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PRIZES for WS XVIII

• 1st $1000

• 2nd $400

• 3rd $300

• 4th $200

• 5th $100

TEAMS• I Like Beer

• Blind Squirrels• BAM

• Puffin G. Funk• Underdogs

• No Worse Than Last

• Balls with No Chains

• Fear the Crab• Terminators

• Nana’s Bananas• Battlesnakes

• Infinity• Marksmen

• Age & Treachery• All Timers• Ahem!

• Hot Chick and her Teammates

• Hot for Teacher

REMINDERREMINDER

•NONO CELL PHONES, CELL PHONES, BLACKBERRIES BLACKBERRIES

ETC.ETC.

QUESTION # 1POETRY

•WHAT CREATURE FROM LITERATURE WAS SLAIN WITH A

VORPAL BLADE NEAR THE TUMTUM

TREE ?

ANSWER # 1

• IN THE POEM OF

NONSENSE VERSE BY

LEWIS CARROLL

QUESTION # 2LANGUAGES

3 PARTER

•WHAT ARE THE THREE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF

BELGIUM ?

ANSWER # 2

•FRENCH

•GERMAN

•DUTCH (WELCH)

QUESTION # 3QUESTION # 3TVTV

FIRST AIRING ON NBC IN FIRST AIRING ON NBC IN 1952, WHAT ANTHOLOGY 1952, WHAT ANTHOLOGY

TV SERIES HAS TV SERIES HAS APPEARED ON NBC, ABC, APPEARED ON NBC, ABC, CBS AND PBS IN ITS 58 CBS AND PBS IN ITS 58 YEARS ON THE AIR ?YEARS ON THE AIR ?

ANSWER # 3ANSWER # 3

QUESTION # 4QUESTION # 4MUSICMUSIC

NAME FIVENAME FIVE

• WHO ARE THE FIVE WHO ARE THE FIVE YOUNGEST YOUNGEST SOLO SOLO

PERFORMERSPERFORMERS THAT THAT WON THE GRAMMY FOR WON THE GRAMMY FOR “BEST NEW ARTIST” ?“BEST NEW ARTIST” ?

ANSWER # 4ANSWER # 4

• LeANN RIMESLeANN RIMES• CHRISTINA AGUILERACHRISTINA AGUILERA

• ALICIA KEYESALICIA KEYES• MARIAH CAREYMARIAH CAREY• DEBBIE BOONEDEBBIE BOONE

QUESTION # 5QUESTION # 5WHAT ARE WE ?WHAT ARE WE ?

URI, GLARUS, ZUG, URI, GLARUS, ZUG, TICINO & JURA ARE TICINO & JURA ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF ALL EXAMPLES OF

WHAT ?WHAT ?

ANSWER # 5ANSWER # 5

CANTONS OF CANTONS OF SWITZERLANDSWITZERLAND

QUESTION # 6

WHO OR WHAT WHO OR WHAT ARE WE ? ARE WE ?

(ALL ANSWERS MUST FIT (ALL ANSWERS MUST FIT THE THEME)THE THEME)

TOM TOM

MAHI MAHI

LuLu

DIK DIK

DURAN DURAN

PAW PAW

JOHN JOHN

QUESTION # 7NATURAL TECHNOLOGY

• WHAT DARK VOLCANIC GLASS IS

USED TODAY TO MAKE SCALPEL BLADES FOR CARDIAC SURGERY ?

ANSWER # 7

•OBSIDIAN

QUESTION # 8NFL

4 PARTER• WHAT 4 PLAYERS HAVE

APPEARED IN THE MOST NFL GAMES AND:

• BEEN DRAFTED IN ROUND 1• ALL PLAYED FROM THE 1980s

UNTIL AFTER 2000 • ALL MEMBERS OF THE NFL HALL

OF FAME

ANSWER # 8

•JERRY RICE (303)

•BRUCE MATTHEWS (296)

•DARRELL GREEN (295)

•BRUCE SMITH (279)

QUESTION # 9QUESTION # 9THE MOVIESTHE MOVIES

THE CHARACTER JEFF THE CHARACTER JEFF “MOONDOGGIE” “MOONDOGGIE”

MATTHEWS, PLAYED BY MATTHEWS, PLAYED BY JAMES DARREN, WAS JAMES DARREN, WAS THE BOYFRIEND OF THE BOYFRIEND OF

WHAT MOVIE WHAT MOVIE CHARACTER ?CHARACTER ?

ANSWER # 9ANSWER # 9

PLAYED BY SANDRA PLAYED BY SANDRA DEEDEE

QUESTION # 10U.S. CAPITALS

PICK SIX

•WHAT ARE THE SIX U.S. CAPITAL CITIES THAT SIT

ON A RIVER THAT IS NAMED FOR A STATE OTHER THAN ITS OWN

STATE ?

ANSWER # 10

• TRENTON, NEW JERSEY (DELAWARE)

• AUSTIN, TEXAS (COLORADO)

• PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA (MISSOURI)

• BATON ROGUE, LOUISIANA (MISSISSIPPI)

• BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA (MISSOURI)

• ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA (MISSISSIPPI)

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QUESTION # 11U.S. PRESIDENTS

•WHO WAS THE LAST PRESIDENT TO SPORT FACIAL

HAIR WHILE IN OFFICE ?

ANSWER # 11

•WILLIAM HOWARD

TAFT

QUESTION # 12QUESTION # 12MUSICMUSIC

4 PARTER4 PARTER

• SINCE 1980 WHAT ARE THE SINCE 1980 WHAT ARE THE FOUR SONGS THAT HAVE FOUR SONGS THAT HAVE

REACHED #1 ON REACHED #1 ON BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 WITH BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 WITH THE WORD THE WORD “BLACK”“BLACK” IN ITS IN ITS

TITLE ?TITLE ?

