Tirana Albany

Question 1

This NFL season wqs shortened by strike
Who won super bowl, QB and won MVP of SB

Answer 1

87
Redskins
Doug Williams - first black QB to win SB

Question 2

In 89 Jim abbot garnered headlines when debuting on this team

Answer 2

Born with no right hand
Didn’t play in minors
California angels

Question 3

Fahn hall is most associated with

Answer 3

Iran contra
Secretary to Oliver north

Question 4

This famous event was televised on July 29 81

Answer 4

Charles and princess Diana wedding
750 M people watched

Question 5

In December 2012 Chinese scientists use the phase lag of thr earths tides during full and new moons to calculate the speed of this

Answer 5

Thr speed Gravity (which is the speed of light )- tides caused by moons gravitational pull

Question 6

Coco bowl O is not a place you get there fast and take it slow but Dave cool E A would tell you it is in fact a variety of this commodity

Answer 6

Wood
Ranger Joe had a woodchuck

Question 7

What do I measure
Jubilee

Answer 7

Time - 50 years ?

Question 8

What do I measure
Olympiad

Answer 8

Time - 4 years

Question 9

This Virginian created thr machine for this staple pasta eaten daily in US today

Answer 9

Jefferson
Macaroni

Question 10

He demonstrated the first version of a machine designed to increase the productivity of farms in 1831 at steels tavern Virginia

Answer 10

Cyrus McCormick
Mechanical reaper

Question 11

In 23 mikaela shiffrin wqs declared this sports winningest athlete ever

Answer 11

Alpine skiing

Question 12

She finally became a mother of nations when giving birth to her son - him - at age 90

Answer 12

Sarah mother
Abraham - father

Isaac

Question 13

Settled as losantiville the name of this current Ohio city was inspired by a Roman officer and the society named for him
Low Santa ville

Answer 13

Cincinnati

Question 14

This tennis legend Was born in Richmond Virginia and first African American to win the us open and Wimbledon tennis championships

Answer 14

Arthur Ashe

Question 15

One of the most important people in scientific history albeit unwittingly is Henrietta lax who is famous for this contribution to research

Answer 15

Cancer cells
She had cancer
Tumor biopsied while alive - cervical cancer
Have kept line of cells alive since then -
Hela cells -
genetically identical cells that they can continue to test in

Question 16

Virginia Minnesota is the home to this guardians of thr galaxy actor

Answer 16

Chris pratt
Rocky raccoon?

Question 17

Newport News Virginia is the birthplace of this historically noteworthy Olympic gymnast
First African American to be an Olympic all around champion

Answer 17

Gabby Douglas

Question 18

Virginia Beach is the hometown of this happy singer

Answer 18

Pharrell Williams
.5 of Neptune’s
1/3 of NERD

Question 19

He was a Burmese nationalist and the first Prime Minister of Burma, ruling from 1948 to 1962. He was a devout Buddhist who sought to make Buddhism the state religion. He was deposed by General Ne Win in a 1962 coup d’etat.

Answer 19

U Nu (1907-1995)

Question 20

Locale of Snowbird and Alta

Answer 20

Utah

Question 21

2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner
Also country

Answer 21

Narges Mohammadi

the vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center
Iran

Question 22

Tech giant that purchased Gateway

Answer 22

Acer

Question 23

Total red and white stripes on the American flag

Answer 23

13
7 - red

Question 24

Decorated with a rhinestone charm glow is a fragrance from her

Answer 24

J Lo

Question 25

In music this is the eight note interval between one C note and the next

Answer 25

Octave

Question 26

This American statesman defended Aaron burr against charges of treason

Answer 26

Henry clay

Question 27

The name of this athletic event comes from the Greek words for five and contest

Answer 27

Pentathlon

Question 28

Although mostly set in alabama this southern food related film wqs filmed mostly in Georgia

Answer 28

Fried green tomatoes

Question 29

Top 3 peach producing states

Answer 29

California - by a wide margin - more then everyone else put together South Carolina Georgia - distant third

Question 30

Love is alive song

Answer 30

Gary Wright

Question 31

First recorded visual depiction of this object in space whose existence has been known since at least thr 3rd century BCE not receiving current name until 1705 Millennials may know what object looks like outside depictions but Gen Z hasn’t directly seen

Answer 31

Haley’s comet on the Bayou tapestry Last seen 86 and 87

Question 32

According to lyrics of a union favorite song that wqs later rewritten to be battle hymn of the republic this is the name of the controversial 19th American whose body remains amoldering in the grave

Answer 32

John brown Bleeding Kansas Harpers ferry His truth is marching on

Question 33

David st hubbins Nigel tough nell and Derrick stalls are the canonical lewd singer guitarist and bassist for this music act whose name is d Properly stylized with a dotless lower case I and a umlaut over N No drummer as disastrous history with percussionists

Answer 33

This is spinal tap Craziness with the drummer including being eaten by a pet python spontaneous combustion explosion

Question 34

Used in 3 different contexts tbis word can mean Revolutionary means of converting energy into work Revolutionary distribution service launched in 03 Revolutionary concept in education serving to prepare for need and demands of 21st century

Answer 34

Steam Industrial revolution- steam engine Steam - video gaming development Stem + arts

Question 35

The chicken ranch in a town called luh Grange inspired thr titular setting of this 78 bRoadway musical Same establishment inspiration for a ZZ Top song nAmed for the town released 5 years earlier which borrowed its opening guitar part and certain lyric from boogie blues legend John lee hooker

Answer 35

Best little whore house in Texas

Question 36

Uh nof uh lees is among the several genera of this living creature with the said genus being particularly maligned for exclusive connection to specific malady that caused over 600K deaths In 2020 Not malicious but in a mal uh fish ul symbiotic relationship with other such species as humans

Answer 36

Mosquito Malaria