Question: May 7, 1945 saw which Axis member nation sign a treaty of unconditional surrender, ending their participation in WWII?
Answer: Germany

Question: Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May), is heavily celebrated in the US as an excuse to drink Corona. In Mexico, however, it's receives a minor nod as a day to commemorate an unexpected Mexican victory at the Battle of Puebla over what European heavyweight?
Answer: The French

Question: According to the nursery rhyme The Famer in the Dell, what does the cheese do?
Answer: Stand alone

Question: For a point each, name the 4 states surrounding North Carolina
Answer: South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia

Question: What is the name of the umbrella company under which local gabazillionaire Paul Allen does most of his work, such as owning the Seahawks, some of the Sounders, the Cinerama, and the Flying Heritage Collection, among others?
Answer: Vulcan

Question: May 5, 1821 saw Emperor Napoleon I die of what was likely stomach cancer on what British possession?
Answer: Saint Helena

Question: The Hippocratic Oath is taken by what profession?
Answer: Doctors

Question: In what state is Kent State University located?
Answer: Ohio

Question: Name the artist and the title of this 2005 #1 hit: “I walk a lonely road The only one that I have ever known Don’t know where it goes But it’s home to me and I walk alone”
Answer: Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day

Question: What does the DSM-IV define as:     A. Disturbance in the normal fluency and time patterning of speech, characterized by frequent occurrences of one or more of the following: (1) sound and syllable repetitions (2) sound prolongations (3) interjections (4) broken words (5) audible or silent blocking (6) circumlocutions (word substitutions to avoid problematic words) (7) words produced with an excess of physical tension (8) monosyllabic whole-word repetitions B. The disturbance in fluency interferes with academic or occupational achievement or with social communication.     C. If a speech-motor or sensory deficit is present, the speech difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with these problems.
Answer: Stuttering

Question: What famed documentarian, a staple of PBS, has produced films on The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, World War II, and National Parks?
Answer: Ken Burns

Question: According to the company, the Arm and Hammer logo represents which Roman god, the god of fire and metalworking?
Answer: Vulcan

Question: May 6, 1954 saw British runner Roger Bannister do what, something that scientists thought to be impossible?
Answer: Run a sub four minute mile

Question: Although the 6th book written, what was the first James Bond film to be released (in 1969)?
Answer: Dr. No

Question: Who is missing: April O'Neil, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
Answer: Donatello

Question: What is the name of the single cell that results from the union of the parents sex cells at fertilization?
Answer: Zygote

Question: Early prospectors often confused pyrite (FeS2) with what mineral they were seeking?
Answer: Gold

Question: Who utters the famous advertising slogan “Nothin’ says lovin’ like something from the oven”
Answer: Pillsbury Dough Boy

Question: What name was given to the team consisting of Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp, Thor, and the Hulk?
Answer: The Avengers

Question: Who, along with fellow reporter Lois, acts as a mentor and role model for young photojournalist Jimmy Olsen?
Answer: Clark Kent

Question: What is the official call sign of the Boeing 747 that carries the president?
Answer: Air Force One

Question: Tattinger, Veuve Clicquot, and Delbeck are all makers of what?
Answer: Champagne

Question: May 6, 1856 saw the birth of what Austrian neurologist, credited as the father of psychoanalysis?
Answer: Sigmund Freud

Question: It appears that this year's presidential election is going to the dogs. We don't know the name of the dogs that Barak Obama ate, but what was the name of the pooch that Mitt Romney strapped to the roof of his car during a road trip to Canada?
Answer: Seamus

Question: May 8 is known as Victory in Europe day when the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Germany, in what year?
Answer: 1945

Question: Which US city is known as The Big Easy, the Crescent City, or NOLA?
Answer: New Orleans

Question: The Oompa-Loompas appear in which book(s) and film(s)?
Answer: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Question: What color shirt and shorts are usually worn by Bart Simpson?
Answer: Red/orange shirt, blue shorts

Question: Where do The Monkees take the last train to in their 1966 hit?
Answer: Clarksville

Question: How long is a US patent good for (as of June 9, 1995)?
Answer: 20 years

Question: On May 10, 1869, the transcontinental railroad was completed when what two railroads met for the first time at Promontory, UT?
Answer: Union Pacific, Central Pacific

Question: What would your astrological sign be if you were born today?
Answer: Taurus

Question: Jurisprudence is the study and theory of what?
Answer: The Law

Question: With a membership of over 2.7 million members, the slogan for what youth organization is "Be Prepared"?
Answer: Boy Scouts of America

Question: May 7, 1937 saw Herbert Morrison earn a place in history when his broadcast of what disaster, which included a very plaintive "Oh, the humanity!" reached the listeners of WLS radio in Chicago?
Answer: Hindenburg disaster

Question: What city was the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War?
Answer: Richmond, Virginia

Question: Last month, Facebook shelled out a cool $1 billion to acquire what photo application company?
Answer: Instagram

Question: Scottish author Sir James Matthew Barrie, wrote what famous book, subtitled “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up”?
Answer: Peter Pan

Question: A luthier is a craftsman specializing in the making of what?
Answer: Stringed instruments

Question: The International Table Tennis Federation has decreed that the field of a legal ping pong table can be one of only two colors. What are they?
Answer: Blue or green

Question: What famous Cunard liner was sunk off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915, with the loss of 1198 lives?
Answer: RMS Lusitania

Question: What noted author of books such as Bumble-Ardy, Seven Little Monsters, and In the Night Kitchen, among others, died yesterday of complications of a stroke at age 83?
Answer: Maurice Sendak

Question: First proposed by Ann Jarvis (1868) and Julia Ward Howe (1872), Mother's Day was officially proclaimed on May 9, 1914, by which US President?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Question: In a series of 1980s TV commercials, high-end diners couldn’t tell the difference when their fresh ground roast coffee was “secretly replaced” with what brand of instant coffee?
Answer: Folgers

Question: Home to the world's largest river delta, what river is sacred to those of the Hindu religion?
Answer: Ganges

Question: Allstate spokesperson Dennis Haysbert likes to ask the TV audience, are you what?
Answer: in a good hands?

Question: Hailing from Fremont, what radio station do you find at 105.3 on your local FM dial?
Answer: KCMS, Spirit 105.3

Question: What famed Yankee, widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers ever, was known for his malapropisms, such as “It ain’t over till it’s over,” and “It’s deja vu all over again”.
Answer: Yogi Berra

Question: Born Karl Friedrich Hieronymus on May 11, 1720, what German born member of the nobility was well known for outrageous tall tales, such as riding cannonballs, travelling to the Moon, and escaping from a swamp by pulling himself up by his own hair?
Answer: Baron von Munchhausen

Question: What is the name given to the type of journalism created by Hunter Thompson in which reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories?
Answer: Gonzo