Question: February 3, 1959 was known as The Day the Music Died, as a plane crash in Clearlake, Ia, took the life of Roger Peterson, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and who?
Answer: J. P. Richardson

Question: The only US president to hold a PhD, Feb 3, 1924 saw the death of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States. Hailing from New Jersey, under what party was he elected?
Answer: Democrat

Question: Generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble, trade in what commodity collapsed in February 1637, devastating the economy of The United Provinces (now the Netherlands)?
Answer: Tulips

Question: The longest serving and first flying space shuttle, which vehicle was lost on re-entry during mission STS-107 on Feb 1, 2003?
Answer: Columbia

Question: Snails and slugs are members of the class Gastropoda, which literally translates as what?
Answer: stomach foot

Question: On Feb 4, 1974 what heiress was kidnapped from her Berkeley apartment by a left-wing urban guerilla group that called itself the Symbionese Liberation Army?
Answer: Patty Hearst

Question: For a point each, name the 3 countries (not counting the territories) surrounding Egypt
Answer: Israel, Sudan, Libya

Question: Boletus, Chicken of the Woods, Chanterelle, and Crimini are all types of what?
Answer: Mushrooms

Question: Who's missing? Roger Peterson, J. P. Richardson, Ritchie Valens?
Answer: Buddy Holly

Question: In the zoological hierarchy, which classification is the most specific?
Answer: Species

Question: What is the name of the most popular of all ground hogs, whose emerges from Gobbler's Knob each Feb 2?
Answer: Punxsutawney Phil

Question: Which Season 4 American Idol winner is slated to sing the national anthem before this years super bowl?
Answer: Carrie Underwood

Question: In what Super Bowl did the Seahawks face the Steelers?
Answer: 40

Question: Which “somewhat obscure” golfer has a real first name of Eldrick?
Answer: Tiger Woods

Question: In what Miami stadium is this year's Super Bowl going to be played?
Answer: Sun Life stadium

Question: Exxon used to advertise their gas by enjoining you to "put a what in your tank"?
Answer: Tiger

Question: For a point each, name the states surrounding West Virginia
Answer: Pennsylvania to the north; Ohio to the north and west; Kentucky to the west; Maryland to the north and east; and Virginia to the east and south

Question: February 4th, 2004 saw the founding of what "mildly popular" online social network by Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg?
Answer: Facebook

Question: What is the more common name of the fictional character Simon Templar, star of books by Leslie Charteris, a TV series starring Roger Moore, and a movie starring Val Kilmer?
Answer: The Saint

Question: Now famously known as Nipplegate, whose nip was seen on national TV during Superbowl 38, due to a “wardrobe malfunction”?
Answer: Janet Jackson

Question: What author, who died on Feb 10, 1982, is best known for his novel Roots, detailing the struggle of his African American family, right back to the slave trade, which was subsequently made into one of the most popular miniseries ever?
Answer: Alex Haley

Question: Havarti, Limburger, Fontina, and Edam are all types of what?
Answer: Cheese

Question: What radio station do you find at 93.3 on your local FM dial?
Answer: Kube

Question: George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. invented what engineering marvel for the 1893 exposition in Chicago in the hopes of creating something as impressive as the Eiffel Tower?
Answer: Ferris Wheel

Question: On Feb 9, 1997, The Simpsons became the longest running prime-time animated series in the US, surpassing what ABC show that ran from 1960 to 1966?
Answer: The Flintstones

Question: February 11, 1963 saw the PBS debut of The French Chef. What famed chef starred in the show?
Answer: Julia Child

Question: Played by Dirk Benedict in the series and Bradley Cooper in the movie, by what nickname was Templeton Peck known on The A-Team?
Answer: Faceman

Question: Which former major league baseball pitcher, known as The Big Unit, now pitches Geico?
Answer: Randy Johnson

Question: Which president, and, according to some, noted vampire hunter, had a birthday on Feb 12?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: What flavoring is used in the liqueur amaretto?
Answer: Almond

Question: In a national TV embarrassment, the vault of which Chicago gangster, nicknamed Scarface, was excavated live by Geraldo Riveria and his crew but was found to contain nothing?
Answer: Al Capone

Question: For the moment, the largest country in Africa, name the 9 countries that surround the Republic of the Sudan.
Answer: Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Chad, Libya

Question: All the News That's Fit to Print first appeared as the motto of what newspaper, known as The Paper of Record or The Gray Lady, in 1897?
Answer: The New York Times

Question: The NFL championship is played for the Lombardi trophy. What do the winners of the Canadian Football League play for?
Answer: Grey Cup

Question: What is name of the fibrous tissue that connects bones to other bones?
Answer: Ligament

Question: What noted magician, who has offered $1 million to anyone who could prove they had psychic powers, made a similar offer this week to any manufacturer who could prove that their homeopathic drugs worked as advertised?
Answer: James Randi

Question: Whos recent book, titled Known and Unknown: A Memoir, is currently ranked #1 on the Amazon sales list?
Answer: Donald Rumsfeld

Question: The Internet TLD for Albania is what?
Answer: .Al

Question: What is the name of the card dispensing box used in casino Blackjack?
Answer: A Shoe

Question: The Voyage of the Beagle was the 1839 book by what British naturalist, detailing his 5 year voyage aboard the HMS Beagle?
Answer: Charles Darwin

Question: Featuring the Oscar winning song When You Wish Upon A Star, what 1940 Disney movie release was the second full length animated movie, following Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
Answer: Pinocchio

Question: Feb 6, 1966 saw the birth of what singer, best known for making possible the Internet meme known as rickrolling?
Answer: Rick Astley

Question: What action figure, the first to be marketed to boys, was modified in 1974 with the addition of "kung fu grip"?
Answer: G.I. Joe

Question: An extreme diplomatic measure, what is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country, in order to isolate it, called?
Answer: Embargo

Question: True or false: Both male and female kangaroos have pouches?
Answer: False

Question: In Holyoak, Ma, William G Morgan, a YMCA physical education director, created an indoor gamed originally called Mintonette. Now an Olympic sport, by what name is the game know?
Answer: Volleyball

Question: What television program began "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission."?
Answer: The Outer Limits

Question: Who's missing: Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp, John Holliday
Answer: Morgan Earp

Question: What is gymnophobia the fear of?
Answer: Nudity

Question: Whistler, B.    C., home of this years winter Olympics, got it’s name from what?
Answer: The mating call of a marmot

Question: What name is given to the palace of bliss for the souls of slain heroes in Scandinavian mythology?
Answer: Valhalla

Question: What is the largest bone in the human arm?
Answer: Humerus

Question: Complete the following pangram: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy what?"
Answer: dog

Question: Scotsman Alexander Selkirk was the inspiration for what Daniel Dafoe novel?
Answer: Robinson Crusoe

Question: "When you care enough to send the very best" is the advertising slogan of what product?
Answer: Hallmark Cards

Question: Which painter was married to Mexican artist Diego Rivera?
Answer: Frida Kahlo