Question: The African countries of Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged on April 26, 1964 to form what new country?
Answer: Tanzania

Question: April 30, 1803 saw Robert R. Livingston sign a treaty in Paris that allowed the United States to spend $15 million for what?
Answer: The Louisiana Purchase

Question: The 8th President of the US, who was the first president who was born a US citizen?
Answer: (D)Martin Van Buren

Question: What does the DSM-IV define as:     A. Recurrent episodes of abrupt awakening from sleep, usually occurring during the first third of the major sleep episode and beginning with a panicky scream. B. Intense fear and signs of autonomic arousal, such as tachycardia, rapid breathing, and sweating, during each episode.     C. Relative unresponsiveness to efforts of others to comfort the person during the episode. D. No detailed dream is recalled and there is amnesia for the episode. E. The episodes cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. F. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.
Answer: Sleep Terror Disorder

Question: The goal of what popular Nintendo game is to navigate through the Mushroom Kingdom on a quest to save Princess Toadstool?
Answer: Super Mario Brothers

Question: Who's missing: Grant Imahara, Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, Adam Savage
Answer: Jamie Hyneman

Question: According to legend, who fell asleep in the Catskill Mountains for 20 years, following a game of 9-pins with the ghosts of Henry Hudson's crew?
Answer: Rip Van Winkle

Question: On the steps of Federal Hall, George Washington took the first ever Oath of Office on the 30th of April, 1789 in what city?
Answer: New York, NY

Question: Who is “watching you” in George Orwell’s book 1984?
Answer: Big Brother

Question: What comic strip, created by Mort Walker, tells the tale of a goldbricking US Army private?
Answer: Beetle Bailey

Question: Which scandal ridden singer, who married his 13 year old second cousin, is cousins with scandal plagued televangelist Jimmy Lee Swaggart?
Answer: Jerry Lee Lewis

Question: What circus billed itself as “The Greatest Show on Earth”?
Answer: Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey

Question: Which frequent Saturday Night Live guest talent created such memorable characters as half of the Festrunk Brothers and Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber?
Answer: Steve Martin

Question: For a point each, name the 6 states surrounding Utah.
Answer: Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico

Question: What kind of animal does “The Ugly Duckling” turn out to be in Hans Christian Andersen’s children’s story?
Answer: Swan

Question: Doctor Who is back! Currently played by Matt Smith, how many different actors have portrayed the Doctor on the TV series (from 1963 to today)
Answer: 11

Question: Who was the captain of the HMS Bounty, set adrift with 18 of his loyal officers by Fletcher Christian, on April 28, 1789?
Answer: William Bligh

Question: Craniometry is a technique to measure what?
Answer: Skull size

Question: Two titans in their field, Malcom Sargent (1895) and Thomas Beecham (1879) were both born on April 29th. What profession did they practice?
Answer: Conductors

Question: According to the nursery rhyme, where did Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater put his wife?
Answer: In a pumpkin shell

Question: Name the artist and title of this 1987 #1 hit: “All the old paintings on the tomb They do the sand dance, don’cha know? If they move too quick (Oh-Ah-Oh), they’re falling down like a domino.”?
Answer: Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bangles

Question: The Treaty of San Francisco, which came into effect on April 28, 1952, officially ended what?
Answer: World War II

Question: Who famously owned a bicycle shop at 22 South Williams Street, Dayton, Oh?
Answer: The Wright Brothers

Question: What product claims “it’s everywhere you want to be”?
Answer: Visa

Question: May 7, 1915 saw German U-boat U-20 fired a single torpedo at what Cunard passenger liner, sinking it with the loss of 1,198 lives and helped turn public opinion against Germany and contributed to America's entry into WWI?
Answer: RMS Lusitania

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

Question: May 4, 1970 saw 4 students killed and an additional 13 wounded when National Guard soldiers opened fire on unarmed students at what mid-western University?
Answer: Kent State

Question: Located in Holyoke, Ma, the town in which the sport was created, what Hall of Fame is located at 444 Dwight St?
Answer: Volleyball

Question: Although never seen in the comic book, which Peanuts character is in love with The Little Red-Haired Girl?
Answer: Charlie Brown

Question: Prior to adopting the euro, what was the name of the currency shared by Germany and Finland?
Answer: Mark

Question: May 5, 1925 saw one John T. Scopes of Dayton, TN, charged with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of what?
Answer: Evolution

Question: What Louisville, Ky track is home to the Kentucky Derby, the annual race known as “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports”?
Answer: Churchill Downs

Question: Which planet, which received its name on May 1, was named for the Roman god of the underworld, appropriate for such a presumably dark and cold world?
Answer: Pluto

Question: One of the historical sciences, philology is the study of what?
Answer: Languages through historical texts

Question: What American author, a founding influence on the school of transcendentalism, is perhaps best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings?
Answer: Henry David Thoreau

Question: Played by Paul Johansson in the recent movie, what is the name of the hero in Ayn Rand's seminal classic Atlas Shrugged?
Answer: John Galt

Question: What Chicago building grabbed the title of World's Tallest building when it was completed in May, 1973, a title that it held for nearly 25 years?
Answer: Sears (now Willis) Tower

Question: “But wait, there’s more!” May 3, 1935 saw the birth of what prolific inventor and marketing personality, known for such products as Mr. Microphone, Showtime Rotisserie, and GLH-9 Hair in a Can spray, among many others?
Answer: Ron Popeil

Question: What radio station do you find at 770 on your local AM dial?
Answer: Ktth

Question: For a point each, name the 3 countries surrounding the Togolese Republic.
Answer: Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso

Question: Which bruising 19th century American, the last of the bare knuckle boxing heavyweight champions, was the first athlete to earn over one million dollars?
Answer: John L. Sullivan

Question: May 5, 1821 saw the death of a pretty major asshat when Emperor Napolean I, who probably died from stomach cancer, while he was exiled on what South Atlantic island?
Answer: St. Helena

Question: What NPR staple, set in a fictional Minnesota town "where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average", debuted in 1974?
Answer: A Prairie Home Companion

Question: The first issue of what women's magazine, known for its seal of approval, first appeared on May 2, 1885?
Answer: Good Housekeeping

Question: What Kentucky city plays host to the "fastest 2 minutes in sports", the Kentucky Derby?
Answer: Louisville

Question: May 4, 1970 saw 4 students killed and an additional 13 wounded when National Guard soldiers opened fired on unarmed students at what mid-western University?
Answer: Kent State

Question: Which comic strip, created by Bil Keane, focuses on parents Bill and Thelma, and kids Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and P.J.?
Answer: The Family Circus

Question: On Star Trek, Mr. Spock's mother hailed from earth. From what planet did his father hail?
Answer: Vulcan