Questions
Questions & Answers can be found below
National Parks-
What is the only National Park in New England?
Presidential History-
Name 2 of the 3 presidents who have won the Nobel Prize for Peace?
Sports-
In the Tour de France who wears the polka dot jersey?
Astronomy-
After the sun and moon, What is the brightest permanent object in the sky?
Picture Round: Movies of Martin Scorese
(teams did OK, 3 or 4 had perfect scores, I was amazed by some of
the obvious films that were missed)
2nd Quarter:
Computers-
What year did Microsoft first introduce the windows operating system?
Presidential Candidates-
Barak Obama, the Junior Senator from Illinois was born in which state?
Medicine-
What is the most common non-skin cancer in American men?
Transportation-
In what state was the golden spike, completing the transcontinental railroad, driven?
Guessing game. Done price is right style, must guess w/o going over.
How many licensed cabs are there in the city of Boston?
3rd Quarter-
Boston Celtics-
What was the last year that the Celtics won the NBA finals?
Tomorrow's date in History (2/14)-
In 1859 what state was admitted to the union as the 33rd state?
Spices-
What country is the world's largest producer of vanilla?
Geography-
What is the longest river in Asia?
Bonus Round: Bus Routes of Boston
(This was a disaster for teams. The best score was 3 and several
teams got negative points, which I graciously counted as zero)
4th Quarter-
The Beanpot-
What school holds the most Women's Beanpot titles?
Units and Measures-
In typography the Desktop Publishing Point represents what fraction of an inch?
Botany-
The evergreen plant Camellia sinensis is used to make what common beverage?
Famous Slogans-
What slogan can be found on the masthead of the NY Times?
2 minute Drill
Questions & Answers
National Parks-
What is the only National Park in New England?
Acadia National Park, Maine
(just about everyone got this one)
Presidential History-
Name 2 of the 3 presidents who have won the Nobel Prize for Peace?
Wilson
Theodre Roosevelt
Jimmmy Carter
(most got this, Ford was a noteable inccorect answer)
Sports-
In the Tour de France who wears the polka dot jersey?
The king of the mountain (many answers along the correct theme were accepted)
(many people thought this was for the last rider)
Astronomy-
What is the brightest permanent object in the sky after the sun and moon?
Venus
(Polaris seemed to be a popular wrong choice)
2nd Quarter:
Computers-
What year did Microsoft first introduce the windows operating system?
1985
(I think only one team got this)
Presidential Candidates-
Barak Obama, the Junior Senator from Illinois was born in which state?
Hawaii
(I was surprised that abou 2/3's got this one)
Medicine-
What is the most common non-skin cancer in American men?
Prostate
(surprisingly non one answered skin cancer)
Transportation-
In what state was the golden spike, completing the transcontinental railroad, driven?
Utah
Guessing game how many licensed cabs are there in the city of Boston?
1825
(The closest guess was 1350, the worst was 77)
3rd Quarter-
(I think this is where things started to get a little too hard)
Boston Celtics-
What was the last year that the Celtics won the NBA finals?
1986
Tomorrow's date in History-
In 1859 what state was admitted to the union as the 33rd state?
Oregon
(just a handful of teams guessed this)
Spices of the world-
What country is the world's largest producer of vanilla?
Madagascar
(no one knows how to spell Colombia [no 'u'])
Geography-
What is the longest river in Asia?
Yangtze (I also accepted yellow river [though through
later research I realized that the yellow river is a
completely different river-oops])
(only one team missed this, about the only sure fire question
of the night)
4th Quarter-
The Beanpot-
What school holds the most Women's Beanpot titles?
Northeastern
Units and Measures-
In typography the Desktop Publishing Point represents what fraction of an inch?
1/72
(one team got this and there was an audible groan when I gave out this answer
I tried making it better by explain that there are 12point in a pica, but I
think that still seemed too esoteric, oh well)
Botany-
The plant Camellia sinensis is used to make what common beverage?
Tea
(Camomille Tea was not an acceptable answer-I got booed when I
said that. I _so_ badly wanted to get into an argument about that
with someone)
(about 1/3 of teams got it, but camomille tea was by far the most
popular choice)
Famous Slogans-
What slogan can be found on the masthead of the NY Times?
All the news that's fit to print
(very surprised that ~1/3 missed what I thought was a gimme)
2 minute Drill
What number is retired by every major league team?
42-Jackie Robinson
What North American professional team has more numbers retired than any other?
Celtics with 22
(I don't think anyone missed the easy part, but only 2 teams managed the hard one.
Yankees was most common wrong answer)