Question: What TV character has held the following jobs during his tenure on the airwaves: astronaut, Monorail conductor, Sanitation Commissioner, Side show freak, snowplow operator, drug smuggler?
Answer: Homer Simpson

Question: The wickedest man in the world, Dr. Simon Bar Sinister is the man antagonist in what TV cartoon?
Answer: Underdog

Question: On December 8th, 1941, FDR delivered his famous "a date that will live in infamy" speech. To what was he referring?
Answer: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Question: Originally titled Your Radio Playhouse, what long running PBS radio series is hosted by Ira Glass?
Answer: This American Life

Question: What famous 1898 volunteer military unit was named after the members of Buffalo Bill's famous Wild West show?
Answer: Roosevelt's Rough Riders

Question: Following a year trial, Seattle resident Amanda Knox had her fate decided at the hands of an Italian jury. How did they find her?
Answer: Guilty

Question: Name the artist and song title of this 1978 classic: you don't have to put on the red light those days are over you don't have to sell your body to the night
Answer: Roxanne by The Police

Question: In the numbering system used in baseball scorekeeping (where the pitcher is #1, shortstop #6, etc), what position is #2?
Answer: Catcher

Question: Who is missing: Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln?
Answer: George Washington

Question: President Obama is not the first sitting US president to win a peace prize. Who was the first president to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt

Question: December 11, 1941 saw what 2 countries declare war on the United States?
Answer: Germany, Italy

Question: What company advertises its products with the tag line “Life’s Good”?
Answer: Lg

Question: There have been 8 vice presidents who filled out the remaining term of the president under which they served. For a point each, name them
Answer: John Tyler (Harrison), Millard Fillmore (Taylor), Andrew Johnson (Lincoln), Chester Arthur (Garfield), Theodore Roosevelt (McKinley), Calvin Coolidge (Harding), Harry S. Truman (Roosevelt), Lyndon B. Johnson (Kennedy), Gerald Ford (Nixon)

Question: Just below Eagle Scout, what is the second highest rank that a Boy Scout can achieve?
Answer: (B)Life

Question: The Green Bay Packers play at what storied stadium?
Answer: Lambeau Field

Question: On December 7, 1787, which US state became the first to ratify the US Constitution, a fact that they display on their license plates?
Answer: Delaware

Question: For a point each, name the 4 faces Gutzon Borglum carved into the face of Mount Rushmore
Answer: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt

Question: What is the most popular application on all of Facebook, with over 69 million users?
Answer: Farmville

Question: Barak Obama was 47 at the time of his inauguration. Who was the youngest president, aged 42 at the time of his swearing in?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt

Question: What is the largest city in Canada?
Answer: Toronto

Question: December 12, 2003 saw the death of Keiko, an Orca whale, off the coast of Finland. Keiko achieved fame as a star in what movie series?
Answer: Free Willy

Question: Named for the gynecologist that invented them, what exercises for the pelvic muscles were originally developed to combat incontinence?
Answer: Kegel

Question: Whom did Time Magazine tab as their Person of the Year for 2011?
Answer: The Protestor

Question: Los Angeles is the largest city in California? What city holds the honor of being the second largest?
Answer: San Diego

Question: Name the 1992 movie and character/actor that featured the quote “Well hello Mister Fancypants. Well, I’ve got news for you pal, you ain’t leadin’ but two things, right now: Jack and shit... and Jack left town.”
Answer: Bruch Campbell as Ash in Army of Darkness

Question: Santa's Little Helper is the family dog on what TV series?
Answer: The Simpsons

Question: If Omnipotence is Latin for all powerful, what is Latin for all knowing?
Answer: Omniscience

Question: The boll weevil, a species of beetle, causes damage to which crop?
Answer: Cotton

Question: A staunch conservationist, which US President is credited with creating the National Forest Service, 5 national parks, 18 national monuments, 51 Bird Reserves, four Game Preserves, and 150 National Forests?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt

Question: What had Grandma been drinking too much of in the song 'Grandma got run over by a reindeer'?
Answer: Egg nog

Question: What is wrong with the Grinch’s heart in ‘How the Grinch stole Christmas’ ?
Answer: It is 2 sizes too small

Question: Mug, Hires, and Barq's are all types of what?
Answer: Root beers

Question: Dec 13, 1953 saw the birth of Ben Bernanke, Harvard grad with a PhD from MIT. What position does he hold, and rather poorly at that?
Answer: Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve

Question: On December 14, 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first person to visit where?
Answer: The South Pole

Question: What's the defining characteristic of an ungulate animal?
Answer: It has hooves

Question: What degree does a US law school graduate get?
Answer: Jd

Question: On December 14, 1972, Eugene Cernan became the last man to do what, when he followed Harrison Schmitt into the ALM?
Answer: Set foot on the moon

Question: MTV's The Real World is still on the air after 26 seasons. What city hosts the current incarnation, whose season finale is tonight?
Answer: San Diego, CA

Question: Arch enemey of Count Dracula, what is the name of the vampire hunter in Bram Stokers 1897 novel Dracula?
Answer: Professor Abraham Van Helsing

Question: On Dec 16, 1773, members of the Sons of Liberty donned Mohawk disguises and boarded the East India company ships Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver, and then performed what act of vandalism?
Answer: Dumped tea into Boston Harbor

Question: A pedometer is used to measure what?
Answer: Steps a person takes

Question: What can be a Greek god, a Paris-based, high-fashion luxury-goods manufacturer, and a Futurama character?
Answer: Hermes

Question: What flour brand has sponsored an annual/semi-annual bake-off since 1949, the winner of which nets a cool $1million?
Answer: Pillsbury

Question: What were the two sides facing off against each other in the 70s video tape format wars?
Answer: Betamax and VHS

Question: December 13, 1636 saw The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This is recognized today as the founding of what branch of the military?
Answer: United States National Guard.

Question: Served in a traditional cocktail glass, what drink consists of equal parts brandy (or cognac), Contreau, and lemon juice?
Answer: A Sidecar

Question: According to the nursery rhyme, who “stole a pig and away did run”?
Answer: Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son

Question: The first episode of what TV series, now in a record 22nd year, debuted on December 17, 1989, following 3 years as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show?
Answer: The Simpsons

Question: With an accepted height of 11,249 feet, what is the tallest mountain in Oregon, and the 4th highest in the Cascades?
Answer: Mount Hood

Question: What product is advertised with the slogan "When my wife bought me a what, I was so impressed I bought the company"?
Answer: Remington Razors

Question: December 14, 2003, saw the capture of The Ace of Spades, Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, near what town, his home town?
Answer: Tikrit

Question: What is the name given to the meteorological phenomenon which is characterized by a strong and persistent flow of atmospheric moisture and associated heavy rainfall from the waters adjacent to the Hawaiian Islands, which resulted in record rainfall at Seatac airport this week.
Answer: Pineapple Express

Question: According to the proverb, you should look before you do what?
Answer: Leap