Question: September 17 of what year saw the Constitutional Convention adopt the US Constitution?
Answer: 1787

Question: Who rules Narnia following the reign of High King Peter in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis?
Answer: Prince Caspian

Question: The newest country in Africa, for a point each, name the 6 countries surrounding the Republic of South Sudan.
Answer: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and Sudan

Question: Freestyle, Greco-Roman, and Thumb are all types of what?
Answer: Wrestling

Question: A mere 17 days after a previous attempt, Sara Jane Moore took a shot at which US president outside San Francisco's St. Francis Hotel on Sep 22?
Answer: Gerald Ford

Question: What entertainment business magnate and talk show host created the TV staples Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune?
Answer: Merv Griffin

Question: September 20, 1973, saw the famous Battle of the Sexes tennis match when former world #1 tennis player Bobby Riggs dropped his match against what female tennis star?
Answer: Billie Jean King

Question: Sept 21, 1937 saw the publishing of what classic J.R.R. Tolkien novel, subtitled “There and Back Again”?
Answer: The Hobbit

Question: Who's missing: Chico, Groucho, Gummo, Zeppo?
Answer: Harpo

Question: Of Oscar Madison and Felix Unger, which one was the slob?
Answer: Oscar Madison

Question: The Emmy awards, as hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, aired on Sunday. In what year was the award first given?
Answer: 1949

Question: After apparently 55 years underwater, billboards advertising what local fast food chain where pulled from Puget Sound where they were originally placed?
Answer: Ivars

Question: Name the product that was advertised with the slogan: "The night-time sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, so-you-can-rest medicine."
Answer: Nyquill

Question: For a point each, name the 5 members of the 60's era phenomenon known as the Rat Pack?
Answer: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop

Question: September 27, 1964 saw the publishing of the Warren Commission's report that looked into the assassination of whom?
Answer: John F. Kennedy

Question: In what Olympic weightlifting event does the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position and then, through a series of quick motions, pushes the bar above his head?
Answer: Clean and Jerk

Question: Monday marked the anniversary internet giant Google, started in 1998, while its founders were attending what PAC-10 school?
Answer: Stanford

Question: Lady Gaga raised the ire of PETA earlier this month when she wore what tot he VMAs?
Answer: A meat dress

Question: Name the book and the author: ‘Call me Ishmael.’.
Answer: Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Question: Which red-headed orphan was adopted by Daddy Warbucks?
Answer: Annie

Question: By what name is deer meat more commonly known?
Answer: Venison

Question: Which country has more coastline than any other?
Answer: Canada

Question: Founded in New York in 1853, Steinway & Sons manufactures what type of musical instrument?
Answer: Pianos

Question: Oct 4, 1957 saw the launch of the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. By what name do we commonly know this satellite as?
Answer: Sputnik 1

Question: What long running TV variety show, broadcast from 1948 to 1971, was responsible for introducing acts such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Supremes, The Beach Boys, The Jackson 5, The Rolling Stones, The Lovin' Spoonful and The Doors to the US?
Answer: The Ed Sullivan Show

Question: What American Romantic writer, poet, editor and literary critic, known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, was found wandering the streets of Baltimore, incoherent and wearing clothes that were not his own, on Oct 3, 1849?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

Question: For a point each, name the 3 countries, along with the disputed territory of Western Sahara, that surround the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Answer: Algeria, Mali, Senegal

Question: A human with X and Y sex chromosomes is usually which gender?
Answer: Male

Question: What Russian physiologist and psychologist documented his experiments in the book Conditioned Reflexes: An Investigation of the Physiological Activity of the Cerebral Cortex. in 1927?
Answer: Ivan Pavlov

Question: The Family Stone backed up what San Francisco funk and soul singer?
Answer: Sly Stone

Question: 8 years ago today saw the US begin the invasion of what country?
Answer: Afghanistan

Question: The Seattle Mariners managed to win more games than they lost this year. How many games did they actually win?
Answer: 85

Question: Tomorrow marks the 38th anniversary of the start of what long running TV staple, created by Lorne Michaels with the incomparable Don Pardo as the narrator?
Answer: Saturday Night Live

Question: If the TV parental warning includes the letters FV, what are they warning against?
Answer: Fantasy Violence

Question: Now considered one of the top legal minds on the court, the confirmation hearing for what current associate Supreme Court justice was marred by accusations of sexual harassment from attorney Anita Hill?
Answer: Clarence Thomas

Question: Cinder Cone, composite, and shield are all types of what?
Answer: Volcanoes

Question: October 10, 1973 saw the resignation of which Maryland politician, Nixon's first vice president, following charges of tax evasion?
Answer: Spiro T. Agnew

Question: The Vitruvian Man, a famous drawing of a nude man in two superimposed positions with arms and legs apart, inscribed in a circle within a square, was drawn by whom?
Answer: Leonardo DaVinci

Question: On Oct 12, 1901 which great US president gave the Executive Mansion its current name, The White House?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt

Question: Cimex lectularius, a small, parasitic insect, is better known as what?
Answer: A bedbug

Question: On Oct 17, 1976, the Seattle Seahawks won their first ever game by beating which other expansion team?
Answer: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Question: According to KFC, Colonel Sanders' original recipe contained how many herbs and spices?
Answer: 11

Question: With 6 local locations, what is the name of the clearance store operated by local upscale retailer Nordstroms?
Answer: Nordstrom Rack

Question: A member of the family Characidae, the omnivorous freshwater fish known as the piranha is native to the waters of which continent?
Answer: South America

Question: Old Ironsides, so called because cannon balls seemed to bounce off her sides, is the nickname for what famous frigate, launched on Oct 21, 1797?
Answer: USS Constitution

Question: According to the proverb, what should you never put before your horse?
Answer: Your cart

Question: What is the name of the sugar found in milk?
Answer: Lactose

Question: What American boxer, who celebrated his birthday on Monday, is the first in history to win 5 world titles in 5 different weight classes, and was nicknamed The Motor City Cobra or The Hitman?
Answer: Thomas Hearns

Question: How many sides does a rhombus have?
Answer: 4

Question: First introduced by the Peter Paul Company in 1929, what candy bar consists of a coconut center surrounded by luscious chocolate?
Answer: Mounds

Question: Sunday marks the anniversary of the introduction of the game-changing IPod. In what year was it introduced?
Answer: 2001

Question: With a length of up to 10 feet, what name is given to the largest of concert pianos?
Answer: Grand Piano

Question: In basketball it's called a tip off, while football has a kick off. What do they call the method to begin play in ice hockey?
Answer: Face off

Question: What star of the NBC sitcom Cheers was later the focus of the Showtime TV series Fat Actress?
Answer: Kirstie Alley

Question: Who penned the classic mystery novel And Then There Were None?
Answer: Agatha Christie