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Question: What actor is famous for the line, "Hasta la vista, baby!"
Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Winner: DDog
Question: How many cans are in this pyramid? http://jazzychad.net/mtdew7layer.jpg
Answer: 140
Winner: DDog
Question: What was the brand of the first watch to be worn on the moon by astronauts?
Answer: Omega
Winner: kevinchu
Question: Where can you find the Sea of Tranquility?
Answer: The Moon
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: Who sang the song "Pinball Wizard" in The Who's movie version of Tommy?
Answer: Elton John
Winner: burningprairie
Question: Who played the pinball wizard in The Who's movie version of Tommy?
Answer: Roger Daltrey
Winner: kevinchu
Question: What is the full name of Spongebob Squarepants' squirel friend?
Answer: Sandy Cheeks
Winner: the_butterfly
Question: Last one: 16 G in 1 M of O
Answer: 16 Grams in 1 Mole of Oxygen
Winner: DDog
Question: 32 B S on a C B
Answer: 32 Black Squares on a Chess/Checkers Board
Winner: kevinchu
Question: 120 B P M in a S M
Answer: 120 Beats Per Minute in a Standard/Sousa March
Winner: princesscathy
Question: 16 O in a P
Answer: 16 Ounces in a Pound
Winner: tkbalt
Question: 88 K on a P
Answer: 88 Keys on a Piano
Winner: tkbalt
Question: What spicy root is a main ingredient in cocktail sauce?
Answer: Horseradish
Winner: DDog
Question: What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?
Answer: A Timex Watch
Winner: princesscathy
Question: Where might you find a Huffman Tree?
Answer: Data compression algorithm structure
Winner: CleverClogs
Question: What college football team went undefeated in 2004 but was not in the BCS National Championship game?
Answer: Auburn
Winner: rmwb
Question: Mac recently switched to Intel x86 chips. What type of chips did they use previously?
Answer: Power PC
Winner: adinb
Question: In certain typefaces, what are the small horizontal lines affixed to letters to guide the eyes across lines of text?
Answer: Serifs
Winner: danieljohnsonjr
Question: What is the process of separating Hydrogen and Oxygen by running a current through water?
Answer: Electrolysis
Winner: maureendurant
Question: What does CRT (as in a computer monitor) stand for?
Answer: Cathode Ray Tube
Winner: johantenge
Question: What audio phenomenon explains the reason for sirens on cars to sound lower pitched as they drive away?
Answer: The Doppler Effect
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: Where is the Guinness brewery located? Please be specific.
Answer: St. James's Gate, Dublin, Ireland
Winner: rmwb
Question: Which Beatles song starts with the French National Anthem?
Answer: All You Need is Love
Winner: DDog
Question: The famous Wedding March processional came from what opera and is by what composer?
Answer: Lohengrin by Richard Wagner
Winner: GoldCoastGirl
Question: Name the only two countries have won two consecutive World Cups.
Answer: Italy and Brazil
Winner: kevinchu
Question: For what famous rock band was Max Weinberg the drummer?
Answer: Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band
Winner: averyj
Question: How many degrees are in each interior angle of a regular pentagon?
Answer: 108
Winner: kevinchu
Question: Acording to an often misquoted verse in the Bible, what is the root of all evil?
Answer: The love of money.
Winner: averyj
Question: What work by Edward Elgar was a musical puzzle which encoded portraits of his friends in each movement?
Answer: Enigma Variations
Winner: the_butterfly
Question: What is the printing method in which ink is pushed through a fine mesh onto a fabric or substrate?
Answer: Silkscreen Printing
Winner: the_butterfly
Question: How many ways can you seat 10 people at a round table?
Answer: 362,880
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: During multi-course banquets, what is served between courses to cleanse the palette?
Answer: Sorbet
Winner: rmwb
Question: When brewing beer, what is the process in which yeast turns sugars into alcohol?
Answer: Fermentation
Winner: DDog
Question: Who was the cereal superhearo in the Ren and Stimpy Show cartoons?
Answer: Powdered Toast Man
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: What is the medical condition "conjunctivitis" more commonly known as?
Answer: Pink Eye
Winner: princesscathy
Question: Who won a Pulitzer Prize for the New York Times by writing about the atomic bombings in Japan?
Answer: William L. Laurence
Winner: princesscathy
Question: According to movie lore, why was the computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" named HAL?
Answer: HAL is Heuristic ALgorithmic computer OR Each letter is one ahead of IBM.
Winner: johantenge
Question: If you surf to a webpage and get a 403 error, what is wrong?
Answer: Forbidden. You do not have access.
Winner: danieljohnsonjr
Question: What chemical procedure causes iron to rust?
Answer: Oxidation
Winner: averyj
Question: What is the geographical term for a group of islands in a body of water?
