Question: In one of only 2 unanimous elections by the U.S. Electoral College, George Washington was elected to the first ever presidency in what year?
Answer: 1789

Question: What original SNL cast member and writer is currently the junior senator from the great state of Minnesota?
Answer: Al Franken

Question: Which of the American Idol judges has been there for all 10 seasons?
Answer: Randy Jackson

Question: On a map, are the lines that run parallel to the equator called lines of longitude or lines of latitude?
Answer: Latitude

Question: One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was the Colossus of Rhodes, a mammoth statue of what Greek god?
Answer: Helios

Question: Name the movie and character/actor that features the quote: “Mama always said “Life is like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re gonna get”.”
Answer: Forrest Gump/Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump

Question: For which paper was reporter Clark Kent/Superman employed?
Answer: The Daily Planet

Question: For which delivery company does Philip Fry work in that awesome TV series Futurama?
Answer: Planet Express

Question: By I(nternational) A(stronomical) U(nion) definition, what is the final classification of Pluto? Planet, Dwarf Planet, or Small Solar System Body?
Answer: Dwarf Planet

Question: Pablo Picasso is one of the co-founders of what artistic movement?
Answer: Cubism

Question: Feb 15, 1954 saw the birth of what famed cartoonist, who got his start with the comic strip Life In Hell before moving on to a couple of mildly successful TV shows?
Answer: Matt Groening

Question: Currently the most fuel efficient car (as rated by the EPA), what is the name of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle introduced by Chevrolet in December?
Answer: Volt

Question: Feb 18, 1861 saw what man, immortalized on the face of Stone Mountain, Ga, was elected President of the Confederate States of America?
Answer: Jefferson Davis

Question: Naval Support Facility Thurmont, in rural Maryland, is a presidential retreat known as what?
Answer: Camp David

Question: What was the tag line for TV commercials promoting Mattel’s Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots game?
Answer: You knocked my block off.

Question: Known for their thumbs up/thumbs down review summaries, who hosted Sneak Previews (on PBS) and later At the Movies, along with Rogert Ebert, until his death in 1999?
Answer: Gene Siskel

Question: On Feb 23, 1836, the Mexican army, under the command of Santa Anna, set siege to what mission?
Answer: The Alamo

Question: What was the name of the couple executed in 1953 for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, the first execution of civilians for espionage in US history?
Answer: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Question: Sunday saw the Seattle Mariners play their first spring training game. In what Arizona city do they have their training camp?
Answer: Peoria

Question: The US lead the world in winning medals at this years winter Olympics. Which country came in next?
Answer: Germany

Question: For a point each, name the states (5 of them) that border Nevada.
Answer: Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona

Question: Home to Bank of America and the east coast operations of Wells Fargo, after they bought Wachovia, what Southern city is the second largest banking center in the US behind New York?
Answer: Charlotte, NC

Question: March 9, 1959 saw the introduction of what Mattel favorite, an 11.5 inch tall fashion doll which saw controversy when a later talking model exclaimed such phrases as “Will we ever have enough clothes?”, and “Math class is tough!”?
Answer: Barbie

Question: Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?
Answer: Ban Ki-moon

Question: What disease does the DSM-IV define as: (1) has a grandiose sense of self-importance (2) is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love (3) believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (4) requires excessive admiration (5) has a sense of entitlement, (6) is interpersonally exploitative (7) lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others (8) is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her (9) shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
Answer: Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Question: What part of the body is afflicted by gingivitis?
Answer: Gums

Question: Name the 1979 movie and character/actor who uttered the quote "I love the smell of napalm in the morning".
Answer: Robert Duvall as Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now

Question: Which of the original colonies was the first to declare its independence from Great Britain in 1776, and was the first to secede from the Union 84 years later?
Answer: South Carolina

Question: In a series of 1980s TV commercials, diners at fancy restaurants couldn’t tell the difference when their gourmet coffee was “secretly replaced” with what brand of instant coffee?
Answer: Folgers

Question: What radio station do you find at 97.3 on your local FM dial?
Answer: Kiro-Fm

Question: What popular Nintendo game is set in the Mushroom Kingdom?
Answer: Super Mario Brothers

Question: Originally played by Ted Cassidy, what was the name of the butler in The Addams Family'?
Answer: Lurch

Question: What are the 4 kinds of teeth found inside the human mouth?
Answer: Incisor, premolar(bicuspid), canine, molar

Question: What was the first program shown on Fox when the network started broadcasting in prime time in April 1987?
Answer: Married...with Children

Question: What Rhodesian-born Scottish writer, who did a reading at SPL on Friday, is the creative forced behind the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, 44 Scotland Street, Sunday Philosophy Club, and the Portuguese Irregular Verbs book series?
Answer: Alexander McCall Smith

Question: April 10, 1912 saw was "moderately famous" ship leave the docks at Southampton, England heading to Cherbourgh, France on its maiden voyage?
Answer: RMS Titanic

Question: Supported by a consortium of 26 organizations from all over the world, and unusual in that it holds both the mens and womens halls of fame, what sport has its HoF in St. Augustine, Fl?
Answer: Golf

Question: The interrobang is a punctuation mark that consist of the superimposition of an exclamation mark and what other punctuation mark?
Answer: Question mark

Question: Where must a boxer stand when his opponent is knocked down?
Answer: Neutral corner

Question: What does the DSM-IV define as:     A. Deliberate and purposeful fire setting on more than one occasion. B. Tension or affective arousal before the act.     C. Fascination with, interest in, curiosity about, or attraction to fire and its situational contexts. D. Pleasure, gratification, or relief when setting fires, or when witnessing or participating in their aftermath. E. The fire setting is not done for monetary gain, as an expression of sociopolitical ideology, to conceal criminal activity, to express anger or vengeance, to improve one’s living circumstances, in response to a delusion or a hallucination, or as a result of impaired judgment
Answer: Pyromania

Question: Who's missing: Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis
Answer: Endeavour

Question: What is the common name of the military base in southern Nevada that is supposedly home to alien spacecraft and little green men?
Answer: Area 51

Question: April 21 1962 saw the opening of Century 21 Exposition, the first worlds fair held in the US since the start of WWII, right here in the Emerald City. What was the name of the Elvis Presley movie filmed during the 6 months of the fair?
Answer: It Happened at the World's Fair

Question: Although the younger of the two leagues by 25 years (and sometimes called the Junior Circuit), which league has won 62 of the 106 World Series games played since 1903? The National League? Or the American league?
Answer: American League