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Rules & Notes
• 6 Rounds - 10 questions per round.
• Questions will be on the screen and I will also read them.
• Slides advance automatically after 45 seconds.
• Your team will receive double points on your lowest-scoring category.
• Use only your brains. No accessories allowed.
• There will be music playing during the rounds to mask your conversation.
• Don’t read too much into the graphics. They are mostly for your entertainment.
Progressive Question
• A clue will be given between each round.
• If you get the correct answer after the first round your team will receive 5 extra points.
• After round 1: 5 points.
• After round 2: 4 points.
• After round 3: 3 points.
• After round 4: 2 points.
• After round 5: 1 point
• Write your answer on the special answer sheet and bring it to the scoring table.
• More than one team can receive points.
• There is no penalty for a wrong answer and you can try again after the next round.
2. Fred Waring, "The Man Who
Taught America How to Sing" is
also known for a mechanical
invention. What is it?
5. She has written 118 pop hits including, The Locomotion, Up
On The Roof, I'm Into Something Good, One Fine Day, Pleasant Valley Sunday, You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman.
Who is she?
7. Name the actress whose career began at the age of
three and who went on to star in the movies “Contact”,
“Maverick” and “Silence of the Lambs”?
10. Who has composed some of the most favorite film scores ever: Fiddler on the Roof, Jaws, the Star Wars films, Superman, the Indiana Jones movies,
E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan and three Harry
Potter installments?
Progressive Question, Clue 1 – 5 Points
A photo of this person is on Time Magazine’s ‘Top 100 Most
Influential Photographs of All Time.
Round 1 - Answers
1.The painting "La Gioconda" is also known as Mona Lisa.
2.Fred Waring is known for The Waring Blendor.
3.Queen Latifah is the first hip hop artist to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
4.Dizzy Gillespie.
5.Carol King wrote 118 pop hits.
6.Almost all mandolins have eight strings.
7.The actress whose career began at the age of three and who went on to star in the movies “Contact”, “Maverick” and “Silence of the Lambs”? Jodie Foster.
8.The first TV show to “Jump The Shark?” Happy Days.
9. Olive Oyl.
10. John Williams has composed some of the most favorite film scores ever.
Progressive Question, Clue 2 – 4 points
At the height of her career, she was listed by the US Treasury as the ‘highest-
salaried American woman’
Round 2 - Answers
1. Lake Michigan is entirely in the US.
2. Salt water freezes at 28.4
3. . Rain that evaporates before it hits the ground is called Virga.
4. The 2nd longest river in the US is The Mississippi.
5. It takes water 3 months to travel the length of The Mississippi.
Round 2 - Answers
6. Crater Lake in Oregon is the deepest.
7. The adult human is 50 – 65% water.
8. The average shower uses 17 gallons.
9. The Yangtze is the longest river in Asia.
10. The speed record for a boat is 318 mph.
6. How old was George
Foreman when he became the world’s oldest heavy-weight
boxing champion in
1994?
Round 3 Answers
1.What is the largest city in NM? ALBUQUERQUE
2.The National Women's Hall of Fame is in Seneca Falls, NY opened in 1969
3.Central Park is 843 acres? (+-10%: 759-927)
4.The first US state to allow women to vote was Wyoming in 1890
5.The state outline was Kansas.
Round 3 Answers
6.How old was George Foreman? 45 years old
7.Maya Lin designed the Vietnam Memorial
8. Methuselah is estimated to be 5,000 years old. (4500 to 5500)
9. S.E. Hinton’s full name is Susan Eloise Hinton
10. The Yankees have won 27 World Series
Just For Fun: Which team has won the second most?
St. Louis (11)
Progressive Question, Clue 4 – 2 points
Two of her biggest film successes were Mother Wore
Tights and How to Marry a Millionaire.
Round 4 Answers
1.Latin for ‘faithful,’ is Fido.
2.‘Franking Privilege’ means you get Free postage.
3.Tornados are measured on the Fujita scale.
4.The term 'pushing the envelope' comes from Aviation.
5.The abbreviation "lb" for pound from the word Libra.
Round 4 Answers
6.Philately refers to Stamps, stamp collecting, postal history.
7. In text lingo “NOYB” stands for None of Your Business.
8.A Bumbershoot is an Umbrella.
9.There are thirteen letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.
10.Able, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot . . . Papa.
4. She was the ‘First Lady' of The
Philippines from 1965 to 1986. and
She was is known for her massive
collection of shoes. Who is she?
6. When her husband suffered a stroke in 1919, she essentially ran the executive branch
of the government until his term
ended in March of 1921. Who is she?
Round 5 Answers
1.Saffron comes from Crocus.
2.Roo’s mother was Kanga.
3.Jerry Seinfeld celebrated Festivus.
4. Imelda Marcos was the ‘First Lady' of The Philippines.
5. Kirby Puckett hit 207 homers. (+-10%: 186 – 228)
Round 5 Answers
6.When her husband suffered a stroke in 1919, Edith Wilson essentially ran the executive branch of the government.
7.What is Big Ben? A bell.
8.The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland?
9.George Washington was affiliated with no political party? Independent
10.Bob Ross recorded 403 episodes of “The Joy of Painting?” 360-440
3. What was the name of the plane Charles Lindbergh flew in his historic flight across the Atlantic on May
21, 1927?
End of round 6
Hand in your answer sheet now
Are you ready for the answer to the progressive question?
Round 6 Answers
1.The Tilt-A-Whirl was invented and manufactured in Faribault, MN.
2. The largest county in square miles in Minnesota is St. Louis At 6,225.16 sq mi.
3.Charles Lindbergh flew The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic.
4.Big Ole is in Alexandria.
5.Redwood Falls saw the origin of Sears.
Round 6 Answers
6.the Mall of America in square feet is 9.5 Million Sq. Ft. (8.5M 10.5M).
7. Fort Snelling SP is the most visited @ 959K .
8.The Vikings lost the Super Bowl Four times - 1970, 1974, 1975 and 1977.
9.The monument "Minnesota Woman“ is in Pelican Rapids.
10. The beloved Minnesota cartoonist is Charles Schultz.