Question: In flight training, what is it called when the student pilot lands on a runway and takes off again without coming to a full stop, and repeats this circuit multiple times to allow for many landing practices?
Answer: Touch and go

Question: What is the active ingredient in smelling salts?
Answer: Ammonia

Question: September 22, 1961 saw the passage of Public Law 87-293, which declares "To promote world peace and friendship through a [blank], which shall make available to interested countries and areas men and women of the United States qualified for service abroad and willing to serve, under conditions of hardship if necessary, to help the peoples of such countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower."
Answer: Peace Corps

Question: If you are DOA, medically speaking, what are you?
Answer: Dead on Arrival

Question: For a point each, name the 3 countries that share a physical border with the Republic of Honduras.
Answer: Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua

Question: What civil war battle, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, took place near Sharpsburg, MD on Sept 17, 1862?
Answer: Battle of Antietam

Question: Osiris was the god of the underworld in the mythology of which ancient civilization?
Answer: Egypt

Question: From the Greek for pale green, what element with an atomic number 17, uses the symbol CL?
Answer: Chlorine

Question: Who spent the last 19 years turning letters on the nightly TV show Wheel of Fortune?
Answer: Vanna White

Question: What brand of semi-sweet chocolate morsels traditionally includes a recipe for Toll House cookies on the package?
Answer: Nestle

Question: In the Sherlock Holmes stories, what is the name of the gang of street urchins employed by Sherlock Holmes to help solve crimes?
Answer: The Baker Street Irregulars

Question: Which comedy team was famous for its “Who’s On First?” baseball routine?
Answer: Abbott & Costello

Question: If you were a parrothead, of what musician would you be a fan of?
Answer: Jimmy Buffet

Question: Sept 22, 1975 saw total asshat nutjob Sarah Jane Moore pull a handgun on which US president?
Answer: Gerald R. Ford

Question: The tallest man-made monument in the US, the Gateway Arch is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in what US city, which recognizes the cities importance in the westward expansion?
Answer: St. Louis, MO

Question: The plot by what traitorous Revolutionary War General asshat to turn West Point over to the British was uncovered this week in 1780?
Answer: Benedict Arnold

Question: How many squares are there on a US bingo card?
Answer: 25

Question: Monday was celebrated as International what?
Answer: Talk Like a Pirate Day

Question: What Nestle candy bar consists of a flaky, orange-colored center with a peanut butter taste, coated in chocolate?
Answer: Butterfinger

Question: On Sept. 24, 1906, total bad-ass President Theodore Roosevelt named what Wyoming landmark the nations first National Monument?
Answer: Devils Tower

Question: What color are packets of Sweet 'N Low artificial sweetener?
Answer: Pink

Question: What guitarist and Experience frontman, considered the greatest guitarist of all time, died on September 18, 1970 at a London flat of a suspected drug overdose?
Answer: Jimi Hendrix

Question: What marine organisms are responsible for creating the reefs that are such an important part of tropical islands?
Answer: Coral

Question: Played by George Takei, who was the helmsman on the USS Enterprise for the duration of the series?
Answer: Hikaru Sulu

Question: Different from the flags used by the officials, what color flag is used by NFL football coaches to challenge the ruling on the field?
Answer: Red

Question: What perennially happy artist spent 12 years hosting the PBS staple The Joy of Painting, before his untimely death in 1985?
Answer: Bob Ross

Question: What color was the 1993 Ford Bronco that Al Cowlings used to take O.J. Simpson on a low-speed chase up and down the LA freeway system?
Answer: White

Question: Born with the first name of George, what English author, who is one of the claimed Fathers of Science Fiction, wrote The Time Machine, and The Invisible Man, among many other works?
Answer: HG Wells

Question: What is the common name for the part of the chicken egg known as the albumen?
Answer: Egg white

Question: What corporation owns the Seattle Marines?
Answer: Nintendo of America

Question: What is the medical name for your shoulder blade?
Answer: Scapula

Question: Jared Fogle became a spokesperson for what fast food chain, following his dramatic weight loss by eating their products?
Answer: Subway

Question: What TV series, which debuted in 1951, featured the weekly travails of, “Just the facts, ma’am”, Sgt Joe Friday?
Answer: Dragnet

Question: There are 4 gas giants in our solar system. For a point each, name them.
Answer: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Question: First introduced in 1939, what “law” states “in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence”, with the corollaries that “in time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out their duties”
Answer: Peter Principle

Question: September 24, 1906 saw that Great American, Teddy Roosevelt, declare what Wyoming landmark the first ever National Monument?
Answer: Devils' Tower

Question: Name the artist and the title of this track that peaked at #2 in 1993: “When you were here before, Couldn’t look you in the eye You’re just like an angel, Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special You’re so fuckin’ special”
Answer: Creep by Radiohead

Question: "Kid tested. Mother approved." is the advertising slogan for what cereal?
Answer: Kix

Question: On Sept 22, 1827, who supposedly met an angel called Moroni who directed him to a long-buried book, inscribed on golden plates, which inspired him to write The Book of Mormon?
Answer: Joseph Smith, Jr

Question: When The Simpsons kicks off it's new season this Sunday, it will mark the start of what season?
Answer: 22nd

Question: What English author, known as the Father of Science Fiction, was born on September 21, 1866, and wrote such stories as The Land Ironclads, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau?
Answer: HG Wells

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 and Health and Human Services are unable to hold the office of president, who takes over?
Answer: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan

Question: For a point each, name the 5 countries surrounding Bulgaria.
Answer: Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey

Question: What nursery rhyme character kept his wife in a pumpkin shell?
Answer: Peter, Peter pumpkin eater

Question: Known for guarding treasure and priceless possessions, what legendary creatures has the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle?
Answer: Griffin

Question: Who was the president for all but the last 6 months of the Korean war?
Answer: Harry S Truman

Question: Whose record did the Simpsons surpass for the longest-running animated series?
Answer: The Flintstones

Question: Last week saw the demise of what CBS soap opera, having been the longest running soap opera ever?
Answer: Guiding Light

Question: Who was shot dead by Jack McCall in 1876 at a poker table in Nuttal and Mann's Number Ten Saloon?
Answer: Wild Bill Hickhock

Question: For a point each, name the Ross Bagdasarian created Chipmunks.
Answer: Alvin, Theodore, Simon

Question: Which Italian fashion designer was shot and killed outside his Miami home by Andrew Cunanan in 1997?
Answer: Gianni Versace

Question: What is the most populous city in China?
Answer: Shanghai