Answer: Archipelago
Winner: johantenge
Question: What key on a keyboard is typically associated with Help?
Answer: F1
Winner: averyj
Question: What is the full name of the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
Answer: John Wilkes Booth
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: All weather occurs in what layer of the atmosphere?
Answer: Troposhpere
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: In what stage of sleep does dreaming occur?
Answer: Rapid Eye Movement (REM)
Winner: Fifikins
Question: In the TV show "Scrubs", what is Elliot's first line in the entire series?
Answer: "I love Pacman."
Winner: GoldCoastGirl
Question: In the book "Ender's Game", what is Ender's real first name?
Answer: Andrew
Winner: zuwiki
Question: What was the name of the three-headed dog that guarded the trap door in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"?
Answer: Fluffy
Winner: DDog
Question: What was the title of the first cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse?
Answer: Plane Crazy
Winner: adinb
Question: What is the pirate term for the bottom of the ocean?
Answer: Davy Jones' Locker
Winner: zuwiki
Question: How many volts are created by putting 8 AA batteries in series?
Answer: 12 V
Winner: averyj
Question: To 3 decimal places, how many kilometers is a standard marathon?
Answer: 42.195
Winner: rmwb
Question: Before the Euro, what was the German unit of currency?
Answer: Deutschmark
Winner: princesscathy
Question: What are the standard tuning pitches on a 6 string guitar?
Answer: E A D G B E
Winner: DDog
Question: When an acid and a base are mixed, in general, what two products are produced?
Answer: Water and a salt
Winner: burningprairie
Question: What NYSE company's stock ticker symbol is F?
Answer: Ford Motor Company
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: Who is Quick Draw McGraw's alter ego?
Answer: El Kabong
Winner: dtdiggs
Question: In aviation, what does JATO stand for?
Answer: Jet Assisted Take Off
Winner: averyj
Question: What is the main ingredient in French Fries?
Answer: Potatoes
Winner: DDog
Question: If you called +1.303.499.7111, what would you be listening to?
Answer: The US NIST Atomic Clock
Winner: the_butterfly
Question: What makes Gentlemen's Jack different comapred to original Jack Daniels whiskey?
Answer: It is filtered twice instead of once.
Winner: DDog
Question: What are the four C's to consider when buying a diamond?
Answer: Color, Cut, Clarity, Carat
Winner: zuwiki
Question: What is the altitude of a geosynchronous satellite? Miles or kilometers acceptable.
Answer: 22300 miles or 35786 km
Winner: Fifikins
Question: What late night talk show host was once a writer for The Simpsons?
Answer: Conan O'Brien
Winner: the_butterfly
Question: Who played fiddle as Rome burned?
Answer: Nero
Winner: Fifikins
Question: What is the English translation of the name of the giant panda at the San Diego zoo that just gave birth to a cub on August 3rd?
Answer: White Cloud
Winner: kevinchu
Question: How many black keys are on a traditional piano?
Answer: 36
Winner: rmwb
Question: What is the Spanish word for "sauce"?
Answer: Salsa
Winner: averyj
Question: Who played the original Darren on the TV show "Bewitched"?
Answer: Dick York
Winner: willrix
Question: What is the title and composer of the song that has been closely associated with factory and assembly lines, most noteably in cartoons?
Answer: Powerhouse by Raymond Scott
Winner: kevinchu
Question: What US Senator infamously called the internet "A Series of Tubes"?
Answer: Ted Stevens
Winner: averyj
Question: If B plus Y equals G, then what does R plus Y equal?
Answer: O (for Orange)
Winner: erinslibrary
Question: What is the highest score you can achieve in 10-pin bowling without rolling a strike?
Answer: 190
Winner: Fifikins
Question: On what real-life island are scenes from the TV show "Lost" filmed?
Answer: Oahu, Hawaii
Winner: the_butterfly
Question: How much dirt is in a hole 4 feet long, 6 meters wide, and 2.5 yards deep? Give answer in cubic feet.
Answer: 0 cubic feet. There is no dirt in a hole.
Winner: Tavo
Question: What product does the UPC code 01208500 represent?
Answer: 12oz Can of Mountain Dew
Winner: scottcate
Question: How can you tell if a credit card number belongs to Visa?
Answer: It starts with a 4.
Winner: scottcate
Question: What board game uses a die that is known as the "doubling cube"?
Answer: Backgammon
Winner: DDog
Question: What is the minimum number of outs in a 9 inning game of baseball?
Answer: 51
Winner: erinslibrary
Question: What company makes the giant ball that drops each New Year's Eve in New York City?
Answer: Waterford Crystal
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: According to Newton's laws of motion, Force is equal to what?
Answer: F=ma (or Force = mass x acceleration)
Winner: Fifikins
Question: What famous Big Band leader wrote such hits as "In the Mood" and "String of Pearls"?
