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1. DRUGSThecalmingdrugdiazepamwasfirstmarketedaswhatbrand?Valium
2. LITERATUREInEdgarAllenPoespoemTheRaven,whatworddoestheravenconstantlyrepeat?Nevermore
3. TELEVISIONInwhatTVshowwouldyoufindthegangplayingChardeeMacDennis,alsoknownastheGameof
Games?ItsAlwaysSunnyinPhiladelphia

Bonus1 - To date, how many episodes of ItsAlwaysSunnyinPhiladelphia have aired? 128

4. MUSICFoundedbyproducerKevinWallinproductionwithAlGore,whatlargecharityeventwasdevelopedtoincrease
environmentalawarenessthroughentertainment?LiveEarth
5. COMICSSeeninthe2016movieSuicideSquad,whatDCComicssuperheroinetrainedasasamuraiafterherhusbandand
childrenwerekilledbytheYakuza?Katana(Lastcallusa.comHint)
6. POLITICSWhatcampaignsongfromthe1840U.S.presidentialelectionsingspraisetoWhigcandidatesWilliamHenry
HarrisonandJohnTyler,whileunfairlycriticizingdemocraticincumbentMartinVanBuren?TippecanoeandTylerToo

Bonus2 - How many years separate the presidential inaugurations of William Henry Harrison and his grandson Benjamin
Harrison? 48

7. CARSWhatmanufacturersuppliesalltheinlinedieselenginesforRampickuptrucks?Cummins
8. TERMSFromtheancientGreekwordforforesight,whatisthetermforthedelusionthateveryoneissecretlyplotting
yoursuccess,theoppositeofparanoia?Pronoia
9. PRODUCTSNamedafterherfamilysproperty,whatwholegrainbreadwasinventedbyaConnecticuthousewifein
1937?PepperidgeFarm

Halftime - SPORTSNamethe4NFLheadcoachesthathave4SuperBowllosses.DonShula,BudGrant,DanReeves,and
MarvLevy

10. GEOGRAPHYThetwopointsonlandclosesttotheNorthPolebelongtowhattwonations?Canada(Nunavut)and
Denmark(Greenland)
11. FOODTheIcelandicdelicacyhakarliscuredanddriedmeatfromwhatseacreature?Shark
12. SPORTSWhatGeorgiacityishometotheMastersTournament?Augusta

Bonus3 - What year did the Masters Tournament first award the champion a green jacket? 1949

ThemeRound(U.S.)TimeZones(Mountain,Eastern,Pacific,Central)

13. SCIENCEWhatlandformsarecreatedbythevariousgeologicalprocessescollectivelyknownasorogenesis?Mountains
14. MOVIELINKNametheactororactresswhohasappearedinallofthefollowingfilms:KingKong,Birdman,andEastern
Promises.NaomiWatts
15. HISTORYWhattworailroadlineswerejoinedatPromontoryPoint,Utah,creatingtheFirstTranscontinentalRailroad?
UnionPacificandCentralPacific

Bonus4 - HowmanyescalatorsarethereintheentirestateofWyoming?2

16. LYRICSWhat1970stunefeaturesthefollowinglyricsbeforethechorus:Agatheringofangelsappearedabovemyhead,
theysangtomethissongofhopeandthisiswhatitsaid?ComeSailAway(Styx)
17. ORGANIZATIONSWhatdoesthePstandforinthenonprofitorganizationASPCA?Prevention(AmericanSocietyfor
thePreventionofCrueltytoAnimals)
18. PRESIDENTSAfterwitnessingaschoolofhungrypiranhaseatacow,whatU.S.presidentlabeledpiranhasasvicious
creaturesinhis1914bookThroughtheBrazilianWilderness?TheodoreRoosevelt

Final - CHARACETRSPutthefollowingcartooncharactersinorderbytheagetheydbeiftheyagednaturallyfromthedate
oftheirshowsfirstepisodetonow,fromoldesttoyoungest.

Characters:A.EricCartman(fromSouthPark),B.Daria(fromDaria),C.StewieGriffin(fromFamilyGuy),D.ThePowerpuff
Girls,E.BartSimpson(fromTheSimpsons)

Oldest E.BartSimpson(fromTheSimpsons)38
B.Daria(fromDaria)33(Sophomoreinhighschoolin1997)
A.EricCartman(fromSouthPark)27(Thirdgrade,or8yearsoldin1997)
D.ThePowerpuffGirls23(Kindergartenage,or5yearsoldin1998)
Youngest C.StewieGriffin(fromFamilyGuy)18(Oneyearoldin1999)

TIE-BREAKER:

A2008studyfoundthatapproximatelyhowmanylaptopsarelostinU.S.airportseveryweek?12,000[s]

EXTRA QUESTIONS:

ECONOMICSWhatcomponentofeconomicproductiontheorystatesthatamaximumnumberofdesiredproductioninputs
exists,andaddingmoreinputsabovethemaximumdecreasestheperunitprofit?(Lawof)diminishingreturns

MUSICWhatfuturemegastarsmusiccareerbeganasa16yearoldleadsingerandguitaristofTheCastiles?Bruce
Springsteen

MORALE BOOSTERS:

Ifyouarehavingaparticularlyroughshow,pleasereplaceacorrespondingnumberintheshowwiththeeasierquestion.Ifyou
arehavinganextremelyroughshow,pleasereplacemultiplequestions.

8. TERMSWhatnameisgiventothestudentwiththehighestgradepointaverageinschool?Valedictorian

11. FOODArabicaandrobustaarethetwomostcommonlycultivatedspeciesofwhatplantgrownforhumanconsumption?
Coffee

17. PRODUCTSBeforebecomingwildlypopularinpranksandatparties,whatwasintendedtobeusedasanaerosolcastfor
brokenlimbs?SillyString

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