TriviaMaryland WorldSeries IX

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TriviaMaryland WorldSeries IX

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PRIZES for WS IX

• 1st 1000
• 2nd 400
• 3rd 300
• 4th 200
• 5th 100
• 6th 50

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TEAMS

• 7 Years of College Wasted
• Casks
• Team Heritage
• Pit Bulls and Hockey Moms
• Fear the Crab
• Illegally Sane

• Pants Peers
• University Village People
• Degenerate Gamblers
• Cracker Jacks
• Who Wants Cake
• Bushwood Gophers

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REMINDER

• NO CELL PHONES, BLACKBERRIES ETC.

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QUESTION 1MOVIES MUSIC

• WHAT COMPOSER WAS PLAYED BY CARY GRANT IN
  NIGHT AND DAY IN 1946 AND ALSO BY KEVIN KLINE
  IN DE-LOVELY IN 2004 ?

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ANSWER 1

• COLE PORTER

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QUESTION 2FOOD DRINK2 PARTER

• WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN VEGETABLE INGREDIENTS OF
  THE INDIAN DISH ALOO GOBI ?

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ANSWER 2

• ALOO- POTATOES
• GOB- CAULIFLOWER

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QUESTION 3NAME THE U.S. PRESIDENT

• BORN NOVEMBER 23, 1804
• GRAD OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE 1824
• U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1833-37
• U.S. SENATE 1837-42
• BEAT WINFIELD SCOTT TO WIN PRESIDENCY
• DIED OCTOBER 8, 1869

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ANSWER 3

• 14TH U.S. PRESIDENT (1853-57)
• FRANKLIN PIERCE

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QUESTION 4NFL3 PARTER

• WHO ARE THE ONLY THREE MEN WHO HAVE WON THE SUPER
  BOWL AS A PLAYER AND AS A HEAD COACH ?

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ANSWER 4

• MIKE DITKA (P-DALLAS, C-DA BEARS)
• TONY DUNGY (P-PITTSBURGH, C-COLTS)
• TOM FLORES (P-K.C., C- OAKLAND)

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QUESTION 5TV

• WHO IS THE ONLY CELEBRITY THAT HAS PLAYED
  HIMSELF 3 TIMES ON THE TV SERIES THE SIMPSONS ?
  (HINT MANY HAVE DONE IT TWICE)

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ANSWER 5

• STEVEN HAWKING

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QUESTION 6

• NAME THE ARTISTS

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LEONARDO DA VINCI
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WALTER LANCE
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MARY CASSATT
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CASSIUS COOLIDGE
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JOHN LENNON
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THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
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CHRISTO AND JEAN-CLAUDE
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QUESTION 7RIVERS

• WHAT RIVER DIVIDES THE DUTCH CAPITAL OF AMSTERDAM
  IN TWO ?

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ANSWER 7

• AMSTEL RIVER

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QUESTION 8MUSIC3 PARTER

• IN BILLBOARD HISTORY (1956-PRESENT) WHAT ARE THE
  ONLY THREE ALBUMS THAT WERE THE 1 SELLING ALBUM
  FOR THE YEAR, TWO YEARS IN A ROW ? (HINT 2 WERE
  SOUNDTRACKS)

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1983-1984
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1962-1963
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1957-1958
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QUESTION 9ANAGRAMS AUTHORS

• A MINOR CHARACTER IN THE NOVEL LOLITA, VIVIAN
  DARKBLOOM IS AN ANAGRAM FOR WHAT AUTHORS NAME ?

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ANSWER 9
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QUESTION 10ANIMALS2 PARTER

• WHAT ARE THE TWO LARGEST RODENTS IN NORTH AMERICA
  ?

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ANSWER 10

• BEAVER
• PORCUPINE

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QUESTION 11THE MOVIES

• IN THE FILM FIELD OF DREAMS WHAT WAS THE TITLE
  OF THE NOVEL WRITTEN BY TERRENCE MANN (JAMES EARL
  JONES) THAT INSPIRED RAY KINSELLA (KEVIN COSTNER)
  AT THE AGE OF 15 ?

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ANSWER 11

• THE BOAT ROCKER

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QUESTION 12WORLD COUNTRIES2 PARTER

• WHAT ARE THE TWO COUNTRIES IN AFRICA THAT BORDER
  BOTH LIBYA AND ALGERIA ?

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ANSWER 12

• NIGER
• TUNISIA

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QUESTION 13ADVENTURES

• WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO GO AROUND THE WORLD
  IN LESS THAN 80 DAYS ?

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ANSWER 13

• FROM NOVEMBER 14, 1889 TO JANUARY 25, 1890
• 72 DAYS, 6 HOURS, 11 MINUTES
• NELLIE BLY

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QUESTION 14MUSIC2 PARTER

• WITH A TOTAL OF 79 WEEKS WHICH TWO ARTISTS OR
  GROUPS HAVE SPENT THE MOST TOTAL WEEKS AT 1 ON
  BILLBOARDS HOT 100 ?

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ANSWER 14

• ELVIS PRESLEY
• MARIAH CAREY

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QUESTION 15THE EARTH

• WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE MOST ACTIVE VOLCANOES ON
  EARTH ?

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ANSWER 15

• 155 ACTIVE VOLCANOES
• INDONESIA

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QUESTION 16

• WHO ARE WE ?

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MICHAEL WINSLOWMAN OF 10,000 SOUND EFFECTS
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JARED FOGLESUBWAY
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WILLIAM PETERSEN
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BEN CARDIN
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TRED BARTAVS. NETWORK
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SHAWN MIMS
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PAUL MARCARELLICAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
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QUESTION 17THE ELEMENTS

• AMERICIUM 241 IS A RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE AND IS THE
  ONLY SYNTHETIC ELEMENT TO FIND ITS WAY INTO MOST
  U.S. HOUSEHOLDS USED IN WHAT COMMON PRODUCT ?

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ANSWER 17

• SMOKE DETECTORS

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QUESTION 18NCAA CHAMPSCRAZY EIGHTS

• WHAT ARE THE EIGHT SPORTS IN WHICH THE UNIVERSITY
  OF MARYLAND HAS WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN
  ITS HISTORY ? (GENDER SPECIFIC)

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ANSWER 18

• MENS BASKETBALL
• WOMENS BASKETBALL
• FIELD HOCKEY
• FOOTBALL

• MENS LACROSSE
• WOMENS LACROSSE
• MENS SOCCER
• COMPETITIVE CHEER

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QUESTION 19ANIMALS SPELLING

• THE KOALAS DIET CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF THE LEAVES
  FROM WHAT TREE ?

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ANSWER 19

• EUCALYPTUS TREE

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QUESTION 20BET UP TO 15 POINTS

• WITH OVER 30,000 SPECIES RANGING IN SIZE FROM ¼
  TO 20 FEET WHAT FLOWER HAS THE MOST NATURAL
  VARIETIES ON EARTH?

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ANSWER 20

• THE ORCHID

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TIEBREAKER

• SINCE 1776 HOW MANY GOVERNORS HAS THE STATE OF
  MARYLAND HAD ?

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ANSWER

• 65 GOVERNORS