Answer: Glenn Miller
Winner: Fifikins
Question: The decyphering of what German code was a major factor in bringing WWII to a close?
Answer: Enigma
Winner: Fifikins
Question: What were the names of the dogs (father and son) in the Tom and Jerry cartoons?
Answer: Spike and Tyke
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: In what city did the Wright brothers make their famous first flight?
Answer: Kitty Hawk, NC
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: What does a chronograph measure?
Answer: Time
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: What are the 5 colors of the Olympic rings, listed alphabetically?
Answer: Black, Blue, Green, Red, Yellow
Winner: zuwiki
Question: What was the name of the fox in the children's cartoon "David the Gnome"?
Answer: Swift
Winner: johantenge
Question: What is the probability of flipping a fair coin Heads 5 times in a row?
Answer: 1/32
Winner: erinslibrary
Question: What is the term for the second full moon in a single month?
Answer: A Blue Moon
Winner: johantenge
Question: Where is the tallest point in the United States East of the Mississippi River?
Answer: Mt. Mitchell
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: If I shot a double-bogey on a par 3 hole in golf, what was my score?
Answer: 5
Winner: danieljohnsonjr
Question: What is the name of the famous chess playing super-computer developed by IBM?
Answer: Deep Blue
Winner: johantenge
Question: What is the original name for the books by JS Bach written for harpsichord with a prelude and fugue in every major and minor key?
Answer: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier
Winner: rolandvanveen
Question: What is the name of the Nike "checkmark" logo?
Answer: The Nike Swoosh
Winner: the_butterfly
Question: Name all four #9 seeds in the 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament.
Answer: Purdue, Michigan State, Villanova, Xavier
Winner: adinb
Question: If it is 10:00PM (22:00) on August 4, 2007 in New York City, what time/date is it in London, England?
Answer: 3:00AM on August 5, 2007
Winner: adinb
Question: What is the lead female character's name in "The Terminator"?
Answer: Sarah Connor
Winner: ellbeecee
Question: In Bridge (and many other card games), what is the order of rank of suits from lowest to highest?
Answer: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades
Winner: erinslibrary
Question: What is the 2nd largest country by area?
Answer: Canada
Winner: unclr
Question: If "middle A" is 440Hz, what is the frequency of the A two octaves above?
Answer: 1760Hz
Winner: timeblog
Question: What astronomical phenomenon did the main character predict in "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain?
Answer: A Solar Eclipse
Winner: kevinchu
Question: What was the first music video played on MTV?
Answer: Video Killed the Radio Star
Winner: djackmanson
Question: Give the missing letter in this pattern: M V E M ... S U N
Answer: J (for Jupiter)
Winner: danieljohnsonjr
Question: What year did King John of England sign the Magna Carta?
Answer: 1215
Winner: You_Decide
Question: Name the two lead actors in the movie that won the 1974 Oscar for Best Picture.
Answer: Robert Redford and Paul Newman (The Sting)
Winner: erinslibrary
Question: What is the highest score you can achieve by throwing 3 darts at a standard dartboard?
Answer: 180
Winner: zuwiki
Question: If you added the two green pool (billiard) balls together, how much would you have?
Answer: 20
Winner: johantenge
Question: Who was the 4th star to be honored in the Legends of Hoolywood series of US Postage Stamps?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
Winner: DDog
Question: How many different time zones are there in the world?
Answer: 24
Winner: johantenge
Question: How many seconds are in a fortnight?
Answer: 1,209,600
Winner: zuwiki
Question: W.Z.B.W. is the German abbreviation for what famous Latin phrase? Please give the full phrase.
Answer: quod erat demonstrandum
Winner: kevinchu
Question: What is the first line in the novel "Moby Dick"?
Answer: Call me Ishmael.
Winner: danieljohnsonjr
Question: For whom is this famous series of numbers named: 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21...?
Answer: Leonardo Fibonacci
Winner: danieljohnsonjr
Question: Organic Chemistry is the study of compounds containing what element?
Answer: Carbon
Winner: DDog
Question: Where is the world headquarters for the Coca Cola company located?
Answer: Atlanta, GA, USA
Winner: fulltimecasual
Question: When was the final original VW Beetle produced at the Puebla, Mexico plant?
Answer: July 30, 2003
Winner: zuwiki
Question: To 3 decimal places, how many miles tall is the Eiffel Tower?
Answer: 0.201 miles
Winner: zuwiki
Question: Where were the 1928 Summer Olympic Games held?
Answer: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Winner: y4n0
Question: Which team won the 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star game?
Answer: Neither, it was ruled a tie.
Winner: kevinchu
Question: How many ridges are on the edge of a US Quarter?
Answer: 119
Winner: DDog
Question: Who does the voice of Bart Simpson?
Answer: Nancy Cartwright
Winner: Warlach