Round One (25 points)

Round One (25 points)
TV/Movies (1 point)
What musical instrument does Lisa play in the Simpsons? Saxophone
Landmarks (6 points)
I’ll name a famous landmark. You give the city and country it is located in.
A. Hagia Sophia Istanbul, Turkey
B. The Alhambra Granada, Spain
C. St. Basil’s Cathedral Moscow, Russia
D. The Spanish Steps Rome, Italy
E. The Sears Tower Chicago, USA
F. Brandenburg Gate Berlin, Germany
Nature (2 points)
The island republic of Madagascar is part of which continent? What animal lives there (in the wild) and nowhere else in the world? Africa; Lemurs
Math (1 point)
A. Calculate the next number in the series: 3, 18, 21, 39, 60, ? 99
Musicals (6 points)
I’m going to list three songs from six musicals. You name the musical
A. Do-­‐Re-­‐Mi, My Favourite Things, Climb Every Mountain The Sound Of Music
B. I Dreamed A Dream, Bring Him Home, On My Own Les Miserables
C. All I Ask Of You, Angel Of Music, Masquerade Phantom Of The Opera
D. Macavity, Mr Mistoffelees, Memory Cats
E. I Still Believe, The Telephone Song, Sun and Moon Miss Saigon
F. If I Were A Rich Man, Sunrise Sunset, Any Day Now Fiddler On The Roof
Music (5 points)
Name the members of the original Jackson 5 pop group?
Michael, Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, Tito
History (3 points)
What does the ‘F’ stand for in John F. Kennedy? What day of the week was he assassinated on? What was the exact date (day, month, year)? Local Knowledge (1 point)
What is the tallest building in the town limits of Blacksburg? Fitzgerald
Friday
22 Nov 1963
Slusher Tower, 12 stories
Round Two (25 Points)
Literature (2 points)
What 19th century novel starting with the line, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” and who wrote it?
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
TV (1 point)
In Terrytoons, what kind of birds are Heckle and Jeckle?
Magpies
TV (5 points)
Sound clue: 5 famous TV jingles. Ken-­‐L-­‐Ration, Schaefer, Burger King, Chiffon, Coca-­‐Cola
History (1 point)
Who was the girst woman (b. 1937) to serve as U.S. Secretary of State?
Madeleine Albright
Music (1 point)
What prodigious late 18th-­‐century European composer’s well-­‐known operas include Abduction from the Seraglio and Don Giovanni? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music (1 point)
Which of the following musical instruments is not played with a mallet?
A. Xylophone B. Celeste * C. Marimba D. Vibraphone
Puzzles (5 points)
De-­‐scramble the following word jumbles to reveal the names of give North American birds.
keorcwdoep, ldarlma, epoing, rdaaclni, bmiudgirhmn
woodpecker, mallard, pigeon, cardinal, hummingbird
Geography (9 points)
Write the nine European capitals on your answer sheet.
A. Stockholm (Sweden) F. Vienna (Austria)
B. Dublin (Ireland) G. Bucharest (Romania)
C. Lisbon (Portugal) H. Athens (Greece)
D. Paris (France) I. Ankara (Turkey)
E. Warsaw (Poland) Round Three (25 points)
Music (4 points)
The woodwind section of an orchestra is traditionally comprised what four instruments?
Flute, Oboe. Clarinet, Bassoon
Literature (5 points)
Provide the term for the following literary device descriptions:
A. A word that phonetically imitates the sound it describes. Onomatopoeia
B. A gigure of speech that compares two things through some sort of connective word such as ‘like’ or ‘as.‘ Simile
C. The attribution of human form or characteristics to anything other than a human being.
Personigication/Anthropomorphism
D. The repetition of a sound in the stressed syllables in a set of words. Alliteration
E. A term made of two words that deliberately imply each other’s opposite. Oxymoron
Geography (5 points)
Name the give Great Lakes (in the northern US/southern Canada).
Superior, Michigan, Erie, Huron, Ontario
Sports (1 point)
On August 20th, tickets for the 2014 World Cup of Soccer will go on sale. What country will be hosting the World Cup? Brazil
Lyrics (2 points)
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky. Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.
Country Roads, John Denver
Lyrics (2 points)
And if I only could, I’d make a deal with God, and get him to swap our places.
Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill
Lyrics (2 points)
Move yourself -­‐-­‐ you always live your life never thinking of the future. Prove yourself -­‐-­‐ you are the move you make. Take your chances win or loser. Yes, Owner of a Lonely Heart
Lyrics (2 points)
The time to hesitate is through. No time to wallow in the mire. Try now. We can only lose, and our love becomes a funeral pyre.
The Doors, Light My Fire
Lyrics (2 points)
You say yes. I say no. You say stop and I say go, go, go. Hello Goodbye, The Beatles