Question: Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in his classic painting American Gothic?
Answer: His dentist

Question: Name the year: NAFTA is ratified, Nancy Kerrigan gets clubbed, Kurt Cobain eats his shotgun, OJ Simpson offs his ex wife and her friend.
Answer: 1994

Question: Playing the leads Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsen, who starred in the 1978 movie Grease?
Answer: Olivia Newton John and John Travolta

Question: With a metropolotian population of almost 19 million people, what is the most populous city in South America?
Answer: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Question: For a point each, name the 11 tokens available in a game of Monopoly.
Answer: Wheelbarrow, Battleship, Sack of Money, Horse and Rider, Race Car, Thimble, Howitzer, Shoe, Scottie dog, Iron, and Top Hat

Question: What do you call a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a central lagoon?
Answer: Atoll

Question: Ratified on the 18th of August, 1920, the 19th amendment to the US constitution states: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of what?
Answer: Sex

Question: At what city did Bugs Bunny always belatedly realize, I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at?
Answer: Albuquerque

Question: What does the internet acronym FTFY mean?
Answer: Fixed that for you

Question: Commander of the Coalition forces during the First Gulf War, which general had the nickname Stormin' Norman?
Answer: H. Norman Schwarzkopf

Question: Jimmy Choo, Manolo Blahnik, and Christian Louboutin are all makers of what?
Answer: Women's shoes

Question: Connect Four, Battleship, Twister, Yahtzee, Hungry Hungry Hippos, and The Game of Life are all games produced by what US game company?
Answer: Milton Bradley

Question: True or false: an adult centipede has exactly 100 legs?
Answer: False

Question: Those poor “Three Blind Mice” of nursery rhyme fame had their tails cut off by the farmer’s wife using what sharp instrument?
Answer: A carving knife

Question: 5W-20, 10W-30, and 20W-20 are common weights of what commodity?
Answer: Motor Oil

Question: Jiminy Jillickers! Ultimately played by Milhouse, what is the name of Radioactive Man's sidekick?
Answer: Fallout Boy

Question: On Aug 23, 1939, Germany signed a non-aggression pact with what other country, paving the way for the Nazi invasion of Poland?
Answer: Ussr

Question: During WWI, manufacturers of what product relabeled themselves as Liberty Cabbage to avoid anti-German sentiments?
Answer: Sauerkraut

Question: Having overcome her own addiction to alcohol and prescription medicine, what former first lady opened a treatment center for chemical dependency in Rancho Mirage, CA?
Answer: Betty Ford

Question: Killing thousands, the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried on Aug 24, 79AD when what volcano erupted?
Answer: Vesuvius

Question: What salad dressing (containing mayonnaise, anchovies, chives and sour cream) was named after a 1921 play?
Answer: Green Goddess

Question: What can be a musical instrument, a type of brake, and a type of cylindrical container?
Answer: Drum

Question: Known for his love of Ludwig van, what is the name of the piano playing character in the Peanuts comic strip?
Answer: Schroeder

Question: Name the 1995 movie from the IMDB plot summary: "A boat has been destroyed, criminals are dead, and the key to this mystery lies with the only survivor and his twisted, convoluted story beginning with five career crooks in a seemingly random police lineup."?
Answer: The Usual Suspects

Question: Germany started what became World War II with the invasion of Poland on September 1st. What day of the week was it?
Answer: Friday

Question: If I'm on vehicles named Ganges Gertie, Irrawaddy Irma, Orinoco Ida, or Zambesi Zelda, what Disney World Magic Kingdom attraction am I on?
Answer: Jungle Cruise

Question: Name the 1969 movie and character/actor that featured the quote “”I’m walking here! I’m walking here!””
Answer: Dustin Hoffman as “Ratso” Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy

Question: After the invasion of Poland, which was the next country to be invaded by the Germans in World War II?
Answer: Denmark

Question: The birth, at Baekdu Mountain, of what Asian despot was foretold by a swallow, and heralded by the appearance of a double rainbow over the mountain and a new star in the heavens?
Answer: Kim Jong-Il

Question: What are the names of Popeye's nephews?
Answer: Pipeye, Pupeye, Poopeye, Peepeye

Question: Appaloosa, Tennessee Walking, and Arabian are all types of what?
Answer: Horses

Question: What country has the U.S. had a trade embargo on since 1962?
Answer: Cuba

Question: On TV, “Ace” Duff Goldman and “Boss” Buddy Valastro both work in what medium?
Answer: Cake

Question: There are no member countries of the United Nations that begin with what two letters of the English alphabet?
Answer: W and X

Question: Which is the only planet in the solar system named after a Greek god?
Answer: Uranus

Question: What does a xenophobe fear?
Answer: Foreigners

Question: What category 3 hurricane devastated the east coast last week, resulting in at least 54 deaths?
Answer: Irene

Question: Which state grows more oranges and grapefruits than any other state in the U.S.?
Answer: Florida

Question: Known as the Beaver State, what was the 33rd state to join the Union on Feb 14, 1859?
Answer: Oregon

Question: August 28, 1898 saw the introduction of what popular soft drink, originally called Brad's Drink, named after it's inventor, New Bern, NC pharmacist Caleb Bradham?
Answer: Pepsi-Cola

Question: The PayDay candy bar is composed of peanuts and what other confection?
Answer: Caramel

Question: Who was the last vice president to be elected president?
Answer: George H. W. Bush

Question: In the Transformer Universe, who is the leader of the Decipticons?
Answer: Megatron

Question: Which side makes the first move in a game of chess?
Answer: White

Question: In the early 1990s, Nike ran a series of Bo Knows TV commercial featuring what athlete, the first in the modern era to play both professional football and baseball in the same year, trying his hand at various sports, including basketball (with Michael Jordan) and Tennis (with John McEnroe)?
Answer: Bo Jackson

Question: For a point each, name the 4 countries surrounding the Republic of Benin
Answer: Togo, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger

Question: Who was Captain Hooks first mate in Peter Pan?
Answer: Mr. Smee

Question: Anchored by the star Sirius, what animal does the constellation Canis Major represent?
Answer: A dog

Question: The first of the "cardio-boxing" fitness programs to gain commercial success, what was the name of the aeroboic exercise routine created by Billy Blanks?
Answer: Tae Bo

Question: Born on Sept 1, 1950, what is the surname of TV's Doctor Phil, who originally made his fame by appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show?
Answer: McGraw

Question: Sept 4, 1950 saw the introduction of the comic strip Beetle Bailey. On what fictional military installation does the comic strip take place?
Answer: Camp Swampy

Question: Standing for “the Memphis Group”, the M.G.’s back up what R&B singing legend?
Answer: Booker T. Jones

Question: Available in small quantities in tonic water, quinine, which comes from the bark of the cinchona [sin-koh-nuh] tree, was first used to treat what tropical disease?
Answer: Malaria

Question: For a point each, name the 5 countries surrounding Switzerland
Answer: Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Liechtenstein

Question: In what outdoor sport, sanctioned by the NHPA, scores 3 points for a ringer, 2 for a leaner, and the closet scores a point?
Answer: Horseshoes

Question: Are Zebras black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes?
Answer: Black with white stripes

Question: Born on August 31, 12 AD, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, emperor of Rome from 37 AD to 41AD and later to be played Malcolm McDowell, was commonly known as whom?
Answer: Caligula