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Trivia Quiz

03 May 2004

TEAM NAME

Rules:

1. No reference materials or assistance from anyone not on your team.

2. Ask the quizmaster if you need clarification on the questions. The visual clue sheet, if needed, is attached after the last page.

3. Apparently, you need to drink more beer.

4. The Quiz Master is always right. Get over it.

1. President Bush met with the Prime Minister of the United States’ largest trade partner last Friday in Washington, DC. Name the country and the Prime Minister.

Answer: Country_____________________________________

Answer: Prime Minister_____________________________________

2. What horse won the Kentucky Derby on May 1, 2004?

Answer:_____________________________________

3. On this date in 1986, who became the oldest jockey (at 54 years of age) to win the Kentucky Derby?

Answer:_____________________________________

4. Ballstown, Buddha, Floyds Knob, French Lick, Gnaw Bone, Spraytown, Surprise, and Toad Hop are all located in what State?

Answer:_____________________________________

5. On May 1, 2004 the European Union admitted ten new members. Name them:

1. _________________________________________

2. __________________________________________

3. __________________________________________

4. __________________________________________

5. __________________________________________

6. __________________________________________

7. __________________________________________

8. __________________________________________

9. __________________________________________

10. __________________________________________

6. On this date in 1996 Pamela Anderson Lee made her film debut. Name the film. Before you ask, home videos DO NOT count.

Answer:_____________________________________

7. On this date in 1898 the first female Prime Minister of Israel was born. Who was she?

Answer:_____________________________________

8. Who was the first actor to be nominated posthumously for an Oscar?

Answer:_____________________________________

9. In 1960, Sirimavo Bandaraneike became the first women to be elected the head of state. She was president of what country?

a) Malta

b) Papua New Guinea

c) Brazil

d) Sri Lanka

10. What imprisoned IRA member died on May 5, 1981 after a 65-day hunger strike?

Answer:_____________________________________

11. Jim Cantalupo died of a heart attack on April 19, 2004. Ironically, he was the CEO of what corporation?

Answer: ____________________________________

12. What began broadcasting on this date in 1971, providing Rush and other right wing wacko’s something to perpetually complain about?

Answer: ____________________________________

13. Who was the first athlete to win 7 gold medals at the Olympics?

Answer: _____________________________________

14. The longest river in Canada is:

a) MacKenzie River

b) Saskatchewan River

c) Peace River

d) Yukon River

15. What popular singer was born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr?

a) Alice Cooper

b) Harry Connick, Jr.

c) Englebert Humperdinck

d) John Denver

16. What is the second largest French-speaking city in the world?

Answer: _____________________________________

17. Obligatory Shakespeare question: “Mistake me not for my complexion” is spoken in what play?

a) Othello

b) Hamlet

c) The Merchant of Venice

d) Richard III

18. Which US President is credited with starting baseball’s seventh inning stretch?

Answer:_____________________________________

19. Which holiday was made official on May 9th, 1914?

a) Cinco De Mayo

b) Mother’s Day

c) Arbor Day

d) Memorial Day

20. Dr. Seuss wrote what book after his editor dared him to write a book using fewer than 50 different words?

a) Hop On Pop

b) Horton Hears A Who

c) The Cat in the Hat

d) Green Eggs and Ham

21. C2H6O is the formula for what chemical?

Answer:_____________________________________

22. What is Donald Duck’s middle name?

Answer:_____________________________________

23. What feast, celebrated on May 1st, traditionally marked the beginning of summer in ancient Celtic times?

Answer:_____________________________________

24. “May Day” was the first great novelette of which author?

Answer:_____________________________________

25. Who became, in October 1959, the first Hollywood star to receive $1 million for a singe picture?

Answer:_____________________________________

26. Who is the only US President to have been awarded the Medal of Honor for wartime heroism?

Answer:_____________________________________

27. Which is the flower of May?

a) Columbine

b) Lily-of-the-Valley

c) Flanders Poppy

d) Sweet William

28. The (New) Dong is the currency of what nation?

Answer:_____________________________________

29. Who was Dwight Eisenhower’s Vice President?

Answer:_____________________________________

30. The London Team at Kings College has been granted apx. $887K for stem cell research that will potentially re-grow:

a) Teeth

b) Hair

c) Erectile Tissue

d) Skin

31. What was Dirty Harry’s badge number?

Answer:_____________________________________

32. What is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u?

Answer:_____________________________________

33. Anthropophagy is the technical term for what dietary habit?

Answer:_____________________________________

34. Babe Ruth hit his first home run on May 6, 1915. What team was he playing for?

Answer:_____________________________________

35. “Rowan” is a type of?

a) Tree

b) Bird

c) Horse

d) Irish Field Mouse

36. True or false: John F. Kennedy was never Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year”.

Answer:_____________________________________

37. What is the southernmost state capital?

Answer:_____________________________________

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