Rules

Questions from a variety of categories ranging from the academic to pop culture. Questions will be asked and your team will have 20 seconds to confer and record your response on your team's dry erase board. When time is called, teams will reveal their answers. After mentioning each response, the correct answer will be revealed and teams with the correct answer will be awarded points. The team with the most points at the end of the quiz wins.

No smart phones or tablets, please. This is about what you know not what Siri can tell you.

This herb is called coriander in the UK, what do we call it here?

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Cilantro

What extremely successful Swedish game studio, responsible for Minecraft, was recently acquired by Microsoft at a price of 2.5 billion dollars?

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Mojang

What song begins with the lyrics: You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain?

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Great Balls of Fire
by Jerry Lee Lewis

What author created the fictional town of St. Mary Mead?

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Agatha Christie

Who is the soccer player banned from the pitch until October 24th due to biting opponents?

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Luis Suarez

Measuring 85 feet from head to tail and weighing in at 65 tons, what new titanosaur was discovered earlier this month in Argentina?

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Dreadnoughtus

Pixar's newest short film will precede Inside Out (to be released next summer) and will feature what singing geological structure?

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Volcano

Now a popular TV series, who wrote the Outlander book series?

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Diana Gabaldon

Composed by Modest Mussorgsky, what composition is featured in Disney's Fantasia with the demon Chernabog summoning spirits?

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Night on Bald Mountain

How fast would you be spinning, along with the Earth, when standing on the equator?

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1667 miles per hour

Who is this Incredible Hulk villain?

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The Leader

What famous western star's real name was Marion Michael Morrison?

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John Wayne

Comedian Ricky Gervais created what children's picture book series?

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Flanimals

In what year did construction of the Berlin Wall begin?

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1961

What European probe is currently orbiting a comet on which it will land a smaller probe named Philae?

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Rosetta

What does the 7th amendment of the US Constitution guarantee?

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Trial by jury

How many gallons are in a firkin of ale?

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9 gallons

Quinn Morgendorffer and Jane Lane are both characters from what angst and apathy filled cartoon show?

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Daria

In what sport would you play on a 'sheet' and try to get into the 'house' while avoiding being 'hit?'

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Curling

What two elements are liquid at room temperature?

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Mercury and Bromine

Who wrote the poem that begins: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked?

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Allen Ginsburg
Howl

Intermission Time!

The first Jaguar, the SS Jaguar (SS90 and SS100), were produced by Swallow Sidecar Company in what year?

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1935

What is sesquipedalophobia?

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Fear of long words

A poppy is worn in remembrance of what?

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Those who died in war

Who shot JR in the original Dallas series?

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Kristin Shepard

Why would a person be referred to as a 'southpaw'?

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Left handed

What is the largest US state by area?

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Alaska

What museum in Austin, Minnesota is often referred to as the GuggenHam and Porkololis?

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The Spam Museum

Sadly, the world's tallest dog died early this month. What was his name?

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Zeus

If you are an Arctophile, what do you collect?

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Teddy bears

The second highest mountain in the world, K2, is located on the border of what two countries?

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Pakistan and China

When playing golf, if you managed an Albatross, what is it you have done?

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Scored 3 under par in a single hole

In Harry Potter what is the name of the shop opened in Diagon Alley by Fred and George Weasley?

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Weasley's Wizard Wheezes

In the TV series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, what is the name of the vengeance demon turned good-guy who fears bunnies?"

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Anya
(also Anyanka and Aud)

What children's book by Crockett Johnson and published in 1955 could be responsible for generations of children writing on the walls?

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Harold and the Purple Crayon

What Scandinavian food consists of raw salmon cured in salt with sugar and dill?

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Gravlax

What political leader famously said An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind?

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Mahatma Gandhi

What is the formula you would use to find the circumference of a circle?

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C=2r or C=d

What is the capitol of the Djibouti

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Djibouti City

In what state would you find the attractions Mammoth Cave, Cumberland Gap, Hillbilly Garden, and Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History?

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Kentucky

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what child is sucked through a tube after falling into the chocolate river?

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Augustus Gloop

What is the largest living animal?

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Blue Whale

What is the name of the incredibly creepy looking Cornhusker mascot that was created in 1993?

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Lil' Red

What 1970's children's show produced 780 episodes over six seasons; included Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, and Bill Cosby in its cast; and was revived by PBS Kids in 2009?

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The Electric Company

What theme should we do for the next PubQuiz in November?

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Join us at the library this Saturday at 10am for Book Brunch!

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