Round 1  Constellations

1. The Pleiades, also known as the seven sisters, is said to be pursued across the sky by what hunter? Orion
2.What is the common name for the constellation Ursa Major? The Big Dipper
3. Named after the swan, what constellation is also known as the Northern Cross? Cygnus
4. Name this constellation: Scorpio
5. Named after a famous foe of Hercules and covering more than 1,300 square degrees in the sky, what constellation is regarded as the largest in the sky? Hydra

Round 2  Birds

6. What is the only bird that can fly backwards? Hummingbird
7. What is a group of ravens called? Murder
8. What bird, commonly seen in this area, is known to scientists as Branta canadensis? Canada Goose
9. What bird, assumed extinct until recieving acclaim for reported sightings in Arkansas in 2004, is now classified as “probably or definitely extinct?” Ivory Billed Woodpecker
10. What is the common name for this bird? Scarlett Tanager

Round 3 Arcade Showdown!

11.What 2007 documentary follows Steve Weibe as he tries to defeat Billy Mitchell’s high score in the game Donkey Kong? King of Kong: Fist Full of Quarters
12. What is the official name of the pieces of Tetris? Tetraminoes
13. What video game features the characters Chop Chop Master Onion, Katy Kat, PJ Beri and MC King Kong Mushi? Parappa the Rapper
14. What city is known as the video game capital of the world? Ottumwa, Iowa
15. What game is this screen capture from? Dragon Warrior

Round 4—Current Events

16. Allegations surfaced last week that Brett Favre sent pictures of himself mastubating to Jenn Sterger while they both worked for the Jets. In one photo, what kind of footwear was most notably wearing? Crocs
17. Saudi Arabia recently banned what device because it’s security agencies could not crack it in order to monitor exchanged data between them? Blackberries
18. Who is the President of Cuba? Raul Castro
19. What is the name of the controversial proposed Muslim center near Ground Zero? Cordoba
20. Naomi Campbell recently testified at the war crimes trial of what former Liberian president? Charles Taylor

Round 5—Economics

21.Who coined the term “the invisible hand” in his book The Wealth of Nations? Adam Smith
22. What french term is used to describe an economic policy that lacks all regulation? Laissez-Faire
23. Though he later signed on to it as his running mate, what term did George Bush use to describe Ronald Reagan’s economic policy? Voodoo Economics
24. What often misused term describes an economic system with the goal to more effectively satisfy demand by producing utility directly without being burdened by private property relations in the means of production and the need to generate profit? Socialism
25. What 2002 act was enacted as a reaction to the large numbers of corporate and accounting scandals at companies like Enron, Adelphia, Tyco and WorldCom? Sarbanes -Oxley

Round 6—Ebonics

26. According to the rapper Big L in the song Ebonics if “sneakers is kicks, movies is flicks, and money is chips” What would you call your car? Whip
27. The 70s, 80s or 90s: In what decade was the term Ebonics coined by Robert Williams? 1970s
28. Again, from the book of Big L, song Ebonics, verse 2, lines 3-5″If you caught a felony, you got an FIf you got killed, you got leftAnd if you got the Dragon…”What is your ailment? Bad Breath
29. What California school district passed a resolution in 1996 recognizing the legitimacy of Ebonics, mandating some instruction in the dialect? Oakland
30. Since 1996 linguists have used what phrase in place of Ebonics, to avoid any mixed connotations on account of the word? African American Vernacular English

Round 7—Wild Card

31. Who’s the black private dick that’s a sex machine with all the chicks? Shaft
32. What classic video game was inducted into the Video Game Hall of fame in 2010, the first game to be inducted? Pac-man
33. Which of the following magazine titles does not fall under the umbrella of the Conde Nast Publication Company: Brides, Guns and Ammo, Golf Digest, or The New Yorker? Guns and Ammo
34. It is predicted that White Nose Syndrome (Geomyces Destructans) will wipe out the population of what mammal in the Northeast United States within the next 15-20 years? Little Brown Bat
35. Put the layers of the Earth’s atmosphere in order, starting with the closest to the Earth: Exosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Troposphere. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere

Round 8—WTF?

36. What in tarnation is that? Shake Weight
37. What the deuce? Uranus
38. What the frack? Notre Dame
39. What the crap? I forgot what we had here
40. The fuck? Famicom

Round 9—Books

41. Who created the character Sherlock Holmes? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
42. The character of Nick Adams is partly inspired by what author’s youth spent in northern Michigan? Hemingway
43. What Edward Abbey book is often cited as influential to the founding of the organizations EarthFirst! and the Earth Liberation Front? The Monkeywrench Gang
44. Who wrote the books Into Thin Air, Into The Wild and Under the Banner of Heaven? Krakauer
45. First published in Spanish in 1967, what book tells the story of seven generations of the Buendia family in the fictional town of Macondo, Columbia, and has been translated into 37 languages worldwide? 100 Years of Solitude

Round 10—Celebrity Geeks

46. Danica McKellar wrote the books Math Doesn’t Suck, Kiss My Math, and Hot X to increase middle school aged girls’ interest in mathematics, and is notable for playing Winnie Cooper in what TV sitcom? Wonder Years
47. Better known for her roles in Pearl Harbor, The Aviator, and Van Helsing, what actress is an alumni of the New College at Oxford, and twice won the W.H. Smith Award for young writers? Kate Beckinsale
48. Who published the works MgL Emission in the Night-Sky Spectrum (1972), An Investigation of the Motion of Zodiacal Dust Particles (Part I) (1973), Fat Bottomed Girls (1978), and We Will Rock You (1977)? Brian May of Queen
49. What popular TV personality graduated magna cum laude, and served as editor of the Harvard Lampoon for two years while attending the Cambridge, MA school? Conan O’Brien
50. What action film star holds a degree from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology, a MS in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study at MIT? Dolph Lundgren

Round 11—Greek Mythology

51. What was the name of the mountain on which the Greek Gods resided? Olympus
52. To the Romans, the God of wine, theater, and ecstasy was known as Bacchus. By what name did the Greeks know him? Dionysus
53. What was the name of Jason’s ship in his quest to find the golden fleece? Argo
54. Who slew Medusa? Perseus
55. What club-footed God of technology, blacksmithing, artisans, and volcanoes was Aphrodite’s husband? Hephaestus

Round 12—Is Canadian, Is Not Canadian

56. Steve Nash- Is Canadian
57. Adrian Grenier- Is not Canadian
58. The dude who played DATA in Star Trek TNG– Is not Canadian
59. Neko Case– Is not Canadian
60. Jonah Hill– Is not Canadian

Twas some serious game brought by LV. I guess that’s why she runs Manhattan.

3rd place= Brooke with 22 points
2nd place= A-man with 48 points
1st place =LV with 80 points
Any of those scores would be respectable at the Red Dot. Trust.

In the meantime I just asked some girl if she wanted to go with me to my favorite new joint in MKE:

She said no.

But I just shook it off. I get by.