Question: The US led all countries in the top two medal categories at this years Olympics. How many gold medals did they earn?
Answer: 46

Question: What is the general legal term for “unlawful taking and carrying away of another’s property”?
Answer: Larceny

Question: The Recording Industry Association of America awards what certification for an album that sells 500,000 copies?
Answer: Gold

Question: Known as North Star State, among several others, what was the 32nd state to join the Union on May 11, 1858?
Answer: Minnesota

Question: August 14, 1951 saw the death of what newspaper magnate, whose life was the basis for the movie Citizen Kane?
Answer: William Randolph Hearst

Question: Characterized by dark, often reflective lenses having an area two or three times the area of the eye socket, and metal frames with bayonet earpieces, aviator sunglasses are sold by what company?
Answer: Ray-Ban

Question: If a medical condition is pulmonary, what part of the body does it affect?
Answer: Lungs

Question: Consisting of rotors, a lampboard, a keyboard, and a plugboard, what is the name of the electro-mechanical cipher machine deployed by the Germans during WWII?
Answer: Enigma

Question: As part of a purification ritual, what do sumo wrestlers traditionally throw into the ring prior to a bout?
Answer: Salt

Question: What noted comic book writer and former head of Marvel Comics, co-created such institutions as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and even had an appearance on The Simpsons?
Answer: Stan Lee

Question: Name the 1986 movie and character/actor that features the quote “I feel the need…the need for speed!”
Answer: Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards as Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and Lt. Nick “Goose” Bradshaw in Top Gun

Question: What famed science fiction writer, who celebrates an august birthday, is perhaps best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles?
Answer: Ray Bradbury

Question: Which herb is usually used as the main ingredient in traditional pesto?
Answer: Basil

Question: Introduced in the episode The Cage, who was the original captain of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek world?
Answer: Christopher Pike

Question: What hair style, often ridiculed as lowbrow and unappealing, was famously described as "business in the front party in the back"?
Answer: Mullet

Question: An average shoe consists of the upper, tongue, heel, and what other part that gets walked on?
Answer: Sole

Question: In math, what is defined as a portion of a line which starts at a point and goes off in a particular direction to infinity?
Answer: Ray

Question: Founded in 1777, what is paired with half a pint of Guinness to make a traditional black and tan?
Answer: Bass Ale

Question: With an atomic number of 79, what elements symbol Au comes from the Latin aurum?
Answer: Gold

Question: Invented by General Foods in 1957, what powdered fruit-flavored breakfast drink was included in the Mercury and Gemini space flights, forever linking it with the space program?
Answer: Tang

Question: What misanthropic hoarder Sesame Street character calls a garbage can home?
Answer: Oscar the Grouch

Question: Anchored by the star Aldebaran, the constellation Taurus represents what animal?
Answer: The Bull

Question: What are persons who lack any sort of magical ability and are not born into the magical world called in the Harry Potter universe?
Answer: Muggles

Question: What can be a soft drink, a food portion, or backspin?
Answer: Slice

Question: For a point each, name the 2 countries surrounding the Tunisian Republic.
Answer: Algeria, Libya

Question: What name is given to the original land mass from which the modern continents have developed?
Answer: Pangaea

Question: What serial killer dubbed himself the “Son of Sam”?
Answer: David Berkowitz

Question: What was the password that Ali Baba used to open the cave of the 40 thieves?
Answer: Open, O'Simsim, or Open Sesame

Question: Sauerkraut, translated from the German as "sour herb", is made from what vegetable?
Answer: Cabbage

Question: What part of a kola tree is used to flavor soft drinks?
Answer: Nut

Question: August 19, 1942 saw the birth of the 42nd President of the US. Who is it?
Answer: Bill Clinton

Question: Who's missing: Dorothy, Tin Woodman, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion?
Answer: Toto

Question: What branch of the US Armed Forces, founded in 1790, trains its officers at its academy in New London, Ct?
Answer: U.S. Coast Guard

Question: What singer was found unresponsive on his bathroom floor on August 16, 1977, before being declared dead at 3:30 that afternoon?
Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: With a 2008 Census population estimate of 173,000 residents, what is the capital of Mississippi?
Answer: Jackson

Question: The largest reservoir in the United States, what is the name of the lake formed behind Hoover Dam?
Answer: Meade

Question: What was the last name of “movie star” Ginger on TV’s Gilligan’s Island?
Answer: Grant

Question: Based in Huntington, WV, what university, which lost a large portion of its football team in a 1970 airplane crash, calls its sports team the "Thundering Herd"?
Answer: Marshall

Question: Also known as the Genius Award, what is the name of the fellowship awarded annually to 20 to 40 US citizens, of any age and working in any field, who "show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work"?
Answer: MacArthur Fellows Program

Question: Name the artist and the title of this 1987 #1 hit: “Your Butt Is Mine Gonna Take You Right Just Show Your Face In Broad Daylight I’m Telling You On How I Feel Gonna Hurt Your Mind Don’t Shoot To Kill Come On, Come On,Lay It On Me All Right…”
Answer: Bad by Michael Jackson

Question: According to the nursery rhyme, who “agreed to have a battle” because someone “spoiled his nice new rattle”?
Answer: Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Question: Demographics is the study of what?
Answer: Human population

Question: The Mothers of Invention backed up eccentric singer?
Answer: Frank Zappa

Question: What does a bar over a roman numeral mean?
Answer: Multiply It By 1,000

Question: In physics, what unit of force is defined as the amount of force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram at a rate of one meter per second per second?
Answer: Newton

Question: During what war did Francis Scott Key write "The Star-Spangled Banner," which became the national anthem?
Answer: 1812

Question: NASA launched the Viking 1 probe on August 20, 1975. To what planet was the spacecraft headed?
Answer: Mars

Question: August 17 saw the opening of what Seattle institution, and major tourist attraction, in continuous operation since 1903?
Answer: Pike Place Market

Question: Pioneer of party-plan marketing, Earl Tupper invented what during his stay at DuPont?
Answer: Tupperware

Question: 'So easy a caveman could do it' was an advertising slogan for what company?
Answer: Geico

Question: Standing for Time and Relative Dimensions in Space, who travels the universe in a spaceship disguised as a police box known as The Tardis?
Answer: Doctor Who

Question: What was the name of the PDA produced by Apple, most famous for its handwriting recognition software turning Random House into Condom Nose during a major presentation?
Answer: Newton

Question: The title character of what TV series regularly ran a newspaper ad that read: "Got a problem, need help, odds against you?"
Answer: The Equalizer

Question: What are the small indentations on a golf ball called?
Answer: Dimples

Question: During World War II, U.S. soldiers used the first commercial aerosol cans to hold what?
Answer: Insecticide

Question: The Earth is approximately how many miles away from the Sun?
Answer: 93 million

Question: In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear originally from?
Answer: Peru

Question: What letter must appear at the beginning of the registration number of all non-military aircraft in the U.S.?
Answer: N