Set 1 (2-5)

Question 1

2B- What is the biggest above-ground mountain range?

Answer 1

ANDES- It spans seven countries in South America.

Question 2

2Pi- The iPod name was inspired by which Stanley Kubrick sci-fi classic?

Answer 2

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY- “Open the pod bay doors, Hal.”

Question 3

2Y- What was the name of President Roosevelt’s cure for the economy after the Great Depression?

Answer 3

NEW DEAL

Question 4

2Pu- Which 19-th century, gothic American author is often depicted with a raven?

Answer 4

EDGAR ALLEN POE

Question 5

2G- What is the actual color of the Sun?

Answer 5

WHITE- The Earth’s atmosphere only makes it look yellow, red, or orange.

Question 6

2O- What is the name of the stadium in which the French Open tennis tournament takes place?

Answer 6

ROLAND-GARROS

Question 7

3B- Which U.S. bridge is painted a memorable International Orange?

Answer 7

GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE- The paint color has its own formula.

Question 8

3Pi- What is the title of David Bowie’s final album, released two days before his death in 2016?

Answer 8

BLACKSTAR- His only album to debut at No.1 on the Billboard chart.

Question 9

3Y- How many years is the term for a U.S. senator?

Answer 9

SIX

Question 10

3Pu- Which magazine, established in 1911 by an 18-year-old Scout, is delivered to more than one million subscribers every month?

Answer 10

BOY’S LIFE

Question 11

3G- Baby zebras are born without stripes. True or False?

Answer 11

FALSE- They’re born with stripes, but brown ones, not black.

Question 12

3O- In which sport to you wear a lame`, a plastron, and a mask?

Answer 12

FENCING- A lame` is an over-vest that defines the target area; a plastron is an underarm protector.

Question 13

4B- How many days did it take Pony Express riders to go from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, almost 2,000 miles- 5, 10, or 15?

Answer 13

10- Each rider did a quick 75 miles of the trail.

Question 14

4Pi- In the quiz show Jeopardy, what is the second round of the game called?

Answer 14

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Question 15

4Y- How many U.S. states designate themselves commonwealths- zero, four, or eight?

Answer 15

FOUR- They are Massachusetts, Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania.

Question 16

4Pu- Which comic strip was named after a 16th-century philosopher?

Answer 16

CALVIN AND HOBBES- John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes.

Question 17

4G- What notable filmmaker is responsible for founding Pixar?

Answer 17

GEORGE LUCUS- But it was Steve Jobs who saved the company after buying it in the mid-‘80s.

Question 18

4O- Which is NOT a room in the game of Clue- conservatory, cellar, kitchen, ballroom?

Answer 18

CELLAR

Question 19

5B- What windmill-topped Parisian landmark opened its doors in 1889?

Answer 19

MOULIN ROUGE

Question 20

5Pi- Which actor frequently cast in Wes Anderson films, was the director’s roommate at the University of Texas, and helped him write RUSHMORE?

Answer 20

OWEN WILSON

Question 21

5Y- Another word for the historical undergarment know as “stays” is what- knickers, corset, or hoops?

Answer 21

CORSET

Question 22

5Pu- What was the London building that the Tate Modern now occupies, before it became an art museum?

Answer 22

POWER PLANT- Conveniently located on the Thames, the Tate Modern opened in 2000.

Question 23

5G- A tiger’s stripes are unique to each animal. True or False?

Answer 23

TRUE

Question 24

5O- Which island drink, invented in Puerto Rico in the 1950’s, has a Spanish name that translates into English as “strained pineapple”?

Answer 24

PIN~A COLADA