ANSWER # 12ANSWER # 12

• BLACK VELVET (1990) BLACK VELVET (1990) ALANNAH ALANNAH MILESMILES

• BLACK CAT (1990) BLACK CAT (1990) JANET JACKSONJANET JACKSON

• BLACK OR WHITE (1991) BLACK OR WHITE (1991) MICHAEL MICHAEL JACKSONJACKSON

• BLACK & YELLOW (2011) BLACK & YELLOW (2011) WIZ WIZ KHALIFAKHALIFA

QUESTION # 13QUESTION # 13MEMORYMEMORY

• ““NO PLAN LIKE YOURS NO PLAN LIKE YOURS TO STUDY HISTORY TO STUDY HISTORY

WISELY” WISELY” IS A MNEMONIC IS A MNEMONIC PHRASE TO REMEMBER PHRASE TO REMEMBER

WHAT FACTS ?WHAT FACTS ?

ANSWER # 13ANSWER # 13

• ““NO PLAN LIKE YOURS TO NO PLAN LIKE YOURS TO STUDY HISTORY WISELY”STUDY HISTORY WISELY”

• THE NAMES OF THE ROYAL THE NAMES OF THE ROYAL HOUSES OF GREAT BRITIANHOUSES OF GREAT BRITIAN ((NONORMANDY, RMANDY, PLANPLANAGENET, AGENET, LLANCASTER, ANCASTER, YOYORK, RK, TTUDOR, UDOR,

STUSTUART, ART, HHANOVER AND ANOVER AND WWINDSORINDSOR

QUESTION # 14WORLD CAPITALS

LUCKY SEVEN

•WHAT ARE THE SEVEN WORLD CAPITALS THAT BEGIN WITH A LETTER

THAT NO OTHER CAPITAL STARTS WITH ? (HINT: E, F, I, J, Q, U & Z)

ANSWER # 14• EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND• FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE• ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN • JAKARTA, INDONESIA• QUITO, ECUADOR

• ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA • ZAGREB, CROATIA

QUESTION # 15EVENTS

• WHAT YEARLY WHAT YEARLY COMPETITION IS NAMED COMPETITION IS NAMED

FOR AMERICAN FOR AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER EDWARD WILLIS SCRIPPSEDWARD WILLIS SCRIPPS

(1854-1926) ?(1854-1926) ?

ANSWER # 15

QUESTION # 16

NAME THE NAME THE CHARACTERSCHARACTERS

BOOTSTRAP BILLPIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

DOCSEVEN DWARFS

DR. SIDNEY FREEDMANM*A*S*H

JOHNNY TEST

JOSHUA THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

MANNY DELGADOMODERN FAMILY

QUESTION # 17???

• NEPETALACTONE IS AN ORGANIC COMPOUND ISOLATED FROM THE PLANT “NEPETA CATARIA”. IT IS

USED TO REPEL INSECTS BUT MORE COMMONLY IS KNOWN

FOR ATTRACTING WHAT ?

ANSWER # 17

•CATS (“NEPETA CATARIA” IS THE

SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR THE CATNIP

PLANT)

QUESTION # 18QUESTION # 18THE MOVIESTHE MOVIES

2 PARTER2 PARTER

WHAT WERE THE NAMES WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF THE TWO BATS USED OF THE TWO BATS USED BY ROY HOBBS (ROBERT BY ROY HOBBS (ROBERT REDFORD) TO HIT HOME REDFORD) TO HIT HOME RUNS IN THE 1984 FILM RUNS IN THE 1984 FILM

“THE NATURAL”“THE NATURAL” ? ?

ANSWER # 18ANSWER # 18

QUESTION # 19QUESTION # 19TVTV

WHAT SHOW WAS THE FIRST WHAT SHOW WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY FIRST RUN AND ONLY FIRST RUN

SYNDICATED TV SERIES TO BE SYNDICATED TV SERIES TO BE NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY

FOR BEST DRAMATIC SERIES FOR BEST DRAMATIC SERIES AND HAD THE 17AND HAD THE 17THTH MOST MOST

WATCHED SERIES FINALE OF WATCHED SERIES FINALE OF ALL TIME IN 1994?ALL TIME IN 1994?

ANSWER # 19ANSWER # 19

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QUESTION # 20QUESTION # 20BET UP TO 15 POINTSBET UP TO 15 POINTS

• BORN IN KENTUCKY: JUNE 3, 1808BORN IN KENTUCKY: JUNE 3, 1808

• DIED IN LOUISIANA: DECEMBER 6, DIED IN LOUISIANA: DECEMBER 6, 18891889

• WEST POINT CLASS OF 1828WEST POINT CLASS OF 1828

• BRIGADIER GENERAL MAY 17, 1847BRIGADIER GENERAL MAY 17, 1847

• SECRETARY OF WAR 1853-1857SECRETARY OF WAR 1853-1857

• U.S. SENATE 1847-1851 & 1857-1861U.S. SENATE 1847-1851 & 1857-1861

• WHO AM I ?WHO AM I ?

ANSWER # 20ANSWER # 20

• JEFFERSON DAVIS

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TIEBREAKER

•HOW MANY HOW MANY ELEVATORS ARE IN ELEVATORS ARE IN THE EMPIRE STATE THE EMPIRE STATE

BUILDING ?BUILDING ?

ANSWER

•73 73 ELEVATORSELEVATORS

TIEBREAKER II

•HOW MANY WORDS ARE IN THE

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ?

ANSWER

•1,323 WORDS