Trivia--8/29/06

Here's the complete Q&A part of the quiz. Rounds 4 and 8 are picture rounds, and we don't have 'em uploaded. Questions that stumped everyone are in bold.

Round 1: Geography
1) What lake forms part of the northern border of Indiana?
2) Which of these US states is closest in area to Lebanon: West Virginia, Vermont, or Connecticut?
3) What lake is the source of the Mississippi River?
4) According to Google maps, what’s further, by car, from here: Salty’s on Alki, or BluWater Bistro in Leschi?
5) What country first implemented Daylight Savings Time?
6) The world’s largest swamp is in what country?
7) The Czech Republic shares a border with how many other countries?
8) The highest point east of the Mississippi River is in what state?
9) What is the lowest recorded temperature in Seattle history?
10) What river forms part of Washington’s border with Idaho?

Round 2: Husky Football!
1) Husky Stadium has a north deck and a south deck…which was built most recently?
2) Name one of the teams the Huskies will play in 2006.
3) The Dow reached 3000, Dr. Seuss died, and the Huskies won their only national championship in what year?
4) Which Husky had a cameo apperance in the 1994 film “Little Giants”?
5) According to the Husky fight song, “it’s harder to push them over the line than pass the Dardanelles.” In what country are the Dardanelles?
6) What 1958 instrumental that topped the pop charts is an unofficial Husky fight song?
7) What former Husky cheerleader and Entertainment Tonight anchor has been credited with inventing The Wave at a 1981 Husky game?
8) What Husky QB made the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1971?
9) Husky Quarterback Bob Schloredt won two Rose Bowl MVP awards, without one of what body part?
10) Before the 1961 Rose Bowl, 14 college students rearranged placards underneath thousands of Husky fans seats, so when they held them up during the halftime show, instead of spelling out “Washington”, they spelled out what?

Round 3: Axe Wielders
I’ll give you a name, you write down the band they’re best known for lead guitaring.

1) Dimebag Darrell
2) Richie Sambora
3) Neal Schon
4) Kirk Hammett
5) Janice
6) Elliot Easton
7) The Edge
8) Kim Thayil
9) Brian May
10) Nick Valensi

Round 5: Our Winged Friends
1) Benjamin Franklin said this bird is “of bad moral character” and “does not get his living honestly.”?
2) In the first line of a Wings song, Paul McCartney sings Maybe I’m Amazed at what?
3) The Arctic Tern makes the world’s longest annual migration flight-it migrates from the Arctic to where?
4) The dodo bird was found on what island?
5) In the Bible, what angel visits Mary to tell her she’s going to bear Jesus?
6) What is the state bird of Washington?
7) What bird has the largest wingspan?
8) While filming Terms of Endearment, Debra Winger dated what future presidential candidate?
9) What was the first vertebrate to evolve the power of flight?
10) In the video for her 2003 song “Fighter,” this singer morphed into a moth.

Round 6: Movies
1) Lara Flynn Boyle’s performance as the sultry and manipulative Suzanne in this 1993 movie solidified her status as a premier femme fatale.
2) During a lawn football game, a character in this movie yells “Crabcakes and Football. That’s what Maryland does!”
3) In this film, John Ritter plays a character who is funny queer, not funny ha-ha.
4) Someone put Vince Vaughn and Paul Reubens in a Western. What was it called?
5) This 2005 western stole a plot device from Weekend at Bernie’s.
6) Homewrecker Owen Wilson starred as a serial killer in this 1999 film.
7) This is the only movie, to date, to star both Master P and Harrison Ford.
8) The tagline for this 2002 movie: “It was supposed to be the safest room in the house.”
9) This film starred Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, and Vincent D’Onofrio as brothers.
10) What actor or actress starred in all nine of these films?

Round 7: Off to the Races
1) What reality show recently announced that the 20 contestants for its upcoming season will be divided into teams by race?
2) In December 2005, a beach in what city was the scene of violence between Middle Easterners and whites?
3) In the 1850 census, respondents were asked to classify themselves as either "white", "black", or what other racial category?
4) In 2003, Taylor County High School in what state held separate proms for black and white students?
5) Actress Lisa Bonet, who’s half-Jewish and half-African-American, married what singer with a similar ethnic background?
6) Within three percent, what percentage of Seattle residents are white?
7) Which US President said this: ““I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about the social and political equality of the races”?
8) Who was standing next to Kanye West when he declared that George W. Bush doesn’t care about black people?
9) What US metropolitan area has the highest proportion of Asian-Americans?
10) In the 2000 Census, Americans were asked to state their ancestry. What was the most frequently-stated European ancestry?