Question: The only US Vice President in US history to have to resign because of criminal charges, the void created by what former governor of Maryland started Gerald Ford down the path to the presidency?
Answer: Spiro T Agnew

Question: According to Arthurian legend what did the lady of the lake give to Arthur?
Answer: Excalibur

Question: The world's largest hot desert, what is the name of the barren expanse that covers most of North Africa?
Answer: Sahara

Question: What's missing: Exosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Troposphere?
Answer: Stratosphere

Question: What folk tale character is a young Chinese lad who is tricked into trying to retrieve a magic lamp from a booby trapped cave?
Answer: Aladdin

Question: Often thought of as a desert phenomenon, what optical illusion happens when light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of a distant object?
Answer: Mirage

Question: From the French for "some more", what name is given to the additional pieces played at the end of a concert to satisfy audience demand?
Answer: Encore

Question: Notable for frequently standing on one leg, what bird, usually born grey, obtains its distinctive pink hue from the beta carotene in their food supply?
Answer: Flamingo

Question: The Sabin vaccine, developed by Albert Sabin, was created to combat what viral infectious disease?
Answer: Poliomyelitis

Question: Which crooner, a favorite of Judge Harry Stone on Night Court, was known as The Velvet Fog?
Answer: Mel Torme

Question: Name the artist and the title of this 1995 hit: “You and me We used to be together Everyday together always I really feel That I’m losing my best friend I can’t believe This could be the end ”
Answer: Don't Speak by No Doubt

Question: Which U.S. president had a sign on his desk that stated "The buck stops here"?
Answer: Harry S Truman

Question: Which rap star, who died on Sept 13, 1996 in a hail of gunfire on a Las Vegas street, was named for a Peruvian warrior king who fought against the Spanish?
Answer: Tupac Shakur

Question: For a point each, name the 6 countries surrounding Poland
Answer: Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania

Question: Asshat rapper Kanye West interrupted the VMA acceptance speech of which Best Female Video award winner?
Answer: Taylor Swift

Question: According to Kermit the Frog, it's not easy what?
Answer: Bein' Green

Question: The 23rd Amendment to the US Constitution allows Washington DC to appoint what?
Answer: Presidential Electors

Question: For a point each, name the 7 dwarfs.
Answer: Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy

Question: What battleship was sunk in harbor of Havana, Cuba to start the Spanish-American War in 1898?
Answer: The U.S.S. Maine

Question: Gertrude Baines, the world's oldest person, died earlier this week. How old was she?
Answer: 115 years

Question: November 23, 1963 saw the BBC debut what classic series, which is still being shown today?
Answer: Doctor Who

Question: With a population of a little over 110,000, what is the capital city and largest city of South Carolina?
Answer: Columbia

Question: How many pints in a quart?
Answer: 2

Question: According to Andy Warhol, in the future, how long will everyone be famous for?
Answer: 15 minutes

Question: What is a seismometer used to measure?
Answer: Earthquakes

Question: Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo. In which country is Waterloo?
Answer: Belgium

Question: On Sept 14, 1901, the youngest president is sworn in following the assassination of William McKinley. Who is it?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Question: What online jewelry store, based here in Seattle, is the largest online dealer of diamonds?
Answer: Blue Nile

Question: What is the name of the resident jailbird and all around lawbreaker on The Simpsons?
Answer: Snake

Question: What state is known as the Magnolia State?
Answer: Mississippi

Question: Blue, black and are two colors of the balls used in a regulation game of Croquet. What are the other two?
Answer: Yellow and Red

Question: What is the common, 3 letter name given to a mafia crime boss?
Answer: Don

Question: What legendary tribe of fierce female warriors reportedly amputated a breast in order to better wield a bow?
Answer: Amazon

Question: What color consists of the longest wavelengths of lights visible by the human eye?
Answer: Red

Question: Which space shuttle disintegrated over Texas on Feb 1, 2003, resulting in the loss of all 7 crew members?
Answer: Columbia

Question: What was the eastern starting point of the Oregon Trail?
Answer: Missouri

Question: What flavor is the 80 proof liqueur Grand Marnier, used in such drinks at a B-52?
Answer: Orange

Question: On Sept 14, 1814, during the war of 1812, the poem The Defence of Fort McHenry, later to be the lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner, was written by whom?
Answer: Francis Scott Key

Question: What is the tallest building in downtown Seattle?
Answer: Columbia Tower

Question: Which celebrity has been named as the replacement for Paula Abduhl on American Idol?
Answer: Ellen DeGeneris

Question: It is generally accepted that the game of golf originated in what country?
Answer: Scotland

Question: According to the nursery rhyme, around what did the monkey chase the weasel?
Answer: The mulberry bush or the cobblers bench

Question: September 17, 1859, saw Joshua Norton declare himself Norton 1st, Emperor of what?
Answer: United States

Question: Each star on the US flag has how many points?
Answer: 5

Question: A gosling is the young of what animal?
Answer: Goose

Question: Newspaper editor Horace Greeley famously advised young men to do what "and grow up with the country" in an 1865 editorial?
Answer: Go West

Question: White dwarfs, red giants, and blue stragglers are all types of what?
Answer: Stars

Question: Which nautical term is used to describe the width of a vessel at its widest point?
Answer: Beam

Question: What moderately famous ship, a Dutch cargo fluyt, set sail from Plymouth, England on Sep 16, 1620, with 102 passengers and 40 crew?
Answer: Mayflower

Question: Someone described as mendacious has a habit of what?
Answer: Lying

Question: What can be a bone in the human body, a tool, and the name of oil tycoon?
Answer: Hammer

Question: In what card game does a player ask his opponent for one of his or her cards of a particular rank, drawing a card from the pool if the opponent has none?
Answer: Go Fish

Question: What German scientist, who died on 16 Sept 1736, invented a temperature scale in which water boils at 212Ă¸ and absolute zero is defined as -459.67Ă¸?
Answer: Daniel Fahrenheit

Question: Name the 2009 animated movie from the IMDB plot summary: “The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children’s book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.”
Answer: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Question: Sometimes called a competitive balance tax, what is the name for the financial penalty that large market baseball/basketball teams such as the Yankees or the Knicks must pay for spending more than a particular threshold?
Answer: Luxury Tax

Question: What is the name for electronic toll collection system implemented by the WADOT for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, SR-167, and the 520 floating bridge?
Answer: Good To Go!

Question: The 16th Amendment to the US constitution, ratified in 1913, authorizes the US Congress to levy what?
Answer: Income Tax

Question: The countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Sweden all share a border with what large body of water?
Answer: Baltic Sea

Question: According to The Drifter’s 1964 hit, where will we be “out of the sun, having fun, people walking above, We’ll be making love”?
Answer: Under the Boardwalk