In rounds 1, 2, and 3, one of your questions must be a 1-pointer, 1 must be a 2-pointer and 1 must be a 5-pointer. When you get the first question, you will know the other categories, but not the specific questions.
Round
1
Banks:
The world’s
only bank that allows its ATM transactions in Latin is where?
Oscar Moments: For
what film was Jack Nicholson receiving an Academy Award when he pranced on the
stage to avoid stepping on the lines on the floor?
Photographs: Taken
in 1934, the “surgeon’s photograph” is supposedly the most famous picture of
what legendary creature?
Round 2
Nobel Prize: Besides
Jimmy Carter, who is the only person born and raised in Georgia to be awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize?
Sports Lingo: What
sporting activity is the origin of the term “second string”?
Music
Honors: In a 2002 High
Times magazine reader poll, what British band was voted “the best band to
listen to while stoned”?
Round
3
Reality
TV Stars: When A&E placed Duck
Dynasty’s Phil Robertson on suspension in December 2013, it was due to
comments he made in an interview with what magazine?
Typing: What continent’s name
can be typed using the keys from only one row on a standard keyboard?
US Highways: The US state with the most mileage of I-95 is
Florida. What state has the second most?
There were three halftime questions with 13 total answers. You get two points for each correct answer.
Half-time
For
2 points each:
What are the four types of sports balls
featured in the logo for Dick’s Sporting Goods?
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According to Twittercounter.com, by the end
of 2013, name the five most followed Twitter accounts that were not for an
individual person? (Three are online
services, one is a musical group, and one is a news outlet.)
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In February 1980 (for the
year 1979), the Grammy Awards gave out an award – for the first and only time –
for Best Disco Recording. Gloria Gaynor
won for “I Will Survive.” Given the
artists, name the other four songs nominated: Earth Wind & Fire (featuring
The Emotions), Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, and Donna Summer.
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Rounds 4, 5, and 6 are like the first half, but point values are 2, 4, and 6.
Round 4
Science: According to Natural
Medicine Journal and webelements.com, what is the heaviest element
essential to human life, with an atomic weight of 126.90?
Winter
Olympics: The Besti squat, the
Walley jump, and the Ina Bauer are all maneuvers in what Winter Olympic sport?
Actors: What
2011 People magazine Sexiest Man Alive winner was the first actual
graduate of The Actors Studio to be interviewed as a guest on Inside the
Actors Studio?
Round
5
Georgia Trivia: On
November 22, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Linda and Mike Weinroth became the last Georgia
residents to do what, after becoming the first to do it on August 1, 1993?
Publishing: In 1980 what romance novel
company was started by Simon & Schuster to compete with their former
client, Harlequin?
The
Internet: At The
Simpson’s official website, simpsons.com, what object spins in the middle
of the screen as an object is loading?
Round
6
TV
Debuts: Most likely
done on purpose, what sitcom was the first show broadcast on The WB network on
January 11, 1995?
US Presidents: Which
US President has/had his family’s crest tattooed on his chest?
Music
Duos: What unusual
distinction do these Hall & Oates Top-40 songs have in common: “Back Together Again,” “Possession Obsession,” and “How Does It Feel to Be Back?”
The rules and the questions for the finale are below. Note the penalties.
Final
You
do not have to answer all the answers; put down as many as you’re comfortable
with. You will receive 2 points for each
correct answer but lose 3 points for each incorrect answer. (Those left blank will not count against you.)
By city limits,
name the ten most populous US cities whose names contain a double letter (e.g.
Boone).
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By paid
circulation in 2013, name the top five magazines in the US whose titles include
the name of a real person.
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In 1994 the NFL
named its 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, which included five
players who were still active at the time – a quarterback, a wide receiver, a
defensive end, a safety, and a cornerback.
Name them.
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