Old Mug Auld Americas Cup

Question 1

This term for a period of supposed stagnation beginning 500 ad is based on a 14th century passage by Petrarch

Answer 1

Dark ages

Question 2

MCU actor who made Film debut in 95 national lampoons Senior trip
Oscar nominated in these movies ray fines guy Pearce
Other movie John hamm Ben afleck

Answer 2

Jeremy renner
The hurt locker
The town

Question 3

Oklahoma Sooners retired no 10 in honor of this nba player selected 12th in draft
13 year career with nets hawks warriors
Led League In steals 97 98

Answer 3

Mookie blaylock
LA outfielder named after him

Question 4

Signatures on Declaration of Independence

Answer 4

56

Question 5

Justices on Supreme Court

Answer 5

9

Question 6

Fabric originated in Manchester England in 19th century
Still known as Manchester in parts of the world
Peaked in 70s?

Answer 6

Curdory

Question 7

Ed Jeff Mike Matt stone
5 members of this band

Answer 7

Pearl Jam

Question 8

Ed
Tattoo artist rose to fame as a fashion designer in every aughts with clothing and perfume lines
Only fans may be gym rats and jersey shore fans
De moins Iowa

Answer 8

Ed hardy
Brother Tom who played bane?

Question 9

Streak for most consecutive reality shows host emmy wins
7 years

Answer 9

Rue Paul - It’s all the same to me for drag race
Jeff probst previous who won first 4 starting in 08

Question 10

Longest word in NATO phonetic alphabet

Answer 10

November
U is uniform

Question 11

What’s in a whiskey stone sour

Answer 11

OJ whiskey sour

Question 12

22 MLB no 1 draft pick with this father who played 15 seasons 7 X all stsr won World Series in 21
07 NLCS mvp

Answer 12

Matt holiday
Not what Madonna was singing about

Question 13

Longest interstate
Highway in US

Answer 13

I-90
Seattle to Boston

Question 14

Memoir about a long road trip through South America

Answer 14

Thr motorxyxle diaries
Shay guh var uh
Ernesto middle ?

Question 15

Almaty wqs a stop on the Silk Road and wqs once thr capital of this country
Also Current capital

All mot E

Answer 15

Kazhanstan
Moved to ack mole uh them to
Astana
Ahs tahn ah
Then to ner shul tan to honor president
Then back to ahs tahn uh

Question 16

Capital of Mongolia

Answer 16

Ew lahn buh tar
I know his name I think about him everyday

Question 17

Main body of an airplane which gets its name from old French for spindle

Answer 17

Few suh loge

Question 18

First airplane flight
City State
Island
hill

Answer 18

Kitty hawk NC on Bo D island
Big kill Devil hill

Question 19

This aircraft created at MIT holds
Record for total distance powered by humans

Answer 19

Day tuh lis - father of Icarus who flew too close to sun wax wings

Question 20

Famous aviator and his passenger a humorist died in a plane crash in alaska in 35
Each have different airport in this city bearing name
Plus sea plane port in Washington and airport in alaska bearing both names

Answer 20

Will Rodgers
Wiley post - aviator discovered jet stream helped develop pressure suit ; aircraft in national air and space museum in DC
Oklahoma

Question 21

Least populated African country
Has the highest per capita gdp

Answer 21

Seychelles

30% of work force in tourism
In Indian Ocean

Other in Indian Ocean
Co muh ros
Madagascar
Muh rih shis

Question 22

This British overseas territory consisting of 2 groups of islands southeast of Bahamas and north of Hispaniola has organized a group of concerts to boost tourism in late summer

Answer 22

Turks and Caicos
Cayman Islands - own country
St kits and Nevis - own country

Question 23

Bora bora is one of best known of 121 islands of this non self governing territory meaning part of another country

Answer 23

French Polynesia
Tahiti also there

Question 24

Island nation in Indian Ocean is about 750 KM
Southwest of India made up of f 26 atolls Smallest Asian country by land Area

Answer 24

Maldives
I know I’m wrong I’m out
Tahiti is not in Indian ocean

Question 25

First national park and year

Answer 25

Yellowstone 1872 Grant ?

Question 26

Largest national park east of the Mississippi

Answer 26

Everglades

Question 27

Longest known cave system in the world is in this park

Answer 27

Mammoth cave national park In Kentucky Not Carlsbad caverns

Question 28

2 smallest national parks

Answer 28

Gateway arch Missouri smallest Hot springs national park in hot springs Arkansas

Question 29

No 1 spot on vacation list is also home to europes # 3 airport behind these other 2

Answer 29

Paris - Charles duh gall 1 Istanbul 2 Heathrow in London

Question 30

This island southern part of Thailand is known for beautiful beaches and inexpensive amenities

Answer 30

Fu ket Don’t mispronounce or we’ll have to put an explicit tag

Question 31

Quotes If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants

Answer 31

Isaac Newton 1675

Question 32

Quotes Just as Genes propagate themselves in gene pool…so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain

Answer 32

Richard Dawkins 76 Invented word meme and concept in his book thr selfish gene Meme is reading or writing or making weapons Richard Dawson show me Memes

Question 33

Quotes The nitrogen in our dna the calcium in our teeth the iron in our blood were made in thr interiors of collapsing stars We are made of Star stuff

Answer 33

Carl say gin from cosmos 1980

Question 34

Quotes When according to habit I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky i noticed a new and unusual star surpassing the others in brilliancy there had never been any star in that place in the sky

Answer 34

Ty co brah he describing a supernova one of the very few 1572

Question 35

Susan b Anthony Vince arrested for

Answer 35

Voting for president In 1872 grant

Question 36

File jpg is typically used when Compressing this

Answer 36

Images Joint photographic experts group - created standard for digital compression

Question 37

First commercial film to use stereo sound

Answer 37

Fantasia Created by bell labs in 37 used by Disney 3 years later

Question 38

Queen Elizabeth had more than 30 of this pet in her lifetime

Answer 38

Corgi dog starting with dookie Plus a few dorgis corgi-dachshund mix

Question 39

City in a state east of California that is west of LA

Answer 39

Reno Nevada

Question 40

In Washington one of the largest arsenals of nuclear weapons north a guarded by this animal

Answer 40

dolphin Naval base kitsap in Washington puget sound Contains 1/5 of nuclear arsenal Trained dolphins