Seattlest Trivia, December 12

1. Democratic Republic of the Congo (or the Congo)
2. Washington (520. The Evergreen Point Floating Bridge)
3. Mount Everest
4. Yangtze River
5. Zagreb
6. Kennewick (pop: 60,118)
7. Jutland
8. Jackson
9. Caribbean Sea
10. Pasco

Round 2: Hip Hop Hooray
I'll give you the name of a group member, you tell me the name of the group

1) Speech
2) Chuck D
3) Luke Skyywalker
4) Easy E
5) Ad-Rock
6) Q-Tip
7) Ol' Dirty Bastard
8) Doodlebug
9) will.I.am
10) B-real

1) Arrested Development
2) Public Enemy
3) 2 Live Crew
4) NWA
5) Beastie Boys
6) Tribe Called Quest
7) Wu-Tang Clan
8) Digable Planets
9) Black Eyed Peas
10) Cypress Hill

Round 3: Historic Firsts

1) The first trans-atlantic flight took place in what year?
2) The first mammal to orbit the earth was a dog named what?
3) What country was the first to use gas-powered traffic lights?
4) In 2005, Isabelle Dinoire became the first person to receive what kind of transplant?
5) In 1968, Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall became the first Olympic athlete to do what?
6) Who won the first season of American Idol?
7) The first Republican presidential candidate lost in 1856 to James Buchanan. Who was he?
8) Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck first appeared together in what movie?
9) Which state was the first to ratify the US Constitution?
10) According to Major League Basebal, what city's American League team won the first World Series?

1) 1919
2) Laika
3) Great Britain
4) face
5) be disqualified for drug use/doping
6) Kelly Clarkson
7) John C. Fremont (received 1,342,345 votes)
8) Pearl Harbor
9) Delaware
10) Boston

Round 4: Cooks (ID them from their photo)

1) Rachael Ray
2) Emeril Lagasse
3) Hiroyuki Sakai
4) Mario Batali
5) Nigella Lawson
6) Tom Douglas
7) Anthony Bourdain
8) Julia Child
9) Alton Brown
10) Jack Tripper

Round 5: RECENT DISASTERS

1. The December 26, 2004 tsunami was triggered by an earthquake off the coast of which island (Seattlest Hint of the Week: It's the sixth largest island in the world)?
2. What was the first flight to hit a building on 9/11? (The airline and number)
3. When the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated it killed the first astronaut from which country?
4. Within five, how many electoral votes did George Bush receive in the 2004 Presidential Election?
5. On Saturday the Washington Huskies basketball team lost by twenty points to who?
6. In May of 2003 President Bush gave his "Missioned Accomplished Speech" on which aircraft carrier?
7. In which country did Kid Rock and Pamela Anderson have their first of three weddings?
8. In which month and year did Congress pass the Iraq War Resolution
9. During Hurricane Katrina, levees separating canals and which lake were breached?
10. Who was the male lead in the 2006 film RV?

1. Sumatra
2. American Airlines Flight 11
3. Israel ( I will accept India as one of the astronauts was born there)
4. 286 (281-291)
5. Gonzaga
6. USS Abraham Lincoln
7. France (lasted 122 days)
8. October 2002
9. Lake Pontchartrain
10. Robin Williams

Round 6: Nuts

1) In the 1987 movie "Nuts," Richard Dreyfus played a psychiatrist, and Barbra Striesand played his patient, who did what for a living?
2) During this World War II battle, the Germans requested an Allied surrender, and British General Anthony McAulliffe's one-word reply was "Nuts!"
3) The movie "Mixed Nuts" centers around a suicide hotline center during what holiday?
4) Mr. Peanut is the mascot of what company?
5) If you are carrying a tool called a nut, what outdoor sport are you participating in?
6) What's the name of the song that begins "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire"?
7) Coco de Mer, the worlds-largest nut, is found in the island nation of Seychelles, which considered to be part of what continent?
8) This retro-swing band's 1996 album "Hot" reached #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
9) A man, a gorilla, an orangutan or a chimp...who has the largest testicles?
10) What former Sonic was suspended by the NBA last year for tugging an opponent's testicles during last year's playoffs?

1) Prostitute/call-girl
2) Battle of the Bulge
3) Christmas
4) Planters
5) Rock climbing
6) The Christmas Song
7) Africa
8) Squirrel Nut Zippers
9) Chimp (4 ounces)
10) Reggie Evans

Round 7: Movies

1) This 1996 horror movie helpfully outlines plans for surviving horror movies.
2) In the movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, both Holden and Jay agree that Ben Affleck was the bomb in this 1998 movie.
3) This 1998 film has been compared unfavorably to The Abyss, and is based off of the short story Solaris.
4) This 1999 movie has been called the American version of Life is Beautiful, in spite of its East German roots.
5) This 1999 Norman Jewison movie was loosely based on the book "The 16th Round"?
6) Sting won a Golden Globe with the song "Until" from this 2002 romantic comedy's soundtrack.
7) This 2002 film was cowritten by Homicide creator Paul Attanasio, and was based on a Tom Clancy novel.
8) It has been said by some that the best thing about this movie was its June 6, 2006 release date.
9) New York Times colmunist Frank Rich called this 2004 remake "more partisan" than "Farenheit 9/11".
10) What actor or actress do all 9 of these films have in common?

1) Scream
2) Phantoms
3) Sphere
4) Jakob the Liar
5) The Hurricane
6) Kate and Leopold
7) The Sum of All Fears
8) The Omen
9) The Manchurian Candidate
10) Liev Schreiber

Round 8: Toys (ID them from their photo)

1) Speak and Spell
2) Simon
3) Chatty Cathy
4) Teddy Ruxpin
5) Viewmaster
6) Merlin
7) See 'n Say
8) Easy-Bake Oven
9) Spirograph
10) Rubik's Snake

Image from the Scared of Santa Gallery, which is a must-see.