Question: October 14, 1912 saw certified asshat John Schrank take a shot at what former president, and all around bad-ass, who was currently campaigning for another trip to the White House at the head of the Bull Moose party?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Question: October 11, 1950 saw the birth of what US politician, known as "a mom in tennis shoes", who is currently facing off against Dino Rossi?
Answer: Patty Murray

Question: What semi-aquatic, fish eating mammal, related to the weasel, is prized for its fur and enjoyed for its playful nature?
Answer: Otter

Question: What English comedian, who celebrates a birthday today, is known for characters such as Ali G, Borat, and Bruno, and will be starring as Freddie Mercury in an upcoming Queen movie?
Answer: Sacha Baron Cohen

Question: According to the nursery rhyme, who went “wee, wee, wee all the way home”?
Answer: This Little Piggy

Question: What legendary singer, dubbed the Prince of Motown, had his life cut a little short when he was gunned down by his father in 1984 following an argument?
Answer: Marvin Gaye

Question: According to the National Park Service, which National Park is the most visited in the United States, with about 10 million visitors per year?
Answer: Great Smoky Mountains

Question: What artist, along with his wife, is best known for wrapping large structures in cloth, such as wrapping the Reichstag, islands in Biscayne Bay, and a bridge in Paris?
Answer: Christo

Question: For a point each, name the 3 countries that share a physical border with Finland.
Answer: Sweden, Norway, Russia

Question: With a vote of 52-48, which US Supreme Court justice was confirmed on Oct 14, 1991, in spite of the allegations of sexual harassment by attorney Anita Hill?
Answer: Clarence Thomas

Question: Who was the Secretary of State under both Presidents Lincoln and Johnson, best remembered for negotiating the purchase of Alaska from the Russians in 1867?
Answer: William H Seward

Question: October 12, 1492 saw Christopher Columbus make landfall in the New World. In what current country did he touch shore?
Answer: The Bahamas

Question: According to the comic strip Peanuts, whom does Linus await each year, only to be disappointed when he never seems to visit the pumpkin patch?
Answer: The Great Pumpkin

Question: Immortalized in the movie Eight Men Out, the 1919 World Series was tainted by 8 members of what team throwing games to the World Series winning Cincinnati Reds?
Answer: Chicago White Sox

Question: What Cuban favorite consists of white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime, sparkling water and mint?
Answer: Mojito

Question: What's missing: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, The Universe, and Everything, So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish, and Mostly Harmless?
Answer: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Question: Combining equal parts of yellow and blue produce what color?
Answer: Green

Question: Name either of the two Washington state initiatives that aim to end the state monopoly on the sale of liquor.
Answer: 1100 or 1105

Question: What unit of length is defined as the mean distance between the earth and the sun (approximately 149,597,871 km)?
Answer: Astronomical Unit

Question: Wings sang behind what singing legend, which Guinness calls the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music?
Answer: Paul McCartney

Question: In golf, what is the difference between a hook and a slice?
Answer: A hook curves away from the side of the swing, a slice swings to the side of the swing

Question: What percent of the world's ice does Antarctica contain?
Answer: 90%

Question: If you were a teenager living on Elm Street in 1984, what should you never do?
Answer: Go to sleep

Question: Which actress, who played Julie Horvath on the TV sitcom One Day at a Time, recently revealed she had a 10+ year consensual relationship with her father?
Answer: Mackenzie Phillips

Question: Who is the archenemy of Flash Gordon?
Answer: Ming the Merciless

Question: What former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader gained stardom as a singer with her debut album Forever Your Girl, and has subsequently managed to milk her 15 minutes for the last 9+ years?
Answer: Paula Abdul

Question: Traditionally, the concertmaster of a symphonic orchestra plays what instrument?
Answer: Violin

Question: What is the name for the New Orleans submarine sandwich usually consisting of fried seafood served on a baguette-like Louisiana French bread?
Answer: Po boy

Question: If I have ingested a lumbricidal agent, what am I trying to kill?
Answer: intestinal worms

Question: Many NFL teams are sporting pink the last couple of weeks in honor of October being national what?
Answer: Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Question: What type of screw and screwdriver, designed to aid in automated manufacturing lines, features a small cross on the head of the screw?
Answer: Phillips

Question: The Nobel Peace Prize is the only Nobel prize not awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. In what city does the ceremony actually take place?
Answer: Oslo, Norway

Question: What mountain range separates the continents of Europe and Asia?
Answer: Ural Mountains

Question: Name the song and the artist of this 2001 Grammy award winning track: You’re on the road / But you’ve got no destination / You’re in the mud / In the maze of her imagination
Answer: U2, Beautiful Day

Question: Oct 14, 1926 saw the introduction of what favorite childhood character, known for his love of hunny?
Answer: Winnie-the-Pooh

Question: In 1998, what name did Frito Lay add to its line of snack products that used the artificial fat substitute Olestra (anal leakage not withstanding)?
Answer: Wow!

Question: For a point each, name the states with more than one NFL team.
Answer: California, Missouri, Florida, Texas, New York/New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania

Question: With an average of over 2 million copies a day, what US newspaper has the widest circulation?
Answer: USA Today. This was true at the time the question was written, although apparently, it has now been surpassed by the Wall Street Journal

Question: A peach / Looks good / With lots of fuzz / But man's no peach / And never wuz and Your shaving brush / Has had its day / So why not / Shave the modern way were roadside signs advertising what product from 1925 to 1963?
Answer: Burma Shave

Question: Oct 12 was Columbus Day. What event does this day celebrate?
Answer: Christopher Columbus making land in the new world

Question: In what year was the first Nobel Peace Prize actually awarded, ostensibly to someone who earned it?
Answer: 1901

Question: How old must you be to serve on a jury in the city of Seattle?
Answer: 18

Question: Which entertainment icon, with a 20 year career on television, is poised to appear on the cover of Playboy magazine next month?
Answer: Marge Simpson

Question: Located in North Africa, Libya is the only country with a one color flag. What color is it?
Answer: Green

Question: That staple of kids daytime tv (and probably really great when you're drunk), the Teletubbies consist of Tinky Winky, LaLa, Dipsy, and who?
Answer: Po

Question: Prior to this years debacle, 2 sitting US presidents have won the peace prize for things they have actually done. For a point each, name them.
Answer: Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt

Question: A dry goods shop specializes in selling what product?
Answer: Textiles

Question: Originally built to house the 238 piece collection of a local meat packing plant tycoon, what is the name of the First Hill art gallery located on Terry Avenue?
Answer: Frye Art Musem

Question: Hammering Man, that iconic working stiff in front of the Seattle Arm Museum, is on a break through the end of the year. How many times per minute does he swing that hammer, when he's actually swinging that hammer?
Answer: 4