this year’s categories - brain buster
TRANSCRIPT
Thank You!
• Our team captains • Our photographer • Our scorekeepers • Our snack crew • Our facility custodian and secretary • Our prize donation people-who are many • The Brain Buster Trivia Event Chairperson and
all of the event committee people • And most of all our great quizzards, Dan and
Rollin!
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.
• 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 2: 4 points. – After round 3: 3 points. – After round 4: 2 points. – After round 5: 1 points.
• 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.
8. In 1953, 300 Chevrolet Corvettes were commercially produced in Flint, Michigan. They were all convertibles and the same color. What color were they?
10. Isaac Newton described seven colors in a rainbow. What is the first color observed in a primary rainbow in the northern hemisphere?
Round 1 Answers 1. The Chow Chow is the dog known for its blue
tongue.
2. Superman’s belt was yellow.
3. The word “incarnadine” means blood red.
4. The Greek flag is blue and white.
5. The children’s book with only 50 words is Green Eggs & Ham.
Round 1 Answers
6. The king who unified Denmark was Harald Bluetooth.
7. Cyan is blue.
8. The first run of Corvettes were white.
9. The unrest in Ukraine was known as The Orange Revolution.
10.The first color of the rainbow according to Newton is red.
4. What state highway runs diagonally through Minnesota connecting Duluth with the far southwest corner of the state?
6. What Oscar-winning and currently working US actor is a third cousin four times removed to Abraham Lincoln?
Round 2 Answers
1. King Edward VIII is the uncle of Queen Elizabeth II.
2. “Mickey Mantle sucks,” is a line from French Connection II.
3. “Be Connected . . .” is the slogan of Facebook.
4. Minn. Highway 23 connects Duluth to SW Minnesota.
5. Nancy Kerrigan is the figure skater who was clubbed in the knee.
Round 2 Answers
6. Tom Hanks is related to Abe Lincoln.
7. A hole-in-one on a par 5 is a condor. “Double albatross" or a "triple eagle.“ are also accepted.
8. Europe and Asia meet at The Bosphorus Strait.
9. British Prime Minister, Theresa May.
10.There are 3 flags flying on the Brainerd water tower.
5. According to the website, Practical Money Skills, how much was the average that the Tooth Fairy paid per tooth in the US in
2015?
9. Christy Walton is considered by Forbes to be the richest
female in the US. What retail fortune did she inherit?
Round 3 Answers
1. The value of Monopoly property is $5,490 ($4,941 - $6,039).
2. Thomas Jefferson is on the $2.
3. Lincoln faces right on the penny.
4. Martha Washington was on the $1 silver certificate in 1896.
5. The Tooth Fairy gave an average of $3.19 (10% either way: $2.87 to $3.51).
Round 3 Answers
6. Harriet Tubman will replace Jackson on the $20.
7. Reeding adds ridges to the edge of a coin.
8. There are 30 stocks on the Dow Jones.
9. Christy Walton inherited the Wal-Mart fortune.
10. Franking Privilege allows Congresspersons to send mail for free.
Round 4 Answers 1. George Washington had 1 tooth.
2. The TV Dinner was first introduced in 1954.
3. The Green Giant was a pea.
4. “Home on the Range” is the official song of Kansas.
5. Bach wrote an entire opera about coffee.
Round 4 Answers 6. The largest Ferris wheel in Europe is The
London Eye.
7. Commercial call letters in Canada begin with the letter C.
8. That guy is Alfred E. Newman.
9. Mix copper and tin and you get bronze.
10. The Corvair was ‘Unsafe at any Speed.’
4. In 2009 Bernie Madoff was convicted of securities fraud, mail fraud etc. How many years was his sentence?
6. “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” From what book is this
the first sentence?
9. In Edward Everett Hale’s
‘The Man Without A
Country,’ the main character Lt. Phillip Nolan is sentenced to live out his life
where?
Round 5 Answers
1. Dolly Parton wrote “I will always love you.”
2. “All children, except one, grow up” is from “Peter Pan” J.M. Barrie.
3. International Women’s Day is held on March 8th.
4. Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years.
5. The shortest sentence in the Bible is “Jesus wept.” John, Chapter 11, verse 35.
Round 5 Answers 6. The clocks struck 13 in “1984” by George
Orwell.
7. The most popular holiday for greeting cards is Christmas.
8. The first African American woman to win an Oscar was Halle Berry.
9. The ‘Man Without A Country’ was sentenced to live on a ship.
10. Jerry Maguire played by Tom Cruise.
Round 6 Answers
1. A substance changing from solid to gas is called sublimation.
2. The Collyer Brothers were hoarders.
3. There are 6 stars in the Subaru logo.
4. the Bataan Peninsula is in The Philippines.
5. The character is Max Headroom.
Round 6 Answers
6. The first woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize was Marie Curie, 1911.
7. The Sea of Tranquility is on the Moon.
8. Coulrophobia is fear of clowns.
9. Betty Grable’s legs were insured for $1M.
10. AT&T: American Telephone and Telegraph