Q1: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.

) This writer once said his first book wasn⠀™t an

important novel, but it ranks among the great ones, & its line, ⠀œI am invisible, understand,
simply because people refuse to see me⠀ is among the most haunting of the 20th century?

The crrect Answer is: Ralph Ellison

Q2: Please "R.T."! The drummer for Duran Duran & the drummer for Queen?

The crrect Answer is: Roger Taylor

Q3: In 1959 this leader fled to Dharamsala, India in response to China's harsh rule of Tibet?

The crrect Answer is: the Dalai Lama

Q4: This checked fabric pattern found on many a Tartan?

The crrect Answer is: plaid

Q5: Crab, cucumber, rice & this fatty fruit are all wrapped up in a California roll?

The crrect Answer is: avocado

Q6: This "Sphere", the visible surface of the sun, is only 300 miles thick, a tiny fraction of the
sun's 430,000-mile radius?

The crrect Answer is: the photosphere

Q7: Found near San Juan, Fort Buchanan is the only U.S. Army base in this commonwealth?

The crrect Answer is: Puerto Rico

Q8: It's the "Keystone State"?

The crrect Answer is: Pennsylvania

Q9: Once a head coach at Louisiana Tech, Teresa Weatherspoon became an assistant coach
for this New Orleans team in 2020?

The crrect Answer is: the Pelicans

Q10: Thomas Mann's classic story of a young man's 7-year stay at a sanitarium?

The crrect Answer is: "The Magic Mountain"

Q11: A 12/15/41 Army order moved it from Pasadena, CA to Durham, NC?

The crrect Answer is: Rose Bowl game

Q12: In this 1944 battle named for the shape of opposing lines, U.S. General Anthony
McAuliffe replied "Nuts!" to a demand for surrender?

The crrect Answer is: Battle of the Bulge