Unfortunately the original Quiz on My Chest team did not fare as well as the Palo Alto Branch this week. We finished 4th but were only 5 points out of first place. We did, however, dismantle the Geezer Muppets in the Balcony . . . like we always do.
Round 1 - General Knowledge
(1) What does E.S.P. stand for?
(2) What flightless bird is also the fastest on planet Earth?
(3) What hexagonal molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms bonded to a oxygen atom?
(4) What rock supergroup was comprised of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce?
(5) What womans tennis player lost her first match in 1995 after going unbeaten for 10 years?
(6) How many beachheads were stormed by U.S. soldiers on D-Day? 4, 5, or 6?
(7) What animal native to Central and South American rain forests spends the majority of its life with its back to the ground?
(8) What television game show ended it 5 day limit on winning in 2003?
(9) Which country has a greater land mass? Slovakia or Czech Republic?
(10) Steve Martin's 1987 movie
Roxanne is based on what classic French film?
Round 2 - X-Mas People (Matching)
(1) Sang on
We Are the World.
(2) Wrote
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)(3) Appeared on the 2006 Christmas Stamp
(4) George Baily in
It's a Wonderful Life(5) Sang
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer(6) Acted in
Miracle on 34th Street(7) Wrote
I'll Be Home for Christmas(8) Encountered Ignorance and Want
(9) Known for his charity and love for children
(10) Steve Finch in
Deck the Halls
Nicholas, Madonna, Matthew Broderick, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Stewart, Natalie Wood, Gene Autry, Mel Torme, Ebenezer Scrooge, Walter Kent
Round 3 - Biblical Names in Rock "n" Roll(1) A
Hellbent for Leather band and the disciple that betrayed Christ
(2) A rockstar who shares a first name with the first disciple and a last name with an archangel
(3) The singer of
Superfreak and the name of Jesus' brother
(4) A book in the Old Testament named after a Jewish prophet and a bullfrog according to Three Dog Night
(5) Lead singer of Counting Crows and first man
(6) The singer of
She Blinded Me with Science and the Doubting Apostle
(7) An Elton John song and a name of one of the books of the Old Testament
(8) A piano man and a book in the Old Testament
(9) The singer of
Theme from Shaft and Abraham's son
(10) Alphabetically the first book in the Old Testament and an American pianist/singer-songwriter
Round 4 - Picture Round
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Round 5 - General Knowledge
(1) Who sang the theme song to the 1980 film
Fame?
(2) In what country was Monica Seles stabbed in 1993?
(3) What decade in the 20th Century did F. Scott Fitzgerald refer to as the
Jazz Age?
(4) What 2004 animated film was banned from theaters in Israel because of a joke about castration?
(5) What retail store was created by Anita Roddick in 1976 and now has over 2,000 stores in over 50 countries?
(6) The King of what country recently told Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to shut up at an Ibero-American Summit?
(7) Cal Ripken, Jr. broke a record for playing in consecutive games in 1995, who's record did he break?
(8) What Michael Jackson song features the line
Paul, I think I told you, I am a lover not a fighter?(9) Who was People Magazine's Sexiest Couple in 1993?
(10) What liberal activist group paid $65,000 for an ad in the New York Post with the title
General Petraeus or General Betray Us?
