Round ONE

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2008
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Round ONE
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Question 1

• DeWitt County, Texas is named after?
• Green Dewitt

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Question 2

• In relation to the population at large, which
  gender-based demographic group is the most
  under-represented in the U.S. Congress?
• Women

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Question 3

• What is the world's smallest mammal?
• (as measured by size, not mass (or weight))
• Bumblebee Bat
• OR
• Kitti's Hognosed Bat
• OR
• Craseonycteris Thonglongyai

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Question 4

• Which of the worlds national capitals is located
  the farthest north?
• Reykjavik, Iceland

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Question 5

• What did the first Rotarians, meeting on February
  23, 1905, in Chicago, Illinois, mean to signify
  by the choice of the name Rotary for their
  group?
• The meeting place rotated to each members place
  of business.

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Question 6

• The last Spanish Mission in Texas was established
  in 1793 at what location?
• Refugio

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Question 7

• How many articles are in the Constitution of the
  USA?
• 7 (Seven)

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Question 8

• Name the first electronic digital computer.
• Atanasoff-Berry Computer OR ABC

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Question 9

• The highest point in Texas, Guadalupe Peak, is in
  what county?
• Culberson

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Question 10

• Locations on the Earths surface are measured as
• latitude (measured as distance from the equator)
• and
• longitude (measured as distance from the Royal
  Observatory in Greenwich, England)
• What name designates the longitudinal line
  intersecting Greenwich?
• Prime Meridian

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Question 11

• Buckaroo is derived from what Spanish word?
• Vaquero (Cowboy)

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Question 12

• What was the house in the background of Grant
  Wood's classic painting
• "American Gothic"?
• A brothel in
• Eldon, Iowa

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Question 13

• What does the acronym ENIAC stand for?
• Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

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Question 14

• Who won the 2006 Indianapolis 500?
• Sam Hornish Jr.

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Question 15

• Which crop, from which blue dye is derived, was
  grown in the Southern Colonies of the U.S. prior
  to 1690 and was so lucrative it could be used to
  pay rents?
• Indigo

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Question 16

• The world's largest unoccupied or incomplete
  building is located in what country?
• North Korea
• (Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang)

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Question 17

• At the Battle of the Bulge what famous one word
  phrase did the American division commander
  General Tony McAuliffe give to the German
  commander that asked for the American's
  surrender?
• Nuts!

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Question 18

• What is the area of a circle with a diameter of
  10 inches?
• 78.5 square inches

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Question 19

• The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
  ratified in February, 1913, authorized what?
• Income Taxes

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Question 20

• The first genetically altered plants were
  approved for outdoor testing by the Department of
  Agriculture in 1986.
• What plant was used?
• Tobacco

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Question 21

• The story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego is
  told in what book of the Bible?
• Daniel

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Question 22

• In what year did the average American salary pass
  100 a week?
• 1963

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Question 23

• Allium cepa is more commonly known as what
  vegetable?
• Onion OR shallot

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Question 24

• Which of the worlds national capitals is located
  at the highest altitude?
• La Paz, Bolivia

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Question 25

• The use of the name United States was
  authorized by the second Continental Congress on
  September 9, 1776. Which term did it replace for
  referring to the newly created political entity?
• United Colonies

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Question 26

• In terms of route miles, which country has the
  longest railroad network in the world?
• USA

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Question 27

• Who was the first president elected when women
  nationwide had suffrage rights?
• Warren G. Harding (1920)

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Question 28

• What is the largest legal agricultural crop in
  the United States?
• (In terms of Dollar Value)
• Corn

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Question 29

• Who was the first Secretary of State appointed by
  Sam Houston in his first term as President of the
  Republic of Texas?
• Stephen F. Austin

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Question 30

• The giant panda of China, although bear like in
  appearance, is most closely related to which
  common mammal found in the Victoria area?
• Raccoon

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Question 31 - A - B

• Ford Motor Company is trying to sell what two
  brands of its Premier Auto Group to Tata?
• Jaguar
• OR
• Land Rover

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Question 32

• What is the minimum age set in the Constitution
  for the President of the United States?
• 35

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Question 33

• Who is the Greek mathematician of the Hellenistic
  period often referred to as
• The Father of Geometry?
• Euclid of Alexandria

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Question 34

• What team won the 2006 Womens NCAA Tournament
  college basketball championship?
• Maryland

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Question 35

• Which 20th Century American artist became famous
  for his anecdotal scenes of small-town American
  life and painted 320 covers for the Saturday
  Evening Post?
• Norman Rockwell

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Question 36

• What major actor co-chaired the year 2000
  Presidential Campaign of Sen. John McCain?
• Sen. Fred Thompson

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Question 37

• Which American President had a brother who
  marketed his very own line of beer during his
  brother's time in the White House?
• Jimmy Carter
• (Billy Beer)

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Question 38

• How is MMCDXXIII written using standard numbers?
• 2423

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Question 39

• What book, authored by Thor Heyerdahl, contended
  that the Americas could have been settled by
  people from southeast Asia who crossed the
  Pacific to South America?
• Kon Tiki

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Question 40

• What is a burin?
• Engraving tool

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Question 41

• At Year End 2006, CVRD (Cia Vale do Rio Doce) of
  Brazil was the world's leading producer of what
  major ore?
• Iron Ore

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Question 42

• Who was the first rap artist to perform at a
  presidential inaugural gala?
• LL Cool J
• OR
• Ladies Love Cool James (1993)

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Question 43

• Who was the President?
• (referred to in the preceding question)
• Bill Clinton
• (1993)

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Question 44

• What company was founded in 1971 in Seattle's
  Pike's Place Market?
• Starbucks

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Question 45

• Mt. Kilimanjaro is located in what country?
• Tanzania

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Question 46

• What momentous event took place at the 69th
  Regiment Armory in New York City in February,
  1913?
• The Armory Show
• (The first exhibition of modern art in America)

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Question 47

• What country is immediately south of Sicily?
• Malta

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Question 48

• Who was the first President to accept an
  invitation to be interviewed by MTV?
• Bill Clinton
• (1993)

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Question 49

• In John Collin's book Good to Great
• the simple, crystalline concept that flows from
  deep understanding about the intersection of
  passion, economic engine, and the one thing a
  company can be the best in the world at
• is known as what?
• Hedgehog Concept

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2008
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End of Round ONE