Michael D. "Stew" Stewart

QUESTIONS

1. Which country has a bill of rights for cows?
2. In which 1992 film did Tom Hanks play the role of a overweight, obnoxious baseball coach?
3. He was the victim of a disease that left him so grotesquely deformed that he spent most of his life as a carnival show freak.  His name was John Merrick, and a 1980 film about his life was nominated for eight Academy Awards.  What was the name of the film?
4. During the reign of King Francis I in the 16th century it was the palace of the king, but today it’s a famous museum.  What is it called?
5. Which Protestant sect was founded in England in the early 18th century, based on the principles of John and Charles Wesley?  (Not Wesleyan)

ANSWERS

1. India
2. A League of Their Own
3. Elephant man
4. Louvre
5. Methodist

QUESTIONS

1. What 1945 film won best picture, actor and director Oscars?
2. In the Beverly Hillbillies what was the name of Ellie’s Chimp?
3. When did the last dinosaurs roam earth? A. Over 100 million years ago B. Around 20 million years ago C. Around 65 million years ago.
4. This Pittsburgh radio station is considered to be the first to broadcast in the U.S. Do you know its call letters?
5. What game would you be playing if you were placing bombs and a flag on a field?

ANSWERS

1. The Lost Weekend
2. Cousin Bessie
3. C. Around 65 million years ago; A Triceratops may have been the last dinosaur standing, according to a new study that determined a fossil from Montana
4. KDKA – Pittsburgh
5. Stratego

QUESTIONS

1. What links Kelly, Highway, Block and Wales?
2. Marilyn Monroe was the model for which Disney Character?
3. If the population of a city grows at 10% per year, it will double in approximately how many years? (to nearest year)
4. What do the initials GUI stand for?
5. In which sport would you hear the terms side pushers, driver and G-Force?

ANSWERS

1. Clint Eastwood character Names
2. Tinker Bell
3. Seven
4. Graphical User Interface
5. Bobsled

QUESTIONS

1. Cheers exterior shots featured a real bar, what was its name?
2. Who are Mickey Mouse’s nephews?
3. What is the word for people who worship more than one god? Those than worship only one?
4. Which two people, in 1976, sold their VW van for $1,300 in order to raise money to build the first Apple Computer in their garage?
5. What is the fastest known traveling object?

ANSWERS

1. Bull & Finch
2. Mortie and Ferdie
3. Polytheism and Monotheism.
4. Steve Jobs / Steve Wozniak
5. Light or Space. Light – traditionally, but some scientists now say that space is expanding or moving faster than the speed of light.

QUESTIONS

1. On television what was Flipper?
2. What kind of creature was Sam, on the Muppet Show?
3. This 19th century American frontierswoman was a companion of Wild Bill Hickok. She dressed like a man and frequented bars in the Dakota Territory where she told stories of her adventures. By what name do we know her?
4. Where was Aristotle born?
5. If you were eating escargots in France, what would you actually be consuming?

ANSWERS

1. Dolphin
2. Eagle
3. Calamity Jane
4. Greece
5. Snails

QUESTIONS

1. Armand Tamzarian is the ‘real’ name of which cartoon character?
2. In the film ‘Gremlins’ what is the true name for Gizmos race?
3. What organ, in humans, never changes size from our birth until our death?
4. What is the basic, general difference between libel and slander?
5. How many players are on the ice during a hockey game? (Both sides)

ANSWERS

1. Principal Skinner
2. Mogwi
3. Eye balls
4. Libel is written or printed or broadcast. Slander is only spoken.
5. 12

QUESTIONS

1. Collectively, these are known as the three physical laws that form the basis for classical mechanics, as stated by a Carolina Panthers quarterback.
2. This film based on Stephen King novel starred a New York Giants running back that escapes from prison.
3. The average child wears out 730 by age ten 730 what?
4. In ancient Egypt men and women did what opposite to today?
5. According to a 1997 survey what nation are the best kissers?
6. In 1885 Canada sold what to US for $150000?
7. What’s the only movie Alfred Hitchcock made twice?
8. Methyphobia is the fear of what?

ANSWERS

1. Cam Newton’s Laws of Motion
2. Ahmad Bradshawshank Redemption
3. Crayons
4. Peeing – men sat women stood
5. Italian
6. Niagara Falls
7. The man who knew too much
8. Alcohol

QUESTIONS

1. Which literary character lives at 4 Privet Road?
2. What modern word comes from the Latin Dilatare – open wide?
3. Who did Babe the pig work for?
4. What magazine says We are Number one in a field of One?
5. In Greek mythology who built the labyrinth?
6. This Dr. Seuss book tells the story of Sam I Am and a Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver.

ANSWERS

1. Harry Potter
2. Dildo
3. Farmer Hoggett
4. Mad
5. King Daedalus
6. A.J. Green Eggs and Ham

QUESTIONS

1. Widely believed but not true, in Maryland it’s illegal to play what Randy Newman song on radio?
2. Where in Canada is its Dildo?
3. In what film did the character Regan McNeil appear?
4. Hemmingway said there are only 3 sports, name them?
5. In the proverb Heaven protects who what three groups?
6. This rock band burst onto the scene with their hit single “Pumped up Kicks” while setting a Houston Texans franchise record with 231 yards and 3 touchdowns on opening day in 2010.

ANSWERS

1. Short People
2. Newfoundland Town
3. The Exorcist
4. Bullfighting Car Racing and Mountaineering
5. Children, Sailors, and Drunken men
6. Arian Foster the People

QUESTIONS

1. Satan is Lucifer but what does Lucifer mean?
2. What area in the US translates from the Dutch as Broken Valley?
3. Who voiced Mr Spock in the cartoon version of Star Trek?
4. In Greek mythology who was the first woman?
5. This San Diego Chargers quarterback moonlights as the lead singer and guitarist for the alternative rock band Weezer.

ANSWERS

1. The Light Bearer
2. Brooklyn
3. Leonard Nimoy
4. Pandora
5. Philip Rivers Cuomo