Question: Recently voiced by Danny DeVito, which Dr. Seuss character claims to speak for the trees?
Answer: The Lorax

Question: Including such improvements as the falling shuttle and a presser foot, what household item did Isaac Singer improve in 1851?
Answer: Sewing Machine

Question: What is the name for the raised portions on the neck of a stringed instrument, such as the guitar or banjo, which divide the neck into fixed segments?
Answer: Fret

Question: "Oh where oh where has my Underdog gone," whines what anthropomorphic dog reporter, the love interest of Underdog, whenever she gets in trouble?
Answer: Sweet Polly Purebred

Question: According to Greek mythology, which group of men accompanied Jason on his quest for the golden fleece?
Answer: The Argonauts

Question: Name the 1989 Oscar winning movie from the IMDB plot summary: "An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years."
Answer: Driving Miss Daisy

Question: With over 6 million sold, the Roomba is an autonomous what?
Answer: Vacuum cleaner

Question: Complete the following quote from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose/ By any other name would”?
Answer: Smell as sweet

Question: What designer founded the fashion house DKNY?
Answer: Donna Karan

Question: Although not actually related to the mammals in class delphinidae, what seafood has a name which in the Hawaiian language means "strong strong"?
Answer: Mahi-mahi or dolphinfish

Question: What synthetic material, developed by DuPont in 1965, is a high strength material used in bike tires and as the basis for modern bullet proof vests?
Answer: Kevlar

Question: Before its founder went off to join Teddy Roosevelts Rough Riders, he built a factory on Avery Island, LA to manufacture what very popular hot sauce?
Answer: Tobasco

Question: An Eskimo roll is a maneuver to right what type of craft?
Answer: Kayak

Question: One of the largest book publisher, what company took it's name from the founders desire to publish a few arbitrary books on the side?
Answer: Random House

Question: The taste buds on the human tongue can detect 5 different tastes. For a point each, name them.
Answer: Salty, sour, bitter, sweet, umami

Question: What musical instrument is often crafted with two parallel pipes, one known as a chanter and the other known as a drone?
Answer: Bagpipe

Question: William Shatner is the spokesperson for what online discount travel sight?
Answer: Priceline.com

Question: Which jewelry house created a series of jeweled eggs that made popular gifts for the Russian nobility from 1885 to 1917?
Answer: Faberge

Question: What famous house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is perched over a river in Stewart Township, Pennsylvania?
Answer: Fallingwater

Question: What soft drink advertised itself as the Uncola?
Answer: 7Up

Question: What was Little Miss Muffet eating when the spider came along?
Answer: Curds and Whey

Question: Worn by the likes of Slash, Abraham Lincoln, and The Mad Hatter, what is the name for tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed headwear popular from the 19th century through today?
Answer: Top Hat

Question: A week ago, Canadian officials announced that thieves had somehow made off with a quarter of Quebec's strategic reserve of what, valued at over $30 million?
Answer: Maple Syrup

Question: Hook and ladder, flea flicker, and fumblerooski are trick plays used in what sport?
Answer: Football

Question: What brand of rum, named for a privateer, advertises itself with the slogan "To Life, Love, and Loot"?
Answer: Captain Morgan

Question: A Newfoundland dog named Nana was a nurse in what children's story?
Answer: Peter Pan

Question: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier got married on Sept 11, 1963 married what then US Representative in Newport, RI?
Answer: John F. Kennedy

Question: What can be an official stamp of quality on a precious metal, a greeting card company, and a cable TV channel?
Answer: Hallmark

Question: What do you wrap in bacon to make that yummy dish known as Angels on horseback?
Answer: Oysters

Question: Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones were the members of which band?
Answer: The Monkees

Question: Name the 1986 movie from the IMDB plot summary: "The macho students of an elite US Flying school for advanced fighter pilots compete to be best in the class, and one romances the teacher."
Answer: Top Gun

Question: Now the largest back in the US (by assets), what investment bank merged with Chase Manhattan in 2000?
Answer: JP Morgan

Question: What US government agency monitors investor fraud, insider trading scenarios, and other investment irregularities?
Answer: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Question: In ‘The Wizard of Oz’ books, what is the name of the Good Witch?
Answer: Glinda the Good Witch of the South

Question: For a point each, name the Earp brothers who took part in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Answer: Wyatt, Morgan, Virgil

Question: The Shoguns were warlords that ruled in what country?
Answer: Japan

Question: What is the name for the large canvas, or more recently plastic, tent under which a circus performs?
Answer: Big Top

Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries that share a physical border with Costa Rica.
Answer: Nicaragua and Panama

Question: Something described as 'tactile' relates to which of the five senses?
Answer: Touch

Question: Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, and Amoco were created from what company, broken up by the Sherman Antitrust act in 1911?
Answer: Standard Oil

Question: One of the oldest recognizable toys found in archaeological sites, what toy entertains children for hours on end by spinning on an axis while balancing on a point?
Answer: Top

Question: The Mushroom Kingdom is the setting for what Nintendo video game series, first introduced on Sept 13, 1985
Answer: Super Mario Brothers

Question: According to Greek mythology, what son of Daedalus donned wings of feathers and wax, and promptly flew too close to the son, causing the wax to melt and his ultimate drowning, having fallen from the sky into the sea?
Answer: Icarus

Question: Sept 14, 1901 saw the death of the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley. Which total badass was sworn in as his successor?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Question: What is the difference between slander and libel?
Answer: Libel is written, whereas slander is spoken

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, and Labor are unable to hold the office of president, who takes over?
Answer: Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius

Question: What noted magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, film producer and noted skeptic, died of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix, in 1926?
Answer: Harry Houdini

Question: The morning of September 14, 1814 saw what Baltimore lawyer pen a poem he title “The Defence of Fort McHenry”?
Answer: Francis Scott Key

Question: If you were afflicted with hypotension, what are you suffering from?
Answer: Low blood pressure

Question: Featuring the exploits of the cybernetically enhanced supersoldier known as Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, the final installment of what wildly popular video game series launched yesterday morning?
Answer: Halo

Question: Famous for their little blue boxes, what NY based jewelry and silverware company first opened their doors on Sept 17, 1837?
Answer: Tiffany

Question: Novels in which genre are eligible for the Hugo award, with Robert J Sawyer's Wake having won this years award?
Answer: Science Fiction