Question: Voiced by Stephen Root, who is the overweight, balding, over the hill boss of Hank Hill on TV's King of the Hill?
Answer: Buck Strickland

Question: Founded in 1831, which famous fighting force was created specifically to allow foreign nationals to serve in the French Army and was often seen as means of escaping a troubled past?
Answer: French Foreign Legion

Question: "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you" was the first message sent by what medium on March 10, 1876?
Answer: Telephone

Question: On March 4th 1918, the first known case in the US of which pandemic was observed at Fort Riley, Kansas?
Answer: Spanish Flu

Question: Accounting for up to 25% of the yearly sales, what is the most popular Girl Scout cookie sold?
Answer: Thin Mints

Question: The Newbery and Caldecott medals are awarded in what field of literature?
Answer: Childrens

Question: March 9th, 1862 was the naval battle of Hampton Roads, which saw which two ships, the first ironclads, face off against each other?
Answer: USS Monitor and CSS Virginia

Question: The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended what 2 year long war?
Answer: Mexican-American war

Question: Who's missing: Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Davy Jones?
Answer: Peter Tork

Question: What was the name of the Independent Counsel who investigated the death of White House Counsel Vince Foster, the Whitewater real estate investment scandal, and Bill Clintons less than stellar grasp of the truth, ultimately leading to Clinton's impeachment?
Answer: Kenneth Starr

Question: The directions to what location are either “second to the right and straight on till morning’ (according to the book), or ‘second star to the right, and straight on till morning’ (says the film)?
Answer: Neverland

Question: What does a funambulist walk on?
Answer: A tight rope

Question: According to the 1979 Buggles hit, what did video kill?
Answer: the radio star

Question: American author William Sydney Porter, known for his wit, wordplay, and clever twist endings, wrote under what famous pseudonym while in prison for embezzlement?
Answer: O. Henry

Question: Based in Seattle, the TV show Fraiser was a spinoff of what long running series?
Answer: Cheers

Question: Only two trilogies in Oscar history have had all 3 installments nominated for academy awards. For a point each, name them
Answer: Lord of the Rings and The Godfather

Question: For the 1st time ever, a person has won both a best actor/actress Oscar and a Razzie for the worst actor/actress in the same year. Who did it this year?
Answer: Sandra Bullock

Question: March 10, 1940 saw the birthday of what totally badassed action star, christened as Carlos Ray, who created a martial arts style known as Chun Kuk Do?
Answer: Chuck Norris

Question: March 10, 1804 saw the US officially take possession of what property, which they purchased from France for a mere $15,000,000?
Answer: Louisiana Purchase

Question: What name is given to the art of trimming trees and shrubs into ornamental shapes?
Answer: topiary

Question: If dog is canine and pig is porcine, what kind of animal is Cetacean?
Answer: Whales

Question: March 11, 1958 was the birthday of statutory rapist Joey Buttafuoco, who achieved his fame when what underage mistress, known as the Long Island Lolita, shot his wife?
Answer: Amy Fisher

Question: What insignia are Generals in the US armed forces allowed to wear on their uniforms?
Answer: Stars

Question: The Louisiana Purchase became all or part of 14 states (and 2 Canadian provinces). For a point each, name as many of the states as you can.
Answer: Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Louisiana

Question: His nickname having come from his dog, what is Indiana Jones's real first name?
Answer: Henry

Question: In a fraction, is the numerator on the top? Or the bottom?
Answer: top

Question: For what purpose would someone wear a ghillie suit?
Answer: Camouflage

Question: Mary Josephine Ray, the oldest person in the United States, died Monday, a mere 71 days short of reaching what age?
Answer: 115

Question: According to Greek mythology, Urania was the muse of what?
Answer: Astronomy

Question: What tuna brand uses a cartoon mascot known as Charlie the Tuna to advertise their product?
Answer: StarKist

Question: In chess, what piece is limited only to diagonal moves?
Answer: Bishop

Question: Which US President, the 14th, is remembered both for his heavy drinking and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 with both created those territories and repealed that abomination known as the Missouri Compromise?
Answer: Franklin Pierce

Question: Saturday marked the start of the Iditarod dogsled race. In what Alaska city does the race start?
Answer: Willow

Question: What age range is covered by centenarian?
Answer: 100-109

Question: According to the nursery rhyme, what did Little Jack Horner pull from his pie?
Answer: a plum

Question: What is the westernmost of the Canadian provinces?
Answer: British Columbia

Question: Which is longer? A statute mile or a nautical mile?
Answer: A nautical mile. The Nautical mile is 6076 feet, the statute mile is 5280

Question: Madonnas, Madisons, Monroes, Christinas and Prince Alberts are all types of what?
Answer: Body Piercings

Question: What state, known as The Mother of Presidents, was the 10th state to join the Union, on June 25, 1788?
Answer: Virginia

Question: Played on the big screen by Fay Wray, Jessica Lange, and Naomi Watts, Ann Darrow was the object of what creature's affection?
Answer: King Kong

Question: The second oldest European-established city in the Americas, what is the capital and most populous city in Puerto Rico?
Answer: San Juan

Question: What founding father, who in a satirical letter to a Parisian newspaper suggested taxing shutters, rationing candles, and waking the public by ringing church bells and firing cannons at sunrise, is generally credited as the father of Daylight Savings time?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Question: Under what pseudonym did Charles Lutwidge Dodgson write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
Answer: Lewis Carroll

Question: The worst civilian nuclear accident in US history, what Penn. power plant suffered a partial core meltdown in 1979?
Answer: Three Mile Island

Question: Played by Donald Sutherland in the move and Alan Alda on TV, which M*A*S*H character, the only one to be in every TV episode, called Crabapple Cove, ME his home?
Answer: Captain Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce

Question: With an estimated worth of $2.1 billion (as of last year) what was the name of the richest man on Gilligan's Island?
Answer: Thurston Howell, III

Question: Next month sees the announcement of the 2011 Pulitzer Prizes. What Ivy League school administers the prize?
Answer: Columbia

Question: For a point each, name the 3 countries that surround Ghana.
Answer: Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), Burkina Faso, Togo

Question: Komodo National Park, dedicated to protecting the largest lizard in the world, is in what country, the only known home of said reptile?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: What fictional town was home to Fred and Wilma Flintstone?
Answer: Bedrock

Question: What radio station do you find at 1000 on your local AM dial?
Answer: Komo

Question: Born on March 16, 1959, what rap star, a member of Public Enemy, and reality tv star (The Surreal Life, Strange Love, and others) is probably best known for wearing large clock dangling from his neck?
Answer: Flavor Flav

Question: In the world of the theatre, does ‘stage left’ describe the audience’s left? Or the actor’s left?
Answer: Actor's left

Question: Know mostly for their extreme use of fart gags, Terrance and Phillip are popular Canadian celebrities on what animated TV show?
Answer: South Park

Question: First commercially available as a toothbrush (1938), Nylon is a thermoplastic material trademarked by what company?
Answer: DuPont