Question: A professional mining engineer, who was the President of the US at the start of the Great Depression?
Answer: Herbert Hoover

Question: The State Department of Health recently announced the top baby names for the year 2009. Alexander was the top boys name. What named topped the list for girls?
Answer: Isabella

Question: In the Parker Brothers game Pit, what type of items are featured on the cards that are traded during play?
Answer: Commodities

Question: The time when supernatural creatures, such as witches, demons and ghosts are thought to be at their most powerful, what hour is known as the witching hour?
Answer: Midnight

Question: Played by Jack Webb for the 14 year run of the series, who wore badge #714 on the TV show Dragnet?
Answer: Sgt Joe Friday

Question: Name the artist and the title of this 1991 #1 hit: Oh, life is bigger It’s bigger than you And you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no, I’ve said too much I set it up”
Answer: Losing My Religion by REM

Question: November 9, 1967 saw the debut of what iconic magazine, founded by Jann Wenner, which famously provided a roach clip with every paid subscription?
Answer: Rolling Stone

Question: What is the only day of the week named for a female deity?
Answer: Friday, named for Frige

Question: What animated film character said “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way”?
Answer: Jessica Rabbit

Question: What boxer, nicknamed Boom Boom, faced off against Duk Koo Kim in 1982, earning the TKO in the 14th round, and it ended with Kim lapsing into a coma before dying 4 days later?
Answer: Ray Mancini

Question: I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing was the advertising slogan for what company?
Answer: Alka-Seltzer

Question: For a point each, name the 5 countries surrounding the Republic of Croatia.
Answer: Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro

Question: Useful while pondering the intricacies of a case, what musical instrument is Sherlock Holmes known to play?
Answer: Violin

Question: Dogs have sweat glands in their nose and where else?
Answer: Paws

Question: Today is Veterans Day. It was originally begun to honor veterans of which war?
Answer: W.W. I

Question: What is the horse race betting term for picking the first and second place finishers in a race in the correct order?
Answer: Exacta

Question: What 1930s sex symbols lent her name to the life jackets worn by air crews during WWII?
Answer: Mae West

Question: Known mostly for his invention of the mobile, what American artist, born in 1898, has an exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum through April, 2010?
Answer: Alexander Calder

Question: What 1985 album, by the British rock group Dire Straits, was the first to sell a million copies in CD format?
Answer: Brothers in Arms

Question: Name the year: Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran is booted; the Hood Canal bridge sinks; Jimmy Carter is attacked by the infamous Swamp Rabbit; The Sonics won their only championship; Iran takes 53 members of the US Embassy hostage for 444 days; Star Trek: The Motion Picture is released
Answer: 1979

Question: Voiced by Phil Hartman, before his untimely death, Lionel Hutz is the hapless lawyer on what TV series?
Answer: The Simpsons

Question: What has been on the air longer? Jeopardy? Or Wheel of Fortune?
Answer: Jeopardy

Question: What is the middle name of Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery?
Answer: Danger

Question: D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad was executed last night for his role in terrorizing the nation's capital in October 2002. In what state was he executed?
Answer: Virginia

Question: The logo for Mack Trucks features what animal?
Answer: Bulldog

Question: Which two elements make up brass?
Answer: Copper and Zinc

Question: Nov 11, 1889 saw which state admitted to the union as the 42nd state?
Answer: Washington

Question: What is tracked by the Web site Where's George?
Answer: Money

Question: Who is the current vice president of the United States?
Answer: Joe Biden

Question: Niagara Falls, one of the more popular tourist destinations in North America, consists of Horseshoe Falls and what?
Answer: American Falls

Question: In what reality TV show, recently won by Jordan Lloyd, features group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras?
Answer: Big Brother

Question: Opening in 1995, the Rock and Roll hall of fame is located in what major U.S. city?
Answer: Cleveland, Ohio

Question: As editor of the New York Tribune, in an 1865 editorial, what did Horace Greeley famously advise people to do?
Answer: Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.

Question: Before succumbing to cancer in 1992, who as known as The Voice of the Seahawks since their inception, and was one of the inaugural members of the Seahawks Ring of Honor?
Answer: Pete Gross

Question: How many herbs and spices make up the Colonels secret recipe?
Answer: 11

Question: According to the proverb, what is said to be the mother of invention?
Answer: Necessity

Question: What is the name of the video game that is home to Ralph in the Disney movie Wreck-it Ralph?
Answer: Fix-It Felix, Jr

Question: Who led the group of pioneers that left Cherry Grove, Il on April 10, 1851 and made land at Alki point on Nov 13, founding the city of Seattle?
Answer: Arthur Denny

Question: What Latin phrase, which translates as always faithful, is best recognized as the motto of the US Marine Corp?
Answer: Semper fidelis

Question: The extreme value wine Charles Shaw is sold at Trader Joes under what nickname?
Answer: Two/Three Buck Chuck

Question: Which country is home to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay?
Answer: Cuba

Question: A wah-wah pedal is attached to what instrument in order alter the tone to make it mimic a human voice?
Answer: Guitar

Question: Which animal answers the question "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?"
Answer: Owl

Question: The famous sign on Harry S Truman’s desk read what on the front, while the back said “I’m from Missouri”?
Answer: The buck stops here

Question: What did noted asshat Charles Manson carve into his forehead when he got bored with the x?
Answer: Swastika

Question: What celebrity TV chef, who currently hosts Iron Chef America, got his start as the genius behind the show Good Eats!, which ran for 14 season?
Answer: Alton Brown

Question: Jacob Black, Edward Cullen, and Bella Swan are characters in what fictional book series?
Answer: Twilight

Question: 1965 saw the debut of Poppin Fresh, who along with his extended family Poppie Fresh, GrandPopper and GranMommer, Biscuit, Flapjack, Popper, Bun-Bun, and Rollie, is the advertising mascot for what company?
Answer: Pillsbury

Question: What is the common name for your coccyx?
Answer: Tailbone

Question: Originating in China, a sampan is a type of what?
Answer: Boat

Question: What is the name for sugar containing between 3.5% and 6.5% molasses?
Answer: Brown Sugar

Question: What is the tallest mountain on the African continent?
Answer: Mt Kilimanjaro

Question: Today is World Diabetes day, designed to bring awareness of the disease, which is caused by a shortage of what hormone?
Answer: Insulin

Question: In a traditional suit of armor, where on the body was a greave worn?
Answer: Leg

Question: Miso, tofu, and shoyu all come from what legume?
Answer: Soybean

Question: Awake and The Watchtower are two magazines distributed by what religious group in the door-to-door ministries business?
Answer: Jehovah's Witness

Question: Monday marked the birth of what total asshat, the "pastor" behind Topeka, KS based Westboro Baptist Church?
Answer: Fred Phelps, Sr

Question: Based on his nickname, what is the name of the next installment of the Superman movie series, staring Henry Cavill, slated to hit the theaters next year?
Answer: Man of Steel