Question: What rock band had a notorious clause in their standard concert contract that specified that all brown M&Ms needed to be removed the bowl provided to the rockers?
Answer: Van Halen

Question: Serial killer Albert de Salvo was better known as whom?
Answer: The Boston Strangler

Question: Finished up earlier this week, what is the only of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments currently played on clay?
Answer: French Open

Question: What product was advertised by the slogan "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking"
Answer: Timex

Question: Born Annelies Marie on June 12, 1929, who received a diary for her 13th birthday?
Answer: Anne Frank

Question: By the power of Greyskull, who, alongside Teela and Man-At-Arms, battled Skeletor to defend Eternia?
Answer: HeMan

Question: Inked by Dean Young, the travails of the Bumstead family are depicted in what comic strip created in 1930?
Answer: Blondie

Question: All rocks can be separated into 3 categories. What are they?
Answer: Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary

Question: How many teams compete in the World Cup?
Answer: 32

Question: Now that Pluto's been demoted, what's the smallest planet of the solar system, with a radius only 0.3892 that of Earth?
Answer: Mercury

Question: Run last Saturday, what race is the 3rd, and final, leg of Thoroughbred Horse Racing's Triple Crown?
Answer: Belmont Stakes

Question: What day of the week is named for the Norse god of single combat, victory, and heroic glory?
Answer: Tuesday

Question: In the Peanuts comic strip, what titan of classical music, who spent his last years deaf, was idolized by the piano playing character Schroeder?
Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Question: June 8, 1955 saw the birth of Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, British engineer and computer scientist best known for inventing what modern convenience that nobody could get by without anymore?
Answer: World Wide Web

Question: Winner of 5, what is the only nation who has sent a team to every World Cup?
Answer: Brazil

Question: What's missing: Gold, Sword, Juno, Utah?
Answer: Omaha

Question: Considered the father of the US Navy, what Revolutionary War hero is famous for his "I have not yet begun to fight!" quote?
Answer: John Paul Jones

Question: Named for it's proximity to the local NBA team, what is the name of the WNBA team in Phoenix?
Answer: Mercury

Question: Born June 11, 1880, Jeanette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, represented which Northwestern state?
Answer: Montana

Question: May 10, 1975 saw Sony release what, which later lost in the first modern format war against its rival from JVC?
Answer: Betamax

Question: Which instrument can separate two liquids by spinning them at high speed?
Answer: Centrifuge

Question: What former U.S. president, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is known for his staunch support of Habitat for Humanity?
Answer: Jimmy Carter

Question: Which actor provided the voice for Darth Vader and "This is CNN"?
Answer: James Earl Jones

Question: An analgesic drug is used as what?
Answer: Painkiller

Question: Outside of what New Mexico town was a supposed crashed UFO discovered on June 14, 1947, which the Gov't swears was a weather balloon?
Answer: Roswell

Question: The terms curds and whey are associated with making what?
Answer: Cheese

Question: Name the 2012 movie from the IMDB plot summary: 'Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior.'
Answer: John Carter

Question: Dammit Jim, I’m a doctor, not a trivia question! DeForrest Kelly (He’s dead, Jim, on Jun 11, 1999) played what character on ST:TOS?
Answer: Dr. Leonard McCoy

Question: What local beverage company, which moved its' headquarters here in 2000, manufactures an energy drink called WhoopAss?
Answer: Jones Soda Company

Question: Saturday is also known as Bloomsday, so called because it's the day in which what author set the events of his novel Ulysses?
Answer: James Joyce

Question: What Latin phrase, which translates as “from the latter”, is taken to mean “based upon actual observation or upon experimental data”?
Answer: a posteriori

Question: Not that OJ did it, but who was murdered along side Nicole Brown Simpson on June 12, 1994?
Answer: Ronald Goldman

Question: June 16, 1723 marked the birth of what totally awesome Scottish social philosopher who single-handedly invented the science of economics?
Answer: Adam Smith

Question: Ruby, C, and Fortran are all examples of what?
Answer: Computer programming languages

Question: What is the name of the cheetah that serves as the spokesperson for Cheetos snacks?
Answer: Chester

Question: Consisting of ham and scrambled egg sandwich with Swiss and American cheeses on grilled sourdough, what restaurant has made Moons Over My Hammy a breakfast staple?
Answer: Dennys

Question: Which airline's in-flight magazine is called Sky?
Answer: Delta

Question: In the Japanese martial art of Kendo, what is the sword made of?
Answer: Bamboo

Question: The trial on campaign finance violations of what former Presidential candidate and North Carolina senator ended in a mistrial last week?
Answer: John Edwards

Question: What are the 3 possible states for a myth on TVs Mythbusters?
Answer: Confirmed, Plausible, Busted

Question: Running from June 15 to Oct 1859, what 2 countries faced off in the Pig War, in which a pig on San Juan island was the only casualty?
Answer: US and Britain

Question: What is the name of the chief muscle used in breathing, which separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity?
Answer: Diaphragm

Question: For a point each, name the 5 countries that share a physical border with the Argentine Republic.
Answer: Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile

Question: How many lines are there in a limerick?
Answer: 5

Question: A current member of the staff at Stanford, who became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983?
Answer: Sally Ride

Question: For a point each, name the 6 countries surrounding Mozambique.
Answer: Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and South Africa

Question: Esther Lederer spent 47 years writing a newspaper advice column under what pseudonym, competing with her twin sister Abigail Van Buren?
Answer: Ann Landers

Question: Those tabbed for King County jury duty either report to the King County Courthouse on 3rd Ave or the Maleng Regional Justice center in what Seattle suburb?
Answer: Kent

Question: The 1859 Pig War, which lasted until 1872, describes a conflict between the United States and Great Britain over what group of islands?
Answer: San Juan

Question: “Don’t fire until uou see the whites of their eyes” is a phrase famously attributed to what June 17, 1775 Revolutionary War battle?
Answer: Battle of Bunker Hill

Question: Often used by sailors to pass the time, the art of carving on bones and ivory is known as what?
Answer: Scrimshaw

Question: Name the 3 Bronte sisters, writers all, of the 1840's and 1850's.
Answer: Charlotte, Emily, Anne

Question: According to a long-running ad campaign, what brand of cookie is baked inside a hollow tree?
Answer: Keebler

Question: Voiced by Harry Shearer, what Simpsons character was modeled after Ted Koppel?
Answer: Kent Brockman

Question: Angus, Shorthorn, and Holstein are all types of what?
Answer: Cattle/Cows

Question: In a bit of nationalistic pride, what is the name of the NHL hockey team based in Toronto, CA?
Answer: Maple Leafs

Question: The Tony Awards, held last Sunday, recognize achievement in what type of theatre?
Answer: (B)Broadway

Question: Butters Stoch, Pip Pirrip, Token Black, and Wendy Testaburger are school characters in what long running animated TV series?
Answer: South Park

Question: The policy of what total bad ass, and US President, was to speak softly and carry a big stick?
Answer: Teddy Roosevelt