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TriviaMaryland WorldSeries XVIII TriviaMaryland.comlogo by JoJo
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PRIZES for WS XVIII 1 st $1000 2 nd $400 3 rd $300 4 th $200 5 th $100
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TEAMS I Like Beer Blind Squirrels BAM Puffin G. Funk Underdogs No Worse Than Last Balls with No Chains Fear the Crab Terminators Nana’s Bananas Battlesnakes Infinity Marksmen Age & Treachery All Timers Ahem! Hot Chick and her Teammates Hot for Teacher
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REMINDER NO CELL PHONES, BLACKBERRIES ETC.NO CELL PHONES, BLACKBERRIES ETC.
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QUESTION # 1 POETRY WHAT CREATURE FROM LITERATURE WAS SLAIN WITH A VORPAL BLADE NEAR THE TUMTUM TREE ?
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ANSWER # 1 IN THE POEM OF NONSENSE VERSE BY LEWIS CARROLL
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QUESTION # 2 LANGUAGES 3 PARTER WHAT ARE THE THREE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF BELGIUM ?
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ANSWER # 2 FRENCH GERMAN DUTCH (WELCH)
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QUESTION # 3 TV FIRST AIRING ON NBC IN 1952, WHAT ANTHOLOGY TV SERIES HAS APPEARED ON NBC, ABC, CBS AND PBS IN ITS 58 YEARS ON THE AIR ? FIRST AIRING ON NBC IN 1952, WHAT ANTHOLOGY TV SERIES HAS APPEARED ON NBC, ABC, CBS AND PBS IN ITS 58 YEARS ON THE AIR ?
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ANSWER # 3
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QUESTION # 4 MUSIC NAME FIVE WHO ARE THE FIVE YOUNGEST SOLO PERFORMERS THAT WON THE GRAMMY FOR “BEST NEW ARTIST” ?WHO ARE THE FIVE YOUNGEST SOLO PERFORMERS THAT WON THE GRAMMY FOR “BEST NEW ARTIST” ?
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ANSWER # 4 LeANN RIMESLeANN RIMES CHRISTINA AGUILERACHRISTINA AGUILERA ALICIA KEYESALICIA KEYES MARIAH CAREYMARIAH CAREY DEBBIE BOONEDEBBIE BOONE
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QUESTION # 5 WHAT ARE WE ? n URI, GLARUS, ZUG, TICINO & JURA ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF WHAT ?
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ANSWER # 5 n CANTONS OF SWITZERLAND
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QUESTION # 6 WHO OR WHAT ARE WE ? (ALL ANSWERS MUST FIT THE THEME)
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TOM
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MAHI
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LuLu
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DIK
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DURAN
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PAW
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JOHN
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QUESTION # 7 NATURAL TECHNOLOGY WHAT DARK VOLCANIC GLASS IS USED TODAY TO MAKE SCALPEL BLADES FOR CARDIAC SURGERY ?
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ANSWER # 7 OBSIDIAN
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QUESTION # 8 NFL 4 PARTER WHAT 4 PLAYERS HAVE APPEARED IN THE MOST NFL GAMES AND: BEEN DRAFTED IN ROUND 1 ALL PLAYED FROM THE 1980s UNTIL AFTER 2000 ALL MEMBERS OF THE NFL HALL OF FAME
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ANSWER # 8 JERRY RICE (303) BRUCE MATTHEWS (296) DARRELL GREEN (295) BRUCE SMITH (279)
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QUESTION # 9 THE MOVIES THE CHARACTER JEFF “MOONDOGGIE” MATTHEWS, PLAYED BY JAMES DARREN, WAS THE BOYFRIEND OF WHAT MOVIE CHARACTER ? THE CHARACTER JEFF “MOONDOGGIE” MATTHEWS, PLAYED BY JAMES DARREN, WAS THE BOYFRIEND OF WHAT MOVIE CHARACTER ?
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ANSWER # 9 PLAYED BY SANDRA DEE PLAYED BY SANDRA DEE
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QUESTION # 10 U.S. CAPITALS PICK SIX WHAT ARE THE SIX U.S. CAPITAL CITIES THAT SIT ON A RIVER THAT IS NAMED FOR A STATE OTHER THAN ITS OWN STATE ?
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ANSWER # 10 TRENTON, NEW JERSEY (DELAWARE) AUSTIN, TEXAS (COLORADO) PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA (MISSOURI) BATON ROGUE, LOUISIANA (MISSISSIPPI) BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA (MISSOURI) ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA (MISSISSIPPI)
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HalfTime TriviaMaryland.comlogo by JoJo
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QUESTION # 11 U.S. PRESIDENTS WHO WAS THE LAST PRESIDENT TO SPORT FACIAL HAIR WHILE IN OFFICE ?
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ANSWER # 11 WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
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QUESTION # 12 MUSIC 4 PARTER SINCE 1980 WHAT ARE THE FOUR SONGS THAT HAVE REACHED #1 ON BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 WITH THE WORD “BLACK” IN ITS TITLE ?SINCE 1980 WHAT ARE THE FOUR SONGS THAT HAVE REACHED #1 ON BILLBOARD’S HOT 100 WITH THE WORD “BLACK” IN ITS TITLE ?
