Burning Answers: Last Night's Quiz Recap

Round 1: Geography
1) What's the largest city in Pierce County, Washington? Tacoma
2) What is the longest mountain range in the world? the Andes
3) What is the largest county in Washington State, by area? Okanogan County
4) Name one of the four Mexican states that border Texas. Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, or Chihuahua
5) Stewart, Portland, Rangitoto, and North are islands in which island nation? New Zealand
6) In 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first known person to swim across what body of water? the English Channel
7) What's the smallest US city with a population greater than 1,000,000 people? Dallas
8) What country is the world's largest exporter of rice? Thailand
9) Mt. Elbrus, the tallest mountain in Europe, is in what country? Russia
10) The longest scheduled nonstop flight from Sea-Tac lands in what city? Taipei

Round 2: Recipes
1) From the 1930s through the '90s, what recipe was featured on the back of Ritz Cracker boxes? mock apple pie
2) What's the #1 ingredient in Cracker Jack, by weight? sugar
3) What drink is made of chocolate syrup, milk, and seltzer water? egg cream
4) In 1997, the Sea Turtle Survival League asked that a recipe for cooking Green Sea Turtle be removed from what cookbook? The Joy of Cooking
5) Theodora Smafield's No-Knead Water-Rising Twists was the first recipe to win what contest? the Pillsbury Bake-Off
6) Which US First Lady said her recipe for Pedernales River chili was "almost as popular as the government pamphlet on the care and feeding of children"? Lady Bird Johnson
7) Bananas, tofu, and flax seed are some vegan baking replacements for what ingredient? eggs
8) In response to an urban legend, what department store created a chocolate chip cookie recipe to give away for free? Neiman Marcus
9) Some people believe this 1970 cookbook was written by the CIA, who included deliberate errors intended to injure would-be terrorists. The Anarchist Cookbook
10) Melba toast and peach melba were named after Nellie Melba. What was her occupation? opera singer

Round 3: Beauty
1) What branch of philosophy deals with the nature of beauty, especially as it applies to the arts? aesthetics
2) Who wrote the book Black Beauty? Anna Sewell
3) In the 1959 Disney film, what is Sleeping Beauty's real name? Princess Aurora
4) Esquire magazine declared Scarlett Johansson the sexiest woman alive in 2006. Who won that honor in 2005? Jessica Biel
5) Helen of Troy was the daughter of which Greek deity? Zeus
6) Who's appeared on the cover of Playboy 11 times, more than anyone else? Pamela Anderson
7) In 1854, who organized the first modern beauty pageant? P.T. Barnum
8) In 1996, who became the first (and so far only) African American selected as People's sexiest man alive? Denzel Washington
9) The first line of "America the Beautiful" is "Oh beautiful, for spacious skies." What's the first line of any other verse? oh beautiful for: pilgrims' feet, heroes proved, or patriots' dream
10) Who wrote the 1991 feminist book The Beauty Myth? Naomi Wolf

Round 4: The wealthy (picture round)
1) Warren Buffett
2) Jeff Bezos
3) Richard Branson
4) Bill Gates
5) Ingvar Kamprad
6) Sam Walton
7) Cornelius Vanderbilt
8) John D. Rockefeller
9) Andrew Carnegie
10) Howard Hughes

Round 5: Office Supplies (most difficult round!)
1) In the movie Office Space, what brand is Milton's beloved red stapler? Swingline
2) In Swedish offices, what common item is known as a gem? paper clip
3) Because of its innovative design, the Herman Miller Aeron office chair was added to the permanent collection of what museum? Museum of Modern Art (or MoMA)
4) What two words did Arnold Neustadter combine to come up with the name "Rolodex"? rolling and index
5) What's the British term for binder clip? bulldog clip
6) What kind of book was Art Fry using when he got the idea for Post-it notes? hymnal
7) What's the present-day name of the company founded in 1906 as the Haloid Company? Xerox
8) What company's framed motivational artwork is parodied by Despair, Inc.'s Demotivators? Successories
9) Name three of the four programs contained in the first version of Microsoft Office. (Office 1.0 for Mac) Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Mail
10) What retailer is known as Bureau en Gros in its Quebec locations? Staples

Round 6: J.C. (easiest round!)
Every answer this round is a person with the initials J.C.

1) Who loved Chachi? Joanie Cunningham
2) Who represented Abner Louima, Todd Bridges, Tupac Shakur, and Reginald Denny in various trials? Johnnie Cochran
3) Who was nominated for Best Actress Oscars for Darling, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, and Afterglow? Julie Christie
4) In a 1966 Time magazine cover story, who was dubbed "Our Lady of the Ladle"? Julia Child
5) What short story writer, a regular New Yorker contributer, was mentioned in a Seinfeld episode title? John Cheever
6) Who played Danny Zuko in Grease on Broadway, but had to settle for playing Kenickie in the movie? Jeff Conaway
7) What Seattle native played "Amazing Grace" and "Chelsea Morning" at Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration? Judy Collins
8) What NBC News correspondent--and future news anchor--was arrested at the 1964 Republican National Convention? John Chancellor
9) Who cowrote the song "Ring of Fire" with Merle Kilgore, which was later performed by Johnny Cash? June Carter
10) What actor made his US movie debut in 1980's The Big Brawl? Jackie Chan

Round 7: Movies
1) What 2001 blockbuster was nominated for 4 Oscars, winning 1, and for 6 Razzie awards, losing all 6? Pearl Harbor
2) What 2004 comedy centers around a romance between a marine veterinarian and someone with anterograde amnesia? 50 First Dates
3) What 2000 historical drama, based on a 1905 novel, did Roger Ebert call "one of the saddest stories ever told about the traps that society sets for women"? The House of Mirth
4) What 1979 Steven Spielberg film featured an appearance by legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune? 1941
5) Jackie Mason replaced Rodney Dangerfield in the lead role for what 1988 sequel? Caddyshack II
6) What 1995 comedy had a special "Holy Schnike" edition released on DVD in 2005? Tommy Boy
7) What 1992 caper was director Phil Alden Robinson's next film after Field of Dreams? Sneakers
8) What 1984 sequel kicks off with a sequence in Club Obi Wan? Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
9) What 1997 black comedy features a hitman in need of shakabuku? Grosse Pointe Blank
10) What actor or actress appeared in all nine of these movies? Dan Aykroyd

Round 8: Skylines (picture round)
1) Hong Kong
2) Chicago
3) Singapore
4) Shanghai
5) Sydney
6) New York
7) Dallas
8) Bellevue
9) Tokyo
10) Toronto