Set 4 (16-20)

Question 1

16B- Which French monument is not recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site- Eiffel Tower, Palace of Versailles, or Cathedral of Notre Dame?

Answer 1

EIFFEL TOWER- Though the nearby banks of the Seine are designated a World Heritage site.

Question 2

16Pi- Which of the following actors was not born in Kentucky- Johnny Depp, George Clooney, or Jennifer Garner?

Answer 2

JENNIFER GARNER- She was born in Charleston, West Virginia.

Question 3

16Y- The term “yuppies” was born in which decade?

Answer 3

1980s

Question 4

16Pu- What is the name of a folk instrument that originated in Africa, has four or five strings, and is often associated with bluegrass?

Answer 4

BANJO

Question 5

16G- Which of the following can elephants do- jump, sprint, gallop, or swim?

Answer 5

SWIM- They can displace a lot of water bu, at upwards of eight tons, they’re just too heavy to jump!

Question 6

16O- Which Major League Baseball batter set a record for most strikeouts in a single season, with 223 in 2009?

Answer 6

MARK REYNOLDS

Question 7

17B- Tenerife is the largest island in which archipelago?

Answer 7

CANARY ISLANDS- Named after the Latin word of “dog”, the birds are named after the islands. Got it?

Question 8

17Pi- What is the name of the relentless cyborg played in 1991 by Rober Patrick in Terminator 2?

Answer 8

T-1000- The malleable metal Terminator was justly liquified by hero Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Question 9

17Y- In which year did the Nazis lose the Battle of Stalingrad?

Answer 9

1943- It is considered a decisive turning point in WWII.

Question 10

17Pu- Which of these female Shakespearean characters has the most lines- Cleopatra, Juliet, Ophelia, or Portia?

Answer 10

CLEOPATRA- She has about 680 lines compared to Portia’s 590, Juliet’s 540, and Ophelia’s 170.

Question 11

17G- The “milk” of which unappetizing insect could join the ranks with kale as our next superfood?

Answer 11

COCKROACH- The Pacific beetle cockroach secretes a liquid that is highly calorific and nutritious.

Question 12

17O- Which of these wine grapes in NOT used in white wine- Gamay, Riesling, Semillon, or Silvaner?

Answer 12

GAMAY

Question 13

18B- Which Pennsylvania city is home to the neighborhoods Shadyside, Oakland, Squirrel Hill, and Bloomfield?

Answer 13

PITTSBURGH

Question 14

18Pi- Which week-long cultural event brought over 130,000 people to San Diego in 2016?

Answer 14

COMIC-CON- That’s an awful lot of nerds in one place.

Question 15

18Y- Henry Dunant, founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross, was the first recipient of which prestigious award in 1901?

Answer 15

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE- A prize he shared with French peace activist Frederick Passy.

Question 16

18Pu- Famed science fiction author Isaac Asimov was a professor of which subject at Boston University?

Answer 16

BIOCHEMISTRY

Question 17

18G- Which kind of nerves in the human body are called cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal?

Answer 17

SPINAL NERVES

Question 18

18O- Which endurance cyclist invented the wildly popular Spinning workout in the late 1980s?

Answer 18

JOHNNY GOLDBERG (AKA “JOHNNY G”)- Rolling Stone magazine declared it the “hot” exercise of 1993.

Question 19

19B- What is the name of the narrow body of water between Sudan and Saudi Arabia?

Answer 19

RED SEA

Question 20

19Pi- Which suave Brit first won over U.S. audiences as stone-cold mastermind Stringer Bell in HBO’s The Wire?

Answer 20

IDRIS ELBA

Question 21

19Y- Which 16th-century Italian astronomer’s middle finger is displayed in the Florence History of Science Museum?

Answer 21

GALILEO- A fitting salute to those who jailed him for saying the Sun is the center of the solar system.

Question 22

19Pu- The first appearance of Andy Warhol’s commercial art was a 1949 illustration in which magazine “for the girl with a job”?

Answer 22

GLAMOUR- It accompanied the article “What is Success”.

Question 23

19G- Rubies and sapphires are bot variations of which mineral?

Answer 23

CORUNDUM

Question 24

19O- For which death-defying extreme sport is the small coastal town of Nazare, Portugal, famous?

Answer 24

BIG WAVE SURFING- It’s home to record-breaking, 100-foot waves.

Question 25

20B- Mexico City was built on the ruins of Tenochtitla`n, the capital city of which lost civilization?

Answer 25

AZTEC EMPIRE

Question 26

20Pi- The practice of watching several episodes (or seasons) of one TV series in a single sitting is most commonly known as what?

Answer 26

BINGE-WATCHING- Streaming services seriously facilitate this couch-bound indulgence.

Question 27

20Y- Whose inauguration as U.S. president was the first to be streamed live on the Internet?

Answer 27

BILL CLINTON- It was the inauguration for his second term on January 20, 1997.

Question 28

20Pu- Which Romanian region, known for its Medieval castles, inspired the setting for Bram Stoker’s Dracula?

Answer 28

TRANSYLVANIA

Question 29

20G- What pop star, known for being swift on his feet, took an ownership stake in MySpace in 2011?

Answer 29

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

Question 30

20O- What kind of hit does a volleyball player setter usually try to prepare a teammate to make?

Answer 30

SPIKE