Bonus Round Questions and Answers

1. In what country is Timbuktu located?

Mali

2. In the sentence "The fat sheriff held a smoking gun," which word is a participle?
Smoking

3. Which culinary term means to be cooked with onion?
Lyonnaise

4. The coriolis force mainly affects what?

Tides, Air flow, Continental drift or Volcanic eruption

5. what is the largest U.S. state east of the Mississippi?

Georgia

6. what section of Brooklyn was Mae west from

a) red hook

b) bensonhearst

c) greenpoint

d) canarsie

7. Of the nine planets in our Solar System, The Earth is?

The seventh largest

The third largest

The tenth largest

The fifth largest

8. Which of these cities lies furthest south:

San Diego, Atlanta, Memphis or Houston?

9. who is the first character to speak in the original Star Wars?

C3P0

10. what is the only bone in the human body not connected to another?

hyoid

11. For what motion picture did Warren Beatty win his only academy award?

“reds” best direction 1981

12. How long is Long Island, New York?

110, 200, 90, 66 miles?

13. Who is the only player to be named MVP in two World Series?
Reggie Jackson

14. "Attenuate" means to... Strengthen, Weaken or Pay attention?

15. If you get a new tattoo today, how long must you wait before donating blood?

(a) one month; (b) six months; or (c) 12 months?

16. What California newspaper was dynamited in 1910 by union activists? The Los Angeles Times

17. what do nictitating women do to men?

Wink at them

18 What are the names of the five babies in the movie Raising Arizona?

Harry, Barry, Larry, Garry and Nathan Jr.

19. What was the final US medal count for the 2004 Olympics?

103.

35 Gold, 39 Silver 29 Bronze

20. What is an alligator pear better known as?

An avocado

21. What is the name of the narrator in Vladimir Nabakov’s novel Lolita?

Humbert Humbert

22. What is the tallest breed of dog?

Irish Wolfhound

23. What name for a type of material, comes from the French phrase “the cloth of kings”?

Corduroy

24. What is Buttermilk’s exact street address?

577 5^th ave.

25. What former Company Flow rapper started the Definitive (Def) Jux label?

El-P