Question: On August 9, 1944, The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring what iconic character for the first time?
Answer: Smokey the Bear

Question: August 12, 1925 saw the birth of twins Ross and Norris McWhirter, who created what book, which people will go to extreme lengths to get into?
Answer: Guinness Book of World Records

Question: Name the artist and the title of this 1979 #1 hit: “If you want my body and you think I’m sexy Come on, sugar, let me know If you really need me just reach out and touch me Come on, honey, tell me so”?
Answer: Do Ya think I'm Sexy? by Rod Stewart

Question: What legendary porn star was arrest, tried and acquitted as an accomplice in the so-called Wonderland Murders, immortalized in the 2003 Val Kilmer vehicle Wonderland?
Answer: John Holmes

Question: Who's missing: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop
Answer: Dean Martin

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, and the Attorney General are unable to hold the office of president, who takes over?
Answer: Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar

Question: Which now defunct company operated the luxury liner Titanic?
Answer: White Star

Question: Named for the developer of the steel plow, what Moline, Il. company is the world's largest producer of agricultural machinery in the world?
Answer: John Deere

Question: After a Compromise, what state was admitted to the union as the 24th, on August 10, 1821?
Answer: Missouri

Question: How many days in a fortnight?
Answer: 14

Question: Epitomized by Vernon Wormer, what name is given to individuals that run universities or colleges?
Answer: Dean

Question: August 10th, 1977, saw the arrest of which New York based serial killer?
Answer: Son of Sam or David Berkowitz

Question: Hiroshima was the first city to feel the effects of an atomic bomb. What Japanese city was next to be visited on Aug 9, 1945?
Answer: Nagasaki

Question: August 16, 1977 saw the passing of what singing legend, found on the floor of his bathroom?
Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: What is the name of the seismic fault line that runs for about 800 miles in California?
Answer: San Andreas Fault

Question: What airline, the world’s largest, uses Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport as its’ US hub?
Answer: Delta

Question: What is the subject of the latest PBS documentary by Ken Burns, which will premiere on public television later this month?
Answer: The National Parks

Question: Suzette Charles of New Jersey became Miss America 1984 because of the resignation of the actual winner. Whom did she replace?
Answer: Vanessa Williams

Question: What was the pseudonym of the Far Eastern despot Saloth Sar?
Answer: Pol Pot

Question: What official NFL injury report term means that a player has a 50% chance of playing?
Answer: Questionable

Question: August 10th, 1846, saw the chartering of which major and most popular US museum?
Answer: Smithsonian Institute

Question: May 10, 1869 Promontory Summit, Utah, saw the driving of what historic object, still celebrated on the back of the Utah state quarter?
Answer: Golden Spike

Question: Colonel Tom Parker, the Colonel being an honorary title only, made his mark managing what entertainer?
Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: August 15th, 1969 saw the opening of 3 day music festival on Max Yasgurs farm that became known as Woodstock. In what state did the festival take place?
Answer: New York

Question: On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal opened for business, when the ship Ancon traversed its waters. For a point each, what 2 bodies of water are connected by the Canal?
Answer: The Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea

Question: For a point each, name the vaudeville and movie stars known as the Marx brothers
Answer: Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo

Question: On August 10, 1821, this state, known as the Show Me State, was admitted to the Union as #24?
Answer: Missouri

Question: Ratified on January 29, 1919, the 18th amendment to the US Constitution regulates the sale of what?
Answer: Alcohol

Question: In 1876, Brigadier General Henry Martyn Robert, he of San Juan Island fortifications during the Pig War fame, published what classic tome, still published today?
Answer: Roberts Rules of Order

Question: What is the distinguishing characteristic of someone defined as a southpaw?
Answer: They are left handed

Question: According to the Aesop fable, what food could the fox not reach, which he then declared to be unpalatable?
Answer: Grapes

Question: What Latin phrase, which translates as "in good faith", is taken to mean sincere, honest intention or belief, or authentic and true?
Answer: Bona fide

Question: Tuesday marked the 48th birthday of what noted former Mariner, who has been an All-Star, a Gold Glove award winner, and a member of the Mariners Hall of Fame, and is nicknamed Bone?
Answer: Jay Buhner

Question: What subatomic particle has no mass, no electric charge, and a spin of 1?
Answer: Photon

Question: The highest scoring tiles, what two letters are worth 10 points each in a game of Scrabble?
Answer: Q and Z

Question: Winning 5 Emmys and one Edward R. Murrow award, long time local news anchor Kathi Goertzen, who died this week of brain tumors, worked for what TV station?
Answer: Komo

Question: What cereal mascot’s motto is “They’re grrrreat!”?
Answer: Tony the Tiger

Question: What 80’s New Wave band thought “We Had the Beat” before then went on “Vacation”, although “Our Lips are Sealed”, so you may not know about being “Head Over Heals”?
Answer: The Go-Gos

Question: The town of Bethel, NY was treated to the start of “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music”, when what started on August 15, 1969?
Answer: Woodstock

Question: What is the main food ingredient of a frittata?
Answer: Eggs

Question: With a history stretching back thousands of years, the age old art of trimming bushes and shrubs into ornamental shapes is called what?
Answer: Topiary

Question: What does the child take, according to the nursery rhyme The Farmer in the Dell?
Answer: A Nurse

Question: What is the more common name for the US Navy's aerial demonstration team?
Answer: The Blue Angels

Question: What can be a tree, a fictional TV character, and a defective car?
Answer: Lemon

Question: According to the tv and radio ads, "Uh oh, better get" who?
Answer: Maaco

Question: From the French for Little Shoulder, what is the name for the ornamental shoulder piece or decoration used as insignia of rank by armed forces and other organizations?
Answer: Epaulette

Question: According to the proverb, it's no use crying over what?
Answer: Spilt Milk

Question: The sports teams from Auburn University, LSU, Princeton University, and University of Missouri all use the same name. Is it:
Answer: Tigers

Question: Name the 1980 movie from the plot summary: “An emotionally self-destructive boxer’s journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.”
Answer: Raging Bull

Question: Roy Horn, of Siegfried and Roy fame, had his career cut short in 2003 when he was attacked by what?
Answer: Tiger

Question: The professional wrestling organization formerly known as the WWF is now known by what set of initials?
Answer: Wwe

Question: What is the SI unit of measurement for capacitance (defined as the ability of a body to store an electrical charge)?
Answer: Farad

Question: In a rather fitting move, what rock royalty was found dead on his "throne" on August 16, 1977?
Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: Spike, Dig, Set, and Block are found in which Olympic sport?
Answer: Volleyball

Question: Although actually born in what was then the semi-autonomous region known as The State of Franklin, whom did Fess Parker claim was born on a mountaintop in Tennessee?
Answer: Davy Crockett