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ANSWER # 12 BLACK VELVET (1990) ALANNAH MILESBLACK VELVET (1990) ALANNAH MILES BLACK CAT (1990) JANET JACKSONBLACK CAT (1990) JANET JACKSON BLACK OR WHITE (1991) MICHAEL JACKSONBLACK OR WHITE (1991) MICHAEL JACKSON BLACK & YELLOW (2011) WIZ KHALIFABLACK & YELLOW (2011) WIZ KHALIFA
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QUESTION # 13 MEMORY “NO PLAN LIKE YOURS TO STUDY HISTORY WISELY” IS A MNEMONIC PHRASE TO REMEMBER WHAT FACTS ?“NO PLAN LIKE YOURS TO STUDY HISTORY WISELY” IS A MNEMONIC PHRASE TO REMEMBER WHAT FACTS ?
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ANSWER # 13 “NO PLAN LIKE YOURS TO STUDY HISTORY WISELY”“NO PLAN LIKE YOURS TO STUDY HISTORY WISELY” THE NAMES OF THE ROYAL HOUSES OF GREAT BRITIAN (NORMANDY, PLANAGENET, LANCASTER, YORK, TUDOR, STUART, HANOVER AND WINDSORTHE NAMES OF THE ROYAL HOUSES OF GREAT BRITIAN (NORMANDY, PLANAGENET, LANCASTER, YORK, TUDOR, STUART, HANOVER AND WINDSOR
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QUESTION # 14 WORLD CAPITALS LUCKY SEVEN WHAT ARE THE SEVEN WORLD CAPITALS THAT BEGIN WITH A LETTER THAT NO OTHER CAPITAL STARTS WITH ? (HINT: E, F, I, J, Q, U & Z)
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ANSWER # 14 EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN JAKARTA, INDONESIA QUITO, ECUADOR ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA ZAGREB, CROATIA
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QUESTION # 15 EVENTS WHAT YEARLY COMPETITION IS NAMED FOR AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER EDWARD WILLIS SCRIPPS (1854-1926) ?WHAT YEARLY COMPETITION IS NAMED FOR AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER EDWARD WILLIS SCRIPPS (1854-1926) ?
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ANSWER # 15
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QUESTION # 16 NAME THE CHARACTERS
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BOOTSTRAP BILL PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
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DOC SEVEN DWARFS
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DR. SIDNEY FREEDMAN M*A*S*H
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JOHNNY TEST
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JOSHUA THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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MANNY DELGADO MODERN FAMILY
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QUESTION # 17 ??? NEPETALACTONE IS AN ORGANIC COMPOUND ISOLATED FROM THE PLANT “NEPETA CATARIA”. IT IS USED TO REPEL INSECTS BUT MORE COMMONLY IS KNOWN FOR ATTRACTING WHAT ?
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ANSWER # 17 CATS (“NEPETA CATARIA” IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR THE CATNIP PLANT)
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QUESTION # 18 THE MOVIES 2 PARTER WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF THE TWO BATS USED BY ROY HOBBS (ROBERT REDFORD) TO HIT HOME RUNS IN THE 1984 FILM “THE NATURAL” ? WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF THE TWO BATS USED BY ROY HOBBS (ROBERT REDFORD) TO HIT HOME RUNS IN THE 1984 FILM “THE NATURAL” ?
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ANSWER # 18
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QUESTION # 19 TV WHAT SHOW WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY FIRST RUN SYNDICATED TV SERIES TO BE NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY FOR BEST DRAMATIC SERIES AND HAD THE 17 TH MOST WATCHED SERIES FINALE OF ALL TIME IN 1994? WHAT SHOW WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY FIRST RUN SYNDICATED TV SERIES TO BE NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY FOR BEST DRAMATIC SERIES AND HAD THE 17 TH MOST WATCHED SERIES FINALE OF ALL TIME IN 1994?
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ANSWER # 19 27,000,000 VIEWERS FOR THE FINALE 27,000,000 VIEWERS FOR THE FINALE
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Pop Culture Theme Game When: Tuesday, March 8 Time: 7:30pm Where: Looney’s, Maple Lawn 1 st - $50 cash 2 nd - $30 certificate 3 rd - $20 certificate 4 th - $10 certificate
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Spring S ESSION The TriviaMaryland Spring session will begin the week of March 14
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QUESTION # 20 BET UP TO 15 POINTS BORN IN KENTUCKY: JUNE 3, 1808BORN IN KENTUCKY: JUNE 3, 1808 DIED IN LOUISIANA: DECEMBER 6, 1889DIED IN LOUISIANA: DECEMBER 6, 1889 WEST POINT CLASS OF 1828WEST POINT CLASS OF 1828 BRIGADIER GENERAL MAY 17, 1847BRIGADIER GENERAL MAY 17, 1847 SECRETARY OF WAR 1853-1857SECRETARY OF WAR 1853-1857 U.S. SENATE 1847-1851 & 1857-1861U.S. SENATE 1847-1851 & 1857-1861 WHO AM I ?WHO AM I ?
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ANSWER # 20 JEFFERSON DAVIS
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TriviaMaryland TriviaMaryland.comlogo by JoJo
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TIEBREAKER HOW MANY ELEVATORS ARE IN THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING ?HOW MANY ELEVATORS ARE IN THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING ?
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ANSWER 73 ELEVATORS73 ELEVATORS
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TIEBREAKER II HOW MANY WORDS ARE IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ?
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ANSWER 1,323 WORDS
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