Question: What do FDJ, Rabobank, RadioShack, Astana, Garmin-Cervlo, Saur-Sojasun, Saxo Bank-SunGard, HTC-Highroad, Sky, Cofidis, Katusha, Europcar, Omega Pharma-Lotto, Leopard Trek, and Movistar have in common?
Answer: All Tour de France teams

Question: What word derives from the Persian phrase, "Shah Mat" meaning the king is helpless?
Answer: Checkmate

Question: Known as The Hawkeye State, what was the 29th state to join the Union on December 28, 1848?
Answer: Iowa

Question: According to the popular WWII propaganda poster, when you ride alone, you what?
Answer: ride with Hitler

Question: The father of the modern assembly line, what American industrialist, born on July 30, 1863, was a prolific inventor with 161 patents to his name?
Answer: Henry Ford

Question: Hypnos and Somnus were, respectively, the Greek and Roman gods of what?
Answer: Sleep

Question: Said to be "nigh uncatchable", what ship, originally called the Wicked Wench, is captained by Jack Sparrow every chance he gets?
Answer: The Black Pearl

Question: Appearing on coins since 1864, and bills since its' official adoption, what became the official motto of the United States on July 30, 1956?
Answer: In God We Trust

Question: With a motto of "For the Benefit of All", what executive branch agency had is founding on July 29, 1958, and has been responsible for programs as diverse as Mariner and New Horizon?
Answer: Nasa

Question: 1970 - Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford
Answer: Aerosmith

Question: What war was ended by the Treaty of Panmunjom on July 27, 1953?
Answer: The Korean War

Question: What basic knitting stitch, the reverse of the knit, is formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle?
Answer: Purl

Question: In what country would you find the 4,700 square-mile Negev Desert?
Answer: Israel

Question: Name the artist and the title of this 1973 #1 hit: "Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah. Some call me the gangster of love. Some people call me Maurice. Cause I speak of the pompitus of love."
Answer: The Joker by The Steve Miller Band

Question: In honey bees, the Queen and workers are all female. What name is given to the males?
Answer: Drones

Question: What influential show, which paved the way for the future of cooking shows on TV, was hosted by Julia Child?
Answer: The French Chef

Question: Named for a field piece, what is the name of the cocktail consisting of gin, champagne, lemon juice, and sugar?
Answer: French 75

Question: What is the name of the company from which Wile E. Coyote gets all of his supplies in his vain attempts to capture the Road Runner?
Answer: Acme

Question: What former first lady, following a family intervention for her alcohol consumption problem, founded an addiction clinic in Rancho Mirage, Ca in 1982?
Answer: Betty Ford

Question: What unit of measure was once defined as the length of three grains of barley laid end to end?
Answer: The inch

Question: What opium addicted English poet, who died on July 25, 1834, wrote such works as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Christabel, and Kubla Kahn?
Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Question: Sara Jane Moore spent 32 years in prison for attempting to assassinate which president a mere 17 days after Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried?
Answer: Gerald Ford

Question: Which 1950's legends backing band was known as The Comets (or His Comets)?
Answer: Bill Haley

Question: By what title is the vice president's wife commonly known?
Answer: Second Lady of the United States

Question: Ricardo Montalban extolled the "soft Corinthian leather" in what model of car, produced from 1975 to 1983?
Answer: Chrysler Cordoba

Question: For a point each, name the 5 states surrounding The Old Dominion, Virginia
Answer: Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia

Question: July 27, 1789 saw George Washington sign the bill that created the first ever Federal Agency under the US constitution, the Department of Foreign Affairs. By what name is the department currently known?
Answer: Department of State

Question: Anchored by the star Altair, what animal does the constellation Aquia represent?
Answer: The Eagle

Question: What hormone are Type I diabetics deficient in?
Answer: Insulin

Question: Lepidopterists specialize in the study of what?
Answer: Butterflies

Question: True or False - Between 1937 and 1945 Heinz produced a version of Alphabet Spaghetti especially for the German market that consisted solely of little pasta swastikas?
Answer: False

Question: Appearing beside his burro Conchita, what is the name of the fictional face of Colombian coffee since 1959?
Answer: Juan Valdez

Question: Who is captain of the Black Pearl in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise?
Answer: Captain Jack Sparrow

Question: Name the book and the author: 'He was an inch, perhaps two, under six feet, powerfully built, and he advanced straight at you with a slight stoop of the shoulders, head forward, and a fixed from-under stare which made you think of a charging bull.'
Answer: Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad

Question: The phrase “If red touches yellow, you’re a dead fellow; if red touches black, you’re alright, Jack” is used to distinguish between different types of what?
Answer: Snakes

Question: In bowling, what bird's name is given to three successive strikes?
Answer: Turkey

Question: What is the name of the dog in the primer books Dick and Jane?
Answer: Spot

Question: What car company, with a 10 year lifespan, was created from the purchase of American Motors by Chrysler in 1988?
Answer: Eagle

Question: Well, after what must surely have been microseconds of anticipation, Jillian chose her mate on the TV show The Bachelorette. Who did she tab?
Answer: Ed Swiderski

Question: What avian inspired name is given to the act of quitting a habit or addition all at once?
Answer: Cold Turkey

Question: From which country does Pilsner beer originate?
Answer: The Czech Republic, named after the city of Pilzn

Question: What was the name give to the lunar module piloted by Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong that was the first to land on the moon?
Answer: Eagle

Question: For a point each, name the states that border Idaho
Answer: Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah

Question: What unit of measurement is equal to 3.26 light years?
Answer: Parsec

Question: What hardware chain, founded in Renton, Washington, in 1989 was bought by Loews in 1999?
Answer: Eagle Hardware and Garden

Question: The Danube, Europe's second longest river, travels through 10 countries. Name as many as you can.
Answer: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine

Question: Which Lewis Carroll character was known for its enormous grin?
Answer: Cheshire Cat

Question: Sounding more like an FAA employee, what did Jason Lee and Beth Reifsgraf name their son?
Answer: Pilot Inspektor

Question: July 30, 1956 saw the adoption of what phrase as the official motto of the United States?
Answer: In God We Trust

Question: Complete the film title of the 1959 Disney movie “Darby O’Gill and” who?
Answer: The Little People

Question: When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight?
Answer: FedEx

Question: Serial killer David Berkowitz, who terrorized New York City from 1975 to 1976, was known in the press by what name?
Answer: Son of Sam

Question: Founded 1250 years ago yesterday, the Iraqi city of Baghdad lies along which river?
Answer: Tigris

Question: What tough band of dense, white, fibrous tissues connects a muscle with another body part?
Answer: Tendon

Question: In what Hasbro game do teams of players try and guess specific words from one of 5 categories, based upon their partners drawing ability?
Answer: Pictionary

Question: What is the name for the conical textile tube hung from a pole at airports used to indicate wind direction and relative speed?
Answer: Windsock