Songs by Steely Dan, Paul Hardcastle. Adele's first album. Golf clubhouse
3. Orig Lifesavers flavors, 1/2 of burger joint, Short Circuit robot
4. Orig basketball rules (Naismith), Ben Franklin virtues, Munsters address
5. KFC herbs & spices, players in soccer, first manned spacecraft to land on the Moon
6. 1/2 of 2019 war film and Stevie Nicks song, fashion and romance magazine
Review your Mystery round answers:
1. Mickey Mantle & John Elway. Seals in the Book of Revelation, dwarfs
2. Johnny Unitas. Songs by Steely Dan, Paul Hardcastle. Adele's first album. Golf clubhouse
3. Orig Lifesavers flavors, 1/2 of burger joint, Short Circuit robot
4. Orig basketball rules (Naismith), Ben Franklin virtues, Munsters address
5. KFC herbs & spices, players in soccer, first manned spacecraft to land on the Moon
6. 1/2 of 2019 war film and Stevie Nicks song, fashion and romance magazine
MUSIC ROUND
Name the song title and artist - 1 point each
And name the theme that permeates these songs for a bonus point
Song 1
Song 2
Song 3
Song 4
Song 5
Song 6
7. For a bonus point, what is the theme that permeates through all 6 songs?
Review your Music round answers:
PICTURE ROUND
Steven Spielberg movies
Name the movie shown
For example, here is Catch Me If You Can
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Picture 4
Picture 5
Picture 6
Review your Picture round answers:
GENIUS ROUND
Hard questions from all over
2 points each
1. Cimarron County in what state contains the only community in the state that observes the Mountain Time Zone and is the only county in the United States that borders four other states?
2. Everyone owns a credit card (I think). Don't go digging for one right now - but tell me which cards start with which numbers? 3,4,5,6 -- American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa. Match the first number of a credit card number with the credit card name.
3. The 1940 movie The Shop Around The Corner (starring Margaret Sullivan and Jimmy Stewart) inspired what 1998 romcom that featured familiar costars, used plot elements and some dialog from the original, featured a bookshop named "The Shop Around the Corner,\' and was strongly criticized for its brazen product placement/references - including in the movie's title?
4. According to wikipedia's top 10 list of the most watched TV interviews, two people show up twice (although in one interview a spouse is present). For one point each, name the president and pop star who take this honor.
5. The shortest war in history occurred in 1896 between Great Britain and what 3-syllable, fun to say (then) Sultanate or (current) semi-autonomous region of Tanzania? The war lasted 38 minutes. The area in question is also the birthplace of Farrokh Bulsara, aka Freddie Mercury of Queen.
