Question: Name the 1995 movie and character/actor that featured the quote "Houston, we have a problem"
Answer: Tom Hanks as Jim Lowell in Apollo 13

Question: How many points are awarded for a safety in a football game?
Answer: 2

Question: A hero to the Swiss, William Tell shot what from the head of his son in a feat of crossbow marksmanship?
Answer: An apple

Question: According to the proverb, a chain is only as strong as what?
Answer: It's weakest link

Question: Robert's Rules of Order is considered to be the ultimate authority on what?
Answer: Parliamentary procedure

Question: What cookies are commonly used in making banana pudding?
Answer: Nilla Wafers

Question: September 29, 1966 saw the introduction of what Chevrolet muscle car, still in production today, whose name supposedly means "a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs."?
Answer: Camaro

Question: What type of fruit is typically part of a Waldorf salad?
Answer: Apple

Question: According to the nursery rhyme, what did Jack Sprat and his wife manage to do?
Answer: Lick the platter clean

Question: September 1943 saw the formal surrender of what Tripartite Pact nation, ending their participation in WWII?
Answer: Italy

Question: September 27, 1821 saw Mexico gain its independence from what European country?
Answer: Spain

Question: October 2, 1950 saw the debut of what comic strip which ran until creator Charles M. Schulz's death on Feb 12, 2000?
Answer: Peanuts

Question: In chess, white moves first. What color moves first in a game of checkers?
Answer: black

Question: What river does the Grand Coulee dam block?
Answer: Columbia

Question: Fly the friendly skies is the advertising slogan for what company?
Answer: United

Question: Which was domesticated first? The dog? Or the Cat?
Answer: The dog

Question: For a point each, name the 3 countries surrounding Luxembourg.
Answer: France, Germany, Belgium

Question: 94 years ago today, what New York born oil baron became the worlds first billionaire?
Answer: John D. Rockefeller

Question: The Thrilla in Manilla was a 1975 boxing match between Smokin' Joe and The Greatest. Who were the boxers?
Answer: Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier

Question: Honeycrisp, Ambrosia, Pippin, Gravenstein, and McIntosh are varieties of what?
Answer: Apple

Question: Name the artist and the title of this 1961 and 1987 top ten hit: “When the night has come And the land is dark And the moon is the only light we’ll see”
Answer: Stand By Me by Ben E King

Question: Oct 1, 1924 was the birth of what former US President, winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Jimmy Carter

Question: The FBI operates under what federal department?
Answer: Department of Justice

Question: A feature of the thyroid cartilage, what is the common name of the laryngeal prominence?
Answer: Adams Apple

Question: President George Washington sent the proposed first ten amendments to the US Constitution to the senate for ratification on October 2, 1789. By what name are these amendments commonly known?
Answer: Bill of Rights

Question: In the event that the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, President pro tem of the Senate, the Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development are unable to hold the office of president, who takes over?
Answer: Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood

Question: Snap, Crackle, and Pop are the mascots for what cereal?
Answer: Kellogs Rice Krispies

Question: What long running ABC sports program promised viewers 'the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat'?
Answer: The Wide World of Sports

Question: On Sept 30, 1955, which iconic film actor died when his Porosche 550 Spyder collided with a Ford coupe driven by Donald Turnupseed?
Answer: James Dean

Question: What self-governed U.S. territory has the motto: “Where America’s day begins”?
Answer: Guam

Question: According to the old proverb, practice makes what?
Answer: Perfect

Question: Cursed, tormented and damned ghostly sailors aboard the Flying Dutchmen are forever forced to sail the waters around what South African headland, still a major navigation point (and commonly thought to be the southern most point in Africa)?
Answer: Cape of Good Hope

Question: According to the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1967, what are the 3 ways that a vice president can become president?
Answer: Removal of the president from office (by death or resignation), written declaration from the president stating his inability, written statement from the vice president and majority of cabinet members that the president is incapacitated, possibly needing congressional vote.

Question: The first production Model T rolled off the assembly line on Sept 27, the first of over 15 million to be produced. In what year was it?
Answer: 1908

Question: In what state was Mayberry located on the Andy Griffith Show?
Answer: North Carolina

Question: Which president’s son founded the political magazine ‘George’, started in 1995, before his untimely death in a 1999 plane crash?
Answer: JFK Jr

Question: Becoming specimen #217868 in 1958, following it's donation by Harry Winston, what Smithsonian exhibit is a supposedly cursed diamond, causing the untimely death of all who own it?
Answer: Hope Diamond

Question: On Sept 28, 1928, penicillin is discovered when who stumbles upon a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory?
Answer: Sir Alexander Flemming

Question: Sometimes referred to as a Western, what name is commonly given to the omelet filled with diced ham, onions, and green bell peppers?
Answer: Denver Omelet

Question: Are there more states with national parks? Or without?
Answer: Without. 23 with, 27 without

Question: According to Greek legend, what was the only thing left in the box after Pandora released all the evils of mankind?
Answer: Hope

Question: Sept 30, 1966 saw the public unveiling of which popular model of Boeing aircraft?
Answer: 747

Question: For a point each, name the countries that make up Scandinava.
Answer: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland

Question: The Pepsi Center is home to a professional basketball and hockey teams, as well as the National Lacrosse League team, the Mammoths, and also hosted the 2008 Democratic National Convention. In what major US city is it located?
Answer: Denver, CO

Question: Which US National Park is spread across the most states?
Answer: Yellowstone

Question: What ocean is surrounded on 3 sides by Australia, Asia, and Africa?
Answer: Indian Ocean

Question: With the ability to regenerate when death looms, which sci fi character has been played by 9 different actors in the 30 years the show has been on TV?
Answer: Doctor Who

Question: Producing her first painting while in her seventies, Anna Mary Moses is better known by what name?
Answer: Grandma Moses

Question: Which pain relieving drug was first discovered in the bark of the willow tree?
Answer: Aspirin

Question: Name the 1960 movie from its’ IMDB plot summary: “A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer’s client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.”
Answer: Psycho

Question: What famed daredevil, who failed in a 1974 motorcycle jump, is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the survivor of "most bones broken in a lifetime"?
Answer: Evel Knievel

Question: On Oct 1, 1975 the world saw Joe Frazier drop a bout to who in a battle that came to be known as the Thrilla in Manilla?
Answer: Muhammed Ali

Question: Oct 4, 1927 saw sculptor Gutzon Borglum begin work on what major national memorial?
Answer: Mount Rushmore

Question: Stress, compound, and greenstick are all types of what?
Answer: Bone fractures