First things first: Much to our own surprise, the [edit: second] most populous city in Eastern Washington (which is everything east of the Cascades, people; it's in Wikipedia, so it must be true) is Spokane Valley.

We know. We thought it was Yakima, too. Turns out that when we triple-checked it, all the sources we had cited the 2000 census—but Spokane Valley incorporated in 2003, after the census. We stumbled into a trick question, but several people got it right anyway and the Audacity of Annyong enjoyed the free beer.

They didn't manage to win the evening, however. In the end it was a tight battle between returning champs the Chester A. Arthur All-Stars and the Unitards, with the Unitards taking the night 61 points to 60.

Speaking of Annyong, they created a Facebook group devoted to the Old Pequliar's Tuesday quiz. If you're in the Seattle network, just look for the Tuesday Trivia at the Old Pequliar group. The other new online doohickey: A Google calendar telling you who's hosting when. Bookmark it and learn exactly when to avoid us.

As for the quiz itself? It went fine after a way too difficult opening Geography round. People accuse us of enjoying players' misery, but frankly, we've been on the receiving end, we know it's not fun, and we're not really happy to see a bunch of people turn in really low scores. Happily, things picked up after that.

Want to tease your own brain? Most of the quiz, with questions and answers, is after the jump. (We left out the audio "identify the radio show" round, and the two picture rounds—identify the documentary from the poster, and the magazine from the piece of its cover.)

Round 1: Geography

1) None of the United Nations member states start with the letter X -- or what other letter?
2) What's the most populous country in the world where Spanish is a national language?
3) Name one of the two largest islands in Washington's Island County.
4) 37 towns share the most popular place name in the US. Which founding father inspired most of them?
5) After the breakup of the Soviet Union, what country became the world's leading producer of potatoes?
6) Put these three places in order of total area, from smallest to largest: the city of Juneau, Alaska; King County, Washington; and the state of Rhode Island
7) Maracaibo, Valencia, Barquisimeto, and Mérida are cities in what South American country?
8) Which US city contains the largest population of Iranians outside of Iran?
9) Birthplace of Goethe, Bach and Nietzsche, what was the second-most-populous city in East Germany?
10) After the 1861 unification of Italy, two cities were capitals before Rome. Name one of them.

Round 2: House Brands

I'll name some house brands. You tell me what store sells them.

1) Kirkland Signature
2) Kenmore, DieHard, Craftsman, and Covington
3) Diablo Creek, Basic Red, Primo Taglio, Lucerne, and O Organics
4) Epic Threads, American Rag, Hotel Collection, Charter Club, and INC International Concepts
5) Market Pantry and Archer Farms
6) St. John's Bay, Worthington, Ambrielle, and Arizona Jean Company
7) Presidian, Accurian, Gigaware, Optimus, Enercell, MyMusix and Voicestar
8) Break Escape, Castlebridge, Foray, Furniture at Work, and Niceday
9) Insignia, Dynex, Rocketfish, and Geek Squad
10) Ol' Roy, No Boundaries, Everstart, ilo, and Equate

Round 3: Triangulation

Identify the word or term that fits all three definitions given. Example: a Canadian music award, a Roman goddess, and Roger Ebert’s best film of 2007: Juno

1) the Segway, one of the Spice Girls, and a castaway
2) a DC Comics supervillain, a children's television show, and a kind of camera lens
3) a fruit-based dessert, a geologic term, and something a baseball player wants to avoid
4) Beatrice's cousin, a role playing game system, and what they call a grinder in New York
5) a sign in the Chinese zodiac, something you'd find at a mall, and Splinter
6) a monster that lives in a maze, something funky you might see on TV, and a Whoopi Goldberg film
7) a women's basketball team, a Peggy Lee song, and something to starve
8) an episode of the series Rome, an automotive company, and a Conan O'Brian character,
9) a recent celebrity autobiography, a truly creepy Japanese horror film, and an Adobe software title
10) a baseball stadium, a jazz-era synonym for hunky-dory, and the alligator man

Round 6: James

1) The novel Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks, published last week, continues the adventures of what famous hero?
2) Gerald Posner's book Killing the Dream argues that James Earl Ray acted on his own when he assassinated who?
3) Six US presidents have been named James. Which two served consecutively?
4) In the Brady Bunch episode "Bobby's Hero," Bobby unsettles his parents when he starts to idolize who?
5) A 1991 techno song by the group L.A. Style declared that what musical icon "Is Dead", though he didn't actually die until 2006?
6) What song, the only Billboard hit for the band James, begins "The bed is on fire with passionate love, the neighbors complain about the nosies above, but she only comes when she's on top"?
7) In 2006, who became the first British artist since Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" to achieve a Billboard #1 single with his song "You're Beautiful"?
8) When he wrote the book Pragmatism in 1907, which American philosopher established himself as a leading proponent of the theory of pragmatism?
9) The poem "Disobedience," about James James Morrison Morrison Weatherby George Dupree, comes from the collection When We Were Very Young by what British author?
10) Who played a fictionalized version of reclusive author J.D. Salinger in the movie Field of Dreams?

Round 7: Movies

1) What 1992 Hollywood satire features clips from the film Habeas Corpus, with Julia Roberts being rescued from the gas chamber by Bruce Willis?
2) Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as "Moscow's toughest detective," who teams up with "Chicago's craziest cop," in what 1988 action film?
3) Russell Crowe earned his first Oscar nomination for what 1999 film, a behind-the-scenes drama about the show 60 Minutes?
4) What 1997 John Woo film saw its stars nominated for MTV Movie Awards for both Best On-Screen Duo and Best Villain?
5) The stars of what 1988 drama were trained by T.G.I. Friday's World Bartender Champion?
6) Estella Warren won a Worst Supporting Actress Razzie for what 2001 film, which was described by Richard Roeper and Jay Leno as "the worst car film ever made"?
7) In his book Seagalogy, local film critic Vern says that "whenever someone asks me what is the best Steven Seagal movie, I tell them" what 1991 film, which came between Marked for Death and Under Siege?
8) What 1995 satire was released on DVD in 2004 in a VIP Edition, featuring The Stranger's own David Schmader doing a commentary track?
9) What 1996 neo-noir film, inspired by Billy Wilder, features sex scenes choreographed by sex educator Susie Bright?
10) What actor or actress appeared in all nine of these movies?

Answers
Round 1
1) W
2) Mexico
3) Camano or Whidbey
4) Benjamin Franklin
5) China
6) Rhode Island (1545 sq m), King County (2307), Juneau (2715)
7) Venezuela
8) Los Angeles
9) Leipzig
10) Florence or Turin

Round 2
1) Costco
2) Sears (or Kmart)
3) Safeway
4) Macy's
5) Target
6) J.C. Penney
7) RadioShack
8) Office Depot
9) Best Buy
10) Wal-Mart

Round 3
1) ginger
2) zoom
3) slump
4) hero
5) rat
6) ghost
7) fever
8) triumph
9) audition
10) jake

Round 6
1) James Bond
2) Martin Luther King, Jr.
3) Madison and Monroe
4) Jesse James
5) James Brown
6) "Laid"
7) James Blunt
8) William James
9) A. A. Milne
10) James Earl Jones

Round 7
1) The Player
2) Red Heat
3) The Insider
4) Face/Off
5) Cocktail
6) Driven
7) Out for Justice
8) Showgirls
9) Bound
10) Gina Gershon